Wikimedia chapters/Reports/Shared Knowledge/General report 2022
This is an annual overview of the activities and achievements set out by Shared Knowledge (SK) in the annual plan for 2022, spanning from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022. The report uniformly concludes the activities conducted in 2022.
Financial overview[edit]
You can also see our General financial report for 2022 (standard wiki-way) or simplified version on Google Sheets.
Summary of the Year[edit]
- 2022 is the eighth year of existence of the user group.
- Shared Knowledge with its activities, managed to reach to 472 participants who contributed in 33,685 content pages.
- 2,840 new Wikipedia content (articles, templates, modules)
- 2,184 uploaded images during 2022 were used in articles.
- SK managed to cooperate and collaborate with 36 institutions, organizations, and associations:
- Institute of Biology (in February, May, June, October);
- Macedonian National Theater (in February, March);
- Museum of Štip (in March);
- Macedonian Geographical Society (in March);
- KK Naviko Akademija FMP (in March);
- Skopje City Mall (in April);
- International Slavic University (in April, October);
- KK Kumanovo 2009 (in April);
- Department of Translation and Interpretation, Blaže Koneski Faculty of Philology (in May);
- KK Angeli (in May);
- KK Kožuv (in May);
- KK Rabotnički (in May);
- KK TFT (in May);
- KK Gostivar (in May);
- Loging Electronics and Production Laboratory (FabLab) of FEIT (in May);
- Marie Curie Skłodowska High School (in May);
- Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology (in May)
- Nihon Ji - Festival of Japanese Culture (in May);
- Institute of Chemistry (in June);
- Volunteers Center Skopje (in July, September);
- CDI Macedonia (in September);
- Branko Čajka Cultural and Art Society (in September);
- Tetovo Info Center for Šar Mountain of the Ljuboten Mountaineering Club (in September);
- Center for Intercultural Dialogue (in August);
- Zdravko Cvetkovski High School (in September);
- Metamorphosis Foundation (in September)
- Europe House (in September)
- Institute of Geography (in October);
- Sveti Nikole Municipality (in October);
- City Mandolin Association (in October);
- East Gate Mall (in October);
- Slovenian Center Skopje (in October);
- Skopje Zoo (in October);
- Youth Council Next Generation (in December);
- Institute of Organic Chemistry (in December).
Aims set for the 2022 grant in general[edit]
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2022 activities[edit]
- See: Annual plan 2022
Projects engaged in 2022.
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Synopsis of the 2022 objectives[edit]
Education & science[edit]
Professors Mentorship
This project that consists of giving theoretical and practical lectures and guidance towards the academic lecturing community, that three sessions of which one was individual and three were group gatherings. The first one was the individual and it was on March 22 with the long time collaborator, via Wikiexperiments project, Vladimir Petruševski from the Institute of Chemistry. At his office, he got mentorship at using, editing and uploading in Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons. The Prof. Dr. Vladimir managed to create one article and to upload one image.
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On April 6, we organized an online Professors Mentorship session. During the organization, every faculty was reached in order to invoke as much as possible university professors so that they could join the event. The event consisted of introduction to Wikipedia, introduction to Shared Knowledge and its activities, training lessons at editing on Wikipedia, and open invitation at professors participation at some of our activities, especially the ones from the Education Program. The academic staff included people from the Institute of Mathematics, Institute of ethnology and anthropology, Institute of Early Slavic Culture. The number of participants was 21, including our two SK activists.
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On May 9, our organization (represented by one person) was a guest-lecturer at the Open Education and Free Knowledge Sharing. The event was attended by university and high school professors. The event or lectures were in the premises of INOFEIT (an entity within the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (FEIT) and were part of the event for dissemination of their project VALENCE: Advancing Machine Learning in Vocational Education and the competition in electronics within the workshop Technology for you organized by Loging Electronics and Production Laboratory (FabLab) of FEIT, supported by the Interest Group for Free Software and Open Education and Science of FEEIT WITH @FEEIT and the Macedonian section of IEEE. Our lecture was entitled "Wikipedia - a platform for free content", which gave an introduction to Wikipedia, the word about Shared knowledge and its activities and the opportunity for attendees to get involved in our Wikimedia ventures, as well as holding a short training on editing Wikipedia which as part of it, one article was created. The number of the audience was 32.
