Ohio Wikimedians User Group/Reports/2022-23

Summary

This report presents activities by the Ohio Wikimedians User Group during their fourth year, July 2022 - July 2023.

This annual report covers the period from July 2022 through July 2023.

Throughout the year, Ohio Wikimedians User Group membership grew by 4.

Projects

WikiConference North America 2022

WCNA 2022 logo.

WikiConference North America (WCNA) is the annual conference of Wikimedia enthusiasts and volunteers throughout the continent. WikiConference North America 2022 took place virtually from November 11-12, 2022, in partnership with OpenStreetMap US. The theme for the year's conference was open knowledge allies.

A number of Ohio Wikimedians were in attendance, with Ohio Wikimedian Kevin Payravi helping organize.

Athens Edit-a-thon

Event page - Editing dashboard

On March 29, 2023, Ohio University hosted an Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon. 10 editors contributed 45 edits across 25 articles, adding 3,400+ words and 25 references.

Columbus Edit-a-thons

The Ohio State Center for Ethnic Studies invited the Ohio Wikimedians to host two edit-a-thons at both the Ohio State University and Columbus Libraries.

Center for Ethnic Studies Edit-a-thon

Event page - Editing dashboard - CES coverage - Ohio State Alumni Magazine coverage

On March 31, 2023, Kevin Payravi and User:CarCai, with support from Leila, led an introduction to Wikipedia and an editing workshop for Ohio State's Humanities Institute and Center for Ethnic Studies. Participants had a chance to dive in and contribute to Wikipedia, especially in topics related to Asian American Studies, American Indian Studies, and Latinx Studies, as well as other articles pertaining to ethnicity.

Over the course of two days, participants achieved the following:

8 articles drafted and created
19 articles edited
80 total edits
3.34k words added
69 references added

Columbus Libraries Edit-a-thon

Event page

On April 1, 2023, Kevin Payravi was invited to the Columbus Metropolitan Library Northside Branch to present "Get Wiki With It: An Introduction to Wikipedia Editing". The event was attended by both experienced Wikipedia editors and newcomers. Participants took a particular interest in articles relating to Columbus, as well as uploading photos to the Wikimedia Commons.

Acknowledgments

The members and organizers of the Ohio Wikimedians User Group and Wikipedia Connection would like to thank the following for their help in supporting the Wikimedia movement:

Everyone involved in the success of WikiConference North America 2022, which brought Wikimedians from throughout North America together.