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
Hello all,
For last couple of weeks, I am trying to update state and district wise
data of COVID-19 pandemic in India on Wikidata. I have tried to organize
the workflow here
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_India/COVID-19_task_force>.
Thanks to Mahir for creating all the visualisation queries
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_India/COVID-19_task_forc…>
and Jinoy for working on the health bulletins. To check how important the
entire work is, you can check this map showing the spread of the disease at
the district level <https://w.wiki/LCs> or this line chart at the state
level, <https://w.wiki/Kvs> for example, all built from Wikidata. This is
useful for epidemiological research, distribution of relief and health
materials, planning of volunteer relief teams and many other aspects. There
are already quite a few non-Wikimedia volunteer workforce working on this.
Now, the problem is, there are huge discrepancies in data provided by WHO,
different government health bulletins, media houses and crowdsourced
volunteer initiatives and I have been trying as best as I could to find the
most accurate data and update them as far as at the district level. Also,
the Wikidata interface is not suitable for day-to-day updating like this
one, which is another problem. Needless to say, this is extremely
exhausting to do it alone for the whole country.
So, I appeal to every experienced Wikidata contributors in this list to at
least take care of the data of the districts of your states, so that the
workload is distributed and we can deliver high quality accurate
epidemiological data as the disease spreads further in the country. If I
have to do it alone, I will then have no other choice but to leave some
states behind which will create unavoidable and unwanted data gaps.
If you have any questions or want to join us, please ping me, Mahir or
Jinoy here.
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:WikiProject_India/COVID-19_task…>
We have a fairly active messenger chat group to coordinate with, where you
are more than welcome.
Regards,
Bodhisattwa
Wikidata volunteer
Dear all,
Hope this email finds you well and safe. You are aware of the very
unfortunate coronavirus outbreak globally and in India. Earlier we informed
you that on-site/offline CIS-A2K events were postponed.[1] In this email,
we will give you some more details about the Project Tiger 2.0 community
workshop.
You know Project Tiger edit-a-thon[2] has completed some time ago, and we
were supposed to work on organizing a community skill development workshop.
However, following WMF suggestion[3], recommendation by the central and
state government in India, and after a detailed discussion with Project
Tiger team, we want to inform that we can’t conduct Project Tiger workshop
due to the current circumstances, and we will be exploring a new date for
the workshop once life gets back to normal in India.
If you have questions, comments, or suggestions, please write to
tito+pt2020(a)cis-india.org or reply to the email.
Thanks for understanding and please stay safe.
Footnotes:
1.
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2020-March/014533.ht…
2.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Growing_Local_Language_Content_on_Wikipedia…
3. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources/COVID-19_Notice
Best,
Team Project Tiger
This workshop will be conducted virtually. And the agenda shows there will
be a few renowned speakers. For this particular event I have applied to
attend. If any of you are interested, have a look.
PS. I am not part of the organizing committee.
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From: Leila Zia <lzia(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Sat, Mar 28, 2020, 4:23 AM
Subject: Re: [Wikidata] Wiki Workshop 2020 Announcement and Call for Papers
To: Research into Wikimedia content and communities <
wiki-research-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, A mailing list for the Analytics Team
at WMF and everybody who has an interest in Wikipedia and analytics. <
analytics(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Discussion list for the Wikidata project. <
wikidata(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Hi all,
I hope you are all doing well and staying healthy.
A few updates (including registration information) about Wiki Workshop 2020:
* Wiki Workshop 2020 will take place on April 21, 5:00-10:00 PST
(13:00-18:00 UTC).
* We are planning an optional 80-min event after the completion of the
workshop. More information about this once we publish the full
schedule on 2020-03-31.
* We currently have a cap of 300 people for folks to participate in
the workshop. If you know you want to participate, please register
sooner rather than later. We are still iterating over the "streaming"
idea. More updates on that in the coming weeks.
* If you like to participate in the workshop, please submit your
registration request via
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe2ctfYVIokWYsvUfxcdF-FNwrymgzpNZL…
.
Best,
Leila, on behalf of Wiki Workshop 2020 organizers
On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 2:42 PM Leila Zia <lzia(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> We have an update for you regarding Wiki Workshop 2020 [0] in light of
> the global health situation related to COVID-19.
>
> ==Summary==
> We have turned Wiki Workshop 2020 from an in-person event to a fully
> virtual event. This was not an easy decision for us to make. We know
> that past year attendees had gained a lot from the in-person set-up of
> the workshop. This being said, we're excited about the opportunity of
> organizing the workshop in a virtual set-up: this allows us to reduce
> our carbon foot-print and to allow more people to benefit from the
> workshop.
