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Event:AWA Inclusion Project-Derek J Moore

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Melville Johannesburg
South Africa
Online and in-person event
Start and end time14:09, 21 May 2026 – 14:06, 30 September 2026
Timezone: +00:00
Number of participants0 participants

About Weblearning

Hi there.
My name is is Derek Moore (Q132200769), and as you might have guessed from my username, I think the web is great for online education....

I’m also a Wikipedian in Residence

I help people learn with the web and I manage, research, support or enable knowledge structures and patterns. My digital teaching and learning is both visible and persistent and you can find me

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I am a paid up member of https://www.wmza.org/ under the leadership of Bobby Shabangu (Q67388288).

Derek J Moore
Wikipedian in Residence





This user enjoys geodata
and teaches map making.
CC BY @weblearning

MyLocal Dashboards

Vernacular can be spectacular, BUT at the moment it is being neglected on Wikipedia. With chat GPT's assistance, I recently released a South Africa Wikipedia Dashboard.

The dashboard presents a live account of progress on Vernacular Wikipedia. Dashboards never tell the full story though, and there are Wikipedians all over the country who are doing the hard work work. I'm about to release a contribution tracker (alpha) that allows local wikipedians to see their

  1. editing activity,
  2. edit streaks,
  3. contribution momentum and #language community participation

This data can be viewed across South African Wikipedias.