Wikimedians for Sustainable Development/Newsletter/2023-03

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This is our twentyfifth newsletter, covering March 2023. This issue has news related to SDGs 3, 5, 10, 13, 15 and 16.

Meetings

• Upcoming: User group meeting 2023-04-02 (SDG all)
• Past: User group meeting 2023-03-05 (SDG all)

Activities

• Ongoing: 365 climate edits (SDG 13)
• Upcoming: WikiForHumanRights (SDG 10 & 13)
• Upcoming: April 19 - LaGuardia Community College Earth Day Translatathon with Casa de las Américas NYC (SDG 13)
• Upcoming: April 22 - Earth Day 2023 Edit-a-thon Environment of Brooklyn Focus with Sure We Can (SDG 13)
• Upcoming: April 23 - Earth Day Wiknic NYC (SDG 13)
• Past: Gender and culture related event to test image suggestions on Wikipedia (SDG 5)
• Past: Feminism and Folklore 2023 (SDG 5)
• Past: Art+Feminism edit-a-thon for Nigerian female artists (SDG 5)

News

• Putting our energy into Wikipedia as climate action (SDG 13)
• How Art+Feminism is using Wikipedia to promote equity in the art world (SDG 5)
• Biodiversity Heritage Library and Wikidata (SDG 15)
• Black history month and more (SDG 10)
• Women Do News: Tackling the Gender Divide in Journalism Through Wikipedia (SDG 5)
• Wiki Loves Earth 2023 is starting! (SDG 15)
• The Quest to Close the Gender Gap on Wikipedia Continues; Five-Year Anniversary with Feminism & Folklore (SDG 5)
• WikiGap Malaysia 2023: Empowering women in indigenous languages (SDG 5)
• Wikipedia has a climatetech problem (SDG 13)

New Wikidata properties

• NCI Drug Dictionary ID (SDG 3)
• Malaysia Federal Legislation act ID (SDG 16)
• Moscow University Herbarium ID (SDG 15)
• Norwegian Petroleum Directorate field ID (SDG 13)

Featured content

• English Wikipedia: List of Saxifragales families (SDG 15)
• English Wikipedia: Red-throated wryneck (SDG 15)

• Featured images
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  Ourapteryx yerburii ssp. specimens and male genitalia (SDG 15)
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  Pterophorus pentadactyla (SDG 15)
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  Wood duck drake (SDG 15)
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  Cardinal (SDG 15)
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  Bunten Kronwicke (Securigera varia) (SDG 15)
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  Sympetrum sanguineum (SDG 15)
• 
  Crocus tommasinianus (SDG 15)
• 
  Papaya - longitudinal section close-up view (SDG 15)
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  Aphantopus hyperantus (SDG 15)
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  Australian Zebra Finch (SDG 15)
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  Melospiza melodia (SDG 15)
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  Roadside hawk (Rupornis magnirostris griseocauda) eating speckled racer (Drymobius margaritiferus) (SDG 15)
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  Black iguana (Ctenosaura similis) (SDG 15)
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  Cerastis rubricosa caterpillar (side view) (SDG 15)
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  Cerastis rubricosa caterpillar (dorsal view) (SDG 15)
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  Frühlings-Knotenblume (Leucojum vernum) (SDG 15)
• 
  Ocellated turkey (Meleagris ocellata) male (SDG 15)
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  Geoffroy's spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi yucatanensis) (SDG 15)
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  Ophiopogon planiscapus (SDG 15)
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  Protaetic cuprea ignicollis (SDG 15)
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  Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus plexippus) (SDG 15)
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  Cepaea nemoralis (SDG 15)
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  Crepis biennis (SDG 15)
• 
  Keel-billed toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus sulfuratus) on foxtail palm (Wodyetia bifurcata) (SDG 15)
• 
  Trifolium spadiceum (SDG 15)

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This is our twentyfifth newsletter, covering March 2023. This issue has news related to SDGs 3, 5, 10, 13, 15 and 16.

