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Thanks meatsgains! It will interest that I'm still working on the biography which includes adding references. So I'm aware of that and will act accordingly. Thanks Ptinphusmia (talk) 16:03, 10 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Wikimedians for Sustainable Development - April Newsletter[edit]
This is our fifth newsletter, covering April 2020. This issue has news related to SDGs 3, 6, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14 and 15..
News
GLAM Newsletter Special report on COVID-19 (SDG 3) [1]
Wikidata and the bibliography of life in the time of coronavirus (SDG 3) [7]
An article you recently created, Nicole Asinugo, does not have enough sources and citations as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. Lapablo (talk) 20:17, 3 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. This is just a note to let you know that I've moved the draft that you were working on to Draft:Cornelia O 'Dwyer, from its old location at User:Ptinphusmia/sandbox/Cornelia O 'Dwyer. This has been done because the Draft namespace is the preferred location for Articles for Creation submissions. Please feel free to continue to work on it there. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to ask me on my talk page. Thank you. KylieTastic (talk) 13:22, 8 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the article about Cornelia O'Dwyer - great addition (I was about to do it!). I have moved it to main space as AFC can be a slow process. I have boldly edited the result to remove Linkedin and her website as these are not reliable sources. Hope that feels OK. You will find that Women in Red can support you with new article creation at www.womeninred.org. Well done!! Victuallers (talk) 18:00, 8 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Another for Women in Red! Thank you from WiR and WikiMedia Nigeria for Nicole Asinugo. Someone at NdaniTV made sure that all their work was published without a restrictive copyright. If it was Nicole then we need to give her an award. Thanks for your help. Do say hello at www.womeninred.org. Victuallers (talk) 20:02, 8 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
This is for your fine contributions and creation of Nicole Asinugo; this is a great article. Kudos and proud of you even more. Kaizenify (talk) 17:20, 11 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Wikimedians for Sustainable Development - May Newsletter[edit]
This is our sixth newsletter, covering May 2020. This issue has news related to SDGs 3, 4, 5, 15 and 16.
Meetings
Next meeting for Wikimedians for Sustainable Development is Sunday, 7 June 18.00-19.00 UTC (SDG-all) [17]
News
Wikimedia and COVID-19: April overview (SDG 3) [1]
Extract Knowledge from Wikidata to Wikipedia articles related to Coronavirus (SDG 3) [8]
How Wikipedia became a trusted source for COVID-19 information (SDG 3) [15]
Future Historians Will Rely on Wikipedia’s COVID-19 Coverage (SDG 3) [16]
Students document workplace health risks on Wikipedia amidst global pandemic (SDG 3) [18]
New Wikidata properties
COVIDWHO ID (SDG 3) [2]
DGHS facility code (SDG 3) [3]
DPVweb ID (SDG 15) [4]
RPPS ID (SDG 3) [5]
hardiness of plant (SDG 15) [9]
hardiness zone (SDG 15) [10]
voting system (SDG 16) [11]
DPE school code (SDG 4) [12]
New Wikidata query examples
Map of countries receiving the Nobel peace prize (SDG 16) [6]
Map of geolocated Argentine libraries (SDG 4) [7]
Map of hospitals (blue) and health centers (green) of Argentina (SDG 3) [13]
Map of National parks in Sweden (SDG 15) [14]
Universities ranked by PageRank on English Wikipedia (SDG 4) [19]
Invitation to participate in the upcoming WPWP Campaign[edit]
Hello Wikipedians,
This is to invite you to join the WPWP Campaign to help improve Wikipedia articles with photos and win prizes. The campaign will run from 1st July 2020 to 31st August 2020.
The campaign primarily aims at using images from Wikimedia Commons on Wikipedia articles that are lacking images. Participants will choose among Wikipedia pages without photo images, then add a suitable file from among the many thousands of photos in the Wikimedia Commons, especially those uploaded from thematic contests (Wiki Loves Africa, Wiki Loves Earth, Wiki Loves Folklore, etc.) over the years.
Please visit the campaign page to learn more about the WPWP Campaign.
With kind regards,
Thank you,
Deborah Schwartz Jacobs, Communities Liaison, On behalf of the Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos Organizing Team - 21:32, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
Wikimedians for Sustainable Development - June Newsletter[edit]
This is our seventh newsletter, covering June 2020. This issue has news related to SDGs 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16 and 17.
