WikimediaIndia-l January 2022

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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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Indic MediaWiki Developers User Group - Report 2021
by Jay prakash 28 Jan '22

28 Jan '22

Hi everyone, I would like to share that the Indic MediaWiki Developers User Group[0] has published its 2021 activity report on MetaWiki. Please find this report at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Indic_MediaWiki_Developers_User_Group/Repor… . This report includes our technical work on tools, and outreach on technical topics to communities. Best regards, Jay Prakash (User:Jayprakash12345), Volunteer developer, Indic MediaWiki Developers User Group [0] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Indic_MediaWiki_Developers_User_Group

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Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2022 postponed
by Jayanta Nath 22 Jan '22

22 Jan '22

Hello, We want to give you an update related to Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2022. Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2022 (or WMWM2022) was to be conducted on 18 to 20 February 2022, and is postponed now. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2022 Currently we are seeing a new wave of the pandemic that is affecting many people around. Although WMWM is an online event, it has multiple preparation components such as submission, registration, RfC etc which require community involvements. We feel this may not be the best time for extensive community engagement. We have also received similar requests from Wikimedians around us. Following this observation, please note that we are postponing the event, and the new dates will be informed on the mailing list and on the event page. Although the main WMWM is postponed, we may conduct a couple of brief calls/meets (similar to Stay Safe Stay Connected call) on the mentioned date, if things go well. We'll also get back to you about updates related to WMWM once the situation is better. Stay safe, Jayanta Nath on behalf of WMWM Centre for Internet and Society

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Update regarding Oral Culture Transcription Toolkit
by Nitesh Gill 11 Jan '22

11 Jan '22

Hi everyone, In continuation of the our previous email had shared with you about the toolkit for transcription of oral culture, we would like to inform you that the report for the finished project is ready. The link of the report is here- https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/Oral_Culture_Transcrip… We welcome community members to look at the finished toolkit and provide feedback- https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Oral_Culture_Transcription_Toolkit Regards Nitesh Gill & Amrit Sufi

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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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West Bengal Wikimedians User Group is now a partner of Wikidocumentaries!
by Bodhisattwa Mandal 02 Jan '22

02 Jan '22

Hi all, Happy New Year to you all! We are happy to inform you all that the West Bengal Wikimedians User Group has been announced as a partner of Wikidocumentaries project along with different open knowledge organisations, GLAM institutes and academic institutions of Finland. Wikidocumentaries, as you might know, is a project by Open Knowledge Finland, which combines different aspects of a topic from different platforms including Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, FlickR, Europeana, OSM etc. into one place and provides a comprehensive display of knowledge to the readers. The link of the website is here - https://wikidocumentaries-demo.wmflabs.org You may have noticed earlier, that the West Bengal Wikimedians User Group has engaged with the Wikidocumentaries project for more than 2 years now. The tables listing monuments in Wiki Loves Monuments in India competition have been providing a Wikidocumentaries links for each monuments for the last 2 years, using which photographers can upload photographs from that website directly into the competition. Bengali Wikisource has also provided Wikidocumentaries links in different namespaces for more than a year now. Wiki Loves Butterfly has very recently started to provide their links too in their tables of butterflies. WikidataCon 2021 also had a presentation showcasing the above collaborations and some idea-level ambitious discussions to integrate in more potential areas in near future. Hope this year, our partnership will start bringing those ideas to reality. Regards, Bodhisattwa (On behalf of the West Bengal Wikimedians User Group)

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