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| text      = '''WikiConference India 2023 Updates'''
* Premiere of [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBz11deGTRc '''WikiConference India 2023 — Recap and Highlights'''] was aired at '''6:03 pm''' on ''16 July 2023'' during the ninth Open Community call.
* Videos taken during the conference have been uploaded day-wise on the [https://www.youtube.com/@WikiConference_India/playlists YouTube channel] as well.
* Images and Videos taken during the WikiConference India 2023 are available under [[c:Category:WikiConference India 2023|Category:WikiConference_India_2023]].
* The registration for self-funded participation has closed on ''8 March 2023''. For more info and updates on self-funded participation, please visit [[WikiConference India 2023/Registration|Self-Funded Registration]] page.
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'''WikiConference India 2023''' was a national-level conference that provided a common platform for Wikimedians and stakeholders interested in Indic-language Wikimedia projects and other aspects related to the movement in India and a few South Asian regions. This was a space to meet, connect, and share, stories, learnings, best practices, and challenges and discuss the future strategy as a region. The conference happened in Hyderabad on '''28‒30 April 2023'''.

== Theme of WCI 2023 ==

The theme for this iteration of [[WikiConference India]] was '''Strengthening bonds'''. This conference was an opportunity for community members in a few South Asian regions to reconnect, share their ideas or experiences with each other, and collaborate for the development of their communities.

== Background and purpose ==

WikiConference India was first organized in [[Special:MyLanguage/WikiConference India 2011|2011]] in Mumbai and then again in [[Special:MyLanguage/WikiConference India 2016|2016]] in Chandigarh. Although the third conference was planned to take place in 2020, it had to be called off due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The conference of 2023 aimed to bring Wikimedia community members across India and other Indic communities from the South Asia region to improve cross-community connections and exchange knowledge and experience.
The broad goals of WikiConference India 2023 are:
* to promote, develop, strengthen, and support the collaboration between Wikimedia users, projects, communities, affiliates, and stakeholders in the region.
* to support sharing the knowledge, experience and best practices among participants, and offer a space to improve their skills, discuss persistent issues and cherish each other’s work.
* to support the growth of smaller communities by connecting them with experienced Wikimedians, established communities and affiliates.
* to document the learning from various activities, which include projects, campaigns, events, etc. by various community members in the past four years, for later use.
* to strategize for the next few years, on how we can together shape up the movement in India and contribute to the growth of the South Asia region at large.

== Timeline ==
* The call for sessions and scholarship applications to participate in the conference opened on 11 November 2022, 00:00 IST.
* And got closed on 14 December 2022, 23:59 IST.
* For more information on scholarships, please visit the [[Special:MyLanguage/WikiConference India 2023/Scholarships|Participation]] tab.
* To submit your session proposal, please check out the [[Special:MyLanguage/WikiConference India 2023/Program Submissions|Session Submissions]] tab.
== Location and Event dates ==
*'''Location:''' Hyderabad, Telangana
*'''Date:''' 28‒30 April 2023
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