Dear Wikimedia communities,
We hope you are doing well, and we wish you a happy New Year.
Last year, we captured light. This year, we’ll capture legacy.
In 2025, communities around the world shared the glow of Ramadan nights and
the warmth of collective iftars. In 2026, Wiki Loves Ramadan is expanding,
bringing more stories, more cultures, and deeper global connections across
Wikimedia projects.
We invite you to explore the Wiki Loves Ramadan 2026 Meta page to learn how
you can participate and to sign up your community: https://w.wiki/Fzht
đź“· Photo campaign on Wikimedia Commons: https://w.wiki/Gz5H
If you have questions about the project, please refer to the FAQs:
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Meta-Wiki: https://w.wiki/HVaz
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Wikimedia Commons: https://w.wiki/HRDL
Early registration for the update is now open via the Event page:
https://w.wiki/HVax
Stay connected and receive updates:
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Join the Telegram channel: https://t.me/WikiLovesRamadan
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Subscribe to the mailing list:
https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wikilovesramadan.lists.wikimedi…
We look forward to collaborating with you and your community.
Best regards,
The Wiki Loves Ramadan 2026 Organizing Team
Dear GLAM Community,
Happy 2026!
We're excited to share that our GLAM Community Calls will be happening on
the fourth Tuesday of each month throughout 2026. Mark your calendars for
this month's call on January 27 at 13:30 UTC – you can register now on the
event page.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_GLAM_calls
The calls will continue alternating between 8:00 UTC and 13:30 UTC to
accommodate community members across different time zones, with ongoing
support from the Content Partnerships Hub and the Content Enablement Team
at the Wikimedia Foundation.
We want to hear from you!
We're inviting everyone in the Global GLAM Community to submit your topic
requests and proposals.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeX0hCAnZzbUdTLY2ncYBuFj0sn7aTw8Jf…
We're building our upcoming agendas around the five strategic pillars that
were developed at GLAM Wiki last year, which form the foundation for GLAM
activities in 2026 and beyond. By centering these pillars in our calls, we
hope to help affiliates and contributors prioritize these themes in their
own work and collaborate across time zones, countries, and languages to
advance GLAM Wiki activities together.
We are also welcoming new hosts for the calls! If you are interested in
getting involved as an organizer please use the form above as well. Looking
forward to seeing you at the call!
All the best,
GLAM Community Call Organizers
Hello everyone,
I’m delighted to invite you to the 36th edition of the DCW Conversation
Hour, featuring Pavan Santhosh, an experienced Wikimedian and open
knowledge practitioner who has been actively contributing to the Telugu
Wikipedia and its sister projects since 2015. Currently, he is the Program
Manager for the Open Knowledge Initiatives at IIIT Hyderabad, continuing
his work at the intersection of open knowledge, communities, and
institutions.
In this conversation, Pavan will focus on reimagining how Wikimedia
communities engage and collaborate beyond the movement, moving past
traditional outreach models toward more meaningful and reciprocal
partnerships. He will also emphasize the importance of understanding the
needs, priorities, and contexts of external communities—rather than merely
inviting them to contribute—so that collaborations are built on shared
goals and mutual benefit.
The Conversation Hour is scheduled for Wednesday, 24 December 2025, at
13:30 UTC (7:00 p.m. IST).
You can find event details and registration on the page below:
https://dcwwiki.org/dcw-3Q
We look forward to your participation and thoughtful engagement in this
important discussion.
Kind regards,
Ariba
Deoband Community Wikimedia
Hello everyone,
I’m delighted to invite you to the 35th edition of the DCW Conversation
Hour, featuring Puthiya Purayil Sneha, a Senior Research Manager for the
Open Knowledge Initiatives (OKI) Program at International Institute of
Information Technology, Hyderabad (IIITH).
In this conversation, Sneha will reflect on the evolving landscape of the
digital knowledge commons, especially in the context of expanding
digitisation efforts and the rapid rise of artificial intelligence. She
will discuss how ongoing archival and open knowledge projects contribute to
sustaining the commons, the emerging challenges related to ownership,
access, and ethics, and the broader questions about the nature of knowledge
creation and dissemination in multilingual contexts.
The Conversation Hour is scheduled for Saturday, 29 November 2025, at 13:30
UTC (7:00 p.m. IST).
You can find event details and registration on the page below:
https://dcwwiki.org/dc-qr
We look forward to your participation and thoughtful engagement in this
important discussion.
Kind regards,
Ariba
Deoband Community Wikimedia