African-Wikimedians May 2021

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Wikimania 2021 Session Submission Forms are Live
by Winnie kabintie 28 May '21

28 May '21

Dear Wikimedia Community Members, We have been so hard at work that we are just now peeking our heads out of our computer screens! However, we have some exciting news to share with you around Wikimania 2021! Here are some updates and important information: 1. Session Submission forms are now live! If you’re looking to lead a session at Wikimania 2021, please review the following links: 1. Program Submissions <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2021:Submissions> 1. Session Submission Guidelines <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2021:Submission_Guidelines> 2. FAQ <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania:2021_FAQ> 2. Wikimania 2021 Wiki Page <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania> is now LIVE, you can now refer to this page for all information regarding Wikimania 2021! However, it is a live and under construction page - any suggestions on how to improve it? Message us! We look forward to receiving your submissions and suggestions. Have a great weekend and see you all soon. Best Wishes, Winnie Kabintie (User:Ms_Kabintie <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ms_Kabintie>), on behalf of the Wikimania 2021 Core Organizing Team.

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Invitation to Episode 2 of WikiAfrica Hour
by ceslause＠wikiinafrica.org 27 May '21

27 May '21

Hello everyone! Last month we launched the WikiAfrica Hour with our first ever episode featuring outgoing Wikimedia Foundation CEO, Katherine Maher. Join us on 28th May 2021, at 4pm UTC, for the episode 2 where we will be discussing the role photography plays within a Wikimedia context, with experienced guest speakers from Wiki Loves Earth, Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos (WPWP), Nos Jardins and Commons Photographers User Group. For more details:https://bit.ly/WikiAfricaHour [1] Regards, Ceslause Ogbonnaya 1.https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_In_Africa [2] 2.https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiAfrica_Hour 3.https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Commons_Photographers_User_Gro… [3] 4.https://www.youtube.com/c/wikipediaweekly 5.https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyG_DCysivx59E2olI_BEcQ [4] Links: ------ [1] https://bit.ly/WikiAfricaHour [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_In_Africa [3] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Commons_Photographers_User_Group [4] https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyG_DCysivx59E2olI_BEcQ

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AfLIA pre-conference Wikipedia workshop - 24 May 2021
by Alice Kibombo 21 May '21

21 May '21

Hello everyone, As part of the 4th AfLIA Conference & 6th African Library Summit <https://web.aflia.net/virtual-conference-announcement-2021/>, we have organised a pre-conference workshop on Monday 24th May 2021 with the theme "Wikipedia and Libraries". We do have a number of practicing librarians and Wikimedians from Africa speaking on the topics listed on the flyers attached to this email. *When and how* The pre-conference workshop will be on Monday 24th May and sessions will start at 1000GMT/UTC. The sessions are in both English and French and will run parallel to each other - we will not have simultaneous translation. *How can I be a part of this?* The sessions are free and open to all. However, you need to register beforehand, follow the following links to do so : English : https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Qhp890TJTUG6nk-dCzvydA French : Session 1 : https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwvd-qrqz8oGdLiqk_nlEyRehsV1FbKVG… Session 3 : https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAqdeihpzMuHtL_eClFSlFvjU4tIe7QyQ… *Anything else?* Please share the attached flyers widely among your friends and network, Wikimedians and otherwise and encourage them to join us. Regards and thanks in advance, Alice Kibombo WiR, AfLIA WhatsApp : +256-758-975650

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AfLIA pre-conference Wikipedia workshop - 24 May
by Alice Kibombo 21 May '21

