Global conference on open citations and linked bibliographic data in the Wikidata ecosystem; hands-on sessions on modeling and reusing open bibliographic data.
Screening of the WP25 Anthem and Wikipedia CEO's message, a Women in Tech talk, an interactive Learning Circle, and cake cutting to mark 25 years of free knowledge; 20–50 participants.
Nihar Chakravarti, Shyama Sundara Shastry K R, Vishwas Sharma, Shreya G Amin, Deekshitha
Celebration with 41 participants: intro to the Wikimedia movement, live editing demo, Wiki Speed Edit, Wiki Race, quiz, and inclusivity discussions to turn readers into contributors.
Session on free knowledge, volunteerism, and preserving cultures digitally (including Tuvalu's digital documentation), inspiring students to move from readers to contributors; 50–100 participants.
Wikipedia 25th Birthday Celebration (Pixel to Product Hackathon & Pitch Like a Shark)
Jan 2026 (3 days)
Manipal University Jaipur (MUJ)
Organizer
Dr. Bagesh Kumar, Sai Rakshit & Siddharth Sumharaju (MeetOverCoffee)
Three-day celebration featuring a birthday tribute, an overnight hackathon with cash prizes (₹7000/₹5000/₹3000), an expert talk on product building, and a final pitching round.
First open-source event at GCU: interactive seminar for 2nd/3rd-year students on open-source fundamentals, GSoC pathways, and the Wikimedia tech stack (Gerrit, Phabricator, MediaWiki).
AI for Public Good: Indo–Swiss Workshop Series & Hackathon
Jul 2026 (1 week)
Manipal University Jaipur (MUJ), with ETH Zurich, University of Lausanne, IIIT Allahabad
Partner & Co-organizer
Prof. Dr. Yash Raj Shrestha, Dr. Savindhu Herath, Srinivas Muddu, Ankit Kumar Verma, Mayank Rai
International workshop series and hackathon (200+ participants) under the Indo–Swiss Research Grant, including a dedicated session on Wikimedia technologies and open-source contribution.
Journey from attendee at the 3rd Wiki Tech Summit (IIIT Hyderabad, 2024) and Indic Wikimedia Hackathon Bhubaneswar, to Judge/Mentor at HackByte 3.0 and Mentor/Speaker at the Indic Wikimedia Hackathon Kochi, earning a fully funded scholarship to the Wikimedia Hackathon 2026 in Milan, Italy.
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How Communities Shaped My Tech Identity
Arpita Jain
WikiClub Tech UIT
From an academics-focused student to a confident open-source contributor, first patch merged on Gerrit, enrollment in Road to Wiki, and leadership roles organizing events including the Wikipedia 25 celebration and a Women in Tech session.
Technical Lead who navigated Gerrit and Phabricator to get 10 patches merged, built the WikiClub Tech UIT website to track community contributions, and now mentors new members; also co-led a Wiki × GDG-OC joint session on open-source contribution.
Selected for Road to Wiki Cohort 2, she progressed from a first Tibetan-translation patch to multiple merged production contributions, recognition from the Wikimedia Language team, a citation in Wikimedia's annual summary, and now serves as a WikiClub Tech India Envoy mentoring peers.
Student volunteer supporting WikiConference India 2026 (Kochi, 4–6 Sept) and the Language Diversity Conference Ghana 2026 (Accra, 2–4 Oct) — reviewing scholarship applications and helping with training programs for new editors.
Semantic image search for Wikimedia Commons — search by meaning instead of exact titles, with Wikimedia OAuth 2.0 login, category/resolution filters, search history, and XLS export.
A clean, standards-compliant Go SDK with built-in rate limiting, smart retries with jitter, and Wikimedia User-Agent compliance; released as v1.0.2 (June 2026), registered on Toolhub, and prepared for Toolforge deployment.
Real-time Markdown-to-Wikitext converter built with Next.js — compiles Markdown drafts (nested lists, tables, links) into clean MediaWiki markup with smart heading shifts and direct sandbox publishing.
