CEE/Newsletter/Newsroom/Wikimedia MKD's Diverse April activities
- By: Velkovski.b
April was a busy month for Wikimedia MKD. Several major events were organized and fantastic results were achieved. As an organization that wants to diversify its programme, Wikimedia MKD tries to establish new partnerships and collaborations with various different organizations in the country and abroad through various different collaborations and activities.
Therefore, Wikimedia MKD and the NGO Vila Zora from Veles joined their forces and organized a successful workshop in Veles, Macedonia. The workshop was held in the city library Goce Delcev in Veles on 18 April 2024. The workshop started at 10:30 local time and lasted more than 3 hours. Members of the Wiki Club Veles, members of the club Wiki Senior and other members and supporters of both organizations took part in - or in total 27 people, led by the coordinator Lili Arsova. As it is the case with the whole GLAM Programme of Wikipedia MKD, this workshop was also dedicated to the Climate and Climate Changes.
On 23th April Wikimedia MKD made an event in collaboration with the Macedonian Young Lawyers Association (MYLA).The event started at 10:00 local time at the MYLA offices. Having in mind the nature of the event and reaching optimal effect, the number of participants that took part in the event was 9 – all MYLA members or employees. The first part of the event was a theoretical presentation or lecture on Wikipedia and its basic editing and using principles. This lecture was held by the Executive Director Snežana Štrkovska. The second part of the event was actually working on Wikipedia and training the participants on how to contribute on Wikipedia. By the end of the event, all participants managed to create one article, or in total new 9 law-related articles were created.
On 30th April Wikimedia MKD marked the International jazz day. Wikimedia MKD's plan for proper celebration of the day was made of two major components. The first part of the International Jazz Day celebration was the organization's call for editing, improving and publishing new articles and content on Wikipedia in Macedonian on jazz topics.The second part of the celebration was actually a live event held at the 'Taftalidže Buffet' in Skopje. The event started at 5 pm local time, where all Wikimedia MKD members, Wikipedia users and jazz lovers were invited and expected to have fun and spend some quality time listening to jazz and learning new things about this music genre. Besides the fun and enjoyment in music, the event had an editing part as well.During this edit-a-thon, 29 new articles were created on the Macedonian Wikipedia on topics related to jazz music.
Wikimedia MKD continues to enrich its programmes, increase its membership and contribute even more to the Wikimedia Movements. Having successful activities as these motivates the organization to continue towards bigger goals and achievements.