Afifa Afrin

Welcome to Meta!

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Reporting and other updates for WikiConference India 2016 scholarship recipients

WikiConference India 2016 reporting and other updates!

Hi,

Glad to get in touch with you after the conference!

• Please give your feedback for the conference through this survey before 25th August 2016.
• As part of the scholarship agreement, please document your learnings and experience using the form here before 31st August 2016.
• If you haven't claimed reimbursement yet, please fill this claim form and post it to the following address before 18th August, 2016. Please attach original bills and boarding passes. Please note that we won't be extending the date any further.

Address:

The Centre for Internet and Society,

Attention: Mr. Ajoy Kumar,

No. 194, 2nd ‘C’ Cross, Domlur, 2nd Stage, Bengaluru, 560071.

• Please upload your conference presentations at Commons under WikiConference India 2016 presentations category.
• Please upload pictures, videos you shot during the conference at Commons under an appropriate subcategory of WikiConference India 2016 category.

Message posted by Ravi

Maithili Wikimedians Mission 10

Hello,

Did you know...?
Maithili Wikimedians volunteer members has taken a challenge in itself i.e. Mission 10. The focus and aim of the challenge is to complete 10,000 articles on Maithili Wikipedia before the end of this year 2016. As of November 30, 5,555 articles were made on Maithili Wikipedia. From the 1^st of December until the 31^st of December the challenge will run on Maithili Wikipedia. The challenge is divided on 2 basic parts Online and Offline events. The online event is focused on creating articles and offline parts is about meeting with Maithili speakers from different parts of Nepal. For more info, Please see project page here on meta-wiki as well local page on maiwiki. Kind Regards, TBhagat (talk) --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:00, 2 December 2016 (UTC)

Wikimedia Diversity Conference: We need your help!

Dear User:Afifa Afrin,

Thank you for signing up to be an ambassador for Wikimedia Diversity Conference 2017! Some of the conference pages are now marked for translation. Please consider translating these pages to the languages you know so that people around the world can read about Wikimedia Diversity Conference in the languages they are familiar with. Please click on the 'Translate this page ' link on top of the main page of the conference to start translating! We are grateful that ambassadors like you are striving to make the Diversity Conference truly global and multi-linguistic. --Netha Hussain (talk) 15:06, 25 July 2017 (UTC)

Wikimedia diversity - What happened at the conference and how to follow up

Hello Afifa Afrin,
We are messaging you now because you signed up as an ambassador for Wikimedia Diversity Conference 2017. We are sharing this message far and wide, so apologies in advance if you are receiving this message twice.

During the conference, we dedicated a full afternoon to discussing the strategic direction and what it means for the work on diversity in the Wikimedia movement. Compiling the outcomes of those conversations, we summarized the key problems and solutions identified, and we created a summary statement. But the conversation is far from over! We still need to hear from diversity ambassadors: (1) what does working for diversity mean at your local context?; (2) what are the needs that should be addressed; (3) what resources are relevant for these identified needs?

We know that diversity gains meaning in context, and this is why we need to hear every voice. Please take a few minutes to go over to the diversity conversation page and add your comments.

If you’d like to stay in touch, and share your experience working for diversity with others, add your profile on our group here.

Thank you and see you on the wiki,
Sara (talk)

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Wiki Loves Food

Curd Rice

Hello! After the successful pilot program by Wikimedia India in 2015, Wiki Loves Food (WLF) is happening again in 2018 and this year, we are going International. To make this event a grant success, your direction is key. Please sign up as a volunteer or sign up on behalf of your affiliate here. --Abhinav619 (talk) 09:06, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

Wikimania Ambassador

Hi!

I noticed that you have signed up as a Wikimedia Diversity Ambassador, after the Diversity Conference held in Stockholm 2017. In August this year, Wikimania will take place in Stockholm, and our goal is to use Ambassadors to reach out to local communities, to spread the news about the conference and the outcomes afterwards. The conference theme (still to be announced) will connect closely to diversity. If you would like to be involved as a Wikimania ambassador, please sign up at the Ambassador page at the Wikimania wiki!

A first thing to do, if you would like to help out, would be to translate the scholarship page at the Wikimania wiki into the language(s) you speak!

Best, Eric Luth (WMSE) (talk) 09:10, 13 February 2019 (UTC)

Thank you for helping to create the Wikimedia 2030 Movement Strategy Recommendations

		Wikimedia 2030
		Thank you very much for everything you did to help create the Wikimedia 2030 Movement Strategy Recommendations! I am especially grateful for the enormous amount of work you did in the Diversity working group and all the care and commitment you brought to the process. --Nicole Ebber (WMDE) (talk) 09:30, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

Invitation to affiliate members to complete a survey about WMF wide Universal Code of Conduct

Hello; My name is Mervat, and I am helping the Trust and Safety team to reach out to affiliates in order to discuss the Universal Code of Conduct. I am contacting you as you are a member of the Wikimedians for Sustainable Development User Group. If you have received this from other user groups/chapters, you can ignore.

