Wiki Loves Sport in Uganda abbreviated as (WLSUG) was initiated as Wiki Soccerthons in Uganda in from 2020 - 2024 to document only Uganda's association football. This year 2025, it was rebranded to Wiki Loves Sport in Uganda to document all Ugandan sports through creating , translating and improving articles on Wikipedia, uploading quality media files on Wikimedia Commons, creating and expanding Wikidata items about Ugandan sports.
The WLSUG2025 campaign will run as mentorship program that will equip mentees with Wikimedia projects editing, photography, graphics design and videography skills. This program is running for 14 weeks starting from 01 May 2025 up to 31 October 2025.
The Wiki Loves Sport 2025 in Uganda, will be focused on Uganda's association football, netball, boxing, basketball, rugby and volleyball but not limited to sports federations, associations, football clubs, players, stadiums, arenas, coaches, leagues, and seasons.
Articles that contain only lists will not be considered such as a list of Ugandan footballers.
Editors must first check the existence of the Wikipedia articles or Wikidata items to avoid duplicates, the duplicate item will be merged into the already existing on and they won't be counted as newly created articles.
The participants are required to add the #WLSUG2025 in the edit summary boxes when publishing changes in the articles they have edited on the Wikipedias.
Data facilitation
* The jury will be selected and it will base on the number of Wikipedia articles created and edited, Wikidata items created, and media files uploaded to determine the winners.
A mentee has to create at least 2 Wikipedia articles (English or Luganda), edit/expand two Wikipedia articles (Luganda or English) and 10 Wikidata items
Core concepts: Color theory (e.g., vibrant colors for sports energy), typography (choosing readable fonts), composition (rule of thirds, balance), and visual hierarchy.
Relation to subject: How designs can promote events or illustrate sports campaigns.
Activity: Brainstorm sports-themed design ideas (e.g., a poster for a Ugandan football match).
The list below show items with and those missing articles on both English and Luganda Wikipedias, their respective images on Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata labels and descriptions both in English and Luganda.
The list below contains different sheets about the various sports to contribute to including; competitions, players, clubs, managers. These are the rules to follow when using the list,
Rules to follow when using this Google sheets documents
* First search to confirm if the Wikidata item or Wikipedia article you want to create does not exit
If the Wikipedia article or Wikidata item exists, check the box next to that item
If the Wikipedia article or Wikidata does not exists put your username in the column for Author Username to indicate that you are working on it
NOTE: put the name only to the article that you are currently working on that is one item at a time
Rugby Africa Cup 2025 - From 8th to 19th July in Kampala, Uganda
Uganda Boxing Champions League
Afrobasket Women 2025 - From 25th July 2025 in Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Uganda is in Group C.
CHAN 2024 - African Nations Championship commonly known as CHAN is a continental football tounament for locally-based players. The postponed 2024 edition will be co-hosted by three nations; Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania From 2nd to 30th August 2025. Uganda's Mandela National stadium will host the thrid place play-off.
Airtel Masaza Cup 2025- Airtel Masaza Cup is a football tournament in Buganda Kingdom where the 18 counties compete annually for being Champion of the Masaza Cup
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