Wikipedia Promotion in Yobe

WIKIPEDIA PROMOTION IN YOBE STATE

Project's organizer

Saturday, 11th December 2021. Damaturu Yobe State.

Event details • Schedule of activities • Event photos

It is a four-days program; in the first three days, we have tour in Potiskum and other parts of Yobe State especially the Universities, Polytechnics and Colleges as well as some Secondary Schools in the state for Wikipedia promotions campaign and awareness. While on the fourth day, we organized a workshop to teach how to edit Wikipedia to the participants. This project is funded by Wikimedia Foundation.

Event Status: Completed

Aims

• Online promotion of Wikimedia project(s)/campaign(s)
• Offline promotion of Wikimedia project(s)/campaign(s)
• Engage new users
• Add and improve contents

Trips

Visited Places

• Gashua Town
• Potiskum Town
• Damaturu City
• Federal University Gashua
• Federal College of Education (Technical), Potiskum
• College of Administration Management and Technology (CAMTECH)
• Al-ma'arif College of Health Science and Technology
• Arabic and Islamic College of Education Potiskum
• Yobe State University Damaturu

Event's Details

Location: Potiskum, Yobe State Date: Sunday, 11th July, 2021 Time: 10:00AM - 6:00PM Languages: English and Hausa Venue: Faiza Events and Recreational Centre Klm 4 Kano Rd, 622101, near Airport, Potiskum

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Schedule of activities

Time	Activity	Speaker
10:00am —10:30am	Arrival and Registration
10:30am — 10:45am	Welcome remarks and introduction of guests.	Abubakar Adamu
10:45am — 11:45am	General Introduction to Wikipedia and other projects	Muhammad Mustapha Aliyu
11:45am — 12:30pm	How to Write Basic Wikipedia Articles	Abubakar A Gwanki
12:30pm — 1:30pm	Prayers and Lunch break
1:30pm — 2:00pm	Prayers and Lunch break
2:00pm — 2:30pm	Sustaining Wikimedia community of volunteers in Yobe State	M.I Musaddam
2:30pm — 3:00pm	Closing remarks, reflection by participants
3:00pm — 3:30pm	Group Picture and Departure
4:30pm — 6:00pm	Follow up

Event's Photos

• Wikipedia Promotion in Yobe trips and training photos
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