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Hi Addis,
Thanks for signing up to join the Individual Engagement Grants Committee! It is my pleasure to confirm your membership. We’ve got a lot to accomplish together, particularly during the next 2 months, and it will be awesome to have your help. Here is how to get started:
To make your membership official, please do 2 things by Tuesday April 2:
Send your email address and preferred username to IEGrantswikimedia.org, so that we can subscribe you to the committee mailing list and get you setup on the committee's internal wiki.
Then there are 3 first tasks for active committee members to start on right away:
Start giving feedback on open ideas, drafts and proposals. Asking questions to gather information you’ll need to make a recommendation helps prospective grantees think their projects all the way through, and will give us more great proposals to choose from.
Our formal review of proposals starts on 21 April. I’ll be posting information about scoring and selection of proposals on the committee mailing list and in the Workroom soon, so please keep an eye there!
Hi Addis,
Thanks for offering to help. To bring Chinese support to the tool, we'll need to add the Chinese translations for the messages in the tool. You could do that but forking the tool on github & editing https://github.com/cosmiclattes/wikireplay/blob/standalone/js/lib/namespace.js.
A simpler way would be to send me the translations for the following phrases:
Sunday 17 May 2015 User groups meet up at WMCON[edit]
Hi! Today Sunday 17 May 2015 there will be a User Groups meet-up at 14h at room E. If you are interested, please join, the main topics to be discussed is the relationship between WMF and user groups, and diaspora user groups as described on Wikimedia diaspora organisations. If you are interested, please join! Thanks. --Micru (talk) 08:25, 17 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
How can we improve Wikimedia grants to support you better?[edit]
Hi! The Wikimedia Foundation would like your input on how we can reimagine Wikimedia Foundation grants to better support people and ideas in your Wikimedia project.
After reading the Reimagining WMF grants idea, we ask you to complete this survey to help us improve the idea and learn more about your experience. When you complete the survey, you can enter to win one of five Wikimedia globe sweatshirts!
In addition to taking the the survey, you are welcome to participate in these ways:
I’m Alex, currently a finance fellow (i.e intern) at the Wikimedia Foundation. I worked before for Wikimedia France, planning the Hackathon Lyon 2015 mainly. I'm today contacting you because of your activity for Wikimedia China User Group.
Last year, Finance Fellows produced a financial report that included financial activity from every chapters. It was great and has been presented at the Wikimania in Mexico.
We’re currently starting the Report 2014 and this year we also want to include user groups to improve the scope of our work. I want to tell you that I’ve tried to make the process as short and easy as possible, so that shouldn’t require a lot of your time.
The aim of such a report is global. It helps having an idea of how the money is used across the movement, it helps chapters and user groups to learn about best practice and finally it leads to more transparency through a qualitative work, which I believe is important.
Could you briefly tell me if you had any income and expenses in 2014? If you are not the person responsible for this, please tell me who is the user the most likely to know this information.
I’ll be your contact for this project this year, I’m looking forward to working with you!
Yeah, I'm also thinking about signing up Minangkabau for this event :) Unfortunately our community is still very small (3-4 active contributors), but I'll contact them to know whether they're interested to launch WAM in Minangkabau. I'll let you know before 30 October. Cheers! Muhraz (talk) 07:26, 28 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
The "Wikipedia Asia Month" banner (which I think you created?) doesn't seem to be configured correctly. The CentralNotice calendar says it's supposed to be targeted to just users in Asian countries, but users in other countries are seeing the banner as well. Also, the banner is overlapping with page titles in monobook. Are you able to fix this? --Yair rand (talk) 20:24, 29 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Hello. Thank you very much for update. I have question. You wrote Any Asian topic will be counted. Topics do not have to be about geopgraphy.. Example, users can not create articles about cities, villages, lakes, rivers and etc. ?--Serk@nl@nd 11:12, 30 October 2015 (UTC)
No. "Don't have to be" means, "it is not necessary to be only about geography". Because many people confused and think only geography article counts. So I make a statement that all topics are count, not only geography.--AddisWang (talk) 11:15, 30 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Wikipedia Asian Month/Sample does not show into Sindhi Wikipedia ask for Template WAM[edit]
Wikipedia Asian Month/Sample, is not showing into Sndhi Wikipedia here is Wikipedia Asian Month وڪيپيڊيا:وڪيپيڊيا_ايشيائي_مهينو_نومبر_2015ء Sindhi Wikipedia which I have transliterate. Kindly help me to make its template so It can show and then I can include Sindhi Wikipedia into this Wikipedai Asian Month.--
crate appeared in red color as سانچو:WAM the template for Sindhi Wikipedia version Wikipedia Asian Month can be
Hello. Thank you for your help. I did the translations you asked. I have an other question : am I free to use the presentation I want on the Participants page ? The way the participants have to report their contribution in the english version is not very easy, in my opinion. And I don't think we will have so many participants in french. So I would like to present it in a different way. Is it possible ? Thank you very much. --Eponimm (talk) 15:08, 3 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Hello AddisWang. I have an other question : at the end of the month, as I don't use the tool to collect the results, how shall I transmitt them ? I just want to be sure that the french participants will receive their postcard. As well for the "Wikipedia Asian Ambassador". Should I prepare something ? Is there a model ? Thank you in advance. --Eponimm (talk) 09:09, 4 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Hello AddisWang. Today the banner to promote Wikipedia Asian Month appeared on the french Wikipédia with the translation I did previous weeks. But the problem is that the link redirects to the english page and not to the french page of the contest. Is it a technical error ? Did I miss something in my translation ? Thank you in advance. --Eponimm (talk) 13:38, 16 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Hello AddisWang. I need your help one more time, sorry. I write a new question on Q&A page and I didn't have an answer. It's about the admissibility of a person. Thank you very much for your help. --Eponimm (talk) 06:34, 20 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Hello AddisWang! judging tool doesn't count expanded articles to check Progress for users who contributed with an existing article. What should We do for this?--Randeerjayasekara (talk) 03:35, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your answer. We have translated rules from EnWp and that's why the problem occurred because there is no such a rule given in Meta. I'm the only one who have done expansion yet. Then I'll remove that rule from local page.--Randeerjayasekara (talk) 12:20, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Hello. When WAM 2015 ended, what must I do? Should I make Google form and sent it to users (created 5 and more articles) to fill? And if this is so, where must I send this form?--Serk@nl@nd17:50, 18 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Again Hi AddisWang. Thank you very much for important information which you place my Azerbaijanian talk page. I have a question: As 25 November in project two user very active: Qolcomaq, who has 80 quailfied articles for present (his contributions here) and Enver62, who has 76 quailfied articles for present (his contributions here). If one of them ranked second place, can I announce his as "Second Wikipedia Asian Ambassador"? And where must I show "Second Wikipedia Asian Ambassador"?--Serk@nl@nd10:46, 25 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
That is actually a trick question. As we want to have some competition over the title, to make it kind of valuable. Maybe let's keep it in only one Ambassador, and maybe have another discussion at the end of the event whether we can have a second Ambassador on AzWp? Does this idea make sense?--AddisWang (talk) 18:15, 25 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
You can send the message. I will send message for some Wikipedia which has large number of participants. Since we can use mass message to send this to hundreds of people. But not necessary for 10 or 20 participants. It depends on if you want to send it.--AddisWang (talk) 18:20, 25 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Hello AddisWang. I read your message "One Week Left!" and I have a question about Wikipedia Asian Ambassadors. You wrote that "For some Wikipedias, we are also honoring the second greatest contributor as an ambassador". The french Wikipedia has few participants, but there are three participants who will certainly reach 30 articles each. Of course, there will be a first, a second and a third, but as they are really close, is it possible to do something for the three of them ? Would it be a podium with medals (gold, silver and bronze) ? Or will it be only one french Wikipedia Asian Ambassador ? Thank you very much for your answer. --Eponimm (talk) 14:16, 25 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your point of view. Do you agree if I act this way : a podium with the three best participants; the winner will receive the title of asian ambassador and the package included; the second, as you said, will win the same, and the third will only have an additional postcard. This way, the final days will be decisive and the competition intensive as the three best participants are today really close. Are you ok with my proposal ? --Eponimm (talk) 18:51, 25 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, I have created a barnstar for the Asian month participants, feel free to use it. If you choose to use another barnstar, please let me know. Ле Лой (talk) 02:55, 2 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Hello AddisWang. Regarding your last message I have a question about Bashkortostan articles. In all the articles worked during the contest in the french Wikipedia, only one is related to Bashkortostan : Çäkçäk. It's a popular and traditional sweet in Bashkortostan. Does that count? Thank you for your help. --Eponimm (talk) 16:39, 2 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Hello AddisWang. In the Qualified Editors page, how do you want to be notified about my third best participant, who, as we discussed, will have a second postcard for his great contribution (49 articles!) but who won't be an ambassador ? With a letter of the alphabet ? With a symbol like " * " ? Thank you in advance! --Eponimm (talk) 09:45, 3 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
... each participant who creates at least five articles that fulfill the criteria will receive a special designed Wikipedia postcard from other participating countries. So, if a participant creates more than 10 articles for different countries, which country postcard the participant could receives. I understand a participant could receive only one postcard regardless of number of article creation. I am not sure whether you have discussed this issues earlier. Is so, point me to the link. --AntanO04:56, 3 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, I was intending to do so. I tried to create Asian-related items on Afwp. Do let me know if any passed the minimum requirements.
--BooysenN (talk) 19:42, 3 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
What future IdeaLab campaigns would you like to see?[edit]
Hi there,
I’m Jethro, and I’m seeking your help in deciding topics for new IdeaLab campaigns that could be run starting next year. These campaigns aim to bring in proposals and solutions from communities that address a need or problem in Wikimedia projects. I'm interested in hearing your preferences and ideas for campaign topics!
I read your message in my talk page but hadn't enough time to response, (we had an event in our local community). About Wikipedia Asian Month, in the beginning, I didn't know that this project was also open for other communities outside Asia, therefore we started very late sq.wiki, in which I helped as much as I could. I hope that next time our wiki to participate from the start and contribute more. I think projects like this bring together more wiki communities. Best Regards.--Liridon (talk) 12:41, 13 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Dear addis wang, I am an organizer of WAM at Malayalam wiki. I have address of the winners who want to get the postcard from other countries. Where Do I post these address. When they get the post card. ??? The address are ready with me. ----Ranjithsiji (talk) 10:44, 16 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@Ranjithsiji: You can send it via Email this user on the left side bar. Whe postcard distribution is plan after New Year, although I suppose to collect it by conducting a survey in next a few days--AddisWang (talk) 14:13, 16 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Dear Addis Wang, I'm an organizer of WAM at Bashkir Wikipedia. I don't understand where to send the post addresses of the winners who want to get the postcard from other countries.--Саган (talk) 13:56, 23 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Addis Wang, Sorry for if i bother you. As a local organizer (Si) I also like to know when we send our addresses and to whom? --L Manju (talk) 18:21, 28 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@AddisWang:, Dear I am am an organizer of WAM at Sindhi Wikipedia, And I have filled the Google form(WAM survey form) online , kindly let me know the acknowledgement that of my opinion submission in WAM survey , there was only asked to provide the Region/State/Country and City , Postal Code but not a full address , so how I can receive it via Postal mail, does it will be asked in email the mailing addresses of the winners.?...Thanks.....--Jogi don (talk) 15:38, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@AddisWang:,Okay I have filled the Survey again with full mailing address plz check it out. If possible ask my Mobile number via emailing me,because there was no option in survey form to give mobile number of receiver thanks Thanks..--Jogi don (talk) 07:50, 15 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Hello AddisWang! I have new questions relative to your last message :
Will the postcard be in paper or electronic ?
