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Wikipedia 25th Anniversary
To participate in the global celebration of Wikipedia's 25th anniversary, Wiki Advocates Philippines volunteers and supporters organized a meet-up to celebrate this milestone. Volunteers introduced Wikipedia, the Wikimedia Commons Explorer. PHZines to newcomers. The half-day long event included get to know eah other, providing clarities on common misconceptions and a local poetry reading from the participants as part of promoting the PHZines project. We also gather some information on how they used Wikipedia before, and how Wikipedia will still be useful for them for the next 25 years.
Wikidata Day Philippines 2025
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On October 31, 2025, Wiki Advocates Philippines celebrated the 13th anniversary of Wikidata with a community event at the Learning Hub. The celebration featured an edit-a-thon, training sessions for new contributors, and the launch of the WikiCommons Explorer Tool to streamline resource citations. It also served as a showcase for ongoing documentation initiatives like WikiBridges and PHZines, highlighting the role of structured data in preserving Filipino heritage and infrastructure.
Wikimedia Commons Explorer
WikiBridges
WikiBridges Project is a documentation project focused on mapping and recording bridge infrastructure in the Philippines across platforms like Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. The program aims to create a centralized, open-access database of bridge data, including historical significance and technical details that are often restricted to offline government records. By linking geospatial data with structured information, the project helps preserve local knowledge and provides valuable resources for researchers, government planning, and public navigation.
PHzines Project
The PHZines Project is a collaborative initiative aimed at systematically adding, structuring, and enriching data about independently published and underground materials to Wikidata. This is in hopes of documenting texts to be used as an alternative source in literature and language teaching. This will focus on the textbooks, zines, school papers, as well as newspaper entries published in Bikol, Filipino, and Philippine English. PHzines Project is an answer to the call for ensuring that underground and alternative publishing industries are being documented and archived properly. This further aims to give teachers and students a variety of educational resources that can be used for reading programs, English language teaching, and literary appreciation.
Bringing Baybayin to Central Bikol Wiktionary
A new tool is reviving the ancient Filipino script, Baybayin, by integrating it into the Central Bikol Wiktionary. Developed by Wiki Advocates Philippines, this innovative feature allows for the transliteration of Bikol words into the pre-colonial writing system. The tool is a significant step in cultural preservation, reconnecting the language to its historical roots and providing a richer linguistic context for users. By making Baybayin more accessible, it serves as an educational resource for a new generation. The gadget is user-friendly, with a simple activation process within Wiktionary preferences that enables editors to easily convert and add the script to entries. This initiative helps ensure that Baybayin remains a living part of the Philippines' cultural and linguistic identity. Ultimately, the project represents a powerful fusion of modern technology and ancient heritage to safeguard and celebrate Filipino culture.
Virtual Wikimania 2025
This year’s Wikimania in Nairobi is another success, looking at the number of participants who have attended both in-person and online and the variety of presentations from different communities. Although we may not have been able to be present in person and meet some of our old-time friends or mingle with new participants, our virtual attendance at this year’s conference has provided a wealth of knowledge and a renewed sense of purpose. Volunteers of our group have attended several sessions to gather insights from different communities and apply them to our local context. Here are some of the key takeaways and our plans for the future.
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