There has been talks about the need for a global set of conduct rules in different communities over time, and finally, Wikimedia Foundation Board announced a Community Culture Statement, enacting new standards to address harassment and promote inclusivity across projects.Since the universal code of conduct that will be a binding minimum set of standards across all Wikimedia projects, will apply to all of us, staff and volunteers alike, all around the globe, and will impact our work as groups, individuals and projects, it’s of great importance that we all participate in expressing our opinions and thoughts about UCoC, its nature, what we think it should cover or include and what it shouldn’t include; how it may develop, drawback or help our groups.   This is the time to talk about it. As you are a valuable contributor to the Wikimedia movement, your voice counts. Before starting to draft the code of conduct, we would like to hear from you; We invite you to devote some minutes to take this survey; your answers will help us create a safer environment for all on Wikimedia:

(English) https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd36dNdU3C5shXEkKp9itJOhuCTx9hZE5AE-xflkxtfRMnZtg/viewform?usp=pp_url  

It’s possible that you are a member of more than one affiliate; hence you may receive this survey more than once, and you may have participated previously in the discussions or filled out a previous survey during the first round of consultations about UCoC which targeted wikipedia/wikimedia communities. We apologize for this; it is really difficult to identify if a wikimedian belongs to multiple groups that work to spread free knowledge. Looking forward to your thoughts and opinions and hoping that you can respond within the next 2 weeks.  If you have any questions about the surveys or difficulties accessing the link, please contact me by email (msalman-ctr@wikimedia.org)Results will be considered during the drafting process for the UCoC. Thank you for your participation.

Mervat Salman - Trust & Safety (Policy) Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation. --Mervat (WMF) (talk) 12:29, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

West Bengal Wikimedians open for community request

Hi Afifa Afrin!

You are receiving this message because you have signed as a General member of the West Bengal Wikimedians User Group.

Like previous years, we are asking our members again to request for support if they wish to plan and execute Wikimedia projects or activities during next year, which require funding. We are open for such requests until November 30, 2020. Based on the fund requests from the community members, the user group will place Rapid grant proposal to Wikimedia Foundation. If the rapid grant request is approved, funds will be allocated to the community members accordingly.

We can only approve request for volunteers who are from West Bengal and is limited to activities where in some way, West Bengal is included. The decision to approve or disapprove your request will be handled by Representative members of the user group.

Regards,
Bodhisattwa
(On behalf of West Bengal Wikimedians User Group)

Invitation to participate in Universal Code of Conduct survey - WikiWomen's User Group

(You are receiving this message as you signed your interest to participate as part of the WikiWomen's User Group)

Hello, my name is Mervat Salman, a UCoC Facilitator, Trust and Safety team.

As you know, the WMF Board of Trustees ratified the Universal Code of Conduct early in February. That's the beginning; the policy itself cannot be used if the enforcement pathways are not defined. The implementation and enforcement of the UCoC requires the continuous cooperation to define clear definitions of enforcement pathways and processes. This needs to be done in a way that does not contradict with the internal bylaws and codes of conduct currently in place, but rather to support them and complement their deficiencies, if any.

In this phase of the process, we would like to invite you to share your ideas, thoughts and concerns about the UCoC implementation, reporting and enforcement pathways using this survey:

• English
• French
• German

Notice: This survey will be conducted via a third-party service, which may subject it to additional terms. For more information on privacy and data-handling, see the survey privacy statement <https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/UCoC_Affiliates_Survey_Privacy_Statement>.

Should you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact msalman-ctr@wikimedia.org.

Best regards,

Mervat (WMF) 17:00, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

Do you want to subscribe to the Wikimedians for Sustainable Development newsletter?

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Wikimedians for Sustainable Development - December 2022 Newsletter

This is our twentysecond newsletter, covering December 2022. This issue has news related to SDGs 3, 5, 13, 15 and 16.

Meetings

• January 15: Online user group meeting (SDG all)

Activities

• Wiki Loves Plants (SDG 15)
• 365 climate edits (SDG 13)
• Women in Climate Change 2022 (SDG 5 & 13)

News

• Museology, Myosotis, and metadata oh my! Sharing sustainably in Wikipedia (SDG 15)

Resources

• New Book: Open Mapping Towards Sustainable Development Goals (SDG all)

Videos

• Margaret Donald - Wikidata, OpenRefine & Biota (SDG 15)

Featured content

• English Wikipedia: List of alismatid families (SDG 15)

New Wikidata properties

• has biological vector (SDG 15)
• Bureau of Meteorology location ID (SDG 13)
• CIViC gene ID (SDG 3)
• Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate ID (SDG 16)
• Tanzania Parliament member ID (SDG 16)
• Lygaeoidea Species File ID (SDG 15)

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Wikimedians for Sustainable Development - January 2023 Newsletter

This is our twentythird newsletter, covering January 2023. This issue has news related to SDGs 3, 5, 10, 11, 13, 14 and 16.