>
> For this year's workshop, we have decided to remove the registration
> cost which is removing one more barrier for participation. The
> workshop will take place, as originally planned, on April 21 2020. We
> have changed the time of the workshop from Taipei's local time to
> afternoon UTC until evening UTC. (Exact times will be announced in the
> coming couple of weeks.) We also want you to know that we're working
> hard to transform the workshop program to one that can be engaging in
> a virtual set-up. We are making good progress on this front, thanks to
> the immense flexibility of everyone who is working with us including
> our speakers and the authors of the papers. Look for more information
> in the coming weeks about how to register (for fee). If you want to
> know more, please read on! :)
>
> ==Where?==
> Wiki Workshop 2020 is going fully virtual. All talks, conversations,
> poster sessions, and one on one meetings are moved to a virtual
> environment.
>
> ==When?==
> April 21, 2020. We will start in the afternoon UTC and will end in the
> evening UTC. Note that this is a change from the original plan to
> start at 9:00 local time in Taipei. We expect to be able to finalize
> the start and end times of the workshop no later than 2020-03-27.
>
> ==How?==
> We are testing a few different video communication options and most
> likely we will go with Zoom [1]. There is no cost for downloading
> Zoom, and there is even a web browser version of it. However, some of
> the features we will use, such as breakout rooms, will work more
> smoothly if you download Zoom. We will send specific instructions for
> how to connect to those who register for the event.
>
> ==Registration==
> If you are not an author of an accepted archival paper, you can
> request to attend the event for free. We will send the details for how
> to submit your request by 2020-03-27. We will review all registration
> requests and will let you know if your registration is through.
>
> If you are an author of an accepted paper in the workshop, you will
> need to make sure at least one of the authors of your paper is
> registered for a 1-day (or more) in-person registration option offered
> by the Web Conference 2020 organizers or the 5-day virtual attendance
> registration for the conference. Link to register:
> https://www2020.thewebconf.org/registration . Please note that your
> paper will be removed from the proceedings of the conference if you do
> not take this step and we, as workshop organizers, don't have any
> means to fix that for you.
>
> ==Program==
> We traditionally had 5-6 invited talks (45-min each) in Wiki Workshop
> along with a Featured and Lightning Talk session by the authors of the
> accepted papers followed by a poster session. The duration of the
> workshop in the old set-up was 8 hours.
>
> We have no doubt that our traditional model for the program has to
> change for this year. We know that the dynamics of engagement in the
> virtual set-ups are different from the in-person set-ups. Here is what
> we're thinking about the high-level format, the details to be
> announced as we finalize the program in the coming few weeks:
> * Ice-breaker: unchanged.
> * Introductions: some way of making sure every person knows at least a
> few other of the participants. (We can do 15-sec intros if we have 10s
> of attendees, but we can't scale that if we have many more.)
> * Keynote plus Q&A
> * A conversation: an interview style back-and-forth between two people
> with room for questions at the end.
> * A conversation: a panel style of conversation. we have a couple of
> topics in mind for the panel and are sorting out details.
> * Featured Talks and Lightning Talks: 10-min or 3-min presentations by
> the authors of the accepted papers. This is unchanged from last year,
> except that after this session we would go to a poster session and
> this year we are working on a topic-based virtual poster session. The
> authors will receive more information about this.
> * The virtual poster session
> * Wrap-up
> * One on one meetings: This is new for this year. We will be offering
> the participants the option to sign up for short one on one virtual
> meetings with a selected subset of Wikimedia researchers and volunteer
> editors for more in-depth conversations.
>
> Please expect more updates in the coming weeks on this thread. If you
> have questions, please send them to us via
> wikiworkshop(a)googlegroups.com or you can comment on this thread.
>
> We wish you, your family, and your friends health.
>
> Best,
> Leila, on behalf of Wiki Workshop organizers [2]
>
> [0] https://www2020.thewebconf.org/
> [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Video_Communications
> [2] https://wikiworkshop.org/2020/#organization
>
> On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 7:13 PM Leila Zia <lzia(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > We are delighted to announce that Wiki Workshop 2020 will be held in
> > Taipei on April 20 or 21, 2020 (the date to be finalized soon) and as
> > part of the Web Conference 2020 [1]. In the past years, Wiki Workshop
> > has traveled to Oxford, Montreal, Cologne, Perth, Lyon, and San
> > Francisco.
> >
> > You can read more about the call for papers and the workshops at
> > http://wikiworkshop.org/2020/#call. Please note that the deadline for
> > the submissions to be considered for proceedings is January 17. All
> > other submissions should be received by February 21.
