This is great work Wasi, well done to the WikiVibrance team and all who participated in this campaign! The Cosplay images are really cool too!
*Masana Mulaudzi (She/Her)* Senior Manager, Campaigns Programs Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> On Wed, Sep 27, 2023 at 6:56 AM Wasi <wasi78...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Everyone, > > We hope you are all enjoying the wonderful moments following the > celebration of International Youth Day 2023 > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:International_Youth_Day_2023> with > the WikiVibrance team. We want to express our heartfelt gratitude to all > those who joined the event and made it even more joyful. Without your > participation, this event wouldn't have been possible. We were truly amazed > by the enthusiastic involvement of young people from various corners of the > world. > > We did our utmost to organize Youth Day for Wikimedia's youth community, > with the aim of boosting their contributions. While we can't be certain of > our success, the love and support we received from the participants meant > the world to us. > > We also want to extend our sincere thanks to the incredible organizers who > worked tirelessly to ensure the event ran smoothly. We know it's hard to > adequately thank the organizing team, but we deeply appreciate the amazing > work you all put into making the event a success. > > Here, we'd like to share some key highlights from IYD 2023: > > 1. *Xperience Call*: We provided a platform for young individuals to > share their inspiring stories with the world. We were thrilled to hear the > success stories of these young voices. You can find the recordings of the > Xperience Call here: > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2023_Xperience_Space_Call.webm. > > 2. *Edit-a-thon*: We organized an edit-a-thon focusing on youth-related > topics in various communities. A total of 158 people participated in the > edit-a-thon. Together, they created 1494 new articles and updated 3173 > existing articles. For more detailed statistics, please visit the meta > page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/International_Youth_Day_2023/Metrics > > 3.* Nominations and Barnstars*: As part of IYD 2023, we took nominations > from the community and awarded Barnstars to individuals who have > consistently helped and inspired young people to work within the Wikimedia > movement. For more information, please visit the nomination page: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/International_Youth_Day_2023/Nomination. > > 4. *Wiki Loves Cosplay*: We also organized "Wiki Loves Cosplay" as part > of IYD 2023. So far, we've received 58 image uploads from different parts > of the world. If you're interested in participating or learning more about > it, please visit the meta page: > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Cosplay. > > As we wrap up IYD 2023 for this year, we want to assure you that we'll be > back again in 2024 with even more exciting initiatives. Once again, our > sincere thanks go out to the participants, well-wishers, and organizers for > making IYD 2023 a reality. Let's keep our fingers crossed for the next > Youth Day, where we hope to bring you something truly exciting. > > Thank you, > Wasi > On behalf of the IYD 2023 Core Organizing Team > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/BMFI2VP424WBNGRHOYIUSQUXQI366BRN/ > To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org
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