Hello everyone,
As Wikisource turns 18 today, I would love to invite you all to celebrate
this occasion together at *1:30 PM UTC / 7 PM IST *(24 November 2021) - check
your timezone <https://iw.toolforge.org/zonestamp/1637760610>.
Incoming CEO of the WMF, Maryana Iskander will be joining the conversation.
40+ people including wikisource volunteers, WMF staff and partners have
confirmed their participation for the event.
Some of the confirmed speakers are:
- Tom Derrick - British Library and Bengali Wikisource collaboration
- User:PseudoSkull - Transcribing films on Wikisource
- User:Sneha (CIS-A2K) - Research on Indic Wikisource projects
More details are available on the event page:
https://wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:Eighteenth_Birthday
There is still time to get your invite to join the event. Just *reach out
to me at sgill(a)wikimedia.org <sgill(a)wikimedia.org>*g>*.
Best
Satdeep
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Satdeep Gill (pronouns - he, him)
Program Officer
GLAM and Culture
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>