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Wikimedia Japan-Türkiye Friendship is a project organized by Wikimedians who are active in Turkish or Japanese Wikimedia community. This project aims to enrich Wikimedia contents about Türkiye or Japan and strengthen the collaboration between the two communities.

Before the launch

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"Hi!" logo.

In February 2023, Japanese Wikimedian Eugene Ormandy introduced Üsküdar University Wikipedia Student Club in his Diff article "University student Wikipedian communities around the world". In August 2023, Eugene Ormandy met Turkish Wikimedian and Founder of Istanbul Bilgi University Wikipedia Student Club Caner at Wikimania 2023 and hit it off. After the event, on September 8, they launched this project.

Vision

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  • Enriching Wikimedia contents about Türkiye or Japan
  • Strengthening the collaboration between two communities

Activities

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2023

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Date What was done? Reference
February 14, 2023 Eugene Ormandy introduced Üsküdar University Wikipedia Student Club in a Diff post 「世界各国の大学生ウィキペディアン・コミュニティ」(Japanese). [1]
February 24, 2023 Eugene Ormandy translated a Diff post 「世界各国の大学生ウィキペディアン・コミュニティ」 into English (University student Wikipedian communities around the world) [2]
August 18, 2023 Caner and Eugene Ormandy met at Wikimania 2023.
September 6, 2023 Caner introduced Eugene Ormandy and Student Wikipedian Community in Waseda University Tokyo in a Diff post "An event where diversity, collaboration and the future meet: Wikimania 2023". [3]
September 9, 2023 Caner and Eugene Ormandy launched a project called "Wikimedia Japan-Türkiye Friendship"
September 9, 2023 Caner created a logo. [4]
September 11, 2023 Caner created a "Hi!" logo. [5]
September 11, 2023 Caner translated Eugene Ormandy's Diff post "Taufik Rosman and Eugene Ormandy were interviewed by BBC" into Turkish. [6]
September 13, 2023 Eugene Ormandy published a report of the launch of this project on English Diff [7]
September 15, 2023 Eugene Ormandy's Diff post "Wikimedia Japan-Türkiye Friendship project was launched" was translated into German. [8]
September 19, 2023 Eugene Ormandy's Diff post "Wikimedia Japan-Türkiye Friendship project was launched" was translated into Turkish. [9]
September 22, 2023 Caner created a logo for Diffquote. [10]
September 28, 2023 Eugene Ormandy quoted Caner's Diff post "An event where diversity, collaboration and the future meet: Wikimania 2023" in his Diff post "Diffquote Volume 1 (9 September 2023)." [11]
September 29, 2023 Caner created a logo for declaration of friendship between student Wikipedian clubs in Türkiye and Japan. [12]
October 3, 2023 Eugene Ormandy wrote an article "Friendship between Wikipedia Student Clubs in Türkiye and Japan" on English Diff. [13]
October 4, 2023 Eugene Ormandy introduced Wikimedia Japan-Türkiye Friendship in his Diff post "Wikimania 2023 and Wikimedian of the Year 2023 awardees." [14]
October 10, 2023 Kurmanbek shared Wikipedia Student Clubs friendship declaration on BİLGİ Wikipedia Student Club's social media accounts Facebook, X (Twitter), Instagram and Threads
October 10, 2023 Eugene Ormandy made slides to introduce the friendship project in Japanese and English and uploaded them to Wikimedia Commons. [15][16]
October 10, 2023 Takenari Higuchi and Eugene Ormandy held a small editathon in Nagoya, Japan. [17]
October 16, 2023 Eugene Ormandy introduced the project in his Diff article「早稲田Wikipedianサークル勉強会(2023年10月10日)」 [18]
October 18, 2023 Eugene Ormandy introduced the project in his Diff article "Wikimedia Japan-Türkiye Friendship Editathon in Japan 13 October 2023" [19]
November 30, 2023 Istanbul Bilgi University Wikipedia Student Club held a Japan-themed editathon [20]
December 22, 2023 Friendship projects between Japan - Türkiye and Malaysia were stated among the outputs of Wikimania 2023. [21]

