WikimediaIndia-l April 2019

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Sir, I have been banned from wikimedia, for using multiple id names for editing.
by Holalkere Laxmivenkatesh 22 Mar '21

22 Mar '21

Sir, I have been editing in wikipedia and uploading pics on wikimedia. and use them for my articles. I'm an editor for kannada language wikipedia.(Radhatanaya) I'm an editor for english mediam wikipedia. (Ragakuvara) I have contributed more than 900+ articles for kannada. For english nearly 10-12 articles. all approved. This information I have given in my page. Why I have been banned. Please try to help me. I'm very hardworking and faithful person. I have not done any adverse work. I was a technical offier (Retired in 2004) in a reknowned Research organisation for cotton ! Please help me so that I can upload photos and fix them for the articles I write both in kannada & English Regards, -Holalkere rangarao laxmivenkatesh Mumbai-400084 M : 9004356819 M : 9867606819

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Indic Wikisource IRC 05th May 2019, Sunday
by Jayanta Nath 05 May '19

05 May '19

Dear Indic Wikisource Community, Firstly I would like to thank you for the continuous support and contribution to the Wikimedia movement specially in Wikisource. You are aware that Assamese & Tamil community have shown their interest for workshop in coming month. Keeping this in mind we are planning to have an IRC[1] on 05th May 2019 @8PM Sunday for the Indic Wikisource community. Please suggest more agenda for the IRC. :Agenda - Update status of what we have done after first IRC and IWCC2018. - Major issues we faced, and how do I help personally towards the specific community ( Offline and Online both) - Organize edit-thon for Wikisource ( Offline and Online both) - Workshop planning for other community for Oriya, Marathi, Malayalam & Telugu community. - Advance Wikisource Consultation for Indic Community. - Add more if you have to discuss …. [1]. https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#cis-a2k Thanks and Regards, Jayanta Nath Wikisource Project advisor Access to Knowledge program The Centre for Internet & Society

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Tamil Wikipedia elects 10 sysops at a time
by Ravishankar 30 Apr '19

30 Apr '19

Hi, Tamil Wikipedia elects 10 sysops at a time after a gap of almost 5 years. After 2013, we hit a policy deadlock where we couldn't agree on how to elect a new sysop, what are the qualities of an ideal sysop, etc., Even after repeated attempts, we could not solve this as the fear of being not able to easily desysop someone made us look for higher and higher bars for a perfect admin. So, how did we solve? Recently, MediaWiki allows someone to get sysop access for limited periods of time like 1 month, 3 months, etc., This is how Stewards grants adminship in many small wikis. We felt when there is the possibility of granting adminships for trial periods and renew them thereafter, we don't need to keep the bar for adminship very high. We also proposed to start a Wiki Admin School where others can mentor the new admins. So, after a month long discussion and community consensus, we conducted our sysop elections and elected 10 sysops at a time. Right now, we have 42 sysops with one of the highest sysops per users ration among all global Wikis. We plan to elect 6 new sysops every quarter and are discussing a similar policy for bureaucrat election. We strongly believe having a diverse pool of sysops makes them feel empowered to serve the Wikimedia movement for a long period of time. If you are interested in knowing more, take a look at the policy here <https://ta.wikipedia.org/s/7gmi> and the discussion in the related talk page. Thanks, Ravi

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Community conversation with Roles and Responsibilities working group
by Bodhisattwa Mandal 30 Apr '19

