সুপ্রিয় সুধী,
উইকিমিডিয়া বাংলাদেশের পক্ষ থেকে উইকিপিডিয়ান, শুভাকাঙ্ক্ষীসহ, এই
লিস্টের সবাইকে ঈদ মোবারক। আশা করি এই ঈদ আপনাদের জীবনে আরও আনন্দ বয়ে
আনবে। আপনার হয়তো ইতিমধ্যেই উপভোগ করা শুরু করেছেন। তাই সবাই পরিবার ও
প্রিয়জনদের নিয়ে শান্তিপূর্ণ ও আনন্দময় একটি ঈদুল ফিতর উদযাপন করুন -- এই
কামনা।
তানভির
সাধারণ সম্পাদক
উইকিমিডিয়া বাংলাদেশ
বাংলা উইকিপিডিয়ায় সদ্য সমাপ্ত পাঠক জরিপটি নিয়ে আজ ইংরেজি উইকিপিডিয়ার
সাপ্তাহিক পত্রিকায় একটি প্রতিবেদন প্রকাশিত হয়েছে। আগ্রহীরা প্রতিবেদনটি
পড়তে এই লিংকে ক্লিক করুন:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-08-13/News_…
তানভির
--
Tanvir Rahman
Community Fellow
Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
Dear all,
While at Wikimania, we all had a small India - Nepal team meet up. Here is
a brief summary of what we discussed. All the Indian and Nepali Wikimedians
were enthusiastically gathered by Malayalee Wikipedian Viswa Prabha in the
ballroom at Wikimania.
Since it was an informal meet up, we had the opportunity to discuss
anything and everything! It was awesome to see Wikipedians of all ages,
from various places in India and Nepal, all coming together to discuss the
stuff they were doing! Actually, the first team meet happened on the plane
itself - somewhere above Russia I was told :-)
>From mobile to Indic languages, GLAM, outreach in states of India, OCR for
Indian languages to some ideas that could make communication between
communities and entities easier as well as IEP, we truly learned the best
practices that have been tried and tested by fellow community members.
*OCR for Indic languages:*
Kul, Viswa Prabha, Dr Rajasekhar and Ganesh from the Nepali community had
discussions on whether OCR could be integrated and functional for Indic
language Wikiprojects since that would make the work a lot easier for many
editors. Viswa Prabha is currently working on something and his energy is
really infectious. :-)
Anyone interested can take lead for their communities as well. This would
also help the Malayalam education program in its next phase to get more
student editors on Wikisource.
*Reviving Offline/CD project:*
Harriet, who has been involved with OLPC was also present and asked
questions about the offline/CD initiative and whether the project had an
India specific section. It was suggested that although there is no scalable
tech solution to filter content appropriate for children depending on their
age groups, it could be done manually depending on the age group we're
looking at.
*Announcement page:*
By this time we all agreed that there are so many small and big projects
are happening across communities! Bishakha suggested there should be a more
central place to list out new announcements and more importantly contact
details of people who can help out with various activities. This could be
done on Meta ideally.
*
Using social media to keep vandals at bay!*
There was a brief discussion on how social media can be utilized more
effectively. Viswa Prabha weighed in saying how these social network
platforms could be avenues to deal with vandalism as well as diverse
discussions while keeping Wikipedia related discussions focused on talk
pages.
*GLAM national coordinator:*
Wikimania had a panel discussion on GLAM coordinators following which it
was also discussed whether India community or chapter should have such a
position in order to guide and coordinate and help out new folks who want
to start GLAM projects. Similarly, for WLM or such photo events, I do
recall there being a talk for valid press cards that could be given to SIGs
to help folks out in case of police trouble.
*
Outreach:*
Last but not the least, Yuvi suggested how hackathons could be an excellent
way of outreach (citing the Bangalore and Chennai examples). Nitika also
gave an update on the British Council Wikiclubs. User:Rangilo_Gujarati who
was also present there has volunteered to help with the British Council in
Pune.
It was heartbreaking to see that a lot of our fellow members could not make
it due to visa problems but hopefully, we'll have bigger meetups soon!
Attaching a photo of the meetup (photo curtsy: Rangilo_Gujarati) and a
special mention to Viswa Prabha for winning the Raffles!