What do you call "distribution"? I gave the survey link to the qualified participants but I have no way to know if they have answered. Do I have to control it ?
Who will distribute the barnstar? Me ? Where can I find it?
Dear AddisWang; There will be a birthday soon: Wikipedia is getting 15 years. I want to let you know that the number of d:Wikidata:Database reports/WMF projectsthere is also the page Wikipedia versions has increased to more then 409; there are also pages from Wikibook project pages to Wikiversity and Wiktionary project pages in that list. You may be interested in adding Wikidata labels and descriptions in your language. Please follow also the discussion at d:property talk:P218 and comment there. Best regards Gangleri also aka I18n (talk) 00:17, 14 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Wikipedia Asian Ambassador English Wikipedia[edit]
We have not announced it since that is our final stage, currently working on address collection. But you can find ambassador on all Wikipedia at here. Thanks for you great job in EnWp.--AddisWang (talk) 19:20, 15 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Ssriram mt:Yes we will. We are sending all the postcards, one-third of them are sent by this time. We want to beautify the page and make a well-designed message to officially announce it. Thanks.--AddisWang (talk) 16:27, 18 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Hey Addis, I have just one question. I've participated at the WAM in two languages and they are English and Bengali. I've got address collection message in both wikis. My question is what'll I do in the language section? Thanks in advance. --Pratyya(Hello!)14:35, 17 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Hi AddisWang, Thnx fr your advice, but as an one and only organizer cum Judge of WAM (AsWp), i don't wnt the "Wikipedia Asian Ambassador" award this year. Thnx again. - দিব্য দত্ত (talk) 20:14, 25 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Last December, I invited you to help determine future ideaLab campaigns by submitting and voting on different possible topics. I'm happy to announce the results of your participation, and encourage you to review them and our next steps for implementing those campaigns this year. Thank you to everyone who volunteered time to participate and submit ideas.
Thank you very much for your help translating the 2016 Strategy Consultation pages! I am so grateful for the energy you and others have put into helping the consultation reach speakers of as many languages as possible. Kbrown (WMF) (talk) 18:14, 2 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@MrLinkinPark333:Sorry, at this time only 2 out of 7 communities have sent postcards, while yours is not in that two as I just checked. Sending postcards require a lot of volunteers capability, so they are working on figuring out a date works for most volunteers. As rest of communities all give me a date that they will send postcards (before March 7th), I would expect you can receive your postcard around 2-3 weeks from now is the mailing service does not lose it.--AddisWang (talk) 19:57, 24 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@AddisWang: Hi Wang, I'm a member of the Wikipedia tiếng Việt - the Vietnamese community of Wikipedia. I've filled out the survey, and haven't received my postcard too. I've checked the Wikipedia Asian Month/2015 Qualified Editors/No Response, and my nickname wasn't in. It has been nearly a month since MrLinkinPark333's message, and three months since I completed the survey. I was wondering about the status of the postcards, and my personal information too.
@Levietduong:Hi, sorry to hear that you haven't received the postcard. According to my record, your postcard was sent at least a month ago. It is possible that your postcard is lost in postal service. It usually has 10% of loss rate according to my experience and varies in countries, and not something we can avoid. This risk has mentioned in the survey you filled. If you still don't receive it in next 60 days, please let me know, and we might make one up to you in WAM 2016. --AddisWang (talk) 18:56, 6 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@AddisWang: Feel sad to hear that, but I'll still wait for it. I'll let you know if something happens. Thanks Wang anyway. PS: It looks like the postcards sent to Vietnam are all stuck, because I've seen similar question to you from Namnguyenvn. Levietduong (talk) 20:55, 6 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@AddisWang: Sorry Wang, I still did not have it yet. It's over 60 days, and I can understand if the postcard was lost in the transport. I will tell Namnguyenvn for you too, and he can provide his address for you to check.--Levietduong (talk) 16:51, 26 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Levietduong:I will put both of you on the list (if I receive address from Namnguyenvn) and you will get a small souvenir from pre-event of this year's Asian Month, could still be a postcard. Thanks for you to contribute the event and hope to see you this November as well.--AddisWang (talk) 18:53, 27 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I've recently launched an Inspire Campaign to encourage new ideas focusing on content review and curation in Wikimedia projects. Wikimedia volunteers collaboratively manage vast repositories of knowledge, and we’re looking for your ideas about how to manage that knowledge to make it more meaningful and accessible. We invite you to participate and submit ideas, so please get involved today! The campaign runs until March 28th.
All proposals are welcome - research projects, technical solutions, community organizing and outreach initiatives, or something completely new! Funding is available from the Wikimedia Foundation for projects that need financial support. Constructive feedback on ideas is welcome - your skills and experience can help bring someone else’s project to life. Join us at the Inspire Campaign to improve review and curation tasks so that we can make our content more meaningful and accessible! I JethroBT (WMF)05:38, 29 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
The list of participants will grow throughout the competition. We could create a page where local organisers add the names of the participants on their Wikipedias. Would that be fine? --Lord Bumbury (talk) 22:38, 2 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Greetings! The Individual Engagement Grants (IEG) program is accepting proposals until April 12th to fund new tools, research, outreach efforts, and other experiments that enhance the work of Wikimedia volunteers.
Whether you need a small or large amount of funds (up to $30,000 USD), IEGs can support you and your team’s project development time in addition to project expenses such as materials, travel, and rental space.
There is an inquiry about Asian Month Prize Distribution from one of the Urdu Wikipedia participants - Urdu Wikipedia Asian Ambassador. I will appreciate if you could update on this. --Muzammil (talk) 19:16, 1 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I just enter the address for sending post cards Asian Month Wikipedia. But at the first address I entered there was a little mistake in the address. Then I enter my address a second time. I hope only the second address are used as the first address was wrong and will likely never come to me. PecintaKpop (talk) 09:45, 10 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Addis, can you provide update on the distribution of the "digital ribbon bar" considering that all postcards were already sent last month? Thanks in advance. --Muzammil (talk) 17:34, 19 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Hi this is Joane, from the Spanish wikipedia. I couldn't e-mail you. So I use this way to tell you that I wouldn't mind a certificate with my user name as Asian Ambassador. --Joane (talk) 18:25, 19 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, thank you for your message on my talk page. I live in Berlin and I would appreciate to meet you in the Wikimedia Deutschland office at Thursday, Saturday, or Sunday evening. If this won't work, please leave your button at Wikimedia Deutschland office. Kind regards, Sebastian Wallroth (talk) 07:14, 20 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, Addis, this is Gray eyes from the Korean Wikipedia. It's nothing special, but I couldn't e-mail to you. I wouldn't mind a certificate with my username. thank you. -- Gray eyes (talk) 12:05, 20 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Request for Input - New Central Notice request process[edit]
Hello fellow CN admin!
Back in February I emailed the CN-admin list regarding part of my role to look into the Central Notice process and see where we could make improvements including: the campaign process; its functionality or lack thereof; and fundamentally the documentation that supports it. You can see many of the issues that I identified at CentralNotice/Process_Review. If there is anything additional that you feel has been left out then please feel free to leave any comments on the talk page.
My first task is to improve the requesting of campaigns by communities and affiliates. I am looking to set up a more formal request process, similar to those used in many projects. The aim is to: increase the transparency of Central Notice; improve the support provided to affiliates (including making such support more consistent); to provide a forum for community input into campaigns.
I have been working on a very rough strawman version of the process and I would be interested in hearing you comments about what such a process should involve and what you think it would require. Please feel free to leave such comments at the process talk page section. I would like to have a working page in place by the end of May. This would not need to be a final version. The process can be improved upon over time as we learn about how well it works.
Through June, we’re organizing an Inspire Campaign to encourage and support new ideas focusing on addressing harassment toward Wikimedia contributors. The 2015 Harassment Survey has shown evidence that harassment in various forms - name calling, threats, discrimination, stalking, and impersonation, among others - is pervasive. Available methods and systems to deal with harassment are also considered to be ineffective. These behaviors are clearly harmful, and in addition, many individuals who experience or witness harassment participate less in Wikimedia projects or stop contributing entirely.
Proposals in any language are welcome during the campaign - research projects, technical solutions, community organizing and outreach initiatives, or something completely new! Funding is available from the Wikimedia Foundation for projects that need financial support. Constructive feedback on ideas is appreciated, and collaboration is encouraged - your skills and experience may help bring someone else’s project to life. Join us at the Inspire Campaign so that we can work together to develop ideas around this important and difficult issue. With thanks,
Most of the Urdu Wikipedians who participated in the Asian Month have received the postcard. However User:Mjadil hasn't received it till date. I request you to kindly look into this matter on urgent basis. --Muzammil (talk) 09:00, 11 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Hindustanilanguage and Mjadil:I just double checked. It is likely that your postcard is lost due to the post service issue. Because there are some similar issues happens from one single postcard sending country, I can send you another one. Since none of our community is planning to send postcard, I can not give a time that it will be sent. But you should receive a new one if it successfully pass the postal service in two months.--AddisWang (talk) 16:36, 17 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Hi. I was the local organizer of WAM 2015 in Israel. I was asked how many articles were writen during WAM 2015 about the country of origin of the participates? For example, how many articles about Israel were writen during WAM by all the other wikipedias? Thank you. Ravit (talk) 13:14, 23 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Ravit:Sorry we did not ask organizers to collect this data, as it could be a lot of work (around 50 countries and regions in Asia), and we want to keep it simple. But we are exploring if there is a way that we can have automatic bot or tool that can figure out this data in upcoming WAM this year. --AddisWang (talk) 13:25, 23 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Of course, I meant a bot or a tool; its too hard to collect this data manually. Good luck with it this year, and thank you for everything you're doing in WAM. Ravit (talk) 17:28, 23 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Congratulations again on your proposal being selected!
We hope you have registered for the conference. If not please follow the instructions at:
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If you are a scholarship recipient - use the Wikimedia Registration option.
