विकिपिडिया:चबुतरा

नव आगन्तुक सभके स्वागत अछि विकिपिडिया एक एहन माध्यम अछि जे अहाँक विचारके समाज तक पहुँचाबैत अछि आ अहाँक विचारसँ कराबैत अछि । विकिपिडियाद्वारा हम सभ मिथिलाक संस्कृति तथा विज्ञान, कला आर दर्शनक जानकारी विश्वभरि मैथिली पढनिहार आ लिखनिहारधरि पहुँचि सकैत छी । अतः शुद्ध मैथिली जाननिहार आ बुझनिहार सभसँ अनुरोध अछि, जे अहाँ सभक कनिहो समय अछि तँ अपन जानकारीसभ मैथिली विकिपिडियामे राखी । एतय विकिपिडियाक प्रयोक्तासभसँ विकिपिडियासँ सम्बन्धित प्रश्न पुइछ सकैत छी । प्राविधिक विषयमे सेहो एतय प्रश्न पुछ सकैत छी । नवका मत लिखैक लेल परिवर्तन ट्याबमे क्लिक करी, मुदा पहिने निर्देशन सभ पढी ।: यदि अहाँ के प्रश्न विकिपिडियाके समबन्ध में नै अछि तहन रिफरेन्स डेस्कमें प्रयास करब । माईनजन/प्रवन्धक सभ के सूचना देवाक लेल प्रवन्धक सूचनाके प्रयोग कएल जाउँ । कोनो विशेष लेखके सम्बन्धमें प्रश्न पुछए परत "ई पृष्ठ के सम्बन्धमे वार्ता करु" जडीके उपयोग कएर के उक्त लेखके वार्ता पृष्ठमे जाएब (वा परिवर्तन करब) । त्रुटि (बग) रिपोर्ट आ नव विशेषता के प्रस्ताव राखए के लेल वोकरा श्रोत वा मिडियाविकिमे राखल जाउँ । सर्भरके स्थिति देखए के लेल विकिमीडिया सर्वर (अंग्रेजी में)ऐ पृष्ठ देखुँ । विकिपिडिया विज्ञापन के माध्यम नै छी । कृपया एकर उपयोग एहन काम के लेल नै करू । विकिपिडिया कोनो कम्पनी नै छी । विकिपिडियाके प्रयोक्ता सभ जागीरदार नै छी; विकिपिडिया केकरो नोकरी में नै राखएत अछि; विकिपिडिया पैसा के अपेक्षा सहो नै करएत अछि । मुदा, हम सभ अहाँके चन्दाके लेल स्वागत करएत अछि । जुडल सहायताके पृष्ठ: बैंसी पुछय जाएवाला प्रश्न सभ - सहयोग - परिचय, आर सहायता : मेल सूचीआइआरसी च्यानल कृपया भाषाके सम्बन्धित सिकायत के लेल विकिपिडिया:भाषा सम्बन्धित सिकायत सभ में तथा लेखसँ सम्बन्धित सिकायत सभ आ सुझाव के लेल विकिपिडिया:लेख सम्बन्धित सिकायत मे लिखु । सम्बन्धित सम्पादक वा प्रबन्धक सभ त्रुटि सभ सुधार करए के प्रयत्न करत । कोनो लेखसँ सम्बन्धित चर्चा वो लेख के वार्ता पृष्ठमें करब, एतए {{उचित पृष्ठ|सम्बन्धित लेख}}के जोंका एकटा जडी मात्र छोडब । ऐ चबुतरा पृष्ठमें अपन नव सन्देश छोडए के लेल कृपया एतएक क्लिक करब ।

गैरमुक्त सामग्री प्रयोग सम्बन्धमे

मैथिली विकिपिडियामे नेपाल सँ सम्बन्धित कोनो भी मिडिया फाइल अपलोड करऽ सँ पूर्व नेपालक प्रतिलिपि अधिकार ऐन २०५९ आ नियमावली २०६१ मे भेल व्यवस्था बुझनाए एकदम आवश्यक अछि। सन् २००७ मे विकिमिडिया फाउण्डेसनक न्यासी समितिद्वारा प्रतिलिपि अधिकार नीति पास कएल गेल छल जहिअनुसार कोनो भी भाषाक विकिपिडियामे गैर मुक्त सामग्री प्रयोग करऽ सँ पूर्व ओ देशक कानूनद्वारा प्रतिलिपि अधिकार सम्बन्धि कानूनी सीमाकें व्याख्या कएल गेल अछि कि नै आ प्रतिलिपि अधिकार सुरक्षित सामग्रीक प्रयोग करवाक कानूनी अधिकार देनए अछि कि नै? ओ देखनाए आवश्यक अछि। सङ्गे यदि ओहन सामग्रीकें संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिकाक कानूनसँ नै बझल खण्डमे मात्रे विकिपिडियामे प्रयोग कऽ सकवाक व्यवस्था रहल अछि।

स्रोतसभ

• नेपालक प्रतिलिपि अधिकार ऐन, २०५९-परिच्छेद ४ (नेपालीमे
• नेपालक प्रतिलिपि अधिकार ऐन, २०५९ (अङ्ग्रेजीमे)

नेपालक प्रतिलिपि अधिकार ऐन, २०५९

हम ई सम्बन्धमे तुल्सी भगत सँ सलाह केनए छलौं। हमसभ नेपालक प्रतिलिपि अधिकार ऐन, २०५९ अध्ययन केलाक बाद ओहिमे रहल परिच्छेद-४ दफा (१७) आ (१८) मे (नेपाली: 'अनुमति विना प्रतिलिपि अधिकार प्राप्त सामग्री प्रयोग गर्न पाइने अवस्था') व्यवस्था रहल अछि। (ई विषयमे अहाँसभ सेहो एकबेर अध्ययन करि टिप्पणी करब।)

यदि ऐनमे व्यवस्था अछि तँ नीति बनाब पड़त

यदि नेपालक प्रतिलिपि अधिकार ऐनमे गैर मुक्त फाइल शैक्षिक प्रयोजनक लेल प्रयोग कएल जा सकवाक व्यवस्था अछि तँ अपनासभकें ई विकिपिडियामे ओहन फाइल प्रयोग करऽ सँ पूर्व २ टा नीति बनाए समुदायद्वारा पास कराबऽ पड़त।

• चित्र प्रयोग नीति
• गैर मुक्त सामग्री नीति

मैथिली विकिपिडियामे गैरमुक्त सामग्रीक प्रयोग

हाल नेपाली विकिपिडियामे १०४ टा मिडिया फाइलसभ रहल अछि। अपनासकें ई विकिपिडियामे गैरमुक्त सामग्री सम्बन्धी नीति नै बनला धरि ई विकिपिडियामे नेपाल सँ सम्बन्धित रहल गैर मुक्त मिडिया फाइलसभकें तत्काल मेटेनाए आवश्यक रहल हमर बुझऽमे अबैत अछि। एखनुका स्थिति अनुसारे फाइल अपलोड केनिहार प्रयोगकर्तालगायत विकिमिडिया फाउण्डेसन समेत प्रतिलिपि अधिकार उल्लङ्घन करवाक दोषी ठहर होएत। एहि कारण एहि सँ सम्बन्धित नीति निर्माण भऽ गेलाक पश्चात मात्रे फाइल अपलोड कार्य अगाडी बढेनाए आवश्यक अछि। ई प्रस्तावमे शीघ्रातिशीघ्र टिप्पणी करवाक लेल सम्पूर्ण प्रयोगकर्तावर्गमे अनुरोध करैत छी। धन्यवाद--Biplab Anand (वार्ता) १४:३१, २९ सितम्बर २०१९ (+0545)

जानकारी सम्बन्धमे

सम्पूर्ण मैथिली विकिपिडिया सम्पादक मित्र लोकनिमे, प्रणाम
हम मैथिली विकिपिडियापर एकटा परियोजना सञ्चालन करबाक नियार कएने छी। ई परियोजना मिथिला क्षेत्रपर आधारित रहत आ एहि परियोजना अन्तर्गत मिथिलासँ सम्बन्धित जेना कि मिथिलाक इतिहास,मिथिलाक शासकसभ,व्यक्तित्व,धरोहर,सभ्यता,संस्कृति,परम्परा,कृषि,जीव-जन्तु लगायत अनेकौँ विषय-वस्तुसभ जे विकिपिडियाक लेल अति आवश्यक अछि, ओकर दस्तावेजीकरण आ सुचिकृत करबाक कार्य प्रारम्भ करबाक इच्छुक छी। आ अपनेसभक समक्ष बहुत जल्दी ई कार्यक रुपरेखा सार्वजनिक करब से जानकारी समेत कराबैत छी। सङ्गे आश केनए छी जे अपने सम्पूर्ण सम्पादक मित्र लोकनि एहि कार्य सम्पादन करबामे सहयोग करब। धन्यवाद- पंकज देव (वार्ता) ११:५६, २० सितम्बर २०२० (+0545)

• जानकारीक लेल धन्यवाद आ परियोजनाक लेल शुभकामना--Biplab Anand (वार्ता) ०८:४४, २७ सितम्बर २०२० (+0545)

Mahatma Gandhi edit-a-thon on 2 and 3 October 2020

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Hope this message finds you well. We want to inform you that CIS-A2K is going to organise a mini edit-a-thon for two days on 2 and 3 October 2020 during Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary. This is not related to a particular project rather participants can contribute to any Wikimedia project (such as Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, Wikiquote). The topic of the edit-a-thon is: Mahatma Gandhi and his works and contribution. Please participate in this event. For more information and details please visit the event page here. Thank you. — User:Nitesh (CIS-A2K) Sent using MediaWiki message delivery (वार्ता) १७:०९, २८ सितम्बर २०२० (+0545)

New Beta Feature next week

कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवाद करने में सहायता करें.

The Editing team is working on mw:Talk pages project/replying. The Reply tool is one result of the big mw:Talk pages consultation 2019. Editing is planning to offer the Reply tool to your community as a Beta Feature soon, probably on Wednesday, 14 October. The Reply tool has been used to make more than 25,000 comments at about 20 wikis so far.

The Editing team is particularly interested in learning how well this works for you, especially if you have trouble typing comments.

Here's what you need to know:

• Using the Reply tool is optional. The Beta Feature will be turned off. If you want to try it, you will need to go to Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-betafeatures and turn it on next Wednesday (or maybe Thursday).
• There are a few things that you might want to check.
  • Check mw:Help:DiscussionTools/Why can't I reply to this comment? for information about "unsigned" templates and other information.
  • Some languages use a particular style for signatures. For example, Japanese does not add a space between the comment and the signature. I don't think that's the case here, but if I've guessed wrong, then you can define the signature format for all users at MediaWiki:Discussiontools-signature-prefix.
  • Missing or wrong translations can be fixed at Translatewiki.net.
• If you have questions or encounter problems, please leave a note at mw:Talk:Talk pages project/replying. That's the fastest way to reach the devs.

