Re: [Wikimedia-l] Call for nominations! Steward Elections 2021

2021-01-14 Thread Martin Urbanec 
Hi everyone,

I would like to announce the nominations just opened few minutes ago.

Nominations are accepted at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/Elections_2021. Interested
candidates who are eligible can nominate themselves.

Please remember, the voting has not yet begun and will not until February
5, 2021, 14:00 (UTC). We will poke you once again when the voting starts.

Best regards,

Martin Urbanec

(on behalf of Election Committee)

On Wed, Jan 13, 2021, 6:19 AM revi  wrote:

> Hi, Please note that the election starts at 15th, not today. (See also [1])
>
> SE ElectCom decided to reschedule, but Martin probably forgot to update
> the scheduled email.
>
> Applications submitted before 15th is invalid, for the record.
>
> Thanks,
> revi (yet another Election Committee member)
>
> [1]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Diff/20954756
>
> revi | 레비https://w.wiki/5$M ~ https://revi.omg.lol
>
> On 2021-01-13 08:00, Martin Urbanec wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> I am pleased to announce the Steward Elections 2021 [1]. We are now taking
> nominations from eligible candidates. Interested candidates can check their
> eligibility and procedure to submit the nomination on the guidelines page
> [2]. We are open to candidate submissions till January 31, 2021, 23:59
> (UTC).
>
> As always, the confirmation of existing stewards [3] will take place at
> the same time as the election, which begins on February 5, and will finish
> on February 26, 2021.
>
> Please remember, the voting has not yet begun and will not until February
> 5, 2021, 14:00 (UTC). We will poke you once again when the voting starts.
>
> If you have any questions regarding the elections, feel free to contact me
> or any other member of the Election Committee. You can also ask any
> question in the #wikimedia-stewards-elections-chat IRC channel, or watch
> updates in #wikimedia-stewards-elections.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Martin Urbanec
>
> (On behalf of the Election Committee)
>
> [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/Elections_2021
> [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/Elections_2021/Guidelines
> [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/Confirm/2021
>
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[Wikimedia-l] Applications for the WikiLearn Online Pilot are closed

2021-01-14 Thread Cassie Casares 
Hello everyone,

Applications for the WikiLearn: Online learning pilot
 are
officially closed. Applicants will receive acceptance emails by January 18,
2021 with onboarding information. The launch date for the Online learning
pilot is February 1, 2021. For those who were not able to apply or were not
selected this time for an online learning pilot, you will still be able to
access all curriculum outlines and knowledge after the pilot has been
completed.

If you have previously applied, please submit or resubmit an email address
due to an error on the application to comdevt...@wikimedia.org or complete
this quick form.



Best,

The Community Development Team

Cassie Casares
Project Coordinator
Community Development
Wikimedia Foundation
ccasa...@wikimedia.org
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[Wikimedia-l] One day until #Wikipedia20!

2021-01-14 Thread Khanyi Mpumlwana 
Hello everyone,



 #Wikipedia20 is just a day away!



A reminder about the #Wikipedia20 virtual birthday event

Join us to celebrate Wikipedia’s 20th birthday at our virtual birthday
party on the 15th of January  from 16:00-17:00 UTC, livestreamed via
Youtube [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzGAGfSObOw]. Our celebration will
include remarks from community members looking back over the past two
decades, as well as their wishes for the future.

Celebrate with digital swag

Visit the Wikipedia 20 Resources page on Meta
 and download
whatever you need for your virtual celebrations. Update your video call
backgrounds, change your social media cover images, design your own assets
and more!

Other ways to celebrate the birthday

   -

   Attend one of several community-hosted celebrations
    happening around
   the world
   -

   Share #Wikipedia20 messages on social media using any of the artwork
   available. Sample posts are available on Meta
   . Be
   sure to tag @Wikipedia and link to the new commemorative website:
   20.wikipedia.org !
   -

   Retweet and share social media posts from Wikipedia on Facebook
   , Twitter
   , and Instagram
   .
   -

   At 20:00 UTC, join a live Twitter chat
   

   between Wikipedia and the International Space Station.
   -

   Give Wikipedia the gift of a citation or support by participating
in the #1Lib1Ref
   campaign ,
   which launches every year on Wikipedia’s birthday.

Happy #Wikipedia20 to you all!

Khanyi and the Wikipedia 20 Team
-- 
*I'm celebrating 20 years of human curiosity, creativity and collaboration.
Happy #Wikipedia20!*

Khanyi Mpumlwana (she/they)

Creative Director

Wikimedia Foundation 
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[Wikimedia-l] Invitation for Wikimedia Education Office Hours, January 2021

2021-01-14 Thread Sailesh Patnaik 
Dear Wikimedians,

Join us for the January edition of the education office hours on 21st at
12:00 PM UTC ! The office hours
are a dedicated time and an online space to have conversations and
discussions related to Wikimedia and education activities, listen and learn
from each other's projects and experiences.

You can find more details and the agenda of the meeting here:
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/About/Office_Hours/January_21_2021
.


Looking forward to seeing you then, Please let me know if you have any
questions.

