WikiStipendiya

WikiStipendiya
WikiStipendiya marafoni
FormationMay 20, 2022 (2022-05-20)
Founder
Founded atTashkent, Uzbekistan
Legal statusOngoing
HeadquartersVirtual
MethodsEdit-a-thon
Official language
Uzbek
Key people
  • Alisher Saʼdullayev, Director of the Youth Affairs Agency
  • Mehrinoz Abbosova, Adviser of the Director of Youth Affairs Agency on the State Language
  • Muhammadxon Yusupov, Chairman of the State Young Artists Council
WebsiteOfficial Telegram channel

WikiStipendiya (Uzbek for WikiScholarship) is a WikiProject aimed at improving content on the Uzbek Wikipedia. The project is organized by the Youth Affairs the Republic of Administration of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Council of Young Artists, and the Wikimedians of the Uzbek Language User Group.[1] The name of the project is a portmanteau of the words "wiki" and "stipendiya" (scholarship). It focuses on encouraging content creation on the Uzbek Wikipedia, particularly by students, but is not limited to any group.[2] Another goal is to increase the number of editors on Uzbek-language wikis.

The first phase of the project, which ran from May to December 2022, was focused on encouraging individual participants to create quality content on projects of the Wikimedia Foundation, primarily Uzbek Wikipedia. The second phase, which ran from June to December 2023, was organized as series of shorter-term thematic edit-a-thons, with each month dedicated to a specific region of Uzbekistan. The second season also encouraged users to upload photographs of settlements and cultural heritage monuments in Uzbekistan to Wikimedia Commons. The third season, which was launched in May 2024, has been organized as a seven month edit-a-thon among groups of at least five members.

The edit-a-thon generated significant interest in Uzbekistan, with major publications running stories about the project throughout its duration. In 2023, WikiStipendiya won Best Project of the Year Award of the independent Rost24 news agency.[3]

  1. ^ ""Wiki-стипендия" марафони эълон қилинди". Sof. 16 May 2022. Archived from the original on 29 June 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Активные редакторы узбекской Википедии смогут получить до 50 млн сумов". Gazeta. 13 May 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Yoshlar ishlari agentligi "Eng namunali davlat tashkiloti"" (in Uzbek). Yoshlar ovozi. 29 January 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2023.