Wikimedians of Moroccan Tamazight User Group

Wikipedians of
Moroccan Tamazight
User Group
Wikipedians of; Moroccan Tamazight; User Group
Location	Morocco
Country code	MA
Official language(s)	Standard Moroccan Amazigh
Other language(s)	Tachelhit, Central Atlas Tamazight, and Tarifit

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The Wikipedians of Moroccan Tamazight User Group is a user group whose objective is to promote the Amazigh language and culture on Wikimedia projects. It is formed by active contributors of Moroccan Tamazigh Wikimedia projects. The presence of the Amazigh languages on all Wikimedia projects is still modest, despite the presence of some young projects that support them on Wikipedia, for example, the Tachelhit Wikipedia and the Standard Moroccan Amazigh Wikipedia, and other projects in the incubator.

Objectives edit

Promote Wikimedia projects.
Promote editing of Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects in Moroccan Tamazight language.
Engage and encourage More Tamazight speakers to become contributors of the Wikimedia projects.
Organize in-person events for local community Wikimedians to provide them with resources needed to enhance both their skills and ability for the development of the Wikimedia projects.
Organize regional and international events to promote local culture and diversity.

Activities edit

This user group plans to hold and support the following activities:

Meetings for members in order to exchange ideas and to find ways to support them to continue editing the projects in areas where they would need help.
Edit-at-thons to help new Wikipedians learn editing techniques, to create, translate and improve the content in all Wikimedia projects.
Editing contests to encourage existing regular editors to keep editing Wikimedia projects and also encourage others to join.
Photographic Contest and trips to encourage users to upload media and document files to commons in order to be used in all Wikimedia projects.
Technical Projects to contribute to the technical aspect of the Amazigh Wikimedia Projects and develop automated solutions.

Events edit

November 17, 2023: Brahim Essaidi presented a training course about the basics of editing Wikipedia in Tamazigh at the Ayouz Academy Center in partnership with the Youssef Ben Tashfin Association. This course was attended by a group of students of Amazigh studies at Ibn Zohr University, and some Tamazigh language teachers.

November 6, 2023: Creation of Standard Moroccan Tamazight.
November 5, 2023: Workshop led by Brahim Essaidi on Wikipedia and the Wikimedia movement, in Tamazight language, during the WikiIndaba conference 2023 in Agadir, Morocco.

November 4, 2023: Presentation titled "MMS Meta How Can Artificial Intelligence Serve Wiki in Oral African Languages" by Zakaria during the WikiIndaba conference 2023 in Agadir, Morocco.
September 22, 2023: Presentation in French titeled "Qu'est ce que l'Incubateur Wikimédia?" (What is Wikimedia Incubator?) by Zakaria during the French-Language WikiConvention 2023, Ivory Coast.
July 7, 2023: Lhoussine Bentayfaste and Brahim Essaidi participated in WikiPodcast Morocco presented by Loubna Ait Oumasste, talking about Wikipedia Tachelhit project.
April 25, - Jun 10, 2023: Competition of Wikipedia Morocco on writing content about Morocco in Wikipedia Tashelhit under supervision of Wikimedia Morocco User Group.
March 14, 2023: Presentation in Arabic by Lhoussine Bentayfaste talking about Wikipedia Tachelhit project at Wikicamp 2023, an event organised by Wimedia Morocco User Group in Ifran, Morocco.