The total outcome was 54 participants, of which 51 were new. The Macedonian Wikipedia was covered with two new articles, one during the March session with Prof. Vladimir and one that was during the presentation and lecture of the May event.
Students Mentorship
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The project had three events. The first and third one were in high schools while the second was college level.
On May 18, Shared Knowledge, represented by our SK activist, held a lecture on Wikipedia and editing training at the Marie Curie Skłodowska High School located in Aerodrom Municipality. The present students were combined from the first, second and third school years and there were 31 of them, plus accompanied by their computer science professor. The first class (45 minutes) included speech about the history of Wikipedia, an introduction to Shared Knowledge and its activities. At the second class, it included training and lessons from coding and editing through translation. After receiving the training during the second school class, some of the interested people (two of them) got the opportunity to create articles of which in total three articles were created.
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On May 27, our two SK activists gave lectures on Wikipedia and training at editing and held a workshop at the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. The participation was by five students, one demonstrator, and one senior laboratory assistant, accompanied by their professor of ethnology and anthropology. On this occasion, two articles were created, three articles were improved and 10 files were uploaded on the Macedonian language Wikipedia. Later that day another article was created.
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The final activity was on September 14, we held a training session at the Zdravko Cvetkovski High School, Karpoš Municipality. The community coordinator of Shared Knowledge, alongside with the two coordinators of our WikiClub, gave introduction to Wikipedia and SK and its activities. Also, short lessons at editing were given. When it comes to participants and numbers, 40 students participated with presence of their school program coordinator. A total of 43 people.
The total outcome was 85 participants, of which 83 were new. The Macedonian Wikipedia was covered with six new articles, three improved articles, and 10 images uploaded on the Macedonian Wikipedia.
Wikidata Workshops
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This project was a one time activity. On September 27, our first Wikidata workshop was held. It was organized in cooperation with the foundation Metamorphosis. It was held in the quarters of Europe House center. The event consisted of an introduction, history, training and lessons, if the workshop itself. A total of ten people participated in it, of which: five people who applied, the representative from Metamorphosis, and four activists of Shared Knowledge. Five people were new. Eleven Wikidata items were created and three were improved related to the Macedonian Wikipedia local content.
WikiTranslate
Three editions we made within this project, one in May, September and October, each.
An editing online event was organized on May 7, which included four students from the Department of Translation and Interpretation at the Blaže Koneski Faculty of Philology together with two members of Shared Knowledge. Five articles were created during the workshop. The aim of the venture was to translate articles from the Macedonian Wikipedia to the English Wikipedia, i.e. to translate local content that was created by the Macedonian Wikipedians over the years. Additionally, three articles were created on May 10. The next day and on 14, another two articles were created.
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With a new individual, on September 6 we began creating an article on the English Wikipedia. On 12th, a workshop has been made trough cooperation with Volunteer Centre Skopje. A total of seven people were part of it of which three were brand new activists. From 12 a.m. to 3 p.m., articles were covered on the English, Macedonian, Polish, Finnish, German and French Wikipedia. During the mentioned hours, four new articles were published (two on the English, one on the Macedonian, and one on the French-language Wikipedia). At the end of the same day, another article was created on the Macedonian Wikipedia.
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On October 27, we had an editing workshop, this time held at the International Slavic University Gavrilo Romanovich Derzhavin in Sveti Nikole, in cooperation with coordinators and students from the already mentioned university. At the workshop there were a total of 6 people who wrote articles on the English Wikipedia (6 new and 1 improved) and the Macedonian Wikipedia (1 new article). The articles were related to ISU. In addition, six images of encyclopedic use were uploaded.
The overall outcome was 15 English Wikipedia articles created, 1 Macedonian Wikipedia article created, 1 English Wikipedia article improved, and 6 encyclopedic use images uploaded on Commons (4 in use). Ten people participated of which eight were new.
Wikiexperiments
The 2023 season consisted of four filming session. Also several editing engagements were done trough out the year.
The project started when on January 15, editing was engaged on articles that were thematically related to the biological experiments recorded in September 2021. In that point, three articles were improved.
On June 1, at our traditional collaborator, the Institute of Chemistry, we recorded eight experiments in chemistry that were planned and performed by recently retired professor Vladimir Petruševski and the current professor Marina Stojanovska.
Then on June 23, 21 biology experiments were shot at the Institute of Biology. The demonstrator of the experiments was Sofija Kostandinovska with help of her assistant.
