User:Yug
About me
Hi there,
I'm a French citizen with multicultural indentity. My rural uprising in a forested area –shared by only 3% of European citizens– taught me to values education, wild life, and people.
My appetite for foreign cultures lead me into an exchange student year in Lukang, Taiwan, where I learnt Chinese language and culture, English, and multilingualism. My 20s were spent in France, Taiwan and India to acquire multiple diploma in History, Chinese studies, and Computer Science.
For the past 10 years I've been involved in higher education while active in language diversity revitalization via Wikimedia. I have expertise in open education, educational platform engineering, JavaScript, with a keen interest in expanding vocabulary resources. I'm currently Wikimedian en résidence.
My work
Since 2004, my journey as a devoted Wikimedian has seen me embracing diverse roles within the Wikimedia community. Drawing from my background in Chinese studies and e-learning, I've made substantial contributions, wearing hats as both an editor and a project coordinator.
My notable contributions include facilitating the creation of 15,000+ images and maps, as well as shaping Wikipedia Cartographic guidelines through the creation and coordination of the Graphic Labs and Map workshops. The creation of the CJK Stroke Order Project and the Ancient Chinese Characters Project also led to the collective production of 15,000 more files. Since 2012 I've been pivotal to the creation, facilitation, coding and promotion of Wikimedia France's LinguaLibre.org, a rapid audio recording system which celebrated its 1,300,000th recordings and 250 languages in 2024.
My Wikipedia contributions span diverse topics, with a strong emphasis on Chinese culture, contemporary social issues, and human rights. I've played lead roles, including in the 2020 Covid Task Force, and held administrative positions on Wikipedia FR and Commons. I am an active participant in real-life Wikimedia events, such as Wikimania ('07,'13,'14,'17,'18,'19,'21,'22,'23,'24) and Hackathons.
- Wikimédia_France/Actions
- The Signpost > The Cartographers of WikiProject Maps — 2012 interview about Cartographic creation on Wikipedia.
Contact me
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Various groups are doing their best to revitalize marginalized languages. Lingualibre is part of it.
Events & Grants report
| Type | Year | Place | Funding | Report |
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| Wikimania | 2007 | Taipei | personal | none img |
| Wikimania | 2013 | Hongkong | WMCH | ? |
| Hackathon | 2014 | Amsterdam | ? | Project description |
| Wikimania | 2014 | London | WMFR | Sent (email). |
| Hackathon | 2017 | Zurich | ? | |
| Hackathon | 2017 | Vienna | ? | |
| Wikimania | 2017 | Montreal | WMF | Grants:TPS/Yug/Wikimania#Feedback |
| Hackathon | 2018 | Barcelona | WMF Project Grants | Action led with project leader. No personal report. |
| Wikimania | 2018 | Cap Town | WMF Project Grants | Action led with project leader. No dedicated report. |
| Hackathon | 2019 | Pragues | WMFR | Wikimedia_France/Micro-financement/Demande/WM_Hackathon_Prague_2019 |
| Wikimania | 2019 | Stockholm | WMFR | m:wikimania:2019:Languages/LinguaLibre.fr |
| Wikimania | 2021 | Online | n.a. | n.a. |
| Wikimania | 2022 | Online | n.a. | wikimania:2022:Submissions/LinguaLibre: pivoting to diversity & Hackathon Showcase |
| Hackathon | 2023 | Athen | WMF | Yug/2023 hackathon |
| Wikimania | 2023 | Singapore | Toulouse University / WMF | User:Yug/2023 Wikimania |
| WikiCamp 2024 | France | Saint Malo | Wikimedia France | [FR]Review of Lingua Libre situation (2023-2025) |
| Wikimania | 2024 | Poland | Toulouse University | User:Yug/2024 Wikimania • [Round table languages diversity]Submissions |
| Wikiconvention | 2024 | Canada | Wikimedia Canada | User:Yug/2024 Wikiconvention : Lingua Libre • Langage sifflé • SignIt • Wikirésidences URFIST • Lingua Libre, Wiktionnaire et enfants • IA et wikis |
| Missing informations are somewhere in my archives and need further digging. | ||||
Major actions
Abbreviations: WP = Wikipedia -- LL = LinguaLibre -- CM = Commons -- CO = Coordination -- PC = Project Creation -- FR = Fund request.
- *2020 Covid Task Force was a necessary, non stop, 65 days, 14h/day sprint on Covid related articles, Wikipedia English.