Meetings

• Upcoming: 19 February - User group meeting (SDG all)
• Past: 15 January - User group meeting (SDG all)

Activities

• Ongoing: Wiki Loves Plants (SDG 14)
• Ongoing: 365 climate edits (SDG 13)
• Upcoming: The 2023 Bug of the Year Edit-a-thon (SDG 14)
• Past: Lexeme challenge Urology (SDG 3)
• Past: Swedish Wikipedia weekly challenge - Frogs versus lizards (SDG 14)
• Past: Three hundred episodes of Critter of the Week (SDG 14)
• Past: Wikidata Queries around the SARS-CoV-2 virus and pandemic (SDG 3)
• Past: Women in Climate Change 2022 (SDG 5 & 13)

News

• The stories behind the Wiki Loves Earth 2022 photos from Türkiye (SDG 14)
• Announcing our funding support from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) (SDG 3)
• Jumping for science: how Wikipedia assignments inspire STEM students (SDG 14)
• Birds of NYC Photo Contest Winners announced! (SDG 14)
• Using Wikidata to Connect Constituents With Their Government (SDG 16)
• Wiki Loves Earth 2022 presents the winners of the special nomination “Human rights and environment”! (SDG 10 & 14)
• Equity, diversity & inclusion in affiliate governance (SDG 5 & 10)

Resources

• a Life Sciences Knowledge Graph with a Data Lake (SDG 3)

Videos

• Editor uses Wikidata to find new uses for existing drugs and speed up approval process for new treatments (SDG 3)
• WikiForHumanRights Information Session (SDG 10)

Featured content

• English Wikipedia: List of birds of Tuvalu (SDG 14)
• English Wikipedia: List of World Heritage Sites in Laos (SDG 11)
• English Wikipedia: List of World Heritage Sites in Bangladesh (SDG 11)

New Wikidata properties

• NIP (SDG 16)
• NSR doctor ID (SDG 3)
• UniProt disease ID (SDG 3)
• Strazha ID (SDG 16)
• United States House of Representatives ID (SDG 16)

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Wikimedians for Sustainable Development - February 2023 Newsletter

This is our twentyfourth newsletter, covering February 2023. This issue has news related to SDGs 2, 3, 7, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15 and 16.

Meetings

• 2023-03-05 User group meeting (SDG all)
• Wikimedians_for_Sustainable_Development/Next_meeting (SDG all)

Activities

• Ongoing: 365 climate edits (SDG 13)
• Ongoing: Suggest "Environmental sustainability and climate crisis" topics for Wikimania (SDG all)
• Ongoing: Africa Environment WikiFocus (SDG 13)
• Past: Edit for Climate Change: Wikipedia Editathon (SDG 13)
• Past: WikiForHumanRights 2023 Campaign: Capacity Building Sessions on "Tools for Finding the Right Articles" and "Building Article List with Petscan" (SDG 10 & 13)
• Past: WikiForHumanRights 2023 Campaign: Regional Office Hours for Africa and Maghreb Regions (SDG 10 & 13)

News

• NCBI breakdown of common garden foods with photographs by Phytotheca (SDG 2)

Resources

• 3000 Arctic images (SDG 13)
• SMART-Servier Medical Art upload (SDG 3)

Research

• Open Source in Environmental Sustainability (SDG 13)

New Wikidata properties

• Norwegian war prisoner detention camp ID (SDG 16)
• Iowa legislator ID (SDG 16)
• National Grid Balancing Mechanism unit ID (SDG 7)

Wikidata query examples

• Map of disasters by type (SDG 11)

Featured articles

• English Wikipedia: South Asian river dolphin (SDG 14)
• English Wikipedia: List of World Heritage Sites in Sri Lanka (SDG 11)
• English Wikipedia: List of lamiid families (SDG 15)

• Featured images
• 
  Three horses (SDG 15)
• 
  Hunter baby chameleon (SDG 15)
• 
  Rice paper butterfly (SDG 15)
• 
  Lasiocampa quercus 4th instar caterpillar Keila (top view) (SDG 15)
• 
  Lasiocampa quercus 4th instar caterpillar Keila (side view).jpg (SDG 15)
• 
  Mockingbird on the North Lake Trail (SDG 15)
• 
  Striated Pardalote (SDG 15)
• 
  Wiesenvögelchen (SDG 15)
• 
  Herring gull (SDG 15)
• 
  Northern shoveler (SDG 15)

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Wikimedians for Sustainable Development - March 2023 Newsletter

This is our twentyfifth newsletter, covering March 2023. This issue has news related to SDGs 3, 5, 10, 13, 15 and 16.