On 24 and 25, the physics videos were inserted in suitable articles and some articles were improved and created. The exact number was three created and improved articles each and one created template. This engagement continued on 27 and additional five articles were created, two articles were improved and two templates were created.
The 27 and 28 of the same month, was also dedicated for creating four and improving three biology related articles. This is with correlation with the filming of the recent biology videos. On June 29 four articles were created and one article was improved. On the last day of the month one article was created and five articles were improved.
On October 13th, with Sara Cvetanoska and Angela Ivanova, who are employed at the Institute of Biology of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, we recorded 21 videos of biology experiments related to the field of botany. The same day, one article was created and seven articles got improved. Six articles were created on November 3. Those articles are thematically related to the videos recorded in October. On November 7, the editing continued and five articles were created, four articles were improved, and two templates were created. The next day three articles were created and two articles were improved. On November 15, two articles were improved.
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On December 23, for the first time, we filmed 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.
The total outcome was 26 participants, of which 20 were new. 55 videos were filmed (53 used in articles), 36 articles were new, 34 articles were improved, 5 templates were created.
WikiLectures
One filming session was made on the project that consists of recording the solving equations that would be inserted into Wikipedia articles for better illustration and better studying the mater. On October 6, the WikiLectures project was launched for the very first time. The recording was about solving demographic equations, taught by Professor Marija Ljakoska, at the Institute of Geography, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. Five videos were recorded. On November 2, in accordance to the videos recorded in October, five articles were created and three articles were improved.
Community[edit]
Edit-a-thons
A total of three workshops were made in 2022. The first one was in March, the second in August and the last one in October. All the events consisted of introduction to Wikipedia, short explanation of what is Shared Knowledge and its activities, short training and the workshop itself.
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The fist edit-a-thon was held on March 7 and it was titled Geography. It was consisted of four participants of which two of them were activists of the Macedonian Geographical Society. Articles from the field of geography were covered via the Translate tool. The edit-a-thon was held online. The outcome was eight new articles and two improved ones.
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On August 11, we held an editing marathon in Kumanovo, in cooperation with the Center for Intercultural Dialogue, which was hosted in their premises at the Multi Kulti Youth Center. In the spirit of the activity of this organization, the marathon was named Multiculturalism, Peace and Solidarity. The total number of participants in the event was 16 people and 43 articles were created by 13 people who edited or co-edited. 13 of the participants were new.
On October 15th, we had the Slovenia Edit-a-thon on the topic of this European country, with a goal to create articles that are related to Slovenia. The event was in cooperation with Slovenian Center - Skopje and was held in the premises of MladiHub youth organization. 22 people participated and 57 articles were created on Macedonian-language Wikipedia.
Editing competitions
Traditionally, there were three competitions in the 2022. They were held in the first, third and fourth quarter, respectively.
The first Editing competition was titled Oceanography and this topic was deliberately was chosen due to lacking articles in this field. In started on January 29 and ended on February 28. Five users competed on this editing challenge and they were able to cover 105 articles - all of them created. From September 9 to October 8, we held the Antarctica editing competition. Eight people were part of the edition. 302 article were created and two articles got improved. 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.
The total outcome is 14 total participants, 3 new participants, 829 new articles, and 5 improved articles.
CEE Spring 2022
Throughout entire April, he held the traditional CEE Spring 2022. In this edition three people were contesters (six total participants) and they were able to create 133 articles about various Central and Eastern European topics. All the competitors were prized by rank and two of them, one for best rated article award and another competitor for best continuous user award, were prized additionally according to the competition's plan.
Editing days
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There were 100 editions on various topics that enriched the Macedonian Wikipedia. The total participants number is 22. The year ended up with 3 new participants. These users contributed with 844 new articles, 22 improved articles, 30 new templates, 2 improved templates and 2 created modules.
Editing weekends
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There were 41 editions on various topics that enriched the Macedonian Wikipedia. The total participants number is 21. The year ended comprised of 6 new participants. These users covered 565 new articles, 33 improved articles, 17 new templates, and 3 improved templates.
Editing Weeks
There were three editions of these prized contests in May, June, and December.
From May 4 to May 10, we held the first editing week titled Climate Changes as part of the international initiative 2022 Wiki For Human Rights. One competitor created 26 articles. The number of total participants was two.
