Eric Luth (WMSE)

Invitation translation

Γειά σας!

Αυτό το μήνα περίπου xxx εικόνες μεταφορτώθηκαν από το ίδρυμα GLAM στο Wikimedia Commons. Όλες απεικονίζουν το yyy (δείτε τις εικόνες εδώ), με σύντομη ερμηνεία. Θα ήταν θαυμάσιο αν μπορούσαν να χρησιμοποιηθούν στη Wikipedia zzz-γλώσσα, ή οπουδήποτε όπου αλλού υπάρχει σχετικό κείμενο ή λήμμα.

Παραδείγματα για το πώς θα μπορούσαν να χρησιμοποιηθούν:

Χαιρετισμούς,

Regards--Kalogeropoulos (talk) 12:35, 26 September 2017 (UTC)--

Thank you so much, @Kalogeropoulos:. However, the text that needed translation was the Specific for Swedish Cyprus Expedition images. Do you have time to look at that one too?

BTW, I transferred your translation to Connected_Open_Heritage/Get_Involved/Volunteer_Tasks/Image_use_invitation/el. Thanks again! Eric Luth (WMSE) (talk) 13:04, 26 September 2017 (UTC)

Gladly

Γεια!

Τον Φεβρουάριο του τρέχοντος έτους, περίπου 600 εικόνες από τα Σουηδικό Μεσογειακό Μουσείο μεταφορτώθηκαν στο Wikimedia Commons. Όλες απεικονίζουν την Σουηδική αποστολή στην Κύπρο από το 1927 έως το 1931 (δείτε τις εικόνες εδώ), όταν η Κύπρος ερευνήθηκε από Σουηδούς αρχαιολόγους. Θα ήταν θαυμάσιο αν μπορούσαν να χρησιμοποιηθούν στην ελληνική Βικιπαίδεια ή οπουδήποτε αλλού, όπου γράφεται η Κύπρος και η ιστορία της.

Μπορείτε να τις βρείτε σε αυτή την κατηγορία στα Commons.

Παραδείγματα για το πώς θα μπορούσαν να χρησιμοποιηθούν:

• Αμαθούντα, η ανασκαφή του αρχαιολογικού τόπου: Grav 2, dromos före öppnandet. Amathus. Agios Tychos - SMVK - C02973.tif
• Μάριο, αρχαίο βασίλειο, Kameler på Nicosiavägen. Marion - SMVK - C01145.tif, Καμήλες στον δρόμο Musik utanför Svenska Institutet. Nicosia. Erik Sjöqvist och Alfred Westholm. exteriör - SMVK - C02541.tif, ανασκαφή εν εξελίξει.
• Λευκωσία, έξω από το Σουηδικό Ινστιτούτο: Musik utanför Svenska Institutet. Nicosia. Erik Sjöqvist och Alfred Westholm. exteriör - SMVK - C02541.tif.

Χαιρετισμούς.

Best regards--Kalogeropoulos (talk) 00:38, 5 October 2017 (UTC)

This is splendid! Thank you so much! Eric Luth (WMSE) (talk) 11:25, 5 October 2017 (UTC)

Re:Wikimania Ambassador

Hi Eric, how are you? Of course, I ve already signed up. Thank you for the invitation.--Jalu (talk) 14:42, 13 February 2019 (UTC)

WikiGap

Dear Eric, thanks for the invitation to take part in WikiGap Challenge. We are running WikiGap in Ukraine and our local page informs about it as well. Still, there few moments on the challenge that do not cause excitement. Challenge is set up to consider only numbers, this makes the process of defining winners really easy. But what about the quality? There was a lack of information on the 2019 Number one winner contribution, so I made my own observations especially given that he was from my Wikipedia and language was not a problem. User:Андрій Гриценко produced only translations, many of them were translations of the translations. Thus we got a big batch of bad-quality translations that still ned to be fixed. Not much fun. So, It would be really nice to think about the mechanism of preventing participants from rushing with producing numbers to get the prize. One of the possible ways is to consider the number of created articles per day. Do you think it is possible to create 40 good articles (even if stubs) per day? That what we could witness last year. I don't know about the human intellectual potential with this, but number 30-40 seems beyond it to me. and one can reach this only producing automated translations. And another thing I would like to see at the challenge result is at least some information about what kind of women roles challenge winners were promoting and contributing. I was really curious about that and made my own research. 42% of articles out of 360 were about actresses- a profession that is far from being unpopular as for women, as for Wikipedia contributors (but this is only an opinion, and I understand that the challenge does not make difference between an article about actress and article about scientist). I hope you will bring more "behind the numbers" information this year. Today we have many tools for this. None the less thank you and Wikimedia Sweden for the opportunities and motivation you give to the Wikipedians all over the world!--Anntinomy (talk) 17:05, 19 March 2020 (UTC)

