Greetings All,
We are happy to announce that the CIS-A2K team have been initiated to
develop the Wikisource Android apps for Wikisource reader. Over the last
couple of months, a group of devs from the Tamil language community have
been putting together an Android Wikisource App for us. They have been
finished their POC of the app. In the coming month, we will engage some
developers to develop iOS apps for the same. We think it's finally gotten
to a good state for people to start hacking on it.
For those just wanting to get started here are the links Initial code:
https://github.com/ViluppuramGLUG/WikisourceApp feature ideas landing page:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikisource_Apps How can you help?
In the coming month, we may help to do the following ... * Fork the code
and help us with open bug requests * Critique the code and suggest a
cleanup * Start to hack on new features UI. * Localization for the user
interface
Also, you may comment/suggest/feedback our meta talk page
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikisource_Apps
Regards,
Jayanta Nath
Program Officer ( Wikisource )
CIS-A2K
Dear Wikimedians,
Applications for Round 1 of Wikimedia Community Fund will be open for the
SAARC region, Northern and Western Europe region and ESEAP region from 1
November 2021. The last date for submission of application is 30 November
2021. For a detailed timeline please refer here [1].
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Community_Fund#Ge…>
*Please find below information about how to begin applying for General
Support Funding, important dates and what flexibility we can provide, and
opportunities to discuss your proposal for support before submitting it.
Please review this information carefully: *
How to begin applying for General Support Funds
- A PDF and a Google Doc of the application form for General Support
Funds are available on Meta-wiki
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Community_Fund/Ap…>
[2]. The PDF is an expanded application guide, which explains the
questions and some example responses for your review. I strongly recommend
beginning to draft your application responses in a copy of the provided
Google Doc version of the application.
- Applications for General Support Funds will be submitted on a grants
management platform called Fluxx. Then non-sensitive information from the
application will be posted to Meta-wiki by the Community Resources team.
To submit applications to Fluxx, please use this link to register an account
<https://wmf.fluxx.io/portal>,[3] and the Grants Admin team will support
you as necessary. If you need support or have questions about Fluxx
registration, please get in touch with grantsadmin(a)wikimedia.org.
Important dates
-
A general timeline for this round
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Community_Fund#Ge…>
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Community_Fund#Ge…>[1]has
been published on Meta-wiki.
-
A recommended deadline for General Support Fund proposals is 30 November
2021. However, if you need more time to prepare your proposal for any
reason, please get in touch with me as soon as possible. I am happy to work
together with you to confirm a different arrangement for submitting your
application.
Getting support before submitting your proposal
-
Conversation hours are available this month (SAARC
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Regions/SAARC#Conversation_hours_for…>
,Northern and Western Europe
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Regions/Northern_and_Western_Europe>,
ESEAP <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Regions/ESEAP>) [4],[5],[6]
for questions regarding your General Support Fund applications using Google
Meet. Please refer to the Meta page for information on joining the meetings.
-
If scheduled office hours do not work well for you, or if you would like
more dedicated time to discuss needs or questions please reach out via
email.
-
The budget template
<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-I7F2rwXc2EEI5nld5AIkAeCacnr4p0jKPh…>
[7] is available to help you consider how to categorize different kinds
of expenses but is not required to use. Please feel free to continue
using the existing budget templates you have been using for Simple APG or
APG for this application. If there are more specific questions about your
budget, either myself or the Regional Committee will follow up with you
during the review.
-
Multi-year funding is available for applicants with multi-year
organisational strategies in the General Support Fund. Please contact me if
you are considering applying for this funding, and I will walk you through
what expectations there will be for review, as well as how this new funding
arrangement will operate.
Please write to saarc_fund(a)wikimedia.org, nwe_fund(a)wikimedia.org, or
thasan(a)wikimedia.org if you have any questions or needs I can address. You
can also write to communityresources(a)wikimedia.org with suggestions and
ideas.
Regards,
[1].
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Community_Fund#Ge…
[2].