In June, there was the international initiative International Refugee Day Edit-a-thon 2022. Shared Knowledge joined and held a weekly contest. From June 19 to 26, the International Refugee Day 2022 editing week was held as part of this initiative. One person competed and created 21 articles. Two people were total participants.
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.
The whole 2022 outcome is seven total participants and 111 new articles.
1Lib1Ref 2022
Off the 2022 annual plan, from January 15 to February 5, just like in 2021, we organized the 2022 edition in which four people participated at this prized competition. The competitors managed to add 1,182 references in 1,026 different articles. The total number of participants was 5.
Photohunts
Six photohunts were held. One in February, two in July, one in August, one in September, and one in October.
The first photohunt of the year, was held during February 23rd to 26th. Two new 'photohunters' made photoshoot of many places in the town of Kruševo. They were able to cover the cultural sites of Macedonia in the town that did not have images on Commons, but also they covered places such as the neighburhoods of the town, its churches, public and educational institutions. Within this photonunt, 23 articles were created and another 15 articles were improved. 102 images were uploaded.
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The second photohunt in 2022 was established on the weekend of 23 & 24. Two new participants, who were locals from Resen Municipality, managed to visit and photograph 10 villages and its notable sites from the eponymous municipality. 236 images were uploaded that portray the infrastructure of the villages, monuments, churches, mosques and monasteries. Within this engagement, 18 articles were created and improved each.
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On July 31, a couple of new participants from the town of Tetovo, went to the near by town of Gostivar to photograph its notable sites and buildings. They managed to upload 48 images. The images include the City Park Gostivar, the Dr. Ferid Murad Public Hospital, the Gostivar Primary Court, the Goce Delčev Elementary School, the Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Elementary School, the Closk Mosque, the Clock Tower, the Gostivar Medical High School, the Gostivar High School, the Gostivar City Stadium, the Football Club Gostivar. Three articles were created and eight were improved on the Macedonian Wikipedia.
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The fourth photohunt in 2022 was made in this month. Two participants (of which one was previous Wikimedia Commons user and one new) who are hikers climbed on the Šar Mountaints, partuculary to visit the microregion of Jelak and the Kamenjane Waterfalls. They managed to upload 40 images on Commons. Two articles were created and two more were improved within this activity.
Another edition was made within the project, this time in the town of Bitola in September. Two new participants, as of 2022, managed to held a two day tour (on 22nd and 23rd) to photograph the Bitola's buildings and neighbourhoods. 222 images were able to be uploaded. One article was created and improved each.
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On October 8, the two participants of the this year's Resen Photohunt, made a comeback and held another engagement. This time, it was in the neighbouring Ohrid Municipality and the villages of Orman, Dolno Lakočerej, Gorno Lakočerej and Podmolje got visited and photographed. Additionally, 1 article was created and 15 more were improved.
The final outcome was 12 total participants, 9 new participants, 48 created articles, 59 improved articles, 825 uploaded images, 542 images used (65.6%) out of these six photohunts.
WikiSketch Lessons
There were ten group or individual sessions through out 2022. Two (individual ones) were in March, two were in July (individual and group), two in August (group and individual), one group in November, and two group ones in December.
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This project was initiated on March 16. On that day, an Wikipedian who participated in many our projects, came again and created 26 articles. The articles itself were about sites registered as Cultural heritage of Macedonia. In particular, it was about historic houses located in the town of Kruševo. With the same person, we continued on 25th and that time, with our help, he created three articles about houses that are cultural heritage sites in the town of Štip.
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On May 28, representative of Shared Knowledge held lessons within the program of the Nihon Ji - Festival of Japanese Culture. Anyone present and interested could write articles related to Japan in general. As a result 11 articles were created out of three participants. Three images of encyclopedic use were uploaded.
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On July 8, a 2022 recurring user came to our office and got additional editing lessons. While being there, she created one article.
On July 27, in cooperation with the NGO Volunteers Center Skopje in the quarters of the Biljana Beličanec House of Culture, we held an editing event entitled Volunteering, Active Citizenship and Youth Work within the WikiSketch Lessons project. A total of 10 people attended the event, three of whom were editors, and they created six articles on Macedonian language Wikipedia.
