Wikimedia Armenia/Reports/2021-07

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2021

July

Wiki Campaign on Armenian Topics

Within the framework of the events dedicated to the 5th anniversary of the establishment of the "․հայ" domain, the "Internet Society of Armenia" and "Wikimedia Armenia" scientific-educational non-governmental organizations launched a campaign-contest on the development of the Armenian topics on Armenian Wikipedia starting from 5 May, 2021.

Special training-courses were held for everyone on May 16-31. About 163 participants were registered for the courses, 101 of which were new participants. The next three summer months of the campaign were devoted to creating and improving articles on Armenian Wikipedia. The first two months of the editing ended in July. Contributors write articles on Armenian history, culture and science contributing to Armenian Wikipedia.

During the month of June 181 articles were written or improved and in July more than 320 articles.

Online Wikipedia courses

Wikimedia Armenia has organized Summer Wikipedia training from 1 July to 31 July 2021. The training was especially for teachers, but it was also for everyone who wanted to join the Wikimedia community.

The program is divided into two parts - the training itself and the editing part. The second part ends on 31 of September. In this part, after the training, the participants must continue editing Wikipedia themselves. Of course, the community and the trainers are always ready to help them. At the end of September, the active participants will be awarded certificates.

The participants were divided into 7 groups. 4 trainers worked with their groups. They organized their meeting mostly via Zoom, met 2-3 times a week. The meetings lasted about 2 hours, the duration depended on the topic and the number of questions asked by the participants. Besides Wikipedia, the participants also get acquainted with other Wikimedia projects like Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata.

112 people applied for participation, out of which 84 participants have joined our community. And 45 participants have been actively editing from the beginning of the training till now.

During the first part of our program 217 articles were created, 2,399,509 bytes have been contributed in Armenian Wikipedia.

At the end of the training, a meeting with everyone was organized including the trainers and the president of Wikimedia Armenia. The aim of this final meeting was to encourage the participants to continue editing and participating in our future programs.

"Presence of Museums in Wiki Projects" awards ceremony

On July 8, the summarizing ceremony of the "Presence of Museums in Wiki Projects" edit-a-thon competition took place at the Khachatur Abovyan House-Museum in Yerevan. During the event, the representatives of ICOM Switzerland talked about the importance of the project.

Mher Bekaryan, this project’s coordinator, presented the projects organized together with museums on Wiki projects, the importance of their continuity, after which certificates were awarded to the winners of the competition. ICOM also prepared gifts for the winners.

At the end of the formal part of the event, in a more friendly environment, representatives of a number of museums expressed a desire to work with Wikimedia Armenia for a longer period of time so that their museums and the materials stored in them are more represented in Wiki projects.

WikiClubs' report

In July Wikiclubs were very busy. Many clubs have organized and implemented numerous in-club events, which have been very well received by the club members. During the events, the participants created many articles. The club members also participated in other wiki projects.

Karvachar Wikiclub organized an edit-a-thon on July 5-20, during which Wikiclub members edited about their five countries: Greece, China, Egypt, South Korea, and Belgium. During the 15-day edit-a-thon, the club members created 47 new articles (Greece - 14, China - 3, Egypt - 5, South Korea - 13, Belgium - 11) on Armenian Wikipedia. On July 18, one of the club members organized another event within the "Meeting with Art" series, during which club members introduced to the other club members the life and work of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo.

On July 5, the Hatsik Wikiclub celebrated its third anniversary. On the occasion of Wikiclub's birth, a tour was organized with the club members to the Hill of Honor or “Plplan Zham” in Gyumri, Mother Armenia Memorial. Club members also visited Valeri Nazaretyan's mini-museum. The photos taken during the tour were uploaded to Wikimedia Commons. Koghb club members participated in the “Wiki campaign on Armenian topics” project.

On July 12, Lernapat Wikiclub summed up the first phase of the "An article per week" interclub project, which started at the beginning of the year and lasted for 25 weeks. In total, about 26 participants participated in the project. On July 19, the bi-weekly edit-a-thon dedicated to the films was summarized, during which the participants wrote 20 articles each. During the month the club members continued to participate in the "Khachaturian Days on Wikipedia" project, five participants jointly improved the "The Diamond Arm" article. On July 12-18, Alaverdi Wikiclub initiated a new project - "Wiki friend", which aimed to collaborate with other Wikiclubs, make friends and dedicate articles to each other. The project was launched with Goris Wikiclub. First, a preliminary video meeting took place, during which the goal and details of the project were presented, then 5 groups of two participants were formed randomly. After that, the members of the groups got acquainted with each other, agreed on the topics they would create articles for each other. During the seven days, the participants became friends and created 36 articles.

During the month the clubs had several new participants. The activity of the clubs is shown in the monthly statistics, where it is evident that the clubs continue to work in Wikisource as well.

WikiClubs' statistics

Wikiclubs	Bytes+ (Wikipedia)	Bytes- (Wikipedia)	Edits (Wikipedia)	Articles	Bytes+ (Wiktionary)	Bytes- (Wiktionary)	Edits (Wikisource)	Created	Proofread	Confirmed
Alaverdi Wikiclub	425800	-11955	225	47	-93	1	0	0	0	0
Arevstsag Wikiclub	85058	-733	81	12	0	0	0	0	0	0
Goris Wikiclub	760538	-8017	829	127	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ddmashen Wikiclub	449189	-3108	264	39	322905	-340	151	106	150	0
Lernapat Wikiclub	1901359	-82286	2024	177	96364	-15559	131	23	5	122
Kogh Wikiclub	224125	-199	57	22	105046	-31	46	25	3	42
Hatsik Wikiclub	367121	-33	66	29	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stepanakert Wikiclub	94831	-548	22	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
Karvachar Wikiclub	349336	-468	121	66	0	0	0	0	0	0
Archis Wikiclub	17916	-41	14	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Noyemberyan Wikiclub (2nd school)	18903	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Noyemberyan Wikiclub (high school)	270858	-2222	103	33	0	0	0	0	0	0
Verin Karmiraghbyur Wikiclub	479013	-312	94	30	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kirants Wikiclub	9573	-7605	184	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	5453997	-117528	4089	596	524893	-16023	330	154	158	164