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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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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-l] Introducing 'Wiki for X'
by Alex Stinson 30 Mar '21

30 Mar '21

Hi Phillipe and Tulsi, As you may or may not be aware, I have been guiding an effort to pilot Wikimedia Foundation capacity for supporting community content campaigns: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Campaigns/Foundation_Campaigns_Team So we have seen a wide range of different naming conventions for community campaigns. Wiki Loves typically include photography campaigns, while Wiki for (or 4) campaigns are typically writing activities with a focus on an advocacy topic with broad international agreement i.e. representation of women, SDGs or Human Rights (as Phillipe notes advocacy positions are complicated ). There are of course exceptions to this pattern (i.e Wiki Loves SDGS: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/Wiki_Loves_SDGs_Nigeria ) because the conventions are accidental cultural phenomena rather than planned and deliberate . However, suggesting that there needs to be a uniform naming convention isn't very helpful across widely divergent campaigns with different goals, different audiences, and different communication contexts (i.e. languages or cultures). For me, the more important concern is helping organizers choose the right name for the audiences they want to engage (that, for example, activists need to know we are supportive of SDGs, Climate action or representation of Women rather than trying to document something en-mass i.e. Butterflies or Monuments). For example, Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos, WikiGap, Black Lunch Table and InvisibleWikiWomen all have very deliberate communication and branding choices behind their names. If new organizers need help thinking through naming for their own campaigns -- it's worth exploring the various bits of documentation we are gathering at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Campaigns or reaching out to my colleague Felix Nartey or myself. Glad that we are thinking publically about how we show up in campaigns :) Cheers, Alex Stinson On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 1:41 PM Philippe Beaudette <philippe(a)beaudette.me> wrote: > I have hesitations. First of all, “for” implies “in support of”. > Therefore, wiki for COVID-19 could be read as “wiki in support of > covid-19”, which I don’t believe is the message you are trying to convey. > > Thats why the “loves” works so well. May I ask why you think we need a new > system for naming conventions here? > > Philippe > > On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 9:57 AM Tulsi Bhagat <tulsibhagat50(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hello, >> Greetings! >> >> I hope you're doing well. I would like to introduce 'Wiki for X', a >> new general format for naming various sorts of Wikimedia community events >> and outreach campaigns; For instance, we have 'Wiki Loves X' as such 'Wiki >> for X', where X is whatever the coordinators wish to call the campaign. >> This is because i believe change is necessary. I hope we can create some >> brand new impactful ideas for outreach campaigns across the globe with this >> new general format. >> >> With regard to, I've organized Wiki For COVID-19 >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_For_COVID-19> on Jun 01-Sep 30 >> 2020 and I see there's another event WikiForHumanRights >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiForHumanRights> starting on >> April 15-March 15 2021 to celebrate Earth Day. >> >> Can we please give continuity to this new general format? I really >> appreciate your input and opinions on this. Thank you for your >> consideration! >> >> Kind regards, >> Tulsi >> _______________________________________________ >> 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> >> > -- > Philippe Beaudette > philippe(a)beaudette.me > _______________________________________________ > 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> > -- Alex Stinson Senior Program Strategist Wikimedia Foundation Twitter: @sadads Learn more about how the communities behind Wikipedia, Wikidata and other Wikimedia projects partner with cultural heritage organizations: https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM

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Introducing 'Wiki for X'
by Tulsi Bhagat 30 Mar '21

30 Mar '21

Hello, Greetings! I hope you're doing well. I would like to introduce 'Wiki for X', a new general format for naming various sorts of Wikimedia community events and outreach campaigns; For instance, we have 'Wiki Loves X' as such 'Wiki for X', where X is whatever the coordinators wish to call the campaign. This is because i believe change is necessary. I hope we can create some brand new impactful ideas for outreach campaigns across the globe with this new general format. With regard to, I've organized Wiki For COVID-19 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_For_COVID-19> on Jun 01-Sep 30 2020 and I see there's another event WikiForHumanRights <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiForHumanRights> starting on April 15-March 15 2021 to celebrate Earth Day. Can we please give continuity to this new general format? I really appreciate your input and opinions on this. Thank you for your consideration! Kind regards, Tulsi

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Fwd: [kanchilug] Meeting Schedule - 28.03.2021
by Shrinivasan T 28 Mar '21