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Community_Fund/Ap…
[3]. https://wmf.fluxx.io/portal
[4]. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Regions/SAARC
[5].
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Regions/Northern_and_Western_Europe
[6]. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Regions/ESEAP
[7].
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-I7F2rwXc2EEI5nld5AIkAeCacnr4p0jKPh…
--
*Tanveer Hasan *(him/his/they/their)
Community Resources
Wikimedia Foundation Grants
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Kaarel Vaidla <kvaidla(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2021, 15:32
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Movement Charter Drafting Committee elections are
now open!
To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Hello everyone,
Voting for the election for the members for the Movement Charter drafting
committee is now open. In total, 70 Wikimedians from around the world are
running for seven seats in these elections.
As recommended by the Movement Strategy recommendations, the goal is to
assemble a Drafting Committee that will draft a Movement Charter to ensure
a common framework for decision making in the Wikimedia movement
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recomme…>.
The committee will consist of 15 members in total: The online communities
vote for 7 members, 6 members will be selected by the Wikimedia affiliates
through a parallel process, and 2 members will be appointed by the
Wikimedia Foundation. The plan is to assemble the committee by November 1,
2021.
Voting is open from October 12 10:00 UTC to October 24, 2021 23:59 (Anywhere
on Earth <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anywhere_on_Earth>).
Learn more about the candidates
Candidates from across the movement have submitted their candidatures. Learn
about each candidate to inform your vote
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Candida…>.
The statements are translated to a number of languages, so you can have
access to the information in many of your preferred languages.
Additionally, we are piloting a so-called “Election Compass
<https://mcdc-election-compass.toolforge.org/>” for this election. Click
yourself through the tool and respond to the 19 statements, and you will
see which candidate is closest to you! The tool is available in ~9
languages (English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Arabic,
Indonesian, Hausa).
Voting
Similar to the previous Board elections, we have chosen Single Transferable
Vote
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_ele…>
for the voting system. The benefit of this is voters can rank their choices
in order of preference. Learn more about voting requirements
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_ele…>,
how to vote
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_ele…>,
and frequently asked questions about voting
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_ele…>
.
To cast your vote, please go to SecurePoll
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Electio…>
.
We also offer two question and answer times, if you have any questions
regarding the Movement Charter and the voting process:w
-
Wednesday, 19:00 UTC, on Google Meet
-
Thursday, 13:00 UTC, on Zoom (that’s the Conversation Time with Maggie
Dennis)
Please write a short message to answers(a)wikimedia.org if you want to
participate in one of these.
Please help select people who best fit the needs of the movement at this
time. Vote and spread the word so more people can vote for candidates. Our
aim is to have a committee with Wikimedians that combine the diversity of
the Wikimedia Movement as well as a great mix of competencies.
Best,
Kaarel Vaidla, on behalf of the Movement Strategy & Governance team,
Wikimedia Foundation
--
Kaarel Vaidla (he/him)
Movement Strategy <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/2030>
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
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Hello,
Apologies for posting several times in the last few days.
Yesterday we held a meeting for the SAARC region regarding its selector.
The selector will represent the region when casting the affiliates vote for
choosing members of the Movement Charter Drafting Committee. The result
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Affiliates_by_Region/SAARC…>
was
agreement on *User:Suyash.dwivedi* as the region's selector. Suyash will be
one among eight representatives of other regions who will take part on
behalf of affiliates.
Additionally, all of you, as Wikimedians, have the chance to cast your
votes in the *Drafting Committeee's elections* that will start in a few
hours and run until 24 October. Here's a link to the candidates page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Candida…>
(the
option for voting will appear there soon).
All the best,
Abbad.
--
Knowledge Management Coordinator
Strategy Team
Hello everyone,
Thank you to all of those who attended today's meeting to discuss the
selection process for the selector of the SAARC/South Asia region.
