Hi all,
Hope you and your loved ones are safe and sound during this ongoing
COVID-19 pandemic situation.
This is for your kind information that, from 22nd May, 2020 Friday to 24th
May, 2020 Sunday, a datathon will be happening on Indian scientists on
Wikidata. The lack of data about Indian scientists, their works and
publications on Wikidata is the reason behind conducting the datathon.
Considering the ongoing pandemic, the datathon will also focus on
scientists working on COVID-19 and SARS COV-2.
The tasklist of the datathon is flexible. Participants can choose their own
preferred task on this topic
More details at:
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_India/Events/Indian_Scie…
Hoping for your active participation,
Take care and stay safe,
Bodhisattwa
Wikidata advisor, CIS-A2K
Hello,
Firstly we want to thank all the participants who participated in the
recent proofread contest (
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Indic_Wikisource_Proofreadthon) Here we are
delighted to inform you that we are going to conduct an online Wikisource
workshop.
The workshop will be on:
16 May: 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
We'll discuss several topics during this workshop such as:
- After proofreading, what next?.
- What is transclusion?
- Best practices of transclusion.
- How to share yours proofread the text?.
If you are a Wikisource editor and interested to join, please register
here[1].
Thanks
Jayanta Nath
Wikisource Advisor, CIS-A2K
1]
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdXc7-VlbiGzKI8mvyiP6PXFLw2lnp_rHm…
This is the message that I got –
Wikidata Movement Resources needs-assessment form
The form Wikidata Movement Resources needs-assessment form is no longer accepting responses.
Try contacting the owner of the form if you think that this is a mistake.
Regards,
Pavanaja
From: Wikiml-l <wikiml-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org> On Behalf Of Ananth Subray
Sent: Monday, May 4, 2020 1:13 PM
To: wikiml-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: [Wikiml-l] Needs assessment for Wikidata Movement Resource
Hello Wikimedians,
CIS-A2K is planning to invest some resources from May-June 2020 to create community movement resource (CMR) materials in English and different Indic languages for Wikidata in the form of tutorials, handbooks, infographics, videos, animations etc. The aim of this initiative is to build a pool of resource materials for Wikidata eventually, which will serve as ready-made handy references for new as well as experienced users. You are requested to fill up this form <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfqSEoYLfjlIgDLOTlkDcLF9xDlHYfgkJI…> so that we can understand your needs on different topics of Wikidata. You are also very welcome to actively participate in the process and help us build the CMR with your different areas of expertise.
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
Hi everyone,
Hope you are all doing well and are safe amidst the ongoing COVID-19
Pandemic. On behalf of the Strategy Team [2] and the working group members
[3], I would like to take a moment with you to celebrate the publication of
the 2030 movement strategy recommendations, now live on Meta-wiki [1] and
express gratitude and appreciation for your efforts to share perspectives
into our process. Over the last two years, our movement has worked
tirelessly to produce these ideas to change our shared future. Many of you
participated in the online conversations, hosted strategy salons, attended
regional events, and connected with us in-person at Wikimania. These
contributions were invaluable, and will help make our movement stronger for
years to come.
The finished set of 10 recommendations emphasizes many of our core values,
such as equity, innovation, safety, and coordination, while tasking us
jointly to turn this vision into a reality. These recommendations clarify
and refine the previous version, which was published in January this year.
They are at a high strategic level so that the ideas are flexible enough to
be adapted to different global and local settings and will allow us to
navigate future challenges. Along with the recommendations, we have
outlined 10 underlying principles, a narrative of change, and a glossary of
key terms for better context. [5] [6] [7]
The recommendations are available in numerous languages, including Arabic,
German, Hindi, English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish for you to read and
share widely. We encourage you to read the recommendations in your own time
and at your own pace, either online [1] or in a PDF [4]. There are a couple
of other formats for you to take a deeper dive if you wish, such as a
one-page summary, slides, and office hours, all collected on Meta. If you
would like to comment, you are welcome to do so on the Meta talk pages.
However, please note that these are the final version of the
recommendations. No further edits will be made. This final version of the
recommendations embodies an aspiration for how the Wikimedia movement
should continue to change in order to advance that direction and meet the
Wikimedia vision in a changing world. You can also learn more about the
changes made in the Recommendations from the January 2020 iteration from
our Change Log Report.[8]
In terms of next steps, our focus now shifts toward implementation. In
light of the cancellation of the Wikimedia Summit, the Wikimedia Foundation
is determining the best steps for moving forward through a series of
virtual events over the coming months. We will also be hosting live office
hours [9] in the next week, where you can join us to celebrate the Strategy
and ask questions! Please stay tuned, and thank you once again for helping
to drive our movement forward, together.
