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

User group news
  • On 31st 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 25th 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 7–8th 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
  • Discussions were also held about organising:
    • Wiki Loves Folklore and Feminism and Folklore program
    • International mother language day
    • Womens month editathon
Events & Activities
  • Ongoing events & activities by the User Group

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

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

User group news
  • On 28th 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 25th 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
Events & Activities
  • 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: 28th March 2026 – Meeting page | Meetup Registration

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

User group news
  • On 28th 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
Events & Activities
  • Ongoing events & activities by the User Group

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

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

User group news
  • On 25th 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...)

Upcoming meeting: 23rd May 2026 – Meeting page | Meetup Registration

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

Updates / Discussions
  • 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...)
Events & activities
  • 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.

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

This is the Wikimedians of Kerala UG's 29th newsletter.

Updates / Discussions
  • On 27th June 2026, we held our June 2026 Monthly Meetup from 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm IST. The agenda for the meeting was shared and everyone was welcomed. 12 community members participated in the meeting and discussions.
Events & activities
  • On-going events & activities by User Group
    • Wiki Loves Earth 2026: Wiki Loves Earth India is an international photographic campaign and We are organizing it in India. More than four thousand files uploaded into this campaign. The campaign will end on 31st July 2026.
    • Wikiwomen Camp Kerala 2026: Wikiwomen Camp aims to bring together women who are active contributors to the Wikimedia movement. 23 editors participated in this two day camp at Kozhikode.
    • Wikimedia Technical Workshop 2026 at C-SiS CUSAT : We organized a Wikimedia technical workshop in collaboration with Centre for Science in Society (C-SiS), Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi, Kerala. 20 students from various colleges participated in this event. We started developing some tools with the help of participants.
    • Kerala Culture Month 2026 As part of Wiki Conference India 2026 we co-organized a writing campaign as a pre conference activity. The campaign started on 15th July 2026 and will end on 15th August 2026.


This is the Wikimedians of Kerala UG's 30th newsletter.

Updates / Discussions
  • On 25th July 2026, we held our July 2026 Monthly Meetup from 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm IST. The agenda for the meeting was shared and everyone was welcomed. 17 community members participated in the meeting and discussions.
Events & activities
  • On-going and past events & activities by User Group
    • Kerala Culture Month 2026 As part of Wiki Conference India 2026 we co-organized a writing campaign as a pre conference activity. The campaign started on 15th July 2026 and end on 15th August 2026.
    • Wiki Loves Village 2026 As part of Wiki Conference India 2026 we co-organized a writing campaign as a pre conference activity. The campaign started on 15th August 2026 and will end on 15th September 2026.
    • Wiki Loves Schools 2026 We are organizing a writing campaign in Malayalam Wikipedia. The campaign started on 27th July 2026 and will end on 30th September 2026.
    • Wiki Loves Earth 2026: Wiki Loves Earth India is an international photographic campaign and We are organizing it in India. More than four thousand files uploaded into this campaign. The campaign was over on 31st July 2026.
    • Wiki Loves Onam 2026: Photography campaign to document Onam culture. The campaign is from 15th August 2026 to 15th September 2026



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