Wikimedia Community User Group Albania
Albania
Location	Albania
Country code	AL
Approval date	May 13, 2018
Official language(s)	Albanian
Twitter	@WikiUG_Albania

This is the information page of theWikimedia Community User Group Albania.

Wikimedia Community User Group Albania is a group of users of Albanian Wikimedia projects who are interested in organizing and participating inoutreach activities on national level includingGLAM andEducation initiatives. Members of the group have been active for quite some time already participating and co-organizing among others many educational partnerships (memorandum of understanding with the Municipality of Tirana about open knowledge), workshops, presentations in free software events (see OSCAL), or edit-a-thons organized in Tirana as part of the Code Week activities. WCUGA aims at the organization and representation of the Albanian community as well as the promotion and participation on projects that the Wikimedia Foundation initiates.

Public mailing list

https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-wcuga

Twitter

WikiUG_Albania.

Email

wikimediacommunityugalbania{@}gmail.com

• Develop a strategy foroutreach activities in Albania and successful implementation of the strategy;
• Develop relationships with AlbanianGLAM institutions;
• Develop and establish aWiki Education program in Albania;
• Improve quality and number of articles and other content in Albanian language in Wikimedia projects;
• Improve quality and number of content about Albania in other languages in Wikimedia projects, including projects like Commons and Wikidata;
• Collaborate with other Wikimedia user groups and chapters, other open knowledge groups in Albania and the region.

Basic outline of the general structure of the Wikimedia Community User Group Albania to be replaced by proper statutes and bylaws upon registration.

• All members that are members of the group for more than 12 months elect a board of 3 people. The election of the new board will be conducted in March of each year.
• The board is responsible for running the everyday activities of the user group (administration, working on goals, supporting projects, community management building, and volunteers) and the strategic planning.
• The board and two additional members (selected on a yearly rotation basis by agreement), must produce a detailed report of the user group and the strategic planning at least once a year (the latest each April of each year), which is to be accepted by all members with simple majority.
• The board is responsible for drafting bylaws and plan out a path to becoming a future chapter. These are to be accepted by all members with absolute majority.
• Projects of the UG can be implemented in collaboration with non-UG members and organisations/institutions. The members of the UG need to have consensus on assigning one or more member(s) to be assigned as a project manager of such initiative/project/collaboration. After the agreement of the members the board is responsible for following up with the project manager and facilitating paperwork that needs to be done in each case.
• The board might propose to create additional positions within the user-group tackling specific tasks. The newly created positions are to be accepted by all members with simple majority.

Membership is open. To become a member use the mailing list to present yourself, which will help the members of the UG to understand better your engagement with Wikimedia projects. We expect new members to attend our virtual or physical events and activities for at least six (6) months before becoming a member of the User Group. The aim is to have the time to understand better how the UG works and the responsibilities that come along with the membership. When one or more users do not respect the CoC (general and for events) and Wikimedia Foundation Friendly Space policy, the majority of the members try to find a consensus about it. If consensus is not achieved a voting process is initiated by the board so that the members take a decision about the case.

• Jora Kasapi, Albanian Wikipedia;
• Leeturtle, Albanian Wikipedia;

For this user group we will keep the list of contacts up to three for ease of communication and coordination. If you want to participate please add your username/name below.

Members of group who have been actively involved in organizing or participating in groups efforts.

• JoraK, Albanian Wikipedia
• beheto2, Albanian Wikipedia
• SoniaBudini, Albanian Wikipedia
• Albi Ndoni, Albanian Wikipedia
• irdiism, Albanian Wikipedia
• opla887, Albanian Wikipedia
• Pomodoren, Albanian Wikipedia
• fifi_figs, Albanian Wikipedia
• Grigor Malo, Albanian Wikipedia
• Stavri_Burda, Albanian Wikipedia
• BleFa, Albanian Wikipedia
• Enrik_Dyrmishi, Albanian Wikipedia

Below is the list of activities by year

• WikiOutdoor Training 2024 (participation). Info:https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiOutdoor_Training_2024/Participants.
• https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Documenting_DebatikCenter_of_Contemporary_Art_archives_in_commons
• Participation in WikiCEE Meeting. More info:https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_CEE_Meeting_2024.

