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@Jon_Harald_Søby_WMNO , I already replied to you elsewhere, but let me just say it is nice to hear a bit about your personal background. I am just an ordinary participant here, but I just wanted to thank you for saying hello here. hope you will join in here as much as you wish! glad to have you, and welcome aboard! :slight_smile:

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Pozdrav svima! Ja sam Željko, ali u međunarodnoj komunikaciji preferiram koristiti inicijal Z.

Iznimno ne pišem na engleskom jeziku jer mislim da je važno da ga se bar povremeno izbaci iz središta i ne podrazumjeva kao jedinu normu. Kao queer osoba sa Balkana često djelujem kritički i kreativno van normi. Ne podrazumijevam da su socijalne norme vezane uz nasljeđe kolonijalizma i rojalizma te suvremeni neo-liberalizam niti jedine niti globalne, čak i kada mnogi Wikipedisti tako misle. To je i dio mog rada u polju kulture, medija i edukacije zbog čega sam u Wikimedia ekosustavu sa različitim zajednicama, pojedincima i oko različitih entiteta.

Ljubitelj sam Discourse softwarea odavno, ali sam bio zakasnio podržati WM Space da postane dio standardne Wikimedija komunikacijske infrastrukture prije pandemije (učinio bi je malo podnošljivijom)… ali veselim se ovoj novoj prilici za pregledniju, raznovrsniju i inkluzivniju razmjenu mišljenja!

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Hello all!

Glad to be here with you. I hope everyone here is doing well.
I’m Gilbert Ndihokubwayo, I’m wikimedian, cofounder of the Community of Wikimedia in Burundi. Hope together we will do greater things!

Stay safe!

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Hello,I am Chinwendu Peace,I speak English, Igbo and basic Sean. I am a member of Igbo Wikimedian User group.

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Hello Everyone, I’m Mustapha from Ghana. I speak both English and Yoruba language fluently, I am a team member at Global Open Initiative Foundation and Project Lead at Lakeside University College, Ghana. I am easy to work with and always eager to learn and develop myself.

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I am nishimirwe Liliane a member of wikimedia Rwanda User group. I am a researcher and i am very happy to be here with you all. Thank you

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I am Oby Ezeilo from Igbo Wikimedia User Group Nigeria. I speak Igbo, English, and Nigerian Pigin. I love learning, teaching, and creating things out of nothing. Looking forward to learning a lot of beautiful things here and connecting with a lot of people.

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Welcome @Oby_Ezeilo ! We can really use your input. Glad you’re here. Thanks!

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Hello! Abdul-Rasheed Yussif is my name from Ghana. I currently serve as the project manager at Dagbani Wikimedians User Group. I contribute to Dagbani Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons and English Wikipedia. I am glad to be part of this forum.

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Hello everyone. I’m User: Alhassan Mohammed Awal from Ghana. Some of the Wikimedia core projects/tools I’m active on are Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons and Wiktionary. I’m affiliated with the Dagbani Wikimedians User Group, a language User Group based in Tamale, Ghana. I’m the Communications Manager for the User Group.
It’s a pleasure to be here to share and learn from fellow Wikimedians.

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Salut, je suis Nixon Mukoko du Congo-Kinshasa

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Hi all! My name is Nikolay Artemev (Николай Артемьев). I’m Wikimedians of the Uzbek language User Group. I’m speak Russian and read/write in Russian, Uzbek and English (with supporting online translators).

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Hello everyone – lovely to meet you. I’m Sj (user:Sj) from New England, co-organizer of Wikimedians for offline wikis.

I speak English and read German, Spanish, French, + Hebrew. A lifetime ago I helped the sw: and nah: wikis get off the ground, with patience and dictionaries. :slight_smile:

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Hi there,
Welcome everyone, This is Amal Ramadan a community relations specialist, I am supporting the apps teams.
I am really interested to get into the movement forum, it sounds like a kind place with lots of information as well.

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Oi gente, tudo bem? Já ando por aqui há algum tempo, mas ainda não me apresentei formalmente :wave:

Meu nome é Tila Cappelletto, sou brasileira :brazil: e Wikimedista desde 2015. Embora a minha língua materna seja o português, comecei a fazer parte do movimento editando a Wikipédia em espanhol porque na altura morava em Madrid :es: e minha introdução aconteceu numa editatona incrível liderada pela Patricia Horrillo / Wikiesfera - Meta). (Sempre reconheça aquelas quem vieram antes de você!). Graças a essa experiência, tive a oportunidade de me organizar com outras mulheres e cofundar as Wiki Editoras Lx (coletiva de wikimedistas lusofalantes).

Passei a fazer parte do movimento Wikimedia porque acredito no poder transformador e libertador do conhecimento, e que os projetos Wikimedia têm potencial para serem a ferramenta de todo o conhecimento e de toda humanidade. Contudo, e como sabemos, para isso o movimento precisa de uma estratégia (alguém disse Estratégia do Movimento? :smile:). Caso contrário, nosso destino é a reprodução das estruturas sociais e consequente exclusão de diversas comunidades e saberes. Nesse sentido, meu maior interesse é contribuir para ampliar a participação sustentável de comunidades que ainda não façam parte (ou estejam subrepresentadas) no movimento. E você, sente que contribui individualmente ou como parte de alguma comunidade? Qual a sua motivação? :thinking:

Ps1. No âmbito das recomendações da Estratégia do Movimento, a que mais me interessa é #invest-in-skills-and-leadership-development (Capacitação e Formação de Liderança). A sua também? Vamos conversar! :call_me_hand:
Ps2. Em 2021 comecei a trabalhar para a Fundação Wikimedia como facilitadora da Estratégia do Movimento. Se você estiver se perguntando “Estratégia? Movimento? Recomendação? Iniciativas?”, vamos conversar! :call_me_hand:

(Bom, basicamente é para isso mesmo que temos esta plataforma, não é? Vamos conversar! :laughing:)

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Hello,

  • My real name is Emese, just my nickname is Lois (from Lois & Clark). I live in Hungary. My native language is Hungarian, but I speak English, and I’m learning Hebrew and Latin.
  • I translate. Everything that is important or not important, I translate. :rofl:
  • I am autistic. I know this is a disadvantage in many places. That’s why people don’t like me.
  • The tasks I’m given I like to do as quickly as possible. That’s why I thought I would join the team and help with my translations.
  • I often get “translation fever” and I would like to translate from morning till night, from evening till morning. Of course, no one should bother me.
  • I have a Siamese cat called Caesy. She’s 7 years old and a bit hysterical. Sometimes she helps me to translate.
  • I consider myself a funny person. I don’t know what else to write. I’m glad I found this forum :blush:
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Olá @Lois131, boas-vindas! Obrigada por ter feito eu começar meu dia rindo (sim, você é engraçada!). Diga olá para a Caesy. :heart_eyes_cat:

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Hi, I am Yann Forget from France. I have also lived a long time in India. My mother tongue is French, I am fluent in English, and I speak also Hindi.
I am an admin on Wikimedia Commons and French Wikisource.
My userpage is User:Yann - Wikimedia Commons

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