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Online workshop on writing wikidata queries - June 21 2020 - 9 AM IST
by Shrinivasan T 20 Jun '20

20 Jun '20

Hello all, This is a reminder that the "Writing Wikidata queries" workshop is coming up! It will take place this Sunday, June 21st at 9 am IST on the Zoom platform: https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/99498586419 More details of the workshop are here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/SWT_Indic_Workshop_Series_2020/Workshops#Wr… . Remember to bring a computer with you as hands-on activities will be a part of this workshop. We look forward to your participation! :) Cheers, SWT Indic Workshop Series Team

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Secret WMF Job of Krishna Chaitanya Velaga
by Arvind Menon 19 Jun '20

19 Jun '20

Hi, The individual grantee for Wikiconference India 2020 grant had secretly done a WMF Contract job with the Community Program Team some month ago. There was no public announcement for the job so I believe no selection process or hidden selection and no public documentation that he was working. My question is why was he given the job depriving other community members from India who want to work but apply and get rejected. What was the need of WMF to hide the process by not informing or documenting. So on Wikiconference India grant WMF was applying to WMF and WMF was going to accept WMF grant. Atleast from WMF grant comments it looks because community blamed grant taking so much money. To me, this is utter misuse of power and abuse of donation money. Thanks,

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Fwd: Wikimedia Clinic #001 digest and future calls
by Asaf Bartov 17 Jun '20

17 Jun '20

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Fwd: NEW: Wikimedia Clinic calls, starting June 15th
by Asaf Bartov 15 Jun '20

15 Jun '20

Asaf Bartov (he/him/his) Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! https://donate.wikimedia.org ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Asaf Bartov <abartov(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 12:28 AM Subject: NEW: Wikimedia Clinic calls, starting June 15th To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Dear Wikimedians, In these complex times of pandemic, and the coming complex times of post-pandemic, live human contact with fellow Wikimedians, even mediated through a video call, can be helpful, relaxing, and fun. It can also offer opportunities to ask questions you have been meaning to ask but never got around to, or to explain complex situations that may be hard to articulate in writing. To better support members of the community during this time, the Community Development team at the Wikimedia Foundation is interested in trying an experiment: scheduling open video calls (using Google Meet) where any active Wikimedian would be welcome to attend and ask questions or ask for advice about whatever Wikimedia-related goal or problem they're working on. You can also just share what you're working on and invite feedback, even if you don't have a specific question. Or people can just connect to hang out, or to offer their own experience to the people asking questions. We are thinking of calling these calls Wikimedia Clinics, and would host them once a week (in alternating time zones, to accommodate as many people as possible). Each clinic session: * would be 70-120 minutes in length depending on topics presented and volume of conversation * would have at least two Wikimedia Foundation staff members guaranteed to be present. They are not guaranteed to have the answers you need, but they are committed to helping you get them, even if not during the call itself, but as later follow-up. * would be summarized in an in-depth *digest* of the call that would be edited for clarity and available to all volunteers interested. These notes would link to any tools and resources mentioned on the call and will be shared on this mailing list and archived on Meta[0]. These calls are *not* replacing any existing channels or regularly-scheduled calls! Every channel or call you are already using continues to exist. No important announcements will be made on these calls, and no one should feel stressed or obligated to attend them. Rather, they are a new form of live-communication open support calls, less narrow in focus than some of the existing channels (where only specific topics are expected), and, we hope, more approachable and welcoming for people not sure whether their question or dilemma is appropriate for one of the other channels. If these calls are found useful, we'll try to offer them in some other languages, to increase access to those not comfortable speaking English. So, let's give this a try! The first two calls are scheduled for: Monday, June 15th, 17:30 (5:30pm) UTC, and this is the Google Meet link[1]. Link to a WorldTimeBuddy event for timezone convenience[2]. and Wednesday, June 17th, 08:00am UTC, and this is the Google Meet link[3]. Link to a WorldTimeBuddy event for timezone convenience[4]. Remember, there's no set agenda and no particular preparation needed. Feel free to join us with anything Wikimedia-related that's on your mind, or just to hang out. Feedback and questions welcome. Cheers, Asaf [0] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinics [1] https://meet.google.com/kha-nghc-mky [2] https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/event?lid=100&h=100&sts=26536320&sln=17.5-19… [3] https://meet.google.com/iex-jebd-due [4] https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/event?lid=100&h=100&sts=26539200&sln=8-10&a=… Asaf Bartov (he/him/his) Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! https://donate.wikimedia.org

