User talk:KCVelaga/Archive 1

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Survey on Inspire Campaign for addressing harassment

Thanks for your participation during the Inspire Campaign focused on addressing harassment from June 2016. I'm interested in hearing your experience during the campaign, so if you're able, I invite you to complete this brief survey to describe how you contributed to the campaign and how you felt about participating.

Please feel free to let me know on my talk page if you have any questions about the campaign or the survey. Thanks! I JethroBT (WMF) (talk) 03:24, 10 September 2016 (UTC)

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Wiki Loves Uniformed Services

Hi, It is good to see that you along with your team have organised this photography competition. I wish to volunteer for this event as well, I previously have organised WLE 2016, WLM 2016. Second, did the team convey about this decision on the mailing list.Also, have you applied for rapid grant. Best wishes. Abhinav619 (talk) 00:55, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

@Abhinav619: Thanks for the interest. Yes, the contest has forwarded to the India mailing list. We have applied for the grant, it has been approved and we have already received the grant amount. --Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk — mail) 01:10, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

@Krishna Chaitanya Velaga: That's great. I will write a mail to you with some of my suggestions. Do let me know if I could volunteer. Meanwhile, Congratulations on becoming WMIN EC.

@Krishna Chaitanya Velaga: I have created a maintenance tag for the project. I find several pictures that do not hold any relevance are being uploaded. Check Category:Maintenance for Wiki Loves Uniformed services (India)

@Abhinav619: I too have observed that. They will eliminated once the contest concludes. Anyways thanks for the help and interest, but as of I would formally decline your request. Perhaps, we'll need you after the conclusion, for different tasks such as categorization, elimination, nominating for deletion. --Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk — mail) 16:47, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

@Krishna Chaitanya Velaga: No problem ! I am there anytime. A suggestion, shouldn't National Disaster Response Force be also incorporated in the list. At last, it is India's pride, being the first country to incorporate such service secondly some pics from the Chennai Floods 2015 could be uploaded.

@Abhinav619: Sure, please include them. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk — mail) 15:15, 23 May 2017 (UTC)

@Krishna Chaitanya Velaga: Done. Also I would suggest to use a hashtag on social media to endorse about the competition. Wikimedia India twitter could also lead results. Abhinav619 (talk) 02:51, 24 May 2017 (UTC)

@Abhinav619: Sure, you're most welcome. --Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk — mail) 04:37, 24 May 2017 (UTC)

Invitation to Met Open Access Artworks Challenge (15 May - 30 June)

Met Open Access Artworks Challenge!

We'd like to invite UNESCO participants to join a new challenge on the same model, the Met Open Access Artworks Challenge. You can contribute by illustrating with images using some of the 375k photos now under CC0, starting or improving articles (try our new Mbabel tool!), or creating translations (if your language isn't listed, please ask!). You can sign up here: Met Open Access Artworks Challenge/Participants. --Pharos (talk) 18:00, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

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Message for you from Urdu Wikipedia

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Proposals for closing projects/Closure of Nahuatl Wikipedia 2

Hello; In this page, is over second closure for Nahuatl Wikipedia. Regards.--Marrovi (talk) 06:39, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

Wikimedia and Libraries User Group Steering Committee Election

Hi KCVelaga/Archive 1! As promised by the Wikipedia Library team at the inception of the Wikimedia and Libraries User Group, we are conducting an open-election for the steering committee with 5 to 8 positions. Nominations will be accepted from 3 January 2018 to 9 January 2018. If you are interested in being a part of this committee, you can nominate yourself starting January 2nd next year. This position should attract Wikipedians and librarians with dedication and time to lead the user group in its first year. The elections will happen following the nominations phase starting from 10 January 2018 to 23 January 2018. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact WikiLibraryUG [at] googlegroups [dot] com. A message will be sent shortly before the dates linking to the venue for nominations and election. Thank you! On behalf of the user group founding members--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:40, 13 December 2017 (UTC)

