Wikicite Workshop: Bibliography of post-independence Nigerian newspapers and publishing houses

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Project Background[edit]

A newspaper is a publication printed on paper and, issued regularly, usually daily or weekly. It serves as a platform for disseminating news, opinion, and current issues. Before the advent of social media, Newspaper served as one of the sources of information in Nigeria. The business started in the 19 century in Nigeria. Most of the media houses at the time focused on promoting religious ethics and correct social vices among community members in the country and were owned by Missionary. Between 1834 and 1937, only three newspapers were in circulation. After the Nigerian independence in 1960 up till now, the number has increased astronomically. As at the last count, there are over 100 newspapers published in the country (online and offline). However, the basic information about all the Newspapers published in the country since independence cannot be easily accessed. So, it’s a big challenge for researchers or users of Wikipedia and its sister project to refer them for their works, and the few available data are scattered across the internet and so make life unbearable for users of this information.

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Join the event[edit]

This event will take place on the 24th to 26th of February 2021. If you would like to join the event, kindly sign up below:

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Program[edit]

Schedule[edit]

The workshop will run from March 10th to 12h, 2021 Time:

  • 10am - 3pm, March 10th -12th, 2021

Day One ( in-person)[edit]

  • Introduction to Wikipedia
  • How to start your first Wikipedia article.

Day Two(In-person)[edit]

  • Introduction to Wikidata
  • How to create Wikidata items and link them to existing English Wikipedia articles with a focus on Nigerian newspaper on English Wikipedia
  • Creating a bibliography for post-Independence Newspapers in Nigeria.
  • Linking of existing Wikipedia pages of Nigerian Newspapers to Wikidata items
  • Improving exiting Wikipedia pages of Nigerian Newspapers e.g adding citations or photos, where they are not available.

Metadata[edit]

  1. Venue: Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Ogba, Lagos.
  2. Organizer: Wikimedia Nigeria Foundation Inc, the Difference Newspaper and Nigerian Institute of Journalism.

Proposed activities[edit]

The project intends to achieve the following milestones :

  1. Create a bibliography on English Wikipedia for all notable publishing houses in Nigeria since independence in 1960
  2. Create Wikipedia articles on English Wikipedia for notable publishing houses in Nigeria since independence in 1960 that do not exist on Wikipedia ( where applicable).
  3. Create Wikidata items and link them to existing English Wikipedia articles where applicable.
  4. Increase the quality of articles on English Wikipedia with citations by getting journalist and media practitioners to add citation on existing articles


Dashboard[edit]

You can find metrics for the event, [1]

Data gathering[edit]

We have here the link to the expected data for the project.