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Inari Saami Wikimedians User Group

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The Inari Saami Wikimedians User Group is a potential Wikimedia user group that is already dedicated to promoting the Wikimedia projects in Inari Saami and to increasing the visibility of Inari Saami in digital linguistic landscapes.

Objectives

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  • Maintain and grow the Inari Saami Wikipedia via events and activities organized by the user group
  • Recruit new contributors by fostering an environment on the Inari Saami Wikipedia where speakers feel comfortable writing their language at their own skill level and to equip them with the skills necessary to continue contributing to the Wikimedia projects
  • Promote awareness of the Inari Saami language, and through it the other Saami languages, and also advocate for their speakers to be able to use these languages across the Wikimedia projects
  • Increase the visibility of Inari Saami in digital linguistic landscapes
  • Continue to develop the use of Inari Saami in structured data on the Wikimedia projects and advocate for it to start being used on non-Wikimedia projects that already use Northern Saami structured data (for example, General Finnish Ontology (Q27303896) and Yle topic tagging)
  • Provide support and assistance for other Saami languages and their communities in their Wikimedia journey should they request it

Activities

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This user group plans to arrange and participate in the following activities:

  • Wikipedia workshop: 3 December 2024 in Inari, Finland and online
  • Hybrid edit-a-thons and workshops at least twice a year in Inari with the possibility of joining in online as well and/or participating via satellite events from the south of Finland. Participants will be able learn to edit, create, and improve content on the Wikimedia projects and to be supported one-on-one during the process if need be.
  • Meet-ups so that group members and anyone else who would like to join in can get to know each other and exchange ideas, with the aim of fostering a strong community spirit.
  • Joint editing contests with other Wikipedias:
  • Continued collaboration with the University of Oulu, Finland
    • Written Use of Inari Saami II (5 credits) – One of the course assignments is to write a Wikipedia article.
    • Written Use of Inari Saami III (10 credits) – One of the course assignments is to write a Wikipedia article.
  • Collaborations with other user groups and affiliates to increase the coverage and awareness of Inari Saami language and culture outside of Finland
  • Participation in relevant conferences
  • Translation of more of MediaWiki Core into Inari Saami. MediaWiki (most important messages) is completely translated and the Core is at 43% as of October 18, 2024.
  • Promotional activities

Past activities

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History

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The Inari Saami Wikimedians User Group builds upon the work started by Anarâškielâ servi (Q621246) (The Inari Saami Language Association), which is an organization founded on December 4, 1986, in Inari, Finland to promote and revitalize the then severely endangered Inari Saami language. The association and its members were instrumental in expanding the Inari Saami Wikipedia when it was still in the incubator stage, which resulted in the creation of the world's second Saami-language Wikipedia, the Inari Saami Wikipedia, on October 19, 2020. They continue to support the Inari Saami Wikipedia through various activities.

Contact information

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You can use this wiki page's talk page to contact the user group. You can also find contact information on our website.

Primary contacts for the Wikimedia user group

Membership

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If you would like to join our Wikimedia user group, please contact Muotâ or Yupik. Membership is not required to participate in our activities.

Current members

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Anarâškielâ servi

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If you would also like to become a member of Anarâškielâ servi (the Inari Saami Language Association), please send an email to the Membership Manager (please see our website for the contact details).

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