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Creating templates and Infoboxes

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2025/6
  • Description: This workshop introduces participants to the basics of creating and customizing templates and infoboxes on Wikimedia wikis. It will cover essential concepts such as template syntax, parameters, parser functions, and transclusion. Participants will also get hands-on practice in building simple infoboxes and modifying existing templates to improve page structure and consistency across wiki content.
  • Date & Time: Saturday, 28 June 2025: 20:00 to 22:00 (IST)
  • Duration: 2 hours
  • Prerequisites: Wiki Markups
  • Language(s): English, Hindi
  • Trainer(s): Jay Prakash
  • Registration Link: Event:SWT 2025 Creating templates and Infoboxes

Fixing and debugging the template error

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2025/7
  • Description: This session will guide participants through the process of identifying, fixing, and debugging errors in MediaWiki templates on Wikipedia. Whether you’re dealing with missing parameters, broken transclusions, Lua module issues, or complex nested templates, this session will help you understand how to systematically troubleshoot and resolve common problems. Designed for editors with basic template experience.
  • Date & Time: Saturday, 19 July 2025: 20:00 to 21:00 (IST)
  • Duration: 1 hours
  • Prerequisites: Wiki Markups and Templates
  • Language(s): English, Hindi
  • Trainer(s): Jay Prakash
  • Registration Link: Event:SWT 2025 Fixing the template error

Designing Responsive Wiki Main Page

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2025/8
  • Description: This workshop will guide participants in designing wiki main pages that are responsive across different devices. It will cover structuring pages using sections, applying Wikitext with HTML and CSS, and various methods of adding CSS (inline styles, common.css, and template styles) to ensure the layout adapts smoothly to mobile and desktop screens. Designed for editors with basic Wikitext knowledge.
  • Date & Time: Saturday, 15 November 2025: 20:00 to 21:30 (IST)
  • Duration: 1 hour 30 min
  • Mode: Online (Google Meet)
  • Prerequisites: Wiki Markups, HTML, CSS
  • Language(s): English, Hindi
  • Trainer(s): Punith Nayak
  • Registration Link: Event:SWT 2025 Designing Responsive Wiki Main Page

ISA Tool

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2026/01
  • Description: ISA is a simple tool that allows users to add useful tags and information to images on Wikimedia Commons. It helps beginners make quick and easy contributions by describing images in multiple languages. The tool works by showing selected images and guiding users to add captions, tags, and "depicts" statements step by step. In the workshop, participants will learn how to use ISA to improve image descriptions and support Wiki Loves projects..
  • Date & Time: Saturday, 10 January 2026: 06:30 PM to 08:00 PM (IST)
  • Duration: 1 hour 30 min
  • Mode: Online (Google Meet)
  • Prerequisites: Wikimedia Commons
  • Language(s): English, Hindi
  • Trainer(s): Eugene Agbor , Swayam Agrahari
  • Registration Link: Event: SWT ISA Tool

OpenRefine Workshop

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2026/02
  • Description: The session, titled ‘OpenRefine’ aims to help participants understand how large sets of wiki data can be cleaned, structured, and managed efficiently. We will cover data cleaning, reconciliation with Wikidata, and batch editing workflows. The session will also demonstrate how OpenRefine simplifies repetitive data tasks and improves data quality across Wikimedia projects.
  • Date & Time: Saturday, February 21st, 2026: 06:30 PM to 08:00 PM (IST)
  • Duration: 1 hour 30 min
  • Mode: Online (Google Meet)
  • Prerequisites: Wikidata , Participants are requested to install OpenRefine before attending the workshop so they can follow the hands-on activities. OpenRefine installation manual
  • Language(s): English, Hindi
  • Trainer(s): Er. Jinoy Tom Jacob
  • Registration Link: Event:SWT_OpenRefine

Understanding cross-wiki code collaboration across South Asian languages

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2025/6
  • Description: In this session the community will pair with a Product Manager from the MediaWiki Engineering Group and brainstorm and think through how we can improve cross-wiki code collaboration, supporting multiple use cases.
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