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First SWT bot workshop on "Pywikibot framework" to take place coming Friday, February 25th at 16:00 UTCEdit
Hello, Thank you for signing up for the small wiki toolkits workshops. The first workshop on the topic of “Pywikibot framework introduction & installation” is coming up - it will take place on Friday, February 25th at 16:00 UTC. You can find more details on the workshop and a link to join here.
We will record this workshop and update the workshops page with the link later. Also, a quick note on the certificate distribution we shared briefly in a previous announcement - out of the eight planned workshops, individuals who will complete five and a final assignment will receive a digital certificate.
We look forward to your participation! Cheers, Srishti (talk) (On behalf of the SWT Workshops Organization team) via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:00, 24 February 2022 (UTC)
Second Pywikibot workshop on Friday, March 25th, 16:00 UTCEdit
Hello everyone, The second workshop on the topic of "Running Pywikibot scripts" is coming up - it will take place on Friday, March 25th at 16:00 UTC. You can find more details on the workshop and a link to join here. This workshop will introduce participants to the bot scripts available via the Pywikibot framework and how to use them. If you missed attending the first one, it would be beneficial to have Pywikibot installed on your computer before the workshop. We look forward to your participation! Cheers, Srishti (talk) via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:01, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
Third Pywikibot workshop on Friday, April 29th, 16:00 UTCEdit
Hello! The third workshop on the topic of "Writing Pywikibot scripts" is coming up - it will take place on Friday, April 29th at 16:00 UTC. You can find more details on the workshop and a link to join here. This workshop will introduce participants to writing basic scripts via the Pywikibot framework. Please follow through with the prerequisites if you plan to attend this workshop, particularly understanding how classes and methods work in Python, among others listed in the workshop details on the wiki page. We look forward to your participation!
Cheers, Srishti (talk) via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:46, 27 April 2022 (UTC)
[Small wiki toolkits] Fourth Bots workshop at Wikimedia Hackathon 2022 (May 20-22nd)Edit
Hello, The fourth workshop on the topic of "Running popular bots on wikis" is coming up - several sessions will be run as part of it at the upcoming Wikimedia Hackathon 2022 (May 20-22nd). You can find more details on the workshop here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Small_wiki_toolkits/Workshops#How_to_run_a_popular_bot_on_your_wiki.
This workshop will introduce participants to a few popular bots in the Wikimedia ecosystem, how to set them up on the wikis, and tackle problems concerning the setup. This workshop will organize three sessions around InternetArchiveBot, YoBot, and SuggestBot. See more details https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T306593. We look forward to your participation! Cheers, Srishti via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:25, 16 May 2022 (UTC)
[Small wiki toolkits] Upcoming bots & scripts workshop on Thursday, June 30th, 16:00 UTCEdit
Hello, The fifth workshop on the topic of "Hosting bots and scripts on Toolforge" is coming up - it will take place on Thursday, June 30th at 16:00 UTC. You can find more details on the workshop and a link to join here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Small_wiki_toolkits/Workshops#How_to_host_a_bot_on_Toolforge. This workshop will introduce participants to Toolforge, how to create a developer account, access it via ssh, create and run bots and scripts, etc. You can add your discussion ideas in the etherpad doc linked from the workshops page. To participate in this workshop, you would need basic familiarity with using command-line tools and technical knowledge of bots. We look forward to your participation! Cheers, Srishti via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:21, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
[Small wiki toolkits] Upcoming "How to maintain bots" workshop on Thursday, July 29th, 16:00 UTCEdit
Hello, The sixth workshop on the topic of "How to maintain bots" is coming up - it will take place on Friday, July 29th at 16:00 UTC. You can find more details on the workshop and a link to join here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Small_wiki_toolkits/Workshops#How_to_maintain_bots. This session will focus on best practices for maintaining bots and tools in the Wikimedia ecosystem. It will cover a few practices that can help developers run a bot or a tool with help from others, such as picking a license, adding co-maintainers to the project, publishing source code, writing docs, and much more. To participate in this workshop, you would need basic familiarity with bots or tools development. You can add your discussion ideas in the etherpad doc linked from the workshops page. We look forward to your participation! Cheers, Srishti via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:17, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
- This workshop was postponed earlier. Here is the new date and time for this workshop - Thursday, August 18th at 15:00 UTC. You can find more details on the workshop and a link to join here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Small_wiki_toolkits/Workshops#How_to_maintain_bots. SSethi (WMF) (talk) 09:17, 9 August 2022 (UTC)
Wikimania Session Alert!Edit
Come listen to the members of the leadership development working group share updates about their work, goals and vision at Wikimania 2022: The Festival Edition! Learn how you can get involved with their efforts to create a shared leadership definition for the Wiki movement!
Leadership Development Working Group: What are we doing and why?
