Kanuri Wikimedians User Group
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Objectives
- To promote Wikimedia projects
- To promote editing of Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects both in Kanuri and other languages.
- To engage and encourage more Kanuri speakers to become contributors of the Wikimedia projects.
- To organize in-person events for local community Wikipedians/Wikimedians by providing them with resources needed to enhance both their skills and ability for the development of the Wikimedia projects in Kanuri language and other Wikipedia sister projects.
Activities edit
The user group will be organising
- Meet-ups for its members in order to exchange ideas and to find ways to support them to continue editing the projects in areas where they would need help.
- Edit-a-thons to help new Wikipedians learn editing techniques, to create, translate and improve the content in all Wikimedia projects or work on and develop a certain topic which will in return promote the project.
- Editing contests the group will be organizing editing contests to encourage existing regular editors to keep editing Wikimedia projects and also encourage non-members/users to join.
- Photographic Contest and trips the group will also organise trips and contests to encourage users to upload and document files to commons which will be used in all Wikimedia projects.
Partnership edit
Wikimedia Sister Projects and User Group Affiliates are in collaboration with each other towards developing Wikimedia sister projects and the willingness of contributing free knowledge and sharing it across the world, also, Affiliates are freely allowed to collaborate and work together with the existing Affiliates as individuals, groups or organization in provision of progress in entire Wikimedia Movement align with Wikimedia activities. Most of the existing Affiliates in Nigeria have been notified in their talk pages for unity, collaboration and understanding, starting by Wikimedia User Group Nigeria, Hausa Wikimedian User Group, Igbo Wikimedian User Group, Yoruba Wikimedian User Group and Nigerian photographys user group.
Meetups/Edit-aton/Events edit
Recent Activities edit
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before the event
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the campaign logo
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with student at school market
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By the hostel
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The university gate
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Ramat polytechnic gate
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With the students at the (SUG) office after the event
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During the event
Ongoing planned activities edit
Activity | Description | Timeline | Type |
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Kanuri Wikipedia Awareness in Borno State | Awareness and campaign on improving and creating articles in Kanuri Wikipedia in incubator | 23/9/2023 to 18/12/2023 | physical/Vital |
Activity | Description | Timeline | Type |
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Kanuri Wikipedia Awareness in Borno State | Awareness and campaign | 23/9/2023 to 18/12/2023 | physical |
Future Activities edit
Activity | Description | Timeline | Type |
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Vital articles creation in Kanuri Wikipedia Incubator | To create vital articles for educational use | visual | |
Photo walk of higher institutions of learning in Maiduguri Borno State | adding photos to wikimedia commons for educational use | physical | |
Edit-aton | improving contents in Kanuri Wikipedia | physical | |
Photo walk of Kanuri culture and heritage | making the Kanuri culture visible to the world | physical |
Contact Information
- Use the Discussions page for any enquiry or contact:
Muhammedmustaphabulama@gmail.com edit
Hook us on: edit
- Hook us on WhatsApp (KWUG)
- Hook us on telegram (KWUG)
Members edit
- User:MohammedBama123
- User: Umargana1
- User: Mustybdc
- User:Aliyucisse
- User:Aminu281
- User:misbahuumar
- User:Fareedah070
- User:Tsirya2022
- User:Ba'agana
- User:787I0
- User:Ak4850
- User:Bilkisubee212
- User:Dini gimba
- User:Gmanstg
- User:Gumsuri
- User:Habibu37761239
- User:M 0706463B
- User:Madofaruk
- User:Musa bukar forfor
- User:Sadiq Malumta B…
- User:Salisu09038037742
- User:Ummusalmasuleim…
Primary contact edit
Mohammed Mustapha Bulama
Username:MohammedBama123
Muhammedmustaphabulama@gmail.com
Secondary contact edit
Umar Mohammed
Username:Umargana1
Umargana3355@gmail.com