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Webinar: Possible modes of engagement of Wiki Communities with NDLI
by Bodhisattwa Mandal 01 Dec '20

01 Dec '20

Hi all, You might know, that National Digital Library of India (NDLI)[1] has signed a memorandum of understanding with CIS-A2K and WMF early this year, for future collaboration to enrich open knowledge platforms on Wikimedia sites, focussing on Wikidata and Wikisource. The intended collaborative activities were stalled since then due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. On December 1, 2021, Sunday from 6 pm to 8 pm IST, NDLI would like to introduce themselves and discuss possible modes of engagement between the Wikimedia community and themselves. If you would like to join the conversation, please block the dates. The link of the video platform will be shared soon. Regards, Bodhisattwa Wikidata coordintor, CIS-A2K

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Indic Wiki20 logo
by pavanaja＠vishvakannada.com 29 Nov '20

29 Nov '20

Namaste, I hope everyone knows Wikipedia will complete 20 years on Jan 15, 2021. Heavy preparations are going on to celebrate it. There are many graphics & logos created for this purpose and are available at - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_20/Material and https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_20_symbols. But I did not find any Indic/India specific logos/graphics. Anyone is working on this? Regards, Pavanaja

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Invitation: Dec Global Conversations
by Mehrdad Pourzaki 29 Nov '20

29 Nov '20

Hi everyone, This is a warm invitation for all of you to attend the next Movement Strategy Global Conversation, the final one for 2020, on December 5 and 6. Close to 250 people participated in the previous event on November 21 and 22, and we would love to continue to have representation from South Asia. Please register <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeldyqX2vhR53yjUEzmhFg_y8phoCbPy4m…>. Registration closes on December 4. [1] What happened already Nearly 50 communities and affiliates <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Transit…> shared their priorities in advance and can continue to do so. [2] Based on those priorities, the first set of events on Nov. 21+22 took the discussions further and asked Wikimedians around the world which of the 45 Movement Strategy initiatives are most important to globally coordinate and implement in 2021. Take a look at the results <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Transit…>. [3] What do you think about the priorities? What is missing? What would make you want to play an active role in implementation? What happens next During the next set of discussions on December 5 and 6, we will focus on the top global priorities and start discussing what implementation can actually look like. What are the steps needed to put Strategy into action? Everyone’s invited to help enrich these conversations. Since implementation will be different from one context to another, we need as many voices as possible included to create a movement-wide implementation plan. Based on the feedback, we would like to continue the great momentum of the first set of events and will provide social opportunities for Wikimedians to connect. We will also provide space to hold short lightning talks [4] on how to implement certain initiatives. If you have ideas, please share them with others. If you are unable to attend, we will share the results and raw data on Meta so we can still benefit from your input. What is provided As for the first set of events, we will provide live interpretation in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Indonesian, Russian, and Spanish. In the registration form, please let us know if you require language support as well as internet data package upgrade or childcare for the duration of the event. Familiarize yourself with the initiatives already prioritized, register early, and continue the conversation on December 5 and 6. See you there. On behalf of the Support Team, Mehrdad [1] Registration is open until Dec. 4: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeldyqX2vhR53yjUEzmhFg_y8phoCbPy4m… [2] Map and table of priorities from affiliates and communities: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Transit… [3] Report page on Meta with the emerging global priorities: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Transit… [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_talk *Mehrdad Pourzaki* Community Relations and Communications Movement Strategy 2030.wikimedia.org *"By 2030, Wikimedia will become the essential infrastructure of the ecosystem of free knowledge, and anyone who shares our vision will be able to join us." *

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikipedia-l] Can't access Wikipedia in India...
by Frederick Noronha 28 Nov '20