Saturday 13th August
8.45am - 9.30am UTC
Bring your questions! Cassie Casares (talk) 00:23, 13 August 2022 (UTC)
[SWT] Writing Wikidata queries workshop feedback surveyEdit
Hello! Thanks for attending the "Writing Wikidata queries" workshop recently. Please fill out this short feedback survey that will help the program organizers learn how to improve the format of the workshops in the future. It shouldn't take you longer than 5-10 minutes to fill out this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfnqyHgD8t8xyaXLtXTLQD6clxGLZdDnCtxfS9qIs1Kg_UGMg/viewform. Your feedback is precious for us and will inform us of the next steps for the project. Please complete the survey by 10 September 2022. 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/Legal:SWT_Workshop_Feedback_Survey_Privacy_Statement. Cheers, Srishti via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:49, 30 August 2022 (UTC)
WIKIMOVEEdit
Check out our new WIKIMOVE episode about content and knowledge gaps in the Wikimedia projects with Lucy Crampton-Reid, Daniel Bögre Udell and Kiril Simeonovski!Eva Martin (WMDE) (talk) 11:15, 22 September 2022 (UTC) --
Check out our new WIKIMOVE episode about mutual aid and peer support in our movement with Rebecca O’Neill and Jessica Stephenson and share your reactions on our meta page!Eva Martin (WMDE) talk 11:46, 20 October 2022 (UTC)
We launched WIKIMOVE six months ago, now it’s time to evaluate! Please share your feedback and ideas for improvement with us in this survey. Thank you for helping us improve WIKIMOVE! Eva Martin (WMDE) 14:44, 31 October 2022 (UTC)
In our latest episode we receive Johnny Allegre and Natalia Szafran to discuss their ongoing hub activities in Asia and Eastern Europe and imagine what a movement of hubs could look like. Check it out on our meta page or in your favorite podcast app! Eva Martin (WMDE) 13:54, 22 2022 (UTC)
In our latest episode we talk about growing communities with Anass Sedrati and Pepe Flores. Check it out on our meta page or in your favorite podcast app! Eva Martin (WMDE) 14:42, 12 December 2022 (UTC)
Wondering what the movement strategy is about and how to contribute to it? Check out our newest WIKIMOVE episode! We answer questions from volunteers who recently joined the movement about the goals and the vision behind our strategy 2030 - Eva Martin (WMDE) (talk) 11:05, 8 February 2023 (UTC)
Check out our latest about Abstract Wikipedia with Denny Vrandečić and Lydia Pintscher on our meta page! - Eva Martin (WMDE) (talk) 12:47, 13 March 2023 (UTC)
[Small wiki toolkits] Upcoming "How to interact with Wikidata via Pywikibot" workshop on Friday, October 7th, 16:00 UTCEdit
Hello! The eighth workshop on the topic of "How to interact with Wikidata via Pywikibot" is coming up - it will take place on Friday, October 7th at 16:00 UTC. You can find more details on the workshop and a link to join here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Small_wiki_toolkits/Workshops#How_to_interact_with_Wikidata_via_Pywikibot. This workshop will summarize how to access and save information to Wikidata, including through page generators and queries*, using Pywikibot. It will also cover the Wikidata conventions about the bot editing, including the bot approvals process (*queries not included, please bring your own!). To participate in this workshop, you would need basic familiarity with Wikidata and Pywikibot installation. We look forward to your participation! Cheers, Srishti - via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:59, 30 September 2022 (UTC)
[Small wiki toolkits] Final feedback surveyEdit
Hello! You are receiving this message as you have attended a small wiki toolkit workshop this year. If you missed attending our last feedback session on the small wiki toolkits workshops, here is a short survey that you could fill out to let us know your technical learning needs and ideas and suggestions for improving the workshop format for the next year. If you attended the feedback session, you can still fill out the survey to share ideas that you couldn't do so more anonymously during our meeting last week. We look forward to learning from your suggestions and including them in the planning for next year. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeVhqgZYXQG8Fgw25xRS0n7eKMleOKy5i1tM5Ty3mGACtcTag/viewform. Cheers, Srishti - via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:10, 2 November 2022 (UTC)
Thank you for participating in the small wiki toolkits workshops this year!Edit
Hey there! Thank you for participating in the Small Wiki Toolkits workshops this year - it was pretty cool having you around :) We have a small token of appreciation for you in the form of a badge that you can add to your user page! We are still going over the workshops organized this year, so we’ll update you early next year with our future plans. See you in 2023! Cheers, Srishti (on behalf of the SWT organizing team) via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:00, 16 December 2022 (UTC)
Wikimedians for Sustainable Development - December 2022 NewsletterEdit
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
Resources
- New Book: Open Mapping Towards Sustainable Development Goals (SDG all)
Videos
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 NewsletterEdit
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
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 NewsletterEdit
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
Resources
- 3000 Arctic images (SDG 13)
- SMART-Servier Medical Art upload (SDG 3)
Research
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
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