Hi all! This is a reminder that the language community meeting is coming up
this Friday, November 17th, from 16:00 to 17:00 (UTC).
Feel free to add any technical updates or challenges related to your
project that you would like to share during the meeting to the agenda
document.
Learn more details: <
https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Wikimedia_Language_engineering/…
>
Cheers,
Srishti
*Srishti Sethi*
Senior Developer Advocate
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
On Tue, Oct 31, 2023 at 2:47 PM Ndahiro Derrick Alter <
ndahiroderric(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks a lot for the invitation , for the technical issues around
> kinyarwanda wiki , I have to attend alongside my fellow kinyarwanda
> contributors
>
> derrick
>
>
> On Wed, 1 Nov 2023 at 00:32 Srishti Sethi <ssethi(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> The first language community meeting is coming up in a few weeks -
>> November 17th, 16:00 UTC.
>>
>> If you're interested, you can sign up on this wiki page: <
>> https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Wikimedia_Language_engineering/…>
>> [1].
>>
>> We would like to invite all of you who are involved in creating content
>> or managing technical aspects across different language communities. This
>> will be a participant-driven meeting, where we collectively discuss
>> specific technical issues related to our language wikis and work together
>> to find possible solutions. This could involve anything from fixing a
>> broken template on the Kurdish wiki to brainstorming ideas for growing
>> content on the Tulu Wiktionary, currently in the Wikimedia Incubator, or
>> celebrating the creation of Fon Wikipedia, to using MinT for content
>> translation.
>>
>> You can view the meeting structure and add ideas for discussion to the
>> notes document here: <
>> https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/language-community-meeting-november-2023>
>> [2]
>>
>> If you need interpretation support from English to another language,
>> please let us know by sending an email to ssethi(a)wikimedia.org.
>>
>> Looking forward to your participation!
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Srishti & Jon
>>
>> [1]
>> https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Wikimedia_Language_engineering/…
>>
>> [2]
>> https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/language-community-meeting-november-2023
>>
>> *Srishti Sethi*
>> Senior Developer Advocate
>> Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
>>
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Hi Srishti - thank you for advancing this work with a meeting. It has
been much needed for many of us that work in small language or small
projects, where internal capacities are not enough to resolve issues.
I hope this will be at least bi-monthly event.
On the other hand I see a bit of a same problem with pushing on
non-interactive presentations as content into live and interactive
formats (it already took more then 50% of meeting time).
Could we not have gotten at least some of this prerecorded and
distributed in advance? IMHO this would be more generous (to those who
have less time), care-rich (for those who need more language time
processing and-or assistance) and equitable (more time could be
allocated to different movement stakeholders to present).
Best Z. Blace
Hello (Semantic) MediaWiki users, maintainers, software developers, consultants, researchers!
The SMWCon in fall 2023 https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/SMWCon_Fall_2023 will be held on location in Paderborn, Germany from December 11-13.
On three days there will be talks, tutorials and hackathons.
This conference addressed everybody interested in wikis and open knowledge, especially in Semantic MediaWiki, e.g. users, developers, consultants, business or government representatives, and researchers.
This conference aimed to:
* inspire/onboard new users,
* inform on where and how MediaWiki is used,
* convey and consolidate best practices,
* initiate/foster/integrate application and development and
* strengthen the community of stakeholders and its service portfolio.
Learn how to "do" MediaWiki in order to assume your responsibilities regarding your organization's knowledge management.
Please not that early-bird ticket sale ends today!
Call for Contributions
----------------------------
We are looking for use cases and best practices that provide insight in issues like
* How does AI change the way we use MediaWiki
* How do semantic wikis fit in and be combined with AI tools
* How can we use Semantic MediaWiki in research and organizations
* How do we develop and deploy MediaWiki and extensions
Your experience is valuable for all of us! So please share and propose a talk, tutorial or other contribution.
Go to the Conference Page (https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/SMWCon_Fall_20223)
and hit the 'Propose a talk here' button.
Please propose a contribution if you plan to have one, even if you don't have the details yet. For us it is important to know what we can expect.
We look forward to your contribution!
Sponsoring
----------------
Thank you to the sponsors of SMWCon 2023!
