Hello everyone 👋
The call for submissions for the June 2026 edition of *WikiDhara – The
Echoes from South Asia*. [1]
WikiDhara is a collaborative space that showcases stories, updates and
highlights from Wikimedia communities across South Asia. It serves as a
space to document community activities, amplify diverse voices, and
strengthen connections across the region.
We warmly invite community members and affiliates to contribute stories
about their Wikimedia work or community initiatives to our upcoming edition
of WikiDhara.
*📅 Submission deadline: 2 July 2026📰 Publication date: 12 July 2026*
If you're wondering what kind of stories we publish, take a look at the May
2026 edition of WikiDhara
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/South_Asia/Newsletter/May_2026>. [2]
For more details and submission guidelines, please visit:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/South_Asia/Newsletter/Guidelines
We look forward to reading your stories and highlighting the inspiring work
taking place across South Asia.
Warm regards,
South Asia WikiDhara Team
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/South_Asia/Newsletter/Newsroom
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/South_Asia/Newsletter/May_2026
Dear Community Members,
We are pleased to announce that self-funded registration and the Call for
Submissions for WikiConference India 2026
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2026> are now open.
WikiConference India 2026 will take place in Kochi, Kerala, from 4th to 6th
September 2026. The conference will bring together Wikimedians, community
leaders, developers, researchers, and open knowledge enthusiasts from
across India and South Asia to connect, collaborate, and share experiences.
The theme for WCI 2026 is “Reimagining the Knowledge Commons: Community
Leadership in an Evolving Wikimedia Ecosystem.” As the Wikimedia movement
navigates rapid technological changes, including the rise of AI and new
models of knowledge creation, the conference aims to create space for
conversations around community leadership, knowledge equity, regional
languages, open knowledge, and the future of Wikimedia in India and South
Asia.
Self-Funded Registration
The self-funded registration application is now live on Pretix.
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Details and Eligibility: [Registration Meta Page Link]
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2026/Registration>
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Registration Form: https://pretix.eu/wikimedia-events/WCI2026/
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Last date for registration: July 15th, 2026
Call for Submissions
The Call for Submissions is now live on Eventyay.
We invite proposals for workshops, discussions, panels, interactive
sessions, lightning talks, and poster presentations. Whether you are an
experienced contributor or a newer community member, your ideas,
experiences, and learnings can help shape the conference program and
contribute to important conversations across the movement.
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Details and Guidelines: [Link to Meta-Wiki Submission Page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2026/Programme/Submiss…>
]
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Submission Deadline: [July 15th, 2026]
For complete information about WikiConference India 2026, including
participation details, timelines, conference updates, and submission
guidelines, please refer to the official announcement:
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Detailed Announcement: [Blog Post Link]
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/2026/06/26/shape-the-future-call-for-submissions…>
We encourage community members to register, submit proposals, and share
this announcement within their networks.
Regards,
WikiConference India 2026 Organizing Team
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2026
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2026/Registration
[3] https://pretix.eu/wikimedia-events/WCI2026/
[4]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2026/Programme/Submiss…
[5]
https://diff.wikimedia.org/2026/06/26/shape-the-future-call-for-submissions…
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*WikiConference India 2026 Organizing team *
Hello everyone,
We are pleased to share the May 2026 edition of the *WikiDhara - The echoes
from South Asia <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/South_Asia/Newsletter>.*
*This edition highlights:*
- Dhaka Wikimedia Meetup (May 2026) Sparks New Wiki Collaborations
- Sylheti Wikipedia:A Language Movement that Began a Decade Ago and is
Now Thriving
- How WikiClub Tech India Trained 90+ Students Across 12 Universities to
Contribute to the Wikimedia Technical Ecosystem
- OKI-Summer Internship - 2026: Open Knowledge and Development of Indian
Language Resources on Wikimedia Platforms
- Train The Trainer 2026 (India) Updates
- WikiConference India 2026 Updates
- Yercaud Elango:A Man Who Uploaded 25,000 Photographs on Wikimedia
- Clip2Commons Helps Contributors Bypass Video Upload Bottlenecks on
Wikimedia Commons
- WikiEval is Now Live:A Platform for Wikimedia Contest Management
🌐 Read the detailed content here
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/South_Asia/Newsletter/May_2026> [2]
We invite everyone to read, share, and contribute content to future
editions of WikiDhara.
Community stories, campaigns, tools, research, and ideas from across South
Asia are always welcome. :)
Warm Regards,
WikiDhara Editorial Team
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/South_Asia/Newsletter
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/South_Asia/Newsletter/May_2026
Hello everyone 👋
This is a friendly reminder that the submission deadline for the *May 2026
edition *of *WikiDhara - The Echoes from South Asia* is tomorrow.
*WikiDhara <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/South_Asia/Newsletter> *is a
collaborative space for sharing stories, updates and highlights from
Wikimedia communities across South Asia. It aims to document our community
activities, amplify diverse voices, and strengthen connections across the
region.
We invite community members and affiliates to contribute stories about
their Wikimedia activities or those of their communities, including
community projects, events, partnerships, learnings, technical work and
personal reflections to the upcoming edition.
📅 *Submission deadline:* 2 June 2026
📰 *Publication date:* 12 June 2026
For submission guidelines, please visit:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/South_Asia/Newsletter/Guidelines
We look forward to your contributions and to highlighting the amazing work
happening across South Asia.
Warm Regards,
South Asia Wikidhara Team
Hello everyone,
Happy to share the April 2026 edition of *WikiDhara - The echoes from South
Asia <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/South_Asia/Newsletter>*,[1] featuring
stories, campaigns, tools and community updates from across the South Asian
Wikimedia movement.
