Celtic Knot Conference 2024/Submissions/wici365 daily articles in Welsh challenge
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- Submission no.
About the submission
[edit]- Title of the submission
#wici365 daily articles in Welsh challenge
- Type of submission
- Lightning talk – Short 10-minute presentation
- Abstract (up to 300 words to describe your proposal)
In 2018 a small but dedicated crew of writers for the Welsh language Wikipedia - Wicipedia - set the challenge to write an article a day for Wicipedia. It's still going ... but maybe not as daily and the hashtag #wici365 can be seen on the @Wicipedia Twitter account.
In the short Lighting Talk, Siôn Jobbins, one of the crew will highlight some international collaboration during that time and time type of articles he wrote. He'll aslo share how he writes articles for Wicipedia - mostly adaptations of articles in other languages, but also unique articles in Welsh.
He'll outline some challenges including the need for new words in Welsh, which, itself underlines how important having content in minoritised languages is so important for the vitality and breadth of the languages.
Siôn will also discuss efforts to try and bring in the wider Welsh language community to contribute to the Wicipedia.
- Theme of session
- Visions Forged: Charting Paths in Language Advocacy.
- What will attendees take away from this session?
Ideas on how to create more content, need for new terms and words, promote language advocacy, and enhance ownership of the Wicipedia by the language community.
- Language of presentation
English
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About the author
[edit]- Author of the submission
- E-mail address
sion.jobbins
gmail.com
- Country of origin
Cymru | An Bhreatain Bheag | Wales
- Affiliation, if any (organisation, company etc.)
- Slides or further information (optional)
- Special requests
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