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Invitation to Subscribe and Contribute to the Wikimedians of Kerala Newsletter
editHello Irshadpp,
Thanks for being a member of Wikimedians of Kerala UG. I would like to extend a warm invitation to you to subscribe to the Wikimedians of Kerala Monthly Newsletter that we have informed during our last user group's monthly meetup. Our newsletter aims to keep the user group members informed about the latest developments, events, and achievements within the Wikimedians of Kerala usergroup and other related updates. It serves as a valuable resource for staying updated on important discussions, collaborations, and initiatives taking place by the user group.
To subscribe to the newsletter, simply click the link below and follow the instructions to receive regular updates directly in your talk-page.
We also encourage you to contribute to the newsletter by sharing any notable activities, projects, or insights that you believe would be of interest to our community. Your contributions will play a vital role in making the newsletter a comprehensive and engaging source of information for all UG members.
(This is a one-time invitation as you have signed up as a member of Wikimedians of Kerala UG)
Best regards.- ❙❚❚❙❙ GnOeee ❚❙❚❙❙ ✉ 14:36, 5 February 2024 (UTC)
Wikimedians of Kerala - January 2024 Newsletter
editThis is Wikimedians of Kerala UG's first newsletter.
- User group news
- On 20th January 2024, we had our first user group meeting held online this year.
- Shared updates about the WikiConference Kerala and 21st Birthday Celebration of Malayalam Wikipedia held on 23 Dec 2023 at Thrissur.
- Shared updates about the Wikisource digitization program held at St. Mary's GHSS Pala.
- Discussed about the Monthly newsletter of UG....(Read more at...)
- On-going events & activities
- Other news
- Feminism and Folklore 2024 - Ongoing edit-a-thon in Malayalam Wikipedia
Upcoming meeting: 17th Feb 2024 - Register for the event
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Wikimedians of Kerala - February 2024 Newsletter
editThis is Wikimedians of Kerala UG's first newsletter.
- User group news
- On 17th February 2024, we had our second user group meeting held online at Google Meet platform this year.
- Shared updates about the ongoing Book Digitization by User:Tonynirappathu.
- Discussed about the Tamil-Malayalam Community Collaboration plans and invited members to join the initiate.
- Discussed the technical issues in the Malayalam Wikipedia and shared updates about the Wikimedians of Kerala technical group (Read more at...)
- On-going events & activities
- Other news
- Shared updates about Feminism and Folklore 2024 - Ongoing edit-a-thon in Malayalam Wikipedia
Upcoming meeting: 30th Mar 2024 - Register for the event
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Wikimedians of Kerala - March 2024 Newsletter
editThis is Wikimedians of Kerala UG's third newsletter.
- User group news
- On 30th March 2024, we had our third user group monthly meeting held online at User Group's Telegram platform.
- Shared updates about the ongoing user group activities and plans for organising some Wiki campaigns.
- Discussed about Wiki loves Earth campaign and usergroup's interest in organising it in India level.
- Discussed about WikiFunctions and members shared updates about their views. (Read more at...)
Eevents & activities
- On-going events & activities supported by User Group
- Indian general election edit-a-thon 2024 has been started on April 15th to create and updated articles in Malayalam Wikipedia related to the Lok Sabha election.
- Astrophotography Campaign 2024
- Book Digitization
- Other news
- User group is planning to participate in Software Collaboration for Wikidata
Upcoming meeting: 27th Arp 2024 - Register for the event
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Wikimedians of Kerala - April-May 2024 Newsletter
editThis is Wikimedians of Kerala UG's fourth newsletter.
- User group news
- On 27th April, we had our monthly meeting held online at Jitsi platform.
- Shared updates about the ongoing user group activities and plans for organising some Wiki edit-a-thons and hack-a-thons.
- Discussed about recent happenings in Malayalam Wikipedia.( Read more at...)
- On 25th May, we had our monthly meeting held online at Jitsi platform.
- Discussed about India election 2024 edit-a-thon running in Malayalam Wikipedia.
- Discussed about technical training for editors in Malayalam Wikipedia.
