WikiIndaba conference 2019/Submissions/State of African Wikis

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Submission no. 036
Title of the submission

State of African Wikis

Type of submission (lecture, panel, tutorial/workshop, roundtable discussion, lightning talk, birds of a feather discussion)

Lecture

Author of the submission

Dumisani Ndubane

Language of presentation

English

E-mail address

DNdubane@wikimedia.org

Username

User:DNdubane (WMF)

Country of origin

South Africa

Affiliation, if any (organisation, company etc.)

Wikimedia Foundation

Personal homepage or blog

N/A

Abstract (up to 300 words to describe your proposal)

The presentation will discuss the state of various Wikipedia language projects across the continent. We look at numbers historically and growth trends in the various language projects. We will also attempt to answer the difficult question, what makes the top African Wikipedias grow?

What will attendees take away from this session?
  • Update on Wikipedia projects in Africa
For workshops and discussions, what level is the intended audience?

For all participants

Length of session (if other than 25 minutes, specify how long)
30 minutes
Will you attend WikiIndaba if your submission is not accepted?

Yes.

Special requests

Should be included in the schedule.

Is this Submission a Draft or Final?

Final

Interested attendees[edit]

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  1. Anass Sedrati (talk) 18:03, 21 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Final decision[edit]