Community digest: Norwegian-Armenian partnership to improve Wikipedia’s content on the two countries; news in brief – Wikimedia Blog
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Summary:
"In November and December 2016, Wikimedia Armenia and Wikimedia Norway (Norge)—two independent chapters that work to advance the Wikimedia movement—held parallel editing contests in their home countries. The initiative encouraged Armenian editors to write about Norway and Norwegian editors to write about Armenia on their respective language Wikipedias; the winner in each country is getting a free trip to the country they wrote about as a reward.
The cross-border event is held to show the values of Wikimedia as an international movement. It was kindled when Tove Eivindsen, a former trustee of Wikimedia Norway (pictured above), visited Wikimedia Armenia’s office in 2015.
On the Norwegian Wikipedia, the contest focused on quality. Two active editors read the new articles, and nominated the top 10. Another committee, consisting of a representative from the National Archives in Norway, a nonfiction writer, and a journalist, reviewed the top 10 nominees and gave a final decision. Commentary on each of the top 10 articles was posted to the article discussion pages to inspire further improvement.
Wikipedian Telaneo took first place in this competition with his article about Levon Ter-Petrosian, the first president of Armenia. Telaneo is planning a visit to Armenia in the summer. In total, 65 new Norwegian-language articles have been created as part of the contest.
On the Armenian Wikipedia, 34 users participated in the contest, focusing on Norway’s geography, the history of the country, and celebrities; they created 766 articles. After the contest, a jury consisting of Wikimedia Armenia staff assessed and gave points to each article. The Armenian-language winner was Gardmanahay, given for editing the best articles about Norway. The winner announcement and award ceremony were part of the Wikipedia 16 celebration at the Wikimedia Armenia office in Yerevan in January.
We hope to continue our collaboration on cross-chapter work in the coming years!"