Kurdish Wikimedians User Group/report/2023

This page is about annual Kurdish Wikimedians User Group activities during 1 Jan 2023 to 31 Dec 2023.

Meetings

Kurdish Wikimedians User Group meeting with Zheen Center

• Online meeting (Planning for 2023 activities) - attendance (8), 2 Feb 2023
• Online meeting (D) - attendance (10). (Rearanging budget 2023) - attendance (10), 7 March 2023
• GLAM project Meeting at Zheen Center, attendance (7), May 2023
• Planning for making online contest part 1, attendance (4), October 2023
• Planning for making online contest part 2, attendance (6), November 2023

Projects

Launching Central Kurdish Wiktionary

During March, 2023 Central Kurdish Wiktionary got it is domain (ckb.wiktionary.org), this was the result of a project promoted by the Kurdish user group starting from May 2022 to March 2023 (see: Kurdish Wikimedians User Group/ckb-wiktionary).

The news got a Kurdish media attention.

Zheen GLAM project

It is a GLAM project that was collaborated with Zhin Center. During the six months of the project, 1,800 images were uploaded to Wikimedia Commons and 100 articles were published on Central Kurdish Wikipedia.

For more details: Zheen GLAM Project

Kurdish Wikipedia Editathon - 2023

Kurdish Wikipedia Editathon - 2023 was a collaborative project by Kurdish Wikimedians dedicated to creating new, high-quality articles in Kurdish Wikipedia. This editathon aims to bring together experienced users and newcomers with the specific objective of expanding the knowledge base in both the Sorani and Kurmanji dialects through the creation of new, well-researched articles.

Stats: This Editathon happened during 1 Dec 2023 to 31 Dec 2023. As the result 1191 newly articles with the size of the 12.15 MB were published. 58 user registered to participate in the contest and top 10 users got awarded.