In case you are not attending or unable to attend, please let us know at the earliest so that the schedules can be readjusted accordingly.
Hi, I wonder if there is a Skype/whatever chat where we can discuss the WAM tool? I have a couple of questions/concerns, e. g. the tool I'm currently working on doesn't allow IP users to participate (since it's Labs-based), should I do anything with it or not? Le Loy11:19, 7 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Addis -- Hope you are well. I am looking forward to the upcoming event at the Guggenheim. Will you be able to attend? I hope so! Hope to see you then....
I am also writing because I wondered if I might be able to get your thoughts on what is a VERY preliminary Project Grant I am working on. When we talked I found your perspective and thoughts on approaches to funding and grants very helpful! All the best -- Erika aka BrillLyle (talk) 00:02, 29 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@BrillLyle:, Thanks for you help and organizing WAM event in NYC. I may not able to attend that simply because I need to support other local community that lack of capability of organizing similar event in their cities. I took a glance of your proposal and seems to be a good idea, though I'm not in that field that much. I will take a more close look and let you know if I can offer any idea.--AddisWang (talk) 00:39, 29 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
User group approved: Our user group was officially approved in October - hooray! Big thanks to Raystorm and FloNight for the idea to create a user group for the Whose Knowledge? campaign :)
Mapping feminist knowledge at AWID's 2016 Forum: Interested in learning more about what we’ve been doing lately? Read our blog post on what we learned from mapping feminist knowledge at Association for Women's Rights in Developments 2016 Forum.
New grant proposal:
We’ve proposed a WMF project grant. It would be great to have your feedback and/or endorsement by November 1 if this project interests you!
It would also be great to have your help notifying communities already working on systemic bias about this proposal. Here is a draft message to use if you'd like - please translate, change as you see fit for your own context, and share in any communities you’re active in on and off-wiki!
Thanks for this link, Addis! Looking forward to talking more soon, and I will definitely any thoughts/questions as they come up - excited for Asia Month! Siko (talk) 21:30, 21 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
few days ago, i received your signed certificate of WAM via NahidSultan. but i don't yet received any postcard from any country. what's the matter? have a nice day. - Suvray (talk) 16:02, 20 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Suvray: Since we already destroy all the personal information, there is no way I can track if your postcard was sent or not,though it suppose to be sent half year ago (2 postcards from different countries since you are the ambassador; That makes its likely the problem of the postal service). I can not make a different standard and send you another postcard just because you asked, which will make people feel unfair, hope you understand that. --AddisWang (talk) 16:17, 20 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
AddisWang, thanks for your comment(s). i'm still waiting for all of those countries POSTCARD which is related in WAM 2015. Sorry to say that i'm not from India but Bangladesh. thanks again for the success of future tour 'WAM 2016'. have a nice day. - Suvray (talk) 02:03, 25 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Suvray: I mean your postcards should came from India and Philippines. There are very low rate of losing from Philippines while relatively high rate from India. So we will make up the postcards sent from India.--AddisWang (talk) 15:10, 26 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@ZUFAr: You can, as long as it's meet the 3k bytes and 300 words increasing. But these may not supported by new judging tool, so in that case you have to manually checking the article and collect the statistic. I'm including User:Ле Лой here, so you guys can chat in Russian regarding the judging tool.--AddisWang (talk) 15:08, 26 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I can allow adding expanded articles, it's easy as a pie, but as far as I understand we'll only send postcards to article creators?.. If it's true, I need to indicate that somehow. Le Loy23:46, 26 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Link in German Wikipedia central notice seems to be broken[edit]
Hello, Dear AddisWang!
Thanks for the invitation regarding Wikipedia Asian Month 2016 on my talk page.It will be my previledge to enrich the content about Asian countries on Wikipedia. What exact role do you expect from me in this cotext.
Regards
--Harvinder Chandigarh (talk) 10:24, 28 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Harvinder Chandigarh:: So there is not much thing need to do on Punjabi Wikipedia. But at the end of the event, organizers need to judge articles thru judging tools. I also noticed you edit West Punjabi Wikipedia. I think we need more hands over there if you would like to help. You can check here to see how to set up the event on West Punjabi Wikipedia. Best, --AddisWang (talk) 18:28, 28 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Dear AddisWang Thanks for the clarification.Although I have the busy schedule in coming month yet I shall try to felicitate the event but for Gurmukhi Punjabi Wikipedia, in association with Satdeep Gill.For West Punjabi Wikipedia User Abbas Dhothar may be the right person to my mind.
Thanks a lot for your invitation to me for Asian Month 2016 and apologies for late reply. Having been engaged in off-wiki activities related to wikipedia is taking up all my time. Hence I can not take up this responsibilities. I am announcing this on my language wiki so that somebody else who might be interested can take up this task.--Aniket (talk) 14:28, 28 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Aniket: Actually there is not much thing you need to do. You only need to translate the event page and Central Notice follow here. And maybe a few updates during the November and judging the articles in the end. It may take as less as one hour total for entire month to organize the Event. But you are welcome to invite other Wikipedians join the Wikipedia Asian Month. Best,--AddisWang (talk) 18:35, 28 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Hello AddisWang. I just wanted to warn you that I won't have the time this year to organize the event on the French Wikipedia this year. I have a personal project which occupies me a lot at this time. I let a message on the French forum but for the moment nobody seems to be interested to organize it... Best regards --Eponimm (talk) 13:59, 29 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Hello AddisWang. As I participed in 2015 WAM on the French Wikipedia, and as nobody can (until today) organize it over there the 2016 edition, I'd like to organize this one ; indeed, I feel it would be too bad not to have any edition on fr.wiki this year, and the 2015 edition really interested me. Anyway, I remembered the 2015 edition began around November 3rd Is there any notices to open it ? Any difference between 2015 and 2016 WAM ?
Moreover, is it possible to both organize and participate ? I gathered some ideas of new articles during the year for this edition, waiting until this November.
Best regards. - Daxipedia - 達克斯百科 (d) 21:26, 31 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your answer.
The event page is now opened (the 2015 pages are archived), and I translated in French the Central Notice; well, the community is warned about the opening of the 2016 event.
I just translated the new rules on the « Participants » page as expected. I guess that the judging tool is not yet compatible with fr.wiki, and will be in the future, if I well understood ? Regards. - Daxipedia - 達克斯百科 (d) 21:45, 1 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Hello,
I'm interested in contributing to the Wikipedia Asian Month on my local wiki (portuguese), but there doesn't seem to be anyone currently organizing it there. I was wondering if I'd qualify for the local organizer position, and in case I do, what I should do to run the event. Thank you very much! --ArgonSim (talk) 14:49, 3 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you so much for your support! Given that there are some countries in Asia where Portuguese is an official language (Macau and East Timor, for instance), should I explicitly list them as invalid contributions?
PS: This is the same question I had left previously on my discussion page on pt-wiki, so there is no need to answer both of them. --ArgonSim (talk) 15:28, 3 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@AddisWang: I added a new organizer to WAM-pt. His name is Conde Dantes. Could you grant him jury rights on the tool, please? Am I the one who must update the number of active organizers here?
As mentioned before, when someone clicks the WAM Central Notice logo on the banner while accessing pt-wiki, it gets redirected to the corresponding page on en-wiki, which can be very misleading to inexperienced users. Is there a way to change the logo link to pt:WP:WAM, please? --ArgonSim (talk) 17:08, 4 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@AddisWang: Thank you! Please, if you could set it in a way that only articles that fulfill both criteria can be submitted, that'd be much appreciated. Are you also the one who sets an interface translation for the tool? I've already translated the tool to portuguese (here). --ArgonSim (talk) 23:20, 4 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
By the way, we were wondering whether this template is gonna be added automatically by the tool and if it will only be in articles that were approved or if it's gonna be included in all submissions. There is also a new pt-organizer, his name is Guilherme Moura. Could you grant him jury tools, please? --ArgonSim (talk) 12:17, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Wikipedia Asian Month on Serbo-Croatian Wikpedia[edit]
Hi, I noticed that your competition is not available on all projects (e.g. Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia). Does it mean that if we want to participate we need to be active on some other project (e.g. English Wikipedia) or you still can open this great idea for editors on other projects? I just translated article on National Library of China to Serbo-Croatian and I think that there is a lot of space for translation of other interesting content and making it available for individuals in the region who do not speak English or Asian languages.--MirkoS18 (talk) 18:57, 4 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@MirkoS18: Thanks for your interest in Wikipedia Asian Month. We would like to have Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia join our project but we are lacking of local organizers to do so. If you are interested in help organizing Wikiepdia Asian Month and translate the event page to Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia, that would be great! Please let me know if you have any question, concern or thought.--AddisWang (talk) 20:06, 4 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I just started a non-formal conversation/initiative with editor(s) on our project. I think we have some people who are much more experienced and fit much better to lead the Wikipedia Asia Month on our project (who already done some great job in creating and translating relevant contents). Of course I am ready to help them with translation and to be active participant once we start. If you have time can you just tell me what are minimum (and optimal) requirements (tasks) that we will have to fulfill in order to participate successfully? I guess there is more to be done then just to translate project page into Serbo-Croatian.--MirkoS18 (talk) 20:25, 4 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@MirkoS18: Here are several things you need to do in order to set it up. We will send you an additional postcard to thanks organizers.
Step 2, translate the banner at here, make sure tranlsate the link to the event page of your home wiki.
Step 3, when you finish the two steps, update this page. When both "Main Page" and "CN"(tranlsation) marked as done, I will enbale the CN in your language all the way to the end of November.
After this, please also intrgrated this message on the event page so participate can know how does the event works. We will set up the judging tool once you've finished this.
Please submit your articles via this tool. Click 'log in' at the top-right and OAuth will take care the rest. You can also change the interface language at the top-right.
Once you submit an article, the tool will add a template to the article and mark it as needing review by an organizer. You can check your progress using the tool, which includes how many accepted articles you have.
Participants who achieve 4 accepted articles will receive a Wikipedia Asian Month postcard. You will receive another special postcard if you achieve 15 accepted articles. The Wikipedian with the highest number of accepted articles on the Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia will be honored as a "Wikipedia Asian Ambassador", and will receive a signed certificate and additional postcard.
If you have any problems accessing or using the tool, you can submit your articles at this page next to your username.
Organizador na Wikipédia em Espanhol/ Organizer on Wikipedia in Spanish[edit]
Original
Olá, vos informo que estou interessado em ser organizador na Wikipédia em Espanhol durante o evento do mês asiático na Wikipédia, também na Wikipédia em português.
Hi, @(Carlos Emanuel): I added you as a brazilian organizer (since I don't know your nationality) here and here. @AddisWang:, could you grant him access to the jury tool as well, please? Thanks!