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Fundraising Testing - 16th June
by Joseph Seddon 13 Jun '20

13 Jun '20

Hey Everyone, I hope you all staying safe and well. The WMF has run a couple of fundraising tests that I've notified you about previously but we delayed our main campaign into the summer. We are looking to run another test next week so you will notice banners running during the day of Tuesday 16th June. Many thanks to those for provided feedback and alerted the fundraising team to mentions in local media. Your support is hugely appreciated. As before: * 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=118862]. * If you see a donor on a talk page, OTRS or social media having difficulties in donating, please refer them to donate(a)wikimedia.org. * If you have specific ideas to share, please feel invited to add them to our fundraising ideas page [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki /Fundraising/2019-20_Fundraising_ideas]. Thank you all! -- Seddon *Community and Audience Engagement Associate* *Advancement (Fundraising), Wikimedia Foundation*

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Update from Movement Strategy, call for nominee
by Tanveer Hasan 08 Jun '20

08 Jun '20

Dear Wikimedians, The Movement Strategy core team is proud of having reached the milestone of sharing the final recommendations in mid May [1]. We have been engaging with affiliates, communities, the Wikimedia Foundation, and other stakeholders eversince to ensure the recommendations and principles are received and understood. Phase 2 of Movement Strategy is wrapping up As shared in an email earlier [2], phase 2 of Movement Strategy has wrapped up with the finalization of the recommendations, bringing to an end the mandate of the working groups, writers, reviewers, strategy liaisons, and other individuals who contributed to this movement-led process. The core team is also concluding its work by the end of June 2020. We are reflecting on what we have learned together and making sure that the volumes of knowledge generated in the process is made available for the benefit of the movement as well as a smooth transition to implementation. The transition to implementation >From here, focus and collaboration will shift to the implementation of the recommendations and the required transition steps to ensure the process remains open and transparent. The Movement Strategy principles [3] will be the guiding framework to ensure transition will be inclusive and empowering for the movement. The global pandemic forced us to cancel this year’s Wikimedia Summit in Berlin and we lost the chance to work together. Yet, we gained the opportunity to expand the circles of participants in virtual implementation discussions. Particularly, the aim is to better include online contributors, technical developer communities, and smaller user groups. The transition to implementation needs to be carefully and inclusively designed, with multiple pathways for engagement and with urgency so the momentum that we have generated together over the past two years is not lost. Implementation discussions will take place virtually commencing September 2020. The goal is to produce a one-year plan that identifies which parts of the recommendations need to be worked on first, in what sequence, and with what resources and support structures. Call for nominations Online engagement with a high number of diverse participants from across our movement will be challenging. Therefore, the Wikimedia Foundation is convening a small design group to collaboratively shape the transition to implementation, including the setup and scope of the virtual events. The idea for the design group is to bring together community members reflecting different parts and regions of the movement (CEE, ESEAP, Indaba, Iberocoop, North America, South Asia, WikiArabia, WikiFranca), representatives from the EDs and chairpersons groups, and WMF staff. The design group will have project management and facilitation support. Open design will be used for this work so anyone interested can participate, share insight, and provide feedback on the discussions. Community members and Movement Strategy enthusiasts who are not part of the design group are invited and highly encouraged to provide feedback online in parallel as reviewers, and to later take part in the decisive virtual discussions. For the design group, we are asking for one individual nomination from Wikimedians from South Asia (Wikimedians from India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Srilanka, Pakistan). - The task will be to work with a diverse group of people from across the movement to design how the process of online events will be set up. - The nominee should be familiar with the Wikimedia movement, interested in strategy, and ideally an active online contributor from the projects OR from an underrepresented community. - The work is scheduled to begin in the third week of June and planned to conclude at the end of July. - During this time, you will meet 5 times virtually as a whole group for two hours each time, and you will be expected to carry out some asynchronous work in between meetings. - Please also consider diversity criteria during the nomination. Traditionally we have lacked prolific online and technical contributors in the discussions, and there has been an inclination towards male participants and those from high-income “Western” countries. We hope that you can help us bring a more diverse range of perspectives into design discussions. Please nominate (self nomination is also welcome) Wikimedians from your region here <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Strategy/2030> [4]. In the case of multiple nominations endorsements received, engagement with the local and global wiki communities and onwiki contribution will be considered to select one representative. We will organize office hours Wed. June 10 @ 17:00 UTC (Google Meet link <https://meet.google.com/uun-pzmb-kti>) and Thurs. June 11 @ 08:00 UTC (Google Meet link <https://meet.google.com/rva-yqaq-zdk>) to answer any questions. We are also available to clarify things via email, in your wiki or on social media. Kindly indicate your nominee by *June 21, 2020. * We look forward to hearing your thoughts and receiving your nominee for the Movement Strategy transition design group. In the meantime, please don’t hesitate if you have any questions. Regards, [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recomme… [2] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2020-June/094960.html [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recomme… [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Strategy/2030 -- *Tanveer Hasan* Information and Knowledge Liaison Wikimedia Movement Strategy 2030.wikimedia.org

