WikimediaIndia-l September 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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Submit a session for WikidataCon 2021
by Bodhisattwa Mandal 30 Sep '21

30 Sep '21

Hello all, After the first two editions in 2017 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2017> and 2019 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2019>, the WikidataCon is taking place again from 29 October to 31 October 2021, but this time it will be an online event. You can find the details in the event page here - https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2021 The call for proposals to present a session on the second and third day of the conference is now open until 20 October 2021 (midnight anywhere on earth). You are welcome to submit a session in this link - https://pretalx.com/wdcon21/submit/beTaVM/info/ Regards, Bodhisattwa and Jinoy (On behalf of WikidataCon 2021)

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Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Quick upvoting of statements for the Movement Charter Election Compass until Sunday, Oct 3
by Dr. Manavpreet Kaur 29 Sep '21

29 Sep '21

Hi FYI Regards, Manav ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Cornelius Kibelka <ckibelka-ctr(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2021, 20:09 Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Quick upvoting of statements for the Movement Charter Election Compass until Sunday, Oct 3 To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> TL;DR: Upvote your favorite Movement Charter Election Compass statements <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Electio…> until October 3rd. /////////////////////////////////////// Hello everyone, in roughly 10 days, on October 11, we will start the voting on the community candidates for the drafting committee that will draft the Movement Charter. We got 72 candidates running for the committee! To be able to guide all of you through so many candidacies, we want to provide a Voting Advice Application. You can find the prototype here on Toolforge <https://mcdc-election-compass.toolforge.org/>. Over the last week, we got 110 statements proposed by community members: On values and principles, on resource allocation, on the charter drafting process. Thank you very much! *The next step is now to select 15 to 20 of these statements for the final advice application -- your turn! *Upvote the statements you would like to see included in the voting advice application: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Electio… You can vote on as many statements as you like, but only one vote per statement. *Think about which statements you would like to see the candidates positioning themselves to, which might help you in your decision-making.* The ~20 statements with the most votes will be selected and send to the candidates on Monday, October 4th. All of this is an experiment, we're happy to get feedback! Best regards Cornelius -- Cornelius Kibelka (he/him) Event Coordinator Movement Strategy + Governance 2030.wikimedia.org <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> *Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment. Donate. <https://donate.wikimedia.org/>* <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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Last few hours for Wiki Loves Monuments. Hurry!
by Bodhisattwa Mandal 29 Sep '21

29 Sep '21

Hello all, Wiki Loves Monuments will end by tomorrow midnight Indian time. If you were waiting to upload your photographs at the end of the competition, now is the time. Hurry and start uploading. Event link - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2021_in_Ind… Best wishes, Bodhisattwa

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Fwd: Join us as EduWiki Outreach Collaborators
by Sailesh Patnaik 20 Sep '21