In order to become a judge, you need contact the main organizer User:Allan Aguilar and get confirm. Organziers should have suffient experience on that language Wikipedia and language proficiencey. User:Conde Dantes seems does not have many edits on eswp, thus its better to get other organziers' comfirmation.--AddisWang (talk) 17:40, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Shriheeran Last year also we had the same discussion and concluded 300 words will be final. You can check the page here. I believe that there is no necessity to change the rule. Last year, We got around 236 qualified articles with 23 contestants. Hopefully this year we will get more participants and articles than that. --Dineshkumar Ponnusamy (talk) 20:56, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Hi AddisWang, I have interest to be organizer of Wikipedia Asian Month on Nepali Wikipedia. So could you please manage the access of jury tool to me ? —JuniorX2ChatHello!07:03, 6 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
About the Talk Template in Malayalam Wikipedia[edit]
Dear Addiswang in Malayalam wikipedia we have already an established template management, article count, category execution system for edit-a-thon in Malayalam wikipedia with automatic quarry. We already created another template to manage AsianMonth2016. Should we need to create another template ? Also is there any automatic mechanism to pick the articles from that category insted of adding the articles into the judging tool manually. Another thing if we exclude India a lot is missing for Us. Because here in India we have nearly 22 official languages and much more unofficial. We are planned to exclude Kerala where Malayalam is speaking. Is that sufficient ? Plz replay quick. we are going to an offline event. --Ranjithsiji (talk) 15:43, 6 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
another concern - can any other user can add an article into the judging tool. Is it necessary that the user who cerated the article must add the article into the judging tool. If any other way then please comment --Ranjithsiji (talk) 06:11, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Ле Лой: Can you take a look of this. So I'm not sure about the judging tool. But if you feel better with your own quarry, I guess you can keep using it, but you need come back with all the statistics to us for the global result, which is automatically handled by the judging too. You can also submit articles by judging tool as a way to make statistics. According to the rules, not just Malayalam but all Indian language will exclude India. Becuase the idea is we want to help get coverage on the content people less attention. I hope you can thinking about that and considering still exclude India topics on Malayalam topic. Asian Month should not split India in any cases.--AddisWang (talk) 14:33, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Dear Addiswang, thanks for your quick clarification. I just linked our template to the wikidata so the statistics part will go throught the judging tool. We are not going on our own way. The template looks a little different than the one suggested. The problem we are facing is people (who are writing the article) are not technically that much sound. So the are not submitting the articles to the judging tool. Is there any way to add articles into the judging tool for a co-ordinator like me? Also thanks for the clarification of rules that excluding India for Malayalam. If you can suggest a way to add articles to the tool then I am Happy. Regards--Ranjithsiji (talk) 03:31, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Ranjithsiji:If people don't want to/ can not submit articles to the judging tool, just let them post on participate page, and we will add these articles to the judging tool at the end of the WAM all together. Otherwise I guess you will just ask people try to submit their contributions to the judging tool, and we will place the template as you wanted. Thanks!--AddisWang (talk) 14:35, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Hello!
I need help judging SvWp, as almost half of the articles are made by me, and a judge can't make judgement on his own articles. Deryni (talk) 07:50, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Deryni: Yeah it would be a better way if you can find another organizer, who has sufficient experience on SvWp. If by the end of the event there is no one judge your articles, I will step in and help.--AddisWang (talk) 15:34, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Dear sir it's fun to be a part of Wikipedia asian month this November and I find that the Marathi language jury member is not active I have said him to reply me on his talk page as well I have sent him email then too no reply. My humble request is to join me in the jury to review articles on Marathi Wikipedia asian month and add me too in upcoming global events for the Marathi language --Tiven2240 (talk) 13:49, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah sure I can give me the link for the same so I can start my work on it.. (for my reference MrWp WAM page is already in English language do u wanna make me translate it to the local one) (Tiven2240 (talk) 16:55, 14 November 2016 (UTC))[reply]
I have now translated the whole project page and participants page into Marathi now | Am i now an organizer of the WAM Marathi? as I haven't received any info on my talkpage . Can I be added into jury of marathi Wikipedia WAM ? Waiting for positive feedback. (Tiven2240 (talk) 06:53, 15 November 2016 (UTC))[reply]
I have translated the page u said me to translate above and Please add me to the Marathi language edition and not on the Portuguese language as I seen u added me in the wrong language as I have no idea of Portuguese language so kindly so the needful and in that translation page there is a link u have given to translate according to me that link should not be translated orelse it may not work properly (please take note of it) --Tiven2240 (talk) 15:22, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
What is the rewards that organizers get for the WIKIPEDIA ASIAN MONTH do send me the same as I haven't received any messages before on WAM before --Tiven2240 (talk) 17:02, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
It's fun and enthusiasm of WAM but who will judge the article that I (organizer) has created i have submitted 2 articles and would like to do many in future .. do reply me for the same --Tiven2240 (talk) 04:15, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Hi AddisWang, I am a WAM organizer from Sinhala wikipedia. In our Wikipedia few of participants have submitted their articles through this page without using the given tool I want to know is it compulsory to submit our article only through this tool and the articles those have been submitted through manual way are acceptable or not? These articles are not included in this statistical page also. Thank you--L Manju (talk) 04:30, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@L Manju: The best way for us is asking everyone using the tool, unless they can't for some reason. So both of us does not need to deal with statistics and other works. We can manual do it but it's still best for contributor to do it.--AddisWang (talk) 04:33, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Question about how to judge WAM-articles on Danish Wikipedia[edit]
Hello AddisWang. There have been submittet several articles to WAM from Danish Wikipedia. I am organizer there, but I don't know how I can accept the articles which meet the criteria? Best regards --EileenSanda (talk) 10:53, 16 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@EileenSanda: If you go to this page and click log in at the top-right; You should see a button called "Judge" next to the "Submit". Then you can start to judging article by marking them yes or no. Let me know if you still have problems. Best, --AddisWang (talk) 00:52, 17 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Hello again. Sorry, I just found out by myself just now, I found the "Judge" tool when I added another article, and I found out how to manage it, but thanks for you answer :) No problem now, thanks. --EileenSanda (talk) 00:58, 17 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@AddisWang: Could you make Palnatoke a judge on the Danish Wikipedia, so he can help me to judge the articles there? I have asked him, and he has accepted. I have added three articles (until now) to the project, and I can't judge articles, which I have written. --EileenSanda (talk) 12:37, 18 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
If I create wiki page using an Asian language will it be counted as valid contribution or the language needs to be English only?
Translation of English page to an English language- will this be counted as a valid article contribution? (Making sure it's not mechanically copied)
Who will be reviewing and deciding whether the articles are valid? So that if there's a conflict in understanding we can sort that out. Tirtha04 (talk) 23:45, 21 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Tirtha04: Hi there, may I know which language you're interested participating in?
Yeah, there are a lot of Wikipedia Asian Months in local languages (see here for the full list of WAMs). Here you could sign up at the local page there. For each of the local WAM, there should be a link to submit article. But if you could not find if, you could go to this tool and find the local WAM and submit it there (after "login" (located at top-right corner of page)).
As long as it is accepted by the Wikipedia community as a valid article and it also passes the criteria set by the local judges, it will be accepted.
There will be human judges from the local WAM events that will be judging your articles.
Hello AddisWang. I am currently the only organiser on the Faroese Wikipedia and also the only contributer until now. Could we get another organiser as well, so that he can judge my articles? I have asked the user Palnatoke from the Danish Wikipedia, if he can judge the articles on the Faroese Wikipedia, created by me, and he has accepted. Thanks in advance. Best regards --EileenSanda (talk) 14:23, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
The lamentable situation of the event in Wikipedia in Spanish.[edit]
Português
Oi AddisWang, estou aqui para discutir contigo a maneira com que devo agir como organizador na Wikipédia em espanhol. Alguns dias atrás, eu me dirigi à ferramenta de submissão, e recusei alguns artigos, baseado nisto: — Resumo: “Novo artigo, sobre a Ásia, de boa qualidade, 3,000 bytes e 300 palavras no mínimo, criado durante novembro de 2016 que não seja uma lista.” ; todos os artigos desaprovados estavam com menos de 300 palavras, depois, eles abriram uma discussão, e desfiz a maioria das minhas ações.
Acontece que lá, nós temos três organizadores e centenas de artigos para revisar, e eles não presam muito pela qualidade de seus artigos.
Aqui estão as perguntas: Eu posso rejeitar artigos com menos de 300 palavras? E quando o artigo tem referências no final mas não tem notas? E quando o artigo tem parágrafos sem citação? (Porque dá mais trabalho, quando isto acontece eu preciso buscar o conteúdo em todas as fontes para checar se é real, enquanto os com citação é mais fácil de buscar na fonte) A comunidade da wiki pode decidir suas próprias regras? Cumprimentos.
English
Hi AddisWang, I'm here to discuss with you the manner I should act as an organizer in the Wikipedia in Spanish. Some days ago, I went to the submission tool, and I refused some articles, based on this: — In a nutshell: “New Article, about Asia, good quality, 3,000 bytes and 300 words minimum, created during November, 2016 and not a list.” ; all the disapproved articles were with under 300 words, after, they opened a discussion, and I undo the most of my actions.
It happen that there, we have three organizers and hundreds of articles to review, they did not hold much for the quality of their articles.
Here are the asks: I can reject articles with under 300 words? And when the article have references in the end and have not notes? And when the article have paragraphs without citation? (because give more work, whenever that's happen I need search the content in all the sources to check if it is real, while with the citation is more easy search in the source) The community of the wiki can decide their own rules? Greetings.
@AddisWang: I also support Conde Dantes' position on removing (Carlos Emanuel) from the list of both es and pt-wiki organizers. Since his account has been blocked, there is no way he could access Fountain and judge the articles submitted, so there is no point in keeping him as part of the jury. --ArgonSim (talk) 09:55, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I've received your message about updating the WAM status page . There is something like cn translate and CN activation please send me the link for the same for MARATHI wikipedia WAM so I may do the needful --Tiven2240 (talk) 08:14, 1 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Is it really necessary to submit the articles here? There is already a dedicated discussion page on pt-wiki in case the tool stops working (here). Will new articles be accepted until 23:59, 2 December 2016 (UTC)? --ArgonSim (talk) 14:31, 30 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
And what about the deadline? Will it be postponed to 23:59 2 December 2016 (UTC) or will only articles submitted before 23:59 1 December 2016 (UTC) be accepted? I really need to know that because there is someone on pt-wiki asking the time limit for submissions. --ArgonSim (talk) 16:04, 30 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@ArgonSim: The article has to be created and finished before November 30th 23:59 (UTC); But in case people forget to submit, or other reason, they can submit these articles before December 2nd, 23:59 (UTC)--AddisWang (talk) 16:06, 30 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I saw that many have asked about this already, but mine hasn't been addressed to this year yet. When will the postcards be handed out? I submitted 4 articles on the English version, and was just wondering since I did. Thanks. Horsegeek (talk) 23:58, 1 December 2016 (UTC)Horsegeek[reply]
@Horsegeek: Yes. Once you articles are accepted, you are qualified to receive a postcad. We will do a address collection soon and plan to send all postcards before end of next January. --AddisWang (talk) 02:08, 2 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
And we will not associated your user name with your address when send it to local community to send postcard. So you need to provide a name even it's same to your user nameAddisWang (talk) 08:19, 3 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Pending articles on late submit and error 500[edit]
Hey, I just wanted to inform you that one of the users who submitted an article through the late submit page (Lukano1602) is now eligible for a post-card, since that's his fourth article. Could you also collect his address, please?