If you have questions or concerns about this Beta Feature, please contact me. Whatamidoing (WMF) (वार्ता) १०:१४, १० अक्टुबर २०२० (+0545)

The Beta Feature is available in Special:Preferences. Whatamidoing (WMF) (वार्ता) २२:२४, १४ अक्टुबर २०२० (+0545)

Regional Call for South Asia - Oct. 30

Hi everyone. The time has come to put Movement Strategy into work and we need your help. We are inviting South Asian communities, Indian Wikimedians, and anyone else interested to join a region-focused conversation on Movement Strategy and implementation. Please join us on Friday Oct. 30 at 19.30 / 7:30 pm IST (Google Meet).

The purpose of the meeting is to get prepared for global conversations, to identify priorities for implementation in 2021, and to plan the following steps. There are 10 recommendations and they propose multiple 45 initiatives written over two years by many Wikimedians. It is now up to communities to decide which ones we should work on together in 2021, starting with local and regional conversations. Global meetings will take place later in November when we will discuss global coordination and resources. More information about the global events will be shared soon.

• What is work you’re already doing that is aligned with Movement Strategy?
• What are priorities for you in 2021?
• What are things we should all work on globally?

We would not be able to grow and diversify as a movement if communities from South Asia are not meaningfully involved in implementing the recommendations. Join the conversation with your questions and ideas, or just come to say hi. See you on Friday October 30.

A translatable version of this message can be found on Meta.

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Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021

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Hope this email finds you well. We want to inform you about Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021, an online wiki-event by A2K which is to be conducted from 19 – 21 February 2021 during the occasion of International Mother Language Day. Please see the event page here. also Please subscribe to the event-specific newsletter to get regular news and updates.

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WMWM 2021 Newsletter #1

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Festive Season 2020 edit-a-thon on 5-6 December 2020

Festive Season 2020 edit-a-thon is on 5 – 6 December 2020

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Hope you are doing well. On 5–6 December, A2K will conduct a mini edit-a-thon on the theme Festivals of India. This edit-a-thon is not restricted to a particular project and editors can contribute to any Wikimedia project on the theme. Please have a look at the event page, and please participate. Some tasks have been suggested, please feel free to expand the list.

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Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021 Newsletter #2

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The second edition of Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021 newsletter has been published. We have started a logistics assessment. The objective of the survey is to collect relevant information about the logistics of the Indian Wikimedia community members who are willing to participate in the event. Please spend a few minutes to fill this form.

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Submission Open for Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021

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Hello,

We are excited to announce that submission for session proposals has been opened for Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021, the upcoming online wiki-event which is to be conducted from 19 – 21 February 2021 during the occasion of International Mother Language Day. The submission will remain open until 24 January 2021.

You can submit your session proposals here -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Submissions
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A program team has been formed recently from highly experienced Wikimedia volunteers within and outside India. It is currently under the process of expansion to include more diversity in the team. The team will evaluate the submissions, accept, modify or reject them, design and finalise the program schedule by the end of January 2021. Details about the team will come soon.

We are sure that you will share some of your most inspiring stories and conduct some really exciting sessions during the event. Best of luck for your submissions!

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Happy New Year! The third edition of Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021 newsletter has been published. We have opened proposals for session submissions. If you want to conduct a session during the event, you can propose it here before 24 Jamuary 2021.

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Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021 Newsletter #4

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ई वार्तालाप समाप्त भऽ गेल अछि। कृपया एकरा परिवर्तन नै करब। आगाक वार्तालाप ई पृष्ठक नयाँ विभागसभमे होमएक चाही। एकर संक्षिप्त परिणाम निम्न रहल:

सम्पूर्ण सहभागी सदस्य केर धन्यवाद--BAnand (WMF) (वार्ता) ०८:२६, ४ मार्च २०२१ (+0545)

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विश्वव्यापी आचार संहिता (युसिओसी)क दोस्रो चरण सम्बन्धमे

नमस्ते विकिपिडिया सम्पादनकर्ता मित्र लोकनि,
विश्वव्यापी आचार संहिताक उद्देश्य सम्पूर्ण विकिमिडिया परियोजना आ अभियान भीतर स्वीकार्य व्यवहारक एकटा सार्वभौमिक मापदण्ड प्रदान केनाए आ विकिपिडियाकेँ एकटा सुरक्षित स्थान बनेनाए रहल अछि जतय जे कियो उत्पीडन आ भयरहित सुरक्षित रूपसँ योगदान कऽ सकै। बहुत रास विकिमिडिया समुदायसभसँ परामर्श करि विश्वव्यापी आचार संहिताकेँ विकसित करऽवला काज भऽ रहल अछि।

युसिओसी परामर्शक पहिल चरण पछिला वर्ष पुरा कएल गेल छल, जतय हमसभ बहुतेक विकिपिडिया समुदायसभक सलाह सुझाव आ विचारक आधारमे विश्वव्यापी आचार संहिताक मस्यौदा पाठ प्रस्ताव तयार केनए छलौं। ई मस्यौदाकेँ सन् २०२० अटुबर १३ मे अनुमोदनक लेल विकिमिडिया फाउन्डेसनक न्यासी समितिसमक्ष प्रस्तुत कएल गेल छल।

युसिओसीक दोसर चरणमे, विकिमिडिया फाउन्डेसन सम्पूर्ण विकिमिडिया समुदाय आ अभियानक लेल विश्वव्यापी आचार संहिता लागु करवाक मार्गसभक सम्बन्धमे वार्ता करऽ चाहैत अछि। ई प्रक्रिया आ विकिमिडिया परियोजनासभकेँ अपनसभक योगदानकर्तासभक लेल एकटा उपयुक्त आ सुरक्षित स्थान बनेबाक निमित्त अहाँसभक विचार आ बहुमूल्य सुझाव जानऽलेल हमरासभ लेल महत्वपूर्ण अछि।

ई महत्वपूर्ण विषयमे अहाँसभक बहुमूल्य सुझाव आ विचार सीधे एतय प्रस्तुत करि सकैत छी या अहाँ हमर वार्ता पृष्ठमे सेहो लिख सकैत छी। एहि वाहेक अहाँ हमरा banand-ctr@wikimedia.org मेल करि सकैत छी। धन्यवाद - BAnand (WMF) (वार्ता) १५:२१, १८ जनवरी २०२१ (+0545)

वार्ता

• मैथिली विकिपिडिया समुदायक दिससँ विकिपिडियामे अपनेक दोसर अवतारक लेल बहुतरास शुभकामना BAnand (WMF) जी,
  

अपने द्वारा प्रवाह भेल ई विश्वव्यापी आचार संहिता विषयक नव संदेश बड्ड निक अछि। आ ई लागु होनाए सेहो अत्यावश्यक अछि, जाहिसँ समुदाय निर्विवाद आ सम्पादन केनिहार सम्पादकसभमे भयरहित वातावरण सिर्जित भऽ सकए। एहिक लागु करबाक लेल एकरा मैथिली भाषामे अनुवाद करि बुँदागत रुपसँ एकबेर समुदाय समक्ष प्रस्तुत करी, आ समुदायक सलाह,सुझाब सङ्कलन करैत आ आवश्यकता अनुसार संसोधन करि लागु कएल जा सकैत अछि। साधुवाद पंकज देव (वार्ता) १७:२०, २४ जनवरी २०२१ (+0545)

धन्यवाद, अहाँद्वारा देल गेल सुझावक आधारमे हम युसिओसी मस्यौदा केर मैथिली भाषामे अनुवाद यथाशीघ्र करवाक प्रयास करब। धन्यवाद--BAnand (WMF) (वार्ता) १९:०४, २६ जनवरी २०२१ (+0545)

• विकिमिडिया समुदाय आ परियोजनाक लेल एहि किसिमक एकटा नीतिगत पहल केर आवश्यकता छल जे विश्वव्यापी आचार संहिताक मस्यौदा पढ़लाक बाद पूर्ण होइत नजरि आबि रहल अछि। छोट विकिपिडिया समुदायसभमे नीतिसभक अभावक कारण विविध किसिमक समस्या आ चुनौती अछि। नीति अभाव भेलाक कारण अन्य विकसित विकिपिडियामे रहल नीति केर हवाला देबऽ पडैत अछि। विविधतासँ भरल विकिमिडिया परियोजनासभमे युसिओसी एकटा नीक नीतिगत पहल भेलाक कारण ई लागू भेलासँ समुदायकेर फायदा होइत। धन्यवाद--Nilam^☡ १९:०७, २९ जनवरी २०२१ (+0545)

आकृति:Outdent ई महत्वपूर्ण वार्तालापमे सहभागी भऽ अप्पन महत्वपूर्ण सुझाव राखि सहयोग केनिहार सदस्य केर बहुत बहुत धन्यवाद।--BAnand (WMF) (वार्ता) ०८:२६, ४ मार्च २०२१ (+0545)

उपर्युक्त वार्तालाप एकटा पूर्ण लेखके रूपमे संरक्षित कएल गेल अछि । कृपया एहिमे परिवर्तन नै करब।आगाक वार्तालाप ई पृष्ठक नयाँ विभागसभमे होमएक चाही।

[Small wiki toolkits] Understanding the technical challenges

Greetings, hope this message finds you all in the best of your health, and you are staying safe amid the ongoing crisis.

Firstly, to give you context, Small wiki toolkits (SWT) is an initiative to support small wiki communities, to learn and share technical and semi-technical skills to support, maintain, and grow. In India, a series of workshops were conducted last year, and they received good response. They are being continued this year, and the first session is: Understanding the technical challenges of wikis (by Birgit): Brainstorming about technical challenges faced by contributors contributing to language projects related to South Asia. The session is on 24 January 2021, at 18:00 to 19:30 (India time), 18:15 to 19:45 (Nepal time), and 18:30 to 20:00 pm (Bangladesh time).

You can register yourself by visiting this page! This discussion will be crucial to decide topics for future workshops. Community members are also welcome to suggest topics for future workshops anytime at https://w.wiki/t8Q. If you have any questions, please contact us on the talk page here. MediaWiki message delivery (वार्ता) २२:२४, १९ जनवरी २०२१ (+0545)

[Small wiki toolkits] Upcoming bots workshops: Understanding community needs

Greetings, as you may be aware that as part of Small wiki toolkits - South Asia, we conduct a workshop every month on technical topics to help small wikis. In February, we are planning on organizing a workshop on the topic of bots. Bots are automated tools that carry out repetitive, tedious and mundane tasks. To help us structure the workshop, we would like understand the needs of the community in this regard. Please let us know any of

• a) repetitive/mundane tasks that you generally do, especially for maintenance
• b) tasks you think can be automated on your wiki.