Mail

Dear Krishna Chaitanya Velaga, I have replied by email. Sincerely, Taketa (talk) 07:59, 25 December 2017 (UTC)

Wikimedia and Libraries User Group Steering Committee Election Nomination Phase

Hello again KCVelaga/Archive 1! As stated in our previous message, nominations for the Wikimedia and Libraries User Group steering committee elections are now open and will remain open until the 9th. If you are interested and have read the instructions, please nominate yourself on the election page. Please forward your queries to librarieslists.wikimedia.org, and for private correspondence, please get in touch with one of the founding members. And finally, wishing you a prosperous and happy new year on behalf of the user group founding members! On behalf of the user group founding members --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:00, 3 January 2018 (UTC)

Updates on the user group election and #1Lib1Ref

Hi everyone, two quick but important updates:

Timeline for nominations and voting

• Nominations are extended until 12 January 2018.
• Candidates will be lightly vetted by the Founding Members (excluding those who are candidates) to help form a well-functioning committee.
• Vetting will happen from the 13th up to 21 January 2018.
• Voting will begin on the 22nd of January and end on the 4th of February.
• To be able to vote, editors must have joined the usergroup before the 21st of January.
• Results will be announced on or before the 10th of February.

How you can support #1lib1ref

• Participate! Get started at m:1Lib1Ref and add a citation with CitationHunt.org
• Share the campaign on social media using the #1lib1ref hashtag
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• Watch and share this fun explainer video
• Join the Facebook event page for updates
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• Watch and share the OCLC #1lib1ref webinar
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Wikimedia and Libraries User Group Steering Committee Election Voting Phase

Hello once again! We are happy to announce that the steering committee election 2018 is now open for voting. Because you have joined the user group by 21 January 2018, you are eligible to vote. As mentioned under the instructions for voters, you can vote support for multiple candidates, at most one support for each candidate. Also, oppose votes are not allowed, but discussions are welcome on the talk page.

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Email

Dear Krishna Chaitanya Velaga, I have send you an email. All the best, Taketa (talk) 08:12, 8 February 2018 (UTC)

@Taketa: Thanks for email. I'll reply to it shortly. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk — mail) 08:13, 8 February 2018 (UTC)

Community engagement survey for the Iceland Conference 2018

Hello KCVelaga, As your username is indicated in the list of the members of the Commons Photographers User Group, you are kindely invited to answer this survey in the order to shape the upcoming Iceland Conference 2018 and help the organizing team. Thanks! --Dyolf77 User Group page | Leave a message to the user group

Wikimedia and Libraries User Group Steering Committee Election Results

Hello everyone! The steering committee election for the Wikimedia and Libraries User Group is finally over and the results you were patiently awaiting for is here! We had many great candidates with awesome skillsets and experience, unfortunately not everyone could make it to the final eight. We are grateful to all the candidates for stepping up and boldly throwing their hat in the ring. It was a difficult choice and they made it. Now, the results. The candidates who made it to the final eight are,

• Gamaliel
• Merrilee
• Bachounda
• RachelWex
• African Hope
• Kerry Raymond
• Sodapopinski7
• Aliaretiree

On behalf of the founding members, the TWL team and the user group members, we congratulate the candidates on their successful run and welcome them to the committee. The steering committee and the founding members will soon meet to discuss the handover and next steps of the user group. Thank you--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:56, 16 February 2018 (UTC)

Incorrect Odia translations in site notice

Hi, just curious if you are a native speaker of Odia or got these two translations (1 and 2) from someone else. I found the aforementioned translations incorrect. Please note that they are going across all the Odia-language Wikimedia projects that are viewed by hundreds and thousands of readers, and other Wikimedia projects where users have set their interface language as Odia. You can always request the community for translation on the Village Pump when you are not a native speaker. On the other hand, if you have got the translation from someone else, it is important to attribute them -- either they themselves can submit the translation or you can mention their username in the summary field so one of the experienced Odia Wikimedians can review the translations before they go live. Hope this can be improved in the future. --Subhashish Panigrahi (talk) 04:46, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

