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This is the Wikimedians of Kerala UG's 21^st newsletter.

• On 25^th October 2025, we held our user group’s monthly meeting online via Google Meet. Seventeen members attended and Everyone was welcomed to the meeting. The agenda for the meeting was shared by Ranjithsiji.
  • Manoj K and Irvin shared updates about the Wiki Loves Birds campaign in India 2025.
  • Jinoy shared the idea behind the anniversary tool and wished Vijayanrajapuram and Erfanebrahimsait on their first edit on Commons and Malayalam Wikipedia.
  • Ranjith and Manoj shared an update WikiConference Kerala 2025. Planning to organise the event on the 20^th and 21^st December in Thrissur.
  • Jinoy shared an update about the celebration of 25th birthday of Wikipedia. Shared some of the updates from the community
  • Wikidata Birthday Celebrations
    • Ranjith shared updates about Wikidata Birthday celebration at Kochi during Kochi FOSS Meetup
    • Athul shared the plans about the Wikidata Birthday celebration during 15^th & 16^th Nov 2025 along with SoTM Kerala.
  • Manoj shared the ongoing work on WikiSource and Wikidata integration.. (Read more...)

• Ongoing events & activities by the User Group
  • Wiki Loves Schools – A photography campaign to collect and add high-quality, freely licensed images and other media of educational institutions.
  • Wiki Loves Birds India 2025 – A campaign on Wikimedia Commons that aims to capture and celebrating the stunning avian diversity of India, home to approximately 1,350 bird species.
  • Quantum Century Exhibition 2025 – A campaign to document International Year of Quantum Science & Technology on Wikimedia Commons.

Upcoming meeting: 22^nd November 2025 – Meeting page | Meetup Registration

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User group news

• 11 December: User group call
• As are ending the year and will be wrapping up on the current annual plan we are doing a few sprints. If every member of the user group makes just one contribution, we will finish these easily and have a great resource for the entire community. Please check out these and see if you can help out:
  • Videos with translatable subtitles
    • Help by identifying which videos need translation
  • Charts
    • Help by identifying charts that should be used in SDG topics

Other news

• Wikimedia Project from South America Selected by the UNESCO Global Initiative for Information Integrity on Climate Change Fund Climate action
• Northern Argentine Wikimedians recognized in regional OpenStreetMap Contest Life on land
• Garbo gräver fram siffror på utsläpp av koldioxid news in Swedish about carbon emissions data being added to the company infoboxes Climate action
• Der Klimabericht und die Wikipedia Teil 3: Wissenschaftskommunikation Climate action

Events

• SheSaid campaign on Wikiquote. From 1 September until 31 December 2025. Gender equality

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This is the Wikimedians of Kerala UG's 22^nd newsletter.

• On 22^nd November 2025, we held our user group’s monthly meeting online via Google Meet. The agenda for the meeting was shared by Ranjithsiji and welcomed everyone to the meeting. Fifteen members attended the meeting.
  • Ranjith shared updates about the Wikidata Workshop and 13^th Birthday Celebration that has been happened during State of the Map Kerala 2025 event at Payyannur, Kannur.
  • Manoj and Ranjith shared updates about the upcoming WikiConference Kerala 2025 which will be held on 20^th December at Kerala Institute of Local Administration (KILA), Thrissur, Kerala.
  • Ranjith shared the updates on organising the Malayalam Wikipedia 23^rd Birthday Celebration along with the WCK 2025.
  • Ranjith shared the invitation received on organising Wikimedia Technical Workshop at Amal Jyothi College of Engineering Kanjirappally.
  • Jinoy shared the updates about the Initial discussions about WikiConference India 2026. Inviting the community members to signup and endorse the Grant proposal.
  • Athul shared the plans about documenting Quantum Century Exhibition 2025 at Wikimedia Commons.
  • Manoj shared the updates about 2^nd edition of Wiki Loves Birds India photography campaign in Wikimedia Commons.
  • SijiR shared the idea of organising #SheSaid campaign as part of the Wiki Loves Women initiative on Malayalam Wikiquote.. (Read more...)

