Wikimedia Community User Group Uganda/2023 - 2024 Annual Report
This annual report summarizes the Wikimedia Community User Group Uganda's activities and accomplishments from July 2023 to June 2024. The group focused on cultural heritage preservation, gender equality, and knowledge sharing through various initiatives and programs.
Wiki Loves Monuments 2023
[edit]Wiki Loves Monuments 2023 marked the seventh consecutive year that the Wikimedia Community User Group Uganda organized the contest in Uganda since 2017. This year, the User Group collaborated with the Content Partnerships Helpdesk Team to streamline the process for volunteers to identify monuments lacking photos using Wikidata. A total of 214 images were uploaded by 8 participants, with volunteers receiving support for travel expenses to visit remote upcountry locations, allowing them to capture photos of monuments and sites that had never been documented before. This partnership led to the creation of an automatically generated monuments list, showing monuments that have photos, those missing photos, and their coordinates, which enabled better guidance for volunteers and optimized the use of time and resources.
However, some challenges were encountered with the Wikidata list, including incorrect featured images and issues with automatic updates for new uploads. To address these problems, volunteers need better guidance on ensuring their contributions are correctly reflected, and the team plans to collaborate with the Content Partnerships Helpdesk Team to find solutions in the coming year.