Grants:TPS/Satdeep Gill/Wikimania/2017/Report

Welcome back from Wikimania 2017!

Participant

Satdeep Gill

Punjabi Wikipedia | Affiliations Committee | Language Committee

Outcome

Wikimania 2017 was my third consecutive Wikimania but it was only the first time that I gave a presentation as well. After the presentation, fellow wikimedians told me about Photographers User Group Meeting 2018.

I was a part of a panel related to Movement Strategy and I also assisted Rosie in a session on Group Consensus-Building.

During my first Wikimania presentation

New Creation: What was one useful outcome that was created at the event for the Wikimedia movement?

I was a part of at-least two meetups where we discussed and planned future activities in specific regions:

Wikimedia Asia meetup
- One of the major outcomes of this meetup was that we are planning to organize a conference for East and Southeast Asia namely ESEAP Conference 2018.
SAARC Meetup
- 12 Wikimedians participated and we discussed about organizing next WikiConference India in Odisha and there was a discussion about organizing an Indian Wikisource Conference as well.

After being a part of 100wikidays meetups at last two Wikimanias, I represented Punjabi Wikimedia community at this years 100wikibirds of a feather meetup as well. I talked about the recent 100wikiwomendays Marathon in which 8 different Punjabi Wikipedians wrote 100 articles each in 100 days to commemorate Women History Month 2017.

Connections

Anne Gomez - We talked about the New Readers Program and its future in India.
Frank Schulenburg - Frank told me about Photographers User Group Meeting 2018.
Eddie Avila - We discussed about the minority languages project done by Global Voices and regional Latin American affiliates.
Ravinshankar Ayyakkannu - Ravi helped me in recording some interviews during the event.
Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight - I assisted Rosie in her session on Group Consensus-Building.

Sessions

How I learnt basics of Photography ? - ~30 participants
Movement strategy Q&A - ~40 participants
As a part of the Affiliations Committee, we had discussions with members of various affiliates.

Anything else

How I learnt basics of Photography (PDF)
Talking about Wikiwomen Marathon at 100 wikidays meetup
During Strategy Dinner
With Bangla Wikimedian Jayanta Nath