Hello everyone,
As part of the Small wiki toolkits (South Asia) initiative, the workshop on
"*Debugging/fixing template errors*" will be on upcoming Saturday (*27
March*). We will learn how to address the common template errors on wikis
(related but not limited to importing templates, translating them, Lua,
etc.).
Details of the workshop are as follows:
- Date: 27 March
- Timings: 3:45 pm to 5:15 pm NPT
- Meeting link: https://meet.google.com/cyo-mnrd-ryj
- *to add this to your Google Calendar, please use click here
<https://calendar.google.com/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=MjgzaXExcm9ha3RpbTB…>.*
If you are interested, please sign-up on the registration page at
https://w.wiki/36Sg.
Regards,
Small wiki toolkits - South Asia organizers
Hello everyone,
As a result of the first three weeks of the call for feedback on WMF
Community Board seats, three topics turned out to be the focus of the
discussion. Additionally, a new idea has been introduced by a community
member recently: Candidates resources. We would like to pursue these focus
topics and the new idea appropriately, discussing them in depth and
collecting new ideas and fresh approaches by running four panels in the
next week. Every panel includes four members from the movement covering
many regions, backgrounds and experiences, along with a trustee of the
Board. Every panel will last 45 minutes, followed by a 45-minute open mic
discussion, where everyone’s free to ask questions or to contribute to the
further development of the panel's topics.
Topics and Panels time are:
- Skills for Board work
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees/Call…>[1]
- Friday, March 12, 23:45 Nepal time (18:00 UTC)
- Support for candidates
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees/Call…>[2]
- Saturday, March 13, 19:15 Nepal time (13:30 UTC)
- Board - Global Council - Hubs
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees/Call…>[3]
-
Saturday, March 13, 21:45 Nepal time (16:00 UTC)
- Regional diversity
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees/Call…>[4]
- Sunday, March 14, 18:45 Nepal time (13:00 UTC)
To counter spamming, the meeting link will be updated on the
Meta-Wiki pages and also on the Telegram announcements channel
<https://t.me/wmboardgovernanceannounce>[5], 15 minutes before the official
start.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Regards,
Krishna Chaitanya
Hello everyone,
As a result of the first three weeks of the call for feedback on WMF
Community Board seats, three topics turned out to be the focus of the
discussion. Additionally, a new idea has been introduced by a community
member recently: Candidates resources. We would like to pursue these focus
topics and the new idea appropriately, discussing them in depth and
collecting new ideas and fresh approaches by running four panels in the
next week. Every panel includes four members from the movement covering
many regions, backgrounds and experiences, along with a trustee of the
Board. Every panel will last 45 minutes, followed by a 45-minute open mic
discussion, where everyone’s free to ask questions or to contribute to the
further development of the panel's topics.
Topics and Panels time are:
- Skills for Board work
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees/Call…>[1]
- Friday, March 12, 23:45 Nepal time (18:00 UTC)
- Support for candidates
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees/Call…>[2]
- Saturday, March 13, 19:15 Nepal time (13:30 UTC)
- Board - Global Council - Hubs
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees/Call…>[3]
-
Saturday, March 13, 21:45 Nepal time (16:00 UTC)
- Regional diversity
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees/Call…>[4]
- Sunday, March 14, 18:45 Nepal time (13:00 UTC)
To counter spamming, the meeting link will be updated on the
Meta-Wiki pages and also on the Telegram announcements channel
<https://t.me/wmboardgovernanceannounce>[5], 15 minutes before the official
start.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Regards,
Krishna Chaitanya
विकिमिडिया फाउन्डेसन न्यासी समितिले सन् २०२१ फेब्रुअरी १ देखि मार्च १ सम्म
सामुदायिक चयन प्रक्रियाहरूको बारेमा प्रतिक्रियाको लागि बैठकको आयोजना
गरिरहेको छ। विकिमिडिया फाउन्डेसन र विकिमिडिया अभियान विगत १० बर्षमा लगभग
पाँच गुणाले वृद्धि भएको छ भने यसको समितिको संरचना र प्रक्रियाहरू मूल रूपमा
उस्तै रहिरहेको छ। वर्तमान समितिको संरचनामा हाम्रो क्षमता, प्रदर्शन, र
