[Wikimedia-l] Celebrating Bangla Culture: The Backstory and Highlights from 'Wiki Loves Bangla' Photo Competition

2024-03-23 Thread Shabab Mustafa 
TL;DR: 'Wiki Loves Bangla' is a new yearly photo competition organized by
Bangla WikiMoitree (a wikimedia thematic network and aspiring hub) aimed to
reduce the content gap regarding Bangla Culture and Heritage. Competition
result links are at bottom of this email.

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People of Bengali ethnicity live all around the world, but the majority of
the population live in Bangladesh and India. Bengali Wikimedians from all
over the world have been enriching the Wikimedia projects in the Bangla
language hand-in-hand for the past two decades.


In 2022, the longest-running Wikimedia project Bangla Wikipedia turned 18.
To celebrate the 18 years of sustained collaboration between Bangla
Wikimedians, the Wikimedia Bangladesh Chapter
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Bangladesh> and West Bengal
Wikimedians User Group
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/West_Bengal_Wikimedians> of India had
decided to designate this long relationship as a formal collaboration
network and named it "Bangla WikiMoitree
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bangla_WikiMoitree/en>." Later "Bangla
WikiMoitree" was categorised as a Wikimedia thematic network and aspiring
hub for Bengali culture and language.


Despite Bangla being the 5th most spoken language and Bengalis being the
third-largest ethnic group (est. population of 300 mil in 2023), we have a
significant content gap about Bangla Culture and Heritage in Wikimedia
projects.


In the 3rd in-person meeting of "Bangla WikiMoitree" (held in Singapore
during Wikimania 2023) we agreed that more organised and long-term work is
needed to reduce this content gap. So we started planning to design a
program, named "Bangla Culture and Heritage Collation Program" (in Bangla,
"বাংলা সংস্কৃতি ও ঐতিহ্য সংরক্ষণ কর্মসূচি").


In January 2024, we launched the 1st flagship project under this program, "Wiki
Loves Bangla
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Bangla_2024/en>" (
in Bangla, "বাংলার প্রেমে উইকি").


Wiki Loves Bangla is an annual international photography competition around
Bangla culture and heritage. This competition will be held yearly on a
different theme each year. The subject of the first edition was Bengali Food
and Cuisine, which aimed to highlight the diversity of Bengali cuisine by
improving the quality and quantity of images of Bengali food available
around the world.


In this edition, the contest attracted significant participation with over
2,100 images of Bengali food and culture from 212 participants, reflecting
the enthusiastic engagement with the initiative. We believe this
competition has substantially enriched Wikimedia Commons with a wealth of
Bengali food photos, which will greatly enhance the illustration of
Wikipedia articles in the future.


You can check the top 10 winning photos on commons: https://w.wiki/9XAb or
on the official website: https://wikilovesbangla.org/galleries/ .


ধন্যবাদ। (Thank You.)


On behalf of Bangla WikiMoitree-


Shabab Mustafa

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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Long Reddit post laying out inner workings of English Wikipedia

2022-12-15 Thread Shabab Mustafa 
OT continued -

ChatGPT poses bigger threat to search engines, like Google or Human
generated knowledge platform like Stackoverflow, Quora than Wikipedia at
this moment of time. According to CNBC news article, Google already taking
a conservative stance towards this. [1]

I my personal opinion, ChatGPT might not be replacing WP very newer future.
There is a chance that the startup behind ChatGPT will get burried under
lawsuits from big fishes in the pond if they feel any existential threat.
For example, Stackoverflow already banned (temporarily) ChatGPT. [2]

Ref:
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[1]
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/13/google-execs-warn-of-reputational-risk-with-chatgbt-like-tool.html

[2]
https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/421831/temporary-policy-chatgpt-is-banned

On Thu, Dec 15, 2022, 7:18 PM Paulo Santos Perneta 
wrote:

> OT for the thread, but on the topic "Competition to Wikipedia" -
>
> This is very new for me (found about it yesterday, through a work mate),
> probably already well known for others - but a lot of people (including me)
> iw now using it extensively as an alternative to Wikipedia:
> https://chat.openai.com .
>
> Spare your time lecturing me about it not having reliable sources, or
> whatever argument you may find - I write Wikipedia and know all that pretty
> well. I'm just saying that people here that used to go to Wikipedia for
> quick results are now using that thing, and it's spreading like fire.
> Doesn't work for everything (like bios and current events), but for many
> stuff seems to be an advantageous replacement of wp, when what we want is
> quick & fairly reliable (even if not bulletproof) results.
>
> Best,
> Paulo
>
> Peter Southwood  escreveu no dia quinta,
> 15/12/2022 à(s) 04:34:
>
>> Last I heard, Wikipedia is not for sale, so not much point in persuading
>> someone to try to buy it. Also some real competition could be good for
>> Wikipedia, and for that matter, good for the Wikimedia Foundation. It
>> would
>> also be very interesting to see how a real challenge to English Wikipedia
>> would be organized. All the previous attempts have failed, often quite
>> dismally. If it were to work better, many of us would probably join it, if
>> it turns out to be a thing one could join.
>> Many of us are loyal to the concept of free knowledge, not so much to the
>> platform it is presented on.
>> Cheers,
>> Peter
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Rey Bueno via Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org]
>> Sent: Monday, December 12, 2022 19:01
>> To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
>> Cc: reybue...@proton.me
>> Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Re: Long Reddit post laying out inner workings of
>> English Wikipedia
>>
>> The last part of the great wall of text appears to persuade him to invest
>> in
>> alternatives instead of buying Wikipedia. For him Wiki is like a sole
>> McDonald's in a food dessert, and that the solution is to open new
>> "restaurants".
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[Wikimedia-l] Bengali Wikipedia is now 100K+ articles strong

2020-12-26 Thread Shabab Mustafa 
Dear Friends,

The year 2020 is full of woes and wonders. Just before the ending of 2020,
Bengali Wikipedia[1][2] has passed a significant milestone of passing 100K
articles.

Bengali, an Indo-Aryan language and lingua-franca of the Bengal region of
South Asia, is the fifth most-spoken native language and the seventh
most-spoken language by the total number of speakers in the world.[3] The
Bengali Wikipedia Project launched on 27 January 2004 with very few
editors. On 25 December 2020, after 16 years of the initial launch, it now
has passed the milestone of 100k+ articles.[4]

As most of the contributors of Bengali Wikipedia are young and this year's
long lockdowns and campus shutdowns of educational institutes, Wikipedians
had managed to utilized their extra free times by contributing to the
Bengali Wikipedia and it has enjoyed growth at an almost double rate than
the previous year with an organized approach of topic-based consecutive
edit-a-thons.

Here is a quick overview of the milestones achieved -

27 January 2004: Launch of Bengali Wikipedia
September 2006: 10K  articles
28 June 2009: 20K articles
13 May 2014: 30K articles
04 January 2016: 40K articles
30 April 2017: 50K articles
08 August 2018: 60K articles
16 July 2019: 70K articles
23 January 2020: 80K articles
22 June 2020: 90K articles
25 December 2020: 100K articles

I welcome you to congratulate the Bengali Wikipedia community for their
achievement and wishing them all the best for future progress and
prosperity.

Ref:

[1] https://bn.wikipedia.org
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengali_Wikipedia
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengali_language
[4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias#100_000+_articles

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Board Update on Branding

2020-06-23 Thread Shabab Mustafa 
Thank you, Nataliia, for stepping forward and clearing out some of the
confusion. That helps.

But not all the confusion gets cleared for me regarding the survey process.
For example, X marks Option 1 as 'Disagree' and Option 2 as 'Strongly
Disagree'. The score points for 'Disagree' is -1 and 'Strongly Disagree' is
-2. Will the report say, 'X prefers Option 1 over Option 2', just because
mathematically -1 is greater than -2?

Please pardon my lack of understanding of reporting formats, as I could not
find the information on how the result of this survey will be interpreted
and presented to the board.

BR,
Shabab


On Tue, 23 Jun 2020 at 22:55, Paulo Santos Perneta 
wrote:

> And there never was any insult or anything close to that, just a
> misunderstanding, which I believe was clarified.
>
> A terça, 23 de jun de 2020, 08:56, revi  escreveu:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > > 2020. 6. 23. 14:13, Gnangarra  작성:
> > >
> > > Nat insulted an ESEAP
> > > affiliate because she wanted a European affiliate to endorse her
> > > nomination.
> >
> > Fact check: that was Shani Evanstein.
> >
> >
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2019/Nominations/Shani_Evenstein
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[Wikimedia-l] Cautionary steps from Wikimedia Bangladesh in response to COVID-19 pandemic

2020-03-15 Thread Shabab Mustafa 
Wikimedia Bangladesh has been closely observing the developments and
impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide including Bangladesh. In
response of recent outbreak reported in Bangladesh, the Executive Committee
of Wikimedia Bangladesh held an emergency online meeting and come upon to
the following decisions:

To prevent the possible spread of coronavirus and to ensure the health and
safety of the members of the Wikimedia community, all offline activities
(meetups, workshops, seminars) and in-person public events related to
Wikimedia Bangladesh and its sub-regional communities have been suspended
until further notice, effective from March 14, 2020.

