Wikimedians of Kerala/Newsletter/August 2026
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This is the Wikimedians of Kerala UG's 31st newsletter.
- Updates / Discussions
- On 22nd August 2026, we held our August 2026 Monthly Meetup from 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm IST. The agenda for the meeting was shared and everyone was welcomed. 12 community members participated in the meeting and discussions.
- Ranjithsiji shared updates about Wiki Loves Earth 2026 - The campaign is over and results are planned to be announced by end of the month.
- Ranjithsiji shared updates about moving Malayalam Wikivoyage out of Incubator - Planning to having it discussed in WikiConference India program. (read more...)
- Events & activities
- On-going and past events & activities by User Group
- Kerala Culture Month 2026 As part of Wiki Conference India 2026 we co-organized a writing campaign as a pre conference activity. The campaign started on 15th July 2026 and ended on 15th August 2026.
- Malayalam Lexemes Workshop: A 2 hour workshop was conducted on 22nd August. The program was presented by Mohammed Sadat Abdulai (WMDE) with support from Satdeep Gill. 12 community members participated in the same.
- Wiki Loves Onam 2026: The program has started and it will run until Septmeber 30.
- Wiki Loves Village 2026: The event has started on 15th August and it will run until 15 September. The event is conducted as a pre-conference program for WikiConference India.
- Wiki Loves Schools 2026: The program was planned to details of important schools in Wikipedia. The program was started in the month of July and it will continue until 30 September.
- Wiki Loves Quotes 2026: A program to contribute quotes to wiki - The program has been started at International level on August 15 and it will continue until September 15.
- Booth for India FOSS: A booth for Wikipedia has been alloted in India FOSS 2026 program planned to happen on 26th and 27th of September.
- Upcoming events & activities by User Group
- Annual Plan 2027: The time for 2027 Annual plan submission has come up. Wiki Loves Onam, Folklore Documentation, Women's Day edit-a-thon, Wikidata Birthday Celebration, Malayalam Wikipedia 25th year Celebration, Wiki Loves Earth - These are the programs currently planned to add in the same. Planned to add a language improvement plan by adding a Lexeme improvement project.