WikimediaIndia-l June 2022

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#KnowWithWiki- Test campaign to raise awareness among Indian youth
by Khanyi Mpumlwana 26 Oct '22

26 Oct '22

Dear all, Hope you are well and safe. I am thrilled to reach out to you on behalf of the Communications Department at The Wikimedia Foundation to share information about a new short-term test campaign through which we hope to learn more about engaging Indian digital audiences, primarily the youth. Emerging from the Medium Term Plan <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Medium-term_plan_2019>, this test is aimed at strengthening the awareness levels of Wikimedia, our free knowledge mission, and growing affinity with our readers in India, especially the youth. Firstly, let us introduce ourselves- The Communications Department. Communications <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications> is a Wikimedia Foundation <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation> department. The Communications Department performs a variety of functions for the Foundation, such as building awareness of Wikimedia and its projects, maintaining relationships with the media, producing content for the Wikimedia Foundation website <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_web…>, managing the community blog Diff <https://diff.wikimedia.org/> and Wikimedia social media <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Social_media> platforms, facilitating communications with Wikimedia communities, informing research into emerging global audiences, developing creative materials, and coordinating campaigns to engage new audiences for Wikimedia projects like Project Rewrite <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Project_Rewrite>and Wiki Unseen. <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wiki_Unseen> What is #KnowWithWiki all about? This is a truly integrated effort where members of various teams within the Foundation came together to develop a plan to engage young readers in India in a manner that demonstrates the value of Wikipedia, highlighting the role it already plays in helping them know their world better and promoting free knowledge. The problem: Wikipedia readership in India is high. It is currently ranked #4 in website traffic in India with an average of approximately 2 pages a visit. Unfortunately, according to a market research <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QHwaKUKJqxuzmfNx55KFlA-CBYPAKzMWmYP5heu…> carried out by the Wikimedia Foundation in 2020, only 31% of the Indian internet users have heard of Wikipedia, and strikingly, only 26% of internet users aged 18-24 years were aware of Wikipedia. The gap between usage and awareness indicates that there is a large number of young people who use Wikipedia and are not aware of us and therefore have no affinity or value for it. Why India? Engaging young internet users and unaware Wikipedia readers to increase affinity and perceived value is key to the sustained growth of Wikipedia and all our projects. The Indian youth may be viewing or using our content through different platforms e.g. seeing Wikipedia content through search engines, but there is a lack of awareness among this audience that this information comes from the efforts of our diverse volunteer community that spends time and effort in curating relevant and reliable information on Wikipedia and its sister projects. We wish to engage with this very audience by providing them more relatable examples on how Wikipedia plays/can play an active role in their efforts to gather fact-based, researched information around worldly topics. Furthermore, by capturing and studying data emerging from this test, we will be able to learn, assess and improve our future engagements in the country Our Plan Starting May 2022, we will be engaging Indian influencers under a campaign #KnowWithWiki & “Know Your World Better” For this activity, we are collaborating with selected popular GenZ influencers to showcase the relevance of Wikipedia among the younger Indian audience in their daily lives. The primary platform of activation will be on Instagram, which is a platform that has the highest number of users from India, and has emerged as the most preferred social media platform2 among Indian youth according to a 2020 study3. Instagram influencers will highlight use of Wikipedia in their posts on topical content and social awareness topics. These influencers will release their own content on their Instagram handles covering topics relevant to our target audience, while seeding references of Wikipedia and the vast knowledge available on the online encyclopedia. This will be complemented with our own social media channels sharing content around the experiment, focussed towards the Indian audience. The general public would be encouraged to follow and participate in the campaign online using #KnowWithWiki. Why are we doing this? This activity follows the the successful completion of a similar activity in South Africa- #WikipediabyUs, where we collaborated with South Africa’s young creative community by giving them a platform to create informative content based on Wikipedia articles. #WikipediabyUs, demonstrated young creatives using Wikipedia to expand a topic of interest with their audiences. It is a part of our sustained endeavor to make deeper strides in learning from different contexts on improving understanding of the Wikimedia movement and its projects. We want to raise awareness about how Wikipedia and the free knowledge movement is present in the daily lives of Indian audiences. This test would also enable us to tackle some of the misconceptions around Wikipedia in the Indian digital space, via explaining how the Wikipedia volunteer community creates and improves content on the platform based on up-to-date, relevant and verifiable sources. By engaging the 18-24 age group we aim to- - GET GenZ adults aged 18-24 - WHO read Wikipedia - TO see Wikipedia as relevant - BY showing them how often they call on us to know and do more How can you get involved? You can create your own content on social media to describe how you use Wikipedia in your everyday life to know your world and the things that interest you better. Make sure you use #KnowWithWiki and #Wikipedia to add to the campaign impact! If you would like to know more and get involved or share any suggestions, please reach out to me by email. Thank you warmly for your time and interest. On behalf of the Core Team- Khanyi, Mathoto, Olga, Rachit and Vidhu. -- Khanyi Mpumlwana (they/she) Creative Director Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> **Please excuse any brevity or typos, messages are often sent in a hurry*