• Ongoing events & activities by the User Group
  • Wiki Loves Schools – A photography campaign to collect and add high-quality, freely licensed images of educational institutions. (16^th Sept 2025 - 31^st Mar 2026)
  • Wiki Loves Birds India 2025 – A campaign on Wikimedia Commons that aims to capture and celebrate the stunning avian diversity of India. (12^th Nov 2025 – 12^th Jan 2026)
  • Quantum Century Exhibition 2025 – A campaign to document International Year of Quantum Science & Technology on Wikimedia Commons.
  • SheSaid – A campaign to celebrate leading women and their voices by encouraging the creation and improvement of Wikiquote articles that feature women’s quotations in Malayalam Wikiquote. (1^st Sept – 31^st Dec 2025)
  • Wiki Loves Village – A multi year campaign to document the Villages on Wikimedia Commons and Wikipedia. (17^th Dec 2025 – 31^st Jan 2026)

Upcoming meeting: 21^st December 2025 – Annual General Body Meetup 2025

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User group news

• User group call, 11 December (minutes)

Other news

• WikiForHumanRights 2025: Documenting Ghana’s Just Energy Transition Through the Lens (SDG 7)
• Update on the Bioeconomy Science Institute Wikimedian in Residence (SDG 15)
• WikiForHumanRights 2025 campaign in Ghana (SDG 7&13)
• Topics for impact by Wikimedia UK
• Project Gayatri: A Year of Building Knowledge, Closing with Heart (SDG 13)

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• Renewed partnerships
• Spotlight: Strengthening Wikimedia Collaborations with and for Open Science

This is the Wikimedians of Kerala UG's 23^rd newsletter.

• In the month of December, we did not have an online meeting as we held our AGM.
• On 5–6^th December 2025, a Wikimedia Technical Workshop was conducted at Amal Jyothi College of Engineering, Kanjirappally, Kottayam.
  • 52 students participated in this event and were trained on the Wikimedia ecosystem. The students presented their tools and outcomes on the last day of the event.
  • User:Athulvis, User:Gnoeee, User:MatthewsM2, and User:Ranjithsiji joined the workshop as mentors.
• On 15–16^th December 2025, a Wikimedia Technical Workshop was conducted at Chinmaya Vishwa Vidyapeeth - Global Campus, Piravom.
  • 50 students participated in this event and received training on the Wikimedia technical ecosystem. The students worked on fixing issues and developing tools, which they presented on the last day of the event.
  • User:Athulvis, User:Gnoeee, and User:Ranjithsiji from the UG attended as mentors.
• 980 contributions were made to the Wiki Loves Museums initiative from 20 November to 31 December 2025.
• On 20^th December 2025, WikiConference Kerala 2025 was organised at the Kerala Institute of Local Administration, Thrissur.
  • The 23^rd Birthday Celebration of Malayalam Wikipedia was held during this time.
  • 90+ participants attended the WCK and its sessions.
• This month, we held our 4^th Annual General Body Meeting (AGBM) at the Kerala Institute of Local Administration on 21^st December 2025.
  • Twenty-two UG members and two guests attended the meeting.
  • Shared and discussed upcoming annual plans and the Wikipedia 25th Birthday celebrations.
  • Discussed preparations for WikiConference India 2026. (Read the detailed report here...)

• Ongoing events & activities by the User Group
  • Wiki Loves Schools – A photography campaign to collect and add high-quality, freely licensed images of educational institutions. (16^th Sept 2025 – 31^st Mar 2026)
  • Quantum Century Exhibition 2025 – A campaign to document the International Year of Quantum Science & Technology on Wikimedia Commons.
  • Wiki Loves Village – A multi-year campaign to document villages on Wikimedia Commons and Wikipedia. (17^th Dec 2025 – 31^st Jan 2026)

Upcoming meeting: 31^st January 2026 – Meeting page | Meetup Registration

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User group news

• The annual report for 2025 was published.
• Next user group meeting is 22 February.
• The drafting of the 2026 annual plan is under way, please help.

Other news

• Winning images of the special category "Human Rights and Environment" from Wiki Loves Earth 2025🤝 (SDG 15)

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This is the Wikimedians of Kerala UG's 24^th newsletter.

