The second edition of the Africa Wiki Challenge is set to begin in the
month of May 2022. In the maiden edition of the contest, the campaign saw
contributions from 184 participants from 12 countries, creating over 1163
articles and improving about 2.5K articles on Wikipedia.
The theme for the second edition
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Africa_Wiki_Challenge_2022> of the contest
is “Projecting Africa.” Considering the diversity of participants in the
contest, we are expecting active participation from diverse communities.
We are making an open call for volunteers across the continent to support
this year's Africa Wiki Challenge in the following ways;
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Sub-regional coordinators (e.g. East Africa, North Africa, etc.)
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Translators to help translate our meta page and other communication
materials into various local languages.
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Interpreters for French, Hausa, Swahili, etc to support us with
interpretation during our Launch webinar
<https://zoom.us/j/92089150253?pwd=NmJpR1ZTMXZNbEo4bE0wa2hQc0JaQT09> on
25th May 2022.
Please fill out this form <https://forms.gle/vFo1R7ciSYdjSM5z7> if you wish
to volunteer for any of the above-mentioned.
You can also contact us via emasiku(a)ofwafrica.org or clarmie(a)ofwafrica.org
if you are interested in applying for this role.
La deuxième édition de l'Africa Wiki Challenge devrait débuter au mois de
mai 2022. Lors de la première édition du concours, la campagne a vu les
contributions de *184 participants* de *12 pays* créant plus de *1163
articles* et améliorant environ *2,5 000 articles* sur Wikipédia.
Le thème de la deuxième édition
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Africa_Wiki_Challenge_2022> du concours
est "Projecting Africa". Compte tenu de la diversité des participants au
concours, nous nous attendons à une participation active de diverses
communautés.
Nous lançons un appel ouvert aux volontaires à travers le continent pour
soutenir l'Africa Wiki Challenge de cette année des manières suivantes ;
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Coordonnateurs sous-régionaux (par exemple, Afrique de l'Est, Afrique du
Nord, etc.)
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Des traducteurs pour aider à traduire notre page méta et d'autres
supports de communication dans diverses langues locales.
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Des interprètes pour le français, le haoussa, le swahili, etc. pour nous
soutenir dans l'interprétation lors de notre webinaire
<https://zoom.us/j/92089150253?pwd=NmJpR1ZTMXZNbEo4bE0wa2hQc0JaQT09> de
lancement le 25 mai 2022.
Veuillez remplir ce formulaire <https://forms.gle/vFo1R7ciSYdjSM5z7>si vous
souhaitez faire du bénévolat pour l'un des éléments mentionnés ci-dessus.
Vous pouvez également nous contacter via emasiku(a)ofwafrica.org ou
clarmie(a)ofwafrica.org si vous souhaitez postuler pour ce poste.
Kind Regards,
Eugene Masiku
*Communications Officer*
*Open Foundation West Africa*
A Wikipedian suggested those two informations
*
* The Africa Bio Genome project is open to all collaborations on the
African continent.https://africanbiogenome.org
<https://africanbiogenome.org/>.
* A coordinated pan-African effort is key to building capacity (and
infrastructure) to generate, analyze and deploy genomics data for
the improvement and sustainable use of biodiversity and agriculture
across Africa. They refer to this coordinated pan-African effort as
the African BioGenome Project (AfricaBP), and the community of
networks to deliver on this agenda as Digital Innovations in Africa
for a Sustainable Agri-Environment and Conservation (DAISEA).
*
*
* Calling all African botanists wanting to improve their taxonomy
skills to apply - especially women! The Plant Taxonomy Skills for
Ecology and Conservation course is organised by the Royal Botanic
Gardens, Kew, in collaboration with the University of Ghana. The
course runs in a hybrid online/in person format, with three weeks of
online content and two weeks of practical learning, including the
development of a taxonomy project in the herbarium of Accra, and a
one-day field trip to Shai Hills (Ghana). In order to apply,please
visit :
http://ow.ly/GECQ50I0Uqx
The person who shared those info is
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilisateur:TED
More information about news related Africa :
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiAfrica_Hour/Newsroom#News_aired_in_Febr…
Flo
It's Happening today!!!🥳🥳🥳🥳
As part of the EduWiki Week event, community members across Sub-saharan
Africa are joining together for their first Regional meeting. There is
going to be a lot to learn and share and promises to be exciting. You don't
want to miss this event!
