Wikipedians of North Caucasus User Group/Reports/2022
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Introduction[edit]
Wikipedians of North Caucasus User Group officially recognized by the Affiliations Committee on 23 October 2019. Below is the second annual report of our user group for the period from 23 October 2021 to 23 October 2022 (hereinafter — Annual Report 2022).
Wiki-activity / Contests[edit]
| Date | Event | Note |
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| 28 October 2021 | The Lak Wikipedia celebrated its 15th anniversary with a complete translation of the most important messages in the Lak language. The group of translators consisted of Artur Magomedov, Akhmed Dzhandarov, Amanda Alilova, Asvat Yangieva, and Abdulla Abdullaev (main translator). These translations were added to the Translatewiki with the help of Natalia Senatorova and Oleg Abarnikov (Soul Train). |  |
| 1–31 October 2021 | Co-organizing and participation in the Wiki Loves Caucasus 2021 international contest (online). Here are results of Russian Wikipedia editions, related to the North Caucasus (top 3 participants are indicated, except for those editions where totally less than 15 articles were created): — Avar Wikipedia: Omarov M. (15 articles) — Lezgi Wikipedia: Mugerganets (3 articles), Samurskaya (1) — Ossetian Wikipedia: Amikeco (41), Ualion (30), Sawbaræg (16), and two other users (8+1 articles) — Chechen Wikipedia: Simba16 (46), Саид Мисарбиев (15), Takhirgeran Umar (1) — Russian Wikipedia: (16 users) created a total of 601 articles. Top 3 authors: Dementiev Roman (202), ZIUr (153), Oleg Bor (104) — A new edition in the language of the North Caucasus debuted in the contest. During the event, user Ruzanna created 1 article in the Lak Wikipedia. — Ukrainian Wikipedia: 211 new and 38 improved articles. — Tatar Wikipedia: Timlesj (36), Rimma Vasilieva (31), and three authors with 5+5+4 articles (totally — 81 new articles). |
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| 15 September — 30 November 2021 | Participation in the “Alumni and Mentors of Russia-2021” competition. — User Said Misarbiev (Chechen WP) finished in 4th place in the nomination in the languages of the peoples of Russia. — User Mugerganets (Lezgi WP) finished in 11th place in the same nomination (out of prizes). — User Samurskaya (Lezgi WP) finished in 12th place in the same nomination (out of prizes). |
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| 23 December 2021 | The results of the Russian part of the WLM-2021 international photo competition have been summed up. Among the 10 winners, two photos refer to the North Caucasus. Once again, Architectural complex “Dargavs” in North Ossetia is among Top-10. This time it is the photo by Vladimir Pankratov. Another Top-10 photo made Arsen Alaberdov — it shows 10th century Christian Shoana Church in Karachay-Cherkessia. |  |
| 29 January 2022 | 15,000 articles were created in the Ossetian Wikipedia. |  |
| 30 March 2022 | 2,000 articles were created in the Ingush Wikipedia. |  |
| 16 April — 31 May | Participation in the “Alumni and Mentors of Russia-2022” competition. — User Mugerganets (Lezgi WP) finished in 10th place in the nomination in the languages of the peoples of Russia (out of prizes). — User Rida Lek (Lezgi WP) finished in 8th place in the nomination of new users. |
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Conferences, seminars, edit-a-thons[edit]
| Date | Event | Note |
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| 13 December 2021 | Oleg Abarnikov made a report “Wikipedia as a tool for the preservation and development of languages of the peoples of Russia” at the “Direct Academy” webinar. Video on YouTube |
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| 22–24 April 2022 | Oleg Abarnikov took part in the online conference “Spring School on the Preservation, Development and Revival of Languages” (Institute of Linguistics of the Russian Academy of Sciences). Viatcheslav Ivanov (Amikeco) was one of the organizers of the event. Playlist on YouTube |
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| 16 June, 15 August |
Small Online workshops took place at the Lak Wikipedia. Participants: Naina Akhmedovna, assisted by Oleg Abarnikov (Soul Train). | |
