Wikimedia MA User Group/2019

2019 Annual Report

Wiki Indaba 2019, (8 - 10 November) - Abuja (Nigeria)

Two members of Wikimedia Morocco User Group took part in WikiIndaba 2019 in Nigeria: Nassima Chahboun and Anass Sedrati. The latter delivered a full presentation about How to Strengthen Local African content, and participated in animating two panels: Local African Languages as well as Wikimedia 2030 Strategy.

• WikiIndaba 2019 Participation Report - Anass Sedrati

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  Anass Sedrati presenting at WikiIndaba 2019
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  Nassima Chahboun (Second to the right) with female participants at WikiIndaba 2019
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  Anass Sedrati at a Panel in WikiIndaba 2019

Organization of WikiArabia 2019 — (4 - 6 October) - Marrakesh (Morocco)

The WikiArabia regional conference was held between 4-6 October in the ocher city of Marrakesh, and was organized by Wikimedia Morocco User Group. With a total of 79 participants, local and international from the four corners of the globe, it focused on the theme of Wikimedia and local communities, with a rich program having covered the subject from different perspectives.

• WikiArabia 2019 Conference Report
• WikiArabia 2019 presentation videos
• WikiArabia 2019 presentation slides

• WikiArabia 2019 Pictures
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  WikiArabia 2019 Booklet
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  WikiArabia 2019 Participants in Marrakesh
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  WikiGap session during WikiArabia 2019

WikiConvention Francophone 2019, (6 - 8 September) - Brussels (Belgium)

Two members of Wikimedia Morocco User Group took part in WikiConvention Francophone 2019 in Brussels:

• Nassima Chahboun, presented WikiKsour project.
• Anass Sedrati, presented on Wikimedia 2030 - Recommendations for the future of the movement.

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  Nassima Chahboun Presenting at WikiConvention Francophone 2019
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  Moroccan Wikimedians Anass and Nassima with participants at WikiConvention Francophone 2019

Wiki Loves Monuments 2019 in Morocco (01 - 30 September)

• 150 participants - 750 pictures taken.
• Pictures from Wiki Loves Monuments 2019 in Morocco

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  Winning Picture of Wiki Loves Monuments 2019 in Morocco.
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  Second Placed Picture at Wiki Loves Monuments 2019 in Morocco.
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  Third Placed Picture at Wiki Loves Monuments 2019 in Morocco.

Wikimania 2019, (14 - 18 August) - Stockholm (Sweden)

Three members of Wikimedia Morocco User Group took part in Wikimania 2019: Ian Borim, Abderrahman Ait Ali,and Anass Sedrati. The latter was the volunteer coordinator for the conference, a panelist on the session Why indigenous languages matter more (now) and what we can do for them, and co-hosted a talk about Wikimedia and Arabic Sociolinguistics.

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  Ian Borim at a Wikimania 2019 Session with Jimmy Wales
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  Anass Sedrati (second to the right) with Advocacy Working Group members during Wikimania 2019
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  Presentation Slides of Arabic Linguistics talk.
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  Anass Sedrati (left) together with Eric Luth, John Andersson and Liam Wyatt, chairs for Wikimania 2019.

Strategy Salon 2019 — (13 July) - Mohammedia (Morocco)

As part of the Wikimedia movement's 2030 strategy development process, a strategy salon was organized in Mohammedia (Morocco) on July 2019 and saw the participation of a dozen of Wikimedians living in Morocco, as well as Anass Sedrati, who works with the Wikimedia Foundation as a Strategy Liaison for the Arabic speaking communities, and is a member of the Wikimedia 2030 Advocacy Working Group. This event was an occasion to bring Moroccan contributors together for the first time.

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  Reda Benkhadra presenting Strategy to Moroccan User Group members
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  Strategy Meeting in Mohammedia
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  After the Salon came sun time with the Atlantic Ocean view!

Celtic Knot Conference, (4 - 5 July) - Penryn (United Kingdom)

For the first participation of the User Group in the conference related to minority languages, Anass Sedrati presented three sessions:

• Challenges for Berber Wikipedias and Learnings (Slides - Watch on YouTube)
• Advocacy Work in Minority Languages (Slides - Watch on YouTube)
• An Oral Wikipedia, a dream or reality? (Slides - Watch on YouTube)

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  Anass Sedrati Presenting at Celtic Knot 2019
• Anass Sedrati - Challenges for Berber Wikipedias - Celtic Knot 2019(Video)
• Anass Sedrati - Advocacy Work in Minority Languages - Celtic Knot 2019(Video)
• Anass Sedrati - An Oral Wikipedia, a dream or reality -Celtic Knot 2019 (Video)

Creative Commons Summit 2019, (9 - 11 May) - Lisbon (Portugal)

Anass Sedrati, member of the User Group, took part in CC Summit 2019 and presented two sessions together with Strategy Working Group members:

• One size fits no one: Building a strategy for advocacy in a global movement
• Language as political commons. Building policies & practices on language that reinforce inclusiveness of the commons
  • Session notes and Slides

Wikimedia Summit 2019, (29 - 31 March) - Berlin (Germany)

• Wikimedia Morocco User Group was represented by Nassima Chahboun.
• Anass Sedrati, member of the User Group, was also present, as a Strategy Working group member (Advocacy).

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  Nassima Chahboun at Wikimedia Summit 2019
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  Nassima Chahboun and Anass Sedrati among African Wikimedians at Wikimedia Summit 2019
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  Anass Sedrati during Wikimedia Summit 2019