With thanks,
Rupika
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recomme…
[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/People
[3]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Working…
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Working…>
[4]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_2030_Movement_Strategy_Re…
[5]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recomme…
[6]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recomme…
[7]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recomme…
[8]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Reports…
[9]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recomme…
Rupika Sharma
Community Strategy Liaison, Movement Strategy
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
"Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the
sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment."
Coko Foundation, USA is organizing a global wide event to promote
“Open Publishing”.
This is an online event.
Anyone can propose, conduct event on their own language, their desired
online platform.
>From the website,
<quote>
Open Publishing Fest celebrates communities developing open creative,
scholarly, technological, and civic publishing projects. Together, we
find new ground to share our ideas.
This is at once a collaborative and distributed event. Sessions are
hosted by individuals and organizations around the world as panel
discussions, fireside chats, demonstrations, and performances. We
connect those points to bring them in conversation with one another
and map out what’s next.
We seek to build networks of resilience and care for people working on
new ways to develop and share knowledge.
Join us by proposing a session. Proposals will be considered on a
rolling basis up to and throughout the fest.
</quote>
Propose an event here – https://openpublishingfest.org/form.html
You can propose any number of events.
Last date to propose is May 29 2020. Yes. Till the last date, you can
propose and conduct events.
Already 70+ events are proposed. Check them all here –
https://openpublishingfest.org/calendar.html
The events can be anything. Below are few ideas I can share
1. Demo on any free/open source software related to publishing. There
are plenty.
Calibre
Pressbooks.com
LibreOffice
Scribus
Editoria
PubSweet
WikiSource.org
wordpress blog
and more
2. Hackathons to explore and contribute to these software.
3. Panel discussions on these publishing tools
4. Book reviews/discussion on open licensed books
5. Silent reading events. Mark a specific date/time and friends. Read
few open licensed books. Thats all.
6. Proofread the books in wikisource.org in your language
7. If you can write, write a book or few chapters for your next open
licensed book
8. Pratham Books is running https://storyweaver.org.in/ where you can
create story books for kids. You can draw images and upload there.
Translate existing stories to your language. All the books there in
Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license.
9. Check the Open Publishing Fest Event calendar here –
https://openpublishingfest.org/calendar.html Promote the all the
events you can at the social mediums you are.
You can bring more ideas and share here.
--
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
--
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
Hi everyone,
Hope you are all doing well and are safe amidst the ongoing COVID-19
Pandemic. On behalf of the Strategy Team [2] and the working group members
[3], I would like to take a moment with you to celebrate the publication of
the 2020 movement strategy recommendations, now live on Meta-wiki [1] and
express gratitude and appreciation for your efforts to share perspectives
into our process. Over the last two years, our movement has worked
tirelessly to produce these ideas to change our shared future. Many of you
participated in the online conversations, hosted strategy salons, attended
regional events, and connected with us in-person at Wikimania. These
contributions were invaluable, and will help make our movement stronger for
years to come.
The finished set of 10 recommendations emphasizes many of our core values,
such as equity, innovation, safety, and coordination, while tasking us
jointly to turn this vision into a reality. These recommendations clarify
and refine the previous version, which was published in January this year.
They are at a high strategic level so that the ideas are flexible enough to
be adapted to different global and local settings and will allow us to
navigate future challenges. Along with the recommendations, we have
outlined 10 underlying principles, a narrative of change, and a glossary of
key terms for better context. [5] [6] [7]
The recommendations are available in numerous languages, including Arabic,
German, Hindi, English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish for you to read and
share widely. We encourage you to read the recommendations in your own time
and at your own pace, either online [1] or in a PDF [4]. There are a couple
of other formats for you to take a deeper dive if you wish, such as a
one-page summary, slides, and office hours, all collected on Meta. If you
would like to comment, you are welcome to do so on the Meta talk pages.
However, please note that these are the final version of the
recommendations. No further edits will be made. This final version of the
recommendations embodies an aspiration for how the Wikimedia movement
should continue to change in order to advance that direction and meet the
Wikimedia vision in a changing world.