| 9–11 September | Drbug (Vladimir Medeyko) represented WNC User Group in the Wikimedia Summit 2022 in Berlin. |  |
| 24–25 September | Participation in the 16th Russian WikiConference in Saint Petersburg (Soul Train, Drbug). Soul Train participated in a round table on editions in the regional languages of Russia, and made an overview report about WNCUG in 2021-22. Video on YouTube |
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| 24 September | Users from the North Caucasian editions received the Wiki Award for developing Wikipedia in their languages in 2021: Takhirgeran Umar (Chechen WP) and Taamu (Ossetian WP). This year, in addition to the Russian Wikipedia (where for the second time in a row the Chechen user Simba16 became the most active), Wiki Award awarded to representatives of six Russian Wikipedia editions, and two (or three, including Russian WP) of them belong to the North Caucasus. |  |
| 30 September — 1 October | Wikipedians of North Caucasus User Group organized the second Dagestan Wiki-seminar 2022 in Derbent (Dagestan, Russia) in honor of the 10th anniversary of the Lezgi Wikipedia. Soul Train and Mugerganets were organizing committee members. Category on Commons. |
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| 31 October 2021, 26 December, 31 July 2022 |
Wikipedians of North Caucasus participated in the online conferences dedicated to WP editions on languages of the peoples of Russia (via Skype). See also: Wikimedia Languages of Russia Community User Group/Meetings/ru |
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Our publications and Press-coverage[edit]
| Date | Publications/Press-coverage | Note |
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| 28 June 2022 | Oleg Abarnikov became a member of the Russian Geographical Society. On the society's official website, he spoke about the WMF projects, as well as the method of geographical analysis when photographing cultural heritage sites for the Wikimedia Commons and Wikivoyage (in Russian). |
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| 9 July | WNC UG member and “Wikimedia Russia” director Vladimir Medeiko published an article “Will Wikipedia Be Banned in Russia?” at Habr. | _01.jpg) |
| 3 October | Ruslan Musayev (3 October 2022). "В Дербенте прошел Вики-семинар 2022" [Wiki Seminar 2022 Was Held In Derbent] (in Russian). derbend.ru. Retrieved 4 December 2022. | |
| 7 October | Elmira Ashurbegova (7 October 2022). "Табасаран чӀалниинди википедия хьибдийкӀан?" [Will Wikipedia Help the Tabasaran Language?] (in Tabasaran). zoritabasarana.ru. Retrieved 4 December 2022. | |
| 10 October | "Дагестанский Вики-семинар – 2022" [Dagestan Wiki Seminar - 2022] (in Russian). derbend.ru. 10 October 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2022. | |
| 10 October | “Grozny-Inform” interview with the most active users of the Chechen Wikipedia. Faiza Khalimova (10 October 2022). "«„Бойцы невидимого фронта“ чеченского сегмента Википедии»" [“Fighters Of the Invisible Front” Of the Chechen Segment Of Wikipedia] (in Russian). Grozny-Inform. Retrieved 4 December 2022. |
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Statistics of our projects[edit]
| Wikipedia edition | Articles, October 2021 |
1000 rank, October 2021 |
1000, #, October 2021 |
Articles, October 2022 |
Articles, ±, 2021/2022 |
1000 rank, October 2022 |
1000 rank, ±, 2021/2022 |
1000 #, October 2022 |
1000 #, ±, 2021/2021 |
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| Chechen | 435,622 | 12.59 | 95 | 483,548 | 47,926 | 12.82 | 0.63 | 95 | 0 |
| Lezgi | 4,214 | 6.69 | 141 | 4,307 | 93 | 6.77 | 0.08 | 145 | -4 |
| Ossetian | 14,191 | 4.92 | 168 | 16,352 | 2,161 | 5.18 | 0.26 | 166 | 2 |
| Karachay-Balkar | 2,045 | 4.47 | 173 | 2,057 | 12 | 4.44 | -0.03 | 176 | -3 |
| Avar | 2,548 | 2.66 | 220 | 3,173 | 625 | 4.44 | 1.78 | 177 | 43 |
| Ingush | 1,854 | 3.62 | 194 | 2,108 | 254 | 3.51 | 0.11 | 200 | -6 |
| Kabardino-Cherkess | 1,591 | 3.03 | 205 | 1,595 | 4 | 3.13 | 0.1 | 208 | -3 |
| Kalmyk | 2,089 | 2.41 | 227 | 2,047 | -42 | 2.42 | 0.01 | 227 | 0 |
| Lak | 1,231 | 1.2 | 272 | 1,264 | 33 | 1.33 | 0.13 | 272 | 0 |
| Adyghe | 446 | 1.26 | 269 | 451 | 5 | 1.27 | 0.01 | 274 | -5 |