Wikimedians of Los Angeles/2025

This is the annual report for Wikimedians of Los Angeles (WikiLA), covering the time period from July 2024 to June 2025. Our user group promotes and coordinates the use of Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects in and around the Greater Los Angeles area.

During this year we have been able to conduct the following activities:

• August 7-10, 2024: Wikimania 2024, conducted in Katowice, Poland
• October 3-6, 2024: WikiConference North America 2024, conducted in Indianapolis
• January 26, 2025: Wildfire Edit-a-thon, held at the Ebell of Los Angeles
• February 2, 2025: Wildfire Edit-a-thon, held at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles

In addition to these events, we have also begun initiatives to ensure a more sustainable governance of the group:

• We established a WikiLA Discord server for coordinating events and meetups, as well as user group business
• We now have a social media presence with @socalwikipedians on Instagram, promoting both our activities and that of the San Diego Wikimedians User Group.
• We are also pursuing our first-ever Rapid grant to help fund and sustain our program of events for 2025 and beyond.