WikimediaIndia-l January 2020

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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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Wiki Loves Monuments 2019 in India winners declared
by Bodhisattwa Mandal 17 Feb '20

17 Feb '20

Hi all, We are happy to inform you that, we have declared top 10 winners of Wiki Loves Monuments 2019 in India here <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2019_in_Ind…>, as per the respected jury decision. The following list includes, the URLs, title of the images and the usernames of the uploaders. 1. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aguada_Fort_Top_View,_North_Goa.jpg - Aguada Fort Top View, North Goa.jpg - User:Rupeshsarkar 2. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Attractive_Red_wall_of_the_Junagarh… - Attractive Red wall of the Junagarh Fort.jpg - User:Sharvarism 3. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sidi_Saiyyed_Mosque_Ahmedabad_Gujar… - Sidi Saiyyed Mosque Ahmedabad Gujarat - Jali Work.jpg - User:Saket.lakhia 4. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rani_ki_vav_-_Patan_-_Gujarat_-_Wal… - Rani ki vav - Patan - Gujarat - Wall Decorations.jpg - User:Vijay B. Barot 5. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_wall_carving_near_Zenana_Mosque.j… - A wall carving near Zenana Mosque.jpg - User:IM3847 6. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Neela_Gumbad_Dome_From_Inside.jpg - Neela Gumbad Dome From Inside.jpg - User:Mohit Jhanjhotia 7. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sanchi_Stupa-_Sanchi-_Madhya_Prades… - Sanchi Stupa- Sanchi- Madhya Pradesh- East Gateway.jpg - User:Biswas purba 8. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rock_Cut_Sculpture,_Representing_Th… - Rock Cut Sculpture, Representing The Group Of Elephants, Monkey And Peacock - Mamallapuram - Tamilnadu.jpg - User:Sharathchandrapk 9. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Samania_Gate,_Patiala_03.jpg - Samania Gate, Patiala 03.jpg - User:Satdeep Gill 10. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RajaRaniTemple_Bhubaneswar_Odisha_1… - RajaRaniTemple Bhubaneswar Odisha 1.jpg - User:রবিরশ্মি রায় These 10 photographs have been sent for international competition, as per WLM procedure. Next step of sending these winners national prizes will be started very soon, with help from CIS-A2K. You can find winners from each participating countries here <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2019_winners>. Thanks to the photographers who have uploaded for the competition and the supporting contributors who have silently worked on image maintenance. Thanks to User:Sumitsurai for leading the organizing team and my incredible colleagues there, without whom, it would have not been possible to complete everything within deadline just like previous year. Heartiest thanks to the 3 jury members <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2019_in_Ind…>, for their fair and unbiased judgement, delivered within deadline. Regards, Bodhisattwa On behalf of WLM India 2019 organizing team

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Train the Trainer Programme 2020
by subodh kulkarni 05 Feb '20

05 Feb '20

Hello Wikimedians, CIS-A2K is glad to announce Train the Trainer programme 2020 (TTT 2020) from 28 February - 1 March 2020. This is the 7th iteration of this programme. We are grateful to all the community members, resource persons for their consistent enthusiasm to participate and support. We expect this to continue as before. Please see the event page for more details here - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/Train_the_Trainer_Program/20… The important dates are as follows - * Main event : 28, 29 Feb & 1 Mar (Participants are expected to reach before 5 pm on 27 February i.e. Day 0) * Last date of registration - 5 February 2020 Please share this information widely among the Wikimedians. regards, Subodh Kulkarni Programme Officer Centre for Internet & Society - Access to Knowledge Programme

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Indic-TechCom Oct-Dec 2019 Report
by Jay prakash 29 Jan '20

