Ig WikiAbia Hub

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IG WIKI ABIA HUB is a community of Wikimedians who live in Abia state Nigeria committed to promoting the Wikimedia projects in Nigeria. The group is currently the Abia Hub Arm of the Igbo_Wikimedians_User_Group.The group is open to collaborations with other organisations and Usergroups to promote Wiki awareness and involvement in Nigeria. It is an open membership group available to all interested individuals at all levels.

Backstory[edit]

Towards the ending of a very interesting year 2021 with active participation in different Wikimedia projects challenges ranging from Wikipedia article translations, Wikidata/lexemes and Wiktionary, Chimere Okoro realised that a few individuals in his location (Abia) showed interests in being part of the Wiki family. After sharing his observations with Oby Ezeilo who further advised to start the journey by organising/planning an introduction/training event in Abia State under the Igbo_Wikimedians_User_Group in an attempt to bring the interested prospective participants under an umbrella for proper mentor-ship.

Chimere was impressed by the turnout and energy of the interested participants in Abia in the Wikimedia Foundation projects. For follow-ups and guidance he created a whatsapp group Join the Whatsapp group

Introduction[edit]

IG WIKI ABIA HUB is a community of Wikimedians who live in Abia state Nigeria committed to promoting the Wikimedia projects in Nigeria. The group is currently the Abia Hub Arm of the Igbo_Wikimedians_User_Group.The group is open to collaborations with other organisations and Usergroups to promote Wiki awareness and involvement in Nigeria. It is an open membership group available to all interested individuals at all levels.

Objectives[edit]

  • To promote awareness of The Wikimedia Projects in Nigeria and the recruitment of interested and prospective editors in Abia State and environs.
  • To promote editing of WMF projects in Nigeria by organizing events and activities in Abia States.
  • To equip editors in Abia State with the skill, ability and right mentor-ship for the continuous development of the WMF projects.

Founding Members[edit]

  1. Oby Ezeilo
  2. Chimere Okoro
  3. Matthew Obinna Abakwuo

Upcoming Events[edit]

Our next Event will start on the 5th of February 2022 by 00:00(WAT) to 28th Fabruary 2022. Edit-a-thon on Notable Nigerian Women in Politics click here to register


Activities[edit]

This group plans to hold these activities:

  • Trainings: the hub will organise in-person and online tutorials, edit-a-thons, and encourage participation in the Igbo Wikimedians User Group activities.
  • Meet-ups: the hub will be organising online and in-person meet-ups for its members to give room for exchange of ideas, challenges, recommendations and feedbacks.

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