*This edition highlights:*
- Awareness programmes on preserving Tulu culture and living heritage
through Wikimedia projects in Mangaluru.
- Wiki Loves Fish Prize Distribution Ceremony at St Aloysius University
- The ongoing Wiki Loves Theyyam campaign invites contributors to
document the magnificent traditional ritual dance of Kerala
- Community Language Documentation and Archiving Training organised by
OpenSpeaks for Adivasi and low-resourced languages.
- Feminism and Folklore workshop organized by Wiki Club SATI in Vidisha
empowering first-time contributors.
- Wikisource Summit 2026 that brought together South Indian Wikisource
communities at the University of Calicut.
- Announcement of the theme for WikiConference India 2026 - "Reimagining
the Knowledge Commons".
- WikiScriptSync, a new tool for tracking gadget script updates.
- Appointment of Chinmayee Mishra and Jnanaranjan Sahu to the Wikimedia
Ombuds Commission 2026-28.
*🌐 Read the detailed content at here
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/South_Asia/Newsletter/April_2026>* [2]
We invite everyone to read, share and contribute the content to future
editions of WikiDhara.
Community stories, campaigns, tools and ideas from across South Asia are
always welcome. :)
Warm Regards,
WikiDhara Editorial Team
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/South_Asia/Newsletter
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/South_Asia/Newsletter/April_2026
Hello everyone 👋
With the submission deadline approaching, we warmly invite you to
contribute to the April 2026 issue of *WikiDhara*.
*WikiDhara – The Echoes from South Asia* is a collaborative space dedicated
to collecting, curating and sharing stories, updates and highlights from
across South Asian Wikimedia communities. It serves as a platform to
document activities, amplify diverse voices and strengthen connections
across the region.
We welcome submissions that reflect your contributions to the
Wikimedia movement; this includes community projects, events, partnerships,
research, learning journeys or reflections from your Wikimedia engagement.
🗓️ Submission deadline: *2nd May 2026*
📰 Publication date: 12th May 2026
For more details and for the submission, please visit our Guidelines page
on Meta <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/South_Asia/Newsletter/Guidelines> [1]
and take a look at the WikiDhara March 2026 edition
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/South_Asia/Newsletter/March_2026> (our
first issue) [2] to see the kind of stories we feature.
Let’s continue to collaborate, share and celebrate the incredible work
happening across South Asia.
We look forward to your contributions.
Warm regards,
Jinoy
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/South_Asia/Newsletter/Guidelines
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/South_Asia/Newsletter/March_2026
Greetings Everyone,
The theme for *WikiConference India* 2026 has officially been
revealed: "Reimagining
the Knowledge Commons." - Community Leadership in an Evolving Wikimedia
Ecosystem
As we gather at Kochi this September (4th-6th), this theme feels especially
meaningful. It’s not just about maintaining and contributing to knowledge.
It's more about rethinking how knowledge is created, shared, and sustained
in the rapidly changing world. This year, we will be gathering together to
reflect, discuss, and shape the conversations around:
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Community Leadership in the trend of AI: In a time of declining trust in
online information and the rapid rise of AI-generated content,
strengthening community-led, human-created knowledge becomes more critical
than ever.
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Empowering regional languages and local knowledge: Reimagining the
knowledge commons is not only about tools or platforms- it is also about
leadership. It is about ensuring that regional languages, local knowledge
systems and underrepresented histories remain at the heart of the global
movement.
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Innovative models for open-access participation: It encourages us to
think beyond traditional editing and explore new ways of participation and
knowledge creation that reflect the diversity of India and South Asia.
Quick Reminder: Apply for the travel scholarship
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2026/Scholarship> [1]
before the deadline tomorrow.
Let’s come together and be a part of the movement that shapes what comes
next for the Wikimedia ecosystem in South Asia!
Read the full announcement on Diff: [Link
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/2026/04/10/shaping-what-comes-next-reimagining-t…>
][2]
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*WikiConference India 2026 Organizing team *
*[1] *https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2026/Scholarship
[2]
https://diff.wikimedia.org/2026/04/10/shaping-what-comes-next-reimagining-t…
Dear Wikimedians,
*Wikipedia turns 25* on this 15th January 2026, marking a remarkable
milestone in the journey of free and open knowledge. This anniversary is
not just a celebration of a website, but of the millions of volunteers and
communities who have collaboratively built, sustained and enriched
Wikipedia over the time.
[image: WP25_Birthday_cake.gif]
Wikimedia communities across India are warmly invited to participate,
organize and celebrate this historic occasion in their own unique ways and
many of them have already started celebrating it.. :)
To help document and showcase these celebrations, we have *a page to list
Wikipedia 25th birthday events happening across India*
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Wikipedia_25/India>.[1] The aim is
to make this a shared space where communities, affiliates and individuals
can add and share details about their planned or ongoing events, activities
and celebrations with the border communities.
*All communities and affiliates are warmly invited to join the celebrations
by:*
- Add your Wikipedia 25th related events to this page
- Create individual event pages and add to the documentation page
- Share ideas, resources and plans so we can celebrate together as one
movement
This is a collective effort and your contributions will help reflect the
diversity, energy and collaborative spirit of the Wikimedia community in
India; from big cities to small towns, from long-time contributors to new
volunteers.
Please feel free to share this invitation with local groups, user group
members and networks. Let’s make Wikipedia’s 25th birthday a truly
memorable and inclusive celebration.
Let's celebrate this milestone. :)
Warm regards,
*Jinoy Tom Jacob*
[[User:Gnoeee]]
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[image: WP25_Wiki_love_-_blue.gif]
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Wikipedia_25/India
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