Meetings
Upcoming: 5 July, Wikimedians for Sustainable Development online meeting (SDG 17) [12]
Upcoming: 18 July, Wikimedians for Sustainable Development online meeting (SDG 17) [12]
Past: 7 June, Wikimedians for Sustainable Development online meeting (SDG 17) [13]
News
Webinar: COVID-19 and human rights: How to share the facts on Wikipedia (SDG 3) [1]
Vad menas egentligen med öppenhet? (Swedish) (SDG 4) [2]
How Wikipedia Has Responded to the George Floyd Protests (SDG 10) [3]
50 000 kvinnor på svenskspråkiga Wikipedia! (Swedish) (SDG 5) [4]
Videos
COVID & health topics on Wikidata (SDG 3) [9]
New Wikidata properties
curriculum topics (SDG 4) [5]
ISCO-08 occupation code (SDG 8) [6]
FEMA number (SDG 2) [7]
Democracy Index (SDG 16) [10]
New Wikidata query examples
Species of birds (SDG 15) [8]
Wikidata Queries around the SARS-CoV-2 virus and pandemic (SDG 3) [11]
Ongoing: The 'Climate Translation Project' celebrated its first published translation: 'Réchauffement climatique en Afrique', a French translation of the English Wikipedia article 'Climate change in Africa' by User:J. N. Squire in French (SDGs 4, 13) [20]
Past: World Water Week ISA campaign (SDG 6) [21]
Past: Editathon about Covid-19 in Swedish (SDG 3) [22]
Past: Editathon about water in Swedish (SDG 6) [23]
News
Covid-19 is one of Wikipedia’s biggest challenges ever. Here’s how the site is handling it. (SDG 3) [12]
Adding biographies of female oceanographers (SDG 14) [13]
Wiki Education participants improve COVID-19 local response articles (SDG 3) [14]
Wikimedia Policy Brief - COVID-19 - How Wikipedia helps us through uncertain times (SDG 3) [15]
Personal perspective on the forming of the user group (SDG all) [19]
Research
Wikipedia, The Free Online Medical Encyclopedia Anyone Can Plagiarize: Time to Address Wiki-Plagiarism (SDG 3) [3]
[16] Sarasua, Cristina, & Mietchen, Daniel. (2020, August). Multilingual Structured Climate Research Data in Wikidata - The Community Perspective. Zenodo. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3994272
[17] Mietchen, Daniel, & Sarasua, Cristina. (2020, August). Multilingual Structured Climate Research Data in Wikidata - The Data Perspective. Zenodo. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3994266
Welcome to the edit-a-thon on SDGs in September 2020[edit]
Hi,
I am EMsmile, and I am a part of a group of people wishing to improve SDG-related articles on Wikipedia. We are organising this online SDG edit-a-thon during Global Goals Week, 18-26 September 2020. Please take part in it! If you have any questions about this work, please feel free to ask your question on the event's talk page here. The event page itself is here. EMsmile (talk) 02:42, 15 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@User:Ptinphusmia please fill in the edit summary with more details, not just with "Wiki loves SDGs edit-a-thon" (at SDG 1). Thanks for your edits! EMsmile (talk) 15:11, 19 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Join the Months of African Cinema Global Contest![edit]
Join us in this exciting venture, by helping to create or expand contents in Wikimedia projects which are connected to this scope. Kindly list your username under the participants section to indicate your interest in participating in this contest.
We would be awarding prizes to different categories of winners:
Overall winner
1st - $500
2nd - $200
3rd - $100
Diversity winner - $100
Gender-gap fillers - $100
Language Winners - up to $100*
We would be adding additional categories as the contest progresses, along with local prizes from affiliates in your countries. For further information about the contest, the prizes and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. Looking forward to your participation.--Jamie Tubers (talk) 19:22, 22nd September 2020 (UTC)
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The Months of African Cinema Contest Continues in November![edit]
Greetings,
Thank you very much for participating in the Months of African Cinema global contest/edit-a-thon, and thank you for your contributions so far.
It is already the middle of the contest and a lot have been achieved already! We have been able to get over 1,500 articles created in over fifteen (15) languages! This would not have been possible without your support and we want to thank you. If you have not yet listed your name as a participant in the contest page please do so.
Please make sure to list the articles you have created or improved in the article achievements' section of the contest page, so that they can be easily tracked. To be able to claim prizes, please also ensure to list your articles on the users by articles page. We would be awarding prizes to different categories of winners:
Overall winner
1st - $500
2nd - $200
3rd - $100
Diversity winner - $100
Gender-gap filler - $100
Language Winners - up to $100*
We are very excited about what has been achieved so far, but your contributions are still needed to further exceed all expectations! Let’s create more articles before the end of this contest, which is this November!!!