By the way, one of the organizers is having trouble with changing his vote on two particular articles, as I described previously on Ле Лой's page. Could you have a look on that, please? Maybe manually re-adding these two articles instead would be a faster way to fix the problem? --ArgonSim (talk) 09:15, 3 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@ArgonSim: There will be several rounds of address collection, so we can make the process faster. Le Loy is pretty busy right now since there are so many un-added articles, and some similar error message. Sorry if the response is delayed.--AddisWang (talk) 16:53, 3 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Hello sir , it's being fun time to organize the MrWp Asian month 2016,for me it was incomplete without you. Thanks for being always at help. Regarding postcards I am qualified for receiving 2 postcards i.e 1 extra for organizing so while accessing to the form I noticed it has to be signed up by Google and when clicking the second time it's showing u already have submitted the form. So should I sign up the second Google form with my alternate Gmail account or is there other way I can fill the form for receiving second postcard do assist me for the same --Tiven2240 (talk) 09:26, 3 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Now it seems like all the judgements for the Swedish Wikipedia have been done. Just one more thing - a big chinese Thank You from the hearts of our Swedish writers. You have done a great job with this edition of The Wikipedian Asian Month. Hope you have lots of energy left for next years edition! Deryni (talk) 11:22, 3 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Problem with Late Submit Articles In Judging tool of Malayalam[edit]
Hai, Some of the articles from the last day is not added on the judging tool. This is the obstacle for finishing the judging. I already requested le loy on his talk page. But nothing happening. please consider two persons - ml:User:Shagil Kannur and ml:User:Ramjchandran for postcard programme. They both got 4 articles accepted. --Ranjithsiji (talk) 13:42, 3 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, I've write the google form. Can you verify please if it's OK (particulary my english mailing address, I don't know if I should translate in english (eg : rue > street) or simply write with english alphabet (remove accents). Thanks, --Gratus (talk) 08:54, 4 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Dear AddisWang, thank you for notifying me about the address needed. However, I do not wish to trouble anyone for the mailing. I think it would be very nice to be recognized on my user Talk page, though. Maybe those of us who are eligible to receive a postcard could receive a banner note from Asian Month on our WP Talk pages, if this would be OK? I'm glad the project was another success this year, thanks for all your hard work!--Bonnielou2013 (talk) 18:02, 4 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Addis, Congratulations on the very successful WAM 2016! I've seen emails about address collection on other user's talkpages but not mine. I did create 4 articles which I thought met the requirements. I uploaded 3 using the tool, and listed the 4th next to my name as I couldn't upload it (and Ipigott had a note suggesting that if users can't upload, they can write the article name next to their username). Did I miss a step? --Rosiestep (talk) 16:18, 5 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Rosiestep:Yeah you are fine. Our developer has to add these articles manually into the tool and it will take some time. We will have several rounds of address collecting so no worries.--AddisWang (talk) 18:01, 5 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
At the moment I'm writing it, I have not finished yet to judge the articles, but have already identified who is the 2016 fr.wiki Ambassador, the 2nd Ambassador, and who is eligible to receive one or two postcards. I aim for achieving the final judging before this Friday ; I was busy on the last 2 weekends, and judgigng alone took more time than I thought, also I've maybe been too strict for some articles and waited too long to valid them.
Then, can you also give to the user Apollinaire93 the judging rights on fr.wiki, as he volunteered to judge my 4 articles (and as I can't accept my own articles).
Hi Addis, congratulations on the very successful WAM 2016! I've write the google form, can you verify please if it's ok? Thanks and greetings from the Portuguese community. Athena in Wonderland (talk) 17:58, 7 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Addis, congratulations on the very successful WAM 2016! I've writen the google form, can you verify please if it's ok? Thanks and greetings from the Marathi community.--Tiven2240 (talk) 10:31, 15 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
First of all, I want to congratulate you and Ле Лой for the amazing job you've done with organizing WAM on a global scale! Is there anything I can help you guys with? Count on me for anything you need. --ArgonSim (talk) 17:11, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Hi! in sa.wiki you didn't put any message to fulfill google form about address of participant. I am only one who wrote articles and I don't have any notification. I also contribute in hi.wiki. There I saw notification but not for organizers. Please update me about Asia month. I am organizer in both. Thank you.NehalDaveND (talk) 06:26, 20 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Merry Christmas from me AW! Thanks for your company during 2016. Brilliant Work1 We have seen the percentage of articles on women rise from 15.5% to 16.77%. 20% is within our grasp and that's an increase of nearly a third over what we first found.Victuallers (talk) 16:41, 23 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Addis, I responded earlier, on December 4 above, I, also, do not wish to have a postcard - but as I said, recognition on our Talk Pages might be nice! Thanks again for all your hard work!--Bonnielou2013 (talk) 17:10, 27 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, I had submitted articles in Kannada wikipedia for Wikipedia Asian month, I have received a message saying you judged my articles some needed to be improved. I checked here and for this particular article it says "less than 300 words", but it has more than 300 words. Not sure if I should add more content. Please let me know anything specifically you want me to improve. - Thanks -- Kathegaara ( talk)
Thanks for judging Kannada wiki article Addis Wang, Do I get a chance to update my 5 articles before 2016 ends to have 300+ words? Mallik (talk) 11:38, 27 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Sir, Kindly check & confirm now. Sorry for delay & Wishing you happy New Year.
Hey, This is Chaithra from kannada wikipedia. As you informed me on my talk page to improve my articles here . I improved them and added more content.If you want me to do any changes , let me know on my talk page. Thank you.. Chaithra ( ಚರ್ಚೆ) 14:28, 29 December 2016.
Thank you... Chaithra ( ಚರ್ಚೆ) 16:18, 02 January 2017.
Hello, I have improved the articles that you had judged here based on your feedback. Please check and consider. - Thanks -- Kathegaara ( talk)
Kannada wikipedia Asian month - checking pages after 300+ words were added[edit]
Hi and thanks for noticing me on my TalkPage. I have attempted to fix what User:SuperHamster found to be incompatible with the rules concerning "close paraphrasing of one or more non-free copyrighted sources" in the Amomum ovoideum article. RhinoMind (talk) 03:20, 29 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Addis. Thanks for your message on my page. I plan on editing my article that failed qualification for having less than 300 words today (Nathalie Younglai). I also wrote another article about Asian-American artist and poet Jess X Snow in 2016.
Hello Addis. I really don't understand how to use that google form you've said. Can you have an Administrator on wiki vietnam explain to me?
Question about result issue by the word counting tool for Wikipedia's Asian Month[edit]
Hi AddisWang, thanks for your announcement for collecting my address for dilivering postcard. I took a quick look back about my result and notified that two of my articles (Di tích quốc gia của Singapore) and Media Prima did not receive the marks because they contained less than 300 words. But, please make a double-check, actually, they pass this requirement. Furthermore, according to the rule for WAM in the Vietnamese Wikipedia page (https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tháng_châu_Á_Wikipedia), I will receive a special postcard, along with the ordinary postcard, if I create more than 15 accepted articles. I pass that number, but your announcement only inform me about the mininum number of 4 to get the ordinary postcard, will I also get that special one ? Thank you and wish you a happy new year !Thusinhviet (talk) 20:20, 7 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Hello & pranam (ପ୍ରଣାମ) Addis ,
Am received your Google form in my user page and am already send my own personal details and complete all process in that form . So am asking you, can I again fill up that Asian Month Google form? --Aliva Sahoo (talk) 20:41, 14 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Hello. Is there a new design for a Barnstar to thank the users that contributed to WAM 2016, or is it the same one from 2015, like this one? Thank you. Ravit (talk) 19:52, 17 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Hi i have received your email reg Wikipedia Asian month thanks for the same this is to inform you that I have replied for the same if u have received my reply do notify me --Tiven2240 (talk) 07:31, 18 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
hi, this is Abu Sayeed from Bangladesh and a native user of Bangla language. i'm also a participant of "Wikipedia Asian Month". but i didnt get my Postcard yet. --এম আবু সাঈদ (talk) 15:21, 31 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, I'm from Wikipedia Bulgaria and finished at second place but I didn't receive my certificate and postcards. Can you check it, please? Arise13 (talk) 08:58, 5 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for all of your support for Whose Knowledge? so far! Get ready, we're going to need lots of your help in 2017 :)
What's new in 2017:
1. Volunteers needed
As Whose Knowledge? grows, there are lots of things to do! Can you help?
Are you good with data entry, categories, mailing lists or social media? We especially need people to help with organizing knowledge for Dalit History Month, and building out our communications (including this monthly newsletter!) right now!
If you're interested in volunteering for these or any other projects, please signup here
2. Pilot projects
Building partnerships and testing our approach with marginalized communities.
Dalit History Month: We're working with Equality Labs to support Dalit communities in South Asia and the United States to map knowledge and create Wikipedia content. Dalit History Month edit-a-thons are coming in April!
Women's Human Rights Defenders: In partnership with Urgent Action Fund, we'll be supporting a group of women's human rights defenders around the world with more mapping and wiki content creation. Themes and geographies coming soon!
Kumeyaay Wikipedia Initiative: Following the 2016 Indigenous People's Day edit-a-thon, we're continuing to work with members of the Kumeyaay tribe in Southern California and Baja to map and contribute indigenous knowledge to Wikimedia projects. A discussion day with Kumeyaay community in San Diego is being planned for May.
3. Funding
We've got financial support for 2017!
WMF grant: 6-month funding (February-July 2017) was approved to pilot our approach to mapping knowledge and creating Wikipedia content with the Dalit community and global women's human rights defenders. Thanks for all your endorsements!
Shuttleworth Fellowship: Anasuya is a Shuttleworth Fellow! This means we'll be able to spend more time organizing, and have support for convenings, campaign infrastructure, etc.
Anasuya and Siko will be carrying the Whose Knowledge? vision of diversity, pluralism and representation of marginalized communities into movement strategy conversations in Berlin March 2017.
What's your vision for the Wikimedia movement? If you have a perspective that you'd like us to help represent in Berlin, please reach out and let us know!
