Dear Indic Wikimedians,
I trust this message finds you well. I am reaching out to share news about an upcoming initiative by Access to Knowledge (A2K), designed to provide support to Indian Wikimedians in navigating the Wikimania 2024 scholarship process.
Our primary goal with this initiative is to enhance equity, accessibility, and the overall quality of scholarship applications from Indian Wikimedians. In light of the objective, we have outlined the following approach:
Community Call with Experienced Wikimedians:
We have gathered a panel of Indian Wikimedians with substantial Wikimania participation experience and a strong understanding of the general scholarship process.
Topics to Cover:
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Experience of Wikimania and its relevance to Indic Wikimedians.
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Key elements the committee looks for in scholarship applications.
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Q&A session for participants to seek clarifications.
A2K is thrilled to announce the community call scheduled for 9th December 2023, where our panel of experienced Indian Wikimedians will share valuable insights into the scholarship process. This session aims to equip participants with a deeper understanding of Wikimania's importance and the scholarship context.
Volunteer Committee:
A dedicated volunteer committee comprising experienced Indian Wikimedians will conduct virtual sessions to assist applicants. Responsibilities include guiding applicants in understanding and improving their draft applications, sharing personal experiences, and providing tips for successful scholarship applications.
Zoom Room Support Sessions:
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We will allocate specific time slots for one-on-one discussions between volunteers and applicants.
*
Focus areas include addressing individual concerns, providing personalized feedback, and strategizing ways to enhance applications.
*
Zoom rooms will be utilized to facilitate direct interactions between volunteers and applicants.
We invite all interested Wikimedians to actively participate and take advantage of this opportunity to strengthen their scholarship applications.
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Please visit the following page for more information about the call: [ https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/Indic_Community_Monthly_Enga… | https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/Indic_Community_Monthly_Enga… ]
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Please visit the following page to register for support from the volunteer session: [ https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Projects/Supporting_Indic_Wikimedia… | https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Projects/Supporting_Indic_Wikimedia… ]
Thank you for your attention, and we look forward to your enthusiastic engagement in this community call.
Best regards,
Pavan Santhosh,
Program Manager,
CIS-A2K.
Dear Wikimedians,
Hope you're doing well!
The A2K team would like to invite you to a discussion that will serve as an opportunity to share your suggestions and opinions, contributing directly to the shaping of A2K's future initiatives. We are conducting this as part of our wider needs assessment activity to help us understand your suggestions which would be helpful for our upcoming plans.
A2K Needs Assessment Event
Date: 30th November 2023
Time: 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Where: Online call Check out [ https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/WikiConverse_India_Calls/202… | meta page ] for details. We will share the zoom link soon in the page and update the mailing list.
Series: WikiConverse India Calls
Agenda:
* Presentation: A2K's Last 10 Years
* Open discussion: Participants can share their opinions and suggestions
* Survey: We will share the survey form during the call
* Circulating the Survey: after the call, we will circulate the form for participation from on mailing lists and village pumps to seek opinions from community members who couldn’t join the call.
Your ideas are very important and will help us plan better. We're excited to have you with us on November 30th!
Best regards,
Pavan Santhosh,
Program Manager,
CIS-A2K.
Hello,
We, the Karavali Wikimedians
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Karavali_Wikimedians>, are delighted to
announce the successful production of a documentary film in Tulu Language
titled "Pursa Kattuna" in collaboration with CIS-A2K and with the support
from Wikimedia Foundation. This film beautifully captures the performing
living heritage of Tulunadu. We invite you to watch the documentary and
share your valuable comments. It is now available on YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRHyySTtCe4>and Wikicommons
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pursa_Kattuna_Tulu_Documentary.webm>,
offering accessibility to a broader audience.
Additionally, we are excited to share that there is a write-up about the
documentary in the Wikimedia Diff blog
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/11/20/pursa-kattuna-unveiling-the-enigmatic…>,
further highlighting its significance and cultural richness. We encourage
you to explore this comprehensive coverage for a deeper understanding of
the project.
