Translations:Wikimedians of the Levant/2020/1/en

We organized a fully virtual education program

Group photo of students and user group members adhering to social distancing, and holding letters to form the sentence: Participants in Wikimedia Levant's education program.

In July 2020, Wikimedia Levant launched the third edition of the Wikipedia Education Program in Hebron, Palestine. Unlike previous editions, this one was conducted completely online due to the global COVID-19 pandemic and following Wikimedia Foundation’s policies. The students were virtually taught about Wikipedia, its community and history, and its sister Wikimedia projects, and were trained on how to edit the encyclopedia properly.

Surprisingly, this was yet the most successful education program in Palestine. The 45 participating students did a magnificent job, creating about 430 articles and expanding 70 more on the Arabic-language Wikipedia, and uploading 415 photos to Wikimedia Commons. One student, all by herself, contributed a total of one hundred Wikipedia pages, completing the 100 wikidays challenge in less than two months. We are very thankful to the students who help us achieved this milestone in spite of the high number of Coronavirus infections in Hebron, which was then one of the most infected cities across the Middle East.