Wikimedia Community User Group Malaysia/Reports/Meetup/Selangor/8

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Wikimedia Selangor Meetup 8 (the 80th Wikimedia meetup in Malaysia) was the 8th meetup in Selangor, Malaysia. The meetup was held on:

• Date: Tuesday, 21 November 2023
• Time: 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
• Venue: Sunway College & Stylo Fashion Design Technology Hub, Selangor, Malaysia
• Event: WikiGotong-Royong @ Sunway College
• Medium of communication: English
• Wikimedia project related: Wikimedia Commons

Things to bring

• Laptop, smartphone, and/or Camera

Participants

The results of the editathon can be found on Outreach Dashboard.

Trainers

• Ultron90 (talk · contribs)
• Zahirulnukman (talk · contribs)
• Tofeiku (talk · contribs)

Attendees

• 11SEBAS11 (talk · contribs)
• 4qiqi77 (talk · contribs)
• Ah Man Raj (talk · contribs)
• Anuzaki geek (talk · contribs)
• Aylatina (talk · contribs)
• Ayshaaa777 (talk · contribs)
• Ccjm0409 (talk · contribs)
• Chukchukmah (talk · contribs)
• Cia ling (talk · contribs)
• Enhpad27 (talk · contribs)
• Mochichichichi (talk · contribs)
• Sharifah Mazwari (talk · contribs)
• TrinnnNie (talk · contribs)
• Warner97 (talk · contribs)
• WyonaSoon (talk · contribs)
• 元夕 (talk · contribs)

Topics of discussion

• Wikipedia & Wikimedia Commons
• Fashion-related information in Wikipedia

Minutes of meeting

• The event began with an introductory speech and words of encouragement by Mr Robert Lejon, First Secretary, Deputy Head of Mission, Economic & Political Affairs, Embassy of Sweden, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
• Tofeiku started the workshop by explaining about Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects through presentation slides. He explained that topics on fashion may be an under-looked area in Wikipedia for article creation, especially in the Malay Wikipedia.
• Ultron90 continued by teaching the participants on how to create Wikimedia accounts and how to edit as well as translate articles on Wikipedia.
• Zahirulnukman took photos of the event and aided the participants in creating accounts.
• Steps on how to upload photos were also taught to the participants as well as explanations on Wikimedia Commons-based competitions, which piqued the interest of many participants.
• The participants were keen to learn on how to cite journal articles on Wikipedia to improve the quality of information being written in the Wikipedia articles.

Transportation

Public transport

TBA

Self driving

- Key-in Sunway College in Waze or Google Map

Disability access

TBA