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This page is the Annual Report of PhilWiki Community for the year 2023. It includes the activities of the organization from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024.

Report of activities: 2024

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The Philippine Wikimedia Community User Group or PhilWiki Community was formed on 1 June 2015 to served as an organization of unaffiliated Wikipedians in the Philippines.

January

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  • January 26 - Teachers participated in the Wiki Quiz as part of the presentation on the utilization of Wikimedia in class during the 5-day In-service Training of Teachers in Minalabac District. Proper citation and relicensing were also discussed to over 50 teachers and school heads in attendance. At the end of the session, outputs were presented and at least 20 teachers signified to participate in the upcoming Wiki-related activities, in the formation of a Wiki Club for teachers in Minalabac and in organizing a teacher's training on Wikimedia next school year 2024-2025.

February

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Local Wiki Loves Folklore organising countries
  • February 9 - Primary school teachers attended their first Wiki meet up at Cocoland Farm and Resort in Minalabac with PhilWiki Community President Maffeth O. Sto. Tomas for the formation of a Wiki Club. Nora Rejalde of Antipolo Elementary School (AES) was elected president of the organization. MaryGrace Valencia of Malitbog Elementary School was chosen as the vice president. Rose Ann Navales and Janice Penetrante from AES, and Shyrel Jacobe from Magadap Elementary School were appointed secretary, treasurer and auditor, respectively. Nora, MaryGrace and Rose Ann have previously attended the Bikol WikiConference and WikiCommon PH Conference held last year.
  • February 18 - Three organizations namely the Nueva Caceres Heritage Movement Inc., Philippine Wikimedia Community Inc., and the Bikol Wikipedia Community had a Memorandum of Understanding signing with the aim to promote heritage advocacy and preservation through Wikimedia projects, programs and activities. The signing was then followed by a meeting with Wiki Loves Manuscripts team on the Bikol Wikisource activity which Bikol Wikipedia Community is planning to organize in partnership with PH-WC and NCHMI. The Philippine Wikimedia Community User Group through its GLAM Philippines program will be digitizing old publications and manuscripts later this year in partnership with the University of Nueva Caceres Museum.

March

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  • March 16 - At Starmark Cafe in Naga City last March 16, active members gathered for the organization's 2024 Annual Meeting. Architect Ian Kenneth Orasa, Maffeth Opiana-Sto. Tomas and Marife Altabano were re-elected for another term while Leah Sumalinog and Badette Roco were chosen by the members to replace Francis Charles Brioso and Glenda G. Brioso. The new board reappointed Ian Kenneth as board chair, Maffeth as president, Marife as treasurer, and Joseph as internal auditor with Badette as the new secretary.
Celebrated during women's month, the Philippines has been participating the global campaign since 2019. The editing activity focuses on improving and creating new articles on women related topics using the Wikipedia Content Translation Tool.
PhilWiki Community Diversity Committee and Wiki Women Filipinas program chair Glenda Perico-Brioso organized the month-long activity.

April

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  • April 6 - Twenty-two senior high students actively participated in WikiQuest: Journey through the World of Wikis as part of the Wiki Education Philippines program of PhilWiki Community. Assisted by their teachers, the participants completed a set of tasks related to Wiki collaboration by exploring the open educational resource and getting familiarized with some of the basic actions in contributing to the project.
Teacher-Wikimedians from Cararayan NHS, Camarines Sur NHS, San Juan NHS, Antipolo ES and CBSUA served as facilitators in the fun-filled activity wherein the newbie editors performed simple tasks such as 'Fix It' or fixing grammatical and typographical errors on Wikipedia, 'Categorize It' or adding images to appropriate categories on Wikimedia Commons, 'Transcribe It' or transcribing and proofreading pages on Wikisource, and more.
All Grade 12 participants are members of the Cararayan National High School Wiki Club, a pilot extra-curricular organization formed in 2023. Marife Altabano, the committee chair of the Wiki Education Philippines program serves as the club's adviser. The club will welcome interested Grade 11 and junior high school students starting next school year.

May

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June

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  • June 15 - PhilWiki Community - GLAM Philippines visited two more GLAM institutions to gather photographs of artifacts and collections to illustrate Wikipedia articles. The participants headed by GLAM committee program chair Francia Charles Brioso went to the Albay and Sorsogon provinces for their museum visit at the National Museum of the Philippines in Daraga and Museo Sorsogon to collect free licensed images.
  • June 18 - PH-WC and WMTW had a quick meet-up at a cafe at level 88 of Taipei 101. The attendees talked about random things including trivial facts about the city, must-see places in Taiwan, and the next ESEAP Conference to be held in Kaohsiung.

July

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  • July 5-6 - The Third Wikimedia meet-up in Cebu took place in Cebu City. This is the first actual meet-up since May 3, 2009 which happened in the afternoon to early evening in Mandaue City. Four Wikimedians participated in the activities which included an informal discussion among other attendees from UP-Visayas, USP and LUDABI members on how to revitalize the Cebuano Wikipedia. A photography walk and museum hooping walk were done at the National Museum of the Philippines, Port San Pedro, Museo de Parian, Yap-San Diego Ancestral House, Casa Gorordo, among others.
  • July 11 - Wikisource Loves Manuscripts Philippines concluded the 24-hour training program on transcribing, proofreading and validating Wikisource pages at Tugawe Cove Cafe. Seven participants from the University of Nueva Caceres College of Engineering and Architecture completed the training program.
  • July 20-21 - The opening session of the month-long Bikol Wikisource Training of Trainers under the Wikisource Loves Manuscripts Philippines training program was conducted attracting around 40 participants from three academic institutions.

September

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  • September 20-22 - The GLAM Wiki Conference Philippines 2024 was held in the UNESCO World Heritage City of Vigan in Ilocos Sur. The national gathering brought together cultural heritage professionals from Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums with the vibrant Wikimedia communities in the Philippines to exchange and share their experiences, new ideas, and collaboration results about open digital resources, cultural preservation including tangible and intangible heritage, and discuss the practical challenges encountered and the solutions adopted.

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