User talk:Ranjithsiji

Welcome to Meta!

Hello, Ranjithsiji. Welcome to the Wikimedia Meta-Wiki! This website is for coordinating and discussing all Wikimedia projects. You may find it useful to read our policy page. If you are interested in doing translations, visit Meta:Babylon. You can also leave a note on Meta:Babel or Wikimedia Forum (please read the instructions at the top of the page before posting there). Happy editing!

--Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 05:24, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

WikiConference India 2016 updates

WikiConference India 2016 is here!

Hi,

Thanks for signing up as a volunteer for WikiConference India 2016 (WCI 2016). Here are some updates regarding the event:

• WCI 2016 will take place on 5th, 6th, and 7th of August 2016 at Chandigarh Group of Colleges, Landran (Mohali). Please save these dates. We will open conference registration soon.

• PEG request for WCI 2016 has been approved. We appreciate WMF PEG team's support and decision in facilitating this. We thank all community members who endorsed and contributed to this initiative. We are excited and look forward to an intensive month planning and executing WCI 2016.

• Phase 1 filtering of scholarship applications has been done. Among 450+ applications, 200+ applications have been shortlisted for final review. We are expecting to announce the results by July first week.

• WCI 2016 Call for Participation is open now. Please submit your proposals for paper presentations, lightning talks, and workshops.

• Please take WCI 2016 Program Survey and help us design the conference based on community's needs.

• Please initiate and participate in the Punjab edit-a-thon. It is a gift from all Indian language communities for the Punjabi community which is hosting the conference. The community that adds most number of bytes or words will be awarded a trophy.

• Please review our conference Code of Conduct.

• Please place any feedback regarding the event at the meta talk page. You can also join us for the weekly IRC sessions we hold every Wednesday and Saturday at 2130 IST at #wikiconferenceindia channel. You may also find frequent updates through our Facebook group and mailing list.

Regards,

Ravi,

WCI 2016 Team.

P.S. If you wish to stop receiving such updates, please remove your name here.

WikiConference India 2016 program

Congratulations again on your proposal being selected!

We hope you have registered for the conference. If not please follow the instructions at: http://wci2016.doattend.com/ 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.

The program schedule is available here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2016/Programs

Please make sure you read the presenter guidelines. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2016/Presenter_guidelines

We look forward to seeing you in Chandigarh!

For program committee Shyamal en:User:Shyamal

Multilingual Literary Content Development Progeramme at Sri Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit

Sir, Thnak you very much for joining int the programe at [1]. Please do take steps for Communitiy Notification. --Drcenjary (talk) 08:01, 5 October 2016 (UTC)

WAM Ambassadors

Hi Ranjithsiji, just let you know the maximum number of Ambassadors per project is two. Though we will send an additional postcard to who has more than 15 accepted articles.--AddisWang (talk) 06:52, 3 December 2016 (UTC)

New message

Hello, you have a new message here. -- Tito Dutta (talk) 09:12, 10 January 2017 (UTC)

UNESCO Challenge

Hi Ranjithsiji,

Thank you for your contributions in the UNESCO Challenge. However, please choose images to illustrate the articles with care. Points will not be awarded for contributions that are not kept on the wiki where the contribution was made. Be careful to follow the local Wikipedia policies and please make sure to add image captions.

I suggest you go over the articles and see if you could add one or two images to the articles instead, and adjust your score accordingly.

Best regards and good luck in the Challenge,

John Andersson (WMSE) (talk) 11:46, 4 May 2017 (UTC)

Invitation to Met Open Access Artworks Challenge (15 May - 30 June)

Met Open Access Artworks Challenge!

We'd like to invite UNESCO participants to join a new challenge on the same model, the Met Open Access Artworks Challenge. You can contribute by illustrating with images using some of the 375k photos now under CC0, starting or improving articles (try our new Mbabel tool!), or creating translations (if your language isn't listed, please ask!). You can sign up here: Met Open Access Artworks Challenge/Participants. --Pharos (talk) 17:59, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

Wikipedia Asian Month 2017 officially starts!

Dear WAM organizer,

I’m Erick Guan, the coordinator of WAM 2017. Welcome to Wikipedia Asian Month 2017. Here is some information about organizations of events at a national level.

Timeline

The event lasts a month for the participants. As of the beginning of the event, please:

• Invite previous participants to join. We have a template you may want to use.
• Setup your WAM page in your local wikiproject if you haven’t done that.
• Link your WAM page at Wikipedia Asian Month 2017. It’s important for others to understand and connect to your community! Remove the X when you done that. WAM is organized at national level. So I have to ask you to put your country in front of your name if you haven’t done that.
• Publish a notification about WAM in site notice as well as village pump. Go public!
• Connect with us. Generally send me an email so that we can reach you for future information!
• Become the jury member in a campaign on Fountain which is an amazing tool for you to supervise participants’ articles. If you don’t have the campaign set up, please contact us! And put a link to your community’s campaign page for participants’ navigation.
• Organize a off-site editathon event. A coffee bar, internet and laptops. Though it’s optional. If you want to do that, please contact me.

In the following days, you should answer the questions from your community and supervise the submissions. Hope you have fun!

Interesting articles

Have some interesting articles in your mind or from community? Drop us a line so that we can exchange the information to other communities.

Looking for help

At all times, please send me an email at erick@asianmonth.wiki--Fantasticfears (talk) 23:01, 1 November 2017 (UTC)

Project Tiger writing contest

Hi Ranjith, I am reaching out to you because you expressed interest in Supporting Indian language Wikipedias program. I am glad to inform the writing contest has been launched. If you are interested in coordinating this for your community, here is a sample contest portal. You can translate this and launch the contest. Please leave comments on the talk page if you need help or have questions. I am also sending this message to other Wikipedians who expressed interest. We are keenly awaiting the participation of Malayalam Wikipedia community. All the best. --Ravi (talk) 22:29, 4 March 2018 (UTC)

Dear Ravi We already setup the portal and the contest is active in Malayalam. thanks for the information and support --Ranjithsiji (talk) 16:03, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Need your help to connect with Bangalore based Malayalam Wikipedia Contributors for meetup

Hi Ranjith,

I'm Mallikarjuna from Kannada Wikipedia.

You were the Organizer for Malayalam Project Tiger. We've been trying to connect with all Wikipedians in Bangalore, across languages. A meetup like that, will help us to carry forward the momentum of Project Tiger.

Could you kindly, put a notice on Malayalam Village Pump & help me get connected to as many Bangalore based Malayalam Wikipedia Contributors (either or all of Pedia, Source, Quote, Meta, Commons & Wiktionary).

Interested Contributors can sign, we could collect names & get started towards organizing the meeting. In July 2018, we wish to host a meeting of Bangalore based all language & all projects Wikipedians at CIS Office Bangalore.

I'm copying all Organisers/jury: Arunsunilkollam, Ranjithsiji, Viswaprabha, Akhiljaxxn from Malayalam Project Tiger. Tito Dutta has been very much willing to support this effort. -With Metta, Mallikarjuna.

-WIth Metta, Mallikarjuna. 05:32, 17 June 2018 (UTC)

New community space for IdeaLab on Connect

Hi folks. If you're receiving this message, you've contributed to IdeaLab or an Inspire Campaign this year. Thanks for participating to develop ideas and review ones from other Wikimedians.

We are preparing some changes to IdeaLab and Inspire Campaigns. One of these changes is a new community space on Connect, where Wikimedians can find each other based on common activities or skills, and ask questions about the space. You are invited to join this community space for IdeaLab, especially if you would ever consider needing to find contributors with certain skills (like design or project management) or would like to offer your skills to others in our movement. To join, please proceed to Connect/IdeaLab and click on the "Add yourself" button on the right. Thanks, I JethroBT (WMF) 19:53, 21 June 2018 (UTC)

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Inspire Campaign on Measuring Community Health

Do you have an idea about how to measure the health of your community? Do you want to review ideas that others have submitted? Through August 10th, we are inviting ideas on how to capture the well-being of Wikimedia communities, in terms of matters like conflict resolution, effective content creation, and being able to contribute in a collaborative environment. Ideas can be focused on either quantitative techniques, such as gathering raw data, or qualitative techniques, like surveying contributors. If you are submitting an idea, guidance is available for how to move your idea into implementation, such as through a grant or starting a Phabricator task to engage with developers.

If you're interested, consider joining the Inspire Campaign. I JethroBT (WMF) 17:14, 13 July 2018 (UTC)

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Link for Wishlist Survey

Here's the link for last year's Wishlist Survey: 2017 Community Wishlist Survey. The new survey starts in November 2018; you should propose the URL problem and ask people to vote for it! -- DannyH (WMF) (talk) 11:54, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

Advanced mobile contributions

Hi - thank you for participating in the advanced mobile contributions interviews. We'll reach out with further questions and activities. We would appreciate if you're able to forward these to others in your community. Thanks OVasileva (WMF) (talk) 11:59, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

New message

Hello, you have a new message here. Regards. -- Tito Dutta (talk) 23:15, 11 October 2018 (UTC)

Extended to Dec: Wikipedia Asian Art Month with Metropolitan Museum of Art

Suzuri-bako, now in 11 languages!

I'd like to invite you to join Wikipedia Asian Art Month in the December extension of the sub-contest; if you write or translate just one article and include one of our images, you'll get a special Metropolitan Museum of Art postcard. And if you're one of the grand prize winners, you'll get a Met guidebook or Asian art publication.--Pharos (talk) 21:32, 5 December 2018 (UTC)

Userbox for Wikimedians of Kerala Usergroup

Hi greetings, I created a userbox for the members of the Wikimedians of Kerala Usergroup--({{User IN-KL}}). Is it good? Can we use it for the group? Please give your valuable suggestions. Thank you.--Path slopu (talk) 13:39, 30 December 2018 (UTC)

Staticstics of Wiki Loves Women 2019 Edit a Thon in Hindi

HI @Ranjithsiji:, I'm an organizer of Hindi Wiki Loves Women, I request you to a new tool for Hindi Wiki Loves Women Staticstics. Thank you -J. Ansari Talk 12:13, 18 February 2019 (UTC)

@J ansari: I need the category of talk page where the template of edit a thon articles added. Or plz direct me to the link of the template. --Ranjithsiji (talk) 09:34, 19 February 2019 (UTC)

Video tutorial "Referencing with VisualEditor" – newsletter issue 2 short version

 Video tutorial "Referencing with VisualEditor" – newsletter issue 2

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Hi! The full version of this newsletter issue has a lot of information. I am sending a short version to talk pages.

The most important information to know is that draft 2 is finished, that the single long script has been divided into many smaller scripts, and that portions of the script have been prioritized for production.

Due to budget constraints, not all scripts can be produced within the scope of the current pilot grant, but the other scripts will remain available for potential future production. (This project feels somewhat like doing a vehicle repair when the mechanic starts to work on the engine, and once the mechanic gets under the engine and starts to work, they discover that accomplishing their objective requires twice as much time as they first had estimated.) However, nothing is lost, so do not fear. Overall, my assessment (me being User:Pine) is that this project is producing a lot of good output and is generally a valuable pilot project.

For more information, including my requests for your feedback, please see the full version of the newsletter.

Thanks very much. --Pine(✉) 22:59, 22 March 2019 (UTC)

Wikiloves Love 2019 wikipedian contest

Dear Ranjithsiji, we have added a multilanguage wikipedian part to the photo contest, see here : Wiki Loves Love 2019. Here are the projects that participated : Wiki Loves Love 2019/Project Page. For Wiki Loves Women India 2019, I have a problem with the following subprojects (I have been able to work out the published articles for the Punjabi Wiki Loves Women, Assamese Wiki loves women, and the Bangal wikiloves women, because they presented their result in a way that made it possible for me. The published articles are to be listed here : Wiki Loves Love 2019/List of Articles. The topic of the contest is described on the main page : The basic aim of this project is to document love testimonials through human cultural diversity – such as festivals, ceremonies, gestures and other symbols of love – to illustrate articles in the worldwide free encyclopedia Wikipedia and improve content on Wikipedia on the same theme. Do you think you could help me? Warm regards, Nattes à chat (talk) 05:10, 4 April 2019 (UTC)

@Nattes à chat: Yes, I will help you. Tell me what I want to do. --Ranjithsiji (talk) 03:40, 5 April 2019 (UTC)

Community Wishlist Survey 2020

Hello!

You are getting this message because you've previously participated in the Community Wishlist Survey, in either the Wikisource or Wiktionary categories. I wanted to let you know that this year's survey is now open for proposals. You can suggest technical changes until November 11. Unlike previous years, we are only accepting proposals for non-Wikipedia content projects with no dedicated teams (i.e., Wikibooks, Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikisource, Wikiversity, Wikispecies, Wikivoyage, and Wikinews). You can learn more on the survey page.

