Wikimedians of Singapore User Group
Wikimedia Singapore User Group is an official Wikimedia user group. Mailing list is Wikimedia-sg and the WikiProject Singapore on the English Wikipedia.
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| Location | Singapore  |
| Country code | SGP |
| Approval date | May 4, 2024 |
| Official language(s) | English |
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| Key people | Points of contacts |
| Mailing list | Wikimedia-sg |
| Libera.Chat | #wikimedia-sgconnect |
Objectives & goals
The proposed objectives of the user group are:
- Organise public outreach activities around the country;
- Act as a hub for Wikimedians in Singapore;
- Collaborate with other regional affiliates in the ESEAP Hub and worldwide where possible, and other thematic affiliates if and when there is a need;
- Promote Wikipedia and various Singapore Wikimedia projects throughout Singapore and rest of the world;
- Act as a voice and representative for the Singaporean Wikimedia community.
To achieve the objectives, we seek to organise activities to recruit new members, and retain current members. These activities include meetups, seminars, training sessions, editing drives, etc. We are also open to the prospect of partnering with other organisations to support thematic purposes, i.e. education (using Wikipedia as an education tool), open data, etc.
The proposed goals of the user group are:
- Establish a foundation for the user group to grow on and evolve.
- Expand Singapore-related content on various Wikimedia content projects.
- Increase on-wiki participation from the Singaporean citizens and residents.
Current doings
- Membership recruitment among existing active editors
- Working group to work out the necessary logistics and paperwork
Activity log
The current user group started meeting in person on 22 April 2022, and have been meeting on a semi-regular basis.
2022
- 22 April – (meetup link)
- 18 September – (meetup link)
2023
- 15 April – (meetup link)
- 15 June – 19 August – Wiki Loves Living Heritage in Singapore 2023 photography competition
- 7 July – (meetup link)
2024
- 15 January – (meetup link)
Upcoming
- Meetups – (recurring, bimonthly) March/May/July/September/November 2024
- Workshops:
- March 2024 – Editing workshop. Tentative at HackerspaceSG
- Wiki Loves Living Heritage in Singapore – 2024 edition. Tentative in May 2024
Members
If you are part of any form of discussion or are simply interested to help out, list your name on members subpage.
Every volunteer should set a contact email to their global account and subscribe to the mailing list.| Member | Languages | Last activity | Email available | Background |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robertsky | en, zh | 2023 | Yes | English Wikipedia (+many flags), Wikimania 2023 co-organiser |
| Kingoflettuce | en, zh | 2023 | Yes | English Wikipedia |
| Justanothersgwikieditor | en, zh | 2023 | Yes | English Wikipedia |
| Angal26 | en, zh | 2023 | Yes | Wikidata, Wikibase, WikidataCon 2023 co-organiser |
| HolyCrocsEmperor | en, zh | 2023 | Yes | English Wikipedia |
| R22-3877 | en, zh | 2023 | Yes | English Wikipedia |
| Osama Eid | en, ar, es, az | 2023 | Yes | Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikinews |
| Exec8 | en, tl | 2022 | Yes | Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikisource, Wiktionary, Commons |
| Member | Languages | Last activity | Email available | Background |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CreativeC | fr, en | 2018 | Yes | Wikispecies translation admin, Meta user |
Contact
- Mailing list – The place for all main discussion
- #wikimedia-sgconnect - The channel for collaboration on IRC
- Jitsi A video conference channel.