MINUTES FOR THE THIRD WIKIPEDIA RAPID GRANT TRAINING MEETING HELD ONLINE ON 14TH APRIL 2026

MINUTES FOR THE THIRD WIKIPEDIA RAPID GRANT TRAINING MEETING HELD ONLINE ON 14TH APRIL 2026 FROM 7:00 PM TO 8: 08 PM.

MEMBERS’ PRESENT

RETURNING EDITORS

  1. GL  
  2. CC  
  3. MC
  4. MO
  5. BK
  6. JK
  7. BK
  8. TM
  9. AL
  10. MO

NEW EDITORS

  1. CW
  2. EM
  3. GT
  4. JW
  5. PC  
  6. MN
  7. VM
  8. KA

US TEAM

  1. CM
  2. RH

ABSENT WITH APOLOGY

  1. TM
  2. MO
  3. MJ

ABSENT WITHOUT APOLOGY

  1. SM
  2. EK
  3. MN
  4. VK
  5. JM
  6. MN
  7. M.N.N

AGENDA

1. Preamble

2. Mentorship template

3.Article Review

4.AOB

MIN 1/12/2026: PREAMBLE

The meeting was chaired by RH. She welcomed the trainer, C.

MIN 2/12/2026: MENTORSHIP TEMPLATE

C demonstrated how and where to incorporate the mentorship template in the articles’ sandboxes and talkpages for the new editors to protect them from further deletion of the articles from their sandboxes.

MIN 3/12/2026: ARTICLE REVIEW

Christine led through the review of the following articles:

Omega Bula

Eva Chipenda- use the last name Eva Chipenda then the full names as you introduce, overlinking. Often, proper nouns are linked. Merge small sub-sections and differentiate between external links and citations

ADJOURNMENT

There being no other business, the meeting ended at 8:08pm