28 Nov '20

It worked after a techie friend advised me: Change your DNS in your router. Use 1.1.1.1 Some 3-4 others on Twitter were also saying they could not access Wikipedia at the same time. Now sorted out. FN So, here's the rundown. *DNS* servers translate human-friendly domain names to machine-friendly IP addresses. *You're* probably using a *DNS* server supplied by *your* ISP, one whose quality is unknown. *Switching* to a third-party *DNS* service can both speed *your* internet activity and protect against tricky *DNS*-based attacks.May 17, 2019 1.1.1.1 — the Internet's Fastest, Privacy-First DNS ... - Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 › dns <https://1.1.1.1/dns/> <https://www.google.com/search?q=dns+1.1.1.1&oq=dns+1.1.1.1&aqs=chrome..69i5…> 1. <https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:aEdgrQIsYqkJ:https://…> The independent DNS monitor DNSPerf ranks 1.1.1.1 the fastest DNS service in the world. Since nearly everything you do on the Internet starts with a DNS request ... On Fri, 27 Nov 2020 at 10:32, <pavanaja(a)vishvakannada.com> wrote: > Working for me in ACT, Jio (mobile) & BSNL (mobile). I am in Bengaluru. > > Regards, > Pavanaja > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Wikipedia-l <wikipedia-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org> On Behalf Of > Frederick Noronha > Sent: Friday, November 27, 2020 10:19 AM > To: Wikipedia mailing list <wikipedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Wikipedia-l] Can't access Wikipedia in India... > > Some on BSNL in the Bangalore-western Indian, are reporting this on > Twitter, > https://twitter.com/shirishag75/status/1332125122929467392 > > On Fri, 27 Nov 2020 at 10:08, Tito Dutta <trulytito(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > It works fine for me. Kolkata, Jio internet. Any error message? > > > > Thanks > > Tito Dutta > > > > > > শুক্র, ২৭ নভেম্বর, ২০২০ তারিখে ১০:০২ AM টায় এ Frederick Noronha < > > fredericknoronha(a)gmail.com> লিখেছেন: > > > > > ...is there some problem? FN > > > -- > > > FN* फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا‎ +91-9822122436 > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikipedia-l mailing list > > > Wikipedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-l > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikipedia-l mailing list > > Wikipedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-l > > > > > - *"Another great thing about keeping the bug count at zero is that you > can respond much faster to competition. Some programmers think of this as > keeping the product ready to ship at all times." - Joel Spolsky, Author of > Smart and Gets Things Done* _______________________________________________ > Wikipedia-l mailing list > Wikipedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-l > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikipedia-l mailing list > Wikipedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-l >

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Research:Understanding the data gaps on Wikidata concerning heritage structures of West Bengal
by Bodhisattwa Mandal 23 Nov '20

23 Nov '20

Hello everyone, Please find below the links of the short study on "Understanding the data gaps on Wikidata concerning heritage structures of West Bengal." CIS blog - https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/understanding-the-data-gaps-on-wikidata-con… Meta - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Understanding_the_data_gaps_on_Wik… Regards, Bodhisattwa

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Updates from A2K: Internship
by Tito Dutta 21 Nov '20

21 Nov '20

Hello, Hope this email finds you well. Here are a couple of updates from the A2K team. Currently Jay Prakash (https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Jayprakash12345) is doing an internship with Access to Knowledge to support the programme with his tech-expertise. The internship is for 3 months and will continue till the end of January 2021. He will mainly focus on Wikisource and Wikidata, and we'll send another update towards the end of the internship period with details of works done. Thanks Tito Dutta

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Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Call for insights on ways to better communicate the work of the movement
by Sailesh Patnaik 20 Nov '20