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Shall we export the TN temple estampages to commons?
by Shrinivasan T 01 Jun '20

01 Jun '20

Hello all, https://www.tnarch.gov.in/inscriptions/temple/ Here many of the estampages/inscriptions from various Tamilnadu temples are available. As per this Government Order, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GoTN_Tamil_Development_Departments_… These estampages comes under CC-BY-SA license. By referring that GO document, I hope we can upload the images to commons. Please share your thoughts on this. Shall we do this? -- 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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Call for participation for the Small wiki toolkits–Indic workshop series!
by Srishti Sethi 27 May '20

27 May '20

Hello everyone, Hope this email finds you all in the best of your health, and you are staying safe amid the ongoing crisis. I'm happy to inform you that as part of the Small wiki toolkits <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Small_wiki_toolkits> initiative to help small wikis, an online workshop series will take place between June–July 2020 for the Indic community. As part of this series, four workshops around technical topics will be conducted for the participants. Learn more here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/SWT_Indic_Workshop_Series_2020/Overview Registration for this workshop series is now open and will remain so until May 24th. If you are interested in attending, please fill out the registration form at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/SWT_Indic_Workshop_Series_2020/Registration This registration form is hosted on a third-party service, which may subject it to additional terms. For more information on privacy and data-handling, see the survey privacy statement: https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Coolest_Tool_Award_2019_Survey_Privac… If you have any questions, please contact us on the talk page here <https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:SWT_Indic_Workshop_Series…>. Looking forward to your participation! Cheers, The SWT Indic workshop series team *Srishti Sethi* Developer Advocate Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>

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Wikddata movement resource needs assessment video call
by Bodhisattwa Mandal 25 May '20

25 May '20

Hi all, FYI, as some of you have expressed interest to provide inputs for Wikidata movement resource but have missed the opportunity to do that while the google doc for the needs assessment was open, we are going to arrange a video call on 27th May, 2020 Wednesday at 10 am IST. The Google hangout link is here - https://hangouts.google.com/call/XKTVSvFyP8vPpRpFsMQhAAEM Regards, Bodhisattwa Wikidata Advisor, CIS-A2K

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Fwd: Live demo on GUI application for tesseract OCR in windows
by Shrinivasan T 23 May '20

23 May '20

Happy to announce that a WINDOWS GUI application is developed for tesseract OCR. You can select a PDF file it will be OCRed automatically. Developer Parathan from srilanka will do a live demo in tamil on how to install and use it. Date - may 23 2020 Time - 10.30 AM IST LINK - https://youtube.com/watch?v=363DGNL-rUw&feature=youtu.be Download link - https://github.com/Parathantl/tesseract_gui/releases

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