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Wikimania 2025

Before going to Wikimania

  • Organized an Orientation Call for the Malayalam Community on 1 December 2024 to guide interested participants in applying for Wikimania 2025 scholarships and participation.
  • Initiated community conversations around the idea of hosting Wikimania 2027 in India; potentially the first-ever Wikimania in South Asia by creating a dedicated page on Meta-Wiki in collaboration with members of the Wikimedians of Kerala User Group and the Odia Wikimedians User Group:
    • Initiated an open call for community members to share their inputs and thoughts about this idea.
    • After collecting feedback from diverse Wikimedia communities, collaboratively drafted the Expression of Interest (EOI) proposal.
    • Compiled and incorporated community suggestions, finalized the proposal, and submitted the EOI on 27 January 2025.
    • Initiated the idea of sharing this journey and started drafting a diff post on May 26, 2025
  • Submitted proposals for Wikimania 2025, including one poster, one lightning talk, and one workshop, showcasing ongoing community initiatives and technical contributions.
  • Served as a member of the Programming Review Committee and contributed by reviewing session proposals related to Open Data.
  • Supported the translation of Wikimania 2025 pages into Malayalam to increase accessibility for the local community.

At Wikimania

To be updated

  • Attended the Extended Rights Convening event on the pre-conference day and actively engaged in discussions and interactions.
  • Participated in various sessions and discussions throughout the conference days.
  • Joined the WikiSetu:South Asia Meetup along with other 36 members and connected with community members from across the South Asia region.
  • Volunteered for photography during the Wikimania Hackathon (Task: T399559)
  • Contributed during the Wikimania Hackathon and presented feature updates about the bulkuserinfo tool during the showcase on day 4.
  • Organised OpenStreetMap 21st Anniversary Birthday party on 9th Aug and discussed various OSM activities within Wikimedia movement.
  • Trained Wikimedians on how to use OpenRefine to upload media files to Wikimedia Commons.
  • Presented 2 posters, Wiki Loves Onam and Open Data Kerala during the poster presentation:-

After coming back home

To be updated

  • Uploaded photos from Wikimania to Wikimedia Commons, adding structured data using OpenRefine.
  • Shared the learnings and experience with the commmunity members during the Wikimedians of Kerala UG's monthly meetup held at August 4th week.
  • Watched some of the sessions on Youtube

Photos / Videos I took during Wikimania