You can vote on proposals from November 20 to December 2. To keep the number of messages at a reasonable level, I won't send out a separate reminder to you about that. We look forward to your participation. Thank you! IFried (WMF) (talk) 18:52, 22 October 2019 (UTC)

Thank you and Happy Diwali

		Thank you and Happy Diwali
		"Thank you for being you." —anonymousHello, this is the festive season. The sky is full of fireworks, the houses are decorated with lamps and rangoli. On behalf of the Project Tiger 2.0 team, I sincerely thank you for your contribution and support. Wishing you a Happy Diwali and a festive season. Regards and all the best. -- Tito Dutta (talk) 16:50, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

WAM2019 welcomes your support!

Hello Ranjithsiji,

Thank you for joining us as a Wikipedia community organizer. We would appreciate your help to get the central banner localized in your language.

You can visit here and select your language (which language you want the contents to be translated into) and then translate it.

WAM2019 Team thanks you for your support.

Kind regards,
WAM2019 International Team
--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:53, 2 November 2019 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Women South Asia Barnstar Award

Dear Ranjithsiji, Thank you for organizing the Wiki Loves Women South Asia Project and collaborating with us from behalf of Malayalam Wiki Community. We are appreciative of your tireless efforts for your Jury work on Malyalam Wikipedia but also your technical support for this project. I am deeply inspired with your persistent efforts, dedication to keep the editors motivated and support to bridge the gender and cultural gap on Wikipedia. Your tireless perseverance and love for the movement has brought us one step closer to our quest for attaining equity for underrepresented knowledge in our Wikimedia Projects. We are lucky to have inspiring and wonderful leaders like you in our movement. Please find your Wiki Loves Women South Asia postcard here. Keep shining! From behalf of Wiki Loves Women South Asia Team Wikilover90 (talk) 17:33, 6 July 2020 (UTC)

Invitation to complete a survey regarding WPWP Campaign

Hello Ranjithsiji,

Many thanks for participating in the WPWP campaign.

We are excited about the level of participation, this year and we are happy to inform you that over 90,000 articles were improved with photos in 272 languages Wikipedia.

We'd love to get your feedback. Your feedback will allow us to better meet your expectations for the campaign in the next editions.

Please complete a brief survey so that we may learn about your participation in the campaign, strengths, challenges and your expectations. This information will enable us to improve the next editions of the Campaign.

Follow this link to the Survey:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeL7I25Uxx_3Tyu9EgS2Bhix32Mh073LRsrr4tuH-i1yyRCZg/viewform

Or copy and paste the URL below into your internet browser:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeL7I25Uxx_3Tyu9EgS2Bhix32Mh073LRsrr4tuH-i1yyRCZg/viewform

Thank you in advance for taking this survey. Stay safe!

Kind regards,
Tulsi Bhagat ^{[ contribs | talk ]}
Communication Manager, WPWP Campaign
-- Message sent using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 05:17, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

WAM2020 welcomes your support!

Wikipedia Asian Month 2020

Hello Ranjithsiji,

Thank you for joining WAM 2020 as an organizer. We appreciate your help to get the central banner localized in your language.

You can visit here and select your language (which language you want the contents to be translated into) and then translate it.

WAM International Team thanks you for your support.

Kind regards,

Wikipedia Asian Month International Team, 2020.10

Hello~I cannot find the Malayalam Wikipedia Asian Month 2020 Fountain pages. Could you help me?--KOKUYO (talk) 18:15, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

BTW, we found that some Fountain pages cannot be displayed properly (like Latvian Wikipedia), and contacted Le Loi (the tool developer) for this question. He says these pages haven't been created or approved yet.

The Malayalam Wikipedia Asian Month Fountain pages need admin (from Malayalam Wikipedia) to go to their profile (chick their name at top of the page), select "approval" and approve the editahon. (like this) This change is to prevent creation of vandal editahon with attacks in the title.

I hope this information will help you. If you have any question, please tell me.--KOKUYO (talk) 09:35, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

Guidance of Fountain tool

Dear organizers,

Here is a guidance of Fountain tool. If you are wondering how to create an editathon on fountain or want to check the editathon be created or not before WAM start, please feel free to have a look.

Looking forward to meeting you online soon.

WAM International team 2020.10

Wikipedia Asian Month 2020: Fountain tool

Dear organizers:

Fountain cannot accept new articles temporarily because of a problem with the Wikimedia Labs database. It will be back ASAP. Please don’t feel panic. Let's keep fingers crossed for it.

Best,

Wikipedia Asian Month International Team, 2020.11

Community Wishlist Survey 2021: Invitation

The 2021 Community Wishlist Survey is now open! This survey is the process where communities decide what the Community Tech team should work on over the next year. We encourage everyone to submit proposals until the deadline on 30 November, or comment on other proposals to help make them better. The communities will vote on the proposals between 8 December and 21 December.

The Community Tech team is focused on tools for experienced Wikimedia editors. You can write proposals in any language, and we will translate them for you. Thank you, and we look forward to seeing your proposals!

SGrabarczuk (WMF)

18:26, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

What's Next (Wikipedia Asian Month 2020)!

Wikipedia Asian Month 2020

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 at least 6,672 articles made during this edition.
• Make sure all the jury members judge all articles before December 31st, Once you finish the judging, please update this page.
• There will be two round of qualified participants' address collection scheduled: January 1st and January 10th 2021.
• 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.
• Please update the final version of organizer and jury member list on this page.
• In case you wondering how can you use the Wikipedia Asian Month tool (Fountain) in your own contest, contact the developer Le Loy for more information.
• If you need some assistance, please feel free to contact us via sending email to info@asianmonth.wiki. To reduce misunderstanding, please contact us in English.

Best wishes,

Wikipedia Asian Month International Team, 2020.12

Community Wishlist Survey 2021

We invite all registered users to vote on the 2021 Community Wishlist Survey. You can vote from now until 21 December for as many different wishes as you want.

In the Survey, wishes for new and improved tools for experienced editors are collected. After the voting, we will do our best to grant your wishes. We will start with the most popular ones.

We, the Community Tech, are one of the Wikimedia Foundation teams. We create and improve editing and wiki moderation tools. What we work on is decided based on results of the Community Wishlist Survey. Once a year, you can submit wishes. After two weeks, you can vote on the ones that you're most interested in. Next, we choose wishes from the survey to work on. Some of the wishes may be granted by volunteer developers or other teams.

We are waiting for your votes. Thank you!

SGrabarczuk (WMF)

16:09, 11 December 2020 (UTC)

Wikipedia 20/Events/Uttar Pradesh

Greeting of day,

commemorate Wikipedia 20 with Project UP

Wikipedia turns 20 on 15 January 2021. This Wikipedia 20 Meta-Wiki page is an initial framework the global Wikimedia community can use to coordinate around the 20th birthday of Wikipedia. We are celebrating how humans made Wikipedia what it is, and only humans can help sustain and grow it. We are celebrating 20 years human!

All you need to do is to sign in as the participant here and observe the celebrations of event Wikipedia 20th celebration the most innate way you feel. The decent stuff will receive a token of appreciation. Y'll are RSVP in the event Wikipedia 20th celebration the most innate way you feel and Wikipedia 20/Events/Uttar Pradesh

Profound Regards,

SHISHIR DUA (talk) 17:00, 11 January 2021 (UTC),

Organizer

[SWT South Asia 2021] [Reminder] Understanding the technical challenges on wikis: Sunday, Jan 24th at 6 pm!

Thanks for signing up to participate in the “Understanding the technical challenges on wikis” session organized as a part of the Small wiki toolkits - South Asia 2021. In this session, we will be discussing the technical challenges faced by contributors to Wikimedia projects of South Asian languages, come up with ideas to build local technical capacity, and increase and share skills and knowledge across various communities.

• The workshop will take place from 6 pm to 7:30 pm IST on 24 January (upcoming Sunday). The meeting link is https://meet.google.com/obu-owmx-fgr.

Please let us know if you have any questions. Regards, SWT South Asia Organizers, 15:53, 22 January 2021 (UTC)

Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021 Submission selected

Hello Ranjithsiji,

Greetings from Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021 organizing committee. We are glad to inform you that your submission is selected and it would be great to have your session.
Submission#1: Transforming Data from the Web with OpenRefine
Date and time: Saturday, 20 February, 15:10 - 16:10 IST
Submission#2: Gadgets and tools for a Wikidata Editor and Gadgets and tools for a Wikipedia Editor
Date and time: Saturday, 20 February, 14:00 - 15:00 IST

Please see the program schedule: Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021/Program

For any query or support assistance, please write to our email at wmwmcis-india.org

Regards,

Jayanta (CIS-A2K) (talk) 19:01, 3 February 2021 (UTC)
Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021 organizing member

Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021 Program Schedule: You are invited 🙏

Hello Ranjithsiji,

Hope this message finds you well. Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021 will take place from 19 to 21 February 2021 (Friday to Sunday). Here is some quick important information:

• A tentative schedule of the program is published and you may see it here. There are sessions on different topics such as Wikimedia Strategy, Growth, Technical, etc. You might be interested to have a look at the schedule.
• The program will take place on Zoom and the sessions will be recorded.
• If you have not registered as a participant yet, please register yourself to get an invitation, The last date to register is 16 February 2021.
• Kindly share this information with your friends who might like to attend the sessions.

Schedule : Wikimeet program schedule. Please register here.

Thanks
On behalf of Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021 Team

Thank you for participation in Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month!

Hi, Ranjithsiji!

Thank you very much for participating in Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month! My apologies for not sending this message sooner – but be assured, your contributions are very valuable!
The organisers welcome you participation. We hope you had fun! Some users faced the notability issues of the suggested articles; we recognise that the list of suggested articles wasn't flawless.
The project is not ended until all worthy participants receive their souvenirs! There will be another message from the organising team soon about this.
Stay safe, we appreciate you being a Wikipedian that you are -- ViraMotorko (WMUA) ^(talk) 09:37, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

Dear ViraMotorko (WMUA) I was very glad to hear from you about the edit-a-thon and follow up. Yes the event gave me a lot of new area to explore. Thank you for giving me this great oppertunity to explore Ukraine's Culture. Always happy to keep in touch. --Ranjithsiji (talk) 13:34, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

WikiSangamotsavam

Hello, I just noticed a small inconsistency at Category:WikiSangamotsavam and wanted to clear this up with you since you would obviously know better. The by-year pages are all written as "WikiSangamotsavam" with a capital S, except for Wikisangamotsavam-2018, which is written with a lower-case one, and the categories also have the first spelling except for Category:Wikisangamotsavam-2013‎. Do you think these should be unified? ~~~~
User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 21:11, 15 June 2021 (UTC)

Yes. It must be unified. It is the same event happened in Malayalam Wikimedia community. Ranjithsiji (talk) 01:21, 19 June 2021 (UTC)

Do you think a capital or a small letter is better? ~~~~
User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 12:28, 19 June 2021 (UTC)

The small letter is the right thing. It is a Malayalam word and it is a single word in Malayalam. So there is no point in putting a capital letter in the name. Ranjithsiji (talk) 03:42, 20 June 2021 (UTC)

Okay, I moved the pages that were using "WikiSangamotsavam" to the title with a lower-case s, and added sortkeys to the categories where appropriate while I was at it. ~~~~
User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 10:55, 20 June 2021 (UTC)

Final Call for Candidates for AffCom - June 2021

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Affiliations Committee (AffCom) logo

This is an update from the Wikimedia Affiliations Committee. Translations are available.

This is a final Call for Candidates for the June 2021 Affiliations Committee election.

If you are interested in running, please post your application and follow all four steps on the nomination page by 30 June 2021 23:59 hours UTC.

If you know somebody you think may be interested, please share this with them and encourage them to consider it. If you have any questions about this process or the requirements, please email affcom@wikimedia.org before the application deadline or reach out to any of the current members.

On behalf of the AffCom elections committee,

--- FULBERT (talk) 14:37, 22 June 2021 (UTC)

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Join Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos 2021

Hello Ranjithsiji,

Many thanks for participating in the maiden edition of Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos in 2020.

We are glad to inform you that the 2021 edition starts today (1st of July). You are invited to participate in the campaign again this year to help improve the quality of Wikipedia articles with photos. For more information, please visit the campaign page here.

If you have any questions or query please feel free to contact anyone from the Organizing Team of WPWP Campaign.

Kind regards,
Tulsi Bhagat ^{[ contribs | talk ]}
Communication Manager, WPWP Campaign
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Affiliations Committee (AffCom) Call for candidates - January 2022

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The Affiliations Committee – the committee responsible for guiding volunteers in establishing Wikimedia chapters, thematic organizations, and user groups – is looking for new members!

The main role of the AffCom is to guide groups of volunteers that are interested in forming Wikimedia affiliates. We review applications from new groups, answer questions and provide advice about the different Wikimedia affiliation models and processes, review affiliate bylaws for compliance with requirements and best practices, and update the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees as well as advise them on issues connected to chapters, thematic organizations and Wikimedia user groups.

The committee consists of five to fifteen members, selected at least once every year, to serve two-year terms.

Being a part of the AffCom requires communication with volunteers all over the world, negotiating skills, cultural sensitivity, and the ability to understand legal texts. We look for a mix of different skill sets in our members.

