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Second Newsletter: Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2022[সম্পাদনা কৰক]
Good morning Wikimedians,
Happy New Year! Hope you are doing well and safe. It's time to update you regarding Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2022, the second iteration of Wikimedia Wikimeet India which is going to be conducted in February. Please note the dates of the event, 18 to 20 February 2022. The submissions has opened from 23 December until 23 January 2022. You can propose your session here. We want a few proposals from Indian communities or Wikimedians. For more updates and how you can get involved in the same, please read the second newsletter
If you want regular updates regarding the event on your talk page, please add your username here. You will get the next newsletter after 15 days. Please get involved in the event discussions, open tasks and so on.
MediaWiki message delivery (বাৰ্তা) 05:39, 8 January 2022 (ইউ.টি.চি.)
On behalf of User:Nitesh (CIS-A2K)
Wiki Loves Folklore is back![সম্পাদনা কৰক]
অনুগ্ৰহ কৰি আপোনাৰ ভাষালৈ অনুবাদ কৰাত সহায় কৰক
You are humbly invited to participate in the Wiki Loves Folklore 2022 an international photography contest organized on Wikimedia Commons to document folklore and intangible cultural heritage from different regions, including, folk creative activities and many more. It is held every year from the 1st till the 28th of February.
You can help in enriching the folklore documentation on Commons from your region by taking photos, audios, videos, and submitting them in this commons contest.
You can also organize a local contest in your country and support us in translating the project pages to help us spread the word in your native language.
Feel free to contact us on our project Talk page if you need any assistance.
Kind regards,
Wiki loves Folklore International Team
--MediaWiki message delivery (বাৰ্তা) 13:14, 9 January 2022 (ইউ.টি.চি.)
Feminism and Folklore 2022[সম্পাদনা কৰক]
অনুগ্ৰহ কৰি আপোনাৰ ভাষালৈ অনুবাদ কৰাত সহায় কৰক
Greetings! You are invited to participate in Feminism and Folklore 2022 writing competion. This year Feminism and Folklore will focus on feminism, women biographies and gender-focused topics for the project in league with Wiki Loves Folklore gender gap focus with folk culture theme on Wikipedia.
You can help us in enriching the folklore documentation on Wikipedia from your region by creating or improving articles focused on folklore around the world, including, but not limited to folk festivals, folk dances, folk music, women and queer personalities in folklore, folk culture (folk artists, folk dancers, folk singers, folk musicians, folk game athletes, women in mythology, women warriors in folklore, witches and witch hunting, fairy tales and more. You can contribute to new articles or translate from the list of suggested articles here.
You can also support us in organizing the contest on your local Wikipedia by signing up your community to participate in this project and also translating the project page and help us spread the word in your native language.
Learn more about the contest and prizes from our project page. Feel free to contact us on our talk page or via Email if you need any assistance...
Thank you.
Feminism and Folklore Team,
Call for Feedback about the Board of Trustees elections is now open[সম্পাদনা কৰক]
The Call for Feedback: Board of Trustees elections is now open and will close on 16 February 2022.
With this Call for Feedback, the Movement Strategy and Governance team is taking a different approach. This approach incorporates community feedback from 2021. Instead of leading with proposals, the Call is framed around key questions from the Board of Trustees. The key questions came from the feedback about the 2021 Board of Trustees election. The intention is to inspire collective conversation and collaborative proposal development about these key questions.
There are two confirmed questions that will be asked during this Call for Feedback:
- What is the best way to ensure more diverse representation among elected candidates? The Board of Trustees noted the importance of selecting candidates who represent the full diversity of the Wikimedia movement. The current processes have favored volunteers from North America and Europe.
- What are the expectations for the candidates during the election? Board candidates have traditionally completed applications and answered community questions. How can an election provide appropriate insight into candidates while also appreciating candidates’ status as volunteers?
There is one additional question that may be presented during the Call about selection processes. This question is still under discussion, but the Board wanted to give insight into the confirmed questions as soon as possible. Hopefully if an additional question is going to be asked, it will be ready during the first week of the Call for Feedback.
Thank you,
Movement Strategy and Governance CSinha (WMF) (বাৰ্তা) 10:19, 12 January 2022 (ইউ.টি.চি.)
- Please note an additional question has now been added. There are also several proposals from participants to review and discuss. CSinha (WMF) (বাৰ্তা) 06:46, 22 January 2022 (ইউ.টি.চি.)
Question about the Affiliates' role for the Call for Feedback: Board of Trustees elections[সম্পাদনা কৰক]
Hello,
Thank you to everyone who participated in the Call for Feedback: Board of Trustees elections so far. The Movement Strategy and Governance team has announced the last key question:
How should affiliates participate in elections?
Affiliates are an important part of the Wikimedia movement. Two seats of the Board of Trustees due to be filled this year were filled in 2019 through the Affiliate-selected Board seats process. A change in the Bylaws removed the distinction between community and affiliate seats. This leaves the important question: How should affiliates be involved in the selection of new seats?
The question is broad in the sense that the answers may refer not just to the two seats mentioned, but also to other, Community- and Affiliate-selected seats. The Board is hoping to find an approach that will both engage the affiliates and give them actual agency, and also optimize the outcomes in terms of selecting people with top skills, experience, diversity, and wide community’s support.
The Board of Trustees is seeking feedback about this question especially, although not solely, from the affiliate community. Everyone is invited to share proposals and join the conversation in the Call for Feedback channels. In addition to collecting online feedback, the Movement Strategy and Governance team will organize several video calls with affiliate members to collect feedback. These calls will be at different times and include Trustees.
Due to the late addition of this third question, the Call will be extended until 16 February.
Best regards,
Movement Strategy and Governance
CSinha (WMF) (বাৰ্তা) 06:46, 22 January 2022 (ইউ.টি.চি.)
Dear community members,
Greetings from the EWOC Newsletter team and the education team at Wikimedia Foundation. We are very excited to share that we on tenth years of Education Newsletter (This Month in Education) invite you to join us by subscribing to the newsletter on your talk page or by sharing your activities in the upcoming newsletters. The Wikimedia Education newsletter is a monthly newsletter that collects articles written by community members using Wikimedia projects in education around the world, and it is published by the EWOC Newsletter team in collaboration with the Education team. These stories can bring you new ideas to try, valuable insights about the success and challenges of our community members in running education programs in their context.
If your affiliate/language project is developing its own education initiatives, please remember to take advantage of this newsletter to publish your stories with the wider movement that shares your passion for education. You can submit newsletter articles in your own language or submit bilingual articles for the education newsletter. For the month of January the deadline to submit articles is on the 20th January. We look forward to reading your stories.
Older versions of this newsletter can be found in the complete archive.
More information about the newsletter can be found at Education/Newsletter/About.
For more information, please contact spatnaik
wikimedia.org.
Movement Strategy and Governance News – Issue 5[সম্পাদনা কৰক]
Movement Strategy and Governance News
Issue 5, January 2022Read the full newsletter
Welcome to the fifth issue of Movement Strategy and Governance News (formerly known as Universal Code of Conduct News)! This revamped newsletter distributes relevant news and events about the Movement Charter, Universal Code of Conduct, Movement Strategy Implementation grants, Board elections and other relevant MSG topics.
This Newsletter will be distributed quarterly, while more frequent Updates will also be delivered weekly or bi-weekly to subscribers. Please remember to subscribe here if you would like to receive these updates.
- Call for Feedback about the Board elections - We invite you to give your feedback on the upcoming WMF Board of Trustees election. This call for feedback went live on 10th January 2022 and will be concluded on 16th February 2022. (continue reading)
- Universal Code of Conduct Ratification - In 2021, the WMF asked communities about how to enforce the Universal Code of Conduct policy text. The revised draft of the enforcement guidelines should be ready for community vote in March. (continue reading)
- Movement Strategy Implementation Grants - As we continue to review several interesting proposals, we encourage and welcome more proposals and ideas that target a specific initiative from the Movement Strategy recommendations. (continue reading)
- The New Direction for the Newsletter - As the UCoC Newsletter transitions into MSG Newsletter, join the facilitation team in envisioning and deciding on the new directions for this newsletter. (continue reading)
- Diff Blogs - Check out the most recent publications about MSG on Wikimedia Diff. (continue reading)
CSinha (WMF) (বাৰ্তা) 08:01, 19 January 2022 (ইউ.টি.চি.)
Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2022 Postponed[সম্পাদনা কৰক]
Dear Wikimedians,
We want to give you an update related to Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2022. Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2022 (or WMWM2022) was to be conducted from 18 to 20 February 2022 and is postponed now.
