The WikiAcademy will bring together active online citizens and content experts and help them develop into skilled editors to write high quality articles and source high quality photos regarding Albania in categories such as culture, heritage, social issues, geography, institutions, economy and tourism.

1. Altin Ukshini
Program Assistant - IPKO Foundation
altin.ukshini@ipkofoundation.org
Twitter: @Altin Ukshini
Facebook: /altin.ukshini
Licensed under: CC-BY-SA
Altin Ukshini
Licensed under: CC-BY-SA

2. Volunteers
Wiki Academy Kosovo
• Why did we organize it?
• What was our Goal?
• Article competition
• Photography competition

3. Volunteers
Wiki Academy Kosovo 2013
• 120 participants
• 48 hours of intensive work on articles
• Mentors and Speakers form local and European
community
• 38 articles
• ~2000 photos in Wikimedia Commons

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5. Volunteers
Wiki Academy II - City Marathon
• 500+ applications
• 220 participants
• 9 days of work on articles
• Mentors and Speakers from Kosovo and the World
• 78 qualitative articles
• 1500+ photos in Wikimedia Commons

6. Volunteers

7. Volunteers
Wikipedia Community in Kosovo
• Arround 400 new Wikipedians
• A good number of them continue editing
• Spread accross Kosovo
• Gender Ratio F:M - 5:4

8. Volunteers
Wikipedia Community in Kosovo

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Wikipedia Community in Kosovo

10. LINK LINK

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12. Volunteers
The hard work behind
• Focusing in qualitative end-results:
• Trainings/Workshops (All 9 municipalities)
• Constant monitoring
• References
• Criteria
• Judges, selectioning and how?
• Benefits?

13. Volunteers
What next ?

14. Thank YOU!
Questions?
www.wikiacademykosovo.org
facebook.com/groups/WikiAcademyKosovo
Thank YOU!
Questions?
www.wikiacademykosovo.org
facebook.com/groups/WikiAcademyKosovo