[Wikimediaindia-l] Rapid Grants for Wikipedia 20 celebration events

2020-10-15 Thread Samir Elsharbaty 
Hi everyone,

(Apologies for cross-posting.)

Last month, we shared a survey to inform the planning and funding processes
of Wikipedia 20 anniversary celebrations. The survey results have
demonstrated interest in hosting virtual and in-person events around the
world to celebrate Wikipedia’s 20th birthday.

We are excited to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation will be supporting
individuals and groups planning to hold Wikipedia 20 celebration events
through the Rapid Grants program.

The Rapid Grants program can support event plans with a budget ranging from
500 USD, up to 2,000 USD. All the details, the eligibility criteria, and
the application form are available on the Wikipedia 20 grants meta page. [1]

Applications for Rapid Grants are accepted between the 1st and 15th of each
month, and a decision on the application is, typically, ready by the end of
that month. For applicants who would like to host Wikipedia celebration
events during the month of January 2021, we highly recommend applying as
soon as possible (i.e. during the November 2020 cycle). For later events
through the end of 2021, applications will continue to be open later in the
year.

*Other funding opportunities*

If your plans for the Wikipedia 20 celebration event don’t meet some of the
eligibility criteria for a Rapid Grant (e.g. your budget is expected to
exceed $2000), you may want to consider reducing the scale of your
activities, or to explore other grant opportunities that may better support
your plan:


   -

   Additional funding for Conference & Event grantees (e.g. for a regional
   or thematic conference) who wish to incorporate a celebration event to an
   existing conference. [2]
   -

   Conference & Event Grants to support celebration events for more than
   2000 USD. [2]


*Round one applications for Conference & Event grants is now closed.
Details for round two (for events that will be held between July and
December 2021) will be announced on the conference and event grants page.

For more information on Wikipedia 20, please visit the Wikipedia 20 grants
meta page. [1]

Thank you and please share the message with your communities!

On behalf of the Wikipedia 20 team, Samir Elsharbaty

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_20/Grants

[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Conference

Samir Elsharbaty (he/him)

Brand Associate

Wikimedia Foundation 
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wiki Loves Monuments 2020 in India starts tomorrow

2020-10-15 Thread Rajeeb 
Dear  Bodhisattwa ,

Thanks for the update.

Namaste,
Rajeeb.


On Thu, 15 Oct 2020 at 23:11, Bodhisattwa Mandal <
bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> This is for your information that, the organizer team has primarily sorted
> the photographs, which were submitted under the WLM 2020 competition,
> before our set deadline and have forwarded the sorted photographers to the
> jury team for the final review. Like previous years, User:Sumitsurai is
> coordinating the entire process.
>
> Regards,
> Bodhisattwa
>
> On Sat, Oct 3, 2020, 09:11 Bodhisattwa Mandal 
> wrote:
>
>> Hello Wikimedians,
>>
>> FYI, Wiki Loves Monuments 2020 in India has ended on September 30, 2020.
>> This year around 4500 images
>> 
>> were submitted, which is lower than previous years but the low number was
>> expected as COVID-19 has led to the restriction of movements preventing
>> people from going outside of their homes and taking photographs.
>>
>> We have managed to increase the list of the non-designated monuments even
>> during the competition. Thanks to Subodh Kulkarni who had held meetings
>> with different municipal corporation authorities, heritage organizations
>> and other like minded organizations from Maharashtra to help us prepare
>> lists of monuments from Pune, Solapur, Ambajogai, Ichalkaranji, Satara etc.
>> Thanks to Shyamal, who helped to connect with Uday Kumar PL from the group
>> Inscription Stones of Bangalore, who are meticulously documenting
>> inscription stones from all over Bangalore; WLM now have a list of
>> around 50 non-designated inscription stones from there too.
>>
>> We have already started primary sorting of photographs from the
>> organizer's side taking care of certain criteria and will continue to do so
>> upto 15th October.  We will then forward all the sorted photographs to the
>> jury team, who will take another 15 days to complete the judging process
>> and declare results by the end of the month. As always, jury decisions will
>> be final.
>>
>> Categorization of the images properly and data related works are also
>> going on simultaneously and will be done throughout the year.
>>
>> Like previous years, we will finish the entire judging process within the
>> set deadline.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Bodhisattwa
>> (on behalf of WLM team)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, 31 Aug 2020 at 11:17, Bodhisattwa Mandal <
>> bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Wikimedians,
>>>
>>> We are very happy to announce that the Wiki Loves Monuments 2020 in
>>> India is starting from tomorrow and will continue for the entire month of
>>> September.
>>>
>>> As this year, we are facing devastating effects of COVID-19,  we urge
>>> you to stay inside your home to avoid exposure to the deadly virus. You do
>>> not have to go outside of your safe zone to photograph monuments. We are
>>> completely okay if you can upload old photographs taken by you. Please be
>>> safe first!
>>>
>>> We are also expecting lesser participation than previous years due to
>>> the restriction of movement due to the pandemic. So, to increase awareness
>>> about the competition, we have created a promotional video at the last
>>> moment (special thanks to Ananya and Rahul) and boosted it on Facebook.
>>> Thanks to CIS-A2K for sponsoring the promotion part.
>>> You can find the video on Commons here -
>>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2020_in_India_(Promotional_video).webm
>>> and on Facebook here -
>>> https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1616065545227639
>>>
>>> Regarding the list of monuments, it will grow even during the
>>> competition as the data entry is a continuous work for us throughout the
>>> year. We heartily welcome Wikimedians from different parts of the country
>>> to work on monuments protected by different local agencies and inform us in
>>> the event talk page. We will find ways together to include them in the
>>> master list.
>>>
>>> Just like previous years, we again promising to wrap up everything
>>> within the expected timeline after the competition ends and we are going to
>>> keep our promise again. :-)
>>>
>>> Welcome you all in the competition,
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Bodhisattwa
>>> (On behalf of WLM India organizing team)
>>>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wiki Loves Monuments 2020 in India starts tomorrow

2020-10-15 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal 
Dear all,

This is for your information that, the organizer team has primarily sorted
the photographs, which were submitted under the WLM 2020 competition,
before our set deadline and have forwarded the sorted photographers to the
jury team for the final review. Like previous years, User:Sumitsurai is
coordinating the entire process.