Please let us your inputs on workshops talk page, before 7 February 2021. You can also let me know your inputs by emailing me or pinging me here in this section. Please note that you do not need to have any programming knowledge for this workshop or to give input. Regards, KCVelaga १९:३०, २८ जनवरी २०२१ (+0545)

Call for feedback: WMF Community Board seats & Office hours tomorrow

(sorry for posting in English)

Dear Wikimedians,

The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees is organizing a call for feedback about community selection processes between February 1 and March 14. Below you will find the problem statement and various ideas from the Board to address it. We are offering multiple channels for questions and feedback. With the help of a team of community facilitators, we are organizing multiple conversations with multiple groups in multiple languages.

During this call for feedback we publish weekly reports and we draft the final report that will be delivered to the Board. With the help of this report, the Board will approve the next steps to organize the selection of six community seats in the upcoming months. Three of these seats are due for renewal and three are new, recently approved.

Participate in this call for feedback and help us form a more diverse and better performing Board of Trustees!

Problems: While the Wikimedia Foundation and the movement have grown about five times in the past ten years, the Board’s structure and processes have remained basically the same. As the Board is designed today, we have a problem of capacity, performance, and lack of representation of the movement’s diversity. This problem was identified in the Board’s 2019 governance review, along with recommendations for how to address it.

To solve the problem of capacity, we have agreed to increase the Board size to a maximum of 16 trustees (it was 10). Regarding performance and diversity, we have approved criteria to evaluate new Board candidates. What is missing is a process to promote community candidates that represent the diversity of our movement and have the skills and experience to perform well on the Board of a complex global organization.

Our current processes to select individual volunteer and affiliate seats have some limitations. Direct elections tend to favor candidates from the leading language communities, regardless of how relevant their skills and experience might be in serving as a Board member, or contributing to the ability of the Board to perform its specific responsibilities. It is also a fact that the current processes have favored volunteers from North America and Western Europe. Meanwhile, our movement has grown larger and more complex, our technical and strategic needs have increased, and we have new and more difficult policy challenges around the globe. As well, our Movement Strategy recommendations urge us to increase our diversity and promote perspectives from other regions and other social backgrounds.

In the upcoming months, we need to renew three community seats and appoint three more community members in the new seats. What process can we all design to promote and choose candidates that represent our movement and are prepared with the experience, skills, and insight to perform as trustees?

Ideas: The Board has discussed several ideas to overcome the problems mentioned above. Some of these ideas could be taken and combined, and some discarded. Other ideas coming from the call for feedback could be considered as well. The ideas are:

• Ranked voting system. Complete the move to a single transferable vote system, already used to appoint affiliate-selected seats, which is designed to best capture voters’ preferences.
• Quotas. Explore the possibility of introducing quotas to ensure certain types of diversity in the Board (details about these quotas to be discussed in this call for feedback).
• Call for types of skills and experiences. When the Board makes a new call for candidates, they would specify types of skills and experiences especially sought.
• Vetting of candidates. Potential candidates would be assessed using the Trustee Evaluation Form and would be confirmed or not as eligible candidates.
• Board-delegated selection committee. The community would nominate candidates that this committee would assess and rank using the Trustee Evaluation Form. This committee would have community elected members and Board appointed members.
• Community-elected selection committee. The community would directly elect the committee members. The committee would assess and rank candidates using the Trustee Evaluation Form.
• Election of confirmed candidates. The community would vote for community nominated candidates that have been assessed and ranked using the Trustee Evaluation Form. The Board would appoint the most voted candidates.
• Direct appointment of confirmed candidates. After the selection committee produces a ranked list of community nominated candidates, the Board would appoint the top-ranked candidates directly.

Call for feedback: The call for feedback runs from February 1 until the end of March 14. We are looking for a broad representation of opinions. We are interested in the reasoning and the feelings behind your opinions. In a conversation like this one, details are important. We want to support good conversations where everyone can share and learn from others. We want to hear from those who understand Wikimedia governance well and are already active in movement conversations. We also want to hear from people who do not usually contribute to discussions. Especially those who are active in their own roles, topics, languages or regions, but usually not in, say, a call for feedback on Meta.

You can participate by joining the Telegram chat group, and giving feedback on any of the talk pages on Meta-Wiki. We are welcoming the organisation of conversations in any language and in any channel. If you want us to organize a conversation or a meeting for your wiki project or your affiliate, please write to me. I will also reach out to communities and affiliates to soon have focused group discussions.

An office hour is also happening tomorrow at 12 pm (UTC) to discuss this topic. Access link will be available 15 minutes before the scheduled time (please watch the office hour page for the link, and I will also share on mailing lists). In case you are not able to make it, please don't worry, there will be more discussions and meetings in the next few weeks.

Regards, KCVelaga (WMF) २२:१५, १ फरबरी २०२१ (+0545)

Research Needs Assessment for Indian Language Wikimedia (ILW) Projects

Dear All,

The Access to Knowledge (A2K) team at CIS has been engaged with work on research on Indian language Wikimedia projects as part of the APG since 2019. This year, following up on our learnings from work so far, we are undertaking a needs assessment exercise to understand a) the awareness about research within Indian language Wikimedia communities, and identify existing projects if any, and b) to gather community inputs on knowledge gaps and priority areas of focus, and the role of research in addressing the same.

We would therefore request interested community members to respond to the needs assessment questionnaire here:
Click here to respond

Please respond in any Indian language as suitable. The deadline for this exercise is February 20, 2021. For any queries do write to us on the CIS-A2K research talk page here MediaWiki message delivery (वार्ता) २२:५३, ३ फरबरी २०२१ (+0545)

• Hello, thanks to those who have submitted responses to this needs assessment. We want to inform you that the deadline to share your response has been extended till 5 March 2021. Click here to respond.Thanks.

BhuvanaMeenakshi(CIS-A2K) (वार्ता) १९:१९, २३ फरबरी २०२१ (+0545)

Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021 Newsletter #5

Hello,
Greetings!! The fifth edition of Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021 newsletter has been published. We have opened the registration for participation for this event. If you want to participate in the event, you can register yourself here before 16 February 2021.

There are other stories. Please read the full newsletter here.

To subscribe or unsubscribe the newsletter, please visit this page.
MediaWiki message delivery (वार्ता) २३:३४, ३ फरबरी २०२१ (+0545)

Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021 Newsletter #5

Hello,
Greetings!! The fifth edition of Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021 newsletter has been published. We have opened the registration for participation for this event. If you want to participate in the event, you can register yourself here before 16 February 2021.

There are other stories. Please read the full newsletter here.

To subscribe or unsubscribe the newsletter, please visit this page.
MediaWiki message delivery (वार्ता) २३:३८, ३ फरबरी २०२१ (+0545)

Wiki Loves Folklore 2021 is back!

कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवाद करने में सहायता करें

You are humbly invited to participate in the Wiki Loves Folklore 2021 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.

Please support us in translating the project page and a banner message to help us spread the word in your native language.

Kind regards,

Wiki loves Folklore International Team

MediaWiki message delivery (वार्ता) १९:१०, ६ फरबरी २०२१ (+0545)

मैथिली विकिपिडिया पुनर्ताजगी कार्यक्रम सञ्चालनक सन्दर्भमे

प्रणाम विकिपिडिया प्रयोगकर्ता मित्र लोकनि,
मैथिली विकिपीडियामे नव पाठक आ सम्पादकसभ आवागमन कम भेलाक कारण मैथिली विकिपीडियाक स्तरोन्नती नै भरहल अछि। जे सम्पूर्ण मैथिली विकिपीडिया समुदायक लेल एक चिन्ताक विषय बनल अछि, एहि चिन्ताक मद्देनजर करैत मैथिली विकिपीडियामे पाठक आ सम्पादकसभ संख्या अभिवृद्धि करबाक लेल मैथिली विकिपिडिया पुनर्ताजगी कार्यक्रम सञ्चालन करबाक निआर केनए छी। ई कार्यक्रम आयोजनमे सम्पूर्ण सम्पादनकर्ता मित्रसभक सहयोग रहत से आस करैत जल्दी एहि कार्यक्रमक रूप-रेखा सार्वजनिक करब। धन्यवाद - पंकज देव (वार्ता) ०६:१५, १६ फरबरी २०२१ (+0545)

[Small wiki toolkits] Bot workshop: 27 February

As part of the Small wiki toolkits (South Asia) initiative, we are happy to announce the second workshop of this year. The workshop will be on "bots", and we will be learning how to perform tasks on wiki by running automated scripts, about Pywikibot and how it can be used to help with repetitive processes and editing, and the Pywikibot community, learning resources and community venues. Please note that you do not need any technical experience to attend the workshop, only some experience contributing to Wikimedia projects is enough.

Details of the workshop are as follows:

• Date: 27 February
• Timings: 15:30 to 17:00 (IST), 15:45 to 17:15 (NPT), 16:00 to 17:30 (BDT)
• Meeting link: https://meet.google.com/vri-zvfv-rci | click to add your Google Calendar.
• Trainer: Joaquin Oltra Hernandez

Please sign-up on the registration page at https://w.wiki/yYg.

Note: We are providing modest internet stipends to attend the workshops, for those who need and wouldn't otherwise be able to attend. More information on this can be found on the registration page.

Regards, Small wiki toolkits - South Asia organizers, १५:५६, १८ फरबरी २०२१ (+0545)

महिला जागरण कार्यक्रम सम्बन्धमे

नमस्ते मैथिल प्रयोगकर्ता लोकनि,
मैथिली विकिपिडियामे नेपालक महिलासभ सम्बन्धी नव लेख निर्माण आ महिलासभके जागरण करवाक लेल मेटा पर अनुदान प्रस्ताव केनए छी। कृपया अपन मत जाहिर कराल जाए। धन्यवाद--Nilam^☡ २०:१३, ४ मार्च २०२१ (+0545)

विकिमिडिया फाउन्डेसन सामुदायिक समिति सिट: प्रतिक्रियाक लेल बैठक

विकिमिडिया फाउन्डेसन न्यासी समितिद्वारा सन् २०२१ फरबरी १ सँ मार्च १ धरि सामुदायिक चयन प्रक्रियासभक सम्बन्धमे प्रतिक्रियाक लेल बैठकक आयोजना करि रहल अछि। विकिमिडिया फाउन्डेसन आ विकिमिडिया अभियान विगत १० बर्षमे लगभग पाँच गुणासँ वृद्धि भऽ गेल अछि मुदा एकर समिति कऽ संरचना आ प्रक्रियासभ मूल रूपमे पहिने जका अछि। वर्तमान समितिक संरचनामे अप्पनसभक क्षमता, प्रदर्शन, आ अभियानक विविधता अनुसार प्रतिनिधित्व अभाव एकटा समस्याक रूपमे रहल अछि। प्रत्यक्ष निर्वाचनक कारण अग्रणी भाषा समुदाय कऽ उम्मेदवारसभक पक्ष लैत आएल अछि आओर ओकरसभक सीप आ अनुभवद्वारा समिति सदस्यक रूपमे सेवा देनाए कतेक सान्दर्भिक भऽ सकैत अछि या समितिक विशिष्ट उत्तरदायित्वसभ निर्वाह करवाक क्षमतामे योगदान पहुँचा रहल अछि। तथ्यसभ देखला पर वर्तमान प्रक्रियासभ उत्तर अमेरिका आ पश्चिम युरोपक स्वयंसेवकसभक पक्ष लेनए अछि। वास्तवमे एखन धरि, दक्षिण एसियासँ इतिहासमे एक गोटे सदस्य मात्र समितिमे स्थान बनाबऽमे सफल भऽ सकल अछि।