20 Sep '21

Dear friends, I am happy to share the EduWiki Outreach Collaborators with you. You can find more information in this email or visit our Meta page <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/EduWiki_Outreach_Collaborators#Ro…> . To apply for this opportunity, please complete this form. <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeA3l-xTQlIl4rhXqaONAUFFxPnhzS4yJM…> To encourage participation and to recognise the works of the collaborators, we have decided on certain rewards for completing different milestones. Find more about EWOC, roles and recognitions here <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/EduWiki_Outreach_Collaborators#Re…>. *This survey will be conducted via a third-party service, which may subject it to additional terms. For more information on privacy and data-handling, see the survey privacy statement: *https://foundation.wikimedia .org/wiki/Legal:Call_for_applications_EduWiki_Outreach_Collaborators_2.0_Privacy_Statement Best! Sailesh ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Sailesh Patnaik <spatnaik(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Mon, Sep 6, 2021 at 1:05 PM Subject: Join us as EduWiki Outreach Collaborators To: Wikimedia Education <education(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, < wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Hi everyone, TL;DR - Apply for EduWiki Outreach Collaborators (EWOC) by signing up in this form <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeA3l-xTQlIl4rhXqaONAUFFxPnhzS4yJM…> . <https://bit.ly/eduwikiccc>(Please check the privacy statement below before clicking on the google form link) - Find the roles for EWOC here <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/EduWiki_Outreach_Collaborators#Ro…> . - Stay tuned for some live interviews with our former EWOC members over the Education team’s Facebook page. <https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaEducationTeam> I hope you are doing well, I am writing this email to announce the call for applications for the second cohort of EduWiki Outreach Collaborators. EduWiki Outreach Collaborators or EWOC are a dynamic group of Wikimedians who collaborate with the education team at the Wikimedia Foundation to provide support, effective collaboration, and learning opportunities for the education community in the Wikimedia movement. In 2020, we started this pilot initiative to work with community leaders of our movement to support volunteers in the movement with better networking, communication practices for growth, and to work together to spread the awareness on the value of Wikimedia in education. As a result of which we had the opportunity to work with 14 Wikimedia community members from various parts of the world. These volunteers helped in publishing 12 Education newsletters issues, shared many community stories from their regions, and helped in hosting 3 regional education meetings with 54 participants from 20 countries. This year we are planning to expand the program and we are planning to work with 20 volunteers in 8 different roles. To have more information regarding this program, please visit our Meta page. <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/EduWiki_Outreach_Collaborators#Ro…> The strategic goals are designed by the 2020-2021 cohort of volunteers. We encourage volunteers from all regions and genders to be a part of this project! We expect the group of EWOC to represent the diversity of our movement and the call for participation will be open until we achieve this goal. Respecting the privacy of the members, personal information provided will not be shared with an external audience. To apply for this opportunity, please complete this form. <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeA3l-xTQlIl4rhXqaONAUFFxPnhzS4yJM…> To encourage participation and to recognise the works of the collaborators, we have decided on certain rewards for completing different milestones. Find more about EWOC, roles and recognitions here <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/EduWiki_Outreach_Collaborators#Re…> . Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns, I will be happy to answer them. Looking forward to working closely with you on this project. Feel free to share this in your network. *This survey will be conducted via a third-party service, which may subject it to additional terms. For more information on privacy and data-handling, see the survey privacy statement:* https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Sign-up_for_Community_Communications_… Best! Sailesh and the Education team -- Sailesh Patnaik (He/Him) Program Officer, Education Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> --

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Fwd: Join us as EduWiki Outreach Collaborators
by Sailesh Patnaik 14 Sep '21

14 Sep '21

Dear friends, I am happy to share the EduWiki Outreach Collaborators with you. You can find more information in this email or visit our Meta page <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/EduWiki_Outreach_Collaborators#Ro…> . To apply for this opportunity, please complete this form. <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeA3l-xTQlIl4rhXqaONAUFFxPnhzS4yJM…> To encourage participation and to recognise the works of the collaborators, we have decided on certain rewards for completing different milestones. Find more about EWOC, roles and recognitions here <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/EduWiki_Outreach_Collaborators#Re…>. *This survey will be conducted via a third-party service, which may subject it to additional terms. For more information on privacy and data-handling, see the survey privacy statement: * https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal:Call_for_applications_EduWiki_O… Best! Sailesh ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Sailesh Patnaik <spatnaik(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Mon, Sep 6, 2021 at 1:05 PM Subject: Join us as EduWiki Outreach Collaborators To: Wikimedia Education <education(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, < wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Hi everyone, TL;DR - Apply for EduWiki Outreach Collaborators (EWOC) by signing up in this form <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeA3l-xTQlIl4rhXqaONAUFFxPnhzS4yJM…> . <https://bit.ly/eduwikiccc>(Please check the privacy statement below before clicking on the google form link) - Find the roles for EWOC here <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/EduWiki_Outreach_Collaborators#Ro…> . - Stay tuned for some live interviews with our former EWOC members over the Education team’s Facebook page. <https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaEducationTeam> I hope you are doing well, I am writing this email to announce the call for applications for the second cohort of EduWiki Outreach Collaborators. EduWiki Outreach Collaborators or EWOC are a dynamic group of Wikimedians who collaborate with the education team at the Wikimedia Foundation to provide support, effective collaboration, and learning opportunities for the education community in the Wikimedia movement. In 2020, we started this pilot initiative to work with community leaders of our movement to support volunteers in the movement with better networking, communication practices for growth, and to work together to spread the awareness on the value of Wikimedia in education. As a result of which we had the opportunity to work with 14 Wikimedia community members from various parts of the world. These volunteers helped in publishing 12 Education newsletters issues, shared many community stories from their regions, and helped in hosting 3 regional education meetings with 54 participants from 20 countries. This year we are planning to expand the program and we are planning to work with 20 volunteers in 8 different roles. To have more information regarding this program, please visit our Meta page. <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/EduWiki_Outreach_Collaborators#Ro…> The strategic goals are designed by the 2020-2021 cohort of volunteers. We encourage volunteers from all regions and genders to be a part of this project! We expect the group of EWOC to represent the diversity of our movement and the call for participation will be open until we achieve this goal. Respecting the privacy of the members, personal information provided will not be shared with an external audience. To apply for this opportunity, please complete this form. <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeA3l-xTQlIl4rhXqaONAUFFxPnhzS4yJM…> To encourage participation and to recognise the works of the collaborators, we have decided on certain rewards for completing different milestones. Find more about EWOC, roles and recognitions here <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/EduWiki_Outreach_Collaborators#Re…> . Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns, I will be happy to answer them. Looking forward to working closely with you on this project. Feel free to share this in your network. *This survey will be conducted via a third-party service, which may subject it to additional terms. For more information on privacy and data-handling, see the survey privacy statement:* https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Sign-up_for_Community_Communications_… Best! Sailesh and the Education team -- Sailesh Patnaik (He/Him) Program Officer, Education Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> -- Sailesh Patnaik (He/Him) Program Officer, Education Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>

