[Wikimedia-l] Re: [Wikimedia Announcements] Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month: We are back in 2022!

[Florence Devouard]

Thank you for your clarification Anton.

I fully agree with your last statement and it is indeed worth pointing 
out that the articles related to Ukraine are likely to see a big 
increase in readership. Your effort is definitly very important.


I hope everyone stays safe though. Those are very dark times.


Flo


Le 24/02/2022 à 13:49, Anton Protsiuk a écrit :
Hi. We at Wikimedia Ukraine are preparing a longer response to the 
concerns raised here, but in brief:
* The challenge overall and the CentralNotice campaign in particular 
were planned long before, as a general effort to enrich Wikipedia on 
Ukraine-related topics, not as a specific political statement. Its 
first edition was held last year within similar dates and advertised 
similarly. Its idea first emerged back in 2018, and we've been 
actively working to organize it since 2020.
* The challenge is supported by the Ukrainian government, but it has 
no influence on the content of articles, and neither does Wikimedia 
Ukraine. All participants have to follow relevant Wikipedia rules. 
Organizers only provide suggested topics for the challenge and prizes 
for most active participants (dependent on the level of activity, not 
the content of articles they created), as well as contribute to 
promotion efforts. Hopefully, we'll be able to ship physical prizes 
despite the Russian aggression; otherwise, we'll find other ways to 
award winners.
* On a personal note – advancing free knowledge by creating and 
expanding Wikipedia articles is a powerful tool to fight 
authoritarianism and unfreedom. Regardless of whether you want to 
support Ukraine (as I think the world should do), developing free 
knowledge in all ways compatible with Wikipedia principles and rules 
is the goal we're all united around.


Best Regards
Anton Protsiuk
Programs Coordinator at Wikimedia Ukraine


On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 2:30 PM Andy Mabbett 
 wrote:


On Thu, 24 Feb 2022 at 00:58, 4nn1l2 <4nn1l2.w...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The timing of this campaign is of real concern and not prudent,
I think, especially for those of us who strive for neutrality.

Neutrality doesn't mean we pander to aggressors. HTH.

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[Wikimedia-l] Re: [Wikimedia Announcements] Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month: We are back in 2022!

[Anton Protsiuk]

Hi. We at Wikimedia Ukraine are preparing a longer response to the concerns
raised here, but in brief:
* The challenge overall and the CentralNotice campaign in particular were
planned long before, as a general effort to enrich Wikipedia on
Ukraine-related topics, not as a specific political statement. Its first
edition was held last year within similar dates and advertised similarly.
Its idea first emerged back in 2018, and we've been actively working to
organize it since 2020.
* The challenge is supported by the Ukrainian government, but it has no
influence on the content of articles, and neither does Wikimedia Ukraine.
All participants have to follow relevant Wikipedia rules. Organizers only
provide suggested topics for the challenge and prizes for most active
participants (dependent on the level of activity, not the content of
articles they created), as well as contribute to promotion efforts.
Hopefully, we'll be able to ship physical prizes despite the Russian
aggression; otherwise, we'll find other ways to award winners.
* On a personal note – advancing free knowledge by creating and expanding
Wikipedia articles is a powerful tool to fight authoritarianism and
unfreedom. Regardless of whether you want to support Ukraine (as I think
the world should do), developing free knowledge in all ways compatible with
Wikipedia principles and rules is the goal we're all united around.

Best Regards
Anton Protsiuk
Programs Coordinator at Wikimedia Ukraine


On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 2:30 PM Andy Mabbett 
wrote:

> On Thu, 24 Feb 2022 at 00:58, 4nn1l2 <4nn1l2.w...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > The timing of this campaign is of real concern and not prudent, I think,
> especially for those of us who strive for neutrality.
>
> Neutrality doesn't mean we pander to aggressors. HTH.
>
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: [Wikimedia Announcements] Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month: We are back in 2022!

[Andy Mabbett]

On Thu, 24 Feb 2022 at 00:58, 4nn1l2 <4nn1l2.w...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The timing of this campaign is of real concern and not prudent, I think, 
> especially for those of us who strive for neutrality.

Neutrality doesn't mean we pander to aggressors. HTH.

