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Short news from WMF and Wikimania 2024
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Here are the short news from the recent activities of the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) with the series of conversations Talking 2024 and publishing of the independent assessment to understand the impacts, risks, and opportunities posed to children who access and participate in Wikimedia projects
Additionally, you can find the data for the received scholarships applications for the Wikimania 2024 and you can admire the logotypes for Wikimania, already published on Wikimedia Commons.
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- The groups and individuals from the CEE region can take part in Talking 2024 - a series of conversations in which the Foundation’s Community Affairs Committee, senior leaders, and the Foundation’s CEO Maryana Iskander are available for groups and individuals to discuss different Wikimedia-related matters. Already many wikimedians and organizations from the region (including of course the CEE Hub) participated in those conversations. If you would like to join them you can sign up on wiki (make sure to check your talk page or have the “email this user” feature activated) so someone from the Movement Communications team can get in touch with you. You can participate in the conversation individually or as a group. And don’t worry if you don’t feel comfortable talking in English - there can be a translator assigned!
- The Wikimedia Foundation has published an independent assessment to understand the impacts, risks, and opportunities posed to children who access and participate in Wikimedia projects. The report also contains recommendations to the Wikimedia Foundation as to how that the Foundation and Wikimedia communities can implement to mitigate those risks, so that children can fully benefit from participating in our projects. You can give your feedback about the report on the Talk page.
- Some news on the topic in which so many people are interested in: Wikimania 2024 scholarships! The application phase has ended, resulting in an impressive number of 1400 applications, 12,6% of which came from the CEE and CA region. The Scholarship Reviewer Group formed by Wikimedians from different parts of the globe is now working on those applications, aiming to announce their decisions in late February.
- Last year Wikimania brought beautiful designs and illustrations created by Wasi'ah Naila Rahmah and Adien Gunarta. This year a designer from Poland, Katarzyna Ostrowska is working on creating designs representing the spirit of Wikimania and the CEE region. You can already admire the logotypes. If you would like to learn (and see!) more, look out for the next CEE Catch up!