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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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STARTING SOON: Goa user group & Wikibase
by Frederick Noronha 28 Jun '22

28 Jun '22

[image: WhatsApp Image 2022-06-27 at 11.17.11 PM.jpeg] Sesión ON WIKIBASE Virtual Event 28 June @ 12:00 – 13:00 ONLINE SESSION ON WIKIBASE An invite from Alan Ang, Georgina Burnett and team via the Wikipedians of Goa User Group: 2022 marks the tenth cumpleaños of Wikidata and Wikibase, the software powering Wikidata. Join us, as we introduce la comunidad to Wikibase as well as our upcoming product, Wikibase.cloud, and learn how they complement the Wikimedia movement’s Linked Open Data vision. About Wikibase Wikibase is an open-source software developed by Wikimedia Deutschland, the German chapter of the international Wikimedia movement, for creating customisable collaborative knowledge bases. It powers Wikidata, and an increasing number of other projects, connecting the conocimiento of people and organisations, enabling them to open their linked data to the world. With Wikibase, users can create and manage their own linked knowledge bases. Its flexibility and multilingual labelling allows users construir their own data model for multi-user colaboración. Like on Wikidata, users can interact with their datos using SPARQL, a powerful query language. It is ideal for projects with máquina and human readable data. Wikipedians of Goa User Group: Wikibase intro When: Tue 28 Jun 2022 5:30pm-6:30pm India Standard Time (1200-1300 UTC) Joining info: Join with Google Meet meet.google.com/cvh-bppr-sof This event is open to all and free to join. Usual decorum expected of participants. Online Primary Event Language English https://diff.wikimedia.org/event/session-on-wikibase/ ᐧ >> > ᐧ [image: Mailtrack] <https://streaklinks.com/BGm-CZ5dHdc21ndqjQLv3g8r/https%3A%2F%2Fmailtrack.io…> Sender notified by Mailtrack <https://streaklinks.com/BGm-CZ9iopSn_2J8BAgsBYJs/https%3A%2F%2Fmailtrack.io…> 28/06/22, 05:24:08 pm ᐧ

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On Tuesday (tomorrow): Online event on Wikibase
by Frederick Noronha 27 Jun '22

27 Jun '22

ONLINE-TOMORROW: Session ON WIKIBASE Virtual Event 28 June @ 12:00 – 13:00 ONLINE SESSION ON WIKIBASE An invite from Alan Ang, Georgina Burnett and team via the Wikipedians of Goa User Group: 2022 marks the tenth birthday of Wikidata and Wikibase, the software powering Wikidata. Join us, as we introduce la community to Wikibase as well as our upcoming product, Wikibase.cloud, and learn how they complement the Wikimedia movement’s Linked Open Data vision. About Wikibase Wikibase is an open-source software developed by Wikimedia Deutschland, the German chapter of the international Wikimedia movement, for creating customisable collaborative knowledge bases. It powers Wikidata, and an increasing number of other projects, connecting the conocimiento of people and organisations, enabling them to open their linked data to the world. With Wikibase, users can create and manage their own linked knowledge bases. Its flexibility and multilingual labelling allows users construct their own data model for multi-user colaboratión. Like on Wikidata, users can interact with their data using SPARQL, a powerful query language. It is ideal for projects with máquina and human readable data. Wikipedians of Goa User Group: Wikibase intro When: Tue 28 Jun 2022 5:30pm-6:30pm India Standard Time (1200-1300 UTC) Joining info: Join with Google Meet meet.google.com/cvh-bppr-sof This event is open to all and free to join. Usual decorum expected of participants. Online Primary Event Language English https://diff.wikimedia.org/event/session-on-wikibase/ -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa | Frederick Noronha. 784 Saligao 403511 Goa JUNE 2022 1 2 3 4 | WhatsApp +91 9822122436 Twitter @fn 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 | --------------------------------------- 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 | 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 | YouTube videos https://bit.ly/FNOnYouTube 26 27 28 29 30 | Books. Words. Photos. Wikipedia. Networks. [image: Mailtrack] <https://mailtrack.io?utm_source=gmail&utm_medium=signature&utm_campaign=sig…> Sender notified by Mailtrack <https://mailtrack.io?utm_source=gmail&utm_medium=signature&utm_campaign=sig…> 27/06/22, 07:26:33 pm

