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AfroCreatives WikiProject +film is the inaugural effort of AfroCreatives WikiProject. By mobilizing African film creatives, professionals, and film enthusiasts, ACWP +film aims to measurably enhance information on Wikipedia about the art and industry of African film, including:

The history of African cinema
Biographies of notable African creatives and professionals that span the industry
Notable African movies and television series
African studios, streaming platforms, awards, festivals, guilds, film schools, and other institutions that form the industry ecosystem
Developments in animation, AR, VR, and other technologies shaping the African film industry
Film financing, government policies, skills development, and other key industry issues

AfroCreatives WikiProject+film 2025 Edit-a-thon

Date: 2 August – 30 September, 2025
In the lead-up to the campaign, participants, new and experienced Wikimedians alike, are strongly encouraged to sign up for an online or in-person Wikipedia workshop. The workshop will provide essential know-how on contributing to Wikipedia with a focus on Film and Television. To accommodate as many people as possible, including those from the diaspora, multiple options to attend a workshop are offered.The following is scheduled:

Online Wikipedia workshops in English, French, and Arabic.
In-person Wikipedia workshops led by local Wikimedia organizers in over 20 cities around the continent and the diaspora.

Online Wikipedia workshops

Mastering the Essentials of Contributing Film & Television Content to Wikipedia
The online workshop, Mastering the Essentials of Contributing Film & Television Content to Wikipedia, is offered in two formats: a one-day workshop or split into two sessions over two days. (The agenda is the same for both formats). To accommodate as many people as possible, including those from the diaspora, multiple workshops are scheduled.

English
- Wednesday 23rd July from 15:00 - 17:30 UTC (Day 1 session) Thursday 24th from 15:00 - 17:30 UTC (Day 2 session)
  or
- Saturday 26th July from 16:00 - 21:30 UTC
  or
- Saturday 2nd August from 11:00 - 16:30 UTC

French
- Wednesday 23rd July from 15:00 - 17:30 UTC (Day 1 session) Thursday 24th 15:00 - 17:30 UTC (Day 2 session)
  or
- Saturday 26th July from 16:00 - 21:30 UTC
  or
- Saturday 2nd August from 11:00 - 16:30 UTC

Arabic
- Saturday 26th July from 09:00 - 14:30 UTC
  or
- Saturday 2nd August at 09:00 - 14:30 UTC

Local Wikipedia workshops

Date: Starting July 2025
- Where: Locations across Africa
- Language: Based on local context

Why participate

Your contributions will increase African-generated content about the continent’s film sector on Wikipedia and the web.
You will help create awareness and interest among the general public about the project and create visibility of the African film on Wikipedia and its sister projects.
You will help build the capacity within the film industry to contribute knowledge to Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects.
Help propagate the need to create more content about the film industry in Africa that promotes the culture, history, and heritage of our people.

Campaign Rules

All participants must create a Wikimedia account and be signed in before making any edits.

All Wikipedia edits made must have #ACWP+FILM25 in the edit summary to be considered for any local or international prize (see further below).
If you’re registered on Wikimedia but not affiliated with a local Wikimedia group, make sure to register on the campaign event registration page of a participating local Wikimedia community. (A local Wikimedia group is a community-driven initiative that operates within a specific geographic area to support and promote the Wikimedia movement).
- Click here to see the full list of participating local Wikimedia groups.
- If you live in or originate from a country that does not have a Wikimedia group participating in the campaign, no worries! You can join any community—just make sure that it aligns with one of your primary language preferences (English, French or Arabic).
- The theme of the campaign is broadly on African film and TV, so feel free to contribute on any subject within that domain, regardless of the geography of the local Wikimedia community you are registered with.
All campaign contributions must be related to the theme of the campaign, African film and television. Edits outside this scope will not be considered part of the campaign nor count toward any prizes.
Performing one task over several edits on an article counts as one edit. For example, fixing one typo over two different edits in an article counts as one edit, not two.
Points are not given when an edit is made to correct a previous edit by the same participant.
Responses to messages on talk pages and reverted edits do not count as an edit.

