Ballardmaize
Ballardmaize
Founding Member, Wiki Advocates Philippines, Board Member, Wiki World Heritage User Group, Former EWOC ESEAP Community Specialist, Program Organizer, #1Lib1Ref PH 2021, Local Coordinator, Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom, Wikimedia Foundation,
Courage is of no value unless accompanied by justice; yet if all men became just, there would be no need for courage.

- Agesilaus the Second

Source:http://www.wiseoldsayings.com/justice-quotes/

About me

She is a librarian from the Philippines and an active editor in Central Bikol, Tagalog and English Wikipedia, Wikidata and an administrator in Central Bikol Wiktionary, Wikisambit and Wikikawikaan.

As an advocate of free knowledge and open educational sources, she continues to teach other local Wikimedians to contribute to Wikimedia Projects, develop other Wikimedia Projects in Incubator, conduct edit-a-thons, offers technical support on how to navigate Wikimedia Project and works on how to be able to distribute offline Wikipedia to communities to bridge knowledge gap within the region.


User Groups


Focus Groups

  • Movement Communication Focus Group
  • Characterizing Existing Practices for Identifying and Mitigating Knowledge Gaps Focus Group

My work

Ballardmaize actively participates in both the online and offline activities of the Wikimedia Foundation.


Active Roles


Previous Roles


Off-Wiki Initiatives


Conferences Attended

  • ESEAP Conference 2022, Sydney, Australia
  • Wikimania 2023, Suntec City, Singapore
  • WikiWomen Camp 2023, India


Community Involvement

Contact me


The Wikipedia Library Owl
This library professional added a citation to Wikipedia

#1Lib1Ref
Thanks for your commitment for EduWiki Outreach Collaborator initiative
You get a Mind the Gap Barnstar from us, for your great contribution in the WikiGap Challenge, and to the visibility of women on Wikipedia.

In photos edit

Projects, Campaigns and Events edit

On-Wiki Projects edit

Bikol Sentral Wiktionary
Bikol Sentral Wikiquote
Tagalog Wikiquote
Klima asin Kapalibutan

Organized Campaigns edit

SheSaid Philippines 2021
World Heritage Sites PH 2021
Art & Feminism in PH 2020
WikiGap Challenge 2020
Wiki loves the Olympics 2020
Wikigap Philippines 2019

Organized Events edit

Babaylan PH Cook + Edit Fest
#1Lib1Ref Philippines 2020
Webinars for Teachers
Bikol Wiktionary Training
#1Lib1Ref Philippines 2019