Wikimedia CEE Spring 2016
Wikimedia CEE Spring 2016 is an event organised by Wikimedians and Wikipedians from the region of Central and Eastern Europe with an aim to support article creation about every country in the region on every Wikipedia in the region.
In contemporary times the CEE region has experienced several unfortunate Springs that have resulted in misunderstandings, conflicts and disappointment (exempli gratia the replacement of Dubček in April of 1969 to reverse the Prague Spring, escalating conflicts in the Nagorno-Karabakh region in the Spring of 1988, intensification of Transnistrian conflict in March of 1992, the beginning of the Siege of Sarajevo in April of 1992 and most recently the Spring of 2014, which marks the beginning of the War in Donbass).
Wikimedia CEE Spring aims at joining 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 acknowledgement and understanding and to increase the quantity and quality of free knowledge available about the CEE region globally.
The event itself takes place from the 21st of March to the 31st of May. During this time period there will be an individual article competition on 21 related Wikipedias concentrating on creating and significantly editing articles about history, culture and notable people of each and every participating country from the region. For more information about article topics, please consult the structure page.
Local competitions are organised by local teams and in every community the competition will have a bit different face to take into account local context. Contact data of the local coordinators can be found on the contacts page. In last year's edition it was proved that volunteering organisers from the different communities carried on the tasks for the contest until the end. Local teams present lists of articles about their country which they would like to see in every possible language from the region and editors from all other countries create and significantly edit those articles, whereby participants can write about any topic, connected with the other participating countries in the region.
The more participants, the merrier. If there are new countries to join during the spring, local organisers should work on the list of tasks — and have fun!
International organisers
Feel free to contact all of us with any questions concerning CEE Spring!
| Name | Username | Country | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nikola Kalchev | Лорд Бъмбъри | Bulgaria | Wikimedians of Bulgaria User Group |
| Vira Motorko | Ата | Ukraine | Wikimedia Ukraine |
| Natalia Szafran-Kozakowska | Magalia | Poland | Wikimedia Polska |
| Bekhruzbek Ochilov | Lingveno | Uzbekistan | Esperanto and Free Knowledge |
Technical support
CEE Spring would not have been possible without the three magicians from the East.
| Username | Bot name | What does the bot do? | Where does it write? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base | BaseBot | Collects all statistics needed for the evaluation of the project and much more | User:BaseBot/CEES/MMXVI |
| Александр Сигачёв | Botik | Collects the same data as last year and enables comparison | Wikimedia CEE Spring 2016/Structure/Statistics |
| Voll, Jura1 | Module and template for the article lists |
Blog and social media
Press releases
- Check Wikimedia CEE Spring 2016/Press releases for inspiration.