Wikimedians of Kerala/Newsletter/October 2024

Wikimedians of Kerala - October 2024 Newsletter

This is Wikimedians of Kerala UG's nineth newsletter.

User group news

On 12th Oct 2024, we had our user group monthly meeting held online at Google meet. 17 members attended the meeting.
- User:Gnoeee started the meeting welcoming everyone and shared the agenda for this months meetup as listed in the event page.
- User:Gnoeee shared the updates about Wiki Loves Onam campaign, highlighting that over 4,000 files were uploaded by more than 100 participants between September 1st and 30th.
- User:VSj (WMF) shared the updates about Sancharam project. During the discussion, participants actively contributed by sharing valuable feedback and raising questions to clarify specific aspects of the initiative. Challenges were noted, including technical support for uploading, handling licenses, and managing the content.
- User:Ranjithsiji shared an update on organizing Wikidata birthday with a community gathering and workshop in Kerala, with the potential to collaborate with the OpenStreetMap (OSM) community for greater engagement and shared learning opportunities.
- User:Gnoeee shared an update on Wikidata's 12th Birthday celebrations led by the Wikimedians of Kerala UG on Wikidata Oct 13th-19th. One week focusing on improving hospital and health center data.
- User:Manojk shared an update on the WikiConference Kerala that is planned to be hosted at Thrissur in the month of December. More details will be shared soon. Also shared update on up-coming Malayalam Wikisource activities.
- During the discussion, participants explored the idea to submit a bid for hosting the WCI 2025 in Kerala. The participants expressed their support for the idea, and decided to form a dedicated group was to work on the bid proposal and submit the bid for Kochi location.

Other news

User:Athulvis and User:Jameela P. got selection to attend Train-the-Trainer (TTT) program that is being hosted at Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
User:Gnoeee has received an invitation from the WikiArabia Conference team to attend the conference and to organize an OpenRefine workshop during the conference in Oman.

Events & activities

On-going events & activities supported by User Group

Upcoming meeting: 9th November 2024 - Register for the event