Responsibilities

• Availability of up to 5-8 hours per month

• Participate in monthly one and two-hour voice/video meetings

• Commitment to carry out assigned tasks in a given time.

• Facilitate and support communications

• Affiliate Support and growth

Required and Recommended Abilities, Skills, Knowledge for Affiliations Committee Members

Strong interpersonal relationship among members of the committee and also with the Wikimedia community members. Across all committee members, there are additional relevant skills as well as requirements which help to support the committee and its sustainability which include both required and relevant general skills

Required

• Fluency in English
• Availability of up to 5 hours per week, and the time to participate in a monthly one and two-hour voice/video meetings.
• Willingness to use one's real name in committee activities (including contacts with current and potential affiliates) when appropriate.
• Strong track record of effective collaboration
• International orientation

Relevant for all members

• Public Communications (English writing and speaking skills)
• Skills in other languages are a major plus.
• Understanding of the structure and work of affiliates and the Wikimedia Foundation.
• Documentation practices
• Interviewing experience
• Experience with, or in, an active affiliate is a major plus.
• Teamwork: Project and people management skills to coordinate and collaborate with different parties on a shared plan and see it through to completion.
• Problem-Solving: Ability to evaluate various solutions, consider multiple interests and points of view, revisit unresolved issues, seek compromise and work and communicate across languages and cultures.

Given the expectations for maintaining the course in 2022 and preparing for potential 2022 transitions as part of the Movement Strategy implementation process, it is important that we are also clear about two different skill sets critical to committee support at this time. The first skillset is oriented to understanding affiliate dynamics and organizational development patterns to successfully process affiliate applications for recognition; the other is oriented to conflict prevention and intervention support for affiliates in conflict.

Relevant to Affiliate Recognitions

• Administration & Attention to detail
• Readiness to participate in political discussions on the role and future of affiliates, models of affiliation, and similar topics.
• Awareness of the affiliates ecosystem and models and understanding of community building, organizational development, and group dynamics

Relevant to Conflict Prevention & Intervention

• Communication skills for active listening, clear instruction and turn-taking.
• Stress Management skills for maintaining patience and positivity
• Emotional intelligence to maintain awareness of emotions of oneself and others to practice empathy, impartiality, and mutual respect.
• Facilitation, negotiation, and mediation skills to guide diverse individuals and groups toward cooperation.
• Ability to work within a team

Do you have relevant skills and interest to support movement affiliates?

We are looking for people who are excited by the challenge of empowering volunteers to get organized and form communities that further our mission around the world. In exchange, committee members will gain the experience of supporting their world-wide colleagues to develop their communities as well as personal development in guiding organizational development, facilitating affiliate partnerships, and professional communications.

Selection process

As a reflection of our commitment to openness, transparency, and bilateral engagement with the Wikimedia community, the 2022 member selection process will include a public review and comment period and a self-assessment survey for candidates to share their skills and their experience. This self-assessment information will help the committee to identify the skill sets relevant and supportive to our affiliate support processes. We invite you to apply for membership to the committee and join us in supporting the affiliates. The data shared in the self-assessment will only be made available to the committee and the relevant staff support. The nomination, candidate Q&A, and endorsements will still take place posted on Meta for public review at January 2022 page. Here the global community is welcome to provide comments and feedback about each candidate.

Once the nomination window closes 31 January 2022, the sitting members who are not candidates for re-election in this cycle will deliberate and then vote, taking into account all inputs from the meta page, self-assessment, advisors, Wikimedia Foundation staff and board liaisons, and committee member discussion.

A final decision will be made in late-February 2022, with new members to be notified for onboarding in February.

How to apply

If you are interested in joining the committee, please:

Step 1. Post your application on the nomination page by 31 January 2022. Your application must include the following information:

1. Your full name and Wikimedia username
2. A statement describing your relevant education, experience, abilities, skills, knowledge, availability, and motivation for joining the committee.

Step 2. Complete the self-assessment survey between January 1, 2021 and January 31, 2021.

• The privacy statement that applies to the survey can be found here.
• NOTE: The survey will take 15 mins. Please do not close your browser. If you need a break, you are advised to keep the browser open. In case of losing the link, please reach out to mkaur-ctrwikimedia.org
• This survey must be completed before Steps 3 & 4, as it will provide more background as to the type of work and expectations of members of AffCom.

Step 3. Answers the following questions:

• NOTE: Questions 1-3 are required for all candidates.

• Question 4 & 5 should be answered by those interested in joining the Recognitions subcommittee.
• Question 6 & 7 should be answered by those interested in joining the Conflicts Intervention subcommittee.
• If you are willing to nominate yourself for both subcommittees, answer all questions.

1. What roles have you served across any Wikimedia projects and affiliates that you think have prepared you for this role?
2. AffCom members need to manage time, confidentiality, conflicts of interest, and diverse situations across the global movement. How do you envision managing these?
3. Members of AffCom serve on one of two subcommittees: Recognitions OR Conflicts Intervention. Which one of these are you most interested in serving on?
4. If you are interested in serving on the Recognitions subcommittee, what do you think makes a group of Wikimedians ready to function together as an affiliate?
5. If you are interested in serving on the Recognitions subcommittee, what do you think are the benefits and responsibilities of functioning as formal affiliates?
6. If you are interested in serving on the Conflicts Intervention subcommittee, please describe your experience working with conflicts resolution.
7. If you are interested in serving on the Conflicts Intervention subcommittee, please describe how you have helped build consensus and support diversity.

Step 4. Once you have completed the above, send an email announcing your application to affcomwikimedia.org before the application deadline.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me and/or the committee as a whole. We are happy to chat or have a webinar call with anyone about our work if this helps them decide to apply. Please distribute this call among your networks, and do apply if you are interested!

On behalf of the committee,

--FULBERT (talk) 13:18, 19 December 2021 (UTC)

Affiliations Committee (AffCom) Call for advisors - January 2022

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The Affiliations Committee – the committee responsible for guiding volunteers in establishing Wikimedia chapters, thematic organizations, and user groups – is looking for new members!

The Affiliations Committee – the committee responsible for guiding volunteers in establishing Wikimedia Chapters, Thematic Organizations, and User Groups – is looking for advisors!

The main role of the Affiliations Committee is to guide groups of volunteers that are interested in forming Wikimedia affiliates. We review applications from new groups, answer questions and provide advice about the different Wikimedia affiliation models and processes, review affiliate bylaws for compliance with requirements and best practices, and advise the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees on issues connected to chapters, thematic organizations and Wikimedia user groups.

We are looking for advisors who are excited by the challenge of empowering volunteers to get organized and form communities that further our mission around the world. In exchange, committee advisors selected will gain the experience of supporting their world-wide colleagues to develop their communities as well as personal development in guiding organizational development, facilitating affiliate partnerships, and professional communications.

AffCom advisors can engage with the committee in a variety of capacities:

Consultant

Individuals with extensive movement experience can be engaged as Consultants for specific cases or initiatives by AffCom.

Trainer

Individuals with specific expertise may be engaged for short-term projects for training AffCom or Affiliates. They might also lead the Capacity Building initiatives for AffCom or affiliates.

Observer

AffCom can request specific or all advisors to act as an observer in different cases to ensure neutrality & compliance with guidelines.

AffCom Support

Development of Policies: While advisors cannot create legally binding policies for the committee, they can help create policies that provide direction and support for the committee.

Planning and Implementing Community Relations: The advisors are long-term wikimedians & also include influential community leaders who can be effective at spreading the word about initiatives and services.

Supporting Subcommittees: The advisors can support subcommittees that have assigned tasks in specific areas.

Other Tasks: Advisors can be engaged to address a specific need. Such engagements are usually short-lived and are disbanded as soon as their specific goals are met.

Key skills

We look for a healthy mix of different skill sets in our advisors, including the following key skills and experience:

1. Strong understanding of the structure and work of Wikimedia affiliates and the Wikimedia Foundation.
2. Readiness to participate in political discussions on the role and future of affiliates, models of affiliation, and similar topics.
3. Availability of up to 2 hours per week, and the time to participate in a monthly two-hour voice/video meeting
4. International orientation and ability to work and communicate with other languages and cultures.
5. Knowledge of different legal systems and experience in community building and organizing are a plus.
6. Fluency in English is required; skills in other languages are a major plus.
7. Experience with or in an active Wikimedia affiliate is a major plus.
8. Strong track record of effective collaboration (such as evidenced skills at facilitation, mediation, negotiation, and so forth) is a major plus.
9. Willingness to use one's real name in committee activities (including contacts with current and potential affiliates) when appropriate.

Selection process

As a reflection of our commitment to openness, transparency, and bilateral engagement with the Wikimedia community, the 2022 advisors selection process will include a public review and comment period. All applications must be posted on Meta between January 01 and January 31, 2022 at Affiliations Committee/Advisors/2022, and the community will be invited to provide comments and feedback about each candidate. At the end of the nomination period, the applications will be voted on by the members of the committee, taking into account comments put forward by the committee's members, advisors, Wikimedia Foundation staff and board liaisons, and the community. A final decision will be made in February 2022, with new advisors expected to begin later that month.

How to apply

If you are interested in advising the committee, please submit your candidacy on Affiliations Committee/Advisors/2022 between January 01 to January 31, 2022. Your application must include the following information:

1. Your full name and Wikimedia username
2. A statement describing your relevant experience, skills, and motivation for joining the committee as an advisor.
3. The advisor role you would like to serve
4. Answers to the following three questions:
   1. How do you think affiliates work best together to partner on effective projects and initiatives?
   2. What do you see as the role of affiliates in the Wikimedia movement in the next three years?
   3. What do you feel you will bring as an advisor to the committee that makes you a uniquely qualified candidate?

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact the committee. We are happy to chat or have a phone call with anyone about our work if this helps them decide to apply. Please distribute this call among your networks, and do apply if you are interested!

On behalf of the committee,

--FULBERT (talk) 13:17, 19 December 2021 (UTC)

Affiliations Committee (AffCom) Member & Advisor Elections - Final Reminder for January 2022

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This is a friendly reminder that the Affiliations Committee – which is responsible for guiding volunteers in establishing and sustaining Wikimedia chapters, thematic organizations, and user groups – is seeking new members and advisors! The deadline to post your application on the Member nomination page and Advisor nomination is 31 January 2022.

If you know somebody you think may be interested, please share and encourage them to consider applying. If you have any questions please email affcom@wikimedia.org before the application deadline or reach out to any of the current members. Good luck to all the candidates!

On behalf of the committee,
FULBERT (talk) 17:32, 25 January 2022 (UTC)

Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month 2022 invitation

Dear Wikipedian!

You received this message because you participated in Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month 2021. Without your contribution, the challenge would not have been so successful.

This year Wikimedia Ukraine, in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and Ukrainian Institute, has launched the second edition of writing challenge "Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month", which lasts from 17 February to 17 March 2022. The campaign is dedicated to famous Ukrainian artists of cinema, music, literature, architecture, design and cultural phenomena of Ukraine that made a contribution to world culture.

I would like to invite you to participate again in this writing challenge! We have updated the list of suggested articles and announced new prizes for contestants to keep interest in different fields of Ukrainian culture. I hope to hear from you soon!-- ValentynNefedov (WMUA) ^(talk) 08:57, 17 February 2022 (UTC)

വിക്കിമീഡിയ സ്ട്രാറ്റജി കരട് സംബന്ധിച്ച ചര്‍ച്ച

പ്രിയപ്പെട്ടവരേ.. വിക്കിമീഡിയ പ്രസ്ഥാനത്തിൻറെ മൂവ്മെൻറ് സ്ട്രാറ്റജിയെ കുറിച്ച് താങ്കൾ അറിഞ്ഞിരിക്കുമല്ലോ. മൂവ്‌മെന്റ് ചാർട്ടറിൻറെ കരട് തയ്യാറാക്കിയ അതിൻറെ കമ്മിറ്റി പ്രസ്തുത ചാർട്ടറിന്റെ പ്രധാനമായും മൂന്ന് ഉപ വിഭാഗങ്ങളെ കുറിച്ച് (ആമുഖം, മൂല്യങ്ങളും തത്വങ്ങളും, പങ്കാളിത്തവും ഉത്തരവാദിത്തങ്ങളും ) ചർച്ച സംഘടിപ്പിക്കുന്നു. വിവിധ വിക്കിമീഡിയ സംരഭങ്ങളിൽ പ്രവർത്തിക്കുന്ന താങ്കളെപ്പോലുള്ളവരുടെ അഭിപ്രായങ്ങളും നിർദേശങ്ങളും ഏറെ വിലപ്പെട്ടതാണ് . അതറിയാനാണ് ഈ യോഗം സംഘടിപ്പിക്കുന്നത്. ആയതിനാൽ ഈ മാസം നാലിന് ( ഞായറാഴ്ച) ഇന്ത്യൻ സമയം രാവിലെ പത്ത് മണിക്ക് ( IST 10.00 AM )ഒരു ഓൺലൈൻ യോഗം ചേരുന്നു. പ്രസ്തുത യോഗത്തിലേക്ക് താങ്കളെ വിനയത്തോടെ ക്ഷണിക്കുന്നു. താങ്കൾ ഈ യോഗത്തിൽ പങ്കെടുക്കുന്നുണ്ടെങ്കിൽ ഈ പേജിൽ നിങ്ങളുടെ പേര് ചേർക്കുക.

