WIkiActivate for Climate Action
The Wikiactivate initiative for SDG Goal 13 seeks to contribute to the global campaign by addressing the existing gap related to Sustainable Development Goal 13 (Climate Action) on the English Wikipedia, with a specific emphasis on content related to Nigeria. This project's primary objectives are to raise awareness, provide training, and enhance or edit articles pertaining to Climate Change. By doing so, we aim to promote increased awareness and understanding of the issue of Climate Change within the Nigerian context.
The Event will take place on weekends starting from 13th - 4th November 2023.
Please join the campaign by completing [1]
Registered Volunteers will be involved in Wikipedia editing, and uploading of climate-related information weekly. The volunteers will be tasked with the following:
- Ensure you join the outreach dashboard [2]
- Edit as many Climate related Articles as possible
- Upload as many Climate related Photos
- Create/Edit Wikiqoute
Climate Related Topics for edits[edit]
| No | Articles | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Effects of climate change on ecosystems | Climate Change on Ecosystem |
| 2 | 2017 People's Climate March | Climate change March in 2017 |
| 3 | Electromagnetic radiation | Electromagnetic radiation |
| 4 | Effects of climate change on human health | climate change on human health |
| 5 | [Development Mechanism | Clean Development Mechanism |
| 6 | Petroleum industry in Nigeria | Petroleum industry in Nigeria |
| 7 | Herder–farmer conflicts in Nigeria | Herder–farmer conflicts in Nigeria |
| 8 | Climate of Nigeria | Climate of Nigeria Climate of Nigeria |
| 9 | Climate change in Nigeria | Climate change in Nigeria |
| 10 | natural disasters in Nigeria | natural disasters in Nigeria |
| 11 | Deforestation in Nigeria | Deforestation in Nigeria |
| 12 | National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency | National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency |
| 13 | 2022 Nigeria floods | 2022 Nigeria floods |
| 14 | Right to a healthy environment | Right to a healthy environment |
| 15 | The human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment | The human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment |
| 16 | Andekaleka Dam | Andekaleka Dam |
| 17 | Mandraka Dam | Mandraka Dam |
| 18 | Geography of Nigeria | The geography description of Nigeria
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Climate Update by State/Communities[edit]
Write about climate change in your state. A lot more people read articles about specific geographies than general articles about climate change. By adding more contextually relevant information you can help connect climate change, which can be an abstract concept, with people’s sense of place. For example, at the time of writing, the article about Lagos doesn’t mention global warming at all. Yet, a quick google search shows that Lagos is one of the most vulnerable cities in Nigeria, and the Wikipedia article is extensive. The Lagos article should summarize this information.
Steps by Step for contributing:[edit]
- Find your state community’s Wikipedia article. You can search for the name of your city, state, or country.
- Search within the article for the concept of “Climate Change” or “Global Warming” (Ctrl+F in Chrome).
- If there is no mention, go to the “climate”, “geography” or "environment" section of the article.
- In a separate tab, search Google or Google news, and search for articles describing the impact of climate change in your specific area.
- Read the piece about how your local community will be affected by climate change, and add a summary to the article.
- Make sure to cite the source by clicking “Cite” in the visual editor, and generating a citation.
- Click Save!
Citation hunt[edit]
TIP: For help finding reliable sources about climate change, check out the resources section.
The IPCC publishes an authoritative summary of climate change’s impacts on the world. It is a systematic review of the best scholarship on climate change. If you haven’t tried reading the reports, they are very easy to read. However, citing the reports is a bit complicated. If you need help, there are preformatted citations on English Wikipedia..
All Wikipedia articles need citations (references to published work) -- every fact and piece of information should have a reliable source. This means that finding and adding citations is an important task.
The easiest way to start is to add a citation to an existing article. If you are looking for good places to start, we recommend the “citation hunt” tool. Citation hunt suggests articles with content that lacks a citation.
Useful guides to Wikipedia[edit]
- Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines - An overall tutorial to editing Wikipedia
- The Five pillars of Wikipedia - Important summary of Wikipedia's editing philosophy
- Wikipedia:Manual of Style - A helpful guide on how to write a Wikipedia article
- Wikipedia:Verifiability - What to keep in mind regarding the verifiability of information being added to Wikipedia
- Wikipedia:Neutral point of view - About Neutral point of view (NPOV) on Wikipedia, what it is and why it is so important
- Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not - What Wikipedia is NOT, always important to keep in mind.
Event[edit]
Pictures from the event
