Event:Ionian Wikithon 2024
For the 3rd year in a row, the Networks, Multimedia and Systems Security Laboratory of the Department of Informatics of the Ionian University in collaboration with the Wikimedia Community User Group Greece are organizing the "Ionian Wikithon 2024" following the Ionian Wikithon 2022, Ionian Wikithon 2023.
The Ionian Wikithon will take the form of an open event, where the entire Ionian University community, as well as professionals, amateurs and young people with an interest in communication and information technology, are welcome to attend. The event's primary purpose is to encourage the whole community to participate and engage in technology and IT and information, to promote gender equality in IT, multiculturalism and the empowerment of women. The focus will be on cleaning up and fixing bugs in MediaWiki, building new tools, and getting familiar with using Wikipedia's Wikidata. Through this particular event, participants will be given the opportunity to enrich their skills, collaborate with people with whom they share common interests and increase their knowledge by learning some technologies such as MediaWiki, PHP, API, SPARQL, etc. The intended result is the attraction of young and more women and their activation in matters related to information technology and technology, but also the consolidation of their presence in related events.
Organizers: Eleni Christopoulou, Dimitris Ringas, Marios Magioladitis
Calendar[edit]
- May 9, 2024: Meeting of key organizers
- May 13, 2024: Meeting of volunteers
- May 14, 2024: Presentation "Promotion of the Cultural and Touristic Product using Wikidata" at the Master "Digital Technologies in Hospitality and Tourism Management" by Eleni Christopoulou and Dimitrios Ringas
- May 15, 2024: Ionian WikiSprint
- May 30, 2023: Organizers' debriefing meeting
Ionian Wikithon - Ionian WikiSprint[edit]
- Wednesday May 15, 2024 @ Department of Informatics, Ionian University (Galinos Laboratory)
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Welcome |
| 16:00 – 16:15 | Presentation of goals of the Ionian Wikithon - Ionian WikiSprint & Friendly Space Policy, Eleni Christopoulou, "EDIP, Dept. Information Technology |
| 16:15 – 16:30 | The experience from the Ionian Wikithon 2022, Ionian Wikithon 2023, Wikimedia Hackathon 2023, Wikimedia Hackathon 2024, Eleni Christopoulou, "EDIP, Dept. of Informatics", Dimitrios Ringas, "EDIP, Dept. of Informatics, Marios Magioladitis, President of the Greek Wikipedian community |
| 16:00 – 16:45 | Introduction to the world of Wikimedia. What is Wikipedia, Wikidata etc., Marios Magioladitis, "President of the Greek Wikipedian community" |
| 16:45 – 17:00 | Registration and creation of accounts, Dimitrios Ringas, EDIP, Dept. Information Technology |
| 17:00 – 17:30 | Presentation of the Ionian WikiSprint - Challenge: WikiShootMe in Corfu, Eleni Christopoulou, EDIP, Dept. Information Technology |
| 17:30 – 19:30 | Hacking time - WikiShootMe in Corfu |
| 19:30 – 20:30 | Results of the challenge / Presentation and discussion of proposals, projects and ideas for future events |
| 20:30 | Group photo |
| 20:30 – 21:30 | Dinner |
Updated calendar in the Greek page