Wikimedians of Kerala/Newsletter/January 2025

This is Wikimedians of Kerala UG's twelfth newsletter.

User group news

• On Jan 25th 2025, we had our user groups monthly meeting held online at Google meet platfrom. 15 participants attended the meeting.
  • User:Ranjithsiji shared the updates about the grant utilization for the Wikimedians of Kerala UG activities.
  • Shared the updates about WCK 2024 tha was organised on 28th Dec. Shared update about the discussions happened in the UG's AGM and published report.
  • Shared the updates about WCI 2025 that will be organised at Kochi in 2025. Shared the dicussion happened during UG's AGM meeting held on 28th Dec.
  • The My Village 2024 Edit-a-thon has been organised in Malayalam Wikipedia. 114 articles was created.
  • Shared update about Wiki Loves Birds India 2024 campaign. Preliminary judgement has been completed. and final judging process going on.
  • User:Gnoeee shared updates about UG's initial discusssion about hosting Wikimania 2027 in India. Wikimania never happened in South Asia. So UG has taken initative to start the discussion and to submit the bid. The bid has been submitted on Wikimania portal on 27th Jan 2025.
  • User:Akbarali shared update about Wiki Loves Ramadan campaign. Erfan and Muhammed Yaseen shared their interest in taking up the initiative. (Read more...)

Events & activities

• On-going events & activities supported by User Group
  • Feminism and Folklore 2025 - writing contest in Malayalam Wikipedia.
  • Wiki Loves Folklore 2025 in India - photography campaign in Wikimedia Commons from 1st Feb to 31st Mar 2025
• Upcoming events
  • International Mother Language Day 2025 Datathon - in Wikidata from 21st-28th Feb 2025

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Upcoming meeting: 22nd Feb 2025 - Meeting page | Meetup Registration

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