WikiIndaba Conference 2018/Mahuton Possoupe/Report

Event Name

WikiIndaba Conference 2018

My input

I led a workshop on the topic of of how to use MediaWiki API and how to create bots using the API in a way adapted to the public with no technical skills. WikiIndaba_conference_2018/Program/Beyond_the_GUI:_Discover_bots_creation_and_API_use

Participant Connections

As an African from the diaspora, It was a great pleasure to meet people from Wikimedia African communities and see their involvement in Wikimedia projects despite issues ( internet connexion, power cut etc..) we're facing in Africa.

I met with people from Cameroon User group, Tanzania, Ghana, Tchad, Mali, Nigeria and so many others among them

Derick whith who I talk about developers projets. I really apprediate the AWMD project to have involved developpers from Africa.

Kudos Guys!!!

DIAKITE with who I share experiences about our respective projects

As we're planning to set up a user group in Bénin, my home country, WikiIndaba was the perfect moment to connect in real with people as :

Felix and
Dumi who express their availability to help and support on that project.

Outcome

As a first time participant to WikiIndaba, it was a big opportunity to connect to others wikimedians and to learn from them.

I learnt more about the process of setting up a user group: requirements, the Do and Don't etc ...
I learnt more about wiktionary and start contributing by writing my first article