ഓൺലൈൻ യോഗത്തിൽ ചേരാനുള്ള സൂം മീറ്റിംഗ് ലിങ്ക്

പ്രസ്തുത യോഗത്തിന് മുമ്പായി താഴെകൊടുക്കുന്ന 3 അധ്യായങ്ങളുടെ (ആമുഖം, മൂല്യങ്ങൾ & തത്വങ്ങൾ, റോളുകൾ & ഉത്തരവാദിത്തങ്ങൾ) കരട് റിപ്പോർട്ട് വായിക്കുകയാണെങ്കിൽ ഏറെ ഉപകാരപ്രദമാകും.

• ആമുഖം

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Content/Preamble

• മൂല്യങ്ങളും തത്വങ്ങളും

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Content/Values_%26_Principles

• ഉത്തരവാദിത്തങ്ങൾ

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Content/Roles_%26_Responsibilities ഇതുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട എന്തെങ്കിലും സംശയങ്ങളുണ്ടെങ്കിൽ,ദയവായി ബന്ധപ്പെടുക നന്ദി, ~~~~ Akbarali (talk) 10:20, 2 December 2022 (UTC)

Announcing a Scholarship Opportunity for Wikimedians - Wikimedia Technology Summit (WTS)

Dear Wikimedian, we would like to announce that Scholarship applications are now being accepted for the 2nd Wikimedia Technology Summit, proposed event dates are the 3rd, and 4th of March 2023 (Friday & Saturday)  at The International Institute of Information Technology - Hyderabad, India. The scholarships will primarily support active Wikimedia Technology developers and other stakeholders to participate in the summit.

Wikimedia Technology Summit (WTS) aims to share and discuss state-of-the-art tools, technologies, knowledge, and ongoing research within Wikimedia and its sister projects.  

The scholarship applications will be open from 11 December 2022 to 31 December 2022.

The applications for scholarships and program submissions are already open! You can find the form for the scholarship at

2nd Wikimedia Technology Summit.

Please post a message on the talk page for any questions. Thanks in advance, and many greetings,

On behalf of the organizing committee, 2nd Wikimedia Technology Summit. Kasyap (talk) 06:22, 26 December 2022 (UTC)

Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month 2023: Invitation

Dear Wikipedian!

After two successful campaigns, Wikimedia Ukraine, in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and Ukrainian Institute, decided to launch "Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month" in the year 2023, which will last from 1st until 31st March. The campaign is dedicated to famous Ukrainian artists of cinema, music, literature, architecture, design, and cultural phenomena of Ukraine that are now part of world heritage.

I would like to invite you to participate once again in this writing challenge! We have revised the suggested articles and announced new prizes for contestants to motivate fruitful contributions from participants. I hope to see you on board soon!

You received this message because you participated either in 2021 or 2022 edition of Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month.ValentynNefedov (WMUA) (talk) 07:47, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

CampWiz Using on WLF editathon

Dear, I noticed you have created an editathon in our recently rolled out tool CampWiz for Malaylam Wiki. As for the convenience, we prefer the edit-a-thon name in the native language of the target audience (in this case, Malaylam). Therefore, I changed the edit-a-thon name in Malaylam (just copy pasted it from Project Page without any actual knowledge in the language). I also added the link to the campwiz campaign page in the project page using the campaign ID 38 ({{CampWiz|38}}). Can you please, recheck that I have done all the things correctly? Also, as the tool being new, you can try to create test campaigns and test the tool extensively before the actual usage. I cordially invite you to do that and may be leave some feedbacks along with that. Also, you can help us translating the tool in your language also as we only preferring human translation over machine translations. Thanks - Nokib Sarkar (talk) 08:04, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

Invitation to Subscribe and Contribute to the Wikimedians of Kerala Newsletter

Hello Ranjithsiji,

Thanks for being a member of Wikimedians of Kerala UG. I would like to extend a warm invitation to you to subscribe to the Wikimedians of Kerala Monthly Newsletter that we have informed during our last user group's monthly meetup. Our newsletter aims to keep the user group members informed about the latest developments, events, and achievements within the Wikimedians of Kerala usergroup and other related updates. It serves as a valuable resource for staying updated on important discussions, collaborations, and initiatives taking place by the user group.

To subscribe to the newsletter, simply click the link below and follow the instructions to receive regular updates directly in your talk-page.

Subscribe to the Newsletter

We also encourage you to contribute to the newsletter by sharing any notable activities, projects, or insights that you believe would be of interest to our community. Your contributions will play a vital role in making the newsletter a comprehensive and engaging source of information for all UG members.

(This is a one-time invitation as you have signed up as a member of Wikimedians of Kerala UG)

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Wikimedians of Kerala - January 2024 Newsletter

This is Wikimedians of Kerala UG's first newsletter.

User group news

• On 20th January 2024, we had our first user group meeting held online this year.
  • Shared updates about the WikiConference Kerala and 21st Birthday Celebration of Malayalam Wikipedia held on 23 Dec 2023 at Thrissur.
  • Shared updates about the Wikisource digitization program held at St. Mary's GHSS Pala.
  • Discussed about the Monthly newsletter of UG....(Read more at...)
• On-going events & activities
  • Astrophotography Campaign 2024
  • Book Digitization

Other news

• Feminism and Folklore 2024 - Ongoing edit-a-thon in Malayalam Wikipedia

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Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month 2024: Invitation

Dear Ranjithsiji!

Wikimedia Ukraine, in cooperation with the MFA of Ukraine and Ukrainian Institute would like to invite you to once again participate in annual "Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month". We accept contribution in all language editions of Wikipedia! As always, the campaign is dedicated to famous Ukrainian artists of cinema, music, literature, architecture, design, and cultural phenomena of Ukraine that are now part of world heritage.

We have revised the suggested articles, made process of claiming your contributions more clear, so I hope to see you joining campaign soon!

You received this message because you participated in the previous iterations of Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month.ValentynNefedov (WMUA) (talk)

Wikimedians of Kerala - February 2024 Newsletter

This is Wikimedians of Kerala UG's first newsletter.

User group news

• On 17th February 2024, we had our second user group meeting held online at Google Meet platform this year.
  • Shared updates about the ongoing Book Digitization by User:Tonynirappathu.
  • Discussed about the Tamil-Malayalam Community Collaboration plans and invited members to join the initiate.
  • Discussed the technical issues in the Malayalam Wikipedia and shared updates about the Wikimedians of Kerala technical group (Read more at...)
• On-going events & activities
  • Astrophotography Campaign 2024
  • Book Digitization

Other news

• Shared updates about Feminism and Folklore 2024 - Ongoing edit-a-thon in Malayalam Wikipedia

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Affiliations Committee News (January-March 2024)

Group photo of the 2023 EduWiki Conference in Belgrade, organized by Wikipedia & Education User Group

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Quarterly newsletter sharing news and events about the work of Wikimedia's Affiliations Committee.

Affiliate Recognition and Derecognition: Recognition of Cyprus, Botswana, Niger, and Telugu user groups

Affiliate Activities Report: Reports from Belgium, South African, and Ukrainian chapters

AffCom Movement Contribution: AffCom engagement with the new Affiliates Strategy and Movement Charter drafts

AffCom Administration: New AffCom members and advisors

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Wikimedians of Kerala - March 2024 Newsletter

This is Wikimedians of Kerala UG's third newsletter.

User group news

• On 30th March 2024, we had our third user group monthly meeting held online at User Group's Telegram platform.
  • Shared updates about the ongoing user group activities and plans for organising some Wiki campaigns.
  • Discussed about Wiki loves Earth campaign and usergroup's interest in organising it in India level.
  • Discussed about WikiFunctions and members shared updates about their views. (Read more at...)

Eevents & activities

• On-going events & activities supported by User Group
  • Indian general election edit-a-thon 2024 has been started on April 15th to create and updated articles in Malayalam Wikipedia related to the Lok Sabha election.
  • Astrophotography Campaign 2024
  • Book Digitization

Other news

• User group is planning to participate in Software Collaboration for Wikidata

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Wikimedians of Kerala - April-May 2024 Newsletter

This is Wikimedians of Kerala UG's fourth newsletter.

User group news

• On 27th April, we had our monthly meeting held online at Jitsi platform.
  • Shared updates about the ongoing user group activities and plans for organising some Wiki edit-a-thons and hack-a-thons.
  • Discussed about recent happenings in Malayalam Wikipedia.( Read more at...)
• On 25th May, we had our monthly meeting held online at Jitsi platform.
  • Discussed about India election 2024 edit-a-thon running in Malayalam Wikipedia.
  • Discussed about technical training for editors in Malayalam Wikipedia.
  • Discussed about Indic Media Wiki Developers user group Hackathon happened at Tinkerspace, Kalamassery.( Read more at...)

Events & activities

• On-going events & activities supported by User Group
  • Indian general election edit-a-thon 2024 has been started on April 15th to create and updated articles in Malayalam Wikipedia related to the Lok Sabha election.
  • Astrophotography Campaign 2024
  • Book Digitization

Other news

• User group has proposed an application to participate in Software Collaboration for Wikidata

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Affiliations Committee News (April-June 2024)

AffCom group photo at Wikimedia Summit 2024 in Berlin, Germany

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Quarterly newsletter sharing news and events about the work of Wikimedia's Affiliations Committee.

Affiliates Strategy Updates: Adoption of a new affiliate health criteria and changes to User Groups recognition process

Affiliate Recognition and Derecognition: Recognition of Madagascar, Senegal, Republic of Congo, and Namibia user groups

Affiliate Activities and Compliance Report: Activities reports around the world

AffCom Conflict Intervention: Six active conflicts, no new reports for Q4

AffCom Movement Contribution: AffCom engagement at Wikimedia Summit and ESEAP Conference

AffCom Administration: Officers elections and departing members

Upcoming AffCom Events: AffCom at Wikimania 2024

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Wikimedians of Kerala - June 2024 Newsletter

This is Wikimedians of Kerala UG's fifth newsletter.

User group news

• On 15th June 2024, we had our user group monthly meeting held online at Jitsi platform.
  • Shared updates about the MC final draft version and voting procedure. Suggested open voting in meta to select the offical voter of the Wikimedians of Kerala UG.
  • Shared updates about Technical Consultations 2024 program by Indic MediaWiki Developers UG and discussed how community members can get involved.
  • Shared updates about the Wiki Loves Onam Rapid grant by User:Gnoeee and discussed the focus of the event with the members. (Read more at...)
• On 29th June 2024, we had a special meeting held online at Jitsi platform to discuss with the UG members and Malayalam community about the MC voting.
  • User:Ranjithsiji was selected as official voter of UG after open voting in meta and asked the community about the feedback before voting.
  • Discussed about Movement Charter and members shared updates about their views. UG members invloved in translating the MC page to Malayalam. (Read more at...)

Events & activities

• Past events & activities supported by User Group
  • Indian general election edit-a-thon 2024 has been ended on June 15th and nearly 87 articles has been created/updated.
• On-going events & activities supported by User Group
  • Astrophotography Campaign 2024
  • Book Digitization

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Wikimedians of Kerala - July 2024 Newsletter

This is Wikimedians of Kerala UG's sixth newsletter.

User group news

• On 20th July 2024, we had our user group monthly meeting held online at Jitsi platform.
  • User:Akhilan presented the idea about photo documentation that aims to document a village and a photo scavenger hunt. The more details about it can been seen at Village Documentation - Thalavoor and Wikipedia Takes Kollam pages.
  • User:Gnoeee shared updates about the Wiki Loves Onam grant proposal which got approved for in FY 2023-24 (Round 6) that aims to document videos and photos in Wikimedia platforms. Planning to share more updates in the month of August.
  • Discussed about the user groups upcoming months plan. User:Ranjithsiji and User:Manojk shared plans for submitting grant proposals for organising some events in upcoming months.
  • Community members User:Irvin calicut, User:Akhilan, User:Tonynirappathu was elected for auditing the grants involving the user group.(read more at...)

Events & activities

• On-going events & activities supported by User Group
  • Astrophotography Campaign 2024
  • Book Digitization

Other news

• User group members User:Gnoeee and User:Ranjithsiji will be travelling to Wikimania this year from Kerala and User:Mujeebcpy will be joining from Austria.

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Wikimedians of Kerala - August 2024 Newsletter

This is Wikimedians of Kerala UG's sixth newsletter.

