Dearest Community Members,
The Wikimania 2021 Core Organizing Team
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2021#Organising_team> and Wikimania
Steering Committee <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_Committee>
are excited to share with you the evaluation results of Wikimania 2021.
We wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone – that’s 1700 of you from
across the movement – that helped create the first online Wikimania.
Whether talking about welcoming newcomers, fascinating presentations,
catching up with old friends, or singing and dancing together, you were
essential to the success.
After the event, we asked you to share your thoughts about the first-ever
virtual Wikimania: How accessible and inclusive was Wikimania 2021? What
did you most like about the event? What would you have changed? And how did
the newcomers among us feel? We invite you to read the report
<https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2021:Evaluation>.
And if you’re feeling nostalgic, you can watch back all of the great video
content
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimania_2021_presentations>,
including the session that brought out the performers in all of us:
the Wikimania
2021 song <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2021:Wikimania_Song>.
The Wikimania Steering Committee will be sharing more information on how to
get involved for 2022 in the coming days, so stay tuned … and get excited!
Best wishes from the 2021 Wikimania COT,
Winnie Kabintie
Greetings,
Thank you all for your participation and support during the 2021 Months of
African Cinema Contest[1] which ended on 30th November 2021.
Based on our initial statistics, we have been able to get about 3,000
articles created in over 14 languages![2] A big thank you to everyone who
created articles during the contest for making this happen. We also want to
sincerely thank all organizers who have managed to make the contest happen
in their local communities.
The review of all the submitted articles will commence as soon as possible
and we hope to announce winners in February 2022. If you haven’t already,
please remember to list your articles in both the Users by Articles page[3]
and the article achievement section[2] in order to get your articles
assessed by the international jury.
We wish you all a fulfilled month ahead and look forward to your
participation in future projects!
Warm regards,
Eben Mlay
Community Liaison, Afrocine project
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/Months_of_Afri…
Dearest Community Members,
The Wikimania 2021 Core Organizing Team
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2021#Organising_team> and Wikimania
Steering Committee <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_Committee>
are excited to share with you the evaluation results of Wikimania 2021.
We wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone – that’s 1700 of you from
across the movement – that helped create the first online Wikimania.
Whether talking about welcoming newcomers, fascinating presentations,
catching up with old friends, or singing and dancing together, you were
essential to the success.
After the event, we asked you to share your thoughts about the first-ever
virtual Wikimania: How accessible and inclusive was Wikimania 2021? What
did you most like about the event? What would you have changed? And how did
the newcomers among us feel? We invite you to read the report
<https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2021:Evaluation>.
And if you’re feeling nostalgic, you can watch back all of the great video
content
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimania_2021_presentations>,
including the session that brought out the performers in all of us:
the Wikimania
2021 song <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2021:Wikimania_Song>.
The Wikimania Steering Committee will be sharing more information on how to
get involved for 2022 in the coming days, so stay tuned … and get excited!
Best wishes from the 2021 Wikimania COT,
Winnie Kabintie
Hello everyone,
After months of rigorous reviews by the jury team, we are happy to announce
the winners for the maiden edition of the Africa Wiki Challenge
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Africa_Wiki_Challenge> [1]
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Africa_Wiki_Challenge>2021.
Congratulations to the various winners of the campaign.
Winners
Overall Winner: User: Idd Like from Tanzania
First Runner-Up: User: Justine Msechu from Tanzania
Special category: User: Da Supremo from Ghana
Top Uploader on Commons: User: FQuaisie from Ghana
We acknowledge our international jury team who worked tirelessly to ensure
that the winners were identified.
International Jury
User: FaithMwanyolo- Kenya
User: Bile_rene - Cameroun
User: Em-mustapha_- Nigeria
User: Jwale2-Ghana
User: *Xibitgh-*Ghana
User: *Alhassan Abdul-Manan*-Ghana
User: *Cnii*-Ghana
To all our current and prospective organizers, partners, and editors,
kindly take note of the second edition of the Africa Wiki Challenge 2022
scheduled for the month of May to June 2022. Details of the contest will be
communicated to you prior to the start of the campaign.
Cheers,
Eugene Masiku
*Communications Officer*
*Open Foundation West Africa. *
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Hello everyone,
After months of rigorous reviews by the jury team, we are happy to announce
the winners for the maiden edition of the Africa Wiki Challenge
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Africa_Wiki_Challenge> [1]
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Africa_Wiki_Challenge>2021.
Congratulations to the various winners of the campaign.
Winners
Overall Winner: User: Idd Like from Tanzania
First Runner-Up: User: Justine Msechu from Tanzania
Special category: User: Da Supremo from Ghana
Top Uploader on Commons: User: FQuaisie from Ghana
We acknowledge our international jury team who worked tirelessly to ensure
that the winners were identified.
International Jury
User: FaithMwanyolo- Kenya
User: Bile_rene - Cameroun
User: Em-mustapha_- Nigeria
User: Jwale2-Ghana
User: *Xibitgh-*Ghana
User: *Alhassan Abdul-Manan*-Ghana
User: *Cnii*-Ghana
To all our current and prospective organizers, partners, and editors,
kindly take note of the second edition of the Africa Wiki Challenge 2022
scheduled for the month of May to June 2022. Details of the contest will be
communicated to you prior to the start of the campaign.
Cheers,
Eugene Masiku
*Communications Officer*
*Open Foundation West Africa.*
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and Green Weather Forcast Infographic (14)-min.png]
Dear Wikimedians,
Greetings from the EduWiki Collaborators - Community Specialist Group!
Eduwiki collaborators is a peer network group that aims to help increase
the visibility of community work around Wikimedia in Education! Are you an
affiliate, organizer, or individual? Would you like to learn something new,
innovate in your project around education or increase your network and
collaboration within the movement?
Ahead of our first Regional Education Meeting for Sub-Saharan in January,
the Edu Wiki Sub-Saharan Community invites you to join its Facebook
Community <https://www.facebook.com/groups/869386360300949> and Telegram
Group channel <https://t.me/joinchat/CHskfDz9ZkxlODA0>. The idea is to
provide a platform for Wikipedians, affiliates, and other community members
within the region to learn something from each other, share their work and
ideas on activities around Wikimedia and Education. The platform also will
not only provide opportunities to strengthen the EduWiki network but will
help community members to explore collaboration opportunities and identify
common practices or challenges that are faced by our community members in
different parts of the world.
We are excited to have you and we can’t wait to help share your work!
Kind regards,
Ruby D-Brown
Eduwiki Collaborator Sub Saharan Africa
Hello African-Wikimedians!
The Campaigns Team <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Campaigns> at the
Wikimedia Foundation is excited to announce that it is seeking Campaigns
Ambassador with experience working in the French, Arabic or Swahili
Wikipedia communities in Africa.
Kindly confirm further details and requirements about the role in the attached
job description
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ddp1mWyzZXtPppQl9ovzjgxBBClmL4EGFc7_58k…>.
All interested applicants should submit a copy of their curriculum vitae
(CV) and cover letter via email to *fnartey(a)wikimedia.org
<fnartey(a)wikimedia.org>* and copy *ifried(a)wikimedia.org
<ifried(a)wikimedia.org>* by 28th November 2021.
If you have any further questions about the role kindly contact
jjonsson(a)wikimedia.org.
Thank you.
Best,
Imelda
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*Imelda Brazal*
Senior Content Campaign Fellow
Campaign Product Team, Wikimedia Foundation
ibrazal-ctr(a)wikimedia.org