{"id":239,"date":"2025-05-22T12:40:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T10:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wikimedia.de\/2024\/?page_id=239"},"modified":"2025-07-24T15:54:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T13:54:19","slug":"volunteers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wikimedia.de\/2024\/en\/themes\/volunteers\/","title":{"rendered":"Together we are strong – how Wikimedia Deutschland strengthens volunteer communities"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Every day, millions of people find reliable information from trusted sources in the German-language Wikipedia: Facts rather than misinformation! This is thanks to a strong community of volunteers who share their knowledge and help Wikipedia grow \u2013 with up to 400 new articles per day. None of this is possible without backing. Wikimedia Deutschland has been supporting the work of volunteers for over 20 years and is committed to ensuring that the community remains strong \u2013 again with a successful outcome in 2024!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\n \n A packed program, exchange and engagement: the 2024 community conferences <\/span>\n <\/h2>\n <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Together, community volunteers and Wikimedia Deutschland once again successfully organized community conferences in 2024. First and foremost the WikiCon<\/a> in Wiesbaden. The annual “family reunion” of the German-speaking communities offered a varied conference program with more than 80 presentations, workshops and panel discussions. The focus was primarily on practical work on Wikipedia and its sister projects. However, another focus was on major future topics such as the impact of artificial intelligence on Wikipedia and the resilience of Free Knowledge in a world in crisis mode. In addition to the many committed volunteers, external guests such as Kirsten Bode and Andreas Gr\u00fcn from the German television broadcaster ZDF, Thomas Laufersweiler from the TV broadcaster ARD, Prof. Dr. Cornelia Mothes from Macromedia University in Leipzig and Prof. Dr. Claudia Paganini from the Munich School of Philosophy were also present. At a festive evening event, the “WikiOwls” were awarded to outstanding active contributors and projects for the eleventh time. The topics of the Wikipedia Future Congress (more on this in the Wikimedia article) were also discussed further at WikiCon.<\/p>\n

With a total of 362 participants (263 on site and 99 online), it was the WikiCon with the highest number of attendees to date. “A good atmosphere, great opportunities for exchange, very good presentations, a good balance between a working atmosphere and relaxed conversations” \u2013 this is how one community member summarized the WikiCon 2024. The WikiCon is one of several community conferences that are organized every year in close cooperation with Wikimedia Deutschland and that provide important impulses. AdminCon<\/a> \u2013 the meeting of volunteers who administer the German-language Wikipedia \u2013 was also very popular again. The same goes for FemNetzCon<\/a>, which brought together FLINTA* Wikipedians from Germany, Austria and Switzerland for the fourth time \u2013 with the goal to make Wikipedia more diverse.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The volunteer support barometer shows top values again<\/p>\n\n

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Every year, we use the volunteer support barometer<\/a> to measure how satisfied the community is with Wikimedia Deutschland’s offers of support. For 2024, the survey continued to show a very high level of satisfaction with the association’s funding: 9.44 out of a maximum of 10 points. “A nice indicator that our offerings are noticed and appreciated by the communities,” says Sandro Halank from the team Community Conferences & Volunteer Support. In total, Wikimedia Deutschland provided 997 services for volunteers \u2013 an increase of 39 percent compared to the previous year \u2013 and supported 257 projects with over 2,000 participants.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n

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