Activities/2022

An overview of the activities in 2022 related to Wikimedia that took place in Belgium or by volunteers from Wikimedia Belgium. We collect all our general assemblies, board meetings, meetings with other organisations and people, project meetings, presentations, workshops, edit-a-thons, conferences, press releases, publications, invitations and newsletters, (photo) contests, and many other activities and milestones.

Long-running projects

Heilig-Hartcollege (Mechelen-aan-de-Maas)
Paul Hermans

• 1 July - 31 October - Wiki Loves Heritage 2022 in Belgium
• Wiki Helpdesk, via videoconference, every Tuesday from 19:00 – 21:00
• Writing session at the Industriemuseum Gent, every first Thursday of the month
• Managing Wikimedia projects with Wikidata
• Photography of stuffed animals
• Pywikibot programming
• Volunteer support

Wikimedian in Residence

We have started 2 Wikimedian in Residence projects in 2022:

• KOERS. Museum van de Wielersport
• Amazone vzw - Wikipedia als instrument voor gender mainstreaming

Newsletters

We publish monthly newsletters:

• Newsletters
• GLAM Newsletter

February 2022

Virtual meetings

• 3 February - Meeting STAM Museum, Gent
• 10 February - Public Domain day (video conference)
• 10 February - Wiki Loves Heritage Award Ceremony 2021 (video conference)
• 11 February - University of Liège women and science, Liège
• 23-24 February - Shakespeare is dead Wikipediaschrijfsessie, Leuven

March 2022

• 3 March - Schrijfsessie Industriemuseum Gent
• 5 March - WikiMatrimoine 2022, Brussel
• 22 March - Royal Athenaeum Hannut
• 24 March - Expert meeting Vlaams Architectuurinstituut, Antwerpen
• 25 March - Conservatorium Gent
• 28 March - Athenaeum de Huy
• 28 March - 1 April - Verleden week, Projectweek studenten geschiedenis, UGent
• 29 March - FARO Heritage Training, Brussel

April 2022

Standbeeld van Pierre De Geyter

• 1 April - Meeting with CAPITAL, Brussel
• 1 April - Erasmushogeschool Brussel
• 7 April - Conservatorium, Gent
• 7 April - Industriemuseum, Gent
• 22 April - Erasmushogeschool Brussel
• 26 April - Workshop Wikidata in Gent
• 26 April - WikiProject Open Tourism Data, Brussel
• 29 April - OpenBelgium
• 28 April - DigiBou, project meeting with Museum Hof van Busleyden, Mechelen
• Until 30 April - Wiki Loves Africa photo campaign

May 2022

WikiCheese Brussels

Prijsuitreiking Wiki Loves Pajottenland Zennevallei 2021

• 5 May - Industriemuseum, Afrikaanse pagnes
• 6 May-6 June - Fotowedstrijd Windmolens
• 11 May - Wikicheese Belgique, Brussel
• 15 May-6 June - 1Lib1Ref - adding references to Wikipedia articles
• 20-22 May - Wikimedia Hackathon 2022
• 21 May - Prijsuitreiking Wiki Loves PZ (photo campaign Pajottenland-Zennevallei)

June 2022

• 2 June - Meeting Castelhof
• 18 June - General Assembly

July 2022

• 1 July-31 August - Wikipedia wants pictures #WPWPBE adding pictures to Wikipedia
• 1 July-31 October - Wiki Loves Heriage photo contest

August 2022

• 11-14 August - Wikimania 2022

September 2022

Photography of stuffed animals (dog crane)

• 9-11 September - Wikimedia Summit 2022 (international affiliates and user group meeting in Berlin)
• 13-14 September - Linked data and international standards for cultural heritage, Brussels
• 14-16 September - 2022 European GLAMwiki Coordinators meeting, Prague

October 2022

• 4 October - OCLC contactdag, Rotterdam
• 17 October - UGent, African Archeology, Gent
• 21 October - Maraton WikiMatrimoine, Brussels

November 2022

Vrouwentongen, Antwerpen

Wikipédia Flémalle

• 9 November - Vrouwentongen, Vlaams Architectuurinstituut, Antwerpen
• 15 November - Wiki in de klas training and meeting, Leuven
• 17-18 November - Learning days, Paris
• 18 November - Meeting with the Koning Boudewijnstichting, Brussel
• 19-20 November - French WikiConvention, Paris
• 19 November - WikiconNL, Utrecht (presentation)
• 21 November - Evaluation DigiBou, Museum Hof van Busleyden, Mechelen
• 23 November - University of Liège women and science, Flémalle
• 28 November - OpenRefine, Gent (documentation)

December 2022

• 2-3 December - Big Fat meeting, Brussels - Wikimedia Europe
• 3 December - VSDC meeting, Antwerpen
• 6 December - ISFSC edit-a-thon, Brussel
• 7 December - University of Liège women and science, Flémalle
• 8 December - Let's Connect Learning Clinic: Managing Wikimedia projects with Wikidata (presentation)
• 9 December - Meeting with Amazone, Brussel

International collaboration

• Wikimedia Europe
• WikiFranca
• Wikimedia France
• Wikimedia Nederland

Long term collaborations

• Industriemuseum, Gent
• Jenevermuseum, Hasselt
• Molens Van Orshoven, city heritage project in Leuven
• Streetnames in Leuven
• Slowby, Brussels

Activities

• 
  Afrikaanse pagnes
• 
  Molens Van Orshoven
• 
  Founding meeting 2013, Gent
• 
  Congopaviljoen, Brussel
• 
  Boekentoren, Gent
• 
  Brussel Noord
• 
  Weekly virtual meeting

Wiki Loves Heritage Belgium

The winning images for Wiki Loves Heritage 2022 in Belgium:

• 
  1. Heilig-Hartcollege, Mechelen-aan-de-Maas
  Paul Hermans
• 
  2. Mirabrug, Hamme-Waasmunster
  Herman.vandenbroeck
• 
  3. Utopia, Aalst
  Leo Van Vreckem
• 
  4. Leiebrug, Bissegem
  KrisRF
• 
  5. Kasteel Beauvoorde
  Herman.vandenbroeck
• 
  6. Stadshal, Gent
  Leo Van Vreckem
• 
  7. Kasteel Kruikenburg, Ternat
  Anja Meert
• 
  8. Merchtemse steltenlopers
  Willy Bellemans
• 
  9. Fort de la Chartreuse, Liège
  Nenea hartia
• 
  10. Bakkerijmuseum, Veurne
  Nele Behaeghel

Wiki Loves Africa

• 
  Winning image Ziguinchor
  Geertivp

Meetings

• 
  WMBE chat

Presentations

• 
  ISBN data

Documents

• 
  GLAM Wikidata project managment

See also

• Annual report from Wikimedia Belgium over 2022