Wikipedia:WikiGap Nigeria Online
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It will first start with a 3hr online training followed by a 2-week long online Challenge. Its also a build up on the previous event held in March 2020 to commemorate the International women’s day event in Lagos that produced 10 Wikipedia biographies about Nigerian women; As a major concern on the spread of COVID19 in Nigeria, we plan to host an online training for the introduction of Wikipedia to interested Nigerians who are interested in contributing to Wikipedia.
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| S/n | Description | Date | Remarks |
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| 1. | Publicity | 00:01 on 13 April (CET UTC+01:00) untili 23:59 on 20 April 2020 (CEST UTC+02:00 |
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| 2. | Online Training | 15 April 2020 | Online Training session will be hosted via a Webina platform |
| 3. | Online Writing Challenge | 00:01 on 25 April (CET UTC+01:00) untili 23:59 on 9 March 2020 (CEST UTC+02:00) |
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| 4. | Review of Submission (Panel of Jury) | 00:01 on 10 March (CET UTC+01:00) untili 23:59 on 17 March 2020 (CEST UTC+02:00) |
Rules[edit]
- Only articles, images, and other content about Nigerian women are acceptable for this contest.
- At the start of the contest, the article should not exist or should be a very, very basic stub, allowing for an overhaul; any creation or overhaul (of stubs) done before the start of a particular contest will not be accepted as part of the contest.
- Remember to indicate articles you have created or overhauled, for specific contests here, if they are not listed already.
- These contests are currently available, only for the English Wikipedia. However, created or translated articles in other languages are very welcome.
- Wikimedia UG Nigeria will announce the winners and communicate accordingly for each contest.
Contestants[edit]
- Anyone with an account on Wikipedia can participate in the contest.
- Participants are expected to respect our copyright policy. Contents that violate this policy will not be accepted and their articles will be speedily deleted.
- If you are interested in participating in any of the contests, show interest here
Articles[edit]
- The articles for the contests may be proposed by the participants or picked from a list of suggestions here. Also, indicate articles you have created or overhauled, for specific contests on the page, if they are not listed already.
- Please add the templates and
to the article's talk page.
Scoring[edit]
You get points while improving articles, with the goal for each participant to gain as many points as possible.
Resources[edit]
Finding an abundance of reliable, quality sources for Nigerian women is a significant challenge. Web sources may often be of poor quality. For Nigerian women in entertainment, the following sources often tend to be the better ones:
Web sources/magazines[edit]
Books[edit]
- Bibliography of Nigerian women -Some books may contain information about some women