Benotzer: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 diploma in History, Chinese studies, and Computer Science.
In early 2010 I learn my ancestors' mother language actually was now-endangered Occitan, a 15-millions strong and vibrant culture which has been wiped out by France's policies.
For the past 10 years I've been professionally 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. In 2023-2024, I was the Wikimedian en résidence at Université de Toulouse.
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. In 2024, Lingua Libre celebrated its 1,300,000th recordings and 260 languages.
My Wikipedia contributions span diverse topics, with an 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, Commons and Lingua Libre. You may meet me IRL at 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 | WMF | Report |
| 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 |
| Hackathon | 2025 | Istanbul | WMF | Yug/2025 hackathon |
| 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.