Wikipedia:Meetup/Johor 3



The Wikipedia Johor Meetup 3 (the 7th Wikipedia meetup in Malaysia) was the first Wikipedia meetup held in conjunction with a festival event in Malaysia, the Johor Bahru Writers + Film Festival 2017. The meetup was held on:


 * Event name: Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
 * Date: Sunday, 22 October 2017
 * Time: 2:00–5:30 p.m.
 * Venue: Big Bites Café, Jalan Tan Hiok Nee, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
 * Medium of communication: English

Things to bring

 * Laptop or tablet
 * Notebook/pen/pencil
 * Portable modem (in case there is no/weak access to Wi-Fi at the venue)
 * Multiple cable extensions (to accommodate other laptop/tablet users of electricity)
 * Camera (for group photo shooting)

Participants

 * Dody Ismoyo (presenter)
 * MYMMMC (presenter)
 * Exec8
 * Jin0206
 * Lyn123456
 * SNN95
 * Yhchin23

Topics of discussion

 * Introduction to Wikimedia Community User Group Malaysia
 * Introduction to Wikipedia (English version) and Welcome! message on User talk page
 * Introduction to Wikimedia projects (Wikimedia Commons, Wikivoyage, Wikiquote, Wiktionary, Meta-Wiki)
 * Other language versions of Wikipedia and interlinking, including with other Wikimedia Projects and external links
 * Editing, article structures, infobox, creating articles, attaching photos, referencing, WikiProjects classification etc
 * Photo uploading, naming, categorization, Wikipedia-linking etc in Wikimedia Commons
 * Collaboration, discussion, flagging, dispute solving etc among other editors
 * Total articles, redirection, edits contributions checking
 * Do and don'ts etc in Wikipedia
 * Wikimedia Conference, other Wikimedia Foundation-related events etc
 * Other topics based on request

Minutes of meeting

 * Introduction to Wikimedia Community User Group Malaysia and Wikimedia Foundation projects (Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons, Wikivoyage etc).
 * Overview of Wikipedian editors in Malaysia statistical data (location, language, contribution etc).
 * Introduction to Wikipedia website layout and the major user interface buttons.
 * Overview of Wikipedia donation page and emphasize that all Wikimedia-related project works are completely voluntary and free of charge.
 * Demonstration to create user page and its Welcome! message as the first guideline.
 * Discussion on the place to practice editing Wikipedia (sandbox).
 * Demonstration on creating one simple (stub-class) Wikipedia article with infobox, categorization, photo upload and WikiProject classification/evaluation.
 * Discussion on who are the administrators in Wikipedia to check and verify articles.
 * Discussion on visit to introduce Wikipedia to students in universities around Johor.
 * Discussion on various languages in Wikipedia and the needs for translation to other language of Wikipedia.
 * The needs to make proper guideline in introducing Wikipedia editing for the first time.
 * The needs to make listing of code meanings in Wikipedia article creation/editing.

Articles created

 * Glulam Gallery

Public transport

 * Rail: Johor Bahru Sentral station (walking distance to the venue)
 * Road: Larkin Sentral bus terminal (proceed to take local transfer bus to JB Sentral and walk to the venue)

Self driving
- Key-in Big Bites Cafe in Waze or Google Map - Address: No. 18, Jalan Ibrahim, 80000 Johor Bahru, Johor - Coordinate: 1°27'23.8"N 103°45'51.8"E