Hello, Dear A2K Team,
I'm (User:MYADAM ABHILASH) one of the active Wikipedian in Telugu Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects. I've been on the path of contributing the #365Wikidays challenge for the past six months in Telugu Wikipedia[[1]]. and i also started project on Telugu literature[[2]]. I need internet support to keep my good works going here, please help me with a 6-month recharge plan. Thank you--M. Abhilash16:15, 29 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Respected A2K Team,
Kindly arrange for me one internet international device with six month's recharge. I want D-Link type router, which costs around Rs. Two thousands. For ease of reference, I am working in five Bengali Wikimedia projects such as Wikipedia, Wikisource, Wikivoyage, Wikibooks and Wikimedia Commons.
Thanks,
Sumasa
Hello, @Sumasa:, thank you for your request. This request is Approved. Your contribution is enough for getting this support. Please for further process email on nitesh@cis-india.org. Thanks Nitesh (CIS-A2K) (talk) 07:06, 10 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Respected A2K Team,
I applied for internet device, and in a quick response I received an adopter instead of international dongle. Unfortunately, mistake was done by my to send you wrong information. Now I am in offline. Please arrange to send me an international dongle to mobilize my Wiki works.
Namaste, here I want to request you if CIS can arrange PDF of the yoga of attraction book, it will be a great help. While some workshops I have heard that our volunteers have access to some library or book bank, so I am asking you for help. I am going to write an article on Yoga and Law of attraction for sa.wiki and for the reference, I want this book. There is not only one article, there are many articles related to this, but I don't have all topics in my hand. But I can write at least 5 to 7 articles with help of this book. DhanyavAd. NehalDaveND (talk) 04:47, 8 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I am a volunteer editor in Wikipedia. Contributing in Bengali, English, Commons. First of all I am grateful to you for your earlier all supports to be a better Wikipedian than before. I need a fibre cable net connection for three months for this since my present connection will be over after few days. I am asking for three months for two reasons since I hv to go to Kolkata for 6 months to take care of my mother and there normal mobile connection is working satisfactorily but in Delhi where I am staying now, it is creating too much problem inside our home. Sometime I hv to stand on the road to upload images on commons or go to some neighbour's house to avail their wifi. But that is not at all good in this COVID situation. I had a talk to one service provider for the same, they will provide router and three months connection for Rs 3100/-. Pls provide me this opportunity to continue my contribution. Thanks in advance.
Thank you Nitesh (CIS-A2K) and A2K team for quick action. My mother left us on 19 January 2022 so I am travelling urgently to Kolkata, so pls provide me sometime to return to Delhi. Hope it will not be an issue.
Hello CIS A2K team,
I am Nettime Sujata. I am editor in Bengali Wikipedia. I also work for Bengali wikisource, Commons, Wikidata. I have organized events like Folklore & Feminism Bengali edition. In the past I received your support to go through my work. Presently I need internet support, mobile data will be fine for me. For one year recharge it costs roughly Rs.3000. Please provide me the support so that I can go with my contributions. Thank you.
Hi User:Nettime Sujata, thanks again for your request. We have checked your contribution and your contribution is good enough, congratulations! This request is Approved. Please choose your service or support for the next three and six months and email me at nitesh@cis-india.org for further conversation. Thank you Nitesh (CIS-A2K) (talk) 06:19, 31 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Hello CIS A2K team, I am Ch Maheswara Raju.I am editor in Telugu Wikipedia.Currently,I am working on a project in Andhra Pradesh Telangana Revenue Division [3]I need internet support to keep my good works going here, please help me with a 1 year recharge plan.Thank youCh Maheswara Raju (talk) 09:15, 28 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Hi CIS-A2K team. I'm gladly sharing the good news that the Deoband Community Wikimedia User Group has been recognised by the AffCom on 16th January 2022. We need hardbook copies of the multi-volume Nuzhatul Khawatir, a biographical encyclopedia about Indian Muslim scholars and academics in order to improve and update relevant entries on Wikipedia projects such as the English, Urdu and Hindi Wikipedia. This multi-volume book would also allow us to add several other articles. It is available for Rs. 3500 on Amazon, an amount that we cannot afford personally. Hence this request. The previous accomplishments of the group are recorded here. I hope we are helped with this. Thanks. ─ The Aafī(talk)09:01, 4 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Hello User:TheAafi, first of all, congratulations! to you and the whole user group. Also thank you for writing your request here. As following the procedure, I am forwarding this request to the A2K team and get back to you end of the week. Thank you Nitesh (CIS-A2K) (talk) 07:45, 8 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Hello CIS A2K team,
I am Goutam1962. I am editing in Hindi, English, Bengali Wikipedia. I also work for Commons, Wikidata. I have participated in events like Folklore & Feminism hindi edition. In the past I received your support to go through my work. Presently I need internet support, mobile data will be fine for me. For one year recharge it costs roughly Rs.3000. Please provide me the support so that I can go with my contributions. Thank you.