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On August 15, we had a training session with five people, three of whom were brand new. The training was held in our office and was within our newly established WikiClub. Three articles were created, while one was improved on that day. The day later, two of participants published their articles that were initiated on 15th. On September 4th, the contributor who started translating his article on August 15th during the Wikiclub engagement, managed to publish his work.
On August 26, a brand new user became a Wikipedian and created three articles about mountains in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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On November 12, two SK coordinators and activists held the second training for five people. Six articles were created that day.
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On December 14, two 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.
The final outcome was 37 total participants, 28 new participants, 64 created articles, 1 improved article, 3 uploaded encyclopedic images out of these ten training lessons.
WikiTours
The organized three tours were in September, October and November by one each.
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On September 16, the WikiTours project was opened within the year of 2022. This time, it was Tetovo's turn. We held the workshop in the premises of CDI Macedonia - IRZ Macedonia in the period from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. We had the participation of three participants, namely two members of the Branko Čajka Cultural and Art Society and one person from the Tetovo Info Center for Šar Mountain of the Ljuboten Mountaineering Club. From the four-hour editing activity, three articles were created (Branko Čajka Association of Serbs and Macedonians, Kočo Racin Library, Jelak) and three more articles were improved (Ljuboten Mountain Hut, Ljuboten Mountain Club, Shar mountain). When it comes to photos, 25 photos of encyclopedic value were taken and uploaded (the center of Tetovo, the Faculty of Arts, the Kočo Racin Library, monuments, the Ilia Anteski - Smok House of Culture, the branch building of Bratstvo-Migjeni Elementary School, Tetovo Amusement Park, Woman Park, Tetovo Bus Station). 21 of them were used on Wikipedia. For our activity, we were also covered by the media from the Tetovo internet and TV media. Additionally, on September 19 and 20, in addition to the taking photographs for encyclopedic use, five articles were created and three articles were improved
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On October 7, in the seat of the Sveti Nikole Municipality, we held the second WikiTour Sveti Nikole. That workshop involved writing articles generally related to the town of Sveti Nikole. Along with the writing, encyclopedic photographs were also taken by the activists of SK. Eight articles were created and two were improved (one of the two improved ones was already being improved in April during WikiStands project, so in statistical point of view the article is counted in WikiStands). Five images of encyclopedic use were uploaded on Commons. In addition, with correlation to the images for encyclopedic use, two articles were created and one was improved on October 13 and 14.
On November 25, four people heading from Skopje, went to the town of Kumanovo. The point was to photograph various notable sites, places and buildings of Kumanovo such as streets, administrative institutions, schools, sports venues, temples, monuments, landformes etc. 152 images of encyclopedic use were uploaded on Commons. 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 final outcome was 15 total people, 12 new participants, 36 created articles, 24 improved articles, 1 improved template, 182 uploaded images on Commons, 166 images used.
WikiStands
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There two held events within the project, one in April and one in October. Again, at the Skopje City Mall, a Wikipedian stand was held where regular people could join, get training lessons and create content. On the day of April 9, 18 total people (of which 12 registered) got involved in this activity. A specific theme was not fixed and by the free will of the participants, articles were created and improved about villages from Montenegro, mountains, anatomy, universities, neurology, music artists. Nine articles were created, as well as three articles that were improved.
On 10th, the second edition of Wikistands was held, this time on a new location - East Gate Mall. The editing stand lasted from 10 AM to 2 PM. Out of the total six people, four new people were part of it and created six articles from various topics.
The final outcome was 22 total people, 20 new participants, 15 created articles, 3 improved articles, 2 uploaded images on Commons.
Wikiexpeditions
Four expeditions were realized. One was in late April-early May, one was in June, one in August, and one in October. From April 30 to May 2, our standard four participants now headed to the Probištip and Kratovo regions - an expedition titled Wikiexpedition to Osogovo and Mangovica Mountains. The visiting in the general Kratovo area is a rerun from a previous Wikiexpedition several years prior, but now only the unexplored villages were covered. Within the expedition, 593 images were uploaded (all used), 44 articles were created, and 71 articles were improved.
The second Wikiexpedition of 2022 has been occurred on June 18 to 19. This time, the four men squad headed to the Debar and Centar Župa Municipalities, i.e. the Debar Region which is the most western part of Republic of Macedonia. Within the expedition, 433 images were uploaded (328 used), 41 articles were created, and 35 articles were improved.