Year	Date	Time	Activity/Event	Description	Group
2023	28.09.2023	18:00	WCUGA Workshop 'Documenting CHwB Albania archives in Commons
	25.09.2023	18:00	WCUGA Workshop 'Documenting CHwB Albania archives in Commons
	21.09.2023	18:00	WCUGA Workshop 'Documenting CHwB Albania archives in Commons
	12.09.2023	18:00	WCUGA Workshop 'Documenting CHwB Albania archives in Commons	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WCUGA_x_CHwB_-_Workshop_-_12.09.png	Y
	08.09.2023	18:00	WCUGA Workshop 'Documenting CHwB Albania archives in Commons	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Documenting_CHwB_Albania_archives_in_commons_%E2%80%94_Workshop.png	Y
	04.09.2023	18:00	WCUGA Workshop 'Documenting CHwB Albania archives in Commons	https://www.instagram.com/p/CwxtgeMN0Xi/?img_index=1	Y
	23.03.2023	19:00	WCUGA Meetup		Y
	17.03.2023	18:30	WCUGA Meetup	Learning to edit through illustrations of old villas from Tirana in Wikimedia Commons
	28.02.2023	18:30	WCUGA Meetup 3		Y
	21.02.2023	19:00	Punëtori për të edituar në SQ Wikipedia
	15.02.2023	18:30	WCUGA Meetup 2
	30.01.2023	18:30	WCUGA Meetup 1	WCUGA	Y
2022	16.04.2022	11:30	Editathon për gratë arkitekte në Shqipëri	Open Labs
	19.03.2022	17:00	Editathon për protestat në Shqipëri	Open Labs
	18.01.2022	19:00	WCUGA open discussion		Y
2021	12.11.2021		Event No. 5	Wikimedia Commons - Event part of collaboration with PreservingTirana.city
	29.11.2021		Event No.4	Wikimedia Commons - Event part of collaboration with PreservingTirana.city
	22.10.2021		Event No.3	Wikimedia Commons - Event part of collaboration with PreservingTirana.city
	15.10.2021		Event No.2	Wikimedia Commons - Event part of collaboration with PreservingTirana.city
	12.10.2021		Celebrating AdaLovelaceDay	SCiDev collaboration
	08.10.2021		Preservingtirana.city	@Online Collaboration with people behind PreservingTirana.city, a project which has the aim to document old buildings of Tirana.
	30-31.07.2021		Edit-a-thon for Albanian Women in STEM	@Online
	29.06.2021		Editathon No. 8	Open Labs
	08.03.2021		SciDEV collaboration	@Online
	20.02.2021		Editathon No. 7	Open Labs
	06.02.2021		Editathon No.6	Open Labs
	15.01.2021		Editathon No.5	Open Labs
2019	23.06.2019	18:00	QRpedia Korce	Trip
	May 2019	18:00	Wikimedia Hackathon	Cancelled
	04.05.2019	18:00	Editathon No. 4	Open Labs Hackerspace
	22.04.2019	18:00	Editathon No. 3	Open Labs Hackerspace
	19.03.2019	18:00	Editathon No. 2	Open Labs Hackerspace
	15.02.2019		Activity at National Film Center
2018	19.12.2018	10:00	WCUGA visit at AQSHF	Visit
	20.10.2018	10:00	WikiWeekend Tirana	Grant
	30.05.2018		Korca Edit-a-thon	OpenLabs, Grant
	28.04.2018		Code4Culture	Korca Arachaelogical Museum
	23.01.2018		Wiki editathon	Ernest Koliqi school
	15.01.2018		Wikipedia Anniversary	Open Labs
2017	14.12.2017	12:00	WikiWeekend Tirana 2017	Open Labs, Grant
	11.07.2017	18:00	Wikipedia Open Day 2	Open Labs
	04.07.2017	18:00	Wikipedia SQ - Open Day	Open Labs

• WikiWeekend Tirana 2017
• Korça Edit-a-thon
• QR pedia at Korça Museum
• WikiFilmat SQ editathons

• WikiWeekend Tirana 2018
• WikiWeekend Tirana 2017
• Korça Edit-a-thon
• QR-pedia at Korça museum
• WikiFilmat-SQ-edithathons

Legislative initiative

• initiative to changeFreedom of Panorama restrictions in Albania based on the experience of other countries.

Partnerships with GLAM institutions

• strategic planning for collaboration with GLAM institutions in Albania.

Copyright reform efforts

• introduction of Creative Commons and Public domain empowerment initiatives in Albania.

• 04.07.2017 @18.00 [Wikipedia SQ - Open Day];
• 11.07.2017 @18.00 [Wikipedia Open Day 2];

• Wiki Weekend 2017 in TiranaY
  • the yearly gathering of SQ Wikimedians where edit-a-thons, local user group strategy discussion and yearly planning takes place:https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Weekend_2017.
• Code Week 2017 Burrel (Wiki in Education)Y
  • Photos:https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimedia_Community_User_Group_Albania
  • Report:CodeWeek 2017 Burrel

Below are some of the planned activities of our user group. The final plan of activities will be published after the members meeting in mid January.

• Wikipedia Anniversary (15.01.2018)Y
  • Celebrating the anniversary of Wikipedia project with an edit-a-thon.
  • notes from the event:https://pad.openlabs.cc/p/wikipedia_17years_edit-a-thon. 13 participants worked in articles related to the Netherlands and Arnhem.
• Wiki editathon @ Ernest Koliqi school (23.01.2018)Y
  • Part of Wiki in Education initiative.