* http://www.archixl.nl/ - Specialists in enterprise architecture, knowledge management, and semantics
* https://bluespice.com - The company behind BlueSpice, the open-source enterprise wiki software
* https://mywikis.eu - GDPR compliant (Semantic) MediaWiki hosting from the heart of Europe.
* https://wikibase-solutions.com/ - Specialist in business solutions with MediaWiki
Organization
------------------
The organizers of SMWCon 2023 and https://mwstake.org
* Bernhard Krabina, https://km-a.net (General Chair)
* Ad Strack van Schijndel, https://www.juggel.com (Program Chair)
* Tobias Oetterer, https://www.uni-paderborn.de/en/ (Local Chair)
Hello all!
The Search Platform Team usually holds an open meeting on the first
Wednesday of each month. Come talk to us about anything related to
Wikimedia search, Wikidata Query Service (WDQS), Wikimedia Commons Query
Service (WCQS), etc.!
Feel free to add your items to the Etherpad Agenda for the next meeting.
Details for our next meeting:
Date: Wednesday, November 1, 2023
Time: 15:00-16:00 UTC / 08:00 PT / 11:00 EDT / 16:00 CET
Etherpad: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Search_Platform_Office_Hours
Google Meet link: https://meet.google.com/vgj-bbeb-uyi
Join by phone: https://tel.meet/vgj-bbeb-uyi?pin=8118110806927
Have fun and see you soon!
Guillaume
--
*Guillaume Lederrey* (he/him)
Engineering Manager
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
Hello everyone,
Hope you all are doing well. I have some exciting news to share with you
regarding Wikidata's birthday celebrations and an opportunity to contribute
to the ongoing Wikidata data-thon to celebrate Wikidata's 11th birthday in
India.
On October 29th, Wikidata celebrated its birthday with a series of
fantastic events across different parts of India. These events were
organized by enthusiastic Wikidata contributors in India.
Here are some highlights from the past events:
*Bengaluru*: Wikidata's 11th birthday was celebrated by Wikimedians of
> India who attended the IndiaFOSS 3.0 conference at NIMHANS Convention
> Centre on Oct 29th 2023. The event was marked by a festive atmosphere and
> included various activities such as cake cutting and a Wikidata quiz. The
> cake was specially designed to resemble the Wikidata logo, along with the
> Wikidata India logo and the Wikidata birthday symbols.[1] Read more about
> the event
> <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eleventh_Birthday/India/Bengaluru>
*Hyderabad*: WikiClub at IIITH Hyderabad hosted an event to celebrate
> Wikidata's 11th anniversary on 28th and 29th. Training activity,
> Label-a-thon, and cake-cutting ceremony took place as part of the birthday
> celebration.[2] Read more about the event
> <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eleventh_Birthday/Label-a-thon_IIITH>
*Delhi: *The Deoband Community Wikimedia members celebrated the Wikidata's
> 11th birthday at Jamia Nagar, New Delhi.[3] Read more about the event
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Deoband_Community_Wikimedia/Events/Wikidata…>
*Bhubaneswar: *The Odia Wikimedians User Group celebrated the Wikidata
> anniversary on 28th at Bhubaneswar, Odisha.[4] Read more about the event
> <https://twitter.com/ssgapu22/status/1718606117406924992>
Congratulations to the dedicated volunteers and organizers who played a
pivotal role in the success of these events, thereby enriching the
celebration of Wikidata's birthday. If you attended one of these events or
have additional insights to share, please do so on our mailing list or
social media channels using the hashtag #WikidataBirthday.
As a reminder, the ongoing *Wikidata Eleventh Birthday Datathon* on
Wikidata is still open for participation.[5] The datathon is a
collaborative effort where participants work on improving Wikidata items
related to a specific theme or domain. You can choose from a range of
topics that interest you and start contributing. Your efforts will not only
help enrich Wikidata but also benefit the other sister projects and those
who use the open data from Wikidata.
Thanks to all who have already joined the event and are contributing to the
datathon. If you haven't already joined the datathon, now is the perfect
time to get involved.
There are some new interesting tasks added for you at the tasks page
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_India/Events/Wikidata_El…>
to
contribute.[6]
- Add images to WikiData using the WDFIST tool.
