Thanks for the heads up Qiuwen, hopefully a cure will be found soon because it affects us all.
Kind regards, Bobby Shabangu On Tue, 3 Mar 2020 at 19:43, Delphine Ménard <[email protected]> wrote: > I am so glad nooone has been affected so far. May your friends and families > remain safe during this difficult time and know that our thoughts are with > you. > > Best wishes, > > Delphine > > On Mon, Mar 2, 2020 at 1:17 PM 《求闻》编译组／Qiuwen WMCug <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > BEIJING, Feb. 29 (Qiuwen) - The coronavirus outbreak originated from > > China's Wuhan in Hubei province only two months ago had already claimed > > thousands of lives with more infected, but none of them are Wikimedians - > > as far as we know. > > > > As of February 28th, Qiuwen can independently confirm that all active > > Wikimedians living in the Greater China are not infected by the virus, > > including three of them who live in outbreak's epicenter Wuhan, and > dozens > > more who live in other parts of the Hubei province as well as other > > heavily-infected cities in China. However, many of them were put under > > citywide lockdowns, and just like other local residents, are not allowed > to > > move freely. Meanwhile, one editor in Hong Kong was put under a > compulsory > > quarantine by local health authorities due to close contact with a > > confirmed patient. The editor was forbidden to go outside their home for > a > > 14-day quarantine period. Detailed information of those editors > themselves > > will not be disclosed for privacy reasons. > > > > Several meetups and edit-a-thons in China were either canceled or > > postponed due to the outbreak. Since many Wikipedia enthusiasts in China > > are college students, meetups are generally scheduled to cope with the > > beginnings and endings of academic semesters. However, those meetups were > > postponed as the 2020 spring semester, which typically begins from late > > February to early March, was delayed by education authorities. Organizers > > reported canceling a meetup scheduled to be held in late January in the > > eastern coastal city of Qingdao, while several others, including those in > > Beijing and Shenzhen targeting college students, were postponed until > most > > schools reopen. > > > > Another contributing factor to the suspension of these meetups is > > governments have been discouraging people from traveling back from their > > hometowns to big metropolises like Beijing and Shanghai after the Chinese > > Lunar New Year holiday, which means attendee turnouts for meetups held in > > these cities may be lower than usual. > > > > The community in Hong Kong seemed to have suspended their meetup for the > > outbreak as well. The Hong Kong community has had four meetups per year > in > > the past two years, with the most recent one held in November 2019. > > However, the next meetup, which supposes to be held in late February > > according to their routine, was never announced by the community leaders > in > > the first place. > > > > Communities in Taiwan was not significantly affected by the outbreak, as > > the island does not have as many reported cases comparing to the mainland > > and Hong Kong. Nevertheless, the organizer for a Wikimedia photowalk did > > make a post on Facebook, saying a mandatory body temperature check will > be > > implemented before the activity rolls out. > > > > The coronavirus outbreak has been ameliorating in China during the past > > few days, with new confirmed cases dropped dramatically, especially > outside > > the epicenter Hubei province. Local Wikimedians in Beijing are currently > > planning to have their meetups rescheduled for the next public holiday, > > which is the Tomb-Sweeping Day holiday in early April. But the exact > > planning is still yet to be decided. > > > > The Wikimedia Foundation and Wikimedia Deutschland canceled physical > > meetings of the Wikimedia Summit on Friday, which planned to take place > in > > Berlin from April 3rd to 5th. The scholarship application for Wikimania > > this August in Bangkok, Thailand, remains open, and there are no signs > > indicating the bigger Wikimedians' gathering will be canceled so far. > > > > ---- > > This piece of news was gathered by Qiuwen, a news service operated by the > > Wikimedians of Mainland China user group < > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_of_Mainland_China>. We would > > like to help deliver news from communities among Greater China to the > wider > > world. > > > > See our on-wiki page here <https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:QW>, and > > Telegram channel here <https://t.me/Qiuwen>. > > > > CC-BY-SA 4.0 > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > New messages to: [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > -- > Delphine Ménard (she/her) > Wikimedia Foundation > Strategy Liaison > Program Officer Annual Plan Grants > > User:Delphine_(WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Delphine_(WMF)> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
