Hello Ivonne Thank you for your prompt reply and good work.
I think we are all very relieved to hear the news from you. And I hope the process you mentioned will all go through smoothly. BR, Jeromy Jeromy-Yu Chan, Jerry Yuyu on Wikipedia Usually as Jeromyu on other SNS On Tue, 1 Apr 2025 at 20:05, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Message: 5 > Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2025 13:25:59 +0700 > From: Ivonne Kristiani <[email protected]> > Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikipedians in Myanmar > To: Wikimedia Mailing List <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > < > cappcj6w-7ymg-9ylggpezfcyv6m+-fpfn0mwbsifmkcwyvd...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: multipart/alternative; > boundary="000000000000d92c7c0631b19cd9" > > Hello Jeromy, > > Thank you for raising this. We have been in touch with Wikimedians in > Myanmar and Thailand immediately following the news of the devastating > earthquake. We are relieved to hear back from them to confirm their > well-being. The earthquake was shocking news for all of us and we wish > everyone in the affected region stays safe. > > Regarding the long silence on Myanmar Wikipedia, based on my recent > conversation with one of the Wikimedians there, the current political > situation has affected planning. Wikipedia, like many other sites, is not > accessible in Myanmar on most major Internet service providers. They can > only access Wikipedia through VPN and no new user accounts can be made. > This ultimately hinders Wikipedians from actively contributing from there. > > We are expecting Myanmar colleagues to join the ESEAP Strategy Summit in > May which would give us the opportunity to discuss further regarding this. > > Wish everyone well. > > Best regards, > -- > *Ivonne Kristiani* (she/her) > Senior Global Movement Communications Specialist > Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> > > On Fri, Mar 28, 2025 at 11:04 PM Jeromy-Yu Chan (Jerry~Yuyu) < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello all > > > > It is quite a while for me to write to you in this list, and now I think > I > > have something worth raising and breaking my long silence here. > > > > You may hear from the news of the terrible earthquake in Myanmar today. > In > > private discussions with Wikipedians friends in our region, we notice in > > Myanmese Wikipedia, there was long silence without any "local" edits. > > > > So we wonder if WMF staff, relevant hubs or volunteer communities have > > better information about the well-being of the Myanmese Wikipedians. I > > doubt we have big plans for them, but I think any news about them is > > something we don't want to miss. > > > > During my time leading the Wikimania 2013, I did initiate a search of > > Myanmese Wikipedia in Myanmar and even secure one of them to visit us > > during the conference with external sponsorship. So I think I have some > > position to raise this issue. > > > > I hope everyone in our community in Myanmar and Thailand is safe and > > sound, and we pray for them. > > > > BR, > > Jeromy > > > > Jeromy-Yu Chan, Jerry > > Yuyu on Wikipedia > > Usually as Jeromyu on other SNS > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], guidelines > > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > Public archives at > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/RGM7EPY6N6ISAMJNQN7GVC7MQZPZYWRI/ > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > > > End of Wikimedia-l Digest, Vol 1357, Issue 1 > ******************************************** >
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