Simultaneously, the Bangla Wikipedia Annual Conference which was scheduled
next April has been canceled. The Annual General Meeting of Wikimedia
Bangladesh and the award ceremony of WLE 2019 and WLM 2019 has been
postponed until further announcement.

Wikimedia Bangladesh urges to all Wikipedia and Wikimedia project
contributors to follow the public health advice to ensure their health and
safety.
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Wikimedia Bangladesh
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing launch of Santali Language Wikipedia

2018-08-09 Thread Shabab Mustafa 
AFAIK, They do not have any official mailing list yet. Will advise them to
get one।
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On Thu, Aug 9, 2018 at 11:35 AM Yohann Thomas  wrote:

> This is amazing news Haidar..
> Congratulations to the Santali language community.. :)
>
> Is there a mailing list for the community?? I need to add it to the WMIN
> site, in the section of the Indic language wiki projects..
>
> http://wiki.wikimedia.in/List_of_Indian_language_wiki_projects
>
> Regards,
> Yohann
>
>
>
> On Wed 8 Aug, 2018, 20:19 Ali Haidar Khan,  wrote:
>
> > Dear All,
> >
> > We are very pleased to announce the launch of Santali Language Wikipedia
> (
> > https://sat.wikipedia.org). The site has been launched on August 2, 2018
> > and, after the import of pages from Wikimedia Incubator and some
> > maintenance work, it’s now open for all. Santali Language’s own alphabet,
> > Ol Chiki, has been used as the alphabet of this Wikipedia. Santali is
> > a language in the Munda subfamily of Austroasiatic languages, spoken by
> > around 7.4 million people in South Asia (Bangladesh, India and Nepal).
> >
> > This is a very special moment for us and has been made possible because
> of
> > the joint effort by Santali Language Wikipedian’s from Bangladesh, India
> > and Nepal. Wikimedia Bangladesh and Bangla Wikimedia Community
> > congratulates the Santali Language Community for their accomplishment and
> > are honored to be a part of this tremendous achievement. Manik Soren, a
> > dedicated Santali Wikipedian from Bangladesh, along with some very active
> > Santali Language Wikipedians from Bangladesh and India has been
> > instrumental in this effort. We would also like to thank Shabab Mustafa,
> > President of Wikimedia Bangladesh and Nahid Sultan, a very active steward
> > and Secretary of Wikimedia Bangladesh, for coordinating the effort in
> > Bangladesh and Odia Wikimedians User Group for coordinating the effort in
> > India.
> >
> > It is worth mentioning that the process of creating a Santali Language
> > Wikipedia began in 2012 and, later on, got momentum in February, 2017.
> Back
> > in 2012, Wikimedia Bangladesh organized a Wikipedia meetup and workshop
> > with the Santali Language Community in Dinajpur District of Bangladesh
> with
> > the goal of launching a Santali Language Wikipedia. However, that process
> > slowed down after some time. Then in September 2017, Wikimedia Bangladesh
> > organized another meeting with Santali Language Community in a Dhaka
> > Wikipedia meetup where a decision was made to expedite the launch of the
> > Wikipedia. Following that discussion, a workshop was organized by
> Wikimedia
> > Bangladesh for Santali Language Wikipedians on December 30, 2017. Santali
> > Language Wikipedians from India also participated in that program through
> > online discussion. Subsequently, another workshop was organized for
> Santali
> > Language Community in India on March 11, 2018 in collaboration with Odia
> > Wikimedians User Group.
> >
> > After months of work, Santali Language Wikipedia got the approval of
> > Language Committee on June 28, 2018 and finally, the Santali Wikipedia
> site
> > was launched on August 2, 2018.
> >
> > Let us congratulate and welcome the Santali Language Community.
> >
> >
> > Cheers!
> >
> > Ali Haidar Khan
> >
> > Executive Committee Member, Wikimedia Bangladesh
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] New Wikimedia Foundation has soft launched!

