Wikimedia Community of Kazakh language User Group/Reports/2023

Wiki-conference

I Kazakh language Wikipedians Conference was held in ENU, Astana 2-3 September of 2023. The conference was organized by Batyrbek.kz, Kaiyr, Amangeldi Mukhamejan and Красный along with AAkhmedova (WMF), Aidyn93 and other community members.

Conference participants

Wiki-meeting on 14.01.2023 with Kaiyr, Mustafaalmas and Talgautb in Astana, Kazakhstan. Discussed topics: upcoming event of WLE, idea of local seminar for Wikimedians in Astana, creation of Wikimedia Kazakhstan.
Wiki-meeting on 05.03.2023 with Batyrbek.kz, Красный and ElenaLitera (a photo of the meeting is available in the link) in Astana, Kazakhstan. Discussed topics: Upcoming Kazakh Wikimedia Conference, Freedom of panorama in Kazakhstan and ways to obtain it, how to deal with users who violate the CoC and systematization of Almaty categories.
Wiki-meeting on 03.07.2023 with Kaiyr, Batyrbek.kz, Красный and Madi Dos in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Discussed topics: upcoming event of WLE, tricks and tips on using drones.

15-17 September. Two members of the Community (Kaiyr and Amangeldi Mukhamejan) have participated in a CEE-meeting in Tbilisi.
20-22 October. Two members of the Community (Салиха and Amangeldi Mukhamejan) have participated in a Turkic Wikimedians conference in Istanbul.
17-19 November. Batyrbek.kz was invited to Wiki Kadam Training for Newbies 2023 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan organized by Kyrgyz Wiki community. As a guest speaker and trainer, Batyrbek shared his knowledge on translating wiki-pages and categorization of the articles.
16 December. Darafsh was visiting Almaty and met with Batyrbek.kz. While exploring sightseeing places, two Wikimedians exchanged experiences from their home communities, discussed future collaborations, especially regarding sister projects other than Wikipedia (such as Wikiversity).

17 November 2023. Amangeldi Mukhamejan held online training session with Nazarbayev Intellectual school in Taraz. Topics discussed: 100 article limit for newly registered users - explanation; how to start a new article; article structure; adding references.
6 December 2023. Wiki-lesson (offline) in Nazarbayev Intellectual school Astana^[1] by Kaiyr.
9 December 2023. Wiki-lesson (offline) in Eurasian National University (Astana) by Kaiyr and Aidyn93.

Wiki Loves Earth — 2023 in Kazakhstan is organized by Wikimedia Community of Kazakh language User Group together with Russian Wikivoyage community.
Wiki-spring Kazakhstan — 2023 was organized. Kaiyr and Batyrbek.kz were judges.

3 November 2023. Kaiyr had a meeting in public reception with Deputy of Majilis Zhuldyz Suleimenova and suggested Freedom of panorama in Kazakhstan.