User group news

• On 17th August 2024, we had our user group monthly meeting held online at Jitsi platform.
  • User:Gnoeee and User:Ranjithsiji shared their experience in attending Wikimania 2024 at Katowice, Poland from Kerala. The other known Malayali Wikimedians attended this years Wikimania in-person are User:Mujeebcpy, User:Jsamwrites and User:Leaderboard
  • User:Ranjithsiji presented a talk on Schoolwiki project and presented the poster describing activities of Wikimedians of Kerala UG. User:Gnoeee presented the poster describing the activities of OpenDataKerala community.
  • User:Ranjithsiji and User:Mujeebcpy worked on a tool named 'Vcutcli' to create small videos by cutting a large video using starting and ending timestamps during Wikimania.
  • User:Gnoeee shared updates about the Wiki Loves Onam 2024 campaign. The photography campaign in Wikimedia Commons and Edit-a-thon in Malayalam Wikipedia was discussed.
  • Discussed about organising Wikidata Birthday celebration and Wikimedians of Kerala Annual Meetup this year.
  • Discussed about the IndiaFOSS 2024 event at Bangalore and two representatives of User-group was planned to attend the event.
  • Community members are encouraged to apply for Train the Trainer (TTT) 2024, which will be held in Odisha.
  • Community members User:Gnoeee, User:Irshadpp, User:Manojk and User:Ranjithsiji shared their selection to participate in the Wiki Technology Summit taking place on 4th and 5th Oct at Hyderabad. (Read more...)

Events & activities

• On-going events & activities supported by User Group
  • Astrophotography Campaign 2024
  • Book Digitization
  • Wiki Loves Onam 2024 - the photography campaign at Wikimedia Commons
  • Wiki Loves Onam 2024 - Edit-a-thon at Malayalam Wikipedia

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Invitation to Discussion Call for Wikipedia Asian Month 2024 Campaign

Dear 2022 & 2023 WAM Organizers,

Greetings from Wikipedia Asian Month User Group! As the Wikipedia Asian Month Campaign 2024 draws near, we are organizing a discussion call to gather your thoughts on this year's campaign. The call will take place on October 19th (Saturday) at 11:00 a.m. UTC and will be conducted in English. If you're interested in participating, please register on this page. We look forward to seeing you there. Thank you!

Betty2407 (talk) 11:03, 2 October 2024 (UTC) on behalf of Wikipedia Asian Month 2024 Team

Hi @Ranjithsiji, I just wanted to send a quick reminder about our upcoming Wikipedia Asian Month 2024 Call for Organizers on October 19, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. UTC. We’ll be meeting on Google Meet, and I’m really looking forward to seeing you there! If you have any questions or topics you'd like to discuss, feel free to think about them beforehand so we can make the most of our time together. Betty2407 (talk) 13:05, 17 October 2024 (UTC)

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Affiliations Committee News (July-September 2024)

AffCom session at Wikimania 2024

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Affiliates Strategy Update: Implementation status of a new affiliate health criteria and changes to User Groups recognition process

Affiliate Recognition and Derecognition: Recognition of Togo, Wayúu, and Singapore user groups

Affiliate Activities and Compliance Report: Activities reports around the world

AffCom Conflict Intervention: Updates on conflict intervention cases

AffCom Movement Contribution: AffCom engagement at Wikimania

AffCom Administration: Results of the officers elections

Upcoming AffCom Events: AffCom at WikiIndaba and a strategy meetup

Other Movement News: Regional conferences, mental health support, and new committee support inbox

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Wikimedians of Kerala - September 2024 Newsletter

This is Wikimedians of Kerala UG's eighth newsletter.

User group news

• On 21st Sept 2024, we had our user group monthly meeting held online at Jitsi platform.
  • User:Gnoeee started the meetup welcoming everyone and shared the agenta for this months meetup as listed in the event page.
  • User:Ranjithsiji shared the UG's grant proposal details and the plans for upcoming months.
  • User:Ranjithsiji shared his experience in attending IndiaFOSS along with Naveen Francis. Both of them represented the reperentative of Wikimedians of Kerala UG at IndiaFOSS. User:Gnooee's workshop on OpenRefine has been accepted for IndiaFOSS, but due to his absence for personal reasons the workshop was taken by User:Ranjithsiji and Ayushi, an Outreachy intern who has worked with the OpenRefine team.
  • User:Gnoeee has been reminded about the last date to submit the Technical Consultations form that was shared in the Village pump, mailing list and other social media platforms.
  • User:Gnoeee shared updates about the Wiki Loves Onam 2024 campaign.
  • Discussed about organising Wikidata Birthday celebration and Wikimedians of Kerala Annual Meetup this year.
  • User:Ranjithsiji shared an update about the online workshop 'Introduction to Wikipedia' he did for SFLC Delhi.
  • The Sacharam project idea was discussed. Participants mentioned it would good to discuss with the person who proposed it in the next meeting.
  • User:Tonynirappathu shared update about his Book Digitization work.
  • Shared the discussion that is going on about the planned WCI 2025

(Read more at...)

Events & activities

• On-going events & activities supported by User Group
  • Astrophotography Campaign 2024
  • Book Digitization

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Wikimedians of Kerala - October 2024 Newsletter

This is Wikimedians of Kerala UG's nineth newsletter.

User group news

• On 12th Oct 2024, we had our user group monthly meeting held online at Google meet. 17 members attended the meeting.
  • User:Gnoeee started the meeting welcoming everyone and shared the agenda for this months meetup as listed in the event page.
  • User:Gnoeee shared the updates about Wiki Loves Onam campaign, highlighting that over 4,000 files were uploaded by more than 100 participants between September 1st and 30th.
  • User:VSj (WMF) shared the updates about Sancharam project. During the discussion, participants actively contributed by sharing valuable feedback and raising questions to clarify specific aspects of the initiative. Challenges were noted, including technical support for uploading, handling licenses, and managing the content.
  • User:Ranjithsiji shared an update on organizing Wikidata birthday with a community gathering and workshop in Kerala, with the potential to collaborate with the OpenStreetMap (OSM) community for greater engagement and shared learning opportunities.
  • User:Gnoeee shared an update on Wikidata's 12th Birthday celebrations led by the Wikimedians of Kerala UG on Wikidata Oct 13th-19th. One week focusing on improving hospital and health center data.
  • User:Manojk shared an update on the WikiConference Kerala that is planned to be hosted at Thrissur during the month of December. More details will be shared soon. Also shared update on up-coming Malayalam Wikisource activities.
  • During the discussion, participants explored the idea to submit a bid for hosting the WCI 2025 in Kerala. The participants expressed their support for the idea, and decided to form a dedicated group was to work on the bid proposal and submit the bid for Kochi location.

Other news

• User:Athulvis and User:Jameela P. got selection to attend Train-the-Trainer (TTT) program that is being hosted at Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
• User:Gnoeee has received an invitation from the WikiArabia Conference team to attend the conference and to organize an OpenRefine workshop during the conference in Oman.

Events & activities

• On-going events & activities supported by User Group
  • Astrophotography Campaign 2024
  • Book Digitization
  • Wikidata Twelfth Birthday datathon

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Thank you from the Language Diversity Hub!

Dear Ranjith Siji! Thank you for signing up on the LDH meta-page, we are happy to have you onboard!

The next community call will be held jointly with the Language Team on November 22.

We are currently in a phase where we are trying out different activities, and our main channel to communicate is the mailing-list. You can sign up for it here. Malikbr (talk) 18:52, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

Wikimedians of Kerala - November 2024 Newsletter

This is Wikimedians of Kerala UG's tenth newsletter.

User group news

• On 9th Nov 2024, we had our user group monthly meeting held online at Google meet. 15 members attended the meeting.
  • User:Gnoeee started the meeting welcoming everyone to the meeting and shared the agenda for this months meetup.
  • User:Gnoeee shared the updates about Wiki Loves Onam Video documentation, that features a collection of 10 videos documented in Commons that capture key events and customs associated with the festival.
  • User Gnoeee shared the update about the selection of the Kochi venue for the WikiConference India 2025 bid proposal submitted by the User Group.
  • User:Irvin calicut shared an update of Wiki Loves Birds in India photography campaign dedicated to celebrating and documenting the remarkable avian biodiversity across India.
  • User:Gnoeee shared his experience participating in WikiArabia 2024 and providing training on OpenRefine to the participants. He also shared an update on his discussion with User:VSj (WMF) during the event about the Sancharam project.
  • User:Akhilan shared the update on പള്ളിക്കൂടത്തിലേക്ക് വീണ്ടും (Back to School) campaign which focus to digitize old Malayalam textbooks in Malayalam Wikisource. Members User:Tonynirappathu and User:Manoj also part of the discussion of the project.
  • User:Ranjithsiji and User:Gnoeee shared the update on celebrating Wikidata's 12th Birthday in collabration with OSM community during SoTM Kerala 2024 event.
  • User:Athulvis shared his experience in attending TTT 2024 at Bhubaneswar.
  • User:Ranjithsiji and User:Gnoeee shared the update on submitting Grant proposal for organsing User group events and collabrating with other communities.
  • User:Ranjithsiji shared the update on starting a workspace page at Phabricator for UG.
  • User:Ranjithsiji shared the update on bringing Wikivoyage Malayalam out of the Incubator. User:Gnoeee also invloved in the discussion about the futhur plans that needs to be carried out. (Read more at)

Other news

• User:Athulvis, User:Gnoeee and User:Ranjithsiji got selected to attend Indic Wikimedia Hackathon organized by Indic MediaWiki Developers User Group in collaboration with the Odia Wikimedians User Group that is being hosted at Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

Events & activities

• On-going events & activities supported by User Group
  • Astrophotography Campaign 2024
  • എന്റെ ഗ്രാമം 2024 (My Village 2024) - Edit-a-thon in Malayalam Wikipedia.

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Reminder: 2024 WAM Golden Award Details

Dear 2024 WAM Organizers,

Happy New Year! We are very pleased that this year's Wikipedia Asian Month has successfully concluded. Once your jury members have completed all the evaluations, please kindly visit the page Golden Award to list the participants who made the most contributions, as well as the eligible awardees, so that we can send them barnstars in the future. If your language community was hosting separate subcontests, we sincerely invite you to merge the event results for the purpose of awarding barnstars. Thank you.

Best regards,

Betty2407 (talk) 04:35, 5 January 2025 (UTC) on behalf of Wikipedia Asian Month 2024 Team

Affiliations Committee News (October-December 2024)

AffCom at its Strategic Retreat in Frankfurt

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Quarterly newsletter sharing news and events about the work of Wikimedia's Affiliations Committee.

Affiliates Strategy Update: Notes from the 2024 AffCom strategic retreat

Affiliate Recognition and Derecognition: User group application pause lifted

Affiliate Activities and Compliance Report: Activities reports around the world

AffCom Conflict Intervention: Updates on conflict intervention cases

AffCom Movement Contribution: AffCom engagement at WikiIndaba

AffCom Administration: Mari Avetisyan appointed new AffCom secretary

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I need your help

Dear @Ranjithsiji,

My name is Uzoma, I am the Movement Communications Specialist supporting the Wikimedia Language and Product Localization team. I am reaching out because you indicated interest in participating in the Translation suggestions: Topic-based & Community-defined lists project.

We now have the Community-defined list feature in the Content translation tool. We want to approach organisers of Wiki campaigns that involve translation happening now or soon to add the collection tags to their article list. So that people who use the Content translation tool can discover these campaigns and participate directly from the moment they access the tool using their mobile device. The campaign suggestions will be in the "All Collection" category of the Translation suggestion feature, as illustrated in the GIF below.

Our request

Please help us by providing a list of the campaigns happening in your community and the organisers we can approach to add the tag. This is important to us because we need to learn from the feature's usage for campaigns.

I would appreciate your help connecting me to the campaigns you are preparing for in your community.

I look forward to your response, and please let me know if you need any clarification. Thank you so much!

Best regards, UOzurumba (WMF) (talk) 21:49, 11 February 2025 (UTC)

Wikimedians of Kerala - January 2025 Newsletter

This is Wikimedians of Kerala UG's twelfth newsletter.

User group news

• On Jan 25th 2025, we had our user groups monthly meeting held online at Google meet platfrom. 15 participants attended the meeting.
  • User:Ranjithsiji shared the updates about the grant utilization for the Wikimedians of Kerala UG activities.
  • Shared the updates about WCK 2024 tha was organised on 28th Dec. Shared update about the discussions happened in the UG's AGM and published report.
  • Shared the updates about WCI 2025 that will be organised at Kochi in 2025. Shared the dicussion happened during UG's AGM meeting held on 28th Dec.
  • The My Village 2024 Edit-a-thon has been organised in Malayalam Wikipedia. 114 articles was created.
  • Shared update about Wiki Loves Birds India 2024 campaign. Preliminary judgement has been completed. and final judging process going on.
  • User:Gnoeee shared updates about UG's initial discusssion about hosting Wikimania 2027 in India. Wikimania never happened in South Asia. So UG has taken initative to start the discussion and to submit the bid. The bid has been submitted on Wikimania portal on 27th Jan 2025.
  • User:Akbarali shared update about Wiki Loves Ramadan campaign. Erfan and Muhammed Yaseen shared their interest in taking up the initiative. (Read more...)

