African-Wikimedians April 2021

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Join the Africa WIki Challenge Campaign!

by Ruby D-Brown

Dear Wikimedians, We are happy to announce the maiden edition of the Africa Wiki Challenge, a writing contest that calls on all Africans, people of African descent, people that identify with the continent or any one with an interest in Africa to contribute content about the many things that make up the true and rich identity of the continent (its rich and colourful cultures, history, landmarks, education, cities, rivers, lakes, food, vegetation, etc.) from 23rd May to 30th June 2021.[1] The campaign seeks to project stories of Africa, project its identity and help reduce the content gap about the continent on the web.[2] Each year, we will select a theme to guide users on what to contribute to as part of the campaign. This year, we have selected the theme “Landmarks in Africa”.[3] The aim is to document all landmarks that cover historical, cultural, geographical and places of key significance to a country or the continent. These include but not limited to; - Monuments - Statues, Memorials, Historic buildings, Archaeological sites - National Demarcations - Districts, Municipalities, Metropolitan, Regions, States, etc. - Geographical Endowments - Mountains, Valleys, Forests, Waterfalls, Wildlife, Beach, etc. - Infrastructural Developments - Roads, Hospitals, Churches, Mosques, Schools, Rails, Water parks, Hotels, Theme parks, etc. Individuals or affiliates are welcome to participate or support the project. You can participate in the competition by writing new articles or improving existing articles in the destubathon contest.[4] Visit our participate page for more information about how to join the competition.[5] Do you want to organise an activity in your group/country/region? Check out our organizers page or organizers guide for more information.[6][7] There will be virtual office hours prior to the start and during the campaign.[8] These office hours are opportunities to learn more about the campaign, ask questions, or receive support. Kindly send questions, suggestions, comments or concerns to info(a)ofwafrica.org or visit the campaign page on meta or on our website.[9] Regards, Ruby D-Brown Administrative Executive Open Foundation West Africa [1] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Africa_Wiki_Challenge [2] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjD7DqepQdg [3 ]- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2LDKzenfc4 [4] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Africa_Wiki_Challenge/Destubathon [5] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Africa_Wiki_Challenge/Participate [6] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Africa_Wiki_Challenge/Organize [7] - https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Organisers_Guide_for_AW… [8] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Africa_Wiki_Challenge/Participate#Join_our_… [9] - http://awc.ofwafrica.org/ -- Ruby D-Brown Administrative Executive Open Foundation West Africa ofwafrica.org

2 years, 12 months

Join the Africa WIki Challenge Campaign

by Ruby D-Brown

Dear Wikimedians, We are happy to announce the maiden edition of the Africa Wiki Challenge, a writing contest that calls on all Africans, people of African descent, people that identify with the continent or any one with an interest in Africa to contribute content about the many things that make up the true and rich identity of the continent (its rich and colourful cultures, history, landmarks, education, cities, rivers, lakes, food, vegetation, etc.) from 23rd May to 30th June 2021.[1] The campaign seeks to project stories of Africa, project its identity and help reduce the content gap about the continent on the web.[2] Each year, we will select a theme to guide users on what to contribute to as part of the campaign. This year, we have selected the theme “Landmarks in Africa”.[3] The aim is to document all landmarks that cover historical, cultural, geographical and places of key significance to a country or the continent. These include but not limited to; - Monuments - Statues, Memorials, Historic buildings, Archaeological sites - National Demarcations - Districts, Municipalities, Metropolitan, Regions, States, etc. - Geographical Endowments - Mountains, Valleys, Forests, Waterfalls, Wildlife, Beach, etc. - Infrastructural Developments - Roads, Hospitals, Churches, Mosques, Schools, Rails, Water parks, Hotels, Theme parks, etc. Individuals or affiliates are welcome to participate or support the project. You can participate in the competition by writing new articles or improving existing articles in the destubathon contest.[4] Visit our participate page for more information about how to join the competition.[5] Do you want to organise an activity in your group/country/region? Check out our organizers page or organizers guide for more information.[6][7] There will be virtual office hours prior to the start and during the campaign.[8] These office hours are opportunities to learn more about the campaign, ask questions, or receive support. Kindly send questions, suggestions, comments or concerns to info(a)ofwafrica.org or visit the campaign page on meta or on our website.[9] Ruby Damenshie-Brown Administrative Executive Open Foundation West Africa [1] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Africa_Wiki_Challenge [2] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjD7DqepQdg [3 ]- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2LDKzenfc4 [4] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Africa_Wiki_Challenge/Destubathon [5] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Africa_Wiki_Challenge/Participate [6] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Africa_Wiki_Challenge/Organize [7] - https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Organisers_Guide_for_AW… [8] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Africa_Wiki_Challenge/Participate#Join_our_… [9] - http://awc.ofwafrica.org/ -- Ruby D-Brown Administrative Executive Open Foundation West Africa ofwafrica.org