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[Wikimedia-l] Re: [Wikimedia Announcements] Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month: We are back in 2022!

[Galder Gonzalez Larrañaga]

These are days when geography, culture and topics about Ukraine will be most 
consulted worldwide. I'm trying myself to make some articles about geography at 
eu.wikipedia, regardless of my opinion about the war itself.

BUT... "diplomacy month" seems a bad title for this effort at the current 
moment.

Take care outside.

Galder


From: Gnangarra 
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2022 12:48 PM
To: Wikimedia Mailing List 
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Re: [Wikimedia Announcements] Ukraine's Cultural 
Diplomacy Month: We are back in 2022!

Given previous experience, past examples of this project editors are free to 
make any contributions so I see no issue with governments, institutions or even 
private corporations supporting knowledge sharing activity.   The best time to 
share knowledge is now, the second best is when its under threat, what we cant 
do is share knowledge once its destroyed.

What I do see as unacceptable is saying we shouldn't be sharing knowledge 
because a society and cultures' future is being threatened. We need to be doing 
everything we can to ensure we collect and document as much as we can.  We have 
seen many museums and heritage places lost in the last 20 years due various 
natural and unnatural events.

On Thu, 24 Feb 2022 at 16:53, Yaroslav Blanter 
mailto:ymb...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Absolutely.

I am not a fan of government propaganda, but not it is not the best moment to 
discuss it.

Best
Yaroslav

On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 7:23 AM effe iets anders 
mailto:effeietsand...@gmail.com>> wrote:
The list archive probably has an answer to your question on 9 feb 2021.

But regardless, writing about Ukrainian culture is never more prudent than when 
it is under threat. Whatever one's personal opinion on this war, I don't think 
anyone will deny that Ukrainian cultural heritage is at risk? Asking people to 
go outside and take photos, that may be a bit much right now, but this is a 
writing exercise. That is the beautiful thing about Wikimedia: we document 
things regardless of how much we 'like' them.

Lodewijk

On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 9:59 PM 4nn1l2 
<4nn1l2.w...@gmail.com<mailto:4nn1l2.w...@gmail.com>> wrote:
This is a legitimate concern as several users have dared to ask questions as 
you can see at 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Ukraine%27s_Cultural_Diplomacy_Month

We need more transparency regarding this decision. Granted, there was a 
campaign last year around this time, but was it advertised at a global scale? 
At least, I can't remember that.

On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 8:28 AM Ariel Glenn WMF 
mailto:ar...@wikimedia.org>> wrote:
This campaign was conducted last year at around the same time: 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ukraine%27s_Cultural_Diplomacy_Month_2021 Let's 
keep any unwarranted speculations off of this list please.

Ariel Glenn
ar...@wikimedia.org<mailto:ar...@wikimedia.org>

On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 5:55 AM 4nn1l2 
<4nn1l2.w...@gmail.com<mailto:4nn1l2.w...@gmail.com>> wrote:
The timing of this campaign is of real concern and not prudent, I think, 
especially for those of us who strive for neutrality.

On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 2:47 AM Samuel Klein 
mailto:meta...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Thanks for sharing -- a nice idea and gorgeous page; nice to see the wikigap 
challenge model proliferating.

On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 6:00 PM Valentin Nefedov 
mailto:nefedov.valen...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Hello, dear Wikipedians!
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<http://ucdm.wikimedia.org.ua>, 
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. The 
most active contesters will receive prizes.

We invite you to take part and help us improve the coverage of Ukrainian 
culture on Wikipedia in any language!

Sincerely,
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[Gnangarra]

Given previous experience, past examples of this project editors are free
to make any contributions so I see no issue with governments,
institutions or even private corporations supporting knowledge sharing
activity.   The best time to share knowledge is now, the second best is
when its under threat, what we cant do is share knowledge once its
destroyed.

What I do see as unacceptable is saying we shouldn't be sharing knowledge
because a society and cultures' future is being threatened. We need to be
doing everything we can to ensure we collect and document as much as we
can.  We have seen many museums and heritage places lost in the last 20
years due various natural and unnatural events.