• On 31^st January 2026, we held our January 2026 Monthly Meetup from 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM IST. The agenda for the meeting was shared by Jinoy and welcomed everyone to the meeting. 12 community members participated in the discussion.
  • Ranjithsiji shared the Wikipedia 25^th Birthday Celebrations organised across different districts of Kerala (Thrissur, Kannur, Kozhikode, Kollam, Wayanad, Ernakulam, Kottayam). Kannan master shared the updates about organising the event at Kollam.
  • A short update about the Wikimedia Hackathon planned at Kaprassery IHRD as part of Tarang on 7–8^th February was shared.
  • Discussed about the Wiki Loves Village campaign.
    • The campaign was conducted on Wikimedia Commons and Malayalam Wikipedia.
    • The program was originally started in 2014 as 'Ende Gramam'.
  • Irvin shared the outcomes of Wiki Loves Birds India 2025 campaign at Wikimedia Commons.
    • More than 6000 images have been uploaded and 9 bird walk programs have been conducted.
    • Education programs are ongoing and the campaign continues for another month.
  • Siji shared the SheSaid campaign updates on Wikiquote. 9 contributors participated and 61 new articles were created during the timeperiod.
  • Jinoy shared the status updates of WikiConference India 2026
    • Athul Invited Community members interested in volunteering to register on the interest page on the WCI 2026 page.
• Discussions were also held about organising:
  • Wiki Loves Folklore and Feminism and Folklore program
  • International mother language day
  • Womens month editathon

• Ongoing events & activities by the User Group
  • Wiki Loves Schools – A photography campaign to collect and add high-quality, freely licensed images of educational institutions. (16^th Sept 2025 – 31^st Mar 2026)
  • Wiki Loves Village – A multi-year campaign to document villages on Wikimedia Commons and Wikipedia. (17^th Dec 2025 – 28^th Feb 2026)
  • International Mother Language Day 2026 Datathon – Datathon on Wikidata. (21^st Feb 2026 – 3^rd Mar 2026)

Upcoming meeting: 28^th February 2026 – Meeting page | Meetup Registration

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User group news

• A proposal for a climate and sustainability meetup at Wikimania has been submitted. Keep your fingers crossed it gets accepted!

Other news

• Metabase, a project to create a movement-wide knowledgebase for activities and initiatives, now has the property relates to sustainable development goal, target or indicator and all the Sustainable Development Goals, Targets and Indicators. This makes it possible to make sure that your projects and initiative that supports these are marked as doing so and also find previous efforts related to them.
• Wiki for Botanists: Why thematic engagement matters (SDG 15)
• Influence of Seasonal and Eco-climatic Factors on Butterfly Diversity: Insights from Wiki Loves Butterfly (SDG 15)
• African Women in Climate Action: A Continued Editing Journey through the EditHer Africa Contest 2026 (SDG 5 & 13)

Events

• March is Women's History Month and also has the Internaltional Women's day, so there are plenty of related events. Check out Special:AllEvents to find some near you. (SDG 5)
• Wiki Loves Ramadan 2026 (SDG 16)
• International Mother Language Day 2026 Datathon (SDG 4, 10 &17)

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• Four new partnerships
• User survey thanks

This is the Wikimedians of Kerala UG's 25^th newsletter.

• On 28^th February 2026, we held our February 2026 Monthly Meetup from 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM IST. The agenda for the meeting was shared by Jinoy and welcomed everyone to the meeting. 13 community members participated in the discussion.
  • Shared the details about the Wiki Loves Village campaign.
    • The program was organized to improve geographical details about villages.
    • 135 articles were written, 38 articles improved and 59 images were uploaded as part of the campaign.
  • Shared the details about International Mother Language Day program
    • A datathon was conducted from Feb 1 and it will end by March 3.
    • Tasks shared for the same was less difficult compared to the one shared last time.
  • Sree1959 updated on efforts to move Malayalam Wikivoyage out of the Incubator.
    • Introducing Wikivoyage day - Contributing to Malayalam Wikivoyage for atleast 1 day per month was announced.
  • Ranjithsiji shared details about Wikipedia 25^th Birthday Celebrations organised in and around Kerala.
  • Discussed about Women's Day campaign.
    • Planning to conduct Wiki Loves Women followed by an offline workshop program was discussed.
  • Discussed about Wiki Loves Theyyam campaign.
    • Ranjithsiji shared about documentation of Theyyam which is currently in progress.
    • Planned to start Wiki Loves Theyyam campaign by mid of March.
    • Ranjithsiji and Jinoy planning to visit Kannur during March 7-8 for documenting Theyyam.
  • Discussions were also held about organizing
    • Wiki Loves Birds
    • Open Data Day
    • Wiki Loves Earth

• Ongoing events & activities by the User Group
  • Womens Day Edit-a-athon 2026 - 3rd March - 31 March 2026 a edit-a-thon on Malayalam Wikipedia related to creating and improving articles realted to Women health.
  • Wiki Loves Theyyam 2026 - a 2 month campaign from 17th March - 17 May 2026 photography campaign in Wikimedia commons related to Theyyam.

