08-12-2024: An online wokrshop on Wikipedia Article Creation is scheduled to take place on 8 December at 8:00 PM IST.
01-12-2024: An orientation call for Wikimania 2025 is scheduled to take place on 5 December 2024 at 8:00 PM IST. Registration is mandatory: register from here.
29-11-2024: An online wokrshop on Scope of Wikimedia Commons is scheduled to take place on 30 November at 8:30 PM IST.
20-11-2024: The 23rd DCW Conversation Hour on Wikipedia and AI: Ethical Boundaries in LLM Training is scheduled on 25 November 2024 at 08:30 PM IST. The conversation features Matthew Vetter, a Professor of English at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Registration is mandatory: register from here.
21-10-2024: Community input is invited for modifying and improving our operational model. Please share your feedback through this survey by November 15.
29-10-2024: We celebrate 12th Wikidata Anniversary with Wikidata Sprint, a three-days long thematic label-a-thon, coupled with few offline celebratory events from 29 to 31 October.
25-10-2024: The 22nd DCW Conversation Hour on Sustaining Open Knowledge Initiatives is scheduled on 27 October 2024 at 11:30 AM IST. The conversation features Stacy Burnett from IKHATA, the parent company of digital library website, JSTOR.
19-10-2024: An online wokrshop on NPOV and Wikipedia is scheduled to take place on 25 October at 8:30 PM.
27-09-2024: The 21st DCW Conversation Hour on Impactful Communication Strategies is scheduled on 29 September 2024 at 08:30 PM IST. The conversation features Rachit Sharma from the Wikimedia Foundation.
27-09-2024: The next edition of DCW Progress Prism is happening on September 28, at 8:30 PM.
24-08-2024: The 20th DCW Conversation Hour on Elevate with Evaluation is scheduled on 31st August 2024 at 08:30 PM IST. The conversation features Jessica Stephenson from the Wikimedia Foundation.
03-08-2024: We invite our Delhi-based volunteers to join us in our 3rd Anniversary Celebration on August 6, at The Eden Rooftop, Jamia Nagar.
24-07-2024: The 19th DCW Conversation Hour on Exploring Community Wishlist is scheduled on 28th July 2024 at 08:30 PM IST. The conversation features Runa Bhattacharjee from the Wikimedia Foundation.
20-07-2024: Join us in an interactive workshop on Wiki Notability Criterias on 21 July 2024 at 9:00 PM IST.
10-07-2024: Applications are invited for our Heritage Lens Fellowship. Last date to apply is 18 July 2024.
25-06-2024:Wikidata 101, a basic interactive training workshop is scheduled on 26 June 2024 at 8:00 PM IST.
03-06-2024: The second edition of DCW-K Editathon is happening between 11 and 25 June 2024. We invite Kashmiri language enthusiasts to participate in this thematic article writing contest on Kashmiri Wikipedia.
17-06-2024: The 18th DCW Conversation Hour on Impact and Implications of Movement Charter is scheduled on 22 June 2024 at 08:30 PM IST. The conversation features Manavpreet Kaur from the Movement Charter Drafting Committee.
20-05-2024: The 17th DCW Conversation Hour is scheduled on 27 May 2024 at 10:00 PM IST. It features Jake Orlowitz, the founder of The Wikipedia Library and the Wiki Blueprint.
25-04-2024: The 16th DCW Conversation Hour is scheduled on 28 April 2024 at 08:30 PM IST. The conversation features Praveen Das, Lead Partnerships Manager for South Asia at the Wikimedia Foundation.
13-04-2024: The upcoming DCW Progress Prism is scheduled for 15 April 2024, 9:00 PM IST.
22-02-2024: We have moved our website at dcwwiki.org to MediaWiki and the site is currently under maintenance. The sub-website for DCW Conversation Hour will also be merged for convenience. We don't have plans to maintain a separate site for the Conversation Hour anymore.
17-03-2024: The 15th DCW Conversation Hour is scheduled on 24 March 2024 at 08:30 PM IST. The conversation features Amal Ramadan, a Senior Community Relation Specialist at the Wikimedia Foundation.
01-03-2024: Applications are invited for our Heritage Lens Fellowship. Last date to apply is 7 March 2024.
22-01-2024: The 14th DCW Conversation Hour is scheduled on 18 February 2024 at 6:00 PM IST. The conversation features Butch Bustria, the event lead of Wikimania Singapore.
08-01-2024: First edition of Wiki Loves Muslim Academia is running between January 15 and February 16, 2024.
22-01-2024: The 13th DCW Conversation Hour is scheduled on 25 January 2024 at 6:00 PM IST. The conversation focuses on Organizer Lab, and features Alex Stinson, a Lead Program Strategist at the Wikimedia Foundation.