Currently, we are seeing a new wave of the pandemic that is affecting many people around. Although WMWM is an online event, it has multiple preparation components such as submission, registration, RFC etc which require community involvement.
We feel this may not be the best time for extensive community engagement. We have also received similar requests from Wikimedians around us. Following this observation, please note that we are postponing the event, and the new dates will be informed on the mailing list and on the event page. Although the main WMWM is postponed, we may conduct a couple of brief calls/meets (similar to the Stay safe, stay connected call) on the mentioned date, if things go well.
We'll also get back to you about updates related to WMWM once the situation is better. Thank you MediaWiki message delivery (বাৰ্তা) 07:27, 27 January 2022 (ইউ.টি.চি.)
Nitesh Gill
on behalf of WMWM
Centre for Internet and Society
CIS - A2K Newsletter January 2022[সম্পাদনা কৰক]
Dear Wikimedians,
Hope you are doing well. As a continuation of the CIS-A2K Newsletter, here is the newsletter for the month of January 2022.
This is the first edition of 2022 year. In this edition, you can read about:
- Launching of WikiProject Rivers with Tarun Bharat Sangh
- Launching of WikiProject Sangli Biodiversity with Birdsong
- Progress report
Please find the newsletter here. Thank you MediaWiki message delivery (বাৰ্তা) 08:17, 4 February 2022 (ইউ.টি.চি.)
Nitesh Gill (CIS-A2K)
[Announcement] Leadership Development Task Force[সম্পাদনা কৰক]
Dear community members,
The Invest in Skill and Leadership Development Movement Strategy recommendation indicates that our movement needs a globally coordinated effort to succeed in leadership development.
The Community Development team is supporting the creation of a global and community-driven m:Leadership Development Task Force (Purpose & Structure). The purpose of the task force is to advise leadership development work.
The team seeks community feedback on what could be the responsibilities of the task force. Also, if any community member wishes to be a part of the 12-member task force, kindly reach out to us. The feedback period is until 25 February 2022.
Where to share feedback?
#1 Interested community members can add their thoughts on the Discussion page.
#2 Interested community members can join a regional discussion on 18 February, Friday through Google Meet.
Date & Time
- Friday, 18 February · 7:00 – 8:00 PM IST (Your Timezone) (Add to Calendar)
- Google Meet link: https://meet.google.com/nae-rgsd-vif
Thanks for your time.
Regards, CSinha (WMF) (বাৰ্তা) 10:45, 9 February 2022 (ইউ.টি.চি.)
International Mother Language Day 2022 edit-a-thon[সম্পাদনা কৰক]
Dear Wikimedians,
CIS-A2K announced International Mother Language Day mini edit-a-thon which is going to take place on 19 & 20 February 2022. The motive of conducting this edit-a-thon is to celebrate International Mother Language Day.
This time we will celebrate the day by creating & developing articles on local Wikimedia projects, such as proofreading the content on Wikisource, items that need to be created on Wikidata [edit Labels & Descriptions], some language-related content must be uploaded on Wikimedia Commons and so on. It will be a two-days long edit-a-thon to increase content about languages or related to languages. Anyone can participate in this event and users can add their names to the given link. Thank you MediaWiki message delivery (বাৰ্তা) 13:08, 15 February 2022 (ইউ.টি.চি.)
On behalf of User:Nitesh (CIS-A2K)
Wiki Loves Folklore is extended till 15th March[সম্পাদনা কৰক]
Greetings from Wiki Loves Folklore International Team,
We are pleased to inform you that Wiki Loves Folklore an international photographic contest on Wikimedia Commons has been extended till the 15th of March 2022. The scope of the contest is focused on folk culture of different regions on categories, such as, but not limited to, folk festivals, folk dances, folk music, folk activities, etc.
We would like to have your immense participation in the photographic contest to document your local Folk culture on Wikipedia. You can also help with the translation of project pages and share a word in your local language.
Best wishes,
International Team
Wiki Loves Folklore
MediaWiki message delivery (বাৰ্তা) 04:50, 22 February 2022 (ইউ.টি.চি.)
Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) Enforcement Guidelines & Ratification Vote[সম্পাদনা কৰক]
In brief: the revised Enforcement Guidelines have been published. Voting to ratify the guidelines will happen from 7 March to 21 March 2022. Community members can participate in the discussion with the UCoC project team and drafting committee members on 25 February (12:00 UTC) and 4 March (15:00 UTC). Please sign-up.
Details:
The m:Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) provides a baseline of acceptable behavior for the entire Wikimedia movement. The UCoC and the Enforcement Guidelines were written by volunteer-staff drafting committees following community consultations. The revised guidelines were published 24 January 2022.
What’s next?
#1 Community Conversations
To help to understand the guidelines, the Movement Strategy and Governance (MSG) team will host conversations with the UCoC project team and drafting committee members on 25 February (12:00 UTC) and 4 March (15:00 UTC). Please sign-up.
Comments about the guidelines can be shared on the Enforcement Guidelines talk page. You can comment in any language.
#2 Ratification Voting
The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees released a statement on the ratification process where eligible voters can support or oppose the adoption of the enforcement guidelines through vote. Wikimedians are invited to translate and share important information.
A SecurePoll vote is scheduled from 7 March to 21 March 2022.
Eligible voters are invited to answer a poll question and share comments. Voters will be asked if they support the enforcement of the UCoC based on the proposed guidelines.
Thank you. CSinha (WMF) (বাৰ্তা) 16:14, 22 February 2022 (ইউ.টি.চি.)
Coming soon[সম্পাদনা কৰক]
Several improvements around templates[সম্পাদনা কৰক]
Hello, from March 9, several improvements around templates will become available on your wiki:
- Fundamental improvements of the VisualEditor template dialog (1, 2),
- Improvements to make it easier to put a template on a page (3) (for the template dialogs in VisualEditor, 2010 Wikitext and New Wikitext Mode),
- and improvements in the syntax highlighting extension CodeMirror (4, 5) (which is available on wikis with writing direction left-to-right).
- Johanna Strodt (WMDE) 12:38, 28 February 2022 (ইউ.টি.চি.)
The Call for Feedback: Board of Trustees elections is now closed [সম্পাদনা কৰক]
The Call for Feedback: Board of Trustees elections is now closed. This Call ran from 10 January and closed on 16 February 2022. The Call focused on three key questions and received broad discussion on Meta-wiki, during meetings with affiliates, and in various community conversations. The community and affiliates provided many proposals and discussion points. The reports are on Meta-wiki.
This information will be shared with the Board of Trustees and Elections Committee so they can make informed decisions about the upcoming Board of Trustees election. The Board of Trustees will then follow with an announcement after they have discussed the information.
Thank you to everyone who participated in the Call for Feedback to help improve Board election processes.
Thank you,
Movement Strategy and Governance
CSinha (WMF) (বাৰ্তা) 08:10, 5 March 2022 (ইউ.টি.চি.)
UCoC Enforcement Guidelines Ratification Vote Begins (7 - 21 March 2022)[সম্পাদনা কৰক]
The ratification of the Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) enforcement guidelines has started. Every eligible community member can vote.
For instructions on voting using SecurePoll and Voting eligibility, please read this. The last date to vote is 21 March 2022.
Vote here - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:SecurePoll/vote/391
Thank you, CSinha (WMF) (বাৰ্তা) 17:05, 7 March 2022 (ইউ.টি.চি.)
CIS-A2K Newsletter February 2022[সম্পাদনা কৰক]
Dear Wikimedians,
Hope you are doing well. As you know CIS-A2K updated the communities every month about their previous work through the Newsletter. This message is about February 2022 Newsletter. In this newsletter, we have mentioned our conducted events, ongoing events and upcoming events.
- Conducted events
- Wikimedia session with WikiProject Rivers team
- Indic Wikisource online meetup
- m:International Mother Language Day 2022 edit-a-thon
- Wikimedia Commons workshop for Rotary Water Olympiad team
- Ongoing events
- Indic Wikisource Proofreadthon March 2022 - You can still participate in this event which will run till tomorrow.
- Upcoming Events
- International Women's Month 2022 edit-a-thon - The event is 19-20 March and you can add your name for the participation.
- Pune Nadi Darshan 2022 - The event is going to start by tomorrow.
- Annual proposal - CIS-A2K is currently working to prepare our next annual plan for the period 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2023
Please find the Newsletter link here. Thank you Nitesh (CIS-A2K) (talk) 08:58, 14 March 2022 (UTC)
On behalf of User:Nitesh (CIS-A2K)
Wiki Loves Folklore 2022 ends tomorrow[সম্পাদনা কৰক]
International photographic contest Wiki Loves Folklore 2022 ends on 15th March 2022 23:59:59 UTC. This is the last chance of the year to upload images about local folk culture, festival, cuisine, costume, folklore etc on Wikimedia Commons. Watch out our social media handles for regular updates and declaration of Winners.
