Hi Everyone,
Hope you are all well and safe.
As you know the Communications Department recently worked on two awareness
test in South Africa and India aimed at understanding how we could improve
our engagement numbers in the regions with the youth *(**Wikipedia
awareness ranges from 31% to 52% among internet users in Africa and from
15% to 56% among Indian internet users). *
The learnings are now ready and the team is looking forward to sharing how
they could aid in how we can engage youth to be more aware of and
contribute to the free knowledge movement.
The tests focussed on hearing, learning and capturing engagement-level
data, that could be utilized for future movement-wide activities. During
the course of both tests we monitored and gathered data in the form of
engagement
numbers (comments, sentiments, engagement ratios, replies, and mentions),
growth mapping, traffic referral on Wikipedia, sentiment analysis, media
engagement and more. And now we are happy to share the findings with you
all.
We are inviting movement members from both South Africa and India for a
call where the Communications Department from The Wikimedia Foundation will
present the learnings, followed by an open discussion + Q & A.
We look forward to having you all at the call, please add the below details
to your respective calendars and share with anyone who would be interested
in the discussion.
Date: 30th September, 2022 (Friday)
Time: 1430 UTC/1630 SAST/2000 IST (find your timezone here
<https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1664550005>)
Meeting Link
<https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/r/eventedit/copy/N244OW9hYjlkZWV2N…>
(please add to your calendar)
Look forward to speaking with you all,
On Behalf of the team,
--
Rachit Sharma (he/him)
Snr Global Movement Communications Specialist, South Asia
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
*Registration now OPEN for Wikimania 2022: The Festival Edition! Register
HERE <https://diff.wikimedia.org/wikimania-2022/>!*
Hello everyone,
We are happy to inform you that we have submitted the Conference & Event
Grant proposal for WikiConference India 2023[1] to the Wikimedia
Foundation. I kindly request all the community members to go through the
proposal -- including the community engagement survey report, program plan,
venue and logistics, participation and scholarships, and the budget, and
provide us with your suggestions/comments on the talk page[2]. You can
endorse the proposal in the endorsements section[3], please do add a
rationale for supporting this project.
According to the timeline of the Conference and Event Grants program, the
community can review till 23 September 2022, post that we will start
integrating all the received feedback to make modifications to the
proposal. Depending on the response of community members, an IRC may be
hosted next week, especially if there are any questions/concerns that need
to be addressed.
We reopened the survey form and if you are still interested in taking part
in the survey and want to share something in mind or become a part of the
organizing team, please fill out the form so we all can work together[4].
Let us know if you have any questions.
Regards,
User:Nitesh Gill, User:Nivas10798, User:Neechalkaran
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Conference/WikiConference_India_2023
[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:Conference/WikiConference_India…
[3]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Conference/WikiConference_India_2023…
[4]
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfof80NVrf3b9x3AotDBkICe-RfL3O3EyT…
Hello everyone,
The Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines Revisions committee
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Universal_Code_of_Conduc…>
is
requesting comments regarding the *Revised Enforcement Draft Guidelines for
the Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC)*
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Universal_Code_of_Conduc…>.
This review period will be open from *8 September 2022 until 8 October
2022.*
The Committee collaborated to revise these draft guidelines based on input
gathered from the community discussion period from May through July and the
community vote that concluded in March 2022. The revisions are focused on
the following four areas:
1. To identify the type, purpose, and applicability of the UCoC training;
2. To simplify the language for more accessible translation and
comprehension by non-experts;
3. To explore the concept of affirmation, including its pros and cons;
4. To review the balancing of the privacy of the accuser and the accused
The Committee requests comments and suggestions about these revisions by *8
October 2022*. From there, the Revisions Committee anticipates further
revising the guidelines based on community input.
*Find the Revised Guidelines on Meta
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Universal_Code_of_Conduc…>
and
a comparison page in some languages.
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Universal_Code_of_Conduc…>*
Everyone may share comments in several places. Facilitators welcome
comments in any language on the Revisions Guideline Talk Page. Comments can
also be shared on talk pages of translations, at local discussions, or
during conversation hours. There are planned live discussions about the
UCoC enforcement draft guidelines.
*Conversation Hours*
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Universal_Code_of_Conduc…>
The facilitation team supporting this review period hopes to reach a large
number of communities. If you do not see a conversation happening in your
community, please organize a discussion. Facilitators can assist you in
setting up the conversations. Discussions will be summarized and presented
to the drafting committee every two weeks. The summaries will be published
here
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Universal_Code_of_Conduc…>
.
