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Abubakar Sadiq Yusuf

Abubakar Yusuf Gusau

elsadeeqayg0547gmail.com

Best way to connect: Via email

Hausa Wikipedia User Group

Participating as: Indivudal

Nigeria • Middle East and Africa (MEA) region

Preferred times: Monday, Saturday (8 - 12 UTC)

Can dedicate: Between one (1) hour and three (3) hours per week

Languages: English, Hausa

Main Wikimedia projects: Wikipedia → encyclopedia, Wikimedia Commons → media repository, Wikidata → knowledge database, MetaWiki: central site for coordinating all projects and the Wikimedia community

Areas of interests: Culture, heritage or GLAM, Open Technology

Other peer learning/training initiatives participating in: WIKISound Audio Speak campaign English Wikipedia. WIKISound audio speech campaign 2023 is a campaign that show us how to convert and upload audio files to Wikimedia Commons and link them to English Wikipedia.

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Skills this profile would like to learn

Preferred way of learning: Share resources through emails / platforms …, Through formal training

Organization skills: Building your organisation’s plan and strategy • Proposal writing for funding  • Managing and maintaining partnerships  • Skills to better connect with networks within the Free Knowledge Ecosystem

Learning, evaluation and communications skills: Designing learning /retrospective sessions  • Wikimedia tools to measure quantitative metrics • Building a communications strategy to reach key stakeholders

Interpersonal skills: Processes and tools to manage conflicts • Use various tools related to community health • Diversity and accountability in Governance Roles • Skills that are important for managing teams and volunteers

Programatic and tactic skills: Effective training for newcomers/ newcomer experience • Implementing common tactics in the area of culture, heritage and GLAM • Leading Advocacy campaigns and strategies  • Event organising

Wiki tech skills: Basic Wikidata  • Identifying topics of impact • Bots

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Skills this profile would like to share

Preferred way of sharing: Organise face-to-face workshops, Accompanying a person or a group for a certain period of time (mentoring)

Organization skills: Knowledge management: documenting learning, organizing archives, documenting procedures • Identifying & approaching prospective partners

Learning, evaluation and communications skills: Defining learning and evaluation plans  • Engaging in social media, press, and broadcast media

Interpersonal skills: Skills that are important for managing teams and volunteers  • Cultivate more inclusive and safe environments online and offline

Programatic and tactic skills: Volunteer management and development • Innovations in culture and heritage • Creating, managing and sharing tutorials and resources

Wiki tech skills: Using Wikisource  • Wikimedia Incubator and setting up Wikimedia projects in new languages • Wikimedia Tools (PAWS, Quarry, WDQS) for running queries and scripts

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Further details about what I would like to learn.

1. Bots 2. Identifying topics of impact 3. Basic Wikidata use and how it can support other projects.

Stories about sharing

Interesting stories about applying the skills I want to share.

1.Software and digital skills. 2. Wikimedia Incubator and setting up Wikimedia projects in new languages. “I understand being involved in the community is important. I would love to contribute to this by talking to other leaders in the community to get them involved.