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I am a long-time contributor to the Wikimedia movement, beginning with the Marathi Wikipedia, where I’ve served as an administrator, creating content, developing templates, and maintaining project quality. My journey has expanded globally through organizing and coordinating campaigns like Wikipedia Asian Month, Wiki Loves Folklore, and Feminism and Folklore, which celebrate cultural diversity and document intangible heritage.
As lead coordinator of Wiki Loves Folklore, I’ve helped grow the campaign into a vibrant global initiative, engaging thousands of contributors across communities. I also contribute to Wikimedia Commons in areas like image categorization, licensing, and translation tools, and have previously served as a VRT member handling copyright permissions.
My work is driven by a commitment to free knowledge, cultural representation, and building inclusive spaces within the Wikimedia ecosystem.
Sessions
This roundtable invites Wikimedians from across the globe to engage in an open dialogue on enhancing the impact of two international campaigns: Wiki Loves Folklore and Feminism and Folklore. #WeTogether, will exchange ideas, challenges, success stories, and innovative strategies to document cultural heritage and bridge the gender content gap on Wikimedia platforms. As we reflect on 20 years of the Wikimedia movement, this session is a collaborative space to co-create the future of inclusive, community-led campaigns.
Wiki Loves Folklore is an international campaign dedicated to documenting and preserving the world's rich cultural traditions, festivals, and folklore through the Wikimedia movement. Since its inception, it has empowered volunteers from diverse backgrounds to contribute freely-licensed media and content on intangible cultural heritage, addressing gaps in global knowledge representation. This lecture will explore the campaign's evolution, community collaborations, impact metrics, and innovative tools developed to scale participation across continents. We’ll showcase how storytelling through local knowledge can become a universal bridge, promoting equity and representation. Aligned with Wikimania@20’s theme, this session emphasizes inclusivity, measurable impact, and sustainable content creation—making folklore not just a relic of the past, but a living, evolving asset on the world’s largest free knowledge platforms.