User talk:Kabu Sawsaw

The Teacher's Barnstar

Big thanks, Teacher Kabu Sawsaw

You deserve this award for tirelessly sharing your valuable time by adding content to Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons for your students and those who enjoy learning. – Filipinayzd (talk) 10:37, 4 October 2025 (UTC)

Join us for “Many Tongues, One Movement: Voices Across Languages”!

Hello Kabu Sawsaw,

We’re excited to invite you to an inspiring global virtual gathering: the first Capacity Exchange Translat-a-thon.

Together with Language Diversity Hub, the Capacity Exchange (CapX) team will host its first Translation Marathon dedicated to ensuring linguistic equity in access to this amazing tool aimed to connect Wikimedians.
If you enjoy contributing to Wikimedia projects through translating and adapting content into different languages, this event is for you! Join us in the celebration of the multilingual spirit of the Wikimedia Movement at an event where communities that contribute in diverse languages will be able to share local knowledge and collaborate across borders.
Many Tongues, One Movement: Voices Across Languages

• Date: December 6, 2025
• Time: 12 PM (UTC) - Check the event page for your local timezone
• Location: Online (Meta-Wiki + live session links)

Register for the Event here

If you can’t join the live event, you can still contribute to the translations! Edits will be counted for two weeks, until December 20th. And everyone who participates will receive a special badge to display on their CapX profiles.

Strengthen your collaboration through CapX

We invite you and your community to join the Capacity Exchange (CapX), a Wikimedia community-built platform for connecting, collaborating, and exchanging skills with peers across the movement.

CapX helps Wikimedians and organizations find each other, share expertise, and build stronger, more connected communities.

Whether you’re an individual contributor, a user group, a community initiative or an affiliate, CapX helps you grow through knowledge exchange.

Sign up to CapX

More information

→ Explore the CapX platform: capx.toolforge.org
→ Read: User Guide & FAQ
→ Watch: Meet the Capacity Exchange video
→ Join our Telegram community chat: CapX Telegram Group

If your community, usergroup or affiliate would like to have a CapX organization profile, please reach out at capx@wmnobrasil.org, and we’d be delighted to support you.

With warm regards,
Joris Darlington Quarshie
Outreach Facilitator,
Capacity Exchange Project – Wikimedia Brasil

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:55, 13 November 2025 (UTC)

Program submissions open: Bikol WikiConference 2026

The Bikol WikiConference 2026 will take place 29–31 May 2026 in Naga City, under the theme: Advancing Language and Culture in the Digital Age.

The Bikol WikiCon is an extraordinary regional gathering that brings together Bikolanos actively supporting and contributing to open educational resources (OERs) with the vibrant Wikimedia communities in the Philippines. Next year, Bikol Wikipedia will be turning 20 years old. Reaching 2 decades is a strong milestone therefore it is also the right moment to ask harder questions about sustainability, quality and direction. The conference will serve as a venue for the participants to exchange and share their experiences, new ideas, and collaboration results, and to discuss the challenges encountered and the solutions adopted. We can’t wait to see you at the event!

The conference will cover topics pertaining to Digital Resources, Heritage Advocacy, Cultural Preservation, and Partnerships with various institutional, social, and cultural contexts.

You may submit any of the following types of session proposals:

• Lightning talk: One presenter gives a talk with no follow-up by the audience. The total time for a lightning talk will be 10-15 minutes.
• Lecture: One or two presenters offer(s) a presentation followed by questions and comments from the audience. The total time for a lecture (including questions and comments) will be 30-45 minutes.
• Roundtable: A group of 10-15 people discusses a particular topic. The total time for a roundtable discussion will be 60 minutes.
• Workshop: One or two moderators present(s) a topic by actively interacting with the audience. The total time for a workshop will be 60-120 minutes.
• Meetup: A group of people with common interests informally meets to discuss different topics. The total time for a meetup is not pre-determined and depends on the proposer’s preferences.

Submissions will be evaluated by the Program Committee based on:

• Potential impact and expected outcomes
• Relevance to the conference theme or focus areas

Sessions may be recorded and made publicly available. If you prefer not to be filmed, you may indicate this during submission.

→ Submit your proposal on Meta or Google Form on or before May 15.

For more information, or questions, contact: bikolwikicommunity(@)gmail.com

Mabalos!

On behalf of the Bikol WikiConference Organizing Team,
Filipinayzd (talk) 06:38, 2 May 2026 (UTC)