Goutam1962 (talk) 07:53, 10 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Hi CIS-A2K team. I'm here to ask for reimbursement of a recharge plan (Rs. 479- for two months) that I did recently on my number. I had to do it urgently in order continue doing my works on the English and Urdu Wikipedia. Subject to my travel during the last week, I ask you to reimburse the recharge amount. I would be glad to provide the recharge receipt. For my global contributions, please have a look at here. Regards, ─ The Aafī(talk)07:41, 28 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, This is Suresh Khole/QueerEcofeminist, I would like to request for internet support on my JioFi. I contribute through my onwiki as well as offwiki tasks I have been working on for sometime now. My onwiki contributions can be seen here, About my crosswiki activity you can check [[4]].
Re-Licensing of works, connecting with authors and publishers.
Working with local community and supporting them/train/help them individually on mrwikisource, commonswiki.
Onwiki I fight vandalism globally, working on several fronts/projects as a admin wymr in incubator, mrwikisource, mrwikibooks.
Internet connectivity through mobile is bit difficult at residence(Chinchwad). Having JioFi helps me a lot. And many a times data limits become issue for me. So a year long 2.5GB/2GB recharge on my JioFi would be really helpful for me in furthering my work thanks. QueerEcofeminist [they/them/their] 06:33, 4 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Language community and project : Project proposed by Punjabi Community or Punjabi Wikimedians user group. Punjabi Wikimedians have their own idea on Women’ month celebration. We had conducted an event last year to celebrate Women’s Day. We created an event page which was called Women’s Week 2022. This time we are going to conduct the event with the same idea. It will be a two day edit-a-thon.
Community discussion (Village Pump link): We had discussed this in our monthly meeting. Community is eagerly awaiting for an on-ground meet. We have a few important issues to be discussed which are only possible in on-ground meetings. It will take a few hours and online meetings are a barrier to attend for everyone. You can see its notification on village pump here and post-meetings notes here in which community discussed planning a Wikipedia edit thon and an offline meetup.
Start date of preparation: 1 March 2022
Start date of project: 19 March 2022
End date of project: 20 March 2022
End date of completion of the entire endeavor: 20 March 2022
As discussed on the online community meetups and village pump of Punjabi Wikipedia, we are organizing this event to modify articles on women on the occasion of international women's day. It will include some parallel events (edit-thons) e.g. Women’s Week Edit-a-thon and Mini Edit-a-thon. The Punjabi community is also trying to involve themselves in other campaigns.
We will write articles till 4:00 pm.
The meetup will start at 6:00 pm 8:00 pm.
On 20th March, we will write articles till 2:00 pm.
What are the Expected impact?
The major impact would be the enrichment of content related to famous female personalities on the Punjabi Wikipedia. As you found the focus is on a specific area. The other thing we are expecting from it is that it will encourage editors to contribute more and may attract newbies to join. We are trying to engage one or two newbies through these two days.
At least 12 editors will attend the meetup the same time in which we can discuss our community issue regarding coordination, various ongoing projects, community future plans, user group annual report writing issues etc.
What is the Estimate budget (give it with a detailed break-up)? 22000 INR
Here we are planning an on-ground event which will include two days' edit—a— thon and a community meetup. It has been a long time for any offline meetup. We are writing our annual report and for planning some future events we all have to meet in person.
Sr. No.
