Wikimedia MA User Group/2018

2018 Annual Report

Wikimedia Technical Conference, (22 – 26 October) – Portland (USA)

Zakaria Oudrhiri represented the Moroccan and Arabic speaking community in the new rebranded edition of the Mediawiki related conference for Wikimedia developers. Zakaria facilitated two sessions: Applying the Architecture Principles and Standardizing frontend development tooling.

WikiConvention Francophone 2018, (5 – 7 October) – Grenoble (France)

The User Group member and photographer Brahim Faraji participated in the Wikimedian French-speaking 2018 Conference as representative of the group. He attended several presentations and discussions related to Africa and to the movement as a whole.

Wiki Loves Monuments 2018 in Morocco (1 – 30 September)

• 140 participants – 500 pictures taken.
• Pictures from Wiki Loves Monuments 2018 in Morocco

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  Winning Picture of Wiki Loves Monuments 2018 in Morocco.
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  Second Placed Picture at Wiki Loves Monuments 2018 in Morocco.
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  Third Placed Picture at Wiki Loves Monuments 2018 in Morocco.

Wiki Loves Earth 2018 in Morocco (1 – 31 May)

• 593 participants – 2284 pictures taken.
• Pictures from Wiki Loves Earth 2018 in Morocco

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  Winning Picture of Wiki Loves Earth 2018 in Morocco.
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  Second Placed Picture at Wiki Loves Earth 2018 in Morocco.
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  Third Placed Picture at Wiki Loves Earth 2018 in Morocco.

13 August 2018

Official Recognition of Wikimedia Tamazight User Group by the WMF Affiliations Committee, a partner group for Wikimedia Morocco.

Oslo Freedom Forum, (28 -30 May) – Oslo (Norway)

Anass Sedrati participated at the Oslo Freedom Forum 2018 edition after being invited by Wikimedia Norge, in order to ensure the representativity of the languages he speaks. During that event, the Wikimedian delegation engaged discussions with human rights activists from Africa and MENA in order to advocate Wikimedia and its use in human rights.

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  Wikimedian group at Oslo Freedom Forum 2018.
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  Picture of participants with the south Sudanese singer Emmanuel Jal.
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  Wikimedians advocatind role of free knowledge in human rights.

Wikimedia Conference 2018, (18 – 22 April) – Berlin (Germany)

Two members (Abderrahman Ait Ali and Anass Sedrati) from the user group took part of the 2018 Wikimedia conference.

They took part of different sessions from both the strategy track and the capacity building track, in addition to the thematic sessions with Arabic community, Berber and Darija language community with Algerian Wikimedians, and Iberian community. This conference was the first place where the idea of organizing WikiArabia 2019 in Morocco was brought into table.

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  Abderrahman Ait Ali during Wikimedia Conference 2018.
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  Anass and Abderrahman with the Arabic speaking Wikimedians at a meetup.
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  Participants from the Maghreb region at Wikimedia Conference 2018.
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  Anass and Abderrahman, at the Wikimedia Conference 2018.

WikiGap 2018, (7 March) – Rabat (Morocco)

The WikiGap 2018 workshop was organised at the Swedish Embassy in Rabat. The workshop aimed to improve the Moroccan women's representation on Wikipedia, in order to reduce the existing gap in terms of encyclopedic content, compared to men.

During the day, the participants focused on creating articles about female personalities from politics and civil society.

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  Talk from Swedish Embassy representative.
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  Participants at WikiGap Rabat 2018 at the Swedish Embassy in Rabat.
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  Workshop Participants

Wiki Indaba 2018, (16 – 19 March) – Tunis (Tunisia)

The second participation of Wikimedia Morocco in Wiki Indaba saw the presence of two board members: Reda Benkhadra and Anass Sedrati. It was an occasion to strengthen the links earlier with our continental fellows, and to discuss common challenges and eventual collaborations. During this edition, Anass held a presentation regarding Refugee projects in Wikimedia.

• WikiIndaba 2018 Participation Report – Anass Sedrati

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  Anass and Reda with Arabic speaking Wikimedians during Wiki Indaba 2018.
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  From left to right, Anass Sedrati and Reda Benkhadra, at the WikiIndaba 2018 Conference.
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  Presentation by Anass on Refugee Projects – Wiki Indaba 2018.