2 years, 12 months

Join us for 1Lib1Ref this May!!

by Felix Nartey

Hello Librarians and library lovers, (Sorry for cross posting) >From May 15th to June 5th 2021, we will be joining together once again to continue providing reliable and factual information to the world through Wikipedia and the #1lib1ref campaign. To participate is easy, simply add a citation to Wikipedia!![1] *May Experiments * This May we are focused on: - growing the campaign in East and South East Asia with local affiliates -- if you want to help contact Venus Lui via (vlui-ctr(a)wikimedia.org) or me. - working closely with AfLIA to sustain our relationship with the Librarians network in Africa. Last year the participation from African Librarians was overwhelming, recording about 84% of the total numbers of edits attained (33,257). This surged our campaign to a staggering increase of 394%YoY for the May campaign.[2] - Supporting our long standing partner for the campaign, IFLA as they explore citations on Wikidata [3][4] How can you engage? We invite you to engage in three ways: - Make an edit - Participate globally and virtually by adding citations to Wikipedia.[5] - Organise - Lead a community activity or event in your library, country or region.[6] - Amplify - Share and just keep sharing the campaign within your networks and help us reach out to library and research communities around the world.[7] Join local events or editathons If you are organising an activity virtually or providing a space to teach or train people with an interest in the campaign, please add your event(s) here.[8] In light of the pandemic, we strongly encourage virtual activities and advise everyone to follow the WHO health guidelines.[9] If restrictions have been lifted in your country and are considering organising in-person events, kindly follow the Wikimedia COVID risk assessment for events.[10] Ensure all your contributions are recorded by using the #1Lib1Ref hashtag in your edit summary! Add your activity to the campaign dashboard to help us track the activities happening across the globe.[11] This is very important for us to monitor the reach and success of the initiative. Learn more in our office hour Join the next campaigns office hour on Thursday 13th May at 3:00pm UTC, where we will share about strategies in Asia and Africa, under the theme “exploring regional or thematic approaches to campaigns in tackling topics of interest ”.[12] Please tell your library, researcher and knowledge-loving friends about #1Lib1Ref in May. We need everyone's help to make Wikipedia more reliable! 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.[13] Cheers, Felix Nartey [1] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref [2] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Lessons/May_… [3] - https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:IFLA_Wikidata_Working_Group/1Lib1Ref [4] - https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:IFLA_Wikidata_Working_Group/1Lib1Ref [5] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:MyLanguage/The_Wikiped… [6] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:MyLanguage/The_Wikiped… [7] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Share [8] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Eve… [9] - https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019 [10] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Risk_assessment_during_COVID-19 [11] - https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/campaigns/1lib1ref_may_2021/programs [12] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Campaigns/Foundation_Campaigns_Team#Office_… [13] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_and_Libraries_User_Group -- Felix Nartey Senior Program Officer, Campaigns Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>