@Psubhashish: Thanks for pointing out & correcting. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk — mail) 07:08, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

Requests are piling up

Hi Krishna Chaitanya Velaga, please address all of the requests on: Talk:IMLD-ODD 2018 Wikidata India Edit-a-thon/Participants. Using edit requests is a bad way to handle this, please adjust the directions as well if these are not all invalid. — xaosflux ^Talk 15:30, 25 February 2018 (UTC)

@Xaosflux: OK. Unprotect the page. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk — mail) 15:35, 25 February 2018 (UTC)

Done, you can close out those requests by moving the content to the main page and then marking them with |answered=yes in their templates. — xaosflux ^Talk 15:58, 25 February 2018 (UTC)

@Xaosflux: OK Thank You. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk — mail) 16:02, 25 February 2018 (UTC)

The Wikipedia Library Global Coordinators Meeting

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March 7th at 4:00 PM (UTC) (9:00 AM (PST)) – You’re invited!

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Template Wizard script available for testing

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The Infobox Wizard has gotten an upgrade - it's now a Template Wizard which works for infoboxes and all other templates. The feature is being developed as an extension (which will allow for localization) but there is a prototype user script which works well.

The Wishlist Team would love it if you could take a few minutes to try the Template Wizard prototype script out and give us feedback on whether it lives up to your expectations. This feedback will help build the script into an extension. To get started, add the following to your Special:MyPage/common.js -

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Commond deletion bot requirements

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#1Lib1Ref from The Wikipedia Library

The Wikipedia Library – #1Lib1Ref

#1Lib1Ref is happening again in May!

#1Lib1Ref, the annual campaign where librarians add references to improve Wikipedia, is coming back again this year, running from May 15th to June 5th, 2018.

• Why twice? We heard from you a desire to run it again out of excitement, because May is not summer vacation for the southern hemisphere, and because Spanish Wikipedia's birthday also falls in May. This is a great expansion of the event and it means that there is another opportunity to make Wikipedia more factual and verifiable by leveraging the expertise of librarians around the world.
• How does this relate to the main campaign in January? We encourage librarians, community members, and affiliates to make 1Lib1Ref their own. So whether we call this 1Lib1Ref May, 1Lib1Ref for the Southern Hemisphere, or 1Lib1Ref Strikes Back, the point is the excitement is building again, and we'd like you to be a part of it.
• If I participated in January, do I have to do it again in May? It's entirely up to you, this is just another chance if you want to do more, or if you couldn't get around to January activities. This is a pilot for us, too, so we'll see how it goes and discuss what we learned after the May campaign.
• How can you get involved?
  • See updated dates and details at the meta 1Lib1Ref page
  • See the Spanish Wikipedia campaign page for 1bib1ref
  • Helpful multimedia (logos, videos, flyers, stickers) at Category:1lib1ref (commons)

Sincerely,

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The Wikipedia Library Global Coordinators Meeting

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May 2nd at 4:00 PM (UTC) (9:00 AM (PST)) – You’re invited!

To easily join, go to: https://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.freenode.net/wikipedia-library

• The Wikipedia Library Global Coordinators Meeting is a bi-monthly meeting held to improve communication and collaboration amongst all global coordinators and the TWL team.
• In this meeting it'd be great if you can present us with what happened in your branches in the past two to four months. That'll be our first agenda. And then we'll follow the set agenda like the previous meeting which will be shared with you during the session.
• As always members from the TWL team at WMF will be there to help facilitate and answer questions. We are interested in hearing from you about what you’re working on and what’s working!

PS: The publicly-logged meeting happens on IRC, in the channel #wikipedia-library on Freenode. KiwiIRC reveals your IP address. Please read this meta page and apply for a cloak in advance (preferably at least a week before) if this is an issue.