On Thu, 24 Feb 2022 at 16:53, Yaroslav Blanter  wrote:

> Absolutely.
>
> I am not a fan of government propaganda, but not it is not the best moment
> to discuss it.
>
> Best
> Yaroslav
>
> On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 7:23 AM effe iets anders 
> wrote:
>
>> The list archive probably has an answer to your question on 9 feb 2021.
>>
>> But regardless, writing about Ukrainian culture is never more prudent
>> than when it is under threat. Whatever one's personal opinion on this war,
>> I don't think anyone will deny that Ukrainian cultural heritage is at risk?
>> Asking people to go outside and take photos, that may be a bit much right
>> now, but this is a writing exercise. That is the beautiful thing about
>> Wikimedia: we document things regardless of how much we 'like' them.
>>
>> Lodewijk
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 9:59 PM 4nn1l2 <4nn1l2.w...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> This is a legitimate concern as several users have dared to ask
>>> questions as you can see at
>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Ukraine%27s_Cultural_Diplomacy_Month
>>>
>>> We need more transparency regarding this decision. Granted, there was a
>>> campaign last year around this time, but was it advertised at a global
>>> scale? At least, I can't remember that.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 8:28 AM Ariel Glenn WMF 
>>> wrote:
>>>
 This campaign was conducted last year at around the same time:
 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ukraine%27s_Cultural_Diplomacy_Month_2021
 Let's keep any unwarranted speculations off of this list please.

 Ariel Glenn
 ar...@wikimedia.org

 On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 5:55 AM 4nn1l2 <4nn1l2.w...@gmail.com> wrote:

> The timing of this campaign is of real concern and not prudent, I
> think, especially for those of us who strive for neutrality.
>
> On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 2:47 AM Samuel Klein 
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for sharing -- a nice idea and gorgeous page; nice to see the 
>> *wikigap
>> challenge* model proliferating.
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 6:00 PM Valentin Nefedov <
>> nefedov.valen...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello, dear Wikipedians!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. The most
>>> active contesters will receive prizes.
>>>
>>> We invite you to take part and help us improve the coverage of
>>> Ukrainian culture on Wikipedia in any language!
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>> Valentyn Nefedov a.k.a. Renvoy
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[Yaroslav Blanter]

Absolutely.

I am not a fan of government propaganda, but not it is not the best moment
to discuss it.

Best
Yaroslav

On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 7:23 AM effe iets anders 
wrote:

> The list archive probably has an answer to your question on 9 feb 2021.
>
> But regardless, writing about Ukrainian culture is never more prudent than
> when it is under threat. Whatever one's personal opinion on this war, I
> don't think anyone will deny that Ukrainian cultural heritage is at risk?
> Asking people to go outside and take photos, that may be a bit much right
> now, but this is a writing exercise. That is the beautiful thing about
> Wikimedia: we document things regardless of how much we 'like' them.
>
> Lodewijk
>
> On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 9:59 PM 4nn1l2 <4nn1l2.w...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> This is a legitimate concern as several users have dared to ask questions
>> as you can see at
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Ukraine%27s_Cultural_Diplomacy_Month
>>
>> We need more transparency regarding this decision. Granted, there was a
>> campaign last year around this time, but was it advertised at a global
>> scale? At least, I can't remember that.
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 8:28 AM Ariel Glenn WMF 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> This campaign was conducted last year at around the same time:
>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ukraine%27s_Cultural_Diplomacy_Month_2021
>>> Let's keep any unwarranted speculations off of this list please.
>>>
>>> Ariel Glenn
>>> ar...@wikimedia.org
>>>
>>> On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 5:55 AM 4nn1l2 <4nn1l2.w...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
 The timing of this campaign is of real concern and not prudent, I
 think, especially for those of us who strive for neutrality.

 On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 2:47 AM Samuel Klein  wrote:

> Thanks for sharing -- a nice idea and gorgeous page; nice to see the 
> *wikigap
> challenge* model proliferating.
>
> On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 6:00 PM Valentin Nefedov <
> nefedov.valen...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello, dear Wikipedians!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. The most
>> active contesters will receive prizes.
>>
>> We invite you to take part and help us improve the coverage of
>> Ukrainian culture on Wikipedia in any language!
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Valentyn Nefedov a.k.a. Renvoy
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[Matej Grochal]

Dear all

I am with Lodewijk on this one.
Be well and may peace come soon.

