Wikimedians of the Caribbean User Group/WikiCari Festival 2021

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Wikimedians of the Caribbean User Group

Join us for the Wiki Caribbean Festival: September 26, 2021, Livestreaming from 2:30-5 PM EDT/AST, 18:30-20:00 UTC

Last year's WikiCari Festival on Wikimedia Commons. Check us out this year's event via Youtube, and Wikipedia Weekly.

#WikiCariFest is a first-of-its-kind, online Wikimedia community celebration of Caribbean cultures, colours, creeds & ideas. Hosted by the Wikimedians of the Caribbean User Group and Wikipedia Weekly Network, the annual event first started during the COVID-19 Pandemic in September 2020 when most Caribbean carnivals and festivals could not hold their celebrations and parades. This year, we are keeping the vibe going, with the Wiki community as we celebrate and highlight the vibrant culture, history, and peoples of the Caribbean with special guests and more.

Carnival Costume in Trinidad
Haitian Carnival (Kanaval)

The event aims:

  • Increasing awareness of various parts of our regional culture and news.
  • Sparking greater awareness of the heterogeneity of Caribbean culture and its 30+ million inhabitants.
  • Galvanizing community members to improve contributions on Wikipedia Categories, Commons & most importantly, WikiData - in all the region's representative languages.
  • This event is part of the Wiki Loves the Caribbean Campaign to identify and help close information gaps on the Caribbean in Wikipedia.

Special Guests[edit]


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The schedule is in Eastern Daylight Time / Atlantic Standard Time

START: 2:30 PM

TIME CHECK -- 5:00 PM Closing remarks and Celebration Wiki Cari Panel is back, join us as we close out an exciting day. Join News on Wiki Seminar immediately after the festival at 5:15 PM

5:00 PM Wiki Caribbean Festival 2021 END-->

Focus Areas / Ideas for editing[edit]

Let's add some more Caribbean flavor to Wikipedia! Please add to some topic areas for editing that could use some love.

If you are a part of the # WPWP Campaign 2021 to add images to Wikipedia pages wanting photos, please add #WPWP in your edit summary when you publish! Click here for tips on adding images to articles.

Have recommendations for other missing or under-covered parts of the Caribbean Experience?! * Add it here on our Wiki CariFest 2021 page on English Wikipedia

  • This call-to-action centers around various themes as part of our #WikiLovesCaribbean campaign to identify and help close content gaps on the Caribbean. Feel free to add to the mandate!

Livestream[edit]

The Wiki Cari Festival live-stream will be September 26, 2:30 -5 PM EDT on Wikipedia Weekly Network, and will be available for viewing on Youtube.

Partnerships[edit]

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