User talk:Ranjithsiji

--Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 05:24, 10 September 2013 (UTC)Reply

Hi,

Thanks for signing up as a volunteer for WikiConference India 2016 (WCI 2016). Here are some updates regarding the event:

• WCI 2016 will take place on 5th, 6th, and 7th of August 2016 at Chandigarh Group of Colleges, Landran (Mohali). Please save these dates. We will open conference registration soon.

• PEG request for WCI 2016 has been approved. We appreciate WMF PEG team's support and decision in facilitating this. We thank all community members who endorsed and contributed to this initiative. We are excited and look forward to an intensive month planning and executing WCI 2016.

• Phase 1 filtering of scholarship applications has been done. Among 450+ applications, 200+ applications have been shortlisted for final review. We are expecting to announce the results by July first week.

• WCI 2016 Call for Participation is open now. Please submit your proposals for paper presentations, lightning talks, and workshops.

• Please take WCI 2016 Program Survey and help us design the conference based on community's needs.

• Please initiate and participate in the Punjab edit-a-thon. It is a gift from all Indian language communities for the Punjabi community which is hosting the conference. The community that adds most number of bytes or words will be awarded a trophy.

• Please review our conference Code of Conduct.

• Please place any feedback regarding the event at the meta talk page. You can also join us for the weekly IRC sessions we hold every Wednesday and Saturday at 2130 IST at #wikiconferenceindia channel. You may also find frequent updates through our Facebook group and mailing list.

Regards,

Ravi,

WCI 2016 Team.

P.S. If you wish to stop receiving such updates, please remove your name here.

Congratulations again on your proposal being selected!

We hope you have registered for the conference. If not please follow the instructions at: http://wci2016.doattend.com/ If you are a scholarship recipient - use the Wikimedia Registration option. In case you are not attending or unable to attend, please let us know at the earliest so that the schedules can be readjusted accordingly.

The program schedule is available here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2016/Programs

Please make sure you read the presenter guidelines. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2016/Presenter_guidelines

We look forward to seeing you in Chandigarh!

For program committee Shyamal en:User:Shyamal

Sir, Thnak you very much for joining int the programe at [1]. Please do take steps for Communitiy Notification. --Drcenjary (talk) 08:01, 5 October 2016 (UTC)Reply

Hi Ranjithsiji, just let you know the maximum number of Ambassadors per project is two. Though we will send an additional postcard to who has more than 15 accepted articles.--AddisWang (talk) 06:52, 3 December 2016 (UTC)Reply

Hello, you have a new message here. -- Tito Dutta (talk) 09:12, 10 January 2017 (UTC)Reply

Hi Ranjithsiji,

Thank you for your contributions in the UNESCO Challenge. However, please choose images to illustrate the articles with care. Points will not be awarded for contributions that are not kept on the wiki where the contribution was made. Be careful to follow the local Wikipedia policies and please make sure to add image captions.

I suggest you go over the articles and see if you could add one or two images to the articles instead, and adjust your score accordingly.

Best regards and good luck in the Challenge,

John Andersson (WMSE) (talk) 11:46, 4 May 2017 (UTC)Reply

We'd like to invite UNESCO participants to join a new challenge on the same model, the Met Open Access Artworks Challenge. You can contribute by illustrating with images using some of the 375k photos now under CC0, starting or improving articles (try our new Mbabel tool!), or creating translations (if your language isn't listed, please ask!). You can sign up here: Met Open Access Artworks Challenge/Participants. --Pharos (talk) 17:59, 5 June 2017 (UTC)Reply

Dear WAM organizer,

I’m Erick Guan, the coordinator of WAM 2017. Welcome to Wikipedia Asian Month 2017. Here is some information about organizations of events at a national level.

The event lasts a month for the participants. As of the beginning of the event, please:

• Invite previous participants to join. We have a template you may want to use.
• Setup your WAM page in your local wikiproject if you haven’t done that.
• Link your WAM page at Wikipedia Asian Month 2017. It’s important for others to understand and connect to your community! Remove the X when you done that. WAM is organized at national level. So I have to ask you to put your country in front of your name if you haven’t done that.
• Publish a notification about WAM in site notice as well as village pump. Go public!
• Connect with us. Generally send me an email so that we can reach you for future information!
• Become the jury member in a campaign on Fountain which is an amazing tool for you to supervise participants’ articles. If you don’t have the campaign set up, please contact us! And put a link to your community’s campaign page for participants’ navigation.
• Organize a off-site editathon event. A coffee bar, internet and laptops. Though it’s optional. If you want to do that, please contact me.

In the following days, you should answer the questions from your community and supervise the submissions. Hope you have fun!

Have some interesting articles in your mind or from community? Drop us a line so that we can exchange the information to other communities.