Matej

On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 7:24 AM effe iets anders 
wrote:

> The list archive probably has an answer to your question on 9 feb 2021.
>
> But regardless, writing about Ukrainian culture is never more prudent than
> when it is under threat. Whatever one's personal opinion on this war, I
> don't think anyone will deny that Ukrainian cultural heritage is at risk?
> Asking people to go outside and take photos, that may be a bit much right
> now, but this is a writing exercise. That is the beautiful thing about
> Wikimedia: we document things regardless of how much we 'like' them.
>
> Lodewijk
>
> On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 9:59 PM 4nn1l2 <4nn1l2.w...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> This is a legitimate concern as several users have dared to ask questions
>> as you can see at
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Ukraine%27s_Cultural_Diplomacy_Month
>>
>> We need more transparency regarding this decision. Granted, there was a
>> campaign last year around this time, but was it advertised at a global
>> scale? At least, I can't remember that.
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 8:28 AM Ariel Glenn WMF 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> This campaign was conducted last year at around the same time:
>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ukraine%27s_Cultural_Diplomacy_Month_2021
>>> Let's keep any unwarranted speculations off of this list please.
>>>
>>> Ariel Glenn
>>> ar...@wikimedia.org
>>>
>>> On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 5:55 AM 4nn1l2 <4nn1l2.w...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
 The timing of this campaign is of real concern and not prudent, I
 think, especially for those of us who strive for neutrality.

 On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 2:47 AM Samuel Klein  wrote:

> Thanks for sharing -- a nice idea and gorgeous page; nice to see the 
> *wikigap
> challenge* model proliferating.
>
> On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 6:00 PM Valentin Nefedov <
> nefedov.valen...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello, dear Wikipedians!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. The most
>> active contesters will receive prizes.
>>
>> We invite you to take part and help us improve the coverage of
>> Ukrainian culture on Wikipedia in any language!
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Valentyn Nefedov a.k.a. Renvoy
>> ___
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[effe iets anders]

The list archive probably has an answer to your question on 9 feb 2021.

But regardless, writing about Ukrainian culture is never more prudent than
when it is under threat. Whatever one's personal opinion on this war, I
don't think anyone will deny that Ukrainian cultural heritage is at risk?
Asking people to go outside and take photos, that may be a bit much right
now, but this is a writing exercise. That is the beautiful thing about
Wikimedia: we document things regardless of how much we 'like' them.

Lodewijk

On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 9:59 PM 4nn1l2 <4nn1l2.w...@gmail.com> wrote:

> This is a legitimate concern as several users have dared to ask questions
> as you can see at
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Ukraine%27s_Cultural_Diplomacy_Month
>
> We need more transparency regarding this decision. Granted, there was a
> campaign last year around this time, but was it advertised at a global
> scale? At least, I can't remember that.
>
> On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 8:28 AM Ariel Glenn WMF 
> wrote:
>
>> This campaign was conducted last year at around the same time:
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ukraine%27s_Cultural_Diplomacy_Month_2021
>> Let's keep any unwarranted speculations off of this list please.
>>
>> Ariel Glenn
>> ar...@wikimedia.org
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 5:55 AM 4nn1l2 <4nn1l2.w...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> The timing of this campaign is of real concern and not prudent, I think,
>>> especially for those of us who strive for neutrality.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 2:47 AM Samuel Klein  wrote:
>>>
 Thanks for sharing -- a nice idea and gorgeous page; nice to see the 
 *wikigap
 challenge* model proliferating.

 On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 6:00 PM Valentin Nefedov <
 nefedov.valen...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello, dear Wikipedians!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. The most
> active contesters will receive prizes.
>
> We invite you to take part and help us improve the coverage of
> Ukrainian culture on Wikipedia in any language!
>
> Sincerely,
> Valentyn Nefedov a.k.a. Renvoy
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: [Wikimedia Announcements] Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month: We are back in 2022!