Thank you once again for being part of this global event! --Jamie Tubers (talk) 10:30, 06 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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Welcome to the online edit-a-thon on climate change topics in November 2020[edit]
Hi,
I am EMsmile, and I am a part of a group of people wishing to improve climate change-related articles on Wikipedia. We are organising the "Wiki4Climate" online edit-a-thon from 24 November to 1 December 2020. Please take part by registering here. This event is organised by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) and Future Climate for Africa (FCFA). If you have any questions about this event, please feel free to ask your question on the event's talk page here. Please also join us in the event's Slack channel for easier communication and to make this into a collaborative effort. To join the Slack channel, please click here.
We also recommend this new guide to you: Guide: How to contribute climate change information to Wikipedia (Baker, E., McNamara, L., Mackay, B., and Vincent, K. (2020). How to contribute climate change information to Wikipedia: A guide for researchers, practitioners and communicators. Cape Town: Climate and Development Knowledge Network and Future Climate for Africa). EMsmile (talk) 12:52, 18 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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Wikimedians for Sustainable Development - November Newsletter[edit]
This is our twelfth newsletter, covering November 2020. This issue has news related to SDGs 1, 3, 5, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16.
Meetings
Online meeting December 6 (SDG all) [1]
Online meeting December 20 (SDG all) [1]
Activities
Ongoing: The 'Climate Translation Project' (SDG 13) [2]
Ongoing: December Women in Climate Change editathon (SDG 13) [24]
Past: South South North hosted #Wiki4Climate (SDG 13) [25]
Wikimedians for Sustainable Development - December Newsletter[edit]
This is our thirteenth newsletter, covering December 2020. This issue has news related to SDGs 2, 4, 11, 13 and 15.
Meetings
Online meeting January 3 (SDG all) [1]
Online meeting January 17 (SDG all) [1]
Activities
Ongoing: The 'Climate Translation Project' (SDG 13) [2]
Past: December Women in Climate Change editathon (SDG 13) [3]
News
Corona vaccine progress (SDG 3) [8]
A challenging but successful year for Wikimedia in education (SDG 4) [9]
Videos
Wikidata for Bat Collectors (SDG 15) [5]
Wikipedia Weekly Network - LIVE Wikidata editing #25 - climate change (SDG 13) [10]
Wikipedia and Women in the Climate Change Movement (SDG 13) [11]
Facing the climate crisis: Towards an environmentally sustainable Wikimedia Movement (Wikimedia Movement Strategy global conversations lightning talk) (SDG 13) [16]
An update from the Sustainability Initiative (WikiCon North America 2020 lightning talk) (SDG 13) [17]
New WikiProjects
Wikidata:WikiProject Agriculture (SDG 2) [4]
Wikidata:WikiProject Media Representation (SDG 5) [6]
Featured content
Scorpion (SDG 15) [12]
List of plant genus names (A–C) (SDG 15) [13]
List of plant genus names (D–K) (SDG 15) [14]
List of plant genus names (L–P) (SDG 15) [15]
New Wikidata properties
Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Tasking Manager project ID (SDG 11) [7]
Wikimedians for Sustainable Development - February 2021 Newsletter[edit]
This is our fifteenth newsletter, covering February 2021. This issue has news related to SDGs 3, 5, 12, 13, 15 and 16.
Meetings
Online user group meeting March 7 (SDG all) [1]
Online user group meeting March 21 (SDG all) [1]
Past: Online user group meeting February 7 (SDG all) [5]
Past: Online user group meeting February 21 (SDG all) [6]
Activities
Ongoing: The 'Climate Translation Project' (SDG 13) [2]
Upcoming: Wikigap - many events over the entire month of March (SDG 5) [12]
Upcoming: Mozilla festival: What has the Wikimedia movement to do with sustainability? March 10 (SDG all) [22]
Wikimeet India lightning talk: An update from the Sustainability Initiative (video recording) (SDG 13) [9]
News
Building a sustainable Wikipedia (podcast) (SDG all) [3]
Wikipedia-samarbete mellan klimatforskare och gymnasieelever (in Swedish. English title: Wikipedia collaboration between climate scientists and college students) (SDG 13) [4]
Wikipedia’s Sprawling, Awe-Inspiring Coverage of the Pandemic (SDG 3) [10]
Podcast: Sustainababble #205 Wikipedia (SDG all) [21]
Grant proposals Help by discussing and reviewing these proposals
Expanding the Wikimedia movement in Peru with a focus on ecology, culture and gender (SDG 5 and 15) [8]
Wiki’s global goals (SDG all) [18]
Wiki meets Sustainable Fashion (SDG 12) [19]
Videos
Wikipedia Weekly Network - Live editing Wikipedia: Biodiversity edition #1 (SDG 15) [11]
COVID-19 coverage on Wikidata (SDG 3) [20]
New WikiProjects
Wikiproyecto:Cambio climático (SDG 13) [7]
WikiProject Brazilian Laws (SDG 16) [15]
Featured content
Featured article: Smooth newt (SDG 15) [23]
New Wikidata properties
number of vaccinations (SDG 3) [13]
Open Tree of Life ID (SDG 15) [17]
New Wikidata query examples
Endemic birds in a place located in France (SDG 15) [14]
Most specific taxon that includes two given species (SDG 15) [16]
The contest will encourage and motivate experienced and new Wikipedia editors to create articles on gubernatorial elections in all the 36 states of Nigeria. Nigeria has conducted gubernatorial elections in 1979, 1983, 1992, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015 and 2019. But articles about these elections are missing on Wikipedia and this contest will seek to specifically solve this problem.
