Wikimedia User Group Nigeria/Wikimedia Fan Club, University of Ibadan

The Wikimedia Fan Club University of Ibadan, established 2017, shall be for undergraduate and postgraduate students, and staff from University of Ibadan with the main purpose of contributing to Wikimedia and her related projects. This club shall domicile at the institution and run by the students with coordination from Wikimedia UG Nigeria (WUGN). This club will seek to promote Wikimedia project among the students through the execution of projects and training as a way of exposing the students to the movement.

The success of this project will primarily be to raise young Wikimedians among bonafide students of UI and to promote our local languages on Wikipedia. It will also help to integrate Wikimedia into the school curriculum.

We aim to achieve this by hosting several projects and events such as: edit-a-thons, GLAMs, Wikipedia Education programs and related projects, which aim to promote Wikimedia projects in the institution. The club will plan Wikimedian Ambassador program that rotates among the student on yearly basis. The selected person shall be the face of Wikimedia in the school

Staff Advisor

Mr. Akapo Samson, Department of Theatre Arts, University of Ibadan, Ibadan.

Objectives

To promote the use of Wikimedia projects by among the students of UI
To help students in UI learn how to contribute to Wikimedia projects
To organize in-person gatherings of Wikimedians in UI

Proposed Activities

Organizing Edit-a-thons for Wikipedia, Wikisource, and Wikidata in Nigeria
Promote editing of Nigeria-related content on Wikimedia projects
Wikipedia Campus Ambassadors
Open Street Maps Editing
Wikimedia In Residence (WIR)

Contact information

olaniyanshola15 at gmail.com
callmetuoyo at gmail.com
johnjoyk15 at gmail.com
wikimedia-ng@lists.wikimedia.org
anikeadeola@yahoo.co.uk

Members present at the launching of the program

Executive members of the club

Metrics

https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/University_of_Ibadan/Wikimedia_Fan_Club/students

Project is on hold due to the close-down of the institution

http://dailypost.ng/2017/05/30/university-ibadan-shut-students-protest/

Events and Projects activities

Wikimedia Fan Club, University of Ibadan was launched on Friday, 28th April 2017 at the university main campus. The project primarily focused on creating awareness about Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. The hashtag "Wiki fan" was created. Participants carried a cardboard carrying various inscription such as "I am a Wikipedian", "I love Wikipedia" and so on. They took images with it, and the images were uploaded to various social media including Facebook and Twitter. See some of the posts here

A wiki-workshop was organized for the Participants. They were introduced to Wikipedia and the basis of Wikipedia editing. One of the "secrets of Wikipedia" taught during the first session includes the use of infobox for quick information, citing sources, copyrights, biography of living persons. They were also introduced to other languages on Wikipedia such as Yoruba and Igbo Wikipedia. In the second session, participants were introduced to notability guidelines, reliable sources.

Our second visit to the institution was put on hold due to students' unrest on campus.

Photo Gallery of participants at the event

Participants at the event
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Wikivibrance 2022 Celebration

The International Youth Day (IYD) 2022 aims to engage young Wikimedians and the entire Wikimedia community in activities that will contribute to content related to this year's IYD theme "Intergenerational Solidarity: Creating a World for All Ages". It will also recognize the work of diverse young people in building free knowledge in the movement. The Wikimedia Fan Club, UI holds a edit-a-thon event on the 14th of October, 2022 to celebrate IYD 2022.

Participants at the event
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Niger-Journalism Translate-a-thon on Yorùbá Wikipedia – May 2025

In May 2025, the University of Ibadan Fan Club organized the Niger-Journalism Translate-a-thon, a focused effort to enrich the Yorùbá Wikipedia with articles on Nigerian journalism and media figures. The event brought together students and language enthusiasts to translate well sourced articles from English Wikipedia into Yorùbá wikipedia, with the goal of bridging content gaps, increasing local content and making knowledge more accessible on Yorùbá wikipedia.

Participants were introduced to Wikipedia’s Content Translation Tool and guided through the process of translating articles while upholding the platform’s standards for neutrality and sourcing. Over 30+ of articles were translated during the course of the translate-a-thons, covering notable Nigerian journalists, media houses, and press history.

More than 30 editors took part, collaborating in a vibrant, supportive environment that encouraged learning and contribution. The event also provided mentorship opportunities for new contributors and sparked conversations around the role of indigenous languages in preserving knowledge.

The translate-a-thon was a successful step towards trengthening the presence of Yorùbá content online. The fan club remains committed to growing this momentum through future Wikimedia campaigns.

Photo gallery of the participants at the event

The president of the fan club with a member during the registration process

This is a group picture of participants during the Niger-journalism translate-a-thons at the University of Ibadan fan club.

Picture from the training session (Niger-journalism UIfanclub) 2. Participants are being guided on how best to translate on Wikipedia

Picture from the training session (Niger-journalism UIfanclub) 1. Participants are being guided on how best to translate on Wikipedia

A picture showing the guidelines/steps on how to translate articles from English Wikipedia to Yorùbá Wikipedia

Picture from the training session (Niger-journalism UIfanclub) 4. Participants are being guided on how best to translate on Wikipedia