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Unfair deletion of ANUSHA GUNASEKERA

this politician meets the notability guideline of holding an office in the local government so why are you'll so interested in deleting a notable article which is 100% unfair. 2nd Innings (talk) 11:55, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

@2nd Innings: Thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. I think you misunderstood the whole issue. I don't want to comment on notability of the subject, and I am unsure about it. But I am just making sure that the deletion runs smoothly. The Afd template has to be there on the article, until the 7-day period is over. Other editors will check the sources, and decide whether to keep or delete the article. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk — mail) 13:21, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for the suggession

Thank you Krishna for suggesting about the grant application to CIS A2K --Sushant savla (talk) 08:59, 5 May 2018 (UTC)

@Sushant savla: Congratulations on getting the request approved. From next time, kindly make sure to get approval prior to the event, be it WMF or CIS-A2K. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk — mail) 10:52, 24 May 2018 (UTC)

What's new from the Wikimedia and Libraries User Group

Hi KCVelaga/Archive 1! Greetings from the Wikimedia and Libraries User Group. Yes, you heard that right! We are now officially known as the Wikimedia and Libraries User Group (previously, Wikipedia Library User Group). New group contacts are User:Merrilee and User:Sodapopinski7. The elected steering committee has been meeting twice a month ever since their election, working on the organisation and details of user group functioning. Progress is being made and we'd like to keep the members updated.

• The steering committee invites you to participate in this poll to help the committee plan activities this year.

• The committee decided to use the librarieslists.wikimedia.org and has started making announcements on the list. Please join the list for future announcements and for internal discussions and communications.

• The latest meeting minutes of the steering committee meeting (May 14-15, 2018) is now available on Meta.

On behalf of the steering committee,

Aaron,

via--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:47, 27 May 2018 (UTC)

May 2018

-WIth Metta, Mallikarjuna. 03:44, 28 May 2018 (UTC) Hi Krishna, I got your contact from yesterady's Project Tiger Wiki ediathton at CIS Bangalore. It was nice meeting you Y'day. We've been trying to connect with all Wikipedians in Bangalore, across languages. A meetup like that will help to carry forward the momentum of Project Tiger.

You seem to be the contact from Telugu. I'll send out a formal request to you & Pavan Santosh. Either of you, Please put a notice on Telugu Village Pump & help me get connected to as many Bangalore based Telugu & English (your primary interest ain't it... !! ) Wikipedia Contributors. In June 2018, we wish to host a meeting of Bangalore based all language & all projects Wikipedians at CIS Office Bangalore.

Tito Dutta from CIS-A2K has been very much willing to support this effort. -WIth Metta, Mallikarjuna. 03:44, 28 May 2018 (UTC)

New community space for IdeaLab on Connect

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The Wikipedia Library Global Coordinators Meeting

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June 28th at 2:00 PM (UTC) (10:00 PM Beijing (CT), 7:30 PM (IST), 7:00 AM (PDT), more time zones) – You’re invited!

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Inspire Campaign on Measuring Community Health

Do you have an idea about how to measure the health of your community? Do you want to review ideas that others have submitted? Through August 10th, we are inviting ideas on how to capture the well-being of Wikimedia communities, in terms of matters like conflict resolution, effective content creation, and being able to contribute in a collaborative environment. Ideas can be focused on either quantitative techniques, such as gathering raw data, or qualitative techniques, like surveying contributors. If you are submitting an idea, guidance is available for how to move your idea into implementation, such as through a grant or starting a Phabricator task to engage with developers.

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Wikimedia and Libraries User Group updates and Wikimania

Hi KCVelaga/Archive 1! Greetings from the Wikimedia and Libraries User Group. Thank you for participating in the poll to help the steering committee plan activities for the year 2018. We received 84 responses, and the results can be found on the resources page. In addition to that, there are a few more things we'd like to share with you.

If you are attending Wikimania,

• Bring your books! You can participate in the book swapping we have planned, and swap/leave your books on the table. More details here
• WLUG meetup. We'll be mingling with other librarians/Wikibrarians/activists at the Birds of a Feather Lunch: GLAM and Heritage Birds of a Feather Lunch on July 21st, 13:00 to 14:00 in the London room. Come, join us!
• For your convenience and scheduling purposes, we've put together a list of Wikimedia and library-related events in Wikimania that might be of interest to you, with time and venue.