21 May '21

Hello everyone, As part of the 4th AfLIA Conference & 6th African Library Summit <https://web.aflia.net/virtual-conference-announcement-2021/>, we have organised a pre-conference workshop on Monday 24th May 2021 with the theme "Wikipedia and Libraries". We do have a number of practicing librarians and Wikimedians from Africa speaking on the topics listed on the flyers below : [image: Pre-conference (EN).jpeg] [image: Pre-conference (FR).jpeg] *When and how* The pre-conference workshop will be on Monday 24th May and sessions will start at 1000GMT/UTC. The sessions are in both English and French and will run parallel to each other - we will not have simultaneous translation. *How can I be a part of this?* The sessions are free and open to all. However, you need to register beforehand, follow the following links to do so : English : https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Qhp890TJTUG6nk-dCzvydA French : Session 1 : https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwvd-qrqz8oGdLiqk_nlEyRehsV1FbKVG… Session 3 : https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAqdeihpzMuHtL_eClFSlFvjU4tIe7QyQ… *Anything else?* Please share the attached flyers widely among your friends and network, Wikimedians and otherwise and encourage them to join us. Regards and thanks in advance, Alice Kibombo WiR, AfLIA WhatsApp : +256-758-975650

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Invitation for participate in the interview study with Wikidata Editors
by Kholoud Saad 21 May '21

21 May '21

Dear Wikdiata editors, I am Kholoud, a researcher at the King’s College London, and I work on a project as part of my PhD research that develops a personalized recommendation system to suggest Wikidata items for the editors based on their interests and preferences. I am collaborating on this project with Elena Simperl and Miaojing Shi. I would love to talk with you to know about your current ways to choose the items you work on in Wikidata and understand the factors that might influence such a decision. Your cooperation will give us valuable insights into building a system that can help improve your editing experience. Participation is completely voluntary. You have the option to withdraw at any time. Your data will be processed under the terms of UK data protection law (including the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018). The information and data that you provide will remain confidential; it will only be stored on the password-protected computer of the researchers. We will use the results anonymized (?) to provide insights into the practices of the editors in item selection processes for editing and publish the results of the study to a research venue. If you decide to take part, we will ask you to sign a consent form, and you will be given a copy of this consent form to keep. If you’re interested in participating and have 15-20 minutes to chat (I promise to keep the time!), please either contact me on kholoudsaa(a)gmail.com with your choice of the times that work for you or use this form https://forms.gle/Nocj58LvFjjkf6XW6 to provide your preferred time, email address and Wikidata username. I’ll follow up with you to figure out what method is the best way for us to connect. Please contact me using the email mentioned above if you have any questions or require more information about this project. Thank you for reading this information sheet and for considering taking part in this research. Sincerely Kholoud

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Africa Wiki Challenge (AWC) Virtual Office Hours!
by Ruby D-Brown 19 May '21

19 May '21

Dear All, We are pleased to invite you to attend the first virtual office hours for the Africa Wiki Challenge <http://awc.ofwafrica.org/> (AWC). The virtual office hours are periods dedicated to attend to the needs of anyone participating or interested to learn more about the AWC campaign. The office hours will be hosted via Google Meet once every week on Fridays as listed below. Why is it important to attend? The virtual office hours provide you the opportunity to connect with others across different time zones to share ideas and have your questions addressed. It also provides a unique opportunity for you to learn and increase your knowledge about Wikipedia and its sister projects. Who is eligible to attend? Participants, organizers, partners, editors, as well as anyone who is interested to learn more about the AWC campaign. Virtual Office Hours via Google Meet Kindly join any of the virtual office hours by clicking any of the meeting link below: - Friday 21st May, 2021 5pm-6pm UTC <https://meet.google.com/gnv-zjau-eiy> - Friday 28th May, 2021 3pm - 4pm UTC <https://meet.google.com/ntg-tdgh-znw> - Friday 3rd June, 2021 3pm - 4pm UTC <https://meet.google.com/njh-vrrs-hup> - Friday 11th June, 2021 3pm - 4pm UTC <https://meet.google.com/dbi-rzdv-piw> - Friday 18th June, 2021 3pm - 4pm UTC <https://meet.google.com/zkh-qmwc-omu> - Friday 25th June, 2021 3pm - 4pm UTC <https://meet.google.com/vwb-xdao-okf> What the Africa Wiki Challenge (AWC) is about! The Africa Wiki Challenge <http://awc.ofwafrica.org/> is an online writing campaign that is aimed at generating African-related content on Wikipedia by Africans, people of African descent and Africans in the diaspora. The campaign invites content creation along different selected topics/themes annually, this year focuses on “Landmarks in Africa'' and runs from 23rd May to June 30th 2021. The theme, Landmarks in Africa, solicits written content on the many landmarks that cover historical, cultural, geographical and places of national or continental significance. The campaign will also encourage visualisation of these articles by adding/uploading photos, audios or videos. Such items or landmarks of interest include: - Monuments - Statues, Memorials, Historic buildings, Archaeological sites, etc. - National Demarcations - Districts, Municipalities, Metropolitan, Regions, States, etc. - Geographical Endowments - Mountains, Valleys, Forests, Waterfalls, Wildlife Reserves, Beaches, etc. - Infrastructural Developments - Roads, Hospitals, Churches, Mosques, Schools, Rails, Water parks, Hotels, Theme parks, etc. Africa is the second (2nd) largest continent on the planet, and very little information about it means the lack of visibility for a substantive chunk of human knowledge and history. We are convinced that Africa deserves to be substantially covered and definitely has a lot to showcase to the world. Visit the Africa Wiki Challenge <http://awc.ofwafrica.org/> website for more information. Thank you. Regards, Ruby -- Ruby D-Brown Administrative Executive Open Foundation West Africa ofwafrica.org

