Afrikaans Intern 2024-25

This is the proposal by Wikimedia South Africa for an intern to assist in the growth and community development of Afrikaans Wikipedia

Motivation

The Afrikaans Wikipedia has reached a stage of growth whereby the community feels they are well positioned for strong future growth. Appointing a intern will enable the language Wiki to grow more rapidly and strongly. It is the biggest Wikipedia on the African Continent and growing steadily. With growth comes more maintenance and administrative challenges.

Afrikaans Wikipedia is also bringing new communities to Wikimedia, that benefit all Wikipedias. The latest is in the field of Botany, where we have reached an agreement to release over 60000 photos of plants, into the public domain, and loaded onto Commons, for use on Wikipedia.

It is also a good opportunity for students and new graduates to gain experience and master practical skills, in short grow their CV.

Duties

• Communicate to outside linguistic parties such as the SA Academy for Science and Arts, Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal
• Attend meetings with the WikimediaZA: Director Afrikaans (as part of training)
• Assisting with the annual Afrikaans High School Writing Competition
• Welcomes new users on Wikipedia
• Assist with maintaining the Afrikaans FB page
• Assist with blatant vandalism
• Maintain and keep all training material up to date
• Organise smaller functions such the birthday party
• Assist with the bigger functions
• Attend to user linguistic queries and proof reading
• Assist with the Southern Africa Flora project for the next three years
• Assist with preparation of radio interview questions

Monitoring & Evaluation

A Mentor will be appointed to ensure that the intern is not mistreated by veteran users and/or outside parties. A complete job description will be drawn up. The intern will submit monthly log sheets of activities and hours worked. Targets will be set and measured where possible as some of the responsibilities depends on the actions of third parties.

Targets

The bulk of the targets depends on the actions of third parties e.g. welcoming new users. The intern will submit an activity report monthly to monitor his/her progress.