आबऽ वला महिनामे हमसभ तीन सामुदायिक सिटसभ नवीकरण करऽ जा रहल छी आ नबका सिटमे तीन टा आओर समुदायिक सदस्यसभ नियुक्त करवाक अछि। ई प्रतिक्रियात्मक बैठकमे हमसभ सभ कियो मिल हमसभ अभियानकेँ कोना प्रतिनिधित्व करवाक अछि आ अनुभव, सीप, आओर विश्वासक साथ अन्तरदृष्टिसहित तयार भेल उम्मेदवारसभ चुनाव करवाक प्रारूप रेखा तयार कऽ सकैत छी? एकर विषयमे प्रस्तावित विचारसभ उपर छलफल करऽ लेल आ हमसभ अप्पन विचारसभ साझा करऽ लेल, प्रतिक्रिया देबऽ कऽ लेल आओर प्रक्रियामे योगदान देबऽकऽ लेल सामुदायिक वार्तालाप केनाए उत्तम होएत अछि। एहि विषयमे वार्तालाप करऽ लेल हमसभ एहि मार्च १३ केँ साँझ ८ बजे सँ ९ बजेधरि बैठक आयोजित भऽ रहल अछि। बैठक कऽ सूत्र निम्नलिखित अछि: https://meet.google.com/ugf-xyyk-ifi

नेपालसँ सम्बन्धित भाषासभमे योगदान पहुँचा रहल सम्पूर्ण भाषाक विकिपिडियन आ विकिमिडियनकेर ई बैठकमे अप्पन विचार राखऽकऽ लेल स्वागत कएल जाएत अछि। धन्यवाद, --KCVelaga (WMF) (वार्ता) ११:३३, ७ मार्च २०२१ (+0545)

CIS-A2K Newsletter February 2021

Hello,
CIS-A2K has published their newsletter for the month of February 2021. The edition includes details about these topics:

• Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021
• Online Meeting with Punjabi Wikimedians
• Marathi Language Day
• Wikisource Audiobooks workshop
• 2021-22 Proposal Needs Assessment
• CIS-A2K Team changes
• Research Needs Assessment
• Gender gap case study
• International Mother Language Day

Please read the complete newsletter here.
If you want to subscribe/unsubscribe this newsletter, click here.

MediaWiki message delivery (वार्ता) २३:०९, ८ मार्च २०२१ (+0545)

WMF Community Board seats: Upcoming panel discussions

As a result of the first three weeks of the call for feedback on WMF Community Board seats, three topics turned out to be the focus of the discussion. Additionally, a new idea has been introduced by a community member recently: Candidates resources. We would like to pursue these focus topics and the new idea appropriately, discussing them in depth and collecting new ideas and fresh approaches by running four panels in the next week. Every panel includes four members from the movement covering many regions, backgrounds and experiences, along with a trustee of the Board. Every panel will last 45 minutes, followed by a 45-minute open mic discussion, where everyone’s free to ask questions or to contribute to the further development of the panel's topics.

• Skills for Board work - Friday, March 12, 18:00 UTC
• Support for candidates - Saturday, March 13, 13:30 UTC
• Board - Global Council - Hubs - Saturday, March 13, 16:00 UTC
• Regional diversity - Sunday, March 14, 13:00 UTC

To counter spamming, the meeting link will be updated on the Meta-Wiki pages and also on the Telegram announcements channel, 15 minutes before the official start.

Let me know if you have any questions, KCVelaga (WMF), १४:२१, १० मार्च २०२१ (+0545)

[Small wiki toolkits] Workshop on "Debugging/fixing template errors" - 27 March

As part of the Small wiki toolkits (South Asia) initiative, we are happy to announce the third workshop of this year. The workshop will be on "Debugging/fixing template errors", and we will learn how to address the common template errors on wikis (related but not limited to importing templates, translating them, Lua, etc.).

Details of the workshop are as follows:

• Date: 27 March
• Timings: 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm (IST), 15:45 to 17:15 (NPT), 16:00 to 17:30 (BST)
• Meeting link: https://meet.google.com/cyo-mnrd-ryj | click here to add this to your Google Calendar.
• Trainer: Jay Prakash

Please sign-up on the registration page at https://w.wiki/36Sg.

prepare for the workshop in advance, we would like to gather all kinds of template errors (related but not limited to importing templates, translating them, Lua, etc.) that you face while working with templates on your wiki. If you plan to attend the workshop and would like your common issues related to dealing with templates addressed, share your issues using this Google Form, or under this section on the workshop's talk page. You can see examples of such errors at this category.

Note: We are providing modest internet stipends to attend the workshops, for those who need and wouldn't otherwise be able to attend. More information on this can be found on the registration page.

Regards, Small wiki toolkits - South Asia organizers, १२:४६, १६ मार्च २०२१ (+0545)

विकिपिडिया:विश्वव्यापी आचार संहिता/मैथिली समुदाय परामर्श सारांश

मैथिली विकिपिडियामे विश्वव्यापी आचार संहिता सम्बन्धी स्थानीय विकी परामर्श सन् २०२१ जनवरी १८ मा सुरु कएल गेल आ अन्त्य सन् २०२१ मार्च ४ मे भेल छल। एहि महत्वपूर्ण वार्तालापमे समुदाय केर सम्पूर्ण सक्रिय तथा एखन निस्क्रिय रहल प्रयोगकर्तासभद्वारा राखल गेल मत, सलाह, विचार तथा सुझावक आधारमे मैथिली समुदाय परामर्श सारांश प्रतिवेदन तैयार करि समुदाय समक्ष प्रस्तुत कऽ रहल छी। प्रतिवेदन केर मैथिली भाषामे अनुवाद कार्य जारी अछि। एहि सम्बन्धमे अहाँसभक महत्वपूर्ण टिप्पणी कऽ अपेक्षा सहित समुदायकेर पुन: धन्यवाद देबऽ चाहैत छी।--BAnand (WMF) (वार्ता) १९:३९, १६ अप्रैल २०२१ (+0545)

[Small wiki toolkits] Workshop on "Designing responsive main pages" - 30 April (Friday)

As part of the Small wiki toolkits (South Asia) initiative, we would like to announce the third workshop of this year on “Designing responsive main pages”. The workshop will take place on 30 April (Friday). During this workshop, we will learn to design main pages of a wiki to be responsive. This will allow the pages to be mobile-friendly, by adjusting the width and the height according to various screen sizes. Participants are expected to have a good understanding of Wikitext/markup and optionally basic CSS.

Details of the workshop are as follows:

• Date: 30 April (Friday)
• Timings: 18:00 to 19:30 (India / Sri Lanka), 18:15 to 19:45 (Nepal), 18:30 to 20:00 (Bangladesh)
• Meeting link: https://meet.google.com/zfs-qfvj-hts | to add this to your Google Calendar, please use click here.

If you are interested, please sign-up on the registration page at https://w.wiki/3CGv.

Note: We are providing modest internet stipends to attend the workshops, for those who need and wouldn't otherwise be able to attend. More information on this can be found on the registration page.

Regards, Small wiki toolkits - South Asia organizers, २१:३६, १९ अप्रैल २०२१ (+0545)

मैथिली विकिपिडियाक लेल शिक्षा संसाधनसभक सन्दर्भमे

प्रणाम,

मैथिली विकिपिडियामे नव पाठक आ सम्पादकसभ आवागमनमे सहजताक लेल शिक्षा संसाधनसभक कमी महसुस केलौ। एहि समस्याक ध्यानमे राखैत हम मैथिली विकिपिडियाक लेल शिक्षा संसाधनसभ जोड्वाक प्रयास केनए छी। ई प्रस्ताव आयोजनमे सम्पूर्ण सम्पादनकर्ता मित्रसभक सहयोग रहत से आस राखनए छी।

धन्यवाद! — तुलसी भगत ^{[ योगदान | वार्ता ]} २३:०९, १९ अप्रैल २०२१ (+0545)

सुझाव/विचार

• कार्यक्रमक लेल शुभकामना तुल्सी भगत जी, मैथिली विकिपिडिया सम्पादन करऽ लेल उत्सुक प्रयोक्तासभक लेल भिडियो अत्यन्त प्रभावकारी होएत मुदा कृपया करि भिडियो विविध विषयवस्तुसभ उपर बनाएल जाए नहि की ४/५ टा मात्रे। जतेक धरि सम्भव ओतेक बेसी विषय उपर भिडियो बनाए अपलोड कऽ देबै तँ आबऽ वला दिनमे सभ कियो केर काज लागत। अपेक्षा अछि अहाँ एहि विषयमे अप्पन राय राखब। धन्यवाद--Biplab Anand (वार्ता) १३:५६, २२ अप्रैल २०२१ (+0545)
  • जरूर बिप्लब जी, हम अहाँके अमूल्य सुझावके ध्यानमे राखब। धन्यवाद! — तुलसी भगत ^{[ योगदान | वार्ता ]} १३:१०, ८ मई २०२१ (+0545)

विकी शैक्षिक कार्यक्रम-काठमाडौं अनुदान प्रस्ताव

सम्पूर्ण मैथिली विकिपिडियन्स प्रयोगकर्तावर्ग,

मैथिली विकिपिडियाप्रति विद्यार्थीसभक ध्यानाकर्षण करवाक अभिप्राय सँ हम काठमाडौंक शैक्षिक संस्थामे विकिपिडिया शैक्षिक कार्यक्रम आरम्भ करवाक लेल ई अनुदान प्रस्ताव पेश केनए छी। कृपया ई अभियानमे अपन सहभागिताक सङ्गे अपन मत राखी। धन्यवाद--Bijay chaurasia (वार्ता) १८:३३, २१ अप्रैल २०२१ (+0545)

विचार/टिप्पणी

• धन्यवाद विजय चौरसिया जी, विकिपिडिया शिक्षा सम्बन्धी बहुत रास वाह्य विकी कार्यक्रम राजविराज आ मैथिली भाषी बहुल क्षेत्रमे भऽ रहल अहाँक जानकारी होवाक चाही। देशक राजधानीमे मैथिली भाषा प्रति जागरुक कौलेजक विद्यार्थीसभ नै होएत से गप्प कहल नै जा सकैत अछि मुदा अहाँक अनुदान प्रस्ताव देखला पर अहाँ कोनो एक टा भाषा नै समेट विविध परियोजना आ भाषा संलग्न केनए छी। प्रभावकारी रूपसँ कार्यक्रम करवाक लेल कि त अहाँ मैथिली भाषा मात्रे राखि कार्यक्रम आयोजना करी या तँ जे परियोजना अहाँ विद्यार्थी लोकनिसङ्ग उजागर करऽ चाहैत छी ओहि ठाम वार्तालाप चलाबी। अहाँक प्रतिक्रियाक आशा सङ्ग धन्यवाद--Biplab Anand (वार्ता) १४:५५, २२ अप्रैल २०२१ (+0545)