2 years, 12 months

Call for Election Volunteers

by Zita Zage

Hi everyone, Would you like to get the right people elected to the Wikimedia Foundation’s Board of Trustees? Voter turnout in prior elections was about 10% globally. We know we can get more voters to help assess and promote the best candidates in the upcoming board elections, but to do that, we need your help. We are looking for volunteers to serve as Election Volunteers. You can read more about this role here:[1] Election Volunteers should have a good understanding of their communities. The facilitation team sees Election Volunteers as doing the following: - Promote the election in their communities’ channels - Organize discussions about the election in their communities - Translate messages for their communities *If you want to be an Election Volunteer for any of the African language wiki or any of the Wiki projects, and connect your community with this movement effort?* *Check out more details about Election Volunteers* <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Electio…> and add your name next to the community you will support in this table <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Electio…> or get in contact with a facilitator <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021#Team>. [2] We aim to have at least one Election Volunteer for Wiki Projects in the top 30 for eligible voters. Even better if there are two or more sharing the work. If you have any questions or comments regarding this role please reach out to me or any of the board governance facilitators. Best, Zita and the Facilitation team [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/2021-04… [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Electio… -- Zita Ursula Zage Board Governance Facilitator- Sub-Saharan Africa Wikimedia Foundation | https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Zuz_(WMF) ᐧ

2 years, 12 months

Fwd: Wikimedia Clinics: new digest and two upcoming calls

by Asaf Bartov

Asaf Bartov (he/him/his) Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! https://donate.wikimedia.org ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Asaf Bartov <abartov(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Fri, Apr 30, 2021 at 1:29 AM Subject: Wikimedia Clinics: new digest and two upcoming calls To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Dear Wikimedians, Following a three-month hiatus since Wikimedia Clinic #012, we have now scheduled the next two Wikimedia Clinic <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinics>[1] calls, as follows: 1. *May 4th at 6pm UTC*, featuring a presentation about Structured Data Across Wikimedia <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Structured_data_across_Wikimedia> [2] (SDAW). Meeting link <https://meet.google.com/cto-ckau-jag>[3]. 2. *May 10th at 4pm UTC*, featuring a presentation about the Wikimedia Enterprise <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Enterprise>[4] project. Meeting link <https://meet.google.com/tab-uvtx-oby>[5]. The *digest* from Wikimedia Clinic #012 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinics/012>[6], which featured a presentation from the Foundation's Growth team, has now been posted too. Please help spread the word to your local communities. See you there! A. [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinics [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Structured_data_across_Wikimedia [3] https://meet.google.com/cto-ckau-jag [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Enterprise [5] https://meet.google.com/tab-uvtx-oby [6] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinics/012 Asaf Bartov (he/him/his) Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! https://donate.wikimedia.org

2 years, 12 months

Afrocine: Conclusion of the 2020 Months of African Cinema Global Contest

by Sam Oyeyele

Greetings! The Months of African Cinema Global Edit-a-thon was concluded on 30 November 2020,[1] and we want to send a big thank you to all the participants who helped make it a success! Over 3,200 articles were created across 19 language Wikipedias, surpassing all expectations and placing the contest firmly as one of the most successful article-writing contests on Wikipedia. We also want to extend our heartfelt gratitude to all those who volunteered to be part of the jury team. It was very complicated trying to assess the quality of 3,000 articles, but we did it! All our winners have now been announced and you can check the complete list here.<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AfroCine/Months_of_Afri…>[2] Thank you so much for being part of this global event! Thank you for helping to fix African content gaps on Wikipedia! We hope to see more of your participation in future AfroCine events and activities. Please remember to sign up on the main WikiProject participants’ page,[3] and on the meta page[4] to get updated with these activities. Thanks, Sam, On behalf of The AfroCine Project team. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AfroCine/Months_of_Afri… 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AfroCine/Months_of_Afri… 3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AfroCine/Participants 4. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_AfroCine_Project

3 years

April 25 All-Affiliates Strategic Meeting

by Pharos

All Wikimedia affiliates are invited to join a forum in two sessions on Sunday April 25, as a follow-up to our August, September, October, November, January, February, and March meetings of the Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network, and the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting in June. The purpose of this meeting is to continue our inter-affiliate discussions around the Interim Global Council + Movement Charter, grants relaunch, WMF community board seats, movement strategy, and other global movement issues, and to help lay the groundwork for structures of more ongoing mutual support. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Wikimedia_Affiliates_Network#Apri… 3:00 UTC (Asia-Pacific friendly time - https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1619319600 ) 19:00 UTC (Europe-Africa-Americas friendly time - https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1619377200 ) Will be held in this meeting room: https://meet.google.com/mff-bsiy-tvd Please see proposed agenda, and sign up with your RSVP here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Wikimedia_Affiliates_Network#Apri… https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Wikimedia_Affiliates_Network#Apr_… https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Wikimedia_Affiliates_Network#Apr_… Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos)