Things have been quiet with our User Group, though that should soon change! Please take a glance at the following updates:
This is the first monthly newsletter of the Ohio Wikimedians User Group. From here on out, each letter will detail the previous month's activities, as well as keep members informed of upcoming events in the Wikimedia community.
We'd like to get monthly virtual meetings up and running soon. If you're interested, please express your interest at the talk page.
Our homepage has been updated with a new banner, information, upcoming events, and more. Members now have markers to mark what organizational parts of the User Group they are involved with. If you'd like to get involved in newsletter drafting (see March's!), social media management, or event coordination, feel free to add a marker next to your name.
We are a new organization and there are plenty of directions for us to pursue. If you have any ideas, thoughts, or suggestions for the organization, don't hesitate to open a discussion on our talk page.
August 9-13, 2017 - Montréal - Wikimania 2017, the annual Wikimedia conference! Scholarships are due very soon on February 20th (submit here). Several Ohio Wikimedians will potentially be carpooling to the event; this will be discussed in more detail closer to the event.
Online
The 50,000 Challenge is an English Wikipedia event organized by WikiProject United States. The aim is to improve or create 50,000 articles related to the United States. There is also a subgoal of 1,000 article improvements for each state - if interested, be sure to sign up to improve articles related to Ohio!
Recent Happenings
This section will typically summarize events and accomplishments within Ohio's Wikimedia community in the last month. Since this is the first newsletter, this section will cover some of the major happenings since October 2016.
October 2016
Three Ohio Wikimedians and Wikipedia Connection members attended and presented at WikiConference North America 2016 in San Diego, October 7 - 10. Kevin Payravi and Maria Rimmel presented on Wikipedia Connection and Wikipedia student organizations at-large (link to presentation), while Addis Wang presented on existing and potential translation efforts on Wikipedia.
Spanish & Portuguese Edit-A-Thon, hosted by the Department of Spanish and Wikipedia Connection at the Ohio State University: This edit-a-thon brought over 60 Spanish and Portuguese students together to translate articles on Latin American women from Spanish and Portguese into English. In doing so, students improved their Spanish and Portuguese skills for class.
Wiki Loves Monuments 2016 in the United States has come to a close, as supported and organized in-part by several Ohio Wikimedians. The event resulted in over 11,000 photo uploads, and the winners of the national event can be viewed here. Over 700 photos of historical and cultural sites in Ohio were uploaded, which can be viewed here!
Good day. I have been informed last December that a postcard for participation in the Wikipedia Asian Month will be given to me. However, I still have not received it yet. Could it be possible to provide update about it? If needed, I can provide another mailing address (Philippines). Thank you for the swift response. --Arius1998 (talk) 03:50, 22 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Arius, I did receive an envelope. It had scanned copy of Wiki Asian Month Certificate. You should be getting within this month. :) Keep rocking.
Hello , i am Md Takiul Hasan Sakib মোঃ তাকিউল হাসান সাকিব .I submitted 4 articles on the Bangla version. I submitted my first three contents using the tool but when I tried to submit my next content there was something wrong, then I did contact with Bangla Wikipedia.They gave me the following link to submit my content, They said to me 'it will count it with my other contents'.But I successfully played my role. Now, Wikipedia Asian month is over but I didn't get any postcard or message. it was totally disappointing for me. My friends got their postcard.
Ohio Wikimedians User Group: March 2017 newsletter[edit]
General Updates
Organizers throughout Ohio are now hosting at least four Art+Feminism events in the coming weeks! Find an event near you in Columbus, Cincinnati, Oxford, and Oberlin. You are welcome to attend, and if you are an experienced editor, you are encouraged to provide your Wikipedia expertise to new contributors. See the 'Upcoming Events' section below for dates and links.
We're aiming to schedule the Ohio Wikimedians' first online meeting next week - learn more here and provide your availability if interested!
Montréal - Wikimania 2017, the annual Wikimedia conference!
Online events
The 50,000 Challenge is an English Wikipedia event organized by WikiProject United States. The aim is to improve or create 50,000 articles related to the United States. There is also a subgoal of 1,000 article improvements and creations for each of the 50 states - if you're interested, be sure to sign up to improve articles related to Ohio!
Thanks for Postcard - Offtopic - Category analyizer for Edit a thons[edit]
Hai,
Thanks for the postcard in Asian Month. I got one from Japan. Also another topic (Offtopic). I created a tool for analysing an Edit a thon in a wikipedia. It gives realtime statistics with analysis. you can watch at wikistats - Woman's day edit a thon running on malayalam wikipedia. Regards, --Ranjithsiji (talk) 14:28, 5 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I live in India. I had filled up the form. 4 months have passed. I have not received the postcard yet. When will I receive the postcard? Che12Guevara (talk) 13:40, 21 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@Che12Guevara: They confirmed your postcard is sent around a month ago. Maybe @NahidSultan: can find a way to make up one postcard for you. But there is no guarantee. We find poor postal service in South Asia has caused many people did not receive the postcard.--AddisWang (talk) 12:01, 1 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Wikipedia Asian Month - Postcards for Vietnamese member[edit]
Hi Addis, I just want to ask you about the postcard for WAM. I received the message of you via the MediaWiki Message Delivery on January, and I sent full information of mine, but now is March and I haven't even received any postcard yet. It's the second year of WAM and this still happens. I don't want to disturb, just to remind you about that.
@Levietduong: I sent a special postcard to you by myself from the U.S. in February, and I remember the address you gave to me is very long so I printed two tags and put on the postcard. I also concerned that long address is problematic because postcard is basic postal service and they won't call you in most situations. Is there any chance you have an easier address, eg. mailbox, company or institution address. I can try another time. If all other thing failed, and I have extra budget, I will send you a certified mail.--AddisWang (talk) 09:25, 29 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@AddisWang: I'm very sorry to hear that, it's so hard for you. I have an address of my friend in US, and I don't know if you are in US or not, but if you can, please send the postcard to this address and they will send it to me. I will send the address's information to your personal email box on Meta, and I will let you know when I receive the postcard. Please reply me soon. Best regard,--Levietduong (talk) 12:33, 31 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@AddisWang: Hi Addis, maybe a little late but I want to say thank you after all. My friend received the postcard at the end of April, but she was busy and forgot telling me, and she only told me a few weeks before she was about to return to Vietnam (at the begin of August). I will leave some pictures in here and here, and hope to see you again in 2017 WAM!--Levietduong (talk) 07:35, 21 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, last year I ended in second position in the Spanish Asian Month competition, but it has been nearly five months and neither the postcards nor the diploma have arrived. I reckon I submitted my address correctly; maybe there has been some kind of technical difficulty. Best wishes, Macesito (talk) 15:53, 27 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@Macesito: I sent you an email through wikimedia but did not get the response, hence I can not write the certificate. Can you send me a email thru "email the user" and tell me what is the name you wish to appear on the certificate? I sent all the special postcards and I remember sent you one. If you can send me your address in the email, I will doublt check if the mailing address is wrong. Thanks for joining the Wikipedia Asian Month! Best, AddisWang (talk) 08:19, 29 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I'm looking in my inbox, but can't find any email. The only survey I took was this, which I'm taking again. I am very sorry if something has gone wrong and, if it has been my fault, I sincerely apologize
@Macesito: No it's not your fault. It's could be MediaWiki system did not send the email. I got your response already, but I need to write a name on the certificate. Most people choose using their real name but discuss about it on wiki leak the privacy. So I using emails. Ok, do you want me use the name in your response (first name start with J) on the certificate?--AddisWang (talk) 12:41, 29 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@AddisWang: Yes, there's not any problem about that. If that helps you, I reached 55 (second position) articles in Spanish, while 46 (third) in Catalan. Thank you.
Hi Addis - I received your email regarding not receiving my previous email reply. Just resent it again, please let me know if you could not receive it. Thanks! --ネイ (talk) 18:51, 1 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Ohio Wikimedians User Group: April 2017 newsletter[edit]
General Updates
Our first virtual meeting will be on April 20 at 8:30 PM EST! We'll have introductions and discuss preliminary plans for future events. Visit the meeting page for more information, a link to join the meeting, and our agenda. Feel free to contribute to the agenda, and add yourself to the participants list if you plan to attend.
Cleveland native Wizardman was recently featured in the Wikimedia blog post, "The big bear of a mission to chronicle the 1948 Cleveland Indians"! Give it a read here.
August 4th is the annual Ohio Private Academic Libraries Conference in Berea, OH. While not finalized, Kevin Payravi will potentially be attending to present an introduction to Wikidata. If any other Ohio Wikimedians would like to attend the conference and/or help present, contact Kevin (Talk / Email). This will be an exciting event and a great networking opportunity with other librarians.
Ohio saw at least 4 Art+Feminism in March, with three of them occurring on university campuses; Art+Feminism initiatives are continuing and growing in Ohio!
Hi, there. I live in Indonesia, and i had fill the form. This is May. I just want to ask you about something uncleared,And perhaps i overlooked for something sir ;) Please tell for something that i didn't know. Thank you Ilhamjangjaya1 (talk) 00:13, 1 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Hi. I am from India. I have participated Asian Month and contributed articles as part of the program. I was informed that I had been selected for getting post card. Then I filled adress form. But I haven't got any post card yet. I want to know what went wrong. Pls take in to consideration.
Ohio Wikimedians User Group: May 2017 newsletter[edit]
General Updates
A Wiknic will be taking place in Columbus on July 9th; more details to come in the next newsletter.
Wikipedia Takes Columbus took place last month, resulting in over 180 photo contributions of Ohio State University and the greater Columbus area. Check out all the photos on the Commmons here.
August 4th is the annual Ohio Private Academic Libraries Conference in Berea, OH. While not finalized, Kevin Payravi will potentially be attending to present an introduction to Wikidata. If any other Ohio Wikimedians would like to attend the conference and/or help present, contact Kevin (Talk / Email). This will be an exciting event and a great networking opportunity with other librarians.
Hello. I notice that Chinese Wikinews has been mostly copying articles from Voice of America, which has released its articles in the public domain. Latest ones are zh:n:香港民主党：一国两制走样变形 and zh:n:江苏徐州幼儿园门口发生爆炸致8死65伤 警方判为刑事案件. Well... nothing wrong with that; other articles have synthesized sources from others. However, creativity is essential, yet I see Chinese articles copying ones from VOA. I don't know what to do about the VOA/Chinese Wikinews situation.
@George Ho: Something is more than nothing, right? Wikinews is relatively a low active project that lacks volunteers to participate. For sure we should pursue the creativity, but no by cutting off the contribution (even very small) that some volunteers already did. For the brief news, I don't know much about it. I assume that's some kind of tradition from English Wikinews? Do you have any idea of how can we improve the Chinese Wikinews community from this stage? Best, --AddisWang (talk) 03:32, 2 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Lately, English Wikinews rarely or hasn't posted any article copied from VOA. Before suggesting anything, I'll ping Pi zero for his opinions on this. --George Ho (talk) 03:37, 2 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@AddisWang and George Ho: Here are a few comments, which may be of interest.