2018-08-08 Thread Shabab Mustafa 
I had to turn off my anti-tracking extension to see this site properly.
What kind of visitor tracking are we using in this site? And if someone is
not willing to be tracked, this site should load fully without breaking the
styling.
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On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 8:13 PM Peter Coombe  wrote:

> Hi Lodewijk,
>
> I'm not sure exactly what, if any, other sites this new privacy policy
> might cover. However I can confirm that the WMF fundraising infrastructure
> remains under the existing Donor Privacy Policy:
> https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Donor_privacy_policy/en
>
> Thanks,
> Peter
>
> --
> Peter Coombe
> Fundraising Production Manager
> Wikimedia Foundation
>
> On Mon, 6 Aug 2018 at 20:00, Lodewijk  wrote:
>
> > I can imagine that this alternate privacy policy is actually covering a
> > wider range of sites that are non-wiki, such as the fundraising
> > infrastructure and the survey websites, voting websites etc. Rather than
> > having a different privacy policy for each of those instances, I think it
> > is actually clearer to have two policies: one for the content delivery
> (the
> > 'wikis') that have practically zero cookie tracking to the best of my
> > knowledge and one for the other websites that may require other methods
> to
> > be functional.
> >
> > As a sidenote, I think it actually could be a totally fair statement to
> say
> > that wikimediafoundation.org is, relative to the content projects, not a
> > 'major site' of the WMF. It is supporting infrastructure at best. (no
> > offense :) )
> >
> > Lodewijk
> >
> > On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 7:23 AM Chico Venancio 
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Indeed an special watered down privacy policy is strange. It is worth
> > > noting that the standard privacy policy[1] does not state that it only
> > > applies to "wiki based websites" but instead lists what it does and
> does
> > > not cover[2], the only interpretation that allows a separate policy for
> > the
> > > new website weirdly leaves* https://wikimediafoundation.org/
> > > <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> as being defined to not be a major
> > site
> > > of WMF. *
> > >
> > > Irregardless of possible poor wording of both privacy policies, I find
> it
> > > strange that the main website for WMF has a tracking pixel and forces
> > > visitors to provide users' personal information (as defined by either
> > > privacy policies) to Google and Wordpress.com.
> > >
> > > Perhaps this is something WMF could revisit?
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > > Chico Venancio
> > >
> > > [1]https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Privacy_policy
> > > [2]https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Privacy_policy#coverage
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 2018-08-06 2:06 GMT-03:00 Yair Rand :
> > >
> > > > There are several more issues I've noticed with the new website:
> > > > * According to the notice at the bottom, the company "Automattic
> Inc."
> > is
> > > > receiving all sorts of data about all visitors to the site, including
> > > > location information, cookie data, data from pixel tags/web beacons
> > used
> > > to
> > > > track visitors and target ads on other WordPress sites, and other
> data.
> > > > * The "non-wiki privacy policy of the Wikimedia Foundation" linked at
> > the
> > > > bottom is different than the regular privacy policy. Why is this?
> > > > * Much of the content is essentially English-Wikipedia-only. "Visit
> The
> > > > Teahouse for a friendly place to learn about editing" Most Wikipedias
> > > don't
> > > > have teahouses or equivalents.
> > > > * In "Wikimedia projects": "Wikipedia - All the world's knowledge".
> See
> > > > [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of
> > > information]].
> > > > * "Working with partners like Google, the Metropolitan Museum of Art,
> > and
> > > > UNESCO, Wikimedia...". I don't think most Wikimedians are okay with
> the
> > > WMF
> > > > describing Google as among its partners. Nor the Met or UNESCO, for
> > that
> > > > matter.
> > > > * In the "Technology" section, there's a paragraph devoted to
> bragging
> > > > about how NASA has an internal Mediawiki wiki. I don't think that
> > belongs
> &g

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Anti-viruses [was Re: Information on "Multiple failed attempts to log in" emails]

2018-05-07 Thread Shabab Mustafa 
I have been a Linux advocate for almost a decade now and from 'my past
experience', I can tell you have opened a topic of a huge discussion about
people should switch to Linux Desktops (which is off-topic here). But I
respectfully disagree with your statement, "anti-virus programs usually do
more harm than good".

From a conservative viewpoint, some protection is still better to have than
no protection at all. And the example you gave here, an anti-virus
mistakenly classified your domain as a potential threat, makes a weaker
point. By a few mistakes, we cannot cancel out a million of other
successes. A false alarm is yet favourable than no alarm at all.