At all times, please send me an email at erick@asianmonth.wiki--Fantasticfears (talk) 23:01, 1 November 2017 (UTC)Reply

Hi Ranjith, I am reaching out to you because you expressed interest in Supporting Indian language Wikipedias program. I am glad to inform the writing contest has been launched. If you are interested in coordinating this for your community, here is a sample contest portal. You can translate this and launch the contest. Please leave comments on the talk page if you need help or have questions. I am also sending this message to other Wikipedians who expressed interest. We are keenly awaiting the participation of Malayalam Wikipedia community. All the best. --Ravi (talk) 22:29, 4 March 2018 (UTC)Reply

Dear Ravi We already setup the portal and the contest is active in Malayalam. thanks for the information and support --Ranjithsiji (talk) 16:03, 7 March 2018 (UTC)Reply

Hi Ranjith,

I'm Mallikarjuna from Kannada Wikipedia.

You were the Organizer for Malayalam Project Tiger. We've been trying to connect with all Wikipedians in Bangalore, across languages. A meetup like that, will help us to carry forward the momentum of Project Tiger.

Could you kindly, put a notice on Malayalam Village Pump & help me get connected to as many Bangalore based Malayalam Wikipedia Contributors (either or all of Pedia, Source, Quote, Meta, Commons & Wiktionary).

Interested Contributors can sign, we could collect names & get started towards organizing the meeting. In July 2018, we wish to host a meeting of Bangalore based all language & all projects Wikipedians at CIS Office Bangalore.

I'm copying all Organisers/jury: Arunsunilkollam, Ranjithsiji, Viswaprabha, Akhiljaxxn from Malayalam Project Tiger. Tito Dutta has been very much willing to support this effort. -With Metta, Mallikarjuna.

-WIth Metta, Mallikarjuna. 05:32, 17 June 2018 (UTC)

Hi folks. If you're receiving this message, you've contributed to IdeaLab or an Inspire Campaign this year. Thanks for participating to develop ideas and review ones from other Wikimedians.

We are preparing some changes to IdeaLab and Inspire Campaigns. One of these changes is a new community space on Connect, where Wikimedians can find each other based on common activities or skills, and ask questions about the space. You are invited to join this community space for IdeaLab, especially if you would ever consider needing to find contributors with certain skills (like design or project management) or would like to offer your skills to others in our movement. To join, please proceed to Connect/IdeaLab and click on the "Add yourself" button on the right. Thanks, I JethroBT (WMF) 19:53, 21 June 2018 (UTC)Reply

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Here's the link for last year's Wishlist Survey: 2017 Community Wishlist Survey. The new survey starts in November 2018; you should propose the URL problem and ask people to vote for it! -- DannyH (WMF) (talk) 11:54, 18 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Hi - thank you for participating in the advanced mobile contributions interviews. We'll reach out with further questions and activities. We would appreciate if you're able to forward these to others in your community. Thanks OVasileva (WMF) (talk) 11:59, 18 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Hello, you have a new message here. Regards. -- Tito Dutta (talk) 23:15, 11 October 2018 (UTC)Reply

I'd like to invite you to join Wikipedia Asian Art Month in the December extension of the sub-contest; if you write or translate just one article and include one of our images, you'll get a special Metropolitan Museum of Art postcard. And if you're one of the grand prize winners, you'll get a Met guidebook or Asian art publication.--Pharos (talk) 21:32, 5 December 2018 (UTC)Reply

Hi greetings, I created a userbox for the members of the Wikimedians of Kerala Usergroup--({{User IN-KL}}). Is it good? Can we use it for the group? Please give your valuable suggestions. Thank you.--Path slopu (talk) 13:39, 30 December 2018 (UTC)Reply

HI @Ranjithsiji:, I'm an organizer of Hindi Wiki Loves Women, I request you to a new tool for Hindi Wiki Loves Women Staticstics. Thank you -J. Ansari Talk 12:13, 18 February 2019 (UTC)Reply

@J ansari: I need the category of talk page where the template of edit a thon articles added. Or plz direct me to the link of the template. --Ranjithsiji (talk) 09:34, 19 February 2019 (UTC)Reply

Dear Ranjithsiji, we have added a multilanguage wikipedian part to the photo contest, see here : Wiki Loves Love 2019. Here are the projects that participated : Wiki Loves Love 2019/Project Page. For Wiki Loves Women India 2019, I have a problem with the following subprojects (I have been able to work out the published articles for the Punjabi Wiki Loves Women, Assamese Wiki loves women, and the Bangal wikiloves women, because they presented their result in a way that made it possible for me. The published articles are to be listed here : Wiki Loves Love 2019/List of Articles. The topic of the contest is described on the main page : The basic aim of this project is to document love testimonials through human cultural diversity – such as festivals, ceremonies, gestures and other symbols of love – to illustrate articles in the worldwide free encyclopedia Wikipedia and improve content on Wikipedia on the same theme. Do you think you could help me? Warm regards, Nattes à chat (talk) 05:10, 4 April 2019 (UTC)Reply

@Nattes à chat: Yes, I will help you. Tell me what I want to do. --Ranjithsiji (talk) 03:40, 5 April 2019 (UTC)Reply

Hello!