Thank you,
Best,
Noopur
--
Noopur Raval
প্রিয় সুধী,
আপনার হয়তো অবগত আছেন, গত মাসের ৪ থেকে ১৮ তারিখ পর্যন্ত বাংলা
উইকিপিডিয়ায় একটি পাঠক জরিপ পরিচালনা করেছি। এই জরিপে আমারা আমাদের প্রিয়
বাংলা উইকিপিডিয়ার অনেক বিষয়েই একটি পরিষ্কার ধারণা পেয়েছি। জরিপটি
বিস্তারিত ফলাফল ও প্রতিবেদন গতকাল রাতে মেটা-উইকিতে প্রকাশিত হয়েছে। [১]
দুই সপ্তাহব্যাপী পরিচালিত এই জরিপে আমরা অনেক ভালো সাড়া পেয়েছি। এ
জরিপে অংশগ্রহণ করেছেন মোট ১১০৭ জন। সবার জন্য এই জরিপ উন্মুক্ত থাকলেও
এ জরিপে আমাদের মূল লক্ষ্য ছিলো পাঠকদের মতামত জানা। এবং আমরা দেখতে
পেয়েছি মূলত পাঠকরাই এই জরিপে অংশগ্রহণের শীর্ষে ছিলেন, কারণ জরিপে
অংশগ্রহণকারীতে দুই তৃতীয়াংশই জানিয়েছেন তাঁরা উইকিপিডিয়ায় সম্পাদনা করেন
না। কিন্তু অপরদিকে অংশগ্রহণকারীদের বেশিরভাগই প্রায় প্রতিদিনই বিভিন্ন
কাজে বাংলা উইকিপিডিয়া ব্যবহার করেন।
জরিপে সবচেয়ে বেশি অংশগ্রহণ করেছেন শিক্ষার্থীরা। ৬০%-এর বেশি
অংশগ্রহণকারী পেশায় ছাত্র ও তাঁরা পড়াশোনার কাজেই উইকিপিডিয়া ব্যবহার
করেন। জরিপের পাঠকরা বিভিন্ন বিষয়ে পরামর্শ প্রদানসহ বাংলা উইকিপিডিয়ার
আরও বেশি কার্যকর না হওয়ার জন্য কয়েকটি কারণ উল্লেখ করেছেন, যার মধ্যে
আছে:
* ৮০.৭% জানিয়েছেন নিবন্ধগুলোতে যথেষ্ট তথ্য না থাকাটাই প্রধান সমস্যা
* ৩২.৫% মনে করেন নিবন্ধগুলো সুলিখিত নয়
* ২৪.৬% এর মধ্যে তথ্য হালনাগাদকৃত না থাকাটাই প্রধান সমস্যা
* ১৪.৬% আরও অন্যান্য কিছু কারণ উল্লেখ করেছেন যা মূল প্রতিবেদনে উল্লেখ করা হয়েছে
জরিপে সম্পাদনায় আগ্রহীরা কি কি বিষয়ে সাহায্য পেতে ইচ্ছুক সে বিষয়েও
একটি পরিস্কার ধারণা দিয়েছেন। এদের মধ্যে বেশিরভাগই ধাপে ধাপে পরিচালিত
সাহায্য পাতার প্রতি বেশি আগ্রহ প্রকাশ করেছেন। এছাড়াও যে সকল বিষয়ে
তাঁরা সাহায্য চেয়েছেন তার মধ্যে রয়েছে:
* নতুন নিবন্ধ লেখা
* ইংরেজি থেকে বাংলায় নিবন্ধ অনুবাদ করা
* তথ্যসূত্র যোগ করা
* ছবি আপলোড করা, ইত্যাদি।
জরিপে অংশগ্রহণকারীদের বেশিরভাগের বয়স সীমা ১৬ থেকে ২৬-এর মধ্যে।
অংশ্গ্রহণকারীদের মাঝে ৮১.২% বাংলাদেশ থেকে, ১৬.৩% ভারত থেকে, এবং ২.৫%
অন্যান্য দেশ থেকে অংশ নিয়েছেন। অন্যান্য দেশগুলোর মধ্যে যুক্তরাষ্ট্র
থেকেই সবচেয়ে বেশি পাঠক অংশ নিয়েছেন। জরিপে নারীদের অংশগ্রহণ ছিলো ৫.৬%।
যদিও সংখ্যাটি অনেক কম, কিন্তু অনেক ক্ষেত্রেই এই সংখ্যাটি আরও অনেক
উইকিপিডিয়ার থেকে ভালো অপস্থানে। জরিপটি আমাদেরকে নির্দেশ করছে যে নারী
ব্যবহারকারীদের বাংলা উইকিপিডিয়ার প্রতি আগ্রহী করে তুলতে আমাদের অনেক
কিছুই করার আছে।
সবাইকে জরিপের প্রতিবেদন পড়ে এ বিষয়ক মতামত ও ফিডব্যাক জানানোর
অনুরোধ। এই মেইলিং থ্রেডে মতামত প্রদান ছাড়াও আপনারা বাংলা উইকিপিডিয়ার
এ সংক্রান্ত আলাপ পাতায় [২] আপনাদের জিজ্ঞাসা বা মতামত রাখতে পারেন।
এছাড়াও এ সংক্রান্ত যে-কোনো জিজ্ঞাসায় আমার সাথে যোগাযোগ করার জন্য
সকলের প্রতি অনুরোধ রইলো।
জরিপের পর এই প্রকল্পের অধীনে বাংলা উইকিপিডিয়া সাহায্য পাতা রিডিজাইনের
কাজ করা শুরু হবে বলে আমি আশা প্রকাশ করছি। এ বিষয়ক আলোচনা শীঘ্রই
বাংলা উইকিপিডিয়া সম্প্রদায়ের সাথে বাংলা উইকিপিডিয়ার পাতায় শুরু হবে।
সবশেষে এই জরিপে অংশগ্রহণের মাধ্যমে বাংলা উইকিপিডিয়াকে এগিয়ে নিয়ে
যাওয়ার এই প্রকল্পে অংশগ্রহণের জন্য আপনাদের সবার প্রতি অত্যন্ত ধন্যবাদ
ও কৃতজ্ঞতা প্রকাশ করছি। আমাদের সবার সহযোগীতায় বাংলা উইকিপিডিয়া আরও
দ্রুত এগিয়ে যাক -- এই শুভকামনা।
তানভির
[১] http://bit.ly/PMoCUu
[২] http://bit.ly/OHwVSB
--
Tanvir Rahman
Community Fellow
Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
*FYI*
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From: Sunil Abraham <sunil(a)mahiti.org>
Date: Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 2:54 PM
Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Vacancy for Programme Director - Access to
Knowledge
To: Wikimedia India Community list <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Dear Wikimedians,
This is the announcement that we have published on the jobs sections
of the CIS website for the Director of the Access to Knowledge
