Wikimedians of the Caribbean User Group
| Wikimedians of the Caribbean User Group | |
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.svg) The Caribbean | |
| Location | The Caribbean |
| Country code | WIS |
| Approval date | 26 July 2019 |
| Official language(s) | Spanish, English, French, Dutch, French Creoles, English Creoles |
| Other language(s) | Other ethnic languages |
| E-mail address | cariwikiinfo gmail.com |
| @WikiCari | |
| @WikiCaribbean | |
The Wikimedians of the Caribbean Usergroup is a Wikimedia user group for the peoples of the Caribbean and the Caribbean Diaspora, bringing together cultures and languages, and also the communities with their diasporas.
To join please add your username to the Interested in Participating section below and/or the membership form.
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Objectives[edit]
As with Wikimedians of the Levant, there has not been sufficient participation to establish individual groups, so it has been decided to pursue a group to support the whole region. There is particular interest in supporting languages like Haitian Creole that are particular to the region, developing content covering underrepresented regional topics, and also to support offline access for areas that do not otherwise have access.
Background[edit]
- An early group of Caribbean Wikimedians was formed at WikiConference North America, at Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, October 20th, 2018.
- On 26 July 2019 the Affiliations Committee officially recognised the Wikimedians of the Caribbean User Group (WikiCari).
- Wikimedians of the Caribbean was named the Most Exciting New Affiliate in North America at WikiConference North America 2019 held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the first year the Caribbean was added as a region at the conference.
Activities[edit]
2020
- September 7: WikiCari Festival
- July 21 Wiki Caribbean joins Afro Dominican History on Wikipedia Training Day, 27 WikiCari Emancipation Week
- April 20-27 Wiki Caribbean Earthweek Online Wikipedia Editathon
2019
- April: Wikipedia edit-a-thon, Trinidad
- May-June: 1Lib1Ref Caribbean Librarians Campaign, online
- June: June group online meeting
- June-August: Caribbean Wikimedians survey of Caribbean community, online
- July: Monthly partners meeting focusing on survey, Dominica W.I. training
- August: Monthly partners meeting closing survey
- September: Monthly partners meeting focus Wiki Conference North America
- October: Monthly partners meeting
- November: Wiki Conference North America
- November: Monthly partners meeting post conference
- December: Monthly partners meeting end of year planning. Focus 2020 outreach to Caribbean community
Events and activities[edit]
Wikimania 2019, Stockholm, Sweden - August 2019[edit]
WikiConference North America 2019, Cambridge, USA - October 2019[edit]
Wiki Cari meetup, San Juan, Puerto Rico - November 2019[edit]
On November 27th 2019 Wiki Cari and Microsoft Caribbean hosted the first event meetup in Puerto Rico. User:Fuzheado delivered the talk The five most exciting things in Wikipedia, Wikimedia and Wikidata - How they can help boost content about Puerto Rico (slides) and introduced a number fun ways to contribute content.
- Play Wikidata Games on your phone or laptop
- Help translate items from one language to another where they are missing
Wiki Cari Earth Week 2020[edit]
In recognition of Earth Day 2020 Wiki Cari is hosting a week-long online editathon focused on the brave new world of climate change and COVID-19 with a focus on the Caribbean.
WikiCari Emancipation Week[edit]
A week purposed around calling-to-action increased participation from academia, scholarship, and Wiki editors — helping to enrich content relating to the past and ongoing fights for freedom in the British Caribbean & the wider Americas.
Puerto Rico WikiProjects[edit]
- en:WikiProject Puerto Rico - es:Wikiproyecto:Puerto Rico
- en:WikiProject Caribbean
- d:Wikidata:WikiProject Puerto Rico
Partnerships[edit]
Communications[edit]
Email[edit]
Interested in reaching out to us? Email us at cariwikiinfogmail.com
Feel free to also send any one of us an email too!:
- Sherry
AfroCROWD.org - Sherry Antoine - kearrangopeegmail.com - Kearra Gopee
- ianwikiedu.org - Ian Ramjohn
- brandonsullycomms.com - Brandon Sullivan
Social media[edit]
Follow us at #CariWiki on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram during events and online campaigns
- Twitter: @WikiCari
- Instagram: @WikiCaribbean
General administration[edit]
Affiliations Committee Resolutions[edit]
Members / Interested in participating[edit]
- Guettarda (talk) / Ian (Wiki Ed) 17:36, 20 October 2018 (UTC)
- Shanluan (talk) 18:25, 20 October 2018 (UTC)
- Gamaliel (talk) 19:32, 21 October 2018 (UTC)
- Aliceba (talk) 19:57, 22 October 2018 (UTC)
- MassiveEartha (talk) 21:17, 22 October 2018 (UTC)
- Haroldcardenaslema (talk) 16:52, 23 October 2018 (UTC)
- Insular91 (talk) 22:46, 23 October 2018 (UTC)
- Siarus1074 (talk) 17:56, 25 October 2018 (UTC)
- Nikitag94 13:23, 28 October 2018 (UTC)
- AfricanadeCuba 18:15, 1 March 2019
- Galahmm 18:15, 1 March 2019
- Ambre Troizat (talk) 13:05, 15 April 2019 (UTC)
- DanielleJWiki (talk) 11:55, 21 May 2019 (UTC)
- Caribiana (talk) 14:59, 21 May 2019 (UTC)
- Mikesiva (talk) 9:40, 22 May 2019 (GMT)
- BNA-PS (talk) 19:09, 12 June 2019 (UTC)
- Dr. X (talk)
--Caribbean in my heart! - Terry Finisterre (talk)
- Rossemary
- Maryamarce (talk) 21:04, 9 November 2019 (UTC)
- Brinacor (talk) 01:40, 11 November 2019 (UTC)
- JamaicanEditor (talk) 21:21, 18 November 2019 (UTC)
- Mlemusrojas (talk) 13:53, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
- Fuzheado (talk) 17:04, 9 December 2019 (UTC)
- JabieroKubo (talk) 01:15, 18 December 2019 (UTC)
- MichellevL (WMNL) (talk) 15:34, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
- Denise Jansen WMNL (talk) 15:37, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
- gobonobo + c 23:54, 27 July 2020 (UTC)
- Grueslayer (talk) 13:17, 1 October 2020 (UTC)
