Nenzit Wikimedians User Group
Affiliate Applicant This group is currently in the process of applying to become a Wikimedia movement affiliate to the Affiliations Committee. To find the list of active Wikimedia affiliates, please visit the formal list of Wikimedia Movement Affiliates. |
Our Languages, Our Identity!
| Main page | Members | Leadership | Communities and hubs | Programmes | Community Meetings | Partnerships | Reports | Bylaws |
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| Location | Global online-based |
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| Main office | Kafanchan, Nigeria |
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| Lead | Kambai Akau |
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| Affiliations | SSA |
| Motto | Create and sustain Wikimedia projects in Platoid languages and promote free knowledge in the Nenzit region through awareness, content creation, and community engagement by to supporting the Wikimedia movement by organizing activities like in-person and offline events, workshops, edit-a-thons, content creation, and collaborations. |
Nenzit Wikimedians User Group is a proposed Wikimedia user group to promote Wikimedia projects in Nenzit (Central Nigerian or Platoid) languages, made up of the Plateau, Jukunoid and Kainji constituent families. These languages make up a major part of the Nigerian Middle Belt numbering about 153 (See Platoid languages template on Wikipedia). These languages are spoken by people with a common socio-cultural background deeply rooted in the area natively known as the Nenzit region.
The proposed Wikimedia user group aims to curb the rate of loss of languages in the region by introducing Wikimedia projects in these languages, spoken by over 20 million people in Central Nigeria, Northwest Cameroon, and Alibori and Borgou departments of Benin Republic.
Objectives
edit- Promote use of Wikimedia projects by people in the Nenzit region
- Help people in the Nenzit region learn how to edit Wikimedia projects
- Organize in-person gatherings of Wikimedians in the Nenzit region
Activities
edit- Edit-a-thons for Wikipedia and Wikidata
- Promote editing of Nenzit contents on Wikimedia projects
- Trainings around the Nenzit region on how to edit Wikimedia projects
- Localize Wikimedia projects in the languages of the Nenzit region
History
edit- 15 December 2024: Founding members met with AffCom to create the group, following the failure to change the name of the Tyap Wikimedians User Group to the Nenzit Wikimedians User Group with an expanded scope
- April 2025: Host an in-person training on Nenzit content at the University of Jos
- July 2025: Begin new Wikipedia in xyz language
- October 2025: Begin new Wikipedia in xyz language
- January 2026: Begin new Wikipedia in xyz language
- April 2026: Begin new Wikipedia in xyz language
Contact information
editPlease use this wikipage's talk page to contact this group. You can also contact us via our mailing list: nenzitwikimedians
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