Talk:Wikimedia Kazakhstan

What help do you need in automating the uploading of those word files to the Kazakh Wikipedia? Can you post a sample word doc as an example of the format they are in?

Regards, –SJ talk | translate   16:28, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

Chapcom General Questions

Hi,

Please find below the default questions chapcom always asks candidate chapters. Those give us a better view on what your group is like, and whether it would make a good chapter. Kind regards, Effeietsanders 16:14, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

Who are the people behind this application?

How many?

Currently, the number of people actively participating in chapter application process is more than 50. Most of them are students from Almaty universities.

any prominent Wiki[pm]edians?

PM of the RoK Karim Massimov have conversation with Jimmy Wales concerning the development of KKWP during the last Davos summit. Also the Parliament member Mr.Murat Abenov is among our strong supporters and he is one of our active community members. Chief of Kazakh National Encyclopedia Mr.Bauyrzhan Zhakyp is also among our supporters. So we guess they should be considered as a prominent Wikipedians.

Active in which communities if any?

WikiBilim PF initiatives have been supported by the Government, business and academia.

• Kazakh National Encyclopedia “Kazakhstan” – provided all own content under CC licenses.
• National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan – provides content and quality review process.
• Ministry of Education and Science provides us organizational support to involve Kazakhstan universities and colleges to Wikimedia projects.
• Ministry of Communication and Information provides organizational support to involve IT companies and universities as well as traditional media support.
• International IT University – provided technical support, internet access, summer student internship etc.

Could you give a short overview of the time path of the founding up to now?

• 4 May 2011 – registration of WikiBilim Public Foundation
• 15-30 May 2011 – starting communication with Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
• 20 May 2011 – signed agreement with Kazakh National Encyclopedia to provide us their own content under CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.
• 1 June 2011 – Signed agreement with Nokia Kazakhstan company to provide sponsorship in Wiki Contest (featured articles and active editors).
• 8 June 2011 – Signed Trademark License Agreement with Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
• 16 June 2011 – received the letter of support from the CEO of Samruk-Kazyna Foundation to provide sponsorship.
• 16 June 2011 – Conduct press-conference (participated Mr. Ting Chen, MP Mr. Murat Abenov, Chief Editor of Kazakh encyclopedia Mr.Bauyrzhan Zhakyp, Deputy Head of Kazcontent JSC. Mr. A.Tutykin)
• 20 June 2011 – Start summer practice with International IT University. WB provided tutorial on how to contribute on Wikipedia.
• 4-7 August, 2011- WikiBilim team participated in Wikimania-2011 conference

Have there been any activities/meetings etc of this group of people?

• During Mr.Ting Chen’s visit to Almaty (16-17 June, 2011) we organized seminar where more than 200 community members took part.
• WikiBilim PF has been founded as non-profit organization in May 2011 by Wikipedians. Since May 2011 we are organized several offline meetings (football, rolls, ecotourism etc.).

What kind of activities are planned for the future in the chapter?

WikiBilim Public Foundation running public campaign with the goal to increase the number of active users and editors.

• Wikipedia Ambassadors in campus – conduct presentations, lectures and training sessions for university students, professors, tutors and librarians.
• Public Domain – start communication with the state bodies to provide information, pictures and media files to public domain.
• Archives – work with regional and National archives to use the content under Creative Commons license.
• National minorities – provide technical support to national minorities.
• Creative Commons – start the public campaign to provide information about CC to public. WF have started negotiations with CC headquarter on signing memorandum of understanding and local Affiliate recognition. WB team members are going to participate in upcoming CC Global Summit in Warsaw.
• Conduct tutorial to IT specialist about Media Wiki - in September-October (invite developers from WMF)
• December 16, 2011 – invite Jimmy Wales to Astana to participate in Kazakhstan Independence 20th Anniversary.
• Central Asia Wikipedians Meeting – organize meeting of Central Asian wikipedians with Jimmy Wales in Almaty.
• Kazakhstan Wikipedians Meeting – organize Wiki Camp (next year).

Do you have an overview of how many Wikimedians would like to join the chapter when founded?

Currently there are 60-100 peoples who are interested to participate in chapter activity. Also we have plans to train and involve wikimedians in all regions of the country. The most popular project is Wikipedia, however many people are interested to participate in developing other Wikimedia projects.

Have the bylaws been reviewed by a lawyer/specialist?

Yes, bylaws have been prepared by lawyer of WikiBilim PF which is registered under the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The registration procedures will be based on feedback we’ll get from ChapCom members.