ACWP+film 2025 Edit-a-thon Prizes

International prizes, in addition to local prizes, will be offered. Details to follow.

Who should join?

Contributors:

ACWP is particularly interested in mobilizing Contributors who bring a high level of knowledge, commitment, and interest in enhancing content and knowledge surrounding the African film sector. These include:

Film Industry Creatives and Professionals.
African film critics, academics and researchers.
African cultural and film enthusiasts, including those already contributing to Wikipedia.

Organizers:

Seasoned Wikipedia Organizers in target countries who can help mobilize existing Wiki contributors and run training sessions and edit-a-thons.

AfroCreatives WikiProject +film 2024

AfroCreatives WikiProject +film is the inaugural effort of AfroCreatives WikiProject. By mobilizing African film creatives, professionals, and film enthusiasts, ACWP +film aims to measurably enhance information on Wikipedia about the art and industry of African film, including:

The history of African cinema
Biographies of notable African creatives and professionals that span the industry
Notable African movies and television series
African studios, streaming platforms, awards, festivals, guilds, film schools, and other institutions that form the industry ecosystem
Developments in animation, AR, VR, and other technologies shaping the African film industry
Film financing, government policies, skills development, and other key industry issues

FESPACO Edit-a-thon

Date: Saturday, May 18 – June 17, 2024

AfroCreatives WikiProject is partnering with FESPACO, Africa’s largest film festival, in a continent-wide Edit-a-thon.

In the lead-up to the campaign, participants are encouraged to join online and/or in-person training sessions to learn how to contribute to Wikipedia, or if already familiar with editing Wikipedia, to refresh their skills.

To accommodate as many people as possible, the following is scheduled:

Two “global” online training sessions in each of 3 languages (English, French, Arabic).
A series of local online and in-person training sessions led by local Wikipedia organizers around the continent.

In addition to a general training session focused on Wikipedia:

A training session (in French, Arabic, and English) focused on Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata, two affiliated projects within the Wikimedia family. For participants within the film industry with rights to images, here’s why Wikimedia Commons is especially relevant to you.

Online Wikipedia training sessions

The agendas are the same for each session.

English
- Dates: Saturday 11th May, Wednesday 15th May AND Saturday 1st June 2024
- Times: 11:00 UTC,16:00 UTC AND 09:00 UTC
- Links: TBA
French
- Dates: Saturday 11th May, Thursday 16th May AND Saturday 1st June 2024
- Times: 10:00 UTC, 16:00 UTC AND 12:00 UTC
- Links: TBA
Arabic
- Dates: Thursday, 16th May AND Saturday, 1st June 2024
- Times: 16:00 UTC AND 12:00 UTC
- Links: TBA

Online Wikidata/Wikimedia Commons training sessions

- Dates: Saturday, 18th May 2024
- Times: 10:00 UTC (EN), 12:00 UTC (FR) AND 16:00 UTC (AR)
- Links: TBA
- Languages: EN/FR/AR

Why participate

Your contributions will increase African-generated content about the continent’s film sector on Wikipedia and the web.
You will help create awareness and interest among the general public about the project and create visibility of the African film on Wikipedia and its sister projects.
You will help build the capacity within the film industry to contribute knowledge to Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects.
Help propagate the need to create more content about the film industry in Africa that promotes the culture, history, and heritage of our people.

New to editing Wikimedia?

If you are new to contributing to Wikimedia projects, we strongly encourage you to sign up for training session when you register to participate in the campaign. The sessions, led by experienced Wikimedians, will provide basic and essential editing know-how that will make it easy for you to participate in the campaign.

Watch this space for more information on training sessions that will take place online and in person in cities throughout Africa in May as part of the FESPACO campaign.