Meetings

• Upcoming: User group meeting 2023-04-02 (SDG all)
• Past: User group meeting 2023-03-05 (SDG all)

Activities

• Ongoing: 365 climate edits (SDG 13)
• Upcoming: WikiForHumanRights (SDG 10 & 13)
• Upcoming: April 19 - LaGuardia Community College Earth Day Translatathon with Casa de las Américas NYC (SDG 13)
• Upcoming: April 22 - Earth Day 2023 Edit-a-thon Environment of Brooklyn Focus with Sure We Can (SDG 13)
• Upcoming: April 23 - Earth Day Wiknic NYC (SDG 13)
• Past: Gender and culture related event to test image suggestions on Wikipedia (SDG 5)
• Past: Feminism and Folklore 2023 (SDG 5)
• Past: Art+Feminism edit-a-thon for Nigerian female artists (SDG 5)

News

• Putting our energy into Wikipedia as climate action (SDG 13)
• How Art+Feminism is using Wikipedia to promote equity in the art world (SDG 5)
• Biodiversity Heritage Library and Wikidata (SDG 15)
• Black history month and more (SDG 10)
• Women Do News: Tackling the Gender Divide in Journalism Through Wikipedia (SDG 5)
• Wiki Loves Earth 2023 is starting! (SDG 15)
• The Quest to Close the Gender Gap on Wikipedia Continues; Five-Year Anniversary with Feminism & Folklore (SDG 5)
• WikiGap Malaysia 2023: Empowering women in indigenous languages (SDG 5)
• Wikipedia has a climatetech problem (SDG 13)

New Wikidata properties

• NCI Drug Dictionary ID (SDG 3)
• Malaysia Federal Legislation act ID (SDG 16)
• Moscow University Herbarium ID (SDG 15)
• Norwegian Petroleum Directorate field ID (SDG 13)

Featured content

• English Wikipedia: List of Saxifragales families (SDG 15)
• English Wikipedia: Red-throated wryneck (SDG 15)

• Featured images
• 
  Ourapteryx yerburii ssp. specimens and male genitalia (SDG 15)
• 
  Pterophorus pentadactyla (SDG 15)
• 
  Wood duck drake (SDG 15)
• 
  Cardinal (SDG 15)
• 
  Bunten Kronwicke (Securigera varia) (SDG 15)
• 
  Sympetrum sanguineum (SDG 15)
• 
  Crocus tommasinianus (SDG 15)
• 
  Papaya - longitudinal section close-up view (SDG 15)
• 
  Aphantopus hyperantus (SDG 15)
• 
  Australian Zebra Finch (SDG 15)
• 
  Melospiza melodia (SDG 15)
• 
  Roadside hawk (Rupornis magnirostris griseocauda) eating speckled racer (Drymobius margaritiferus) (SDG 15)
• 
  Black iguana (Ctenosaura similis) (SDG 15)
• 
  Cerastis rubricosa caterpillar (side view) (SDG 15)
• 
  Cerastis rubricosa caterpillar (dorsal view) (SDG 15)
• 
  Frühlings-Knotenblume (Leucojum vernum) (SDG 15)
• 
  Ocellated turkey (Meleagris ocellata) male (SDG 15)
• 
  Geoffroy's spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi yucatanensis) (SDG 15)
• 
  Ophiopogon planiscapus (SDG 15)
• 
  Protaetic cuprea ignicollis (SDG 15)
• 
  Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus plexippus) (SDG 15)
• 
  Cepaea nemoralis (SDG 15)
• 
  Crepis biennis (SDG 15)
• 
  Keel-billed toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus sulfuratus) on foxtail palm (Wodyetia bifurcata) (SDG 15)
• 
  Trifolium spadiceum (SDG 15)

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Wikimedians for Sustainable Development - April 2023 Newsletter

This is our twenty-sixth newsletter, covering April 2023. This issue has news related to SDGs 2, 4, 5, 6, 11, 13, 14, 15 and 16.

Meetings

• Upcoming: User group meeting 2023-05-07 (SDG all)
• Past: User group meeting 2023-04-02 (SDG all)

Activities

• Ongoing: 365 climate edits (SDG 13)
• Ongoing: WikiForHumanRights 2023 International Writing Contest (SDG 13, 14, 6)
• Ongoing: WikiForHumanRights 2023 local community events (SDG 13, 15, 14, 6)
• Ongoing: WikiCampusTourNigeria Project (SDG 6, 13, 14, 15)
• Upcoming (and past): Women, architecture and design (SDG 5)
• Past: WikiGap Tirana 2023, Albania (SDG 5)
• Past: BBC 100 women editathon (SDG 5)
• Past: WikiGAP in Prishtina (SDG 5)
• Past: 15 Days of French women writers (SDG 5)
• Past: TSU USF Women's History Month Wikipedia Edit-a-thon (SDG 5)
• Past: Crafting a Better Wikipedia: Women of Color in the Renwick Gallery (SDG 5)