You are getting this message because you've previously participated in the Community Wishlist Survey, in either the Wikisource or Wiktionary categories. I wanted to let you know that this year's survey is now open for proposals. You can suggest technical changes until November 11. Unlike previous years, we are only accepting proposals for non-Wikipedia content projects with no dedicated teams (i.e., Wikibooks, Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikisource, Wikiversity, Wikispecies, Wikivoyage, and Wikinews). You can learn more on the survey page.

You can vote on proposals from November 20 to December 2. To keep the number of messages at a reasonable level, I won't send out a separate reminder to you about that. We look forward to your participation. Thank you! IFried (WMF) (talk) 18:52, 22 October 2019 (UTC)Reply

		Thank you and Happy Diwali
		"Thank you for being you." —anonymousHello, this is the festive season. The sky is full of fireworks, the houses are decorated with lamps and rangoli. On behalf of the Project Tiger 2.0 team, I sincerely thank you for your contribution and support. Wishing you a Happy Diwali and a festive season. Regards and all the best. -- Tito Dutta (talk) 16:50, 27 October 2019 (UTC)Reply

Hello Ranjithsiji,

Thank you for joining us as a Wikipedia community organizer. We would appreciate your help to get the central banner localized in your language.

You can visit here and select your language (which language you want the contents to be translated into) and then translate it.

WAM2019 Team thanks you for your support.

Kind regards,
WAM2019 International Team
--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:53, 2 November 2019 (UTC)Reply

Dear Ranjithsiji, Thank you for organizing the Wiki Loves Women South Asia Project and collaborating with us from behalf of Malayalam Wiki Community. We are appreciative of your tireless efforts for your Jury work on Malyalam Wikipedia but also your technical support for this project. I am deeply inspired with your persistent efforts, dedication to keep the editors motivated and support to bridge the gender and cultural gap on Wikipedia. Your tireless perseverance and love for the movement has brought us one step closer to our quest for attaining equity for underrepresented knowledge in our Wikimedia Projects. We are lucky to have inspiring and wonderful leaders like you in our movement. Please find your Wiki Loves Women South Asia postcard here. Keep shining! From behalf of Wiki Loves Women South Asia Team Wikilover90 (talk) 17:33, 6 July 2020 (UTC)Reply

Hello Ranjithsiji,

Many thanks for participating in the WPWP campaign.

We are excited about the level of participation, this year and we are happy to inform you that over 90,000 articles were improved with photos in 272 languages Wikipedia.

We'd love to get your feedback. Your feedback will allow us to better meet your expectations for the campaign in the next editions.

Please complete a brief survey so that we may learn about your participation in the campaign, strengths, challenges and your expectations. This information will enable us to improve the next editions of the Campaign.

Follow this link to the Survey:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeL7I25Uxx_3Tyu9EgS2Bhix32Mh073LRsrr4tuH-i1yyRCZg/viewform

Or copy and paste the URL below into your internet browser:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeL7I25Uxx_3Tyu9EgS2Bhix32Mh073LRsrr4tuH-i1yyRCZg/viewform

Thank you in advance for taking this survey. Stay safe!

Kind regards,
Tulsi Bhagat ^{[ contribs | talk ]}
Communication Manager, WPWP Campaign
-- Message sent using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 05:17, 23 September 2020 (UTC)Reply

Hello Ranjithsiji,

Thank you for joining WAM 2020 as an organizer. We appreciate your help to get the central banner localized in your language.

You can visit here and select your language (which language you want the contents to be translated into) and then translate it.

WAM International Team thanks you for your support.

Kind regards,

Wikipedia Asian Month International Team, 2020.10

Hello~I cannot find the Malayalam Wikipedia Asian Month 2020 Fountain pages. Could you help me?--KOKUYO (talk) 18:15, 25 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

BTW, we found that some Fountain pages cannot be displayed properly (like Latvian Wikipedia), and contacted Le Loi (the tool developer) for this question. He says these pages haven't been created or approved yet.

The Malayalam Wikipedia Asian Month Fountain pages need admin (from Malayalam Wikipedia) to go to their profile (chick their name at top of the page), select "approval" and approve the editahon. (like this) This change is to prevent creation of vandal editahon with attacks in the title.

I hope this information will help you. If you have any question, please tell me.--KOKUYO (talk) 09:35, 26 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

Dear organizers,

Here is a guidance of Fountain tool. If you are wondering how to create an editathon on fountain or want to check the editathon be created or not before WAM start, please feel free to have a look.

Looking forward to meeting you online soon.

WAM International team 2020.10

Dear organizers:

Fountain cannot accept new articles temporarily because of a problem with the Wikimedia Labs database. It will be back ASAP. Please don’t feel panic. Let's keep fingers crossed for it.

Best,

Wikipedia Asian Month International Team, 2020.11

SGrabarczuk (WMF)

18:26, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

Congratulations! The Wikipedia Asian Month has ended successfully and you've done amazing work of organizing. What we've got and what's next?