ई वार्तालाप समाप्त भऽ गेल अछि। कृपया एकरा परिवर्तन नै करब। आगाक वार्तालाप ई पृष्ठक नयाँ विभागसभमे होमएक चाही। एकर संक्षिप्त परिणाम निम्न रहल:

एहि महत्वपूर्ण पारमर्शमे अप्पन सुझाव राखवाक लेल बहुत रास धन्यवाद। सामुदायिक सुझावक आधारमे अनुदानक विषयमे एकटा केन्द्रीय नीति आवश्यक भेलाक कारण आब होमएवला परामर्श पूर्ण रूपसँ नीति निर्माण उपर केन्द्रित रहत। धन्यवाद--Biplab Anand (वार्ता) १९:०५, १२ मई २०२१ (+0545)

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फाउन्डेसन अनुदान सम्बन्धमे सामुदायिक परामर्श

विकिमिडिया फाउन्डेसनद्वारा व्यक्ति तथा विभिन्न तह केर समुदाय तथा प्रयोगकर्ता समूहसभक लेल विकिपिडिया परियोजना भीतर आ विकिपिडिया परियोजना बाहर कएल जाएवला कार्यक्रमसभक लेल फाउन्डेसनद्वारा अनुदान देवाक व्यवस्था कएल गेल अछि। उक्त अनुदानक दुरुपयोग नै होए ताहि उद्देश्यसँ अनुदान लेबऽ कऽ लेल फाउन्डेसनक अनुदान समूह योग्यता सूची बनेनाए अछि तहिना नेपाल भीतर रहल विभिन्न भाषाक विकिपिडिया परियोजनामे योगदान कएनिहार प्रयोगकर्तासभद्वारा लेल जाए वला अनुदानक लेल एक केन्द्रीय नीति नियम आ योग्यता होनाए आवश्यक अछि वा नै अछि एहि विषयमे अप्पन महत्वपूर्ण सलाह सुझाव देबऽ लेल आग्रह करैत छी।

टिप्पणी: नेपाल भीतर रहल विकिपिडिया परियोजनाक अर्थ नेपाली, नेवारी, मैथिली, डोटेली आ अवधि बुझल जाए आ ई वार्तालाप उल्लेख कएल गेल सम्पूर्ण विकिपिडिया चबुतरा पर चलाएल गेल अछि।

(ई वार्तालाप, समुदाय केर मत बुझवाक अभिप्रायसँ चलाएल गेलाक कारण उपरोक्त कहल गेल विषय अपनासभक लेल 'आवश्यक अछि' या 'आवश्यक नै अछि' कहि अप्पन मत राखी।)

(ई वार्तालाप सन् २०२१ मई १० धरि चलत)

वार्तालाप

• आवश्यक अछि।--Nilam^☡ ०८:४३, ११ मई २०२१ (+0545)
• अत्यावश्यक अछि।-- पंकज देव (वार्ता) १०:०९, ११ मई २०२१ (+0545)
• अनुदान पूर्ण रुपसँ फाउन्डेसनक जिम्मेवारी छी। अनुदान दुरुपयोग आ उपयोग होएत् अछि कि नै अछि से फाउन्डेसन स्वयम् सँ ध्यान राख सकैत अछि से हमर बुझनाए यँ। जे समस्या नै अछि ओ विषयमे वार्तालाप केनाए उचित् नै देख रहल छी। — तुलसी भगत ^{[ योगदान | वार्ता ]} १३:०२, ११ मई २०२१ (+0545)

उपर्युक्त वार्तालाप एकटा पूर्ण लेखके रूपमे संरक्षित कएल गेल अछि । कृपया एहिमे परिवर्तन नै करब।आगाक वार्तालाप ई पृष्ठक नयाँ विभागसभमे होमएक चाही।

विकी जागरूकता अभियान, भाग ३ - भिडियो पहल

प्रणाम,
विगत दुई वर्ष सँ विकी जागरूकता अभियान आयोजना होएत् अछि सब सक्रिय प्रयोगकर्तासभके जानकारी होबे करत। विकी जागरूकता अभियानके तेसर संस्करणमे भिडियो पहल आयोजना करेके विचार केनए छी। ई परियोजना अन्तर्गत मैथिली आ नेपाली समुदायक किछ अग्रज योगदानकर्तासभक (Community "faces") चयनकऽ, विकिपिडियाके बारेमे जनचेतना आ प्रयोगकर्तासभक सङ्ख्या वृद्धिके उदेश्यसँ दुईटा जनचेतनामूलक छोट भिडियो (२-५ मिनेट) बनेवाक विचार केनए छी। भिडियो समुदायक "चेहरासभ" विकिपिडिया कोना निर्माण कैर रहल छैत आ ई समुदायमे कोना जुडी विषय पर बनाएल जाईत्। परियोजनाके प्रारूप, सदस्यसभमे परिवर्तन, आवश्यक अनुदान, परियोजना पन्ना लगायतके विषयसभपे अपन अमुल्य विचार प्रस्तुत करब से विश्वास आ आत्मबलके साथ ई प्रस्ताव पेश केनए छी। धन्यवाद! — तुलसी भगत ^{[ योगदान | वार्ता ]} २०:४०, ८ मई २०२१ (+0545)

समुदायक "चेहरासभ" (Community "faces")

• बिप्लब आनन्द, प्रबन्धक
• विजय चौरसिया, मैथिली विकिमिडियनस प्रयोगकर्ता समूह कार्यकारी सदस्य
• निलम कर्ण, प्रबन्धक
• पंकज देओ, मैथिली विकिमिडियनस प्रयोगकर्ता समूह कार्यकारी सदस्य
• तुलसी भगत, प्रबन्धक

Call for Election Volunteers: 2021 WMF Board elections

Hello all,

Based on an extensive call for feedback earlier this year, the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees announced the plan for the 2021 Board elections. Apart from improving the technicalities of the process, the Board is also keen on improving active participation from communities in the election process. During the last elections, Voter turnout in prior elections was about 10% globally. It was better in communities with volunteer election support. Some of those communities reached over 20% voter turnout. We know we can get more voters to help assess and promote the best candidates, but to do that, we need your help.

We are looking for volunteers to serve as Election Volunteers. Election Volunteers should have a good understanding of their communities. The facilitation team sees Election Volunteers as doing the following:

• Promote the election and related calls to action in community channels.
• With the support from facilitators, organize discussions about the election in their communities.
• Translate “a few” messages for their communities

Check out more details about Election Volunteers and add your name next to the community you will support in this table. We aim to have at least one Election Volunteer, even better if there are two or more sharing the work. If you have any queries, please ping me under this message or email me. Regards, KCVelaga (WMF) ११:०६, १२ मई २०२१ (+0545)

अनुदानक लेल केन्द्रीय नीति निर्माण सम्बन्धमे

नमस्ते प्रयोगकर्ता लोकनि,
पूर्व परामर्शक परिणाम स्वरूप अनुदानक विषयमे एकटा साधारण, सभ कियो कऽ लेल पहुँच योग्य आ स्वतन्त्र नीति निर्माण करवाक लेल कृपया अप्पन महत्वपूर्ण सुझाव देल जाए। अहाँसभक सुझावक आधारमे एकटा प्रारूप बनाए पुन: ओकरा समुदाय समक्ष पेश करि मतदान कराएल जाएत। धन्यवाद--Biplab Anand (वार्ता) १९:११, १२ मई २०२१ (+0545)

सुझाव

पहिने तँ मैथिली विकिपिडियामे अनुदानक लेल केन्द्रीय नीति निर्माण सम्बन्धमे सुझाब सङ्कलन करबाक लेल प्रस्ताब केनिहार बिप्लब आनन्दजी केँ धन्यवाद।

* सभसँ पहिने कोनो भी अनुदान प्रस्तावक योग्य होबाक चाही, आ योग्य केहन प्रयोगकर्ता भऽ सकैत अछि ओकर किछ सुझाब निम्नलिखित अछि:-

• प्रयोगकर्ता सक्रिय होबाक चाही:-एहन प्रयोगकर्ता जे निरन्तर विकिपिडियाक वैश्विक मापदण्ड अनुसार सम्पादन कार्यक निरन्तरता देबैत होए, खासकरि विशेसधिकार प्रयोगकर्ता जेनाकि प्रवन्धक, समिक्षक, खाता निर्माणकर्ता आ अन्य सम्पूर्ण अधिकारी प्रयोगकर्तासभ अपन अधिकार उपयोग करैत निरन्तर विकिपिडिया विकासक कार्य जेना मुख्यलेख निर्माण/परिवर्तन, मुख्य चित्र परिवर्तन लगायत समुदायक चबुतरा पर भऽ रहल चर्चामे सहभागिता संगे समुदायक बार्षिक गतिविधिक विवरण प्रस्तुत केनाए कार्य केनिहार प्रयोगकर्ता सक्रिय प्रयोगकर्ताक रुपमे चिन्हित होबाक चाही।
• अनुदान प्रस्तावक प्रयोगकर्ताक सक्रियता अनुदान प्रस्ताब कारबासँ पुर्व ३ मास धरि निरन्तर होबाक चाही।

* अनुदान प्रस्ताब करबाक लेल नीति नियमसभ:-

• मेटा विकि पर अनुदान प्रस्ताब करबासँ कम्तिमे ५ सँ ७ दिन आगाँ सामुदायिक चर्चाक लेल चबुतरा पर प्रस्ताब होबाक चाही।
• चबुतरा पर सामुदायिक चर्चासँ पहिने यदि मेटा पर अनुदान प्रस्ताब होए ओ प्रस्ताब सोझे निरस्त होबाक चाही।
• कोनो अनुदानसँ चलि रहल कार्यक्रम बिच-बीच मे कार्य प्रगती आ समापन भेलापर ओहिसँ प्राप्त उपलब्धिक जानकारी समुदायमे करेबाक चाही।
• कोनो एहन कार्यक्रमक प्रस्ताब जकर प्रभाब मुलतः सम्बन्धित विकिपिडिया पर नै भऽ अन्य विकि परियोजनासभ पर होइत होए, एहन कार्यक्रमक लेल चर्चा आधारहीन होबाक चाही।

नोट:- ई हमर नितान्त व्यक्तिगत सुझाब छी, एहि पर गहन घमर्थनक बाद लागु कएल जा सकैत अछि। धन्यवाद-- पंकज देव (वार्ता) २३:१६, ३ जुन २०२१ (+0545)