3 years

Episode1 of WikiAfrica Hour Vodcast with Katherine Maher

by ceslause＠wikiinafrica.org

Hello fellow wikimedians! Hot on this wonderful interview with Trevor Noah, we are honoured to be able to ask you to save the date for the 23rd April for the launch of WikiAfrica Hour, where Ceslause Ogbonnaya will interview Katherine Maher on her journey through Wikimedia and her impressions of and hopes for Africa's Wikimedians will be expressed. Please join us this Friday ... more details: https://bit.ly/WikiAfricaHour . Regards, Ceslause Ogbonnaya

3 years

Resolution Passed About the Upcoming Wikimedia Board Elections

by Zita Zage

Hi everyone, Last week the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees met to decide on a plan for the 2021 Board elections. And based on the feedback from the recent Call for Feedback about Community Board Seats, the Board Governance Committee created a proposal. Below you can find a summary of the resolution, which was approved unanimously. - The Board plans to hold the selection process as soon as possible. The draft timeline plans for the call for candidates opening June 8 and a voting period July 20 to August 3. - The Elections Committee will determine the voting method. The committee, in consultation with Wikimedia Foundation staff, may request a delay of up to three months to implement the voting system. - Four seats will be up for selection, the three due for renewal and a fourth from the approved Board expansion. The two other new community-and-affiliate seats approved will be selected during 2022, together with the two affiliate seats that will be due (four in total). - The Board will note the skills and experiences they would like selected trustees to have. Candidates will complete the evaluation form <https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Approving_Trustee_Evaluati…>, but for information only. - The Wikimedia Foundation will provide communications support to the Elections Committee. We want to support candidates and promote the elections, particularly in underrepresented groups. Please check the related announcement on meta for details.[1] The full proposal is available on Foundation Wiki.[2] [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard/2021… [2] https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BGC_Community_Trustee_Selection_… Best wishes, Zita and the Facilitation team -- Zita Ursula Zage Board Governance Facilitator- Sub-Saharan Africa Wikimedia Foundation | https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Zuz_(WMF) ᐧ

3 years

Re: [African Wikimedians] WIKIMANIA 2021

by Winnie Kabinte

Dear Wikimedia Community Members, The Core Organizing Team (COT) [1] is excited to take on organizing our first-ever virtual Wikimania! Many thanks to the Wikimania Steering Committee [2] for entrusting us with the task of bringing our community together and celebrating the movement. This year marks Wikipedia’s 20th birthday [3], and the theme for the 2021 Wikimania will be centered around this fantastic milestone. We want to make this edition a celebration of all the humans that have made achieving it possible. As the COT, we find it important to keep you informed and involved throughout the process of organizing Wikimania 2021 and we would appreciate your great support. We will be reaching out to the wider community for your input on various aspects to inform some of our decisions. To begin with, we would like to ask for your opinion on a few things; - Entertainment What kind of entertainment options would you ideally like to see during a virtual Wikimania? Do you have any ideas for singers, dancers, or any suggestions for other types of entertainment? - Swag How would you propose we go about swag for a virtual Wikimania? What are some good ideas for virtual conference swag? Let us know your thoughts using this LimeSurvey link <https://survey.wikimedia.it/index.php/479123?lang=en> [4]. The survey will collect anonymous responses and will remain open until the 5th of May 2021. We are looking forward to hearing your ideas and suggestions, and will be sharing more with you as we move towards making a decision on these aspects for our virtual Wikimania! Thanks and speak soon! *Winnie Kabintie (User: Ms_Kabintie), on behalf of the Wikimania 2021 Core Organizing Team * [1] https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2021:Save_the_date_and_the_Core_Organi… [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_Committee [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_20 [4] https://survey.wikimedia.it/index.php/479123/lang/en/newtest/Y ReplyForward <https://drive.google.com/u/0/settings/storage?hl=en&utm_medium=web&utm_sour…> <https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/terms/> <https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/> <https://www.google.com/gmail/about/policy/> *Youtube*: https://bit.ly/2vObQ69

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