Upcoming meeting: 28^th March 2026 – Meeting page | Meetup Registration

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User group news

• There is now a user box template on Wikimedia Commons that you can use to show that you are participant of the user group. There were already user boxes on Meta, Wikidata, English and Swedish Wikipedia. If your home wiki uses user boxes but lacks one, feel free to copy any of these to it.

Other news

• "Cinematic intensity": The winners of Wiki Loves Earth 2025 (SDG 15)
• Scientists should join collaborative online editing communities for biodiversity (SDG 15)

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This is the Wikimedians of Kerala UG's 26^th newsletter.

• On 28^th March 2026, we held our March 2026 Monthly Meetup from 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm IST. The agenda for the meeting was shared and everyone was welcomed. A total of 10 community members participated in the meeting and discussions.
  • Jinoy shared an update about the International Mother Language Day 2026 Datathon organized on the Wikidata from February 21, 2026 to March 3, 2026. A total of 31 contributors signed up for the event and contributed during the campaign period.
  • Ranjithsiji shared an update about the Wiki Loves Birds India 2025 campaign that was organized online and offline. Around 6,000 images was recieved during the campaing period and bird walks were also organized as part of the campaign.
  • Ranjithsiji and Sreekrishnan shared the updates about the ongoing Malayalam Wikivoyage activities and improvements. Discussed the need for further enhancements and issues.
  • Siji shared the updates about the International Womens Day 2026 Datathon on Wikidata. A total of 21 contributors signed up during the campaign period.
  • Ranjithsiji shared status updates on WikiConference India 2026 including the ongoing scholarship call, and encouraged everyone to apply.
  • Ranjithsiji shared updates about the Wiki Loves Theyyam 2026 which started on March 17 and will end on May 17. Updates on on-going documentation initatives as part of this campaign were also shared.
  • Ranjithsiji shared the updates about the Wiki Loves Schools hich received around 4,800 images during the campaign period.
    • Vijayanrajapuram shared plans to create school related pages on Wikipedia and make use of the uploaded images.
• Discussions were also held about organising:
  • International Women's Day Editathon

• Ongoing events & activities by the User Group
  • Wiki Loves Theyyam 2026 – photo campaign on Wikimedia Commons. (17^th Mar 2026 – 17^th May 2026)

Upcoming meeting: 25^th April 2026 – Meeting page | Meetup Registration

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News

• From Lens to Knowledge: Citizen Science through Wiki Loves Butterfly (SDG 15)
• Wikidata type specimen data model (SDG 15)
• Edit-a-thon "Women Botanists" and "Plants Around Us: Veles" workshop (SDG 5 & 15)

Events

• Ongoing: 100 Days 100 Edits (SDG 13)
• Ongoing: Wiki for Sustainable Futures 2026 (SDG 2, 6 & 7)
• May 9-10: Bird photography trip in south Sweden (SDG 15)
• May 30: Editathon about biodiversity in Stockholm (SDG 15)

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This is the Wikimedians of Kerala UG's 27^th newsletter.

• On 25^th April 2026, we held our April 2026 Monthly Meetup from 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm IST. The agenda for the meeting was shared and everyone was welcomed. A total of 6 community members participated in the meeting and discussions.
  • Ranjithsiji and Adithyak shared updates from the Wikisource Summit 2026, which was organized at Calicut University. Participants from Malayalam, Tamil and Tulu community members also attended the two-day event.
  • Jinoy shared updates about the Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month 2026 campaign organized in collaboration with the Embassy of Ukraine in New Delhi and communities in India. 47 people joined and contributed during the campaign period in India
  • Ranjithsiji and Sreekrishnan shared the updates about the ongoing Malayalam Wikivoyage activities and improvements. Discussed the need for further enhancements and issues.
  • Athul shared the updates about closure of Wikimedians of Kerala Anniversary Programme and submission of final report.
  • Ranjithsiji shared the Wikivoyage Day plan announced by Sreekrishnan. Plans to organize activities were discussed.
  • Vijayanrajapuram shared plans to create school related pages on Wikipedia. Athul and Ranjith shared their thoughs on doing follow up activies.
  • Jinoy and Athul shared the updates about the WikiConference India 2026 which is going to happen in Kochi. Around 400+ applications have been received for scholarships and the team is currently reviewing the applications.
    • For those who missed applying for the scholarship the self funded registration will be opened.
  • Ranjithsiji shared updates about the Wiki Loves Theyyam 2026 which started on March 17 and will end on May 17.
  • Jinoy shared and invited the community members to share the stories, community highlights and activities from across South Asia to WikiDhara - The echoes from South Asia. (read more...)