Expenditure
Cost (In INR)
1
Accomodation
6000 INR
2
Food and Beverages
10000 INR
3
Transportation
5000 INR
4
Internet Charges
1000 INR
Total
22000 INR
To appreciate the editors, we want a t-shirt for them who will create at least 5 articles. If A2K will send the t-shirts to participants that would be great. Gaurav Jhammat (talk) 18:26, 7 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support Since this meetup is not only to meet community members but it also aims to discuss future plans and organised edit-a-thon. I support this initiative. Jagseer S Sidhu (talk) 10:57, 8 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks @Jayanta (CIS-A2K) for noticing this request but we are waiting for proceeding response on our request. Our event is coming so we will be more thankful if you and your team take any action on it quickly. Thank you. Gaurav Jhammat (talk) 15:15, 14 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Namaskara, thanks for your request and the community engagement. We do understand that the maximum number of participants will be around 12. Please follow the necessary COVID-19 precautions during the event. All the budget line items are approved. The internet support expense will be provided if used/needed. Following these observations this request is Approved. User:Nitesh (CIS-A2K) will be your contact person. Regards. --Tito (CIS-A2K) (talk) 06:07, 15 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Namaskar and Sat Sri Akal, Thanks for supporting us. Here am want to inform you the reason behind updating in budget. Our initial ask was for 22k but then it across around 66k. Actually in the starting, we had planned to organize this event in university and theirs guest house for accommodation. We had a little and unofficial talk with them and made a budget around 22k. We couldn't give them any final word because at that time, our grant was not approved yet. We posted it on 7 March and it approved on 15 March. So on 16th, When we proceeded our deal with university authority, they said us no as there was already any other event going on on same day. We asked some other guest houses too in University but they also said us no by saying us they can't give accommodation to any private event except university officials. Our whole day spend in this event. 18th was the holiday due to Holi festival. So, now we had only one day to plan event as 17th March. We enquired 5 Hotels for organizing this event. All of them made us a rough budget around 70-80K. Then we talked to CIS-A2K Manager about this problem. They assured us to make this event happen only under fulfilling Covid Protocols. So, We had two options, booking a normal hotel with less facilities and compromising safety and security issue of Participants or we could book a good hotel which could give us a seminar hall for editing and accommodation at the same place. We told this all problem to CIS-A2K Manager Tito ji. They assured us we can enhance our budget. Meanwhile we can cancel out new wikipedians. We did everything with good planning. But for good organizing and in that very less time, we did whatever we could. Budget Expenses is also given below.--Gaurav Jhammat (talk) 14:25, 5 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Sr.No.
Service Name
Cost (in INR)
1
Accomodation
20,000
2
Hall
15750
3
Food
16,500
4
Travel
6300
5
Miscellaneous (Projector, Tea-Cofee and Lost Bills)
Hello CIS A2K team, I am Nagarani Bethi. I am editor in Telugu Wikipedia. I would like to participate in some Women related projects and am planning to write articles on Telangana Eminent Womens in Telugu Wikipedia. So, i need Internet Support to keep my good works going here, please help me with a 1 year recharge plan. Thank you--Nagarani Bethi (talk) 11:20, 15 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Hello User:Nagarani Bethi, thanks for your request. We went through to your contribution and the work is appreciate able. This request is Approved for upcoming six months. Please find a plan for a few months. For further conversation please email me at nitesh@cis-india.org. Nitesh (CIS-A2K) (talk) 12:31, 22 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
India is very rich in wild floral diversity. Documentation of the wild flowering species is utmost the need of the hour. Some of these flowering plants are rare or on the verge of extinction so, these are important not from the conservation view but also their medicinal and economic value. This information can help build a centralized repository for naturophiles or Botany students with classification details and identification features of plants.
Convolvulus arvensis Hirankhuri
Verbesina encelioides. Golden crown beard
Passiflora foetida L
Butea monosperma
Heliotropium strigosum
Datura metel flower
Ageratum conyzoides
Sonchus asper
Datura metel fruit
What is the Estimate budget (give it with a detailed break-up)?
Support this project have much importance. In this way of field trip and during trip, communicate with local community to know Local or Indic language name of plant and flowers and can add in commons files. Mulkh Singh (talk) 16:20, 20 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Strong support to this project. The expert did his research on wildflowers and presented or inform the community about the importance and need to take steps to document them. As a Punjabi Wikimedian, I personally want this project must be supported by CIS-A2K. The project will help us to engage the community or recruit newbies. Wikimedia will have one more expert who knows about Flora & Fauna in terms of Wildflower as well as photography. We will be thankful to the A2K team if they will support this kind of pilot project. Nitesh Gill (talk) 06:43, 21 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Strong support This is a really novel project that might then be replicated across the world as well. Wildlife is at grave risk of extinction and this project will not only help its preservation but increase awareness about the same. --Satdeep Gill (talk) 06:52, 21 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Strong support I support this project. I am highly interested to be a part of this project. If this project gets approved then I'll be a part of this team.--Gurnoor ghuman (talk) 11:14, 21 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Thanks for the post. Considering 25 March 2022 the starting date (as mentioned in the post above), we would not have much time to discuss different aspects of the program (including preparation, expected outcome etc). Please also note A2K's current program year ends on 30 June 2022. Hence it is difficult for us at this moment to work on a program that goes into the next program year (starting from 1 July). There is possibly scope of more background work, which might be helpful for the project. Following these observations, we are unsure of supporting this at this moment. Regards, --Tito (CIS-A2K) (talk) 08:15, 21 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Tito (CIS-A2K)Wikis Love Wildflowers presentation Does this mean that the Punjabi community should look elsewhere for getting funding for this project? Or is there a scope for discussion?