VOA is a propaganda outlet. News sites that put their output in the public domain, like VOA, are very likely to be propaganda. So English Wikinews is very careful when using a VOA article as one of the sources for a synthesis article. We use all sources with caution for their particular weaknesses and biases, deliberate or unconscious; if we limited our sources to truly unbiased ones, we would have no sources to draw on. VOA just requires more caution that some other sources would.
We don't republish articles from elsewhere. Those other sources don't need us to publicize their work; and we figure our purpose is to produce content that has added value. By drawing on sources with varied perspectives, we can better recognize their biases, and produce more neutral articles, as well as sometimes more in-depth and even more accurate ones.
Serbian Wikinews for several years used a bot to import and publish articles from free sources like VOA. It damaged their community. Before the bot they were growing; once the bot was put in place they shrank; and they produced a large archive (much larger than the English Wikinews archive), but it's not an archive that gets read, whereas the English Wikinews archive is extensively read.
I don't pretend to know the special circumstances of Chinese Wikinews. But these are some things that we take into account on English Wikinews. --Pi zero (talk) 05:45, 2 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Ohio Wikimedians User Group: June 2017 newsletter[edit]
General Updates
The second annual Great Buckeye Wiknic will be taking place in Columbus on the afternoon on Sunday, July 9th! The event will be at the Women's Field House in Lincoln Tower Park at Ohio State University; please see the event details for more information. Travel reimbursements are in the works. If you're interested in attending / want details leading up to the event, please sign up on the event page.
Addis Wang has been featured in the Wikimedia Foundation blog: Building communities to support free knowledge: Addis Wang. Read about how Addis, an Ohio Wikimedian, has engaged and helped bring new editors to Wikipedia through is work in China, Ohio, and Ohio State University.
August 4th is the annual Ohio Private Academic Libraries Conference in Berea, OH. While not finalized, Kevin Payravi will potentially be attending to present an introduction to Wikidata. If any other Ohio Wikimedians would like to attend the conference and/or help present, contact Kevin (Talk / Email). This will be an exciting event and a great networking opportunity with other librarians.
Upcoming and Ongoing Events
Offline events
JUL 9
Great Buckeye Wiknic in Columbus Taking place at the Women's Field House at Ohio State University; if interested, sign up here.
AUG 4
OPAL Conference in Berea, OH Ohio Private Academic Libraries Conference. Contact SuperHamster if you'd like to attend and/or help present on Wikidata.
Hi Addiswang! will there be Wikipedia Asian Month 2017? IKR, it's still half way toward the end of the year, but I just can't wait! XD BTW thanks for administering the previous Asian Month event, super awesome.--Rochelimit (talk) 09:44, 27 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@Rochelimit: Yep! There will be 2017 edition for sure. I'm currently having my wiki vacation until end of next month. But the initial preparation is on the way. Let me know if you interest to help on any part!--AddisWang (talk) 13:35, 23 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I'm interested to join, I don't know if I can help because of my busy schedule, I don't want to disappoint the team because of possible lack of commitment, but I really want to participate in the 2017 event! Thanks for the reply and sorry for my very late reply @AddisWang:--Rochelimit (talk) 10:24, 30 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I 've received your message since january 2017, and i sent my question at your talk page in zhwiki but i haven't received your answer. Now I having problem with the google form that you mentioned - I accessed this google form but then I 've not seen any postcards sent to my talk page in viwiki. You can explain me why? I am looking forward to seeing your answer soon. Contact to me at my talk page in viwiki. Mintu Martin
Hi there. I'm planning on running this world contest in November to coincide with Asian month. Though it will be for anywhere I anticipate it might contribute to your own effort and we see even more Asian women bios done. I'm having trouble finding somebody to code a bot, all I need is a bot to check article length and no unsourced paragraphs. I've been informed that you have something operating for the Asian mnonth entries. Is there any chance you can help me?Dr. Blofeld (talk) 16:33, 6 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@Dr. Blofeld: Ok We will put the World Contest in our partner list so people can participate both. We definitely have something, though it could be not perfectly fit your expectation. I will talk to our team since we are not stepping into the preparation yet and let you know.--AddisWang (talk) 06:57, 15 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@Liuxinyu970226: Hey, thanks for helping out. I guess the problem is, when we do 2016 edition, we move the /particpant to /2015 in many languages. Q21178975 looks like for 2015 edition and Q27559131 for 2016 edition. I realized I should not move pages this often for the WAM. That's why in 2017 I just use Wikipedia Asian Month 2017, so no more movings in the future.--AddisWang (talk) 18:21, 8 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Addis, I'm Ofek, I'm 13 year-old wikipedian from Israel. This year, I was chosen to be the organizer of the asian month in the hebrew wikipedia, instead of Ravit, the organizer in 2015&2016. I didn't understand when I should start developing the project and what I need to do now, may you explain? best regards. Ofek Jerassi - talk12:36, 7 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, I just saw there's a WAM new edition. That reminded me that any of the postcards nor the certificate arrived from the last edition. I know that, at this stage, it will be nearly impossible to get them, but I was just wondering what happened to them. Best regards, --Macesito (talk) 22:49, 5 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Ohio Wikimedians User Group: March 2018 newsletter[edit]
General Updates
WikiConference North America 2018 is coming to Columbus, Ohio! Organized by the WikiConference North America user group and hosted by the Ohio State University Libraries, this conference will take place from October 18 - 21, and will feature exciting activities such as tech demos, a Culture Crawl, edit-a-thons, presentations, discussions, and more.
It would be fantastic to have Ohio Wikimedians User Group members help out with the conference as it nears. The conference is in the early planning stages as the conference works to secure grant funds and partnerships. Ohio Wikimedians User Group organizer SuperHamster (Kevin Payravi) is one of the organizers of the event; if you would like to help out with the conference, or have any ideas for the conference (partnerships, sponsorship opportunities, etc.), please feel free to reach out to him! As the event nears, the conference will need more hands as well as volunteers to help out at the event itself - stay tuned for more information on that.
March is the month for Art+Feminism! There is currently one Art+Feminism event scheduled in Cincinnati, hosted by LOOK on Saturday, March 17. See more details and RSVP on the Facebook event page.
On a related note, a proposal on the Village Pump has been created about having a banner in support of Net Neutrality displayed for Wikipedia users in the United States. If you have thoughts on this proposal, you may add your comments here.
The Art+Feminism campaign took place in March and April, and Ohio saw two Art+Feminism edit-a-thons take place! A Cincinatti edit-a-thon was hosted by LOOK, and a Columbus edit-a-thon was hosted by Wikipedia Connection at the Ohio State University. Great job to all attendees and organizers!
The 50,000 Challenge is currently 5.74% complete, with the goal of writing 50,000 articles on U.S. topics. If you're interested in writing Ohio-related articles, consider contributing as part of this event and recording your articles under Ohio!
Sign-up for Whose Knowledge? on-line newsletter[edit]
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Ohio Wikimedians User Group: April 2019 newsletter[edit]
General Updates
To facilitate casual conversations between members, we now have a Facebook group! If you're on Facebook, feel free to request to join.
Kevin has prepared a 2019 Activities Rapid Grant to support our user group's activities through the end of the year. This includes funding for edit-a-thons, Wikipedia Connection activities at Ohio State, and other potential events. Please give it a review, and provide endorsements at the bottom and/or comments on the talk page. If you would like to plan an activity or can think of something that could be funded that isn't already included, please bring it up! The goal is to have the grant submitted for review early in the week.
Our membership list has been revamped and supports the addition of new details (such as name, picture, location, and titles). Members are welcome to update their entry if they wish (all details are optional).
Movement Strategy
Sam (PonyToast) and Maria (Rimmel.Edits) have signed up to serve as our Organized Groups Strategy Liaisons; through December, Strategy Liaisons will act as a conduit for ideas, questions, and updates between the Movement Strategy and organized groups such as our own. Thank you to both members for taking this on!
The Wikimedia Summit 2019 just came to a conclusion. Maria Rimmel (Rimmel.Edits) served as our representative this year, following her work at the Ohio State University and WikiConference North America. This year's event had a heavy focus on the Movement Strategy Process and its Working Groups. Maria will be providing updates and outcomes of the conference on the user group talkpage soon - keep an eye out!
Upcoming and Ongoing Events
This May is the election for two Affiliate-Selected Board Seats for the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. The Ohio Wikimedians User Group will be eligible to cast one vote. Be on the lookout for updates on how we will decide our vote.
Two edit-a-thons are being hosted for Ohio State Department of Spanish and Portuguese students this month. One edit-a-thon is focusing on improving Wikipedia's coverage of female and under-representated language scientists, and the other on Latinx studies.
Recent Events
WikiConference North America 2018 (Oct 18-21) at the Ohio State University was a great success! Over 200 attendees (including those representing over 15 Wikimedia affiliates and 25 academic institutions) attended the 70+ sessions we had. A big thanks goes to all the event's organizers, volunteers (including those from Ohio Wikimedians), sponsors, and session hosts. View the full report (work in progress) for more details and outcomes. You can also check out the photos on the Commons.
"By doing an event like this, we can show people that you can edit; your contributions are valid; your contributions are valued. Beyond valued: necessary," Dalesio said.
Alden Library at Ohio University also independently hosted an Art+Feminism edit-a-thon on March 22. Check out the event page for more details. Outcomes included editing 27 articles, including the creation of a new one.
"We will be encouraging participants to use our collections to create and strengthen articles, and Library volunteers will be available help them do this effectively. In doing so, we hope to encourage participants to move beyond the role of information consumer, and to consider how they can enrich the information landscape—and maybe leave the internet a better place than they found it," Jennings stated.
Have something for the next newsletter? Add it to our May 2019 draft.
Hello good afternoon. I come here to ask you about a reward from the Wikipedia Asian Month 2018, because on the WAM2018's page it says "When you create 4 articles that fulfill the above rules, you will receive a WAM postcard from one of the Asian communities."; I created 10 and the 10 were approved, but I did not receive any postcards or anything of the sort. I await your response and thank you for your attention. MSN12102001 (talk) 11:02, 12 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I was the first in 2016 and 2018. But the certificates were not sent to me. If that continues, I think I will refuse to participate in the 2019 competition.Qolcomaq (talk) 22:44, 28 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Qolcomaq:Hey sorry to hear that. Did you mean you do not receive the physical certificate, or you did not even receive the digital one (scanned copy). I do remember I wrote a certificate with your username in 2016 but by that time we have very small budget (compare with most Wikimedia activities you may know) and can not afford to mail the certificate to everyone, but a scanned copy should reach to you. Please do let me know what the situation.--AddisWang (talk) 11:32, 14 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Ohio Wikimedians User Group: September 2019 newsletter[edit]
General Updates
WikiProject Cleveland Museum of Art — Kevin (SuperHamster) and Maria (Rimmel.Edits) have been collaborating with Neal Stimler and the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) to launch WikiProject Cleveland Museum of Art on the English Wikipedia! Back in January, the CMA announced its conversion into an Open Access institution—and part of this initiative included the upload of thousands of photos and Wikidata items on CMA artworks. This WikiProject has been created to improve Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to the CMA, such as artworks and artists featured in the Museum's collections, while being able to leverage the great resources that have been released into the public domain. If you'd like to join in, please sign up to be a member here. We have an expanding list of articles to create here.
