Yesterday i received a message from perenniallylate notifying me that he had mapped village 99 on the list, Tremul, and asking me if it was okay for him to map some villages in the upcoming weeks.

I thanked him in private, but also want to thank him publicly for contributing to mapping Albania and putting Albanian villages on the map.

Anyone can map any village from the list, because I can always add more villages to it. It would be amazing if you could send me a message or leave a comment that you mapped it, but even if you do not, it is totally okay.

Today I continued mapping and mapped Kryemadh and the surrounding areas, including villages Kalimash and Shtanë.

“#100villagesin100days #day40 #+1contributor”

Today I mapped in Peshkopi. Tomin ain’t really a village of Peshkopi but a neighborhood, so after mapping it I proceeded to the villages closest to Peshkopi.

I mapped Pilafë which is a small village very close to the city. I have been in Pilafë in 2021,for a door-to-door campaign in support of a local miner who was representing the miners in the parliamentary elections. As soon as we entered the village, a 10-year-old boy saw us and wanted to show us the village, and he walked with us and showed every house in the village for two hours straight.

After Pilafë, i moved to Staravec and partially mapped it too.

“#100villagesin100days #day39”

Almost did not make it to contribute today but i found some time just before the days ends.

Today i mapped Saraqinisht and also the villages Krinë and Tranoshisht.

“#100villagesin100days #day38”

Yesterday was a hectic day and I missed a day of mapping. I will try to make it up.

Today I mapped Duhanas which is a big village in Berat with a population of around 1500.

“#100villagesin100days #day37”

I hope the DDoS attack on OSM server was not serious, and they did not manage to do any harm. Many thanks to all the people that worked on solving the issue!

Today i mapped village Fushëz a village located in Elbasan with a population of around 188.

“#100villagesin100days #day36”

Today i mapped Gradec which is a different Gradec from the one i mapped yesterday.

I have been noticing that we have so many villages with same names in Albania. I might do a list of all the villages who share the same name and map them :P.

“#100villagesin100days #day35”

It seems that I forgot to add a Diary Entry yesterday.

Yesterday I mapped the village Renz and the surrounding areas.

Today I started with Demiraj which was fully mapped (Thanks to DenisJu which has done an amazing job mapping Shkodra and the surroundings) so I moved next on the list.

I mapped the village Slatinjë which was really tiny, so I decided to map also Radesh and Gradec.

“#100villagesin100days #day33 #day34”

Today I started with Llëngë, a village with a population of around 75. After that I moved around in the villages in Pogradec and mapped a little here and there.

I decided to go back to my hometown and I continued mapping the city of Çorovodë, which still needs some work. I will map with EveryDoor when im there next time. Furthermore, I moved further to the village Sharovë, Prishtë, Rehovicë (which is my grandfather’s village) and finally I partially mapped Çepan.

I am sure I have forgotten some villages because today I roamed a lot on the map and I can say this Sunday started very good.

Time to translate a Wikipedia article to Albanian now. Another challenge among some Wikimedia friends.

“#100villagesin100days #day32”

Today i mapped the tiny village of Vlashaj in Bulqize. I also mapped a little the village Shupenzë and the surroundings.

“#100villagesin100days #day31”

Today I finished mapping Shënepremte and I continued on the next village on the list. Xhan was a tiny village with just some houses scattered around the forest, so I mapped what I could and continued down the list to Floq.

Floq is a village in Korce with a population of around 1072. I was really inspired today so i went on and mapped also Pepellash and Helmës.

“#100villagesin100days #day30”

Today I almost mapped Shënepremte. I will keep mapping tomorrow till I finish it.

As a Linux sysadmin, dealing with an OpenSSH vulnerability can lead to a hectic day. Ensure you’ve checked your servers and updated OpenSSH if you haven’t already.

https://ubuntu.com/blog/ubuntu-regresshion-security-fix

“#100villagesin100days #day29”

Today I mapped Gllavë which is a tiny village in Memaliaj.

I wandered around the map to check how this remote tiny village is connected to main streets and I found out there are many tiny villages scattered through the mountain and none of them seem to be connected (or I can not figure out how they are connected) to the main roads.

I continued mapping, and I lost count how many small villages I mapped today. I am attaching the area I mapped and if anybody knows a quick way to figure out if these villages are in any way connected to main streets can let me know in the comments.

“#100villagesin100days #day28”

Today I continued down the list and mapped Alarup. After that i continued in the surroundings and partially mapped the villages Bletas and Blacë .

“#100villagesin100days #day27”

Woo-hoo, I just noticed I have reached over 100k Map changes!

Today i mapped the village of Mushnik with a population of 259.

“#100villagesin100days #day26”

Day 25 and 1/4 of the challenge done!

Today I mapped Kosovë and I found out that we have not one but two villages name Kosovë in Albania.

Kosovë has a population of 931 according to 2011 population census.

“#100villagesin100days #day25”

Took me two days to finish Zdojan because yesterday had almost no time at all to map.

Zdojan is a village in Diber with a population of around, 1477 (as per 2011 population census).

“#100villagesin100days #day24”

Today I mapped a village named Vesqi located in Baldushk, close to the capital.

I did not know there was a reservoir in Baldushk so another one to visit added to my list.

“#100villagesin100days #day23”

Today I mapped the tiny village of Kaftall.

Kaftall does not have many houses, but they are spread all around the hill in quite a big area.

I also moved around a little and mapped some building on the surrounding areas.

“#100villagesin100days #day22”

Travelling to Thessaloniki today and got a 10-hour bumpy bus drive ahead.

Mapping while travelling by bus is definitely a huge challenge, but I think I managed to map Hajdaraj.

I think the village includes another area close to it, but somehow it is separated in a different residential area. Ill double check to make sure I got it all.

“#100villagesin100days #day21”

I can not believe it that it has already been 20 days into the challenge and I have mapped over 30 villages so far. For the next five days I will be in Thessaloniki with a group of Wikimedians from the Balkans and I hope I manage to map every day, but if I don’t, I promise I will catch up.

If somebody following this want to catch up and learn or contribute to enriching Wikipedia, Commons and Wikidata from 26 to 30 June, reach out and ill let you know where you can find us.

Today I mapped Perkola and the surroundings. Perkola was partially mapped, so I moved around the map and mapped some other areas too.

“#100villagesin100days #day20”