WikiIndaba conference 2021/Program/African language Wikipedias - indicators for development, growth and renewal
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African language Wikipedias - indicators for development, growth and renewal | ||
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| Speakers : Ingo Koll, Marc Miquel Ribé, Amir Aharoni | Time block: Friday 5 November 2021 | Start : 12:10 | |
| Location : Room B | Duration : 55 minutes | ||
| Description :
This panel aims to support an understanding of the development of African language Wikipedias and how to support their growth and renewal. Participants will be introduced to the Community Health Metrics (CHM) project which measures different aspects of community health against seven indicators called “Vital Signs”. Using these indicators may answer questions such as: Are the African community able to retain more editors over time? Are they balanced in terms of including new members over time and maintaining the old ones? Are they granting user rights (e.g., roles such as sysops) to new members? By answering these questions, we will reflect on the Wikimedia communities in Africa in order to try to aim at planning the necessary changes to aim at a future growth. The panel will also address why it is important to write Wikipedias in African languages and outline ways to remove barriers to participation. We hope this session will inspire and energise work in African language Wikipedias.. |
Themes : Technology & Infrastructure | ||
| Tags : Internationalization, African Languages, Local Communities, Wikipedia | |||
| Notes : #WikiIndaba2021_languages | |||
