User talk:Bodhisattwa (CIS-A2K)
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Best regards! This is just for formality, you know more than what is in this template, all the best for your work in the new role. KCVelaga (talk) 07:35, 20 July 2019 (UTC)
Wikidata WikiProject Newsletter is live!
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Hi,
You are receiving this notification as you are one of the participants in WikiProject India in Wikidata. We are very happy to announce that we have started a quarterly newsletter featuring news, updates and plans related to Wikidata activities in India. You can find our first issue here. If you do not want to receive this kind of notification further, you can remove your username from here.
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WikiProject India Newsletter #2
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Hi Bodhisattwa (CIS-A2K),
Happy New Year for those who are living in UTC+05:30 (Q6828) (in advance or belated for the rest!). You are receiving this message as you are one of the participants of WikiProject India on Wikidata and/or a subscriber of the Wikidata India newsletter. You can find our second issue of the quarterly newsletter here, where you can get a quick overview of the Wikidata activities related to India over the last 3 months. If you do not want to receive this kind of notification further, you can remove your username from here.
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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:46, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
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Skill Share Request
[edit]Sir,I am Ghanta Haindavi pursuing Btech 2nd year in VVIT college,I want to learn basics of wikidata and some basics of wikidata tools.--Ghanta Haindavi (talk) 12:04, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- @Ghanta Haindavi:, sorry for the late reply. We can have a session some time during next week. I will let you know the timing of the session. -- Bodhisattwa (CIS-A2K) (talk) 15:21, 25 March 2020 (UTC)
WikiProject India Newsletter #3
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Hi Bodhisattwa (CIS-A2K),
You are receiving this message as you are one of the participants of WikiProject India on Wikidata and/or a subscriber of the Wikidata India newsletter. You can find our third issue of the quarterly newsletter here, where you can get a quick overview of the Wikidata activities related to India over the last 3 months. If you do not want to receive this kind of notification further, you can remove your username from here.
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Bodhisattwa (CIS-A2K) and Mahir256
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Sent through MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:35, 31 March 2020 (UTC)
Needs assessment for Wikidata Movement Resource
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Hi Bodhisattwa (CIS-A2K),
CIS-A2K is planning to invest some resources from May-June 2020 to create community movement resource (CMR) materials in English and different Indic languages for Wikidata in the form of tutorials, handbooks, infographics, videos, animations etc. The aim of this initiative is to build a pool of resource materials for Wikidata eventually, which will serve as ready-made handy references for new as well as experienced users. You are requested to fill up this form, so that we can understand your needs on different topics of Wikidata. You are also very welcome to actively participate in the process and help us build the CMR with your different areas of expertise.
You are receiving this message as you are one of the participants of WikiProject India. If you do not want to receive this kind of notification further, you can remove your username from here.
Regards,
Bodhisattwa (CIS-A2K)
Wikidata Advisor, CIS-A2K
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Indian scientists datathon
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Hi Bodhisattwa (CIS-A2K),
You are receiving this message as you are one of the participants of WikiProject India on Wikidata and/or a subscriber of the Wikidata India newsletter.
Hope you and your loved ones are safe and sound during this ongoing COVID-19 pandemic situation.
This is for your kind information that, from 22nd May, 2020 Friday to 24th May, 2020 Sunday, a datathon will be happening on Indian scientists on Wikidata. The lack of data about Indian scientists, their works and publications on Wikidata is the reason behind conducting the datathon. Considering the ongoing pandemic, the datathon will also focus on scientists working on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19.
The tasklist of the datathon is flexible. Participants can choose their own preferred task on this topic
Hoping for your active participation.
Take care and stay safe,
Bodhisattwa (CIS-A2K)
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WikiProject India Newsletter #4
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Hi Bodhisattwa (CIS-A2K),
You are receiving this message as you are one of the participants of WikiProject India on Wikidata and/or a subscriber of the Wikidata India newsletter. You can find our fourth issue of the quarterly newsletter here, where you can get a quick overview of the Wikidata activities related to India over the last 3 months. If you do not want to receive this kind of notification further, you can remove your username from here.
Regards,
Bodhisattwa (CIS-A2K) and Mahir256
(on behalf of WikiProject India)
Sent through MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:34, 30 June 2020 (UTC)
Wikidata 8th birthday events in India
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Hello Bodhisattwa (CIS-A2K)!,
I am happy to inform you that we are organizing a series of events on the occasion of the 8th birthday of Wikidata on behalf of WikiProject India in the form of webinars, datathon and merchandise distribution. Details of the events can be found here.
- Webinars- 3 sessions on 3 very interesting topics will be conducted as follows. The sessions will be open for all.
- October 11 2020, 6 pm IST:- Jane023 will talk about Sum of all Paintings, describe and demonstrate the workflow on improving data about paintings on Wikidata. A data-thon on Indian paintings will follow for the next 16 days.
- October 17 2020, 7 pm IST:- DVrandecic (WMF) will be introducing the newest sister project of the Wikimedia universe, the Abstract Wikipedia and WikiLambda to the Indian community and how as a community, we need to be prepared for this upcoming exciting and ambitious project.
- October 18 2020, 7 pm IST:- Mahir256 will conduct a session on the Wikidata Lexeme. He will explain the importance of lexicographical data and demonstrate the workflow.
- Datathon - October 12 to October 28, 2020:- A 16-days long online datathon will be conducted on Indian paintings. The output of the datathon will be given as a birthday gift to Wikidata on October 29.
- Merchandise distribution- During the month of October, CIS-A2K will be sending Wikidata special merchandise to Indian affiliates and communities upon request as well as active contributors of Wikidata residing in India. Details on how to request merchandise can be found here.
The above mentioned activities are already finalised. If any of the Indian communities or affiliates are planning activities on the occasion of Wikidata's 8th birthday, please feel free to enlist them here.
Regards,
Bodhisattwa (CIS-A2K)
Wikidata Co-ordinator, CIS-A2K
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WikiProject India Newsletter #5
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Hi Bodhisattwa (CIS-A2K),
You are receiving this message as you are one of the participants of WikiProject India on Wikidata and/or a subscriber of the Wikidata India newsletter. You can find our fifth issue of the quarterly newsletter here, where you can get a quick overview of the Wikidata activities related to India over the last 3 months. If you do not want to receive this kind of notification further, you can remove your username from here.
Regards,
Bodhisattwa (CIS-A2K) and Mahir256
(on behalf of WikiProject India)
Sent through MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:35, 30 September 2020 (UTC)
WikiProject India Newsletter #6
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Hi Bodhisattwa (CIS-A2K),
Happy New Year 2021!
You are receiving this message as you are one of the participants of WikiProject India on Wikidata and/or a subscriber of the Wikidata India newsletter. You can find our sixth issue of the quarterly newsletter here, where you can get a quick overview of the Wikidata activities related to India over the last 3 months. If you do not want to receive this kind of notification further, you can remove your username from here.
Regards,
Bodhisattwa (CIS-A2K) and Mahir256
(on behalf of WikiProject India)
Sent through MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:04, 1 January 2021 (UTC)