- Add images to Wikidata items using WikiShootMe.
- Add images to Wikidata items using Commons Mobile app.
You can find more information about the event, and how to participate on
the event page
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_India/Events/Wikidata_El…>.[5]
Your contributions will be greatly appreciated.
Let's continue celebrating Wikidata's birthday and make a positive impact
on its growth by participating in the ongoing datathon.
Best regards,
*Jinoy*
User:Gnoeee
[1] - Wikidata Birthday celebration at Bengaluru -
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eleventh_Birthday/India/Bengaluru
[2] - Wikidata Birthday celebration at Hyderabad -
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eleventh_Birthday/Label-a-thon_IIITH
[3] - Wikidata Birthday celebration at Delhi -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Deoband_Community_Wikimedia/Events/Wikidata…
[4] - Wikidata Birthday celebration at Bhubaneswar -
https://twitter.com/ssgapu22/status/1718606117406924992
[5] - Datathon -
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_India/Events/Wikidata_El…
[6] - Tasks -
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_India/Events/Wikidata_El…
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On Thu, 26 Oct 2023 at 12:10, Jinoy Tom Jacob <jinoytommanjaly(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> Greetings to all of you.
>
> As you may be aware, we have commenced an 11-day Wikidata data-thon in
> collaboration with the celebrations of Wikidata's 11th birthday in India,
> starting today. As a part of this data-thon, we have listed some of the
> tasks on the event page
> <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_India/Events/Wikidata_El…>[1]
> you can engage with to enhance the information within Wikidata. (The tasks
> related to this data-thon are not fixed. You can choose your own preferred
> tasks and be part of the data-thon.)
>
> We have a set of tasks designed to be completed at specific intervals,
> occurring once every 11 days. Today, we have a minor task
> <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_India/Events/Wikidata_El…>[2]
> at hand, which involves adding the *original language of film* and *title
> *for Indian origin films that are missing this information in their
> respective Wikidata entries.
>
> We kindly request you to take a moment to visit the event page and
> participate in the datathon by including your name in the participants
> section if you haven't already done so.
>
> [1] - Datathon -
> https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_India/Events/Wikidata_El…
> [2] - Day 1 task -
> https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_India/Events/Wikidata_El…
>
> Regards,
> *Jinoy*
> User:Gnoeee
>
>
> *Please don’t print this e-mail unless you really need to.Every 3000
> sheets consume a tree. Conserve Trees for a better tomorrow!*
>
>
> On Mon, 23 Oct 2023 at 19:41, Jinoy Tom Jacob <jinoytommanjaly(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear Wikimedians,
>>
>> Greetings to all of you.
>>
>> As you are aware, Wikidata is celebrating its remarkable journey as it
>> marks its 11th birthday, reflecting on the remarkable transformation of the
>> past decade.
>>
>> These birthday festivities span a wide array of events taking place both
>> online and offline across the globe
>> <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eleventh_Birthday/Events>,
>> attracting participation from Wikimedians, data enthusiasts, and open
>> knowledge advocates. Through activities such as edit-a-thons, workshops,
>> and meetups, these gatherings serve as a unifying force for contributors
>> and open data enthusiasts.
>>
>> To celebrate Wikidata's 11th birthday, we've organized a series of
>> thrilling events and activities in India.
>>
>> *Datathon*
>>
>> A *11 day long Wikidata data-thon* is planned to celebrate Wikidata's
>> 11th birthday in India.[1] The data-thon is organised to celebrate the
>> birthday of Wikidata along with learning how we can contribute to Wikidata
>> and make use of it in different Wikimedia projects.
>>
>> The data-thon aims to enhance Wikidata items by incorporating labels and
>> descriptions in your native language, along with the addition of
>> references, qualifiers, and statements. Additionally, it encourages the
>> utilization of India-related properties within these items, ultimately
>> contributing to the improvement of structured data in Wikidata.
>>
>> To stay updated and get involved, please have a look at the event page
>> <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_India/Events/Wikidata_El…> [1]
>> and join the datathon by adding your name in the participants section. The
>> page also provides details about the tasks and activities scheduled as part
>> of the datathon.