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Wikimania Updates
by Winnie Kabinte 17 May '21

17 May '21

Dear Wikimedia Community Members, As promised, here we are providing more updates around the development of Wikimania 2021! With only 2 months and 26 days left, we are walking steadfast into the first-ever virtual development for the biggest Wikimedia community event of the year! Without further ado, here are a few updates to kick start the week: - Session submissions: - Program submissions will open on May 21st. Proposals can be submitted as a Movement Group, Affiliate, Individual or as a Collective of individuals. - More details will be coming later this week, so please be on the lookout for updates. - Scheduling Principles: - We are taking into consideration all time zones for Wikimania and will have a broad mix of UTC start and end times. - We plan to have a more elaborate programme on the weekend, less heavy program on weekdays to accommodate diverse individual schedules. - There will be a combination of live and on-demand content. - The first day of the five days of Wikimania is dedicated to the Hackathon. - There is a two-hour break each day. - On-demand content will be available during the event. - Programming principles: - Unconference and Networking activities run concurrently during all five days. - The Collective & Individual Submissions tracks are running concurrently. - Level of participation and expertise level will be taken into consideration (Three levels of content for: newcomers, intermediates, and experts). - There will be on-demand content and support dedicated to newcomers. - Wikimania registration - Since this year will be our first-ever virtual experiment for Wikimania, and we want to maximize attendance; there will be no registration costs for event participants! Registering for the 2021 virtual Wikimania will be free of charge! - We are opening up an additional Call for volunteers: Fill out the survey here. <https://survey.wikimedia.it/index.php/778836?lang=en> - Trust and Safety tasks (Session Moderation, Help Desk Support and enforcing Trust and Safety Policy) - Session Submissions Peer Review (Reviewing Session Submissions and logistics) This is all folks! We’ll be back with more news next Monday and on Friday the 21st with details around session submissions! Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions. Best Wishes, Winnie Kabintie (User:Ms_Kabintie <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ms_Kabintie>), on behalf of the Wikimania 2021 Core Organizing Team.

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African Librarians Week 2021
by Alice Kibombo 15 May '21

