WikiStipendiya

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 edit-a-thon generated significant interest in Uzbekistan, with major publications running stories about the project throughout its duration.

[3] WikiStipendiya was inspired by a 2019 decree of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on encouraging the creation of quality digital content in Uzbek.

With the support of the Youth Affairs Agency, a series of 12 video lessons were recorded and uploaded to Uzbek Wikipedia's YouTube channel prior to the official launch of the edit-a-thon.

[7] The initiative was launched on 1 June 2023 at Namangan State University with an event featuring representative of the Youth Affairs Agency and active Wikimedians.

[10] Active members of the Wikimedians of the Uzbek Language User Group took on responsibility for evaluating the participants' contributions.

Another side project launched during the second phase was WikiQuiz, a series of group quiz games with trivia questions taken from Wikipedia articles.

Two of the camps were thematically modeled around Hogwarts, the fictional boarding school of magic for students in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series.

[19] In addition, a large number of files were uploaded to Wikimedia Commons, particularly photographs of settlements and heritage sites taken during WikiTours to 12 out of the 14 administrative divisions of Uzbekistan.

WikiStipendiya press conference in Tashkent
Maryana Iskander and Jimmy Wales 's video address screened at the WikiStipendiya Awards Ceremony
WikiStipendiya II Awards Ceremony held in Tashkent on December 16, 2023
Participants of the weeklong WikiOromgoh-2 camp