Wikimedians of Republic of Srpska

Wikimedians of Republika Srpska are formally recognized group of users and editors of Wikimedia projects inside Republika Srpska. Official group title is Wikimedia Community of Republika Srpska. Community, officially recognized on 6th October 2015, is conceived and founded around the principle of non-governmental, non-profit and non-party association that achieves its goals in a purely nonprofitable manner.

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This page aims to connect and bring together users from Wikimedia community in Republika Srpska with sole purpose of expanding Wikimedia community in Republika Srpska. Currently, Wikimedia Community of the Republika Srpska numbers 65 members.

How can you join?

Those residing in Republika Srpska can participate in activities beyond our online work. Those who do not live in Republika Srpska, or are otherwise unavailable for work in the field, can still contribute through participation in one of many Wiki pages online tasks and project sites.

Projects and activities

Wikipedia Day in Republic of Srpska (15 January 2018)

Celebration of 15 years (15 January 2016)

Educational projects

Aiming to introduce Wikimedia projects to educational institutions of all levels in Republika Srpska, Wikimedia community of Republika Srpska has joined the Wikimedia global educational project and commenced educational activities in Republika Srpska.

Seminars:
- Višegrad, 31st January – 1st February 2015.: Elementary school „Vuk Karadžić“ in Višegrad, 10 participants, 7 new articles, 2 updated articles
Workshops and edit-a-thons:
- East Sarajevo, 12th May 2015.: Faculty of Philosophy East Sarajevo, 10 participants, 4 new articles, 1 updated article
- Višegrad, 25th and 26th May 2015: Wiki schoolboy: Elementary school „Vuk Karadžić“ in Višegrad, 19 participants, 19 new articles
- Banja Luka, 25th May 2015: Faculty of Political Sciences Banja Luka, 20 participants, 3 new articles, 2 updated articles
- Trebinje, 29th May 2015: Faculty for Production and Management Trebinje, 20 participants, 2 new articles, 4 updated articles
- Bijeljina, 5th June 2015: Faculty of Pedagogy, 1 new article, 3 updated articles
- Višegrad, 18th September 2015: Elementary school „Vuk Karadžić“ in Višegrad, 19 participants, 17 new articles, 19 updated articles
- Višegrad, 10th March 2016: Elementary school „Vuk Karadžić“ in Višegrad, 24 participants, 18 new articles, 5 updated articles
- East Sarajevo, 26th March 2016: College of Business Assistance Sokolac, 10 participants, 9 new articles, 1 updated article
- Višegrad, 3rd March 2017: Elementary school „Vuk Karadžić“ in Višegrad, First editing workshop within project Wiki-ambassador in the Republic of Srpska, 15 participants, 15 new articles
- Višegrad, 9th March 2017: Elementary school „Vuk Karadžić“ in Višegrad, Second editing workshop within project Wiki-ambassador in the Republic of Srpska, 17 participants, 29 new articles
- Višegrad, 16th March 2017: Elementary school „Vuk Karadžić“ in Višegrad, Third editing workshop within project Wiki-ambassador in the Republic of Srpska, 16 participants, 37 new articles
- Višegrad, 22nd March 2017: Elementary school „Vuk Karadžić“ in Višegrad, Fourth editing workshop within project Wiki-ambassador in the Republic of Srpska, 14 participants, 33 new articles
- Višegrad, 23rd March 2017: Elementary school „Vuk Karadžić“ in Višegrad, Fifth editing workshop within project Wiki-ambassador in the Republic of Srpska, 16 participants, 20 new articles
- Višegrad, 27th March 2017: Elementary school „Vuk Karadžić“ in Višegrad, Edit-a-thon within project Wiki-ambassador in the Republic of Srpska, 15 participants, 36 new articles
- 23rd April, 2017: Editing workshop and introduction to work on Wikimedia projects, Rogatica
- Rogatica, September 10, 2017: Editing workshop within project Trace of Soul 2017 in Rogatica
- November 30, 2017: Edu Wiki - edit-a-thon, Faculty of Philosophy East Sarajevo
- December 6, 2017: Meet Srpska - editing workshop, Main Library of the City of East Sarajevo
- December 15, 2017: How to edit Wikipedia - editing workshop, Electro-technical Faculty of the University of East Sarajevo
- February 26, 2018: How to edit Wikipedia - editing workshop, Elementary School "Vuk Karadžić", Višegrad
- March 5, 2018: How to edit Wikipedia - editing workshop, Managment and Production Faculty in Trebinje
- March 19, 2018: How to edit Wikipedia - editing workshop, Faculty of Economics of the University of East Sarajevo
- March 30, 2018: How to edit Wikipedia - editing workshop, High School "27th January", Rogatica
- April 12, 2018: How to edit Wikipedia - editing workshop, Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Banja Luka
- April 20, 2018: How to edit Wikipedia - editing workshop, Faculty of Law of the University of East Sarajevo
- September 23, 2018: Trace of soul 2018 - editing workshop, High school „Pero Slijepčević” Gacko
- December 5, 2018: Meet Srpska - edit-a-thon, High school „Ivo Andrić” Višegrad
- December 25, 2018:Editing workshop - Law Faculty of the University of East Sarajevo
- March 27, 2019: Editing workshop - Faculty of Economics of the University of East Sarajevo
- May 15, 2019: Editing workshop - Electro-technical Faculty of the University of East Sarajevo
- May 22, 2019: Editing workshop - High school „Ivo Andrić” Višegrad
- May 29, 2019: Editing workshop - Faculty of Philosophy East Sarajevo

