CEE/Newsletter/Newsroom/2024 Wikimedia MKD's successful second quarter
- By: Velkovski.b
Wikimedia MKD began the year with a lot of activities and events and it promised to be a very busy year for the Macedonian community. This proved to be true. The events and activities, along with the projects that needed to be executed, gave wonderful results and the outreach was more than pleasing. The second quarter of the year was a busy one and the success of the various activities marked the dedication of the Macedonian community to follow and meet the Movement’s goals and results. Among the numerous events, the most important ones during this quarter were the Shtip Wikiexpeditions, Climate Changes Edit-a-thon with Josip Bros High School, Memorandum for collaboration with 'Goce Delchev' University and Teachers' Conference at the 'Strašo Pindžur' – Skopje.
The first Wikiexpedition for 2024 was organized on 26 April and ended on 28 April 2024. The location of this Wikiexpedition was the surrounding area of Shtip, which was mostly previously not visited by any Wikiexpedition.In general, the Wikiexpedition proved to be a very successful and productive one. The team documented 30 new villages, 2 historical villages and spent 600 km on the road.
Since 2015 Wikiexperiments is a project that proves to be very valuable for Wikipedia users and the general public interested in science. The success of the project keeps this programme running for more than 9 years, in collaboration with various different scientific institutions in Macedonia.The second filming on wikiexperiments for 2024 took place on 30-05-2024 at the Institute of Chemistry, University of St. Cyril and Methodius in Skopje. Like the last year's programme, this year the staff of the Institute started doing chemistry experiments while cameraman recorded the experiments in High Definition Video Format.
Wikimedia MKD and the Macedonian Ecological Society (MES) continue their well-established productive collaboration on various different topics related to our environment. The event with edit a thon took place on 30 May 2024 at the premises of the Museum of Macedonian Struggle in Skopje. The edit-a-thon started at 12:00 local time and it was organized with students of Josip Broz Tito High School in Skopje. The total number of students that took part was 10 led by the coordinator Irena Trajkovska Sterjoska.
Wikimedia MKD continues to establish partnerships and signing memorandums for collaboration with various GLAM and education institutions in Macedonia. The newest established collaboration is the signing of Memorandum for Collaboration with the University of Goce Delchev in Shtip. The Memorandum was signed on 4 June 2024 at the University's offices, where Wikimedia MKD's delegation was received by the University's leading personnel. This memorandum formalizes the longer collaboration that existed between the University and Wikimedia MKD.
On 09-07-2024 Wikimedia MKD organized a seminar for teachers at the Elementary School 'Strašo Pindžur' in Skopje. The seminar was attended by 15 teachers from this school who expressed high interest for Wikipedia and its benefits. The seminar or conference started at 09:00 AM and it was made of 2 parts; the first part was a theoretical one where lectures were held, while the second one was practical one which was actual training on how to use Wikipedia and basic editing guide.
Wikimedia MKD continues with implementation of its projects in the next quarters of the year and its activists strive to achieve even greater results.