[Wikimedia-l] New writing challenge on Wikipedia, it's about Ukraine

2021-02-09 Thread Vira Motorko
Hello, dear Wikimedians! Wikimedia Ukraine, in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and Ukrainian Institute, is launching a new writing challenge in Wikipedia. "Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month" lasts from 10 February to 10 March 2021. The campaign will be dedicated to

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Idea of a new project: Wikifacts ?

2021-02-09 Thread Netha Hussain
Hi all, I am generally interested in any project that helps counter misinformation on the internet, and I think that our existing projects have limitations in calling out fake news. Wikipedia, for example, has dedicated pages surrounding misinformation related to various topic areas (such as this

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia UG Georgia Annual Report for 2020

2021-02-09 Thread Mehman Ibragimov
Dear all, I'm pleased to share with you the Annual Activity Report [1] and the Annual Financial Report [2] of the Wikimedia UG Georgia. I want to say that this year was special for us, since we received the sAPG for the first time and it coincided with a global pandemic, which seriously

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of the Dagbani Wikimedians User Group

2021-02-09 Thread Isaac Olatunde
Congratulations to my friend Sadik and other founding members. Regards Isaac On Tue, 9 Feb 2021, 22:08 Mehman Ibragimov, wrote: > Hi everyone! > > I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized > [1] *Dagbani Wikimedians User Group* [2] as a Wikimedia User Group.

[Wikimedia-l] Recognition of the Dagbani Wikimedians User Group

2021-02-09 Thread Mehman Ibragimov
Hi everyone! I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized [1] *Dagbani Wikimedians User Group* [2] as a Wikimedia User Group. The group aims to promote awareness of Wikimedia projects related to Mole-Dagbani languages in Benin, Burkina Faso and Ghana. Please join me

[Wikimedia-l] Wikifact Project Proposal

2021-02-09 Thread Adam Sobieski
A new Wikifact project could be a resource for real-time collaborative fact checking. It could serve as a fact-checking resource for the editors of Wikinews and Wikipedia articles. It could also serve as a fact-checking resource for a broader set of end-users. Through an API, end-users could

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Final report on the Techstorm 2019

2021-02-09 Thread Ciell Wikipedia
Thank you very much for your thoughts and suggestions Lea! I'll be sure to pass them on to the rest of the team. Personally, I think the strength of the Techstorm is its very personal approach: this is where the Techstorm actually differs from a 'normal' hackathon. I am afraid this will not work

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Idea of a new project: Wikifacts ?

2021-02-09 Thread Galder Gonzalez Larrañaga
But you can do that on Wikinews! From: Wikimedia-l on behalf of Leinonen Teemu Sent: Tuesday, February 9, 2021 12:21 PM To: Wikimedia Mailing List Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Idea of a new project: Wikifacts ? Jimmy has a project that does exactly that. I like

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Idea of a new project: Wikifacts ?

2021-02-09 Thread Leinonen Teemu
Jimmy has a project that does exactly that. I like Jimmy’s project but do not see it progressing to the direction what I was imagining. Having said that, what we could do is have a project investigating the missing information in Wikidata. Wikidata is great, but I do not see how it could