WikimediaIndia-l October 2021

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Condition of a Wikimedian, arrested by UP Police
by praveenp 09 Sep '22

09 Sep '22

Dear Indian Wikimedians, As many of you may have known, one of our fellow Wikimedian was arrested by Uttar Pradesh Police in October 2020. His name is Siddique Kappan (His wikimedia username is User:Sidheeq). He is from Kerala, and he was active in Wikimedia projects (mainly in Malayalam Wikipedia) until his arrest. Incidently he is a journalist and he was arrested from the home of Hathras rape and murder victim while reporting the victim Dalit girl's family members. UP Police has slapped Sedition, Terrorism as well as UAPA charges against him. Kappen is diabetic and now COVID positive. He was admitted to hospital only after he collapsed in the jail cell. With his deteriorating health, it was accused that Kappan was chained to hospital bed like an animal. Today's news reports say that he is in critical condition. (You could always google "Siddique Kappan") As a tone deaf people I don't expect anything from this mail, I just wish to share the information. Stay Inside, Stay Complementary (non-critical), Stay safe, Stay healthy. User:Praveenp ------------- Siddique's en.wiki page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sidheeq

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Subhas Chandra Bose's 125th birth anniversary Wikimedia celebration
by Bodhisattwa Mandal 20 Apr '22

20 Apr '22

Hello all, 23 January 2022 will mark the 125th birth anniversary of Indian freedom fighter Subhas Chandra Bose. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subhas_Chandra_Bose West Bengal Wikimedians User Group is planning to conduct a series of events to improve free-content related to Subhas Chandra Bose on different Wikimedia sites. Today, on the 124th birth anniversary of Bose, we have inaugurated the initiative and will continue to work for the next one year. Learn more about the program here- https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Subhas_Chandra_Bose%27s_125th_birth_anniver… (under construction and to be expanded gradually). You may also read a blog post on Diff: https://diff.wikimedia.org/2020/12/24/125th-birth-anniversary-of-subhas-cha… If you like, you can share your thoughts and good wishes here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Subhas_Chandra_Bose%27s_125th_birth_an… Regards, Bodhisattwa On behalf of West Bengal Wikimedians User Group

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India grants and communication to Wikimediaindia-l
by Tito Dutta 05 Jan '22

05 Jan '22

Namaskara, This might be some food for thought, and inputs are welcome. India mailing list is the largest and most widely used Wikimedia mailing list for the Indian community. Could we have a practice that all grant requests from the country (or related to) are informed on the Wikimediaindia-l mailing list? Whether it is a state-level, project-level, language-level etc, or whether it is a rapid grant, project grant etc it would be good to see the plan details on this mailing list in advance. It will ensure greater visibility, and it will also ensure the community's understanding/knowing of each other's projects. If we can have a practice like this, we can inform Wikimedia, or CR team or relevant support structure(s) as an India community practice. This post is in my personal capacity. Please assume good faith Regards, User:Titodutta

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Research : Need assessment for Indic language Wikisource
by Jayanta Nath 22 Nov '21

22 Nov '21

Dear all, CIS-A2K has initiated a short-term pilot research project called *Study on Infrastructural Needs of Indian Language Wikisource Projects*, to collect baseline data on the challenges and needs of Wikisource projects in India. We would like to invite you to share your valuable feedback on the research design. For more details on this, including the objective and process, you may see: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Research/Study_on_Infrastructural_N… We request you to kindly give your feedback on the following points which would be very useful to refine the study before we commence our research work: 1. Are the objectives of the research clear? 2. What do you think of the process outlined for this research? 3. Kindly give us your general opinion/suggestions/comments about this study. For any queries, kindly reply to this thread, or write to sneha(a)cis-india.org. Best, Jayanta Nath Centre for Internet and Society

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Re: Wikimediaindia-l Digest, Vol 2096, Issue 1
by த*உழவன் 31 Oct '21

