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[edit]Dear Participant, the Over-The-Air Hackathon at Wiki Indaba is now close. Please indicate the following:
- Do you still wish to participate?
- If so, by attending Wiki Indaba or remotely?
- Do you have an area of digital expertise/experience?
Kindly reply on my talk page. Thanks, merci, obregado, shukran.Michaelgraaf (talk) 13:16, 23 October 2023 (UTC)
#WPWPCampaign2021: Learning and evaluation
[edit]Hello Ridzaina,
Many thanks for participating in the WPWP campaign.
We are glad about the level of participation, this year and we are excited to inform you that over 900 volunteers around the world added photos to more than 250,000 articles in 298 languages Wikipedia. This year, we surpassed the 2020 edition's milestone by over 170%.
We are in the process of evaluating the WPWP campaign this year and we need your help. We'd love to get your feedback. Your feedback will allow us to better meet your expectations for the campaign in the next editions.
Please complete a brief survey so that we may learn about your participation in the campaign, strengths, challenges and your expectations. This information will enable us to improve the next editions of the Campaign.
Follow this link to the Survey:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeL9BORQ94GtN6mjS4-U77N7-BIuxDGl1cmhwKzKSijc9lrcA/viewform
Or copy and paste the URL below into your internet browser:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeL9BORQ94GtN6mjS4-U77N7-BIuxDGl1cmhwKzKSijc9lrcA/viewform
Thank you in advance for taking this survey.
Kind regards,
Tulsi Bhagat [ contribs | talk ]
Communication Manager, WPWP Campaign
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[Small wiki toolkits] Fourth Bots workshop at Wikimedia Hackathon 2022 (May 20-22nd)
[edit]Hello, The fourth workshop on the topic of "Running popular bots on wikis" is coming up - several sessions will be run as part of it at the upcoming Wikimedia Hackathon 2022 (May 20-22nd). You can find more details on the workshop here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Small_wiki_toolkits/Workshops#How_to_run_a_popular_bot_on_your_wiki.
This workshop will introduce participants to a few popular bots in the Wikimedia ecosystem, how to set them up on the wikis, and tackle problems concerning the setup. This workshop will organize three sessions around InternetArchiveBot, YoBot, and SuggestBot. See more details https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T306593. We look forward to your participation! Cheers, Srishti via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:25, 16 May 2022 (UTC)
[Small wiki toolkits] Upcoming bots & scripts workshop on Thursday, June 30th, 16:00 UTC
[edit]Hello, The fifth workshop on the topic of "Hosting bots and scripts on Toolforge" is coming up - it will take place on Thursday, June 30th at 16:00 UTC. You can find more details on the workshop and a link to join here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Small_wiki_toolkits/Workshops#How_to_host_a_bot_on_Toolforge. This workshop will introduce participants to Toolforge, how to create a developer account, access it via ssh, create and run bots and scripts, etc. You can add your discussion ideas in the etherpad doc linked from the workshops page. To participate in this workshop, you would need basic familiarity with using command-line tools and technical knowledge of bots. We look forward to your participation! Cheers, Srishti via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:21, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
Join Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos 2022
[edit]Hello Ridzaina,
Thank you for participating in the Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos campaign last year.
We are glad to inform you that this year's edition started on 1 July, 2022. You are invited to participate in the campaign again to help improve the quality of Wikipedia articles with photos and contextual images. For more information about the campaign and how to participate, please visit the campaign page here.
If you have any questions or query please feel free to contact the organizing team, leave a message at the campaign's talkpage or send an email to wpwpcampaign
gmail.com.
Kind regards, --Ammarpad (talk) 21:28, 5 July 2022 (UTC) (On behalf of the Organizing Team, WPWP Campaign 2022).
