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How can we strengthen the internal & external bonds of the Wikimedia community
editAbstract/description of your session
editHow can we strengthen the internal & external bonds of the Wikimedia community
How does it connect with the WCI 2023 theme/focus
edit- Sharing and acquiring key factors to strengthen the community.
- Aims to create discussions that help to strengthen the bonds of the Wikimedia community.
- As a VGLUG community, how we are contributing to the Wikimedia projects and how this is made possible.
- How did we overcome the challenges while building the community?
Speaker name/s or username/s
edit- Khaleel Jageer
- Hari Priya
- Praba
- Viji
- Karkee
Community/Organization
edit- VGLUG Foundation
- Tamil Wikimedians Community.
Contact details (optional)
edit- jskcse4@gmail.com
Language of the session
edit- Primarily in English. However, we can also interact in Tamil.
Session type
edit- Panel discussions (45 mins)
Session outcomes
edit- To discuss and share our knowledge as we work to improve the community.
- How we reach the rural students to contribute to the Wikimedia projects.
- Sharing the Wikimedia Hackathon 2022 team effort to develop Wikimedia tech tools.
- How we approach newcomers from academic institutions and new developers to contribute for Wikimedia tech tool development
- Sharing our experience about how we collaborate with photography professionals to contribute to Wikimedia Commons.
- How we promote the importance of the Wikimedia license.
- A decade-long community experience of the VGLUG community
Useful links
- https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/VGLUG_-_Wikimedia_Hackathon_2022
- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimedia_Hackathon_2022_-_VGLUG
- https://vglug.org/2022/05/31/vglug-wikimedia-hackathon-2022/
Support required from organizers
edit- No
Consent for recording
edit- Yes