3°8′35.77″N 101°42′35.60″E / 3.1432694°N 101.7098889°E / 3.1432694; 101.7098889

The Wikipedia Kuala Lumpur Meetup 15 (the 61st Wikipedia meetup in Malaysia) was the 15th Wikipedia meetup held at the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur. It was the first meetup in Malaysia held more than 1 day. It was held as a joint collaboration with the Embassy of Sweden in Malaysia and the European Union Delegation to Malaysia. The meetup was held on:

• Event name: Facts for Democracy 2023
• Date: Friday–Sunday, 16–18 June 2023
• Time: 2:00 p.m. (first day) – 3:00 p.m. (third day)
• Venue: Meliá Kuala Lumpur Hotel, Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• Medium of communication: English and Malay

• Laptop or tablet
• Notebook/pen/pencil
• Multiple cable extensions (to accommodate other laptop/tablet users of electricity)
• Camera (for group photo shooting)

Please add your username here

• Tofeiku (presenter)
• PeaceSeekers (presenter)
• EmpAhmadK (presenter)
• Zahirulnukman (presenter)
• 62 participants

• TBA

Event flow

First day

• Registration at Melia Kuala Lumpur Hotel
• Official opening by His Excellency Joachim Bergström, Ambassador of Sweden in Malaysia
• Introduction of Wikimedia Community User Group Malaysia
• Introduction to Wikimedia and all of its projects
• Meet and mingle session with EU Delegation in Malaysia.

Second & third day

• Editing workshop to create and translate articles about democracy
• 24-Hour edit-a-athon began from 1100 (MST), June 17 to 1100 (MST), June 18.
• Wrap up session from Wikimedia trainers.
• Closing by Mr Timo Goosman, Minister Counsellor, EU Delegation in Malaysia.

Inputs

• To have slide shows showing:
  • Wikimedia and all of its sister projects
  • Body of a Wikipedia article (infobox, references, navigational box etc)
• To make sure the participants can easily create their username in Malay-language Wikipedia without having difficulties dealing with blocked IP address

Results

• Full list of works added after the meetup: Dashboard

Self driving

- Key-in Melia Kuala Lumpur in Waze or Meliá Kuala Lumpur in Google Map
- Address: 16 Jalan Imbi, Buki Bintang, 51000 Kuala Lumpur
- Coordinate: 3°8'35.77"N, 101°42'35.60"E

The venue is located in a building with lift and wheelchair access, with same height level between the ground floor of its main entrance and the public road.

TBA

• Wikipedia:Meetup/Kuala Lumpur

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