---
Shabab Mustafa
President
Wikimedia Bangladesh

​

On Mon, May 7, 2018 at 5:56 PM Shlomi Fish <shlo...@shlomifish.org> wrote:

> On Thu, 3 May 2018 19:27:16 -0500
> John Bennett <jbenn...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > Many of you may have been receiving emails in the last 24 hours warning
> you
> > of "Multiple failed attempts to log in" with your account. I wanted to
> let
> > you know that the Wikimedia Foundation's Security team is aware of the
> > situation, and working with others in the organization on steps to
> decrease
> > the success of attacks like these.
> >
> > The exact source is not yet known, but it is not originating from our
> > systems. That means it is an external effort to gain unauthorized access
> to
> > random accounts. These types of efforts are increasingly common for
> > websites of our reach. A vast majority of these attempts have been
> > unsuccessful, and we are reaching out personally to the small number of
> > accounts which we believe have been compromised.
> >
> > While we are constantly looking at improvements to our security systems
> and
> > processes to offset the impact of malicious efforts such as these, the
> best
> > method of prevention continues to be the steps each of you take to
> > safeguard your accounts. Because of this, we have taken steps in the past
> > to support things like stronger password requirements,[1] and we continue
> > to encourage everyone to take some routine steps to maintain a secure
> > computer and account. That includes regularly changing your passwords,[2]
> > actively running antivirus software on your systems, and keeping your
> > system software up to date.
> >
>
> From my experience, anti-virus programs usually do more harm than good. For
> example, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norton_AntiVirus recently blocked
> my
> entire shlomifish.org domain because it apparently misclassified an
> executable
> download as problematic (and it was built from source using
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CMake and
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AppVeyor
> so it is unlikely that that is the case.). MS Windows' poor resistance to
> malware and the fact that Windows Update is so dysfunctional (see
> http://www.shlomifish.org/humour/bits/facts/Windows-Update/ ) are the
> reasons
> why I cannot recommend running it as a desktop, and instead one should use
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux#Desktop - desktop linux or similar.
>
> A little off topic perhaps, but needs to be said.
>
> > My team will continue to investigate this incident, and report back if we
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of the Don Wikimedians User Group

2018-02-13 Thread Shabab Mustafa 
Cheers to Don Wikimedians User Group!

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On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 10:26 AM, Md. Ibrahim Husain <mera...@gmail.com>
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> A warm congratulation to members of Don Wikimedians User Group.
>
> Cheers!!!
> Md. Ibrahim Husain Meraj
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Austin Hair is gone

2017-12-19 Thread Shabab Mustafa 
A significant loss to the community. My condolences.

On Dec 19, 2017 1:22 PM, "Lodewijk"  wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> the family has indicated an interest in memories that we could collect. If
> you would like to share a memory for such collection, I would encourage you
> to share it here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Austin/Memorial .
>
> For many of us Wikimedians, our families have only a slight idea what it is
> that we do, in all those hours we spend on this free knowledge stuff.
> Bringing together some memories may help bridge that gap.
>
> Warmly,
> Lodewijk
>
> On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 3:30 PM, Shlomi Fish 
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> > On Mon, 18 Dec 2017 15:51:30 +0200
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> > > Dear Wikimedians,
> > >
> > > I regret to have to inform this list that veteran Wikimedian and
> longtime
> > > volunteer administrator of this mailing list, Austin Hair (User:Austin
> > > Hair), has died, after prolonged health complications.
> > >
> > > If you knew him, a good place to leave condolences is his talk page:
> > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Austin_Hair#Condolences
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> > > Life is short. Be kind to one another.
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Thank you for your service, Wikimedia Hong Kong

2017-02-08 Thread Shabab Mustafa 
Personally, I am a big believer of a John Wooden quote, "Failure isn't
fatal, but failure to change might be". So, all the best to the Wikimedians
of Hong Kong. Thank you very much for all the good works that you have done
in past. I am sure that you will stack all the odds in your favors and come
back with something better.

Best wishes.