On August 20th to 21st, the same group went to Upper Polog, Northwestern Macedonia. 613 images were able to be uploaded with usage of one file.
The last expedition, held in October in Kumanovo and its villages and sights, was divided into two parts. The first part was held on October 8, while the second half was on the 23rd of the month. 101 images were uploaded on Commons.
The final outcome was 4 total people, 85 created articles, 106 improved articles, 1740 images of encyclopedic use uploaded on Commons, 922 images used.
Geoexpeditions
One expedition was made in July.
The project was initiated when on July 9 three people were part of the feat. This time the subject(s) were the river islands of the Vardar River in the Povardarie Region located in the south-central part of Republic of Macedonia.
The final outcome was 3 total participants and 91 images of encyclopedic use uploaded on Commons.
Archaeoexpeditions
In 2022, there was the May expedition in Negotino Municipality, the August mini expedition in the town of Ohrid, and the November expedition in Sveti Nikole Municipality.
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On May 14th, four men, of which: a Shared Knowledge activist, a Dr. PhD in archaeology, a returning Wikipedian/former participant of the past Wikiexpeditions, and a brand new participant, visited Negotino Municipality. Five archaeological sites were visited including Gradište which is located north of the town of Negotino, Jaka Češma - Crkva, Ormankov Grob and Čair Rid in the south-eastern edge, eastern, and north of the village of Tremnik, respectively, and the last visited site was Gradište in the village of Vojšanci, located south of the village. Additionally, the Vardar River, the bridges in Pepelište and Vojšanci, the local church in Vojšanci, the Negotino Power Plant, and the panoramas of some villages were also photographed. 108 images of encyclopedic use were uploaded.
On the first day of June, we had an editorial activity in our office to write articles about archeological sites and four article were being imroved in that occasion. The editorial contribution is due to the fact that on May 14, we visited the Negotino region sites. Two days later, one article was improved. On June 6, another article was improved.
Within the Negotino Expedition that made held in May, another seven articles were improved on September 23.
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On August 29, during the entire expedition from 11:00 to 16:00, Ohrid was visited. Two people: Dandarmkd and another person visited the archaeological sites of Karaǵulevci and Vidobišta, which have also been declared cultural monuments. First, we visited the Karagjulevci tomb, which is located immediately northwest of the Ancient Theater. Next on the agenda was to visit the Vidobishta tomb, which is located in the neighborhood of the same name in the northeastern part of the city. Two articles were improved within the overall engagement.
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On November 28, during the entire expedition from 09:00 to 15:00, the villages of Nemanjici and Mečkuevci (Sveti Nikole Municipality) were visited. Two persons: Dandarmkd and archaeologist Aleksandar Nacev visited the archaeological sites of Alin Dol, Vetren, Vrež, Gradište, Zelena Čukarka, Jokuš, Miševska Vodenica, Crkvište in Nemanjici and Gradište in Mečkuevci. First, the Vrež was visited, which is located right next to the road that connects Sveti Nikole with Nemanjici. Next was to visit the high altitude Gradiste, which is located in the hill of the same name. The third was Vetren, which is on the slopes of Gradište. Then the route went to Lake Mavrovica where we visited Alin Dol and Miševska Vodenica. Northeast of the lake, opposite each other are Zelena Čukarka and Jokuš. The eighth place visited was Church. Finally, the Mečkuevci site deposit of Gradishte, which is east of the village, was lastly visited. Apart from archeological photos, the nearby Lake Mavrovica was also photographed. 71 photos were uploaded on Commons.
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.
The final outcome was 5 total participants, 2 new people, 25 improved articles, and 185 images of encyclopedic use uploaded on Commons, 176 images used in articles.
Wiki Loves Earth 2022
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Trough out entire May, we held the the 2022 Wiki Loves Earth, as continuation of the editions in 2014 and 2015. This is part of the wider international photo competition of which its images should portray nature and or protected areas in the participating countries. In our regional contest, our target and aim was solely the protected areas in Macedonia that have no imagery or are in very little quantity. So our targets were Natural Reserves, Monuments of Nature, Parks of Nature, and Natural Rarities that have or had an official status.
The final outcome was 11 total participants, 8 competitors, 6 new participants, 1345 images uploaded on Commons.
