Africa Wiki Challenge 2022/Participate
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Why is it important to participate in this campaign?
Africa is the second largest continent on Earth, however content about the continent is scarce as compared to other continents. This campaign is aimed at contributing more content to improve the number of articles about Africa on Wikipedia. In 2016, the Guardian published that, about only 2.6% of the content on English Wikipedia was about Africa. Since then, efforts have been made to improve the statistics and change the narrative on the internet. As organizers, we acknowledge the work being done by editors and Wikipedians across the world. Africa deserves to be covered substantially. Hence changing the narrative and bridging the content gap that exists about the continent on the web. The Africa Wiki Challenge (AWC) is aimed at getting contributions on Africa from Africans in Africa and in the diaspora. Be part of the participants and your works will speak for Africa!
Who is Eligible?
- Any African, person of African descent or individual interested in content about Africa can participate in the campaign
- You must have a Wikipedia account.
How to Participate
Here's how you can be a part of the competition.
NB: Content must be strictly related to the theme (Projecting African Culture) in order to be selected for prizes.
Criteria for Selection/Point System
Point award system are as follows:
- 5 points: Creating an article with a minimum of 4000 bytes (4000 characters)
- 3 points: Creating an article with a minimum of 1500 bytes (1500 characters)
- 3 points: Creating a new Wiki Data item
- 2 points: Uploading and using the photo on a wikipedia article
- 1 point: Using an existing photo from Wikimedia Commons
NB: Use the character counter tool to check the number of bytes or characters of content added to your article(s).