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TWU Annual Report 2023—2024

This is the Annual Report for the 2023—2024 fiscal year for the Tyap Wikimedians User Group. It details the activities of the group from 8 July 2023 (the date when the user group was recognized) to 8 July 2024.

Two landmark achievements of the group in this fiscal year include the user group's first collaborative project with the Wikimedians of Romania and Moldova User Group; and the introduction of the first post-in-person edit-a-thon event by the Tyap Wikimedians User Group.

Events

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Events between July 2023—June 2024

Wikimania Singapore 2023

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Tyap Wikipedia: A Journey into Reality
 

The Tyap Wikimedians User Group was represented at Wikimania Singapore 2023 by the presentation made by Kambai Akau and Amir Aharoni on August 19, 2023, titled "Tyap Wikipedia: A Journey into Reality". The presentation was done online by both presenters.

Election 2023

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Board of Trustees election
 

The one-year-old Tyap Wikimedians User Group held its second elections on 30 August 2023 by inviting attendees from the community to come and participate in the process. This meeting resulted in the electing of the following people and positions created in the table below.

Board of trustees members
SN Board Member(s) Designation Date of appointment Expiration of appointment
1. Levi Kambai Timothy Chairman 30 August 2023 30 August 2026
2. Zwandien Bobai Assistant Chairman 30 August 2023 30 August 2026
3. Linda Bello Secretary 30 August 2023 30 August 2026
4. Friday Kuyet Musa Financial Secretary 30 August 2023 30 August 2026
5. Didam Valentine Michael Board Member 30 August 2023 30 August 2026
6. Dorothy Habila Board Member 30 August 2023 30 August 2024
Advisory board members
1. Akila D. Bungwon Advisory board member N/A N/A
2. Genesis Kambai Shan Advisory board member N/A N/A

Seven of these eight people were present in the meeting held online via Google Meet. Each of the existing BoT members was to spend additional three more years as stipulated in the ByLaws of the group, except for Dorothy Habila, who was just getting elected for the first time. She was to spend a year to assess her performance after which she can run again.

While the above team works as members of the Governing Board of the organization, the following work as Administrative staff of the Tyap Wikimedians Organisation:

Administrative staff
SN Staff Designation Date of appointment Expiration of appointment
1. Levi Kambai Timothy Executive Director 30 August 2023 N.D.
2. Friday Kuyet Musa Project Manager 30 August 2023 N.D.

Wikipedia Pages Wanting Pictures (WPWP)

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WPWP in Tyap Wikipedia
 

The Tyap WUG had about three participants in the campaign for the year between July 1 and August 31, 2023.

Wiki Loves Monuments

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Wiki Loves Monuments 2023 in Nigeria

The Tyap WUG was enlisted to participate in the Wiki Loves Monuments 2023 in Nigeria campaign, held between 15 September and 15 October 2023. However, the group could not participate partly due to its inability to obtain funding.

Pilot Collaborative Project

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Editing together in Tyap, Romanian, and English
 

This would be the first time the Tyap Wikimedians User Group would collaborate with any Wikimedia affiliate in an editing project. The "Editing together in Tyap, Romanian, and English" pilot project was conceived by Kambai Akau after a Let's Connect Learning Clinic on 24 March 2023, hosted by Wikimedia Ireland, and Wikimedia Romania and Moldova (WMROMD), on managing small affiliates. Since then, Kambai and Claudia Serbanuta of WMROMD have begun planning to collaborate.

The work began on September 15, 2023, with Elena Ancu Damian, and Catilepticon joining Claudia on the WMROMD side; and Friday musa, Zbobai, Valtino44, Genesis shan, and Dorothy Habila joining Kambai on the TWU side as participants.

The project centered on the TWU team translating about 15 articles related to the Romanian people and the WMROMD team doing the same on the Atyap people. As of the time the project eclipsed on December 1, 2023, there were at least 50 articles translated together into the Tyap and Romanian languages, and many more, afterward.

Wiki Naija Independence 2023

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Editing Tyap in Wiki Naija Independence 2023 edit-a-thon

The Tyap Wikimedians User Group participated in the Wiki Naija Independence 2023 edit-a-thon on October 1, 2023.

Wiki Outreach

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Tyap Wikimedians Zaria Outreach
 

This was a three-weekend in-person training event held at the University-town of Zaria in Nigeria by the Tyap Wikimedians User Group. It was a collaborative project between TWU and the Wikimedia User Group Nigeria (WUGN).