Dates are not finalized and only tentative. It is important to start as soon as possible because the harvest season is about to begin soon and many wildflowers are available before that only. The end date can very well be changed to 30th June.
The project has been in plans since 2019 but couldn't be taken forward due to the pandemic. The Meta-Wiki page had a priority list. I believe for a pilot project, the Punjabi community has enough background work and expert involvement.
I am sharing proof of more background work around the project. This is a presentation delivered by the expert User:Varinder Naturaphile at the recently concluded offline event of the Punjabi community. --Satdeep Gill (talk)
Hello/Sat Sri Akal User:Satdeep Gill and others, thanks for your message, the additional notes, and the presentation link. Yes, the timing and the duration are areas where we are facing difficulties. In general, the support and the programs we work on end by 30 June. Thanks for clarifying that the dates are tentative. We can have the general discussion flow with questions, answers and suggestions, and see how best we can work with this idea. This discussion process will take sometime to reach a conclusion, however from our side we can try to speed up the process as much as possible. If that works please let us know. Regards. --Tito (CIS-A2K) (talk) 12:47, 23 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
User:Satdeep Gill, thanks for your response. These are some of the initial questions, where we would request the community/organisers to share information or inputs.
We would like to know more about the project team composition? (We have noted the relevant section on the event page). If you can explain the possible roles and involvement (of both the project and the user group), that would be great.
We would request to provide some estimation on expected outcome: number of images/media files, number of participants, or any other expected outcome
It would be helpful if some narration is added against the budget lines of travel, stay and accommodation, workshops etc. Please let us know if we need to explain this further.
Currently it is not possible for us to provide equipment support to individuals. So, if the project is supported by CIS, the equipment will be given as lending to the user group.
We do understand that the initial plan was of four months or so, and the restructured plan will have different set of metrics (such as number of images etc). That'll be fine, and we can take that into consideration. Regards. --Tito (CIS-A2K) (talk) 13:23, 23 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
হ্যালো @Tito Ji, I hope you are doing well. Here are the answers of the questions:
1. We would like to know more about the project team composition? (We have noted the relevant section on the event page). If you can explain the possible roles and involvement (of both the project and the user group), that would be great.
Varinder Sharma (Project Lead) – He is a member of the Board of Studies: Environmental Studies, Punjab School Education Board. Technical Support Group, Distt. Biodiversity Management Committee, Faridkot. Block Biodiversity Management Committee, Faridkot. He has contributed to various textbooks related to environment education. Wikimedia Commons contribution link is here
Nitesh Gill – Nitesh Gill is an active member of Punjabi Wikimedia User Group. She has been involved in a number of Wikimedia projects as project lead and co-lead as well. She is one of the contact persons of Punjabi Wikimedia User Group.
Jagseer S Sidhu – Jagseer is an active member of Punjabi Wikimedia Community since 2017. Currently he is running the Punjabi Audiobooks Project. He has worked as WIR at a school where he had taught his students, alongs with other activities, about uploading images,videos and audios on Commons. Wikimedia Commons contribution link is here
Gurnoor Ghuman - Gurnoor is a school student and actively involved in Wikisource and Wikimedia Commons. She was one of the participants in Women Wiki 2022 event held at Patiala where she clicked all event photos with her phone and uploaded them on Commons. Wikimedia Commons contribution link is here
Harjeet singhgill - He has uploaded several pictures on Wikimedia Commons. He has exhibited his photographs at several Cultural Fairs in Punjab. Now he is willing to upload his work on Commons. Wikimedia Commons contribution link is here and here
Satdeep Gill (Advisor) - He is a long-term Punjabi Wikimedian with experience in organizing photography campaigns. Most recently he organized Share Your Struggle 2021.
2. We would request to provide some estimation on expected outcome: number of images/media files, number of participants, or any other expected outcome.
Number of images/media files - 150 photos
Flower Species - 20
Team members - 8
Project lead - Varinder Sharma
Volunteer - Nitesh Gill, Jagseer S Sidhu, Gurnoor Ghuman, Harjeet Singh, and 1-2 newbies
Advisor - Satdeep Gill
Number of places - 3 (Morni Hills - Haryana, Kandi area near Hoshiarpur, Punjab, Palampur Himachal Pradesh)
Number of visits - 3
Training session and Content creation activity - 2
3. It would be helpful if some narration is added against the budget lines of travel, stay and accommodation, workshops etc. Please let us know if we need to explain this further.
