Greetings Wikimedians,
As you may know, we are hosting regular calls with the communities for
WikiConference
India 2023 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2023>.
This email is a reminder for the fourth Open Community Call which is
scheduled on the 19 February 2023 (Today) to answer any questions,
concerns, or clarifications, take inputs from the communities, and give a
few updates related to the conference from our end.
We have also created a dedicated Meta page for Open Community Call
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2023/Open_Community_Ca…>,
where we will be sharing the details of the meeting like agenda, etherpad,
and meeting timings.
Please add the following to your respective calendars and we look forward
to seeing you on the call.
[WCI 2023] Open Community Call
Date: 19 February 2023
Time: 1800-1900 [6 pm to 7 pm] (IST)
Google Link: https://meet.google.com/kst-ddre-ran
Furthermore, we are pleased to share the telegram group created for the
community members who are interested to be a part of WikiConference India
2023 and share any thoughts, inputs, suggestions, or questions. Link to
join the telegram group: https://t.me/+X9RLByiOxpAyNDZl
Alternatively, you can also leave us a message on the Conference talk page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:WikiConference_India_2023>.
Look forward to connecting with you all,
Thank you!
On Behalf of,
WCI 2023 Organizing team
Hello community members,
The recent community-wide vote on the Universal Code of Conduct Revised
Enforcement Guidelines
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Universal_Code_of_Conduc…>
has been tallied and scrutinized. Thank you to everyone who participated.
After 3097 voters from 146 Wikimedia communities voted, the results are 76%
in support of the Enforcement Guidelines, and 24% in opposition. Statistics
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Revised_enforceme…>
for
the vote are available. A more detailed summary of comments submitted
during the vote will be published soon.
From here, the results and comments collected during this vote will be
submitted to the Board of Trustees for their review. The current
expectation is that the Board of Trustees review process will complete in
March 2023. We will update you when their review process is completed.
On behalf of the UCoC Project Team,
Regards,
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)
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সুধী,
২০২৩ সালে ইউনেস্কোর জীবন্ত ঐতিহ্য সংরক্ষণের সম্মেলনের ২০তম বর্ষপূর্তি
আয়োজিত হচ্ছে। সেই উপলক্ষে সারা বিশ্বজুড়ে বিভিন্ন সম্প্রদায়, স্বেচ্ছাসেবক
ও সংগঠনদের সঙ্গে আমরাও যোগ দিয়েছি এবং ১লা ফেব্রুয়ারি থেকে ৩১শে মে
পর্যন্ত বাংলার
জীবন্ত ঐতিহ্যগুলির সংরক্ষণে একটি মুদ্রণ সংশোধন অভিযান সংগঠিত করেছি।
পূর্ববঙ্গ গীতিকা, ময়মনসিংহ গীতিকা, হারামণি, গোপীচন্দ্রের গান ইত্যাদি বইয়ে
সংগৃহীত বাংলার বিভিন্ন প্রান্তের বিভিন্ন লৌকিক সঙ্গীতগুলিকে ইউনিকোডে
রূপান্তরিত করে তোলা এই অভিযানের উদ্দেশ্য।
এই সংক্রান্ত বিস্তারিত তথ্য পাওয়া যাবে এখানে -
https://bn.wikisource.org/s/hf4y
সকলের সক্রিয় অংশগ্রহণ কামনা করি।
ধন্যবাদান্তে,
বোধিসত্ত্ব, পশ্চিমবঙ্গ উইকিমিডিয়া ব্যবহারকারী দলের পক্ষ থেকে
Hello,
Feeling heartbroken over the news of Wikipedia being banned in Pakistan by
Shehbaz Sharif led Pakistan Government. Knowledge should be freely
accessible to all, not limited by censorship.
Good time to get our maps corrected without vandalism. Can someone tell how
will it impact India? What are the next steps?
Regards,
Jayantilal
--
Regards,
Jayantilal
Sent from my iPhone
Hi Everyone,
I hope you are well.
