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Wikimedia Community User Group Uganda/WikiGap 2022 in Uganda

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W I K I G A P 2022 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 April 2022.

Organizers and partners

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Events

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Same as last year we are organizing 4 regional events in Kampala, Mbarara, Tororo and Gulu.

8th March - Kampala: Makerere University Main Library

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Programme

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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
  • Introduction to WikiGap and the WikiGap Challenge
  • Navigating Wikipedia Pages
  • Basic Rules of Editing Wikipedia
  • User Pages and Sandbox Presentations
  • Adding Citations
  • Adding Images to Wikipedia
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

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  • Ancel Ochino Bwire

Date 10th March 2022 - Gulu University

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Program

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Time Activity
8.30 - 9.00 Arrival and Registration of participants
9.00 - 9.30 Welcome Remarks
  • Hosting University
  • Embassy of Sweden Representative
  • Wikimedia Community Usergroup Uganda
  • Q&A
9:30 - 10:30
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

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List of Students who participated
Names Wikimedia Username Role
Kenneth Student


12 March - Mbarara University of Science and Technology

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Programme

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Time Activity
9.30 - 10.00 Arrival and registration of participants
10.00 - 10.30 Welcome Remarks
  • Host Institution
  • Wikimedia Community Usergroup Uganda
  • Q&A
10:30 - 13:00
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch break
14.00 – 16:00 Edit-at-thon


19th March - Busitema University

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Program

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Time Activity
8.30 - 9.00 Arrival and registration of participants
9.00 - 9.30 Welcome Remarks
  • Host Institution
  • Wikimedia Community Usergroup Uganda
  • Q&A
9:30 - 10:30
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 Name Gender Wikipedia Username
1 Sandra Aceng Female Sandra Aceng
2 Alice Kibombo Female AKibombo
3 Micheal Kaluba Male Micheal Kaluba
4 Christopher Opio Male
5 Ddamulira Emmanuel Male DDAMULIRA EMMANUEL
6 Lutalo Wycliff Henry Male Zzaabu
7 Josh Erias Lubuulwa Male josherias
8 Nantale Tracy Cynthia Female
9 Wanyenye Elesie Esther Female Elsie Esther
10 Ngabirano Titus Male Titus Smiles
11 Alexander Akugizibwe Male Xander Mieskol
12 Tamale Ronald Male Tamale Ronald Davids
13 Ezama Sunday Male Ezama123
14 Wasswa Ashiraf Male Tbhaffy
15 John Vianney Kabalega Male JohnVianney10
16 Lukwago Robert Male Lukwago Robert
17 Iisa Josephine Emuge Female Iisa josephine
18 Beteise Richmond Male BETEISE RICHMOND
19 Sserwangga Edirisa Male Eddie Sserwanga
20 Ikonde Arnold Nekemiah Male Ikonde
21 Nanyonga Scovia Female Scovia Shyke

Saturday 19th March - Hive Colab, Kampala

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Program

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Time Activity
8.30 - 9.00 Arrival and registration of participants
9.00 - 9.30 Welcome Remarks
  • Host Institution
  • Wikimedia Community Usergroup Uganda
  • Q&A
9:30 - 10:30
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

Participants

List of people who attended the Luganda event
No Name Wikimedia Username
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Missing articles/articles need to improve on notable Women in Uganda

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List of articles TBA

Get started


link 5 minutes
Step 1: Create Wikipedia account or Log in to Wikipedia
Step 2: Join the Outreach Dashboard
Step 3: Assign your self article in the Spreadsheet


Choose one of the activities


Improve and expand an article Help make improvements to Women's biographies on Wikipedia. link 20 minutes
Improve with a reference Improve Women's biographies with citations. link 20 minutes
Translate articles to other languages Translate Wikipedia articles from one language to another. link 45 minutes
Create a new Wikipedia article Choose a person you want to write a new Wikipedia article about. link 60 minutes

Extra activities


Share! Share your contribution in social media. Use #wikigap as hashtag. link 5 minutes
Upload to Commons! Upload your event photos under a free license on Wikimedia Commons. Please add them to the category c:Category:WikiGap 2021. link 10 minutes
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