Wikimedia chapters/Reports/Shared Knowledge/November 2023

MakSport

On November 1, one article was improved and two articles were created. The articles were related to Macedonian football players. On November 9, one article was created and two templates were created.

On November 12, the qualifying match for the European Women's Basketball Championship 2025, between Macedonia and Serbia, was visited. Then 17 photos of the match were taken and uploaded on Commons.

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Then followed the Wikipedia editing. On November 13, 1 article and 1 template were created. The next day four modules were created, 1 module was improved, 1 template was created, 1 article was created, and 1 article was improved.

Editing Weekends

The first editing weekend (November 4 & 5) covered the topic Formula One. That weekend got the attention of one user that made 1 creation of an article. Next was biology themed Botany and that weekend attracted two men who contributed with twelve new articles. The third weekend this month was about Latin Literature that consisted of two Wikipedians who created four articles. The last EW was comprised of two participants that created five new articles at the Submarines Editing Day.

The outcome in November was 22 new articles.

WikiSketch Lessons

On November 7, from 14:00 to 15:00, one person created an article.

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Theater Actors of Macedonia

An article about an actor was created on November 8.

Photohunts

Some of the participants.

On November 10, 4 new participants managed to visit the villages of Dolno Konjari, Sredno Konjari, and Divlje and to make photos of their notable sites and features. Also panorama views were made from several other villages and some nature was capture of the respective Petrovec Municipality. 177 images were uploaded on Commons, 3 articles were created and 2 articles were improved.

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Edit-a-thons

On November 13, we held the Geography Edit-a-thon in collaboration with the Geosfera Regional Geographic Society from Bitola. The workshop started at 18:30 and we finished with the last participant at 23:30. The workshop was attended by 10 new people and 1 returnee who worked with the help of the coordinators Nikola and Ivan. 8 articles were created during the five-hour online workshop.

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WikiTours

Temkov and the coordinator Nikola.

On November 23, a group of two managed to visit and explore Debar Maalo in Skopje. Then over 30 different places such as administrative and educational institutions, cultural centers, historical buildings, monuments, and others were photographed. 121 photographs of encyclopedic nature were uploaded on Commons.

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Editing Days

This editing challenge was opened with the topic Beekeeping on November 23. Three people participated and edited three new articles and one improved article. Four days later, returning to a biology subject, Human Bones was scheduled and 1 article got created out of one man. The third edition was Demography which was accompanied by two users who created four articles. The next editing day was themed at music and was on 29th, named Works by Richard Strauss. This day was attended by one person and he made one new article. On 31, there was European Villages of the Stork which was joined by two Wikipedians who made three brand new articles.

The outcome in November was 12 new articles and 1 improved article.

Students Mentorships

On November 24, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., we had a workshop with elementary school students from the Mirče Acev Elementary School, Ǵorče Petrov Municipality. The topic was about Slovenia, in which 19 students participated as editors and created a multitude of articles in various fields about Slovenia. The event was in collaboration with the school itself, led by the director Gordana Naskovska, and the Slovenian Center - Skopje, led by Sašo Stojkovski. Due to the theme Slovenia, our guest was the Consul of the Republic of Slovenia, Martin Glažar. The total number of participants was 26 people. 23 articles were created.

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Professors Mentorships

On November 27, Professor Nikita Šekutkovski (already once part of a lecture in 2022) from the Institute of Mathematics, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics joined again. He was retrained and improved an article within a span of 3 hours.

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