Bon voyage and have a wonderful Wikimania!

If you are not attending Wikimania, we have you covered too!

• Please help us plan activities for this year by sharing your suggestions on how to implement the top two ideas from the poll results. The discussion is open on the user group talk page.
• The latest meeting minutes of the steering committee meeting (June 28-29, 2018) is now available on Meta.

On behalf of the steering committee,

Aaron,

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Writing contest WW2 resistance in the Netherlands

Hi KCVelaga,

A few months ago, you've been in contact with Taketa about a writing contest about WW2 resistance in the Netherlands that he was co-organising on behalf of Wikimedia Nederland. The Dutch version of that contest ran in May (contest page here), but the international version did not materialize. However, Wikimedia Nederland still intends to organise something, at least on ENWP, for example in November. Since Taketa mentioned that you were interested in the idea, I'm contacting you whether that's still the case. As for the set-up, I am currently thinking about using the contest toolkit on ENWP tot set things up. However, I also saw that WP:MILHIST runs a running contest; maybe it would also be possible to create some tie-in with that contest, for example for the month November? I would be interested to hear your thoughts on this! Best, --AWossink - WMNL (talk) 09:40, 25 July 2018 (UTC)

@AWossink: Hi Arne, I am really sorry that I missed this message. Yes, I'm very interested in this project, but I am engaged in several other projects until the end of October. So I might not able to help with this at this moment. However, I'll be happy to connect you with some other users who might be interested to help. Pinging the lead coordinator of MILHIS Project, @AustralianRupert:. I am sure that Rupert will suggest the best way to collaborate. Regards, KCVelaga (talk — mail) 15:22, 5 August 2018 (UTC)

G'day, Krishna and Arne. I am scaling back my involvement with co-ord duties and and am considering retiring from Wikipedia due to various reasons which aren't really appropriate to discuss here. (Sorry). As such, I won't be getting involved here. I will offer this, though: I think it would be best to keep this specific contest separate from the general running contest. To work out the details, it is probably best to start a discussion on the main co-ord talk page to see if other co-ords are interested in offering an opinion, or getting involved. Once the general details are discussed, a proposal should be added to main MILHIST talk page to allow the project's members to have a say. Anyway, all the best with your endeavour. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 02:16, 6 August 2018 (UTC)

Commons deletion notification bot

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The Wikipedia Library Global Coordinators Meeting

The Wikipedia Library – Global Coordinators Meeting

August 30th at 2:00 PM (UTC) (10:00 PM Beijing (CT), 7:30 PM (IST), 7:00 AM (PDT), more time zones) – You’re invited!

To easily join, go to: https://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.freenode.net/wikipedia-library

• The Wikipedia Library Global Coordinators Meeting is a bi-monthly meeting held to improve communication and collaboration amongst all global coordinators and the TWL team.
• In this meeting it'd be great if you can present us with what happened in your branches in the past two months. That'll be our first agenda. And then we'll follow the set agenda like the previous meeting which will be shared with you during the session.
• As always members from the TWL team at WMF will be there to help facilitate and answer questions. We are interested in hearing from you about what you’re working on and what’s working!

PS: The publicly-logged meeting happens on IRC, in the channel #wikipedia-library on Freenode. KiwiIRC reveals your IP address. Please read this meta page and apply for a cloak in advance (preferably at least a week before) if this is an issue.

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HomeWork

Thanks for being a good mentor Pavan31999 (talk) 13:11, 30 August 2018 (UTC)

@Pavan31999: Thanks Pavan! Hope it was a good learning experience for you. KCVelaga (talk) 13:19, 30 August 2018 (UTC)

The Community Wishlist Survey

Hi,

You get this message because you’ve previously participated in the Community Wishlist Survey. I just wanted to let you know that this year’s survey is now open for proposals. You can suggest technical changes until 11 November: Community Wishlist Survey 2019.

