1LiB1RefNG Campaign 2025

#1Lib1RefNG is a part of the global #1Lib1Ref editing campaign. This years own will be inform of an edit a thon program across Nigeria and competition with prizes to be won. The Nigerian contest edition starts on 1st of June and ends 30th of June 2025.

Every year, #1Lib1Ref — abbreviated for one librarian, one reference — calls on librarians and wikipedians around Nigeria, and anyone who has a passion for free knowledge, to add missing references to articles on Wikipedia. #1Lib1RefNG aims to join Nigeria forces of editors and librarians to make Wikipedia more reliable.

Local organizers

Any participant or club/hubs from Nigeria is welcome to host an edit a thon in any part of Nigeria and can apply for our Community Support Micro Grants here

Competitions

To participate in the national competition; you will need to register on the Dashboard and add #1Lib1RefNG for your contributions to be tracked.

Timeline

Start date: 1st June,2025
End Date: 30th June, 2025

Events

Office Hour

Join us for a detailed discussion on how to contribute to the project on Saturday, 14th June, 2025

Time: 5:00PM WAT
Location: Zoom
Registration Link: here

In-Person Event

[Image] We're having a physical training session with members of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA), Lagos Chapter on Wednesday, 25th June, 2025
Time: 10:00AM-3:00PM WAT
Location: WUGN Office, Alimosho, Lagos.

Prizes to be Won

🏆 1st Place – ₦100,000 Gift Voucher
🥈 2nd Place – ₦70,000 Gift Voucher
🥉 3rd Place – ₦50,000 Gift Voucher

Hashtags

One of the most important things about participating in the #1Lib1Ref campaign is to add the hashtag (#1Lib1ref) in the edit summary of the article. To ensure we separately track participation from Nigeria, we will be using in addition to the standard #1Lib1ref tag, the #1Lib1RefNG tag. It is extremely important to use both tags, so that we can track the results and so that each reference entered is recorded in the Wikimedia hashtags tool.