User talk:Akbarali

Welcome to Meta!

Hello, Akbarali. Welcome to the Wikimedia Meta-Wiki! This website is for coordinating and discussing all Wikimedia projects. You may find it useful to read our policy page. If you are interested in doing translations, visit Meta:Babylon. You can also leave a note on Meta:Babel or Wikimedia Forum if you need help with something (please read the instructions at the top of the page before posting there). Happy editing!

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WikiConference India 2016 program

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

Thanks --Akbarali (talk) 13:04, 31 July 2016 (UTC)

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)

Invitation to Met Open Access Artworks Challenge (15 May - 30 June)

Met Open Access Artworks Challenge!

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)

Join Wikimedians of Kerala User Group

We got affiliation for Wikimedians of Kerala User Group. Membership is open now. SO join on that group. It will be the official user group of Malayalam. Regards -- Ranjithsiji (talk) 08:25, 17 October 2018 (UTC)

Done --Akbarali (talk) 18:50, 18 October 2018 (UTC)

The Community Wishlist Survey

Hi,

You get this message because you’ve previously participated in the Community Wishlist Survey. I just wanted to let you know that this year’s survey is now open for proposals. You can suggest technical changes until 11 November: Community Wishlist Survey 2019.

You can vote from November 16 to November 30. To keep the number of messages at a reasonable level, I won’t send out a separate reminder to you about that. /Johan (WMF) 11:24, 30 October 2018 (UTC)

Thank you --Akbarali (talk) 18:21, 3 November 2018 (UTC)

Extended to Dec: Wikipedia Asian Art Month with Metropolitan Museum of Art

Suzuri-bako, now in 11 languages!

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)

Ofcourse , I shall be there. --Akbarali (talk) 18:49, 12 December 2018 (UTC)

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Mahatma Gandhi edit-a-thon on 2 and 3 October 2020

Hello,
Thanks for showing interest to participate in the Mahatma Gandhi 2020 edit-a-thon. The event starts tomorrow 2 October 12:01 am IST and will run till 3 October 11:59 pm IST.

Note a few points

• You may contribute to any Wikimedia project on the topic: Mahatma Gandhi, his life and contribution. Please see this section for more details.
• If you have added your name in the "Participants" section, please make sure that you have mentioned only those projects where you'll participate for this particular edit-a-thon. The list is not supposed to be all the projects once contributes to in general. You may go back to the page and re-edit if needed.

If you have questions, feel free to ask.
Happy Gandhi Jayanti. -- User:Nitesh (CIS-A2K) (sent using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:09, 30 September 2020 (UTC))

Festive Season 2020 edit-a-thon

Dear editor,

Hope you are doing well. As you know, A2K conducted a mini edit-a-thon Mahatma Gandhi 2020 edit-a-thon on the 2nd or 3rd October to celebrate Mahatma Gandhi's anniversary.
Now, CIS-A2K is going to conduct a 2-day-long Festive Season 2020 edit-a-thon to celebrate Indian festivals. We request you in person, please contribute to this event too, enthusiastically. Let's make it successful and develop the content on our different Wikimedia projects regarding festivities. Thank you Nitesh (CIS-A2K) (talk) 19:28, 2 December 2020 (UTC)

[SWT South Asia 2021] [Reminder] Understanding the technical challenges on wikis: Sunday, Jan 24th at 6 pm!

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)

Queering Wikipedia 2021 User Group Working Days: May 14-16

The Wikimedia LGBTQ+ User Group is holding online working days in May. If you’re an active Wikimedian, editing on LGBTQ+ issues or if you identify as part of the LGBTQ+ community, come help us set goals, develop our organisation and structures, consider how to respond to issues faced by Queer editors, and plan for the next 12 months.

We will be meeting online for 3 half-days, 14–16 May at 1400–1730 UTC. While our working language is English, we are looking to accommodate users who would prefer to participate in other languages, including translation facilities.

More information, and registration details, at QW2021.--Wikimedia LGBT+ User Group 15:41, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

SWT South Asia, Telegram group

Hi, we have formed a Telegram group for Small wiki toolkits - South Asia. The aim is mainly to discuss what technical topics might be helpful for small wiki communities in future workshops. Please join if you are interested, using this link. KCVelaga (talk) 13:10, 5 August 2021 (UTC)

The above link is not working for me. --Akbarali (talk) 06:04, 7 August 2021 (UTC)