Wikimania 2022/South Sudan Meetup

Title Wikimania 2022 Local Meetup in South SUdan Juba Dates August 11-13, 2022 Location Juba South Sudan

Wikimania 2022 is the seventeenth international Wikimedia conference, bringing Wikimedians together to create, celebrate and connect, virtually and with in-person components.

We are hosting a Wikimania 2022 local meetup in Juba South Sudan on August 11-13 for Wikimedians who are fully vaccinated for Covid-19 (including one booster) to gather in-person to meet each other and participate in both online and offline activities.

Why Juba South Sudan?

Juba is the capital city of South Sudan, a place with such connected and amazing contributors to wikimedia but alson with the fact that; South Sudan as a country has either half or less of her content on wikimedia, and the fact that we have a very great and active team of youths ready to put this information on the worlds largest encyclopedia in Juba south sudan, why not grace their work with a participation in a Wikimania 2022 provides which provides an opportune time to connect these people in real life around the virtual conference.

Schedule

Wikimania 2022 Overview

This is the first ever Wikimania Event in South Sudan as a country, this shall be an open event to create awarness of the user group, welcome new members and share along the knowledge that wikimedia projects provide, and hence harness/welcome members to the community

Wikimania 2022 in Juba

Wikimania is the Wikimedia movement’s annual conference celebrating all the free and open knowledge projects made possible by the volunteer community - Wikimedia Commons, MediaWiki, Meta-Wiki, Wikibooks, Wikidata, Wikinews, Wikipedia, Wikiquote, Wikisource, Wikispecies, Wikiversity, Wikivoyage, Wiktionary This year’s Wikimania will bring Wikimedians together to create, celebrate and connect, virtually and with in-person components. It will be four days of gathering, discussions, meetups, training, and workshops. to discuss issues, report on new projects and approaches, and exchange ideas.

Wikimania: The Festival Edition!

The theme for this year’s virtual Wikimania is “The Festival Edition”. We will come together to spotlight projects and movement groups and celebrate the diversity of our vast community. Wikimania: The Festival Edition! can be summed up in three words: it will be fun, alive, and vibrant; it will be regional, shining a light on communities across the movement through the festivities; and it will welcome newcomers, creating a safe space for first-time attendees that illuminates and inspires.

Theme and Session Selection Criteria

The theme for this year’s virtual Wikimania is “The Festival Edition”. We want to celebrate the diversity of our vast community and spotlight regional projects and movement groups. For Wikimania: The Festival Edition! we have selected session proposals that are fun, celebratory, and engaging. regional: shining a light on communities across the movement through the festivities. and that welcome newcomer: creating a safe space for first-time attendees that illuminates and inspires.

Program Design

For this festival program we expect to have a mix of live and on-demand content, hosted in different online ‘tents’ just like at an in-person festival.

Tent 1: the space where keynotes, endnotes, entertainment, meet and greet, and other key content will be delivered. We will be having rotational regional segments here to spotlight various projects, individuals and affiliates by region. Tent 2: a programming track with sessions from Wikimedia movement organizations (chapters, user groups, thematic organizations, and other recognized movement groups). Submissions to this tent are open to all affiliates in the Wikimedia community. Tent 3: a programming track with sessions from individual Wikimedians or a collective of individuals. Submissions to this tent are open to everyone–submit to present alone or with a group of co-presenters. Hackathon: as traditionally done - yet with a new twist - the hackathon will have a tent throughout the Wikimania festival for ongoing collaboration and co-working. Networking Tent: Wikimania will have several virtual spaces where attendees can socialize and meet other wikimedians from around the globe and link up to work together on new or established projects. More information will be provided soon. All of the content will be archived once Wikimania 2022 is finished, as it has been done in previous years.

Program Schedule

The virtual programming for Wikimania 2022 will cater to participants across all time zones. The approach is to optimize for the zone being spotlighted on that day, while also providing times that work in different zones. We wanted to plan with the global whole in mind, building a schedule that spans many hours to allow for each region to connect with every other region.

Day 1: Asia/Oceania August 11 Day 2: Americas Beginning August 12 Day 3: Africa, Europe, Middle East August 13 Day 4: Global Day August 14 Hours of programming Wikimania: 09:00 – 15:00 UTC Wikimania: 14:00 – 16:00 UTC Hackathon: 16:00 – 22:00 UTC Wikimania: 22:00 – 02:00 UTC Wikimania: 07:00 – 12:00 UTC Hackathon: 12:00 – 17:00 UTC Wikimania: 17:00 – 20:00 UTC Wikimania: 08:00 – 12:00 UTC Global festivities: 12:00 – 15:00 Wikimania: 15:00 – 19:00 UTC Core language live interpretation Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Spanish, Russian Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Spanish, Russian Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Spanish, Russian Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Spanish, Russian Additional language live interpretation Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese Brazilian Portuguese Swahili, Turkish, Ukrainian Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, Swahili, Turkish, Ukrainian