29 Jan '20

Hello Everyone, Indic-TechCom's quarterly report has been ready. Details are the following. == Tools == 1. *Wikifile-transfer <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Indic-TechCom/Tools/Wikifile-transfer> (New)*- This tool helps the users to upload non-free images from one wiki to another wiki. Work on this started from CIS MediaWiki training 2019. * ** Releasement of the tool in October 2019 (phab:T225377 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T225377>) 2. *BookReader <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Indic-TechCom/Tools/BookReader> (New)* - This tool allows users to PDF/DjVu in book format. It is mainly created for Wikisource to read the Index pages. - Creation of tool (phab:T240178 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T240178>) - Support for locally uploaded books (phab:T240683 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T240683>) - Give the option to the input file name instead of file URL ( phab:T240744 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T240744>) - Allow users to write file name without File Prefix (phab:T241489 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T241489>) - Autocompletion of File Name (phab:T241491 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T241491>) 3*. Indic Wikisource Stats <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Indic-TechCom/Tools/Indic_Wikisource_Stats> (Feature Added)* - - Added monthly active users activity regarding Proofreading/Validations (phab:T241430 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T241430>) - Added newly created Hindi Wikisource in the tool (phab:T241431 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T241431>) 4.* Indic Wikisource Contest <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Indic-TechCom/Tools/Indic_Wikisource_Contest> (New)* - This tool allows the Wikisource community to run the proofreading/validation contest. This was very hard to implement as it required most of the technologies like OAuth, MediaWiki API. - Creation of tool (phab:T241537 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T241537>, 6 Patches) == UserScripts == 1.* BookReader Script <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Indic-TechCom/Tools/BookReader#UserScript>* - This script allows us to embed BookReader within wiki for Index pages. Currently, it enabled for Punjabi Wikisource. Bangla Wikisource is in progress of the deployment. If any Wikisource community wants this UserScript as Gadget. then they can follow these steps <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T240758#5784057>. - Creation of UserScript (phab:T241490 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T241490>) - Incorporate Bookreader tool on Punjabi Wikisource (phab:T240758 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T240758>) == Other == - Scores is not getting Update (phab:T236953 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T236953>) - Create Portal namespace for sawikisource (phab:T235343 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T235343>) - Two logo created by User:KCVelaga. For the update, You can keep eye on https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Indic-TechCom/Report/Oct-Dec_2019. Thanks to Rammanojpotla, KCVelaga, Bodhisattwa, Wikilover90, Jayantanth, and CIS-India to involving with us. Thanks :) Regard Jayprakash12345 Developer, Indic-TechCom

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Wikimedia 2030: Movement Strategy Community conversations are here!
by Rupika Sharma 20 Jan '20

20 Jan '20

Dear Affiliate Representatives and community members, The launch of our final round of community conversation is finally here! We are excited to have the opportunity to invite you to take part. tl;dr: The recommendations have been published! Please take time over the next five weeks to review and help us understand how your organization and community would be impacted. What Does This Mean? The core recommendations document [1] has now been published on Meta in Arabic, English, French, German, Hindi, Portuguese, and Spanish. This is the result of more than a year of dedicated work by our working groups, and we are pleased to share the evolution of their work for your final consideration. In addition to the recommendations text, you can read through key documents such as Principles [2], Process [3], and the Writer’s Reflections [4], which lend important context to this work and highlight the ways that the recommendations are conceptually interlinked. We also have a brief Narrative of Change [5] which offers a summary introduction to the recommendations material. How Is My Input Reflected In This Work? Community input played an important role in the drafting of these recommendations. The core recommendations document [1] reflects this and cites community input throughout in footnotes. I also encourage you to take a look at our community input summaries [6]. These texts show a further analysis of how all of the ideas you shared last year through online conversations, affiliate meetings, and strategy salons connect to recommendations. Many of the community notes and reports not footnoted in the core recommendations document are referenced here as evidence of the incredible convergence of ideas that have brought us this far. What Happens Now? Affiliates, online communities, and other stakeholders have the next five weeks to discuss and share feedback on these recommendations. In particular, we’re hoping to better understand how you think they would impact our movement - what benefits and opportunities do you foresee for your affiliate, and why? What challenges or barriers would they pose for you? Your input at this stage is vital, and we’d like to warmly invite you to participate in this final discussion period. Affiliates and individuals interested in hosting these discussions, please connect with me directly so that I can be sure your input is collected and used. After this five week period, the Core Team will publish a summary report of input from across affiliates, online communities, and other stakeholders for public review before the recommendations are finalized. You can view our updated timeline here [8] as well as an updated FAQ section [9] that addresses topics like the goal of this current period, the various components of the draft recommendations, and what’s next in more detail. Thank you again for taking the time to join us in community conversations, and we look forward to receiving your input. Happy reading! Best, Rupika [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recomme… [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recomme… [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recomme… [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recomme… [5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recomme… [6] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recomme… [7] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/People/… [8] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Frequen… [9] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Frequen… Rupika Sharma Community Strategy Liaison, Movement Strategy Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> "Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment."

