Hi everyone,
During Wiki Advance Training 2018 at Ranchi we realized the importance and
necessity of having a central desk for Indian languages Wikimedia projects
and following the same, a few interested members started working on it. As
all of us have some common issues and agendas, we need a common platform to
share our opinions, discuss ideas and needs like planning a National event,
framing policies (Good Article, DYK, Referencing, etc.). As this will be a
common portal for the Indian communities, we all would be able to
cumulatively work on ideas, policies and issues. But before starting the
process, we need some inputs, suggestions or feedback from the fellow
Wikimedians on the same. We would like to expand it beyond just a
discussion, and we have some suggestions for the same, which are proposed
at:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Indic_Language_Help_Desk#Revamping_the…
.
Please follow the given link and feel free to give your suggestions. If you
have any queries, please feel free to contact Me, Krishna, Sushant and
Jinoy.
Regards,
Manavpreet Kaur
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From: Jake Orlowitz <jorlowitz(a)gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 1:55 PM
Subject: [1lib1ref] #1Lib1Ref kicks off Tuesday...Give Wikipedia the 18th
birthday gift of a citation
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Dear Librarians and Library Lovers,
#1Lib1Ref begins Tuesday January 15th! Imagine a world in which every
librarian added 1 more reference to Wikipedia...
Check out the new campaign homepage at *http://1lib1ref.org*
<http://1lib1ref.org>. We’ve added new resources for both editing
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref…>
and organizing
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref…>
.
Our goal is to make this year’s campaign as inclusive and expansive as
possible. Stay in touch by using the campaign hashtag #1Lib1Ref on social
media. You can reach out to the organizers any time at
1lib1ref(a)lists.wikimedia.org.
Happy birthday Wikipedia, and Happy #1Lib1Ref!
-Jake Orlowitz
The Wikipedia Library, WIkimedia Foundation
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Hello everyone,
As it is said, "A picture is worth a thousand words but vector
illustrations are even better", [Attribution
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2016/Submissions/A_pic…>].
I am delighted to announce the "SVG Translation Campaign 2019 in India".
SVG Translation Campaign 2019 in India is a planned 38-day long campaign to
translate the English-labelled SVG files into Indian languages for use on
regional language Wikipedias. During Wikigraphists Bootcamp in September
2018
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Conference/KCVelaga/Wikigraphists_Bo…>,
we had several Wikimedians from India who were trained on using Inkscape
and other tools, to create vector illustrations (SVG is a file format for
vector graphics, like JPG for raster graphics). This campaign is a
follow-up of that project and also with a goal to promote the idea of
vector graphics among the larger Indian community. Often, we see
English-labelled SVG files being used on Indian Wikipedias, this campaign
also helps us to have localised SVG files with labels in regional languages
to be used on Wikipedias.
More about the campaign can be seen at:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:SVG_Translation_Campaign_2019_in…,
where all the required material to understand about vector graphics and
SVGs is already listed. There will be campaign specific tutorials for the
campaign posted soon at:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:SVG_Translation_Campaign_2019_in…
.
This message is to notify the community about the planned campaign, more
details to follow soon. The campaign starts on 21st. February 2019, marking
"International Mother Language Day", and will continue till 31st March
2019. To make it easy for the participants, a list of images (inclusive,
but not limited to) will posted at:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:SVG_Translation_Campaign_2019_in…
.
All the communities are invited to actively take part in the campaign, you
can sign-up yourself as a "Community organiser" for your language at
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:SVG_Translation_Campaign_2019_in…
(max
two per community), or just sign up as a participant at
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:SVG_Translation_Campaign_2019_in…
.
If you would like to organise a small onsite event, please sign up at:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:SVG_Translation_Campaign_2019_in…,
before 21st January 2019. So that it'll help us to finalise the budget.
It might sound confusing, but all the resources required for smooth
participation will be online far before the campaign starts on 21st
February 2019. If you have any questions, please email me or post at
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:SVG_Translation_Campaign_20…
.
Thanks,
Rajeeb Dutta
User:Marajozkee
Hello all,
I’m writing to let you know about two open positions with the Wikimedia
Foundation that may be of interest. Both positions can be done remotely.
Even if the roles don’t interest you personally, please help us spread the
word to anyone you think may be interested!
The Trust and Safety Team <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Trust_and_Safety>
is looking for a full-time Trust and Safety Specialist with native command
of a major Dravidian or Indic language and working fluency in English. The
Specialist will help protect and empower people involved in or impacted by
the Wikimedia movement by investigating and responding to threats to the
safety of the Wikimedia projects. The Specialist will seek to enhance
community health and facilitate the work of our community of international
volunteers. Learn more and apply at Greenhouse.
<https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/1495308?gh_src=70fb2de81>
The Movement Strategy Team
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/People>
is looking for a part-time Strategy Liaison from the Hindi community. The
Liaison should have working fluency in English. He or she will help
communities participate in the strategy process by coordinating,
facilitating, encouraging, summarizing, and translating, among other
responsibilities. The position is 20 hours/week, and lasts from February
2019 through December 2019 with the possibility of extension. Learn more
and apply at Greenhouse.
<https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/1478679?gh_src=2a6a8b121>
If either of these positions seem like a fit for you or someone you know,
please consider applying or spreading the word.
Thank you for your time.
--
*Satdeep Gill* // Program Officer
GLAM and Underrepresented Knowledge, Community Programs
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Programs_team>
https://wikimediafoundation.org/
*Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the
sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment. Donate
<http://donate.wikimedia.org/>.*
Dear All,
Wish you a Happy New Year, I am writing this email to inform you that we
will be having the Pan-Indian community IRC on 13-01-2019 (@8:00 PM)[1].
The agenda of the meeting will be as follows:
- General discussion and recent development related to Wikisource.
- TTT-2019 General discussion.
- Wikidata General discussion.
- Open for General discussion after the above-mentioned points.
[1].https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#cis-a2k
Thanks and Regards,
*ANANTH SUBRAY P V*
Programme Associate
Access to Knowledge program
The Centre for Internet & Society
+91-9739811664
Dear Wikimedians,
We are having the Wikisource training on 23rd and 24th of January 2019 at
Samskrita Bharati, Aksharam, Bengaluru. I request all the interested
participants to take part in the event and make it a grand success. The
following things will be thought during this event.
- Introduction to Wikisource and better understanding, scope, and future
of Wikisource.
- A brief introduction to the Wikisource work process.
- Upload tools and Copyrights
- OTRS process
- OCR4Wikisource and Indic OCR
- Proofreading methods and Tools required.
- Wikisource tools, gadgets
- Uses of special pages
- Transclusion
- Wikidata linkage
You can know more about this event here
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/Wikisource_training_Bengaluru>.
Thanks and Regards,
*ANANTH SUBRAY P V*
Programme Associate
Access to Knowledge program
The Centre for Internet & Society
+91-9739811664
Dear Wikimedians,
Train-the-Trainer or TTT is a residential training program that attempts to groom leadership skills among the Indian Wikimedia community (including English) members. Earlier TTT has been conducted in 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018. This year CIS-A2K is interested to collaborate with the community in hosting the event. Interested community members please check the following link: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/Train_the_Trainer_Program/20…
If you have any questions, please let us know.
Regards,