Regards,
Bodhisattwa

On Sat, Oct 3, 2020, 09:11 Bodhisattwa Mandal 
wrote:

> Hello Wikimedians,
>
> FYI, Wiki Loves Monuments 2020 in India has ended on September 30, 2020.
> This year around 4500 images
> 
> were submitted, which is lower than previous years but the low number was
> expected as COVID-19 has led to the restriction of movements preventing
> people from going outside of their homes and taking photographs.
>
> We have managed to increase the list of the non-designated monuments even
> during the competition. Thanks to Subodh Kulkarni who had held meetings
> with different municipal corporation authorities, heritage organizations
> and other like minded organizations from Maharashtra to help us prepare
> lists of monuments from Pune, Solapur, Ambajogai, Ichalkaranji, Satara etc.
> Thanks to Shyamal, who helped to connect with Uday Kumar PL from the group
> Inscription Stones of Bangalore, who are meticulously documenting
> inscription stones from all over Bangalore; WLM now have a list of around
> 50 non-designated inscription stones from there too.
>
> We have already started primary sorting of photographs from the
> organizer's side taking care of certain criteria and will continue to do so
> upto 15th October.  We will then forward all the sorted photographs to the
> jury team, who will take another 15 days to complete the judging process
> and declare results by the end of the month. As always, jury decisions will
> be final.
>
> Categorization of the images properly and data related works are also
> going on simultaneously and will be done throughout the year.
>
> Like previous years, we will finish the entire judging process within the
> set deadline.
>
> Regards,
> Bodhisattwa
> (on behalf of WLM team)
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, 31 Aug 2020 at 11:17, Bodhisattwa Mandal <
> bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello Wikimedians,
>>
>> We are very happy to announce that the Wiki Loves Monuments 2020 in India
>> is starting from tomorrow and will continue for the entire month of
>> September.
>>
>> As this year, we are facing devastating effects of COVID-19,  we urge you
>> to stay inside your home to avoid exposure to the deadly virus. You do not
>> have to go outside of your safe zone to photograph monuments. We are
>> completely okay if you can upload old photographs taken by you. Please be
>> safe first!
>>
>> We are also expecting lesser participation than previous years due to the
>> restriction of movement due to the pandemic. So, to increase awareness
>> about the competition, we have created a promotional video at the last
>> moment (special thanks to Ananya and Rahul) and boosted it on Facebook.
>> Thanks to CIS-A2K for sponsoring the promotion part.
>> You can find the video on Commons here -
>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2020_in_India_(Promotional_video).webm
>> and on Facebook here - https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1616065545227639
>>
>> Regarding the list of monuments, it will grow even during the competition
>> as the data entry is a continuous work for us throughout the year. We
>> heartily welcome Wikimedians from different parts of the country to work on
>> monuments protected by different local agencies and inform us in the event
>> talk page. We will find ways together to include them in the master list.
>>
>> Just like previous years, we again promising to wrap up everything within
>> the expected timeline after the competition ends and we are going to keep
>> our promise again. :-)
>>
>> Welcome you all in the competition,
>>
>> Regards,
>> Bodhisattwa
>> (On behalf of WLM India organizing team)
>>
>>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of the Indic MediaWiki Developers User Group

2020-10-15 Thread Samuel Guebo 
Congratulations to everyone who made this happen!
Samuel

On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 7:11 PM Subhashish  wrote:

> Congratulations everyone from the Indic MediaWiki Developers User Group!
>
> --
> Subha
>
> On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 12:28 AM Amir E. Aharoni <
> amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il> wrote:
>
>> Very cool! Congratulations!
>>
>> --
>> Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי
>> http://aharoni.wordpress.com
>> ‪“We're living in pieces,
>> I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore‬
>>
>>
>> ‫בתאריך יום ד׳, 14 באוק׳ 2020 ב-19:39 מאת ‪Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight‬‏
>> <‪rosiestep.w...@gmail.com‬‏>:‬
>>
>>> Hi everyone!
>>>
>>> I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has
>>> recognized [1] Indic MediaWiki Developers User Group [2] as a Wikimedia
>>> User Group. The group aims to provide technical support to Indic Wikimedia
>>> projects and community members"; technical support is provided in the areas
>>> of user-scripts, gadgets, tools, extensions, Lua modules, templates,
>>> MediaWiki core etc. On-Wiki support is the predominant focus of the group,
>>> however, outreach activities are also taken up from time to time, such as
>>> MediaWiki training, mentoring Google Summer of Code students etc.
>>>
>>> Please join me in congratulating the members of this new user group!
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight
>>>
>>> Chair, Affiliations Committee
>>>
>>> [1]
>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Indic_MediaWiki_Developers_User_Group
>>> 
>>> [2]
>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Recognition_of_Indic_MediaWiki_Developers_User_Group
>>> 
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