Wikimedians of Kerala/Newsletter/August 2025

This is Wikimedians of Kerala UG's nineteen newsletter.

Updates / Discussions

On 23rd August 2025, we had our user group monthly meeting online via Google Meet. Sixteen members attended the UG meeting. Jinoy shared the agenda for the meeting and welcomed everyone to the meeting.
- Ranjithsiji initiated discussions on the need to apply for the Annual General Support Fund (GSF). The deadline for submission is 5th September 2025.
- Ranjith, Manoj, Jinoy, Tony shared the update about the received. Members emphasized finalizing pending support reports before proceeding with the new application.
- Jinoy presented a draft policy for handling User Group assets. Members are invited to provide feedback and suggestions on the talk page or on the document.
- Updates on ongoing campaigns Wiki Loves Onam 2025 and Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos 2025 were shared.
- Ranjithsiji announced that the proposal for WikiConference India 2026 will be submitted in September and plans are underway to organize WikiConference Kerala in December 2025.
- Vijayan V K proposed starting a campaign to create school articles from SchoolWiki to Malayalam Wikipedia, with a focus on uploading at least one photo for each school.
- Participants (Manoj, Ranjith, Jinoy and Akbarali who participated the meeting) who attended Wikimania 2025 shared their experiences.
- Discussions also touched upon issues in Malayalam Wiktionary’s IPA module, possible solutions for Commons uploads.
- Vis M, Tony and other members discussed possible tools and workflows to ease bulk uploads to Wikimedia Commons, including Google Drive integrations.(read more...)

Events & activities

On-going events & activities by User Group
- Wiki Loves Onam 2025 – Photography campaign to document Onam culture, ongoing in Commons.
- Wiki Loves Schools – Photography campaign to collect and add high-quality, freely licensed images and other media of educational institutions, ongoing in Commons.
- Navarathri at Thiruvananthapuram – Photo documentation of Navarathri festival, Thiruvananthapuram.

Upcoming meeting: 27th September 2025 - Meeting page | Meetup Registration