WikimediaIndia-l September 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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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [A2k] Fwd: Project Tiger 2.0 - call with community members
by Suswetha Kolluru 17 Oct '19

17 Oct '19

Hi everyone, Thank you Abhinav for the suggestion. An IRC will be on *14th September* (Saturday) at 6.30 P.M. Sorry for sending the wrong date. On Mon, Sep 9, 2019 at 8:19 AM subodh kulkarni <subodhkiran(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > This is first similar mail to India list. > > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Abhinav srivastava <abhinav619(a)gmail.com> > Date: Sat, Sep 7, 2019, 10:26 PM > Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Project Tiger 2.0 - call with community > members > To: Wikimedia India Community list <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > > > Hi, > > On Sat, 7 Sep 2019 at 22:19, Suswetha Kolluru <suswetha316(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hello all! >> >> You are aware that Project Tiger 2.0 has started. Thanks for your >> involvement so far and hope to see enthusiastic participation from the >> communities. >> >> In order to discuss different areas of Project Tiger 2.0 with the >> community members regarding community generated article list, jury etc. we >> are planning to have a Hangouts call on 16 September 2019 (Saturday) at >> 6.30 P.M >> > > How about IRC instead ? Generally with many people (which I believe this > would find) on the same Video call, we generally switch over to say > BlueJean or Open-source meet.jitsi.si, however problems continue to > happen. > Bandwidth problems may also be there for many community members. > > Just a suggestion. > > Abhinav > > > >> Anyone who is interested can join the call. The link to attend call will >> be sent in a few days. >> >> Looking forward to your participation! >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > _______________________________________________ > A2K mailing list > A2K(a)cis-india.org > https://lists.ghserv.net/mailman/listinfo/a2k -- *Regards,* *Suswetha Kolluru*, *User: SuswethaK*

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[Wikidata] WikiProject India Newsletter is on! #1
by Bodhisattwa Mandal 30 Sep '19

30 Sep '19

Hi all, >From today, starts the journey of a quarterly newsletter featuring news, updates and plans related to Wikidata activities in India. You can check the first newsletter here <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_India/Newsletter/2019_10…>. To get timely notification in your talk page, you can subscribe here. <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_message_delivery/Targets/Wikidata_In…> Special thanks to Mahir256 for his active involvement in drafting the newsletter. Bodhisattwa WIkidata Advisor, CIS-A2K

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Ombuds Commission now accepting nominations for 2020
by Joe Sutherland 30 Sep '19

30 Sep '19

Hello everyone - I am forwarding the below from Karen on my team. If you are interested please apply! Joe ---- Hello all, Please accept my apologies if you are receiving this a number of times today. We have sent it out to multiple mailing lists in order to reach as many community members as possible. Please feel free to forward this to any other community mailing lists you believe are relevant. It's coming close to time for annual appointments of community members to serve on the Ombudsman Commission (OC). This commission works on all Wikimedia projects to investigate complaints about violations of the privacy policy, especially in the use of CheckUser and Oversight tools, and to mediate between the complaining party and the individual whose work is being investigated. They may also assist the General Counsel, the Executive Director or the Board of Trustees in investigations of these issues. For more on their duties and roles, see http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ombudsman_commission This is a call for community members interested in volunteering for appointment to this commission. Volunteers serving in this role should be experienced Wikimedians, active on any project, who have previously used the CheckUser tool OR who have the technical ability to understand the CheckUser tool and the willingness to learn it. They are expected to be able to engage neutrally in investigating these concerns and to know when to recuse when other roles and relationships may cause conflict. Commissioners are required to identify to the Wikimedia Foundation and must be willing to comply with the appropriate Wikimedia Foundation board policies (such as the access to non-public data policy[1] and the privacy policy[2]). This is a position that requires a high degree of discretion and trust. If you are interested in serving on this commission, please write me ( kbrown(a)wikimedia.org) an email off-list to detail your experience on the projects, your thoughts on the commission and what you hope to bring to the role. The commission typically consists of ten members; all applications are appreciated and will be carefully considered. The deadline for applications is the end of day on 31 December, 2019. Please feel free to pass this invitation along to any users who you think may be qualified and interested. Thank you! -Karen Brown On behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation Trust & Safety team 1. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Access_to_nonpublic_information_policy 2. https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_policy -- *Joe Sutherland* (he/him or they/them) Trust and Safety Specialist Wikimedia Foundation

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimediaindia-l Digest, Vol 1736, Issue 1
by JANAKIBALLAV DASH 30 Sep '19

30 Sep '19

Please unsubscribe.Thanks From: wikimediaindia-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Mon, 30 Sep 2019 17:31:37 GMT+0530 To: wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Wikimediaindia-l Digest, Vol 1736, Issue 1 Send Wikimediaindia-l mailing list submissions to    wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit    https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to    wikimediaindia-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org You can reach the person managing the list at    wikimediaindia-l-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Wikimediaindia-l digest..." Today's Topics:   1. Fundraising Test - Monday 30th Sept (Joseph Seddon)   2. [Wikimedia Space] Wikipedians of Goa User Group (WGUG) meet      at Panjim, at Broadway Book Centre (Frederick Noronha) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2019 19:19:14 +0100 From: Joseph Seddon <jseddon(a)wikimedia.org> To: wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fundraising Test - Monday 30th Sept Message-ID:    <CAKoxvNWNZNUchO9uLRTPHDi4_a1gy7-6780GnmKqYEJZ35mFMA(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Hey all, As I mentioned back in June [1] on this mailing we are planning to return to fundraising in India in 2020. In August [2] we ran our first ever systems test to test out our infrastructure. Based on what we learned during that test, tomorrow on Monday 30, we will be running another brief three hour test to further test our payments infrastructure. * If you need to report a bug or technical issue, please [ https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/task/edit/form/1/?template=1188… create a phabricator ticket]. * If you see a donor on a talk page, OTRS or social media having difficulties in donating, please refer them to donate(a)wikimedia.org. * If you have specific ideas to share, please feel invited to add them to our [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising/2019-20_Fundraising_ideas fundraising ideas page]. We have already had lots of feedback from CIS, focus groups, and community members but you can also send feedback regarding the fundraising campaign directly to me via my email address. Your feedback will definitely factor into our campaign for next year. Many Thanks [1] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2019-July/014194.html announced on the wikimediaindia-l [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Noticeboard_for_I… [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Seddon_(WMF) -- Seddon *Community and Audience Engagement Associate* *Advancement (Fundraising), Wikimedia Foundation*