[Small wiki toolkits] Upcoming "How to maintain bots" workshop on Thursday, July 29th, 16:00 UTC
[edit]Hello, The sixth workshop on the topic of "How to maintain bots" is coming up - it will take place on Friday, July 29th at 16:00 UTC. You can find more details on the workshop and a link to join here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Small_wiki_toolkits/Workshops#How_to_maintain_bots. This session will focus on best practices for maintaining bots and tools in the Wikimedia ecosystem. It will cover a few practices that can help developers run a bot or a tool with help from others, such as picking a license, adding co-maintainers to the project, publishing source code, writing docs, and much more. To participate in this workshop, you would need basic familiarity with bots or tools development. You can add your discussion ideas in the etherpad doc linked from the workshops page. We look forward to your participation! Cheers, Srishti via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:17, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
- This workshop was postponed earlier. Here is the new date and time for this workshop - Thursday, August 18th at 15:00 UTC. You can find more details on the workshop and a link to join here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Small_wiki_toolkits/Workshops#How_to_maintain_bots. SSethi (WMF) (talk) 09:58, 9 August 2022 (UTC)
[Small wiki toolkits] Upcoming "How to interact with Wikidata via Pywikibot" workshop on Friday, October 7th, 16:00 UTC
[edit]Hello! The eighth workshop on the topic of "How to interact with Wikidata via Pywikibot" is coming up - it will take place on Friday, October 7th at 16:00 UTC. You can find more details on the workshop and a link to join here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Small_wiki_toolkits/Workshops#How_to_interact_with_Wikidata_via_Pywikibot. This workshop will summarize how to access and save information to Wikidata, including through page generators and queries*, using Pywikibot. It will also cover the Wikidata conventions about the bot editing, including the bot approvals process (*queries not included, please bring your own!). To participate in this workshop, you would need basic familiarity with Wikidata and Pywikibot installation. We look forward to your participation! Cheers, Srishti - via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:59, 30 September 2022 (UTC)
Join Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos 2023
[edit]Hello Ridzaina,
Thank you for participating in the previous editions of Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos campaign.
We are glad to inform you that this year's edition started on 1 July, 2023. You are invited to participate in the campaign again to help improve the quality of Wikipedia articles with photos. For more information about the campaign and how to participate, please visit the campaign page here.
If you have any question or need more information, please either contact the organizing team, leave a message at the campaign's discussion page or send an email to wpwpcampaign
gmail.com.
Kind regards, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:37, 2 July 2023 (UTC) (On behalf of the Organizing Team, #WPWP Campaign 2023).
Join Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos 2024
[edit]Hello Ridzaina,
Thank you for participating in the Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos campaign in one of our previous editions.
The 2024 edition has just started. We are glad to invite you to participate in the campaign again this year to help improve the quality of Wikipedia articles with photos and other media files. For more information, please visit the campaign page here.
If you have any questions, please feel free to a leave comment at the campaign's talkpage, contact members of the organizing team, or send an email to wpwpcampaign
gmail.com.
Kind regards, --Ammar 14:51, 2 July 2024 (UTC) (For Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos 2024 Organizers)
Join us for a Wikitongues October Meetup!
[edit]Hello Ridzaina
Learn to build and sustain your Wikimedia language community at our upcoming October MeetUp on Saturday, October 26th.
Sadik Shahad will be sharing his experience building and sustaining his Wikimedia Language Community, connect with like-minded individuals, and share your experiences.
Location: Zoom
Time: 6pm to 7:30pm UTC
Register here: https://w.wiki/BVAg
Don't miss this opportunity to contribute to the preservation of languages and knowledge!
Tochiprecious (talk) 08:25, 22 October 2024 (UTC)
This Month in GLAM: May 2025
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Join the 6th edition of the Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos Campaign
[edit]Hello there,
Thank you for participating in the previous editions of Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos campaign.
We are glad to inform you that this year's edition started on 1 July, 2025. You are invited to participate in the campaign again to help improve the quality of Wikipedia articles and Wikidata with photos. For more information about the campaign and how to participate, please visit the campaign page here.
If you have any question or need more information, please either contact the organizing team, leave a message at the campaign's discussion page or send an email to wpwpcampaign
gmail.com.
User:Reading Beans (On behalf of the Organizing Team, #WPWP Campaign 2025). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:28, 3 July 2025 (UTC)
This Month in GLAM: June 2025
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7 Days Left to Submit Your Program Proposal for WikiIndaba 2025!
[edit]Hello Ridzaina,

Just a friendly reminder — there are only 7 days left to submit your session proposal for WikiIndaba 2025!