The collaboration took the shape of the WUGN sending a trainer to train the TWU organizers on basic event edits tracking tools like Outreach Dashboard and Event Metrics. WUGN was represented by Ismail Atiba from Wikimedia Nigeria Gombe Network, who on 7 and 8 October 2023, undertook the training of the TWU organizers in the city of Kaduna, Nigeria. In attendance, also, were the lead of the Wikimedia Nigeria Kaduna Network, Inyor4mr, and a member of the Hausa Wikimedians User Group, Umar-askira. The Assistant Chair of the Tyap Language Development Board (TLDB), Akila Bungwon, was also present to support the group morally with words of encouragement and advice.

The Tyap Wikimedians Zaria Outreach took place on 14-15, 21-22, and 28-29 October 2023 in Zaria, Nigeria, witnessing over 60 participants, with over 40 new editors registered.

Wikidata @11 Birthday and Meetup

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Tyap Wikimedians User Group Celebrates Wikidata's 11th Birthday and Meets Up
 

The Tyap Wikimedians User Group Celebrates Wikidata's 11th Birthday event was held on 2—3 December 2023, in the city of Kaduna, Nigeria.

This gathering was also aimed to serve as a meetup for the Tyap Wikimedians to meet with one another and develop acquaintance.

Post Zaria Outreach edit-a-thon

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Tyap Wikimedians Zaria Outreach Edit-a-thon
 

The Tyap Wikimedians Zaria Hub Editing would be the very first edit-a-thon to be executed by the TWU. It occurred between 2 January and 31 March 2024. The major participants were those who participated during the in-person event in Zaria in October 2023.

Wiki Loves Africa 2024

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Wiki Loves Africa 2024 by Tyap Community
 

The Tyap Wikimedians User Group applied for a rapid fund to enable it go for the WLA 2024 event, but did not get it due to the the account block imposed on one of its bank account signees. Due to this application rejection, the group opted to apply for a microgrant from Wikimedia User Group Nigeria (WUGN) to enable it not miss out entirely from the event.

Four participants: Kambai Akau, Friday musa, Valtino44, and Zitchat attended the event, taking pictures related to the theme: "Africa Creates", across the Kaduna area. Over 400 images and videos were uploaded.

After the Jury judgement was passed, Friday musa's and Zitchat's images came out first, second, third, and fourth, respectively. Meanwhile, Kambai Akau's images were not to compete in the prize giving, due to his participation in the jury.

WikiGap Nigeria Challenge

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WikiGap Nigeria Challenge 2024

The TWU was invited by Wikimedia User Group Nigeria to participate ing the WikiGap Nigeria Challenge 2024, held between March 14—31, 2024. Tyap Wikimedians were to be able to translate items about women into the Tyap language in the Tyap Wikipedia.

Kambai Akau and Grace2903 came up tops from the Tyap Wikimedians User Group in this editing event.

Atyapland WikiOutreach

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Atyapland WikiOutreach
 

The Tyap Wikimedians User Group undertook the wiki training events at the birthplace of the Tyap language. This aimed at capturing native speakers who would contribute to the language in their capacities in the Tyap Wikipedia, Tyap Wiktionary, Wikidata, and Wikimedia Commons. The events took place during the weekends between June 7—8, 15—16, 22—23 and 29—30, 2024. Maximum attendance could not be attained due to the rural nature of the environment and the period being the time of the year in which the rains have just set in and farmers are beginning to cultivate crops on the farms.

Community Meeting

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TWU 1st Community Meeting
 

The Tyap Wikimedians User Group held its 1st Community Meeting virtually on July 6, 2024. This was earlier scheduled to be on Google Meet, but later switched to a Telegram call. It is basically a discussion between the leadership and the led, to chart a way forward for the group.

Post-Atyapland WikiOutreach Edit-a-thon

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Atyapland Hub Edit-a-thon
 

The Tyap Wikimedia Atyapland Hub Editing began on 8 July 2024, to enable newer participants get assimilated and get used to the creation of new articles and editing of existing articles in the Tyap Wikipedia, Tyap Wiktionary, Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons. The event is to last until August 18, 2024.

Future

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Planned events

We have a chain of events coming up in the next fiscal year which began in July 2024, with about four events coming up within the year 2024 from now, including:

  • Tyap Wiki Bootcamp (Season 1) (August 19—25, 2024)
  • Zonkwa Outreach (September 21—22, 28—29 and October 5—6, 2024)
  • Wikidata Training and Edit-a-thon (October 29 — November 30, 2024)
  • End-of-the-Year Community Meetup (December 1, 2024)
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