Anntinomy: Thanks so much for your input! We have been thinking a lot on how to make the barriers low while still maintaining decent quality, a balance which is quite hard to do – especially since our experience so far is that challenges are encouraging for newcomers, who may lack the experience on how to do long and deep articles. We will evaluate this closely after the challenge is over, and I would be happy to have your inputs and thoughts in that phase! Best Eric Luth (WMSE) (talk) 09:16, 25 March 2020 (UTC)

Wikimedia meet token

Hi Eric. Would you be so kind to create a WM meet token for me. Thanks.  — billinghurst sDrewth 03:20, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

Hi Billinghurst. Yes, of course! Eric Luth (WMSE) (talk) 08:38, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

I sent you an email with the token. Eric Luth (WMSE) (talk) 08:50, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

Could not create account as the token supplied was invalid. and I did use Chrome (second time, FF first time).  — billinghurst sDrewth 13:33, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

Hm, weird. I will try with a new one. Eric Luth (WMSE) (talk) 13:33, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

It hates me The server encountered an internal error and was unable to complete your request. Either the server is overloaded or there is an error in the application. which is the error that I got in FF. I will try again later, though maybe I have blockers in place stopping its comms. — billinghurst sDrewth 13:41, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

Hm, weird. @Amir Sarabadani (WMDE): Do you know what might happen? Eric Luth (WMSE) (talk) 13:43, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

@Billinghurst Hey, please ping my volunteer account (I'm doing this in my volunteer capacity). I completely missed the ping and just saw it by chance. Is it still broken? let me work on it. Amir (talk) 18:54, 21 November 2020 (UTC)

@Billinghurst The recent restarts of VMs in the cloud broke it. It should be fixed now. Sorry for inconvenience Amir (talk) 19:01, 21 November 2020 (UTC)

@Ladsgroup: Thanks for the reply. I still need a valid working token to try again. I had temporarily left it. Sorry to be a needy pain.  — billinghurst sDrewth 22:48, 21 November 2020 (UTC)

@Billinghurst no worries at all. I sent you a new token. Amir (talk) 22:59, 21 November 2020 (UTC)

@Ladsgroup: Success. Thanks for what you do in both paid and unpaid capacities. (Apologies for the muddy foot prints Eric)  — billinghurst sDrewth 23:19, 21 November 2020 (UTC)

Ticket

Hi! Can I have a one-time-ticket for the Wikimedia Meet? Thank you! --Valerio Bozzolan (talk) 22:06, 19 January 2021 (UTC)

Hi Valerio Bozzolan! Of course, please send me an email! Eric Luth (WMSE) (talk) 13:14, 20 January 2021 (UTC)

Page base origin

Hello Eric Luth,

May I ask you where the text of WikiGap Challenge/Participants you just created comes from? Actually, it has several (minor) issues I have fixed on several pages, but I would like to fix the original template in order all user who copy it would copy a correct code. --Pols12 (talk) 19:44, 13 February 2021 (UTC)

Hi Pols12. I have written the text originally and copied it from previous years' edition of the challenge. What are the issues? I cannot see any edits on the page from you? Eric Luth (WMSE) (talk) 07:53, 15 February 2021 (UTC)

Oh! OK, thank you: I did not find previous year version.

I will address issues later: for semantics, we should use real title syntax (equal signs) for titles instead of generic span and semi-colon hack.