You can vote from November 16 to November 30. To keep the number of messages at a reasonable level, I won’t send out a separate reminder to you about that. /Johan (WMF) 11:24, 30 October 2018 (UTC)

The Wikipedia Library Global Coordinators Meeting

The Wikipedia Library – Global Coordinators Meeting

November 14th at 2:00 PM (UTC) (10:00 PM Beijing (CT), 7:30 PM (IST), 6:00 AM (PST), more time zones) – You’re invited!

To easily join, go to: https://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.freenode.net/wikipedia-library

• The Wikipedia Library Global Coordinators Meeting is a bi-monthly meeting held to improve communication and collaboration amongst all global coordinators and the TWL team.
• In this meeting it'd be great if you can present us with what happened in your branches in the past two months. That'll be our first agenda. And then we'll follow the set agenda like the previous meeting which will be shared with you during the session.
• As always members from the TWL team at WMF will be there to help facilitate and answer questions. We are interested in hearing from you about what you’re working on and what’s working!

PS: The publicly-logged meeting happens on IRC, in the channel #wikipedia-library on Freenode. KiwiIRC reveals your IP address. Please read this meta page and apply for a cloak in advance (preferably at least a week before) if this is an issue.

For any questions or suggestions, please contact avasanth [at] wikimedia [dot] org. Thank you, Aaron, via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:02, 8 November 2018 (UTC)

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[Wikipedia & Education User Group] Updates: November 2018

Greetings,

Integrating Wikimedia with education is a powerful strategy for the outreach of Wikimedia projects. Realising this concept, a group of leaders promoted this and formed the Wikipedia Education Collaborative. After some time, this evolved to become a user group, officially recognised by the Affiliations Committee in June 2018. The user group had its first board elections earlier in September. In the process to formalise activities and give a shape the user group for long-term sustainability, we are now revamping our processes. Thanks for supporting us during incubation stages, we are now inviting you to formally join the user group by following the instructions on the members' page. Being a member will allow you to be a part of this wonderful collaboration and also do interesting stuff.

Kind regards
On behalf of Wikipedia and Education UG, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:44, 10 November 2018 (UTC)

Project Grants Committee

Hi Krishna, this is Chris, and I'm acting as the program officer for Project Grants while Marti is engaged with movement strategy work during this round. Thanks for applying to become a member of the Project Grants Committee. We are reviewing each applicant and I will notify you about a decision by December 10th here on your talk page. Thanks, I JethroBT (WMF) (talk) 22:00, 20 November 2018 (UTC)

@I JethroBT (WMF): Hi Chris, thanks for the message. I'll be looking forward to hearing from you. KCVelaga (talk) 05:23, 21 November 2018 (UTC)

Hi again Krishna. I wanted to notify you that I will need to delay Project Grant Committee applicant decisions until December 11th due to some limitations in my schedule on the 10th. Thanks, I JethroBT (WMF) (talk) 19:48, 9 December 2018 (UTC)

Extended to Dec: Wikipedia Asian Art Month with Metropolitan Museum of Art

Suzuri-bako, now in 11 languages!

I'd like to invite you to join Wikipedia Asian Art Month in the December extension of the sub-contest; if you write or translate just one article and include one of our images, you'll get a special Metropolitan Museum of Art postcard. And if you're one of the grand prize winners, you'll get a Met guidebook or Asian art publication.--Pharos (talk) 21:32, 5 December 2018 (UTC)

Heritage GLAM

Thank You for joining. Eligibility confirmed for round 1. You can keep a watch on grant and the talk page. Wikilover90 (talk) 17:03, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

Invitation to join the Project Grants Committee

Dear Krishna,

Thank you for applying to be a candidate for the Project Grants Committee. I'd like to tentatively invite you to join the committee, pending an orientation call to describe the requirements and your confirmation that you'd like to participate.

If you are available to participate in an orientation call, please contact me with your earliest available times at cschillingwikimedia.org and we will confirm a time over email.

I look forward to working with you on the committee!