Travel expenses - Transportation for 7-8 people including bus and car travel for field visits (estimated at about Rs. 8333/- per visit)
Fooding and Lodging - Accommodation and Food for 7-8 people during the field visits (estimated at about Rs. 8333/- per visit)
Macro Lens - 1 Nikon Macros lens specially used in macro photography to capture every minute detail - Rs. 40,000/-.
Wikimedia Commons Workshop - To cover for venue, internet and other costs associated with an offline event- Rs 10,000/-
Miscellaneous - Unforeseen costs, as and when required - Rs 20,000/-
4. Currently it is not possible for us to provide equipment support to individuals. So, if the project is supported by CIS, the equipment will be given as lending to the user group.
We understand this and the equipment will be under the care of the Punjabi Wikimedia User Group. We plan on scaling up this project and using it for other future activities as well.
Hello, thank you for the response. a) Could you explain about mapping procedure? Some of the listed species have images? How do you wish to prioritize the list? b) could you talk more about the "Training session and Content creation activity - 2" and how do you plan to do this, a basic plan would be sufficient? c) Please note, if this project is supported that will be till 30 June, as of now. d) about lending the equipment, the equipment will continue to be CIS asset, and needs to be returned after the project. An asset registry form needs to be filled also. We can arrange a meeting with K. N. Medini to explain the procedure, if needed. Regards. --Tito (CIS-A2K) (talk) 09:18, 25 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Tito Ji, Here are the answers to the questions:
a) Could you explain about mapping procedure? Some of the listed species have images? How do you wish to prioritize the list?
We will focus on photographing or prioritizing those species whose pictures are not available at Wikimedia Commons. We will also focus on photographing species which do not have any quality images on Commons.
Apart from collecting the media files, there will be some community engagement or recruitment of newbies. Some of the newbies engaged in the project might be photographing and sharing images of existing species on Wikimedia Commons but that will be a learning phase for them.
The project’s highlights are Photography, Content gap, qualitative media, awareness towards Wikimedia, information about wild flowers, community growth, training and edit-a-thon.
b) could you talk more about the "Training session and Content creation activity - 2" and how do you plan to do this, a basic plan would be sufficient?
As this project includes some newbies who are not familiar to Wikimedia Commons, the training session we will teach them about “Upload Wizard” i.e upload media, add caption and description, add metadata, categories, coordination, license etc.) We will organize an offline meeting where all these topics will be covered. A few existing Wikimedians also do not know how to upload on Wikimedia Commons, so, it will be a training for those as well.
We will also engage other members of the community to participate in the workshop and to add the photographed species to Wikipedia articles.
c) Please note, if this project is supported that will be till 30 June, as of now.
Yes, We understand that A2K can support this project till 30 June due to year ends. We will try to cover our visits within the given time.
A quick question from us, is it possible if we can submit our finances report till 30 June and the project report after the June?
d) about lending the equipment, the equipment will continue to be CIS asset, and needs to be returned after the project. An asset registry form needs to be filled also. We can arrange a meeting with K. N. Medini to explain the procedure, if needed
We agree on this and the equipment will be returned to CIS.
PS: I apologies for not defining the team members role in previous answers. The roles of the team members will be as follows:
Varinder Sharma - Project lead
Satdeep Gill - Advisor
Nitesh Gill - Coordinator
Jagseer S Sidhu, Gurnoor Ghuman, Harjeet Singhasees - Field visit team member
2 team members of Varinder Sharma - Newbies (they are having decent photography skills and knowledge of Wildflower species).
And also there was a typo mistake in the budget section which i am rectifying here:
After the call with the CIS-A2K team, the updated budget is according to the suggestions.
Sr. No.
Item
Expenditure
1
Micro Lens
On loan from CIS-A2K
2
Fooding and Lodging
25,000/-
3
Travel expenses
25,000/-
4
Wikimedia Commons Workshop
20,000/-
5
Miscellaneous
10,000/-
Total
80,000 INR
Plan
We will document the wildflower species in a holistic sense and create a complete profile of the species by adding photographs from different views (such as the dorsal view) and different parts of the species (such as buds, fruit, flower etc.). We will also be primarily focusing on documenting species without any images, having less than 20 images or without any quality images on Commons.