31 Oct '21

Without R&D progress is not possible. Becoz every Indic language differes esp., in the interfaces. Many interface admins are not having sufficient experiences. My request is listen "their needs". Like google OCR, we need voice input tools, floating keyboard, sidebar toggle as in translatewiki. <https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Translate&group=page-T…> Simplification leads to faster growth. -*தகவலுழவன்* Wikimedia-User-Name:* Info-farmer *Mobile:*+91 9095343342* சனி, 30 அக்., 2021, பிற்பகல் 5:34 அன்று, < wikimediaindia-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org> எழுதியது: > Send Wikimediaindia-l mailing list submissions to > wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe, please visit > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wikimediaindia-l.lists.wikimedi… > > 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. Re: Research : Need assessment for Indic language Wikisource > (balaji) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2021 12:38:00 +0530 > From: balaji <balajijagadesh(a)gmail.com> > Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Re: Research : Need assessment for Indic > language Wikisource > To: Wikimedia India Community list > <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Message-ID: > <CAE5qzKF1L5vY=CLnXRaMm+T2LoK0FWK+c1+wexV= > ASdhZEQH_Q(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: multipart/alternative; > boundary="00000000000056df4d05cf8c9b20" > > Hi.. > Thanks for carrying out the research project. As of now I couldnt comment > on anything. Because I couldnt understand the requirement for the research > and what is the expected outcome and what is the practical use of the > project. > > Regards, > J. Balaji > > On Fri, Oct 29, 2021 at 3:30 PM Jayanta Nath <jayantanth(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > Dear all, > > > > CIS-A2K has initiated a short-term pilot research project called *Study > > on Infrastructural Needs of Indian Language Wikisource Projects*, to > > collect baseline data on the challenges and needs of Wikisource projects > in > > India. We would like to invite you to share your valuable feedback on the > > research design. For more details on this, including the objective and > > process, you may see: > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Research/Study_on_Infrastructural_N… > > > > We request you to kindly give your feedback on the following points which > > would be very useful to refine the study before we commence our research > > work: > > > > 1. Are the objectives of the research clear? > > 2. What do you think of the process outlined for this research? > > 3. Kindly give us your general opinion/suggestions/comments about this > > study. > > > > For any queries, kindly reply to this thread, or write to > > sneha(a)cis-india.org. > > > > Best, > > Jayanta Nath > > Centre for Internet and Society > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list -- wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > To unsubscribe send an email to > wikimediaindia-l-leave(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >

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Wikisource Android Apps
by Jayanta Nath 19 Oct '21

19 Oct '21

Greetings All, We are happy to announce that the CIS-A2K team have been initiated to develop the Wikisource Android apps for Wikisource reader. Over the last couple of months, a group of devs from the Tamil language community have been putting together an Android Wikisource App for us. They have been finished their POC of the app. In the coming month, we will engage some developers to develop iOS apps for the same. We think it's finally gotten to a good state for people to start hacking on it. For those just wanting to get started here are the links Initial code: https://github.com/ViluppuramGLUG/WikisourceApp feature ideas landing page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikisource_Apps How can you help? In the coming month, we may help to do the following ... * Fork the code and help us with open bug requests * Critique the code and suggest a cleanup * Start to hack on new features UI. * Localization for the user interface Also, you may comment/suggest/feedback our meta talk page https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikisource_Apps Regards, Jayanta Nath Program Officer ( Wikisource ) CIS-A2K

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SAARC Region Round 1 - Wikimedia Community Fund
by Tanveer Hasan 19 Oct '21

19 Oct '21

Dear Wikimedians, Applications for Round 1 of Wikimedia Community Fund will be open for the SAARC region, Northern and Western Europe region and ESEAP region from 1 November 2021. The last date for submission of application is 30 November 2021. For a detailed timeline please refer here [1]. <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Community_Fund#Ge…> *Please find below information about how to begin applying for General Support Funding, important dates and what flexibility we can provide, and opportunities to discuss your proposal for support before submitting it. Please review this information carefully: * How to begin applying for General Support Funds - A PDF and a Google Doc of the application form for General Support Funds are available on Meta-wiki <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Community_Fund/Ap…> [2]. The PDF is an expanded application guide, which explains the questions and some example responses for your review. I strongly recommend beginning to draft your application responses in a copy of the provided Google Doc version of the application. - Applications for General Support Funds will be submitted on a grants management platform called Fluxx. Then non-sensitive information from the application will be posted to Meta-wiki by the Community Resources team. To submit applications to Fluxx, please use this link to register an account <https://wmf.fluxx.io/portal>,[3] and the Grants Admin team will support you as necessary. If you need support or have questions about Fluxx registration, please get in touch with grantsadmin(a)wikimedia.org. Important dates - A general timeline for this round <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Community_Fund#Ge…> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Community_Fund#Ge…>[1]has been published on Meta-wiki. - A recommended deadline for General Support Fund proposals is 30 November 2021. However, if you need more time to prepare your proposal for any reason, please get in touch with me as soon as possible. I am happy to work together with you to confirm a different arrangement for submitting your application. Getting support before submitting your proposal - Conversation hours are available this month (SAARC <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Regions/SAARC#Conversation_hours_for…> ,Northern and Western Europe <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Regions/Northern_and_Western_Europe>, ESEAP <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Regions/ESEAP>) [4],[5],[6] for questions regarding your General Support Fund applications using Google Meet. Please refer to the Meta page for information on joining the meetings. - If scheduled office hours do not work well for you, or if you would like more dedicated time to discuss needs or questions please reach out via email. - The budget template <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-I7F2rwXc2EEI5nld5AIkAeCacnr4p0jKPh…> [7] is available to help you consider how to categorize different kinds of expenses but is not required to use. Please feel free to continue using the existing budget templates you have been using for Simple APG or APG for this application. If there are more specific questions about your budget, either myself or the Regional Committee will follow up with you during the review. - Multi-year funding is available for applicants with multi-year organisational strategies in the General Support Fund. Please contact me if you are considering applying for this funding, and I will walk you through what expectations there will be for review, as well as how this new funding arrangement will operate. Please write to saarc_fund(a)wikimedia.org, nwe_fund(a)wikimedia.org, or thasan(a)wikimedia.org if you have any questions or needs I can address. You can also write to communityresources(a)wikimedia.org with suggestions and ideas. Regards, [1]. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Community_Fund#Ge… [2]. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Community_Fund/Ap… [3]. https://wmf.fluxx.io/portal [4]. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Regions/SAARC [5]. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Regions/Northern_and_Western_Europe [6]. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Regions/ESEAP [7]. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-I7F2rwXc2EEI5nld5AIkAeCacnr4p0jKPh… -- *Tanveer Hasan *(him/his/they/their) Community Resources Wikimedia Foundation Grants Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>