For your information, I am cascading further an email from Wikimedia-I
regarding the blocking of Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects in Pakistan.
Please go through the same if you haven't already, and feel free to get in
touch with me if you have any questions. I am highlighting below a key
excerpt from the email.
*The Wikimedia Foundation is already examining various avenues and
investigating how we can help restore access while staying true to our
values of verifiability, neutrality, and freedom of information.*
*If you or someone you know is contacted by the Pakistani government in
reference to the block, please contact us at legal(a)wikimedia.org
<legal(a)wikimedia.org>. If you or someone you know is in immediate physical
danger in reference to the block, please contact emergency(a)wikimedia.org
<emergency(a)wikimedia.org> right away. We are actively working to reach out
to community leaders in the area.*
Best,
Rachit
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Stephen LaPorte <slaporte(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Sat, Feb 4, 2023 at 7:15 AM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Block of Wikipedia in Pakistan
To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Hello everyone,
Today, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) ordered that access
to Wikipedia be suspended in Pakistan. We are urging the Pakistan
government to restore access to Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects immediately
<https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2023/02/03/wikimedia-foundation-urges-…>
.
This action denies the fifth most populous nation in the world access to
the world's largest, free online knowledge repository. If it continues, it
will also deny the world the perspective of the people of Pakistan and the
benefit of their knowledge, history, and culture.
The Wikimedia Foundation received a notification from the Pakistan
Telecommunication Authority on February 1, 2023, stating “the services of
Wikipedia have been degraded for 48 hours” for failure to remove content
from the site deemed “unlawful” by the government. The notification further
mentioned that a block of Wikipedia could follow, if the Foundation did not
comply with the takedown orders. As of Friday February 3, our internal
traffic reports indicate that Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects are no
longer accessible to users in Pakistan.
The Wikimedia Foundation is already examining various avenues and
investigating how we can help restore access, while staying true to our
values of verifiability, neutrality, and freedom of information.
We are also prepared to support any members of the Wikimedia communities
who are impacted. If you or someone you know is contacted by the Pakistani
government in reference to the block, please contact us at
legal(a)wikimedia.org. If you or someone you know is in immediate physical
danger in reference to the block, please contact emergency(a)wikimedia.org
right away. We are actively working to reach out to community leaders in
the area.
For over twenty years, our movement has supported knowledge as a
fundamental human right. In defense of this right, we have opposed a
growing number of threats that would interfere with the ability of people
to access and contribute to free knowledge. We know that many of you will
want to take action or speak out against the block. For now, please
continue to do what is needed to remain safe. We will keep you updated on
any new developments, actions we are taking, and ways which you can help
return access to Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects in Pakistan.
Thank you,
Stephen
--
Stephen LaPorte (he/him/his)
General Counsel
Wikimedia Foundation
*NOTICE: As an attorney for the Wikimedia Foundation, for legal and ethical
reasons, I cannot give legal advice to, or serve as a lawyer for, community
members, volunteers, or staff members in their personal capacity. For more
on what this means, please see our legal disclaimer
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Legal_Disclaimer>.*
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*We help everyone share in the sum of all knowledge. *
*We are the people who keep knowledge free.*
Greetings everyone,
If you haven't participated yet, the Wikimedia sound logo contest voting
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Sound_Logo_Vote> is open until
December 20, 05:29 IST. Please participate to help choose a sound that will
represent Wikipedia and Wikimedia content on audio devices, it only takes a
few minutes to vote. This project has been ongoing for at least 1.5 years,
more so in the past 9 months, and has seen community members all over the
world, sound professionals, and staff from different teams collaborate to
bring us here. I found this blog post
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/10/31/screening-3235-sound-submissions/> about
the experience of volunteer screeners an interesting read. Seeking
information and engaging with knowledge has become a more diverse
experience globally, with sound being among the fastest growing, and this
project aims to better attribute Wikimedia content in such settings. I
believe this is an important project, especially since I have worked on
audio-visual content digitization.
Thanks,
Amrit