(Facebook , Twitter , Instagram)
The writing competition Feminism and Folklore will run till 31st of March 2022 23:59:59 UTC. Write about your local folk tradition, women, folk festivals, folk dances, folk music, folk activities, folk games, folk cuisine, folk wear, folklore, and tradition, including ballads, folktales, fairy tales, legends, traditional song and dance, folk plays, games, seasonal events, calendar customs, folk arts, folk religion, mythology etc. on your local Wikipedia. Check if your local Wikipedia is participating
A special competition called Wiki Loves Falles is organised in Spain and the world during 15th March 2022 till 15th April 2022 to document local folk culture and Falles in Valencia, Spain. Learn more about it on Catalan Wikipedia project page.
We look forward for your immense co-operation.
Thanks Wiki Loves Folklore international Team MediaWiki message delivery (বাৰ্তা) 14:40, 14 March 2022 (ইউ.টি.চি.)
Pune Nadi Darshan 2022: A campaign cum photography contest[সম্পাদনা কৰক]
Dear Wikimedians,
Greetings for the Holi festival! CIS-A2K is glad to announce a campaign cum photography contest, Pune Nadi Darshan 2022, organised jointly by Rotary Water Olympiad and CIS-A2K on the occasion of ‘World Water Week’. This is a pilot campaign to document the rivers in the Pune district on Wikimedia Commons. The campaign period is from 16 March to 16 April 2022.
Under this campaign, participants are expected to click and upload the photos of rivers in the Pune district on the following topics -
- Beauty of rivers in Pune district
- Flora & fauna of rivers in Pune district
- Religious & cultural places around rivers in Pune district
- Human activities at rivers in Pune district
- Constructions on rivers in Pune district
- River Pollution in Pune district
Please visit the event page for more details. We welcome your participation in this campaign. Thank you MediaWiki message delivery (বাৰ্তা) 07:19, 15 March 2022 (ইউ.টি.চি.)
On behalf of User:Nitesh (CIS-A2K)
Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement guidelines ratification voting is now closed[সম্পাদনা কৰক]
Greetings,
The ratification voting process for the revised enforcement guidelines of the Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) came to a close on 21 March 2022. Over 2300 Wikimedians voted across different regions of our movement. Thank you to everyone who participated in this process! The scrutinizing group is now reviewing the vote for accuracy, so please allow up to two weeks for them to finish their work.
The final results from the voting process will be announced here, along with the relevant statistics and a summary of comments as soon as they are available. Please check out the voter information page to learn about the next steps. You can comment on the project talk page on Meta-wiki in any language.
You may also contact the UCoC project team by email: ucocproject
wikimedia.org
Best regards,
CSinha (WMF) (বাৰ্তা) 09:37, 23 March 2022 (ইউ.টি.চি.)
Feminism and Folklore 2022 ends soon[সম্পাদনা কৰক]
Feminism and Folklore 2022 which is an international writing contest organized at Wikipedia ends soon that is on 31 March 2022 11:59 UTC. This is the last chance of the year to write about feminism, women biographies and gender-focused topics such as folk festivals, folk dances, folk music, folk activities, folk games, folk cuisine, folk wear, fairy tales, folk plays, folk arts, folk religion, mythology, folk artists, folk dancers, folk singers, folk musicians, folk game athletes, women in mythology, women warriors in folklore, witches and witch hunting, fairy tales and more
Keep an eye on the project page for declaration of Winners.
We look forward for your immense co-operation.
Thanks Wiki Loves Folklore international Team MediaWiki message delivery (বাৰ্তা) 14:28, 26 March 2022 (ইউ.টি.চি.)
Announcing Indic Hackathon 2022 and Scholarship Applications[সম্পাদনা কৰক]
Dear Wikimedians, we are happy to announce that the Indic MediaWiki Developers User Group will be organizing Indic Hackathon 2022, a regional event as part of the main Wikimedia Hackathon 2022 taking place in a hybrid mode during 20-22 May 2022. The event will take place in Hyderabad. The regional event will be in-person with support for virtual participation. As it is with any hackathon, the event’s program will be semi-structured i.e. while we will have some sessions in sync with the main hackathon event, the rest of the time will be upto participants’ interest on what issues they are interested to work on. The event page can be seen on this page.
In this regard, we would like to invite community members who would like to attend in-person to fill out a form for scholarship application by 17 April, which is available on the event page. Please note that the hackathon won’t be focusing on training of new skills, and it is expected that applications have some experience/knowledge contributing to technical areas of the Wikimedia movement. Please post on the event talk page if you have any queries. MediaWiki message delivery (বাৰ্তা) 18:31, 7 April 2022 (ইউ.টি.চি.)
CIS-A2K Newsletter March 2022[সম্পাদনা কৰক]
Dear Wikimedians,
Hope you are doing well. As you know CIS-A2K updated the communities every month about their previous work through the Newsletter. This message is about March 2022 Newsletter. In this newsletter, we have mentioned our conducted events and ongoing events.
- Conducted events
- Wikimedia session in Rajiv Gandhi University, Arunachal Pradesh
- Launching of the GLAM project with RIWATCH, Roing, Arunachal Pradesh
- Wikimedia Commons workshop for Rotary Water Olympiad team
- m:International Women's Month 2022 edit-a-thon
- m:Indic Wikisource Proofreadthon March 2022
- Relicensing & digitisation of books, audios, PPTs and images in March 2022
- Presentation on A2K Research in a session on 'Building Multilingual Internets'
- Ongoing events
- Wikimedia Commons workshop for Rotary Water Olympiad team
- Two days of edit-a-thon by local communities [Punjabi & Santali]
Please find the Newsletter link here. Thank you Nitesh (CIS-A2K) (talk) 09:33, 16 April 2022 (UTC)
On behalf of User:Nitesh (CIS-A2K)
Extension of Pune Nadi Darshan 2022: A campaign cum photography contest[সম্পাদনা কৰক]
Dear Wikimedians,
As you already know, Pune Nadi Darshan is a campaign cum photography contest on Wikimedia Commons organised jointly by Rotary Water Olympiad and CIS-A2K. The contest started on 16 March on the occasion of World Water Week and received a good response from citizens as well as organisations working on river issues.
Taking into consideration the feedback from the volunteers and organisations about extending the deadline of 16 April, the organisers have decided to extend the contest till 16 May 2022. Some leading organisations have also shown interest in donating their archive and need a sufficient time period for the process.
We are still mainly using these topics which are mentioned below.
- Beauty of rivers in Pune district
- Flora & fauna of rivers in Pune district
- Religious & cultural places around rivers in Pune district
- Human activities at rivers in Pune district
- Constructions on rivers in Pune district
- River Pollution in Pune district
Anyone can participate still now, so, we appeal to all Wikimedians to contribute to this campaign to enrich river-related content on Wikimedia Commons. For more information, you can visit the event page.
Regards Nitesh (CIS-A2K) (talk) 04:58, 17 April 2022 (UTC)
On behalf of User:Nitesh (CIS-A2K)
Join the South Asia / ESEAP Annual Plan Meeting with Maryana Iskander[সম্পাদনা কৰক]
Dear community members,
In continuation of Maryana Iskander's listening tour, the Movement Communications and Movement Strategy and Governance teams invite you to discuss the 2022-23 Wikimedia Foundation Annual Plan.
The conversations are about these questions:
- The 2030 Wikimedia Movement Strategy sets a direction toward "knowledge as a service" and "knowledge equity". The Wikimedia Foundation wants to plan according to these two goals. How do you think the Wikimedia Foundation should apply them to our work?
- The Wikimedia Foundation continues to explore better ways of working at a regional level. We have increased our regional focus in areas like grants, new features, and community conversations. How can we improve?
- Anyone can contribute to the Movement Strategy process. We want to know about your activities, ideas, requests, and lessons learned. How can the Wikimedia Foundation better support the volunteers and affiliates working in Movement Strategy activities?
Date and Time
The meeting will happen via Zoom on 24 April (Sunday) at 07:00 UTC (local time). Kindly add the event to your calendar. Live interpretation will be available for some languages.
Regards, CSinha (WMF) (বাৰ্তা) 09:58, 17 April 2022 (ইউ.টি.চি.)
Call for Candidates: 2022 Board of Trustees Election[সম্পাদনা কৰক]
Dear community members,
The 2022 Board of Trustees elections process has begun. The Call for Candidates has been announced.
