WikiFranca

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WikiFranca

A collaboration between the francophone groups of the Wikimedia movement

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Mailing list: wikifrancalists.wikimedia.fr

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WikiFranca is a partnership between francophone Wikimedia chapters and affiliated working groups. The objective is to encourage activities in the French Wikimedia projects such as Wikipedia and its sister projects, both on the Web and on the ground. It not only allows local user groups with no chapters in their countries to organize activities and events in their communities and in their language, but also to build a bridge between the countries participating in the Wikimedia projects in French language.

Background

The idea of a partnership between francophone chapters was first discussed in 2011, at the Forum mondial de la langue française (Global Forum of the French language), where several members of Wikimédia France, Wikimedia Canada and the Quebec Committee joined forces to be present at the Forum which was held in Quebec city. The discussions were going well because creating "Francocoop", based on the model Iberocoop, was in the air.

In 2012, a first francophone chapters meeting was held at Wikimania Washington to discuss, to present projects and to exchange innovative ideas. Among the countries represented at this meeting, there were Belgium, Canada, France, Italy, Switzerland and Tunisia. It was during this meeting that a collaboration between francophone chapters became evident.

At Wikimania Hong Kong in 2013, francophone chapters had a second meeting, where a coordinator has been elected and formalizing WikiFranca. A first global project was organized in October 2013, called Mois international de la contribution francophone (International Francophone Contribution Month) where 26 workshops were organized in 21 cities around the world. The event had a worldwide media coverage, which has encouraged the organizers worldwide.

Observation

The model of national chapters is effective for countries where language and culture are homogeneous, but the reality is quite different for countries where French cohabits with another language and is a minority language, or where only small groups of French-speaking Wikipedians are limited by the chronic lack of active and involved participants. It appears important that collaboration between francophone countries is in place to meet the needs of these groups.

One of the challenges of multilingual chapters is that their members work on various Wikimedia projects. This may seem insignificant, but it is clear that this create a difficulty of creating a cohesive group working since users contribute in different versions of Wikipedia, Wikisource, etc. An association of francophone chapters and user groups coordinates the efforts of those who have the desire to contribute to French Wikimedia projects.

In addition some countries do not have the possibility of forming a chapter, and it may not be a viable option, such as the countries of Francophone Africa. Quebec is another example of a francophone nation enclosed by a majority language and Quebec contributors have little difficulty to thrive in a chapter where anglophone contributors are majority. Belgium and Tunisia are experiencing similar situations.

Gallery

Photo of the group of participants in the French WikiConvention of Brussels 2019.
Photo of the group of participants in the French WikiConvention of Grenoble 2018.
African Schools Challenge WikiChallenge Ceremony in Mali, 2018.
Contribution workshop in Douala, Cameroon, 2018.
Contributory Day Germain Muller at the Strasbourg Museums Library, 2013.
Francophone Contribution Month in Oran, Algeria.
#1Lib1ref in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, 2018.
Edit-a-thon social entrepreneurship at ESCP Europe, 2016.
Play media

Digital Summer School in Haiti.

Updates

2021

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20 et 21 Novembre : WikiConvention Francophone 2021
15 juillet : Webinaire finances puis charte de gouvernance
1er au 31 Mars : Mois de la contribution
15 Janvier : Les 20 ans de Wikipédia en Guinée

2020

1^er décembre : réunion stratégie interne WikiFranca
29 novembre : Wiki-weekend francophone
31 octobre : réunion en ligne - stratégie WikiFranca 2025 et alignement stratégie 2030
18 octobre :réunion en ligne - finalisation charte de coopération
3 octobre : premier jet de notre charte de coopération
1^er aout au 1er décembre : Sondage sur les besoins en capacity building parmi les affiliés francophones
15 juillet : réunion en ligne - affiliation et gouvernance
16 juin : réunion en ligne - procédure de nomination représentant design team
25 mai : décision de reporter la 5ème WikiConvention à 2021
22 mai : réunion en ligne - point général
March 1 to 31: The International Francophone Contribution Month (link in French)

2019

September 6, 7, 8ː WikiConvention francophone in Brussels
March 23 to June 31ː lancement du projet WikiClubRFI
March 29ː Francophone Meetup at Wikimedia Summit.
March 1 to 31: The International Francophone Contribution Month. Results ː 80 workshops, 40 cities, 18 countries.
February 19: creation of the facebook facebook group WikiFranca

2018

November 12, 2018: XIV Ordinary Session of the Executive Bureau of the User Group of Ivory Coast
Writing the Action Plan WikiFranca
October 5, 2018: WikiFranca meeting in Grenoble (link to pad)
5-7 October 2018: 3rd Wikiconvention French in Grenoble
22 July 2018: Creation of a "Telegram" discussion group for the coordination of WikiFranca .
21 July 2018: Agenda of the French-speaking meeting in Cape Town, South Africa.
20 April 2018: Minutes of the French-speaking meeting in Berlin.
March 1, 2018: The International Month of the Francophone Contribution. Results: 70 workshops, 40 cities, 15 countries. Draft of the next WMF blog post