Wikimedia chapters/Reports/Shared Knowledge/September 2022

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Editing Days[edit]

Again we continued the series about editing about music. That's why the first day of the month was named Operas and Arias by Giacomo Puccini, which accumulated five new articles and one new template by three participants. After that, Cultural Heritage in Mavrovo and Rostuše Municipality was on, and attracted one man who was able to make 11 new pages and two improved Wikipedia pages about their respective cultural heritage sites. Turning again towards music, on 8th, the topic was Macedonian Songs, a day that gathered one user who wanted to be part of it and created one article on the Macedonia's Independence Day. Five days later, the accent was put on art. This time it was about Paintings by Jacques-Louis David Editing Day that have produced ten new articles and one new template by volunteering of three Wikipedians. Then on 15th, Works by William Faulkner ED was scheduled and was comprised of three men and the result was nine created Wikipedia pages and one created template. The 20th day of the month was dedicated for Cultural Heritage in Centar Municipality that gave five articles out of one participant. Two days later, Punctuation ED occurred and one man edited four new articles, three new templates and one new module. On 27th, the history themed ED titled European Ottoman Sanjaks had an outcome of five new articles by two men. On the second last day of this month, a cuisine topic was chosen - Food Preparation Utensils. That day one Wikipedian participated and created one article.

The outcome in September was 51 new articles, two improved articles, six new templates and one created module.

WikiSketch Lessons[edit]

On September 4th, the contributor who started translating his article on August 15th during the Wikiclub engagement, managed to publish his work.

Editing Weekends[edit]

The first weekend was appointed for Grand Viziers of the Ottoman Empire, a re-installment from 2020, and was compiled of three users who created 15 new Wikipedia pages. The next one was Architecture and this weekend was participated by three Wikipedians and they edited ten new creations of articles. 17 and 18 September was focused on Ballets which got attention of two people and they wrote four new articles. The last weekend 'hosted' the Fish EW and on those two days resulted with seven brand new articles by three participants.

The outcome in September was 36 new articles.

WikiTranslate[edit]

The project was rebooted after a few months brake. With a new individual, we began creating an article on the English Wikipedia. On 12th, a workshop has been made trough collaboration 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.

Students Mentorship[edit]

The list of the first 25 high schoolers-participants.
The list of the second 15 high schoolers-participants.

On September 14, in the period of 9:30 to 10:15 AM, 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.

WikiTours[edit]

On September 16, the WikiTours project was opened within the year of 2022. WikiTours is a project where cities and towns are visited and local content is written about the visited city and significant places and buildings from that place are photographed. 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 national Vecer.mk and the local Tetovo Kiss & Menada Televizija channel (website report and TV/Youtube report). Additionally, on September 19 and 20, in addition to the taking photographs for encyclopedic use, five articles were created and three articles were improved.

Encyclopedic use gallery
Editing event gallery

Photohunts[edit]

Another edition was made within the project, this time in the town of Bitola. 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.

Archaeoexpeditions[edit]

Within the Negotino Expedition that made held in May, another seven articles were improved on September 23.

Wikidata Workshops[edit]

On September 27, for four hours from 3 PM to 7 PM, our first Wikidata workshop was held. It was organized in collaboration 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.