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Call For 2024 Ambassadors

Apply for the Wiki Loves Africa Linguistic Ambassadors: CLICK HERE

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS : 4 December 2023 – midnight, everywhere on Earth.

Announcement of official theme for WLA 2024

Announcement of official theme for WLA 2024 Africa Create

Search for 2024 Theme

Invitation to vote for 2024 theme

WLA 2023 Winners WAH interview

• 29 September 2023: Wiki Africa Hour - Meet the Winners meeting

Announcing the Winners of the Wiki Loves Africa 2023 contest in various categories

Click to see the Official Winners Announcement

2024 Theme Suggestions ongoing

Process for finding 2024 theme commences. Click here to fill suggestions form

International Video Jury

Calling for community members to volunteer to join the WLA Video Jury (first of its kind). Kindly email Wilson - wilson@wikiinafrica.org to nominate yourself or someone else. Note: availability for the task is key.

Post contest interviews ongoing

Kindly contact Wilson via wilson@wikiinafrica if you are a WLA local organizer and will like to be interviewed about the just concluded Wiki Loves Africa 2023.

WLA Webinar - Wikimedia Commons Categories - The Basics : Friday 14th April 2023, 16H UTC

GoogleMeet link : https://meet.google.com/cvz-zogw-gec

Hosts :

• Wilson (set up, invitations etc.)
• Christel Steigenbeger (Instructor)

Topic: Wikimedia Commons Categories - The Basics

• What are Categories?
• Why Categories?
• Navigating Commons Categories
• Creating and Deleting Categories

Links to Meeting Recording and Transcript.

WLA training in English - Mobile Photography for Wikimedia Commons : Friday 7th April 2023, 13H UTC

GoogleMeet link : https://meet.google.com/vih-wqoq-zhe

Hosts :

• Wilson (set up, invitations etc.)
• Wasiul Bahar (Instructor)

Topic: Mobile phone photography for Commons

• Basics
• Photography tips and tricks
• Photo and video editing apps

Links to Meeting Recording and Transcript.

WLA training in English : Saturday 1st April 2023, 14H UTC

GoogleMeet link : https://meet.google.com/idx-mctg-djq

Hosts :

• Wilson (set up, invitations etc.)
• Geoffrey Kateregga (Instructor)

Topic: Wikimedia Commons - an overview

• Uploading photos
• Mass uploads
• Categories
• Structured data

Formation WLA en français : Le Jeudi 30 mars 2023, 16h UTC

GoogleMeet link : https://meet.google.com/zou-heub-yzz

Hosts :

• Wilson (set up, invitations etc.)
• Mermoze Adodo (Instructor)

Sujet: Wikimedia Commons - un aperçu

• Télécharger des photos
• Téléchargements en masse
• Catégories
• Données structurées

March Office Hours

• Thursday, March 9, 2023 (English - 16:00 PM UTC & French - 17:00 PM UTC)
  • GoogleMeet link

February Office Hours

• Friday February 23, 2023 (English - 17:00 PM UTC & French - 18:00 PM UTC)
  • GoogleMeet link

News and Announcements

Office Hours in English

• Friday February 3, 2023 (17:00 PM UTC)
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    • Zoom link

• Saturday February 4, 2023 (13:00 PM UTC)
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    • Zoom link

Office Hours in French

• Friday February 3, 2023 (18:00 PM UTC)
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    • Zoom link