In terms of next steps, our focus now shifts toward implementation. In
light of the cancellation of the Wikimedia Summit, the Wikimedia Foundation
is determining the best steps for moving forward through a series of
virtual events over the coming months. We will also be hosting live office
hours [8] in the next coming few days, where you can join us to celebrate
the Strategy and ask questions! Please stay tuned, and thank you once again
for helping to drive our movement forward, together.
With thanks,
Rupika
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recomme…
[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/People
[3]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Working…
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Working…>
[4]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_2030_Movement_Strategy_Re…
[5]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recomme…
[6]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recomme…
[7]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recomme…
[8]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recomme…
Rupika Sharma
Community Strategy Liaison, Movement Strategy
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
"Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the
sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment."
Hello,
Hope this email finds you well. Some time ago, we informed you about this
opportunity. We are extending the deadline of applying for graphic
designers position till 24 May 2020:
https://cis-india.org/jobs/programme-associate-graphic-designer We are
adding the option for remote working for experienced candidates.
The communication associates position application is open until 20 May
2020: https://cis-india.org/jobs/programme-associate-communications and
similarly, we are adding an option of remote work for experienced
candidates.
If you have applied already you don't need to apply again, unless you want
to make major changes in the application.
We have got a couple of questions, and it is to clarify, because of ongoing
COVID-19 pandemic face-to-face interview is not possible currently or in
the near future.
You might have seen our email related to movement resources
needs-assessment. We believe that these two positions are going to play
important in the activity.
Thanks.
Jayanta Nath
Wikisource Advisor
CIS-A2K
Dear friends,
Greetings,
We write to thank you for your immense contribution to the ongoing WikiGap
online event in Nigeria organized to close the existing gender gap on
Wikipedia.
We have received feedback from some quarter of the community with the
desire to join the contest. So, to encourage wider community participation
and an all-inclusive event, we have decided to extend the contest for two
additional weeks.
So the new date is now 27 May 2020.
The following prizes are available for participants.
- *1st:* HP Laptop 15-ra011nia Celeron 4GB RAM 500GB HDD FREE DOS
- *2nd:* Mobile Phone: Canon 12 Air 6.55 inc
- *3rd:* Zealot S7 Pro Portable Wireless Touch Control Bluetooth Speaker
4.2 With 10000maH and Powerbank
- *4th:* 1TB Backup+Slim External Hard Drive
- *5th:* 128GB Ultra OTG Dual USB Flash Drive
- *6th-15th*: Wikipedia pencil, pin, and merchandise as supported by
Wikimedia Sverige.
You can join us by signing up here
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiGap_Nigeria_Online_Challenge/Participan…>.
The contest is organized in partnership with the Swedish Embassy in
Nigeria, African Women in the Media, Women in Red, Wiki in Africa and
Wikimedia Sverige.
Thank you for the anticipated participation.
Regards,
*Olaniyan Ishola Olushola*
*CEO. Data Access Systems LtdChairman Local Organizing Committee
(WikiIndaba2019)
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiIndaba_conference_2019/Team>Co-Producer,
Wikipedia
Campaign in Nigeria
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5&v=AUBPd3PTas0> ( Winner of
the Best NGO in Africa ( African Excellence Award 2018)
<https://af-pr.excellence-awards.com/winnerlist/best-of-2018/>) Dublin,
Republic of Ireland. Co-Producer , Wiki Women Radio
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Women_Radio_Program>President, Wikimedia
Nigeria <https://wikimedia.org.ng/>Treasurer, FOSSFAMember, Affiliates
Committee ( Wikimedia Foundation)*
*Administrator, Wikimedia Programs & Events Dashboard*
*MD,Olbims ConsultingPhone: +2348167352512E: olaniyanshola15(a)gmail.com
<E%3Aolaniyanshola15(a)gmail.com>E: shola(a)wikimedia.ng.org
<E%3Ashola(a)wikimedia.ng.org>Facebook:Olaniyan
SholaTwitter:oluwanishola73Wiki User Name: Olaniyan Olushola*
* Wikipedia Campagn in Nigeria featuring Emmanuela *
* One on One with Olushola Olaniyan ( TV Plus Africa)
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGp_YqdOJzY&feature=youtu.be>*
* https://youtu.be/DwTUGVv6Qng <https://youtu.be/DwTUGVv6Qng>*