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Updates: Wiki Loves Monuments 2021 in India
by Bodhisattwa Mandal 12 Sep '21

12 Sep '21

Hello all, We have reached the 12th day of WLM 2021 and now have around 1200 images of monuments i.e. around 100 images per day, which is kind of lower than previous years and which is expected considering the COVID-19 movement restrictions. The organizers are currently filtering out poor quality images, out of scope images, images with watermarks and images which lack sufficient documentation to identify monuments. We now have totally moved to a static map based navigation of monuments - see here <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_in_India/Up…>. If you now click on the states and UTs in the map or in the box, it will direct you to specific pages for the monuments situated there like this page for West Bengal <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_in_India/We…>. Thanks to Krishna <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:KCVelaga>for patiently working <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_maps_of_In…>on the svg maps of all states and UTs. We intend to make the navigation more granular district wise like this page <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_in_India/Mo…> for districtwise non-designated temples of Tamil Nadu, but it is beyond our capacity to work on all districts of India. The reason we have not worked towards dynamic map navigation this year is because coordinates are missing for a large percentage of Indian monuments on Wikidata and without the coordinates, dynamic map will not deliver the expected impact. It is also beyond our capacity to work on coordinates of all monuments of India and thus your involvement is needed. From our side, we are totally focusing on monuments of West Bengal. Indrajit Das <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Indrajitdas> is creating a database of gaves located in different cemeteries of West Bengal and they are getting included in our lists here <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_in_India/Mo…>. Till now, more than 2000 graves are included in these lists here and it will grow throughout the year. Simultaneously, we are also filling gaps of our existing tables like this one <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_in_India/Mo…> etc. Our focus on West Bengal will continue for the next couple of years until we cover all monuments located there, which are pre-documented in different sources. Considering our limited capacity, we will only focus on optimal categorization on Commons for other states from our side assuming that the rest of the work will be taken care of by experienced volunteers from respective states sooner or later. The 3-members jury team <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2021_in_Ind…> has been formed after their confirmation. The jury members remain the same as last year. Their decision will be final and irrevocable and the organizing team will have no influence over the jury process just like previous years. The entire review process will be completed within the last day of October as we did previously. See you and amazing photographs there in WLM, Regards, Bodhisattwa (On behalf of WLM 2021 India organizing team <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2021_in_Ind…> )

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Mahatma Gandhi 2021 edit-a-thon: 2nd & 3rd October 2021
by Nitesh Gill 10 Sep '21

10 Sep '21

Hello all, Hope you are doing well. Glad to inform you that A2K is going to conduct a mini edit-a-thon to celebrate Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary. It is the second iteration of Mahatma Gandhi mini edit-a-thon. The edit-a-thon will be on the same dates 2nd and 3rd October (Weekend). During the last iteration, we had created or developed or uploaded content related to Mahatma Gandhi. This time, we will create or develop content about Mahatma Gandhi and any article directly related to the Indian Independence movement. The list of articles is given on the event page. Feel free to add more relevant articles to the list. The event is not restricted to any single Wikimedia project. For more information, you can visit the event page. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi_2021_edit-a-thon *Note*: The event page is still under construction. Thank you Nitesh Gill

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