Your support and engagement mean a lot to us, and we hope you enjoy
experiencing the cultural vibrancy showcased in "Pursa Kattuna." Thank you
for being a part of our community's creative endeavors.
Best regards,
Bharathesha Alasandemajalu
Dear all,
We trust this email finds you in good health and high spirits.
We are thrilled to share exciting news from A2K! As we continue to grow,
A2K is opening up two job opportunities for individuals with a passion for
making a meaningful impact.
Program Associate (Digitisation and GLAM):
Are you enthusiastic about digitization and eager to engage with the rich
cultural and heritage sector? This could be the perfect role for you!
Explore further details by clicking here:
https://cis-india.org/.../program-associate-digitisation.
<https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fcis-india.org%2Fjobs%2Fprogram…>
Program Associate (Communications):
A2K is seeking a dynamic Program Associate to spearhead campaigns, curate
compelling content and contribute to shaping the future of knowledge
sharing. If you're a creative communicator ready to make a significant
impact, details are available here:
https://cis-india.org/jobs/program-associate-communications
<https://cis-india.org/jobs/program-associate-communications?fbclid=IwAR3_1J…>
Feel free to explore the areas that align with your interests and
expertise. A2K is on the lookout for exceptional professionals who can
bring fresh perspectives and innovative visions to A2K.
This is your chance to be part of a journey that values creativity,
collaboration, and continuous growth. Apply now and be part of the journey!
Regards,
Nitesh
CIS-A2K
Hello all,
Hope you all are doing well.
As you all may know the Open Community Call, a community call for South
Asian Community members, once every month which started as an initiative of
WikiConference India 2023 is scheduled to happen on 19 November 2023.
Starting from this call, we are planning to make some changes in the format
of the Open Community Call to give a new direction and focus on holding
conversations that are important for the communities in the South Asia
Region besides open space to share the ongoing activities among the
communities.
The detailed changes will be discussed during the upcoming Open Community
Call. The agenda, Etherpad, call timings, and meeting link are available on
the meta page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2023/Open_Community_Ca…>
.
Please add the following to your respective calendars and we look forward
to seeing you on the call.
[OCC] Open Community Call
Date: 19 November 2023
Time: 1800-1900 [6 pm to 7 pm] (IST)
Google Link: https://meet.google.com/ubk-ugun-qzu
Please join the General Chat telegram group <https://t.me/+X9RLByiOxpAyNDZl>
to share your ideas, thoughts, inputs, suggestions, or questions.
Alternatively, you can also leave us a message on the talk page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:WikiConference_India_2023/Open_Communi…>
.
Look forward to connecting with you all,
Thank you!
Warm regards,
Nivas
Hey! If you are interested in joining these calls, click on this public link
<https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/2?cid=Y182ZWY5ZGQwODA4OWI2ZTdiNGRkNm…>
and add the “Open Community Call” to get meeting invitations directly to
your calendar so that you don't miss out on any of our future calls. If you
are interested in moderating one of these calls, you can sign up under
the Moderator
Sign-up
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2023/Open_Community_Ca…>
section.
Hello all,
Hope you all are doing well.
We would like to remind you that the Twelfth Open Community Call will be
happening *today* (*i.e. **19 November 2023*). As mentioned in our
previous communication, we will be announcing the changes to these holding
conversations around important *changes* in the format of the *Open
Community Call* to give a new direction and focus on holding conversations
that are important for the communities in the South Asia Region besides
open space to share the ongoing activities among the communities.
The detailed agenda, etherpad, call timings, and meeting link are available
on the meta page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2023/Open_Community_Ca…>
.
Please add the following to your respective calendars and we look forward
to seeing you on the call.
[OCC] Open Community Call
Date: 19 November 2023
Time: 1800-1900 [6 pm to 7 pm] (IST)
Google Link: https://meet.google.com/ubk-ugun-qzu
Please join the General Chat telegram group <https://t.me/+X9RLByiOxpAyNDZl> to
share your ideas, thoughts, inputs, suggestions, or questions.
