Wikimedians of Latvia User Group/2019
This is a report for activities performed by Wikimedians of Latvia User Group in 2019.
Wikipedian meetings
[edit]- During the year 7 meetings involving local and visiting wikimedians (at most 11 participants) were arranged.
Outreach events
[edit]- Advocacy for European Parliament copyright directive vote
- Mārtiņš Bruņenieks was invited for panel discussion at Digital approaches in cultural heritage
Community engagement
[edit]- Participation in Affiliate-selected Board seats selection
- Article contests
- Wikipedia cleanup contest
- CEE Spring 2019 article contest. Mārtiņš Bruņenieks was involved in organizing the contest also on international level.
- Wikipedia Asian Month
- Photo contests
- Wiki Loves Earth: 9th place photo in global contest (first time among finalists)
Grants
[edit]Participation in regional and global Wikimedia events
[edit]- March 29-31, 2019: Wikimedia Summit 2019, Berlin, Germany – (1 participant: Mārtiņš Bruņenieks)
- August 14-18, 2019: Wikimania 2019, Stockholm, Sweden – (1 participant: Edgars2007)
- October 4-6, 2018: Wikimedia Northern Europe Meeting 2019, Tartu, Estonia – (3 participants: AgrisR, Edgars2007, silraks)
- October 11-13, 2019: Wikimedia CEE Meeting 2019, Belgrade, Serbia – (2 participants: Mārtiņš Bruņenieks, Biafra), submitted sessions:
- Wikidata content oriented projects (presentation)
- Boost your Wikipedia with WikiBooster (lightning talk)
- Reimagining CEE Spring (roundtable)
- October 25–26, 2019 Wikidata:WikidataCon 2019 – (1 participant: Mārtiņš Bruņenieks)
Organizational
[edit]Existing practices to document our events have been further improved.
Social networks
[edit]Social networks have been useful tools for spreading information about groups activities and receiving some feedback. These social media accounts are promoted during our events.