The Wikipedia Kuala Lumpur Meetup 10 (the 40th Wikipedia meetup in Malaysia) was the 10th Wikipedia meetup held at the Malaysian capital of
Kuala Lumpur and in conjunction with Sustainable Development Goals - The Nordic Way 2022, as a joint collaboration between the Swedish Embassy in Malaysia and the
University of Malaya. It was also held as the first face-to-face
WikiGap event in Malaysia. The meetup was held on:
The meetup was opened by the Ambassador of the Swedish Embassy in Malaysia and representative from the
University of Malaya
Editing workshop
Overview of Wikimedia projects, especially Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons, Wikiquote and Wikidata
Overview of a Wikipedia article (Infobox, introductory paragraph, article body, references, external links, inter-Wiki links) on a Swedish female article
Navigation around Wikipedia (categories, navigation box, inter-languages), inter-Wiki projects (which were all consolidated in Wikidata)
Interlinking and up-to-date information checking on Wikipedia
Data consolidation and cross-checking mechanism in Wikidata
Completing all of the data and references/citations in Wikidata first before developing any Wikipedia article
The more emphasize on the use of
Simple English Wikipedia to write new biography articles for newbie Wikipedia editors
The introduction of sandbox for personal space to practice the coding of Wikipedia before publishing it at the main space
The concept of links and piped links in Wikipedia
Creating a Wikipedia article from a given online sources to extract all of the important information, facts and identifiers
Filling up references using templates
Introduction to
WikiProject Malaysia as the discussion page for creating/improving articles about Malaysia
Showing of WikiProject Malaysia
resources page for the list of acceptable online references (Malaysia online news) for creating Wikipedia articles
Useful links presented to participants to help them build up Wikipedia articles:
Research that can be done with Wikimedia projects as the subject
International Wikimedia conferences (Wikimedia Conference, ESEAP, Wikimania)
Results
Full list of works added after the meetup: Dashboard (password: qoawjtnf)
Challenges
Difficulties were faced by the participants in creating Wikipedia username due to the blocked IP address of Kuala Lumpur Library, thus the need to use tethering from the participant's personal mobile phone
Difficulties were faced by the presenter for having to do face-to-face meetup and online meetup, where for face-to-face meetup, there are many additional explanation were needed to be written in the given white board, thus online participants could not follow in detail
Difficulties faced by some participants due to differences in Wikipedia page layout with the presenters
KL114 Dataran Merdeka bus stop, Routes 171, 173, 190, 220 and 250
KL10656 Dayabumi bus stop, Route BET 6
Self driving
- Key-in Perpustakaan Kuala Lumpur in Waze or Google Map
- Address: No. 1, Jalan Raja, 50050 Kuala Lumpur
- Coordinate: 3°08'51.1"N 101°41'33.7"E
Disability access
The venue was located on the second floor with lift access and wheelchair ramp access on the main entrance at the ground floor, equipped with toilet on the same floor.