User:Gnoeee/2025

2023 | 2024 | 2025

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:-

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  Wiki Loves Onam Poster
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  Open Data Kerala Poster

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

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