मैथिली विकिपिडिया समुदायक लेल निर्वाचन स्वयंसेवकक परिचय

नमस्ते मैथिली प्रयोगकर्ता लोकनि,

हम सन् २०२१ मे होमए जा रहल विकिमिडिया फाउन्डेसन न्यासी समितिक निर्वाचन स्वयंसेवक छी। विकिमिडिया फाउन्डेसन न्यासी समिति पूर्ण रूपसँ विकिमिडिया फाउन्डेसनक गतिविधि केर देख रेख करैत अछि। अप्पन समुदायिक सदस्यसभक लेल ई निर्वाचनमे मतदान करि सकैत छी। ई एक स्वयंसेवक दलक रूपमे समिति केर प्रतिनिधित्व, विविधता आ विशेषतामे सुधार करवाक एक अवसर अछि।

सन् २०२१ विकिमिडिया फाउन्डेसन न्यासी समितिक निर्वाचन जल्दीए होमए जा रहल अछि आ निर्वाचन स्वयंसेवकक रूपमे हमर जिम्मेवारी अछि जे अहाँ सभ कियो केर एहि सम्बन्धमे जानकारी करेनाए अछि।

यदि अहाँसभ लग कोनो प्रश्न होए तँ कृपया कएल जाए। धन्यवाद--Nilam^☡ ११:४९, २५ मई २०२१ (+0545)

प्रबन्धक गतिविधि समीक्षा वैश्विक नीति चयन सम्बन्धमे

नमस्ते प्रयोगकर्ता लोकनि, मेटामे रहल वैश्विक नीति प्रबन्धक गतिविधि समीक्षा चयन कर्वाक लेल ई छलफल सुरु केनए छी। ई नीति अन्तर्गत असक्रिय प्रबन्धकसभक (दुई सालमे शून्य सम्पादन और प्रबन्धकीय कार्य) स्टेवार्डद्वारा हर दुई सालमे समीक्षाकऽ पद मुक्त केएल जाइत। कृपया अहाँसब अपन विचार आ मत राखी। धन्यवाद! — तुलसी भगत ^{[ योगदान | वार्ता ]} ०९:४६, २९ मई २०२१ (+0545)

वार्तालाप

• छलफल सुरु केनिहारके रुपमे हमर  समर्थन अछि। — तुलसी भगत ^{[ योगदान | वार्ता ]} ०९:४८, २९ मई २०२१ (+0545)
• हमरो  समर्थन अछि आ ई आवश्यक बुझाए रहल अछि। मुदा एक टा प्रश्न अछि जे ई नीति कहिया सँ लागु होएत।--Nilam^☡ ०९:५३, २९ मई २०२१ (+0545)
  • @Nilamkarn: ई छलफल ७ दिन तक वार्तालापके लेल खुल्ला रहत आ छलफल समाप्त भेलापे स्टेवार्डके सुचित् कएल जाइत। स्टेवार्डद्वारा ई नीति लागु कएल जाइत। हम एही वार्तालापमे समुदायसँग जानकारी साझा करब। धन्यवाद! — तुलसी भगत ^{[ योगदान | वार्ता ]} १२:०२, २९ मई २०२१ (+0545)
• प्रशंसनीय कार्य,  समर्थन अछि।-- पंकज देव (वार्ता) २१:३२, ३ जुन २०२१ (+0545)
• अत्यावश्यक अछि।--Biplab Anand (वार्ता) ०७:४०, १२ जुन २०२१ (+0545)

Universal Code of Conduct News – Issue 1

विश्वव्यापी आचार संहिता समाचार
अङ्क १, सन् २०२१ जुनपूरा सामचारपत्र पढ़ी

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सार्वभौमिक आचार संहिता समाचारक पहिल अङ्कमे अहाँक स्वागत अछि! ई समाचारपत्र विकिमिडियनसभ केर नव नीति या संहिता विकासमे शामिल रहऽमे सहायता करत, आ प्रासङ्गिक समाचार, शोध, आओर युसिओसीसँ सम्बन्धित आगामी घटनासभ केर वितरित करत।

कृपया ध्यान दी, ई युसिओसी समाचारपत्रक पहिल अङ्क छी जे सम्पूर्ण पाठकसभ आ परियोजनासभक पहलक घोषणा केर रूपमे देल जा रहल छी। यदि अहाँ चाहैत छी जे भविष्यक अङ्क अहाँक वार्ता पृष्ठ, चबुतरा, या कोनो विशिष्ट पृष्ठ पर पहुँचाएल जाए जे अहाँक उपयुक्त लगैत हो, तँ अहाँ एतय सदस्यता ली।

अहाँ हमर प्रिय समुदाय केर आ हम सभ कियो केर सुरक्षित रखवाक लेल समाचारक प्रसार केनाए आ नव आचरणक बारेमे जागरूकता पैदा करवाक लेल समाचारपत्रक अङ्क अप्पन भाषासभमे अनुवाद करऽमे हमर सभक सहायता करि सकैत छी। कृपया अप्पन नाम एतय जोड़ी मुदा यदि अहाँ चाहैत छी जे मस्यौदा अङ्क केर पहिने अनुवाद कएल जाए। अहाँक भागीदारी मूल्यवान आ प्रशंसनीय अछि।

• सम्बद्ध चयन परामर्श – सन् २०२१ मार्च आ अप्रैलमे युसिओसी सम्बद्ध परामर्शमे भाग लेबऽ कऽ लेल सम्पूर्ण आकार आ प्रकारक विकिमिडिया सहयोगीसभक आमन्त्रित कएल गेल छल। (पढ़नाए जारी राखी)
• सन् २०२१ प्रमुख परामर्श – विकिमिडिया फाउन्डेसनद्वारा व्यापक विकिमिडिया समुदायसँ युसिओसी प्रवर्तनक बारेमे इनपुटक अनुरोध करवाक लेल सन् २०२१ अप्रैल आ मईमे प्रवर्तन प्रमुख प्रश्न परामर्श आयोजित केनए छल। (पढ़नाए जारी राखी)
• गोल मेज चर्चा – युसिओसी सहजकर्ता दलद्वारा युसिओसी प्रमुख प्रवर्तन प्रश्नसभ उपर चर्चा करवाक लेल सन् २०२१ मईमे ९० मिनट लम्बा दू टा सार्वजनिक गोल मेज चर्चाक मेजबानी केनए छल। अधिक गप्प निर्धारित अछि। (पढ़नाए जारी राखी)
• दोसर चरणक मसौदा समिति – युसिओसी केर दोसर चरणक लेल मसौदा समितिद्वारा सन् २०२१ मई १२ केर अप्पन काम शुरू केनए अछि। ओ सभक काजक बारेमे आओर पढ़ी। (पढ़नाए जारी राखी)
• डिफ ब्लग – सन् २०२१ केर पहिल तिमाहीमे भेल स्थानीय परियोजना परामर्शक दौरान प्रत्येक समुदायसँ दिलचस्प निष्कर्ष आ अन्तर्दृष्टि केर आधार पर युसिओसी सहजकर्ताद्वारा कयन ब्लग पोस्ट लिखने छल। (पढ़नाए जारी राखी)

--MediaWiki message delivery (वार्ता) १८:२४, १४ जुन २०२१ (+0545)

Candidates from South Asia for 2021 Wikimedia Foundation Board Elections

Dear Wikimedians,

As you may be aware, the Wikimedia Foundation has started elections for community seats on the Board of Trustees. While previously there were three community seats on the Board, with the expansion of the Board to sixteen seats last year, community seats have been increased to eight, four of which are up for election this year.

In the last fifteen years of the Board's history, there were only a few candidates from the South Asian region who participated in the elections, and hardly anyone from the community had a chance to serve on the Board. While there are several reasons for this, this time, the Board and WMF are very keen on encouraging and providing support to potential candidates from historically underrepresented regions. This is a good chance to change the historical problem of representation from the South Asian region in high-level governance structures.

Ten days after the call for candidates began, there aren't any candidates from South Asia yet, there are still 10 days left! I would like to ask community members to encourage other community members, whom you think would be potential candidates for the Board. While the final decision is completely up to the person, it can be helpful to make sure that they are aware of the election and the call for candidates.

Let me know if you need any information or support.

Thank you, KCVelaga (WMF) १५:४८, १९ जुन २०२१ (+0545)

Wiki Loves Women South Asia 2021

Wiki Loves Women South Asia is back with the 2021 edition. Join us to minify gender gaps and enrich Wikipedia with more diversity. Happening from 1 September - 30 September, Wiki Loves Women South Asia welcomes the articles created on gender gap theme. This year we will focus on women's empowerment and gender discrimination related topics.

We warmly invite you to help organize or participate in the competition in your community. You can learn more about the scope and the prizes at the project page.

Best wishes,
Wiki Loves Women Team
२३:३१, ११ जुलाई २०२१ (+0545)

[Wikimedia Foundation elections 2021] Candidates meet with South Asia + ESEAP communities

Dear Wikimedians,

As you may already know, the 2021 Board of Trustees elections are from 4 August 2021 to 17 August 2021. Members of the Wikimedia community have the opportunity to elect four candidates to a three-year term.

After a three-week-long Call for Candidates, there are 20 candidates for the 2021 election. This event is for community members of South Asian and ESEAP communities to know the candidates and interact with them.

• The event will be on 31 July 2021 (Saturday), and the timings are:

• India & Sri Lanka: 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm
• Bangladesh: 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm
• Nepal: 6:15 pm to 8:45 pm
• Afghanistan: 5:00 pm to 7:30 pm
• Pakistan & Maldives: 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm

• For registration and other details, please visit the event page at m: Wikimedia Foundation elections/2021/Meetings/South Asia + ESEAP

KCVelaga (WMF), १५:४५, १९ जुलाई २०२१ (+0545)

2021 WMF Board election postponed until August 18th

Hello all,

We are reaching out to you today regarding the 2021 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election. This election was due to open on August 4th. Due to some technical issues with SecurePoll, the election must be delayed by two weeks. This means we plan to launch the election on August 18th, which is the day after Wikimania concludes. For information on the technical issues, you can see the Phabricator ticket.

We are truly sorry for this delay and hope that we will get back on schedule on August 18th. We are in touch with the Elections Committee and the candidates to coordinate the next steps. We will update the Board election Talk page and Telegram channel as we know more.

Thanks for your patience, KCVelaga (WMF), ०९:३४, ३ अगस्त २०२१ (+0545)

Grants Strategy Relaunch 2020–2021 India call

Namaskara,

A Grants Strategy Relaunch 2020–2021 India call will take place on Sunday, 8 August 2021 at 7 pm IST with an objective to narrate and discuss the changes in the Wikimedia Grants relaunch strategy process.

Tanveer Hasan will be the primary speaker in the call discussing the grants strategy and answering questions related to that. You are invited to attend the call.