Multilinguality in the Program

In the past, Wikimania programs catered to an English speaking audience only. However, we want the festival to welcome participants in the languages they feel most comfortable. Language accessibility at the festival will work as follows: For all sessions (live and pre-recorded) delivered in English, the Wikimedia Foundation will provide live interpretation into Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, and Spanish to enable a bigger audience to join and participate freely. We will be sharing more on how this will look like closer to the event. For all sessions (live and pre-recorded) delivered in Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish, the Wikimedia Foundation will provide live interpretation into English. In addition to these languages, there will be 1-2 additional supported languages that will rotate on a daily basis. Sessions delivered in English will receive interpretation into the 1-2 rotating languages for that day, and sessions delivered in the rotating languages will receive interpretation into English on those days. More information to come about rotating language support, including which languages will be offered. Speakers are free to deliver sessions in other languages, but we can’t offer interpretation support at this moment. We recognize that we will not be able to accommodate every single person and community, but we have learned from the Movement Strategy process how important multilingualism is and we want to keep improving our language approach. Thanks to all who provided their feedback in the community survey.

Trip Objectives

• Train new members on Wikipedia related programs
• Hold discussions on the relevant of Wikipedia on the society
• Have a wikimedia celebration with different wikimedians

Who we need!

• Internet/ Wikipedia Users
• Content writers and creators

WIKIMANIA AGENDA Day (1) Date Time Activity Notes

11.08.2022

Day 1
 arrival and Registration

EFSS

9:30-10:00am Introduction to #Wikimania and Wikimedia Community User Group South Sudan Impacts of created and authentic content on the narrative of South Sudan WCUG South Sudan

10:00-10:30am Break Tea Koneta 3 10:30-12:00pm Introduction to Wikipedia and Wikidata Wikimedia Intro, Wikipedia in particlular and wikicommons WCUG South Sudan 4

12:00-1:00pm Creation and Article Creation WCUG South Sudan 5

1:00-2:00pm Lunch Koneta 6

2:00-3:00pm

Editathon continues.

WMCUG south sudan

7 12th.08.2022

9:00-9:30am Arrival and Registration EFSS

9:30-10:00am Wikimania in South Sudan Discusions on editathon WMCUG south sudan

10:00-10:30am Break Tea Koneta

10:30-12:00pm WIkimania tools and how to participate. WMCUG south sudan

12:00-1:00pm Wikipedia Articles for human rights and environmental health activists and organisations in South Sudan WMCUG south sudan

1:00-2:00pm Lunch Koneta

2:00-3:00pm

1. Wikimedia Editathon continues.

WMCUG south sudan

Day 3 13th.07.2022

9:00-9:30am Arrival and Registration EFSS

9:30-10:00am

#Wikimania Logins 

Updates about the Editathon WMCUG south sudan

10:00-10:30am Break Tea

9:00am- 2pm

Wikimania: 07:00 – 12:00 UTC

WMCUG south sudan

2pm- 4pm Interlude and networking Koneta and EFSS Final day

Invitees / Participants List

Agenda Date: 11th-13th August 2022 Number of people: 20 - 30 people Time: 10.00 am - 4:00pm Venue: Place with internet connection, Koneta - Hub, where event can be held, good internet, food, drinks. Number of people for the launch - 20 people

Photos

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimania_2022_in_South_Sudan

Logistics

Locations

Our activities will be based in the East Liberty neighborhood of Pittsburgh. The Carnegie Library (Koneta Hub, South Sudan)

Reimbursements

Our event grant provides a total a coverage in travel cost reimbursements to be split between participants who constructively participate in the conference, and whose primary purpose for travel is to attend the event. While we are unlikely to cover everyone's costs completely, we hope to be able to make participants' travel a bit more affordable.

After the event, a form will be sent to participants to request reimbursement (save your travel receipts!).

Technology

Please bring a laptop with you if you can. The conference room has a projector and HDMI cord for presenting.

COVID-19

Attendees are required to be fully vaccinated (including at least one booster) for COVID-19, barring a valid medical reason. Attendees are encouraged to test before attending, and should not attend if positive for COVID-19.

Masks are not required for attendees, but are recommended. Masks and rapid tests will be provided for attendees who would like them.

Attendees

Feel free to add yourself if you plan to attend, or even if you're just potentially interested!

• Bech Takpiny
• Ngor Majok Dhiel-Gai
• Isaac Wori Duku
• Arop Mathew Daniel
• Emmanuel Wani Yusif
• Komaa Nancy Martha
• Jibi Moses
• Santino Lau Ubungo
• Daniel Garang Deng
• Bunde charles
• Edward David yaya
• Moses Mobruk Bingo
• Rejoice Martin Kubaya
• Dukhan Jundit Both
• Mandenya Samuel
• Suzan Anzua Alfred
• DATA BETTUEL APOLLO
• Yangi Elizabeth John M
• Moses Taban Ejidio
• Mamuch John Jock
• Peter Gatkuoth Chiangjiak Wuor
• Richard Sultan
• Deborah Yar Juma
• Dusman Florence
• Bakhita Josephine bosco Abucha
• Orayo Gabriel Ujuok

Organizers

This meet-up is funded through an Wikimedia Community User Group South Sudan |grant]] from the Wikimedia Foundation.

The core organizers are Romeo Ronald L , Woja Emmanuel