Wikimedia Armenia/Reports/2024-07
Wikiclubs
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As of July 31, there are 195 registered members in all 8 active Wikiclubs (Goris, Ddmashen, Lernapat, Kirants, Koghb, Hatsik, Jermuk, and Kajaran). Wikiclub members continued the wikification of materials from the “Agricultural Encyclopedia” (“Armenian Encyclopedia” Publishing House, 2015) which was released under the Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0 license. Wikiclub members either created the missing items of the corresponding pages in Wikidata or linked the created articles with already existing items. Within the frames of this project 12 articles with a volume of 43,972 bytes were created in July. Since the launch of the project 592 articles, 1,489,992 bytes have been contributed to Armenian Wikipedia. The project will continue in August, as well.
In July, the fourth stage of the “Euro 2024” project started (the first three stages were called “Ahead of the Euro 2024”). It is dedicated to the UEFA Euro 2024 to be held in Germany from June 14 to July 14. In the course of this multi-stage competition project, Wikiclub members translated articles related to the European football championships from other language Wikipedias into Armenian. During the last 4th stage exclusively articles related to the championship were created. Thanks to this project, the number of articles about European football has increased on Armenian Wikipedia. Articles were created about most of the 622 football players participating in the championship (the number of those articles with those already written before is 592), stadiums, referees, teams, selection process, emblems, etc.
Within the framework of the 4th stage of the project, 37 Wikiclub members created 256 articles with a volume of 3,268,067 bytes. During the whole project 730 articles were created with a volume of 12,561,385 bytes. Each stage of the project was competitive. The winner received a gift and a certificate provided by Wikimedia Armenia, and 4 other participants received certificates.
Wikiedits
[edit]Throughout July, out of 195 Wikiclub members 73 contributed to Wikipedia. In total, they have created 893 articles and made 3751 edits with a volume of 11,907,634 bytes.
During the month of July, 66 Wikiclub members contributed to Wikidata, by making 954 edits in total.
Other events
[edit]Besides editing, the following events were organized in Wikiclubs: On July 5, the Hatsik Wikiclub celebrated its sixth anniversary. The editors made the cake themselves and played games in the club. Anahit Baghdasaryan, the history teacher of Hatsik secondary school, was also hosted at the club, with whom the editors also played the historical lotto game. The day was full of fun and interesting things.
On July 29, Gohar Aslikyan, the winner of the "Hot Kitchen" TV project, was hosted at the Koghb Wikiclub, who enthusiastically shared his knowledge with the club members. She brought a book dedicated to Armenian cuisine published in 1963. According to the guest, there are quite a few articles dedicated to famous chefs and Armenian food on Armenian Wikipedia. The club members decided to fill that gap as much as possible.
Teens' Summer Wikicamp 2024
[edit]On July 7-14, Teens' Summer Wikicamp took place in Tsaghkadzor, Armenia. 45 teenagers aged 13-17 participated in this Wikicamp. The selection of the participants was done based on their active contributions to Wikimedia projects and the quality of created and improved articles within the previous one year.
The campers were separated into 5 groups of 9 people each which were competing with each other by wiki edits, sports activities, intellectual games and cultural events.
Within the seven days of the Wikicamp participants translated and created 588 articles with a volume of 8.694.616 bytes. Based on edits (both quality and quantity) the best editor and the best group were determined and they received awards and certificates from Wikimedia Armenia.
During the Wikicamp, participants competed in these sports - tug of war, volleyball, badminton, table tennis and dodgeball. Brain Ring intellectual game and constructor kit collection were also organized for the campers. A day before the closing of the Wikicamp Fort Wiki multi staged game was held during which groups demonstrated their abilities in various sports and games. As a result of all the competitions, the members of the group recognized as the best also received awards set by Wikimedia Armenia. During the Wikicamp, an excursion to the Tsaghkadzor ropeway, as well as the Kecharis monastery complex was organized. The participants also visited the swimming pool.
On the last day of the Wikicamp a theatrical performance was staged during which the groups prepared performances picturing the cultures and traditions of different countries. After the closing ceremony campers gathered around a bonfire, sang songs and had a lot of fun.
Youth Summer Wikicamp 2024: training for newcomers
[edit]On July 22-30, a training course organized by Wikimedia Armenia took place in order to select participants for the Youth Summer Wikicamp 2024 to be held in Tsaghkadzor on August 11-18, 2024. Out of all applicants 140 were those who had no experience in editing and creating articles on Wikipedia. The training course was organized for them before selecting the best ones for the camp. The training course was held at Wikimedia Armenia office. Those participants who were not comfortable or able to visit the office took the same course under the guidance of Wikimedia Armenia Wikiclub coordinators in the Wikiclubs or online.
53 of the applicants with no editing experience attended the course. They got acquainted with the history of Wikipedia, the Five pillars, the tools and nuances of editing, and also acquired all the skills to publish and finalize an article. Then the newcomers selected articles from other language Wikipedias, which they began to translate into Armenian on their sandboxes.
At the end of the course, only 105 articles with a volume of 1.980.146 bytes were created. The 25 newcomers who actively participated in the training course and showed high results both with quality and quantity became participants of the Youth Summer Wikicamp.