Based on the results of the discussion, you will have a chance to nominate
yourself as a selector
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Affiliates_by_Region/SAARC…>
(or to encourage people from your affiliate/group to self-nominate!) until *5
PM on 10 October*, according to the local time *anywhere in the SAARC
region*.
*Anyone can self-nominate. *You're not obliged to be a representative of a
particular affiliate, although you'll need to be a member of one -
communities, on the other hand, will have a chance to participate in the
open elections that will start in a couple of days.
All the best,
Abbad.
--
Knowledge Management Coordinator
Strategy Team
Hello all!
As a reminder, it's time to submit your nomination and submission for
*WikidataCon
2021*.
During last *WikidataCon* in Berlin, *WikiProject India* had won the *Community
Building award*. This time to you can nominate your favorite Wikidata
projects for the community awards. It can be any tools, WikiProjects,
events, initiatives. Feel free to add anything you like before 10th of
October.[1]
We have seen many cool gadgets/tools that have been created/developed by
the community which are very useful for the community members for editing
and interacting with Wikidata. I believe many community members are
interested in discovering new gadgets and scripts during this WD
conference. So if you are a tool developer or experienced tool user you are
invited to submit a proposal for a presentation for WikidataCon 2021. If
you are interested, you can find information about how to submit a session
proposal at [2], and you can access the submission form here at [3].
And finally you can also create birthday presents 🎁 for Wikidata’s ninth
anniversary! You can prepare a present, with a team or on your own, and
present it during the birthday presents lightning talks session. If you
would like to book a slot, make sure to fill in this form before October
16th.[4]
[1]
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2021/Contribute/Communit…
[2]
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2021/Program/Day_2_and_3…
[3] https://pretalx.com/wdcon21/submit/fJyHGM/info/
[4] https://wolke.wikimedia.de/index.php/apps/forms/fDNqML83gPE2kZnt
Regards,
Jinoy
User:Gnoeee
(On behalf of WikidataCon 2021)
Dear Wikimedians,
I am reaching out to you in regarding the Movement Charting Drafting
Committee
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee>setup
and to have a selector on behalf of the South Asian region (SAARC).
Although the representatives of the region's affiliates have been notified
in advance, I would like, upon requests, to extend the information to the
community that the decision on the selector from South Asia should be made
by *10 October*.
In order to help make a decision, a meeting has been proposed on *October
9, 2021, *to be facilitated by Wikimedia Bangladesh, during which we hope
that decision will be reached. More details about the meeting and the
process are on the *SAARC selection page*
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Affiliates_by_Region/SAARC>
on Meta.
The chosen selector will be one of 9 selectors who will select, on behalf
of affiliates, six members of the Movement Charter Drafting Committee
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Candida…>.
The process is an opportunity to take part in choosing the members of the
committee, who will be responsible for writing a governance document that
is expected to be of much importance to affiliates and for the Wikimedia
Movement's future.
Please note that this announcement is regarding a process that is *limited
to Wikimedia affiliates (only local user groups and chapters*). The
wikiproject communities will be able to cast their votes for the Movement
Charter's Drafting Committee through a separate election process that will
open on 11 October.
Apologies if this information comes a bit late. Please feel free to share
around in the relevant spaces, and let me know if there's anything I can
help with.
All the best,
Abbad.
--
Knowledge Management Coordinator
Strategy Team
Hello,
From today, WLM India team will start the review process of the
photographs submitted
in the competition
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_from_Wiki_Loves_Monument…>.
There was a delay of 6 days in initiating the review process because the
judging tool which we use, had some major issues and was not allowing us to
log in the tool. The developers had rolled out few fixes and the tool is
working now.
Like previous years, the organizers will review first 2-3 rounds to filter
out images with obvious issues like out of scope, presence of watermarks or
timestamp, bad tilt, blurry images, over-processed images etc and then
forward the filtered images to the jury members who will take another 2-3
rounds to finish the review and declare results. As we have started a week
late to review, we might finish a week late compared to previous years.
Regards,
Bodhisattwa
(On behalf of WLM India 2021 team)