Meetings

• Upcoming: User group meeting 2023-04-02 (SDG all) [50]
• Past: User group meeting 2023-03-05 (SDG all) [8]

Activities

• Ongoing: 365 climate edits (SDG 13) [1]
• Upcoming: WikiForHumanRights (SDG 10 & 13) [47]
• Upcoming: April 19 - LaGuardia Community College Earth Day Translatathon with Casa de las Américas NYC (SDG 13) [48]
• Upcoming: April 22 - Earth Day 2023 Edit-a-thon Environment of Brooklyn Focus with Sure We Can (SDG 13) [7]
• Upcoming: April 23 - Earth Day Wiknic NYC (SDG 13) [49]
• Past: Gender and culture related event to test image suggestions on Wikipedia (SDG 5) [16]
• Past: Feminism and Folklore 2023 (SDG 5) [32]
• Past: Art+Feminism edit-a-thon for Nigerian female artists (SDG 5) [33]

News

• Putting our energy into Wikipedia as climate action (SDG 13) [12]
• How Art+Feminism is using Wikipedia to promote equity in the art world (SDG 5) [13]
• Biodiversity Heritage Library and Wikidata (SDG 15) [14]
• Black history month and more (SDG 10) [15]
• Women Do News: Tackling the Gender Divide in Journalism Through Wikipedia (SDG 5) [20]
• Wiki Loves Earth 2023 is starting! (SDG 15) [21]
• The Quest to Close the Gender Gap on Wikipedia Continues; Five-Year Anniversary with Feminism & Folklore (SDG 5) [31]
• WikiGap Malaysia 2023: Empowering women in indigenous languages (SDG 5) [37]
• Wikipedia has a climatetech problem (SDG 13) [46]

Featured content

• Commons: Ourapteryx yerburii ssp. specimens and male genitalia (SDG 15) [2]
• Commons: Pterophorus pentadactyla - Keila (SDG 15) [3]
• Commons: Wood duck drake (SDG 15) [4]
• Commons: Cardinal (SDG 15) [5]
• Commons: Bunten Kronwicke (Securigera varia) (SDG 15) [6]
• Commons: Sympetrum sanguineum (SDG 15) [9]
• Commons: Crocus tommasinianus (SDG 15) [10]
• Commons: Papaya - longitudinal section close-up view (SDG 15) [11]
• Commons: Aphantopus hyperantus (SDG 15) [17]
• Commons: Australian Zebra Finch (SDG 15) [18]
• Commons: Melospiza melodia (SDG 15) [19]
• English Wikipedia: List of Saxifragales families (SDG 15) [22]
• English Wikipedia: Red-throated wryneck (SDG 15) [23]
• Commons: Roadside hawk (Rupornis magnirostris griseocauda) eating speckled racer (Drymobius margaritiferus) (SDG 15) [24]
• Commons: Black iguana (Ctenosaura similis) (SDG 15) [25]
• Commons: Cerastis rubricosa caterpillar (side view) (SDG 15) [26]
• Commons: Cerastis rubricosa caterpillar (dorsal view) (SDG 15) [27]
• Commons: Frühlings-Knotenblume (Leucojum vernum) (SDG 15) [28]
• Commons: Ocellated turkey (Meleagris ocellata) male (SDG 15) [29]
• Commons: Geoffroy's spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi yucatanensis) (SDG 15) [30]
• Commons: Ophiopogon planiscapus (SDG 15) [34]
• Commons: Protaetic cuprea ignicollis (SDG 15) [35]
• Commons: Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus plexippus) (SDG 15) [36]
• Commons: Cepaea nemoralis (SDG 15) [38]
• Commons: Crepis biennis (SDG 15) [39]
• Commons: Keel-billed toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus sulfuratus) on foxtail palm (Wodyetia bifurcata) (SDG 15) [40]
• Commons: Trifolium spadiceum (SDG 15) [41]

New Wikidata properties

• NCI Drug Dictionary ID (SDG 3) [42]
• Malaysia Federal Legislation act ID (SDG 16) [43]
• Moscow University Herbarium ID (SDG 15) [44]
• Norwegian Petroleum Directorate field ID (SDG 13) [45]