अभियानको विविधता अनुसार प्रतिनिधित्वको अभाव एउटा समस्याको रूपमा रहेको छ।
प्रत्यक्ष निर्वाचनले गर्दा अग्रणी भाषा समुदायका उम्मेदवारहरूको पक्ष लिने
गरेको छ र उनीहरूको सीप र अनुभवद्वारा समिति सदस्यको रूपमा सेवा दिन कतिको
सान्दर्भिक हुन सक्छ वा समितिको विशिष्ट उत्तरदायित्वहरू निर्वाह गर्ने
क्षमतामा योगदान पुर्याइरहेको छ। तथ्यहरूलाई नियाल्दा वर्तमान प्रक्रियाहरूले
उत्तर अमेरिका र पश्चिम युरोपका स्वयंसेवकहरूको पक्ष लिएको छ। वास्तवमा भन्ने
हो भने, दक्षिण एसियाबाट अहिलेसम्मको इतिहासमा हेर्दा जम्मा एक जना सदस्यले
मात्र समितिमा स्थान बनाउन सकेको छ।
आउँदो महिनाहरूमा हामीलाई तीन सामुदायिक सिटहरू नवीकरण गर्नुपर्नेछ र नयाँ
सिटमा तीन थप समुदायिक सदस्यहरू नियुक्त गर्नुपर्नेछ। यो प्रतिक्रियात्मक बैठक
<https://w.wiki/z4E>मा हामीहरू सबै मिलेर हाम्रो अभियानलाई कसरी प्रतिनिधित्व
गर्ने र अनुभव, सीप, र विश्वासका साथ अन्तरदृष्टिसहित तैयार भएका उम्मेदवारहरू
छनौट गर्न प्रारूप रेखा तयार गर्न सक्छौं? यस सम्बन्धमा, प्रस्तावित
विचारहरूमाथि छलफल गर्न र हामी हाम्रो विचारहरू साझा गर्न, प्रतिक्रिया दिन र
प्रक्रियामा योगदान दिनको लागि सामुदायिक छलफल गर्नु राम्रो हुनेछ। यसै विषयमा
छलफल गर्न, हामीले यही मार्च १३ को साँझ ७ बजे देखि ८ बजेसम्म बैठक आयोजित
भइरहेको छ। बैठकको कडी निम्नलिखित रहेको छ:
https://meet.google.com/ugf-xyyk-ifi
नेपालसँग सम्बन्धित भाषाहरूमा योगदान पुर्याइरहेका सम्पूर्ण भाषाका
विकिपिडियन र विकिमिडियनलाई यो बैठकमा आफ्नो विचार राख्न स्वागत गरिन्छ।
धन्यवाद
Dear Wikimedians,
CIS-A2K is in a process of writing 2021–2022 work-plan. 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://forms.gle/WQ73j4AbjCgwCdEs5
Please write in detail. We would like to discuss over phone/email also if
needed. Contact tito+2020(a)cis-india.org if you have a question(s) or for
further details or detailed comment.
With best wishes,
Jayanta Nath
On behalf -
Centre for Internet & Society's Access to Knowledge Programme (CIS-A2K)
Dear Wikimedians to Nepal,
Since the call for feedback[1] regarding the community-sourced Wikimedia
Foundation Board seats began on 1 February, it has been quite interesting.
Since it has been a couple of weeks, I would like to share a few updates
with you all:
-
First weekly report[2]: This report covers activity between 1-7 February.
-
Second office hours[3]: There will be four sessions to cover various
time zones, on 20 February. Three of them will be feasible for Nepal
(according typical day timings) - 11:45 am, 3:45 pm, 9:45 pm [all in NPT]
-
Anonymous feedback form[4]: This form provides an option for people who
may not wish to publish feedback publicly themselves.
I also had several interesting conversations with several communities all
through this week, which will reflect in the second weekly report. If you
want us to organize a conversation or a meeting for your wiki project or
your affiliate, please write to me.
Best,
Krishna Chaitanya
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_Boa…
[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees/Call…
[3]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees/Call…
[4]
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdX1grF37WvJVZ1VHYDyKvzH1ErEsN1I9K…
Hello everyone,
As part of the Small wiki toolkits (South Asia) initiative, we are happy to
announce the second workshop of this year.
The workshop will be on "bots"[1], and we will be learning how to perform
tasks on wiki by running automated scripts, about Pywikibot and how it can
be used to help with repetitive processes and editing, and the Pywikibot
community, learning resources and community venues. Please note that you do
not need any technical experience to attend the workshop, only some
experience contributing to Wikimedia projects is enough.
Details of the workshop are as follows:
- Date: 27 February
- Timings: 3:45 pm to 5:15 pm NPT
- Meeting link: https://meet.google.com/vri-zvfv-rci
- *to add this to your Google Calendar, please use *
https://calendar.google.com/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=MGxwZWtkdDdhdDk0c2V…
- Trainer: Joaquin Oltra Hernandez[2]
Please sign-up on the registration page at https://w.wiki/yYg.
Note: We are providing modest internet stipends to attend the workshops,
for those who need and wouldn't otherwise be able to attend. More
information on this can be found on the registration page[3].
Regards,
Small wiki toolkits - South Asia organizers
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:JHernandez_(WMF)
[3]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Small_wiki_toolkits/South_Asia/Registration