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Subject: Invitation to Wiki Loves Women South Asia
by sumita roy 18 Jan '20

18 Jan '20

Hello all, Wiki Loves Women is back with the 2020 edition. Join us to celebrate women and queer community in Folklore theme and enrich Wikipedia with the local culture of your region. Happening from 1 February-31 March, Wiki Loves Women South Asia welcomes the articles created on folk culture and gender. The theme of the contest includes, but is not limited to, women and queer personalities in folklore, folk culture (folk artists, folk dancers, folk singers, folk musicians, folk game athletes, women in mythology, women warriors in folklores, witches and witch hunting, fairytales and more). You can learn more about the scope and the prizes at the project page. Best, Sumita Roy Dutta Co-Lead, Wiki Loves Women South Asia [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Women_South_Asia_2020 [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Folklore [3] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Folklore

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Less Images in WLM
by Deepak K 09 Jan '20

09 Jan '20

Hello This year WLM only got 6386 images which is so less. They had said during grant that minimum 10000 images will come. Then one of the prize winner is from Wikimedia Foundation team, check Patiala gate picture. Only 1 volunteer endorsed the grant and it was given. Can somebody explain this poor result ?

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Project Tiger 2.0 Update - Last date of the contest
by Suswetha Kolluru 06 Jan '20

06 Jan '20

Greetings from CIS-A2K! It has been 86 days since Project Tiger 2.0 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Growing_Local_Language_Content_on_Wikipedia…> article writing contest has started and all 15 communities have been performing extremely well. However, the 3-month contest comes to an end on *11 January 2020* at 11.59 PM IST. We thank all the Wikipedians who have been contributing tirelessly for the last two and a half months and we wish you continue the same in these last 5 days! See more stats at https://tools.wmflabs.org/neechal/tigerarticle.html?fbclid=IwAR3DtDsuJkP6J6… -- *Best,* *Team Project Tiger*

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India IRC on 12 January 2020
by subodh kulkarni 06 Jan '20

06 Jan '20

Dear Wikimedians, Greetings from CIS-A2K for the New Year 2020! We are glad to invite all for India Level IRC on Sunday, 12 January between 6-8 PM. , We suggest following agenda points - 1. Wikidata activities in India - Present status and proposed 2. Proposed TTT 2020 - Ideas & expectations of the community 3. Other (If time permits) Please connect - Freenode link <http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#cis-a2k> Looking forward for your participation, regards, Subodh Kulkarni Programme Officer Centre for Internet & Society - Access to Knowledge Programme

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Wikimedia Movement Strategy: 2020 Community Conversations
by Rupika Sharma 04 Jan '20

04 Jan '20

Hello all! Greetings! Wishing you a very happy new year! We have an update for the next steps of the Movement Strategy <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20>! We're preparing for a final round of community conversations with Wikimedia affiliates and online communities around a synthesized set of draft recommendations to start around 20th January. In the meantime, recommendations’ writers and strategy team has been working on integrating community ideas and feedback into these recommendations. Thank you, for all of your contributions! What's New? The recommendations writers have been working to consolidate the 89 recommendations produced by the working groups. They met in Berlin a few weeks back for an in-person session to produce a synthesized recommendations document which will be shared for public comment around 20th January. A number of common areas for change were reflected in the recommendations, and the writers assessed and clustered them around these areas. The goal was to outline the overall direction of the change and present one set that is clearly understood, implementable and demonstrates the reasoning behind each. What's Next? We will be reaching out to you to help engage your affiliate in discussing this new synthesized version and helping the recommendation writers as well as the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees understand how they will affect your community and what final changes should be made before going forward. Your input in helping us refine and advance key ideas will be invaluable, and we are looking forward to engaging with you for a period of roughly six weeks, starting some time between January and February. Please share ideas on how you would like to meet and discuss the final draft recommendations when they are released near Mid January whether through your strategy salons & meetups, joining us at global and regional events, joining online conversations, or sending in notes from affiliate discussions. We couldn't do this without you, and hope that you will enjoy seeing your input reflected in the next draft and final recommendations. This will be an opportunity for the movement to review and respond to the recommendations before they are finalized. Warmly, Rupika Rupika Sharma Community Strategy Liaison, Movement Strategy Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> "Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment."

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