ESEAP Conference 2024/Report/Altair Netraphim

The ESEAP Conference 2024 was the bi-annual international conference of Wikimedia Foundation which took place in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia on 10–12 May 2024. This was the third conference that has been held for the ESEAP region.

Indonesian Delegation at ESEAP Conference 2024.

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For me, this is a very extraordinary event that I participated in this year, especially related to Wikimedia. Nevertheless, there needs to be improvements here and there so that the next conference is better than the previous one.

From ESEAP Conference 2024, I learned that:

• All countries have their own challenges for developing communities or finding contributors to Wikimedia projects.
• Many people care about language and free access to knowledge.
• Incorporating activities such as editing or contributing to Wikimedia projects into our routine is an easy way to share knowledge.

Sessions

I attended the sessions listed below:

Day 1

• Opening Ceremony.
• ESEAP Hub (1) – Introduction.
• Can Oral Hokkien Language be Written? How Can Wikidata Help?.
• Wikidata Data Partnerships: Use Cases for the Region.
• Harmonizing Voices with WikiTutur: Wiktionary and Lingua Libre Collaboration for Language Preservation.
• WikiNaskah: Digitization of Manuscripts as a Massive Effort to Provide Resources for the Development of the Sundanese Wikisource (Wikipabukon).
• Wikimedia Australia’s Partnership with Alice Springs Public Library: Adding an Image Collection to Wikimedia Commons.
• Lisa's Wikipedia Bookclub and other Initiatives from Aotearoa New Zealand.
• Cultural Trip to Mari-Mari Cultural Village.

Day 2

• ESEAP Hub (2) – Meetup.
• Indonesian Vulgarities in Wiktionary.
• Women@Work: More than Just a Wikimedia Contribution.
• How to Encourage Women in Mainland China to Actively Participate in the Wikimedia Global Movement.
• Preserving The Manuscripts Of The Malay World Using Wikisource.
• WikiMelayu: Inheriting the Malay AudioVisual Heritage of North Sumatra.
• UNESCO-WMID on the Training in Ethnic (Indigenous) Languages on Mis/Disinformation and Hate Speech in the Context of Election 2024.
• Optimizing the Role of Social Media as a Learning and Collaboration Platform.
• The Report of Questionnaire of Japanese Wikimedians 2023.
• A 70-year-old Wikipedian Talks About the Charm of Libraries.
• Experiences of Wikimedian of the Year 2023 Winners.
• Live Band, Karaoke Party, and Dinner Buffet.

Day 3

• Gaya Street Sunday Market Photowalk.
• WikiRenjana: Perpetuating Sundanese Culinary on Wikibooks Indonesia to Maintain Cultural Heritage.
• What is WANZ?.
• Human Rights Day in the Philippines: A Community Outreach.
• Facing the Heritage Language Crisis, We Provide Promotion and Teaching through Wikipedia.
• Uniting Networks for Free Knowledge.
• ESEAP Hub (3) – Future Plan.
• ESEAP Hub (4) – The Plan.
• Closing Ceremony.

Sponsorship

Binsar, Vu Minh, and Fandy.

I received full scholarship to attend this conference and it covers my transportation, stay, and meals. This has been a great experience for me and I would like to thank Wikimedia Foundation for giving me the full scholarship to attend this conference.

Acknowledgments

I would like to give thanks to the Wikimedia Foundation, especially the ESEAP Regional Cooperation which houses the collaboration of Wikimedians from the Southeast Asia, East Asia and Pacific regions which has given me the opportunity to become a participant by obtaining an activity scholarship from the organizer this conference. I also give thanks to Wikimedia Community User Group Malaysia, as the host committee, who had tried hard to make this conference a success. I also give thanks to Wikimedia Indonesia and Yogyakarta Wikimedia Community who also supported the success of this conference.

Future plans

I have several plans after the conference:

• Sharing my experience to reach wider audience via social media posts.
• Sharing my experience to fellow Yogyakarta Wikimedia Community members (in a community monthly meeting).

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