Campaign Rules

All participants must create a Wikimedia account and be signed in before making any edits.
All Wikipedia edits made must have #ACWPFESPACO2024 in the edit summary to be considered for any prize
If you’re a Wikimedian, make sure you are registered on your local Wikimedia community dashboard if your community is organizing, and if you’re a film professional, sign up to the global ACWP+film dashboard so your edits can be tracked as part of the campaign.
All contributions as part of the campaign must follow or be related to the theme of the campaign, African film and television. Editing Articles outside this scope will not count.
Double/multiple performances of one task as several edits on an article count as one edit. For example, fixing two different typos over two different edits on an article counts as one edit, not two.
Points are not given when an edit is made to correct a previous edit by the same participant.
Responses to messages on talk pages and reverted edits do not count as an edit.

FESPACO Edit-a-thon Prizes

The FESPACO edit-a-thon allows participants many ways to contribute and compete for prizes. In addition to Wikipedia, contributions can be made to Wikidata as well as Wikimedia Commons.

On Wikipedia, contributions to create and expand new articles include copy editing; adding images; adding or editing references, film-related infoboxes, filmography tables, wikilinks, and links to external film databases; and categorizing articles, among other contributions.

The primary contribution on Wikimedia Commons is uploading images, audio, and video. On Wikidata, which is used to store structured data, such as information about people, places, and things, editors focus on making data-related entries and edits.

The Golden Screen Prize - 1 year Netflix subscription

Awarded to the editor who has contributed the most bytes in the creation and/or expansion of Wikipedia articles about African film and television.

The Silver Screen Prize - 6 months Netflix subscription

Awarded to the editor who has contributed the second highest amount of bytes in the creation and/or expansion of Wikipedia articles about African film and television.

The Bronze Screen Prize - 4 months Netflix subscription

Awarded to the editor who has contributed the third highest amount of bytes in the creation and/or expansion of Wikipedia articles about African film and television.

Newbie Screen Prize - 6 months Netflix subscription

Awarded to a first-time Wikipedia editor who has contributed the most bytes in the creation and/or expansion of Wikipedia articles about African film and television.

The Tahar Cheriaa Prize - 1 year Netflix subscription

Named after the pioneering Tunisian film critic and founder of the Carthage Film Festival, awarded to the editor who has contributed the most substantive and well-written text-based contributions to new or existing Wikipedia articles on the subject of African film and television.

Thérèse Sita-Bella Prize - 1 year Netflix subscription

Named after the Cameroonian director and one of Africa’s first female filmmakers, awarded to the editor who has made the most Wikipedia contributions centered on women in African film and television.

Screen Prize for Translation - 6 months Netflix subscription

Awarded to the editor who has contributed the most quality translations on Wikipedia on the topic of African film and TV.

Wikimedia Commons Prizes - 6, 4 and 2 months Netflix subscription respectively

1st, 2nd, and 3rd prizes awarded to participants who have uploaded the most African film and television-related images/videos/audios to Wikimedia Commons.

Wikidata Prizes - 6, 4 and 2 months Netflix subscription respectively

1st, 2nd, and 3rd prizes awarded to participants who have documented the most African film and television-related entries to Wikidata.

NOTE: All prizes are premium subscriptions

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AfroCreatives WikiProject +film

AfroCreatives WikiProject +film is the inaugural effort of AfroCreatives WikiProject. By mobilizing African film creatives, professionals and film enthusiasts, the campaign aims to measurably enhance information on Wikipedia about the art and industry of African film, including:

Biographies of notable African creatives and professionals that span the industry, from financing to pre-and post-production.
African studios, streaming platforms, awards, festivals, guilds, film schools and other institutions that form part of the industry ecosystem.
Movies and television programs that have shaped Africa’s cinematic history and that are defining the current industry.
Developments in African animation, AR, and VR and other technologies.
Film financing, movie production incentives, government policies, and training and workforce development programs that are advancing the state of the African film industry.

Afro Creatives WikiProject +film is initially focused on the film sectors of Egypt, Nigeria, Rwanda and Senegal. It is launching with a 3-week edit-a-thon campaign to generate a landmark number of contributions on the film industry of these four countries.

Why participate?