• We have at least 6,672 articles made during this edition.
• Make sure all the jury members judge all articles before December 31st, Once you finish the judging, please update this page.
• There will be two round of qualified participants' address collection scheduled: January 1st and January 10th 2021.
• Please report the local Wikipedia Asian Ambassador (who has most accepted articles) on this page, if the 2nd participants have more than 30 accepted articles, you will have two ambassadors.
• Please update the final version of organizer and jury member list on this page.
• In case you wondering how can you use the Wikipedia Asian Month tool (Fountain) in your own contest, contact the developer Le Loy for more information.
• If you need some assistance, please feel free to contact us via sending email to info@asianmonth.wiki. To reduce misunderstanding, please contact us in English.

Best wishes,

Wikipedia Asian Month International Team, 2020.12

SGrabarczuk (WMF)

16:09, 11 December 2020 (UTC)

Greeting of day,

Wikipedia turns 20 on 15 January 2021. This Wikipedia 20 Meta-Wiki page is an initial framework the global Wikimedia community can use to coordinate around the 20th birthday of Wikipedia. We are celebrating how humans made Wikipedia what it is, and only humans can help sustain and grow it. We are celebrating 20 years human!

All you need to do is to sign in as the participant here and observe the celebrations of event Wikipedia 20th celebration the most innate way you feel. The decent stuff will receive a token of appreciation. Y'll are RSVP in the event Wikipedia 20th celebration the most innate way you feel and Wikipedia 20/Events/Uttar Pradesh

Profound Regards,

SHISHIR DUA (talk) 17:00, 11 January 2021 (UTC),Reply

Organizer

Thanks for signing up to participate in the “Understanding the technical challenges on wikis” session organized as a part of the Small wiki toolkits - South Asia 2021. In this session, we will be discussing the technical challenges faced by contributors to Wikimedia projects of South Asian languages, come up with ideas to build local technical capacity, and increase and share skills and knowledge across various communities.

• The workshop will take place from 6 pm to 7:30 pm IST on 24 January (upcoming Sunday). The meeting link is https://meet.google.com/obu-owmx-fgr.

Please let us know if you have any questions. Regards, SWT South Asia Organizers, 15:53, 22 January 2021 (UTC)

Hello Ranjithsiji,

Greetings from Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021 organizing committee. We are glad to inform you that your submission is selected and it would be great to have your session.
Submission#1: Transforming Data from the Web with OpenRefine
Date and time: Saturday, 20 February, 15:10 - 16:10 IST
Submission#2: Gadgets and tools for a Wikidata Editor and Gadgets and tools for a Wikipedia Editor
Date and time: Saturday, 20 February, 14:00 - 15:00 IST

Please see the program schedule: Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021/Program

For any query or support assistance, please write to our email at wmwmcis-india.org

Regards,

Jayanta (CIS-A2K) (talk) 19:01, 3 February 2021 (UTC)Reply
Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021 organizing member

Hi, Ranjithsiji!

Thank you very much for participating in Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month! My apologies for not sending this message sooner – but be assured, your contributions are very valuable!
The organisers welcome you participation. We hope you had fun! Some users faced the notability issues of the suggested articles; we recognise that the list of suggested articles wasn't flawless.
The project is not ended until all worthy participants receive their souvenirs! There will be another message from the organising team soon about this.
Stay safe, we appreciate you being a Wikipedian that you are -- ViraMotorko (WMUA) ^(talk) 09:37, 5 April 2021 (UTC)Reply

Dear ViraMotorko (WMUA) I was very glad to hear from you about the edit-a-thon and follow up. Yes the event gave me a lot of new area to explore. Thank you for giving me this great oppertunity to explore Ukraine's Culture. Always happy to keep in touch. --Ranjithsiji (talk) 13:34, 5 April 2021 (UTC)Reply

Hello, I just noticed a small inconsistency at Category:WikiSangamotsavam and wanted to clear this up with you since you would obviously know better. The by-year pages are all written as "WikiSangamotsavam" with a capital S, except for Wikisangamotsavam-2018, which is written with a lower-case one, and the categories also have the first spelling except for Category:Wikisangamotsavam-2013‎. Do you think these should be unified? ~~~~
User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 21:11, 15 June 2021 (UTC)Reply

Yes. It must be unified. It is the same event happened in Malayalam Wikimedia community. Ranjithsiji (talk) 01:21, 19 June 2021 (UTC)Reply

Do you think a capital or a small letter is better? ~~~~
User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 12:28, 19 June 2021 (UTC)Reply

The small letter is the right thing. It is a Malayalam word and it is a single word in Malayalam. So there is no point in putting a capital letter in the name. Ranjithsiji (talk) 03:42, 20 June 2021 (UTC)Reply

Okay, I moved the pages that were using "WikiSangamotsavam" to the title with a lower-case s, and added sortkeys to the categories where appropriate while I was at it. ~~~~
User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 10:55, 20 June 2021 (UTC)Reply

This is an update from the Wikimedia Affiliations Committee. Translations are available.

