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|short_description=Celebrating 25 Years of Wikipedia
|short_description=Celebrating 25 Years of Wikipedia
|description=The conference looks back at 25 years of Wikipediasm, and aims to ask some difficult questions around capacity, impact, and sustainability. Please find the '''[[Celebrating 25 Years of Wikipedia: Call for Abstracts|call for abstracts here]]'''.
|description=The conference looks back at 25 years of Wikipediasm, and aims to ask some difficult questions around capacity, impact, and sustainability. Please find the '''[[Celebrating 25 Years of Wikipedia: Call for Abstracts|call for abstracts here]]'''.
The conference program is on: '''[[Wikiversary 2026/Program]]'''
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<strong>The following is the schedule for our [[Wikiversary 2026|Wikiversary conference]]. It will be updated in the next few days. The MOC for the conference is Rida Naushad Khan, a postgraduate student at the Department of Political Science in Jamia Millia Islamia. </strong>
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! Time
! Session
! Speaker
|-
| 10:00-10:15 AM
| Welcome Note
| Rida Naushad Khan
|-
| 10:15-10:30 AM
| Icebreaker Activity
| TBD
|-
| 10:30-11:00 AM
| ''Knowledge Consumption and Contribution Trends: Moving from Blame to Claim'' <small>(Based on [[meta:Wikimedia Futures Lab|Wikimedia Futures Lab]])</small>
| [[Member:Aafi|Aaqib Anjum Aafi]], Founder/Chair, Executive Board, Deoband Community Wikimedia
|-
| 11:00-11:30 AM
| ''The Role of Wikipedia in Promoting Educational Equity''
| Majid Bashir, PhD scholar, Department of Sociology, Jamia Milia Islamia
|-
! scope="row" colspan="3" | 11:30 AM - 11:45 AM  - Tea Break
|-
| 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM
| ''Wikipedia and the Myth of the Universal Reader: Language, Memory, and Uneven Knowledge Worlds''
| Arjun Kumar, PhD Scholar, School of International Studies, JNU
|-
| 12-15-12:35 PM
| ''Exploring AI and Wiki: How the two impact each other?''
|  [[:meta:User:Brainwavewizard|Wikipedian Brainwavewizard]], Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University.
|-
| 12:35-12:55 PM
| ''Wikipedia and Formal Learning: a study of Wikipedia activities at St Aloysius Mangalore (case-study)''
| virtually presented by [[meta:User:Santhosh Notagar99|Santhosh Notagar]], HOD and Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Animation, St Aloysius, Mangalore
|-
| 12:55-01:15 PM
| ''Consensus or Crowd-Sourced Hegemony?''
| Zeba Ansari, NCWEB, Delhi University
|-
! scope="row" colspan="3" | 01:15 PM - 02:00 PM  - Lunch Break
|-
| 02:00-02:30 PM
| ''Confidence and Leadership: Analysing women in the Wikimedia ecosystem''
| [[:meta:User:Gauri Guptaa|Gauri Guptaa]], BTech graduate, Shambhunath Institute of Engineering and Technology, Allahabad.
|-
| 02:30-02:50 PM
| TBD
| TBD
|-
| 02:50-03:30 PM
| ''Artificial Intelligence-Based Alternatives for Wikipedia: WikiGen and Grokipedia''
| virtually presented by [[:meta:User:Csisc|Houcemeddine Turki]]
|-
| 03:30-04:00 PM
| ''Building Communities Digitally''
| Dr Aishwarya Kumar, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University Delhi; formerly Assistant Professor, Department of English, Jamia Millia Islamia
|-
| 04:00-04:20 PM
| TBD
| TBD
|-
| 04:20-04:45 PM
| TBD
| TBD
|-
| 04:45 PM - 5:00 PM  || Concluding Remarks || Organisers
|}

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Wikiversary 2026
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Celebrating 25 Years of Wikipedia
The conference looks back at 25 years of Wikipediasm, and aims to ask some difficult questions around capacity, impact, and sustainability. Please find the call for abstracts here.

Mode: Hybrid
Location: New Delhi

Link (if applicable): – or download calendar item (.ics)

Keywords: Wikiversary


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The following is the schedule for our Wikiversary conference. It will be updated in the next few days. The MOC for the conference is Rida Naushad Khan, a postgraduate student at the Department of Political Science in Jamia Millia Islamia.

Time Session Speaker
10:00-10:15 AM Welcome Note Rida Naushad Khan
10:15-10:30 AM Icebreaker Activity TBD
10:30-11:00 AM Knowledge Consumption and Contribution Trends: Moving from Blame to Claim (Based on Wikimedia Futures Lab) Aaqib Anjum Aafi, Founder/Chair, Executive Board, Deoband Community Wikimedia
11:00-11:30 AM The Role of Wikipedia in Promoting Educational Equity Majid Bashir, PhD scholar, Department of Sociology, Jamia Milia Islamia
11:30 AM - 11:45 AM - Tea Break
11:45 AM - 12:15 PM Wikipedia and the Myth of the Universal Reader: Language, Memory, and Uneven Knowledge Worlds Arjun Kumar, PhD Scholar, School of International Studies, JNU
12-15-12:35 PM Exploring AI and Wiki: How the two impact each other? Wikipedian Brainwavewizard, Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University.
12:35-12:55 PM Wikipedia and Formal Learning: a study of Wikipedia activities at St Aloysius Mangalore (case-study) virtually presented by Santhosh Notagar, HOD and Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Animation, St Aloysius, Mangalore
12:55-01:15 PM Consensus or Crowd-Sourced Hegemony? Zeba Ansari, NCWEB, Delhi University
01:15 PM - 02:00 PM - Lunch Break
02:00-02:30 PM Confidence and Leadership: Analysing women in the Wikimedia ecosystem Gauri Guptaa, BTech graduate, Shambhunath Institute of Engineering and Technology, Allahabad.
02:30-02:50 PM TBD TBD
02:50-03:30 PM Artificial Intelligence-Based Alternatives for Wikipedia: WikiGen and Grokipedia virtually presented by Houcemeddine Turki
03:30-04:00 PM Building Communities Digitally Dr Aishwarya Kumar, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University Delhi; formerly Assistant Professor, Department of English, Jamia Millia Islamia
04:00-04:20 PM TBD TBD
04:20-04:45 PM TBD TBD
04:45 PM - 5:00 PM Concluding Remarks Organisers
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