​Sempena Bulan Asia Wikipedia tahun lalu, kami telah menganjurkan sebuah bengkel Wikimedia kepada mahasiswa Universiti Malaya (UM) pada 19 Disember 2025.

Dalam bengkel tersebut, kami mendedahkan cara menyunting di laman ensiklopedia bebas, Wikipedia dan memasukkan perkataan ke kamus bebas dalam talian, Wikikamus (Wiktionary).

Bengkel turut dijalankan secara serentak bersama rakan-rakan Wikimedia di Jepun, sempena jalinan Persahabatan Wikimedia Jepun-Malaysia.

Pada acara ini, Dr. Woo Wai Sheng dari Jabatan Bahasa-Bahasa Asia dan Eropah, Fakulti Bahasa dan Linguistik UM juga berkesempatan menyampaikan ucapan alu-aluan.

Acara ini turut mendapat sokongan Kedutaan Besar Jepun di Malaysia dan Kedutaan Besar Malaysia di Jepun ini, dan telah berjaya menghasilkan 10 rencana baharu di Wikipedia dan memasukkan 391 perkataan bahasa Jepun ke Wikikamus.

Wikimedia Malaysia amat berbesar hati dengan kerjasama ini. Semoga dapat bersama-sama menyumbang pengetahuan untuk semua.

The Iban Wikipedia has officially commemorated its first anniversary, following its launch on October 14, 2024, reaching a milestone of 1,940 published articles. After a 14-year developmental phase in the Wikimedia Incubator, the platform's expansion has been primarily driven by continuous translation efforts and community outreach programs designed to recruit new editors. Key educational initiatives, including the WikiTour 2.0 workshop at IPG Rajang and an anniversary editing event at SMK Bukit Assek in Sibu, have successfully trained participants to contribute dozens of new Wikipedia articles and Malay Wiktionary lemmas. Looking ahead, community contributors aim to diversify the platform's content across disciplines such as science and technology, working to elevate the Iban language as a recognized medium of global knowledge.

This diff is available in Deutsch, English, Jaku Iban, and Bahasa Melayu.

Writer:  Song GK, Iban Wikipedia Admin

​As of early 2026, Wikipedia has evolved from a "digital dream" into the backbone of the internet, now serving as a primary data source for AI and search engines. In Malaysia, the platform has seen massive growth in local language content, high readership, and international award-winning projects for indigenous language preservation.

​Pada Oktober 2025, SMK Bukit Assek di Sibu menjadi tuan rumah bagi bengkel memperkasa Bahasa Iban di Wikipedia dan Wikikamus. Program ini bertujuan melatih guru dan pelajar cara menulis serta menyunting kandungan dalam bahasa ibunda mereka agar ia kekal relevan dalam dunia digital.

​Almost a year after winning the International Green Gown Awards for our indigenous language preservation project, Wikimedia Community User Group Malaysia was invited to present on indigenous lifeways and biodiversity at Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan on 30th August 2025.

Malay Wikipedia administrator PeaceSeekers recently participated in "The World Destubathon," a global Wikipedia editing competition held from June 16 to July 13. Despite time constraints from a concurrent internship, PeaceSeekers successfully expanded 26 STEMM-related stub articles on the English Wikipedia, focusing primarily on obscure, endangered, and medically significant botanical species such as the Bornean Melicope sororia. By leveraging a formal background in biochemistry to navigate rigorous English scientific writing and translate foreign-language references, PeaceSeekers was officially recognized by the event organizer as the leading STEMM writer for the final two weeks of the contest. Supported by Wikimedia UK and the Open Knowledge Association (OKA), the experience successfully bridged the editor's academic expertise with digital knowledge sharing and has inspired their ongoing commitment to the broader 50,000 Destubbing Challenge.

Writer: PeaceSeekers

Following a recent Wikisource Conference in Denpasar, Bali, Wikimedia contributor PeaceSeekers highlighted the growing technical synergy between Wikisource and Wikidata as a transformative step for digital archiving. The integration offers multiple advanced capabilities, including text annotation via the Annotate QID template for contextual reading, and structural linking using the Wikidata Book Model to dynamically organize complex metadata. Furthermore, this bilateral linkage enables precise lexical referencing for historical dictionaries and the cross-referencing of intertextual quotes—such as tracing Persian excerpts or Islamic hadiths found in classical Malay manuscripts like the Sulalatus Salatin back to their primary origins. Highlighting a beta reading application developed by the Indian Wikisource community that operates entirely on queried Wikidata metadata via API, the report underscores how integrating these platforms can significantly enhance the accessibility, contextual depth, and functional potential of open-source historical texts.

Writer: ​PeaceSeekers

The WikiKata initiative, spearheaded by the Wikimedia Community User Group Malaysia (WCUGM) in collaboration with the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) and other national agencies, has garnered international recognition for its efforts to preserve endangered indigenous languages. Through an immersive, community-based framework, the project deploys student volunteers to rural settlements to train indigenous groups, such as the Mendriq and Kensiu tribes, in documenting their native languages on digital platforms like Wiktionary and Wikipedia. This collaborative approach to sustainable capacity-building earned WikiKata the International Green Gown Award 2024 for Student Engagement and formal acknowledgment at the UNU-IAS RCE Awards 2024. Bolstered by institutional funding and comprehensive media coverage, the initiative is actively expanding its digital preservation footprint through nationwide school competitions and upcoming outreach programs targeting the Jakun community.

Writer: EmpAhmadK