WikimediaIndia-l June 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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Wikidata WikiProject India Newsletter #4
by Bodhisattwa Mandal 30 Jun '20

30 Jun '20

Hi all, You can find the 4th issue of the Wikidata WikiProject India quarterly newsletter here <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_India/Newsletter/2020_07…>, where you can get a quick overview of the Wikidata activities related to India which happened over the last 3 months. To get timely notification in your talk page, you can subscribe here. <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_message_delivery/Targets/Wikidata_In…> Regards, Bodhisattwa WIkidata Advisor, CIS-A2K

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indic Wikisource Community Newsletter: Issue 1: April–June 2020
by reegansri33 30 Jun '20

30 Jun '20

Nice effort, congratulations to Jayanta Nath,Sushant savla,Gitartha.bordoloi, J.BalajiSent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. -------- Original message --------From: Jayanta Nath <jayantanth(a)gmail.com> Date: 6/30/20 9:57 PM (GMT+05:30) To: indic-wikisource(a)lists.wikimedia.org Cc: "Discussion list on Indian language projects of Wikimedia." <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, "discussion list for Wikisource, the free library" <wikisource-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indic Wikisource Community Newsletter: Issue 1: April–June 2020 Hi all,From this month, starts the journey of a quarterly newsletter featuring news, updates and plans related to Indic Wikisource activities in India. You can check the first newsletter here.[1]To get the timely notification in your talk page, you can subscribe here.[2]I would like to request to all Indic Wikisource community please suggest your thought, content, section ideas for future newsletters and add your proposal community news/content update to suggestion.[3]1.https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Indic_Wikisource_Community/… NathWikisource Programme Officer CIS-A2K

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Indic Wikisource Community Newsletter: Issue 1: April–June 2020
by Jayanta Nath 30 Jun '20

30 Jun '20

Hi all, >From this month, starts the journey of a quarterly newsletter featuring news, updates and plans related to Indic Wikisource activities in India. You can check the first newsletter here <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Indic_Wikisource_Community/Newsletter/April…> .[1] To get the timely notification in your talk page, you can subscribe here. <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Indic_Wikisource_Community/Newsletter/Sugge…> [2] I would like to request to all Indic Wikisource community please suggest your thought, content, section ideas for future newsletters and add your proposal community news/content update to suggestion <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Indic_Wikisource_Community/Newsletter/Sugge…> .[3] 1. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Indic_Wikisource_Community/Newsletter/April… 2. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Indic_Wikisource_Community/Newsletter/Recip… 3. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Indic_Wikisource_Community/Newsletter/Sugge… Regards, Jayanta Nath Wikisource Programme Officer CIS-A2K

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Fwd: Digest of Wikimedia Clinic #003; Wikimedia Clinic #004 happening in an hour
by Asaf Bartov 28 Jun '20

28 Jun '20

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Fwd: Digest of Wikimedia Clinic #002; updates on schedule; Wikimedia clinic in Spanish!
by Asaf Bartov 25 Jun '20

25 Jun '20

Asaf Bartov (he/him/his) Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! https://donate.wikimedia.org ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Asaf Bartov <abartov(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 11:12 PM Subject: Digest of Wikimedia Clinic #002; updates on schedule; Wikimedia clinic in Spanish! To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Dear Wikimedians, We have now published the digest of Wikimedia Clinic #002[1]. If you missed previous announcements about the Wikimedia Clinic idea, please see its page on Meta[2]. As announced, it contains a compact summary of the topics discussed, augmented by links and some follow-up information that was not available during the call. I invite you to skim the topic list and see if there's something of interest for you. Upcoming Wikimedia Clinic calls are: Call #004 - Sunday(!), June 28th, 17:30 UTC [3] Call #005 - Wednesday, July 1st, 17:30 UTC [4] Also, we are experimenting with a Wikimedia Clinic in Spanish! It is still being scheduled, and I will keep you posted as soon as the date and time are known. That call will be held primarily in Spanish (everyone is welcome, of course), and will welcome discussions in Spanish. Cheers, Asaf [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinics/002 [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinics [3] https://meet.google.com/wcu-arcq-jxg [4] https://meet.google.com/eqo-qokn-mwj Asaf Bartov (he/him/his) Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! https://donate.wikimedia.org

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Community open letter on renaming
by Bodhisattwa Mandal 24 Jun '20

24 Jun '20

Hi all, An open letter <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_open_letter_on_renaming> has been published yesterday on meta asking WMF to pause or stop its its current renaming activities <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_moveme…> until equitable decision-making is ensured. The letter was drafted collaboratively after long discussions at the recent All-Affiliates Brand Meeting <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/All-Affiliates_Brand_Meeting>(s). If you agree with the letter, you are invited to sign there <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_open_letter_on_renaming/signatures> as a representative on behalf of your affiliate and/or as an individual volunteer. Please note, this mail is shared for information purpose only. Please use your understanding while participating. Regards, Bodhisattwa West Bengal Wikimedians User Group

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Fwd: Wikimedia Clinic #003 today at 08:00 UTC
by Asaf Bartov 23 Jun '20