- Discussed about Indic Media Wiki Developers user group Hackathon happened at Tinkerspace, Kalamassery.( Read more at...)
Events & activities
- On-going events & activities supported by User Group
- Indian general election edit-a-thon 2024 has been started on April 15th to create and updated articles in Malayalam Wikipedia related to the Lok Sabha election.
- Astrophotography Campaign 2024
- Book Digitization
- Other news
- User group has proposed an application to participate in Software Collaboration for Wikidata
Upcoming meeting: 15th June 2024 - Register for the event
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Reminder to vote now to ratify the Wikimedia Movement Charter
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Dear Wikimedian,
You are receiving this message because you previously voted in the 2021 Movement Charter Drafting Committee (MCDC) election.
This is a reminder that if you have not voted yet on the ratification of the final Wikimedia Movement Charter draft, please do so by July 9, 2024 at 23:59 UTC.
You can read the final text of the Wikimedia Movement Charter in your language. Following that, check on whether you are eligible to vote. If you are eligible, cast your vote on SecurePoll.
On behalf of the Charter Electoral Commission,
Wikimedians of Kerala - June 2024 Newsletter
editThis is Wikimedians of Kerala UG's fifth newsletter.
- User group news
- On 15th June 2024, we had our user group monthly meeting held online at Jitsi platform.
- Shared updates about the MC final draft version and voting procedure. Suggested open voting in meta to select the offical voter of the Wikimedians of Kerala UG.
- Shared updates about Technical Consultations 2024 program by Indic MediaWiki Developers UG and discussed how community members can get involved.
- Shared updates about the Wiki Loves Onam Rapid grant by User:Gnoeee and discussed the focus of the event with the members. (Read more at...)
- On 29th June 2024, we had a special meeting held online at Jitsi platform to discuss with the UG members and Malayalam community about the MC voting.
- User:Ranjithsiji was selected as official voter of UG after open voting in meta and asked the community about the feedback before voting.
- Discussed about Movement Charter and members shared updates about their views. UG members invloved in translating the MC page to Malayalam. (Read more at...)
Events & activities
- Past events & activities supported by User Group
- Indian general election edit-a-thon 2024 has been ended on June 15th and nearly 87 articles has been created/updated.
- On-going events & activities supported by User Group
Upcoming meeting: 20th July 2024 - Register for the event
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Wikimedians of Kerala - July 2024 Newsletter
editThis is Wikimedians of Kerala UG's sixth newsletter.
- User group news
- On 20th July 2024, we had our user group monthly meeting held online at Jitsi platform.
- User:Akhilan presented the idea about photo documentation that aims to document a village and a photo scavenger hunt. The more details about it can been seen at Village Documentation - Thalavoor and Wikipedia Takes Kollam pages.
- User:Gnoeee shared updates about the Wiki Loves Onam grant proposal which got approved for in FY 2023-24 (Round 6) that aims to document videos and photos in Wikimedia platforms. Planning to share more updates in the month of August.
- Discussed about the user groups upcoming months plan. User:Ranjithsiji and User:Manojk shared plans for submitting grant proposals for organising some events in upcoming months.
- Community members User:Irvin calicut, User:Akhilan, User:Tonynirappathu was elected for auditing the grants involving the user group.(read more at...)
Events & activities
- On-going events & activities supported by User Group
- Other news
- User group members User:Gnoeee and User:Ranjithsiji will be travelling to Wikimania this year from Kerala and User:Mujeebcpy will be joining from Austria.
Upcoming meeting: 17th Aug 2024 - Register for the event
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Wikimedians of Kerala - August 2024 Newsletter
editThis is Wikimedians of Kerala UG's sixth newsletter.
- User group news
- On 17th August 2024, we had our user group monthly meeting held online at Jitsi platform.
- User:Gnoeee and User:Ranjithsiji shared their experience in attending Wikimania 2024 at Katowice, Poland from Kerala. The other known Malayali Wikimedians attended this years Wikimania in-person are User:Mujeebcpy, User:Jsamwrites and User:Leaderboard
- User:Ranjithsiji presented a talk on Schoolwiki project and presented the poster describing activities of Wikimedians of Kerala UG. User:Gnoeee presented the poster describing the activities of OpenDataKerala community.
