Hello friends,
In our drive to close the online gender gap, we are glad to introduce you
to WikiGap Online Challenge.
The contest was designed by Wikimedia User Group Nigeria. in partnership
with the Swedish embassy in Nigeria, African Women in the Media, Wiki In
Africa, Wiki Women in Red to improve the coverage of Nigerian women on
Wikipedia.
- *What*: This is a Nigerian public writing competition to create and
improve articles that will strengthen Wikipedia coverage of Nigerian women.
The winners will receive great prizes. The Challenge is organized as part
of the global WikiGap <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiGap> campaign
by Wikimedia Nigeria in collaboration with African Women in the Media (
AWIM) and the Embassy of Sweden in Nigeria.
-
- *Who*: Any Wikipedian with a named account (on any wiki, including the
incubator) can participate. To participate you just need to sign
up on the
Participants
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiGap_Challenge/Participants>
section.
- *When* The writing challenge will run from 00:01 on 29 April (GMT
+01:00) until 23:59 on 13 May 2020 (GMT +01:00).
- *How*: The contest is simple in structure, based on a KISS
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KISS_principle> point system: You get
points <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiGap_Challenge/Participants>
while
improving articles, with the goal for each participant to gain as many
points as possible.
For further information please check the contest landing page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiGap_Nigeria_Online_Challenge/Background>
Regards.
*Olaniyan Ishola Olushola*
*CEO. Data Access Systems LtdChairman Local Organizing Committee
(WikiIndaba2019)
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiIndaba_conference_2019/Team>Co-Producer,
Wikipedia
Campaign in Nigeria
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5&v=AUBPd3PTas0> ( Winner of
the Best NGO in Africa ( African Excellence Award 2018)
<https://af-pr.excellence-awards.com/winnerlist/best-of-2018/>) Dublin,
Republic of Ireland. Co-Producer , Wiki Women Radio
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Women_Radio_Program>President, Wikimedia
Nigeria <https://wikimedia.org.ng/>Treasurer, FOSSFAMember, Affiliates
Committee ( Wikimedia Foundation)*
*Administrator, Wikimedia Programs & Events Dashboard*
*MD,Olbims ConsultingPhone: +2348167352512E: olaniyanshola15(a)gmail.com
<E%3Aolaniyanshola15(a)gmail.com>E: shola(a)wikimedia.ng.org
<E%3Ashola(a)wikimedia.ng.org>Facebook:Olaniyan
SholaTwitter:oluwanishola73Wiki User Name: Olaniyan Olushola*
* Wikipedia Campagn in Nigeria featuring Emmanuela *
* One on One with Olushola Olaniyan ( TV Plus Africa)
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGp_YqdOJzY&feature=youtu.be>*
* https://youtu.be/DwTUGVv6Qng <https://youtu.be/DwTUGVv6Qng>*
Dear all,
I hereby share my dissertation on the above topic in the hope that it may
be of interest:
https://open.uct.ac.za/bitstream/handle/11427/31291/thesis_sci_2019_graaf_m…
Best regards,
--
Michael Graaf, M.I.T.(UCT)
Researcher, Editor & Community
Informatics Practitioner
Mob +27795487242
WhatsApp +27647754342
ORCID 0000-0002-1951-5739
Thanks all,
in response to Asaf's question, I considered interviewing selected editors
but abandoned the idea when I found that I would have to submit a research
plan to the ethics committee and then wait for clearance. I was in a hurry
(having switched to this topic only about 5 months before the deadline) and
this dissertation came at the end of a very long journey of coursework
interrupted by work years.
However, as Ian shows, I could have just run a query and shown that two
specific champions made the difference.
The fact that just two dedicated editors made such a difference to the fate
of a language's Wikipedia poses a challenge to us, to find/recruit and
nurture such people. I am hoping that the newly created post of
Wikipedian-in-Residence based in the UNDP's Pretoria office will increase
the chances of this happening.
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> Dear all,
> I hereby share my dissertation on the above topic in the hope that it may
> be of interest:
>
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>
> Best regards,
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Hello all, and apologies for crossposting!
I hope you are doing well!
As you may have noticed when we announced the partnership in August [1]:
the Wikimedia Foundation is working with the UN Human Rights to help expand
the availability of knowledge about human rights online.
As one of our first collaborations, we are going to be running a campaign
from November 15 - January 30 to add and improve knowledge about human
rights on Wikipedia and the Wikimedia projects. The initial focus of the
campaign will be on improving articles about topics related to the UN
Declaration of Human Rights and youth standing up for human rights. More
information about the campaign is also available here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiForHumanRights
We would like to invite you to get involved in the campaign in one of
several ways:
Help us build the list!
-
We need your help identifying more topics related to youth involved in
human rights that don’t have articles on Wikipedia or could use further
improvement. We would like to represent many different languages and
geographies in the campaign. To propose topics for the list, see
instructions at:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiForHumanRights/List#Adding_a_topic_to_t…
Organize an online or offline event!
We need your help finding community leaders from throughout the Wikimedia
to:
-
Host an online campaign on your language Wikipedia! To learn more about
hosting a local topical campaign see the kit here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiForHumanRights/Organize#Campaign
-
Hold an in person editathon with local human rights organizations or
partners! To learn more, check out the kit here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiForHumanRights/Organize#Editathon
Promote the campaign starting Dec. 10 for International Human Rights Day!