This is a final Call for Candidates for the June 2021 Affiliations Committee election.

If you are interested in running, please post your application and follow all four steps on the nomination page by 30 June 2021 23:59 hours UTC.

If you know somebody you think may be interested, please share this with them and encourage them to consider it. If you have any questions about this process or the requirements, please email affcom@wikimedia.org before the application deadline or reach out to any of the current members.

On behalf of the AffCom elections committee,

--- FULBERT (talk) 14:37, 22 June 2021 (UTC)Reply

[[Category:AffCom Elections June 2021|]]

Hello Ranjithsiji,

Many thanks for participating in the maiden edition of Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos in 2020.

We are glad to inform you that the 2021 edition starts today (1st of July). You are invited to participate in the campaign again this year to help improve the quality of Wikipedia articles with photos. For more information, please visit the campaign page here.

If you have any questions or query please feel free to contact anyone from the Organizing Team of WPWP Campaign.

Kind regards,
Tulsi Bhagat ^{[ contribs | talk ]}
Communication Manager, WPWP Campaign
Message sent using --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:15, 1 July 2021 (UTC)Reply

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The Affiliations Committee – the committee responsible for guiding volunteers in establishing Wikimedia chapters, thematic organizations, and user groups – is looking for new members!

The main role of the AffCom is to guide groups of volunteers that are interested in forming Wikimedia affiliates. We review applications from new groups, answer questions and provide advice about the different Wikimedia affiliation models and processes, review affiliate bylaws for compliance with requirements and best practices, and update the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees as well as advise them on issues connected to chapters, thematic organizations and Wikimedia user groups.

The committee consists of five to fifteen members, selected at least once every year, to serve two-year terms.

Being a part of the AffCom requires communication with volunteers all over the world, negotiating skills, cultural sensitivity, and the ability to understand legal texts. We look for a mix of different skill sets in our members.

Responsibilities

• Availability of up to 5-8 hours per month

• Participate in monthly one and two-hour voice/video meetings

• Commitment to carry out assigned tasks in a given time.

• Facilitate and support communications

• Affiliate Support and growth

Required and Recommended Abilities, Skills, Knowledge for Affiliations Committee Members

Strong interpersonal relationship among members of the committee and also with the Wikimedia community members. Across all committee members, there are additional relevant skills as well as requirements which help to support the committee and its sustainability which include both required and relevant general skills

Required

• Fluency in English
• Availability of up to 5 hours per week, and the time to participate in a monthly one and two-hour voice/video meetings.
• Willingness to use one's real name in committee activities (including contacts with current and potential affiliates) when appropriate.
• Strong track record of effective collaboration
• International orientation

Relevant for all members

• Public Communications (English writing and speaking skills)
• Skills in other languages are a major plus.
• Understanding of the structure and work of affiliates and the Wikimedia Foundation.
• Documentation practices
• Interviewing experience
• Experience with, or in, an active affiliate is a major plus.
• Teamwork: Project and people management skills to coordinate and collaborate with different parties on a shared plan and see it through to completion.
• Problem-Solving: Ability to evaluate various solutions, consider multiple interests and points of view, revisit unresolved issues, seek compromise and work and communicate across languages and cultures.

Given the expectations for maintaining the course in 2022 and preparing for potential 2022 transitions as part of the Movement Strategy implementation process, it is important that we are also clear about two different skill sets critical to committee support at this time. The first skillset is oriented to understanding affiliate dynamics and organizational development patterns to successfully process affiliate applications for recognition; the other is oriented to conflict prevention and intervention support for affiliates in conflict.

Relevant to Affiliate Recognitions

• Administration & Attention to detail
• Readiness to participate in political discussions on the role and future of affiliates, models of affiliation, and similar topics.
• Awareness of the affiliates ecosystem and models and understanding of community building, organizational development, and group dynamics

Relevant to Conflict Prevention & Intervention

• Communication skills for active listening, clear instruction and turn-taking.
• Stress Management skills for maintaining patience and positivity
• Emotional intelligence to maintain awareness of emotions of oneself and others to practice empathy, impartiality, and mutual respect.
• Facilitation, negotiation, and mediation skills to guide diverse individuals and groups toward cooperation.
• Ability to work within a team

Do you have relevant skills and interest to support movement affiliates?

We are looking for people who are excited by the challenge of empowering volunteers to get organized and form communities that further our mission around the world. In exchange, committee members will gain the experience of supporting their world-wide colleagues to develop their communities as well as personal development in guiding organizational development, facilitating affiliate partnerships, and professional communications.

Selection process

As a reflection of our commitment to openness, transparency, and bilateral engagement with the Wikimedia community, the 2022 member selection process will include a public review and comment period and a self-assessment survey for candidates to share their skills and their experience. This self-assessment information will help the committee to identify the skill sets relevant and supportive to our affiliate support processes. We invite you to apply for membership to the committee and join us in supporting the affiliates. The data shared in the self-assessment will only be made available to the committee and the relevant staff support. The nomination, candidate Q&A, and endorsements will still take place posted on Meta for public review at January 2022 page. Here the global community is welcome to provide comments and feedback about each candidate.