> >
> > If you have questions about the workshop, please let us know on this
> > list or at wikiworkshop(a)googlegroups.com.
> >
> > Looking forward to seeing you in Taipei.
> >
> > Best,
> > Miriam Redi, Wikimedia Foundation
> > Bob West, EPFL
> > Leila Zia, Wikimedia Foundation
> >
> > [1] https://www2020.thewebconf.org/
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From: Katherine Maher <kmaher(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Wed, Mar 25, 2020, 12:26 AM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] [Covid-19] Update on Wikimedia conference grants
To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Cc: <conferencegrants(a)wikimedia.org>, Janeen Uzzell <juzzell(a)wikimedia.org>,
WMF Grants Administrator <grantsadmin(a)wikimedia.org>, Foundation Official <
foundation-official(a)wikimedia.org>, Chen Almog <calmog(a)wikimedia.org>
Hi everyone,
I wanted to share the following email. I send this to all current Wikimedia
conference grant recipients earlier today.
*Summary:*
- All conferences funded by Wikimedia Foundation grants must be
cancelled or postponed until further notice
- Cancellation fees and other penalties can be covered through grant
funds
- Not complying with these instructions might affect future grant
requests
- Please contact your program officers for further guidance
- We will not be approving grants for conferences until further notice
Thanks for your understanding, and stay safe!
Katherine
===
Hi all,
I’m writing to you as applicants and recipients of funding for Wikimedia
movement conferences scheduled or planned before December 2020. You will
not be surprised to learn that we are making some changes to our support
for movement conferences during the 2020 global COVID-19 pandemic.[1][2]
Two weeks ago, I sent all Project, Rapid, and Annual Plan grantees a
request to cancel or reschedule all public programs, and last week, we
canceled Wikimania[4]. Today, I want to provide clarity for recipients of
conference grants.
*== Cancelling or postponing events: next steps == *
We are asking all grantees with previously-approved and funded conferences
to postpone or cancel their conference until the World Health Organization
declares the COVID-19 pandemic over.
We recognize that you have already put a lot of effort into organizing and
planning your conference. However, our first priority is the health and
safety of you, your Wikimedia community, and the general public. We thank
you for modeling social responsibility and leadership by postponing your
event.
Global public health guidance indicates that the more quickly the world
responds to a pandemic, the better off the outcomes. In order to safeguard
free knowledge, we must also prioritize the well-being of the people who
make it possible.
*To facilitate postponing* the events and rescheduling them to a date *after
15 September 2020*, we ask the following:
1. Gather the data regarding all prepaid expenses, and report on any
unused funds. Any incurred costs due to cancellations will not be
deducted
from your total grant. In due time, we will review any increase requests
on
a case-by-case basis.
2. Determining the new event date should be done in collaboration with
your program officer (Chen Almog, calmog(a)wikimedia.org) to ensure your
new event date does not overlap with other movement events or other
potential constraints.
3. Please hold the grant funds until they can be repurposed to cover the
rescheduled event. Those funds should not be repurposed to accommodate
any
other activity without your program officer’s approval.
4. If you have a proposal for repurposing the grant funds that is
different than simply postponing your event, please discuss this with
your
program officer.
5. Our hope is that we will have better insight into the future by June.
We will reach out to you by June 30th to revisit the situation. Please
feel
free to reach out if you think you are ready to discuss this earlier.
6. If you wish to* cancel* your proposed event, we ask you to
communicate this to us soon so we can specifically work with you on
returning the funds to the Wikimedia Foundation for other use.
*== Thank you == *
We know how important it is to support one another and keep our communities
connected right now. We also know how important it is that you are able to
take care of yourself, your family, and other aspects of your life. If you
want to continue planning Wikimedia activities appropriate for this moment
(such as online, distributed events), we support you. Hosting online events
will be new for many of us, but we have already seen Wikimedians around the
world working on new approaches. We encourage you to connect with them, and
review this growing collection of resources on Meta-Wiki.[5]
We also recognize some people may need to pause in their volunteer efforts
in order to take care of those around them. That’s also okay. You should
not feel pressure to redesign your activities in order to meet previous
goals. There is no penalty for canceling.
Your program officer can work with you to discuss any ideas or answer
questions, so please reach out to us if you would like to talk. We’ll also
keep sharing more information and resources in the coming weeks via usual
community channels and this Meta-Wiki page:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/COVID-19 [6]
We are all here to support you and your communities right now. If you have
any questions about this email or your grant, please contact your program
manager, or send an email to eventsteam(a)wikimedia.org.
Stay safe and take care!
