Wikimedia chapters/Reports/Shared Knowledge/December 2022

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Editing Days[edit]

The first day on the month, it happened to be the Еndangered Languages in Europe Editing Day. That time, three people participated and created three articles and one new template. The second editing day was titled Works by Ludwig van Beethoven and three people participated and created six articles. On 8th, we covered a fine art theme in Paintings by Tintoretto. That day was conducted by three men with results of eleven new articles. Musical Scales and Modes was organized on 15th, and three articles got created. Five days later we held the Works by Guy de Maupassant ED. The editing was consisted of two people that made 9 new articles, two new templates and one new module. On 21th, Endangered Languages in Central and South America was on and one man participated and created two brand new articles.

Editing activities at the Еndangered Languages in Europe Editing Day

Editing Weekends[edit]

This month we started with Canals which resulted with six new articles by two men. The next was alcohol drinks content focused, called Whiskey. That one gathered two Wikipedians who created eight articles. 17th and 18th was dedicated for Cities/Towns and was covered by four users who created eight articles, improved one article and template each. The last weekend of 2022 was named Amphibians and was participated by two users who enriched Wikipedia with 11 new articles.

The outcome in December was 33 new articles, one improved article and one improved template.

WikiTours[edit]

The December 6 editing session.
A published article on the December 6 editing session.

As a continuation of the of the November WikiTour Kumanovo, on December 6 editing engagements began and two articles were created, two articles were improved and one template, were created by two men. On December 9, one user created seven articles, and improved three articles. Three days later, the same user created two and improved eight articles. On December 19, the last participant edited two new articles. On December 21 and 22, the last editorial effort was made by one user who created three and improved two articles.

The total editing outcome was 18 new articles, 16 improved articles and one improved template.

Archaeoexpeditions[edit]

In accordance to the trip to the Sveti Nikole Municipality, editing activities were made. One user improved 10 articles related to the photographed subjects of the archaeology expedition.

WikiSketch Lessons[edit]

On December 14, Dandarmkd and Иван Ж held a training session for five people. The training lasted from 11 am to 3 pm. Then source code editing was taught and three user profiles were created. An article was created and a file was uploaded to Macedonian Wikipedia during the engagement which was done in collaboration with the NGO Youth Council Next Generation. On December 27, again in the premises of the Youth Council Next Generation, we had a new session attended by a total of 11 people, five of whom were new users. That day, starting at 5pm and ending at 7:30pm, three articles were created and one was improved. On 28th, a participant published her article that she started at the workshop.

Editing Competitions[edit]

The editing competition titled Football was held from November 19 to December 18, 2022. The number of competitors was 5 of which one was new. 244 articles got created and three articles were improved.

Editing Weeks[edit]

From December 15 to 21, the third editing week in 2022, Gender Gap 2022 was held, focused on articles about women, especially Macedonian Women. There were 5 total participants, of which 4 were contesters. They managed to create 64 articles.

Wikiexperiments[edit]

On December 23, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., for the first time, we had filming experiments at the Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, Skopje, more precisely at the Institute of Organic Technology. Their staff participated by performing five experiments in the field of food and bio technology. Regarding the number of attendees, 19 people from the FTM participated. One person was present on behalf of Shared Knowledge. On December 26, five articles were created and one article was improved by one user.