Do you want to reach out to the education team for a 1:1 consultation?
Request for a slot for consultation for your education work (
ttps://outreach.wikimedia.
org/wiki/Education/About/Office_Space
 ) by
filling this google form ( http://bit.ly/EduOfficeSpace )

Dhanyabaad!
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*Sailesh Patnaik*
Wikimedia Foundation | Program Associate, Education
User:SPatnaik (WMF)
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[Wikimedia-l] "Wikipedia 20th celebration the way I & my family feels"

2021-01-14 Thread Rajeeb 
Greetings,


We write to thank you for your immense contribution so far to our event
titled *"Wikipedia 20th celebration the way I & my family feels"
*



To give more time to participate we have decided to extend the contest for
four additional weeks and continue the celebration.


So the new date is now 14th February 2021.


To know about already submitted creative work, kindly visit here



For more information, kindly have a look at the event page: '*"Wikipedia
20th celebration the way I & my family feels
"*


Let's all be creative and celebrate Wikipedia20 birthday, *"the way I and
my family feels"*.


If you are interested to contribute please participate. Do feel free to
share the news and ask others to participate.



Namaste,

Rajeeb.

(U:Marajozkee)
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF Community Events Team office hours: January 14

2021-01-14 Thread Rachel Farrand 
Remember that this month's Community Event Team office hours start in 1
hour!
I am afraid that the person who was planning to do Punjabi, and Hindi
translation for us is no longer attending.

On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 12:30 PM Rachel Farrand 
wrote:

> Hello everyone!
>
> The Wikimedia Foundation Community Events Team
> 
> will continue holding monthly office hours for any community members who
> are interested. This is a place where movement event organizers can join
> and share ideas and lessons with each other for upcoming and past events.
> The Wikimedia Foundation Events team will be there as well to join in the
> discussions, answer questions you might have for us and to facilitate.
>
> This iteration of the office hours will take place on Thursday January 14
> at 13:00 UTC  and will last
> for an hour. Find the *link to join on meta
> .
> *
>
> *This months topics:*
>
>-
>
>Andrew Lih will be joining us to a review of how the recent virtual
>WikiConference North America
>
>went from an organizing perspective.
>-
>
>The WMF events team will be presenting our new meta Events Portal
>
>-
>
>Time for any questions or discussion points from attendees
>
> *This months supported languages are: *
>
>- *English, Hebrew, Dutch, Spanish, Punjabi, and Hindi.* We will maybe
>support *Japanese* this is to be confirmed on the meta page within the
>next few days.
>
> We will *continue to change the time of the meeting each month* in order
> to be inclusive of more timezones. We will also continue to adjust these
> office hours as we go based on community feedback and are very open to
> changing the scope of these office hours over time or incorporating
> community theme requests, presentation requests or requests for outside
> speakers.
>
> You can find more information about upcoming office hours and add your
> comments and questions here and on the talk page:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Events_team/OfficeHours
> 
>
> We hope to see you there! Please pass this invitation to anyone in your
> communities who might like to join monthly international event organization
> discussions.
>
> --
> Rachel Farrand
> Senior Program Officer
> Community Events Team
> Wikimedia Foundation
>


-- 
Rachel Farrand
Senior Program Officer
Community Events Team
Wikimedia Foundation
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[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] This Month in GLAM: December 2020

2021-01-14 Thread The 'This Month in GLAM' team 
*This Month in GLAM* is a monthly newsletter documenting recent happenings
within the GLAM project, such as content donations, residencies, events and
more. GLAM is an acronym of *G*alleries, *L*ibraries, *A*rchives and *M*useums.
You can find more information on the project at glamwiki.org.

*This Month in GLAM – Issue XII, Volume X – December 2020*
--


AfLIA Wikipedia in African Libraries report: Wrap up of the Wikipedia in
African Libraries project pilot cohort
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/December_2020/Contents/AfLIA_Wikipedia_in_African_Libraries_report


Canada report: Branding Toolkit released by the Canadian Museums
Association for GLAMs
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/December_2020/Contents/Canada_report


Finland report: Hundreds of thousands of new photos released
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/December_2020/Contents/Finland_report


Germany report: The Karl-Preusker-Medal 2020 goes to Wikimedia Deutschland
e. V.
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/December_2020/Contents/Germany_report


Netherlands report: Documentation of workflows for the ingestion of
bibliographic data into Wikidata; Wikipedia & Africa: Why contributing to
Wikipedia matters
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/December_2020/Contents/Netherlands_report


New Zealand report: Māori Women Weavers Edit-a-thon
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/December_2020/Contents/New_Zealand_report


Serbia report: GLAMorous end of 2020
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/December_2020/Contents/Serbia_report


Sweden report: Wiki Loves Monuments submissions livestreamed; Nordiska
museet uploads; Sjung med oss, Mamma!
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/December_2020/Contents/Sweden_report


UK report: Wales, Women in Leeds, and the Hajj
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/December_2020/Contents/UK_report


USA report: WikiConference North America and Salons
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/December_2020/Contents/USA_report


WMF GLAM report: The GLAM & Culture office hours
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/December_2020/Contents/WMF_GLAM_report


Calendar: January's GLAM events
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/December_2020/Contents/Events



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About *This Month in GLAM*
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/About


Single page view
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/December_2020/Single


Twitter
http://twitter.com/ThisMonthinGLAM 

Add your story / Work on the next edition
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/Newsroom



-- 
Romaine
For the *This Month in GLAM* team
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter
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