With thanks,
Katherine Maher - Chief Executive Officer,
Janeen Uzzell - Chief Operating Officer,
Joël Letang - Events Team Manager
[1] https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_coronavirus_pandemic
[3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources/COVID-19_Notice
[4] https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania
[5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiProject_remote_event_participation
[6] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/COVID-19
--
Katherine Maher (she/her)
Executive Director
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
--
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Executive Director
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
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Hi all,
I hope you have noticed that data regarding COVID-19 pandemic in India, its
states and districts are getting updated regularly from last few days. Now,
we have formally created a on-wiki page to better co-ordinate the
activities as the disease is spreading rapidly and the number of cases are
increasing.
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_India/COVID-19_task_force
Regards,
Bodhisattwa
For your information, thanks
Thanks
Tito Dutta
Note: If I don't reply to your email in 2 days, please feel free to remind
me over email or phone call.
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From: Katherine Maher <kmaher(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 at 02:27
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] [Covid-19] Postponing Wikimania Bangkok until 2021
To: Wikimania General List, (open subscription) <
wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Wikimedia Mailing List <
wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Dear everyone,
As a part of the Wikimedia movement’s ongoing response to the COVID-19
pandemic, we are postponing Wikimania Bangkok 2020. This decision was made
with the full support of the ESEAP host team and Wikimania Committee.
Together, we will hold Wikimania in Bangkok in 2021.
We are filled with sadness to not see you all in Bangkok in August.
However, we are confident that this is the best possible decision for the
well-being of our global community and public health overall. This decision
was proposed by the ESEAP organizers in line with their countries’ response
to the COVID-19 pandemic and is in line with recommendations from the World
Health Organization (WHO).
You are certain to have many questions. We hope to answer some of your
questions below. We will continue to answer questions on the Wikimania
Meta-Wiki page and on the Wikimania Telegram group chat (more information
below).
*== What does “postponing” Wikimania mean? ==*
We will not host an in-person Wikimania in 2020. We are rescheduling
Wikimania Bangkok until 2021. The ESEAP organizing team[2] will continue
their work as a regional collaborative between affiliates in the East,
South East, and Pacific regions to host us in Thailand next year.
The hotel and venue[3] in Bangkok will remain the same. We have not yet
finalized dates for 2021. We will work with the ESEAP team and Wikimania
Steering Committee to confirm new dates. We will let you know these dates
by the end of 2020.
The good news is that Wikimania 2021 will coincide with Wikipedia’s 20th
birthday year. We expect this to be a truly memorable Wikimania -- an
opportunity to celebrate reconnection after a year apart, along with the
remarkable accomplishment of two decades of free knowledge.
*== Will there be an alternative to the in-person event? ==*
There are no plans by the 2020 Wikimania hosts to organize a virtual,
online event. Hosting Wikimania is a lot of work. The ESEAP team is
committed to hosting the best possible in-person event in Bangkok in 2021.
Therefore, they will not have the capacity to organize a virtual Wikimania
this year.
However, the Wikimania committee, the ESEAP host team, and the Wikimedia
Foundation all recognize that other members of the community may be
interested in organizing a remote, global Wikimedia event for 2020.
Although the Wikimedia Foundation does not have the capacity at this time
to lead the organizing of a virtual online conference, we recognize others
may have the desire to do so.
We welcome discussion about online events. Interested parties are welcome
to contact the Wikimania Steering Committee and Wikimania Foundation staff
for advice on the Wikimania Meta-Wiki page[1].
We are also considering proposals for improving the capacity of communities
to organize local virtual convenings, and for how we can support
communities in organizing impromptu local and regional Wikimedia events
once the pandemic passes. As the situation has been changing rapidly we are
still working on specifics and will share more information in the coming
weeks.
*== What does this mean for scholarship applications? ==*
We are working on a plan for how to process Wikimania 2020 scholarship
applications.[4] We will share more information in the coming weeks.
*== How was this decision made? ==*
This recommendation was made by the ESEAP organizers based on what we know
about the current COVID-19 global health pandemic and current WHO
guidelines. The decision was made together with the ESEAP team in
consultation with the Wikimania Steering Committee and Wikimedia
Foundation. Together we are fully and unanimously aligned around this
decision.
Although we are genuinely sad to not have the opportunity to see you all
this year, we also are fully supportive of this decision in all of our best
interests. It allows our ESEAP community hosts to focus on the immediate
needs of their families, local Wikimedia communities, and local communities
as a whole. It is in line with global public health guidance and aligns the
Wikimedia movement as a responsible actor in support of our common public
good.
We want to thank all volunteers and affiliates that have been involved with
planning Wikimania. We’re especially appreciative of the ESEAP for their
leadership, flexibility, and compassion, as we have worked together to make
some difficult decisions on this important event.