Wikimedians for Sustainable Development - March 2021 Newsletter[edit]
This is our sixteenth newsletter, covering March 2021. This issue has news related to SDGs 3, 4, 11, 13 and 15. This month we handed in our first annual activity report. [7]
Meetings
Online user group meeting April 4 (SDG all) [1]
Online user group meeting April 18 (SDG all) [1]
Past: Online user group meeting March 7 (SDG all) [5]
Activities
Ongoing: The 'Climate Translation Project' (SDG 13) [2]
Upcoming: Climate Lexeme Week 5-11 April (SDG 13) [4]
Upcoming: #WikiForHumanRights 2021: Right to a healthy environment (SDG all) [20]
News
Podcast on the Wikimedia Sustainability Initiative (SDG 13) [8]
Research
Global biodiversity awareness tracked with Wikipedia page views (SDG 15) [3]
COVIWD: COVID-19 Wikidata Dashboard (SDG 3) [10]
Painel de informação sobre a COVID-19: consultas SPARQL na Wikidata (Portuguese) (SDG 3) [15]
Videos
What has the Wikimedia movement to do with sustainability? (SDG 13) [6]
COVID-19 coverage on Wikidata (SDG 3) [9]
New Wikidata properties
NParks Flora & Fauna Web ID (SDG 15) [11]
Cephalopod Ontology ID (SDG 15) [12]
Encyclopedia of French Cultural Heritage in North America ID (SDG 11) [16]
Ministry of Education New Zealand school ID (SDG 4) [17]
Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology ID (SDG 15) [18]
New Wikidata query examples
COVID-19 external Identifier URLs in Wikidata (SDG 3) [13]
Map of places in iNaturalist (SDG 15) [14]
Listed buildings in Wales that would be lost if the sea level rose by 70 metres (SDG 11) [19]
Wikimedians for Sustainable Development - March 2021 Newsletter[edit]
This is our sixteenth newsletter, covering March 2021. This issue has news related to SDGs 3, 4, 11, 13 and 15. This month we handed in our first annual activity report. [7]
Meetings
Online user group meeting April 4 (SDG all) [1]
Online user group meeting April 18 (SDG all) [1]
Past: Online user group meeting March 7 (SDG all) [5]
Activities
Ongoing: The 'Climate Translation Project' (SDG 13) [2]
Upcoming: Climate Lexeme Week 5-11 April (SDG 13) [4]
Upcoming: #WikiForHumanRights 2021: Right to a healthy environment (SDG all) [20]
News
Podcast on the Wikimedia Sustainability Initiative (SDG 13) [8]
Research
Global biodiversity awareness tracked with Wikipedia page views (SDG 15) [3]
COVIWD: COVID-19 Wikidata Dashboard (SDG 3) [10]
Painel de informação sobre a COVID-19: consultas SPARQL na Wikidata (Portuguese) (SDG 3) [15]
Videos
What has the Wikimedia movement to do with sustainability? (SDG 13) [6]
COVID-19 coverage on Wikidata (SDG 3) [9]
New Wikidata properties
NParks Flora & Fauna Web ID (SDG 15) [11]
Cephalopod Ontology ID (SDG 15) [12]
Encyclopedia of French Cultural Heritage in North America ID (SDG 11) [16]
Ministry of Education New Zealand school ID (SDG 4) [17]
Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology ID (SDG 15) [18]
New Wikidata query examples
COVID-19 external Identifier URLs in Wikidata (SDG 3) [13]
Map of places in iNaturalist (SDG 15) [14]
Listed buildings in Wales that would be lost if the sea level rose by 70 metres (SDG 11) [19]
Disambiguation link notification for April 26[edit]
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Wikimedians for Sustainable Development - May 2021 Newsletter[edit]
This is our eighteenth newsletter, covering May 2021. This issue has news related to SDGs 3, 9, 13 and 15. This month we especially saw a lot of new identifiers for different species in Wikidata, making it easier to use Wikidata as a hub and look up and compare species in different databases.
