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    "North-West\nRussia Wiki-Historians User Group",
    "joint\ncontest with Italian Wikipedians",
    "in\nRussian about Italy and Italians",
    "in\nItalian about Russians and Russia",
    "vinеgret",
    "Leningrad cake",
    "Daurian hedgehog.",
    "the Iranian one",
    "Mark\nEkimov"
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  "textContent": "Isolated systems cannot exist; otherwise, a perpetual motion machine would be possible. For this reason, we, the North-West\nRussia Wiki-Historians User Group, actively seek cooperation within the Wikimedia movement. Following agreements reached during CEEM 2025, we held a joint\ncontest with Italian Wikipedians.\n\nThe contest took place from 20 February to 20 March 2026 simultaneously in the Russian and Italian Wikipedias. Participants created new articles in\nRussian about Italy and Italians, and in\nItalian about Russians and Russia.\n\nThe fact that such contests are being held is of genuine interest, given the rapidly changing world, and the results of this edit-a-thon are undoubtedly encouraging. 31 participants in the Russian-language contest (including jury members participating outside the contest) created 312 articles. Participants wrote about works of classical painting and contemporary cinema, about landmarks and symbols of Italy, heroes of the Italian Resistance, and tough mafia figures. Finally, about athletes (and Italy is famous for more than just footballers). Based on the contest results, three winners were selected, although the work of other users is also clearly worthy of praise.\n\nOn the Italian side, 53 users took part in the contest, producing 526 articles. Italians had previously also organized an edit-a-thon with Iranians, as CEEM allows very different participants to meet and coordinate; the results of the current collaboration surpassed those of the Iranian collaboration in both the Russian and Italian Wikimedia communities, which may indicate both the growing skill of the organizers and a smaller language barrier. Italians noticeably more actively used pre-prepared wordlists compiled by the organizers. We were particularly pleased with articles about such tasty foods as vinеgret or Leningrad cake and about such charming animals as Daurian hedgehog. However, we were somewhat surprised by the lack of interest in music. 7 winners of the contest in the Italian Wikipedia receive books related to Russia as prizes.\n\nThe “Italian edit-a-thon”, following \nthe Iranian one, allows us to hope that such “country studies” marathons will not become rare and will be held more often in the Russian section, covering new topics.\n\nIn co-autorship with _Mark\nEkimov_",
  "title": "No Wiki Is an Island: Russian and Italian Editors Collaborate\nAcross Borders"
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