Wikimedians of Kerala/Newsletter/September 2025

This is the Wikimedians of Kerala UG's 20^th newsletter.

Updates / Discussions

• On 27^th September 2025, we held our user group’s monthly meeting online via Google Meet. Eighteen members attended the meeting. The agenda for the meeting was shared, and everyone was welcomed.
  • Ranjithsiji shared updates about the support request by the UG and the annual plan published on Meta-Wiki.
  • Irvin and Manoj shared plans for organizing Wiki Loves Birds this year. More updates will be shared soon.
  • Jinoy shared updates on the ongoing campaigns — Wiki Loves Onam 2025 and Wiki Loves Schools — supported by the UG. More than 400 images have been uploaded for both WLO and WLS campaigns.
    • User:Vijayanrajapuram and Ranjithsiji discussed future plans for the Wiki Loves Schools campaign.
  • Jinoy shared about the past Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos 2025 campaign on Malayalam Wikipedia, which was also supported by the UG. Twelve participants contributed to over 100 Wikimedia projects during this period, with more than 500 media files added.
  • Athul shared plans for documenting Navarathri programs and invited others to join the initiative.
  • Athul, Jinoy, and Ranjith shared updates and experiences from attending IndiaFOSS 2025 in Bangalore, where they managed a Wikimedians of Kerala stall to raise awareness about Wikimedia projects. (Read more...)

Events & Activities

• Ongoing events & activities by the User Group
  • Wiki Loves Schools – A photography campaign to collect and add high-quality, freely licensed images and other media of educational institutions. The campaign is ongoing on Wikimedia Commons.

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Upcoming meeting: 25th October 2025 – Meeting page | Meetup Registration

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