2024

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Date What was done? Reference
January 20, 2024 Online meeting [22]
January 21, 2024 Eugene Ormandy wrote "Wikimedia Japan-Türkiye Friendship Online meeting 20 January 2024" on English Diff. [23]
5-11 February 2024 Online editathon week [24]
February 22, 2024 Eugene Ormandy introduced the editathon week in his Diff article "Wikimedia Japan-Türkiye Friendship edit-a-thon 5-11 February 2024" [25]
February 22, 2024 Eugene Ormandy introduced Turkish Wikimedia Movement in a Japanese Web magazine. Article: 検閲を乗り越えたトルコのウィキペディアンたち【ウィキペディアの歩き方】 [26]
February 23, 2024 Kurmanbek translated the Eugene Ormandy's editathon week Diff article to Turkish "Wikimedia Japonya-Türkiye Dostluk Vikimaratonu 5-11 Şubat 2024" [27]
March 5, 2024 Eugene Ormandy wrote a Diff post "The Wikimedia movement in Turkey was featured in a Japanese web magazine" [28]
May 11, 2024 Eugene Ormandy introduced the Wikimedia Japan-Türkiye Friendship project at ESEAP Conference 2024. You can read the presentation. [29]
June 19, 2024 Eugene Ormandy wrote a Diff post entitled "Web NDL Authorities の SPARQL エンドポイントを活用してトルコ文学に関するウィキデータ項目を改善してみた" on Japanese Diff. In the article, Eugene introduced how to improve Wikidata items related to Turkish literature using Web NDL Authorities, the authority data of National Diet Library Japan (NDL). [3]
August 10, 2024 Eugene Ormandy, Y. Caner Özyayıkçı and Taufik Rosman presented “Wikimedia Friendship between Japan, Malaysia and Turkey” at Wikimania 2024 Katowice.
September 1, 2024 A month-long Wiki edit-a-thon on Japan - Malaysia and Türkiye has started.

Participants

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Wishlist

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References

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  1. 世界各国の大学生ウィキペディアン・コミュニティ (Japanese Diff)
  2. University student Wikipedian communities around the world (English Diff)
  3. An event where diversity, collaboration and the future meet: Wikimania 2023 (English Diff)
  4. File:Wikimedia Japan - Türkiye Friendship logo.svg (Wikimedia Commons)
  5. File:Wikimedia Japan-Türkiye Friendship project "Hi" cover.png (Wikimedia Commons)
  6. Taufik Rosman ve Eugene Ormandy BBC’ye röportaj verdi (Turkish Diff)
  7. Wikimedia Japan-Türkiye Friendship project was launched
  8. Wikimedia-Projekt “Japanisch-Türkische Freundschaft” wurde gestartet (German Diff)
  9. Wikimedia Japonya-Türkiye Dostluk projesi başladı (Turkish Diff)
  10. File:Diffquote logo 01.svg (Wikimedia Commons)
  11. Diffquote Volume 1 (9 September 2023) (English Diff)
  12. File:Turkish and Japan Wikipedia Student Club's declaration of friendship (PNG version).png (Wikimedia Commons)
  13. Friendship between Wikipedia Student Clubs in Türkiye and Japan (English Diff)
  14. Wikimania 2023 and Wikimedian of the Year 2023 awardees (English Diff)
  15. File:Slides to introduce Wikimedia Japan-Türkiye Friendship.pdf (Wikimedia Commons)
  16. File:Slides to introduce Wikimedia Japan-Türkiye Friendship (en).pdf (Wikimedia Commons)
  17. Wikimedia Japan-Türkiye Friendship/Editathon in Japan 13 October 2023 (Metawiki)
  18. 早稲田Wikipedianサークル勉強会(2023年10月10日) (Japanese Diff)
  19. Wikimedia Japan-Türkiye Friendship Editathon in Japan 13 October 2023 (English Diff)
  20. Kurmanbek (2023-12-05). "Japan-themed edit-a-thon was held in Türkiye, hosted by BİLGİ Wikipedia Student Club". Diff (in en-US). Retrieved 2023-12-05. 
  21. Bustria, Butch; Lady01v (2023-12-22). "Organizing Wikimania 2023 : Results and Outcomes". Diff (in en-US). Retrieved 2023-12-22. 
  22. Wikimedia Japan-Türkiye Friendship/Online meeting 20 January 2024
  23. Wikimedia Japan-Türkiye Friendship Online meeting 20 January 2024 (English Diff)
  24. "Event:Wikimedia Japan-Türkiye Friendship edit-a-thon I - Meta". meta.wikimedia.org. Retrieved 2024-01-28. 
  25. Ormandy, Eugene (2024-02-22). "Wikimedia Japan-Türkiye Friendship edit-a-thon 5-11 February 2024". Diff (in en-US). Retrieved 2024-02-24. 
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  27. Ormandy, Eugene; Kurmanbek (2024-02-23). "Wikimedia Japonya-Türkiye Dostluk Vikimaratonu 5-11 Şubat 2024". Diff (in tr-TR). Retrieved 2024-02-24. 
  28. [2]
  29. ESEAP Conference 2024/Submissions/Experiences of Wikimedian of the Year 2023 winners