Help us amplify your efforts around the campaign and publicize it to wide
audiences. We’ll be sharing a communications toolkit (including graphics)
soon with suggestions on reaching out to folks about the campaign.
-
Reach out to local media and supporters: Journalists and the public
can help add momentum to the campaign through storytelling and spreading
the word.
-
Promote the campaign on social media: We’ll be using
#WikiForHumanRights to promote the campaign on social media, when we
increase the communication to the public on 10 December
If you want to help in other ways, let us know on the discuss space
#human-rights tag
<https://discuss-space.wmflabs.org/t/do-you-have-questions-about-organizing-…>
or by emailing Alex Stinson <astinson(a)wikimedia.org and Luisina Ferrante <
educacion(a)wikimedia.org.ar>
If you are interested, let us know by indicating your interest to organize
in the Organize sections linked above!
Note: We are still updating the communications assets for the campaign! To
watch for those materials, add
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiForHumanRights/Share to your meta
watchlist.
Have questions?
If you have questions, we are going to be hosting an office hour next
Tuesday
<https://discuss-space.wmflabs.org/t/community-office-hour-wikiforhumanright…>,
or you can ask questions on the discuss space #human-rights tag
<https://discuss-space.wmflabs.org/t/do-you-have-questions-about-organizing-…>
.
Looking forward to your engagement with the campaign!
Alex Stinson, Wikimedia Foundation
Luisina Ferrante, Wikimedia Argentina
[1]
https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2019/08/16/wikimedia-and-un-human-righ…
--
Alex Stinson
Senior Program Strategist
Wikimedia Foundation
Twitter:@glamwiki/@sadads
Learn more about how the communities behind Wikipedia, Wikidata and other
Wikimedia projects partner with cultural heritage organizations:
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM
Hello Everyone!
While you stay home and stay safe enjoy our https://mailchi.mp/00095c5e8ac4/march-newsletter-is-here for the month of March.
If you haven't subscribed yet kindly do so to stay up-to-date with our activities and programs
Cheers!
Ruby D-Brown
Communications and Community Engagement Coordinator
http://ofwafrica.org
Librarians and library lovers,
We hope that you and your loved ones are taking care during this
challenging time for the world. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected
countless aspects of our personal and professional lives, and the Wikimedia
Foundation is sending our very best wishes to all of you.
Equitable access to reliable, unbiased information has never been more
important. From *May 15th to June 5th*, we will be running the global
#1Lib1Ref campaign (virtually), with a focus on improving and increasing
the quality of content for the billions of people staying at home during
the public health crisis. As you may know, Wikipedia and other Wikimedia
projects have seen record-breaking pageviews in the last few weeks,
reflecting that people around the world are turning to us for trustworthy
information.[1]
With that in mind, this is a critical time to bring librarians and
Wikimedia together: more people are reading and learning from the web, and
we need to strengthen trust in our content through citations. Join us as we
do that, by helping us organize to encourage library communities to add one
more citation to Wikipedia.
What can you do?
We are advising everyone to follow WHO health guidelines
<https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019> and not
conduct in-person events. Instead, we will organize virtually, and we have
created recommendations for online meetings! Please share your digital
events so #1Lib1Ref contributors can join you
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Virtual_Coff…>
!
You can visit our resource page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Resources>
for guides on how to virtually participate in the campaign. Ensure your
contribution is recorded by using the #1Lib1Ref hashtag in your edit summary.
This is very important for us to monitor the reach and success of the
initiative.
Let us know if you need new kinds of support
We know that with the COVID-19 pandemic, it's not as easy to participate in
volunteer activities or organizing online activities. Many of us are
focusing on our families, figuring our homeschooling and working remotely,
and responding to the demands of the crisis in other ways. We also know
that certain parts of the library sector are facing difficult challenges,
such as layoffs, increased work, or extreme changes in work.
We want to know how the pandemic may affect your ability to participate in
#1Lib1Ref, as well as how we can support you better in this unprecedented
situation. Please fill out this short survey
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Virtual…>
to help us better understand how to support you during this round!
Join our communications!
You can join the 1Lib1Ref community via the Libraries (
libraries(a)lists.wikimedia.org), and 1Lib1Ref (1lib1ref(a)lists.wikimedia.org)
mailing lists, or by joining the Wikimedia + Libraries User Group:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_and_Libraries_User_Group
As we get closer to the launch of the campaign next month, we will update
our social media toolkit, which you can use to spread the word about
#1Lib1Ref. Stay tuned for updates on this page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Share>.
Looking forward to #1Lib1Ref!
You can learn about last year's campaign and what we learned in our
recently-released blog post at Medium
<https://medium.com/@wikipedialibrary/recap-1lib1ref-january-2020-campaign-k…>
Lastly, to learn more about the Wikimedia Foundation’s response to
COVID-19, please visit wikimediafoundation.org/covid19.
Sincerely,
[1] -
https://tools.wmflabs.org/siteviews/?platform=all-access&source=pageviews&a…
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*Felix Nartey*
*Library Outreach Coordinator*
*Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home>*
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