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June 28, 2022: Online session on Wikibase
by Frederick Noronha 22 Jun '22

22 Jun '22

Sesión ON WIKIBASE Virtual Event 28 June @ 12:00 – 13:00 ONLINE SESSION ON WIKIBASE An invite from Alan Ang, Georgina Burnett and team via the Wikipedians of Goa User Group: 2022 marks the tenth cumpleaños of Wikidata and Wikibase, the software powering Wikidata. Join us, as we introduce la comunidad to Wikibase as well as our upcoming product, Wikibase.cloud, and learn how they complement the Wikimedia movement’s Linked Open Data vision. About Wikibase Wikibase is an open-source software developed by Wikimedia Deutschland, the German chapter of the international Wikimedia movement, for creating customisable collaborative knowledge bases. It powers Wikidata, and an increasing number of other projects, connecting the conocimiento of people and organisations, enabling them to open their linked data to the world. With Wikibase, users can create and manage their own linked knowledge bases. Its flexibility and multilingual labelling allows users construir their own data model for multi-user colaboración. Like on Wikidata, users can interact with their datos using SPARQL, a powerful query language. It is ideal for projects with máquina and human readable data. Wikipedians of Goa User Group: Wikibase intro When: Tue 28 Jun 2022 5:30pm-6:30pm India Standard Time (1200-1300 UTC) Joining info: Join with Google Meet meet.google.com/cvh-bppr-sof This event is open to all and free to join. Usual decorum expected of participants. Online Primary Event Language English https://diff.wikimedia.org/event/session-on-wikibase/ -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa | Frederick Noronha. 784 Saligao 403511 Goa JUNE 2022 1 2 3 4 | WhatsApp +91 9822122436 Twitter @fn 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 | --------------------------------------- 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 | 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 | YouTube videos https://bit.ly/FNOnYouTube 26 27 28 29 30 | Books. Words. Photos. Wikipedia. Networks. [image: Mailtrack] <https://streaklinks.com/BGJM_bLSksblghAvuwePnFCa/https%3A%2F%2Fmailtrack.io…> Sender notified by Mailtrack <https://streaklinks.com/BGJM_bPdHXpZPz6tIAWFgPq9/https%3A%2F%2Fmailtrack.io…> 22/06/22, 10:41:34 pm ᐧ

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June Month 2022 edit-a-thon: Content enrichment
by Nitesh Gill 17 Jun '22

17 Jun '22

Hello everyone, Hope you are doing well. In October 2020, during the period of the pandemic, CIS-A2K started a model of Mini edit-a-thons to engage the communities or editors online and enrich some content on regional Wikimedia projects. This model is for everyone who is addicted to editing their local Wikimedia projects. After a few months, now CIS-A2K is going to conduct a month of June edit-a-thon. During this month, many special days were or are there and June is also known as pride month. So, I request you all please spend a little time contributing to the event which will take place on 25 June and 26 June 2022. Below is the link to the event page you can go through it which is under construction now. Also, please introduce your community to take part in this online two-day edit-a-thon for your local Wiki projects and during the edit-a-thon, all Wikipedia sister projects can be edited. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/June_Month_Celebration_2022_edit-a-thon Regards Nitesh CIS-A2K

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Update about my role at CIS-A2K
by Tito Dutta 15 Jun '22