Take care, I JethroBT (WMF) (talk) 22:28, 11 December 2018 (UTC)

@I JethroBT (WMF): Thanks for the invitation. I'll email you with my availability times very soon. KCVelaga (talk) 00:46, 12 December 2018 (UTC)

Template:Sent‎‎ why?

This template is redundant with the updated echo system letting someone know that they have an email, and the appropriate notification message set. If they have turned off the notification, then you are subverting their request to not to know. Why do you think that we need it?  — billinghurst sDrewth 11:11, 16 February 2019 (UTC)

To also note that we should, by preference, be importing templates with their histories and their authorship, rather than copy and pasting templates, and their documentation, and losing that documentation and corresponding licensed aspect.  — billinghurst sDrewth 11:14, 16 February 2019 (UTC)

@Billinghurst: Thanks for the message. We recentely created a cross-community resource exchange for all Indian Wikipedias; Indic Wikimedia Portal/Resource Exchange. We need it there, for indication. The entire thing is still under construction though, we need it there to mark the status for a request. KCVelaga (talk) 11:15, 16 February 2019 (UTC)

Wikimedia and Libraries User Group Steering Committee Election Voting Phase

Hello KCVelaga/Archive 1! We are happy to announce that the steering committee election 2019 is now open for voting. Because you have joined the user group before 28 February 2019, you are eligible to vote. Not unlike last year, you can vote support for multiple candidates, at most one support for each candidate. Also, oppose votes are not allowed, but discussions are welcome on the talk page.

On behalf of the steering committee,

Aaron,

via--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:43, 20 February 2019 (UTC)

Gratitude

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		For helping fellow wikimedians Manavpreet Kaur (talk) 19:30, 22 March 2019 (UTC)

@Manavpreet Kaur: You bet! Anyways, thank you so much :) KCVelaga (talk) 19:55, 22 March 2019 (UTC)

#1Lib1Ref May 2019

The Wikipedia Library – #1Lib1Ref

As you might've already known, #1Lib1Ref is happening again in May!

#1Lib1Ref, the annual campaign where librarians add references to improve Wikipedia, is back for another round, running from May 15th to June 5th, 2019.

• Not every part of the world is in sync, more particularly the southern and northern hemispheres. While the January version of the #1lib1ref campaign works well mostly for the northern hemisphere, it doesn't for the countries below the equator. Hence #1lib1ref May! This is a great expansion of the event and it means that there is another opportunity to make Wikipedia more factual and verifiable by leveraging the expertise of librarians around the world.
• While this campaign encourages participation from the southern hemisphere, we would love for you to join us even if you participated in the January campaign – after all, Wikipedia is only as strong as its references! So whether we call this 1Lib1Ref May, 1Lib1Ref for the Southern Hemisphere, or 1Lib1Ref Strikes Back, the point is the excitement is building again, and we'd like you to be a part of it.

On behalf of The Wikipedia Library Team --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:53, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

For any queries/clarifications and help with organising, contact fnarteywikimedia[dot]org (Felix Nartey).

Thanks for your help!

Many thanks for your speedy assistance in setting up our #1lib1ref project! We're excited to contribute. Charm City Archivist (talk) 13:03, 17 May 2019 (UTC)

@Charm City Archivist: Thanks for the message. Please confirm the same on the tool's talk page where you have posted the original message. That will help us make sure that the section was resolved. KCVelaga (talk) 03:54, 18 May 2019 (UTC)

WikiConference India 2020: IRC today

Greetings, thanks for taking part in the initial conversation around the proposal for WikiConference India 2020 in Hyderabad. Firstly, we are happy to share the news that there has been a very good positive response from individual Wikimedians. Also there have been community-wide discussions on local Village Pumps on various languages. Several of these discussions have reached consensus, and supported the initiative. To conclude this initial conversation and formalise the consensus, an IRC is being hosted today evening. We can clear any concerns/doubts that we have during the IRC. Looking forward to your participation.