Programme. Please share with interested friends, colleagues and
communities.
Please send me feedback if any, I am happy to make some incremental
changes to the announcement.
Best wishes,
Sunil
--
Vacancy for Programme Director (Access to Knowledge)
http://cis-india.org/jobs/vacancy-for-programme-director
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) is seeking applications for
the post of Programme Director (Access to Knowledge) for its New Delhi
office. The Access to Knowledge Programme Director would report to the
Executive Director, Centre for Internet & Society, Bangalore.
Position summary
The Programme Director will manage CIS’s Access to Knowledge programme
which is funded by the Wikimedia Foundation, to support the growth of
Wikipedia and its sister projects and to advance access to free
knowledge in India. The Programme Director will partner with the large
Wikimedia community in India to focus on Indic and English languages
and will manage a team of four staff members.
Responsibilities
Support the growth of Indic language communities and projects by
designing community collaborations and partnerships that recruit and
cultivate new editors, tackle technical challenges and explore
innovative approaches to building the projects, e.g., donations of
state encyclopedias, education partnerships, galleries, libraries,
archives, and museums (GLAM) institution partnerships.
Support India-focused initiatives to improve the quality of
India-relevant content on English Wikimedia projects such as,
university outreach, GLAM institution partnerships, India-relevant
thematic contribution campaigns, etc.
Support expanded access to free knowledge across India by
developing technology-based solutions like Wikipedia (mobile) and
Wikipedia (offline).
Help the Indian community share experiences and tell its story to
the wider Indian and global communities through traditional and social
media.
Generate and document lessons from programme activities that can
inform the work of Indian communities and similar programmes in other
countries.
Manage the team and grant resources effectively; manage the
programme in an open and transparent fashion with ongoing
communications and reporting to the Wikimedia community and the
Wikimedia Foundation.
Serve as a spokesperson for the Access to Knowledge programme and
build ties with the Wikimedia India chapter and other free knowledge
communities and movements in India such as Free/Open Source Software,
Open Access, Open Data, Open Educational Resources, Indic-computing,
etc.
Characteristics of the Director
High level of commitment: The Programme Director should be
strongly committed to CIS and Wikimedia movement missions and
objectives of the programme and deeply believe in the values of CIS
and Wikimedia projects in the Indian context, exude enthusiasm for the
mission and can powerfully embody and communicate the mission.
Intellectual curiosity and flexibility: Must enjoy tackling
difficult, ambiguous problems and able to incorporate new knowledge
into how one approaches situations and generates solutions, loves
learning from others while expanding intellectual horizons.
Open and transparent: Have a high level of integrity and be
comfortable working in a highly transparent fashion, open to input and
feedback, a proactive and candid communicator who wants people to know
what she/he is doing and isn't afraid to bring others in when things
are off-track or when you need help and able to handle criticism in a
mature fashion.