The Board of Trustees oversees the operations of the Wikimedia Foundation. Community-and-affiliate selected trustees and Board-appointed trustees make up the Board of Trustees. Each trustee serves a three year term. The Wikimedia community has the opportunity to vote for community-and-affiliate selected trustees.
The Wikimedia community will vote to elect two seats on the Board of Trustees in 2022. This is an opportunity to improve the representation, diversity, and expertise of the Board of Trustees.
Kindly submit your candidacy to join the Board of Trustees. CSinha (WMF) (বাৰ্তা) 08:45, 29 April 2022 (ইউ.টি.চি.)
Coming soon: Improvements for templates[সম্পাদনা কৰক]
Hello, more changes around templates are coming to your wiki soon:
The template dialog in VisualEditor and in the 2017 Wikitext Editor (beta) will be improved fundamentally: This should help users understand better what the template expects, how to navigate the template, and how to add parameters.
In syntax highlighting (CodeMirror extension), you can activate a colorblind-friendly color scheme with a user setting.
Deployment is planned for May 10. This is the last set of improvements from WMDE Technical Wishes' focus area “Templates”.
We would love to hear your feedback on our talk pages!
-- Johanna Strodt (WMDE) 11:13, 29 April 2022 (ইউ.টি.চি.)
Editing news 2022 #1[সম্পাদনা কৰক]
Read this in another language • Subscription list for this multilingual newsletter
The New topic tool helps editors create new ==Sections== on discussion pages. New editors are more successful with this new tool. You can read the report. Soon, the Editing team will offer this to all editors at the 20 Wikipedias that participated in the test. You will be able to turn it off at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-editing-discussion.
Whatamidoing (WMF) 18:54, 2 মে' 2022 (ইউ.টি.চি.)
CIS-A2K Newsletter April 2022[সম্পাদনা কৰক]
Dear Wikimedians,
I hope you are doing well. As you know CIS-A2K updated the communities every month about their previous work through the Newsletter. This message is about April 2022 Newsletter. In this newsletter, we have mentioned our conducted events, ongoing events and upcoming events.
- Conducted events
- Annual Proposal Submission
- Digitisation session with Dakshin Bharat Jain Sabha
- Training sessions of organisations working on river issues
- Two days edit-a-thon by local communities
- Digitisation review and partnerships in Goa
- Let's Connect: Learning Clinic on Qualitative Evaluation Methods
- Ongoing events
- Upcoming event
Please find the Newsletter link here. Thank you Nitesh (CIS-A2K) (talk) 15:47, 11 May 2022 (UTC)
On behalf of User:Nitesh (CIS-A2K)
Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election 2022 - Call for Election Volunteers[সম্পাদনা কৰক]
The Movement Strategy and Governance team is looking for community members to serve as election volunteers in the upcoming Board of Trustees election.
The idea of the Election Volunteer Program came up during the 2021 Wikimedia Board of Trustees Election. This program turned out to be successful. With the help of Election Volunteers we were able to increase outreach and participation in the election by 1,753 voters over 2017. Overall turnout was 10.13%, 1.1 percentage points more, and 214 wikis were represented in the election.
There were a total of 74 wikis that did not participate in 2017 that produced voters in the 2021 election. Can you help increase the participation even more?
Election volunteers will help in the following areas:
- Translate short messages and announce the ongoing election process in community channels
- Optional: Monitor community channels for community comments and questions
Volunteers should:
- Maintain the friendly space policy during conversations and events
- Present the guidelines and voting information to the community in a neutral manner
Do you want to be an election volunteer and ensure your community is represented in the vote? Sign up here to receive updates. You can use the talk page for questions about translation.
CSinha (WMF) (বাৰ্তা) 10:08, 12 মে' 2022 (ইউ.টি.চি.)
CIS-A2K Newsletter May 2022[সম্পাদনা কৰক]
Dear Wikimedians,
I hope you are doing well. As you know CIS-A2K updated the communities every month about their previous work through the Newsletter. This message is about May 2022 Newsletter. In this newsletter, we have mentioned our conducted events and ongoing and upcoming events.
- Conducted events
- Punjabi Wikisource Community skill-building workshop
- Wikimedia Commons workshop for Rotary Water Olympiad team
- Ongoing events
- Upcoming event
Please find the Newsletter link here.
If you want to subscribe/unsubscibe this newsletter, click here.
Thank you Nitesh (CIS-A2K) (talk) 12:23, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
On behalf of User:Nitesh (CIS-A2K)
June Month Celebration 2022 edit-a-thon[সম্পাদনা কৰক]
Dear Wikimedians,
CIS-A2K announced June month mini edit-a-thon which is going to take place on 25 & 26 June 2022 (on this weekend). The motive of conducting this edit-a-thon is to celebrate June Month which is also known as pride month.
This time we will celebrate the month, which is full of notable days, by creating & developing articles on local Wikimedia projects, such as proofreading the content on Wikisource if there are any, items that need to be created on Wikidata [edit Labels & Descriptions], some June month related content must be uploaded on Wikimedia Commons and so on. It will be a two-days long edit-a-thon to increase content about the month of June or related to its days, directly or indirectly. Anyone can participate in this event and the link you can find here. Thank you Nitesh (CIS-A2K) (talk) 12:46, 21 June 2022 (UTC)
On behalf of User:Nitesh (CIS-A2K)
Results of Wiki Loves Folklore 2022 is out![সম্পাদনা কৰক]
অনুগ্ৰহ কৰি আপোনাৰ ভাষালৈ অনুবাদ কৰাত সহায় কৰক
Hi, Greetings
The winners for Wiki Loves Folklore 2022 is announced!
We are happy to share with you winning images for this year's edition. This year saw over 8,584 images represented on commons in over 92 countries. Kindly see images here
Our profound gratitude to all the people who participated and organized local contests and photo walks for this project.
We hope to have you contribute to the campaign next year.
Thank you,
Wiki Loves Folklore International Team
--MediaWiki message delivery (বাৰ্তা) 16:12, 4 July 2022 (ইউ.টি.চি.)
Propose statements for the 2022 Election Compass[সম্পাদনা কৰক]
Hi all,
Community members are invited to propose statements to use in the Election Compass for the 2022 Board of Trustees election.
An Election Compass is a tool to help voters select the candidates that best align with their beliefs and views. The community members will propose statements for the candidates to answer using a Lickert scale (agree/neutral/disagree). The candidates’ answers to the statements will be loaded into the Election Compass tool. Voters will use the tool by entering in their answer to the statements (agree/neutral/disagree). The results will show the candidates that best align with the voter’s beliefs and views.
Here is the timeline for the Election Compass:
- July 8 - 20: Community members propose statements for the Election Compass
- July 21 - 22: Elections Committee reviews statements for clarity and removes off-topic statements
- July 23 - August 1: Volunteers vote on the statements
- August 2 - 4: Elections Committee selects the top 15 statements
- August 5 - 12: candidates align themselves with the statements
- August 15: The Election Compass opens for voters to use to help guide their voting decision
The Elections Committee will select the top 15 statements at the beginning of August. The Elections Committee will oversee the process, supported by the Movement Strategy and Governance (MSG) team. MSG will check that the questions are clear, there are no duplicates, no typos, and so on.
Regards,
Movement Strategy & Governance
This message was sent on behalf of the Board Selection Task Force and the Elections Committee
CSinha (WMF) (বাৰ্তা) 08:05, 12 July 2022 (ইউ.টি.চি.)
CIS-A2K Newsletter June 2022[সম্পাদনা কৰক]
Dear Wikimedians,
Hope you are doing well. As you know CIS-A2K updated the communities every month about their previous work through the Newsletter. This message is about June 2022 Newsletter. In this newsletter, we have mentioned A2K's conducted events.
- Conducted events
- Assamese Wikisource Community skill-building workshop
- June Month Celebration 2022 edit-a-thon
- Presentation in Marathi Literature conference
Please find the Newsletter link here.
If you want to subscribe/unsubscibe this newsletter, click here.
Thank you Nitesh (CIS-A2K) (talk) 12:23, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
On behalf of User:Nitesh (CIS-A2K)
Board of Trustees - Affiliate Voting Results[সম্পাদনা কৰক]
Dear community members,
The Affiliate voting process has concluded. Representatives from each Affiliate organization learned about the candidates by reading candidates’ statements, reviewing candidates’ answers to questions, and considering the candidates’ ratings provided by the Analysis Committee. The shortlisted 2022 Board of Trustees candidates are:
- Tobechukwu Precious Friday (Tochiprecious)
- Farah Jack Mustaklem (Fjmustak)
- Shani Evenstein Sigalov (Esh77)
- Kunal Mehta (Legoktm)
- Michał Buczyński (Aegis Maelstrom)
- Mike Peel (Mike Peel)
See more information about the Results and Statistics of this election.
