CEE/Newsletter/Newsroom/Wikimedia MKD celebrates the International Women’s Day
- By: Bojan Velkovski
Learn more how Macedonian Wikipedia celebrates the International Women’s Day by organizing several events and edit-a-thon.
Traditionally, the Macedonian Wiki community celebrates the International Women’s Day by organizing several events and edit-a-thon. This year, Wikimedia MKD organized an edit-a-thon on the topic ‘The Woman Throughout the History’, which was held on 7 March 2024.
The day turned out to be a busy one for the Macedonian Wiki community. Wikimedia MKD called all users on the Macedonian Wikipedia to take part in this edit-a-thon and write articles on the given topic. The users that took part in the edit-a-thon contributed with new content on the Macedonian Wikipedia, as well as improved the existing articles about significant women in Macedonia and the world.
Besides that, Wikimedia MKD organized two events, one in Skopje and one in Veles. The Wiki Club members from the High School ‘Josip Broz’ in Skopje visited the Museum of Macedonian Struggle in Skopje where the museum representatives lectured them on the famous Macedonian women in the history. They were walked through the museum and saw the exhibition. At the end of the event, the Wiki club members started editing on Wikipedia and published new articles about famous women.
The second even took place in Veles, where the coordinator Lili Arsova gathered the Veles Wiki Club members at the city library premises. In a similar way as the Skopje event, Veles participants edited on Wikipedia in Macedonian, created new content in Macedonian and improved the existing ones.
The final outcome of the day-long activity was 52 newly created articles on the Macedonian Wikipedia by 24 different Wikipedia users.
Wikimedia MKD wishes to all women in the world happy International Women’s Day.
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Walkthrough the Museum in Skopje and lecture on women throughout the history -
Walkthrough the Museum in Skopje and lecture on women throughout the history -
Working on articles, Skopje -
Working on articles, Skopje
