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Program story

Content Creation

One of our main goals for this year 2021 is to increase the number of contents in Igbo Language across various Wikimedia platforms. To achieve this goal, between January - June 2021, we organized edit a thons, created contents on notable Nigerian women in business during the Women's Month through translation on Igbo Wikipedia, joined the Wiki for Human Rights campaign by translating human rights articles in Igbo Wikipedia as identified by the UN. We also supported our community members with internal grants to host trainings in Awka, Anambra state. This training was titled Igbo Dialects where participants were taught how to translated articles on Igbo Wikipedia with focus on their dialects, edit a thon in Abuja. We also had an edit a thon on the handiworks of the Igbo people in Onitsha, Anambra state which took place on the International Labour Day. These activities resulted to an addition of over 163 translations into Igbo Wikipedia, over 200 pages improved and increased the number of newly registered editors by 39.

We are also proud to know that in March 2021, Igbo Wikipedia was recognized as the Wikipedia with the highest number of women editors.

We also hosted a Wiktionary edit a thon and challenge titled 100 words Challenge for Igbo Wiktionary which started on the 18th of June to end on the 17th of July. So far, this has generated over 800 new words and definitions. This means that we are over 600 words more than our 200 new words goal for 2021.

Because we want to increase the number of contents in Igbo Language across Wikimedia platforms, we also applied for the Wikidata Lexicographical data focus languages by Wikimedia Deutschland and Igbo was selected as one of the focus languages. So far, we now have Wikidata Igbo lexemes forms template and have added over 100 Igbo lexemes to Wikidata.

We also joined and are locally hosting the Wikipedia Pages Wanting Campaign which started on the 1st of July where we've improved over 70 Igbo Wikipedia pages with pictures.

Promoting Wikimedia

During the Wikipedia at 20, we created awareness of Wikimedia through our various social media platforms with quotes from our community members.