Meetings
Online user group meeting June 6 (SDG all) [1]
Online user group meeting June 20 (SDG all) [1]
Past: Online user group meeting May 16 (SDG all) []
Activities
Ongoing: Wiki Loves Earth (SDG 15) [2]
Past: Sharing lessons & results from the Spanish Wikiproject Climate change first edit-a-thon for Earth Day (SDG 13) [3]
Past: Sustainable Development Goals: Edit-a-thon for the Festa da Wiki-Lusofonia (20 years of Portuguese Wikipedia cellebrations) (SDG all) [4]
News
Over 3,000,000 usages of taxon name (P225) (SDG 15) [6]
New Wikidata properties
degrees day (SDG 13) [5]
Oregon Flora Image Project ID (SDG 15) [7]
MyBIS species ID (SDG 15) [8]
IUCN Green List ID (SDG 15 [9]
OpenCorporates register ID (SDG 9) [10]
MyBIS protected area ID (SDG 15) [11]
Danish 2010 redlist identifier (SDG 15) [12]
Microlepidoptera.nl ID (SDG 15) [13]
North Carolina session law (SDG 16) [15]
SOR bird ID (SDG 15) [16]
ToateAnimalele ID (SDG 15) [17]
Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa ID (SDG 15) [21]
New Wikidata query examples
Number of species belonging to the different IUCN conservation categories (SDG 15) [14]
Map of coronavirus research organizations active from before 2020 (SDG 3) [18]
Scholarly articles about COVID-19 with "Wikipedia" in the title (SDG 3) [19]
Nocturnal animals based on diel cycle (SDG 15) [20]
Note that the dates observed in bold under the underlined title of message help reflect and clarify the most current & oldest messages with the most current being at the top and the oldest being at the bottom.
Welcoming New Volunteers
(25/06/2021)
We hereby want to officially welcome new volunteers who have recently joined the collaborative project and have volunteered to work in WP:NIGERIA. The arrival of new volunteers is often associated with the confusion of “what to do” on their part, it is then behoove of us to treat them with care, guide them, and protect them from the general pitfalls a new editor would most usually fall into. We are also admonished to clean up after them if they err and encourage them, most especially when they are genuine editors with potential to do good work not just for us, but for the community as a whole. Once more, we hereby thank all new editors who have volunteered to work here and hope they enjoy their stay here.
Requests for uncreated articles
(24/1/2020)
Greetings & a great weekend to you all. It would be great if the (Requests for uncreated articles) section in our wiki project can be attended to & at least one article be created this weekend as some requests have been pending since 2016. I believe this would be pivotal to the encyclopedia as a whole & a means to get editors who have gone inactive to revive their Wikipedia activities.
Our To-Do List
Adamu Garba II, IT Entrepreneur and presidential aspirant of the 2019 general elections
Wikimedians for Sustainable Development - June 2021 Newsletter[edit]
This is our nineteenth newsletter, covering June 2021. This issue has news related to SDGs 3, 5, 8, 10, 13, 15, 16 and 17.
