Africa Growth Pilot/Online self-paced course
This page describes phase two of the Africa Growth Pilot experimental program by the Wikimedia Foundation.
Goal
[edit]The Community Development team has created a comprehensive online course introducing complete newbies to the Wikimedia ecosystem, and specifically to the core policies of English Wikipedia, with the aim of preparing course graduates to edit English Wikipedia competently and confidently.
The course
[edit]The course, titled "Wikimedia Core Curriculum", is hosted on the WikiLearn platform, is entirely self-paced, including computer-graded comprehension questions, and is accessible to anyone with a Wikimedia account at any time ("open enrollment").
on WikiLearn.
The timeline
[edit]- Oct 15 2025 -- course launch.
- April 30 2026 -- first evaluation data capture
- Oct 15 2026 -- second evaluation data capture
- Dec 31 2026 -- evaluation report with recommendations to be published
Curriculum review
[edit]The course consists of several modules, intended to be taken in order:
| Number | Module name | Module description |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Introduction to this course (landing page) |  |
| 1 | Preparing to participate in Wikimedia projects | What's a wiki, what is Wikipedia, how Wikipedia works; Anatomy of a wiki page, basic editing of user page and sandbox, talk pages.  |
| 2 | Neutral Point of View | A tutorial on the Neutral Point of View core policy, or: how to write in Wikipedia's Voice |
| 3 | Verifiability | A tutorial on the Verifiability policy, or: how to cite the facts we put on Wikipedia, and how to find reliable sources. |
| 4 | Notability | A tutorial on the Notability policy, or: how to determine whether it is acceptable to write an article about a particular topic. |
| 5 | Copyright and free licenses | A tutorial on traditional copyright and free licenses from a Wikimedia perspective. |
| 6 | Communicating on-wiki and dealing with feedback | Using talk pages, watchlists, pings, seeking mentorship or help, escalating conflict. |
| 7 | 101 ways to contribute to Wikimedia | An introduction to the variety of ways one can contribute to Wikimedia beyond writing encyclopedia articles, including sibling projects |
Feedback and questions
[edit]You can reach the project team at comdevteam@wikimedia.org.