Apologies for cross posting!!!
We write to invite all photographers and photo enthusiasts on this platform
to the maiden edition of #WikiPhotoTalk.
The event was designed to support, create awareness for open knowledge in
photography and better provide more visibility for African photographers
featuring top photographers and image practitioners across Africa to share
knowledge, experience and help to proffer solutions to likely topical local
issues around photography in Africa.
It’s free but mandatory to register here: http://bit.ly/wikiphototalk
<http://bit.ly/wikiphototalk?fbclid=IwAR3oc5RXGPkBd0JpQcLkZsz50blh1eJ9SFoRTA…>
Thanks and looking forward to seeing you all as we advance Photography
knowledge in Africa.
Stay Safe!
Olaniyan Olushola
Hello,
Hope this email finds you well. First of all Happy Women's Day and cheers
to the every wikiwomen around the corner. Shine and glow as light in every
human sphere of life.
We are happy to announce that Wiki Loves Food 2021 in India will start from
next week i.e 15th March will continue for 14th April 2021. More
entries-more participants than before to make the event bigger and better
on. So, hurry and start uploading images from 15th March 2021.
To increase awareness about the competition, we have created a promotional
video (special thanks to Rahul Biswas) and boosted it on Facebook.
You can find the video on commons here
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wiki_Loves_Food_2021_INDIA.webm
on facebook here https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=922102291882889
Event page:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Food_2021_in_India
Regards,
Ananya Mondal
On behalf of Wiki Loves Food 2021 Team
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அனுப்புநர்: thiru murugan <thiruak1024(a)gmail.com>
Date: ஞாயி., 7 மார்., 2021, முற்பகல் 10:33
Subject: [kanchilug] Kanchi Linux Users Group Meet – March 7 2021 – 4 PM
To: <kanchilug(a)freelists.org>
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 07, 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: Introduction to Wikisource for Programmers
Description: Wikipedia and its other projects like Wikisource,
Wiktionary are created by millions of contributors around the world in
300+ languages. Along with content contribution, it needs programmers
to develop many tools, bots, gadgets, widgets etc to help the life of
content editors, to build various applications on top of the open data
available.
In this talk, let us explore the basics of https://ta.Wikisource.org
<https://ta.wikisource.org/>
one of the major resources of ebooks in tamil language. The basic
things that every wiki developer should know will be explained. Then,
we can discuss the need for programming contributions for wikisource.
We are planning for a hackathon. This session will help to contribute
to wikipedia and wikisource using python. Don't miss it.
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.
Join mailing list : https://www.freelists.org/list/kanchilug Web:
https://kanchilug.wordpress.com
Check our last week slide,
https://www.slideshare.net/thirumurugan133/python-dictionary-243910090
For more detail,
https://kanchilug.wordpress.com/2021/03/07/kanchi-linux-users-group-meet-ma…
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Thanks & Regards,
Thirumurugan K
FYI, a request for comments about changes to the grants programs.
This is one opportunity for feedback on something that potentially affects
all program organizers in India.
A.
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From: Kassia Echavarri-Queen <kechavarriqueen(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2021, 15:41
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Community Resources Team New Grants Strategy
Proposal [Request for Feedback]
To: <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Dear Friends/Wikimedians,
The Community Resources team announced in January the intention and process
to review its current grants programs (Annual Plan Grants, Simple Annual
Plan Grants, Project Grants and Rapid Grants) to ensure we are aligning
with the strategic direction[1] of the Wikimedia movement, with a focus on
knowledge equity[1] and building a thriving movement[2].
Now that we have finished our needs review, key stakeholders discussions,
community brainstorms, and grantee surveys, we are excited to share with
you the draft proposal[1] that has resulted from this work. We are
requesting your feedback on how the proposed grant programs would impact
you and how well they align with our movement strategy, which can be
provided in the following ways:
- Complete a feedback form[3]
- Participate in office hours[3]
- Discuss on-wiki[4]
- E-mail the Community Resources team (<communityresources(a)wikimedia.org
>)
More information about these options can be found on our feedback page.[3]
After one month when the planned feedback period is over, the Community
Resources team will review all community input and make final adjustments
to complete the redesign. In April 2021, the Community Resources team will
review and incorporate suggested changes and send a final proposal for
endorsement and approval by the leadership of the Wikimedia Foundation.
Working with all our communities to update our grants programs is essential
to ensuring that they are useful and address real needs for our
communities. Thank you for all of the participation that has brought us to
this point in the journey. We look forward to the continued engagement in
this next step and listening to your ideas.
On behalf of the Community Resources team,
Kassia
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20
<https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/url?q%3Dhttps://meta.wi…>
[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Medium-term_plan_2019/…https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources/Grants_Strategy_Relaunc…
[3]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources/Grants_Strategy_Relaunc…
[4]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Community_Resources/Grants_Strategy_Re…
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Dear Wikimedians,
CIS-A2K is in a process of writing 2021–2022 work-plan. To design the
programs based on the needs of the community and volunteers, we invite your
valuable suggestions and thoughts. We would like to improve our working
continuously taking into consideration the responses/feedback about the
events conducted previously. We request you to go through the various
sections in the form and respond.
Google form link - https://forms.gle/WQ73j4AbjCgwCdEs5
Please write in detail. We would like to discuss over phone/email also if
needed. Contact tito+2020(a)cis-india.org if you have a question(s) or for
further details or detailed comment.
With best wishes,
Subodh Kulkarni
On behalf -
Centre for Internet & Society's Access to Knowledge Programme (CIS-A2K)
Hello everyone,
As part of the Small wiki toolkits (South Asia) initiative, we are happy to
announce the second workshop of this year.
The workshop will be on "bots"[1], and we will be learning how to perform
tasks on wiki by running automated scripts, about Pywikibot and how it can
be used to help with repetitive processes and editing, and the Pywikibot
community, learning resources and community venues. Please note that you do
not need any technical experience to attend the workshop, only some
experience contributing to Wikimedia projects is enough.
Details of the workshop are as follows:
- Date: 27 February
- Timings: 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm IST
- Meeting link: https://meet.google.com/vri-zvfv-rci
- *to add this to your Google Calendar, please use *
https://calendar.google.com/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=MGxwZWtkdDdhdDk0c2V…
- Trainer: Joaquin Oltra Hernandez[2]
Please sign-up on the registration page at https://w.wiki/yYg.
Note: We are providing modest internet stipends to attend the workshops,
for those who need and wouldn't otherwise be able to attend. More
information on this can be found on the registration page[3].
Regards,
Small wiki toolkits - South Asia organizers
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:JHernandez_(WMF)
[3]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Small_wiki_toolkits/South_Asia/Registration