Regards, -- Pols12 (talk) 20:40, 17 February 2021 (UTC)

WikiGap Challenge

Good day, Eric Luth (WMSE)! I would like to add to your list of articles one about Tatar journalist, given that this area is not covered so well. Is it possible to add this article?--Фәрһад (talk) 10:37, 6 March 2021 (UTC)

Hi Фәрһад. What do you think about this solution? Eric Luth (WMSE) (talk) 13:11, 10 March 2021 (UTC)

Eric Luth (WMSE), yes, it is good! But maybe it would be better to put this list on the main page with a subtitle "Articles without bonus points". Otherwise, they will be seen by much fewer participants.--Фәрһад (talk) 05:53, 11 March 2021 (UTC)

I made a proposal on the list page. Does that work? Eric Luth (WMSE) (talk) 10:33, 12 March 2021 (UTC)

WikiGap

Hi Eric. After reading "Only 20% of Wikipedia’s Biographies Are About Women — #WikiGap Wants to Change That", I've been looking at the Meta pages on WikiGap. I noticed that we have had an unusually high number of new members on Women in Red over the past few days and was wondering whether some of these might have resulted from your call for them to register with the project in accordance with the instructions on Wiki4Women which you link to. It would also be interesting to have more information about the responses you have been getting, in particular the suggestions for new articles about women on the EN wiki. We are of course also happy to help any new users who would like to contribute to the EN wiki. Perhaps you could also put something together for Signpost.--Ipigott (talk) 12:02, 11 March 2021 (UTC)

Hi Ipigott! Yes, maybe that's the case? That would be a wonderful development, should it be so! I'd be happy to involve WiR in how to work with the result. From both social media campaigns and the proposals from GC above, we will compile spreadsheets that will eventually be cleaned and uploaded to Wikidata.

I'm not sure how Signpost works, but sure! Eric Luth (WMSE) (talk) 10:28, 12 March 2021 (UTC)

WikiGap/#BelarusGap

Hej Eric! Could you or may I add the following message somewhere on this page:

"Dear Participants of WikiGap ! I have a pleasure to announce you, that if you wrote articles about BELARUSIAN women och women related to Belarus between the 8 th of March and 8 th of April (in a language other than Belarusian), you have a chance to win a special prize from People’s Embassy of Belarus in Sweden ! Just add a tag #BelarusGap after the Number of Points as I done here The winner is a participant who wrote the most number of this kind of articles. Please note, that this is NOT a concurrent Project to the official WikiGap, but just a part of it! Best Regards --Lesnas ättling (talk) 08:10, 3 April 2021 (UTC) "

Hi Lesnas ättling! I am back at the office tomorrow. I will see how best to solve it then (realizing that it is very short left of the challenge at that point)! Eric Luth (WMSE) (talk) 10:24, 6 April 2021 (UTC)

Thank you.--Lesnas ättling (talk) 19:01, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

WikiGapFinder broken

I just tried to use the WikiGap_Challenge/WikiGapFinder, only to find that the given url now simply displays a "Welcome to nginx" page. I'm not sure how long it has been like this. I thought I might bring this to your attention, if nobody else has done so yet.--Anon423 (talk) 18:34, 4 April 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for the note, Anon423! I will bring this to the attention of the developers. Eric Luth (WMSE) (talk) 10:24, 6 April 2021 (UTC)

WikiGap Challenge 2021

I don't have an email. I can write contact information on this page. Дми88 (talk) 09:43, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

@Дми88: What I would love to have is your postal address. Do you want to share that here? Or how would you like to send it? Eric Luth (WMSE) (talk) 12:06, 28 May 2021 (UTC)

Send by post. Let me write you the details on this page. And by the way, how much will it cost to send by post? Дми88 (talk) 12:12, 28 May 2021 (UTC)

Great! Feel free to share your address with us in the way you would prefer. The cost for shipping is on us :-) Eric Luth (WMSE) (talk) 12:13, 28 May 2021 (UTC)

@Дми88: We would however need your postal address in order to send the prizes to you. Eric Luth (WMSE) (talk) 13:40, 1 June 2021 (UTC)

Postal address: Ukraine, Kirovograd region, Olexandria, New post, branch № 2, Dmytro Romashko. Nova Poshta does not need an index. It is better to use them. As a last resort, I will indicate the address of Ukrposhta as well. Дми88 (talk) 15:10, 1 June 2021 (UTC)

Thanks! Eric Luth (WMSE) (talk) 14:16, 1 June 2021 (UTC)

Information about WikiGap.

