Campaigns
Do you want to run a content campaign or contest in the Wikimedia community? This is the right place to start!
This portal focuses on activities in the Wikimedia ecosystem. We are operating under the following definitions.
- Campaigns summon contributors and focus them on a topic or means of contribution for a window of time.
- Contests or challenges are a type of campaign, typically more focused on established Wikimedians, primarily focused on quality content, and usually with a reward.
- Content drive a type of local campaign focused on filling a gap or finishing a backlog, and usually only on one wiki.
Content campaigns, contests and drives in the Wikimedia movement are some of the most important strategies for growing both off-wiki communities, bringing new content contributors to Wikimedia projects and incentivizing existing communities to participate more. These activities often facilitate diverse and new content, and strengthen the skills, capacities and commitment of existing editors and organizers.
Campaigns are wide ranging in topics and scope. Some of the most notable include: CEE Spring, Wikipedia Asian Month, Art and Feminism, Wiki Loves Monuments, 1lib1ref and others have a very consistent track record in supporting the growth of local Wikimedia communities.
If you want to run a campaign, there is a global community of folks who have run campaigns before! It's important that you don't have to recreate the methods learned by others. Check out the following training and documentation to learn more:
The Wikimedia ecosystem is complex, and folks run campaigns and contests in many parts of the world in many different languages! We need your help identifying campaigns and sharing them in the movement!
- Wikisource proofreading contests
- Wiki Loves X
- News on Wiki
- Other lists coming soon!