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Training New Editors In Osun State Nigeria

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The Celtic Knot Conference local meetup in Osun State, Nigeria 2022 aims to create awareness and introduce Wikimedia projects to the residents (students) of Osun State to share relevant ideas, learn and edit Wikipedia, and Wikidata in other to bridge knowledge gap. The aim of the program is set to create a platform to improve Media and Information literacy Skills of Osun students on how to better access, retrieve, evaluate and create information on Wikipedia and Wikidata.

Action Points

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  • Create awareness on Social media.
  • Teach participants how to access and create a Wikipedia and Wikidata account.
  • Introduction to Wikipedia and Wikidata.
  • Introduction to Wikipedia and Wikidata project tools.
  • Practical hands-on and edithaton on how to edit the English Wikipedia articles.
  • Practical hands-on and edithathon on how to edit Wikidata items.
  • Discussions about the specific challenges of editing Wikipedia and Wikidata.

How to participate

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1 Sign in or Create a New Account on Wikipedia.

2 Enroll on the Outreach Dashboard to track your contributions Training New Editors In Osun State Nigeria.

3 Sign up in the participants section on this page.

5 Attend the physical events on the 30th of December 2022.

  • Venue: Oragun's Palace, Ila-Orangun, Osun State

Participants

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To participate you need to sign up on the participants section and join the event dashboard to track your contributions. To add your name, edit this section and type '#~~~' below without quotes.