Meetings
Online user group meeting July 4 (SDG all) [1]
Online user group meeting July 18 (SDG all) [1]
Activities
Ongoing: Wiki Loves Earth (SDG 15) [2]
Ongoing: Join the "Wiki editatón por el conocimiento climático" organized by Alianza Clima y Desarrollo y la Fundación Futuro Latinoamericano [13]
Past: A Wealth of Wiki Women (SDG 5) [5]
Past: Czech WikiGap 2021 report (SDG 5) [6]
Past: 50Y Swiss Women's Suffrage: Edit-a-thon at Historical Museum Lucerne & WikiGap (SDG 5) [7]
Past: The Met, Smithsonian, and a busy Edit-a-thon season (SDG 3, 5, 13) [8]
Past: Wiki for Human Rights Campaign in the Philippines (SDG 10, 13) [9]
News
100 Years of Environment and Climate Change Canada Weather Data in Commons (SDG 13) [3]
#WikiForHumanRights 2021: Insights from the Macedonian Wikipedia (SDG 3, 10, 15) [4]
Malpractice Podcast Ep #2.9: Coffee Talks with Wikimedian Lane Rasberry (SDG 3) [10]
Brazil’s Laws: Modeling the Brazilian legislation in Wikidata (SDG 16) [14]
Resources
Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) has now translated and published its guide "How to contribute climate change information to Wikipedia" in Spanish. Check out the resource: "¿Cómo contribuir información sobre cambio climático a la Wikipedia?" [12]
Research
Ms. Categorized: Gender, notability, and inequality on Wikipedia (SDG 5) [11]
Wikidata Projects in Times of COVID-19: IUPUI Libraries’ Engagement in Open Knowledge (SDG 3) [15]
Videos
Global Open Initiative Foundation editing session - Adding statements about Ghanaian Members of Parliament using OpenRefine (SDG 16) [22]
New Wikidata properties
OpenCorporates register jurisdiction (SDG 8) [16]
electronic Essential Medicines List medicine ID (SDG 3) [17]
Romanian diplomatic mission ID (SDG 17) [18]
Foreign diplomatic mission in Romania ID (SDG 17) [19]
Dutch Caribbean Species Register ID (SDG 15) [20]
Burke Herbarium Image Collection ID (SDG 15) [21]
consequence of text (SDG 16) [23]
Companies Registration Office (Ireland) Registration Number (SDG 8) [24]
Hello Ptinphusmia -- With the goal of helping to progress the WikiProject Women in Green (WiG) women’s rights-themed GA nomination goal for 2021, I’m proposing that WiG hold a special editathon event in the fall (maybe October/November?). I can assist with logistics, but I need to know how much interest/support there might be from WiG participants first. Please let me know what you think in the talk page conversation! All the best, Alanna the Brave (talk) 02:20, 20 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Wikimedians for Sustainable Development - July 2021 Newsletter[edit]
This is our twentieth newsletter, covering July 2021. This issue has news related to SDGs 3, 4, 5, 11, 14, 15 and 16.
Meetings
Online user group meeting August 1 (SDG all) [1]
Online user group meeting August 15 (SDG all) [1]
Past: Online user group meeting July 4 (SDG all) [7]
Wikimania
During Wikimania there are a number of sessions related to our user group. We have started a page in the community village to list all the talks, please help add them if you are giving talks or spot sessions in the program. (SDG all) [6]
Activities
Organize Wiki Loves Monuments in 2021 (SDG 11) [26]
Past: Vaccine Safety Edit-a-thon (SDG 3) [5]
News
Who Gets To Be Notable And Who Doesn't: Gender Bias On Wiki (SDG 5) [27]
Resources
Gender diversity in articles about academic disciplines in the French wikipedia (SDG 5) [18]
Research
Meta-Research: Citation needed? Wikipedia and the COVID-19 pandemic (SDG 3) [28]
Covid-on-the-Web: Knowledge Graph and Services to Advance COVID-19 Research book (SDG 3) [29]
Unveiling the veiled: Wikipedia collaborating with academic libraries in Africa in creating visibility for African women through Art+Feminism Wikipedia edit-a-thon (SDG 5) [30]
Videos
Wikipedia Weekly Network - Live editing Wikipedia: Biodiversity edition #4 (SDG 15) [2],[3]
Editing Wikidata items about Ghanaian parliamentarians (SDG 16) [8]
New WikiProjects
Wikidata:Gov Directory (SDG 16) [4]
New Wikidata properties
voted on by (SDG 16) [9]
delta of (SDG 14) [10]
Idaho Species ID (SDG 15) [11]
Montana Field Guide species ID (SDG 15) [12]
E-Fauna BC species ID (SDG 15) [13]
E-Flora BC species ID (SDG 15) [14]
Buzer.de law identification (SDG 16) [15]
taxon range (SDG 15) [17]
URL for citizen's initiatives (SDG 16) [19]
number of request signatories (SDG 16) [20]
CEICE school code (SDG 4) [21]
New Wikidata query examples
Scientific and Commons names of animals which are threatened as per IUCN Red List (SDG 15) [16]
Comparing gender statistics about people cited in an article across several articles (SDG 5) [22]
Swedish Supreme Court judges who citing reports by commissions they themselves took part in (SDG 16) [23]
Map public organizations that allow one to fill citizen's initiatives online (SDG 16) [24]
Number of causes of death (P509) 2019-2021 separated by year so that a comparison of the causes of death before and during the pandemic can also be seen (SDG 3) [25]
The contest will encourage and motivate experienced and new Wikipedia editors to create articles on senate elections in all the 36 states of Nigeria. Nigeria has conducted senate elections in 1979, 1983, 1992, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015 and 2019. But articles about these elections are missing on Wikipedia and this contest will seek to specifically solve this problem.