Mailing list live! — We now have admin access to the previously-deprecated Wikimedia-US-OH mailing list. All members are encouraged to subscribe here. Anyone who would like to communicate to subscribed members can email wikimedia-us-oh@lists.wikimedia.org.
Membership List — Reminder that our membership list has been revamped and supports the addition of new details (such as name, picture, location, and titles). Members are welcome to update their entry if they wish (all details are optional).
Movement Strategy
The Movement Strategy Working Groups have created their recommendations, located here. Community input will be accepted until September 15, so if you would like to provide feedback, be sure to do so in the next couple weeks.
Upcoming and Ongoing Events
Wiki Loves Monuments is back in the United States for 2019. Through the end of September, upload your photos of registered historical sites to the Commons to help document our history and illustrate Wikipedia - and have a shot at winning the national contest. If you're interested in participating, a guide to finding historic sites in Ohio is available here.
In April, two edit-a-thons were hosted at the Ohio State University:
The Female and Under-represented Language Scientists edit-a-thon, hosted by the Hispanic Linguistic Colloquium in collaboration with the Buckeye Language Network (BLN) Student Association. The goal of the event was to improve articles on under-represented language scientists. 11 editors contributed 50+ edits that consisted of 1.54k words across 24 articles, including one new article.
The Spanish & Portuguese Edit-A-Thon, hosted by students from the Spanish and Portuguese department (Dona pipoca and Caesarologia, with support from SuperHamster). The edit-a-thon focused on expanding coverage of Spanish and Portuguese topics on the English Wikipedia, primarily by translating articles from Spanish/Portuguese to English. In doing so, attendees sharpened their Spanish/Portuguese skills, gained experience editing Wikipedia, and learned about new topics. 23 editors contributed 180+ edits that consisted of 15.8k words across 70 articles, including four new articles.
Wikimania 2019 took place in Stockholm this year, with several Ohio Wikimedians attending. If you're interested in some of the sessions, many of them were recorded and are available on the Commons here.
Have something for the next newsletter? Add it to our October 2019 draft.
Thank you for organizing Wikipedia Asian Month 2019 for your local Wikipedia language. For rules and guidelines, refer to this page on Meta. To reach out for support for the contest or ask any query, reach out to us on our Contact Us page. Our International Team will be assisting you through out the contest duration. Thank you for your efforts in making this project successful.
In consideration of a week-long internet block in Iran, Wikipedia Asian Month 2019 contest has been extended for a week past November. The articles submitted till 7th December 2019, 23:59 UTC will be accepted by the fountain tools of the participating wikis.
Please help us translate and spread this message in your local language.
Congratulations! The Wikipedia Asian Month has ended successfully and you've done amazing work of organizing. What we've got and what's next?
We have a total of 10,186 articles made during this edition and it's the highest of all time.
Make sure you judge all articles before December 20th, Once you finish the judging, please update this page.
There will be two round of address collection scheduled: December 22th and December 27th 2019.
Please report the local Wikipedia Asian Ambassador (who has most accepted articles) on this page, if the 2nd participants have more than 30 accepted articles, you will have two ambassadors.
In case you wondering how can you use the WAM tool (Fountain) in your own contest, contact the developer Le Loy for more information.
Ohio Wikimedians User Group: January 2020 newsletter[edit]
Upcoming and Ongoing Events
Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access Anniversary Campaign — January 23rd (today!) is the one-year anniversary of the Cleveland Museum of Art's Open Access program. To celebrate, we are hosting an editing campaign (with postcard souvenirs!) from now through February 9. Help expand and create articles related to the Cleveland Museum of Art (including artists and artworks featured in their collection), and receive a postcard from the Museum. If you'd like to participate, check out the task list and sign up on the event page.
Recent Events
In December, the Cincinnati Art Museum hosted an Art+Feminism edit-a-thon. The museum was an excellent place to have an edit-a-thon, with a café and staff who were helpful in setting up and ensuring there were enough tables, outlets, and plenty of resource materials available. There was a related exhibit, Women Breaking Boundaries, that was of interest to attendees. In total, 9 people attended.
Movement Strategy
The Movement Strategy document, with 13 recommendations, has been released and is located here. You may utilize each recommendation's respective talk page to leave any feedback you might have.
Between February and March 2020, the recommendations will be finalized, incorporating final feedback. By the end of March 2020, the recommendations are slated to be approved by the Wikimedia Foundation's Board of Trustees.
Kevin (SuperHamster) will be attending Wikimedia Summit 2020 on behalf of the Ohio Wikimedians. This year's Summit will be focusing on discussing the implementation of the finalized Movement Strategy recommendations. Please get in touch with Kevin if you have ideas and suggestions that you would like conveyed.
Ohio Wikimedians User Group: May 2020 newsletter[edit]
General Updates
I hope this message finds you well and in good health during these trying times. Below is a list of some online activities that you may be interested in participating in.
The Wiki Global Check In has started! This initiative is gathering check-ins from Wikimedians all around the world, and asks for a photo that captures something related to life in your context or part of the world during the pandemic.
WALRUS (Wikimedians Active in Local Regions of the United States) is now hosting virtual meetings twice a month on Monday evenings. This is a place to discuss anything Wikimedia, as well as a place for Wikimedians to come together and mutually support each other. The next virtual meeting should be on Memorial Day, May 25th. You can sign up for the Wikimediaus-l mailing list to stay up to date on all WALRUS happenings and to receive meeting invites.
Wikipedians have been busy documenting the pandemic. In Ohio, we have articles on the pandemic in Ohio and in Columbus (the latter of which was written by our newest Ohio Wikimedians member, Ɱ!). If interested, you're encouraged to help update and expand these articles, or even consider creating articles documenting the pandemic in other Ohio metro areas.
If you miss visiting your local museums, don't forget that the Cleveland Museum of Art's entire collection is available online and in the public domain (when permissible). Our WikiProject Cleveland Museum of Art is currently tracking 44 English Wikipedia articles and 40,322 images, which are now acquiring over 2,000,000 views a month. If you're interested in contributing, there is still plenty of work to be done to expand and create new articles!
Movement Strategy
The finalized Movement Strategy Recommendations have been published! This is a clarified and refined version of the recommendations that were released in January.
The Wikimedia Summit 2020 that was to occur in April was canceled, and Wikimedia Deutschland will not be hosting a virtual replacement. In its stead, Ryan Merkley, members of the movement strategy core team, and external consultants are exploring options to move the contents of the conference into a series of virtual events.
Have something for the next newsletter? Add it to our June 2020 draft.
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I am Really Looking Forward. Thanks for Your Precious Time & Much Applogies for Any Inconveniences. With Wishing You A Very Happy New Year 2021. Love, Respect & Regards, Your Fellow, SB. SB Edits (talk) 22:51, 23 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Hi! A user has told me that when someone clicks on the banner on Spanish Wikipedia it goes to the meta page and not to Spanish one. This is not the best option for people who does not know Meta or speak English. How can it be fixed? Thanks. Millars (talk) 10:34, 9 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I Contributed 4 High-Quality Articles for China and earlier got happily Qualified for the Wikipedia Asian Month 2021's Postcard. Unfortunately, the google form got expired even before its Deadline of 15th of March, 2022 hence was unable to fill up the form . . . Kindly do check out for a possible way, if I may get my Card by any means.
Whose Knowledge? Drop-in July 2022 invitation[edit]
Over the next 2 weeks, we want to invite Whose Knowledge? User Group members to a community conversation about the upcoming Board of Trustees election. We’re also testing these drop-ins as a great way to be in touch, and establish periodic check-ins with our community.
There will be 2 informal drop-in sessions on different days and times. Please come to the session that works best for you:
Drop-in 1: Thursday, July 7, 2022 - 12pm UTC
Drop-in 2: Monday, July 11, 2022 - 6pm UTC
To learn more, visit the event page. If you can't join us, but you are interested in the conversation, we’d be more than happy to hear from you on our Talk page!
Just a gentle disclaimer: You are getting this message because you have signed up as a member of Whose Knowledge? User Group. We will send invitations like this from time to time, but we promise not to burden your Talk page. Feel free to unsubscribe from the distribution list.
Invitation to participate in the photo contest Unpacking Body Plurality in Sports 2023[edit]
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Dear AddisWang,
We’re excited to share with you our first-ever art and photo contest for this year’s #VisibleWikiWomen, on Unpacking Body Plurality in Sports!
We’re inviting submissions of photos, illustrations, and other forms of art depicting womxn and non-binary people in sports — as athletes, fans, cheerleaders, referees, journalists, and much more. Our #VisibleWikiWomxn contest celebrates the bodies of womxn in sports by centering their voices, images, stories, and experiences in all their diversity, plurality, and glory.
Queremos invitarte a participar de nuestro primer concurso de arte y fotografía "Cuerpos plurales en el deporte" en el marco de la campaña #VisibleWikiWomen de este año.
Estamos convocando a presentar fotos, ilustraciones y otras formas de arte que representen a mujeres y personas no binarias en el deporte - atletas, personas aficionadas, animadoras, árbitras, periodistas y personas ligadas al deporte en todos los aspectos. Nuestro concurso #VisibleWikiWomxn celebra los cuerpos de las mujeres en el deporte centrándose en sus voces, imágenes, historias y experiencias en toda su diversidad, pluralidad y gloria.
Ficamos felizes em convidar você a participar de nossa primeira Wiki-competição de arte e fotografia, como parte da campanha #VisibleWikiWomen deste ano, sobre "Corpos plurais no esporte"!
Estamos recebendo fotos, ilustrações, e outras formas de arte que retratem mulheres e pessoas não-binárias nos esportes — como atletas, torcedoras, juízas, jornalistas, e muito mais. Nossa competição #VisibleWikiWomxn celebra os corpors de mulheres e pessoas não-binárias e coloca ao centro suas vozes, imagens, histórias, e experiências em toda sua pluralidade e glória.
wikimedia.org, so that we can subscribe you to the committee mailing list and get you setup on the committee's internal wiki.
یہ مضمون مصری شخصیت سے متعلق ہے، اور مصر افریقہ میں ہے۔ اس لیے اس مہم کا حصہ نہیں ہے۔
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