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Wikimedia MKD's winter activities
- By: Velkovski.b
November and December were months filled with activities for Wikimedia MKD. In addition to year-end activities, Wikimedia MKD also started the New Year successfully with the celebration of Wikipedia's birthday in January and with renewed enthusiasm for what awaits us in the new year.
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Advanced Wikipedia Editing Training Conference in Veles, Macedonia
- On 28 November 2024, at the City Library "Goce Delchev" in Veles, a conference on advanced editing of Wikipedia was held. This conference was intended for members of the Senior Wiki Club and was attended by 10 participants. The conference took place in a pleasant and working atmosphere. The attendees, who already had some basic knowledge of Wikipedia editing, were pleased with the new things they learned.
Second Geoexpedition for 2024
- After the first geoexpedition in February, the second geoexpedition for 2024 took place on November 24, 2024, and the team of experienced Wikipedians visited the natural phenomenon "Kukulje". This locality is located in the Municipality of Delchevo and although the name natural rarity is used on the signs of the site itself, the locality has not been officially declared as such, because the municipality needs to prepare a special report for the same. This natural rarity is so unpromoted that even our Wikipedia does not have an article about it. This was an additional challenge and incentive for our team to explore this location.
Photographical competition "Makportret 2024"
- "Makportret 2024" was a photography competition that took place from October 15 to November 15, 2024, and whose main goal was to collect photographs of people from Macedonia who are involved in culture, science, education, art, music, sports, television, politics, medicine and other fields. This event was organized by Wikimedia MKD, with the aim of providing free photographs of significant Macedonian contemporary figures.This photography competition turned out to be quite successful. 14 users participated and a total of 867 photographs were uploaded.
Edit-a-thon:Mountains
- On the occasion of World Mountain Day, which is celebrated every year on December 11, Wikimedia MKD organized an editing marathon. The event included a workshop with a lecture, followed by an editing marathon on the topic of "Mountains". It was attended by members of the Wiki Club Skopje, consisting of students from the "Josip Broz - Tito" high school under the coordinator Irena Trajkovska Sterjovska. With their enthusiasm and hard work, seven students made a significant contribution to enriching the content of Wikipedia in Macedonian.
"Meet Slovenia" workshop
- On 18 December 2024, at the premises of the “Dimitar Miladinov” Primary School in Skopje, a thematic workshop entitled “Meet Slovenia” was held. The event was organized in cooperation with the Slovenian Center in Skopje. The workshop was attended by 15 students from the “Dimitar Miladinov” Primary School in Skopje, who had the opportunity not only to learn more about Slovenia, but also to actively contribute to enriching the content of Wikipedia.
Editing Competition "Cleanup"
- Wikimedia MKD recognizes the importance of well-structured and precisely edited articles, which is why this year it organized an "Clean up" article editing contest that was held from 4 November to 3 December, 2024. This contest aimed to encourage editing and improving existing articles on the Macedonian language Wikipedia, making the encyclopedia even more useful and of higher quality for use. Three users participated in the editing competition and 114 articles were edited.
Wikipedia Day 2025
- On 15 January 2025, in honor of Wikipedia’s birthday, the Macedonian wiki community organized a special celebration. The event was held in a pleasant atmosphere at the “Piazza Liberta” café in Skopje, starting at 5 p.m. This gathering was an opportunity to mark the 24th anniversary of the founding of Wikipedia, one of the largest and most influential open knowledge projects in the world. The celebration was attended by active wiki editors, supporters and lovers of free knowledge, who jointly celebrated the significance of this global platform for information exchange. During the event, Lifetime Achievement Awards to two distinguished Wikipedians were given. These awards are given to editors who have been active on Wikipedia for more than 10 years and have made over 10,000 edits. Besides the event itself and the delicious cake, Wikipedia also received its own gifts. On the very day of the birthday, 15 January 2025, Wikimedia MKD announced a call for all Wikipedia users to publish articles, new or improved, as a birthday gift for Wikipedia. The call lasted throughout the day and 33 new articles were published and 19 Wikipedians gave their gift to Wikipedia and improved the content of the encyclopedia. This celebration was further proof that Wikipedia is not just a platform, but a real community of people who believe in the power of knowledge.