For more details please go through the project page --Jagseer S Sidhu (talk) 05:37, 30 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, Dear A2K Team,
I'm (User:Pranayraj1985) one of the active Wikipedian in Telugu Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects. I've been on the path of contributing the #2500Wikidays challenge for the past five and half years in Telugu Wikipedia. Now i need support for my Internet Connection Recharge (ACT Fibernet: Rs.3245/- per next six months) for completing #2500WikidaysChallenge. It would be helpful to me to complete 2500WikidaysChallenge in a successful way.--Pranayraj Vangari(talk) 05:49, 5 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Hello CIS A2K team, I'am User:J ansari. I edit on various Indic wiki project as well as I'm a global rollbacker. in past few months i was not active due to my health issues so I couldn't edit regular. and now I came back, i need Internet Support to keep my good works going here and participate future event, edit-thon etc, please help me with Six Months recharge plan.Thank you -J. AnsariTalk07:08, 5 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Hi User:J ansari, thanks for posting your request. You mentioned that for the last few months you were not active much due to some issues and we also followed your contribution for 365 days which was too less. But your overall contribution is enough for getting the support. Congratulations! this request is Approved. But for this time, it is approved for three months only. Once the time will over you could ask for further support as well. For further queries, doubts and conversations please email me at nitesh@cis-india.org. Regards Nitesh (CIS-A2K) (talk) 06:47, 8 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Hello CIS-A2K team, I am writing this request on behalf of the Indic MediaWiki Developers User Group and the organizers of Indic Hackathon 2022. As you may already know, the User Group is organizing a local meetup on the main hackathon during 20-22 May, in Hyderabad. The goal is to bring together technical contributors from India for a regional hackathon as a local meetup of the upcoming Wikimedia Hackathon 2022, to resolve pending technical issues, bugs, brainstorm on tooling ideas, and foster connections between contributors.
We have received a rapid grant from the Wikimedia Foundation to fund the event. However, we would like to increase the participation from the community, so we are placing this request for additional funding over the top of rapid grant funding received. We would like to request support and partner with us to fund air travel of six scholarship recipients and 33% of the hotel expenses which can be around ₹60,000. Though the final amount might vary depending on the flight prices, we are expecting the total request to be around ₹1,20,000/-
Hello User:Jayprakash12345 and team, thanks for letting us know about this request. This is an interesting idea, and it is good to see the effort to conduct the hackathon event.
Could you let us know more about the expected outcome? We do understand that the event will attempt to resolve pending technical issues, bugs etc. Can you tell us how do you plan to go ahead with this idea such as project selection, prioritization, task list etc.
We hope that if any tool or script is developed in or as a result of the event, the source code will be under a free/open license. Please confirm.
For logistical reason, we would be able to provide logistical support to Indian citizens only.
As this will be a participant driven program, many activities depend on the participants’ interests and skills So participants will be free to work on any technical project which they will mention on their scholarship application form. However, we have Wikipedia and Wikisource as focus area and we will work on below project.
Wikicontest tool - This tool allow community to run wikipedia contests. It will be extended version of fountain tool. Please know more about it at Phabricator.
Wikisource contest tool - It is a proofread and validation contest tool for Wikisource. This tool will be the extended version of our currently running Indic Wikisource Contest tool.
Yes, we will follow Wikimedia Toolforge's Pick a license practice so source code will be released under OSI approved license.
Thanks for the information User:Jayprakash12345. We will support this program. The support components are: financial support of six participants' travel ticket (domestic travel only), and a maximum of ₹60,000 as accommodation expenses to be paid to the hotel. User:Medini (CIS-A2K) will be the contact person for the logistics. We need the organisers to share an event report post-event. Following these observations this is Approved --Tito (CIS-A2K) (talk) 02:51, 20 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Hello CIS A2K team, I'am कन्हाई प्रसाद चौरसिया. I edit on various Indic wiki project as well as.I need Internet Support to keep my good works going here and participate future event, edit-thon etc, please help me with three Months recharge plan.Thank you. -- कन्हाई प्रसाद चौरसिया (talk) 13:24, 9 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Hi there. Thanks for all the help that I've received in past. My internet package is going to expire in two days, and here I'm requesting for internet support for next three months again. Please have a look here for my global contributions. Regards, ─ The Aafī(talk)11:23, 15 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Nitesh. I recharged my number for three months with an amount of Rs. 666. Please ping me once the request is approved and I will share the receipt in order to receive the reimbursement. Regards, ─ The Aafī(talk)00:44, 20 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Namastey! My plan is going to expire in 2 days, I need internet support for the next 6 months. So please do needful. Here you can see my contribution. Thanks. NehalDaveND (talk) 01:49, 19 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Hello team, I am 511KeV. I edit various Wikimedia projects, However i am mostly active on En wiki Here and Ks wiki |Here. I also help to translate Wikipedia interface into Kashmiri language on translatewiki. I am here to request internet support for a year, so that I can continue to contribute to the projects, without any delay. Thankyou in advance. 