Hi all,
I'm writing to highlight that Wikimedia Ukraine's annual activity report
for 2021 has been publicly available on Meta [1].
In 2021, we continued to execute our multi-year strategy [2], which
includes five directions – enriching content of Wikipedia and its sister
projects, increasing participation in the Wikimedia projects, supporting
and helping develop the existing community, increasing public awareness
about Wikimedia, and advocating for policy changes needed to advance free
knowledge (notably freedom of panorama in Ukraine).
Some of the highlights in 2021 include supporting the Wiki Loves Earth
photo competition on the international scale; holding a big Wiki Loves
Monuments in Ukraine contest; organizing multiple campaigns to bridge
gender gap on Ukrainian-language Wikipedia and Wikiquote; publishing a
handbook on Wikipedia for teachers as part of our Wikipedia in Education
program; holding a hybrid all-Ukrainian Wikiconference; working with news
media publishers & supporting multiple social media channels to spread
awareness of Wikipedia and WMUA's projects.
If you are interested in reading about some of the case studies in greater
detail, we published articles on Diff about our experience organizing the
WikiGap 2021 campaign in Ukraine [3], as well as providing scholarships for
online conferences [4].
All of that happened before the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine,
which started in February of 2022. Despite Russia continuing to wage its
war against Ukraine, Wikimedia Ukraine has kept operating in 2022 – both
assisting community members in need and supporting previously planned
projects like Wiki Loves Earth internationally, Wiki Loves Monuments in
Ukraine, and much more.
We will share a detailed report on our 2022 activity in early 2023, but in
the meantime you can review slides from our presentations on the Ukrainian
community during the war [5] and Wikimedia Ukraine's approach to planning
our future activities [6], as well as read some of the personal stories of
volunteers affected by Russia's invasion [7].
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Simple/Applications/Wikimedia_Ukrain…
[2]
https://ua.wikimedia.org/?curid=7089
[3]
https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/05/20/wikigap-2021-in-ukraine-results-and-i…
[4]
https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/03/21/what-wikimedia-ukraine-learned-by-pro…
[5]
https://bit.ly/3FpHAT7
[6]
https://w.wiki/677V
[7]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine/Stories_of…
Best Regards
Anton Protsiuk
Programs Coordinator at Wikimedia Ukraine