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Wikimania 2022/Individual Reports/Aftab

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Welcome back from Wikimania 2022! Please write your report here. Once you have completed the application, please email the link to wikimania(_AT_)wikimedia.org (by 20 September 2022). If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to email us.

Username

আফতাবুজ্জামান

How did you attend Wikimania (virtually or in-person)?

virtually

What did you spend the scholarship funds on?

Internet data, food, accessories etc.

Takeaways – choose 3 specific Wikimania sessions you attended and describe your key take-aways per session.

1. Wikimedian of the year 2022: I always wait for this session. Glad to see people get recognized for their contribution. I learned about their contributions. I was surprised when i learned a wikimedian wrote 7K articles and uploaded 20K+ photos. I hope one day I can do that also. 2. Discussing improvements to the desktop Wikipedia experience (Vector 2022): I was interested in this because Bengali wikipedia is one of vector 2022 partner wiki. I learned about it's history, what was their intention, the challenges while building it and what are they doing now. 3. Improving mobile web for experienced editors: same as above, 60% of Bengali edits came from mobile and i frequently get questions about mobile editing. I also think those moderation tools, accessing preferences page from mobile would be a great improvement.

How did you connect with other people during Wikimania 2022? How did you celebrate at Wikimania 2022?

I joined Wikimania 2022 telegram group & other platforms and met new people.

(Optional) Please share link(s) to your social media post(s) about Wikimania