Albania – Georgia Wikimedia Cooperation 2024
This project spanned from March 10th to May 31st, 2024. It brought together students from WikiClubs in both countries to translate and improve articles regarding Georgian and Albanian history, culture, geography, traditions, notable people, literature, language, etc.
The idea of this collaboration started over a conversation at the EduWiki Conference in Belgrade in 2023, and here we are today a year later, with many articles translated from Georgian to Albanian and vice-versa.
Both User Groups wanted to engage WikiClubs to contribute to Wikipedia, increase mutual understanding, and utilize free knowledge sharing.
Some of the key goals for this collaboration were:
- Article translation
- The WikiClubs students learned diverse information about Georgia and Albania through article translation.
- Quality and quantity
- Students enriched the existing content and introduced new, well-researched articles by concentrating on different topics such as history, culture, traditions, and notable people, and increasing the quality and quantity of articles in respective languages.
- Engagement
- It is important that students are accustomed to being engaged and encouraged to contribute; the initiative helps them gain a sense of unity and inclusivity.
Through this collaboration between Wikimedia UG Georgia and Wikimedians of Albanian Language User Group, we highlight the importance of joining forces to work together in today’s digital aspect.
By translating and improving articles from WikiClubs in Albania and Georgia helped people understand more about each other’s countries and made Wikipedia and free knowledge much richer. This project proves that different communities can make a big difference in free, diverse, and inclusive information.
Here are statistics from this joint venture.
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