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--Ranjithsiji (talk) 12:21, 9 December 2025 (UTC)
Wikimedians of Kerala User group Annual General Meetup 2025: You are invited 🙏
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Hope this message finds you well. Wikimedians of Kerala User Group Annual General Meetup 2025 will take place on 21st December 2025 (Sunday) at Kerala Institute of Local Administration, Mulamkunnathukavu P O, Thrissur (View Map). Here is some quick important information:
- A tentative schedule of the program is published and you may see it here. There will be discussions about Annual Plan 2026, future projects etc. And also there will be reports about past major events conducted by Wikimedians of Kerala User Group.
Regards,
On behalf of Wikimedians of Kerala User Group
--Ranjithsiji (talk) 12:20, 9 December 2025 (UTC)
- Hello Ranjithsiji, thank you for the invitation. I will complete the registration soon and plan to attend. Aadhi13 (talk) 11:58, 10 December 2025 (UTC)
This is the Wikimedians of Kerala UG's 23rd newsletter.
- User group news
- In the month of December, we did not have an online meeting as we held our AGM.
- On 5–6th December 2025, a Wikimedia Technical Workshop was conducted at Amal Jyothi College of Engineering, Kanjirappally, Kottayam.
- 52 students participated in this event and were trained on the Wikimedia ecosystem. The students presented their tools and outcomes on the last day of the event.
- User:Athulvis, User:Gnoeee, User:MatthewsM2, and User:Ranjithsiji joined the workshop as mentors.
- On 15–16th December 2025, a Wikimedia Technical Workshop was conducted at Chinmaya Vishwa Vidyapeeth - Global Campus, Piravom.
- 50 students participated in this event and received training on the Wikimedia technical ecosystem. The students worked on fixing issues and developing tools, which they presented on the last day of the event.
- User:Athulvis, User:Gnoeee, and User:Ranjithsiji from the UG attended as mentors.
- 980 contributions were made to the Wiki Loves Museums initiative from 20 November to 31 December 2025.
- On 20th December 2025, WikiConference Kerala 2025 was organised at the Kerala Institute of Local Administration, Thrissur.
- The 23rd Birthday Celebration of Malayalam Wikipedia was held during this time.
- 90+ participants attended the WCK and its sessions.
- This month, we held our 4th Annual General Body Meeting (AGBM) at the Kerala Institute of Local Administration on 21st December 2025.
- Twenty-two UG members and two guests attended the meeting.
- Shared and discussed upcoming annual plans and the Wikipedia 25th Birthday celebrations.
- Discussed preparations for WikiConference India 2026. (Read the detailed report here...)
- Events & Activities
- Ongoing events & activities by the User Group
- Wiki Loves Schools – A photography campaign to collect and add high-quality, freely licensed images of educational institutions. (16th Sept 2025 – 31st Mar 2026)
- Quantum Century Exhibition 2025 – A campaign to document the International Year of Quantum Science & Technology on Wikimedia Commons.
- Wiki Loves Village – A multi-year campaign to document villages on Wikimedia Commons and Wikipedia. (17th Dec 2025 – 31st Jan 2026)
Upcoming meeting: 31st January 2026 – Meeting page | Meetup Registration
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This is the Wikimedians of Kerala UG's 24th newsletter.
- User group news
- On 31st January 2026, we held our January 2026 Monthly Meetup from 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM IST. The agenda for the meeting was shared by Jinoy and welcomed everyone to the meeting. 12 community members participated in the discussion.
- Ranjithsiji shared the Wikipedia 25th Birthday Celebrations organised across different districts of Kerala (Thrissur, Kannur, Kozhikode, Kollam, Wayanad, Ernakulam, Kottayam). Kannan master shared the updates about organising the event at Kollam.
- A short update about the Wikimedia Hackathon planned at Kaprassery IHRD as part of Tarang on 7–8th February was shared.
- Discussed about the Wiki Loves Village campaign.
- The campaign was conducted on Wikimedia Commons and Malayalam Wikipedia.
- The program was originally started in 2014 as 'Ende Gramam'.
- Irvin shared the outcomes of Wiki Loves Birds India 2025 campaign at Wikimedia Commons.
- More than 6000 images have been uploaded and 9 bird walk programs have been conducted.
- Education programs are ongoing and the campaign continues for another month.
- Siji shared the SheSaid campaign updates on Wikiquote. 9 contributors participated and 61 new articles were created during the timeperiod.
- Jinoy shared the status updates of WikiConference India 2026
- Athul Invited Community members interested in volunteering to register on the interest page on the WCI 2026 page.
- Discussions were also held about organising:
- Wiki Loves Folklore and Feminism and Folklore program
- International mother language day
- Womens month editathon
- Events & Activities
- Ongoing events & activities by the User Group
- Wiki Loves Schools – A photography campaign to collect and add high-quality, freely licensed images of educational institutions. (16th Sept 2025 – 31st Mar 2026)
- Wiki Loves Village – A multi-year campaign to document villages on Wikimedia Commons and Wikipedia. (17th Dec 2025 – 28th Feb 2026)
- International Mother Language Day 2026 Datathon – Datathon on Wikidata. (21st Feb 2026 – 3rd Mar 2026)
Upcoming meeting: 28th February 2026 – Meeting page | Meetup Registration
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This is the Wikimedians of Kerala UG's 25th newsletter.
- User group news
- On 28th February 2026, we held our February 2026 Monthly Meetup from 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM IST. The agenda for the meeting was shared by Jinoy and welcomed everyone to the meeting. 13 community members participated in the discussion.
- Shared the details about the Wiki Loves Village campaign.
- The program was organized to improve geographical details about villages.
- 135 articles were written, 38 articles improved and 59 images were uploaded as part of the campaign.
- Shared the details about International Mother Language Day program
- A datathon was conducted from Feb 1 and it will end by March 3.
- Tasks shared for the same was less difficult compared to the one shared last time.
- Sree1959 updated on efforts to move Malayalam Wikivoyage out of the Incubator.
- Introducing Wikivoyage day - Contributing to Malayalam Wikivoyage for atleast 1 day per month was announced.
- Ranjithsiji shared details about Wikipedia 25th Birthday Celebrations organised in and around Kerala.
- Discussed about Women's Day campaign.
- Planning to conduct Wiki Loves Women followed by an offline workshop program was discussed.
- Discussed about Wiki Loves Theyyam campaign.
- Ranjithsiji shared about documentation of Theyyam which is currently in progress.
- Planned to start Wiki Loves Theyyam campaign by mid of March.
- Ranjithsiji and Jinoy planning to visit Kannur during March 7-8 for documenting Theyyam.
- Discussions were also held about organizing
- Wiki Loves Birds
- Open Data Day
- Wiki Loves Earth
- Shared the details about the Wiki Loves Village campaign.
- Events & Activities
- Ongoing events & activities by the User Group
- Womens Day Edit-a-athon 2026 - 3rd March - 31 March 2026 a edit-a-thon on Malayalam Wikipedia related to creating and improving articles realted to Women health.
- Wiki Loves Theyyam 2026 - a 2 month campaign from 17th March - 17 May 2026 photography campaign in Wikimedia commons related to Theyyam.
Upcoming meeting: 28th March 2026 – Meeting page | Meetup Registration
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