Wikimedia Tunisie/Report 2018

This is the Wikimedia TN User Group report of the year 2018

Group meetings[edit]

Meeting in Wiki Indaba 2018[edit]

Meeting in El Mouradi Hotel with 13 members of the group.

Participating in international conferences[edit]

Wikimedia Conference 2018[edit]

Habib (Report) and Afek

Organizational Profile
Habib Mhenni
Afek Ben Chahed
The arabic meetup

Wikimania 2018[edit]

Wikiconvention francophone 2018[edit]

Wiki Loves[edit]

Closing ceremony of Wiki Loves Africa 2017/2018[edit]

7th March, 2018 in Club Taher El Hadded Members that attendedː

Afek Ben Chahed
Zeineb Takouti
Habib Mhenni
Hamed Gamaoun
Houssem Abida.

The closing ceremony of Wiki Loves Africa 2017
Zeineb Takouti
Afek Ben Chahed

Workshops[edit]

In Tunisia, for this year, the Wikimedia TN User Group partnered with the Swedish Embassy, The CREDIF, Asswat Tounes and Ericsson to organize the WikiGap workshop in the headquarters of Ericsson, where during 4 hours, participants wrote, translated and updated Wikipedia articles about feminine leaders in the history of Tunisia and Sweden.
Members that attendedː

Afek Ben Chahed
Marwen Bouassida
Houssem Abida

Mois de la Contribution 2018 Workshops[edit]

The user group organized this year 3 workshops to train youth in different regions of the country on contributing on the french Wikipedia and WikiVoyage. The workshops were held in Sfax, Tunis and Sidi Bouzid. These workshops engaged over 30 youth between 18 and 25 years old.
Members that attended:

Houssem Abida

Sidi Bouzid Workshop
Sidi Bouzid Workshop
Tunis Workshop

Wiki In Mahdia[edit]

In partnership with Lingare Mehdia, the user group organized a workshop about contributing on Wikipedia, WikiCommons and WikiVoyage. Articles that were written were about monuments and festivals of Mahdia city. 25 ârticipants ere present.

Group photo of the participants
WikiCommons training
Wikipedia and WikiVoyage training

Members that attended:

Houssem Abida

Glam Workshop in Higher Institute of Documentation(University of Manouba)[edit]

A presentation about Wikimedia, Wikimedia Tunisia and the Glam project.

Zeineb Takouti
Talking about Wikipedia

Members that attended

Zeineb Takouti

Projects[edit]

MedinaPedia Sfax[edit]

This year, In partnership with Carthagina Organization, the user group organized 4 local workshops and 2 photography tours in Sfax that engaged 12 local experienced editors and new ones to write over 165 Wikipedia articles and to upload more than 500 photos on Commons about the different monuments of the medina of Sfax. The team was present in two local events to recruite: the Youth Forum and Al Charki event.
Present members:

Houssem Abida: Project coordinator
Houssemeddine Turki

MedinaPedia Sfax 2nd workshop
MedinaPedia Sfax 3rd workshop
First photo tour
Medinapedia Sfax presentation in El Charki event

Editathon for JCC 2018[edit]

As a way to celebrate the Carthage Film Festival 2018, the UG organized an editathon to imporove the Wikipedia content related to African and Tunisian cinema. Also, the group got the support of the Media department of the festival to get journalist access to the festival and take photos of the celebrities who were present.
Present members:

Houssem Abida: Project coordinator

Journalist badge for the Carthage film festival
Houssem at the red carpet
The editathon in Dar El-Harka

WikiLeaders[edit]

Between March and April, the UG organized two workshops in the medicine school of Tunis in partnership with Associa-med (Association of medical students in Tunis) to train students to write about leaders in the medicine field. 10 Participants were present, among them 8 girls, and after a total 4 months follow-up, 20 Wikipedia articles in arabic, french and english were written.
Present Members:

Houssem Abida: Project coordinator

Wikileaders first workshop
Mentoring one of the participants
Wikileaders second workshop

WikiChallenge 2018/2019[edit]

Workshop WikiChanllenge 2018/2019 in Tunisia
Workshop WikiChallenge 2018/2019 in Tunisia
Workshop WikiChallenge 2018/2019 in Tunisia

Conferences[edit]

WikiIndaba conference 2018[edit]

WikiIndaba Conference is the regional conference for Africans both within and in the diaspora. The first edition was held in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 2014 by Wikimedia South Africa which happens to be the only Wikimedia Chapter in Africa, the second one was held in Accra in 2017 by Open Foundation West Africa. This brought together Wikimedians and people from the Open Community within Africa and in the Diaspora.

Tunisian Wikimedians with Katherine Maher.jpg
WikiIndaba Tunis Group Photo
Group Photo
Group photo from Cap Angela