AfroCreatives WikiProject/Afro Creatives WikiProject +film
AfroCreatives WikiProject +film is the inaugural effort of AfroCreatives WikiProject. By mobilizing African film creatives, professionals, and film enthusiasts, ACWP +film aims to measurably enhance information on Wikipedia about the art and industry of African film, including:
- The history of African cinema
- Biographies of notable African creatives and professionals that span the industry
- Notable African movies and television series
- African studios, streaming platforms, awards, festivals, guilds, film schools, and other institutions that form the industry ecosystem
- Developments in animation, AR, VR, and other technologies shaping the African film industry
- Film financing, government policies, skills development, and other key industry issues
AfroCreatives WikiProject+film 2025 Edit-a-thon
[edit]Date: 2 August – 30 September, 2025
In the lead-up to the campaign, participants, new and experienced Wikimedians alike, are strongly encouraged to sign up for an online or in-person Wikipedia workshop. The workshop will provide essential know-how on contributing to Wikipedia with a focus on Film and Television. To accommodate as many people as possible, including those from the diaspora, multiple options to attend a workshop are offered.The following is scheduled:
- Online Wikipedia workshops in English, French, and Arabic.
- In-person Wikipedia workshops led by local Wikimedia organizers in over a dozen cities around the continent and the diaspora.
Mastering the Essentials of Contributing Film & Television Content to Wikipedia
The online workshop, Mastering the Essentials of Contributing Film & Television Content to Wikipedia, is offered in one format: It's split into two sessions over two days. To accommodate as many people as possible, including those from the diaspora, multiple workshops are scheduled.
- English
- Friday 1st August from 11:00 - 13:30 UTC (Click here for your local time) (Day 1 session) and Saturday 2nd August from 10:00 - 12:30 UTC (Click here for your local time) (Day 2 session)
or - Friday 8th August from 16:00 - 18:30 UTC (Click here for your local time) (Day 1 session) and Saturday 9th August from 16:00 - 18:30 UTC (Click here for your local time) (Day 2 session)
or - Tuesday 12th August from 15:00 - 17:30 UTC (Click here for your local time) (Day 1 session) and Wednesday 13th August from 15:00 - 17:30 UTC (Day 2 session)
- Friday 1st August from 11:00 - 13:30 UTC (Click here for your local time) (Day 1 session) and Saturday 2nd August from 10:00 - 12:30 UTC (Click here for your local time) (Day 2 session)
- French
- Friday 1st August from 11:00 - 13:30 UTC (Click here for your local time) (Day 1 session) and Saturday 2nd August from 10:00 - 12:30 UTC (Click here for your local time) (Day 2 session)
or - Friday 8th August from 16:00 - 18:30 UTC (Click here for your local time) (Day 1 session) and Saturday 9th August from 16:00 - 18:30 UTC (Click here for your local time) (Day 2 session)
or - Tuesday 12th August from 15:00 - 17:30 UTC (Click here for your local time) (Day 1 session) and Wednesday 13th August from 15:00 - 17:30 UTC (Click here for your local time) (Day 2 session)
- Friday 1st August from 11:00 - 13:30 UTC (Click here for your local time) (Day 1 session) and Saturday 2nd August from 10:00 - 12:30 UTC (Click here for your local time) (Day 2 session)
- Arabic
- Saturday 2nd August from 07:00 - 09:30 UTC (Click here for your local time) (Day 1 session) and Sunday 3rd August from 07:00 - 09:30 UTC (Click here for your local time) (Day 2 session)
or - Saturday 9th August from 07:00 - 09:30 UTC (Click here for your local time) (Day 1 session) and Sunday 10th August from 07:00 - 09:30 UTC (Click here for your local time) (Day 2 session)
- Saturday 2nd August from 07:00 - 09:30 UTC (Click here for your local time) (Day 1 session) and Sunday 3rd August from 07:00 - 09:30 UTC (Click here for your local time) (Day 2 session)
- Date: Starting August 2025
- Where: Locations across Africa
- Language: Based on local context
Why participate
[edit]- Your contributions will increase African-generated content about the continent’s film sector on Wikipedia and the web.
- You will help create awareness and interest among the general public about the project and create visibility of the African film on Wikipedia and its sister projects.
- You will help build the capacity within the film industry to contribute knowledge to Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects.
