LIGHTNING TALKS “How we can support indigenous communities that want a Wikipedia in their native languages” Name: Eddie Avila, Global Voices Username: Barrioflores Challenge: Building and sustaining Wikipedias in indigenous languages is challenging, but there are steps that the Wikimedia movement can take to help native speakers share knowledge in their native languages. “Women and Wikmedia Projects in Spain. Gender gap through the the free knowledge movement.” Name: Virginia Diez Username: Gini10 Challenge: Though we are engaging an increasing number of women to contribute in the Wikimedia Projects, it's difficult to get them to feel empowered in order to take responsibility or actively participate in decision-making processes. “Recruiting women as editors which will lead to writing articles about women.” Name: Hana Yariv Username: Hanay Challenge: Using the personal approach in addressing the female gap. Alison Jackson’s work Alison Jackson’s work Pictures from the spokesperson unit of the President “A concern that some women had when I interviewed them regarding the Wikipedia gender gap.” Name: Sabine Ronsen Username: sabinitus Challenge: How can we prevent wikipedia from falling victim to the same conservatism and exclusive thinking that has characterized traditional encyclopedias? “Recruiting underrepresented groups and experiences gained at Wikipedia Camps.” Name: Sofie Jansson Username: Sofie Sigrinn Challenge: In our quest for getting more people identifying as women into Wikipedia/Wikimedia can separatism be the solution, a tool or a dead end? “WikiWomen Prize as a model of gender gap” Name: Walaa AbdelManaem ﻻ روﺳﺎ :Username Challenge: This prize promotes the quality, quantity and credibility of contents on the web in regards to female related content within the scope of Wikimedia Foundation projects. “The diversity of Nepal” Name: Janak Bhatta, Wikipedia Nepal Username: Janak Bhatta Challenge: There is a vast difference between the number of female contributors and male contributors in the different Wiki communities and the contribution by senior citizens is very low. Unity in Diversity • Nepal is a multilingual, multicultural and multiethnic country. • There are 123 recorded languages spoken as mother tongue. • These languages fall within four major language family. • Out of them 70 languages have it’s own script. CBS Nepal(2011) • There are 125 ethnic groups in Nepal. • Every ethnic group has it’s own way of presenting their culture and tradition. • Nepal is a birth place of Lord Buddha(The light of Asia). • We have a Wikipedia in Nepali, Nepal Bhasa, Maithili, Sanskrit, Pali, Bhojpuri and Doteli Opportunities • Being a diversify country, Nepal has many opportunities in Wikimedia movements. • Diversity is a powerful source of creativity and development. • It builds friendship and cultural harmony between different communities. • Collaboratively we can do more. Challenges • Gender gap i.e. there is a vast difference between the number of female contributors and male contributors in the different Wiki communities. • There are 9 female and 128 male contributors are present in Nepali Wikipedia. • The contribution on Wikipedia by senior citizen is very less. “Inclusive Wikimedia events” Name: Claudia Garad Usame: Claudia.Garad / Ki7sun3 Challenge: How can we make our events more newcomer friendly and inclusive - experiences from the mentoring program at the Wikimedia Hackathon in Vienna. “Wiki Loves Pride - 2017 in Serbia” Name: Filip Maljković, Wikimedia Serbia Username: Dungodung Challenge: How to facilitate the creation of LGBT content in a homophobic country? CREATE A POSITIVE WORK ENVIRONMENT FOR THE LGBT COMMUNITY MEMBERS Implement projects and topics that support diversity. Find a proper person to spread the project idea Create good connections with the LGBT+ organizations The awareness that many people are still in the closet BE PREPEARED TO DEFEND THE ARTICLES FROM DELETION • (Discreet) LGBTphobia • Comments that were used: – It’s a disgrace – It’s not relevant – It's self-promotion – It's commercial – We are not a register of LGBT organizations and journals – The art of a local gay artist can not be equated with the art of a Michelangelo • Positive example: Sonja Sajzor PARTICIPATING IN PRIDE PARADE • It’s a fantastic volunteering and networking opportunity • Photographing the Pride parade is improving the illustration of articles on Wikipedia and other Wiki projects • Via Commons you transfer the message that vulnerable groups want to send • Improve the public image of LGBT+ population RESULTS Edit-a-thon • 29 articles added • 3 articles improved • 11 participants Belgrade Pride • 69 photographs CHALLENGES FOR THE NEXT PERIOD • Increase the number of participants • Better results • Reduce gender gap • Involve more LGBT+ organizations in related Wikimedia projects Attention please: No photography or video recording permitted during next talk. “An intervention to re-integrate persons with serious mental illness into the community by teaching them how to edit Wikiquote. ” Name: Andrea Kleiman Username: Jaluj Challenge: How to engage vulnerable and underrepresented people into our movement. 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