Please take a moment to appreciate the Affiliate representatives and Analysis Committee members for taking part in this process and helping to grow the Board of Trustees in capacity and diversity. Thank you for your participation.
The next part of the Board election process is the community voting period. View the election timeline here. To prepare for the community voting period, there are several things community members can engage with, in the following ways:
- Read candidates’ statements and read the candidates’ answers to the questions posed by the Affiliate Representatives.
- Propose and select the 6 questions for candidates to answer during their video Q&A.
- See the Analysis Committee’s ratings of candidates on each candidate’s statement.
- Propose statements for the Election Compass voters can use to find which candidates best fit their principles.
- Encourage others in your community to take part in the election.
Regards,
Movement Strategy and Governance
This message was sent on behalf of the Board Selection Task Force and the Elections Committee
CSinha (WMF) (বাৰ্তা) 08:49, 20 July 2022 (ইউ.টি.চি.)
Movement Strategy and Governance News – Issue 7[সম্পাদনা কৰক]
Movement Strategy and Governance News
Issue 7, July-September 2022Read the full newsletter
Welcome to the 7th issue of Movement Strategy and Governance newsletter! The newsletter distributes relevant news and events about the implementation of Wikimedia's Movement Strategy recommendations, other relevant topics regarding Movement governance, as well as different projects and activities supported by the Movement Strategy and Governance (MSG) team of the Wikimedia Foundation.
The MSG Newsletter is delivered quarterly, while the more frequent Movement Strategy Weekly will be delivered weekly. Please remember to subscribe here if you would like to receive future issues of this newsletter.
- Movement sustainability: Wikimedia Foundation's annual sustainability report has been published. (continue reading)
- Improving user experience: recent improvements on the desktop interface for Wikimedia projects. (continue reading)
- Safety and inclusion: updates on the revision process of the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines. (continue reading)
- Equity in decisionmaking: reports from Hubs pilots conversations, recent progress from the Movement Charter Drafting Committee, and a new white paper for futures of participation in the Wikimedia movement. (continue reading)
- Stakeholders coordination: launch of a helpdesk for Affiliates and volunteer communities working on content partnership. (continue reading)
- Leadership development: updates on leadership projects by Wikimedia movement organizers in Brazil and Cape Verde. (continue reading)
- Internal knowledge management: launch of a new portal for technical documentation and community resources. (continue reading)
- Innovate in free knowledge: high-quality audiovisual resources for scientific experiments and a new toolkit to record oral transcripts. (continue reading)
- Evaluate, iterate, and adapt: results from the Equity Landscape project pilot (continue reading)
- Other news and updates: a new forum to discuss Movement Strategy implementation, upcoming Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election, a new podcast to discuss Movement Strategy, and change of personnel for the Foundation's Movement Strategy and Governance team. (continue reading)
CSinha (WMF) (বাৰ্তা) 12:53, 24 July 2022 (ইউ.টি.চি.)
Vote for Election Compass Statements[সম্পাদনা কৰক]
Dear community members,
Volunteers in the 2022 Board of Trustees election are invited to vote for statements to use in the Election Compass. You can vote for the statements you would like to see included in the Election Compass on Meta-wiki.
An Election Compass is a tool to help voters select the candidates that best align with their beliefs and views. The community members will propose statements for the candidates to answer using a Lickert scale (agree/neutral/disagree). The candidates’ answers to the statements will be loaded into the Election Compass tool. Voters will use the tool by entering in their answer to the statements (agree/neutral/disagree). The results will show the candidates that best align with the voter’s beliefs and views.
Here is the timeline for the Election Compass:
July 8 - 20: Volunteers propose statements for the Election CompassJuly 21 - 22: Elections Committee reviews statements for clarity and removes off-topic statements- July 23 - August 1: Volunteers vote on the statements
- August 2 - 4: Elections Committee selects the top 15 statements
- August 5 - 12: candidates align themselves with the statements
- August 15: The Election Compass opens for voters to use to help guide their voting decision
The Elections Committee will select the top 15 statements at the beginning of August
Regards,
Movement Strategy and Governance
This message was sent on behalf of the Board Selection Task Force and the Elections Committee
CSinha (WMF) (বাৰ্তা) 07:01, 26 July 2022 (ইউ.টি.চি.)
Delay of Board of Trustees Election[সম্পাদনা কৰক]
Dear community members,
I am reaching out to you today with an update about the timing of the voting for the Board of Trustees election.
As many of you are already aware, this year we are offering an Election Compass to help voters identify the alignment of candidates on some key topics. Several candidates requested an extension of the character limitation on their responses expanding on their positions, and the Elections Committee felt their reasoning was consistent with the goals of a fair and equitable election process.
To ensure that the longer statements can be translated in time for the election, the Elections Committee and Board Selection Task Force decided to delay the opening of the Board of Trustees election by one week - a time proposed as ideal by staff working to support the election.
Although it is not expected that everyone will want to use the Election Compass to inform their voting decision, the Elections Committee felt it was more appropriate to open the voting period with essential translations for community members across languages to use if they wish to make this important decision.
The voting will open on August 23 at 00:00 UTC and close on September 6 at 23:59 UTC.
Best regards,
Matanya, on behalf of the Elections Committee
CSinha (WMF) (বাৰ্তা) 07:38, 15 August 2022 (ইউ.টি.চি.)
CIS-A2K Newsletter July 2022[সম্পাদনা কৰক]
Really sorry for sending it in English, feel free to translate it into your language.
Dear Wikimedians,
Hope everything is fine. As CIS-A2K update the communities every month about their previous work via the Newsletter. Through this message, A2K shares its July 2022 Newsletter. In this newsletter, we have mentioned A2K's conducted events.
- Conducted events
- Partnerships with Marathi literary institutions in Hyderabad
- O Bharat Digitisation project in Goa Central Library
- Partnerships with organisations in Meghalaya
- Ongoing events
- Partnerships with Goa University, authors and language organisations
- Upcoming events
Please find the Newsletter link here.
If you want to subscribe/unsubscibe this newsletter, click here.
Thank you Nitesh (CIS-A2K) (talk) 15:10, 17 August 2022 (UTC)
On behalf of User:Nitesh (CIS-A2K)
WikiConference India 2023: Initial conversations[সম্পাদনা কৰক]
Dear Wikimedians,
Hope all of you are doing well. We are glad to inform you to restart the conversation to host the next WikiConference India 2023 after WCI 2020 which was not conducted due to the unexpected COVID-19 pandemic, it couldn't take place. However, we are hoping to reinitiate this discussion and for that we need your involvement, suggestions and support to help organize a much needed conference in February-March of 2023.
The proposed 2023 conference will bring our energies, ideas, learnings, and hopes together. This conference will provide a national-level platform for Indian Wikimedians to connect, re-connect, and establish their collaboration itself can be a very important purpose on its own- in the end it will empower us all to strategize, plan ahead and collaborate- as a movement.
We hope we, the Indian Wikimedia Community members, come together in various capacities and make this a reality. We believe we will take learnings from earlier attempts, improve processes & use best practices in conducting this conference purposefully and fruitfully.
Here is a survey form to get your responses on the same notion. Unfortunately we are working with short timelines since the final date of proposal submission is 5 September. We request you please fill out the form by 28th August. After your responses, we can decide if we have the community need and support for the conference. You are also encouraged to add your support on this page, if you support the idea.
Regards, Nitesh Gill, Nivas10798, Neechalkaran, 06:39, 24 August 2022 (ইউ.টি.চি.)
2022 Board of Trustees Community Voting Period is now Open[সম্পাদনা কৰক]
Dear community members,
The Community Voting period for the 2022 Board of Trustees election is now open. Here are some helpful links to get you the information you need to vote:
- Try the Election Compass, showing how candidates stand on 15 different topics.
- Read the candidate statements and answers to Affiliate questions
- Learn more about the skills the Board seeks and how the Analysis Committee found candidates align with those skills
- Watch the videos of the candidates answering questions proposed by the community.
If you are ready to vote, you may go to SecurePoll voting page to vote now. You may vote from August 23 at 00:00 UTC to September 6 at 23:59 UTC. To see about your voter eligibility, please visit the voter eligibility page.
Regards,
Movement Strategy and Governance
This message was sent on behalf of the Board Selection Task Force and the Elections Committee
CSinha (WMF) (বাৰ্তা) 12:21, 26 August 2022 (ইউ.টি.চি.)