News

• TUSWUG S2E2: Women in Wiki (SDG 5)
• Inaugural edition of the organizer lab awards – 6 community grants (SDG 5 & SDG 13)
• Bolstering women’s voices and histories on Wikipedia (SDG 5)
• A huge upload for biologists (SDG 15)
• WikiForHumanRights 2023 Launch Webinar (SDG 13, 14, 6)
• WikiForHumanRights 2023 and WMF Human Rights Team Online Safety Capacity Building for Organizers (SDG 13)
• WikiForHummanRights 2023 and Let's Connect Capacity building on good practices for retention (SDG 13)
• Living through a Triple Planetary Emergency: Capturing the Most Impactful Knowledge to Weather the Storm (SDG 10 & SDG 13)
• Wikimedia Foundation Environmental Sustainability Report for 2022 (SDG 13)
• Wikimedia Sverige sustainability report 2022 (in Swedish) (SDG 13)

Research

• Hypotheses in urban ecology: building a common knowledge base (SDG 15)

New Wikidata properties

• student retention rate (SDG 4)
• INEP ID (SDG 4) [51]
• Kulturenvanteri.com ID (SDG 11)
• holds diplomatic passport of (SDG 16)
• SINTA affiliation ID (SDG 4)

Featured content

• English Wikipedia: List of afrosoricids (SDG 15)

• Featured images
• 
  Ara macao cyanopterus (SDG 15)
• 
  Leptura quadrifasciata (SDG 15)
• 
  Bursa lamarckii (SDG 15)
• 
  Ara macao cyanopterus (SDG 15)
• 
  Chlamydera guttata (SDG 15)
• 
  Sitta carolinensis (SDG 15)
• 
  Pumpkin field (SDG 2)
• 
  Diglossa baritula & Canna indica (SDG 15)
• 
  Acer platanoides (SDG 15)
• 
  Amazilia rutila (SDG 15)
• 
  Passiflora edulis (SDG 15)
• 
  Melanerpes aurifrons (SDG 15)
• 
  Argiope versicolor (SDG 15)
• 
  Allium ursinum (SDG 15)
• 
  Platanus x hispanica (SDG 15)
• 
  Thymelicus lineola (SDG 15)
• 
  Acer palmatum (SDG 15) [38]
• 
  Falco tinnunculus (SDG 15) [39]
• 
  Zalophus californianus (SDG 15) [40]
• 
  Acer pseudoplatanus (SDG 15)
• 
  Tamarindus indica (SDG 15)
• 
  Sciurus carolinensis (SDG 15) [43]
• 
  Tyrannus savana monachus (SDG 15)
• 
  Rapa incurva (SDG 15)
• 
  Trigona sp. (SDG 15)

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Invitation to have a conversation as West Bengal Wikimedians User Group General Member

Hello Afifa Afrin!

We are sending you this message as you have signed up as a general member of the West Bengal Wikimedians User Group. As we are nearing our next annual general meeting in a few days, we wanted to have a conversation with the general members of the group regarding our past projects and events and future initiatives, ways of engagement with the group and our bylaws, so that we can take your valuable feedback and plan for next year.

We will arrange for the online meeting on 23rd December, 2023 Saturday at 7 pm Indian Standard Time. You can join the meeting from this link. The conversation will happen mostly in Bangla language and notes will be taken on Etherpad. You can also spend some of your time to fill up this this short survey available in both Bangla and English texts and share your feedback there.

Looking forward to see you soon and have a great conversation!

Regards,
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:57, 20 December 2023 (UTC)
(on behalf of the Representative Members of the West Bengal Wikimedians User Group)

Wikimedians for Sustainable Development - December 2023 Newsletter

This is our twenty-seventh newsletter, a sort of year-in-review for 2023.

Dear Wikimedians for Sustainable Development,

As we bid farewell to 2023, we reflect on a year that has been an uneven year for our user group. While the journey has been marked by some truly inspiring events, most of our efforts have been largely uncoordinated and the user group hasn't been the support it could have been. Yet, there's a glimmer of hope and a world of potential for 2024.

Highlights of 2023:

Newsletters Galore

We kicked off the year with zeal, sharing updates and inspiration through four newsletters. The number of things happening in the movement is astounding, but we need to rethink the format of the newsletter going into the next year.

Growing Strong

The Wikimedians for Sustainable Development family welcomed 33 new members in 2023. Your passion and dedication continue to inspire us, and we look forward to nurturing this community spirit in the year ahead.

Wikimania Talks

Our voices echoed far and wide at Wikimania, where several members of our community took the virtual stage to share insights and ideas about everything from Wikipedians-in-Residence's to open data. Your contributions showcased our commitment to sustainable development on a global scale.

Content Creation Magic

Throughout the year, our extended community demonstrated incredible dedication to expanding the knowledge base on Wikipedia. Countless hours were spent creating and curating content that aligns with our mission, contributing to a more sustainable digital ecosystem.

Campaigning hard

We saw a large variety of campaigns, from writing challenges to editathons. The willingness to experiment with new formats and partners, as well as learning from past efforts, shows great promise for the future.

Acknowledging Challenges:

While we celebrate these achievements, we acknowledge that 2023 presented its fair share of challenges. A lack of global coordination reminded us that the road to sustainable development is not always linear. However, it is precisely these challenges that fuel our determination to work together more cohesively in the coming year and proof that the user group is needed.