Once the nomination window closes 31 January 2022, the sitting members who are not candidates for re-election in this cycle will deliberate and then vote, taking into account all inputs from the meta page, self-assessment, advisors, Wikimedia Foundation staff and board liaisons, and committee member discussion.

A final decision will be made in late-February 2022, with new members to be notified for onboarding in February.

How to apply

If you are interested in joining the committee, please:

Step 1. Post your application on the nomination page by 31 January 2022. Your application must include the following information:

1. Your full name and Wikimedia username
2. A statement describing your relevant education, experience, abilities, skills, knowledge, availability, and motivation for joining the committee.

Step 2. Complete the self-assessment survey between January 1, 2021 and January 31, 2021.

• The privacy statement that applies to the survey can be found here.
• NOTE: The survey will take 15 mins. Please do not close your browser. If you need a break, you are advised to keep the browser open. In case of losing the link, please reach out to mkaur-ctrwikimedia.org
• This survey must be completed before Steps 3 & 4, as it will provide more background as to the type of work and expectations of members of AffCom.

Step 3. Answers the following questions:

• NOTE: Questions 1-3 are required for all candidates.

• Question 4 & 5 should be answered by those interested in joining the Recognitions subcommittee.
• Question 6 & 7 should be answered by those interested in joining the Conflicts Intervention subcommittee.
• If you are willing to nominate yourself for both subcommittees, answer all questions.

1. What roles have you served across any Wikimedia projects and affiliates that you think have prepared you for this role?
2. AffCom members need to manage time, confidentiality, conflicts of interest, and diverse situations across the global movement. How do you envision managing these?
3. Members of AffCom serve on one of two subcommittees: Recognitions OR Conflicts Intervention. Which one of these are you most interested in serving on?
4. If you are interested in serving on the Recognitions subcommittee, what do you think makes a group of Wikimedians ready to function together as an affiliate?
5. If you are interested in serving on the Recognitions subcommittee, what do you think are the benefits and responsibilities of functioning as formal affiliates?
6. If you are interested in serving on the Conflicts Intervention subcommittee, please describe your experience working with conflicts resolution.
7. If you are interested in serving on the Conflicts Intervention subcommittee, please describe how you have helped build consensus and support diversity.

Step 4. Once you have completed the above, send an email announcing your application to affcomwikimedia.org before the application deadline.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me and/or the committee as a whole. We are happy to chat or have a webinar call with anyone about our work if this helps them decide to apply. Please distribute this call among your networks, and do apply if you are interested!

On behalf of the committee,

--FULBERT (talk) 13:18, 19 December 2021 (UTC)Reply

Translations are available.

The Affiliations Committee – the committee responsible for guiding volunteers in establishing Wikimedia chapters, thematic organizations, and user groups – is looking for new members!

The Affiliations Committee – the committee responsible for guiding volunteers in establishing Wikimedia Chapters, Thematic Organizations, and User Groups – is looking for advisors!

The main role of the Affiliations Committee is to guide groups of volunteers that are interested in forming Wikimedia affiliates. We review applications from new groups, answer questions and provide advice about the different Wikimedia affiliation models and processes, review affiliate bylaws for compliance with requirements and best practices, and advise the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees on issues connected to chapters, thematic organizations and Wikimedia user groups.

We are looking for advisors who are excited by the challenge of empowering volunteers to get organized and form communities that further our mission around the world. In exchange, committee advisors selected will gain the experience of supporting their world-wide colleagues to develop their communities as well as personal development in guiding organizational development, facilitating affiliate partnerships, and professional communications.

AffCom advisors can engage with the committee in a variety of capacities:

Consultant

Individuals with extensive movement experience can be engaged as Consultants for specific cases or initiatives by AffCom.

Trainer

Individuals with specific expertise may be engaged for short-term projects for training AffCom or Affiliates. They might also lead the Capacity Building initiatives for AffCom or affiliates.

Observer

AffCom can request specific or all advisors to act as an observer in different cases to ensure neutrality & compliance with guidelines.

AffCom Support

Development of Policies: While advisors cannot create legally binding policies for the committee, they can help create policies that provide direction and support for the committee.

Planning and Implementing Community Relations: The advisors are long-term wikimedians & also include influential community leaders who can be effective at spreading the word about initiatives and services.

Supporting Subcommittees: The advisors can support subcommittees that have assigned tasks in specific areas.

Other Tasks: Advisors can be engaged to address a specific need. Such engagements are usually short-lived and are disbanded as soon as their specific goals are met.