28 Mar '21

---------- Forwarded message --------- அனுப்புநர்: thiru murugan <thiruak1024(a)gmail.com> Date: ஞாயி., 28 மார்., 2021, முற்பகல் 9:16 Subject: [kanchilug] Meeting Schedule - 28.03.2021 To: <kanchilug(a)freelists.org> Hello everyone, Kanchi Linux Users Group [ KanchiLUG ] has been spreading awareness on Free/Open Source Software (F/OSS) in Kanchipuram since November 2006. We usually meet on every Sunday. For this week, we shall meet online on Sunday March 28, 2021 at 04:00 PM IST. Meeting link to Join : https://meet.jit.si/KanchiLug Can join with any browser or JitSi android app. All the Discussions are in Tamil. Talk Details: Talk 1: Topic: Need of Javascript tools and CSS changes for wikisource Description: Wikisource is a Free Library of source texts which are in the public domain or legally available for free redistribution. Wikisource is an official project of the Wikimedia Foundation and a sister project of Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikisource contains large data. By changing CSS and using javascript tools, we can customize wikisource. In this talk, we will see Javascript tools and required CSS changes for customizing wikisource. Duration: 1 Hr Speaker Name: Info Farmer, tha.uzhavan(a)gmail.com About Speaker: Info Farmer is a long time (12+ years) wikipedia contributor. He contributes to ta.wikisource.org and ta.wiktionary.org majorly. After Talks: QA & general discussions Entry Free. All are welcome. -- Thanks & Regards, Thirumurugan K For more detail, https://kanchilug.wordpress.com/2021/03/28/meeting-schedule-28-03-2021/ Join mailing list : https://www.freelists.org/list/kanchilug Web: https://kanchilug.wordpress.com Mailing List Guidelines: https://ilugc.in/mailing-list-guidelines Web: http://ilugc.in/ Internet Relay Chat: #ilugc on irc.freenode.net Chennaipy mailing list Chennaipy(a)python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chennaipy

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WMF Community Board seats: Draft report of the call for feedback
by Krishna Chaitanya Velaga 23 Mar '21

23 Mar '21

Hello everyone, As many of might already know, the call for feedback <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_Boa…>[1] process WMF Community Board seats ended on March 14. The the first draft of the six weeks long consultation is ready for review at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees/Call…. We are still planning to update the appendix with some metrics about the Call for Feedback. Also, we might make minor improvements for more consistent wording across the document. Community members can provide feedback until the end of next Monday, March 29. You can post your comments/suggestions on the talk page, or write to me. Let me know if you have any questions. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_Boa… [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees/Call…

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[Small wiki toolkits] Workshop on "Debugging/fixing template errors" - 27 March (Saturday)
by Indic MediaWiki Developers User Group 23 Mar '21

23 Mar '21

Hello everyone, As part of the Small wiki toolkits (South Asia) initiative, the workshop on "*Debugging/fixing template errors*" will be on upcoming Saturday (*27 March*). We will learn how to address the common template errors on wikis (related but not limited to importing templates, translating them, Lua, etc.). Details of the workshop are as follows: - Date: 27 March - Timings: 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm (IST) - Meeting link: https://meet.google.com/cyo-mnrd-ryj - *to add this to your Google Calendar, please use click here <https://calendar.google.com/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=MjgzaXExcm9ha3RpbTB…>.* If you are interested, please sign-up on the registration page at https://w.wiki/36Sg. Regards, Small wiki toolkits - South Asia organizers

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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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A proposed Research and engagement Project on Designing a template for a sustainable education program
by Febin Prakash 21 Mar '21

21 Mar '21

Hi, We are reaching out to share that we have proposed a project - Designing a template for a sustainable education program. In the proposed program, we will study the previously organized education programs, their outcomes, challenges, and issues. We will also design and practice a methodology on a structured and governed education program to observe the difference in engagement and outcome. As a final outcome, we expect to create and share a template for a sustainable education program in India. Please find more details here- https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Research_%26_Engagement_Proj… If you like the project, please show your support by endorsing us. Regards, Febin

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Focus languages for improvements to the lexicographic extension of Wikidata and Abstract Wikipedia
by Nick Wilson (Quiddity) 16 Mar '21

16 Mar '21

Hallo. I'm cross-posting this to a few lists. Please send any questions to the project's talkpage. We would like to find two or three language communities who would be good matches to help to guide some long-term improvements to the lexicographic data part of Wikidata, and the closely related work in the Wikifunctions wiki and the Abstract Wikipedia project, over the next few years. We are looking for communities that are open to trying out new things, and have an interest in linguistics and coding. Participating communities will hopefully find that this project will lead to long-term growth in content in Wikipedia and Wiktionary in and about their language. See https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Lexicographical_d… for more detailed information (including some suggested criteria). Please help us identify potential good matches. Thank you! p.s. A translated/translatable version of this message is on meta-wiki, if you'd like to share it elsewhere: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Quiddity_(WMF)/Lexicographical_message -- Nick "Quiddity" Wilson (he/him) Community Relations Specialist Wikimedia Foundation

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