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
Benin
Location	Bénin
Country code	BJ
Approval date	11 May 2019
Official language(s)	French
Other language(s)	Fon Yoruba Gun
E-mail address	wikimediens.benin@gmail.com
Telegram	t.me/wikimediensBenin
Twitter	wikimediensBJ
Facebook	wikimediaBenin

Promote free knowledge in Bénin!

Objectives

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

• Workshops
• Edit-a-thons
• Hackathons
• Photos contests
• Journées contributives (Mois international de la contribution francophone, Mois africain Wikipédia)
• Conferences etc...

Annual reports

• 2020 annual activity report
• 2019 annual activity report

Members

Click here to add your name if you wish to participate in this project

Nom & Prénom	User Name	Contributions
Mahuton POSSOUPE	Mah3110	Global account information
Fawaz TAIROU	Fawaz.tairou	Global account information
Adoscam	Adoscam	Global account information
Nerus KOLADE	Nerus1er	Global account information
AÏOUNOU K. Gilchrist	LeThenoR229	Global account information
Sègla POSSOUKPE	Seglagp	Global account information
Saliou ABDOU	saliousoft	Global account information
Eric ASSOGBA	Eric	Global account information
Wilfrand ATCHI	Warlock F	Global account information
Raoul K. SAMBIENI	raoulsamb	Global account information
SAGBO Rodéric	Rodericos	Global account information
Hamidou ALI OROU	Capitaine005	Global account information
Chamsyatou MAMA GAO	ChamsyGAO	Global account information
KAKE Géoffroy	G_kake	Global account information
SOULE Ismail	ismailsoule	Global account information
EZIN Olive	OliveEZIN	Global account information
MAMA ADAMOU Houdou	HudAdam	Global account information
HOUANYE S. E. Gédéon	hgedeon	Global account information
Aurès TCHICHE	Auresolla	Global account information
RADJI Abdel Gani	NiouRADJI	Global account information
Patrick Lafia FICO OROU	patricklafiafico	Global account information
Richmond DAKPOGAN	Richmond_Dakpogan	Global account information
Heikki Kastemaa	Kulttuurinavigaattori	Global account information
Mohammed AMOUSSA	Wisdom AMOUSSA	Global account information
Isaac DOSSOU	Isaac.dossou	Global account information
Niellie GNANSOUNOU	Niellie_GNANSOUNOU	Global account information
Osée LISSA HOUNKPATIN	Ozz 229	Global account information
Rachad SANOUSSI	Rachad_sanoussi	Global account information
Samatics	Samatics	Global account information
Aimeabibis	Aimeabibis	Global account information
Yasmina Sandoz	Yasminkaa	Global account information
Emmanuel Agbemadon	Skelebee	Global account information

Events & Projects

Past events:

• For the first time Wikimédiens du Bénin User Group organized Wiki Loves Africa in Bénin.

Atelier d'écriture - Wikipédia - WLA2019 Bénin 11

• 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:

• Wikipedia - Commons and wikidata workshop in Grand-Popo: Date to be confirmed

Projects

Page d'accueil Wikipedia Fon

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

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

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Affiliations Committee Resolutions

• Wikimédiens du Bénin User Group