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Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Movement Charter Drafting Committee elections are now open!
by Dr. Manavpreet Kaur 13 Oct '21

13 Oct '21

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Kaarel Vaidla <kvaidla(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2021, 15:32 Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Movement Charter Drafting Committee elections are now open! To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Hello everyone, Voting for the election for the members for the Movement Charter drafting committee is now open. In total, 70 Wikimedians from around the world are running for seven seats in these elections. As recommended by the Movement Strategy recommendations, the goal is to assemble a Drafting Committee that will draft a Movement Charter to ensure a common framework for decision making in the Wikimedia movement <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recomme…>. The committee will consist of 15 members in total: The online communities vote for 7 members, 6 members will be selected by the Wikimedia affiliates through a parallel process, and 2 members will be appointed by the Wikimedia Foundation. The plan is to assemble the committee by November 1, 2021. Voting is open from October 12 10:00 UTC to October 24, 2021 23:59 (Anywhere on Earth <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anywhere_on_Earth>). Learn more about the candidates Candidates from across the movement have submitted their candidatures. Learn about each candidate to inform your vote <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Candida…>. The statements are translated to a number of languages, so you can have access to the information in many of your preferred languages. Additionally, we are piloting a so-called “Election Compass <https://mcdc-election-compass.toolforge.org/>” for this election. Click yourself through the tool and respond to the 19 statements, and you will see which candidate is closest to you! The tool is available in ~9 languages (English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Arabic, Indonesian, Hausa). Voting Similar to the previous Board elections, we have chosen Single Transferable Vote <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_ele…> for the voting system. The benefit of this is voters can rank their choices in order of preference. Learn more about voting requirements <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_ele…>, how to vote <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_ele…>, and frequently asked questions about voting <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_ele…> . To cast your vote, please go to SecurePoll <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Electio…> . We also offer two question and answer times, if you have any questions regarding the Movement Charter and the voting process:w - Wednesday, 19:00 UTC, on Google Meet - Thursday, 13:00 UTC, on Zoom (that’s the Conversation Time with Maggie Dennis) Please write a short message to answers(a)wikimedia.org if you want to participate in one of these. Please help select people who best fit the needs of the movement at this time. Vote and spread the word so more people can vote for candidates. Our aim is to have a committee with Wikimedians that combine the diversity of the Wikimedia Movement as well as a great mix of competencies. Best, Kaarel Vaidla, on behalf of the Movement Strategy & Governance team, Wikimedia Foundation -- Kaarel Vaidla (he/him) Movement Strategy <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/2030> Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org… To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-leave(a)lists.wikimedia.org

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Announcement of SAARC Movement Charter selector and elections
by Abbad Diraneyya 12 Oct '21

12 Oct '21

Hello, Apologies for posting several times in the last few days. Yesterday we held a meeting for the SAARC region regarding its selector. The selector will represent the region when casting the affiliates vote for choosing members of the Movement Charter Drafting Committee. The result <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Affiliates_by_Region/SAARC…> was agreement on *User:Suyash.dwivedi* as the region's selector. Suyash will be one among eight representatives of other regions who will take part on behalf of affiliates. Additionally, all of you, as Wikimedians, have the chance to cast your votes in the *Drafting Committeee's elections* that will start in a few hours and run until 24 October. Here's a link to the candidates page <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Candida…> (the option for voting will appear there soon). All the best, Abbad. -- Knowledge Management Coordinator Strategy Team

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Nominations for SAARC Movement Charter selector are open until 5 PM / 10 October
by Abbad Diraneyya 09 Oct '21

09 Oct '21

Hello everyone, Thank you to all of those who attended today's meeting to discuss the selection process for the selector of the SAARC/South Asia region. Based on the results of the discussion, you will have a chance to nominate yourself as a selector <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Affiliates_by_Region/SAARC…> (or to encourage people from your affiliate/group to self-nominate!) until *5 PM on 10 October*, according to the local time *anywhere in the SAARC region*. *Anyone can self-nominate. *You're not obliged to be a representative of a particular affiliate, although you'll need to be a member of one - communities, on the other hand, will have a chance to participate in the open elections that will start in a couple of days. All the best, Abbad. -- Knowledge Management Coordinator Strategy Team

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