• Code4Culture Hackathon(s)

C4C Albania is the first series of hackathons related to open cultural elements of Albania in collaboration with GLAM institutions. Based on theCoding da Vinci C4C brings cultural heritage institutions together with the hacker, designer, open data, Wikimedia & OpenStreetMap communities to develop ideas and prototypes for the cultural sector and for the public. More specifically the activities of 2018 will include:

• • Editathon Code4Culture / Korçë /: 28.04.2018 @ Korça Archaeological Museum (also meeting about QRpedia).Here you can find a report about what happen at the event.Y
  • Editathon Code4Culture / Tiranë: end of May 2018 in collaboration with the Albanian National Centre of Cinematography (meta page will be added soon)
  • Editathon Code4Culture / Durrës: TBA in collaboration with Durrës Museum (meta page will be added soon). Meeting with the director need to happen. QR pedia;

• Wikidata:Sixth Birthday/Wikidata for GLAM institutions in Albania (workshop)

• Wiki Weekend 2018 in Tirana
  • 8 & 9 December 2018: the yearly gathering of SQ Wikimedians where edit-a-thons, local user group strategy discussion and yearly planning takes place. We will focus on GLAM editathon and/or Wiki in Education initiatives.

• Wikimedia Community User Group Albania visit at AQSHF (19.12.2018)

All the people interest to participate should registerhere.

• WikiFilmat SQ Projekt

 * 15.02.2019 -Activity at National Film CenterY * 19.03.2019 -Editathon no.2Y * 22.04.2019 -Editathon no.3Y * 04.05.2019 -Editathon no.4Y

• 23.06.2019 QR pedia Activity Korçë
• Wiki Weekend Tirana 2019
• Wikimedia Hackathon on May (Canceled)
• Pre activities for the hackathon on Tirana, Prishtina and Skopje (not finalized yet) (Canceled)

• Continuing with activities related to WikiFilmat SQ Project

 * 15.01.2021  @Online  as part of celebration for Wikipedia's birthday.Editathon no.5Y * 06.02.2021  @OnlineEditathon no.6Y * 20.02.2021  @OnlineEditathon no.7Y * 29.06.2021, @Open Labs hackerspaceEditathon no.8Y

• 08.03.2021 @Online - Partnership withSCiDEV
• 30-31 July 2021 @ Open Labs -Edit-a-thon for Albanian Women in STEM as part of the collaboration with SCiDEV

• 08.10.2021 Collaboration with people behind PreservingTirana.city, a project which has the aim to document old buildings of Tirana.Event no.1Y
• 12.10.2021 Celebrating AdaLovelaceDay,event as part of collaboration with SCiDEVY
• 15.10.2021 Wikimedia Commons - Event part of collaboration with PreservingTirana.city;Event no.2Y
• 22.10.2021 Event part of collaboration with PreservingTirana.city;Event no.3Y
• 29.11.2021 Event part of collaboration with PreservingTirana.city;Event no.4Y
• 12.11.2021 Event part of collaboration with PreservingTirana.city;

• 18.01.2022 19:00 Wikimedia User Group open discussion

• 19.03.2022 17:00 Editathon për protestat në Shqipëri

• 16.04.2022 11:30 Editathon për gratë arkitekte në Shqipëri

• 30.01.2023 18:30 Wikimedia Community User Group Albania Meetup 1
• 15.02.2023 18:30 Wikimedia Community User Group Albania Meetup 2
• 21.02.2023 19:00 Punëtori për të edituar në SQ Wikipedia
• 28.02.2023 18:30 Wikimedia Community User Group Albania Meetup
• 17.03.2023 18:30 Wikimedia Community User Group Albania Meetup - Learning to edit through illustrations of old villas from Tirana in Wikimedia Commons

• 23.03.2023 18:30 Wikimedia Community User Group Albania Meetup

Report page

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Community_User_Group_Albania/2019_Report

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Community_User_Group_Albania/2020_Report

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Community_User_Group_Albania/2021_Report

• report page:https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Community_User_Group_Albania/2022_Report

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Community_User_Group_Albania/2023_Report#Summary

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Community_User_Group_Albania/2024_Report

Note: routine monthly meetings are not reflected anymore since they are now well structured.

Decision making process are planned to be made in a transparent process and an involvement of the group in an horizontal hierarchy structure. Notes from the meetings will be published here.

• 13.12.2021 December Meetup 2021Y
• July Meetup 2019Y
• 28.02.2019 February Meetup 2019Y
• 09.12.2018 December Meetup 2018 (on the second day of Wiki Weekend)Y
• 02.10.2018 October Meetup 2018Y
• 31.08.2018 August Meetup 2018.Y
• 26.07.2018 July Meetup 2018.Y
• 20.06.2018 June Meetup 2018.Y
• 15.01.2018.Y
• December 2017 meeting;Y

Requests for banners on SQ Wikipedia atthe local forum:

• WikiFilmat SQ: request for SQ Wikimedians to create and/or edit articles about Albanian films: Sept. 2018;
• Wiki Weekend 2018: promo banner: Oct. 2018;
• Wiki in Education: request from institutions to participate in the program: Dec. 2018;

All user group members agree on:

• the WikimediaFoundation friendly space policy
• Wikimedia foundationcode of conduct policy
• Code of conduct for events:https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Code_of_Conduct

• CEE Meeting 2023
• CEE Meeting 2024
• CEE Meeting 2025

• Wikimedia Community User Group Albania

• Wikimedia Community User Group Albania
• Annual affiliate report due May
• Wikimedia affiliates in good standing
• Annual report submitted