Wikimedia MA User Group/2021

2021 Annual Report

WikiConvention francophone 2021 (20 - 21 November) - Online

Anass Sedrati, Soukaina Abelhad and Brahim Faraji, made two presentations at the French-speaking Wiki-conference. Anass presented the results of the survey study that he made about regional hubs in the Arabic speaking region, while Soukaina and Brahim shared their experience in relation with the pilot education project that was conducted in the country during 2020.

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  Slides of the regional hubs presented at the Wikiconvention francophone

WikiIndaba 2021 (5 - 7 November) - Online

For the African conference, two group members have made presentations related to the movement's strategy. Anass Sedrati presented in a joint panel his research work about regional hubs implementation, while Reda Benkhadra introduced the state of Free Knowlegde in Africa.

• Video presentation of CEE meets African Wikimedians regarding hub work in both regions
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  Slides of the hubs presentation in WikiIndaba 2021 by Anass

WikiArabia 2021 (15 - 17 October) - Online

The fifth edition of WikiArabia, organized by Wikimedia Algeria UG, saw notable participation from Wikimedia Morocco members, in several interesting panels and presentations. The interventions included “Reading Wikipedia in the classroom” by Soukaina Abelhad and Brahim Faraji, “Volunteering in the Wikimedia movement” by Anass Sedrati and Reda Benkhadra, and “How to motivate editors to contribute continuously” by Zahira Gormat as well as the group participation at the affiliates round table, represented by the president Reda Benkhadra.

• Video presentation of "Volunteering in the Wikimedia movement" by Anass and Reda
• Video presentation of "How to motivate editors" by Zahira
• Video presentation of "Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom" by Brahim and Soukaina
• Video presentation of "Regional Hubs" by Anass

Arctic Knot Conference 2021, (24 - 25 June) - (Online)

For the third participation of the user group, and the second in the digital edition of the minority languages conference, Anass Sedrati and Reda Benkhadra, both user group members, shared a presentation entitled “How can editing contests support smaller Wikipedias?”. The presentation, inspired from work conducted in Morocco, aimed to introduce the audience to the importance of organizing contests in supporting smaller Wikipedias, even those still hosted in the incubator, to encourage more editors to participate in these versions.

A full recording of the session can be found on Youtube.

ContribuLing 2021, (3 - 4 June) - Online

Wikimedia Morocco participated actively in organizing the first edition of the ContribuLing conference. This event, a collaboration between INALCO, Wikimedias (France & Morocco), BULAC and UCAM, aimed to offer members of linguistic resource platforms an opportunity to give presentations on their tools and workshops on their use that will enable would-be users to contribute. Anass Sedrati participated with the organization committee in different tasks, while Reda Benkhadra held a presentation about the Wikimedia Incubator.

• Reda Benkhadra presenting the Wikimedia incubator during Contribuling 2021

Wiki Loves Earth 2021 in Morocco, (1 - 30 June)

• Theme: Natural heritage sites in Morocco
• 132 Participants - 442 pictures uploaded
• Pictures from Wiki Loves Earth 2021 in Morocco

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  Winning Picture of WLE 2021 in Morocco.
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  Second Placed Picture at WLE 2021 in Morocco.
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  Third Placed Picture at WLE 2021 in Morocco.

WikiForHumanRights 2021 in Morocco, (18 March - 31 May)

Wikimedia Morocco was one of the first groups that joined the Wiki for Human Rights campaign organized by the Wikimedia Foundation and the OHCHR to raise awareness about the importance of documenting and advocating human rights.

• Theme: The right to a healthy environment.
• Contests in 4 languages: Arabic, French, Moroccan Arabic (Darija), Tachelhit.
• 20 participants wrote 247 articles:
  • 145 in Arabic
  • 49 in French
  • 35 in Tachelhit
  • 18 in Moroccan Darija