2023
21-12-2023: An offline workshop and edit-a-thon, Wikiquote Insights is scheduled for 28th December in New Delhi. Registration is open until 23:59, 27th December, IST.
09-12-2023: The 12th DCW Conversation Hour is scheduled on 16 December 2023, focusing on affiliate and community relationships in Wikimedia ecosystem. The speaker is Tanveer Hasan from the Centre for Internet and Society.
09-12-2023: The second iteration of the Heritage Lens is happening between 10 and 14 December 2023, targeting South Kashmir.
17-11-2023: The November DCW Progress Prism is happening on November 28.
10-11-2023: The Conversation Hour for November 2023 is scheduled on 16 November at 08:30 PM IST. The subject of the conversation is Tools For Wikimedia Event Organizers, and the speaker is Ilana Fried, a senior product manager at the Wikimedia Foundation.
18-10-2023: The Conversation Hour for October 2023 is scheduled on 24 October at 08:30 PM IST. The subject of the conversation is Voice & Vision: Exploring Digital Audio and its Role, and the speaker is Marcel Heyne, the founder of the Audiopedia Foundation.
22:09:2023: The upcoming DCW Progress Prism is scheduled to happen at 7:30 PM IST, on 24 September.
06:09:2023: The Conversation Hour for September 2023 is scheduled on 21 September at 20:30 IST. The subject of the conversation is Transformational Leadership and Open Education, and the speaker is Nichole Saad.
05-07-2023: An individual proposal has been submitted to help DCW participate in the second phase of Movement Charter Conversations.
21-08-2023: The Conversation Hour for August 2023 is scheduled on 24 August at 09:30 IST. The subject of the conversation is Books, Institutional Partnerships and Wikipedia, and the speaker is Professor Laurie Bridges from the Oregon State University.
26-07-2023:Digital Empowerment Seminar in collaboration with Bayt al-Hikmah is happening tonight on-site at Bayt al-Hikmah, Deoband, at 9:30 PM IST.
23-07-2023: The first iteration of the Heritage Lens is being conducted in Deoband and Saharanpur from 23 to 25 July 2023.
21-07-2023: The first DCW-K Editathon has concluded with a total of 77 articles having been created on Kashmiri Wikipedia.
16-07-2023: DCW would be organising an online workshop entitled The Other Side of Wikipedia on 23 July 2023 (8:00 PM IST) in collaboration with the English Researchers Collective (Eng Res Co), Jamia Millia Islamia, on Google Meet.
03-07-2023: The strategic learnings from June 2023 have been published on the Diff blog.
02-07-2023: The Conversation Hour for July 2023 is scheduled on 9 July at 15:00 UTC. The subject of the conversation is Navigating the Wikipedia Library, and the speaker is Sam Walton from the Wikimedia Foundation.
20-06-2023: One month long DCW-K Editathon, which aims to enrich Kashmiri Wikipedia with the knowledge related to the themes associated with the DCW, begins at 00:00, 21 June 2023.
02-06-2023: The strategic learnings from May 2023 have been published on the Diff blog.
10-06-2023: The Conversation Hour for June 2023 is scheduled on 17 June at 8:00 PM, IST. The subject of the conversation is Building Brand Equity: Amplifying Impact of Wikipedia Projects and the speaker is Chitraparna Sinha from Lekhak.xyz
27-05-2023: DCW would be organising a thematic contest on Kashmiri Wikipedia from 15 June to 14 July 2023.
12-03-2023: The general meetup for March has been scheduled to take place on 20 March 2023, in New Delhi.
09-02-2023: The strategic meet-up for February is scheduled to take place on 18 February 2023 in New Delhi.
30-01-2023: A one-to-one strategic meet was organised in New Delhi to discuss the research proposal that the DCW has proposed for defining its development trajectory.
12-12-2022:Ciell from the Movement Charter Drafting Committee would be our guest on Thursday, 15 December 2022 (7:00 – 8:00 PM IST). The conversation will be all about the Roles and Responsibilities Chapter of the Charter.
05-11-2022: Dr. Ashraf Dockrat from the University of Johannesburg would be giving an address on Islamic scholarship and Wikipedia on Sunday, 13 November 2022, 03:00 PM SAST (06:30 PM IST).
08-10-2022: DCW is looking forward to changing its current logo with such a logo that describes its connection with both the global Deobandi scholarship and free knowledge movement. The winning logo designer would be awarded an e-certificate.
30-09-2022:Donia Al Domiaty had a one-hour long online interaction with DCW's female volunteers. The meet was hosted by Browniewikipedian at 9:30 PM on Google Meet app.
29-09-2022: The Bhopal Photo Event is scheduled to happen from 15 to 20 October 2022.