The 2022 Board of Trustees election Community Voting is about to close[সম্পাদনা কৰক]
Hello,
The Community Voting period of the 2022 Board of Trustees election started on August 23, 2022, and will close on September 6, 2022 23:59 UTC. There’s still a chance to participate in this election. If you did not vote, please visit the SecurePoll voting page to vote now. To see about your voter eligibility, please visit the voter eligibility page. If you need help in making your decision, here are some helpful links:
- Try the Election Compass, showing how candidates stand on 15 different topics.
- Read the candidate statements and answers to Affiliate questions.
- Learn more about the skills the Board seek and how the Analysis Committee found candidates align with those skills
- Watch the videos of the candidates answering questions proposed by the community.
Regards,
Movement Strategy and Governance
CSinha (WMF) (বাৰ্তা) 12:43, 1 September 2022 (ইউ.টি.চি.)
Revised Enforcement Draft Guidelines for the Universal Code of Conduct[সম্পাদনা কৰক]
Hello everyone,
The Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines Revisions committee is requesting comments regarding the Revised Enforcement Draft Guidelines for the Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC). This review period will be open from 8 September 2022 until 8 October 2022.
The Committee collaborated to revise these draft guidelines based on input gathered from the community discussion period from May through July, as well as the community vote that concluded in March 2022. The revisions are focused on the following four areas:
- To identify the type, purpose, and applicability of the UCoC training;
- To simplify the language for more accessible translation and comprehension by non-experts;
- To explore the concept of affirmation, including its pros and cons;
- To review the balancing of the privacy of the accuser and the accused
The Committee requests comments and suggestions about these revisions by 8 October 2022. From there, the Revisions Committee anticipates further revising the guidelines based on community input.
Find the Revised Guidelines on Meta, and a comparison page in some languages.
Everyone may share comments in a number of places. Facilitators welcome comments in any language on the Revisions Guideline Talk Page. Comments can also be shared on talk pages of translations, at local discussions, or during conversation hours. There are planned live discussions about the UCoC enforcement draft guidelines.
The facilitation team supporting this review period hopes to reach a large number of communities. If you do not see a conversation happening in your community, please organize a discussion. Facilitators can assist you in setting up the conversations. Discussions will be summarized and presented to the drafting committee every two weeks. The summaries will be published here.
~ On behalf of the UCoC project team.
CSinha (WMF) (বাৰ্তা) 11:37, 13 September 2022 (ইউ.টি.চি.)
WikiConference India 2023: Proposal to WMF[সম্পাদনা কৰক]
Hello everyone,
We are happy to inform you that we have submitted the Conference & Event Grant proposal for WikiConference India 2023 to the Wikimedia Foundation. We kindly request all the community members to go through the proposal -- including the community engagement survey report, program plan, venue and logistics, participation and scholarships, and the budget, and provide us with your suggestions/comments on the talk page. You can endorse the proposal in the endorsements section, please do add a rationale for supporting this project.
According to the timeline of the Conference and Event Grants program, the community can review till 23 September 2022, post that we will start integrating all the received feedback to make modifications to the proposal. Depending on the response of community members, an IRC may be hosted next week, especially if there are any questions/concerns that need to be addressed.
We reopened the survey form and if you are still interested in taking part in the survey and you have something in mind to share or want to become a part of the organizing team, please fill out the form so we all can work together.
Let us know if you have any questions.
Regards, Nitesh Gill, Nivas10798, Neechalkaran, 07:35, 19 September 2022 (ইউ.টি.চি.)
The Vector 2022 skin as the default in two weeks?[সম্পাদনা কৰক]
Hello. I'm writing on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation Web team. In two weeks, we would like to make the Vector 2022 skin the default on this wiki.
We have been working on it for the past three years. So far, it has been the default on more than 30 wikis, including sister projects, all accounting for more than 1 billion pageviews per month. On average 87% of active logged-in users of those wikis use Vector 2022.
It would become the default for all logged-out users, and also all logged-in users who currently use Vector legacy. Logged-in users can at any time switch to any other skins. No changes are expected for users of these skins.
- Top of an article
-
Vector legacy (current default) -
Vector 2022
- A section of an article
-
Vector legacy (current default) -
Vector 2022
About the skin[সম্পাদনা কৰক]
[Why is a change necessary] The current default skin meets the needs of the readers and editors as these were 13 years ago. Since then, new users have begun using Wikimedia projects. The old Vector doesn't meet their needs.
[Objective] The objective for the new skin is to make the interface more welcoming and comfortable for readers and useful for advanced users. It draws inspiration from previous requests, the Community Wishlist Surveys, and gadgets and scripts. The work helped our code follow the standards and improve all other skins. We reduced PHP code in Wikimedia deployed skins by 75%. The project has also focused on making it easier to support gadgets and use APIs.
[Changes and test results] The skin introduces a series of changes that improve readability and usability. The new skin does not remove any functionality currently available on the Vector skin.
- The sticky header makes it easier to find tools that editors use often. It decreases scrolling to the top of the page by 16%.
- The new table of contents makes it easier to navigate to different sections. Readers and editors jumped to different sections of the page 50% more than with the old table of contents. It also looks a bit different on talk pages.
- The new search bar is easier to find and makes it easier to find the correct search result from the list. This increased the amount of searches started by 30% on the wikis we tested on.
- The skin does not negatively affect pageviews, edit rates, or account creation. There is evidence of increases in pageviews and account creation across partner communities.
[Try it out] Try out the new skin by going to the appearance tab in your preferences and selecting Vector 2022 from the list of skins.
How can editors change and customize this skin?[সম্পাদনা কৰক]
It's possible to configure and personalize our changes. We support volunteers who create new gadgets and user scripts. Check out our repository for a list of currently available customizations, or add your own.
Our plan[সম্পাদনা কৰক]
If no large concerns are raised, we plan on deploying in the week of October 3, 2022. If your community would like to request more time to discuss the changes, hit the button and write to us. We can adjust the calendar.
If you'd like ask our team anything, if you have questions, concerns, or additional thoughts, please ping me here or write on the talk page of the project. We will gladly answer! Also, see our FAQ. Thank you! SGrabarczuk (WMF) (talk) 04:14, 22 September 2022 (ইউ.টি.চি.)
CIS-A2K Newsletter August 2022[সম্পাদনা কৰক]
Really sorry for sending it in English, feel free to translate it into your language.
Dear Wikimedians,
Hope everything is fine. As CIS-A2K update the communities every month about their previous work via the Newsletter. Through this message, A2K shares its August 2022 Newsletter. In this newsletter, we have mentioned A2K's conducted events.
- Conducted events
- Relicensing of Konkani & Marathi books
- Inauguration of Digitised O Bharat volumes on Wikimedia Commons by CM of Goa state
- Meeting with Rashtrabhasha Prachar Samiti on Hindi Books Digitisation Program
- Ongoing events
- Impact report
- Upcoming events
Please find the Newsletter link here.
If you want to subscribe/unsubscibe this newsletter, click here.
Thank you Nitesh (CIS-A2K) (talk) 06:51, 22 September 2022 (UTC)
On behalf of User:Nitesh (CIS-A2K)
CIS-A2K Newsletter September 2022[সম্পাদনা কৰক]
Really sorry for sending it in English, feel free to translate it into your language.
Dear Wikimedians,
Hope everything is well. Here is the CIS-A2K's for the month of September Newsletter, a few conducted events are updated in it. Through this message, A2K shares its September 2022 Newsletter. In this newsletter, we have mentioned A2K's conducted events.
- Conducted events
- Meeting with Ecological Society & Prof Madhav Gadgil
- Relicensing of 10 books in Marathi
- Impact report 2021-20224
- Gujarati Wikisource Community skill-building workshop
Please find the Newsletter link here.
If you want to subscribe/unsubscibe this newsletter, click here.
Thank you MediaWiki message delivery (বাৰ্তা) 12:43, 15 October 2022 (ইউ.টি.চি.)
On behalf of User:Nitesh (CIS-A2K)
Update on Vector 2022[সম্পাদনা কৰক]
Hello. I'm sorry for not communicating in your language. I'll be grateful if you translated my message. I'm writing on behalf of the Web team working on the new skin, Vector 2022.
We wanted to apologize for the delays in the deployment of Vector 2022. We know many of you are waiting for this eagerly. We have been delaying the deployment because we have been working on the logos. It has taken us more time than originally expected. Once the logos are ready, we will let you know the exact date of deployment. We are planning for either the next (more likely) or the following week. If your wiki doesn't currently have a localized logo, we encourage you to reach out to us and we can help make one.
We invite you to get involved in the project. Contact us if you have any questions or need any help, particularly with the compatibility of gadgets and user scripts. Thank you! SGrabarczuk (WMF) (talk) 23:24, 19 October 2022 (ইউ.টি.চি.)