>>
>> - *Date:* Oct 26th - Nov 5th 2023 (Online)
>> - *Event Page: *Wikidata:WikiProject India/Events/Wikidata Eleventh
>> Birthday Datathon
>>
>> Your contributions play a pivotal role in shaping the success and impact
>> of the data-thon, and it will help enrich the shared knowledge that
>> benefits us all.
>>
>> *Community Meetup and Birthday Celebration*
>>
>> We *Wikimedians of Kerala UG
>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_of_Kerala> *is thrilled to
>> celebrate Wikidata's 11th birthday this year along with the OpenStreetMap
>> Community. Joining hands with the OSM Kerala Community meetup
>> <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_Kerala_Community_Meetup_2023>,
>> we're joyfully organising Wikidata's 11th birthday with a delightful
>> cake-cutting ceremony, enlightening talks, and engaging data-a-thons
>>
>> We cordially invite you to join us for the in-person community event and
>> birthday celebration in Thrissur, Kerala.
>>
>> We are pleased to announce that a limited number of scholarships for
>> travel and accommodation facilities are available for those traveling to
>> attend the event from India. Please check the event page
>> <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Kerala/Events/Wikidata_E…> [2]
>> for more information on how to apply for these scholarships and register
>> for the event.
>>
>> - *Event page: *Wikidata Eleventh Birthday celebration in Kerala
>> <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Kerala/Events/Wikidata_E…>
>> - *Date:* Nov 4th - Nov 5th 2023
>> - *Venue: *Kerala Sahitya Akademi, Thrissur, Kerala, India
>> - *Registration: *
>> https://airtable.com/app2OaYApDXzm9ib5/shrneKnUQU4AHGzEF
>>
>> Join us in celebrating Wikidata's birthday celebrations in Thrissur,
>> Kerala and let's continue to support and enrich the world of open knowledge.
>>
>> *Discover More Celebrations*
>>
>> We have a page to list all the birthday celebrations happening online
>> and offline in India
>> <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eleventh_Birthday/India>.[3] If
>> you're planning to host a Wikidata birthday celebration (virtual meetup, a
>> local gathering) in your community, please feel free to add it to the event
>> page.
>>
>> Additionally if you or your community have created any presents for
>> Wikidata's birthday those can be presented online during the WikidataCon
>> 2023. To register for a slot, please read the instructions and add your
>> project to this page
>> <https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/WikidataCon2023-BirthdayLTsession>.[4]
>>
>> If you have any questions or need support, feel free to contact me.
>>
>> [1] - Datathon -
>> https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_India/Events/Wikidata_El…
>> [2] - Community Meetup and Birthday Celebration in Kerala -
>> https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Kerala/Events/Wikidata_E…
>> [3] - 11th Birthday Celebrations in India -
>> https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eleventh_Birthday/India
>> [4] - Projects to present during WikidataCon
>> https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/WikidataCon2023-BirthdayLTsession
>>
>> Regards,
>> *Jinoy*
>> User:Gnoeee
>>
>>
>> *Please don’t print this e-mail unless you really need to.Every 3000
>> sheets consume a tree. Conserve Trees for a better tomorrow!*
>>
>
Hello all,
The first language community meeting is coming up in a few weeks - November
17th, 16:00 UTC.
If you're interested, you can sign up on this wiki page: <
https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Wikimedia_Language_engineering/…>
[1].
We would like to invite all of you who are involved in creating content or
managing technical aspects across different language communities. This will
be a participant-driven meeting, where we collectively discuss specific
technical issues related to our language wikis and work together to find
possible solutions. This could involve anything from fixing a broken
template on the Kurdish wiki to brainstorming ideas for growing content on
the Tulu Wiktionary, currently in the Wikimedia Incubator, or celebrating
the creation of Fon Wikipedia, to using MinT for content translation.
You can view the meeting structure and add ideas for discussion to the
notes document here: <
https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/language-community-meeting-november-2023>
[2]
If you need interpretation support from English to another language, please
let us know by sending an email to ssethi(a)wikimedia.org.
Looking forward to your participation!
Cheers,
Srishti & Jon
[1]
https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Wikimedia_Language_engineering/…
[2]
https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/language-community-meeting-november-2023
*Srishti Sethi*
Senior Developer Advocate
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>