Links

• [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_for_Sustainable_Development/365_climate_edits
• [2] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ourapteryx_yerburii_ssp._specimens_and_male_genitalia.jpg
• [3] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pterophorus_pentadactyla_-_Keila.jpg
• [4] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wood_duck_drake_%2886815%29.jpg
• [5] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cardinal_%2886755%29.jpg
• [6] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bunten_Kronwicke_%28Securigera_varia%29_Bl%C3%BCte-20200626-RM-173640.jpg
• [7] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Earth_Day_2023_Bushwick
• [8] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_for_Sustainable_Development/Meeting_minutes_20230305
• [9] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Neubrunn_Steinbruch_Blutrote_Heidelibelle_%28Sympetrum_sanguineum%29_8262082.jpg
• [10] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boerenkrokus_%28Crocus_tommasinianus%29_28-02-2023_%28d.j.b.%29.jpg
• [11] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Papaya_-_longitudinal_section_close-up_view.jpg
• [12] https://wikiedu.org/blog/2023/03/08/putting-our-energy-into-wikipedia-as-climate-action/
• [13] https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2023/03/07/how-artfeminism-is-using-wikipedia-to-promote-equity-in-the-art-world/
• [14] https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/February_2023/Contents/New_Zealand_report
• [15] https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/February_2023/Contents/USA_report
• [16] https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/February_2023/Contents/WMF_GLAM_report
• [17] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aphantopus_hyperantus_-_Keila.jpg
• [18] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Australian_Zebra_Finch_0A2A3013.jpg
• [19] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Melospiza_melodia_JRVdH_03.jpg
• [20] https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2023/03/14/women-do-news-tackling-the-gender-divide-in-journalism-through-wikipedia/
• [21] https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/03/17/wiki-loves-earth-2023-is-starting/
• [22] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Saxifragales_families
• [23] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-throated_wryneck
• [24] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roadside_hawk_%28Rupornis_magnirostris_griseocauda%29_eating_speckled_racer_%28Drymobius_margaritiferus%29_Orange_Walk.jpg
• [25] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Black_iguana_%28Ctenosaura_similis%29_Cayo.jpg
• [26] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cerastis_rubricosa_caterpillar_%28side_view%29_-_Keila.jpg
• [27] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cerastis_rubricosa_caterpillar_%28dorsal_view%29_-_Keila.jpg
• [28] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fr%C3%BChlings-Knotenblume_%28Leucojum_vernum%29-20230220-RM-161056.jpg
• [29] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ocellated_turkey_%28Meleagris_ocellata%29_male_Peten.jpg
• [30] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Geoffroy%27s_spider_monkey_%28Ateles_geoffroyi_yucatanensis%29_Peten_2.jpg
• [31] https://medium.com/@openheritagefoundation/the-quest-to-close-the-gender-gap-on-wikipedia-continues-five-year-anniversary-with-feminism-ebd7a3b3185e
• [32] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Feminism_and_Folklore_2023
• [33] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Edit_a_thon/artfeminism-edit-a-thon-for-nigerian-female-artists-2023
• [34] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bessen_van_een_Ophiopogon_planiscapus_%27Niger%27._28-02-2023._%28d.j.b%29.jpg
• [35] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Protaetic_cuprea_ignicollis_2023-03-22_IZE-066.jpg
• [36] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monarch_butterflies_%28Danaus_plexippus_plexippus%29_Piedra_Herrada_2.jpg
• [37] https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/03/28/wikigap-malaysia-2023-empowering-women-in-indigenous-languages/
• [38] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cepaea_nemoralis_Paarung-20230314-RM-110511.jpg
• [39] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wiesen_Pippau_%28Crepis_biennis%29-20220624-RM-123950.jpg
• [40] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Keel-billed_toucan_%28Ramphastos_sulfuratus_sulfuratus%29_on_foxtail_palm_%28Wodyetia_bifurcata%29_Cayo.jpg
• [41] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trifolium_spadiceum_-_Niitv%C3%A4lja.jpg
• [42] https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11623
• [43] https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11649
• [44] https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11650
• [45] https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11666
• [46] https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/climate-crisis/wikipedia-has-a-climatetech-problem
• [47] https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/03/30/join-the-wikiforhumanrights-campaign-and-contribute-knowledge-that-connects-human-rights-with-solutions-for-a-sustainable-future/
• [48] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Translat-a-thon/NYC/2023
• [49] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Earth_Day_Wiknic
• [50] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_for_Sustainable_Development/Next_meeting

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