- Help propagate the need to create more content about the film industry in Africa that promotes the culture, history, and heritage of our people.
Campaign Rules
[edit]All participants must create a Wikimedia account and be signed in before making any edits.
- All Wikipedia edits made must have #ACWPFILM25 in the edit summary to be considered for any international prize (see further below).
- The theme of the campaign is broadly on African film and TV, so feel free to contribute on any subject within that domain, regardless of the geography of the local Wikimedia community you are registered with.
- All campaign contributions must be related to the theme of the campaign, African film and television. Edits outside this scope will not be considered part of the campaign nor count toward any prizes.
- Performing one task over several edits on an article counts as one edit. For example, fixing one typo over two different edits in an article counts as one edit, not two.
- Points are not given when an edit is made to correct a previous edit by the same participant.
- Responses to messages on talk pages and reverted edits do not count as an edit.
ACWP+film 2025 Edit-a-thon Prizes
[edit]International prizes, in addition to local prizes, will be offered. Information on local prizes can be found on the local campaign landing pages of various local organizing Wikimedia communities.
The campaign prioritizes quality and substantive contributions.
The international prizes are:
- The Golden Screen Prize – Awarded to the editor who has made the most substantive and well-written text-based contributions to new or existing Wikipedia articles on the subject of African film and television. = $600
- The Newbie Screen Prize – Awarded to a first-time Wikipedia editor who has contributed the most quality text-based contributions to new or existing Wikipedia articles on the subject of African film and television. = $500
- Thérèse Sita-Bella Prize – Awarded to the editor who has made the most quality text-based Wikipedia contributions centered on women in African film and television. = $500
- Tables & Templates prize – Awarded to the editor who has contributed the most comprehensive infoboxes, filmography tables, or nominations/awards tables to Wikipedia articles on African film and television = $400
- The Million Stub Prize – Awarded by The Million Wiki Project to the editor who creates the highest number of notable stub-class articles related to film and television in these African countries (Algeria, Comoros, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Somalia, Djibouti, Sudan, Tunisia). Articles must be clearly relevant to the AfroCreatives WikiProject +film theme, and demonstrate encyclopedic notability. Contributions must be made in at least one of the six target languages of the project: Arabic, French, English, Spanish, Russian, or Chinese = $500
- A-List Community Prize – Awarded to the organizing community that has run the most impactful campaign. = Starlink device + 1 year subscription (or other annual data plan if Starlink is not offered in the country of the winning organizer). The winner will be determined by The Africa Narrative.
To be eligible for prize winnings:
- Editors must have created or edited at least 5 articles
- Editors must have added a minimum of 3000 characters worth of text to each of the articles they created or edited
Judges will look for:
- Written edits that have good structure, encyclopedic value, and include references where necessary.
- For prizes based on non-narrative contributions such as tables, charts and infoboxes, judging will be weighted more toward the correctness and completeness of the items added and/or edited, in addition to quantity.
- Only articles that were created or edited during the campaign window will be eligible for consideration.
NOTE: Local organizing team members are not eligible for prizes
Who should join?
[edit]Contributors:
[edit]ACWP is particularly interested in mobilizing Contributors who bring a high level of knowledge, commitment, and interest in enhancing content and knowledge surrounding the African film sector. These include:
- Film Industry Creatives and Professionals.
- African film critics, academics and researchers.
- African cultural and film enthusiasts, including those already contributing to Wikipedia.
Organizers:
[edit]- Seasoned Wikipedia Organizers in target countries who can help mobilize existing Wiki contributors and run training sessions and edit-a-thons.
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AfroCreatives WikiProject +film is the inaugural effort of AfroCreatives WikiProject. By mobilizing African film creatives, professionals, and film enthusiasts, ACWP +film aims to measurably enhance information on Wikipedia about the art and industry of African film, including:
FESPACO Edit-a-thon[edit] Date: Saturday, May 18 – June 17, 2024 AfroCreatives WikiProject is partnering with FESPACO, Africa’s largest film festival, in a continent-wide Edit-a-thon. In the lead-up to the campaign, participants are encouraged to join online and/or in-person training sessions to learn how to contribute to Wikipedia, or if already familiar with editing Wikipedia, to refresh their skills. To accommodate as many people as possible, the following is scheduled:
In addition to a general training session focused on Wikipedia:
Online Wikipedia training sessions
The agendas are the same for each session.
