Wikimédiens du Bénin User Group
Wikimédiens du Bénin User Group is the community of volunteer contributors from Benin and its diaspora to Wikimedia foundation projects.
| Wikimédiens du Bénin User Group | |
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.svg) Benin | |
| Location |  Bénin |
| Country code | BJ |
| Approval date | 11 May 2019 |
| Official language(s) | French |
| Other language(s) | |
| E-mail address | wikimediens.benin@gmail.com |
| Telegram | t.me/wikimediensBenin |
| wikimediensBJ | |
| wikimediaBenin | |
Promote free knowledge in Bénin!
Objectives Edit
Main objectives of Wikimédiens du Bénin User Group are:
- Develop at national scale a community of active contributors capable to edit articles about Bénin, its story, culture and people.
- Develop a community of volunteer developers to contribute to Mediawiki by fixing bugs, developing new gadgets and extensions.
- Promote Beninese indigenous languages on wikipedia and its sister projects by starting wiki in our own languages.
- Set partnerships with national and international institutions to promote both use and contributions to Wikipedia in schools and universities.
Activities Edit
- Workshops
- Edit-a-thons
- Hackathons
- Photos contests
- Journées contributives (Mois international de la contribution francophone, Mois africain Wikipédia)
- Conferences etc...
Annual reports Edit
Members Edit
Events & Projects Edit
Past events: Edit
- For the first time Wikimédiens du Bénin User Group organized Wiki Loves Africa in Bénin.
- In the frame of the 2019 francophone contribution Month by WikiFranca, Wikimédiens du Bénin User Group will be organizing 3 Wikipedia workshops in 3 cities in Bénin: Cotonou, Parakou and Calavi.
- Wikimédiens du Bénin User Group will be organizing from June 1st to June 30th Wiki Loves Earth in Bénin
- Wikipedia - Commons and wikidata workshop at Iroko Fablab: June 5th
Upcoming events: Edit
- Wikipedia - Commons and wikidata workshop in Grand-Popo: Date to be confirmed
Projects Edit
During Wikimedia 2018 hackathon in Barcelona, with support of Wikimedia Foundation language experts, we started in incubator a Wikipedia in Fon. Fongbé is the indigenous language most spoken in Bénin by about 4 million people.
If you can write, read or speak Fongbé then join us to contribute: Wikpedia Fon in Incubator
Contacts Edit
To contact us:
-Email: wikimediens.benin@gmail.com
-Facebook: Wikimédiens du Bénin:
-Twitter: Wikimédiens du Bénin
-Telegram: Wikimédiens du Bénin
-Site web: www.wikimedia.bj
Images Edit
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