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News

• Wikimedia Projects and the Climate Crisis: How Wiki for Sustainable Futures 2026 Is Being BuiltWikimedia Projects and the Climate Crisis: How Wiki for Sustainable Futures 2026 Is Being Built (SDG 2 & 6 & 7 & 13)
• Earth Day, Every Day: Preserving Biodiversity on Wikipedia (SDG 15)
• Launch of the Arabic Environmental Contest 2026: an ambitious initiative to enrich environmental content (SDG 2 & 6 & 7)
• From the field to the free web (SDG 15)

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• New partnership: Swissdox
• User survey results

This is the Wikimedians of Kerala UG's 28^th newsletter.

• On 25th May 2026, we held our May 2026 Monthly Meetup from 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm IST. The agenda for the meeting was shared and everyone was welcomed. 10 community members participated in the meeting and discussions.
  • Ranjithsiji shared updates about Wiki Loves Theyyam 2026, which was conducted as a pilot project from 17 April to 17 May 2026. Around 650 images were uploaded to Wikimedia Commons by 16 contributors. Discussions were held on organizing follow-up activities closer to the Theyyam season.
  • Jinoy shared updates from Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month 2026 in India, organized in collaboration with Wikimedia communities and partner organizations.
    • Around 45 participants took part in the campaign by creating 71 new pages and improving around 327 pages across Wikimedia projects. An offline Wikipedia editing workshop was organised at Embassy of Ukraine, New Delhi along with a cultural activity and continued the online campaign till the end of April.
  • Ranjithsiji shared updates from Wikisource Summit 2026, organized at the University of Calicut. A total of 18 participants attended the event, including contributors from other language communities. Discussions focused on collaboration and technical improvements for Wikisource projects.
  • Jinoy shared updates about WikiConference India 2026. The conference theme has been announced. The theme for WCI 2026 is "Reimagining the Knowledge Commons" - Community Leadership in an Evolving Wikimedia Ecosystem.
  • Ranjithsiji shared plans for a Wiki Loves Schools edit-a-thon, aimed at creating and improving school-related articles using information collected through the SchoolWiki project and previous photography campaigns.
  • Ranjithsiji announced preparations for Wiki Loves Earth India 2026, which is planned to begin on 1 July 2026. Community members were encouraged to participate and help document natural heritage sites across India.
  • Jinoy and Ranjith shared updates from Wikimedia Hackathon 2026 in Milan. The GLUES tool (Global Wikimedia User Information and Statistics) was developed and improved during the hackathon and was presented during the event. The tool provides a centralized dashboard for Wikimedia contributor information and receives valuable feedback from participants across multiple communities. Further enhancements to the tool were discussed.
  • Ranjithsiji shared updates about Coordinate Me 2026, an international Wikidata campaign focused on improving geographic coordinates of Wikidata items. Community members were encouraged to participate before the campaign concluded at the end of May.
  • Ranjithsiji shared updates on the Malayalam Wikivoyage initiative. Monthly community meetings have been held regularly over the past three months. An analysis tool named Inkpen has been developed and support was requested for the Malayalam Wikivoyage approval proposal.
  • Community members also discussed the ongoing digitization of M. P. Parameswaran's works, potential collaborations with DC Books for bibliographic data sharing, plans for Kerala Cultural Month, the Women in Red tool developed by Netha Hussain for identifying missing articles, improvements to mobile navigation templates.
  • Ranjith and Jinoy shared an update received on Village pump of Malayalam Wikipedia and to User group's email regarding the participation in the Abstract Wikipedia pilot project. (read more...)

• On-going events & activities by User Group
  • Wiki Loves Earth 2026 in India – Photography campaign dedicated to documenting and digitally preserving India's diverse natural heritage sites on Wikimedia Commons.

• Up-coming events & activities by User Group
  • Wikiwomen Camp 2026 - 11th July 2026 - 12th July 2026. Last date to apply for the scholarship is 27 June 2026.

Upcoming meeting: 27^th June 2026 – Meeting page | Meetup Registration

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