- User:Ranjithsiji and User:Mujeebcpy worked on a tool named 'Vcutcli' to create small videos by cutting a large video using starting and ending timestamps during Wikimania.
- User:Gnoeee shared updates about the Wiki Loves Onam 2024 campaign. The photography campaign in Wikimedia Commons and Edit-a-thon in Malayalam Wikipedia was discussed.
- Discussed about organising Wikidata Birthday celebration and Wikimedians of Kerala Annual Meetup this year.
- Discussed about the IndiaFOSS 2024 event at Bangalore and two representatives of User-group was planned to attend the event.
- Community members are encouraged to apply for Train the Trainer (TTT) 2024, which will be held in Odisha.
- Community members User:Gnoeee, User:Irshadpp, User:Manojk and User:Ranjithsiji shared their selection to participate in the Wiki Technology Summit taking place on 4th and 5th Oct at Hyderabad. (Read more...)
Events & activities
- On-going events & activities supported by User Group
- Astrophotography Campaign 2024
- Book Digitization
- Wiki Loves Onam 2024 - the photography campaign at Wikimedia Commons
- Wiki Loves Onam 2024 - Edit-a-thon at Malayalam Wikipedia
Upcoming meeting: 21st September 2024 - Register for the event
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Wikimedians of Kerala - September 2024 Newsletter
editThis is Wikimedians of Kerala UG's eighth newsletter.
- User group news
- On 21st Sept 2024, we had our user group monthly meeting held online at Jitsi platform.
- User:Gnoeee started the meetup welcoming everyone and shared the agenta for this months meetup as listed in the event page.
- User:Ranjithsiji shared the UG's grant proposal details and the plans for upcoming months.
- User:Ranjithsiji shared his experience in attending IndiaFOSS along with Naveen Francis. Both of them represented the reperentative of Wikimedians of Kerala UG at IndiaFOSS. User:Gnooee's workshop on OpenRefine has been accepted for IndiaFOSS, but due to his absence for personal reasons the workshop was taken by User:Ranjithsiji and Ayushi, an Outreachy intern who has worked with the OpenRefine team.
- User:Gnoeee has been reminded about the last date to submit the Technical Consultations form that was shared in the Village pump, mailing list and other social media platforms.
- User:Gnoeee shared updates about the Wiki Loves Onam 2024 campaign.
- Discussed about organising Wikidata Birthday celebration and Wikimedians of Kerala Annual Meetup this year.
- User:Ranjithsiji shared an update about the online workshop 'Introduction to Wikipedia' he did for SFLC Delhi.
- The Sacharam project idea was discussed. Participants mentioned it would good to discuss with the person who proposed it in the next meeting.
- User:Tonynirappathu shared update about his Book Digitization work.
- Shared the discussion that is going on about the planned WCI 2025
Events & activities
- On-going events & activities supported by User Group
Upcoming meeting: 12th October 2024 - Register for the event
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Wikimedians of Kerala - October 2024 Newsletter
editThis is Wikimedians of Kerala UG's nineth newsletter.
- User group news
- On 12th Oct 2024, we had our user group monthly meeting held online at Google meet. 17 members attended the meeting.
- User:Gnoeee started the meeting welcoming everyone and shared the agenda for this months meetup as listed in the event page.
- User:Gnoeee shared the updates about Wiki Loves Onam campaign, highlighting that over 4,000 files were uploaded by more than 100 participants between September 1st and 30th.
- User:VSj (WMF) shared the updates about Sancharam project. During the discussion, participants actively contributed by sharing valuable feedback and raising questions to clarify specific aspects of the initiative. Challenges were noted, including technical support for uploading, handling licenses, and managing the content.
- User:Ranjithsiji shared an update on organizing Wikidata birthday with a community gathering and workshop in Kerala, with the potential to collaborate with the OpenStreetMap (OSM) community for greater engagement and shared learning opportunities.
