Just forwarding this.
Butch
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From: <aguspratamadamanik(a)gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Sep 21, 2024, 1:20 PM
Subject: [Wikisource-l] Office hour for Wikisource Conference
To: <wikisource-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Dear Fellow Wikisourcian,
Only 4 days left to submit your program idea for the Wikisource Conference
2025! Whether it's an interactive workshop, panel discussion, lecture, or
meetup, the submission deadline is fast approaching on Wednesday, September
25.
Have you checked out the submissions already received (
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikisource_Conference_2025_submiss…
You might find an exciting opportunity to collaborate with a fellow
Wikimedian! Visit the submissions page to explore what’s been shared so far.
If you have any questions, we’d love to help. Join us at our conversation
hour this Sunday, September 22 at 11:00 UTC (Here the video call link:
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help page or email us directly at wikisourceconference(a)gmail.com. All the
info you need is available on the wiki!
Submitting your proposal is easy, and we encourage everyone to take
part—even if you haven’t yet. We’re excited to see what ideas you bring to
the table!
Looking forward to reading your submission!
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Hi,
(sorry I couldn't find a better place to post this)
I wrote a proposal in meta to add a new way to rank wikis (along side other
rankings). There are more details and result of the measurement in
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ladsgroup/coverage_ranking_of_Wikipedi…
TLDR is that it penalizes a wiki for not having an article that exists in
other language, the higher the number of wikis that has the article, the
higher the penalty would be, either power of two or power of three (to be
decided) of that number. Then wikis with lower penalty rank higher.
This incentivizes wikis to create articles in topics that matter and would
be read by our readers.
I would appreciate your feedback on the talk page of the proposal. Also, if
this needs to be brought up in some other venues as well, it would be
amazing if I'm told where, so I can bring it up.
Thank you!
--
Amir (he/him)
Dear friends,
We have published the Odia Wikimedians User Group's 2023-2024 annual report
at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Odia_Wikimedians_User_Group/Annual_Report/2…
.
It contains updates on our strategic initiatives' impact during this fiscal
year. Among others, we organised/actively participated in nine successful
edit-a-thons; partnered with the Odisha state (provincial) government and
engaged a few thousand participants during an international Odia-language
conference; and contributed to the Odia Wikipedia, Wikisource, Wiktionary,
Wikidata and other Wikimedia projects, and the larger movement. As an
outcome of our work, 21M unique visitors visited Odia Wikipedia, and the
total number of articles grew by 3K thanks to 13 active of the 112 total
editors.
We welcome you to check out the report and share feedback/questions. It
goes without saying that the outcomes mentioned in this report are an
outcome of the collective effort by our active User Group members. We are
thankful to fellow Wikimedians from different Wikimedia communities who we
got to collaborate with, and Wikimedia affiliate and Foundation staff who
supported us.
Subhashish and Gyana on behalf of Odia Wikimedians User Group
Subject: Extension of last date regarding scholarship application for
Wikisource Conference 2025!
Dear Wikimedians,
I hope this email finds you well. We are thrilled to announce that, after a
decade, the Wikisource Conference is returning from 14 to 16 February 2025
in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia. This event will be a wonderful opportunity
for us to come together, share experiences, and discuss the future of
Wikisource and its community.
To promote diversity and inclusion, we are pleased to announce that the
deadline for scholarship applications for the Wikisource Conference 2025
has been extended to 29 September 2024.
Please complete the application form to apply for a scholarship
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfKU36artM5fVRFeG9GAZGhJSVFJKlACky…>.
We will then update you on the conference details, including the program,
speakers, and venue.
If you have any questions or need assistance with your application, feel
free to reach out to us on the Meta talk page or via email at
wikisourceconference(a)gmail.com.
We look forward to receiving your applications and hope to see many of you
at the Wikisource Conference 2025!
Best regards,
J. Balaji <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Balajijagadesh>
On behalf of the
Wikisource Conference 2025 Scholarship Team
Dear friends,
The Wikimedia movement is showing up in full force next week (September 20
- 27) at the United Nations in New York City for the Summit of the Future
<https://www.un.org/en/summit-of-the-future>.
The Summit of the Future is expected to result in a negotiated Global
Digital Compact, meaning it represents the final phase of our
movement-wide campaign
to impact the text of the Global Digital Compact
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_Digital_Compact_Wikimedia_Advocacy_C…>.
Wikimedia affiliates and the Foundation will be active on the ground
throughout the week, including hosting an important event that you are
invited to attend.
The Global Digital Compact: a refresher
You may recall that, back in April, we wrote to you about the Global
Digital Compact. The Compact will serve as a blueprint to help UN member
states shape their internet policy and regulation at a country level. Since
then, dozens of Wikimedia affiliates, together with the Foundation, have
scaled up a campaign to impact the text of the Compact, including
circulating an open letter, which gathered nearly 700 signatures from
individuals and Wikimedia affiliates
<https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2024/04/23/open-letter-protect-wikiped…>.
Our objective has been to encourage UN member states and civil society to
work together to create an internet which upholds human rights, and
protects community-led spaces online. We will continue to work toward this
objective next week in the final phase of drafting.
You’re invited: the Wikimedia event at the UN Summit of the Future Action
Days
Join us on September 21, 15:15 - 16:30 UTC (11:15 - 12:30 EST) for our
event “The Power of the Commons: Digital Public Goods for a More Secure,
Inclusive, and Resilient World”
<https://wikimediafoundation.org/advocacy/power-of-the-commons-unga-event/>.
This event is a massive win for us and it came from real teamwork! It is
co-sponsored by the UN Member State Delegations of Germany, Mexico, and
Poland, and the UN Office of the Secretary-General's Envoy on Technology
<https://www.un.org/techenvoy/>, as well as the organizations Access Now
<https://www.accessnow.org/>, TUM Think Tank
<https://tumthinktank.de/>, Network
of Centers <https://networkofcenters.net/>, Wikimedia Deutschland
<https://www.wikimedia.de/>, Wikimedia Czech Republic
<https://www.wikimedia.cz/en/>, Wikimedia Polska
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Polska>, Wikimedia UK
<https://wikimedia.org.uk/>, and Wikimedia Europe
<https://wikimedia.brussels/>. You can access the recording via this link
<http://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k11/k11syjqt72>.
Additionally, Maryana Iskander will be featured during the plenary session
of the Action Days, entitled “Laying the Foundations of a Digital Future
for All.” This session will explore inclusive, safe, and sustainable
innovation and technology, focusing on the Global Digital Compact’s
principles and advancing AI for humanity’s benefit. While the plenary will
not be available to stream, we will upload Maryana’s portion of the video
to Commons after the event.
What’s next?
The final, negotiated Global Digital Compact will be released following the
Summit for the Future. After the Global Digital Compact is made public, we
will provide a recap of the process and an analysis of what the text could
mean for the future of the Wikimedia projects.
Thank you for your support. We hope to see you online on the 21st!
All the best,
Ziski on behalf of the Global Digital Compact campaign team
Franziska Putz (she/her)
Senior Movement Advocacy Manager
Global Advocacy, Wikimedia Foundation
Fputz(a)wikimedia.org
UTC Timezone