Hello everyone,
As we are 28 days away from Wikipedia 20 celebrations and many of you are already working on plans to host an event and/or other birthday activities, we wanted to share some of the resources that may help with your plans!
Visual materials to use and share:
*Wikipedia 20 marks and designs. [1]
*How to create your own marks for Wikipedia 20. [2]
Resources shared this week:
*A guide to planning a virtual event. [3]
*A guide to your press/media outreach and community messaging. [4]
More resources that will be shared soon on the Wikipedia 20 portal on Meta:
*Digital swag (presentation template, zoom backgrounds, GIFs, and digital stickers)
*A short anthemic video celebrating “20 Years Human” for use across media and events.
*Birthday video messages from Katherine Maher and Jimmy Wales for local community celebrations.
*More social media assets in the Resources section. [5]
*More social media guidance and draft posts in the Press and social media section. [4]
Please watch the Wikipedia 20 discussion page [6], join the Facebook group [7] and the Telegram group [8] to keep up-to-date.
Thank you, and please share any questions you may have via email wikipedia20@wikimedia.org, or use the discussion page. [6]
Samir Elsharbaty and the Wikipedia 20 team
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_20/Resources#About_the_Wikipedia_2...
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_20/Resources#Making_your_own_birth...
[3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_20/Events/Planning_a_virtual_event
[4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_20/Media
[5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_20/Resources
[6] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikipedia_20
[7] https://www.facebook.com/groups/3028324960606545
[8] https://t.me/joinchat/E1HSNh2q8E-XPzdw3pLUIw
Samir Elsharbaty (he/him)
Brand Associate
Wikimedia Foundation https://wikimediafoundation.org/