പ്രിയ സുഹൃത്തേ,
അന്താരാഷ്ട്ര വനിതാദിനം, വിക്കിലൗസ് ലൗ പദ്ധതി എന്നിവയോട് അനുബന്ധിച്ച് 10 ഫെബ്രുവരി 2019 - 31 മാർച്ച് 2019 വരെ സംഘടിപ്പിക്കുന്ന വിക്കി ലൗസ് വിമെൻ 2019 തിരുത്തൽ യജ്ഞത്തിൽ പങ്കെടുക്കാനായി താങ്കളെ ക്ഷണിക്കുന്നു.
വിക്കിമീഡിയ പദ്ധതികളിലെ ലിംഗഅസമത്വം കുറയ്ക്കാനും സ്ത്രീകളെ സംബന്ധിക്കുന്ന ലേഖനങ്ങൾ എഴുതുവാനും ഉദ്ദേശിച്ചുള്ള പദ്ധതിയാണിത്. സ്ത്രീകളുടെ ജീവചരിത്രത്തെക്കുറിച്ചും ലിംഗസമത്വത്തെക്കുറിച്ചും തുല്യതയ്ക്കായുള്ള പോരാട്ടങ്ങളെപ്പറ്റിയും ഒക്കെ പുതിയ ലേഖനങ്ങൾ ആരംഭിക്കാം. കുറഞ്ഞത് 5 ലേഖനങ്ങളെങ്കിലും എഴുതുന്ന ലേഖകർക്ക് സമ്മാനമായി പോസ്റ്റ്കാർഡുകൾ ലഭിക്കുന്നതാണ്.
പ്രിയ സുഹൃത്തേ,
വിക്കിമീഡിയ പദ്ധതികളിലെ ലിംഗഅസമത്വം കുറയ്ക്കുന്നതിനും ദക്ഷിണേഷ്യൻ സ്ത്രീകളെക്കുറിച്ചുള്ള ജീവചരിത്രങ്ങൾ സൃഷ്ടിക്കുന്നതിനുമായി 1 ഫെബ്രുവരി 2020 - 31 മാർച്ച് 2020 വരെ സംഘടിപ്പിക്കുന്ന വിക്കി ലൗസ് വിമെൻ 2020 തിരുത്തൽ യജ്ഞത്തിൽ പങ്കെടുക്കാനായി താങ്കളെ ക്ഷണിക്കുന്നു.
This 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.
This 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.
This 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.
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...)
This 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
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.
This 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
This 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.
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
This 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: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
