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Welcome to the Movement affiliates' noticeboard. This is a message board for public notices and discussions regarding Wikimedia chapters, Wikimedia thematic organizations, Wikimedia user groups, and the Wikimedia Affiliations Committee. Please post your message at the bottom of the page and do not forget to sign it. Thank you.

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:52, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Introduction to affiliate health criteria form on Meta-wiki

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Dear Wikimedia movement affiliates,

This communication is immediately relevant to some of you; for others, it is just 'for your information'. This communication has updates on the affiliate reporting requirements for affiliates listed here in Group B, the ones with their reports due after 1 November 2024. This excludes affiliates that are the General Support Fund grantees, who should have received an email from the Program Officer about the update to their reporting obligations.

In June 2024, the Affiliations Committee resolved to adopt a set of Affiliate Health Criteria. In order to implement these criteria, we are streamlining the reporting process for the current fiscal year (July 2024-June 2025).

As an affiliate impacted by this change, here is how your reporting is affected:

You will use a new Meta-wiki form that includes prompts related to the Affiliate Health Criteria. You will create a report for your affiliate using a shared template. You can review a detailed instruction on how to use the template here, including using the TemplateData extension. The report may link other documents, including other reports or any relevant updates your group has prepared.
You are no longer required to submit any affiliate reporting information to the Wikimedia Affiliate Data portal. Wikimedia Foundation staff will update the portal based on the reports you create on Meta-wiki.

Here is what will not change:

Your existing timeline for affiliate reporting.
Any reporting requirements your affiliate has related to grants or funding.

If you have any questions about these changes, please reach out to cst@wikimedia.org or join one of the information sessions on November 7 or November 8. In the meantime, you can learn more about the implementation plan here.

There will be additional information sessions offered early in 2025. We recommend that designated representatives of 'Group B' affiliates with a reporting date from November 2024 to 31 January 2025 to attend one of these sessions to learn more.

Best regards,

RamzyM (WMF) (talk) 16:51, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Notification: Letter of intent for Fulfulde Wikimedia Community User Group

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Dear Wikimedia Affiliates and Community Members,

We are glad to inform you that Fulfulde Wikimedia Community User Group has submitted a letter of intent to establish a Wikimedia User Group dedicated to promoting free knowledge in Fulfulde language in Nigeria.

We therefore request for your valuable review and feedback here on the letter of intent.

This proposed user group aligns with geographic focus of Wikimedia Nigeria User Group and may collaborate with existing affiliates, such as:

Your thoughts and suggestions are valuable. Thank you.

Best regards,

De-Invincible (talk) 07:34, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Notification: Letter of intent for Wikimedia User Group Applied Mathematics

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https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?preload=Template%3AWikimedia+user+groups%2FBlank+wikipage&title=Wikimedia+User+Group+Applied+Mathematics%2FLetter+of+Intent+&create=Create+page# Date: 17th of November 2024

To: Wikimedia Affiliates and the Global Wikimedia Community

Dear Wikimedia Affiliates and Community Members,

We are excited to announce our intent to form the Wikimedia User Group Applied Mathematics, a new Wikimedia User Group with a focus on Applied Mathematics. This user group aims to expand subject matter and broaden more knowledge in applied mathematics and bringing more topics as an article for students to be able to learn easily about applied Mathematics.

Mission Our mission is to self awareness about applied Mathematics topic and bringing more mathematician on board to create a well knowledgeable environment. We are committed to supporting the Wikimedia movement by specific activities like organizing events, workshops, edit-a-thons, content creation, or collaborations which will also be in aligned with our missions. Focus Area Our group will primarily focus on Applied Mathematics . Specifically, we will engage with the following: Languages: All Mathematics Related Languages. Themes: Education . Geographical Region: We are based in International and plan to extend our activities within this area, fostering connections with local communities and institutions. Current Location and Regional Activities Our group is currently located in International, and we aim to collaborate with local affiliates and communities across International to ensure widespread participation and representation in our activities. We are in for any collaboration regarding any educational events . Call for Collaboration We welcome collaboration and support from other affiliates and individuals across the Wikimedia movement. We believe that working together with other user groups and affiliates will enhance our efforts and strengthen the global Wikimedia ecosystem. If you would like to learn more about our user group, share feedback, or explore opportunities to collaborate, feel free to contact us at Alpharomeoecho56@gmail.com. We look forward to contributing to the Wikimedia movement and making a meaningful impact through our activities.

Thank you for your support.

