2024:Program/Wikimedia Friendship between Japan, Malaysia and Turkey

Session title: Wikimedia Friendship between Japan, Malaysia and Turkey

Session type: Lecture

Track: Partnerships

Language: en

A brief introduction of Wikimedia Japan-Malaysia Friendship and Wikimedia Japan-Türkiye Friendship.

Description

Eugene Ormandy from Japan, Taufik Rosman from Malaysia, and Caner from Turkey will introduce the friendship projects. What we will feature at Wikimania will include our joint editathons, collaboration with other institutions such as Japanese embassy in Malaysia or ASEAN, Diff posts we wrote together, and other articles we contributed. We will also present the possibilities of future collaboration with other regions.

Session recording: https://www.youtube.com/live/V_zKO-4P9J4?feature=shared&t=18608

How does your session relate to the event theme, Collaboration of the Open?

Of course we have implemented international collaboration and opened up knowledge about our friends' communities. In addition, our session would encourage Wikimedians in other regions to establish friendship projects with us and others who join Wikimania.

What is the experience level needed for the audience for your session?

Everyone can participate in this session

Resources

• https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1oQ3Vr6L0tEiXbpCk0ToIaedcfTGLXOUOCehHNX5jpJ8/edit?usp=sharing

Speakers

• Eugene Ormandy

A member of Toumon Wikipedian Club Japan. One of the Wikimedian of the Year 2023 winners (Newcomer). Main Wikis: Japanese Wikipedia, Diff (Community blog hosted by Wikimedia Foundation), Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons and Japanese Wiktionary. Interests: global Wikimedia collaborations, , partnership with GLAM, documentation of Wikimedia Movement, data visualization using Wikidata Query Service, and language preservation on various Wikimedia projects.

• Y. Caner Özyayıkçı

Kurmanbek is an active patrol on the Turkish Wikipedia. He works in Wikimedia projects such as creating visual brandings of campaigns and events, running youth programs in local communities, and collaborating with other Wikimedia user communities and Wikimedians. Kurmanbek, who is the founder of Istanbul Bilgi University Wikipedia Student Club, is also a member of Wikimedians of Turkic Languages User Group, Wikimedia Community User Group Turkey and CEE Hub Youth Group.

• Taufik Rosman

Wikimedian and teacher from Sabah, Borneo Malaysia. Mainly focused on preserving ethnic languages and cultures in Malaysia through Wiktionary and other projects. Started editing since 2013 in secondary school and currently trying to establish a wiki club in the school I am teaching. Wikimedian of the Year 2023 and also a member of Wikimedia Community User Group Malaysia.