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Unfortunately the Latvian Wikipedia Marathon seems to be discontinued.
[[File:Vikimaratona plakāts Ģertrūdes ielā.jpg|thumb|Wikipedia Marathon poster in Riga]]
'''Latvian Wikipedia Marathon''' ({{lang-lv|Latvijas Vikipēdijas maratons}}) was a project that brought together the Latvian Wikipedia community with several private partners in joint effort with the aim of expanding the [[Latvian Wikipedia]] to activate the usability of the [[Latvian language]] in the learning process, cognition and research work. The marathon opened on 11 March 2015. The project aimed to expand the Latvian Wikipedia to 100 thousand articles by the centenary of Latvian independence (18 November 2018).
The marathon was an initiative of [[Norvik Banka]], and partners - the [[University of Latvia]], the [[Latvian State Language Center|State Language Centre]], [[Latvian Wikipedia]] editors, [[Latvijas Radio 5|Radio 5]], the digital language services company [[Tilde (company)|Tilde]], information campaign supported by [[Delfi (web portal)|Delfi.lv]], the best prize for writers provided by [[Samsung]]. In March 2015 Latvian Wikipedia contained around 59 thousand articles. For comparison, the [[Lithuanian Wikipedia]] has about 170 thousand and the [[Estonian Wikipedia]] 131 thousand.
== Campaign ==
Within the period from March to August 2015 an organized campaign took place calling on broader Latvian society to engage in the expansion of Wikipedia. The campaign explained the importance of Wikipedia, as well as providing information on Wikipedia article creation. The Marathon campaign was promoted on social networks, as well as through physical advertising. A series of YouTube videos were distributed which featured the following people: biathlete [[Andrejs Rastorgujevs]]; University of Latvia Rector [[Mārcis Auziņš]]; writer [[Inga Žolude]]; [[draugiem.lv]] spokesman [[Jānis Palkavnieks]]; musician [[Jānis Stībelis]]; Wikipedia activist Edgars Lecis.<ref>{{cite web|title=Piedalies Latvijas Vikipēdijas maratonā 2015!|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DmtJAilkrw|website=YouTube|author=Norvik Banka}}</ref>
== Awards ==
A jury jointly formed by the marathon partners will evaluate the articles according to several criteria, and the end of the campaign, four authors will receive prizes. Articles are judged in the following categories:
* Best Quality article with the greatest intellectual contribution (one or a few especially designed articles)
* Most valuable contribution (a combination of quantity and quality)
* Most-Read article (author, whose articles or one article is particularly read)
* Internet sympathies prize
=== Thematic partner weeks ===
The campaign also had thematic partner weeks, within which the best article on each topic would receive a prize from the partner.
{| class="wikitable"
!Period
!Partner
!Theme
|-
|13.04 — 26.04
|[[University of Latvia]]
|Latvian Science
|-
|27.04 — 10.05
|[[Latvijas Radio 5]]
|Latvian new music
|-
|11.05 — 24.05
|[[Delfi (web portal)|Delfi.lv]]
|Latvian media
|-
|25.05 — 31.05
|[[Latvian State Language Center]]
|Latvian book creators: authors, translators, artists, publishers
|-
|01.06 — 07.06
|[[Draugiem.lv]]
|My region
|-
|08.06 — 14.06
|Wikipedia editors
|Latvian specially protected natural areas
|}
== References ==
{{reflist}}
== External links==
*{{official website|www.vikimaratons.lv}}
[[Category:Wikipedia]]
[[Category:Latvian society]]
'''Latvian Wikipedia Marathon''' ({{lang-lv|Latvijas Vikipēdijas maratons}}) was a project that brought together the Latvian Wikipedia community with several private partners in joint effort with the aim of expanding the [[Latvian Wikipedia]] to activate the usability of the [[Latvian language]] in the learning process, cognition and research work. The marathon opened on 11 March 2015. The project aimed to expand the Latvian Wikipedia to 100 thousand articles by the centenary of Latvian independence (18 November 2018).
The marathon was an initiative of [[Norvik Banka]], and partners - the [[University of Latvia]], the [[Latvian State Language Center|State Language Centre]], [[Latvian Wikipedia]] editors, [[Latvijas Radio 5|Radio 5]], the digital language services company [[Tilde (company)|Tilde]], information campaign supported by [[Delfi (web portal)|Delfi.lv]], the best prize for writers provided by [[Samsung]]. In March 2015 Latvian Wikipedia contained around 59 thousand articles. For comparison, the [[Lithuanian Wikipedia]] has about 170 thousand and the [[Estonian Wikipedia]] 131 thousand.
== Campaign ==
Within the period from March to August 2015 an organized campaign took place calling on broader Latvian society to engage in the expansion of Wikipedia. The campaign explained the importance of Wikipedia, as well as providing information on Wikipedia article creation. The Marathon campaign was promoted on social networks, as well as through physical advertising. A series of YouTube videos were distributed which featured the following people: biathlete [[Andrejs Rastorgujevs]]; University of Latvia Rector [[Mārcis Auziņš]]; writer [[Inga Žolude]]; [[draugiem.lv]] spokesman [[Jānis Palkavnieks]]; musician [[Jānis Stībelis]]; Wikipedia activist Edgars Lecis.<ref>{{cite web|title=Piedalies Latvijas Vikipēdijas maratonā 2015!|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DmtJAilkrw|website=YouTube|author=Norvik Banka}}</ref>
== Awards ==
A jury jointly formed by the marathon partners will evaluate the articles according to several criteria, and the end of the campaign, four authors will receive prizes. Articles are judged in the following categories:
* Best Quality article with the greatest intellectual contribution (one or a few especially designed articles)
* Most valuable contribution (a combination of quantity and quality)
* Most-Read article (author, whose articles or one article is particularly read)
* Internet sympathies prize
=== Thematic partner weeks ===
The campaign also had thematic partner weeks, within which the best article on each topic would receive a prize from the partner.
{| class="wikitable"
!Period
!Partner
!Theme
|-
|13.04 — 26.04
|[[University of Latvia]]
|Latvian Science
|-
|27.04 — 10.05
|[[Latvijas Radio 5]]
|Latvian new music
|-
|11.05 — 24.05
|[[Delfi (web portal)|Delfi.lv]]
|Latvian media
|-
|25.05 — 31.05
|[[Latvian State Language Center]]
|Latvian book creators: authors, translators, artists, publishers
|-
|01.06 — 07.06
|[[Draugiem.lv]]
|My region
|-
|08.06 — 14.06
|Wikipedia editors
|Latvian specially protected natural areas
|}
== References ==
{{reflist}}
== External links==
*{{official website|www.vikimaratons.lv}}
[[Category:Wikipedia]]
[[Category:Latvian society]]