GLAM projects

- East Sarajevo, March 23rd 2016: Main Library of the City of East Sarajevo
- East Sarajevo, July 29th 2016: Main Library of the City of East Sarajevo
- Sokolac, July 30th 2016: Edit-a-thon Trace of a Soul 2016 - Sokolac
- Andrićgrad, September 24th 2016.: Formal exhibition and winners announcement of photo contest Trace of a Soul 2016 - Andrićgrad
- Bijeljina, October 17th 2016.: Edit-a-thon - National Library Filip Visnjic
- Bijeljina, November 28th 2016.: Edit-a-thon - National Library Filip Visnjic
- Bijeljina, December 26th 2016.: Edit-a-thon - National Library Filip Visnjic
- Bijeljina, January 23, 2017: GLAM/Edit-a-thon - National Library Filip Visnjic/Culture of Serbs in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- East Sarajevo, Pale, March 14, 2017: First visit to the National Library of Pale within project Wiki-ambassador in the Republic of Srpska
- East Sarajevo, Pale, March 15, 2017: Second visit to the National Library of Pale within project Wiki-ambassador in the Republic of Srpska
- East Sarajevo, Pale, March 23, 2017: Third visit to the National Library of Pale within project Wiki-ambassador in the Republic of Srpska
- East Sarajevo, Pale, March 24, 2017: Fourth visit to the National Library of Pale within project Wiki-ambassador in the Republic of Srpska
- East Sarajevo, Pale, April 4, 2017: Fifth visit to the National Library of Pale within project Wiki-ambassador in the Republic of Srpska
- East Sarajevo, Pale, April 5, 2017: Sixth visit to the National Library of Pale within project Wiki-ambassador in the Republic of Srpska
- Trebinje, August 26, 2017: Exhibition of the winning photographs Trace of Soul 2015 and 2016, Trebinje cultural summer
- Banja Luka, October 28, 2017: Exhibition of the winning photographs Trace of Soul 2017, Museum of Republika Srpska
- December 6, 2017: Meet Srpska - edit-a-thon, Main Library East Sarajevo
- March 1 - April 5: WikiLibrarian in the Republic of Srpska
  - March 1, 2018 Workshop within project WikiLibrarian in Republic of Srpska - Central Library of East Sarajevo
  - March 11, 2018 Workshop within project WikiLibrarian in Republic of Srpska - National Library of Trebinje
  - March 17, 2018 Workshop within project WikiLibrarian in Republic of Srpska - National Library of Zvornik
  - April 2, 2018 Workshop within project WikiLibrarian in Republic of Srpska - National Library of Foča
  - April 4, 2018 Workshop within project WikiLibrarian in Republic of Srpska - National and University Library of Republic of Srpska in Banja Luka
- October 27, 2018: Photo contest Trace of soul 2018 - Winner photo exibition in Trebinje
- 1 November 2018 - 1 March 2019: Wiki ambassador in the Republic of Srpska:
  - January 28, 2019: Editing workshop Wiki ambassador in Republic Center for research of war, war crimes and search for missing persons
  - January 29, 2019: Editing workshop Wiki ambassador in Republic Center for research of war, war crimes and search for missing persons
  - January 30, 2019: Editing workshop Wiki ambassador in Republic Center for research of war, war crimes and search for missing persons
  - January 31, 2019: Editing workshop Wiki ambassador in Republic Center for research of war, war crimes and search for missing persons
  - February 1, 2019: Editing workshop Wiki ambassador in Republic Center for research of war, war crimes and search for missing persons
  - January 17-18, 2019: Editing workshops Wiki ambassador in Museum of Old Herzegovina
  - January 28 - February 28, 2019: Wiki ambassador, working visits - Museum of Old Herzegovina
February 10, 2020: Wiki Ambassador at the National University Library of Republic of Srpska.
September 1 - 30, 2020: World War II… 75 Years After

Photo projects

Aiming to increase the number of free photographs and expand Wikimedia multimedia repository, the community undertook the following photo projects:

31st January 2015: photo-tour of Višegrad
1st July – 31st August 2015: photo competition Trace of Soul
6th July: photo-tour of the Višegrad city natural and cultural heritage sites in cooperation with turistic agency of Višegrad city
1st July - 31st August 2016: photo competition Trace of Soul 2016
13th July 2016: First photo-tour Trace of Soul 2016
31st July 2016: Second photo-tour Trace of Soul 2016 - Sokolac
2nd and 3rd August 2016: "Meet Srpska" photo-tour
Gacko, Herzegovina, August 23rd 2016.: Third photo-tour Trace of Soul 2016
Bijeljina, November 28th 2016.: First photo-tour - WikiSemberija
22nd April, 2017: Photo-tour in Rogatica, Rogatica
1st August - 30th September 2017 Photo Contest: Trace of Soul 2017
September 9, 2017: First photo-tour Trace of Soul 2017 in Rogatica
September 24, 2017: Second photo-tour Trace of Soul 2017 in Banja Luka
September 27, 2017: Third photo-tour Trace of Soul 2017 in Bijeljina.
October 28, 2017: Exhibition of the best photographs from Trace of Soul 2017 competition, Banja Luka
1st august - 30th september 2018: Photo contest Trace of soul 2018
August 25. 2018: Photo tour Trebinje
1st september 2018: Photo tour Gacko
Septembar 22. 2018: Trace of soul 2018 - photo tour Novi Grad
December 23, 2018: Meet Srpska 2018 - photo tour Višegrad
1st august - 30th september 2019: Photo contest Trace of Soul 2019
September 14, 2019: Photo tour Bileća
September 15, 2019: Photo tour Foča
September 21, 2019: Photo tour Doboj
1st August - 30th September 2020 Photo Contest: Photo contest Trace of Soul 2020

Wiki Projects

Competitions

Meet Srpska
- Wikipedia, 14th July-8th August 2016: Large competition in article writing on Wikipedia in Serbian language - Meet Srpska 2016
- November 13, 2017: Large competition in article writing on Wikipedia in Serbian language - Meet Srpska 2017
- November 15, 2018: Meet Srpska 2018
- November 20, 2019: Meet Srpska 2019
- October 15, 2020: Meet Srpska 2020
April 22 - May 1, 2020: Biographies of famous women
May 7 - May 16, 2020: The living world of water
May 26 - June 4, 2020: Cities of the world
June 11 - June 17, 2020: Theater
May 20 - June 30, 2020: Sports
December 12 - December 20, 2020: Tradition and customs

Gender Gap

- March 19, 2018.: Wiki Women in the Republic of Srpska 2018
  - March 19, 2018, Višegrad: First editing workshop of Wiki Women Republic of Srpska
  - March 20, 2018, Višegrad: Second editing workshop of Wiki Women Republic of Srpska
  - March 21, 2018, Višegrad: Third editing workshop of Wiki Women Republic of Srpska
  - March 23, 2018, Višegrad: Fourth editing workshop of Wiki Women Republic of Srpska
  - March 24, 2018, Višegrad: Fifth editing workshop of Wiki Women Republic of Srpska
  - March 26, 2018, Višegrad: Wiki Women Republic of Srpska edit-a-thon
  - March 25, 2018, Višegrad: Wiki Women Republic of Srpska - photo tour
  - March 28, 2018, Višegrad: Wiki Women Republic of Srpska - closing ceremony

- March 1, 2019.: Wiki Women in the Republic of Srpska 2019
  - May 24, 2019, Trebinje: First editing workshop of Wiki Women Republic of Srpska 2019
  - May 24, 2019, Rogatica: Second editing workshop of Wiki Women Republic of Srpska 2019
  - May 25, 2019, Trebinje: Third editing workshop of Wiki Women Republic of Srpska 2019
  - May 25, 2019, Rogatica: Fourth editing workshop of Wiki Women Republic of Srpska 2019
  - May 26, 2019, Trebinje & Rogatica: Wiki Women Republic of Srpska 2019 edit-a-thon
  - May 25, 2019, Rogatica: Wiki Women Republic of Srpska 2019 - photo tour

Conferences

- Conference in East Sarajevo, 16th of January 2016: Wikimedia Start Republika Srpska 2016
- Conference in East Sarajevo, 15th and 16th of January 2018: Wikimedia Start Republika Srpska 2018
- Conference in Jahorina, April 19-21, 2019: Wikimedia Start Republika Srpska 2019

Presentations

- Čajniče, 12th March 2016: Serbian Cultural and Educational Society "Prosvjeta", "Wikimedia and its projects"
- Banja Luka, 2nd April 2016: Culture fair, presentation of the "Trace of a Soul" project
- East Sarajevo, Jahorina, 20th April 2017: GLAM projects of the Wikimedia Community of the Republika Srpska - presentation at Expert conference of librarians of the Republika Srpska
- Pale, September 28, 2017: Presentation of Wikimedia projects
- Višegrad, April 17, 2018: Presentation of Wikimedia projects before Serbian Cultural and Educational Society "Prosvjeta"
- Trebinje, October 27, 2018: Presentation of the GLAM program within the manifestation of the Day of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian photography
- Foča, May 18, 2019: Museum Night - presentation of the GLAM program