30 Apr '19

Hi all, As you might all know that, the Wikimedia movement strategy working groups <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Working…> have started working on the final stage of the process i.e. building recommendations, which are supposed to be delivered by November this year. The only step that will be remaining after that will be implementing the recommendations by WMF next year. These recommendations will significantly change the movement in the future, even the least radical ones might have impact on the movement which will affect us all in many ways. As a volunteer serving on one of the working groups, I would like to encourage you all to take part in the process, so that your dreams and ideas for a better tomorrow get reflected in the recommendations; your experience, insight and voices are very much important to shape the future of the movement. I am in the Roles and Responsibilities working group <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Working…>, which is focusing on the governance and organizational movement structures. For last few months, we have tried to identify objectively about what are going well and what are not in the current existing structure, where are the pain points and where are the happy ones; and we tried to map them as best as we could. The goal is to identify a future structure for the Wikimedia Movement that will create less friction and more synergies. To understand that in a better way, we framed few scoping questions for community conversation (see here <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/2019_Co…>). The questions are: 1. What structures, processes, and behaviors will enable us to include all voices (including e.g. current contributors and emerging audiences) in our decision-making? 2. Which responsibilities are better placed at a global or local level? 3. To ensure equity, how should conflict management and resolution be structured across the movement? You can give your valuable feedback regarding these questions in this thread or in the village pumps of your wiki projects or in meta <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/20…> or in a google doc or mail us or in any other way possible. Just let us know or share with us the links where you are giving feedback or discussing about these things. If you want to do video chat and document your feedback, please let us know, we will try our best to fulfill that. If you do not want to reveal your identity or user name in the public forum, but still want to document your feedback, please let us know and we will ensure that. If you need any clarification about these questions or any doubts about the whole process, you can mail us. Our mailing address is at wg2030-rolesandresponsibilities(a)wikimedia.org . Apart from these questions, you can share your thoughts about anything with us which you think might benefit the strategy process or outcome. Please note, that community conversation is a continuous process and we will document and work on your valuable feedback whenever you share them with us till September this year. Regards, Bodhisattwa On behalf of Roles and Responsibilities Working Group

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[SVG Translation Campaign 2019] Results
by Krishna Chaitanya Velaga 29 Apr '19

29 Apr '19

Hello everyone, I am happy to bring to you the results of SVG Translation Campaign 2019 in India[1]. It was a 38-day long campaign to translate the SVG files like diagrams and maps into Indian languages for use of regional language Wikipedias. The campaign started on 21 February (International Mother Language Day) and ended on 31 March 2019. During the last few weeks, the organisers have been working on cleaning up the categories, and delete unwanted files. With Phase 1 cleanup completed[2], we calculated the metrics and also the top contributors. In total, 194 users from 19 Indic languages have created *2,655 SVG files* with native language labels. Top five languages are (in terms of the number of uploads): 1.) Telugu – 323 files 2.) Marathi – 312 files 3.) Hindi – 306 files 4.) Malayalam – 262 files 5.) Kannada – 241 files All the language categories can be seen at; https://w.wiki/3R5, I request community members to add these images to relevant articles and make the best of use of this enormous work. Top five contributors are (in terms of the number of uploads): 1.) User:Mekala Harika – 269 files 2.) User:দিব্য দত্ত – 177 files 3.) User:Sushant savla – 170 files 4.) User:Sumita Roy Dutta – 154 files 5.) User:Abhijith Sheheer – 158 files Detailed results and language-wise upload tables can be seen at https://w.wiki/3R6, and prizes winners at https://w.wiki/3R7. Also to mention, eleven onsite events happened a part of the campaign, details at https://w.wiki/3RB. Phase 2 clean up is currently going on and if someone wants to help please have a look at https://w.wiki/3RE. Thanks to all the participants, organisers, affiliates, and CIS-A2K for supporting the campaign. Regards, Krishna C V. [1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:SVG_Translation_Campaign_2019_in… [2] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:SVG_Translation_Campaign_2019_in…

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CIS-A2K February and March 2019 Newsletter
by Ananth Subray 29 Apr '19

