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Wikimedia Community User Group Sudan

Sudan
Location Sudan
Country codeSUD
Approval dateJune 24, 2020
Official language(s)Sudanese Arabic, English,
Other language(s)Standard Arabic
AffiliationsWikiArabia , WikiAfrica
Chapters (37)
Thematic organizations (2)
Wikimedia user groups (153)

Welcome To

Wikimedia Community User Group Sudan

Who are we?

Wikimedia Sudan User Group is a group of Sudanese living in Sudan and in the diaspora working to help bridge the content gaps about Sudan (and broadly Africa) on the web through the largest online Encyclopedia, Wikipedia and its sister projects as well as other open projects that allow sharing and accessibility of free knowledge.

The group is leading global campaigns to help increase contents about Sudan and to change the current narrative of Sudanese being just consumers of knowledge to a new generation of knowledge/content producers.

Activities

The community will represent and extend projects of the Wikimedia Foundation through awareness drives, global campaigns, training others to contribute to the wikis and creating opportunities and networking with partners to curate Sudanese content. We emphasize on global initiatives because the basic concept behind Wikipedia is global access and the issues of Sudan are relevant not just for people in Sudan holding Sudanese nationality but for everyone who cares about global issues particularly in this era where the world is globally connected.

Objectives

  • Lead the creation and curation of content about Sudan
  • Creation of partnership with GLAM institutions to ensure maximum coverage of information from Sudan
  • Train and recruit volunteers for the agenda of contributing to Wikimedia Projects
  • Acting in the best interest of the Wikimedia movement in local initiatives and projects
  • Educating the masses on the need for storytelling and content creation by our people
  • Building the capacity of the youth on information and digital literacy skills.

Who can join?

All who feel welcomed to the agenda of Sudan and the reduction of the content gap that exist about the country. Sudanese living in Sudan, in the diaspora and anyone who feels connected to the agenda. All are welcome to Wikimedia Sudan, a place where Sudanese content is created and curated by Sudanese people!

To Be able to join the community Please fill the form Wikimedia Sudan Membership form

Current Members


Members active mainly in Wiki Commons

2023 Projects


2022 Projects

Sudan Community is continuing to build the capacity of Community members and contributes to enhancing content about Sudan on different Wiki Projects you can follow diffrent project that we are working on in 2022 through the list below:

2021 Events and Projects

Wiki Gap 2021 Sudan

Community Plan for 2021

Even though the community is just being established we think that the opportunity is there to help the community reach out to many partners who have common ground of improving rejection of Sudan Image and make more information about the country available. For 2021 the Wikimedia Sudan community will represent and extend projects of the Wikimedia Foundation through awareness drives, global campaigns, training others to contribute to the wikis and creating opportunities and networking with partners to curate Sudanese content.

We emphasize global initiatives because the basic concept behind Wikipedia is global access and the issues of Sudan are relevant not just for people in Sudan holding Sudanese nationality but for everyone who cares about global issues particularly in this era where the world is globally connected. For the coming 8 months we will be focusing on three main pillars but this does not mean that those will be the sole focus of the community as these projects are interlinked. Another cross cutting issue will be the issue of:

  • Access to the internet
  • Open source concepts,
  • Digitization and freedom of panorama in Sudan.

We will be working also on

  • Networking and Wikimedia Sudan Community building
  • Capacity Building for (users and focal points)
  • Content Improving mainly (Wikipedia both Arabic and English, Wiki commons, Wiki data).

2021 Projects

For the support of our goals we are applying for grants from WF please review details as below


2020 Projects

Wikimedia Sudan Projects in 2020


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Wikimedia Sudan Community Structure For the purpose of organizing the community and ensuring a structured way of getting things done. We will be employing a flat organisational structure with role allotments to ensure responsibility for each aspect of the work that has to be done towards organizing. We will also employ a flat hierarchy to ensure that decisions are made in a participatory manner.

  • Community Manager/Program Officer - Maram Ali
  • Resource and Finance Officer - Esam Idres
  • Events Officer - Fatima Mohammed
  • Communication Officer - Ola Mahadi
  • Partnership and Networking Officer - Esam Idres

2023 Projects

Organizing of WLA photo contest 2023

2024 Projects

Updates on Sudan Commuity statues after 2023 conflict in Sudan

New projects for Sudan Community

Online New user Training

2025 Projects

The Community is rebuilding the members capacity and we are revisiting projects hat we already have experience with starting with applying for Wiki Loves Africa 2025 Photography Contest.

The project activities have been discussed with the community through whatapp group. New Users Training online

Contact us

You can reach our community on sd.wikimedia@gmail.com, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram

Wikimedia Community User Group Sudan in Photos

  • Wikimedia Sudan Community User Group (2019 - 2022)
  • Wikigap editthorn 2020 Impact Hup, Khartoum
    Wikigap editthorn 2020 Impact Hup, Khartoum
  • Wiki Loves Africa 2020 photographers training in Khartoum, Khatroum
    Wiki Loves Africa 2020 photographers training in Khartoum, Khatroum
  • Sudanese youth taking part in the Wiki Loves Africa 2020, Khartoum
    Sudanese youth taking part in the Wiki Loves Africa 2020, Khartoum
  • Wikigap2.0 2020 Opening Event, Khartoum
    Wikigap2.0 2020 Opening Event, Khartoum
  • Opening Event of Wikigap2.0 2020 Sudan, Khartoum
    Opening Event of Wikigap2.0 2020 Sudan, Khartoum
  • Wikimania Sudan 2022
    Wikimania Sudan 2022
  • Wikimania Sudan 2022
    Wikimania Sudan 2022
  • Wikimania Sudan 2022
    Wikimania Sudan 2022
  • Wikimania Sudan 2022
    Wikimania Sudan 2022

Affiliations Committee Resolutions

Reports

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