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> Thanks Lodewijk for bringing this up and thanks a lot to Wikimedia Hong
> Kong.
>
> I have been in touch with WMHK and Wikimedians in Hong Kong since their
> application for Wikimania and have been at Wikimania and it was great.
> There has also been some other activities and efforts which we must
> acknowledge and we should appreciate all that has been done towards our
> common goals, even or especially as some things - like running the
> chapter - did not work out. That is not a failure as many other great
> things have happened.
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] WikiProject Medicine Foundation: New Board Elected

2017-01-30 Thread Shabab Mustafa 
Great team! Congrats!
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On Jan 30, 2017 7:56 PM, "Anna Stillwell" <astillw...@wikimedia.org> wrote:

Congratulations. :)
/a

On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 5:40 AM, Anna Torres <d...@wikimedia.org.ar> wrote:

> Congrats!!! Great initiative!
>
> Hugs!
>
> 2017-01-30 3:35 GMT-03:00 NC Hasive <n...@nhasive.com>:
>
> > Congratulations!
> >
> >
> > -Hasive
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> > On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 12:31 PM, Tonmoy Khan <tonmoy...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Heartiest congratulations! Good to see these excellent people on the
> > board.
> > >
> > > Best regards
> > >
> > > Ali Haidar Khan
> > > President, Wikimedia Bangladesh
> > >
> > > On Jan 30, 2017 11:28 AM, "Allyson Kapin" <ally...@radcampaign.com>
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> > > > Huge congrats!
> > > >
> > > > Allyson
> > > >
> > > > On Sun, Jan 29, 2017 at 9:18 PM, Katy Love <kl...@wikimedia.org>
> > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Congratulations to the new board! Wow :)
> > > > >
> > > > > On Sun, Jan 29, 2017 at 10:05 AM, Tanvir Rahman <
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> > > > > > Congratulations! A great team indeed!
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Winning photos of Wiki Loves Monuments Bangladesh 2016

2016-11-08 Thread Shabab Mustafa 
I just want to add a little supplementary information, with this big
response from the people, at a point we had many pictures of Govt. listed
archeological sites but we didn't have articles on them for each and every
of them. So, we started a edit-a-thon to keep up with the flow. That
edit-a-thon was also successful.

We hope we will get more beautiful pictures next year.

On Nov 8, 2016 8:53 PM, "Nurunnaby Hasive"  wrote:

For the first time we arrange WLM in Bangladesh & we get huge response.
Hope next year we got more beautiful monuments picture.

-Hasive
Member, Organising Committee
WLM Bangladesh 2016

On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 2:25 PM, Biyanto Rebin 
wrote:

> I love this picture, thank you Tanweer!
>
>
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B9%
E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%
97%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%
E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9A%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%
B0_%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%
E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A0%E0%
A7%81%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF.jpg
>
> 2016-11-04 0:38 GMT+07:00 Tanweer Morshed :
>
> > Deal all,
> >
> > We are very happy to announce the top 10 winning photos[1] of Wiki Loves
> > Monuments Bangladesh 2016. These 10 photos will compete in the
> > international stage of the competition.
> >
> > This was the first time Wiki Loves Monuments was organized in
> Bangladesh. A
> > total 7532 photographs of 452 archaeological sites and buildings were
> > uploaded. Congratulations to all the winners. And a big thanks to the
> > volunteers who were involved in organizing the competition.
> >
> > [1]
> > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_
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> >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Fwd: Hello Mr. ccc, Now you can have your own Wikipedia page

2016-04-07 Thread Shabab Mustafa 
The logos of clients are Placeholder prototype logos. Descriptions with
Lorem Ipsum [0] dummy text. Thinking about mailing back for one of my
dev-test email accounts for fun. [Evil-Smile]

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On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 1:51 AM, Tanweer Morshed <wiki.tanw...@gmail.com>
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> Ridiculous! Would like to see one of the company's creation in Wikipedia.
>
> On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 2:45 AM, Keegan Peterzell <keegan.w...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> > On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 3:15 PM, Cristian Consonni <
> kikkocrist...@gmail.com
> > >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > 2016-04-06 22:06 GMT+02:00 Florence Devouard <fdevou...@gmail.com>:
> > > > A relationship of mine received the email below and forwarded it to
> me.
> > > > http://yourprmanager.com/
> > >
> > > This is appalling.
> >
> >
> > ​Heh. <http://yourprmanager.com/clients/​
> >
> > ​> and the testimonials page.
> >
> > Browsing around, the entire site looks like corporate catfishing [0].
> >
> > 0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catfishing​
> > ​
> >
> >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Better thankspam

2016-01-13 Thread Shabab Mustafa 
And "thank you" Fæ, for brining this up! [pun intended] [sarcasm alert]
[weapons down]

Pardon my poor sense of humour, but I couldn't resist! :P

I believe "thank you" and "please" are magic words, specially in voluntary
works. I agree with Chris.
On Jan 13, 2016 5:11 PM, "Fæ"  wrote:

> TL;DR
> Can anyone suggest of a better way of publicly logging thanks, hellos
> & goodbyes for our public email lists?
>
> BACKGROUND
> Wikimedia lists are probably unique in the number of emails over a
> year which 'thankspam'. For example there is a pattern set that an
> awful lot of chapter representatives send public welcomes and goodbyes
> without conveying any new information. Sometimes when my email
> notifier shows about ten of these on the same day, I've made the
> effort to block that thread, I don't know of a way of specifically
> muting the notifications for these types of emails on my mobile phone.
>
> Though everyone could chose to send these privately rather than making
> a public statement, I understand the motivation for "us too"s to be
> noticed by others who are not the intended 'thanked'. On email lists
> something like ensuring thank email subject lines have a formulaic
> part of the title would help, so that readers can choose to mute them;
> equivalent to marking "minor" or "bot" edits on our projects so they
> don't get flagged in recent changes.
>
> This thought stirred by Ad's email, but not against the sentiment he
> was aiming for.
>
> PS For those that recall my meta thanks reports, I hope to get this
> online again soon once a related phabricator task is resolved.
>
> Fae
>
> On 13 January 2016 at 09:21, Ad Huikeshoven  wrote:
> ...
> > I failed to welcome incoming directors to the board of the Wikimedia
> > Foundation and I failed to thank outgoing directors of the same board for
> > the time and effort they have spent.
> >
> >- that you are sorry about the harm/damage/waste/confusion your
> mistake
> >caused (being specific would demonstrate understanding);
> >
> > I'm sorry for this unpolite and rude behavior.
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Deutschland's new Executive Director will be Christian Rickerts

2015-03-02 Thread Shabab Mustafa 
Congrats Christian! Best wishes!!

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On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 4:46 PM, Hasive, Nurunnaby nhas...@wikimedia.org.bd
wrote:

 Congratulation Christian
 ​!​

 On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 4:33 PM, Shlomi Fish shlo...@shlomifish.org
 wrote:

  On Mon, 2 Mar 2015 10:00:38 +0100
  Tim Moritz Hector tim-moritz.hec...@wikimedia.de wrote:
 
   Dear Wikimedia friends,
  
   On behalf of our board, I am delighted to announce that Christian
  Rickerts
   will be the new Executive Director of Wikimedia Deutschland. The board
   followed the transition team’s unanimous recommendation and hired
  Christian
   effective May 1, 2015.
  
 
  Congratulations to Christian and good luck on his new role.
 
  Regards,
 
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Bangladesh has completed its local registration in Bangladesh

2014-06-10 Thread Shabab Mustafa 
Thanks Lane, for your kind words. Yes, we took a firm stance against
corruption and at some point the options became 3 months vs indefinite
number of years. We choose to walk the hard path and finally was able win
this battle. It will be a great inspiration for us in future days.

Thank you all for your encouragement. We really appreciate it.

---
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Com. Co-ordinator 
Executive Member
Wikimedia Bangladesh


On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 2:27 AM, Tonmoy Khan tonmoy...@gmail.com wrote:

 Thank you Lane and others for your encouraging words, it really means a lot
 to us. I remember how hard it was for us! At times I got so frustrated that
 I even thought of leaving the Wikimedia movement in few occasions! But now
 the job is well done  I am quickly erasing memories of all the frustrating
 days/months/years. Thank you all on behalf of Wikimedia Bangladesh.

 Cheers

 Ali Haidar Khan
 FDC Member
 Treasurer, Wikimedia Bangladesh
 On Jun 11, 2014 1:48 AM, Lane Rasberry l...@bluerasberry.com wrote:

  Hello,
 
  Ali is being modest.
 
  Not only is Wikimedia Bangladesh among only the 5% who got NGO
  registration, but they are also among the 1% to do it without paying
 anyone
  a bribe. I have heard that they were asked for money many times to make
  things go more quickly. Perhaps people outside the region do not know,
 but
  there are a lot of desks that all want to stamp the registration papers
  before giving the final approval. For a foreign-affiliated Internet
  technology organization mostly run by younger people who have a
  relationship to a major Internet property to be able to get a
 registration
  without paying any bribe is probably unprecedented in the history of
 South
  Asia. Getting a registration is something to be proud of, but getting it
  completely honestly means that a lot of extra work went into the
  registration just to keep a good reputation.
 