Theme: EduWiki Collaborators Network_The Future, Our Voice
*Date: Thurs 24th February 2022*
*Time: 15:00 UTC/GMT*
*Zoom: https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/83786819250
<https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/83786819250>*
*French version*
Ça se passe aujourd'hui !!!
Dans le cadre de l'événement EduWiki Week, les membres de la communauté à
travers l'Afrique subsaharienne se réunissent pour leur première réunion
régionale.Il y aura beaucoup à apprendre et à partager et promet d'être
passionnant. Vous ne voulez pas manquer cet événement !
Thème : Réseau de collaborateurs EduWiki_L'avenir, notre voix
Date : jeudi 24 février 2022
Heure : 15:00 UTC/GMT
Agrandir : https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/83786819250
See you soon!
Best,
EduWiki Collaborators SSA
Hello everyone,
This is a friendly reminder that The Community Development team
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Calls> at the Wikimedia
Foundation is hosting our first ever community call on Wednesday, February
23, 2022 from 15:00 - 16:00 UTC on Zoom
<https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/84302371758?pwd=b1ZFNTMyaFdJRCtxbzIyaU13OWlmUT09>
[meeting link]
We want to thank those who have expressed interest in speaking during this
call, we had an overwhelming response. Unfortunately we were only able to
choose 3 speakers from the community. We will be sending invitations to
those who have been selected to participate in the meeting shortly. At this
time sign ups for speaking during the call has closed.
To join in the community call:
-
To attend the call, please find the link here
<https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/84302371758?pwd=b1ZFNTMyaFdJRCtxbzIyaU13OWlmUT09>
.
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Please ensure you have zoom downloaded on your personal device prior to
the call.
We are excited to see and hear from you in our first ever Community
Development community call!
Thank you,
The Community Development team
Cassie Casares
Program Support Associate
Community Development
Wikimedia Foundation
ccasares(a)wikimedia.org
Hi friends,
I'm inviting comments on Meta for a project proposal to add/improve Wikidata and
Wikipedia content about Northern Region (Ghana) tinsi 2.0.
Link to the grants page is at:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/Northern_Region_(Ghana…
Thank you.
-Mohammed Kamaldeen Fuseini
[[User:Dnshitobu]]
The Wikimedia Foundation Trust and Safety Policy team will be hosting a
Panel Q&A with community members on February 18, 2022 at 15:00 UTC to
discuss the Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) Enforcement Guidelines and the
need for the community’s involvement in the upcoming Ratification vote. A
special focus of the event will be about why it is important for small and
medium size Wikimedia communities to participate in the ratification vote.
The panelist are: Ruby D-Brown, Isaac Kanguya/Icem4k, Uzoma Ozurumba, and
Nahid Sultan
This event is part of our efforts to engage, educate and inform the
Wikimedia community about the UCoC, the Enforcement Guidelines as well as
the upcoming Ratification Vote for the UCoC.
You can sign up on Meta
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Conversations/Pan…>
or or email at ucocproject(a)wikimedia.org if you would like to attend. We
kindly ask that you forward this invitation to other volunteers in your
community to get them informed and empowered to vote.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Conversations/Pan…
Sydney
--
Sydney Poore (she/her)
Senior Strategist
Wikimedia Foundation
Trust and Safety team
Dear All,
I am pleased to invite you to the Twi translatewiki workshop on Saturday,
19th February 2022.
The Twi translatewiki workshop looks at translating and proofreading most
of the essential features on translatewiki.net from English to Twi.