Why you may consider joining

Let's start with answering "why"? You may find this call helpful and may consider joining if—

• You are a Wikimedia grant recipient (rapid grant, project grant, conference grant etc.)
• You are thinking of applying for any of the mentioned grants.
• You are a community/affiliate leader/contact person, and your community needs information about the proposed grants programs.
• You are interested to know about the program for any other reason or you have questions.

In brief,

As grants are very important part of our program and activities, as an individual or a community/user group member/leader you may consider joining to know more—

• about the proposed programs,
• the changes and how are they going to affect individuals/communities
• or to ask your questions.

Event page:Grants Strategy Relaunch 2020–2021 India call

We request you to add your name in the participants list here.

If you find this interesting, please inform your community/user group so that interested Wikimedians can join the call.

Thank you,

Tito Dutta

Access to Knowledge,CIS-A2K

Invitation for Wiki Loves Women South Asia 2021

Wiki Loves Women South Asia 2021
September 1 - September 30, 2021view details!

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Wiki Loves Women South Asia is back with the 2021 edition. Join us to minify gender gaps and enrich Wikipedia with more diversity. Happening from 1 September - 30 September, Wiki Loves Women South Asia welcomes the articles created on gender gap theme. This year we will focus on women's empowerment and gender discrimination related topics.

We are proud to announce and invite you and your community to participate in the competition. You can learn more about the scope and the prizes at the project page.
Best wishes,

Wiki Loves Women Team

००:२४, १४ अगस्त २०२१ (+0545)

The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees Election is open: 18 - 31 August 2021

Voting for the 2021 Board of Trustees election is now open. Candidates from the community were asked to submit their candidacy. After a three-week-long Call for Candidates, there are 19 candidates for the 2021 election.

The Wikimedia movement has the opportunity to vote for the selection of community and affiliate trustees. By voting, you will help to identify those people who have the qualities to best serve the needs of the movement for the next several years. The Board is expected to select the four most voted candidates to serve as trustees. Voting closes 31 August 2021.

• Learn more about candidates.
• Learn about the Board of Trustees.
• Vote

Read the full announcement and see translations on Meta-Wiki.

Please let me know if you have any questions regarding voting. KCVelaga (WMF), ११:५६, १८ अगस्त २०२१ (+0545)

Universal Code of Conduct - Enforcement draft guidelines review

The Universal Code of Conduct Phase 2 drafting committee would like comments about the enforcement draft guidelines for the Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC). This review period is planned for 17 August 2021 through 17 October 2021.

These guidelines are not final but you can help move the progress forward. The committee will revise the guidelines based upon community input.

Comments can be shared in any language on the draft review talk page and multiple other venues. Community members are encouraged to organize conversations in their communities.

There are planned live discussions about the UCoC enforcement draft guidelines:

• Wikimania 2021 session (recorded 16 August)
• Conversation hours - 24 August, 31 August, 7 September @ 03:00 UTC & 14:00 UTC
• Roundtable calls - 18 September @ 03:00 UTC & 15:00 UTC

Summaries of discussions will be posted every two weeks here.

Please let me know if you have any questions. KCVelaga (WMF), १२:०९, १८ अगस्त २०२१ (+0545)

[Reminder] Wikimedia Foundation elections 2021: 3 days left to vote

Dear Wikimedians,

As you may already know, Wikimedia Foundation elections started on 18 August and will continue until 31 August, 23:59 UTC i.e. ~ 3 days left.

Members of the Wikimedia community have the opportunity to elect four candidates to a three-year term.

Here are the links that might be useful for voting.

• Elections main page
• Candidates for the election
• Q&A from candidates
• 👉 Voting 👈

We have also published stats regarding voter turnout so far, you can check how many eligible voters from your wiki has voted on this page.

Please let me know if you have any questions. KCVelaga (WMF), ११:२५, २९ अगस्त २०२१ (+0545)

Results of 2021 Wikimedia Foundation elections

Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2021 Board election. The Elections Committee has reviewed the votes of the 2021 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election, organized to select four new trustees. A record 6,873 people from across 214 projects cast their valid votes. The following four candidates received the most support:

• Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight
• Victoria Doronina
• Dariusz Jemielniak
• Lorenzo Losa

While these candidates have been ranked through the community vote, they are not yet appointed to the Board of Trustees. They still need to pass a successful background check and meet the qualifications outlined in the Bylaws. The Board has set a tentative date to appoint new trustees at the end of this month.

Read the full announcement here. MediaWiki message delivery (वार्ता) ०८:४१, ८ सितम्बर २०२१ (+0545)

Universal Code of Conduct EDGR conversation hour for South Asia

Dear Wikimedians,

As you may already know, the Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) provides a baseline of behaviour for collaboration on Wikimedia projects worldwide. Communities may add to this to develop policies that take account of local and cultural context while maintaining the criteria listed here as a minimum standard. The Wikimedia Foundation Board has ratified the policy in December 2020.

The current round of conversations is around how the Universal Code of Conduct should be enforced across different Wikimedia platforms and spaces. This will include training of community members to address harassment, development of technical tools to report harassment, and different levels of handling UCoC violations, among other key areas.

The conversation hour is an opportunity for community members from South Asia to discuss and provide their feedback, which will be passed on to the drafting committee. The details of the conversation hour are as follows:

• Date: 16 September
• Time: Bangladesh: 5:30 pm to 7 pm, India & Sri Lanka: 5 pm to 6:30 pm, Nepal: 5:15 pm to 5:45 pm
• Meeting link: https://meet.google.com/dnd-qyuq-vnd | add to your calendar

You can also attend the global round table sessions hosted on 18 September - more details can be found on this page. MediaWiki message delivery (वार्ता) १६:३२, १० सितम्बर २०२१ (+0545)

Movement Charter Drafting Committee - Community Elections to take place October 11 - 24

This is a short message with an update from the Movement Charter process. The call for candidates for the Drafting Committee closed September 14, and we got a diverse range of candidates. The committee will consist of 15 members, and those will be (s)elected via three different ways.

The 15 member committee will be selected with a 3-step process:

• Election process for project communities to elect 7 members of the committee.
• Selection process for affiliates to select 6 members of the committee.
• Wikimedia Foundation process to appoint 2 members of the committee.

The community elections will take place between October 11 and October 24. The other process will take place in parallel, so that all processes will be concluded by November 1.

For the full context of the Movement Charter, its role, as well the process for its creation, please have a look at Meta. You can also contact us at any time on Telegram or via email (wikimedia2030@wikimedia.org).

Best, RamzyM (WMF) ०८:३१, २२ सितम्बर २०२१ (+0545)

Mahatma Gandhi 2021 edit-a-thon to celebrate Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary

Mahatma Gandhi 2021 edit-a-thon

Dear Wikimedians,

Hope you are doing well. Glad to inform you that A2K is going to conduct a mini edit-a-thon to celebrate Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary. It is the second iteration of Mahatma Gandhi mini edit-a-thon. The edit-a-thon will be on the same dates 2nd and 3rd October (Weekend). During the last iteration, we had created or developed or uploaded content related to Mahatma Gandhi. This time, we will create or develop content about Mahatma Gandhi and any article directly related to the Indian Independence movement. The list of articles is given on the event page. Feel free to add more relevant articles to the list. The event is not restricted to any single Wikimedia project. For more information, you can visit the event page and if you have any questions or doubts email me at nitesh@cis-india · org. Thank you MediaWiki message delivery (वार्ता) १६:०४, २४ सितम्बर २०२१ (+0545)

Voting period to elect members of the Movement Charter Drafting Committee is now open

Voting for the election for the members for the Movement Charter drafting committee is now open. In total, 70 Wikimedians from around the world are running for 7 seats in these elections.

Voting is open from October 12 to October 24, 2021.

The committee will consist of 15 members in total: The online communities vote for 7 members, 6 members will be selected by the Wikimedia affiliates through a parallel process, and 2 members will be appointed by the Wikimedia Foundation. The plan is to assemble the committee by November 1, 2021.

Learn about each candidate to inform your vote in the language that you prefer: <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Candidates>

Learn about the Drafting Committee: <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee>

We are piloting a voting advice application for this election. Click yourself through the tool and you will see which candidate is closest to you! Check at <https://mcdc-election-compass.toolforge.org/>

Read the full announcement: <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Elections>

Go vote at SecurePoll on: <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Elections>

Best,

Movement Strategy & Governance Team, Wikimedia Foundation

११:३५, १३ अक्टुबर २०२१ (+0545)

Meet the new Movement Charter Drafting Committee members

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The Movement Charter Drafting Committee election and selection processes are complete.

• The election results have been published. 1018 participants voted to elect seven members to the committee: Richard Knipel (Pharos), Anne Clin (Risker), Alice Wiegand (Lyzzy), Michał Buczyński (Aegis Maelstrom), Richard (Nosebagbear), Ravan J Al-Taie (Ravan), Ciell (Ciell).
• The affiliate process has selected six members: Anass Sedrati (Anass Sedrati), Érica Azzellini (EricaAzzellini), Jamie Li-Yun Lin (Li-Yun Lin), Georges Fodouop (Geugeor), Manavpreet Kaur (Manavpreet Kaur), Pepe Flores (Padaguan).
• The Wikimedia Foundation has appointed two members: Runa Bhattacharjee (Runab WMF), Jorge Vargas (JVargas (WMF)).

The committee will convene soon to start its work. The committee can appoint up to three more members to bridge diversity and expertise gaps.

If you are interested in engaging with Movement Charter drafting process, follow the updates on Meta and join the Telegram group.

With thanks from the Movement Strategy and Governance team,
RamzyM (WMF) ०८:१२, २ नवम्बर २०२१ (+0545)

Maryana’s Listening Tour ― South Asia

Hello everyone,

As a part of the Wikimedia Foundation Chief Executive Officer Maryana’s Listening Tour, a meeting is scheduled for conversation with communities in South Asia. Maryana Iskander will be the guest of the session and she will interact with South Asian communities or Wikimedians. For more information please visit the event page here. The meet will be on Friday 26 November 2021 - 1:30 pm UTC [7:00 pm IST].

We invite you to join the meet. The session will be hosted on Zoom and will be recorded. Please fill this short form, if you are interested to attend the meet. Registration form link is here.

Invitation: Movement Strategy Implementation Grants (MSIG) Call for Wikimedians of Nepal - 10 December 2021 (Friday)

Hello everyone,

I am Chitraparna Sinha, the community facilitator of Movement Strategy for South Asia after Krishna Chaitanya Velaga.

I would like to invite Wikimedians of Nepal for a getting to know each other session and discuss Movement Strategy Implementation Grants (MSIG), and how it can fund projects surrounding Movement Strategy Initiatives.

Proposed Agenda

• Introduction with each other & learn about what all is going on in the community; and how I can support the community to grow.
• A brief overview of MSIG (what it is & how it will work) & discuss concerns.

Meeting Language

Hindi & English. I also understand a bit of Nepali. This could be a multi-lingual conversation.