  I am thrilled with the good example this sets and not only is having the
  registration a wonderful thing for the Wikimedia community, but also this
  shows an excellent precedent for all Bangladeshi community activists
  because they have a bright example in Wikimedia Bangladesh that paying a
  bribe is not necessary to get an NGO registration. This is really
 something
  to publicize, stress, and note as a point of pride. No one should forget
  this as it really takes a lot of sacrifices to do this without bribing
 and
  in terms of cost, it actually is cheaper to save time and pay the bribes.
 
  I hope that this encourages other organizations in Bangladesh to also
 file
  their own NGO paperwork and accomplish whatever they feel ought to be
 done.
 
  Congratulations a thousand times!
 
  yours,
 
 
 
 
  On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 3:11 PM, Federico Leva (Nemo) 
 nemow...@gmail.com
  wrote:
 
   Tonmoy Khan, 10/06/2014 19:28:
  
less than 5 applications for registration as societies get
   approved out of every 100. We submitted our application in May 2012
  
  
   That's heroic, thanks.
  
   Nemo
  
  
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMIL new Executive Director

2013-04-10 Thread Shabab Mustafa 
Hello Dorit,

Welcome aboard!

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WMBD


On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 5:51 AM, Samuel Klein meta...@gmail.com wrote:

 A warm welcome to Dorit!

 Thank you for the update, Itzik.  And congrats on your new lovely site.

 SJ

 On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 3:58 PM, Itzik Edri it...@infra.co.il wrote:
  Hi,
 
  After four months
 
  After 6 years without employees, and 4 months of the recruitment process
  (collecting resumes and interviews)  I happy to announce that last month
  WMIL hired Executive Director to support the increase in WMIL's
 activities,
  projects, volunteers and professionalization..
 
  Meet Dorit Shafir Dyamant:
 
  Over the last decade she mainly worked at NGO's in a variety of roles:
 from
  marketing  through projects management and producing conferences. She
 have
  MA degree in nonprofit management from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem
  and B.A in literature and comparative philosophy from University of
 Haifa.
 
  As a student at the Hebrew University, she founded and produced for 6
 years
  the project Words and poets' - an open evenings meetings for young
 poets.
 
  She married to Itay, and mother to Marom and Shalev. And I quote her, I
  love to read three books at the same time, I write primarily for myself
 all
  my life, and I fervently supports positive thinking and action based
  sharing and cross-fertilization.
 
  She will attend the ChapConf in Milan next week and I encourage her
  colleagues (CEO/ED and any chapters representatives or WMF's staff) to
 meet
  her, share tips and welcome her to our Wikimedia family!
 
  Dorit email is do...@wikimedia.org.il and she already been subscribed to
  all the relevant mailing lists.
 
  I will use this opportunity also to share our new website (we just
 launched
  it today) - we still have lot of bugs to fix and text improvement, but as
  most of you can't understand Hebrew, it will not really change a lot for
  you :) (We will launch the English version in the next few weeks):
  http://www.wikimedia.org.il
 
 
  Regards,
  Itzik Edri
  WMIL Chairman
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedia Armenia

2013-03-28 Thread Shabab Mustafa 
That's wonderful! Congratz!!
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On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 2:26 AM, Bence Damokos bdamo...@gmail.com wrote:

 Dear all,

 I am happy to announce that the the WMF Board of Trustees have resolved to
 recognize Wikimedia Armenia as the newest Wikimedia chapter:

 http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Recognition_of_Wikimedia_Armenia

 This group has  already put a lot of effort into promoting Wikipedia and
 the other projects in Armenia on their road to recognition and I am really
 looking forward to hearing of their future endeavours.

 Please give a warm welcome to Wikimedia Armenia!

 Best regards,
 Bence
 (Affiliations Committee)
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia Zero wins!

2013-03-13 Thread Shabab Mustafa 
That's Awesome! Congratz!
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On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 8:59 PM, Orsolya Gyenes 
gyenes.orso...@wiki.media.hu wrote:

 Congratulations from Hungary!

 This is amazing, thank you for your hard work!
 *~Orsolya*


 2013/3/13 Kul Wadhwa kwad...@wikimedia.org

  Hey all,
 
  Wikipedia Zero just won the Activism Award @ SXSW!
 
  A big thanks to all of you for keeping knowledge free for EVERYONE!
 
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  Kul Wadhwa
  Head of Mobile
  Wikimedia Foundation
 
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Selection of winning bid for Wikimania 2013: Hong Kong

2012-05-03 Thread Shabab Mustafa 
Congratulations! Best wishes for Hong Kong. :)
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