Caucasian Collaboration Analysis of Opportunities for North Region to Participate in the Wiki Loves Caucasus International Wikipedia Article Contest

Presented at Wikimania 2019 – The International Wikimedia Conference Aula Magna, Stockholm University Stockholm, Sweden 17 August 2019

Oleg Abarnikov [User:Soul Train] Wikimedia RU Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Russia Borders of the North Caucasus Ethnic composition of the regions of the North Caucasus (in thousands of inhabitants, at least 5 thousand)

Wikipedia editions statistics

Native Opening WP:1000, WP:1000, Wikipedia , group Articles speakers date % place (thousands) Russian Slavic languages, Indo-European family 2002.11 1,557,800 254,000 99.91 2 Chechen Vainakhish language, Northeast Caucasian family 2005.03 216,086 1,355 11.01 100 Lezgi , Northeast Caucasian family 2012.03 3,972 784 6.47 135 Ossetian , Indo-European family 2005.03 11,646 500 4.71 157 Karachay-Balkar , , Altaic family 2010.03 2,029 305 4.5 161 Kabardino- , Abkhazo-Adyghean family 2011.03 1,583 516 3.02 196 Ingush Vainakhish language, Northeast Caucasian family 2018.04 1,041 456 2.49 211 Kalmyk Mongolic languges, Altaic family 2006.03 2,083 81 2.39 213 Avar Avar-, Northeast Caucasian family 2005.04 2,299 715 1.52 241 Adyghe Circassian languages, Abkhazo-Adyghean family 2016.02 409 120 1.21 256 Lak Northeast Caucasian family 2006.10 1,219 146 1.16 259 Dynamics of creating articles (low/inactive editions) Dynamics of creating articles (more or less active editions) Wikipedia and WM Incubator editions on a map of the Republic of and nearby regions.

Author: Oleg Abarnikov

Map source: Wikimedia Commons, File:Northeast Caucasus languages map.svg, authors: Don-kun, Furfur, Pmx. Said Misarbiev makes a report on the Rashida Gizatullina (Рəшиҙə Ғизəтуллина Anniversary logo of the Chechen Wikipedia at Moscow @ Bashkir WP) and Said Misarbiev during Chechen Wikipedia (200 Wiki-Conference 2017 Moscow Wiki-Conference 2017 thousand articles)

Umar Tahirgeran: “There was a Umar Takhirgeran, reason why I didn’t back down — it photo from Facebook was the support that the (by permission of the participants of the ‘resistance’ – author) Soul Train, Saint Johann, Generous, Uncle Fred, and others – provided to me against the terrorists. I saw that we are on the right track.” Logo of the Ossetian Wikipedia

Vyacheslav Ivanov: “The main problem of Ossetian Wikipedia is the lack of permanent editors. I don’t even know what to do with it — several times we held seminars. People come, nod their heads, and never return. I spoke on TV, wrote in a newspaper. I believe that we need to more often ‘storm’ mature editors of Russian Wikipedia from Ossetia (this practice has brought Taamu to the edition –eventually, he became the most permanent editor). Vyacheslav Ivanov (Amikeco) during Saint Petersburg Wiki-Conference 2007 Ilyas Bukarov (User from Dag) makes a presentation Oleg Abarnikov makes a report at the Dagestan State at the Moscow Wiki-Conference 2012 Pedagogical University, Makhachkala, 20 March 2018. Author: Mugerganets Ilyas Bukarov: “The depressive socio-economic situation in the region of the Lezgi’s residence does not contribute to the formation of a serious perception of Logo of the Lezgi Wikipedia non-profit activities, with the exception of charity. But in more prosperous societies, this, on the contrary, is perceived positively, since the fundamental needs are satisfied to a certain extent.” Participants from Lezgi, Russian, Bashkir, and Kazakh Dagestan Wiki-seminar 2017 participants: 1st stands a former Wikipedia editions at the Moscow Wiki-Conference administrator of Lezgi Wikipedia, journalist Murad 2014 Shikhakhmedov (Mugerganets). Спасибо за внимание! Thank you for your attention! Tack för din uppmärksamhet!