Wikimedia Asia meetup

Wikimedia Asia Meetup

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The annual Wikimedia Asia meetup brings together Wikimedians from all of Asia together at Wikimania. Although most attendees are traditionally from East, Southeast and South Asia, anyone who is from or is interested in the Wikimedia movement in the geographical regions of Asia and Oceania — from Turkey to New Zealand, Russia to the Maldives — is welcome to attend!

Friday, 20 July, 19:00 – 20:00 at London

• Discussion during the recent Asia meetup in Berlin
• Preparations for the 2018 Wikipedia Asian Month
• Follow-up from the Wikimedia ESEAP Conference 2018 and planning for ESEAP conference 2019 in Fremantle, Australia
• Proposal for a Wikimedia SAARC (South Asia) 2020 Conference.
• Share recent wiki related activities in participant's country
• Other topics

1. Sky Harbor ^(talk) 15:42, 5 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
2. Viswaprabha (talk) 17:25, 5 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
3. — regards, Revi 17:49, 5 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
4. --Abbad (talk) 22:53, 5 July 2018 (UTC).[reply]
5. Bidgee (talk) 01:37, 6 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
6. Mardetanha (talk) 07:00, 10 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
7. Daniel Mietchen (talk) 00:17, 14 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
8. Hasive (talk) 15:16, 14 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
9. NahidSultan (talk) 01:46, 15 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
10. 이강철 (talk) 11:25, 17 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
11. Doctor 17 (talk) 13:34, 17 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
12. SSethi (WMF) (talk) 17:09, 17 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
13. Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington (talk) 12:31, 18 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
14. Satdeep Gill (talk) 04:17, 19 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
15. Ranjithsiji (talk) 04:42, 19 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
16. Balajijagadesh (talk) 05:19, 19 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
17. Pavanaja (talk) 05:22, 19 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
18. Afifa Afrin (talk) 05:31, 19 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
19. Ibrahim Husain Meraj (talk) 05:37, 19 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
20. Wirjadisastra (talk) 06:18, 19 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
21. --Alaa :)..! 07:28, 19 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
22. Atudu (talk) 12:33, 19 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
23. Sumitsurai (talk) 12:35, 19 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
24. Blue Rasberry (talk) 13:17, 19 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
25. Techyan (talk) 20:51, 19 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
26. Mahmoudalrawi (talk) 12:07, 20 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
27. ~Moheen ^{(keep talking)} 20:54, 25 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Introduction

• About 50 participants

General Discussion

• Mardetanha - To have an Asia-wide conference.
• SkyHarbour - The ESEAP was organized to test the capacity. WiR. Also working in journalists.
• Liang - We can't do a bigger conference for at-least next year. How we engaged the medical students in Taiwan.
• Robert - Regional conferences are the future.
• Srishti - To have an Asian Developers Group inspired from African Wikimedia Developers Group.
• Viswa - Schoolwiki model can be imitated and scaled up in many Asian communities.
• Anirudh - Workshops across Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. Vietnamese Wikipedians User Group.
• Gyana - 7 government websites and social media handles have been re-licensed under CC-BY-SA.
• Wikimedians of Levant and Latin America organized Bridge across Borders.
• Sailesh - Inspired from Wiki Loves Africa and we can do Wiki Loves Asia.
• Balaji - Project Tiger Editathon 2018. Generally, there are individual competitions but this one had community prize as well.

Wikipedia Asian Month

• Kevin - Wikipedian Asian Month and Wikidata.
• Viswa - SVG graphics with embedded annotations can be translated into various languages and used better in each local wikiprojects.
• Nodir - Only 3 community members. Need help in organizing.
• Sailesh - Also, providing funding for local events.