Hopeful Anticipation for 2024:

As we turn the page to 2024, let's carry forward the lessons learned and the successes celebrated. We are optimistic that, with renewed energy and a collective commitment, we will overcome obstacles and create an even more impactful and connected Wikimedians for Sustainable Development community.

Here's to a year of collaboration, growth, and making a lasting impact on the world through our shared passion for sustainability. Together, we can turn challenges into opportunities and pave the way for a brighter future.

Wishing you all a joyous holiday season and a Happy New Year!

Warm regards, User:Ainali, User:Daniel Mietchen

PS. We have started writing our yearly report, please add your activities to it.

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West Bengal Wikimedians User Group held its 2024 Annual General Meeting yesterday

Hello Afifa Afrin!

We are sending you this message as you have signed up as a general member of the West Bengal Wikimedians User Group. We would like to inform you that the user group has organized its 2024 Annual General Meeting of Representative Members yesterday at the Birla Industrial & Technological Museum, Kolkata. In this meeting, we have adopted revised bylaws based on the feedback and suggestions coming from our members (see changes) and selected 10 new Representative Members based on the objective criteria set in the bylaws with regards to their recent or overall online and offline contributions. A new Representative Committee has also been formed while replacing 3 out of 5 members, who have completed their full term tenure for this responsibility. The participants have also shared learning from the projects taken from previous year and shared plans about new projects which they are willing to take during this year on behalf of the user group. We are also introducing a mentorship program from this year, where willing general members can work together with our program leads in user group programs and learn from each other. So, stay tuned for more excitements!

Regards,
Bodhisattwa
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Wikimedians for Sustainable Development - January 2024 Newsletter

This is our twenty-eighth newsletter.

User group news

• We have submitted our 2023 annual report.
• Upcoming meeting: on 9 February, we'll have a call about roles and responsibilities in the user group. This is an attempt to make more opportunities to engage more of the user groups members in its activities. If you want to help out in some way, but don't know how, this is a meeting for you to get help creating that opportunity. If you know how you would like to help, but don't know how to get started, this is also the meeting for you.

Other news

• New Wikiproject for Climate Change on Basque Wikipedia: Wikiproiektu Klima Aldaketa
• Climate Justice, Digital Rights and Indigenous Voices international Wikimedia event in Huaraz, Peru 2024: Engagement Survey (closes 2 Feb)

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Wikimedians for Sustainable Development - February 2024 Newsletter

This is our twenty-ninth newsletter.

User group news

• On 9 February, we had a user group meeting on roles and responsibilities (minutes)
• Upcoming user group meeting 17 March

Other news

• Wiki Loves Earth: Reminder that if you want to organize a local competition, it is time to get started. (SDG 15 and 14)
• Wiki for Human Rights: Reminder that if you would like to organize a local event, there is support available. (SDG 10)
• Study: Using Wikipedia Pageview Data to Investigate Public Interest in Climate Change at a Global Scale (SDG 13)

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2023-24 Annual Activity Report of West Bengal Wikimedians User Group

Hello Afifa Afrin!

We are sending you this message as you have signed up as a general member of the West Bengal Wikimedians User Group. We are pleased to inform you that the user group has submitted its annual activity report for 2023-24. We will be very happy to receive your feedback about our activities from the last year on the talk page of the report.

Thanks and regards,
Bodhisattwa
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(on behalf of the Representative Members of the West Bengal Wikimedians User Group)

Wikimedians for Sustainable Development - April 2024 Newsletter

This is our thirtieth newsletter covering March and April 2024. This issue has news related to SDGs 13, 14 and 15.

User group news

• * Upcoming user group meeting 19 May

Other news

• Wikipedia Signpost highlighted five papers about climate change editing. (SDG 13)
• On Wikidata, a model for documenting green house gas emissions has been created. (SDG 13)
• An update from the Wikipedian in Residence at the Environment Protection Authority in Victoria, Australia.
• WikiAcción Perú organized a training session: "Climate Change Actions and Wikimedia Movement" (SDG 13)
• WikiForHumanRights organized a session: "Adding Sustainability Perspectives to Wikivoyage"

Events

• Wiki Loves Earth, the international photo contest of protected nature, starts in May. (SDG 14 & 15)
• Wiki For Climate Change 2024 - Maghreb region starts in May. (SDG 13)

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Wikimedians for Sustainable Development - May 2024 Newsletter

This is our thirtyfirst newsletter, covering May 2024. This issue has news related to SDGs 13, 14 and 15.