If you’ve been thinking about sharing a project, idea, tool, research, or story that can inspire or support the African Wikimedia movement, now is the time! Whether you're based in Africa or in the diaspora, your voice matters.
Submission deadline: 20th July 2025
Let’s shape an inclusive, diverse, and impactful conference together! 💡 Tell a friend, remind a colleague — let’s make WikiIndaba 2025 unforgettable.
Warmly,
Joris Darlington Quarshie
On behalf of the WikiIndaba 2025 Organizing Team
Only 3 Days Left to Submit Your Program Proposal for WikiIndaba 2025!
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Just a quick reminder — there are only 3 days left to submit your session proposal for WikiIndaba 2025!
If you have a project, idea, tool, research, or story that aligns with and uplifts the African Wikimedia movement, now is the time to share it. We welcome contributions from across the continent and the diaspora.
📅 Submission deadline: 20th July 2025
Need help with your submission?
Join our Programming Office Hour happening today at 1:00 PM UTC (starting in 1 hour and 30 minutes). We’ll be there to assist you with your questions or if you're having any challenges filling out the submission form.
🔗 Join here: meet.google.com/hpb-ywbg-fqk
Let’s shape an inclusive and impactful WikiIndaba 2025 together. Don’t wait — share your idea!
Warmly,
Joris Darlington Quarshie
On behalf of the WikiIndaba 2025 Organizing Team
One More Week to Submit Your Proposal for WikiIndaba 2025!
[edit]Hello Ridzaina,

Good news! The WikiIndaba 2025 program submission deadline has been extended to July 27, 2025!
We are especially looking for more poster session proposals. Have a project, research, or initiative you’d love to present visually? Poster sessions are a great way to highlight your work and start engaging conversations with fellow Wikimedians.
Submit your proposal today and be part of shaping the future of free knowledge in Africa!
👉 Submit here:Let’s make WikiIndaba 2025 inspiring, inclusive, and unforgettable!
The WikiIndaba 2025 Program Team
Bonjour Ridzaina,

Bonne nouvelle ! La date limite pour proposer une session pour WikiIndaba 2025 est prolongée jusqu’au 27 juillet 2025 !
Nous recherchons en particulier plus de sessions d'affiches. Avez-vous un projet, une initiative ou une recherche à partager ? Les affiches sont une belle façon de valoriser visuellement votre travail et d'engager la communauté.
👉 Soumettez votre proposition ici :Construisons ensemble un WikiIndaba 2025 mémorable et inspirant !
Le comité du programme WikiIndaba 2025
,Ridzaina مرحبًا

يسرّنا أن نعلن تمديد الموعد النهائي لتقديم الجلسات في مؤتمر WikiIndaba 2025 حتى يوم 27 يوليو 2025!
نحن نبحث بشكل خاص عن مزيد من جلسات الملصقات. هل لديك مشروع، أو مبادرة، أو بحث ترغب في مشاركته؟ جلسات الملصقات تتيح لك عرض أفكارك بشكل بصري ومميز.
👉 قدّم اقتراحك الآن عبر:
فلنُسهم معًا في إنجاح WikiIndaba 2025 بإبداعاتنا الجماعية!
— لجنة برنامج WikiIndaba 2025
This Month in GLAM: July 2025
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This Month in GLAM: August 2025
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WikiIndaba Hackathon 2025 Registration Open!
[edit]Hello Ridzaina,

Registration for the WikiIndaba Hackathon 2025 is now open! If you are excited to join in person or virtually, this is your opportunity to collaborate, code, and create with Wikimedians across Africa and beyond.
- Dates: November 21–23, 2025
- Registration open until: November 23, 2025
- WikiIndaba Hackathon
Don’t miss out—be part of building the future of Wikimedia!
Learn more about the Hackathon: WikiIndaba Hackathon
Warm regards,
WikiIndaba Hackathon 2025 Organizing Team
MediaWiki message delivery (talk)
16:07, 03 October 2025 (UTC)
WikiIndaba Hackathon 2025 Registration Open!
