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Filipino Wikipedians celebrate Wikipedia 20

Naga City, Philippines: Filipino Wikipedians in Camarines Sur joined the world in celebrating its 20th birthday. The Philippine community based in Naga City has initiated and organized various activities despite the pandemic including WikiGap Challenge, Wiki Loves Earth, Wiki Loves Monuments, Wikipedia Asian Month among others. Advocacy activities included Wikipedians appearing on a local program brodcasted over radio and social media platforms, and engaging vloggers and social media influencers in promoting Wikipedia. The Raul S. Roco Library which is run by City Government of Naga has been supportive of the Community's efforts.

PhilWiki Community supported Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom, a pilot program of Wiki Education Team in partnership with Department of Education - Division of Pasay City, concluded in November. Just three days before the Wikipedia 20 celebration, Bikol Wiktionary project was approved after years in incubation.

Movement Charter Drafting Committee : Community Elections

The Movement Charter Drafting Committee is expected to start with 15 people. There is a 4-step process for setting up the committee: Nomination process to create the candidate pool. Election process for project communities to elect 7 members of the committee. Selection process for affiliates to select 6 members of the committee. Wikimedia Foundation process to appoint 2 members of the committee.

A call for candidates takes place from August 2nd to September 14th 2021. The call is open to volunteers from wiki projects and affiliates as well as paid staff from affiliates and the Wikimedia Foundation. The list of all candidates is public on Meta.

To be eligible for voting a user must: not be blocked in more than one project , and not be a bot, and have made at least 300 edits before 12 September 2021 across Wikimedia wikis, and have made at least 20 edits between 12 March 2021 and 12 September 2021. Affiliate staff and volunteer organizers will not be eligible to vote. Foundation staff will not be eligible to vote. However, individual staff members may still be eligible to vote as ordinary users

The elections will use the Single Transferable Vote method. Top 7 candidates will be appointed to be part of the Drafting Committee with a constraint of no more than 2 elected members per wiki project. The 8th and 9th candidate will remain in the stand-by list to act as an alternate if needed. Election process will take place from October 11 to October 24, 2021. Results of the elections will be announced before the end of October 31, 2021.

Details : Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Set_Up_Process