Events & activities

• On-going events & activities supported by User Group
  • Feminism and Folklore 2025 - writing contest in Malayalam Wikipedia.
  • Wiki Loves Folklore 2025 in India - photography campaign in Wikimedia Commons from 1st Feb to 31st Mar 2025
• Upcoming events
  • International Mother Language Day 2025 Datathon - in Wikidata from 21st-28th Feb 2025

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Feminism and Folklore 2025: Important Updates for Organizers & Jury

Hello Community Organizers and Jury,

Thank you for organising Feminism and Folklore writing competition on your wiki. Feminism and Folklore is the largest Wikipedia contest organized by community members. We congratulate you in joining and celebrating our cultural heritage and promoting gender equality on Wikipedia.

To encourage boost for the contributions of the participants, we're offering prizes for Feminism and Folklore local prizes. Each Wikipedia will have three local winners:

*First Prize: $25 USD

*Second Prize: $20 USD

*Best Jury Article: $15 USD

All this will be in gift voucher format only.

Prizes will only be given to users who have more than 5 accepted articles. No prizes will be given for users winning below 5 accepted articles.

Kindly inform your local community regarding these prizes and post them on the local project page

The Best Jury Article will be chosen by the jury based on how unique the article is aligned with the theme. The jury will review all submissions and decide the winner together, making sure it's fair. These articles will also be featured on our social media handles.

We're also providing internet and childcare support to the first 75 organizers and Jury members for those who request for it. Remember, only 75 organizers will get this support, and it's given on a first-come, first-served basis. The registration form will close after 75 registrations, and the deadline is '''March 5, 2025'''. This support is optional and not compulsory, so if you're interested, fill out the form [[2]]

Each organizer/jury who gets support will receive $40 USD in gift voucher format, even if they're involved in more than one wiki. No dual support will be provided if you have signed up in more than one language. This support is meant to appreciate your volunteer support for the contest.

We also invite all organizers and jury members to join us for Advocacy session on Saturday, Feb 28, 2025. This session will help you understand the jury process for both contests and give you a chance to ask questions. More details are on Event:Telling untold stories: How to document gendered narratives in Folklore on Wikipedia - Meta

Let's celebrate our different cultures and work towards gender equality on Wikipedia!

Best regards,

Stella and Tiven

Wiki loves folklore international team

SAgbley (talk) 18:42, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

Wikimedians of Kerala - February 2025 Newsletter

This is Wikimedians of Kerala UG's thirteenth newsletter.

User group news

• • On 22nd Feb 2025, we had our user group monthly meeting online via Google Meet. Jinoy shared the agenda of the meeting and welcomed everyone. Thirteen members attended the meeting.
  • Jinoy & Manoj shared updates about Wiki Conference India 2025.
  • Jinoy shared updates about Wiki Loves Folklore photography campaign, Feminism and Folklore Edit a thon in Malayalam Wikipedia.
  • Manoj shared updates about Wikisource workshop at Kannur and plans to celebrate Malayalam Source anniversary celebration.
  • Akhilan shared about about Padayani documentaion project. Articles has been created in Malayalam wiki and documented.
  • Jinoy shared the news about workshop and photowalk in association with Wiki Loves Folklore at Kannur.
  • Jinoy and Manoj shared updates on behalf of the user group about the submitted bid proposal to bring Wikimania to India, the first ever Wikimania in South Asia.
  • Manoj shared the updates about submiting the Annual grant proposal for next cycle for organising UG.activities and asked community members inputs.
  • Kannan shared his plans to release the works under CC licence of an author and asked the community support.
  • Adarsh shared his work on WP:Category project and inviting people to particpate. (read more...)

Events & activities

• On-going events & activities supported by User Group
  • Feminism and Folklore 2025 - writing contest in Malayalam Wikipedia.
  • Wiki Loves Folklore 2025 in India - photography campaign in Wikimedia Commons from 1st Feb to 31st Mar 2025

Other news

• Manoj shared about participation in Wikisource Conference 2025 at Bali from Feb 14-16, 2025.

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Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month 2025: Invitation

Dear Ranjithsiji!

Wikimedia Ukraine, in cooperation with the MFA of Ukraine and Ukrainian Institute would like to invite you to once again participate in annual "Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month". We accept contribution in all language editions of Wikipedia! As always, the campaign is dedicated to famous Ukrainian artists of cinema, music, literature, architecture, design, and cultural phenomena of Ukraine that are now part of world heritage.

Join the campaign and win valuable prizes!

You are also welcome to translate the landing page of the contest and banner into your own language.

As part of the campaign, we’ve also prepared a special event for you!

Have you ever explored a museum not in person, but as your digital avatar? Join us for a guided virtual tour through the Museum of Stolen Art — during the tour, you’ll learn how Russian forces looted and demolished museum collections and cultural monuments in occupied cities, with a particular focus on Mariupol.

💬 You’ll also have the opportunity to translate and improve articles related to the event as part of the UCDM 2025 campaign.

• May 6, 15:00 (CET)
• Find more details and register here.

You received this message because you participated in the previous iterations of Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month. OlesiaLukaniuk (WMUA) (talk)

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Wikimedians of Kerala - March 2025 Newsletter

This is Wikimedians of Kerala UG's fourteenth newsletter.

User group news

• On 29th Mar 2025, we had our user group monthly meeting online via Google Meet. Jinoy shared the agenda of the meeting and welcomed everyone. Nineteen members attended the UG meeting.
  • Jinoy shared updates about Wiki Loves Folklore 2025 in India campaign which received over 30k images.
    • Jinoy shared updates about the workshop and photowalk focusing on Theyyam organized at Kannur as part of WLF campaign.
  • Jinoy shared the updates about the holding of WikiConference India 2025 due to FCRA issues faced by CIS.
  • Jinoy shared the updates about the sessions organised during Open Data Days 2025 at Digital University Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram.
  • Ranjithsiji shared updates about documenting Mudiyettu, Thiruvathirakali, and visiting museums for potential collaborations.
  • Ranjithsiji & Manoj shared updates about progress on the Wikivoyage Malayalam. Two workshops were held; more contributors are encouraged to participate. Planning to take out of Incubator in another 3 months.
    • Suggestions made to translate and adapt article skeleton templates for Wikivoyage Malayalam.
  • Akhilan reported documentation of 10 festivals, including 5 Padayani-related ones with 1.5k images.
  • Manoj shared plans to organise Wikisource Community Meetup on April 19 and 20th.
  • Ranjithsiji shared the plans of upcoming campaigns include Wiki Loves Earth India and Wiki Loves Onam 2025, gathering of Wiki Women in Kerala and finalizing UG strategy plans.
  • Jinoy shared the updates of discussions happened with Grant admin regarding this behalf of the UG.
  • Ranjithsiji shared plans to have training on small technical tools and increased technical capacity building was proposed.
    • Jinoy shared the past activities done during the time of pandemic and discussed about kick starting it again.
  • Adarsh shared the concerns raised over IP vandalism on Malayalam Wikimedia projects and discussed it.

Events & activities

(On-going events & activities supported by User Group)

• Wikisource Community Meetup - 18th and 19th April 2025.

Other news

• Six UG members has shared news about receiving scholarship to attend Wikimania 2025 in Nairobi, Kenya.
• Jinoy shared the Capacity Exchange project and the tool introduced to share skills within the community which was shared with the UG by Nivas.

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Affiliations Committee News (January-March 2025)

Wikimedia Brasil, the latest chapter to be recognized by AffCom

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Affiliate Recognition and Derecognition: Recognition of Wikimedia Brasil and four user groups

Affiliate Activities and Compliance Report: Activities reports around the world

AffCom Conflict Intervention: Updates on conflict intervention cases

AffCom Movement Contribution: AffCom engagement at Wikimedia+Libraries and Wikisource conferences

AffCom Administration: Welcoming new AffCom voting and advisory members

Upcoming AffCom Events: AffCom at ESEAP Strategy Summit

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Wikimedians of Kerala - April 2025 Newsletter

This is Wikimedians of Kerala UG's fifteenth newsletter.

User group news

• On 26th Apr 2025, we had our user group monthly meeting online via Google Meet. Jinoy shared the agenda of the meeting and welcomed everyone. Sixteen members attended the UG meeting.
  • Manojk shared updates about Wikisource Workshop conducted at Kerala Sahitya Academy, Thrissur.
  • As part of the event, prototying of Wikisource evaluation tool was done and it will be released soon.
  • Jinoy shared updates about evaluation of images populated as part of Wiki Loves Folklore program. Final results are yet to be published.
  • Jinoy shared updates on the scanner provided by CIS to the UG. Currently it is under the custody of Tony Nirappathu.
  • Ranjithsiji shared updates about Wikivoyage workshops conducted in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Discussion about collaboration with Tamil Wiki was also discussed.
  • Jinoy shared updates on WikiConference India 2025 and the possibility of postponing the same to 2026.
  • Shagil raised concerns about improvement of articles generated as part of Wiki Loves Folklore.
  • Vis M shared updates about Dart2Corpus which is now released under CC license.
  • Ranjithsiji shared insights on lack of Lexeme support in OpenRefine and inputs on the same received as part of FOSS meetup.

Other news

• Ranjithsiji shared updates about Wikimedia Hackathon which is scheduled to be conducted at Istanbul, Turkey. Ranjithsiji, Gnoeee, Manojk received scholarships to attend the event.

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Wikimedians of Kerala - May 2025 Newsletter

This is Wikimedians of Kerala UG's sixteenth newsletter

User group updates

• On 24th May 2025, we had our user group monthly meeting online via Google Meet. Ranjithsiji shared the agenda of the meeting and welcomed everyone. Fourteen members attended the UG meeting.
  • Ranjithsiji shared updates about enabling WikiFunctions in Malayalam Wiktionary on 27 May.
  • Jinoy shared updates about Wiki Loves Folklore 2025 in India. The results are expected to be announced by June last week.
  • Ranjithsiji shared plans to conduct Wiki Loves Earth campaign in India this year.
  • Ranjithsiji shared updates on WikiConference India 2025 that is postponed to next year.
  • Adithya shared inputs on the map issue raised during the previous call. Issue is yet to be resolved.
  • Ranjithsiji shared inputs on mass IP vandalism currently happening in Malayalam Wikipedia.
  • Ranjithsiji shared updates that Manojk is in discussion with Kole Birders Kerala to have their photos uploaded to Wikimedia Commons in CC-by-SA license.
  • UG members, Ranjithsiji, Manoj, Jinoy and Akbarali attended Wikimedia Hackathon 2025 organized at Isthanbul.
    • Ranjith and Jinoy shared their experience and shared the updates about the Multi Gallery tool and Wikidata RC tool that were presented by them during the Hackathon.
  • Ranjithsiji shared thoughts on having a new frontpage for Wikivoyage once it goes live.
  • Irshad shared queries on missing admin action in Malayalam wiki when users with 3 vandalized edits are made.
  • Ranjithsiji explained about the draft namespace we are currently having in mlwiki and about an improved policy wherein article can be moved as SD once article is moved to main namespace without needed changes. (read more...)

Events & activities

• On-going events & activities by User Group
  • Wiki Loves Earth 2025 in India - photography campaign in Wikimedia Commons from 1st June 2025 to 31st July 2025.

Other updates

• Ranjithsiji shared plans on conducting a 3 month workshop on Wiki related tools at GRD College using the grant submitted by Bhuvana Meenakshi.
• Kannan Shanmugham shared that he along with Akhilan will be conducting basics of Wikipedia for Kollam Press club.
• The new Charts extension has been enabled and can be used on every Wikimedia projects. (... more tech updates)
• A hackathon is planned to be organised at Kochi from July 25-27, 2025 by IMDUG. The application deadline is June 14. Visit the Meta-Wiki page for details and to apply.

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Join the 6th edition of the Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos Campaign

Hello there,

Thank you for participating in the previous editions of Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos campaign.

We are glad to inform you that this year's edition started on 1 July, 2025. You are invited to participate in the campaign again to help improve the quality of Wikipedia articles and Wikidata with photos. For more information about the campaign and how to participate, please visit the campaign page here.

If you have any question or need more information, please either contact the organizing team, leave a message at the campaign's discussion page or send an email to wpwpcampaigngmail.com.

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Wikimedians of Kerala - June 2025 Newsletter

This is Wikimedians of Kerala UG's seventeenth newsletter.

User group updates

• On 28th June 2025, we had our user group monthly meeting online via Google Meet. Jinoy shared the agenda of the meeting and welcomed everyone. Eleven members attended the UG meeting.
  • Jinoy shared updates about Wiki Loves Folklore. The results of the event was announced yesterday. Shared the thanks note to each commiunity members for their support in organising the activity
  • Jinoy shared updates about Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos 2025 (WPWP) event and shared the plans about conducting a regional level program in association with WPWP.
  • Manoj shared updates about Wiki Loves Earth in India competition. Around 4000 photos have been uploaded during the time of call and Manoj shared plans to socialize by sending mails on the same for better reach.
  • Jinoy shared that, following an email from IMUG on June 5, 2025, requesting support and mentorship for a hackathon in Kochi (July 25–27, 2025), the update was communicated through community channels and included in the June newsletter. During this call, he invited inputs from UG members.
  • Shaji shared updates on his work related to a template to store books in pdf format.
  • Manoj and Arya shared information about plans related to Ayurveda in Wikimedia projects.(read more...)