[edit]Hello Ridzaina,

Registration for the WikiIndaba Hackathon 2025 is now open! If you are excited to join in person or virtually, this is your opportunity to collaborate, code, and create with Wikimedians across Africa and beyond.
- Dates: November 21–23, 2025
- Registration open until: November 23, 2025
- WikiIndaba Hackathon
Don’t miss out—be part of building the future of Wikimedia!
Learn more about the Hackathon: WikiIndaba Hackathon
Warm regards,
WikiIndaba Hackathon 2025 Organizing Team
MediaWiki message delivery (talk)
16:07, 03 October 2025 (UTC)
This Month in GLAM: September 2025
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This Month in GLAM: October 2025
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Join us for “Many Tongues, One Movement: Voices Across Languages”!
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Hello Ridzaina,
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)
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
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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.
More information
[edit]→ 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)
This Month in GLAM: November 2025
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This Month in Education: December 2025
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Volume 14 • Issue 12 • December 2025
- WikiLatih Wiktionary with the Goethe-Institut: Strengthening the Digital Presence of Indonesia’s Local Languages
- Wiki in schools - Architecture and Open Heritage
- What are the challenges and opportunities in scientific dissemination? Reflecting on the topic in the Brazilian context
- WikipediaxAI: Wikipedia, AI, and the future of knowledge
- Wikipedia at University Another year of working alongside higher education institutions in Argentina
- WAM - Tulu Edit-a-thon & Workshop in St Aloysius University
- Visibilizando memórias negras: estudantes da UFRGS ampliam a Wikipédia com foco na imprensa e no associativismo pós-abolição
- Transforming Education Through Wikimedia in Kosovo: 2025
- New WikiClubs and educational partnership in Albania
- New WikiClub with the Dibra Youth Center in Albania
- Landmark Educational Initiatives and Wikimedia Programs Transform Learning in 2025
- Knowledge in the Digital Age: A WMUK Collaborative Workshop
This Month in GLAM: December 2025
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This Month in Education: January 2026
[edit]This Month in Education
Volume 15 • Issue 1 • January 2026
- Strengthening Wikimedia Education and Digital Literacy in 2026
- Dzongkha Wikipedia Education Program in Bhutan
- Wikipedia Education Program – Train The Trainer in Nepal
- Wikipedia 25 celebration in the Igbo Wiki Fan Club Alvan and IMSU
- CBSUA boosts Open Knowledge and Local Culture through expanded Wiki Education Program
- WikiChallenge African Schools: Young voices, real impact, and continued (reasonable) growth
- Updates on Auckland Museum Summer Student Programme
- Stronger and bolder Wikiforhumanrights 2025 in Anambra Network
- Official Opening of IFAK Secondary School Wiki Club: Engaging Youth in Learning Through Open Knowledge
- Greetings from the Jeronim de Rada WikiClub in Elbasan, Albania, for Christmas 2025
- Great and productive final activities of 2025 Wikimedia MKD education programme
- Envisioning an Open Future together – WikiForAll
- A look back: reviewing the main education activities in Brazil in 2025
- A 147-Year-Old Institution Celebrates 25 Years of Wikipedia: St Aloysius University and the Spirit of Open Knowledge
- Celebrating 25 years of free knowledge! The '25x25' Project reaches the classrooms of Córdoba, Argentina
- The collaborative efforts of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora for the dissemination of free knowledge on Wikipedia
This Month in GLAM: January 2026
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This Month in Education: February 2026
[edit]This Month in Education
Volume 15 • Issue 2 • February 2026
- Cairo University Spanish Language Volunteers document Madrid’s Historic and Contemporary Palaces
- Celebrating 25 Years of Wikipedia in Uzbekistan
- Meeting of the Latin American Network of Feminist Artificial Intelligence: building possible futures
- Farewelling the Auckland Museum Summer Students
- Inclusive Climate Learning with Wikimedia Reaches Special School in Kumasi
