Hello friends,

In our drive to close the online gender gap, we are glad to introduce you to WikiGap Online Challenge.

The contest was designed by Wikimedia User Group Nigeria. in partnership with the Swedish embassy in Nigeria, African Women in the Media, Wiki In Africa, Wiki Women in Red to improve the coverage of Nigerian women on Wikipedia.

- *What*: This is a Nigerian public writing competition to create and improve articles that will strengthen Wikipedia coverage of Nigerian women. The winners will receive great prizes. The Challenge is organized as part of the global WikiGap https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiGap campaign by Wikimedia Nigeria in collaboration with African Women in the Media ( AWIM) and the Embassy of Sweden in Nigeria. - - *Who*: Any Wikipedian with a named account (on any wiki, including the incubator) can participate. To participate you just need to sign up on the Participants https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiGap_Challenge/Participants section.

- *When* The writing challenge will run from 00:01 on 29 April (GMT +01:00) until 23:59 on 13 May 2020 (GMT +01:00).

- *How*: The contest is simple in structure, based on a KISS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KISS_principle point system: You get points https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiGap_Challenge/Participants while improving articles, with the goal for each participant to gain as many points as possible.

For further information please check the contest landing page https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiGap_Nigeria_Online_Challenge/Background

Regards.

*Olaniyan Ishola Olushola*

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