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[Wikimedia Space] Wikipedians of Goa User Group (WGUG) meet at Panjim, at Broadway Book Centre
by Frederick Noronha 29 Sep '19

29 Sep '19

https://discuss-space.wmflabs.org/t/wikipedians-of-goa-user-group-wgug-meet…

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Fundraising Test - Monday 30th Sept
by Joseph Seddon 29 Sep '19

29 Sep '19

Hey all, As I mentioned back in June [1] on this mailing we are planning to return to fundraising in India in 2020. In August [2] we ran our first ever systems test to test out our infrastructure. Based on what we learned during that test, tomorrow on Monday 30, we will be running another brief three hour test to further test our payments infrastructure. * If you need to report a bug or technical issue, please [ https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/task/edit/form/1/?template=1188… create a phabricator ticket]. * If you see a donor on a talk page, OTRS or social media having difficulties in donating, please refer them to donate(a)wikimedia.org. * If you have specific ideas to share, please feel invited to add them to our [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising/2019-20_Fundraising_ideas fundraising ideas page]. We have already had lots of feedback from CIS, focus groups, and community members but you can also send feedback regarding the fundraising campaign directly to me via my email address. Your feedback will definitely factor into our campaign for next year. Many Thanks [1] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2019-July/014194.html announced on the wikimediaindia-l [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Noticeboard_for_I… [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Seddon_(WMF) -- Seddon *Community and Audience Engagement Associate* *Advancement (Fundraising), Wikimedia Foundation*

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Project Tiger 2.0 - Jury for hardware support
by Suswetha Kolluru 25 Sep '19

25 Sep '19

Hello all, As you know, applications for Project Tiger 2.0's hardware support closed on 14 September 2019 and we received 126 applications <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Growing_Local_Language_Content_on_Wikipedia…> . If you want to become a jury member for hardware support selection, please visit this page <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Growing_Local_Language_Content_on_Wikipedia…> and add the required details on or before 24 September 2019. -- *Regards,* *Suswetha Kolluru*, *Project Tiger coordinator 2019*

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Getting Books Catalog info from Roja Muthiah Research Library, Chennai
by Shrinivasan T 24 Sep '19

24 Sep '19

Monday, myself and Anwar Met Mr. Prakash of Roja Muthiah Research Library, Chennai They have a huge number of books and catalog. http://rmrl.in/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roja_Muthiah_Research_Library https://www.iias.asia/the-newsletter/article/roja-muthiah-research-library-… We explained about Kaniyam Foundation, FreeTamilEbooks.com and WikiData. Requested them to share their books catalog to import in Wikidata. They agreed and asked for the required fields of data, so that they can query in their db and export them and share. Natkeeran from tamil wiki gave this spreadsheet with required fields https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xftUPk8LQmuhvLIYiWIFQKDX4FCEQ64FjAA… This is a generic catalog fields for any book. Is this fine? What we have to do, once we received the books details, to import into wikidata? Do we have to get any permission or letter from Roja Muthiah library to announce this as open data? Share your thoughts. Thanks. Note: Documenting the progress here https://github.com/KaniyamFoundation/ProjectIdeas/issues/81 -- 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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Help us improve a framework for supporting content campaigns!
by Alex Stinson 23 Sep '19

23 Sep '19

Hello everyone, Apologies for cross-posting, and please forward to communities who you think will be interested. In light of the movement’s increased focus on diversity and becoming essential infrastructure for diverse human knowledge, the Community Programs team at the WMF has begun investigating the use of content campaigns in the movement. Campaigns are some of the most reliable ways to create new content and introduce new contributors to the movement, but we have a lot of questions like: What are the different steps that our community organizers have to go through in order to organize campaigns and contests such as Wiki Loves Monuments, Wikipedia Asian Month, #1lib1ref Wikidata Menu Challenge etc.? What are the tools that are being used in organizing these campaigns and contests such as PetScan, Listeria, CitationHunt, Fountain, wscontest tool, Outreach Dashboard etc.? During some initial research into the space, we have developed a draft Organizer Framework <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Campaigns/Organizer_Framework>[1] that highlights key stages in organizing any campaign/contest and the documentation that we could find supporting those stages. Now, we need your help us improve the framework so that we can help less experienced organizers understand how to better support content campaigns. Please join us in discussing the framework and provide feedback on the talk page <https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Campaigns/Organizer_Frame…>[2] or connect with us on the discuss forum.[3] If you want to reach out directly, feel free to email us at astinson(a)wikimedia.org or sgill(a)wikimedia.org. Thanks, Alex Stinson and Satdeep Gill [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Campaigns/Organizer_Framework [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Campaigns/Organizer_Framework [3] https://discuss-space.wmflabs.org/t/feedback-on-content-campaigns-framework… -- Alex Stinson Senior Program Strategist Wikimedia Foundation Twitter:@glamwiki/@sadads Learn more about how the communities behind Wikipedia, Wikidata and other Wikimedia projects partner with cultural heritage organizations: https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM

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