User:Yair rand/Africa
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| Yair rand/Africa | |
|---|---|
| Wikimedia organizations | Wikimedia South Africa Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Wikimedia Tunisie Open Foundation West Africa |
| Projects censored | None |
| Wikiproject | WikiProject Africa |
| Editors | |
| Category | Category:African Wikipedians |
| Major Wikipedias by active editors (5-99 edits per month) Excluding editors from SD, SO, DJ, ET, ER, EG, GQ and LY | |
| English | ~1190 (~59% of region, ~2% of project) |
| French | ~450 (~22% of region, ~6% of project) |
| Arabic | ~140 (~7% of region, ~29% of project) |
| Portuguese | ~20 (~0.9% of region, ~0.8% of project) |
| Simple English | ~20 (~0.7% of region, ~2% of project) |
| German | ~10 (~0.6% of region, ~0.2% of project) |
| Swahili | ~30 (~1% of region, ~70% of project) |
| Spanish | ~10 (~0.6% of region, ~0.1% of project) |
| Dutch | ~10 (~0.6% of region, ~0.7% of project) |
| Japanese | ~10 (~0.3% of region, ~0.1% of project) |
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| Major Wikipedias by very active editors (100+ edits per month) Excluding editors from SD, SO, DJ, ET, ER, EG, GQ and LY | |
| English | ~80 (~45% of region, ~2% of project) |
| French | ~30 (~18% of region, ~3% of project) |
| Arabic | ~20 (~11% of region, ~28% of project) |
| German | ~10 (~5% of region, ~0.7% of project) |
| Portuguese | ~10 (~3% of region, ~2% of project) |
| Hausa | ~10 (~3% of region, ~67% of project) |
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| Readers | |
| Major projects by monthly pageviews | |
| English Wikipedia | ~193.52M (~51% of region, ~2% of project) |
| Arabic Wikipedia | ~83.35M (~22% of region, ~36% of project) |
| French Wikipedia | ~64.23M (~17% of region, ~8% of project) |
| Portuguese Wikipedia | ~5.95M (~2% of region, ~2% of project) |
| Arabic Wikisource | ~3.83M (~1% of region, ~35% of project) |
| Commons | ~3.47M (~0.9% of region, ~3% of project) |
| Simple English Wikipedia | ~1.44M (~0.4% of region, ~8% of project) |
| Egyptian Arabic Wikipedia | ~1.42M (~0.4% of region, ~41% of project) |
| Swahili Wikipedia | ~1.37M (~0.4% of region, ~60% of project) |
| French Wiktionary | ~1.33M (~0.4% of region, ~8% of project) |
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Africa is a continent, which is home to roughly 1.5% of Wikimedians. Most Wikimedia users in Africa use the English, Arabic, or French Wikimedia projects.
Content coverage[edit]
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(Todo: Get some stats. Cover many projects and languages.)
Wikimedia organizations[edit]
Wikimedia South Africa is currently the only Wikimedia chapter in Africa. There are also numerous user groups in Africa, including incorporated user groups Wikimedia User Group Nigeria, Open Foundation West Africa, and Wikimedia Tunisie, as well as the Wikimedia Ghana User Group, Wikimedians of Cameroon User Group, Wikimedia Community User Group Côte d'Ivoire, Wikimedia Community User Group Botswana, and Egypt Wikimedians User Group, among others.
Major past Wikimedia events in Africa include Wikimania 2008 in Alexandria, Egypt, and Wikimania 2018 in Cape Town, South Africa. The Wiki Indaba conference is held annually for representatives of Wikimedia communities and projects across Africa.
maybe something on Afripedia?
Government regulations[edit]
censorship, surveillance, copyright...
commons:Commons:Copyright rules by territory/Consolidated list Africa
Many countries in Africa do not have freedom of panorama. Wikimedians made an effort to change it in South Africa: commons:Freedom of Panorama ZA.
Donations[edit]
| Year | Donations | % of all donations |
|---|---|---|
| 2013-14 | $82,000 | 0.16% |
| 2014-15 | $150,000 | 0.2% |
| 2015-16 | $148,700 | 0.19% |
| 2016-17 | $195,157 | 0.21% |
| 2017-18 | $236,603 | 0.23% |
| 2018-19 | $236,004 | 0.21% |