[Kunal Mehta]

Hi,

On 2/23/22 21:58, 4nn1l2 wrote:
This is a legitimate concern as several users have dared to ask 
questions as you can see at 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Ukraine%27s_Cultural_Diplomacy_Month 


We need more transparency regarding this decision. Granted, there was a 
campaign last year around this time, but was it advertised at a global 
scale? At least, I can't remember that.


Here's a posting on this list about it a year ago: 
.


And the CentralNotice request: 
.


That said, now seems like the time for compassion rather than conspiracy.

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[Wikimedia-l] Re: [Wikimedia Announcements] Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month: We are back in 2022!

[4nn1l2]

This is a legitimate concern as several users have dared to ask questions
as you can see at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Ukraine%27s_Cultural_Diplomacy_Month

We need more transparency regarding this decision. Granted, there was a
campaign last year around this time, but was it advertised at a global
scale? At least, I can't remember that.

On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 8:28 AM Ariel Glenn WMF  wrote:

> This campaign was conducted last year at around the same time:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ukraine%27s_Cultural_Diplomacy_Month_2021
> Let's keep any unwarranted speculations off of this list please.
>
> Ariel Glenn
> ar...@wikimedia.org
>
> On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 5:55 AM 4nn1l2 <4nn1l2.w...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The timing of this campaign is of real concern and not prudent, I think,
>> especially for those of us who strive for neutrality.
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 2:47 AM Samuel Klein  wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks for sharing -- a nice idea and gorgeous page; nice to see the 
>>> *wikigap
>>> challenge* model proliferating.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 6:00 PM Valentin Nefedov <
>>> nefedov.valen...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
 Hello, dear Wikipedians!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. The most
 active contesters will receive prizes.

 We invite you to take part and help us improve the coverage of
 Ukrainian culture on Wikipedia in any language!

 Sincerely,
 Valentyn Nefedov a.k.a. Renvoy
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: [Wikimedia Announcements] Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month: We are back in 2022!

[Ariel Glenn WMF]

This campaign was conducted last year at around the same time:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ukraine%27s_Cultural_Diplomacy_Month_2021
Let's keep any unwarranted speculations off of this list please.

Ariel Glenn
ar...@wikimedia.org

On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 5:55 AM 4nn1l2 <4nn1l2.w...@gmail.com> wrote:

> The timing of this campaign is of real concern and not prudent, I think,
> especially for those of us who strive for neutrality.
>
> On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 2:47 AM Samuel Klein  wrote:
>
>> Thanks for sharing -- a nice idea and gorgeous page; nice to see the *wikigap
>> challenge* model proliferating.
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 6:00 PM Valentin Nefedov <
>> nefedov.valen...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello, dear Wikipedians!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. The most
>>> active contesters will receive prizes.
>>>
>>> We invite you to take part and help us improve the coverage of Ukrainian
>>> culture on Wikipedia in any language!
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>> Valentyn Nefedov a.k.a. Renvoy
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: [Wikimedia Announcements] Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month: We are back in 2022!

[4nn1l2]

The timing of this campaign is of real concern and not prudent, I think,
especially for those of us who strive for neutrality.

On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 2:47 AM Samuel Klein  wrote:

> Thanks for sharing -- a nice idea and gorgeous page; nice to see the *wikigap
> challenge* model proliferating.
>
> On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 6:00 PM Valentin Nefedov <
> nefedov.valen...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello, dear Wikipedians!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. The most
>> active contesters will receive prizes.
>>
>> We invite you to take part and help us improve the coverage of Ukrainian
>> culture on Wikipedia in any language!
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Valentyn Nefedov a.k.a. Renvoy
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: [Wikimedia Announcements] Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month: We are back in 2022!

[Samuel Klein]

Thanks for sharing -- a nice idea and gorgeous page; nice to see the *wikigap
challenge* model proliferating.

On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 6:00 PM Valentin Nefedov 
wrote:

> Hello, dear Wikipedians!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. The most
> active contesters will receive prizes.
>
> We invite you to take part and help us improve the coverage of Ukrainian
> culture on Wikipedia in any language!
>
> Sincerely,
> Valentyn Nefedov a.k.a. Renvoy
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