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
Though WREN is very loose and low intensity/activity group
this could be interesting to join in with team
as it is relevant to some of our work
gives fair chance to exposure for all participating
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Debates/Themeshttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Debates/Structure_%26_Plan
Best Z.
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From: Amb. Olushola Olaniyan <olaniyanshola15(a)gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Nov 22, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] WikiDebates: Call for Applications for Wikimedia
Affiliates ( Deadline: November 30th, 2025)
To: Carlos M. Colina <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Cc: wikidebates.global(a)gmail.com <wikidebates.global(a)gmail.com>
Dear Wikimedia Affiliates,
The Core Organising Team for WikiDebate is pleased to invite interested
Wikimedia affiliates to apply to participate in the upcoming WikiDebate
Program.
About WikiDebate
WikiDebate is a collaborative knowledge-engagement initiative designed to
strengthen critical reasoning, public discourse, and community
participation across the Wikimedia movement. The program uses structured
debate as a tool to deepen understanding of open knowledge, digital
citizenship, and the role of Wikimedia projects in shaping informed
societies.
Program Objectives
1.
Promote constructive dialogue on themes connected to free knowledge and
public information.
2.
Strengthen community members' capacity in research, argument
development, and public speaking.
3.
Encourage cross-affiliate collaboration and relationship building.
4.
Highlight shared movement values such as openness, verifiability,
diversity, and community governance.
Who Can Apply
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Recognised Wikimedia User Groups, Chapters, and Thematic Affiliates.
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Affiliates must have an active community and be able to field a small
team (2–3 participants) to represent them.
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Teams may include new and experienced contributors; no previous debate
experience is required.
Expected Participation
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Attend a virtual orientation and training session.
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Participate in scheduled debate rounds between affiliates.
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Demonstrate respect, collaboration, and adherence to friendly space
policies throughout the program.
Support Provided
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Orientation and training resources on debate structure and research.
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Coaching sessions and topic guides.
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Publicity and movement-level visibility for participating affiliates.
How to Apply
Interested affiliates should visit our meta page to complete the form
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Debates/Participate>
Please provide:
1.
Affiliate name and contact details.
2.
Names of proposed team members (3–5 participants).
3.
A short statement (150–200 words) on why your affiliate wishes to
participate.
4.
Any preferred support needs or time-zone constraints.
Application Deadline: 30 st November, 2025
Notification of Selected Affiliates: 15th of December, 2025
We welcome your participation in building a vibrant, informed, and
collaborative knowledge community through WikiDebate.
For inquiries, please contact:
WikiDebates.Global(a)gmail.com
Sincerely,
The Core Organising Team, WikiDebates
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Debates>
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Hello!
In our WREN last meeting we were discussing
*how to convince GLAM organizations that they need a WIR in the age of AI. *
So last week when Liam Wyatt was visiting Wikimedia UK's Wikipedia trainers
network I asked how he would reply. After all, he is the first WIR of the
world and is currently working with AI companies that are customers of
Wikimedia Enterprise.
I made a LinkedIn post in Finnish
<https://www.linkedin.com/posts/johannajanhonen_joudutko-vastaamaan-ty%C3%B6…>
using his main idea and tagged him too. He replied
<https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7377209715816140800?co…>
like this:
"Thanks for tagging me Johanna Janhonen 🗞️
<https://www.linkedin.com/in/johannajanhonen/> - I'm glad something that I
said sparked something for you!
So yes: my comment came from a presentation about some work I did with a
public museum, where I helped to justify the curators' time to work with
Wikipedia by arguing that not only is it an intellectual/moral
responsibility to answer questions about the collection wherever those
questions are being asked, but ALSO it is a way to *save time and effort*
to have common questions answered correctly in the place where the general
public is most likely to find them - on WP. This can be classified as a
economic/professional efficiency benefit to the organisation. Which, as we
know, is always easier to motivate management with economic arguments
rather than moral ones!
The organisation (or individual) FIRST needs to make sure that the question
is answered in an "official" place (e.g. somewhere in the official website,
or academic journal article, thesis, newspaper report...) and THEN then can
either write this fact directly into Wikipedia (with the reference) or
"suggest" the fact on the discussion page of the article (especially if
there is any implication of Conflict of Interest about the fact)."
I promised to send the reply to you too. So I hope it helps - or maybe we
can continue the discussion either here or on LinkedIn.
Cheers,
Johanna
Hello everyone,
(apologies for the cross-posting)
I’m excited to share more details about the GLAM Wiki Conference Program—and to remind you to register before in-person registration closes in just a few days!
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM_Wiki_2025/Program/Program
Over three days (October 30 – November 1), we’ll have:
More than 30 lightning talks
Two dozen workshops, trainings, and roundtables
A full-day GLAM Hackathon
A Portuguese-language workshop for institutions new to Wiki
A Global GLAM Strategy day
Sessions on decolonization, heritage at risk, gender in GLAM, technical infrastructure, digitization methods, and much more.
And beyond the sessions, there’s plenty of culture to enjoy:
18+ tours of Lisbon’s cultural institutions
20 film screenings
A concert
Screen printing activities
For those joining remotely, the auditorium sessions will be streamed via Zoom webinar (registration for online participation is also open). There will also be a dedicated space @ GLAM Wiki to watch WikiDataCon (October 31 – November 2).
Don’t miss out—in-person registration closes very soon!
Best,
Connor
Hi everyone,
I’d like to put together a detailed agenda for our meeting with Sonja Perry on Sept 16. Sonja is a WMF group product manager for the “Contributors” teams (https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:SPerry-WMF). Could you all please send us/me any thoughts on topics or questions you would like to cover?
For this meeting, Sonja asked, "Is there anything specific you'd like us to demo or talk about? I'd be happy to pull data or gather other information if you're interested in talking about something specific."
The areas under Sonja's leadership are:
- Editing
- Connection (formerly known as “Campaigns”)
- Moderator Tools
- Growth
Best wishes,
Su-Laine
Hi everyone,
This is a reminder that there are only 20days remaining to register for GLAM Wiki in Lisbon (30 October - 1 November); deadline is 30 September.
Check out what’s already been made public about the program below. A detailed schedule and program with all the accepted proposals will be published by 22 September.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM_Wiki_2025/Program
- Tours! From 29 October to 2 November there will be numerous guided tours throughout cultural centers and collections in the city. A great way to get to know Portugal and Lisbon with peers and friends.
- Global GLAM Strategy Session! A crucial full day workshop to look at how the different Wikimedia movement structure in this sector work together in the future.
- WikiDataCon @ GLAM Wiki! WDC viewing room at the conference on Friday and Saturday!
Check the FAQ for your questions :)
There are also volunteer opportunities still so please join us.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM_Wiki_2025/Participate
All the best,
Connor