Alternatively, you can also leave us a message on the talk page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:WikiConference_India_2023/Open_Communi…>
.
Look forward to connecting with you all,
Thank you!
Warm regards,
Nivas
Hey! If you are interested in joining these calls, click on this public link
<https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/2?cid=Y182ZWY5ZGQwODA4OWI2ZTdiNGRkNm…>
and
add the “Open Community Call” to get meeting invitations directly to your
calendar so that you don't miss out on any of our future calls. If you are
interested in moderating one of these calls, you can sign up under the
Moderator
Sign-up
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2023/Open_Community_Ca…>
section.
Dear Sudhanwa,
As the founder of The Heritage Lab, your email came across as very amusing
to me.
Allow me to elaborate -- in the "heritage labs" (gosh, I wish you would get
the name right at least) - we don't "build heritage". Actually heritage
refers to something we "inherit". What we do is create ways for people to
access and engage with that inheritance, specifically cultural inheritance.
I would normally pass off your response as a very typical 'troll-behaviour'
one, and ignore it -- but you're a member of the Wiki community and I find
it important therefore to urge you to understand terms such as *post-colonial
and post-independence*. The post-colonial period typically begins with
independence but the challenges and issues faced by India in these phases
can be distinct -- post colonialism often involves addressing the specific
legacies of colonialism (ones that we continue to suffer today).
I'm usually up for a debate - but why I find your response to be typical of
"Troll behaviour" is that *your comment lacks any research on our work *--
you simply tried to discredit us and "rant". When you use words like "seems
like" -- you make it very clear that you could not be bothered enough to
check the link and understand if we have at all covered ancient India / or
other "thousands of years of history, culture and heritage" in other ways.
If you had indeed bothered, you would probably come across some interesting
stories - like one about a 2000 year old artefact clicked by a
Wiki-community member during our campaign last year.
*What I find shameful *about this entire exchange is that you, a Wikipedian
-- who is meant to check for reliable citations before editing a Wiki page
and is meant to gather information in an appropriate manner in order to
spread knowledge, couldn't even cross check before writing an email to the
entire list.
I wish you better mental health and positivity this festive season. There
is enough hatred in this world and we don't need more of this behaviour.
Thanks, anyway.
Medhavi
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> I am wondering what kind of heritage these people are building in heritage
> labs!!
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> Even the theme says post colonial India!!
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> Looks like they have nothing to do with our history, culture, heritage of
> thousands of years.
>
> Probably, they still want to remain in the colonial India heritage. That
> can't even say post independence activities.
>
>
> Shameful.
> And Wikipedia is supporting it in the name of spreading knowledge!!
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 7, 2023, 8:22 AM Satdeep Gill <satdeepgill(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > *Forwarding the following message on behalf of Arunesh Varade, The
> > Heritage Lab*
> >
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > The Heritage Lab <https://www.theheritagelab.in/culture-events/> is
> > organizing two Wiki contests
> > <
> https://www.theheritagelab.in/world-heritage-week-contest-monuments-museums/>
> in
> > the month of November on the occasion of World Heritage Week and Wiki
> Asian
> > Month.
> >
> > First contest is an edit-a-thon where open access content from GLAMs
> would
> > be uploaded on Wikimedia Commons with relevant data to improve the
> > accessibility of these images.
> >
> > The second contest is where people can share the stories of visiting
> > museums. It can be a photo essay, illustration, etc. The submissions in
> > this contest will be uploaded on Commons and the best entries from them
> > will be rewarded.
> >
> > We have exciting prizes for the winners so we look forward to your active
> > participation in both these events.
> >
> > Further, we have also opened applications for the second edition of Open
> > Knowledge Fellowship
> > <https://www.theheritagelab.in/open-knowledge-museums-india/> where we
> > host a cohort of fellows to research and create new knowledge about
> Indian
> > art and cultural heritage and contribute the same to Wikimedia projects.
> >
> > Please pass on the word to the people who would be interested in being a
> > part of this.