MacPortrait 2022
MacPortrait 2022 was the second edition of the MacPortrait photography competition with the aim of providing free photos of famous and distinguished contemporary people from various fields of work from Macedonia. The contest started on October 15 and ended on November 15. Over 200 famous and/or prominent people from Macedonia were portrayed as subjects.
In this edition, 6 people were total participants, 3 of them were competitors, 1 was new participant, 274 images were uploaded, 135 images were used on various Wikipedias.
Partnerships[edit]
WikiVillage
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On March 2, we visited and made a meeting with the director of the Museum of Štip. The reason was to explain the goals and the details of this project hence we plan to insert QR coded plates in the nearby settlement of Novo Selo that has sites listed as cultural heritage of Macedonia. Also we visited the sites and took photos for encyclopedic and technical reasons. 25 images with were uploaded within this month.
The project continued in April with covering on the English Wikipedia. Due to bilingual nature of the QR-plates, there was a need to create the lacking articles. For that purpose, on 18th and 19th, four articles were created about the old churches. The editing continued in May when three articles were created on May 3. They were articles about a former school building, the Jewish Cemetery and the IMARO Museum in the suburb of Novo Selo, town of Štip. The day later, nine articles about individual houses were created and the article of the Novo Selo suburb was created as well on the English language Wikipedia.
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On August 6, we completed this year's final chapter of the 2022 VikiVillage Project in the suburb of Novo Selo. That day, 17 information plaques were set up and put into use, which were placed next to the buildings that have been declared as cultural heritage of Macedonia. The information plates themselves contain QR codes that lead to the corresponding Wikipedia articles in Macedonian and English. 9 people were part of the activity of that day, who contributed by giving and collecting information about the constructions and/or attending. Additionally, 14 images of encyclopedic use were photographed on that day and were uploaded on Commons. Also, two articles were improved and one was created.
The final outcome was 14 people were total participants, 10 were new participants, 30 new articles, 11 improved articles, 39 images were uploaded, 28 images were used on Wikipedia.
Museums Visits
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On November 4, the Dr. Nikola Nezlobinski Museum in Struga was visited. Then the exterior of the two buildings was photographed, including the natural history building and the administrative building that also serves as the museum's depot. At the same time, other landmarks in Struga were photographed, such as old architecture houses, busts, monuments, various former and current administrative buildings, cultural and educational institutions, religious buildings and sports buildings, bridges. Out of the photographic stage, 63 files were uploaded on Commons. After uploading the photos, editing of the articles followed and on November 9, five articles were created and six articles were improved. The next day, seven articles were created and five articles were improved. On November 14, one article was created and four articles were improved.
The outcome was 2 total participants, 16 new articles, 12 improved articles and 63 uploaded images on Commons, 60 images used in articles.
Botanic Garden Skopje
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The project had three major events: the photoshoot in February and the two editing workshops in May.
On February 2, an activist of Shared Knowledge went to the Botanic Garden at the Institute of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. According to the plan, various plants needed to be photographed. On that day, accompanied with four staff members, it was managed to be photographed 61 species with a total of 192 images ready to use in articles. Also, the Botanic Garden itself and its facilities were photographed during the almost 4 hour photoshoot. An article, about the Garden itself, was created on February 16. One article was improved on March 22. The article was about the Institute of Chemistry.
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On May 9, in one of the quarters of the Department of Systematics and Phylogeny of Higher Plants and Phytogeography with Phytocenology at the Institute of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, we had an editorial endeavor with the two assistants of this department, as well as with two of their students. As part of this editorial activity, articles about plants were created (10) within the Botanic Garden Skopje Project. Four days later, the second workshop was held. At the same place, the editors, including an employee at the Botanic Garden, the two first session assistants, and two new students, were part of the workshop, creating 13 articles.
The finale outcome was 11 total participants, 9 new participants, 24 new articles, 1 improved article, 192 uploaded images on Commons, 101 images used in articles.
MakSport
The project saw one photo gathering in March and April, five photosessions in April and May, and two minor editing activities in August.
On the last day of March, the project was activated. That day we covered the basketball club Akademija FMP - a member of the First Macedonian Basketball League. In this occasion, the club itself had photo archive and with our help, a sports person from the club became a new user and uploaded 51 images. The uploaded images depicts portraits of the players and the coaching staff, and training in-action photo session. On April 5, the same person who uploaded the squad's images of KK Akademija FMP, now contributed and managed to upload their club logo.