Your contributions will increase African-generated content about the continent’s film sector on Wikipedia and on the web.
You will help create awareness and interest among the general public about the project and create visibility of the African film industries of Egypt, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Senegal on Wikipedia and its sister projects.
You will help build the capacity within the film industry in Egypt, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Senegal to contribute knowledge to Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects.
Help propagate the need to create more content about the film industry in Africa that promotes culture, history and the heritage of our people.

New to editing Wikipedia?

If you are new to contributing to Wikipedia, we strongly encourage you to sign-up for a brief 45-minute online training session when you register to participate in the campaign. The sessions, led by experienced Wikipedians, will provide basic and essential editing know-how that will make it easy for you to participate in the campaign. For participants who want some hands-on practice and support, the training session will be followed by a practice edit-a-thon session.

Egypt: 3:00pm (GMT+2)
Nigeria: 1:00pm (WAT)
Rwanda: 3:00pm (CAT)
Senegal: 11:00am (GMT)

Campaign Rules

All participants must create a Wikipedia account and be signed in before making any edits.
Make sure you are registered on your country’s dashboard, so your edits can be tracked as part of the campaign.
All contributions as part of the campaign must follow or be related to the theme of the campaign, African cinema, with a particular focus on Egypt, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Senegal. Editing Articles outside this scope will not count.
Edits should focus on fixing typos, adding categories, adding references, wikilinking, and creating stubs or articles. Any edits outside this such as adding infoboxes, images, etc. are welcome and may earn you additional points.
Double/multiple performances of one task as several edits on an article count as one edit. For example, fixing two different typos over two different edits on an article counts as one edit, not two.
Points are not given when an edit is made to correct a previous edit by the same participant.
Responses to messages on talk pages and reverted edits do not count as an edit.

Awards and Prizes

The AfroCreatives WikiProject +film campaign is offering a series of country-specific awards in Egypt, Nigeria, Senegal, and Rwanda, as well as international awards. All campaign participants will receive virtual certificates issued by the Wikimedia Foundation and be eligible to add a campaign userbox to their userpage.

Local Awards

Outstanding Contributor Award – Awarded to the single most impressive contributor in each of the campaign’s four participating countries.

What we're looking for: A high level of quantitative and qualitative contributions such as new articles and stubs, improvement of existing articles, and an innovative range of content additions such as infoboxes, images, audio pronunciations, and Wikidata items, among others.

Outstanding Contributor – Runner-Up
Newbie Award – Awarded to the most impressive new contributor

What we're looking for: Impressive level of contributions and proficiency with basic editing tasks such as adding wiki links, correcting typos and grammar, adding categories, and creating stubs.

International Awards

Star Performer – Awarded to the single most high-achieving contributor of the campaign across all countries.

What we're looking for: This star among stars will have demonstrated overall excellence, an impressive range of edits and content creation, and exceptional levels of contribution.

Quality of Content Award – Awarded to the most productive contributor of the campaign.

What we're looking for: The most noteworthy number of edits that improve the quality and structure of articles. In addition to the number of bytes or characters added, contributions counted may include sections, references, categories, “see also” sections, infoboxes, and images, among others.

Content Creator Award – Awarded to the most prolific creator of articles and stubs.

What we’re looking for: A high level of contribution of newly created articles and stubs.

Gender Award – Awarded to the most enterprising contributor of new content about women in film.

What we’re looking for: New articles and stubs, as well as expanded text in existing articles. Subjects may include biographies of women in film, female-centered films and storytelling, and other general topics related to women in the film industry.

Campaign Rubric/Score Guide


Activity	Score
Adding infoboxes, templates, images, audio pronunciations, and Wikidata items. See Wikidata: Introduction	1
Fixing grammar, typos and adding wikilinks	2
Adding categories, adding/fixing references and See Also sections.	3
Expanding articles: Adding text of up to 1000 bytes	2
Expanding articles: Adding text of 1000 bytes or more	5
Creation of Stub (+1 extra point for tagging)	7(+1)
Creation of Article	10