Yoruba Wikimedia Fan Club/University of Lagos

The Yoruba Wikimedia Fan Club - University of Lagos is a group of undergraduate and graduate students, as well as faculty and staff, who are committed to contributing to the Yoruba Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects and its affiliated initiatives. The club operates on campus for full-time students and off-campus for part-time students, and is managed by students with supports from the Yoruba Wikimedians User Group. Its primary objective is to increase students' and staff's awareness of Yoruba Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects through project execution and training, thereby exposing them to the Wikimedia movement.

The ultimate objective of the club is to cultivate youthful and enthusiastic Wikimedians within the University of Lagos campus, as well as to promote African scholars and African local languages on the world's largest online encyclopedia. In addition, the club intends to incorporate Wikimedia into the curriculum and promote lifelong learning.

To achieve these objectives, the club sponsors various projects and events, such as edit-a-thons, GLAMs, Wikipedia Education programs, and other initiatives that promote campus-wide participation in Wikimedia projects. The club also intends to establish a yearly-rotating Wikimedian Ambassador program, with the selected individual functioning as the face of Wikimedia at the university.

Objectives

To initiate, support, promote, and participate in projects and programs of the Yoruba Wikimedians User Group.
To create, organize, develop, and engage in activities that promote free, responsible open-content resources and reference materials in the English and Yoruba languages where communities already exist.
To collaborate, network, and associate with otherFan Clubs of Wikimedians, as well as with institutions, organizations, and individuals, in order to promote the free culture movement. To facilitate programs that will accomplish the aforementioned objectives.

Yoruba Wikimedia Fan Club/University of Lagos

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