Hello Everyone,
Hope you are doing well and are safe.
As you may know, I work in the Movement Communications team
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Movement_Communications> at
the Wikimedia Foundation as a Senior Movement Communications Specialist
(South Asia). In the last few months I have got the opportunity to get
familiar with many of our community members and look forward to working
closely. (Here is my Meta Page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:RASharma_(WMF)>).
I am thrilled about sharing an incredible update with you- which I am sure
many of us have been waiting for-* Wikimania 2022!*
*Wikimania: The Festival Edition! *will be taking place on *11-14 August,
2022.* Wikimania is the Wikimedia movement’s annual conference celebrating
all the free and open knowledge projects made possible by the volunteer
community. The program will be multilingual, but this time with expanded
language support.
Furthermore, the Wikimania COT has announced the opening of *Affiliate
grants and individual scholarships:*
1. Wikimania 2022 will have a grants program for affiliates to fund the
organizing of Wikimania local events. These events could include local
meetups and watch parties, affiliate led sessions.
2. We are also offering scholarships for individual attendees to enable
their participation in Wikimania 2022. Scholarships can cover things like
childcare, meals, data packages and small hardware purchases.
*Deadline: 3rd June, 2022*
Click Here to know more
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/05/09/wikimania-2022-grants-and-program-sub…>
and
please feel free to reach out if you require any additional information or
support.
Let's bring the Wikimania 2022 Festival to life- together.
Best,
--
Rachit Sharma (he/him)
Snr Global Movement Communications Specialist, South Asia
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
*We help everyone share in the sum of all knowledge. *
*We are the people who keep knowledge free.*
সুধী,
সকলের জ্ঞাতার্থে, কবিগুরু রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুরের জন্মবার্ষিকী (২৫শে বৈশাখ) হতে
মৃত্যুবার্ষিকী (২২শে শ্রাবণ) পর্যন্ত আগামী তিন মাস ধরে উইকিসংকলন প্রকল্পে
মুদ্রণ সংশোধন প্রতিযোগিতার আয়োজন করা হয়েছে। লিঙ্ক পাবেন এখানে -
https://bn.wikisource.org/s/h6t9
পরপর চার বছর ধরে পশ্চিমবঙ্গ উইকিমিডিয়া ব্যহাব্যরকারী দল এই প্রতিযোগিতা
সংগঠিত করে এসেছে। এই প্রতিযোগিতায় প্রথম ৫ জন বিজয়ীকে পুরস্কার দেওয়া হবে।
পশ্চিমবঙ্গে পুরস্কার পাঠানোর দায়িত্ব পশ্চিমবঙ্গ উইকিমিডিয়া ব্যহাব্যরকারী দল
এবং বাংলাদেশে পুরস্কার পাঠানোর দায়িত্ব উইকিমিডিয়া বাংলাদেশ গ্রহণ করেছে।
আগ্রহীদের সক্রিয় অংশগ্রহণ কাম্য।
ধন্যবাদান্তে,
বোধিসত্ত্ব
পশ্চিমবঙ্গ উইকিমিডিয়া ব্যবহারকারী দলের পক্ষ হতে
Dear community members,
I would like to follow up on my previous emails (first
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedi…>
and second
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedi…>)
to you all and give you some more details about the upcoming Wikimedia
Foundation fundraising campaign in India.
As mentioned before, the fundraising campaign will have two components.
1.
We will send emails to people who have previously donated from India
2.
We will run banners for readers in India on Wikipedia itself.
The emails are scheduled to be sent between the 24th of May and the 23rd of
June. We are currently finalizing the different message versions. Samples
will be shared later.
The banners will be active on Wikipedia in India from the 31st of May until
the 28th of June. Prior to this, we are planning to run a couple of
pretests:
-
A three hour pretest today (3rd of May) between 9-12 UTC. So you might
see a banner or two around today.
-
A low traffic pretest between the 9th to the 12th of May. Low traffic
means that only 10% of readers will see test banners during this time.
This activity will ensure that our technical infrastructure works.
We have now uploaded some example banners to the meta page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising/India2022campaign#General_infor…>
.
You can also use the meta page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising/India2022campaign> to leave
feedback, suggestions, and questions. Please feel free to share this widely
and encourage anyone who is interested to engage there or via email with me
directly.
Generally, before and during the campaign, you can contact us:
-
On the talk page of the India campaign meta page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Fundraising/India2022campaign> or
the talk page of the fundraising team
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Fundraising>
-
If you need to report a bug or technical issue, please create a
phabricator ticket
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/task/edit/form/1/?template=1188…>
-
If you see a donor on a talk page, VRT
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Volunteer_Response_Team> or
social media having difficulties in donating, please refer them to
donate[image:
@]wikimedia.org
Thanks you and regards,
Julia
--
*Julia Brungs*
Senior Community Relations Specialist
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