Hello, Eric! My name is Asareel and I am so excited to get the opportunity to hopefully get information from you regarding the WikiGap campaign for an essay we are working on for the Women in Red project of the English Wikipedia site. I think I can find most of the statistical data on the effort but if there is anything else you can think of that would be beneficial please let me know. I am mainly looking for any biographical information like exactly when the project began and particular facts or statistical data showing the goals and impact of the campaign that would be useful for anyone seeking projects, task forces, campaigns and initiatives supporting women and women related topics on our various Wiki-sites. Very recently several of our editors expressed the desire to try and pull all of our various projects in an essay style list in the hopes of combining our efforts to increase visibility of our shared concerns about the gender gap and gender bias that still exists on Wikipedia. We feel this essay will offer the opportunity to guide new editors and experienced editors, alike, to all of the projects that support women on Wikipedia and Wikimedia in the hopes of bolstering activity and the exchange of ideas. We don't want one ounce of creativity being wasted simply because of the lack of knowledge that our projects exist and we see this essay being a way to educate editors on how to get involved and give them the opportunity to pick where they feel their efforts would be most impactful. If there is someone else that would be better to speak with concerning this effort then please guide me in the right direction. Thank you for all you continually do and I look forward to your response. --ARoseWolf (talk) 17:36, 23 July 2021 (UTC)

@ARoseWolf: Happy to help! Do you want a reply here or would you like a quick chat? Eric Luth (WMSE) (talk) 13:33, 27 July 2021 (UTC)

Probably easier to just to discuss it here but you could also discuss it @ Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Women in Red if you would like. --ARoseWolf 12:51, 28 July 2021 (UTC)

@ARoseWolf: Got it, thanks. Apologies for my slow reply.

Some background information can be found here. The long-term goal of the campaign is to close the gender gap on Wikipedia. We are trying to achieving this by lowering the barriers for people to take part, organizing events and developing support material to make it easier for everyone to create women biographies on Wikipedia. So far, about 60,000 biographies have been created and edited, during events or campaigns taking place in more than 70 countries. Several thousands editors have taken part – but we don't know an exact number of unique participants. Please tell me if you have any further questions! Eric Luth (WMSE) (talk) 06:50, 11 August 2021 (UTC)

On-Wiki Registration Wireframes Feedback

Hello Eric!
We are very excited to share with you the wireframes for the desktop version of the On-Wiki Registration Tool. Feel free to share your feedback on this update. Results of these feedback will help determine the next steps we take. Thank you in advance!

Creating registration for event

View full Registration Tool

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First Version Features

Viewing, deleting, and messaging participants	Managing Registrations
Participants Registration

Feel free to share your feedback

	Comments
Do you see any advantage or disadvantage of any sort of our proposed event registration system?
Will it provide ease of access and use to you as a campaign organizer?
Does the proposed event registration provide convenience for registering participants?
What are the essential features this first version needs to have so that you can use it?
When you are running a campaign, what information do you typically send to participants, and where do you usually send it (e.g., talk page, email, social media, etc)?
Do you prefer that we build the desktop version first or the mobile version of the registration system first?
Is there anything else you would like to add?

You may access more of these wireframes here. Thank you!

--IBrazal (WMF) (talk) 17:21, 24 November 2021 (UTC)

Events before 8 March

Hello Eric! I have a doubt about events before 8 March for the WikiGap Challenge editathon! I am participating in "Feminism & Folklore" in multiple languages. It's running from 1st February to 31st March. The timing of both the editathons overlaps for some time. Are the participant articles of that Feminism & Folklore created/improved/expanded/developed before 8 March be also participant articles of WikiGap Challenge editathon? Haoreima (talk) 04:45, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

Hi Haoreima! Thanks for the question. The possibility to add articles to the WikiGap Challenge that were written in editathons prior to the start of the Challenge refers to edithathons under the WikiGap umbrella (for example if you took part in a WikiGap event in your country / digitally, but this event was before the start of the WikiGap Challenge, then you can add it here). I don't think that the Feminism & Folklore campaign qualifies as such? I hope this makes sense! Eric Luth (WMSE) (talk) 10:16, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