- User:Gnoeee shared an update on Wikidata's 12th Birthday celebrations led by the Wikimedians of Kerala UG on Wikidata Oct 13th-19th. One week focusing on improving hospital and health center data.
- User:Manojk shared an update on the WikiConference Kerala that is planned to be hosted at Thrissur during the month of December. More details will be shared soon. Also shared update on up-coming Malayalam Wikisource activities.
- During the discussion, participants explored the idea to submit a bid for hosting the WCI 2025 in Kerala. The participants expressed their support for the idea, and decided to form a dedicated group was to work on the bid proposal and submit the bid for Kochi location.
- Other news
- User:Athulvis and User:Jameela P. got selection to attend Train-the-Trainer (TTT) program that is being hosted at Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
- User:Gnoeee has received an invitation from the WikiArabia Conference team to attend the conference and to organize an OpenRefine workshop during the conference in Oman.
Events & activities
- On-going events & activities supported by User Group
Upcoming meeting: 9th November 2024 - Register for the event
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Wikimedians of Kerala User group Annual General Meetup 2024: You are invited 🙏
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Hope this message finds you well. Wikimedians of Kerala User Group Annual General Meetup 2021 will take place on 29 December 2024 (Sunday) at Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur. Here is some quick important information:
- A tentative schedule of the program is published and you may see it here. There will be discussions about bylaw, future projects etc. And also there will be reports about past major events conducted by Wikimedians of Kerala User Group.
Thanks
On behalf of Wikimedians of Kerala User Group
--Ranjithsiji (talk) 17:39, 9 December 2024 (UTC)
Wikimedians of Kerala - November 2024 Newsletter
editThis is Wikimedians of Kerala UG's tenth newsletter.
- User group news
- On 9th Nov 2024, we had our user group monthly meeting held online at Google meet. 15 members attended the meeting.
- User:Gnoeee started the meeting welcoming everyone to the meeting and shared the agenda for this months meetup.
- User:Gnoeee shared the updates about Wiki Loves Onam Video documentation, that features a collection of 10 videos documented in Commons that capture key events and customs associated with the festival.
- User Gnoeee shared the update about the selection of the Kochi venue for the WikiConference India 2025 bid proposal submitted by the User Group.
- User:Irvin calicut shared an update of Wiki Loves Birds in India photography campaign dedicated to celebrating and documenting the remarkable avian biodiversity across India.
- User:Gnoeee shared his experience participating in WikiArabia 2024 and providing training on OpenRefine to the participants. He also shared an update on his discussion with User:VSj (WMF) during the event about the Sancharam project.
- User:Akhilan shared the update on പള്ളിക്കൂടത്തിലേക്ക് വീണ്ടും (Back to School) campaign which focus to digitize old Malayalam textbooks in Malayalam Wikisource. Members User:Tonynirappathu and User:Manoj also part of the discussion of the project.
- User:Ranjithsiji and User:Gnoeee shared the update on celebrating Wikidata's 12th Birthday in collabration with OSM community during SoTM Kerala 2024 event.
- User:Athulvis shared his experience in attending TTT 2024 at Bhubaneswar.
- User:Ranjithsiji and User:Gnoeee shared the update on submitting Grant proposal for organsing User group events and collabrating with other communities.
- User:Ranjithsiji shared the update on starting a workspace page at Phabricator for UG.
- User:Ranjithsiji shared the update on bringing Wikivoyage Malayalam out of the Incubator. User:Gnoeee also invloved in the discussion about the futhur plans that needs to be carried out. (Read more at)
- Other news
- User:Athulvis, User:Gnoeee and User:Ranjithsiji got selected to attend Indic Wikimedia Hackathon organized by Indic MediaWiki Developers User Group in collaboration with the Odia Wikimedians User Group that is being hosted at Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
Events & activities
- On-going events & activities supported by User Group
- Astrophotography Campaign 2024
- എന്റെ ഗ്രാമം 2024 (My Village 2024) - Edit-a-thon in Malayalam Wikipedia.
Upcoming meeting: Annual General Body Meetup 2024 - 29th December 2024 - Register for the event
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