AfroCuration campaign/Online events
ALITFEST 2020 Contest edit
The AfroCuration campaign is collaborating with the Abuja Literary Society in the 2020 edition of the Abuja Literary + Arts Festival 2020 to promote the use of indigenous language in writing. ALitFest20 which is themed The Art of Empathy will mark the 3rd edition of the festival. For this edition, the Festival welcomes wider participation to the growing literary community in Africa by going virtual.
To bridge the gender, the Afrocuration Campaign Team is collaborating with the Abuja Literary Society to organize a contest that would primarily focus on bridging the contents gap on the Yoruba, Hausa and Igbo language Wikipedia.
Project Time-Lines/ Work Plan edit
Activities | Specific Activities | Time Lines | Expected Outcomes | Remarks |
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Launching |
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13th -15th August 2020 | Participants are expected to visit the project landing page, sign up and follow the instruction for participation, ask questions where necessary |
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Live Training |
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Training days announcement: 17th Aug. | Training in Yoruba, Hausa and Igbo languages on how to contribute to Wikipedia | |
Competition starts |
Participants select any topic of their interest on the table below and translate them into their preferred languages |
22nd Aug. 2020 | ||
Final entries | Contributions would be accepted until 11:59 PM WAT 4th Sept. 2020 | 5th Sept. 2020 | ||
Winners announcement | Jury would review the contributions and recommend winners for prizes | 12th Sept. 2020 |
How to participate edit
Are you a native speaker of Yoruba, Hausa, or Igbo language or you have a strong background in the Yoruba language and you would like to participate in this contest?
Sign in or Create a New Account on Wikipedia (you can create your account on any language Wikipedia including your own language).
Select from the list of articles proposed below and translate it to your preferred language(s).
You may also participate by creating new articles for quality photos.
Register your name
edit- T CellsTalk 12:47, 8 August 2020 (UTC)
- Àgbàlagbà T★C 6:09, 15 August 2020 (UTC)
- Kaizenify (talk) 13:42, 25 August 2020 (UTC)
Resources for Self-pace Training edit
Video Gallery for the Webinar sessions
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Wikimedia Commons: Licenses and the Use of Freely Licensed Images on Wikipedia
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Basic Wikipedia Editing and How to Cite a Wikipedia Article
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Work-Flow of Creating Wikipedia page
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Cheat Sheet of Wikipedia Editing
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Learn how to edit Wikipedia
Proposed articles edit
Other proposed articles
edit- COVID-19 pandemic in Somalia
- COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa
- COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria
- COVID-19 pandemic in Angola
- COVID-19 pandemic in Guinea-Bissau
- COVID-19 pandemic in Ivory Coast
- COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya
- COVID-19 pandemic in Lesotho
- COVID-19 pandemic in Libya
- COVID-19 pandemic in Libya
- COVID-19 pandemic in Mauritius
- COVID-19 pandemic in Mayotte