23 Jun '20

Asaf Bartov (he/him/his) Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! https://donate.wikimedia.org ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Asaf Bartov <abartov(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 8:05 AM Subject: Wikimedia Clinic #003 today at 08:00 UTC To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Dear Wikimedians, A quick reminder that we will be having another Wikimedia Clinic open call today, in about three hours, at 08:00 UTC. The Wikimedia Clinics calls are open video calls (using Google Meet) where any active Wikimedian is welcome to attend and ask questions or ask for advice about whatever Wikimedia-related goal or problem they're working on.You can also just share what you're working on and invite feedback, even if you don't have a specific question. Or people can just connect to hang out, or to offer their own experience to the people asking questions. It's relaxed and informal. The calls are a Friendly space <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Friendly_space_policy>. Attendees are expected to: - Listen with patience and respect. - Share your experience, but remember others' contexts are very diverse, and may not match yours. - Be of service. The Google Meet link is https://meet.google.com/hmb-hfjk-jtk NOTE: I know the Branding project is still a topic of interest and debate for many of you. While you are welcome to bring it up during a clinic and share thoughts with each other, I'm afraid this upcoming call won't have new information from WMF's side beyond the last communication from the Board, and those interested in further engagement on the topic would be able to get more answers on the same general channels on Meta and the Wikimedia-l mailing list they have already been using. Again, the topic is not taboo on the Wikimedia Clinic, but I do want to set expectations for people who may only attend hoping to hear new information about it. Cheers, A. Asaf Bartov (he/him/his) Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! https://donate.wikimedia.org

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Affiliates meeting tomorrow on current situation of Rebranding
by Bodhisattwa Mandal 22 Jun '20

22 Jun '20

Hi all, I hope that the Indian community members are aware of the turmoil in the community which has arisen from the entire process of rebranding initiative of WMF and its recent updates. I hope many of you have noticed the RfC <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Should_the_Foundation_…>, brand name proposal <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_moveme…> etc and the widespread opposition this process faced due to several valid reasons, which were largely ignored in the process. Recently, I guess, all affiliate contacts got a closed survey link to choose from three ''Wikipedia'' variants as the future brand. Yesterday, the head of Communications department of WMF published an Executive statement, <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_moveme…> where she said the decision of rebranding was already made by the WMF board. If that is true, the community and affiliates do not have the option to discuss the necessity of the process or stop the process by raising their valid concerns. In this current situation, affiliates are meeting on an emergency basis to discuss about what is happening and the next course of action from bottom-up. Details of the meeting can be found here. <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/All-Affiliates_Brand_Meeting> 1st call: 21st January, 2020, 8:30 am IST 2nd call: 22nd January, 2020, 00:30 am IST All affiliates from India are requested to send at least one contact person or representative to join the meeting. Regards, Bodhisattwa (As a *Wikimedia* *volunteer*) [P.S. - This post is only for information about the meeting. I do not have any link with the brand team and the process or WMF.]

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Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation proposal to call ourselves as the Wikipedia Network, Wikipedia Movement or simply Wiki
by Tito Dutta 22 Jun '20

22 Jun '20

Hello, This post on Wikimedia-l summarises and captures the recent updates and the journey so far. Specially, in case we need to know the background and details, the links shared by Florence in the post below will take through. I'll add some additional notes to the links (without editing the main post) 1) Link 1 is the main rebranding page, to know more about the rebranding plan. That's the main page. 2) Link 2 is about an RfC that took place to understand community opinion on "Should the Foundation call itself Wikimedia?" 3) Now after presenting the main idea (Link 1) and getting community feedback (link 2 the RfC, and different other channels were used to get feedback, including 2 workshops at Oslo, and Bangalore, 1 online workshop, mailing list discussion etc. they, as reported, gathered all feedback and presented 3 naming conventions. We are in "this" stage now.**** If you have got a post on your talk page or email asking to fill a survey, or talking about selecting one of the three naming conventions (Wikipedia network, Wikipedia movement, and Wiki), that's the naming convention survey. The naming conventions are presented in Link 3 below. Link 4 contains YouTube video links, where the ideas were presented in videos. **** Actually we are slightly ahead of this stage now, especially after an Executive Summary was posted on 18 June 2020, you might have noticed another post on this mailing list yesterday. In this "for your information" or "let's look back/summarise" post I don't want to include that, as it will make the timeline more complicated, and will make it more difficult to follow. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Roman Bustria Jr. <> Date: Sun, Jun 21, 2020, 3:53 PM Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation proposal to call ourselves as the Wikipedia Network, Wikipedia Movement or simply Wiki To: wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Hi Folks, There is a proposal initiated by the Wikimedia Foundation to call ourselves the "Wikipedia Network", "Wikipedia Movement" or simply "Wiki". I strongly suggest that the Foundation should allocate time & resources with the Wikimedia community fully involved in *identifying and resolving the real problem *that brought the idea of creating the brands department. These include opening communication channels like what was done in our strategy 2030 process to ask recommendations on how we strengthen the Wikimedia identity (like having online and offline promotion of the "Wikimedia" identity) I was puzzled how this Brand project was not fully integrated in the 2017 and 2018-2020 Movement Strategy Process. But hey, we can do a counter proposal and offer a better and more acceptable solution to this. As shared by the Florence in the other mailing list: 1) if you are not aware of the topic, and arguments behind the proposition ----> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_moveme… 2) if you would like to read some feedback from the community, check this : https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Should_the_Foundation_… 3) to read the proposals : https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_moveme… 4) to watch the presentation via youtube : *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3zlBGHHHiY <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3zlBGHHHiY>* -- Sincerely, Butch Bustria ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information contained in this message is privileged and intended only for the recipients named. If the reader is not a representative of the intended recipient, any review, dissemination or copying of this message or the information it contains is prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately notify the sender, and delete the original message and attachments. Please consider the environment before printing this email. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>

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