Wikimedia Community User Group Uganda/WikiGap 2021 in Uganda
W I K I G A P 2021 Uganda
Background
Wikipedia is the world’s largest online and user-generated encyclopaedia. Knowledge is power, and Wikipedia has the potential to colour our view of the world. But there is great imbalance between men and women on the website, like in society at large.
Ninety per cent of those who add content to Wikipedia are men. There are four times as many articles about men as there are about women. The figures vary regionally, but no matter how you look at it, the picture is clear: the information about women is less extensive than that about men. Regardless of which language version of Wikipedia you read. We want to change this.
WikiGap is an event during which people around the world gather to add more content to Wikipedia about women figures, experts and role models in various fields. Similar events have already been arranged worldwide to improve women’s representation on the internet.
Together, we want to bring about a more gender-equal internet – and a more gender-equal world.
Wikimedia Community User Group Uganda, the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, represented through the Swedish embassy to Uganda, and Internet Society of Uganda Chapter are planning to organize a Wikigap Contest starting on 8th March to 8th Apri 2021.
Events edit
This year we are organizing 4 regional events in Kampala, Mbarara, Tororo and Gulu as well as an online event.
8th March - Kampala: Embassy of Sweden edit
Programme edit
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 8.30 - 9.00 | Arrival and Registration of participants |
| 9.00 - 9.30 | Welcome Remarks – Hosting University, Embassy of Sweden Representative |
| 9:30 - 10:30 |
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| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Tea break |
| 11:00 – 12:30 | Edit-at-thon |
| 12.30 – 1:30 | Lunch |
| 1:30 - 3:00 | Completion of Wikipedia articles |
| 3:00 | Closure |
Participants edit
10th March - Gulu University edit
Program edit
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 8.30 - 9.00 | Arrival and Registration of participants |
| 9.00 - 9.30 | Welcome Remarks
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| 9:30 - 10:30 |
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| 10:30 – 11:00 | Tea break |
| 11.00 – 1:00 | Edit-at-thon |
| 1:00 - 2:00 | Lunch break |
| 2:00 - 3:00 | Completion and review of updated Wikipedia articles |
| 3:00 - 3:30 | Closure and next steps |
Participants for Gulu edit
| No | (User) name | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1Thessalonians | Student |
| 2 | Trevour Kiiza | Student |
| 3 | Kisembo Willyz | Student |
| 4 | kansiimekingcs | Student |
| 5 | Nangendo cate | Student |
| 6 | AMOSWIKIDRE | Student |
| 7 | Birungi Hope | Student (to check against sign up sheet) |
| 8 | Caroline Apio | student |
| 9 | Douglaseru | Facilitator (Usergroup) |
| 10 | Alvinategyeka | Facilitator (Usergroup) |
| 11 | Patrick Okot | University Lecturer |
| 12* | Daniel Johansson | Swedish Embassy |
- * Guest speaker for event opening, not full day's participation.
13th March - Mbarara University of Science and Technology edit
Programme edit
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 11.00 - 11.30 | Arrival and registration of participants |
| 11.30 - 12.00 | Welcome Remarks
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| 12:00 - 13:00 |
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| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch break |
| 14.00 – 16:00 | Edit-at-thon
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Register here
Slides are here
13th March - Busitema University edit
Program edit
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 8.30 - 9.00 | Arrival and registration of participants |
| 9.00 - 9.30 | Welcome Remarks
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| 9:30 - 10:30 |
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| 10:30 – 11:00 | Tea break |
| 11.00 – 1:00 | Edit-at-thon |
| 1:00 - 2:00 | Lunch break |
| 2:00 - 3:00 | Review of work done |
| 3:00 - 3:30 | Closure and next steps |
Register here
Slides are here
Participants
| No | User (name) |
|---|---|
| 1. | Kiige Jasper Titus |
| 2. | Micheal Kaluba |
| 3. | Claudy22 |
| 4. | Ahereza Owen Onex |
| 5. | Titus Smiles |
| 6. | Naleebi |
| 7. | Benjaminokeyoh1 |
| 8. | OkwiiS |
| 9. | Akjose |
| 10. | Jobchelangat |
| 11. | Sandra Aceng |
| 12. | AKibombo |
Missing articles/articles need to improve on notable Women in Uganda edit
- List of members of the 11th Parliament of Uganda - Create articles for women members of parliament with red links
- List of women in Uganda with missing articles
- List of women with existing articles
Get started
5 minutes
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Step 1: orStep 2:Step 3: |
Choose one of the activities
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Improve and expand an article | Help make improvements to Women's biographies on Wikipedia. | 20 minutes
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Improve with a reference | Improve Women's biographies with citations. | 20 minutes
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Translate articles to other languages | Translate Wikipedia articles from one language to another. | 45 minutes
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Create a new Wikipedia article | Choose a person you want to write a new Wikipedia article about. | 60 minutes
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Extra activities
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Share! | Share your contribution in social media. Use #wikigap as hashtag. | 5 minutes
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Upload to Commons! | Upload your event photos under a free license on Wikimedia Commons. Please add them to the category c:Category:WikiGap 2021. | 10 minutes
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