Hello everyone,
After months of intense and rigorous reviews by the AWC 2022 jury, we are
elated to announce the winners for the second edition of the Africa Wiki
Challenge <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Africa_Wiki_Challenge_2022> 2022
themed "Projecting African Culture". Congratulations to the various winners
of the campaign.
*Winners*
*Overall Winner:* User: Azogbonon from Benin
First Runner-Up: User: Adoscam from Benin
*Second Runner-Up:* User: Muhammad Idriss Criteria from Nigeria
Top Uploader on Commons: User: FQuaisie from Ghana
We are super grateful to our international jury team who worked
effortlessly to ensure that the winners were identified.
International Jury
User: Bile_rene - Cameroon
User: MajorLyte - Nigeria
User: Gilbert Ndihokubwayo - Burundi
User: Jwale2-Ghana
User: Kwaku Berko- Ghana
User: Nyamemawafamanyame -Ghana
User: Kwabran -Ghana
To all our current and prospective organizers, partners, and editors,
kindly take note of the third edition of the Africa Wiki Challenge 2023
scheduled for the month of May to June 2023. Details of the contest will be
communicated to you prior to the start of the campaign.
--
Eugene Makafui Masiku,
Communications Officer
Open Foundation West Africa
Hi everyone,
On behalf of the Movement Charter Drafting Committee
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee>
(MCDC), we would like to thank everyone who has participated in our
first community-wide
consultation period
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Community_Consultation>
on the Movement Charter.
People from across the movement shared their feedback and thoughts on the
content of the Movement Charter. If you have not had the chance to share
your opinion yet, please do so by filling out the anonymous survey
<https://wikimediafoundation.limesurvey.net/743832>, which is accessible in
12+ languages. Please bear in mind that the survey will close on *January
2, 2022, at 23:59 UTC*.
*What’s next?*
The Movement Strategy and Governance
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Strategy_and_Governance#:~:text=Th….>
team will publish the final report with a summary of the feedback received
in January 2023. It will be shared with the MCDC and the communities via
different distribution channels.
After receiving the final report, the MCDC will review the suggestions and
communicate the changes by providing an explanation of how and why
suggestions were or were not adopted in the next versions of the drafts.
There will be additional ways to engage with the Movement Charter content
in 2023, including early feedback on a proposed ratification process and
new drafts of different chapters in the second quarter of 2023.
We invite you to sign up for the MCDC monthly newsletter
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Newslet…>,
which will be delivered to the Talk page of your choice. Monthly updates
are available on Meta to stay updated on the progress of the MCDC. Please
continue to share your thoughts with the MCDC via email:
movementcharter(a)wikimedia.org.
Interested people can still sign up to become Movement Charter Ambassadors
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Strategy_and_Governance/Movement_C…>
to support their community. MC Ambassadors Program
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Strategy_and_Governance/Movement_C…>
will restart accepting applications from both individuals and groups ahead
of the next round of consultations in the second quarter of 2023.
We thank you for your participation, time, and effort in helping to build
the charter for our movement!
On behalf of the Movement Charter Drafting Committee,
--
Zita Ursula Zage (she/her)
Facilitator, Movement Strategy & Governance
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
*"Wikipedia expects people to add references, but it's often too late
before newcomers realize this."*
hi y'all –
If you are someone who relates to the statement above, please consider
joining the Wikimedia Foundation's Editing Team [i] for a conversation *today
(Friday, 16 December) at 16:00 UTC*.
We will be talking about ideas for new features for the visual editor
to make it easier for people to follow Wikipedia's Verifiability policy.
[ii][iii]
We will also talk about the impact policies like Verifiability and Neutral
point of view can have on what knowledge does and does not get included in
Wikipedia.
You can learn more about tomorrow's event and see some of the people who
are planning to attend by visiting:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Editing_team/Community_Conversations#16_Dece…
.
Oh and I'm Peter (User:PPelberg (WMF)) 👋🏼 I work as a product manager on
the Foundation's Editing Team.
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i. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Editing_team
ii. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Editing_team/Projects#Upcoming_Project
iii. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability
--
Peter Pelberg (he/him)
Sr. Product Manager, Editing Team
Wikimedia Foundation
Hello Everyone,
We are excited to share that we will be running the 2023 edition of the
WikiForHumanRights campaign between April - June and will be having our
first office hour on 16 January 2023 at 16:00 UTC (Zoom Registration
<https://wikimedia.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RUg8nCsUR2arzMipy-Cl0Q>). We
encourage you to join the coordination channel on telegram
<https://t.me/+tiAL4ru2TeAxZTFh> for access to regular updates on the
campaign. If your community will require funds to run community activities,
we recommend that you apply for the upcoming January - March Rapid Grant
cycle and let us know of your grant application at campaigns(a)wikimedia.org.
We are taking a regional coordination approach in next year's campaign and
are looking for volunteer organizers to help coordinate community
activities in CEE, ESEAP, South Asia and Francophone Africa. If you are
interested in helping coordinate, please reach out to our 2023 Senior
Organizing Fellow, Euphemia Uwandu at euwandu-ctr(a)wikimedia.org or
campaigns(a)wikimedia.org before January 10.
Please refer to this diff post
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/12/09/renewing-wikiforhumanrights-in-2023-a…>for
more information on how we are thinking about the 2023 edition of the
campaign. We will be updating the meta page by Early January with more
information about the upcoming campaign
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiForHumanRights>.
Kind Regards,
Euphemia