Regards,
~ On behalf of the UCoC project team,
Chitraparna Sinha (she/her) (Meta
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:CSinha_(WMF)>)
Facilitator, South Asia, Movement Strategy and Governance
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Strategy_and_Governance> (MSG)
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
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Siddique's en.wiki page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sidheeq
*Hi, *
Greetings, We are delighted to inform you about the Free Wikimedia
Technology Training - 2022. We’re hosting a series of online training
sessions from 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM IST scheduled every weekend (Saturday &
Sunday) from 10th September to 14th November 2022. This training helps the
volunteers interested in learning WikiTech from the basics and open to
technophiles, CS Students and professionals.
Registration Link: https://forms.gle/ueFersfQXiKDyAKY6
*Advantages*
- Training by Wikimedia stakeholders who have hands-on experience in
technical volunteering.
- MediaWiki services provide a rich core feature set and a mechanism to
attach extensions to provide additional functionality.
- The Wikimedia movement is the totality of people, activities, and
values which revolve around Wikimedia sites and projects with
- Learn to build powerful extensions, and packages, which lets you build
whole applications on top of the platform.
- The principles of free cultural works mean that anyone can use
Wikimedia without restriction, including commercially.
- Participants who have successfully completed training will be invited
to participate in the Wikitech hackathon 2022, and certificates will be
provided.
The object of these training programs is to promote the use of software
resources that extend content contributors' and consumers' capabilities and
insights beyond those provided by the core wiki experience.
Please feel free to contact indicwiki(a)iiit.ac.in if you need any more
information.
Note: The registration will be open until 23:59 hrs IST on 08 September
2022.
We'd love to have your involvement and support.
Cordially
Kasyap
IndicWiki Project Team
9014120442
kasyap.krupal(a)research.iiit.ac.in
Hello Wikimedians,
As you might have noticed already from our central banners, Wiki Loves
Monuments 2022 has started from today and will continue until the end of
this month. If you are interested to participate in the competition and
upload photographs of built heritage structures, please visit this link -
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:WLMIN2022
We are also excited to announce that our 3-members national jury team is
finalized and honored to introduce them with you all. The jury members are -
- Biswarup Ganguly - a veteran Wikimedian from the West Bengal community
who has contributed immensely for open knowledge through his documentary
photographs of life, culture and heritage of Bengal, especially of Kolkata
and surroundings for around 13 years. His photographs on Wikimedia Commons
are frequently being used in different news media outlets and by book
authors
- Humayunn Niaz Ahmed Peerzaada - a professional photographer based in
Mumbai, Maharashtra who has been in the field of photography since 2007.
Though Humayunn has been involved in photography of all genres, he
specializes in architecture, table top & making 360° virtual panoramas. His
two series of panoramas of built heritage of West Bengal have earned him
wide accolades.
- Sugato Mukherjee - a photographer and writer from West Bengal with
bylines in BBC, Al Jazeera, Nat Geo Traveller, Deutsche Welle, Mint and
several international inflight magazines. His coffee table book on Ladakh
was published in 2013 and received critical acclaim. Winner of multiple
photography prizes, Sugato's documentary project on the sulphur miners of
East Java was awarded distinctions by the UNESCO.
You can find them here -
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2022_in_Ind…
Our team member Amitabha Gupta will be coordinating with the jury members
during the review process, which will happen during late October.
Regards,
Bodhisattwa
(On behalf of Wiki Loves Monuments 2022 in India team)
West Bengal Wikimedians User Group
Greetings Wikimedians,
This email is a reminder that today is the last day to fill out the survey
form[1]. As of today, we have received 43 responses to the form, which will
be used to create a report for the grant proposal application. Although
today is the last date to fill out the survey form, we will be accepting
responses from members who are interested in joining the organizing team.
We also request you to go through the Meta-Wiki page[2] created for initial
conversations and endorsements to support if you are happy with the idea of
having the next WikiConference India in 2023.
Please note that we will be using the budget from the previous grant
proposal used for planning WCI 2020[3] and adjust the costs according to
the current situation. We will also be sharing the draft of the grant
proposal with you all shortly.
Looking forward to hearing from you and taking collective steps towards
having us all together in 2023!
Thanks & Regards,
Nivas, Nitesh & Neechalkaran
Links:
1. https://forms.gle/VMnqcy9Kd9yipGoC8
2.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2023:_Initial_conversa…
3.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Conference/WikiConference_India_2020