Wikipedia:Meetup/Johor 8



The Wikipedia Johor Meetup 8 (the 14th Wikipedia meetup in Malaysia) was the second follow up Wikipedia meetup from the previous Wikipedia meetups (Johor 4 and Johor 6). The meetup was held on:


 * Date: Saturday, 14 July 2018
 * Time: 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (lunch break at 1:00-2:00 p.m.)
 * Venue: Crescendo International College, Taman Desa Cemerlang, Ulu Tiram, 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 and trainer)
 * Jayraj15
 * Lohalexlha
 * PanSOLO295
 * Sarvindran

Topics of discussion

 * Methods of using Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons for research studies of students
 * The establishment of Crescendo International College Wikipedia student club

Proposed events

 * 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM: Ice breaking, Wikimedia Foundation projects introduction, Wikimedia Community User Group Malaysia introduction slide, overview (including technical papers)
 * 11:30 AM - 01:00 PM: Wikipedia training for students (Welcome and Introductions, The core of Wikipedia, Editing Basics, Advanced Editing), Wikipedia Adventure
 * 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM: Lunch break
 * 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM: Practice (Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons, Wikiquote, Wikivoyage)
 * 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM: Q&A, discussion for Wikipedia student club establishment

Minutes of meeting

 * Overview of Wikipedia Malaysia from its early history until today
 * Overview on the purpose and usage of Wikipedia, or what can we obtain and get from knowing how to use Wikipedia properly
 * The first use of Event coordinator rights
 * The use of some Wikipedia statistical tools for research purpose
 * Overview on the data arrangement within Wikipedia (with its categorization system) and also the ability to see one particular article from various point of view (historical, location, type etc)
 * Possibilities to expand a particular topics with various new articles by following example from existing larger, older and more well-established topics
 * Wikimedia user groups, chapters, global conferences and regional conferences
 * Financial source of Wikipedia and its resources usage since its early year
 * Creating Wikipedia articles on ministers with its complete component (basic formatting, infobox, inserting photos from Wikimedia Commons, referencing, external links, category, linking, WikiProject categorization & assessment etc)
 * What are the reliable sources that can be used as sources for Wikipedia articles
 * Explanation on what are the things that can be done offline of Wikimedia Foundation projects
 * Efforts in improving and expanding Wikipedia exposure to all people from all sorts of life, including the visually impaired
 * Discussion on possible events to be held for Wikipedia student club at colleges and universities (including creating technical conference regarding Wikipedia for its paper submissions)
 * Possibility to have future follow up Wikipedia meetups for training before forming the Wikipedia student club at Crescendo International College
 * Possibility to have a Wikipedia meetup and discussion for the formation of Wikipedia student club (or department of any existing club) at Multimedia University in Bukit Beruang, Melaka
 * Possibility to have a Wikipedia meetup at University of Reading in Iskandar Puteri, Johor
 * Using the structure of Wikipedia (not the content of an article) for research purpose in the education of electrical engineering (as an example) and other discipline of knowledge
 * The unawareness of the meetup attendees that how far and how big Wikipedia (and the other projects of Wikimedia Commons) can go, which is way beyond their initial expectation
 * The introduction of Wikipedia's official cosplay character, the Wikipe-tan :)

Articles created

 * Eddin Syazlee Shith
 * Hsu Kuo-yung
 * Mohd Anuar Mohd Tahir
 * Muhammad Bakhtiar Wan Chik

Improvements

 * The allocated 5 hours time was barely enough to cover all of the basic aspect of Wikipedia editing
 * Not enough time to demonstrate photo uploading process in Wikimedia Commons
 * Should have a set of example for any case study, so it's fast to show any given existing example
 * Should know the background of each participant beforehand to have a more focused discussion to suit each needs
 * Should have the most commonly used sets of coding in writing Wikipedia articles, so people can just simply copy and paste (I forgot to introduce the Cheatsheet to the participant)

Public transport
Take bus from:
 * Johor Bahru Sentral towards Ulu Tiram (188, 205, BET2, S&S1) or towards Kota Tinggi (6B, 41, 227) and stop at Taman Desa Cemerlang
 * Larkin Sentral towards Kota Tinggi (66, 227) and stop at Taman Desa Cemerlang

Self driving
- Key-in Crescendo International College in Waze or Google Map - Address: Jalan Lebuh Cemerlang, Taman Desa Cemerlang, 81800 Ulu Tiram, Johor - Coordinate: 1°33'26.2"N 103°48'42.6"E

Disability access
The venue was located on the upper floor with wheelchair ramp access on the ground floor and lift, equipped with toilet on the same floor.