Wikimediaindia-l November 2021

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Condition of a Wikimedian, arrested by UP Police

by praveenp

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

6 months, 3 weeks

Subhas Chandra Bose's 125th birth anniversary Wikimedia celebration

by Bodhisattwa Mandal

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

11 months, 2 weeks

India grants and communication to Wikimediaindia-l

by Tito Dutta

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

1 year, 2 months

Maryana’s Listening Tour ― South Asia meet

by Jayanta Nath

Hello, We are thankful for showing interest to participate in the call. This is a reminder that this call will take place today at 1:30 pm UTC / 7 pm Indian Standard Time / 7:30 pm Bangladesh Standard Time. The call will be hosted on Zoom Platform and it will be recorded. Please see the event page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Maryana%E2%80%99s_Listening_Tour_%E2%80%95_… If you have not registered yet, and are interested to join, please fill the short form before 4 pm (IST): https://forms.gle/bDrJgdHFXTQh4otPA Regards Jayanta Hello everyone, Greetings of Wikisource's 18th Birthday! This is a reminder that this conversation takes place in about 3.5 hours from now. Looking forward to seeing you all there and celebrating this occasion together. Best Satdeep

1 year, 4 months

Maryana’s Listening Tour ― South Asia meet - Registration - Update

by Jayanta Nath

Hello, We are thankful for showing interest to participate in the call. The call will take place on 26 November at 1:30 pm UTC / 7 pm Indian Standard Time / 7:30 pm Bangladesh Standard Time. Please see the event page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Maryana%E2%80%99s_Listening_Tour_%E2%80%95_… If you have not registered yet, and are interested to join, please fill the short form: https://forms.gle/bDrJgdHFXTQh4otPA The session will be moderated by Shabab Mustafa and Tanveer Hasan. Regards Jayanta

1 year, 4 months

Research : Need assessment for Indic language Wikisource

by Jayanta Nath

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

1 year, 4 months

Maryana’s Listening Tour ― South Asia meet - Registration

by Jayanta Nath

Hello, As a part of the Wikimedia Foundation Chief Executive Officer Maryana’s Listening Tour, a meeting is scheduled for conversation with communities in South Asia. Please see the event page here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Maryana%E2%80%99s_Listening_Tour_%E2%80%95_… The meet will be on *Friday 26 November 2021 - 1:30 pm UTC [7:00 pm IST].* Maryana Iskander, Wikimedia Foundation Chief Executive Officer (CEO), will be the guest of the session. We invite you to join the meet. The session will be hosted on Zoom and will be recorded. Please fill this short form, if you are interested to attend the meet. Registration link: https://forms.gle/bDrJgdHFXTQh4otPA Please follow the event page for updates. Regards, Jayanta Nath CIS-A2K Team

1 year, 4 months

Wiki Loves Monuments 2021 in India winners

by Bodhisattwa Mandal

1 year, 4 months

Round 1 Wikimedia Community Fund and Wikimedia Alliances Fund

by Tanveer Hasan

Dear Wikimedians, Round 1 of the Wikimedia Community Fund <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Community_Fund> [1] (for all Wikimedia projects, volunteers and affiliates) and Wikimedia Alliances Fund <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Alliances_Fund> [2] (for external organisations aligned with Wikimedia movement) is now open. Please consider applying for the funds and encourage Wikimedians with wonderful ideas and initiatives to apply as well. Community Resources Team will be organising Conversation hours to develop proposals and be of assistance in drafting of applications. 30 November 2021 is the last date for submitting the applications. Please register/apply using this link <https://wmf.fluxx.io/user_sessions/new> [3]. We are delighted to welcome User: Tarunno <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Tarunno> [4] and User: AshLin <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:AshLin> [5] to the SAARC Regional Grants Committee <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Regions/SAARC> [6]. They were invited to join the committee by the existing members in recognition of their skills, experience in the movement, contributions to the projects and strengthening the existing committee. Please note that the SAARC Regional Grants Committee will be the decision making authority for both of these funds. For more details feel free to write to saarc_fund(a)wikimedia.org or thasan(a)wikimedia.org. [1]. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Community_Fund [2]. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Alliances_Fund [3]. https://wmf.fluxx.io/user_sessions/new [4]. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Tarunno [5]. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:AshLin [6]. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Regions/SAARC Regards, -- *Tanveer Hasan *(him/his/they/their) Community Resources Wikimedia Foundation Grants Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>

1 year, 4 months

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