WLE DRC 2022

Bonjour Eric, s'il vous plait, nous envisageons d'organiser pour la première fois ce concours dans notre pays mais il y a quelque part j'ai lu dans les instructions que la Wikimedia Suède peut aider les nouveaux dans ce sens pour constituer la liste des zones naturelles. J'aimerais savoir comment est-ce que vous compterez nous aider ? Merci de me répondre dans le délai ! CapitainAfrika (talk) 09:48, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

Bonjour CapitainAfrika. Ce sont des bonnes nouvelles ! Oui, nous avons un projet pour aider des bénévoles avec des listes. Je reviens vers vous dans peu de temps. Eric Luth (WMSE) (talk) 13:26, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

Merci beaucoup @Eric Luth (WMSE) ! J'attends vivement ce retour... CapitainAfrika (talk) 13:57, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

CapitainAfrika: Je travaille avec John Cummings pour obtenir des réponses juridiques à quelques questions sur la façon de télécharger des données pour les listes de zones naturelles. Néanmoins, nous avons construit un site avec information pour chaque pays, et un lien vers un site internet où vous pouvez également trouver une liste des zones naturelles pour RDC. Vous pouvez trouver le site ici. John et moi pouvons vous expliquer comment utiliser ces informations si vous le souhaitez, bien qu'il soit difficile pour nous de faire un batch upload sans solutions juridiques. Eric Luth (WMSE) (talk) 08:53, 4 May 2022 (UTC)

@Eric Luth (WMSE) merci beaucoup et encore pour cette mise à jour. Et merci à John Cummings pour la liste préparée. CapitainAfrika (talk) 09:13, 4 May 2022 (UTC)

Just informing you

Hello Eric! I am a participant in the WikiGap Challenge 2022! I am accused of creating articles (bonus article, suggested by the UN Human Rights) in simple:Talk:Joia Perry. I was accused as a close person to the topic "Joia Perry". Idk what I should do! I created the article in different languages wikis. Then, i was again accused as a cross wiki spammer! The topic "Joia Perry" was even accused as a "red-flag case"! --Haoreima (talk) 08:55, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

Hi Haoreima! Thanks for letting me know. It seems like this IP number on the talk page is a completely new user, with few other edits than on this talk page. I don't know the local culture on Simple Wikipedia, or the notability criteria, but to me their accusations seem a little bit out of place. Perhaps you can reply that you have no connection to the person, and that the articles are based on the proposals from the UN Human Rights office? If more people join the conversation, I will ask around for support on how to deal with this kind of situations. Eric Luth (WMSE) (talk) 10:37, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

Just informing you that after the trail was launched at simple:Talk:Joia Perry, the film is released at simple:Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard#89.8.x.x being disruptive, again! --Haoreima (talk) 02:19, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

Great, thanks for the update! Eric Luth (WMSE) (talk) 10:28, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

Submission timing

Hello Eric! Is the timing of submission/mentioning the contribution of the contestants in participants' page ended today? Or, can we still add our contributions' list tomorrow, though our contribution timing ended today? --Haoreima (talk) 03:43, 8 May 2022 (UTC)

You can add the contributions you have done until 8 May also tomorrow! But the contributions need to be made until 8 May. Eric Luth (WMSE) (talk) 14:12, 8 May 2022 (UTC)

A mail

Hello Eric Luth! I have sent you a mail 5 days ago, regarding the WikiGap Challenge as suggested to me by User:Josefine Hellroth Larsson (WMSE). Please check it. Thanks! --Haoreima (talk) 08:40, 8 June 2022 (UTC)

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WikiGap

Hello, Eric!

I'm an admin from SqWiki (Albanian) and for the sixth year now we are preparing to take part in the WikiGap activities with the collaboration of the local Swedish Embassies (Albania and Kosovo). We were trying to find some statistics in regard to the project's aim or contact different volunteers to exchange experiences about it throughout these years to use in our presentations but we weren't able to do so. From my past experiences, I'm generally used to seeing wikiproject pages which have ongoing discussions about the work that is being done, tables with articles which change frequently, statistics, and different resources such as references, infobox templates, images, etc. The page WikiGap, albeit more well-structured that most typical wikiproject pages, appears rather void from such details. That maybe makes sense given that it is a Meta page so I tried looking at EnWiki and SeWiki but couldn't find anymore information that what was already provided here. Then I looked at the page histories here (where I found your username) and saw that the said pages haven't seen much changes since 2020. Has there been a sort of decline of interest in the project? That would be normal on itself as it would be a natural part of many wikiproject's life cycle. I was just curious because from our community's point of view, it appears rather vibrant because of the implied importance the collaboration with the embassy brings. (Most other activities don't include institutional collaborations for us.) So it would be interesting to know more from the other perspective. - Klein Muçi (talk) 13:28, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