Community builder: It is essential that the leader sees himself as
a partner to and supporter of the Wikipedians who have and will
continue to be the leaders in building the Wikimedia projects. The
Programme Director must be willing and able to work with a diverse
array of people, many of whom come from non-traditional backgrounds
and have a fervent commitment to Wikipedia’s community-led nature.
Strong cultural competency: Able to navigate in a global movement
and on a global team in addition to navigating the complexity of
India.
Proficient manager: Able to design and execute on a range of
initiatives; organize and manage a team of people and responsible in
use of resources (financial and human).
Data-driven: Should be well versed about the Indic and English
projects, subject his/her own approaches and activities as well as
those of the team to rigorous analysis and willing to stop doing
things that prove to be ineffective based on the data.
Partnership developer: Able to initiate, negotiate and operate
partnerships that advance the Wikimedia mission in Indic languages and
English (as relevant to India) with a wide range of institutions
across the public, NGO, philanthropic and private sector.
Willing to travel: The Programme Director must regularly travel
within India to engage with Wikimedia communities and conduct outreach
activities. Periodic global travel would be 4 trips per year.
Willing to flex schedule to operate within a global team: Must be
available for a limited number of conference calls or email exchange
some evenings on a weekly basis.
Candidate background:
At least seven years of professional experience with a strong
track record of success in high performance organizations.
Experience as a manager in a collaborative community (ideally
online) or organizational setting.
Strong academic results from highly-regarded university.
Strong understanding of the Internet and the forces that underpin
the success of Wikipedia.
Active participation as a Wikimedia volunteer would be an asset,
though not a prerequisite (must be prepared to demonstrate knowledge
of how Wikipedia works in interviews).
Demonstrated experience working in a global, multi-cultural team
environment.
Strong writer in Indic languages and English and must be fluent in
at least one Indic language and English.
Women are strongly encouraged to apply.
Remuneration: Commensurate with experience and aligned with senior
compensation at CIS.
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From: Sunil Abraham <sunil(a)mahiti.org>
Date: Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 2:41 PM
Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Volunteer for CIS's A2K programme director
recruitment committee
To: Wikimedia India Community list <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Cc: wikimedia-in-exec(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Dear Wikimedians,
I would like to request members of the Indian Wikipedia community to
nominate themselves to serve on the CIS's A2K Programme Director
recruitment committee. This programme will hopefully receive large
grant from Wikimedia Foundation and we would greatly benefit from
community input during the hiring process of the new Programme
Director.
The volunteer must be experienced Wikipedian, based in India [ as we
cannot afford international travel for the interviews] and must have
sufficient managerial experience [including experience with conducting
interviews]. The volunteer should be able to spare time in September
to review applications remotely and also conduct face-to-face
interviews for 2 days either in Bangalore or Delhi.
Those who fit the description are requested to nominate yourself by
sending me an email with a profile and relevant URLs before COB 25th
August 2012.
I will publish a long list on cis-india.org on 29th August, after
removing those nominations that don't have the required
qualifications. The volunteer to serve on the recruitment committee
will be selected from the long list by using IETF's Publicly
Verifiable Nominations Committee (NomCom) Random Selection[1].
The other members of this recruitment committee will consist of
1. One of the existing independent consultants [Hisham, Nitika,
Noopur, Shiju or Subha]
2. One member from the Wikipedia Chapter (Wikimedia India Program
Trust) community. To be nominated by the Chapter Executive Committee.
3. Executive Director of CIS - me.
The recruitment committee will be responsible for screening the long
list of eligible applications and conducting one-on-one face-to-face
interviews with the short list of applicants.
Best wishes,
Sunil
[1] http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3797.txt The random seeds will be the
30 August 2012 result for the following national lotteries - Australia
(http://www.lotto.com.au/), UK (http://www.national-lottery.co.uk) and
USA (http://www.powerball.com or http://www.usamega.com)
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From: "Siko Bouterse" <sbouterse(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Jul 31, 2012 3:36 AM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] IRC office hours with the Wikimedia Fellows
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Hi all,
The Wikimedia Fellows program will be holding IRC office hours in
#wikimedia-office this Thursday, August 2, 2012 at 21:00 UTC. Fellows
Tanvir Rahman, Peter Coombe, Jon Harald Søby, Steven Zhang, Sarah Stierch
and Jonathan Morgan will be there to discuss their current fellowship
projects (exact topics TBD based on who shows up with
questions/comments/feedback), and I'll take any questions on the
fellowships program that you may have.[1][2] As always, links to time
conversion and other office hour info is on Meta.[3] Hope to see you there!
Best wishes,
Siko
1. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fellowship_News/Current, and this should
be even more current by Thursday :-)
2. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Fellowships
3. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours
--
Siko Bouterse
Head of Community Fellowships
Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
sbouterse(a)wikimedia.org
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