Wiki Missing Sources 2025/Overview & Training schedule
The Wiki Missing Sources 2025 Campaign Project is a collaborative initiative by Africa Wiki Women and media organizations in Africa aimed at increasing media coverage and representation of notable African women on Wikipedia. We are collaborating with journalists and media partners to create/increase the number of verifiable sources for citations and draft high-quality, Wiki-friendly stories about African women on their various media platforms.
We recognized a need for this work when we learned that, since October 2014, only 15.53% of English Wikipedia's biographies were about women. Read more. African women's representation was below the radar. In 2025, data from Humaniki shows that the gender representation of African women on Wikipedia is 25%. This means that out of 100,799 biographies from Africa, only 24,239 are about women.
One huge factor slowing this growth is the lack of adequate media coverage of African women for citation purposes. Therefore, without a particular percentage in mind, we recognized that with persistence, we could increase it, one article at a time. By collaborating with key players, we can drive positive change and provide a more accurate representation of African women on Wikipedia.
In summary, the Wiki Missing Sources project focuses on partnering with journalists and media houses to increase the visibility of African women on Wikipedia by providing adequate and reliable references, as well as offering training and practical skills for journalists to create Wiki-worthy content.
Our Goals:
[edit]- To create at least 5 new usable news sources for articles about notable women in Africa.
- Improve content quality and credibility on Wikipedia.
- Train and empower new and existing editors to contribute to this campaign.
- And ultimately to turn Women In Redlinks to Bluelinks.
Note: Journalists who write and publish in local languages and speakers of African indigenous languages are highly encouraged to participate.
Project Team:
[edit]- Airat Abdul Ramon- Project Lead
- Andikan Efiok Eduok
- Amarachi Okoro
- Seimawu Sugri Seidu
- Ruby D-Brown (talk)
- Pellagia Njau (talk)
- Bukky658 (talk)
- Nwonwu Uchechukwu P (talk)- Communications Lead
Partnerships:
[edit]Please FILL THIS FORM to join our team. We invite media houses, journalist associations, and Women-focused organizations to partner with us in this initiative. Together, we can make a difference and create a more accurate representation of African women on Wikipedia.
Existing Partners:
- Voice of Nigeria
- MwanzoDotOrg
Activities/Program Details...
[edit]Trainings: The WMS campaign trainings will be subdivided into 2 categories: Understanding Wikipedia's content policies and Creating credible and reliable secondary sources for reference/citation purposes on Wikipedia.
- We will provide journalists with an in-depth understanding of Wikipedia's content policies and best practices with existing examples.
- Virtual trainings will focus on showcasing examples of Wiki-worthy stories published on reliable secondary sources.
- We will also train journalists on creating and improving Wikipedia articles about African women.
Edit-a-thons: Collaborative editing sessions focused on improving and creating Wikipedia articles. There will be guided edit-a-thons.
Training Timeline
[edit]| Date/Time | Activity | Trainer | Session/Recording Link | Presentation Slides | Status |
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(Meta page registration) | Airypedia |  Done
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General Virtual Launch, Content Policy | Bukola James Pellagia Njau Ruby D-Brown Ibjaja055 | Zoom Link | Presentation slide | Done
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Wikipedia/ Major edits | Meritkosy Airypedia King ChristLike | American Corner. No 2, Gwani Street, Wuse Zone 4, Abuja | Presentation Slide | Done
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Wikipedia Introduction to Minor Edits | Airypedia | Recording | Presentation Slide | Done
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EXPLORE TOPIC LIST | Airypedia | EDIT-A-THON | EDIT-A-THON |  Not done
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Office Hour and Closing Session | Andikan Emmanuella643 Seimawu Sugri Seidu | [Recording] | Not done
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REVIEW | Airypedia | [Recording] | Not done
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