511KeV (talk) 09:34, 20 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Hi 511KeV, thanks for posting your request here. Your contribution is good enough for getting this support. This request is Approved Please let me know about your next three-month plan. For further communication please email me at nitesh@cis-india.org. Nitesh (CIS-A2K) (talk) 12:43, 22 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Hello CIS A2K team, I am Batthini Vinay Kumar Goud. I am editor in Telugu Wikipedia. Am successfully completing the #WikiYear challenge (03.05.2021 to 02.05.2022, 1957 articles in 365 days, daily 5 articles) in Telugu Wikipedia (Wikiyear challenge Pages Link). Now am planning to write daily 10 articles on Telugu Wikipedia. I need internet support to keep my good works going here, please help me with a 1-year recharge plan. Thank you.--Batthini Vinay Kumar Goud (talk) 08:18, 3 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Batthini Vinay Kumar Goud, thanks for your request. I have seen your request yesterday but could not reply. I have checked your contribution and you are doing great work, congratulations! This request is Approved. Please come forward for a three-month plan only then we will go further after three months. For further conversation please email me at nitesh@cis-india.org, Regards Nitesh (CIS-A2K) (talk) 10:17, 5 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Request to bear scanning cost for a rare Bengali-Portuguese bilingual book collected in the British Library
Hello CIS-A2K team. I would like to request you to bear the scanning cost of a rare Bengali-Portuguese bilingual book collected in the British Library named “Vocabulario em idioma bengalla, e portuguez. Dividido em duas partes.”. This book is the first printed Bengali grammar book which was published from Lisbon on 1743 and thus has high historical significance for Bengali Wikisource project. I have managed to let the book physically check by a British Library staff posted there and after his green signal of its good conditions, I am placing this request to you, so that it can be scanned. The book has 608 pages in total and the British Library charges £ 310.63 in total (See pricing). If you agree to approve this request and assign someone, I will send him/her the necessary information to fill up a form which will order for imaging services. As the form is online, your assigned person can fill it up directly and hence, you do not have to send me any money in my account. Thanks, -- Bodhisattwa (talk) 15:29, 6 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Bodhisattwa, thanks for letting us know about the plan. The plan is Approved. Please share the link to the book once it is uploaded on Wikimedia. We will contact you about logistics. Regards Nitesh (CIS-A2K) (talk) 16:25, 10 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Nitesh (CIS-A2K):Request withdrawn - I am withrawing the request as I had confirmed news of long queues of pending payments to different vendors or community members from CIS-A2K side since last 2 months and personally, I could not get the confidence that CIS-A2K will have the capacity to pay or reimburse this request of mine. So, I have approached another organization, who has paid the amount. -- Bodhisattwa (talk) 15:41, 21 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Kashmiri Wikipedia has been in underdeveloped stage since a long time due to lack of knowledge about its existence. Very few people know about its existence. There has be no event organized since its creation in 2004. We want to organize an online Editing competition which will run from 1 June 2022 to 7th June. We will let the potential uses know by various social platforms and train the registered editors from the day this request is approved.
What are the Expected impact?
Registering new editors, creation of more content and encouraging editors to contribute more; updatation of old pages.
What is the Estimate budget (give it with a detailed break-up)?
Around 8,000 INR. For first winner, 2500 INR. Second, 2000; third, 1000; And consolation prizes worth 500 INR to (not more than)5 people. (T shirts for organizers if possible).
Support This would help an almost dead-wiki revive its life. Kashmiri is spoken throughout Kashmir valley and the language is studied at several academic seats. This event on Kashmiri Wikipedia could help in documenting a plethora of forgotten stuff in that language. ─ The Aafī(talk)17:27, 10 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Question: , Having been through the event details on Kashmiri Wikipedia, has this event been discussed with the Kashmiri Wikipedia community? I mean, are the active editors like Iflaq knowing about it? If not, dear 511KeV, please gain local consensus first. I'll be happy to support. ─ The Aafī(talk)13:13, 10 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Hello 511KeV, thanks for sharing this idea. Thanks User:TheAafi for your comments. This looks pretty interesting, and we would like to work on this. A few notes and observations.
Is there going to be a theme for this edit-a-thon or articles can be created/expanded on general topic?
It would be good to have a minimum threshold for getting prizes (such as minimum number of articles created/expanded/bytes added).
Note, A2K would not be able to give cash payment, however gift vouchers such as Amazon, Flipkart can be given. Please also note the gift vouchers and prizes can be sent inside India only, following the organisation's requirement.
This Edit-a-thon will not be thematic owing to the recruitment of new editor (as different editors have different taste), We will allow creation of articles on any subject in which the editor likes. However, Kashmir related articles will be preferable.