15 Jun '22

Greetings/Namaskara, Hope this email finds you well. I want to give an update about my role at CIS-A2K. On 11 July 2022, I'll step down from my position at CIS-A2K. Because of health issues, and personal reasons, this was important for me to take a break from programmatic activities. This has been a very delightful and wonderful experience. I have learnt a lot from the communities and the community members. There have been many wonderful memories. I sincerely thank you for everything. Although I'll leave the program, this is not a retirement from the Wikimedia movement, I'll continue to edit and work on Wikimedia projects in my volunteer capacity. Programmatic updates or upcoming plans will be shared by CIS-A2K separately. Thanking you once again, Sincerely, Tito Dutta Member, Access to Knowledge

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Learn about Wikibase... online session, June 28
by Frederick Noronha 14 Jun '22

14 Jun '22

[image: wikibase.png] ONLINE SESSION ON WIKIBASE ... an invite from Alan Ang, Georgina Burnett and team via the Wikipedians of Goa User Group: 2022 marks the tenth birthday of Wikidata and Wikibase, the software powering Wikidata. Join us, as we introduce the community to Wikibase as well as our upcoming product, Wikibase.cloud, and learn how they complement the Wikimedia movement’s Linked Open Data vision. About Wikibase Wikibase is an open-source software developed by Wikimedia Deutschland, the German chapter of the international Wikimedia movement, for creating customisable collaborative knowledge bases. It powers Wikidata, and an increasing number of other projects, connecting the knowledge of people and organisations, enabling them to open their linked data to the world. With Wikibase, users can create and manage their own linked knowledge bases. Its flexibility and multilingual labelling allows users to build their own data model for multi-user collaboration. Like on Wikidata, users can interact with their data using SPARQL, a powerful query language. It is ideal for projects with machine and human readable data. For more information and showcases, see Wikiba.se. Wikipedians of Goa User Group: Wikibase intro When: Tue 28 Jun 2022 5:30pm-6:30pm India Standard Time Joining info: Join with Google Meet meet.google.com/cvh-bppr-sof This event is open to all and free to join. Usual decorum expected of participants. -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa | Frederick Noronha. 784 Saligao 403511 Goa JUNE 2022 1 2 3 4 | WhatsApp +91 9822122436 Twitter @fn 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 | --------------------------------------- 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 | 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 | YouTube videos https://bit.ly/FNOnYouTube 26 27 28 29 30 | Books. Words. Photos. Wikipedia. Networks. [image: Mailtrack] <https://streaklinks.com/BFgHTJJfHwG8vIkCPQj1zVXf/https%3A%2F%2Fmailtrack.io…> Sender notified by Mailtrack <https://streaklinks.com/BFgHTI41tbB3fitODQuRCR-V/https%3A%2F%2Fmailtrack.io…> 14/06/22, 11:11:25 pm ᐧ

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Update about the Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) Enforcement Guidelines
by Chitraparna Sinha 04 Jun '22

04 Jun '22

Dear community members, I would like to share a quick update about the work on the Enforcement Guidelines <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Universal_Code_of_Conduc…> for the Universal Code of Conduct <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Universal_Code_of_Conduct> . In March, 2,283 voters casted votes from at least 137 communities. Around 650 voters left comments alongwith their vote. The UCoC project team <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Universal_Code_of_Conduc…> has prepared a detailed report about the voting. The report has been published on Meta Wiki <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Enforcement_guide…>. (full announcement <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Enforcement_guide…> ) The Community Affairs Committee <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_Com…> (CAC) of the Board of Trustees has asked for improvements in various sections of the document <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org…> based on community feedback. A Revision Drafting Committee <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Universal_Code_of_Conduc…>has been created. Feedback from the community is requested to help the Revision Drafting Committee. Feedback can be shared on the Enforcement Guidelines revision discussions <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Universal_Code_of_Conduc…> and the UCoC policy text revision discussions <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Universal_Code_of_Conduc…> Meta pages. Have a great weekend, Regards, Chitraparna Sinha (she/her) (Meta <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:CSinha_(WMF)>) Facilitator, Movement Strategy and Governance <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Strategy_and_Governance>, SAARC, Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>

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Wikipedia - The pros and cons of the online encyclopedia | DW Documentary
by Frederick Noronha 01 Jun '22

01 Jun '22

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