User:Hindustanilanguage/Outcomes of Wikimania 2016

Outcomes of Wikimania 2016

1. Urdu Wikipedia:

• Urdu Wikipedia has 15 admins including me. On the other hand a number of users made constructive edits and outreach and thus qualified for autopatrolled, reviewer, filemover and accountcreator positions, which the community believes should be granted before elevating them to adminship. Prior to Wikimania, two tasks were filed on Phabricator to this effect -- 1 & 2. While accountcreator and filemover rights were granted, reviewers right was put on hold. I initiated discussion on the reasons for not granting reviewer rights on Urdu Wikipedia during this Wikimania, which could not be resolved due to Wikimedia policy of not granting it to new projects.
• With the help of James Forrestor, I was able to file tasks for Short URL code, Prioritizing latin numbers on the Phabricator.
• I was able to rename some of the terminology (e.g. distinct terms for undo and rollback)
• I had first hand experience on the use of abuse filter.
• I tried to address some of the issues with templates, notable among them being the need for creation of a separate deletion page discussion on Urdu Wikipedia for the articles nominated for deletion.
• One of the biggest achievement of Wikimania 2016 was Urdu-Ukrainian Community Collaboration Project in which between 1 - 31 October, 2016 Urdu Wikipedians created 21 content-rich articles on Ukraine while Ukranians contributed 51 content-rich articles on Urdu literature.

2. Hindi Wikipedia:

• I am a reviewer, filemover and rollbacker on Hindi Wikipedia. I am also in direct contact over phone, email and social media with some of the active Hindi Wikipedians. In this context, there was a query about the Access to Knowledge Programme of Centre for Internet and Technology in connection with its activities for Hindi Wikipedia and the kind of support it can extend to outreach programmes for the language. I am glad that I was able connect the active Hindi Wikipedian concerned with Sailesh Patnaik from the Access to Knowledge Programme for further information during this Wikimania. I also discussed various issues with other Wikipedians such as the use of print media and social media by Hindi community vis-a-vis the practices of other communities. I also discussed the possibility of Hindi-Romanian Wikipedia tie-up on the lines of Urdu-Ukrainian Community Collaboration Project - hope this materialises some day.

3. Wikimedia Foundation Blog:

• As a frequent Blogger for Wikimedia Foundation Blogs, I was looking for opportunities of meeting WMF blog team members.In this connection, I discussed several aspects of Wikimedia Foundation Blogs with the blog team both in person and over the Google hangout during Wikimania.
• Wikimania provided an excellent avenue for me to interact with some of my interviewees and I was glad to meet Rich Farmbrough on whom I had written a WMF blog.
• I was able to reach out a number of unreached communities such as interacting with Korean Wikipedians or a Wikipedian from Lesotho in Africa.

4. Community Collaborations:

• Urdu-Ukrainian Community Collaboration Project
• Hindi-Roman Community Collaboration Project - I started the discussion, hope a collaboration project takes shape some day.

5. Sindhi Wikipedia:

• I was able to connect Mehtab Ahmed with a WMF team member on issue of installing new fonts on Sindhi Wikipedia. I came in direct contact with Mehtab as since a posted a WMF blog on his contributions.

6. Malayalam Wikipedia:

• I referred to some of the interwiki problems on Malayalam Wikipedia such as this during the Hackathon. I am glad that these issues are now resolved.

7. Gaining more insights:

• I gained more insights on Wikidata and Wikimedia Affilitates - especially on Chapters and Thematic Groups as well as know about editing cultures of different communities. In particular, it has given me the idea of exploring the possibility of establishing a user group of birdwatching enthusiasts who could significantly contribute to Wikimedia Commons.