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From: Martin Rulsch <rulschmartin(a)gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Dec 1, 2017 at 5:56 AM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Call for Scholarship Committee, Help wanted for new
applicants and African community
To: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)" <
wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Wikimedia Mailing List <
wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Dear Wikimaniacs,
we are now calling for the Scholarship Committee.
The Scholarship Committee is an important and diverse group of volunteers
who help to run the scholarship program. We encourage people from all
Wikimedia wikis to apply for this position so that the committee can handle
applications in many different languages.
The main duties of the committee members prior to Wikimania 2018 are:
* Participation in periodic online meetings with scholarships program
manager and other committee members.
* Review and edit communications material (e.g. application questions).
* Assistance in determination of scholarship applicant requirements.
* Assurance of due consideration and speedy response time to Wikimania
scholarship applications in multiple languages.
For further information please visit
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_Handbook#Scholarships and
https://wikimania2018.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships.
We are looking for Wikimedians from all over the world, who are:
* fluent in written English and have good communication skills, or can name
local community member(s) who help them with English translations.
* discreet and able to handle confidential applicant information, and
objectively assess candidates.
* willing to review scholarship applications remotely in early 2018,
estimated time is 30 hours. A review guide can be found on
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:TPS/Wikimania_
scholars/Reviewer%27s_guide
.
* having either or both:
** previously attended Wikimania,
** strong knowledge of the cross-project Wikimedia community.
Scholarship Committee members may not apply for a scholarship themselves
but there is a small budget for supporting committee members to attend
Wikimania. Please tell us if you need financial support in case you’ll be
selected.
If you're interested in serving on the Scholarship Committee, please send
us an email to wikimania-scholarships(a)wikimedia.org. If you have any
questions, please don't hesitate to contact us there as well.
Deadline to apply is Sunday, December 10, 2017. The organizers will contact
all candidates and publish the list of scholarship committee members right
afterwards.
Proposed timeline
* Nov 30–Dec 10: Call for Scholarship Committee
* mid-December: Selection of the Scholarship Committee and start of the
submission time
* 5–26 February (estimated time frame): main review time
Before the start of the submission time, we are adapting the application
process to take recent activities more into account than the years before,
as proposed on wikimania-l. On the one hand we want to encourage returning
Wikimania participants to share their knowledge, on the other newcomers to
Wikimania to apply for a scholarship at all. Former scholarship recipients
can help us with the latter by sharing their successful applications on
MetaWiki:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:TPS/Wikimania_
scholars#2017_WMF_Wikimania_Scholarships.
In case you don’t have your text at hand, you can send us a confirmation
mail to wikimania-scholarships(a)wikimedia.org where you allow us to publish
it for you.
Above all, we want to support African community members with applying for
scholarships. To achieve that, we are especially looking for volunteers who
want help us with encouraging people, assisting with the application form,
finding the right level of presenting one’s activities, etc. Please reach
out to us if you'd like to help.
Many thanks,
David Richfield
<https://wikimania2018.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Slashme> and Martin
Rulsch <https://wikimania2018.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:DerHexer>
Wikimania 2018 Scholarship Committee co-organizers
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प्रिय विकिपिडियन मित्रहरू,
हामीलाई थाह छ साइटेसन (सन्दर्भ) विकिपिडियाको गुणस्तरीयताको लागि अतिआवश्यक
बस्तु हो। यसको बढावाको लागि मैले आज साइटेसन हन्ट
<https://translatewiki.net/w/i.php?title=Special:Translate&group=citationhun…>एक्सटेन्सन
अनुवाद गरेर सकाएको छु। यस खुसीको खबर यहाँहरू समक्ष राख्न पाउँदा उत्साहित
पनि छु।
धन्यवाद,
सरोज
Hi,
Please help us spread the news about a job opportunity for a Contract
Community Outreach Coordinator for India
<https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/772348?gh_src=hyocjp1#.WYMP_1oj…>
.
Please let me know if you need any clarification.
Thanks,
Ravi
--
Regional Manager, Strategic Partnerships, Asia & Eastern Europe
Wikimedia Foundation
Mobile: +91-9986993336
Skype: ravidreams(a)gmail.com
Dear Colleague,
Greetings. I wish to share the details of Indian Science
Communication Society (ISCOS) Television Journalism workshop.
Indian Science Communication Society (ISCOS) is conducting Two Days
Television Journalism Workshop,to impart the basic journalistic skills and
hands-on techniques for Journalist/ Practising Reporters/ Media Students/
Citizen Journalist/ Enthusiasts who aspire to become TV Reporters. The
CSIR-NISCAIR is communication partner of the workshop. Online Registrations
started website www.iscos.org.Last date for registration is 15 July, 2017.
Sincerely Yours,
Prof.T.SRIPATHY
Electronic Media, Faculty of Science
B a n g a l o r e U n i v e r s i t y
Mailing Address: No.3, III Cross, GR Layout, Opp. RGDC,
Chola Nagar, RT Nagar Post, Bangalore – 560 032(INDIA)
Mobile: 98441 29885, E-mail: sripathy.electronicmedia@
<sripathy.electronicmedia(a)gmail.com>gmail.com
Hi,
On behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation’s Partnerships & Global Reach team,
we invite all Asian Wikimedia communities to our office hours to discuss
findings from the ongoing Wikimedia 2030 Movement Strategy discussions.
