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WikiIndaba 2024/Proposal/How to recruit volunteers for smaller language Wikipedia: The Central Notice Banner Approach


Indaba 2024 Logo ID : How to recruit volunteers for smaller language Wikipedia: The Central Notice Banner Approach
Author(s): Isaac Olatunde Username(s): Olatunde Isaac Session type: lightning talk
Affiliation: Wikimedia Nigeria User Group and Yoruba Wikimedians User Group Session track(s): Equity, Inclusion, and Community.
Abstract:

Recruiting volunteers for small language Wikipedias is essential to improve content quality and accessibility. This talk will outline an effective approach targeting readers of large-language Wikipedias, encouraging them to become editors for small-language Wikipedias.

Audience :
Mode: In-person
Special requirements: Translations may be required for the French and Arabic speakers but the talk would be delivered in English lanuage.
How will this session be beneficial for the communities in the region?

The intended outcome of this lightning talk is to inspire and inform the audience about effective strategies for recruiting volunteers to contribute to small language Wikipedias. Specifically, the talk aims to:

  1. Raise Awareness: Highlight the challenges faced by small language Wikipedias, such as poor-quality content due to reliance on bots and non-native speakers.
  2. Share Strategies: Present a proven recruitment strategy using Central Notice banners on large-language Wikipedia pages to attract native speakers to become editors for small-language Wikipedias.
  3. Encourage Participation: Motivate audience members, especially those involved in Wikimedia projects, to adopt and implement similar recruitment methods to improve the quality and accessibility of content in small language Wikipedias.
  4. Foster Collaboration: Encourage collaboration between large and small language Wikipedia communities to support the growth and development of small language Wikipedias.
  5. Enhance Content Quality: Ultimately, the goal is to increase the number of native speakers contributing to small language Wikipedias, thereby improving the quality, credibility, and accessibility of information available in these languages.
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