Hi @Klein Muçi! Thanks for reaching out. Very excited to hear that you are preparing for WikiGap activities with the local Swedish Embassies! I don't think that there has been a general decline, but perhaps we (from Wikimedia Sverige's side) have not been promoting the WikiGap pages actively enough. We have done quite a lot of communication via email (has this reached you?) as well as via a Facebook group for WikiGap organizers. There is also quite a lot of activity on the Dashboard campaigns for WikiGap.

Happy to send you links if you don't know of these places. Also happy to discuss with you and others if you would like to use the Meta page(s) more actively! Eric Luth (WMSE) (talk) 13:15, 6 March 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for the answer! Unfortunately I am not aware of such venues and I'd be glad to see the said links. Maybe my community already is (because personally I tend to look after the actual wikiwork itself, other people are dealing with the activity's logistics) but it would be nice to have some extra information myself as well. — Klein Muçi (talk) 19:31, 6 March 2023 (UTC)

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
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  Ourapteryx yerburii ssp. specimens and male genitalia (SDG 15)
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  Pterophorus pentadactyla (SDG 15)
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  Wood duck drake (SDG 15)
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  Cardinal (SDG 15)
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  Bunten Kronwicke (Securigera varia) (SDG 15)
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  Sympetrum sanguineum (SDG 15)
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  Crocus tommasinianus (SDG 15)
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  Papaya - longitudinal section close-up view (SDG 15)
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  Aphantopus hyperantus (SDG 15)
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  Australian Zebra Finch (SDG 15)
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  Melospiza melodia (SDG 15)
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  Roadside hawk (Rupornis magnirostris griseocauda) eating speckled racer (Drymobius margaritiferus) (SDG 15)
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  Black iguana (Ctenosaura similis) (SDG 15)
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  Cerastis rubricosa caterpillar (side view) (SDG 15)
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  Cerastis rubricosa caterpillar (dorsal view) (SDG 15)
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  Frühlings-Knotenblume (Leucojum vernum) (SDG 15)
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  Ocellated turkey (Meleagris ocellata) male (SDG 15)
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  Geoffroy's spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi yucatanensis) (SDG 15)
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  Ophiopogon planiscapus (SDG 15)
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  Protaetic cuprea ignicollis (SDG 15)
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  Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus plexippus) (SDG 15)
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  Cepaea nemoralis (SDG 15)
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  Crepis biennis (SDG 15)
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  Keel-billed toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus sulfuratus) on foxtail palm (Wodyetia bifurcata) (SDG 15)
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  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
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  Ara macao cyanopterus (SDG 15)
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  Leptura quadrifasciata (SDG 15)
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  Bursa lamarckii (SDG 15)
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  Ara macao cyanopterus (SDG 15)
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  Chlamydera guttata (SDG 15)
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  Sitta carolinensis (SDG 15)
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  Pumpkin field (SDG 2)
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  Diglossa baritula & Canna indica (SDG 15)
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  Acer platanoides (SDG 15)
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  Amazilia rutila (SDG 15)
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  Passiflora edulis (SDG 15)
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  Melanerpes aurifrons (SDG 15)
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  Argiope versicolor (SDG 15)
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  Allium ursinum (SDG 15)
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  Platanus x hispanica (SDG 15)
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  Thymelicus lineola (SDG 15)
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  Acer palmatum (SDG 15) [38]
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  Falco tinnunculus (SDG 15) [39]
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  Zalophus californianus (SDG 15) [40]
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  Acer pseudoplatanus (SDG 15)
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  Tamarindus indica (SDG 15)
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  Sciurus carolinensis (SDG 15) [43]
• 
  Tyrannus savana monachus (SDG 15)
• 
  Rapa incurva (SDG 15)
• 
  Trigona sp. (SDG 15)

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Merry Christmas

Wish you a very happy Christmas! :-) Haoreima (talk) 19:17, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

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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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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