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November 2023
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2023-11-04: Challenge Let's add ASH to Wikipedia! running until the end of November

Let's add ASH to Wikipedia! is the name of a challenge and competition not only for students of archival and auxiliary historical sciences, which will last from 1 to 30 November 2023. The event is organized by the Hradec Králové student section of the Czech Archival Society, but anyone can participate.

The aim of the project is to create and add entries related to archives and auxiliary historical sciences, ideally in a way that they can be used as a learning tool. At the end of November, the three most active editors will be awarded books.

And how to enter the competition? Write #PVH2023 in the edit summary at the end of your edit. That's how we'll hear about your edits.

More information is available on the event website.

2023-11-05: Workshop at FF UHK: Let's add ASH to Wikipedia!

Workshop will take place on Tuesday, 7 November at 17:30 at the Faculty of Arts, UHK (classroom BSM4). Come and learn how to write on Wikipedia, write one (or more) articles, and win prizes! Refreshments will be provided, the event is free of charge. All you need is to bring your own laptop.

More information about the event can be found here.

2023-11-09: Editaton "China in context" next week

As part of the Wikipedia Asian Month, Wikimedia Czech Republic is organising an editathon in collaboration with Sinopsis, focusing on China in context. Both beginners and experienced Wikipedians are welcome.

The workshop will take place on 16 November at the Sinopsis office, Sněmovní 7, Prague (map).

Please confirm your attendance in advance at jan.beranek@wikimedia.cz. More information can be found on the event website.

2023-11-22: Sinologists were learing how to edit Wikipedia

On Thursday 16 November, in cooperation with the Sinopsis project, the China in Context editaton took place. Articles describing the basic concepts of Chinese ideology, such as the Comprehensive Concept of State Security, the Community of Shared Destiny of Humanity and the Chinese Dream, were created.

2023-11-20: Wikipedia celebrates the events of November with a Czechoslovakia contest

The Czechoslovakia Wikipedia contest has entered its second half with the celebration of 17 November. The competition is open until 10 December. Participants will not only preserve information about the realities of Czechoslovakia for future generations, but they can also take home a prize of socks for all participants or a book if they place in the top ten. Get inspired by the articles already written as part of this year's challenge and win too.

2023-11-30: What prizes does the Czechoslovakia competition offer?

we have already informed you several times that the Czechoslovakia competition is taking place between 28 October and 10 December. But do you know what prizes you can win thanks to the competition?

Ten winners will receive book prizes from Academia Publishing House and the publishing house of the Historical Institute of the CAS.

The first 100 participants will receive one pair of themed socks and a two-month membership in the Gentlemen of the Sock Club from Ponožkovic.

All participants will receive a themed wiki badge.

So the good feeling of expanding the world's largest encyclopedia may not be your only reward. Add or expand an article yourself!

We would like to thank the Gentlemen's Club of Ponozkovice, Academia Publishing House, and the Publishing House of the Historical Institute of the CAS for the rewards for the participants.

2023-11-29: Take advantage of the brand-new Wiki Library!

Introducing a new project founded by Wikimedia Czech Republic - Wikiknihovna! It aims to give active editors free access to quality resources that they can use to enrich and create articles on Wikipedia.

The pilot is access to the National Library of the Czech Republic, made possible in partnership with Wikimedia Czech Republic.

Do you have an account at least six months old, at least 500 total edits, at least ten edits in the last month, and are not actively blocked from any Wikimedia project? If you meet all of these conditions, you too have access to Wikiknihive!

More information on how to join the project can be found here.

Photo credit: National Library of the Czech Republic - main entrance.jpg, by Petra Stastna, CC-BY-SA-4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

2023-11-27: We invite you to a meeting with the founders of the Czech Wikipedia

Already on 9 December 2023, a meeting of Wikipedians with the founders of the largest Czech encyclopaedia will take place on the occasion of an important life anniversary. Celebrate this anniversary with us and come and soak up the Advent atmosphere at the Scout Institute on Old Town Square in Prague!

And what kind of programme awaits us?

14:30 - opening of the hall, arrival

15:00 - opening speech, welcoming guests

15:10 - Chuck Smith: How I helped found the Czech Wikipedia (lecture in Esperanto with translation into Czech)

16:00 - Marek Blahuš: On the seventieth birthday of Miroslav Malovec (laudatio, presentation of the results of a unique wiki-archaeological research)

16:40 - presentation of the publication, toast, refreshments

from 17:00 - follow-up program Seniors write Wikipedia (alumni club meeting, scanning workshop within the Czechoslovakia challenge, quiz)

evening - 108th Prague Wikisraz (informal meeting of Wikipedians, in the same building)

19:30 - end of the event in the hall, possibility to stay at the main bar in the Scout Institute or move on to other venues

You can register for the event here.