Events & activities

• On-going events & activities by User Group
  • Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos 2025 - Regional campaign by UG in Wikipedia from 1st July to August 31st 2025. #WPWPINKL
  • Wiki Loves Earth 2025 in India - photography campaign in Wikimedia Commons from 1st June 2025 to 31st July 2025.

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Thank You for being part of WLF and F&F Activities in India 2025

Dear Ranjithsiji chettan 👋

A heartfelt thank you for being an integral part of the Wiki Loves Folklore (WLF) and Feminism and Folklore (F&F) campaigns in India as part of the India Rapid Project. Your contributions and efforts have played a crucial role in enriching Wikimedia with diverse cultural, regional, and gender-equity-focused content.

I truly appreciate your commitment to open knowledge and community engagement.

Next Steps:

• 👉 If you haven’t shared your event metrics yet, please add them to this Event Metrics Spreadsheet

• 👉 Complete and publish your final event report for the workshops and photowalks your community/User Group has conducted, if you haven’t already. This is essential for documentation, learning, and the final reporting process under the India Rapid Project.

• 👉 Finally, please fill out this Feedback and Assessment Form to share your reflections on the campaign.

Please try to complete this by 27th July 2025 (IST).

Your input will help us assess the overall impact of these campaigns and contribute to the final reporting and learning outcomes. Once again, thank you for your contributions and dedication. :) 🌿

Warm regards,
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Greetings!

The Language and Product Localization team has developed a Lua interface to simplify the preparation of Lua modules for translation in the MetaWiki platform. This means that module developers can now use the new Lua interface to load translatable strings, and the translators can translate them in the same translation interface that is used for templates and wiki pages.

This improvement makes it easier for translators to find and edit module strings without dealing with raw Lua code. It helps prevent mistakes that could break the module during translation.

We invite you to watch our demo video and read more about translatable modules to understand how it works. Please give us your feedback on this talk page on how well the Lua interface addresses the challenges in your workflow and how useful it is in module localization tasks. You can also refer to Module:User Wikimedia project, which was recently converted to utilize these messages, for example usage.

Your feedback is important as it will help us evaluate and decide how to continue developing and improving this interface, extend it to other wikis, or change our approach.

Thank you, and we anticipate your honest feedback.

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WikiGuessr

Hi, I saw your WikiGuessr presentation at the wikimania hackathon showcase - and I would like to play with it myself. Where can I find it?? I found the Gitlab repository but not the website where I can play the game. Can you help? Wittylama (talk) 12:59, 9 August 2025 (UTC)

I forgot to add the deployed link into the etherpad. Right now it is not deployed into toolforge ( I have plans to do that). There a some services which I fetch from external sources. I need to clean those before deploy into toolforge. Right now it is in development stage. Yes you can play the game here https://ranjithsiji.github.io/wikiguessr/ . Thank you for pinging me.Ranjithsiji (talk) 04:04, 10 August 2025 (UTC)

Capacity Exchange: New Design, Features & Ways to Connect!

Hello Ranjithsiji!

Our platform has undergone several updates and has a new design and brand-new features available. We would like to invite you to explore the tool and give your feedback to help us make it even better.

Also, call your wiki-friends to Join for the Exchange.

If you experience any difficulty navigating the tool, here is our User Guide with a step-by-step tutorial on how to use each feature.

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Wikimedians of Kerala - July 2025 Newsletter

This is Wikimedians of Kerala UG's eighteenth newsletter.

User group updates

• On 26th July 2025, we had our user group monthly meeting online via Google Meet. Jinoy shared the agenda of the meeting and welcomed everyone. 13 members attended the UG meeting.
  • Shared the update about the eligibility of UG to take part in the shortlisting process for the WMF Board of Trustees 2025 Election. Jinoy has been nominated as the group’s representative voter.
  • Updates on the Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos (WPWP) 2025 campaign on Malayalam Wikipedia. Hashtag #WPWPINKL is using to track the contributions.
  • Ranjithsiji shared that Wiki Loves Earth 2025 in India is being organized again after 2017, with international team support.
  • Jinoy shared the idea of organising the Wiki Loves Onam 2025 campaign this year with the support of UG members and the community. Plans include a longer campaign, improving Onam-related articles and media files.
  • User group members will be participating in Wikimania 2025 at Nairobi. Four posters (UG + individual) from Kerala are selected. Feedback from last year on proper image licensing has been addressed.
  • New member of UG, Kamarudheenelankur shared about the plan to take photos of bus stops at Malappuram and uploads to Commons.
  • Members suggested forming a review committee for handling UG assets. Jinoy shared that a discussion will be started on the criteria for using UG assets.
  • Akbarali suggested preparing reports in Malayalam. Volunteers are welcome to help with translations. (read more...)

Events & activities

• On-going events & activities by User Group
  • Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos 2025 - Regional campaign by UG in Wikipedia from 1st July to August 31st 2025. #WPWPINKL
  • Wiki Loves Onam 2025 - media campaign by UG in Wikimedia Commons from 17th Aug - 30st Sept 2025.

Other updates

• Members were encouraged to contribute to the South Asia Newsletter.

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Expression of Interest: Advanced Train the Trainer (ATTT) 2025

Dear User,

I hope you are doing well. We are pleased to inform you that the Open Knowledge Initiative team at IIIT-H is organising an event called Advanced Train the Trainer. The Expression of Interest is already open for submissions, and we encourage you to apply if you are interested or haven't applied yet. The deadline to submit your Expression of Interest has been extended until 26 August. The Advanced Train the Trainer (ATTT) 2025 will be held on 10, 11, and 12 October 2025 at IIIT-Hyderabad. Wikimedians from India will be a part of the event.

ATTT is designed for experienced Wikimedians, particularly those who have previously participated in Train the Trainer. The program aims to develop further their leadership, thematic expertise, and practical application skills. The training will be conducted in two thematic tracks:

• Evaluation, Impact, and Data Storytelling – Learn to measure, analyse, and narrate the impact of Wikimedia initiatives through hands-on labs and peer feedback.
• Project Design: From Learning to Action – Work on a 3-month project with mentoring and planning tools, turning learning into impactful, context-driven initiatives.

• Apply here: Expression of Interest form
• Deadline to apply (extended): 26 August 2025
• Event Dates: 10-12 October 2025

Note: If you are unsure about which track to choose, please still submit your application by answering the questions thoroughly. Our team will review it and assign you to the most suitable track. If you are not comfortable applying directly on Meta, you may send your proposal (using the Meta template and with a valid reason) to nitesh@research.iiit.ac.in. If selected, the OKI team will publish it on Meta on your behalf.

We look forward to receiving your applications and working together to shape impactful Wikimedia leadership!

Regards,

Open Knowledge Initiatives Team

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Wikimedians of Kerala - August 2025 Newsletter

This is Wikimedians of Kerala UG's nineteen newsletter.

Updates / Discussions

• On 23rd August 2025, we had our user group monthly meeting online via Google Meet. Sixteen members attended the UG meeting. Jinoy shared the agenda for the meeting and welcomed everyone to the meeting.
  • Ranjithsiji initiated discussions on the need to apply for the Annual General Support Fund (GSF). The deadline for submission is 5th September 2025.
  • Ranjith, Manoj, Jinoy, Tony shared the update about the received. Members emphasized finalizing pending support reports before proceeding with the new application.
  • Jinoy presented a draft policy for handling User Group assets. Members are invited to provide feedback and suggestions on the talk page or on the document.
  • Updates on ongoing campaigns Wiki Loves Onam 2025 and Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos 2025 were shared.
  • Ranjithsiji announced that the proposal for WikiConference India 2026 will be submitted in September and plans are underway to organize WikiConference Kerala in December 2025.
  • Vijayan V K proposed starting a campaign to create school articles from SchoolWiki to Malayalam Wikipedia, with a focus on uploading at least one photo for each school.
  • Participants (Manoj, Ranjith, Jinoy and Akbarali who participated the meeting) who attended Wikimania 2025 shared their experiences.
  • Discussions also touched upon issues in Malayalam Wiktionary’s IPA module, possible solutions for Commons uploads.
  • Vis M, Tony and other members discussed possible tools and workflows to ease bulk uploads to Wikimedia Commons, including Google Drive integrations.(read more...)

Events & activities

• On-going events & activities by User Group
  • Wiki Loves Onam 2025 – Photography campaign to document Onam culture, ongoing in Commons.
  • Wiki Loves Schools – Photography campaign to collect and add high-quality, freely licensed images and other media of educational institutions, ongoing in Commons.

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Request for an interview under TTT evaluation

Hello, I am writing to request an interview with you. As part of the Train The Trainer impact evaluation, we are interviewing individuals who have been associated with the program in the past as participants. Your expereince of the program, observations, and feedback will be quite helpful in this research.

This interview will last around 45-60 minutes. Please let me know your availability between 29th September to 4th October. If none of these days work, please let me know the preferred date. Request you to drop your reply at contact.oki@research.iiit.ac.in

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Your Community Is Invited: Wikipedia Asian Month 2025

Dear Organizers of Wikipedia Asian Month,

Warm greetings from the Wikipedia Asian Month User Group!

We are excited to announce that the Wikipedia Asian Month Campaign 2025 is fast approaching. We would be delighted to have you join us once again as a local organizer for your language community.

To participate, please register your language edition on the "Join an event" page. Your continued support has played a vital role in the success of previous campaigns, and we hope to see you again this year.

Thank you for your contributions, and we look forward to another impactful Wikipedia Asian Month together!

Betty2407 (talk) 10:06, 19 October 2025 (UTC) on behalf of Wikipedia Asian Month 2025 Team

Dear Ranjithsiji, Thank you for organizing WAM campaign! I noticed that Malayalam Wikipedia's evaluation tool for WAM 2025 has not been created yet. You can create a new scoring tool here , allowing participants to upload their articles and enabling jury members to rate them. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me. Thanks. Betty2407 (talk) 08:47, 26 October 2025 (UTC)

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Preparations starts for Wiki Loves Folklore and Feminism and Folklore - Apply for WMF grants

Dear Ranjithsiji,

Frameless

Warm greetings

Round 3 of the Wikimedia Rapid Fund is now open!
The deadline to submit proposals is November 1, 2025.

This is your chance to request funding for international projects of Feminism and Folklore.

Key Resources

• Rapid Fund Overview
• How to Apply (Fluxx instructions)
• Past Proposals and Reports
• Application Guides & Templates
• Wiki Loves Folklore
• Feminism and Folklore

Action Steps

1. Review eligibility and funding criteria.
2. Draft your proposal – objectives, activities, timeline, and budget.
3. Coordinate with your international team via support@wikilovesfolklore.org
4. Submit your proposal on Fluxx before November 1, 2025.

If you need guidance, reach out to us via email.

Let's keep celebrating our shared heritage through open knowledge!

Warm regards,
International Team
Wiki Loves Folklore and Feminism and Folklore

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Wikimedians of Kerala - September 2025 Newsletter

This is the Wikimedians of Kerala UG's 20^th newsletter.

Updates / Discussions

• On 27^th September 2025, we held our user group’s monthly meeting online via Google Meet. Eighteen members attended the meeting. The agenda for the meeting was shared, and everyone was welcomed.
  • Ranjithsiji shared updates about the support request by the UG and the annual plan published on Meta-Wiki.
  • Irvin and Manoj shared plans for organizing Wiki Loves Birds this year. More updates will be shared soon.
  • Jinoy shared updates on the ongoing campaigns — Wiki Loves Onam 2025 and Wiki Loves Schools — supported by the UG. More than 400 images have been uploaded for both WLO and WLS campaigns.
    • User:Vijayanrajapuram and Ranjithsiji discussed future plans for the Wiki Loves Schools campaign.
  • Jinoy shared about the past Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos 2025 campaign on Malayalam Wikipedia, which was also supported by the UG. Twelve participants contributed to over 100 Wikimedia projects during this period, with more than 500 media files added.
  • Athul shared plans for documenting Navarathri programs and invited others to join the initiative.
  • Athul, Jinoy, and Ranjith shared updates and experiences from attending IndiaFOSS 2025 in Bangalore, where they managed a Wikimedians of Kerala stall to raise awareness about Wikimedia projects. (Read more...)

Events & Activities

• Ongoing events & activities by the User Group
  • Wiki Loves Schools – A photography campaign to collect and add high-quality, freely licensed images and other media of educational institutions. The campaign is ongoing on Wikimedia Commons.

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Join us for “Many Tongues, One Movement: Voices Across Languages”!

Hello Ranjithsiji,

We’re excited to invite you to an inspiring global virtual gathering: the first Capacity Exchange Translat-a-thon.