20 Nov '20

Dear all, My apologies if you have already received this email on other channels, but I think it is a good opportunity for the Indic community to share their perspective. If you have some availability until January 2021, please join in the conversations. Best! *Sailesh Patnaik *"*ଶୈଳେଶ ପଟ୍ଟନାୟକ**"* https://www.linkedin.com/in/sailesh-patnaik-551a10b4 *Twitter*: @saileshpat ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Elena Lappen <elappen(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 10:57 PM Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Call for insights on ways to better communicate the work of the movement To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Dear all, The Movement Strategy recommendations published this year made clear the importance of establishing stronger communications within our movement. To this end, the Foundation wants to gather insights from communities on ways we all might more consistently communicate about our collective work, and better highlight community contributions from across the movement. Over the coming months, we will be running focus groups and online discussions to collect these insights. Individual focus groups will include 10-15 volunteers who will be asked to share insights on specific questions as part of a facilitated discussion. How can we best communicate with your community on an ongoing basis? In what ways does the Foundation currently support your work? We ask you to share your thoughts on these and other questions by signing up for a focus group by the end of Wednesday, 2 December, or participating in the discussion on Meta-Wiki [1]. We would like to collect feedback from across the movement, representing a wide range of insights and opinions. We will be working to build as many focus groups as possible, but want to be upfront that we may face limitations on the number of groups we can convene based on the level of interest. However, if you would like to discuss your thoughts in detail, we are also offering the chance to connect with the Communications team in other ways, including individual and group meetings and office hours [2]. Initial discussions are happening between now and January 2021. We invite you to join the conversation, and look forward to working together to explore some important questions. [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_communications_insights [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_communications_insights#Office_hou… -- Elena Lappen (she/her) Community Relations Specialist Wikimedia Foundation _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>

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Few queries on points for wikisource proofreadthon 2020
by Shrinivasan T 19 Nov '20

19 Nov '20

Hello all, Thanks for all contributors for the event wikisource proofreadthon 2020. Happy to see the great contributions . Happy to see the stats here https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Indic_Wikisource_Proofreadthon_2020/Progress On exploring the progress Found a hindi book, seeing good amount of bytes added as single edits. I assume that the contents are pasted from somewhere and marked as proofread with yellow button. https://hi.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%B7%E0%… We can see such high amount of such bytes contributions for a user here https://hi.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B6%E0%… on the date nov 15 2020 I hope the proofread contributions wont add 1000s of bytes in a single go usually. Is this kind of new addition of page content is considered for the proofreadathon 2020? Do we have a process to detect and avoid such bulk bytes additions on the calculation of the points? Please clarify on this. It will help a lot to define guidelines for the future events. -- Regards, T.Shrinivasan My Life with GNU/Linux : http://goinggnu.wordpress.com Free E-Magazine on Free Open Source Software in Tamil : http://kaniyam.com Get Free Tamil Ebooks for Android, iOS, Kindle, Computer : http://FreeTamilEbooks.com

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CIS-A2K Newsletter
by Ananth Subray 17 Nov '20

17 Nov '20

Hello Everyone, The August <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Reports/Newsletter/August_2020> [1], September <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Reports/Newsletter/September_2020> [2] and October <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Reports/Newsletter/October_2020>[3] Newsletters of the Access to Knowledge team (A2K) has been published. In this edition, you can see: - Re-licensing sessions - Wikimedia workshop on WikiProject Jalbodh & Ambajoga - Marathi Lexeme Project - Online Meeting with Punjabi Wikimedians - Series of WikiLoves Monument session - Facebook live session on Srujansheel forum - Wikidata Eighth Birthday - Mahatma Gandhi 2020 edit-a-thon - Promotion of Wikimedia content in 'Reading Week' [1]. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Reports/Newsletter/August_2020 [2]. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Reports/Newsletter/September_2020 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Reports/Newsletter/September_2020> [3]. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Reports/Newsletter/October_2020 Thanks and Regards, *ANANTH SUBRAY P V* Programme Officer Access to Knowledge Programme <https://cis-india.org/a2k/cis-a2k> The Centre for Internet & Society +91-9739811664

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Indic Wikisource Proofreadthon II 2020
by Jayanta Nath 15 Nov '20

15 Nov '20

Hello Indic Wikisource proofreaders, We are very happy to announce that the Indic Wikisource Proofreadthon II 2020 [1] is starting from tomorrow and will continue up to 15 November. As this year, we are facing devastating effects of COVID-19, we urge you to stay inside your home to avoid exposure to the deadly virus. We are also expecting higher participation than previous contest We heartily welcome new Wikimedians from different parts of the country to work on restoring our literary heritage to digital era. Just like previous contest held on May 2020, we again promising to wrap up everything within the expected timeline after the competition ends and we are going to keep our promise again. :-) Welcome you all in the contest. Regards, Jayanta Nath 1) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Indic_Wikisource_Proofreadthon_2020

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