Hello everyone,
I hope you are well. This month's mini wiki focuses on languages and adding structured data to the thousands of images submitted for this year's Wiki Loves Monuments Competition. Shwmae Sumae Day <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shwmae_Sumae_Day> on 15th October is a day marked each year in Wales to celebrate and promote the Welsh language. UNESCO declared 2022-2032 the International Decade of Indigenous Languages <https://www.unesco.org/en/decades/indigenous-languages>, and one of Wikimedia UK’s strategic aims is to support the development of indigenous and other underrepresented languages on Wikimedia projects to ensure indigenous languages continue to exist and thrive online. There are just a handful of recorded examples of Welsh on Lingua Libre. So why not record bite size audio recordings on Lingua Libre <https://lingualibre.org/wiki/LinguaLibre:Main_Page> to help build an openly-licensed resource in Welsh - or any other indigenous and underrepresented language? It’s simple to start using. It will present you with a word to read aloud, before moving on to the next. The recordings are automatically uploaded onto Wikimedia Commons, and can then be used on Wiktionary, or to illustrate proper nouns on Wikipedia articles. They can also be used as pronunciation guides for language students. You just need your Wikimedia Commons login to get started. Adding Structured Data to Wiki Loves Monuments Images Nearly 10,000 images were shared by participants in this year’s Wiki Loves Monuments competition in the UK! All of these images are shared on an open license and can be used to illustrate content on Wikipedia and make articles more instructive and engaging for the reader. Adding structured data to these images helps to improve data quality, usability and increases the possibility of discovering these images. You can add structured data to the images shared using this new tool <https://isa.toolforge.org/campaigns/416>. We’d love to hear from you on your experience of using Mini Wiki. If you have an idea for a task that you would like the UK community’s help with that is quick and simple, then email [email protected]. Best wishes, -- Rupal Karia (she/her) Outreach and Community Coordinator *My pronouns are she/her and my name is pronounced like this <https://namedrop.io/rupalkaria>* Working hours - Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays 9-5pm [image: https://wikimedia.org.uk/donate/] <https://wikimedia.org.uk/donate/> Wikimedia UK <https://wikimedia.org.uk/> is the national chapter for the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. Follow us on Twitter <https://twitter.com/wikimediauk>, Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaUK>, LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/company/496119>, and Instagram <https://www.instagram.com/wikimediauk/>. Wikimedia UK is a registered charity in England and Wales No.1144513 and Scotland No. SC048644. Company Limited by Guarantee, Registration No. 6741827. Registered Office C/O Wikimedia UK, Level 4, Room 46018, 96 Euston Road, London, NW1 2DB
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