African Athletics WikiFocus 2024

African Athletics WikiFocus is a project initiated by the Wikimedians of Cameroon User Group to promote content creation around African Athletes on Wikimedia projects.

The project was launched in June 2024 during the 2024 African Championships in Athletics organized in Douala Cameroon from June 21 to June 26, 2024 in order to :

  • create and improve Wikipedia articles about African athletes participating in the competition.
  • Capture and upload photographs of the competition on Wikimedia Commons.

Activities

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Logo of the Wikimedians of Cameroon User Group
  • 21 June to June 26 : Photowalk at the Japoma Stadium
  • 25th June 2024 : Online session / Edit-a-thon
  • 29th June : Edit-a-thon with the Club Wikipedia de Douala
  • 29 th June : Photo upload session

Organizing team

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Participate

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Want to join? Register as a participant on the project dashboard .

Results

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Photos

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Over 900 photos were taken during the competition. This include portraits of hundreds of African athletes. All photos taken during the 2024 African Championships in Athletics in Cameroon within are available on Commons under the category 2024 African Championships in Athletics .

Articles List

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Over 30 articles were created on French Wikipedia during the campaign. Here is a list of articles created by participants during the campaign Liste de travail Africa Athletics Wikifocus .

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