> >
> > Thanks and Regards,
> > Arunesh Varade
> > on behalf of The Heritage Lab
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Dear Wikimedians,
Greetings to all of you.
As you are aware, Wikidata is celebrating its remarkable journey as it
marks its 11th birthday, reflecting on the remarkable transformation of the
past decade.
These birthday festivities span a wide array of events taking place both
online and offline across the globe
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eleventh_Birthday/Events>,
attracting participation from Wikimedians, data enthusiasts, and open
knowledge advocates. Through activities such as edit-a-thons, workshops,
and meetups, these gatherings serve as a unifying force for contributors
and open data enthusiasts.
To celebrate Wikidata's 11th birthday, we've organized a series of
thrilling events and activities in India.
*Datathon*
A *11 day long Wikidata data-thon* is planned to celebrate Wikidata's 11th
birthday in India.[1] The data-thon is organised to celebrate the birthday
of Wikidata along with learning how we can contribute to Wikidata and make
use of it in different Wikimedia projects.
The data-thon aims to enhance Wikidata items by incorporating labels and
descriptions in your native language, along with the addition of
references, qualifiers, and statements. Additionally, it encourages the
utilization of India-related properties within these items, ultimately
contributing to the improvement of structured data in Wikidata.
To stay updated and get involved, please have a look at the event page
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_India/Events/Wikidata_El…>
[1]
and join the datathon by adding your name in the participants section. The
page also provides details about the tasks and activities scheduled as part
of the datathon.
- *Date:* Oct 26th - Nov 5th 2023 (Online)
- *Event Page: *Wikidata:WikiProject India/Events/Wikidata Eleventh
Birthday Datathon
Your contributions play a pivotal role in shaping the success and impact of
the data-thon, and it will help enrich the shared knowledge that benefits
us all.
*Community Meetup and Birthday Celebration*
We *Wikimedians of Kerala UG
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_of_Kerala> *is thrilled to
celebrate Wikidata's 11th birthday this year along with the OpenStreetMap
Community. Joining hands with the OSM Kerala Community meetup
<https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_Kerala_Community_Meetup_2023>,
we're joyfully organising Wikidata's 11th birthday with a delightful
cake-cutting ceremony, enlightening talks, and engaging data-a-thons
We cordially invite you to join us for the in-person community event and
birthday celebration in Thrissur, Kerala.
We are pleased to announce that a limited number of scholarships for travel
and accommodation facilities are available for those traveling to attend
the event from India. Please check the event page
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Kerala/Events/Wikidata_E…>
[2]
for more information on how to apply for these scholarships and register
for the event.
- *Event page: *Wikidata Eleventh Birthday celebration in Kerala
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Kerala/Events/Wikidata_E…>
- *Date:* Nov 4th - Nov 5th 2023
- *Venue: *Kerala Sahitya Akademi, Thrissur, Kerala, India
- *Registration: *
https://airtable.com/app2OaYApDXzm9ib5/shrneKnUQU4AHGzEF
Join us in celebrating Wikidata's birthday celebrations in Thrissur, Kerala
and let's continue to support and enrich the world of open knowledge.
*Discover More Celebrations*
We have a page to list all the birthday celebrations happening online and
offline in India
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eleventh_Birthday/India>.[3] If
you're planning to host a Wikidata birthday celebration (virtual meetup, a
local gathering) in your community, please feel free to add it to the event
page.
Additionally if you or your community have created any presents for
Wikidata's birthday those can be presented online during the WikidataCon
2023. To register for a slot, please read the instructions and add your
project to this page
<https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/WikidataCon2023-BirthdayLTsession>.[4]
If you have any questions or need support, feel free to contact me.
[1] - Datathon -
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_India/Events/Wikidata_El…
[2] - Community Meetup and Birthday Celebration in Kerala -
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Kerala/Events/Wikidata_E…
[3] - 11th Birthday Celebrations in India -
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eleventh_Birthday/India
[4] - Projects to present during WikidataCon
https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/WikidataCon2023-BirthdayLTsession
Regards,
*Jinoy*
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