29 Apr '19

Hello Everybody, The February and March edition of the Centre for Internet and Society - Access to knowledge (CIS-A2K) has been published. February - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Reports/Newsletter/February_2019 March - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Reports/Newsletter/March_2019 In this edition, you can see about: - Wikisource workshop in Garware College of Commerce, Pune - Mini-MWT at VVIT (Feb 2019) - Gujarati Wikisource Workshop - Kannada Wiki SVG translation workshop - Wiki-workshop at AU Delhi - Art+Feminism Edit-a-thon - SVG Translation Workshop at KBC - Wikipedia Workshop at KBP Engineering College - Work-plan submission Thanks and Regards, *ANANTH SUBRAY P V* MSc Candidate at CHRIST (Deemed to be University) Programme Associate at The Centre for Internet & Society <https://cis-india.org/a2k/cis-a2k> Secretary of Wikipedia & Education User Group <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_%26_Education_User_Group> Co-founder of Lakshya <https://www.facebook.com/lakshyaforchange/?eid=ARDO9f7NCVPHN1bsF2mChlPDM4qS…> +91-9739811664

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Proposed: Wikipedians of Goa User Group
by Frederick Noronha 27 Apr '19

27 Apr '19

Dear Wikipedian friends across India: Just to share with you that some of us here in Goa are trying to launch a Wikipedians of Goa User Group: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedians_of_Goa_User_Group Would be very grateful if you could give your comments and suggestions to the proposed group, see above. Many thanks, Frederick. FN* फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا‎ +91-9822122436 AUDIO: https://archive.org/details/@fredericknoronha TEXT: http://bit.ly/2SBx41G PIX: http://bit.ly/2Rs1xhl Can't get through on mobile? Please SMS/WhatsApp

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Learn Machine Learning in Tamil - Free Ebook
by Shrinivasan T 26 Apr '19

26 Apr '19

Nithya is writing a series on machine learning in Tamil at Kaniyam.com We have made an ebook from these articles and released here http://freetamilebooks.com/ebooks/learn_machine_learning_in_tamil/ Get your copy now. -- Regards, T.Shrinivasan My Life with GNU/Linux : http://goinggnu.wordpress.com Free E-Magazine on Free Open Source Software in Tamil : http://kaniyam.com Get Free Tamil Ebooks for Android, iOS, Kindle, Computer : http://FreeTamilEbooks.com

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Wikimedia Education SAARC conference programme submission are open.
by Ananth Subray 25 Apr '19

25 Apr '19

Hello everyone, Greetings from CIS-A2K. We are happy to announce that, Wikimedia Education SAARC conference 2019 programme submissions (proposals) are open[1]. It will be a full-weekend Conference to talk about the relation between Wikimedia and our education projects, and the way Education is being shaped in SAARC countries. We request all the interested Wikimedians to submit the programme submissions (proposals). Please note the date to submit the proposal will start from today (25 May 2019). The last date for submission is 10 May 2019. The other important dates for the conference are - Scholarship applications open: 10 May 2019 - Deadline for applying for scholarships: 20 May 2019 - Applicants will be notified about final decisions: 25 May 2019 - The final list of recipients will be announced: 25 May 2019 [1]. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Education_SAARC_conference Thanks and Regards, *ANANTH SUBRAY P V* MSc Candidate at CHRIST (Deemed to be University) Programme Associate at The Centre for Internet & Society <https://cis-india.org/a2k/cis-a2k> Secretary of Wikipedia & Education User Group <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_%26_Education_User_Group> Co-founder of Lakshya <https://www.facebook.com/lakshyaforchange/?eid=ARDO9f7NCVPHN1bsF2mChlPDM4qS…> +91-9739811664 <https://www.avast.com/en-in/recommend?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_…> I’m protected online with Avast Free Antivirus. Get it here — it’s free forever. <https://www.avast.com/en-in/recommend?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_…> <#m_8229486582918287276_m_-6563293196211369631_m_2377189915582069497_m_4382240182327701006_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>

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New User Contest creates 918 articles in Tamil Wikipedia
by Ravishankar 25 Apr '19

25 Apr '19

Hi, Tamil Wikipedians conducted an essay contest encouraging new editors. We created 918 articles over a period of 3 months where 25 new editors participated. The total prize money was 52,000 INR. More details can be found at our contest portal here <https://ta.wikipedia.org/s/7h91>. Feel free to leave a message for us in our contest talk page if you need help in running a similar contest your Wikipedia. Thanks, Ravi

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