Wikipedia:Meetup/Wikipedia's Voice, Wikimedia Fan Club, University Of Ilorin.

Event status:  Done

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Wikipedia Voice will be a two-day training event where student members will be enriching their experience and skills as Wikipedians as they engage in training sessions, help improve Wikipedia articles and engage in Wiki related activities and discussions.

The training seeks to align the new stream of emerging editors with the community policies and practices that have kept Wikipedia's standard.

Experienced members of the club will give brief talks about Neutral Point Of View, Weasel words, Puffery etc using the slides and experience gotten from Asaf's training/meeting at Abuja.


When and Where
DateAugust 15th and 16th, 2018.
Time10 am - 2 pm daily
AddressKibis Restaurant, Faculty Of Arts, University of Ilorin
LocationIlorin, Kwara State

Event details

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  • Location: Kibis Restaurant, Faculty of Arts, University of Ilorin
  • Date: Wednesday 15th and Thursday 16th, August, 2018.
  • Time: 10am - 2pm daily

Activities

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Day 1 (August 15th, 2018)

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  • Wikipedia Basics Opening Excercise* (10am-10:20am)

Task 1(10:20am-11:30am) Tutorial

  • Neutral Point of View (NPOV) Tutorial- Haylad

Task 2 (11:35am-12:05pm) copyediting- MaryamOke

Task 3 (12:10pm-1:00pm) Hands-On

Task 4 (1:05pm-2pm)

  • Brief tutorial on the Verifiability and Wikipedia:Notability and article creation.
  • Questions and Answers, refreshments.

Day 2 (August 16th, 2018)

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  • Wikintroduction (10am-10:15am)


Task 1 (10:20-11:30am)

  • Introduction to Wikimedia Commons: How its images and their guiding standards help amplify Wikipedia's Voice
  • Continuation of Discussion on Notability and Article Creation.- Timmylegend
  • Editathon contest: Create-an-Article Get-A-Gift


Task 2 (11:35am-12:25pm) Teemah_24

  • Wikipedia Voice: Wikipedia: Five pillars
  • Discussion on problems faced while editing and solutions
  • 24 questions exam

Task 3 (12:30-2pm)

  • General Discussions
  • Questions and Answers
  • Inauguration of new executives
  • Refreshments.

Task 4

What to bring

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Kindly bring your internet enabled phones and laptops. If you do not already have a Wikipedia user account, you may want to create one before you arrive (you can do so here).

Certification

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Requirements for certification for this training include:

  • Attendance for the two days
  • Must score at least 50% in the 24 questions exam

Registration

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Kindly register for the event here [1]