Bikol Wikipedia Community
Bikol Wikipedia Community is a community of Wikimedians supporting the Bikol Wikipedia project in the Philippines, the activities of PhilWiki Community on Bikol Wikipedia, and the mission and vision of Wikimedia Foundation in general.
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![]() Map of the Philippines where Central Bikol (red) is spoken within the Bicol Region | |
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Official language(s) | Central Bikol |
Other language(s) | English |
Affiliations | PhilWiki Community |
Bikol Wikipedia |
Who can join?Edit
Anyone who can participate in improving and promoting the Bikol Wikipedia thru online and in-person events can join the community. Feel free to add your name to the interested members list below and to ask any questions on the discussion page.
Projects and activitiesEdit
The community initiates and supports the following activities:
- Edit-a-thons to help new Wikipedians learn basic editing, to enrich content about Bicol or any topic they are interested in on Bikol Wikipedia and other Bikol language based Wikimedia projects including Bikol Wiktionary, Rinconada Bikol Wikipedia and Bikol Wikisource.
- Meetings for the Wikimedians to exchange ideas and to discuss strategies to sustain the editing activity on Bikol Wikipedia.
- Editing contests to encourage existing users to continue edit and to encourage non-users join Bikol Wikipedia and other Bikol language based Wikimedia projects.
- Anniversary celebrations to celebrate the birthday of Bikol Wikipedia in order to promote the project and to build camaraderie in the community.
Activities in 2023Edit
- Bikol Wikipedia Conference 2023 is a 3-day conference and training for teachers to be held on August 4, 5 and 6 in Naga City, Philippines. The conference will include presentations on indigenous languages revitalization, connecting Wikipedia and education, and trainings on basic Wikipedia editing, and Wikipedia content translation tool. The event is supported by the Wikimedia Foundation and is in partnership with the Philippine Wikimedia Community User Group.
- Feminism and Folklore in the Philippines 2023 runs from February 1 to April 15 to create content on folklore and topics related to women.
- Wiki Loves Art is a campaign on Bikol Wikipedia with the aim to enrich the content on subject around the arts. Three months are dedicated to feature different artists in the fields of visual arts (February), literary arts (April), and performance arts (June).
- Wiki Rescue was conducted on February 24 to 25, 2023 to add content on Bikol Wikisource. Featured for its inaugural activity is a rare copy of the 1986 Philippine Constitution in the Bikol language.
Activities in 2022Edit
- Webinar on Wikimedia was a 2-hour virtual seminar conducted at James O'Brien Library in Naga City on December 2, 2022 as part of the celebration of the 15th birthday of Bikol Wikipedia in partnership with the Ateneo de Naga University. The webinar featured two topics on Wikipedia and Education, and Wikisource. Three invited reactors gave insights and commentaries on the topics.[1]
Activities during Pandemic (2020 - 2021)Edit
- Bulan kan Asya nin Wikipedia 2021
- Wikipedia Philippine Month 2021
- Interview: WikiGap: Closing the Digital Gender Gap - YouTube. Developh (March 6, 2021)
- WikiGap Philippines 2021
- Wiki Loves Fashion in the Philippines 2021
- Bulan kan Asya nin Wikipedia 2020
- WikiGap Philippines 2020
Early activities (2008 - 2019)Edit
- Bulan kan Asya nin Wikipedia 2019
- WikiGap Philippines 2019
- Bulan kan Asya nin Wikipedia 2018
- Bulan kan Asya nin Wikipedia 2016
ReportsEdit
- Bikol Wikipedia as a local resource (pdf) (April 7, 2019)
- 10th Bikol Wikipedia Anniversary (Report) (November - December 2017)
- Naga Wiknic 1 (January 6, 2013)
- News: 5th Bikol Wikipedia Day - YouTube. ABS-CBN TV Patrol Bicol (November 30, 2012)
- 5th Bikol Wikipedia Anniversary (November 24, 2012)
- Bikol Wikipedia Editing Marathon (August 15, 2012)
- 5th Naga Meetup (June 30, 2012)
- 4th Naga Meetup (April 15, 2012)
- 3rd Naga Meetup (February 2009)
- 2nd Naga Meetup (October 2009)
- 1st Naga Meetup (November 21, 2008)
GalleryEdit
Promotion Edit
Participation Edit
Participant at Bikol Wikisource event,
24-25 February 2023
Discussions Edit
Celebrations Edit
Interested MembersEdit
- Ralffralff (talk) 05:10, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
- Filipinayzd (talk) 05:23, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
- Maffeth.opiana (talk) 03:57, 4 February 2023 (UTC)
- Jp2593 (talk) 15:43, 25 February 2023 (UTC)
Keep in touchEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ Announcement of Webinar on Wikimedia on Bikol Wikipedia Facebook page November 30, 2022