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During our first year of recognition, from 16 January 2022 to 15 January 2023, we held an offline meet in Deoband between 17 and 20 March 2022 and reconvened on 19 June 2022. With a focus on defining a strategic growth trajectory for our affiliate, we established the Deoband Yoruba Collaborative Project following our June 2022 meet.

Participants of the June meet-up

Deoband Yoruba Collaborative Project

On June 25 2022, the Deoband Yoruba Collaborative Project received approval during an interactive session attended by T Cells and TheAafi.

The DYCP project seeks to increase thematic content related to the DCW on Yoruba language Wikipedia. Its inaugural drive concluded successfully on 29 July 2022, translating a total of twenty selected articles into Yoruba language Wikipedia. The insights from the first drive are detailed here. This drive helped DCW volunteers gain deeper understanding of various aspects of knowledge transformation.

Dorcas Omolade training newbies on how to contribute to the July 2022 Drive of the project.

Wikiquote

Between 7 August 2022 and 10 August 2022, we organised a series of events in Delhi related to Wikiquote. This series was initiated to improve the theme on Wikiquote projects majorly in English, Urdu and Arabic. A photo-walk was also done as a part of this event on 8 August 2022, aiming at collecting images of historical Madrasa Aminia, in Kashmere Gate.

Inscription in Persian language depicting modern constructions of Madrasa Aminia, Delhi

Bhopal Photo Event

The Bhopal Photo Event was hosted between 15 and 20 October 2022, in Bhopal was approved during the June 2022 Meetup in Deoband. With the goal of gathering 200 thematic images, the event exceeded expectations by collecting over 340 images. These images are now organized under DCW Bhopal Photo Event category on Commons.

An Islamic seminary in Bhopal

Wikidata 10

We met on the Wikidata birthday! We also organised an online edit-a-thon focused on refining our theme on Wikidata. Following this event, contributions were made to Wikidata in Arabic, English, Kashmiri, and Urdu.

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  DCW Wikidata birthday 2022 celebration cake
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  DCW celebrates Wikidata 10

Movement Charter discourses

The Movement Charter Discourses, spanning a month from November 20 to December 20 2022, constituted a strategic, scholarly endeavor hosted by the affiliate. Several pages related to the Movement Charter were translated into Urdu, accompanied by a series of both online and offline meetings. Ciell, a member of the Movement Charter drafting committee was our guest on 15 December 2022. The concluding session of this series was held online on 16 December 2022.

The summarised feedback is available for reading on Movement Charter/Community Consultations/2022/DCW.

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  DCW and Indic-Urdu Wikimedia community MC discourses in Hyderabad 09-12-2022
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  DCW Movement Charter conversation in Deoband 13-12-2022

Conversations with people from within and outside

For further information, see DCW Conversation Hour.

We initiated a series of conversations inviting scholars from around the globe, and and members from within the movement to strategically strengthen its foundation. This program was inaugurated by دنيا, an Arabic Wikimedian, who provided a brief presentation to DCW's female volunteers on 30 September 2022. Following this Dr. Ashraf Dockrat from the University of Johannesburg presented second lecture of this series on Islamic scholarship and Wikipedia on 13 November 2022.

The last meetup

The culminating meetup of this term transpired from 7 January 2023 and 8 January 2023. The agenda comprised strategic deliberations aimed at bolstering organizational strength and formalizing our status as a legal entity. Hosted in Deoband, the gathering saw the participation Numis Zuhair and Bilal Nibraas. The meetup also delved into comprehensive discussions regarding our strategic research proposal.