*== Where can I learn more about Wikimania 2021? ==*
There are a number of channels where Wikimania is regularly discussed and
where plans for 2021 will be posted as they develop. We welcome all
interested participants to bring together our collective wisdom and
creativity to discuss what happens next with Wikimania. You can find these
channels here:
- Wikimania wiki: https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania
- Wikimania mailing list:
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
- Freenode IRC channel: #wikimania
- Telegram group chat: https://t.me/wikimaniachat
*== Where can I learn more about COVID-19 and Wikimedia? ==*
We know the Wikimedia community as generous and altruistic. Unsurprisingly,
many volunteers have started applying their skills and attention to this
current global pandemic. The Foundation created a page on Meta-Wiki where
we can share and document the steps the Foundation and movement members are
taking and ways to participate. We invite you to join us in documenting
more about our collective response: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/COVID-19
*== Thank you ==*Our world, and many of our lives, have changed rapidly
over these past few weeks. Yet we can look to history to take comfort that
crises are also often moments when people put aside differences, prioritize
community and care, and find ways to connect. The sense of community and
purpose within the Wikimedia movement is a powerful rejoinder to these
uncertain times.
This is a moment in which not only what we do, but how we do it, will make
a meaningful impact on the world. We are so grateful for all that you do as
a movement to continue to rise to the challenges of our moment.
Please, stay safe and take care.
Katherine, on behalf of the:
- ESEAP Core Organizing Team
- Wikimania Steering Committee
- Wikimedia Foundation Events Team
P.S. You can help translate and share this message via Meta-Wiki: <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2020>
You can also find additional information about Wikimedia's other actions
regarding COVID-19 on Meta-Wiki: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/COVID-19
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2020
[2] https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2020:Organizers
[3] https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2020:Venue
[4] https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarship_Committee
--
Katherine Maher (she/her)
Executive Director
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
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Hi list,
As COVID-19 has forced the Wikimedia communities to stay at home and like
many other affiliates, CIS-A2K has decided to suspend all offline
activities till 15th September, 2020 (or till further notice), I present to
you again Wikidata Skill Share
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:INDSS>, a zero-budget (or low
budget, as seems fit) capacity building initiative, where Wikidata
contributors, both newcomers and experienced, can share knowledge and
skills with each other and clear confusions. Most of the time, it is done
online on 1:1 basis, so it is just the right time to participate there, if
you have not planned to do or done it already. Lets learn Wikidata together!
Regards,
Bodhisattwa
Wikidata Advisor, CIS-A2K
Hello,
You are aware of the unfortunate coronavirus outbreak globally. In light of
the concerns with respect to COVID 19/Coronavirus outbreak in several parts
of the world, CIS-A2K, after getting instructions from WMF[1] and
recommendations from the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) management
and the board, will be implementing the following measures:
1) Given the risk of human to human transmission, we are currently
cancelling/postponing our all offline/on-site Wiki-events such as
workshops, conferences etc. You might have noticed in another thread[2] on
this mailing list that we have decided not to conduct Hackathon at this
moment, which was supposed to be conducted at the end of March. Similarly,
Advanced Train-the-Trainer has been kept on hold as well.
2) CIS-A2K request page[3] currently won't support any offline/onsite
Wiki-events such as photowalk, workshop etc.
As of now, this will be applicable till 15 September 2020.
To keep the energy of the Wikimedia communities in India, CIS-A2K is
planning to support and organise online Wiki-events (remote participation,
where no physical presence is required), we'll get back to you with further
details.
Thank you for your understanding and co-operation. For any question, please
reply in this thread or email tito+wetogether(a)cis-india.org
Stay safe.
With regards and good wishes,
T
--------------------------------------
Some other reading:
A few Wikimedians have started and working on a WikiProject remote event
participation:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiProject_remote_event_participation You
may have a look. Similarly, a Coronavirus tech handbook is being prepared
(crowdsourced) as well for remote working and events:
https://coronavirustechhandbook.com/remote
Please follow
Indian Government: Ministry of Health of Family Welfare (MOHFW) helpline
and support advice: http://www.mohfw.gov.in/, MOHFW consolidated travel
guidelines: http://www.mohfw
.gov.in/ConsolidatedTraveladvisoryUpdated11032020.pdf Mass gathering
advisory: http://www.mohfw.gov.in/advisoryformassgathering.pdf
Coronavirus safety advice by WHO:
https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-…
References
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources/COVID-19_Notice
[2]
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2020-March/014530.ht…
[3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Requests
Thanks
Tito Dutta