Together with Language Diversity Hub, the Capacity Exchange (CapX) team will host its first Translation Marathon dedicated to ensuring linguistic equity in access to this amazing tool aimed to connect Wikimedians.
If you enjoy contributing to Wikimedia projects through translating and adapting content into different languages, this event is for you! Join us in the celebration of the multilingual spirit of the Wikimedia Movement at an event where communities that contribute in diverse languages will be able to share local knowledge and collaborate across borders.
Many Tongues, One Movement: Voices Across Languages

• Date: December 6, 2025
• Time: 12 PM (UTC) - Check the event page for your local timezone
• Location: Online (Meta-Wiki + live session links)

Register for the Event here

If you can’t join the live event, you can still contribute to the translations! Edits will be counted for two weeks, until December 20th. And everyone who participates will receive a special badge to display on their CapX profiles.

Strengthen your collaboration through CapX

We invite you and your community to join the Capacity Exchange (CapX), a Wikimedia community-built platform for connecting, collaborating, and exchanging skills with peers across the movement.

CapX helps Wikimedians and organizations find each other, share expertise, and build stronger, more connected communities.

Whether you’re an individual contributor, a user group, a community initiative or an affiliate, CapX helps you grow through knowledge exchange.

Sign up to CapX

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If your community, usergroup or affiliate would like to have a CapX organization profile, please reach out at capx@wmnobrasil.org, and we’d be delighted to support you.

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Wikimedians of Kerala - October 2025 Newsletter

This is the Wikimedians of Kerala UG's 21^st newsletter.

Updates / Discussions

• On 25^th October 2025, we held our user group’s monthly meeting online via Google Meet. Seventeen members attended and Everyone was welcomed to the meeting. The agenda for the meeting was shared by Ranjithsiji.
  • Manoj K and Irvin shared updates about the Wiki Loves Birds campaign in India 2025.
  • Jinoy shared the idea behind the anniversary tool and wished Vijayanrajapuram and Erfanebrahimsait on their first edit on Commons and Malayalam Wikipedia.
  • Ranjith and Manoj shared an update WikiConference Kerala 2025. Planning to organise the event on the 20^th and 21^st December in Thrissur.
  • Jinoy shared an update about the celebration of 25th birthday of Wikipedia. Shared some of the updates from the community
  • Wikidata Birthday Celebrations
    • Ranjith shared updates about Wikidata Birthday celebration at Kochi during Kochi FOSS Meetup
    • Athul shared the plans about the Wikidata Birthday celebration during 15^th & 16^th Nov 2025 along with SoTM Kerala.
  • Manoj shared the ongoing work on WikiSource and Wikidata integration.. (Read more...)

Events & Activities

• Ongoing events & activities by the User Group
  • Wiki Loves Schools – A photography campaign to collect and add high-quality, freely licensed images and other media of educational institutions.
  • Wiki Loves Birds India 2025 – A campaign on Wikimedia Commons that aims to capture and celebrating the stunning avian diversity of India, home to approximately 1,350 bird species.
  • Quantum Century Exhibition 2025 – A campaign to document International Year of Quantum Science & Technology on Wikimedia Commons.

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Wikipedia Asian Month 2025 Follow-Up: Scoring, Postcards, and Feedback Request

Dear WAM 2025 Organizers,

As many of the language's WAM campaigns have concluded in November, we sincerely invite you to begin the scoring process and assist with the following matters:

• Please provide the list of eligible participants on the Golden Award page, and kindly ask the eligible participants to find and fill the Google form on the same page for postcard distribution.

• In order to better develop WAM, we kindly invite you to fill out this survey and share your experiences with us.

• This year, postcards are making a return for WAM. Please share our Postcard Design Contest with your community!

If you have any questions or require assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you so much for your organization and support.

Betty2407 (talk) 18:17, 9 December 2025 (UTC) on behalf of Wikipedia Asian Month 2025 Team

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Wikimedians of Kerala - November 2025 Newsletter

This is the Wikimedians of Kerala UG's 22^nd newsletter.

Updates / Discussions

• On 22^nd November 2025, we held our user group’s monthly meeting online via Google Meet. The agenda for the meeting was shared by Ranjithsiji and welcomed everyone to the meeting. Fifteen members attended the meeting.
  • Ranjith shared updates about the Wikidata Workshop and 13^th Birthday Celebration that has been happened during State of the Map Kerala 2025 event at Payyannur, Kannur.
  • Manoj and Ranjith shared updates about the upcoming WikiConference Kerala 2025 which will be held on 20^th December at Kerala Institute of Local Administration (KILA), Thrissur, Kerala.
  • Ranjith shared the updates on organising the Malayalam Wikipedia 23^rd Birthday Celebration along with the WCK 2025.
  • Ranjith shared the invitation received on organising Wikimedia Technical Workshop at Amal Jyothi College of Engineering Kanjirappally.
  • Jinoy shared the updates about the Initial discussions about WikiConference India 2026. Inviting the community members to signup and endorse the Grant proposal.
  • Athul shared the plans about documenting Quantum Century Exhibition 2025 at Wikimedia Commons.
  • Manoj shared the updates about 2^nd edition of Wiki Loves Birds India photography campaign in Wikimedia Commons.
  • SijiR shared the idea of organising #SheSaid campaign as part of the Wiki Loves Women initiative on Malayalam Wikiquote.. (Read more...)

Events & Activities

• Ongoing events & activities by the User Group
  • Wiki Loves Schools – A photography campaign to collect and add high-quality, freely licensed images of educational institutions. (16^th Sept 2025 - 31^st Mar 2026)
  • Wiki Loves Birds India 2025 – A campaign on Wikimedia Commons that aims to capture and celebrate the stunning avian diversity of India. (12^th Nov 2025 – 12^th Jan 2026)
  • Quantum Century Exhibition 2025 – A campaign to document International Year of Quantum Science & Technology on Wikimedia Commons.
  • SheSaid – A campaign to celebrate leading women and their voices by encouraging the creation and improvement of Wikiquote articles that feature women’s quotations in Malayalam Wikiquote. (1^st Sept – 31^st Dec 2025)
  • Wiki Loves Village – A multi year campaign to document the Villages on Wikimedia Commons and Wikipedia. (17^th Dec 2025 – 31^st Jan 2026)

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Affiliations Committee News (July-December 2025)

AffCom at Wikimania 2025 in Nairobi, Kenya

Affiliate Recognition and Derecognition: Recognition of Wikimedia Georgia: recognized & announced September 2025

Recognition Status Report: Updates of affiliate applications

AffCom Conflict Intervention: Updates on conflict intervention cases

AffCom Movement Contribution: AffCom at WikiConference North America

AffCom Administration: AffCom and EDs Discuss Affiliate Ecosystem

AffCom Events: AffCom at Wikimania

Affiliations Committee News (July-December 2025)

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Wikimedians of Kerala - December 2025 Newsletter

This is the Wikimedians of Kerala UG's 23^rd newsletter.

User group news

• In the month of December, we did not have an online meeting as we held our AGM.
• On 5–6^th December 2025, a Wikimedia Technical Workshop was conducted at Amal Jyothi College of Engineering, Kanjirappally, Kottayam.
  • 52 students participated in this event and were trained on the Wikimedia ecosystem. The students presented their tools and outcomes on the last day of the event.
  • User:Athulvis, User:Gnoeee, User:MatthewsM2, and User:Ranjithsiji joined the workshop as mentors.
• On 15–16^th December 2025, a Wikimedia Technical Workshop was conducted at Chinmaya Vishwa Vidyapeeth - Global Campus, Piravom.
  • 50 students participated in this event and received training on the Wikimedia technical ecosystem. The students worked on fixing issues and developing tools, which they presented on the last day of the event.
  • User:Athulvis, User:Gnoeee, and User:Ranjithsiji from the UG attended as mentors.
• 980 contributions were made to the Wiki Loves Museums initiative from 20 November to 31 December 2025.
• On 20^th December 2025, WikiConference Kerala 2025 was organised at the Kerala Institute of Local Administration, Thrissur.
  • The 23^rd Birthday Celebration of Malayalam Wikipedia was held during this time.
  • 90+ participants attended the WCK and its sessions.
• This month, we held our 4^th Annual General Body Meeting (AGBM) at the Kerala Institute of Local Administration on 21^st December 2025.
  • Twenty-two UG members and two guests attended the meeting.
  • Shared and discussed upcoming annual plans and the Wikipedia 25th Birthday celebrations.
  • Discussed preparations for WikiConference India 2026. (Read the detailed report here...)

Events & Activities

• Ongoing events & activities by the User Group
  • Wiki Loves Schools – A photography campaign to collect and add high-quality, freely licensed images of educational institutions. (16^th Sept 2025 – 31^st Mar 2026)
  • Quantum Century Exhibition 2025 – A campaign to document the International Year of Quantum Science & Technology on Wikimedia Commons.
  • Wiki Loves Village – A multi-year campaign to document villages on Wikimedia Commons and Wikipedia. (17^th Dec 2025 – 31^st Jan 2026)

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Wikimedians of Kerala - January 2026 Newsletter

This is the Wikimedians of Kerala UG's 24^th newsletter.

User group news

• On 31^st January 2026, we held our January 2026 Monthly Meetup from 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM IST. The agenda for the meeting was shared by Jinoy and welcomed everyone to the meeting. 12 community members participated in the discussion.
  • Ranjithsiji shared the Wikipedia 25^th Birthday Celebrations organised across different districts of Kerala (Thrissur, Kannur, Kozhikode, Kollam, Wayanad, Ernakulam, Kottayam). Kannan master shared the updates about organising the event at Kollam.
  • A short update about the Wikimedia Hackathon planned at Kaprassery IHRD as part of Tarang on 7–8^th February was shared.
  • Discussed about the Wiki Loves Village campaign.
    • The campaign was conducted on Wikimedia Commons and Malayalam Wikipedia.
    • The program was originally started in 2014 as 'Ende Gramam'.
  • Irvin shared the outcomes of Wiki Loves Birds India 2025 campaign at Wikimedia Commons.
    • More than 6000 images have been uploaded and 9 bird walk programs have been conducted.
    • Education programs are ongoing and the campaign continues for another month.
  • Siji shared the SheSaid campaign updates on Wikiquote. 9 contributors participated and 61 new articles were created during the timeperiod.
  • Jinoy shared the status updates of WikiConference India 2026
    • Athul Invited Community members interested in volunteering to register on the interest page on the WCI 2026 page.
• Discussions were also held about organising:
  • Wiki Loves Folklore and Feminism and Folklore program
  • International mother language day
  • Womens month editathon

Events & Activities

• Ongoing events & activities by the User Group
  • Wiki Loves Schools – A photography campaign to collect and add high-quality, freely licensed images of educational institutions. (16^th Sept 2025 – 31^st Mar 2026)
  • Wiki Loves Village – A multi-year campaign to document villages on Wikimedia Commons and Wikipedia. (17^th Dec 2025 – 28^th Feb 2026)
  • International Mother Language Day 2026 Datathon – Datathon on Wikidata. (21^st Feb 2026 – 3^rd Mar 2026)

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Wikimedians of Kerala - February 2026 Newsletter

This is the Wikimedians of Kerala UG's 25^th newsletter.

User group news

• On 28^th February 2026, we held our February 2026 Monthly Meetup from 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM IST. The agenda for the meeting was shared by Jinoy and welcomed everyone to the meeting. 13 community members participated in the discussion.
  • Shared the details about the Wiki Loves Village campaign.
    • The program was organized to improve geographical details about villages.
    • 135 articles were written, 38 articles improved and 59 images were uploaded as part of the campaign.
  • Shared the details about International Mother Language Day program
    • A datathon was conducted from Feb 1 and it will end by March 3.
    • Tasks shared for the same was less difficult compared to the one shared last time.
  • Sree1959 updated on efforts to move Malayalam Wikivoyage out of the Incubator.
    • Introducing Wikivoyage day - Contributing to Malayalam Wikivoyage for atleast 1 day per month was announced.
  • Ranjithsiji shared details about Wikipedia 25^th Birthday Celebrations organised in and around Kerala.
  • Discussed about Women's Day campaign.
    • Planning to conduct Wiki Loves Women followed by an offline workshop program was discussed.
  • Discussed about Wiki Loves Theyyam campaign.
    • Ranjithsiji shared about documentation of Theyyam which is currently in progress.
    • Planned to start Wiki Loves Theyyam campaign by mid of March.
    • Ranjithsiji and Jinoy planning to visit Kannur during March 7-8 for documenting Theyyam.
  • Discussions were also held about organizing
    • Wiki Loves Birds
    • Open Data Day
    • Wiki Loves Earth

Events & Activities

• Ongoing events & activities by the User Group
  • Womens Day Edit-a-athon 2026 - 3rd March - 31 March 2026 a edit-a-thon on Malayalam Wikipedia related to creating and improving articles realted to Women health.
  • Wiki Loves Theyyam 2026 - a 2 month campaign from 17th March - 17 May 2026 photography campaign in Wikimedia commons related to Theyyam.

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Upcoming meeting: 28^th March 2026 – Meeting page | Meetup Registration

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The sixth Ukraine’s Cultural Diplomacy Month on Wikipedia begins!

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