Online Wikidata/Wikimedia Commons training sessions
Why participate[edit]
New to editing Wikimedia?[edit]If you are new to contributing to Wikimedia projects, we strongly encourage you to sign up for training session when you register to participate in the campaign. The sessions, led by experienced Wikimedians, will provide basic and essential editing know-how that will make it easy for you to participate in the campaign. Watch this space for more information on training sessions that will take place online and in person in cities throughout Africa in May as part of the FESPACO campaign. Campaign Rules[edit]
FESPACO Edit-a-thon Prizes[edit]The FESPACO edit-a-thon allows participants many ways to contribute and compete for prizes. In addition to Wikipedia, contributions can be made to Wikidata as well as Wikimedia Commons. On Wikipedia, contributions to create and expand new articles include copy editing; adding images; adding or editing references, film-related infoboxes, filmography tables, wikilinks, and links to external film databases; and categorizing articles, among other contributions. The primary contribution on Wikimedia Commons is uploading images, audio, and video. On Wikidata, which is used to store structured data, such as information about people, places, and things, editors focus on making data-related entries and edits.
Awarded to the editor who has contributed the most bytes in the creation and/or expansion of Wikipedia articles about African film and television.
Awarded to the editor who has contributed the second highest amount of bytes in the creation and/or expansion of Wikipedia articles about African film and television.
Awarded to the editor who has contributed the third highest amount of bytes in the creation and/or expansion of Wikipedia articles about African film and television.
Awarded to a first-time Wikipedia editor who has contributed the most bytes in the creation and/or expansion of Wikipedia articles about African film and television.
Named after the pioneering Tunisian film critic and founder of the Carthage Film Festival, awarded to the editor who has contributed the most substantive and well-written text-based contributions to new or existing Wikipedia articles on the subject of African film and television.
Named after the Cameroonian director and one of Africa’s first female filmmakers, awarded to the editor who has made the most Wikipedia contributions centered on women in African film and television.
Awarded to the editor who has contributed the most quality translations on Wikipedia on the topic of African film and TV.
1st, 2nd, and 3rd prizes awarded to participants who have uploaded the most African film and television-related images/videos/audios to Wikimedia Commons.
1st, 2nd, and 3rd prizes awarded to participants who have documented the most African film and television-related entries to Wikidata. NOTE: All prizes are premium subscriptions Partners[edit]
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  .jpg) AfroCreatives WikiProject +film[edit]AfroCreatives WikiProject +film is the inaugural effort of AfroCreatives WikiProject. By mobilizing African film creatives, professionals and film enthusiasts, the campaign aims to measurably enhance information on Wikipedia about the art and industry of African film, including:
Afro Creatives WikiProject +film is initially focused on the film sectors of Egypt, Nigeria, Rwanda and Senegal. It is launching with a 3-week edit-a-thon campaign to generate a landmark number of contributions on the film industry of these four countries. Why participate?[edit]
New to editing Wikipedia?[edit]If you are new to contributing to Wikipedia, we strongly encourage you to sign-up for a brief 45-minute online training session when you register to participate in the campaign. The sessions, led by experienced Wikipedians, will provide basic and essential editing know-how that will make it easy for you to participate in the campaign. For participants who want some hands-on practice and support, the training session will be followed by a practice edit-a-thon session.
Campaign Rules[edit]
Awards and Prizes[edit]The AfroCreatives WikiProject +film campaign is offering a series of country-specific awards in Egypt, Nigeria, Senegal, and Rwanda, as well as international awards. All campaign participants will receive virtual certificates issued by the Wikimedia Foundation and be eligible to add a campaign userbox to their userpage. Local Awards [edit] |
| Activity | Score |
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| Adding infoboxes, templates, images, audio pronunciations, and Wikidata items. See Wikidata: Introduction | 1 |
| Fixing grammar, typos and adding wikilinks | 2 |
| Adding categories, adding/fixing references and See Also sections. | 3 |
| Expanding articles: Adding text of up to 1000 bytes | 2 |
| Expanding articles: Adding text of 1000 bytes or more | 5 |
| Creation of Stub (+1 extra point for tagging) | 7(+1) |
| Creation of Article | 10 |
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