Dear community members, I am excited to share the annual report of the Deoband Community Wikimedia <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Deoband_Community_Wikimedia> (DCW) for the year 2025. Please find the activity report here <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Deoband_Community_Wikimedia/Reports/Activity_reports/2025>, and the brief health report here. <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Affiliates_Strategy/Implementation/Affiliate_health_criteria/Reports/2025/Deoband_Community_Wikimedia>
To share a few highlights: 1. In 2025, we set up an Executive Board for better decision-making. The board has 40% female participation. 2. In 2025, two of our volunteers represented at the Wikimedia Youth Conference in Prague. 3. In 2025, we had a fair representation at the GLAM-Wiki Conference in Lisbon, Portugal, Wikimania, and several other national events. 4. In 2025, we hosted 12 impactful conversation hours <https://dcwwiki.org/DCW_Conversation_Hour_Archive> and initiated Train-a-Wikipedian <https://dcwwiki.org/Train_a_Wikipedian> as our residential leadership development program. 5. We conducted over 12+ workshops, several meetups, and for the first time, an annual convening, where we honored our best contributors. 6. Our volunteers contributed over 570 articles, improving many others. 7. We organised three iterations of Heritage Lens <https://dcwwiki.org/Heritage_Lens>, which helped bring 731 images to Commons. There is much more in the reports, and I am hopeful that you will enjoy reading them. Overall, the year has been a good step forward, and we are hoping for a better 2026 in terms of advocacy, capacity, and leadership. We remain committed to our goals and the vision despite facing resource cuts for our Conversation Hour initiative <https://dcwwiki.org/DCW_Conversation_Hour> and staffing. We would appreciate your feedback and look forward to making the year more impactful with meaningful collaborations and partnerships. *Thanks and regards,Aafi* *Imagine a world in which every single human can freely share in the sum of all human knowledge. This is what we are doing.* Founder and Chair, Executive Board Deoband Community Wikimedia ORCID: 0000-0003-2514-8549 <https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2514-8549>
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