Wikimedia Ghana User Group / 2016 Events & Projects

Our comprehensive report on 2016 is here.

January – December 2016

Monthly Community Activities

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Wikipedia Meetup (Saturday, 17 December) @ iSpace Foundation Further information on participants and their current involvement transferred to email communication & metrics dashboard Name New editor/Returning participant Mobile N. Victor NE S. Asomani NE Raymond Ayivor RP Deborah RP Y Terese RP Y K. Gyamfi RP Collins NE Wikipedia Meetup (Saturday, 26 November) @ iSpace Foundation ** Note venue change ** Further information on participants and their current involvement transfered to email communication & metrics dashboard Trainers/Participants Name (You can omit this) *Username New editor/Returning participant Topics and activities that interest you Contributions during training Sandister Tei RP Wendel Laryea RP Percival Akpaloo Mohammed Armani NE - Eventbrite Alfred Kwame Walker Saalim Iddrisu NE - Eventbrite Alfred Kwame Walker Kwasi Ntiamoah NE - iSpace Jeffery Osei NE - iSpace Paicy Debzie RP Kofi Amoussou NE - Eventbrite Emmanuella Acquah NE - iSpace Joshua Puplampu NE - iSpace Kwame Gyamfi NE - Eventbrite Prof. John Owusu Gyapong Napoa Sandow NE - iSpace iSpace Francis Amoah Francis122 NE - iSpace Prof. John Owusu Gyapong Erika Nomosuor NE - iSpace Thomas Nuako Ward-Brew Deborah Dzathor NE - iSpace Thomas Nuako Ward-Brew Hayford Deku NE - Eventbrite iSpace Georgina Dwumfuo RP Elikplim Alato NE - iSpace Jonathan Akpaloo Kwadzo Akpaloo NE - Eventbrite Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (Ghana) Eugene Appiah NE - Eventbrite Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (Ghana) Kukua Amos Kuukuamos NE - iSpace Nana Agyenim Boateng Marian Clara Adeaba RP - Eventbrite Sabena Abdul-Raheem NE - iSpace Thelma Dalmeida NE - iSpace Prof. John Owusu Gyapong Eli Sabblah NE - iSpace Resources Userboxes How can I contribute? On Eventbrite On Medium Q&A great facts to note Five Pillars of Wikipedia Wikipedia Meetup (Saturday, 12 November) Trainers/Participants Name (You can omit this) *Username New editor / Returning participant Topics and activities that interest you Contributions during training Sandister Tei Sandiooses (Trainer) Returning participant Digital Journalism, Ghana An article for Jacob Osei Yeboah Shadrach Annang iamjunie07 New Editor Ghana, Photography Enock Seth Nyamador Enock4seth Returning participant Biographies Vetting of the list of electoral constituencies Justice Okai-Allotey Owula kpakpo Returning Participant Biographies and Politicians Checking if every Individual related to our Elections is captured on Wikipedia, An article for Bernard Avle Georgina Ofori-Dwumfuo SitsofeOfori Returning Participant Politics, Ghana, General Knowledge Correcting grammar and adding content to election articles Wendel Laryea Wenal14 Returning Participant Ghana, Graphic Designing, Software Engineering, Social Enterpreneurship An article for Kofi Percival Akpaloo Resources Userboxes How can I contribute? Barcamp Kumasi (Saturday, 12 November) Barcamp Kumasi is a networking forum bringing people together for a day of learning, sharing, networking and mentoring. The event was held at SSNIT Auditorium on the theme "Professionalism, a key to productivity". The breakout session dedicated to Wikimedia was lead by Noah Alorwu, Addae Anthony (Maaddae) and Mohammed Jaward. There were 10 participants who showed interest in contributing to local contents on Wikipedia and Commons. We have their email addresses and phone numbers. Anthony Addae compiled the list and shared with the group. Here are few things we discussed 1. Why and how to join the user group. 2. How to create a Wikipedia account. 3. How to edit an article. 4. Some Do's and Don'ts. 5. Edit-a-thons. 6. Wiki Loves Monuments. 7. Wiki Loves Women. 8. Wiki Indaba and Wikimedia sister projects. More activities held Paid editing discussion Wednesday 9 November (Postponed) Visit to Solarkiosk ( November) Wikipedia Election 2016 Project Wikipedia Election Meetup (Saturday, 22 October) Barcamp Koforidua Wikipedia Election Meetup (Saturday, 15 October) Volunteer meeting at Wikipedia: Impact Hub Accra over snacks (Saturday 17 Sep 2016) Wiki Loves Women #15 Wikipedia Election Meetup (May 2016) Art and Feminism meet up (April 2016) Wikipedia Meetup (March '16) Barcamp Ashesi Wikipedia sessions (March '16) 2016 ThreeSixtyGh's Creative Writing Series at GIJ (March '16) Wikipedia Edit-a-thon (Feb '16) Wikipedia15 party

Daily community practices

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Daily social media outreach by Justice Allotey & Sandister Tei Facebook // Twitter // Instagram

End of the year award

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Hello. You want to help award the best Wikimedia Ghana UG community member of the year? List your name below as a member of the jury/selection team. Name 1 Name 2 Name 3 You want to nominate someone? List their names below Enock4seth Sandister Tei Owula kpakpo Georgina Ofori-Dwumfuo Nkansahrexford

Community needs and 2017 operations survey

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What do you want the group to focus on in 2017? Please leave your opinions here Here are also a few notes on volunteer/executive positions for 2017 in case you are interested. – Sandiooses (talk) 11:27, 18 December 2016 (UTC)

Help create articles for these notable people (6 November)

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Led by Oral Ofori Name Known as Article status Aida Diarra Western Union Africa Regional Vice President Rama Brew Ghanaian actress/jazz artist Juliet Asante Black Star International Film Festival Done already Mariam Gyimah Book author and literature buff Kwasi Debra Ghanaian cosmetic surgeon George Bright-Abu Editor, Afrikan Post newspaper Bishop Kofi Adonteng Boateng Founder of Divine Word International Ministries