The event is supported by Wikimedia Czech Republic as part of the community minigrants.

Photo credit: Miroslav Malovec kaj Chuck Smith en Vieno 2017-09-24.jpg, by Václav Zouzalík, CC-BY-SA-4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

2023-11-01: Read the new blog post and take part in Asia Month!

From 28 October, you can take part in the Czechoslovakia competition for a chance to win small prizes. However, this is not the only competition you can participate in on the Czech Wikipedia during November. We're talking about the Asian month, of course!

You can read about what the Asian Month is, how you can participate in it and the "sub-contest" on Japan in our new blogpost!

Photo used: Mezquita de Nasirolmolk, Shiraz, Iran, 2016-09-24, DD 66-68 HDR.jpg, by Diego Delso, CC-BY-SA-4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Educational programs

2023-11-08: How was the senior WikiCity in Lysá nad Labem?

Our programme for seniors traditionally culminated in a weekend event in September, which was a reward for the course participants. This time the Senior WikiCity took place in Lysá nad Labem. The varied programme included sightseeing, excursions and work on Wikipedia. Read more on our blog.

2023-11-28: How was the meeting of CEE Youth in Prague?

On Friday and Saturday 24th and 25th November, the first meeting of the CEE Youth group took place in Prague. This was coordinated by the CEE Hub team, Klára Joklová, who initiated the project and guarantees it as a member of the steering committee, and Lucie Schubert, who coordinates a similar group in the Czech Republic.

Thus, 15 participants representing 8 communities from Central and Eastern Europe met in Prague. They made a plan for the group's activities for the next year, the division of its organization among the members, and the programme they want to prepare for the other young participants at the international Wikimania conference to be held next summer in Poland.

2023-11-19: November WikiSchool: categories on Wikimedia Commons

What is Evening WikiSchool for seniors?It is a series of regular, specialised workshops aimed mainly at seniors, especially graduates of the beginner (and advanced) Seniors Writing Wikipedia (SePW) courses.What does Evening WikiSchool offer?It offers the opportunity to focus on developing the specific skills that a good Wikipedian needs to do their job. We will focus on techniques and tweaks that can be used in editing practice that are not covered in detail in the Seniors Write Wikipedia courses.

November's WikiSchool will focus on a seemingly minor but nonetheless crucial area. Categories on Wikimedia Commons. We'll look at examples of appropriate and inappropriate categorization of images, adding categories in bulk, as well as ways to create or move categories. Wikischool will be part of the Czechoslovakia project, so we will focus mainly on images and photos from history and domestic archives.

The photos uploaded so far from this year's Czechoslovakia challenge can be found at this link.

We ask all participants to prepare one or more pictures from their own archives that can contribute to a historical topic (e.g. Velvet Revolution, holidays, historical places in the Czech Republic, etc.).However, this is not a requirement for participation!

The Wikischool will be followed by a photo scanning workshop during the celebrations on 9 December at the Scout Institute.

The online workshop - Evening Wikischool for Seniors: categories on Wikimedia Commons (Czechoslovakia special) - will take place on Tuesday, October 21, 2023 from 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm. You can sign up here and find all the rest of the information and details there.

Don't hesitate to apply, the workshop has limited capacity.

Programs for partnerships

2023-11-23: We are expanding the team of partnership programmes: new coordinator of the advocacy programme Vlastimil Slovák, new manager and offer of cooperation

In November, our team was expanded by Vlastimil Slovák, who will work as coordinator of the Advocacy Programme. Pavel Bednařík is now the Partnership Programme Manager. We are looking for a GLAM Programme Coordinator* to join his team. Read more on our blog

Other

2023-11-01: OPEN WIKIMEDIA: DEVELOPMENT AND PLAN AND ACTIVITIES 24

The Executive Director of Wikimedia CZ, Klára Joklová, invites everyone to the last online Open Wikimedia meeting of the year, which will focus on the management and activity plan of 24′. It will take place on 9 November at 18:00.

Open Wikimedia is used for discussions with the whole community. It is a meeting where we can share our plans and create an open space for discussion.

The meeting will be a online call.

Sign up here