Sincerely,

Alphaechoromeo (talk) 08:46, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Notification: Letter of intent for Wiki Palestine

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We are excited to announce our intent to form the Wikimedians of Wiki Palestine User Group, a new Wikimedia User Group with a focus on the Palestinian content in Wikimedia projects. This user group aims to promoting Wikimedia projects and other projects of free content and open access to knowledge in the State of Palestine, in addition to cooperating with the Wikimedia movement affiliates. See the full text on this page.

Notification for other affiliates that focus on the same region:

Thanks on advance Batoul84 (talk) 19:18, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Notification: Letter of intent for Wikimedians of Yemen User Group

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Dear Wikimedia Affiliates and Community Members,

We are excited to inform you that Wikimedians of Yemen User Group has submitted a letter of intent to establish a new Wikimedia User Group with a focus on enriching knowledge about Yemen across all Wikimedia projects. This user group aims to establish a recognized entity that represents Yemen in Wikimedia communities and projects, while also enriching Yemeni cultural and historical content on Wikipedia and its sister projects. See the full text on this page.

Notification for other affiliates that focus on the same region:

Arabic Wikimedians User Group

Best regards, رشاد (talk) 17:25, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Notification: Letter of intent for Assamese Wikimedia Community User Group

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Dear Wikimedia Affiliates and Community Members,

We are thrilled to announce that the Wikimedians of Assamese Wikimedia Community User Group has submitted a formal letter of intent to establish a new Wikimedia User Group. This initiative aims to create a dedicated entity representing Assam within the global Wikimedia movement, fostering collaboration and visibility for Assamese culture and history. The group aspires to enrich knowledge about Assam across all Wikimedia projects by curating and developing high-quality content that highlights its rich heritage, traditions, and historical significance. For the complete text, please refer to the designated page.

Best regards

Nayan j Nath (talk) 17:36, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Notification: Letter of intent for Club Wiki Metlaoui User Group

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Dear Wikimedia Affiliates and Community Members,

We are excited to announce our intent to form the Club Wiki Metlaoui, a new Wikimedia User Group focused on preserving and expanding free knowledge related to the rich cultural and historical heritage of Tunisia, with an emphasis on the communities and local knowledge of southern Tunisia. This user group aims to contribute to Wikimedia projects by increasing representation of Tunisian history, culture, and regional languages, ensuring these important topics are accessible to a global audience.

For the complete text, please refer to the Letter of intent

Best regards نعيم قربوسي (talk) 18:46, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Notification: Letter of intent for Wikimedians of Chicago User Group

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Dear Wikimedia Affiliates and Community Members

We're excited to announce our intent to revive the Wikimedians of Chicago User Group. This group will be dedicated to promoting community and collaboration among the Wikimedia members of the Chicagoland area, and working to help those who wish to contribute to Wikimedia projects. This user group aims to boost community participation in the Chicago area by hosting in-person events and meetups, as well as encouraging new editors by hosting fun events around the city and collaborating with local organizations.

See the complete text of our Letter of intent here!

All the best

Luiysia (talk) 22:58, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Notification: Letter of intent for the OKA User Group

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Dear Wikimedia Affiliates and Community Members,

We are excited to announce our intent to form the OKA User Group, a new Wikimedia User Group with a focus on providing grants for people to translate Wikipedia. You can find more details in our letter of intent.

Our mission is to improve the availability of Wikipedia articles across languages. We do so by providing modest stipends (grants) to professional translators, often without prior experience with Wikipedia, to translate articles.

To the best of our knowledge, we are the first user group focused on translation in general or to the distribution of grants to Wikipedia editors. We have been operating for a few years now with currently ~15 full-time translators and several volunteers who published several thousands of Wikipedia articles across English, Portuguese and Spanish Wikipedia. With the establishment of a User Group, we would like to integrate our work within the broader Wikimedia community more formally.

7804j (talk) 19:39, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Notification: Letter of intent for Nenzit Wikimedians User Group

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Dear Wikimedia Affiliates and Community Members,

We are excited to announce our intent to form the Nenzit Wikimedians User Group, a new Wikimedia user group focused on extending Wikimedia projects to and preserving and expanding free knowledge related to the rich linguistic, cultural, and historical heritage of the Nenzit peoples of Central Nigeria, Northwest Cameroon and northeastern Benin Republic. This user group aims to contribute to Wikimedia projects by increasing the representation of Nenzit history, culture, and languages, ensuring these important topics are accessible to a global audience. We hope to collaborate with organizations and individuals with a common goal to achieve our aim and objectives.

The Tyap Wikimedians User Group focuses on the Tyap language and fellow Plateau languages, but the Nenzit Wikimedians User Group would focus on the wider Platoid languages.

For the complete text, please refer to the Letter of intent.

Warm regards -- Kambai Akau (talk) 22:48, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]