User group news

• Upcoming: User group meeting, 16 June
• Mini report from the Wikimedia Summit 2024
• User group representative interviewed by Wikipediapodden at Wikimedia Summit (commons)
• Minutes from user group meeting in May

Other news

• Reflecting _Women For Sustainability Africa Arts + Feminism #Her Voice Campaign 2023
• Macedonia report: Climate change and GLAM (SDG 13)
• Biodiversity Heritage Library April monthly highlights (SDG 14 & 15)
• WikiProject Biodiversity featured in Nature Africa (SDG 14 & 15)
• Wikimedia UK releases a video about their climate focus (SDG 13)

Events

• Wiki Loves Earth, the international photo contest of protected nature, continues in some countries. (SDG 14 & 15)

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Wikimedians for Sustainable Development - June 2024 Newsletter

This is our thirtysecond newsletter, covering June 2024. This issue has news related to SDGs 3, 13, 14, 15 and 16.

User group news

• User group vote on the adoption of the Movement Charter (closes 7 July 23.59 UTC)
• Upcoming user group meeting 21 July
• User group meeting held in June - minutes
• The group was featured in the latest WikiAfrica Hour: #36: Does the Wikimedia movement contribute to the SDGs?

Other news

• Stories from the anti-disinformation repository: How WikiProject COVID-19 and other Wikimedia initiatives counter health disinformation (SDG 3)
• Environment Centre Northern Territory Wikipedian in Residence (SDG 15)
• With AI can we increase transparency of companies' carbon footprints (in Swedish). Op-ed that mentions that the greenhouse gas emissions of the top 150 companies on the Stockholm stock exchange has been uploaded to Wikidata. The model is documented on WikiProject Climate Change on Wikidata. (SDG 13)
• Another Year in Review: Where is Wikimedia in the Climate Crisis? Seeing the impact of Wikimedia Projects (SDG 13)
• 46 scholars, self-advocates bring knowledge to Wikipedia’s disability healthcare content (SDG 3)
• Wikimedia Sverige publishes their 2023 climate impact report (in Swedish) (SDG 13)
• WikiProject Govdirectory has started weekly collaboration on countries (SDG 16)

Events

• Wikimedia chapters and groups organise the first Sharks and Rays Wikimarathon (29 June, but edits in the weeks after are welcome) (SDG 14)

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Wikimedians for Sustainable Development - July 2024 Newsletter

This is our thirty third newsletter, covering July 2024. This issue has news related to SDGs 5, 10, 13, and 16.

User group news

• User group meeting held in July, minutes
• Next user group meeting will be 18 August

Other news

• Climate change editahon and workshop in Macedonia (SDG 13)
• WikiForHumanRights in Nigeria 2024 Campaign Virtual Launch (SDG 10&16)
• What we Learned from Wiki Women In Red @8 Campaign 2023 Women for Sustainability Africa (SDG 5)
• Ghanaian Wikipedians set to educate students on Open Climate (SDG 13)
• Using Wikipedia as a Tool for Climate Action (SDG 13)

Events

• 5th August, m:Event:Wiki-Green_Conference_2024 Wiki-Green Conference (SDG 13)
• 7-10 August, Wikimania - All SDG related sessions
• 7-9 November, Justicia climática, voces indígenas y plataformas Wikimedia (SDG 13)

Participate

• Share an example of a successful WikiProject or topical collaboration in this on-wiki survey

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Wikimedians for Sustainable Development - August 2024 Newsletter

This is our thirty fourth newsletter. This issue has news related to SDGs 5, 11, 15, and 16.

User group news

• Next user group meeting, 15 September, will be focused on starting to develop a strategy for the group. If you cannot attend, you can leave your input on the ideas page.
• User group meeting held in August (minutes)

Other news

• Report from WikiProject International Botanical Congress 2024 (SDG 15)
• Meeting for Writing on Femenist Strikes and Wiki for Peace Camp St. Imier (SDG 5 & 16)
• Biodiversity Heritage Library report (SDG 15)
• Wikimania had a lot of SDG related sessions and you can watch them back now

Events

• Wiki Loves Monuments starts in September (SDG 11)

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Wikimedians for Sustainable Development - September 2024 Newsletter

This is our thirty-fifth newsletter. This issue has news related to SDG 13.

User group news

• User group meeting held in September on strategy for the group

Other news

• Building a sustainable Wikimedia movement: A contribution from the CEE region, presentation at CEE meeting. (YouTube)
• All About Wiki-Green Conference 2024 (SDG 13)

Events

• Course: Global Approaches to Climate Finance by WikiEdu (SDG 13)

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Wikimedians for Sustainable Development - October 2024 Newsletter

This is our thirty-sixth newsletter. This issue has news related to SDG 3, 5, 13 and 15.

User group news

• Upcoming meeting, 24 November, 17.00 UTC

Other news

• Talk at WikiIndaba: Wikimedian collaboration in human knowledge: Wiki For Climate Change in the Maghreb region (SDG 13)
• Championing Inclusion in the Wikimedia Movement: Africa Wiki Women Presentation at the Wiki Niger Conference (SDG 5)
• Mountains, Birds and Lakes: Wiki Loves Earth 2024 – Central Asia Edition (SDG 15)

Events

• November 6, 12 and 21: Climate Change & Health in the UK - Wikipedia workshop (SDG 3 and 13)

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Wikimedians for Sustainable Development - November 2024 Newsletter

This is our thirty-seventh newsletter. This issue has news related to SDG 8, 12, 13, 15, 16 and 17.

