ESEAP Conference 2024/Report/Song Ngư

Pisces's report on the ESEAP Conference 2024
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Báo cáo bằng tiếng anh của Song Ngư

Hey there! This is my first solo travel experience and my first time attending a Wikimedia event in person, representing Vietnam Wikimedians User Group. I am excited to share some insights and fun facts about myself, and then answer questions about my experiences at the conference.

First and foremost, I have gained valuable insights from the ESEAP community, which has expanded my awareness of the diverse range of initiatives within the Wikimedia movements. As a representative of an average community in Vietnam, I believe that there is much for us to learn and work on to regain the trust and reputation between communities as we continue to move forward. Attending sessions and activities has allowed me to learn more about the Foundation and the beneficial works for the region and its communities, and also helped me evaluate my bits of knowledge about managing a community (and personal) wiki sites (including those with Wikibase extension set). After attempting to interpret from English to Vietnamese for the conference using Zoom, however, that makes me realized that there are still a lot of learning works to do, which all reminds me to "Study, study more, study forever".

You can see more on what I learned and my insights below:

Things the participant...

Attended

Wikidata for Education – Structuring Curricula Data on Wikidata
Wikidata Workshop on the Language of Education in the ESEAP Region
Korean Wikidata & Mix'n'Match
How to Improve the Categorisation of Uploads to Commons (with Particular Emphasis on ESEAP-related Uploads)
Crowdmapping is More Fun with OpenStreetMap!
ESEAP Hub (3+4)
Burn out! – Experience with the Taiwan GLAM Program
Hatch A Wikimedian
Creating a Wiki Club in a University & Encouraging Students' Engagement in Wikimedia Projects
Beyond Borders, Beyond Images: The Impact of the Commons Photography User Group's Activities and Partnerships on Global Knowledge Sharing
Imagining Community-led AI Governance in ESEAP
Automoderator: Make Fighting Vandalism More Easier for Administrators and Patrollers
What Can (or Should) I Build with This?! Pedagogical Challenges in Teaching Wikidata as a Tool (An Indonesian Experience)

(Attemped to) Interpreting

ESEAP Hub (1+2)
The Wikimedia Foundation’s Annual Plan Conversation with ESEAP
Editing Wikipedia to Understand Our Past: Enriching Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland’s Local History on Wikipedia
Utilization of Wikimedia in Lessons
Challenges in Building Multilingual Technology Platforms
Trust and Safety Product - The Road Ahead
Optimizing the Role of Social Media as a Learning and Collaboration Platform

Contributed

Main: Volunteering as an interpreter (English to Vietnamese)
Nominated Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam as a potential host for the next ESEAP Conference in 2026, but lost to Taiwan by a landslide, with only eight in-place votes and one online vote.
Brought my own set of key-chains (images wanted) and snacks (coconut candies) to the treat table.
- There were also supposed to be dried fruits, but I then decided against it due to potential allergies.
I'm the original maker of the concept logo for the Vietnamese transcribed version, which then Ahmad Ali rebuilds the concept to an actual logo that you see in the beginning of this report.

Plans after the conference

Love myself more.
Be more active in the ESEAP region.
Looking for a personal/group project and presenting about it in a not-near-future event.
Strengthen the collaborations and relationships between communities and people that I met.
Applies what I learned to existing wiki projects and communities (including personal ones).

Insights and fun facts

Travelling

The Navan app is user-friendly for booking flight tickets but lacks flexibility for last-minute changes. I needed to modify my arrival flights, but the app blocked the change as the airline had already adjusted my departure to an earlier flight. Furthermore, I encountered difficulty adding extra options to my booking through the app, so I had to visit the Malaysia Airlines website to select my seat and meal preferences.

Other than that, there seem to be no issues travelling to the venue and other designated places by the conference.

Programme

Print the program lists out: we don't always have time to take our phones in and out.
As I am only interested in technical kinds of stuff behind things (MediaWiki, Wikibase, etc.), workshops are always something that I would be happy to attend :3
Be on time: We lose a lot of time for social events and photo walks, so I suggest finding a better plan for time management.
The "anime" keychains might not be suitable for Commons, as the characters there are copyright-protected.
- I commissioned an artist to draw them to show my support for Wikimedia movements by letting Scorpio hold the Wikipedia puzzle piece.
- It was supposed to be bigger, but I chose the wrong size for them, so you can barely see the infamous "W" logo.

Resources

Commons category