Hello everyone,
I hope this email finds you well.
I am pleased to invite you to actively participate in *Wiki Loves Folklore
2026*, a global Wikimedia campaign dedicated to documenting and preserving
folklore from countries around the world and beyond.
I would like to strongly encourage community members or organizers to
engage in this campaign by:
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*Visually documenting folklore-related activities* (such as photo walks,
cultural events, traditional practices, artifacts, and performances), and
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*Contributing written documentation* through the Feminism and Folklore
initiative*,* with a focus on amplifying underrepresented voices,
stories, and cultural narratives.
đź“Ś Three-Step Signup Process for Wiki Loves Folklore 2026
To participate as organizers, please carefully follow the steps below:
*1. Create a Local Campaign Page*
Set up a new landing page for your country’s Wiki Loves Folklore 2026
contest on Wikimedia Commons.
Sample Page:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Folklore/Sample
*2. Register Your Country/State/Province*
Add your country to the official list on the Wiki Loves Folklore 2026
Organize page.
Organize Page:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Folklore_2026/Organize
*3. Submit Organizer Details*
All organizers are required to complete the organizer form so participation
can be properly tracked.
Organizer Form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScYLip9eyFrNiT4zD42veb2fXMIuCfrYNA…
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScYLip9eyFrNiT4zD42veb2fXMIuCfrYNA…>
✍🏽 Feminism and Folklore 2026
In addition, please encourage your community members to organize and
participate in the *Feminism and Folklore 2026 writing competition* on
Meta-Wiki. This initiative complements Wiki Loves Folklore by promoting
content creation around gender, culture, and folklore.
Sign up here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Feminism_and_Folklore_2026/Project_Page
Thank you for your continued commitment to documenting and preserving
global cultural heritage on Wikimedia projects. I look forward to your
active participation and impactful contributions.
Warm regards,
Jesse Asiedu-Akrofi
Wiki Loves Folklore Ambassador
North America
Hi everybody,
I’m pleased to announce that the North Carolina Wikipedians are planning to host both a virtual and in-person celebration for Wikipedia Day 2026 [1]! Both events will take place on January 15, 2026, Wikipedia’s 25th anniversary. The virtual event will take place from 12-12:30pm on Zoom (right after the Wikipedia 25 Virtual Celebration [2]), while the in-person celebration will take place in Meeting Room A at the Chapel Hill Public Library (100 Library Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27514) from 5-7:30pm. Please sign up for either event (or both) on our Wikipedia page [1].
If you have suggestions for improvement, would like to help organize this event, or if we can help you organize a celebration elsewhere in North Carolina, please do let us know!
cheers,
Gaurav
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NC/Wikipedia_Day_2026
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Wikipedia_25_Virtual_Celebration
Hi everybody,
Back in November, I was approached by Anbar Jayadi at the Wikimedia Foundation for a project they are running on understanding how user groups like ours can contribute to bring in new contributors to Wikipedia. New contributors are the lifeblood of Wikipedia, ensuring both that existing articles will continue to be maintained and updated going forward, and bringing in new perspectives and effort to ensure the widest possible coverage.
I finally got around to setting up a page for collecting our responses [1] — sorry it took me so long to do that! Anbar has given us until Monday, December 15 to provide our answers, so please have a look at what I’ve written and add/subtract/improve/delete anything you like. I’ll send a reminder on Sunday and then I’ll send in our responses on Monday.
We’re planning to send out a survey in the next few months to all of you asking what activities you would like this group to organize, so this is also a good excuse to start thinking about that!
cheers,
Gaurav
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina_Wikipedians/2025_Understandi…
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> From: Anbar Jayadi <ajayadi(a)wikimedia.org>
> Subject: Interest to contribute to organizers impact research
> Date: November 7, 2025 at 10:47:52 AM EST
> To: gaurav(a)ggvaidya.com
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> Hi there, I am Anbar. I am a Senior Process Analyst, Community Organizing Experience <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:AJayadi-WMF>at the Wikimedia Foundation.
>
> I got your email from Pacita and Crystal (Wikimedia NYC). They recommended me to contact you and ask if you are interested to participate in this research project on Understanding Organizers' Impact on Newcomer Growth https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Understanding_Organizers%27_Impact….
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> This research project aims to better understand organizers' existing approaches to attract and/or retain newcomer contributors, map strategies and best practices, and collect suggestions on potential improvement or experimental areas. To organizers, we ask:
> What methods or strategies do you use to attract newcomer editors to on-wiki participation?
> What do you do to support newcomer editors to transition from small and easy contributions (e.g., uploading images to Commons) to more advanced contributions (e.g., creating an article or a section of an article)?
> Once newcomer editors are engaged, do you have any strategies to retain them on-wiki or in your community?
> If you are interested, I can share a template Google doc and you can submit written responses via the doc before Dec 1st, 2025.
>
> Thank you and look forward to hearing from you.
>
> Cheers,
> Anbar
Do we have any history and cultural heritage practitioners, like public historians; museum, historical society, and historic site workers; or other history practitioners, among our North Carolina Wikipedians?
WikiEdu is offering a free series of its WikiScholars courses in partnership with the American Association for State and Local History. These courses broaden your skills and boost your confidence in contributing to Wikimedia. The online courses run from mid-January to mid-March.
Sign up here by December 15th: https://wikiedu.org/250-by-2026-wiki-scholars-courses/
If you're on the fence about whether or not you "qualify," I'd encourage you to go ahead and apply if you have experience or education in history and cultural heritage, even if you're retired, between jobs, etc. And if you're already fully confident in your editing skills, consider passing this opportunity along to a colleague -- it would be delightful to have more folks sharing North Carolina history and culture on Wikipedia!
Yours,
Jennifer