User group news

• User group meeting, 24 November (minutes)
• We are working on our annual plan for 2025, please add activities that you would like to work on.

Other news

• CEE Catch up Nr. 8 with a sustainability theme
• Wikiconcurso Justiça Climática e Amazônia (SDG 13)
• Report from New Zealand Species Edit-a-thons (SDG 15)
• Report from climate change editing workshop in Macedonia (SDG 13)
• DeGrowth in November with students, artists and academics in Croatia (SDG 8&12)
• The new Charts extension has been enabled on Wikimedia Commons. It's time to start bringing all your local sustainability related charts over there! (SDG 17)

Events

• Ongoing: Bridging Climate Literacy Gaps through Wikimedia projects in Ogoni Land Rivers (SDG 13)
• Ongoing: Financiamiento climático en Wikipedia (SDG 13)
• Just started: African Legislators in Red (SDG 16)

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Wikimedians for Sustainable Development invitation

Hello!

I am writing to you on behalf of the Wikimedians for Sustainable Development User Group, of which you have signed up as a participant. We are slowly but surely becoming a more organised user group and we have great plans for the future! In case you want to lead an effort, or are already leading an effort about sustainability, please feel free to add it to our Annual Plan. If you have any questions, you can ask us in the Talk Page of our user group. We have our monthly User Group Meeting on the 29th of December, at 17 UTC, the link for the Jitsi meeting can be found in the page.

Have a nice day! Egezort (talk) 22:45, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

Wikimedians for Sustainable Development - December 2024 Newsletter

This is our thirty-eighth newsletter. This issue has news related to SDG 3, 10, 13 and 15.

User group news

• User group meeting in December (minutes)
• We have adopted an annual plan for 2025!

Other news

• Lightning talk by Adam Harangzo - National Institute for Health and Care Research on Wikipedia (SDG 3&13)
• Top photos of the special nomination “Human Rights and Environment” from Wiki Loves Earth 2024! (SDG 10&15)
• Two days, 15 editors, 750 edits (SDG 15)
• A Peekaboo Into Our Butterflying Trip from the Amazon of the East (SDG 15)
• Brooklyn College students bring ecology course content to Wikipedia (SDG 13&15
• Declaring crisis? Temporal constructions of climate change on WikipediaDeclaring crisis? Temporal constructions of climate change on Wikipedia (SDG 13)

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Wikimedians for Sustainable Development - January 2025 Newsletter

This is our thirty-ninth newsletter. This issue has news related to SDG 3, 11, 13 and 15.

User group news

• User group meeting 23 February
• User group meeting in January (minutes).
• The user group submitted an annual report in the new affiliate health criteria format, and as an activity report.
• The 2030 strategy for the user group was adopted.

Other news

• Swiss server helped optimise Wikidata in the field of medicine (SDG 3)
• Photographers from Türkiye tell the story of award wining photos in Wiki Loves Earth 2024 (SDG 15)
• OpenStreetMap and Wikidata in Disaster Times - CEE Meeting 2024 Istanbul (SDG 11)

Events

• 1-28 February: Wiki Loves Africa: Climate & Weather ISA campaign (SDG 13)

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Wikimedians for Sustainable Development - February 2025 Newsletter

This is our fortieth newsletter. This issue has news related to SDG 3, 5, 8, 11, 13, 15 and 16.

User group news

• User group meeting in February (minutes).

Other news

• Time to get ready to organize Wiki Loves Earth (SDG 15)
• ‘Women of the Future’ – International Women’s Day 2025 (SDG 5)
• The Experts Behind the Edits: Expanding public understanding of healthcare (SDG 3)
• Wikimedia Enterprise and Ecosia Partner to Drive Sustainable Search Innovation (SDG 13)
• A subproject to WikiProject Climate Change about Climate Change Policies has just started on Wikidata (SDG 13)

Events

• 1 March: Open Data Day 2025 in Côte d'Ivoire (SDG 8)
• 7 March Govdirectory Collab Hour - Open Data Day 2025 (SDG 16)
• 8 March–1 April: Shine Her Light Writing Contest 2025 (SDG 5)

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Wikimedians for Sustainable Development - March 2025 Newsletter

This is our forty first newsletter. This issue has news related to SDG 13, 15 and 17.

News

• Organise your local Wiki Loves Earth in 2025! (SDG 15)
• Wikidata property proposal for the Climate Policy Radar (SDG 13)
• Biologists encourage other biologists to edit Wikipedia (in Swedish) (SDG 15)
• A presentation on long-term collaborations between museums and the Wikimedia universe was given on March 10 at a symposium on long-term collaborations with museums in Germany(SDG 17)
• A presentation on existing and potential collaborations between the Wikimedia community and other volunteer communities was given on March 29 at a national volunteering convention in Germany (SDG 17)

Events

• Next user group meeting: 20 April

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