Wikimedians of Kerala/Newsletter/August 2024
Wikimedians of Kerala - August 2024 Newsletter
[edit]This is Wikimedians of Kerala UG's seventh newsletter.
- User group news
- On 17th August 2024, we had our user group monthly meeting held online at Jitsi platform.
- User:Gnoeee and User:Ranjithsiji shared their experience in attending Wikimania 2024 at Katowice, Poland from Kerala. The other known Malayali Wikimedians attended this years Wikimania in-person are User:Mujeebcpy, User:Jsamwrites and User:Leaderboard
- User:Ranjithsiji presented a talk on Schoolwiki project and presented the poster describing activities of Wikimedians of Kerala UG. User:Gnoeee presented the poster describing the activities of OpenDataKerala community.
- User:Ranjithsiji and User:Mujeebcpy worked on a tool named 'Vcutcli' to create small videos by cutting a large video using starting and ending timestamps during Wikimania.
- User:Gnoeee shared updates about the Wiki Loves Onam 2024 campaign. The photography campaign in Wikimedia Commons and Edit-a-thon in Malayalam Wikipedia was discussed.
- Discussed about organising Wikidata Birthday celebration and Wikimedians of Kerala Annual Meetup this year.
- Discuused about the IndiaFOSS 2024 event at Bangalore and two representatives of User-group was planned to attend the event.
- Community members are encouraged to apply for Train the Trainer (TTT) 2024, which will be held in Odisha.
- Community members User:Gnoeee, User:Irshadpp, User:Manojk and User:Ranjithsiji shared their selection to participate in the Wiki Technology Summit taking place on 4th and 5th Oct at Hyderabad.
Events & activities
- On-going events & activities supported by User Group
- Astrophotography Campaign 2024
- Book Digitization
- Wiki Loves Onam 2024 - the photography campaign at Wikimedia Commons
- Wiki Loves Onam 2024 - Edit-a-thon at Malayalam Wikipedia
Upcoming meeting: 21st September 2024 - Register for the event