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On August 12, 2024, Wiki Advocates Philippines virtually participated in the Wikimania 2024 celebration at their designated learning hub. This event served as an occasion to acknowledge the dedication and significant contributions of the organization’s members. Wikimania 2024, the annual global conference for the Wikimedia movement, was held in Katowice, Poland. The conference featured presentations encompassing Wikimedia projects,
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This should have been my second time attending the ESEAP conference if not for the circumstances when I was about to board a plane for Australia in 2023. That event may have devastated me at first. Still, after a year of working again with my affiliate and with some of my regular functions as one
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Let’s Connect has been an exciting space both for affiliates and experienced Wikimedians across the globe for sharing and learning a variety of skills that range from organizational, tech skills, governance, communication, and other relevant capacities. Not only has it served as a venue for training, but it has also connected Wikimedians and volunteers to a
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The Central Bikol Wiktionary celebrated its third birthday on January 13, 2024! Narrating the story of the Central Bikol Wiktionary is the same as with any language request on Wikimedia Incubator: requesting the project, developing it, until such time it’s ready to be hatched. But the highlight of this story would be during its 13th year. It’s
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Our group has been involved in advocating human rights in the past several years, from climate justice through the Philippines Climate Change Translate-a-thon, freedom of the press, right to a healthy environment through participation in the WikiForHumanRights Campaign, and labor rights. This year, in celebration of International Human Rights Day 2023, the Wiki Advocates Philippines User Group, spearheaded
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by Imelda R. Brazal and Anthony B. Diaz The Wiki Advocates Philippines User Group is a community of Filipino volunteer Wikimedians advocating free knowledge through the different Wikimedia projects, promoting the use of these Wikiprojects in education, and promoting equal gender representation. We empower communities through project development, supporting global human rights advocacy, and hosting campaigns promoting the open knowledge
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by Imelda Brazal and Anthony Diaz Wiki Advocates Philippine User Group joined this year’s international Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos Campaign. This annual contest provides avenue for Wikipedia editors to improve Wikipedia language projects with images and other relevant media. Adding more visuals to any Wikipedia article makes it more instructive and engaging to read. Since
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For years, it has been a challenge for the volunteers of the Wiki Advocates Philippines User Group to meet, convene and even collaborate regularly because of the unavailability of accessible learning and coworking spaces within the area where the volunteers reside. Poor internet connection also adds on the struggle of a volunteer to actively participate
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Hatch A Wiki Project was a term coined by the first developers of the Central Bikol Wiktionary, although developing incubator projects were already the group’s objective even before the name itself. It started on November 16, 2020, during the Bikol Wiktionary Trainer’s Training and Edit-a-thons, wherein the proponent’s (Imelda Brazal) goal is to train editors on how
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Summary: Imelda R. Brazal, Reading Wikipedia Local Coordinator, Education Team, Wikimedia Foundation, discussed about Wikimedia: As Creative Commons and its Educational Benefits and Online Educational Resources (OERs) Creative Commons and Public Domain during the 3-Day Division Online Seminar-Workshop on Developing and Validating Localized Self-Learning Modules and Blended Learning Delivery Modalities for Social Studies and Humanities and
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