Wikimedia Community User Group Uganda/Events & Projects/Wikimania 2022/Tamdra/Report

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Tamdra

How did you attend Wikimania (virtually or in-person)?

I attended both Virtually for 4 days through PheedLoop, both the App and Web version, Youtube through the Wikimedia Foundation YouTube Channel, Zoom depending on sessions compartibility and In-person for one day at Capital Kitchen in Kampala, Uganda.

What did you spend the scholarship funds on?

The funds helpe me with Data, airtime, electricity purchase, paying for child care, earphones and meals

Takeaways – choose 3 specific Wikimania sessions you attended and describe your key take-aways per session.

Batch Uploads to Commons using OpenRefine Tool by Sandra

This tool is sure going to improve the time it takes for me to do batch uploads to Commons and the beauty with it is that it is a free tool, looking forward to interacting with it in the comming months.

A continental move: celebrating the African Librarians by Alice Kibombo

It was a great chance to be updated on the latest work done by Africans under the GLAM chapter through a collaboration with AfLIA, lots of encouraging projects especially on the 1Lib1Ref campaign. Africans especially in the Sub Sahara region are making vital contributions to Wikimedia and I will encourage more to join this global movement.

Global Dance Party by Elfiego

This was a great time to shake some bones and enjoy a global dance party, I partied with friends near and globally, the music in the 3 zoom braek away session was spoton. I am looking forward to this kind of session in the coming Wikimania 2023. It was a great session for networking and meeting with friends virtually.

How did you connect with other people during Wikimania 2022? How did you celebrate at Wikimania 2022?

I connected with colleagues mostly via social media channels such as Twitter, Telegram (especially the Wikimania Bot), WhatsApp through a group we created specifically for the usergroup Wikimania schorlaship winners however the greatest connection happened during the in-person event where we talked and exchanged ideas with other members of the usergroup and strategised together for the community at large. A few connections were made through the PheedLoop App however not as engaging as I would have loved.

(Optional) Please share link(s) to your social media post(s) about Wikimania

Social media posts (Twitter)