Meeting Details:

(Nepal) Grants Community Conversation

• Friday, December 10 · 5:45 – 6:45pm (your timezone)

Google Meet joining info

• Video call link: https://meet.google.com/obs-nuig-azm
• Or dial: ‪(US) +1 234-759-5435‬ PIN: ‪499 811 999‬#
• More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/obs-nuig-azm?pin=6700219854798

Please share the message among community members. Thanks for sharing your valuable time. --CSinha (WMF) (वार्ता) १७:१९, ३० नवम्बर २०२१ (+0545)

Festive Season 2021 edit-a-thon

Dear Wikimedians,

CIS-A2K started a series of mini edit-a-thons in 2020. This year, we had conducted Mahatma Gandhi 2021 edit-a-thon so far. Now, we are going to be conducting a Festive Season 2021 edit-a-thon which will be its second iteration. During this event, we encourage you to create, develop, update or edit data, upload files on Wikimedia Commons or Wikipedia articles etc. This event will take place on 11 and 12 December 2021. Be ready to participate and develop content on your local Wikimedia projects. Thank you.

on behalf of the organising committee

MediaWiki message delivery (वार्ता) १३:३१, १० दिसम्बर २०२१ (+0545)

First Newsletter: Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2022

Dear Wikimedians,

We are glad to inform you that the second iteration of Wikimedia Wikimeet India is going to be organised in February. This is an upcoming online wiki event that is to be conducted from 18 to 20 February 2022 to celebrate International Mother Language Day. The planning of the event has already started and there are many opportunities for Wikimedians to volunteer in order to help make it a successful event. The major announcement is that submissions for sessions has opened from today until a month (until 23 January 2022). You can propose your session here. For more updates and how you can get involved in the same, please read the first 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 (वार्ता) २०:४३, २३ दिसम्बर २०२१ (+0545)

On behalf of User:Nitesh (CIS-A2K)

Upcoming Call for Feedback about the Board of Trustees elections

You can find this message translated into additional languages on Meta-wiki.

More languages • कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवाद करने में सहायता करें

The Board of Trustees is preparing a call for feedback about the upcoming Board Elections, from January 7 - February 10, 2022.

While details will be finalized the week before the call, we have confirmed at least two questions that will be asked during this call for feedback:

• What is the best way to ensure fair representation of emerging communities among the Board?

• What involvement should candidates have during the election?

While additional questions may be added, the Movement Strategy and Governance team wants to provide time for community members and affiliates to consider and prepare ideas on the confirmed questions before the call opens. We apologize for not having a complete list of questions at this time. The list of questions should only grow by one or two questions. The intention is to not overwhelm the community with requests, but provide notice and welcome feedback on these important questions.

Do you want to help organize local conversation during this Call?

Contact the Movement Strategy and Governance team on Meta, on Telegram, or via email at msgwikimedia.org.

Reach out if you have any questions or concerns. The Movement Strategy and Governance team will be minimally staffed until January 3. Please excuse any delayed response during this time. We also recognize some community members and affiliates are offline during the December holidays. We apologize if our message has reached you while you are on holiday.

Thank you, CSinha (WMF) (वार्ता) १३:०८, २८ दिसम्बर २०२१ (+0545)

Second Newsletter: Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2022

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 (वार्ता) ११:२४, ८ जनवरी २०२२ (+0545)

On behalf of User:Nitesh (CIS-A2K)

Wiki Loves Folklore is back!

कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवाद करने में सहायता करें

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 (वार्ता) १९:००, ९ जनवरी २०२२ (+0545)

Call for Feedback about the Board of Trustees elections is now open

You can find this message translated into additional languages on Meta-wiki.

More languages • कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवाद करने में सहायता करें

The Call for Feedback: Board of Trustees elections is now open and will close on 7 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:

1. 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.
2. 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.

Join the conversation.

Thank you,,

Movement Strategy and Governance CSinha (WMF) (वार्ता) १५:३४, १२ जनवरी २०२२ (+0545)

Please note an additional question has now been added. There are also several proposals from participants to review and discuss. CSinha (WMF) (वार्ता) १२:३७, २२ जनवरी २०२२ (+0545)

Question about the Affiliates' role for the Call for Feedback: Board of Trustees elections

You can find this message translated into additional languages on Meta-wiki.

More languages • कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवाद करने में सहायता करें

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.

Join the conversation.

Best regards,

Movement Strategy and Governance

CSinha (WMF) (वार्ता) १२:३७, २२ जनवरी २०२२ (+0545)

Subscribe to the This Month in Education newsletter - learn from others and share your stories

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.

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About This Month in Education · Subscribe/Unsubscribe · Global message delivery · For the team: ZI Jony ^(Talk), बृहस्पति १६:४७, ०८ जुन २०२३ (UTC)

IMPORTANT: Admin activity review

Hello. A policy regarding the removal of "advanced rights" (administrator, bureaucrat, interface administrator, etc.) was adopted by global community consensus in 2013. According to this policy, the stewards are reviewing administrators' activity on all Wikimedia Foundation wikis with no inactivity policy. To the best of our knowledge, your wiki does not have a formal process for removing "advanced rights" from inactive accounts. This means that the stewards will take care of this according to the admin activity review.

We have determined that the following users meet the inactivity criteria (no edits and no logged actions for more than 2 years):

1. Zeetendra (administrator)

These users will receive a notification soon, asking them to start a community discussion if they want to retain some or all of their rights. If the users do not respond, then their advanced rights will be removed by the stewards.

However, if you as a community would like to create your own activity review process superseding the global one, want to make another decision about these inactive rights holders, or already have a policy that we missed, then please notify the stewards on Meta-Wiki so that we know not to proceed with the rights review on your wiki. Thanks, Stanglavine (वार्ता) ०६:४३, १९ जनवरी २०२२ (+0545)

Movement Strategy and Governance News – Issue 5

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Movement Strategy and Governance News
Issue 5, January 2022Read the full newsletter

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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) (वार्ता) १३:५४, १९ जनवरी २०२२ (+0545)

Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2022 Postponed

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 (वार्ता) १३:१२, २७ जनवरी २०२२ (+0545)

Nitesh Gill

on behalf of WMWM

Centre for Internet and Society

CIS - A2K Newsletter January 2022

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 (वार्ता) १४:०२, ४ फरबरी २०२२ (+0545)

Nitesh Gill (CIS-A2K)

[Announcement] Leadership Development Task Force

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) (वार्ता) १४:०४, ९ फरबरी २०२२ (+0545)

International Mother Language Day 2022 edit-a-thon

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 (वार्ता) १८:५३, १५ फरबरी २०२२ (+0545)

On behalf of User:Nitesh (CIS-A2K)

Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) Enforcement Guidelines & Ratification Vote

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) (वार्ता) २०:५९, २२ फरबरी २०२२ (+0545)

The Call for Feedback: Board of Trustees elections is now closed

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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) (वार्ता) १४:०१, ५ मार्च २०२२ (+0545)

UCoC Enforcement Guidelines Ratification Vote Begins (7 - 21 March 2022)

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) (वार्ता) २२:५६, ७ मार्च २०२२ (+0545)

CIS-A2K Newsletter February 2022

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)

Pune Nadi Darshan 2022: A campaign cum photography contest

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 (वार्ता) १३:०४, १५ मार्च २०२२ (+0545)

On behalf of User:Nitesh (CIS-A2K)

Kindly translate

मुझे मैथिली भाषा नहीं आती। कृपया निम्नलिखित का अनुवाद कर दीजिए

असंख्य मुर्दा लनवरत अनगिनत फेर अलका नूपुर । कत्थक नृत्य । तखन महाकाली आ हुनक सखसहेनी सभ नरमुंडक माला गंथने - खप्परमे खून चुअबैत ।

अंजना सेठ (वार्ता) ०८:२४, १७ मार्च २०२२ (+0545)

Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement guidelines ratification voting is now closed

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More languages • कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवाद करने में सहायता करें

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: ucocprojectwikimedia.org

Best regards,

CSinha (WMF) (वार्ता) १५:२५, २३ मार्च २०२२ (+0545)

Announcing Indic Hackathon 2022 and Scholarship Applications

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 (वार्ता) ००:१६, ८ अप्रैल २०२२ (+0545)

CIS-A2K Newsletter March 2022

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

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

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) (वार्ता) १५:५५, १७ अप्रैल २०२२ (+0545)

Call for Candidates: 2022 Board of Trustees Election

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) (वार्ता) १४:३६, २९ अप्रैल २०२२ (+0545)

CIS-A2K Newsletter April 2022

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

• Wikimedia Commons workshop for Rotary Water Olympiad team

Upcoming event

• Indic Wikisource Work-plan 2022-2023

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

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More languages • कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवाद करने में सहायता करें

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) (वार्ता) १६:००, १२ मई २०२२ (+0545)

CIS-A2K Newsletter May 2022

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

• Assamese Wikisource Community skill-building workshop

Upcoming event

• June Month Celebration 2022 edit-a-thon

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

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)

Propose statements for the 2022 Election Compass

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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

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CIS-A2K Newsletter June 2022

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

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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) (वार्ता) १४:४०, २० जुलाई २०२२ (+0545)

Movement Strategy and Governance News – Issue 7

Movement Strategy and Governance News
Issue 7, July-September 2022Read the full newsletter

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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) (वार्ता) १८:३९, २४ जुलाई २०२२ (+0545)

Vote for Election Compass Statements

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More languages • कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवाद करने में सहायता करें

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 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

Regards,

Movement Strategy and Governance

This message was sent on behalf of the Board Selection Task Force and the Elections Committee

CSinha (WMF) (वार्ता) १२:४५, २६ जुलाई २०२२ (+0545)

Delay of Board of Trustees Election

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) (वार्ता) १३:२६, १५ अगस्त २०२२ (+0545)

CIS-A2K Newsletter July 2022

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

• Gujarati Wikisource Community skill-building workshop

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

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, १२:२४, २४ अगस्त २०२२ (+0545)

2022 Board of Trustees Community Voting Period is now Open

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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

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The 2022 Board of Trustees election Community Voting is about to close

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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

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Revised Enforcement Draft Guidelines for the Universal Code of Conduct

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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:

1. To identify the type, purpose, and applicability of the UCoC training;
2. To simplify the language for more accessible translation and comprehension by non-experts;
3. To explore the concept of affirmation, including its pros and cons;
4. 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.

Conversation hours

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.

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WikiConference India 2023: Proposal to WMF

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, १३:२०, १९ सितम्बर २०२२ (+0545)

CIS-A2K Newsletter August 2022

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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

• Gujarati Wikisource Community skill-building workshop

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

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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.

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CIS-A2K Newsletter October 2022

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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

• Indic Wikisource proofread-a-thon November 2022

Please find the Newsletter link here.
If you want to subscribe/unsubscibe this newsletter, click here.

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Indic Wikisource proofread-a-thon November 2022

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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

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

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(on behalf of the WCI Organizing Committee)

Invitation to join the Online Indic Wikisource meetup (12th November 2022)

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

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.

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