We are excited about this and can't wait to share the outcomes with you all
Thank you
*Best regards,*
*Robert Obiri*
*(User:Robertjamal12)*
*Lead,*
*Twi translatewiki Workshop*
Dear Wikimedians,
The Africa Narrative is seeking volunteer facilitators in Egypt (two
volunteers) and Senegal (two volunteers) for the AfroCreatives Wikiproject.
The AfroCreatives Wikiproject
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Africa_Narrative> aims to support and
mobilize creatives and professionals from the African creative sector, as
well as enthusiasts more broadly, to contribute and enhance knowledge on
Wikipedia about Africa’s creative economy. Its inaugural effort will target
the film sectors of Egypt, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Senegal.
The Africa Narrative <https://www.theafricanarrative.org/> (TAN) is a
non-profit that develops singular, high-impact initiatives in support of
African creatives and the African cultural and creative industries with the
aim to strengthen capacity in the continent’s creative economy and the
global visibility of African cultural soft power.
All volunteers must have full professional proficiency in English. In
Senegal, they must have native or full professional proficiency in French;
in Egypt, they must have native or full professional proficiency in Arabic.
Volunteer facilitators should have a vast knowledge about Wikimedia
projects and experience with teaching new editors.
Interested participants may sign up on the project's Meta page. You may
also indicate your country and email if your Wikipedia account is not
associated with any email address.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Africa_Narrative/Volunteers
Feel free to share as well.
Thank you.
Communities from the Arabic/MENA (the Middle East and North Africa) Region
Are we ready!! We are meeting in 30 minutes!!
We are calling on all organizers, Wikimedia affiliates, and individuals
from the region to help us organize the #WikiForHumanRights2022 campaign
this year, which focuses once again on the Right to a Healthy Environment
(the newest human right to be recognized by the UN).
Interested and not sure how or what to do? Need help in getting started?
Join our regional support hour for the Mena Region and learn everything you
need to know to begin taking action. We hope to have representatives from
the Community Resources team to share insights on grant-making. You can
read more on our new post on diff here
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/01/20/join-wikiforhumanrights2022-upcoming-…>-
https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/01/20/join-wikiforhumanrights2022-upcoming-…
Date: Saturday 5th Feb, 2022
Time: 17:00 UTC
Venue: Zoom-https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/89171842866
1.
والتي تركز مرة أخرى على الحق في بيئة صحية (أحدث حق إنساني تعترف به الأمم
المتحدة). هل أنت مهتم ولست متأكدًا من كيفية عمل ذلك؟ هل تحتاج إلى مساعدة
للبدء؟ انضم إلى لقاءات الدعم الإقليمي التي ننظمها لدعم المجتمعات العربية
والناطقة بالعربية وتعرَّف كل ما تحتاج إلى معرفته للبدء!. نأمل أن يكون لدينا
ممثلين من فريق المِنح لمناقشة سبل التقدم للحصول على المنح. يمكنك قراءة
المزيد عن حول هذه اللقاءات عبر الرابط:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-17KOey0124CT8oSBuawnMVhyfHn2pb2/view?usp=…
التاريخ: السبت 5 فبراير 2022
الزمان: 17:00 UTC
الرابط: https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/84358339696
Ruby
We wanted to share this project with African affiliates, and with African
Wikimedians generally.
This art exhibition includes several works by contemporary African artists,
and also draws on African cultural themes that could be better documented
on Wikipedia, while it is also connected to African-American history
specific to New York City.
As well as viewing the livestream, we'd also welcome people to join the
Discord channel for this edit-a-thon on the Wikimedia NYC server all month
long.
Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Pharos <pharosofalexandria(a)gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Feb 3, 2022 at 1:09 PM
Subject: Saturday Feb 5: ONLINE Met Afrofuturist edit-a-thon (and monthlong
campaign)
To: New York City Wikimedians <wikimedia_nyc(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Dear Wiki-Yorkers,
You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for a virtual
Metropolitan Museum of Art edit-a-thon Saturday afternoon (12-2pm) with
partners AfroCROWD and Black Lunch Table. To join the livestream from your
computer or smartphone, just watch at the YouTube link below.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/MetAfrofuturisthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUx7YltS598 (livestream at 12-2pm Saturday)
Our focus will be on the exhibition Before Yesterday We Could Fly inspired
by Seneca Village, and featured art, artists, history and culture of the
African diaspora.
https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2021/afrofuturist-period-room
We look forward to seeing local Wikimedians, but would also like to invite
folks from the greater New York metropolitan area (and beyond!) who might
not typically be able to join us in person!
