Wikimedia User Group Nigeria/Wikimedia Hub, Owerri, Imo State/SouthEast Edit a thon
The South East Edit a thon is an initiative of the Wikimedia Hub Owerri, Imo state Nigeria to Introduce and empower members of the hub to Wikipedia and its sister projects in order to ensure their effectiveness and active participation/engagement in most of the projects.
Aim of the project[edit]
The event was designed to organize a series of 3 edit a thons over 1 month with focus on improving the presence of contents relating to the region on English and igloo Wikipedia by creating new pages and improving existing ones as well as uploading files to commons.
Organizing Team[edit]
Measure of Success[edit]
This event will be deemed successful if the following took place:
- At least 25 participants must attend each of the event
- At least 20 new editors must attend the event.
- At least 30 articles relevant to the region must be created or improved.
- Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events) - 10
- At least 10 photos about important places in the region must be uploaded on Wikimedia commons
Metadata[edit]
- Date: The event will take place from 19th-21st February 2021
- Venue: (YTD)
- Time: 9am to 4pm daily
- Dashboard:Metrics and Performance Indicator
Join us here[edit]
This event welcome interested participants to join the program by signing up below:
- --Olaniyan Olushola (talk) 06:09, 4 February 2021 (UTC)
- --Ptinphusmia (talk) 07:55, 4 February 2021 (UTC)
- --Emmanuel Obiajulu (talk) 10:59, 4 February 2021 (UTC)
- --Dolphyb (talk) 11:02, 4 February 2021 (UTC)
- --Judethedeus(talk) 14:12, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
- --Ngostary2k (talk) 15:43, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
- --Chiinobis (talk) 09:05, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
- --Ucheezotic (talk) 23:39, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
- --Ifylucky (talk) 4:20, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
- --Enkay Emezie (talk) 4:30, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
- --Ichinga Samuel (talk) 1:13, 13 February 2021 (UTC)
- -- Chika21 (talk) 13:55, 16 February 2021 (UTC)
- --Wendy Moon (talk) 14:05, 16 February 2021 (UTC)
- --Sommy kemdi (talk) 14:07, 16 February 2021 (UTC)
- --Francisko Socrates (talk) 15:59, 16 February 2021 (UTC)
- --Favourb273 (talk) 16:01, 16 February 2021 (UTC)
- --Emmyb45 (talk) 16:02, 16 February 2021 (UTC)
- --Collyama (talk) 7:20, 16 February 2021 (UTC)
- --Angelo Cloudhead (talk) 1:37, 16 February 2021 (UTC)
- --Alpha Prodigy (talk) 09:07, 18 February 2021 (UTC)
Program[edit]
Day One[edit]
- Introduction to Wikipedia
- How to start your first edit.
- Notability
- Cheat Sheet
- Hands on exercise
Day two[edit]
- How to start your first article
- Photo Uploads and Image licensing
- Hands on
Day three[edit]
- Neutral Point of View ( NPOV)
- Edit-a-thon
Suggested articles[edit]
List of Monuments in South East Region[edit]
- --Akachi Monument, Owerri
- --Jacob Zuma Statue
- --Heroes Square Owerri
List of notable personalities from South East region[edit]
List of government institutions and structures from South East[edit]
List of past governors from the region[edit]
List of notable places in the region[edit]
- --Ogba-Ukwu Caves and Waterfall
List of newspapers and publishing houses from the region[edit]
List of Local Government Areas in the region[edit]
# | Article | Task(action) 1 - Add images and wikilinks | Task(action) 2 - Add/improve lead section, citations and infobox | Task(action) 3 - Add/improve subsections and Maps | People who want to work on this article (there is no limit here) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Aboh-Mbaise | Add images of LGA building, markets and important places | Lead section should comprise 4 paragraphs of 4-6 sentences each capturing summary of the article. Cameroon is an example of an article with a good lead section. Refer to the article Alimosho, Ibeju-Lekki for infobox idea | History, population, culture, occupation, market/market days etc are examples of subsections. Refer to the articles Surulere, Ikeja, Agege and Somolu for ideas on subsections. | |
2 | Ahiazu-Mbaise | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
3 | Ezinihitte Mbaise (a parent article to the Itu, Imo State article) | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
4 | Ehime Mbano | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
5 | Ideato North | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
6 | Ideato South (a parent article to the Isiekenesi article) | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
7 | Ihitte/Uboma | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
8 | Ikeduru (a parent article to the Akabo article) | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
9 | Isiala Mbano | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
10 | Isu, Nigeria | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
11 | Mbaitoli (a parent article to the Ogbaku, Imo article) | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
12 | Ngor Okpala | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
13 | Njaba | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
14 | Nkwerre | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
15 | Nwangele (a parent article to the Amaigbo article) | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
16 | Obowo | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
17 | Oguta | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
18 | Ohaji/Egbema | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
19 | Okigwe | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
20 | Onuimo | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
21 | Orlu, Imo | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
22 | Orsu | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
23 | Owerri Municipal | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
24 | Owerri North (a parent article to the Naze, Imo article) | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
25 | Owerri West (a parent article to the Umuguma article) | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
26 | Oru East | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
27 | Oru West (a parent article to the Mgbidi and Ozara, Imo State articles) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Communications[edit]
Social media[edit]
- Hashtag: #SouthEastEditathon
- Facebook:WikimediaNG
- Twitter:WikimediaNG
- Instagram:offcialwikimediang