WikiIndaba conference 2021/Titus Smiles/Report
Participant
- Ngabirano Titus (Titus Smiles)
Sessions attended
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- Opening Ceremony.
- The Biaz quizz.
- Universal code of conduct.
. Wiki Loves Africa.
- Building a Wikimedia community in Africa Educational institution: Experience of Wikimedian in Africa. . Wikimedia activities and the sustainable development goals.
- Let’s talk about growing and supporting the Wikimedia research communities in Africa.
- Plans for the revitalization of the endangered indigenous African languages: A look at the roles of Wikimedia projects in language preservation.
- Movement Strategy: Opportunities for African communities and the Implementation Grants.
- Building a wiki community in African educational institution.
Connections made
- No long term connections made
Learning points .
How to use Airmeet .I learned about Universal Code of Conduct (Ucoc). It was strongly upheld for clear and accurate behaviours on wiki projects.
I also got to know about Biaz quizz, words and phrases that seem unclear like IKEA, community insight. Biaz quizz. Again is the discussion on African and the programmes that will showcase culture and language. There was supports and encouragement on building more programmes for Africa visibility. The African librarians showed great intellect on integrating Wikipedia in their services in a bid to introduce Wikipedia to their users. The Wikipedia user groups are important and applauded for their diverse programmes. I gathered that Igbo Wikipedia is doing quite well and Nigeria user group is quite diverse in funds and programmes. It shows great activities and visibility
Outcome
There is a lot that the student fraternity can add onto the Wikimedia community and therefore getting them involved is paramount.
More programmes, getting more people and Institutions involved will help in achieving goals. Collaboration is also a good booster for continuous achievement.