On April 20, activist of SK managed to visit the town of Kumanovo. On that occasion we were at the game between the basketball teams of Kumanovo 2009 and Angeli. In that occasion we individually photographed the players and the coaching staff of KK Kumanovo 2009, a group picture of both teams, moments from their training and the match itself. At the same time, the home hall of KK Kumanovo 2009 which is part of the Pero Nakov High school, the school itself, the City Pool Kumanovo, the Sports Hall Kumanovo and the football field next to the Sports Hall Kumanovo were photographed. 86 images were taken and uploaded out of the venture in the town of Kumanovo.
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The basketball game between Angeli vs. Kožuv, that was played on May 7, was on our agenda. Before the start of the game, in coordination with the clubs staff, we managed to photograph both teams' players, coaching staff, group photo of Kožuv, and the home ground of Angeli. Out of this matchup, 143 images were uploaded.
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On the same day, we also managed to cover the basketball matchup between Rabotnički vs. Naviko Akademija FMP. Held in the Kale Sports Hall, the basketball players of Rabotnički, group photos of both teams, and the sports venue itself were photographed and 128 images got uploaded on Commons.
On May 12, again our activist headed to Kale Sports Hall, but now to visit the home team KK TFT to play versus Bitola side KK Pelister. Before the start of the Super League phase matchup, the both teams players and head coaches were photographed during warmups and a team photo of TFT was made, as well the initial moments of the game were taken. 108 images were uploaded.
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Next sports matchup, on the same May 12, up was between the basketball teams of Fenix 2010 and Gostivar. During this photograpic feat, every individual member of KK Gostivar was photographed, as well pregame warmup and in game moments of the players of the both teams. Out of this game, 65 images were uploaded.
On August 7, we got the opportunity to have one new indirect participant that helped one article to created with one of our SK activist. For the purpose of the same article, another experienced Wikipedia created five templates.
The finale outcome was 5 total participants, 2 new participants, 1 new article, 5 new articles, 582 uploaded images on Commons.
Theater Actors of Macedonia
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This project was off the 2022 annual plan. It was revived when minor photo sessions were made in February and March. Some images, from the author's archive, were from 2021.
The finalization occurred on October 10 when 8 images out of seven people were uploaded on Commons. The images portrayed images of theater actors from the Macedonian National Theater. 2 people were part of the engagement.
Open Government Data
This project was executed in the fourth quarter. As soon as the 2021 census data was published via the governmental site Makstat, engagements were made to implement the data on Wikidata.
The outcome was 1 total participant, 40 created Wikidata items and 15,580 improved Wikidata items.
Skopje Zoo
It needs to be noted that this project was not announced in 2022. The reason there were activities in 2022 is because in November (according to the 2021 annual plan on this project) Shared Knowledge handed over the informational QR-coded plaques to the Skopje Zoo staff which the latter previously agreed to install the plaques before December 31, 2021. Because there was no progress of installing the plaques in 2021 and in 2022, Shared Knowledge stepped up and installed the plaque on this year's October 28.
For the previous activities within the project, see General report 2021.
Statistics[edit]
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Objectives metrics[edit]
Project metrics
| Metric | Achieved outcome | Explanation |
| 1. Total participants | 469 of 652  Not achieved
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83% of the planned metric was completed. |
| 2. Number of newly registered users | 306 of 465 Not achieved
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65% of the planned metric was completed. |
| 3. Number of content pages created or improved, across all Wikimedia projects | 33.685 of 34.784 Not achieved
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96% of the planned metric was completed. |
| 4. Uploaded photographs used in articles | 2.162 of 3.592 Not achieved
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60% of the planned metric was completed. |
| 5. Number of volunteer hours | 13.264 of 18.047 Not achieved
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73% of the planned metric was completed. |
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WikiLectures
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Edit-a-thons
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Editing competitions
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CEE Spring 2022
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Editing days
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Photohunts
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WikiSketch Lessons
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WikiTours
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WikiStands
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Wikiexpeditions
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Geoexpeditions
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Veloexpeditions
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Archaeoexpeditions
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Astroexpeditions
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Wiki Loves Earth 2022
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MacPortrait 2022
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WikiVillage
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Museums Visits
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Botanic Garden Skopje
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MakSport
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Cinematheque of Macedonia
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Theater Actors of Macedonia Off the annual plan. Non-projected metrics |
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