Key skills

We look for a healthy mix of different skill sets in our advisors, including the following key skills and experience:

1. Strong understanding of the structure and work of Wikimedia affiliates and the Wikimedia Foundation.
2. Readiness to participate in political discussions on the role and future of affiliates, models of affiliation, and similar topics.
3. Availability of up to 2 hours per week, and the time to participate in a monthly two-hour voice/video meeting
4. International orientation and ability to work and communicate with other languages and cultures.
5. Knowledge of different legal systems and experience in community building and organizing are a plus.
6. Fluency in English is required; skills in other languages are a major plus.
7. Experience with or in an active Wikimedia affiliate is a major plus.
8. Strong track record of effective collaboration (such as evidenced skills at facilitation, mediation, negotiation, and so forth) is a major plus.
9. Willingness to use one's real name in committee activities (including contacts with current and potential affiliates) when appropriate.

Selection process

As a reflection of our commitment to openness, transparency, and bilateral engagement with the Wikimedia community, the 2022 advisors selection process will include a public review and comment period. All applications must be posted on Meta between January 01 and January 31, 2022 at Affiliations Committee/Advisors/2022, and the community will be invited to provide comments and feedback about each candidate. At the end of the nomination period, the applications will be voted on by the members of the committee, taking into account comments put forward by the committee's members, advisors, Wikimedia Foundation staff and board liaisons, and the community. A final decision will be made in February 2022, with new advisors expected to begin later that month.

How to apply

If you are interested in advising the committee, please submit your candidacy on Affiliations Committee/Advisors/2022 between January 01 to January 31, 2022. Your application must include the following information:

1. Your full name and Wikimedia username
2. A statement describing your relevant experience, skills, and motivation for joining the committee as an advisor.
3. The advisor role you would like to serve
4. Answers to the following three questions:
   1. How do you think affiliates work best together to partner on effective projects and initiatives?
   2. What do you see as the role of affiliates in the Wikimedia movement in the next three years?
   3. What do you feel you will bring as an advisor to the committee that makes you a uniquely qualified candidate?

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact the committee. We are happy to chat or have a phone call with anyone about our work if this helps them decide to apply. Please distribute this call among your networks, and do apply if you are interested!

On behalf of the committee,

--FULBERT (talk) 13:17, 19 December 2021 (UTC)Reply

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This is a friendly reminder that the Affiliations Committee – which is responsible for guiding volunteers in establishing and sustaining Wikimedia chapters, thematic organizations, and user groups – is seeking new members and advisors! The deadline to post your application on the Member nomination page and Advisor nomination is 31 January 2022.

If you know somebody you think may be interested, please share and encourage them to consider applying. If you have any questions please email affcom@wikimedia.org before the application deadline or reach out to any of the current members. Good luck to all the candidates!

On behalf of the committee,
FULBERT (talk) 17:32, 25 January 2022 (UTC)Reply

Dear Wikipedian!

You received this message because you participated in Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month 2021. Without your contribution, the challenge would not have been so successful.

This year 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.

I would like to invite you to participate again in this writing challenge! We have updated the list of suggested articles and announced new prizes for contestants to keep interest in different fields of Ukrainian culture. I hope to hear from you soon!-- ValentynNefedov (WMUA) ^(talk) 08:57, 17 February 2022 (UTC)Reply

പ്രിയപ്പെട്ടവരേ.. വിക്കിമീഡിയ പ്രസ്ഥാനത്തിൻറെ മൂവ്മെൻറ് സ്ട്രാറ്റജിയെ കുറിച്ച് താങ്കൾ അറിഞ്ഞിരിക്കുമല്ലോ. മൂവ്‌മെന്റ് ചാർട്ടറിൻറെ കരട് തയ്യാറാക്കിയ അതിൻറെ കമ്മിറ്റി പ്രസ്തുത ചാർട്ടറിന്റെ പ്രധാനമായും മൂന്ന് ഉപ വിഭാഗങ്ങളെ കുറിച്ച് (ആമുഖം, മൂല്യങ്ങളും തത്വങ്ങളും, പങ്കാളിത്തവും ഉത്തരവാദിത്തങ്ങളും ) ചർച്ച സംഘടിപ്പിക്കുന്നു. വിവിധ വിക്കിമീഡിയ സംരഭങ്ങളിൽ പ്രവർത്തിക്കുന്ന താങ്കളെപ്പോലുള്ളവരുടെ അഭിപ്രായങ്ങളും നിർദേശങ്ങളും ഏറെ വിലപ്പെട്ടതാണ് . അതറിയാനാണ് ഈ യോഗം സംഘടിപ്പിക്കുന്നത്. ആയതിനാൽ ഈ മാസം നാലിന് ( ഞായറാഴ്ച) ഇന്ത്യൻ സമയം രാവിലെ പത്ത് മണിക്ക് ( IST 10.00 AM )ഒരു ഓൺലൈൻ യോഗം ചേരുന്നു. പ്രസ്തുത യോഗത്തിലേക്ക് താങ്കളെ വിനയത്തോടെ ക്ഷണിക്കുന്നു. താങ്കൾ ഈ യോഗത്തിൽ പങ്കെടുക്കുന്നുണ്ടെങ്കിൽ ഈ പേജിൽ നിങ്ങളുടെ പേര് ചേർക്കുക.