CIS-A2K Newsletter October 2022[সম্পাদনা কৰক]
Please feel free to translate it into your language.
Dear Wikimedians,
Hope everything is well. CIS-A2K's monthly Newsletter is here which is for the month of October. A few conducted events are updated in the Newsletter. Through this message, A2K wants your attention towards its October 2022 work. In this newsletter, we have mentioned A2K's conducted and upcoming events.
- Conducted events
- Meeting with Wikimedia France on Lingua Libre collaboration
- Meeting with Wikimedia Deutschland on Wikibase & Wikidata collaboration
- Filmi datathon workshop
- Wikimedia session on building archive at ACPR, Belagavi
- Upcoming event
Please find the Newsletter link here.
If you want to subscribe/unsubscibe this newsletter, click here.
Thank you MediaWiki message delivery (বাৰ্তা) 09:48, 7 November 2022 (ইউ.টি.চি.)
On behalf of User:Nitesh (CIS-A2K)
Indic Wikisource proofread-a-thon November 2022[সম্পাদনা কৰক]
Sorry for writing this message in English - feel free to help us translate it
Dear Proofreader,
Thank you and congratulation to you for your participation and support last year. The CIS-A2K has been conducted again this year Online Indic Wikisource proofread-a-thon November 2022 to enrich our Indian classic literature in digital format.
WHAT DO YOU NEED
- Booklist: a collection of books to be proofread. Kindly help us to find some books in your language. The book should not be available on any third-party website with Unicode formatted text. Please collect the books and add our event page book list. You should follow the copyright guideline described here. After finding the book, you should check the pages of the book and create <pagelist/>.
- Participants: Kindly sign your name at Participants section if you wish to participate in this event.
- Reviewer: Kindly promote yourself as administrator/reviewer of this proofreadthon and add your proposal here. The administrator/reviewers could participate in this Proofreadthon.
- Some social media coverage: I would request to all Indic Wikisource community members, please spread the news to all social media channels, we always try to convince your Wikipedia/Wikisource to use their SiteNotice. Of course, you must also use your own Wikisource site notice.
- Some awards: There may be some award/prize given by CIS-A2K.
- A way to count validated and proofread pages:Indic Wikisource Contest Tools
- Time : Proofreadthon will run: from 14 November 2022 00.01 to 30 Novemeber 2022 23.59 (IST)
- Rules and guidelines: The basic rules and guideline have described here
- Scoring: The details scoring method have described here
I really hope many Indic Wikisources will be present this time.
Thanks for your attention
Jayanta (CIS-A2K)- 9 November 2022 (UTC)
Wikisource Program officer, CIS-A2K
WikiConference India 2023: Program submissions and Scholarships form are now open[সম্পাদনা কৰক]
Dear Wikimedians,
We are really glad to announce that WikiConference India 2023 has been successfully funded and it will take place from 3 to 5 March 2023. The theme of the conference will be Strengthening the Bonds.
We also have exciting updates about the Program and Scholarships.
The applications for scholarships and program submissions are open now! You can find the form for submission here and for program you can go here.
For more information and regular updates please visit the Conference Meta page. If you have something in mind you can write on talk page.
‘‘‘Note’’’: Scholarship form and the Program submissions will be open from 11 November 2022, 00:00 IST and the last date to submit is 27 November 2022, 23:59 IST.
Regards
MediaWiki message delivery (বাৰ্তা) 18:08, 10 November 2022 (ইউ.টি.চি.)
(on behalf of the WCI Organizing Committee)
Invitation to join the Online Indic Wikisource meetup (12th November 2022)[সম্পাদনা কৰক]
Hello fellow Wikisource enthusiasts!
We are the hosting the Indic Wikisource Community Online meetup on 12 November 2022 7:30 PM IST.
The objectives are below.
- Participate in m:Indic Wikisource proofread-a-thon November 2022 book collection.
- Queries regarding m:Indic Wikisource proofread-a-thon November 2022
- Suggestions/opinions/reviews anything are welcome regarding the Contest procedure.
- Gift and prizes for the contest selection.
If you are interested in joining the meeting, kindly leave a message on jayanta@cis-india.org and we will add you to the calendar invite.
Meanwhile, feel free to check out the page on Meta-wiki and suggest any other topics for the agenda.
Thanks for your attention
Jayanta (CIS-A2K)
Wikisource Program officer, CIS-A2K
WikiConference India 2023: Extension of Program submissions and scholarship deadline[সম্পাদনা কৰক]
Hello, wonderful Wikimedians,
As you already know, the program and scholarship applications for WikiConference India 2023 are open. Although today is the last date to submit the program and scholarship applications, we would like to inform you that we are extending the deadline to 14 December 2022. The deadline has been extended to ensure our community members have more time to apply and ensure we are able to receive a diverse spread of applications.
Please let us know if you have any queries by posting them on the conference talk page.
Thank you! MediaWiki message delivery (বাৰ্তা) 11:53, 27 November 2022 (ইউ.টি.চি.)
Regards, WCI 2023 Core organizing team.
Movement Charter: South Asia Regional Consultation[সম্পাদনা কৰক]
Dear community members,
As many of you are aware, the Movement Charter regional consultations have begun. The MCDC seeks community feedback about three sections of the Movement Charter:
- Preamble
- Values & Principles
- Roles & Responsibilities (intentions statement)
How can you participate?
You can participate by joining the regional consultation for South Asia on 2 December 2022 (Friday) from 14:00 to 15:30 UTC (7:30 PM to 9:00 PM IST) on Google Meet. Kindly add the event to your calendar.
Other ways to share feedback are:
- Fill the survey.
- Write on the Meta Talk pages: Preamble, Values & Principles, Roles & Responsibilities (intentions statement)
- Write on the Movement Strategy Forum: Preamble, Values & Principles, Roles & Responsibilities (intentions statement)
- Email MCDC at movementcharter@wikimedia.org
If you want to learn more about the Movement Charter, its goals, why it matters, and how it impacts your community, a 12-minute recording of one of the “Ask Me Anything about Movement Charter” sessions is available here.
Thanks for your time and interest. CSinha (WMF) (বাৰ্তা) 12:46, 28 November 2022 (ইউ.টি.চি.)
WikiConference India 2023 Open Community Call and Extension of program and scholarship submissions deadline[সম্পাদনা কৰক]
Greetings Wikimedians,
Thank you for supporting Wiki Conference India 2023. We are humbled by the number of applications we have received and hope to learn more about the work that you all have been doing to take the movement forward. In order to offer flexibility, we have recently extended our deadline for the Program and Scholarships submission- you can find all the details on our Meta Page.
COT is working hard to ensure we bring together a conference that is truly meaningful and impactful for our movement and one that brings us all together. With an intent to be inclusive and transparent in our process, we are committed to organizing community sessions at regular intervals for sharing updates and to offer an opportunity to the community for engagement and review. Following the same, we are hosting the first Open Community Call on the 3rd of December, 2022. We wish to use this space to discuss the progress and answer any questions, concerns or clarifications, about the conference and the Program/Scholarships.
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
Furthermore, we are pleased to share the email id of the conference contact@wikiconferenceindia.org which is where you could share any thoughts, inputs, suggestions, or questions and someone from the COT will reach out to you. Alternatively, leave us a message on the Conference talk page. Regards MediaWiki message delivery (বাৰ্তা) 15:58, 2 December 2022 (ইউ.টি.চি.)
On Behalf of, WCI 2023 Core organizing team.
CIS-A2K Newsletter November 2022[সম্পাদনা কৰক]
Please feel free to translate it into your language.
Dear Wikimedians,
Hope everything is well. CIS-A2K's monthly Newsletter is here which is for the month of November. A few conducted events are updated in the Newsletter. Through this message, A2K wants your attention towards its November 2022 work. In this newsletter, we have mentioned A2K's conducted and upcoming events.
- Conducted events
- Digitisation & Wikibase presentation in PNVM
- Indic Wikisource Community/Online meetup 12 November 2022
- Indic Wikisource proofread-a-thon November 2022
- Upcoming event
Please find the Newsletter link here.
If you want to subscribe/unsubscibe this newsletter, click here.
