Grants:Simple/Applications/Wikimedia Community User Group Georgia/2021/Program story for Midpoint report

Program story edit

Content Gap edit

One of the main goals of Wikimedia UG Georgia is to increase the content of Wikimedia projects (mainly Wikipedia) in Georgian language. To achieve this goal, Wikimedia UG Georgia will hold various competitions (Article Contests, Photography Contests, Wikimarathon, Wikicamp) on the Georgian Wikipedia.

In view of the changes in the program, we have increased the number of online contests, which are aimed at increasing and improving the content of the Georgian Wikipedia. For six months, from January to June, there were 3 online contests for creating and improving content.

Within the framework of this program, more than 800 articles were created and improved. In total, more then 50 took part in the contests, from where about 30 participants were newcomers.

Increasing Participation edit

From February 15 to March 15, we held a contest entitled "Women in Wikipedia". The aim of the contest is to increase the number of articles about women in Georgian Wikipedia, as well as the total number of articles. Achieving and maintaining gender balance is a priority of the Wikimedia UG Georgia. In total, 535 new articles were created in Georgian Wikipedia during the contest by 22 users.

From March 21 to May 31, we have joined a contest "CEE Spring 2021". Wikimedia CEE Spring is an article writing contest focused on Central and Eastern Europe, organised by volunteers from the communities of Wikimedia Central and Eastern Europe. The idea of Wikimedia CEE Spring is to join local forces of free knowledge to accumulate and distribute information about history, culture, traditions and people in every corner of the region to support mutual acknowledgment and understanding, and to increase the quantity and quality of free knowledge available about the CEE region globally. In total, 264 new articles were created in Georgian Wikipedia during the contest by 15 users. 4 articles were improved.

On March 8, we have joined a WikiGap Challenge 2021. This was a public writing competition to create and improve articles to strengthen Wikipedia's coverage of women and related topics in Georgian Wikpedia. In total, 28 new articles were created in Georgian Wikipedia during this single day contest by 17 users.

Community Support, Development & Promoting Wikimedia edit

Within the framework of this program, Wikimedia UG Georgia implements several projects, including supporting and developing WikiClubs, actively holding community meetings and promoting of WMF and Wikimedia UG Georgia projects in media.

Unfortunately, after July 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all planned in person events have been canceled in accordance with the measurements and restrictions introduced by the government of Georgia.

At the moment, we have created and support three Wikiclubs in three regions of Georgia (Surami WikiClub, Marneuli WikiClub, Adigeni WikiClub). One of these clubs was created in a region where the ethnic minority of Georgia lives compactly and this club also plays an important role in the integration of the population.