15 May '21

Good day all, The participation and contribution of African Librarians to #1Lib1Ref under the first ever African Librarians Week in May 2020 recorded about 84% of the total edits <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Lessons/May_…> attained worldwide for that cycle . With the theme *"Learning in Africa''*, AfLIA will launch the second African Librarians Week starting *17th - 24th May*, an exciting period where African library and information professionals concertedly provide reliable and factual information to the world through Wikipedia as part of the global *#1Lib1Ref* campaign which is expected to run from the 15th May – 5th June, 2021. The AfLibWk dashboard will remain open to track contributions till 5th June, 2021. Contributions in AfLIA's working languages (English, French and Portuguese) are welcome. To learn more about the African Librarians Week, see: https://web.aflia.net/aflibwk/ [1]. *How can you be a part of this?* We invite you to engage in any of the following ways : *Edit in the challenge!* Sign-up for the challenge and add citations to Wikipedia. Alternatively, create and expand articles you have identified under the given theme with the relevant sources. Sign up here : https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/AfLIA/AfLIA_1Lib1Ref_African_… [2] *Promote in your community!* Please share this in your communities and networks where possible; tell your library, researcher and knowledge-loving friends about this. We need everyone's help to make Wikipedia more reliable! Share this as a starting point : https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_in_African_Libraries/African_Libr… [3] Our hashtags on social media remain #1Lib1Ref #AfLibWk Thank you in advance Alice Kibombo WiR, AfLIA [1] https://web.aflia.net/aflibwk/ [2] https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/AfLIA/AfLIA_1Lib1Ref_African_… [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_in_African_Libraries/African_Libr…

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Invitation to participate in Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos 2021
by ceslause＠wikiinafrica.org 11 May '21

11 May '21

Hello everyone We are inviting the Wikimedia Community User Groups and chapters to participate in Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos 2021, a global contest scheduled to run from July 1st through August 31, 2021: Participants will choose among Wikipedia pages without photo images, and then add a suitable file from among the many thousands of photos in the Wikimedia Commons, especially those uploaded from thematic contests (Wiki Loves Africa, Wiki Loves Earth, Wiki Loves Folklore, etc.) over the years. In its first year (2020), 36 Wikimedia communities in 27 countries joined the campaign. Events relating to the campaign included training organized by at least 18 Wikimedia communities in 14 countries. The campaign resulted in the addition of media files (photos, audios and videos) to more than 90,000 Wikipedia articles in 272 languages. Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos (WPWP) offers an ideal task for recruiting and guiding new editors through the steps of adding content to existing pages. Besides individual participation, the WPWP campaign can be used by user groups and chapters to organize editing workshops and edit-a-thons. The organizing team is looking for a contact person to coordinate WPWP participation at the Wikimedia user group or chapter level (geographically or thematically) or for a language WP. We'd be glad for you to reply to this email, or sign up directly at WPWP Participating Communities. You can access the WPWP 2021 main page via https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Pages_Wanting_Photos_2021 Thank you, Ceslause Ogbonnaya (User: Ceslause / ceslause.o(a)gmail.com) Regional Ambassador, Francophone Communities Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos campaign

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Invitation to participate in Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos 2021
by ceslause＠wikiinafrica.org 11 May '21

11 May '21

Hello everyone We are inviting the Wikimedia Community User Group to participate in Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos 2021, a global contest scheduled to run from July first through August 31, 2021: Participants will choose among Wikipedia pages without photo images, then add a suitable file from among the many thousands of photos in the Wikimedia Commons, especially those uploaded from thematic contests (Wiki Loves Africa, Wiki Loves Earth, Wiki Loves Folklore, etc.) over the years. In its first year (2020), 36 Wikimedia communities in 27 countries joined the campaign. Events relating to the campaign included training organized by at least 18 Wikimedia communities in 14 countries. The campaign resulted in the addition of media files (photos, audios and videos) to more than 90,000 Wikipedia articles in 272 languages. Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos (WPWP) offers an ideal task for recruiting and guiding new editors through the steps of adding content to existing pages. Besides individual participation, the WPWP campaign can be used by user groups and chapters to organize editing workshops and edit-a-thons. The organizing team is looking for a contact person to coordinate WPWP participation at the Wikimedia user group or chapter level (geographically or thematically) or for a language WP. We'd be glad for you to reply to this email, or sign up directly at WPWP Participating Communities. Thank you, Ceslause Ogbonnaya (User: Ceslause / ceslause.o(a)gmail.com) Regional Ambassador, Francophone Communities Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos campaign

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