Thank you Nitesh (CIS-A2K) (talk) 16:28, 7 December 2022 (UTC)
On behalf of User:Nitesh (CIS-A2K)
WikiConference India 2023 Open Community Call and Extension of program and scholarship submissions deadline[সম্পাদনা কৰক]
প্ৰিয় সদস্যসকল,
এই বাৰ্তাটো ৱিকি কনফাৰেন্স ইণ্ডিয়া ২০২৩(WCI 2023)ৰ হেতু কাৰ্যবিৱৰণি আৰু জলপানিৰ বাবে আৱেদন দাখিলৰ সন্দৰ্ভত।
WikiConference India 2023 য়ে যোৱা দুমাহ ধৰি ৱিকি সন্মিলন-২০২৩ত অংশগ্ৰহণৰ বাবে ৱিকিমিডিয়ান সকলৰ পৰা আৱেদন গ্ৰহণ কৰি আছে আৰু আমি আশা কৰোঁ যে আপুনিও উক্ত সন্মিলনখনক লৈ উৎসাহিত। আমি আপোনাক জনাবলৈ পাই সুখী যে program আৰু scholarships ৰ বাবে জমা দিয়া আৱেদনসমূহৰ তাৰিখ এতিয়াও মুকলি আৰু আমি এই বাৰ্তাৰ মাধ্যমেৰে আপোনাক আবেদন কৰিবলৈ উৎসাহিত কৰিছো। কাৰ্যসূচী আৰু জলপানিৰ আৱেদন দুয়োটা জমা দিয়াৰ শেষ তাৰিখ ২০২২-ৰ ১৪ ডিচেম্বৰ। যদি আপুনি জমা দিয়াৰ ক্ষেত্ৰত কোনো সহায়ৰ প্ৰয়োজন হয়, অনুগ্ৰহ কৰি conference talk page ত এটা বাৰ্তা দিয়ক, আমাৰ Core Organizing Tea-য়ে এইক্ষেত্ৰত আপোনাক সহায় কৰিবলৈ সাজু! সময় দিয়াৰ বাবে ধন্যবাদ।
-WCI 2023 ৰ Core Organizing দলৰ হৈ -Nayan j Nath (বাৰ্তা) 15:07, 10 December 2022 (ইউ.টি.চি.)
Indic Wiki Improve-a-thon 2022[সম্পাদনা কৰক]
Apologies to not write in your language.
Dear Wikimedians, Glad to inform you that CIS-A2K is going to conduct an event, Indic Wiki improve-a-thon 2022, for the Indic language. It will run from 15 December to 5 January 2023. It will be an online activity however if communities want to organise any on-ground activity under Improve-a-thon that would also be welcomed. The event has its own theme Azadi Ka Amrit Mahatosav which is based on a celebration of the 75th anniversary of Indian Independence. The event will be for 20 days only. This is an effort to work on content enrichment and improvement. We invite you to plan a short activity under this event and work on the content on your local Wikis. The event is not restricted to a project, anyone can edit any project by following the theme. The event page link is here. The list is under preparation and will be updated soon. The community can also prepare their list for this improve-a-thon. If you have question or concern please write on here. Regards MediaWiki message delivery (বাৰ্তা) 07:31, 12 December 2022 (ইউ.টি.চি.)
WikiConference India 2023: Revised Conference Dates & Program-Scholarship Submission Reminder[সম্পাদনা কৰক]
Please feel free to translate into your language.
Dear Wikimedians,
We want to inform you that due to specific reference to conference operational and logistical challenges, we had to revise the conference dates. The new dates for WikiConference India 2023 are 28, 29, and 30 April 2023 (Friday to Sunday), Hyderabad, India. The new dates have been finalized after a thorough check to avoid any overlaps or challenges.
Reminder: The last date for Program and Scholarships submission is 14 December 2022, 11:59 pm IST. For any questions and support, reach out to contact@wikiconferenceindia.org or leave a message on the conference talk page. Regards MediaWiki message delivery (বাৰ্তা) 20:17, 12 December 2022 (ইউ.টি.চি.)
Nivas & Nitesh
(On behalf of the WCI 2023 organizing team).
Community Wishlist Survey 2023 opens in January![সম্পাদনা কৰক]
অনুগ্ৰহ কৰি আপোনাৰ ভাষালৈ অনুবাদ কৰাত সহায় কৰক
নমস্কাৰ
The Community Wishlist Survey (CWS) 2023, which lets contributors propose and vote for tools and improvements, starts next month on Monday, 23 January 2023, at 18:00 UTC and will continue annually.
We are inviting you to share your ideas for technical improvements to our tools and platforms. Long experience in editing or technical skills is not required. If you have ever used our software and thought of an idea to improve it, this is the place to come share those ideas!
The dates for the phases of the Survey will be as follows:
- Phase 1: Submit, discuss, and revise proposals – Monday, Jan 23, 2023 to Sunday, Feb 6, 2023
- Phase 2: WMF/Community Tech reviews and organizes proposals – Monday, Jan 30, 2023 to Friday, Feb 10, 2023
- Phase 3: Vote on proposals – Friday, Feb 10, 2023 to Friday, Feb 24, 2023
- Phase 4: Results posted – Tuesday, Feb 28, 2023
If you want to start writing out your ideas ahead of the Survey, you can start thinking about your proposals and draft them in the CWS sandbox.
We are grateful to all who participated last year. See you in January 2023!
ধন্যবাদ! Community Tech, STei (WMF) 12:59, 13 December 2022 (ইউ.টি.চি.)
Vote for your favourite Wikimedia sound logo[সম্পাদনা কৰক]
We are really sorry for posting in English
Voting in the Wikimedia sound logo contest has started. From December 6 to 19, 2022, please play a part and help chose the sound that will identify Wikimedia content on audio devices. Learn more on Diff.
The sound logo team is grateful to everyone who participated in this global contest. We received 3,235 submissions from 2,094 participants in 135 countries. We are incredibly grateful to the team of volunteer screeners and the selection committee who, among others, helped bring us to where we are today. It is now up to Wikimedia to choose the Sound Of All Human Knowledge.
Best wishes, Arupako-WMF (বাৰ্তা) 08:13, 15 December 2022 (ইউ.টি.চি.)
WikiConference India 2023:Open Community call on 18 December 2022[সম্পাদনা কৰক]
Dear Wikimedians,
As you may know, we are hosting regular calls with the communities for WikiConference India 2023. This message is for the second Open Community Call which is scheduled on the 18th of December, 2022 (Today) from 7:00 to 8:00 pm to answer any questions, concerns, or clarifications, take inputs from the communities, and give a few updates related to the conference from our end. Please add the following to your respective calendars and we look forward to seeing you on the call.
- [WCI 2023] Open Community Call
- Date: 18 December 2022
- Time: 1900-2000 [7 pm to 8 pm] (IST)
- Google Link: https://meet.google.com/wpm-ofpx-vei
Furthermore, we are pleased to share the telegram group created for the community members who are interested to be a part of WikiConference India 2023 and share any thoughts, inputs, suggestions, or questions. Link to join the telegram group: https://t.me/+X9RLByiOxpAyNDZl. Alternatively, you can also leave us a message on the Conference talk page. Regards MediaWiki message delivery (বাৰ্তা) 08:03, 18 December 2022 (ইউ.টি.চি.)
On Behalf of, WCI 2023 Organizing team
Feminism and Folklore 2023[সম্পাদনা কৰক]
Dear Wiki Community,
Christmas Greetings and a Happy New Year 2023,
You are humbly invited to organize the Feminism and Folklore 2023 writing competition from February 1, 2023, to March 31, 2023 on your local Wikipedia. This year, Feminism and Folklore will focus on feminism, women's issues, and gender-focused topics for the project, with a Wiki Loves Folklore gender gap focus and a folk culture theme on Wikipedia.
You can help Wikipedia's coverage of folklore from your area by writing or improving articles about things like folk festivals, folk dances, folk music, women and queer folklore figures, folk game athletes, women in mythology, women warriors in folklore, witches and witch hunting, fairy tales, and more. Users can help create new articles, expand or translate from a list of suggested articles.
Organisers are requested to work on the following action items to sign up their communities for the project:
- Create a page for the contest on the local wiki.
- Set up a fountain tool or dashboard.
- Create the local list and mention the timeline and local and international prizes.
- Request local admins for site notice.
- Link the local page and the fountain/dashboard link on the meta project page.
This year we would be supporting the community's financial aid for Internet and childcare support. This would be provided for the local team including their jury and coordinator team. This support is opt-in and non mandatory. Kindly fill in this Google form and mark a mail to support@wikilovesfolklore.org with the subject line starting as [Stipend] Name or Username/Language. The last date to sign up for internet and childcare aid from our team is 20th of January 2023, We encourage the language coordinators to sign up their community on this link by the 25th of January 2023.
Learn more about the contest and prizes on our project page. Feel free to contact us on our meta talk page or by email us if you need any assistance.
We look forward to your immense coordination.
Thank you and Best wishes,
Feminism and Folklore 2023 International Team
- Stay connected
- Stay connected
--MediaWiki message delivery (বাৰ্তা) 10:23, 24 December 2022 (ইউ.টি.চি.)