We are also running a Met Afrofuturist chat channel on our Wikimedia NYC
Discord server for the whole monthlong campaign, you can join here and get
help with working on articles on these topics together:
https://discord.gg/gqSFqrY7bS
Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)
Hello everyone,
The Community Development team
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Development> at the Wikimedia
Foundation is hosting our first ever community call on February 23, 2022
from 15:00 - 16:00 UTC on Zoom <https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/84302371758>.
The purpose of the community call is to provide a space for volunteers to
meet the Community Development team. The five-person Community Development
team is responsible for developing accessible opportunities for volunteers
to grow critical capacities and leadership skills for movement
sustainability and growth. The community call is also a shared space for
all volunteers to hear or speak about projects related to capacity building
& leadership development in the Wikimedia community.
Our first call, Meet the Community Development Team will include a sign up
sheet
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdIiyAlq7uKBp4eqmnbyVr9Zmi3LBjCQgZ…>for
those who would like to speak for 5-10 minutes about their
individual/community capacity building work.
If you would simply like to attend and listen, join the Zoom link at the
scheduled call time, please find the link here
<https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/84302371758>.
Although the primary language of the call is English, we are committed to
providing simultaneous translation to the best of our ability. Please use
the same sign up sheet
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdIiyAlq7uKBp4eqmnbyVr9Zmi3LBjCQgZ…>
to indicate your language preference so that we can best accommodate
translation support as needed.
Some may be asking, what is capacity building and why is the Community
Development team supporting this work?
What is capacity building? Capacity building is any activity aimed at
developing a skill or capability in others; it can take many forms, ranging
from formal training through online self-study courses to individual
mentorship.
The “Invest in Skill and Leadership Development”
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recomme…>
recommendation of the 2030 Wikimedia Movement Strategy
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recomme…>encourages
movement-wide capacity building as a necessity to achieve our strategic
commitment to Knowledge Equity. Capacity building has the ability to
encourage diversity, redistribute and share resources, welcome newcomers
and grow communities.
Community Development is launching this series to ensure we can hear
directly from volunteers who are interested in or who already are leading
capacity building work in their communities. This is one one way we plan to
create a space for direct conversations with volunteers about the different
contexts, challenges, and opportunities in capacity building across the
movement.
How do our projects relate to capacity building and leadership development?
Our team's portfolio is a curation of online and offline learning programs
and resources that aim to enable skill development and resilience in the
movement.
Some of our recent capacity building projects include the Wikilearn Online
Learning Pilot
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Development/WikiLearn>, Board of
Trustees Candidate toolkit
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/Candidate_Re…>and
the 2021 Wikimania Speaker Series
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Development/What_we_do>.
In order for us to continue building relevant curricula and programming, we
need to hear from the Wikimedia movement. Please visit the Community
Development team page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Development> to learn more about
our capacity building and leadership development projects.
Key Dates:
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First community call: February 23, 2022 from 15:00 - 16:00 UTC on Zoom
<https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/84302371758>
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Sign up
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdIiyAlq7uKBp4eqmnbyVr9Zmi3LBjCQgZ…>
to speak at the first community call. The application closes on February
February 14th, 2022.
To participate in the community call:
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To attend the call, please find the link to the call here
<https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/84302371758>.
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Please ensure you have zoom downloaded on your personal devicer.
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Use the sign up sheet to confirm your interest to speak about your work
in capacity building here
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdIiyAlq7uKBp4eqmnbyVr9Zmi3LBjCQgZ…>
We are excited to see and hear from you in our call!
Thank you from the Community Development team
Cassie Casares
Program Support Associate
Community Development
Wikimedia Foundation
ccasares(a)wikimedia.org