Running from 1 through 31 October 2021, WikiProject Women in Green is hosting a Good Article (GA) editathon event focused on the topic of women's rights. Participants are invited to work on nominating and/or reviewing women's rights-related GA submissions during the event period, with resources and one-on-one support provided by experienced Women in Green GA reviewers. Participants have the opportunity to receive a barnstar.
Welcome to the Months of African Cinema Global Contest![edit]
Greetings!
The AfroCine Project core team is happy to inform you that the Months of African Cinema Contest is happening again this year in October and November. We invite Wikipedians all over the world to join in improving content related to African cinema on Wikipedia!
Please list your username under the participants’ section of the contest page to indicate your interest in participating in this contest. The term "African" in the context of this contest, includes people of African descent from all over the world, which includes the diaspora and the Caribbean.
The following prizes would be recognized at the end of the contest:
Overall winner
1st - $500
2nd - $200
3rd - $100
Diversity winner - $100
Gender-gap fillers - $100
Language Winners - up to $100*
Also look out for local prizes from affiliates in your countries or communities! For further information about the contest, the prizes and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. We look forward to your participation.--Jamie Tubers (talk) 23:20, 30th September 2021 (UTC)
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Join House of Representatives Elections in Nigeria Contest[edit]
The contest will encourage and motivate experienced and new Wikipedia editors to create articles on house of representatives elections in all the 36 states of Nigeria. Nigeria has conducted house of representatives elections in 1979, 1983, 1992, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015 and 2019. But articles about these elections are missing on Wikipedia and this contest will seek to specifically solve this problem.
The contest will encourage and motivate experienced and new Wikipedia editors to create articles on house of representatives elections in all the 36 states of Nigeria. Nigeria has conducted house of representatives elections in 1979, 1983, 1992, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015 and 2019. But articles about these elections are missing on Wikipedia and this contest will seek to specifically solve this problem.
The Months of African Cinema Contest Continues in November![edit]
Greetings,
It is already past the middle of the contest and we are really excited about the Months of African Contest 2021 achievements so far! We want to extend our sincere gratitude for the time and energy you have invested. If you have not yet participated in the contest, it is not too late to do it. Please list your username as a participant on the contest’s main page.
Please remember to list the articles you have improved or created on the article achievements' section of the contest page so they can be tracked. In order to win prizes, be sure to also list your article in the users by articles. Please note that your articles must be present in both the article achievement section on the main contest page, as well as on the Users By Articles page for you to qualify for a prize.
We would be awarding prizes to different categories of winners:
Overall winner
1st - $500
2nd - $200
3rd - $100
Diversity winner - $100
Gender-gap filler - $100
Language Winners - up to $100*
Thank you once again for your valued participation! --Jamie Tubers (talk) 18:50, 11 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Join State House of Assembly Elections in Nigeria Contest[edit]
This new project will be created to explicitly reassure and inspire experienced and new wikipedia editors to create articles on state house of assembly elections in all the 36 states of Nigeria. Starting from 1979, 1983, 1992, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015 and 2019, Nigeria has conducted state house of assembly elections. But, none of these articles exist on Wikipedia and this new project will seek to categorically solve this problem once and for all.
This new project will be created to explicitly reassure and inspire experienced and new wikipedia editors to create articles on state house of assembly elections in all the 36 states of Nigeria. Starting from 1979, 1983, 1992, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015 and 2019, Nigeria has conducted state house of assembly elections. But, none of these articles exist on Wikipedia and this new project will seek to categorically solve this problem once and for all.
Just a note that I've started an ANI thread about the most recent Wikipedia campaign you're organizing. You can read it here. CUPIDICAE💕 16:23, 1 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you CUPIDICAE💕 for the notification. I have responded here. I truly apologize for this and appreciate your work and patience. We will work on this ASAP. Ptinphusmia (talk) 17:33, 1 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Copying licensed material requires attribution[edit]
Hi. I see in a recent addition to Port Harcourt you included material from a webpage that is available under a compatible Creative Commons Licence. That's okay, but you have to give attribution so that our readers are made aware that you copied the prose rather than wrote it yourself. It's also required under the terms of the license. I've added the attribution for this particular instance. Please make sure that you follow this licensing requirement when copying from compatibly-licensed material in the future. — Diannaa (talk) 16:37, 6 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you so Diannaa for not just spotting this out but also correcting it. Such goodness❤️! This is totally appreciated and noted.Ptinphusmia (talk) 16:54, 6 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Join Federal Medical Centres, University Teaching Hospitals and Federal Specialty Hospitals in Nigeria Contest[edit]
Federal Medical Centres, University Teaching Hospitals and Federal Specialty Hospitals are Federal government of Nigeria owned hospitals controlled by the Federal Ministry of Health. There are a total of 22 Federal Medical Centres, 20 University Teaching Hospitals and 13 Federal Specialty Hospitals in Nigeria, but articles about these hospitals are missing on Wikipedia and this project will seek to create these articles on the English Wikipedia.