ഓൺലൈൻ യോഗത്തിൽ ചേരാനുള്ള സൂം മീറ്റിംഗ് ലിങ്ക്

പ്രസ്തുത യോഗത്തിന് മുമ്പായി താഴെകൊടുക്കുന്ന 3 അധ്യായങ്ങളുടെ (ആമുഖം, മൂല്യങ്ങൾ & തത്വങ്ങൾ, റോളുകൾ & ഉത്തരവാദിത്തങ്ങൾ) കരട് റിപ്പോർട്ട് വായിക്കുകയാണെങ്കിൽ ഏറെ ഉപകാരപ്രദമാകും.

• ആമുഖം

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Content/Preamble

• മൂല്യങ്ങളും തത്വങ്ങളും

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Content/Values_%26_Principles

• ഉത്തരവാദിത്തങ്ങൾ

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Content/Roles_%26_Responsibilities ഇതുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട എന്തെങ്കിലും സംശയങ്ങളുണ്ടെങ്കിൽ,ദയവായി ബന്ധപ്പെടുക നന്ദി, ~~~~ Akbarali (talk) 10:20, 2 December 2022 (UTC)Reply

Dear Wikimedian, we would like to announce that Scholarship applications are now being accepted for the 2nd Wikimedia Technology Summit, proposed event dates are the 3rd, and 4th of March 2023 (Friday & Saturday)  at The International Institute of Information Technology - Hyderabad, India. The scholarships will primarily support active Wikimedia Technology developers and other stakeholders to participate in the summit.

Wikimedia Technology Summit (WTS) aims to share and discuss state-of-the-art tools, technologies, knowledge, and ongoing research within Wikimedia and its sister projects.  

The scholarship applications will be open from 11 December 2022 to 31 December 2022.

The applications for scholarships and program submissions are already open! You can find the form for the scholarship at

2nd Wikimedia Technology Summit.

Please post a message on the talk page for any questions. Thanks in advance, and many greetings,

On behalf of the organizing committee, 2nd Wikimedia Technology Summit. Kasyap (talk) 06:22, 26 December 2022 (UTC)Reply

Dear Wikipedian!

After two successful campaigns, Wikimedia Ukraine, in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and Ukrainian Institute, decided to launch "Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month" in the year 2023, which will last from 1st until 31st March. The campaign is dedicated to famous Ukrainian artists of cinema, music, literature, architecture, design, and cultural phenomena of Ukraine that are now part of world heritage.

I would like to invite you to participate once again in this writing challenge! We have revised the suggested articles and announced new prizes for contestants to motivate fruitful contributions from participants. I hope to see you on board soon!

You received this message because you participated either in 2021 or 2022 edition of Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month.ValentynNefedov (WMUA) (talk) 07:47, 2 March 2023 (UTC)Reply

Dear, I noticed you have created an editathon in our recently rolled out tool CampWiz for Malaylam Wiki. As for the convenience, we prefer the edit-a-thon name in the native language of the target audience (in this case, Malaylam). Therefore, I changed the edit-a-thon name in Malaylam (just copy pasted it from Project Page without any actual knowledge in the language). I also added the link to the campwiz campaign page in the project page using the campaign ID 38 ({{CampWiz|38}}). Can you please, recheck that I have done all the things correctly? Also, as the tool being new, you can try to create test campaigns and test the tool extensively before the actual usage. I cordially invite you to do that and may be leave some feedbacks along with that. Also, you can help us translating the tool in your language also as we only preferring human translation over machine translations. Thanks - Nokib Sarkar (talk) 08:04, 27 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hello Ranjithsiji,

Thanks for being a member of Wikimedians of Kerala UG. I would like to extend a warm invitation to you to subscribe to the Wikimedians of Kerala Monthly Newsletter that we have informed during our last user group's monthly meetup. Our newsletter aims to keep the user group members informed about the latest developments, events, and achievements within the Wikimedians of Kerala usergroup and other related updates. It serves as a valuable resource for staying updated on important discussions, collaborations, and initiatives taking place by the user group.

To subscribe to the newsletter, simply click the link below and follow the instructions to receive regular updates directly in your talk-page.

We also encourage you to contribute to the newsletter by sharing any notable activities, projects, or insights that you believe would be of interest to our community. Your contributions will play a vital role in making the newsletter a comprehensive and engaging source of information for all UG members.

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Best regards.- ❙❚❚❙❙ GnOeee ❚❙❚❙❙ ✉ 13:57, 5 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

Dear Ranjithsiji!

Wikimedia Ukraine, in cooperation with the MFA of Ukraine and Ukrainian Institute would like to invite you to once again participate in annual "Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month". We accept contribution in all language editions of Wikipedia! As always, the campaign is dedicated to famous Ukrainian artists of cinema, music, literature, architecture, design, and cultural phenomena of Ukraine that are now part of world heritage.

We have revised the suggested articles, made process of claiming your contributions more clear, so I hope to see you joining campaign soon!

You received this message because you participated in the previous iterations of Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month.ValentynNefedov (WMUA) (talk)

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