The details of the IRC are

• Timings and Date: 6:00 pm IST (12:30 pm UTC) on 20 August 2019
• Website: https://webchat.freenode.net/
• Channel: #wci

Note: Initially, all the users who have engaged on WikiConference India 2020: Initial conversations page or its talk page were added to the WCI2020 notification list. Members of this list will receive regular updates regarding WCI2020. If you would like to opt-out or change the target page, please do so on this page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 05:27, 20 October 2019 (UTC)

WikiConference India 2020: IRC today

Greetings, thanks for taking part in the initial conversation around the proposal for WikiConference India 2020 in Hyderabad. Firstly, we are happy to share the news that there has been a very good positive response from individual Wikimedians. Also there have been community-wide discussions on local Village Pumps on various languages. Several of these discussions have reached consensus, and supported the initiative. To conclude this initial conversation and formalise the consensus, an IRC is being hosted today evening. We can clear any concerns/doubts that we have during the IRC. Looking forward to your participation.

The details of the IRC are

• Timings and Date: 6:00 pm IST (12:30 pm UTC) on 20 August 2019
• Website: https://webchat.freenode.net/
• Channel: #wci

Note: Initially, all the users who have engaged on WikiConference India 2020: Initial conversations page or its talk page were added to the WCI2020 notification list. Members of this list will receive regular updates regarding WCI2020. If you would like to opt-out or change the target page, please do so on this page.

This message is being sent again because template substitution failed on non-Meta-Wiki Wikis. Sorry for the inconvenience. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 05:58, 20 October 2019 (UTC)

Why the date is 20 August? it's October.. ‐‐1997kB (talk) 06:18, 20 October 2019 (UTC)

@1997kB: Hi, thanks for pointing out. I am sorry for that. Yes it is October. KCVelaga (talk) 11:16, 20 October 2019 (UTC)

#1Lib1Ref January 2020

The Wikipedia Library – #1Lib1Ref
#1Lib1Ref is happening again from January 15th through February 5th!

From January 15th to February 5th we will be joining together around the world to make Wikipedia more reliable. You can participate in #1Lib1Ref by simply adding a citation to Wikipedia's content!

That's all we ask and imagine: a world in which every librarian (or archivist, reference professional, and scholar) adds 1 more reference to Wikipedia. This is the fifth year of the #1Lib1Ref campaign and we couldn’t be more excited to support another year of activities.

• If you are planning to host a coffee hour or a edit-a-thon focused on #1Lib1Ref, and you need funding for the event, you will be able to apply for a Rapid Grant. For the best chance of approval, requests should be made in the month of November, since requests related to #1Lib1Ref will be given priority by the Grants team during November.
• You can make sure your contribution is counted by using the Program and Events Dashboard for your event, institution, or region, and using the #1Lib1Ref hashtag in your edit summary. Login to start a new event or join an existing one for the January campaign.
• You can join the 1Lib1Ref community via the Wikimedia & Libraries, and 1Lib1Ref mailing lists, or by joining the Wikimedia and Libraries User Group.

Full resources and guides for participating are available on the campaign page.

On behalf of The Wikipedia Library Team --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:43, 14 November 2019 (UTC)

For any queries/clarifications and help with organising, contact fnarteywikimedia[dot]org (Felix Nartey).

[WikiConference India 2020] Invitation to participate in the Community Engagement Survey

This is an invitation to participate in the Community Engagement Survey, which is one of the key requirements for drafting the Conference & Event Grant application for WikiConference India 2020 to the Wikimedia Foundation. The survey will have questions regarding a few demographic details, your experience with Wikimedia, challenges and needs, and your expectations for WCI 2020. The responses will help us to form an initial idea of what is expected out of WCI 2020, and draft the grant application accordingly. Please note that this will not directly influence the specificities of the program, there will be a detailed survey to assess the program needs post-funding decision.

• Please fill the survey at; https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd7_hpoIKHxGW31RepX_y4QxVqoodsCFOKatMTzxsJ2Vbkd-Q/viewform
• The survey will be open until 23:59 hrs of 22 December 2019.

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 05:10, 12 December 2019 (UTC)