Wikimedia Armenia/Reports/2023-11
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Statistics for November
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Preferable Topics, stage 2[edit]
Since October, Wikimedia Armenia has initiated a new multistage project called “Preferable Topics” specifically for Wikiclub members. Within the frames of the project, Wikiclub members translate articles about various topics from other language Wikipedias. The distinguishing characteristic of this project is that the topics are chosen by Wikiclub members.
During summer months Wikimedia Armenia organized a survey among Wikiclub members in order to find out their main interests. As a result 10 topics were separated around which articles are being created or improved. Meanwhile, the scope can be enlarged because the club members may suggest new ones on the project's discussion page. The project is a contest. The winner receives a prize and a certificate from Wikimedia Armenia and 4 more participants receive certificates.
On November 1-30, the second stage took place and 31 Wikiclub members created 175 articles with a volume of 2,987,345 bytes. The topics were the following:
- Geographical objects (cities, seas, waterfalls, mountains, departments (administrative division))
- Movies
- Animated movies
- Actors
- Football players, football clubs
- Painters
- Singers, bands
- Songs, albums
- Terms
- Interesting articles
330 articles with a volume of 5,703,891 bytes were created in two months from the start of the project. The third stage of the project will continue in December.
Wikiclubs’ report[edit]
As of November 30, there are 150 registered members in all 7 active Wikiclubs (Goris, Ddmashen, Lernapat, Kirants, Koghb, Hatsik, and Jermuk). Wikiclub members continued the wikification of materials from the “Agricultural Encyclopedia” (“Armenian Encyclopedia” Publishing House, 2015) which was released under the Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0 license. Wikiclub members either created the missing items of the corresponding pages in Wikidata or linked the created articles with already existing items. Within the frames of this project 39 articles with a volume of 117,485 bytes were created in November. The project will continue in December, as well.
The multi-staged project called “Preferable topics” launched specifically for Wikiclubs continued during which Wikiclub members translated articles on various topics from other language Wikipedias. The most important factor here is that the topics were pre-decided by Wikiclub members through a survey. On the first stage, 175 articles with a volume of 2,987,345 bytes were created. You can read more about this project here.
Wikiedits[edit]
Throughout November, out of 150 Wikiclub members 72 contributed to Wikipedia. In total, they have created 317 articles and made 1436 edits with a volume of 4,266,838 bytes. During the month of November, 60 Wikiclub members contributed to Wikidata, by making 389 edits in total.
Other events[edit]
Besides editing, the following events were organized in Wikiclubs:
- In Kirants Wikiclub, along with editing, club members also participated in talks on history, everyday life and dialect. Aso, a discussion was held about famous people from Kirants and one of the Wikiclub members created an article dedicated to Ruben Simonyan - a famous person from Kirants.
- On the first Sunday of the month, the monthly results of Hatsik Wikiclub were summarized. The best editors received letters of acknowledgement. Two editors were selected based on the quantity and quality of translations, as well as according to the quantity and quality of edits made from Armenian sources. Anahit Baghdasaryan, the history teacher of Hatsik secondary school, was again hosted in the club. The topic was one of the national heroes of Armenia, his life and activities. The club members watched a short video, then the editors collaboratively created an article about the hero's birthplace.
- "Koghb" Foundation has granted a scholarship to another member of the Koghb Wikiclub. The member received a letter of acknowledgement within the "Preferable topics" project. The same club member made the most edits during the month and received a certificate. Another member of the club was awarded as the smallest, but very responsible and actively editing participant.
- On November 28, the active participants of the Lernapat Wikiclub went to the State Drama Theater named after Hovhannes Abelyan in Vanadzor to watch one of the plays of Shirvanzade - "The Artist".
WLM evaluation[edit]
In November, the selection of 10 winning photos of the “Wiki Loves Monuments” Armenian photo contest took place. The evaluation was done by a jury consisting of 8 members - photographers, as well as experienced contributors to Wikimedia Commons. Six of the jury members were from Armenia, one from France and the other one from the Philippines.
The evaluation was done with three stages; on the first stage, 104 photos of 24 participants were selected, and during the next two stages 10 winning photos were decided.
Twn winning photos were posted on the WLM contest page on Wikimedia Commons in a random order. The winning photos with their places will be announced on the day of the awards ceremony on January 15.։
High school named after Galust Gyulbenkyan and Anatole France French Lycee[edit]
On November 15 and 16, Wikimedia Armenia welcomed the seniors of the school named after Galust Gyulbenkyan and the Anatole France French Lycee. They were introduced to the history of Wikipedia and sister projects, the principles of editing on different Wiki projects.
The students will continue the Wikipedia course at school and will edit Armenian Wikipedia under the supervision of their teachers who are experienced wiki editors.
Wiki Campaign on Armenian Topic[edit]
On November 29, the award ceremony of the “Wiki Campaign on Armenian Topics” took place at the Wikimedia Armenia office.
32 editors of Wikipedia free encyclopedia created 769 new articles within a month. Five of them received awards, and two were awarded incentive certificates. "Wiki Campaign on Armenian Topic" annual competition is implemented by "Wikimedia Armenia" and "Internet Community" organizations.
“RippleFlow” Project by the Mkhitar Sebastatsi Educational Complex[edit]
On November 22, a meeting between the principals of the Mkhitar Sebastatsi Educational Complex, the teachers and students of the Research College of the school and the members and employees of the "Wikimedia Armenia" NGO was held in the reading-room of the high school of the Mkhitar Sebastatsi Educational Complex. The meeting was dedicated to the RippleFlow project initiated by the students of the college and supported by Wikimedia Armenia, during which the students create articles on the Armenian Wikipedia.
Before that meeting, the initiators of the project visited the office of Wikimedia Armenia to get acquainted with the principles of organizing and coordinating a project on Wikipedia, to create the Wikipedia pages for the project.
During the meeting held in the Educational Complex, the participants of the project presented their work, and the authors of the articles spoke in detail about the articles they created.
Afterwards, the representatives of Wikimedia Armenia gave a brief speech, an exchange of opinions and a discussion of proposals took place.
During the project, 12 articles were translated and created on Armenian Wikipedia, the project will be continuous. The initiators are planning to attract new participants.
Collaboration with the National Library of Armenia[edit]
In November, Wikimedia Armenia started a collaboration with the National Library of Armenia.
The goal is to present the major national and academic libraries, as well as all regional libraries in separate articles, to add materials related to the history of the Armenian book, library work and reading to the Armenian Wikipedia.
The cooperation between the National Library and Wikimedia Armenia began at the National Library of Armenia, then continued at the Wikimedia Armenia office and with a series of online courses, during which the staff and librarians of the National Library of Armenia got acquainted with editing skills on Wikipedia, learned to create and edit articles.
During and after the course, new articles were created and existing ones were improved. Cooperation will be continuous.
Collaboration with Yerevan Mesrop Mashtots University[edit]
On November 28, the Wikimedia Armenia team paid a visit to Yerevan Mesrop Mashtots University. According to the prearranged agreement a memorandum was signed which indicates that a part of students from the university will do their internship at Wikimedia Armenia by editing Armenian Wikipedia. In its turn, Wikimedia Armenia is responsible for the teaching of editing on Wikipedia and the process of overall internship.
Afterwards, a meeting between the Wikimedia Armenia team and more than 60 students took place. The students were introduced to Wikimedia movement, sister wiki projects, the activities and projects of Wikimedia Armenia. During the meeting students raised some questions which were answered by the representatives of Wikimedia Armenia.