Running from July 1 to 31, 2022, WikiProject Women in Green (WiG) is hosting a Good Article (GA) editathon event focused on the topic of women and the environment. Participants are invited to work on nominating and/or reviewing GA submissions related to women and women's works during the event period (with an emphasis on environmental links and topics). GA resources and one-on-one support will be provided by experienced GA editors, and participants will have the opportunity to receive a special WiG barnstar for their efforts.
Running from October 1 to 31, 2022, WikiProject Women in Green (WiG) is hosting a Good Article (GA) editathon event – Wildcard Edition! Participants are invited to work on nominating and/or reviewing GA submissions related to any and all women and women's works during the event period. Want to improve an article about a Bollywood actress? Go for it. A pioneering female scientist? Absolutely. An award-winning autobiography by a woman? Yes! GA resources and one-on-one support will be provided by experienced GA editors, and participants will have the opportunity to receive a special WiG barnstar for their efforts.
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Wikimedians for Sustainable Development - November 2022 Newsletter[edit]
This is our twentyfirst newsletter, covering November 2022. This issue has news related to SDGs 3, 5, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17.
Activities
Current: Women in Climate Change editathon in various languages (1 December 2022 - 31 January 2023) (SDG 5 & 13) [17]
Past: Wikipedia and sustainability, how to increase knowledge on climate change? (SDG all) [1]
Past: Wikidata editathon in Swedish during COP 27 (SDG 13) [2]
News
Wikimedia Nederland signed the Wikimedia Affiliates Environmental Sustainability Covenant (SDG all) [3]
WikiProject Govdirectory was featured as Digital Public Goods (SDG 16) [11]
The theme for Wiki Loves Africa 2023 has been revealed: Climate and weather (SDG 13) [16]
Running from June 1 to 30, 2023, WikiProject Women in Green (WiG) is hosting a Good Article (GA) editathon event – another Wildcard Edition! Participants are invited to work on nominating and/or reviewing GA submissions related to any and all women and women's works during the event period. Want to improve an article about a Bollywood actress? Go for it. A pioneering female climate scientist? Absolutely. An award-winning book or film by a woman? Yes! GA resources and one-on-one support will be provided by experienced GA editors, and participants will have the opportunity to receive a special WiG barnstar for their efforts.
Running from October 1 to 31, 2023, WikiProject Women in Green (WiG) is hosting a Good Article (GA) edit-a-thon event with the theme Around the World in 31 Days! All experience levels welcome. Never worked on a GA project before? We'll teach you how to get started. Or maybe you're an old hand at GAs – we'd love to have you involved! Participants are invited to work on nominating and/or reviewing GA submissions related to women and women's works (e.g., books, films) during the event period. We hope to collectively cover article subjects from at least 31 countries (or broader international articles) by month's end. GA resources and one-on-one support will be provided by experienced GA editors, and participants will have the opportunity to earn a special WiG barnstar for their efforts.
The Campaigns team at the Wikimedia Foundation has some updates to share with you, which are:
We invite you to attend our upcoming community office hours to learn about organizer tools, including the Event registration tool (which has new and upcoming features). The office hours are on the following dates, and you can join one or both of them:
Languages available: Arabic, English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Swahili
We have launched a new project: Event Discovery. This project aims to make it easier for editors to learn about campaign events. We need your help to understand how you would like to discover events on the wikis, so that we can create a useful solution. Please share your feedback on our project talk page.
Thank you, and we hope to see you at the upcoming office hours!
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Wikimedians for Sustainable Development - December 2023 Newsletter[edit]
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!
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.
Running from June 1 to 30, 2024, WikiProject Women in Green (WiG) is hosting a Good Article (GA) edit-a-thon event with the theme Going Back in Time! All experience levels welcome. Never worked on a GA project before? We'll teach you how to get started. Or maybe you're an old hand at GAs – we'd love to have you involved! Participants are invited to work on nominating and/or reviewing GA submissions related to women and women's works (e.g., books, films) during the event period. We hope to collectively cover article subjects from at least 20 centuries by month's end. GA resources and one-on-one support will be provided by experienced GA editors, and participants will have the opportunity to earn a special WiG barnstar for their efforts.
We hope to see you there!
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