Greetings Wikimedians,
This is a reminder to inform the Open Community Call which is scheduled on
the 3rd of December, 2022 (Tomorrow) will start in *half an hour* at *6 pm*.
This call intends to clarify questions around the conference and the
Program/Scholarships, and plan on hosting regular calls to help answer any
questions, concerns or clarifications.
Please add the following to your respective calendars and we look forward
to seeing you on the call.
[WCI 2023] Open Community Call
Date: 3rd December 2022
Time: 1800-1900 (IST)
Google Link: https://meet.google.com/cwa-bgwi-ryx
Diff calendar: Open Community Call – Diff calendar
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/event/wci-2023-open-community-call/>
Look forward to connecting with you all,
Thank you!
On Behalf of,
WCI 2023 Core organizing team.
I pray for User:Sidheeq speedy recovery. Having known and worked with him.
This is deeply concerning.
On Sun, 9 May 2021, 01:36 praveenp, <me.praveen(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Indian Wikimedians,
>
> As many of you may have known, one of our fellow Wikimedian was arrested
> by Uttar Pradesh Police in October 2020. His name is Siddique Kappan (His
> wikimedia username is User:Sidheeq). He is from Kerala, and he was active
> in Wikimedia projects (mainly in Malayalam Wikipedia) until his arrest.
>
> Incidently he is a journalist and he was arrested from the home of Hathras
> rape and murder victim while reporting the victim Dalit girl's family
> members. UP Police has slapped Sedition, Terrorism as well as UAPA charges
> against him.
>
> Kappen is diabetic and now COVID positive. He was admitted to hospital
> only after he collapsed in the jail cell. With his deteriorating health, it
> was accused that Kappan was chained to hospital bed like an animal. Today's
> news reports say that he is in critical condition. (You could always google
> "Siddique Kappan")
>
> As a tone deaf people I don't expect anything from this mail, I just wish
> to share the information.
>
> Stay Inside, Stay Complementary (non-critical), Stay safe, Stay healthy.
>
>
> User:Praveenp
>
> -------------
>
> Siddique's en.wiki page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sidheeq
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Hello Wikimedians,
I would like to bring to your notice that CIS-A2K has job vacancies open
currently for the post of "Program Manager"
https://cis-india.org/jobs/a2k-programme-manager
We are looking for highly interested candidates ready to work with the
Access to Knowledge program team on programmatic activities and
contributors involving Wikimedia projects.
Deadline: 20 August 2022.
Please send your updated resume, and a cover letter to ajoy(a)cis-india.org
In the subject line clearly mention “A2K Programme Manager Application”.
Please share this across your circles too.
Thanks and Regards,
Jayanta Nath
on behalf of CIS-A2K team.
Sir/Ma'am,
I am a photographer and photography historian. Some wikipedia articles
containing wrong information on the history of photography and photography
day have been found.
There is no day called world photography day and none of the international
agencies like the United Nations, UNESCO celebrate a day called photography
day.
Important milestones in the history of photography:
· 'View from the window at Le Gras', is the world’s first successful
photograph and it was made by French scientist Joseph Nicephore Niepce in
June-July 1827 (It is now well preserved at the Harry Ransom Centre, Texas
University).
· Another person named Louis Daguerre joined him on a 10 year
contract on December 14, 1829.
· Unluckily, Joseph Nicephore Niepce died on July 5, 1833 and
Daguerre continued the contract with Niepce’s son.
· In the meantime, Daguerre made all the research works of Niepce in
his name and came out with Daguerreotype.
· He then patented this in Britain on August 14, 1839 and then went
on announcing this in the French Science Academy on August 19, 1839.
· This was done without acknowledging the inventor of photography,
Joseph Nicephore Niepce and Niepce’s son protested against this by
publishing booklets.
· In 'Photography', the first book on the history of photography,
written in 1857, the world famous art-critic Lady Elizabeth Eastlake calls
August 19 as the day of treachery in the history of photography.
· Fast forward to 2000, a photographer called “OP” from Agra, India
declares ‘world photography day’ on his own.
· In another instance, this year, I saw someone's post on social
media declaring June 29th as National Camera Day. After an hour, a
photographer from Kochi made it World Camera Day. This is how days are
being declared on social media these days.
Therefore, celebrating photography day by forgetting the contributions of
numerous scientists and photographers like Joseph Nicephore Niepce is a
historical crime. It is the responsibility of everyone who loves
photography to maintain the sanctity of the history of photography. So, I
humbly request you to examine the authenticity of this day and do the
needful.
It is not okay for some random person on social media to declare world
days. Hoping for necessary corrections and removal.
Thank you!
Saji Ennakkad.
Dear Proofreaders,
CIS-A2K is in a process to community survey and being conducted as part of a pilot study to collect baseline data on infrastructural needs of Wikisource platforms in India. The objective of the study is to identify current challenges and knowledge gaps in technological capacity, resources and training on Wikisource platforms in selected languages. Through an analysis of this data, the study aim will provide learnings and recommendations on potential strategies to address these gaps, including through collaborative intervention and training. You may read more about the study here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Research/Study_on_Infrastructural_N…
To design the programs based on the needs of the community and volunteers, we invite your valuable suggestions and thoughts. We would like to improve our working continuously taking into consideration the responses/feedback about the events conducted previously. We request you to go through the various sections in the form and respond.
Google form link - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSemIo2Ioc7vF-ksKNiPv3sYyXsSkfUvo0X…
Please write in detail. We would like to discuss over phone/email also if needed. Contact sneha(a)cis-india.org if you have a question(s) or for further details or detailed comment.
With best wishes,
Jayanta Nath
Centre for Internet & Society
Access to Knowledge Programme (CIS-A2K)