Wikipedia:Meetup/Kuala Lumpur 9



The Wikipedia Kuala Lumpur Meetup 9 (the 39th Wikipedia meetup in Malaysia) was the 9th Wikipedia meetup held at the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur and the 2nd meetup held in conjunction with a cosplay and animation, comics and games (ACG) event, GEMA 2022. The meetup was the 1st meetup held as an exhibition and information booth as part of an event. The meetup was held on:
 * Event name: GEMA 2022
 * Date: Sunday, 20 March 2022
 * Venue: Sunway Velocity Mall, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
 * Medium of communication: English and Malay

Participants

 * Dody Ismoyo a.k.a Dody Cosplay, cosplay dressed up as Noa Izumi (泉野明) of Patlabor.

Topics of discussion
Talk title: Cosplay Sharing Session: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects for Animation, Comics and Games

Main

 * Introduction of Wikimedia Community User Group Malaysia
 * Overview of Wikimedia

Wikipedia

 * Overview layout and navigation of Wikipedia (including between different language and different Wikimedia projects)
 * Page (cosplay, list of cosplayers, list of anime conventions, ACG (subculture), glossary of anime and manga, Bad Luck Brian)
 * Category (Category:Cosplay, Category:Cosplayers, Category:Animators, Category:Comics writers, Category:Anime conventions in Malaysia, Category:Internet memes)
 * Template (Template:Cosplay, Template:Anime and manga, Template:Fandom)
 * Wikipedia (Wikipedia:WikiProject Anime and manga, Wikipedia:WikiProject Board and table games, Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics, Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games)
 * Wikipe-tan

Wikimedia Commons

 * Category (Category:Cosplayers, Category:Cosplayers from Malaysia, Category:Cosplay in Malaysia by event, Category:Cosplay by origin, Category:Entertainment events in Malaysia, Category:Memes and image macros, Category:Cosplay of Wikipe-tan)
 * Templates (Template:Costume, Template:De minimis, Template:Personality rights)

Wikidata

 * Cosplay, Enako, Ying Tze

Meta-Wiki

 * WikiMemes User Group

Wikiquote

 * Category (Category:Cosplayers)

Wikivoyage

 * Fiction tourism, Anime and manga in Japan

Wiktionary

 * cosplay, cosplayer

Wikibooks

 * Category (Book:History of video games, Shelf:Games)

Wikiversity

 * Category (Category:Games)

Others

 * Promotion of WikiGap Malaysia 2022 in Wikipedia Kuala Lumpur Meetup 10 for editing workshop.

Minutes of meeting
Due to last minute plan change, the meetup was changed from talk session on stage to be booth exhibition acting as information center for visitors to know more about Wikimedia projects. Several visitors showed interest in knowing more on what Wikipedia is about. The WikiGap Malaysia 2022 was also promoted during this event.

Public transport

 * Maluri station

Self driving
- Key-in Sunway Velocity Mall in Waze or Google Map - Address: Lingkaran SV, Maluri, 55100 Kuala Lumpur - Coordinate: 3°07'37.6"N 101°43'29.8"E

Disability access
The venue was on the first floor with wheelchair ramp access on the main entrance at the ground floor and lift from all car park levels, equipped with toilet on the same floor. Reserved parking for the mobility impaired are also available.