- Introducing Wikimedia in Academic curriculum for students of higher education in universities of Telangana
- Learning from Finland: Edit-a-thon on Finnish Education set to take place in Belgrade
- Library of IME-USP Workshop: Edits in History of Mathematics
- LitFest 2026: Room to Dream to amplify local voices across Wikimedia
- New online workshops for the German language Wikipedia
- Road to Wiki Cohort 1: Building India's Next Generation of Wikimedia Technical Contributors
- The history of the Wikimedia movement in a Brazil: a book about stories and projects
- Wiki Club Federal Government Boys College Celebrates Mother Tongue Day
- Wiki Club Minalabac joins Freedom to Read 2026: One World, Many Languages
- Wiki Love Folklore Photowalk at Khajuraho Dance Festival 2026
- Wiki Loves Fish Workshop Empowers Students to Document Coastal Biodiversity
- WikiCendekia 2026: Insights from our training of admins in Indonesia
- Wikimedia MKD's activities- new wiki club and a lots of new training workshops
- WikiPatrimoine Senghor : Valuation of African cultural heritage at the University Senghor
- Wikipedia Turns 25: Young Voices, Big Future
This Month in GLAM: February 2026
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This Month in Education: March 2026
[edit]This Month in Education
Volume 15 • Issue 3 • March 2026
- Advancing 21st-Century Education: Proposal to Establish the Yorùbá Wikipedia Fan Club at Arolu College of Education, Ilemona
- Awareness Programme on Language and Culture Protection by KWUG
- Teachers from Various Institutions in Rio de Janeiro Explore Wikipedia as a Means of Preserving Memory and Checking Sources
- Edu Wiki Nigeria Co-Founder Facilitates Textbook Donation to AHAJAS Integrated School, Gombe
- Inside Wikimedia Ukraine's education program
- Karavali Wikimedians at Mangaluru Design Summit 2026
- One School, One Article Campaign Wrap Up
- Seeds of Knowledge: A Wiki Project that Sparked a Community at ADUN
- Student workshops at Serbian Universities: enriching Wikipedia with topics on culture and technology
- The Open Knowledge Alliance: Wikimedia and Libraries
- Wikimedia CR published updated guide for beginners
- Wikimedia goes back to the classroom in Brazil
- Workshop on Feminism and Folklore 2026 by Wiki Club SATI
- “Wikimedia MKD in Action: Teacher Conferences and Education Activities
- Wikipedia & Libraries: Building New Contributors
This Month in GLAM: March 2026
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This Month in Education: April 2026
[edit]This Month in Education
Volume 15 • Issue 4 • April 2026
- Empowering Knowledge: Wikimedia MKD Education Update
- WikiScholar: A School-Level Initiative to Promote Free Knowledge in Bangladesh
- Wikipedia for School 2025–2026: A Competition That Continued Despite Frost, Power Outages, and War
- Wikimedia UK and Thoughtful delivery new media literacy teacher training course
- Wikimedia CR supporting SDG's in Czech schools
- University Students’ Mandatory Internships at Wikimedia Armenia
- Third year of collaboration with Aleksandër Xhuvani University in Elbasan, Albania
- Students Discover Open Source and Learn Wikipedia and Wikidata Skills for the First Time in Zarqa, Jordan
- Leveraging on Wikipedia as a tool for curbing Health Misinformation and Disinformation in Akwa Ibom and Rivers State, Nigeria
- Governance and Public Knowledge: Wikipedia as a Learning Tool in Sustainability Education through UNESCO Designated Sites
- A month full of encounters with students in Brazil
This Month in GLAM: April 2026
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This Month in Education: May 2026
[edit]This Month in Education
Volume 15 • Issue 5 • May 2026
- Teaching innovation with Wikimedia. Shared experiences in Spanish Universities
- Editing Wikipedia with Viktor Hygo High School in Albania
- Debating free license in Brazil
- Microclimatic Explainers: A short-form media approach to build micro-level environmental awareness in India
- Ukraine publishes the first academic collection of papers on Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects
- Wiki Digital Youth Club Launches in Tanzania: Youth Build Digital Skills Through Competitive Quest Challenges
- Wiki Youth Participation in Building Rwanda’s Open Knowledge Ecosystem
- Wikimedia Digi-Youth Club in Nigeria
- Wikimedia MKD's Education News & Activities
- Wikipedia Serbia's interns and Wiki Ambassadors provide crucial support towards end of the school year