Meeting Details
Date: Friday, 30th June 2017
Time: 15:00 UTC/20:30 IST
Duration: 90 minutes
Language: English
Location: Google Hangout
<https://hangouts.google.com/hangouts/_/ytl/GknWPyp26CCCSLNkVOlZ1l1_S60DH0hI…>
Please join 15 minutes before the scheduled time to sort out possible
technical issues.
If you are not able to join the hangout, you can watch the live stream with
a few seconds lag here <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhONE1SFAEU>.
Etherpad: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/South_Asia_Office_Hours
<https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Asia_Office_Hours>
Agenda
-
Sharing insights we have gathered from the Wikimedia 2030 Movement
Strategy exercise in the Asian region.
-
Planning for affiliate-salon
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Cycle_2/Re…>
events
-
Q&A
Please feel free to add your questions, comments, and expectations in the
Etherpad document shared above. You can also reach out to
rayyakkannu(a)wikimedia.org for any clarification. Please share this
invitation in community social media channels to spread the word.
Thanks,
Ravi
--
Manager, Strategic Partnerships, Asia
Wikimedia Foundation.
Mobile: +91-9986993336
Skype: ravidreams(a)gmail.com
Hello everyone
After the series of discussions with the team members, we are all set to
organize Wiki Loves Earth 2017 in Nepal form May 1, 2017.
As an introduction, Wiki Loves Earth (WLE) is a public photo competition on
Wikimedia Commons for use on Wikipedia and other project websites of the
Wikimedia Foundation. The aim of this project is to deliver (upload) the
quality photographs of natural sites of Nepal.
The WLE will be held *between May 1st to May 31st*. We are also inviting
volunteers for the event to broad this event all over Nepal. To become a
volunteer, please mail us at *maithiliwikimedians(a)gmail.com
<maithiliwikimedians(a)gmail.com>*
Prizes for this WLE are
1. 1st Prize - NPR 15,000
2. 2nd Prize - NPR 10,000
3. 3rd prize - NPR 5,000
4. Top Contributor Award - NPR 5,000
You can find all the details related to the event here.
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Earth_2017_in_Nepal>
Best
Biplab Anand
Forwarding it to you.
Let's do something on this.
Thanks,
Saroj
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From: "Eric Luth" <eric.luth(a)wikimedia.se>
Date: Apr 18, 2017 1:11 PM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] UNESCO Challenge
To: <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Cc:
Dear Wikimedians,
>
> On 18 April (today), the International Day for Monuments and Sites is
> celebrated. On the same day, the first edition of the UNESCO Challenge
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/UNESCO_Challenge> will also take place.
> The challenge will last for a full month.
>
> The UNESCO Challenge is a challenge co-arranged by UNESCO, the Swedish
> National Heritage Board and Wikimedia Sverige, with the purpose to improve
> Wikipedia articles on world heritage sites. UNESCO are going to release a
> couple of thousand images (they will be added in this category
> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_from_UNESCO_2017-04>),
> and a lot of Open Access texts about the sites, which may be used in the
> challenge.
>
> Write in whatever language you like! You find the page for participation
> and points registration here
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/UNESCO_Challenge/Participants>.
>
> Please help us spread the word!
>
> *Eric Luth,*
> Wikimedia Sverige
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Hi Community Fellows,
Just wanted to share this pic which was featured( is a WLM
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Birds_flying_to_their_home_during_the_…>
PIC) in Grants and Evaluation 100 words campaign here
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation/100_Words_Campaign> it
says:
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<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Birds_flying_to_their_home_during_the_…>
Birds flying to their home during the sunset
Reasoning: Birds are a great example of individuals who unite for the
benefit of the whole group so that together, they can have a successful
migration and easier flight. Scientists estimate that the whole flock “can
fly about 70% farther than they could individually without exerting any
extra energy...because flying together helps reduce wind resistance, while
also providing additional lift.”
Thanks for the Teamwork together to make this possible. Proud of what we
have achieved together.
Thanks,
Saroj
Hi,
On behalf of Wikimedia Foundation’s Global Reach Team
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_Reach>, we would like to invite all
the South Asian Wikimedia communities to our office hours to discuss our
work in the region.
Meeting Details
Date: Thursday, 19th January 2017
Time: 16:00 UTC/21:30 IST
Duration: 1 hour
Language: English
Google Hangout Location:
https://hangouts.google.com/hangouts/_/ytl/w5sE6IZTXERWH0VvKtDRiAm9WE1eZ5
mYcnQm0h7dHok=?hl=en_US&authuser=0
If you are not able to join the hangout, you can watch the live stream with
a few seconds lag at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qD-VCpQkVSk
Etherpad: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Global_Reach_South_Asia_
Office_Hours
Agenda
-
Introduction of Global Reach Team and office hours
-
Research around New Readers <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/New_Readers>
and our partnership themes
-
Feedback for next office hours
-
Q&A
We plan to hold these office hours at regular intervals. FYI, office hours
for South East Asia and Central Asia/Eastern Europe will be held
separately; given the size of communities, we needed to break down the
regions.
Please feel free to add your questions, comments, and expectations in the
Etherpad document shared above. You can also reach out to
sgupta(a)wikimedia.org and rayyakkannu(a)wikimedia.org for any clarification.
Please share this invitation in community social media channels to spread
the word.
Thanks,
Ravi
--
Manager, Strategic Partnerships, Asia
Wikimedia Foundation.
Mobile: +91-9986993336
Skype: ravidreams(a)gmail.com