The minimum threshold will be creation of 3 articles or expanding 3 articles significantly. New articles must be more than 2500 bytes and 250 words. 511KeV (talk) 01:35, 11 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your response 511KeV. Following the notes and observations that the mentioned prizes will be in form of gift vouchers (Amazon, Flipkart etc.) and the prizes can be sent inside India only, this requested is Approved. We will support this event. Thanks for planning this edit-a-thon. For logistics co-ordination or any other query please email titocis-india.org. All the best. --Tito (CIS-A2K) (talk) 11:02, 11 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Hi everyone at the CIS. Accidentally display of my laptop has been damaged. The estimate cost of repair is ₹5000 ₹6726. Since the defect, all of my works on the Wikipedia are effected. I've lately began helping with license reviewing on the Commons as well.
I'd tomorrow ask at Dell and see if this is covered by Accidental Damage Service but sadly my laptop doesn't have such a waranty. Anyways, I'll report once I get an update from Dell. ─ The Aafī on Mobile (talk) 06:29, 15 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, the Dell customer service executives told me that the charges for the display replacement alongside labor charges would be ₹6726. I'd like to go with that, as my system in under warranty and I'd not like to get it repaired anywhere else. The executives told me that my system doesn't have any accidental Damage waranty [only the basic one which doesn't cover it]. Here I'm seeking your help. I hope I'm helped so that I can continue helping on various Wikipedia projects and venues. ─ The Aafī on Mobile (talk) 05:00, 16 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support, I come across Aafi's work often, in various Wikimedia projects. They have been active on Enwiki and Urwiki with an impressive track record. They are also a VRT member. I am sure this request will benefit the project. 511KeV (talk) 05:19, 16 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Hello TheAafi, thanks for the request. The request is Approved. The amount will be reimbursed upon producing an invoice. Please note it may take to 7–10 working days to process the reimbursement. For query or logistics coordination, please email programcis-india.org. Regards. --Nitesh (CIS-A2K) (talk) 10:10, 17 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I am one of the most active users in Punjabi Wikisource and I am unable to contribute because of my low budget for internet. If CIS can provide me with a six month plan I'll be able to continue my volunteer work. My future plan is to make a new main page for Punjabi Wikisource. I have also started translating most of the templates which are being used in Punjabi Wikisource. Apart from these I have also started linking Wikisource pages with their respective Wikidata Items.--*•.¸♡ ℍ𝕒𝕣𝕕𝕒𝕣𝕤𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝔹𝕖𝕟𝕚𝕡𝕒𝕝 ♡¸.•*𝕋𝕒𝕝𝕜 06:41, 18 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
HELO CIS-A2K TEAM. I am one of the most active user in TAMIL Wikipedia. I need internet support for six month plan. (Please use balansalem1967@gmail.com)--Balu1967 (talk) 13:10, 25 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Approved. Please for further process email on nitesh@cis-india.org. Thanks again Nitesh (CIS-A2K) (talk) 06:27, 5 January 2022 (UTC)
Support Since this meetup is not only to meet community members but it also aims to discuss future plans and organised edit-a-thon. I support this initiative. Jagseer S Sidhu (talk) 10:57, 8 March 2022 (UTC)
Convolvulus arvensis Hirankhuri
Verbesina encelioides. Golden crown beard
Passiflora foetida L
Butea monosperma
Heliotropium strigosum
Datura metel flower
Ageratum conyzoides
Sonchus asper
Datura metel fruit
Strong support to this project. The expert did his research on wildflowers and presented or inform the community about the importance and need to take steps to document them. As a Punjabi Wikimedian, I personally want this project must be supported by CIS-A2K. The project will help us to engage the community or recruit newbies. Wikimedia will have one more expert who knows about Flora & Fauna in terms of Wildflower as well as photography. We will be thankful to the A2K team if they will support this kind of pilot project. Nitesh Gill (talk) 06:43, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
- Jagseer S Sidhu (talk) 15:43, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
Request withdrawn - I am withrawing the request as I had confirmed news of long queues of pending payments to different vendors or community members from CIS-A2K side since last 2 months and personally, I could not get the confidence that CIS-A2K will have the capacity to pay or reimburse this request of mine. So, I have approached another organization, who has paid the amount. -- Bodhisattwa (talk) 15:41, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
Question: , Having been through the event details on Kashmiri Wikipedia, has this event been discussed with the Kashmiri Wikipedia community? I mean, are the active editors like Iflaq knowing about it? If not, dear 511KeV, please gain local consensus first. I'll be happy to support. ─ The Aafī (talk) 13:13, 10 May 2022 (UTC)
cis-india.org. All the best. --Tito (CIS-A2K) (talk) 11:02, 11 May 2022 (UTC)
