Wiki Loves Sport 2024

Welcome to the Wikimedia contest Wiki Loves Sport 2024

the sixth edition of the Wikimedia campaign to write or improve sport-related articles
17 July - 22 September

What?

Wiki Loves Sport is a campaign ideated and organized by WikiDonne User Group since 2019 as part of WikiDonne Roadmap selected as one of the 27 individual or affiliate's projects granted by WMF in 2018.

The sixth edition of Wiki Loves Sport is organized to improve and extend content related to diversity in sport in the Wikimedia projects in general, and for the events it covers in particular. Given the gaps which is our topic of interest, the campaign is mainly focused on content concerning missing or underrepresented groups, but as Wikimedians, we appreciate any sports-related content you want to add. Wikimedians in any language of the Wikimedia projects are invited to participate.

Rules

To participate, you must be a registered user on one of the Wikimedia platforms. Please follow these steps;
To be considered valid, the articles created must contain at least 3,000 bytes and be created or improved between July 17 and September 22, 2024. If the article exists in another language, you can also choose to translate it (see how to translate a Wikipedia article);
All the articles should meet the content criteria for Wikipedia: notability, reliable sources, respect for copyright. More details on the dedicated page.

Seeing the affiliate's goal of increasing the diversity, whoever writes +5 articles about female athletes or female & male para-athletes, will also receive a barnstar and a digital certificate from the main organizer.

Events

FIBA U20 EuroBasket from 13 to 21 July.
EuroGames Vienna from 17 to 20 July.
Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup from 19 to 28 July.
Paris 2024 Summer Olympic games from 26 July to 11 August.
US Open from 26 August to 8 September.
Paris 2024 Summer Paralympic games from 28 August to 8 September.
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup from 31 August to 22 September.

When?

The writing contest runs from 17 July 00:01 to 22 September 23:59 (UTC).

Where?

The contest will be essentially held online. Other activities (mainly the local ones or on other Wikimedia project like Wikibooks) can be carried out in person.

Who?

Wikimedians already registered who edit in any Wikimedia project language.

Local projects

Add the link to your local page

Why?

Wikimedia and Wikipedia have deep content gaps based on gender, linguistic and ethnic minorities etc. The contest was ideated in 2019 and it is organized by WikiDonne User Group: our goal is to improve the free knowledge about sport (with a special focus on women, LGBT+ communities, para athletics, minorities and underrepresented groups), in all languages. For organizations or institutions that want to collaborate during this contest, please contact us on the discussion page or send an email to camelia.bobangmail.com.

Affiliates or groups

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Partners

The external partner for this edition is Assist - Associazione Nazionale Atlete, a non-profit organization that "has among its objectives raising awareness on all issues relating to equal rights in sport, equal access to sporting practice and sporting culture in general. Assist is committed to combating harassment and abuse in the world of sport through awareness and communication projects"^[1]. This event (including the international and local prizes) is sponsored through a microgrant generously offered by Wikimedia CH.

Central notice

Metrics

For any single local event, please start a new program on the campaign's Dashboard.

References

↑ Assist Italy, official site

External links

Euro Games Vienna, official site
Paris 2024 Olympic Games, official site
Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, official site
WikiDonne, official site
Assist Italy, official site
Loves Sport: prontə alle Olimpiadi?, Wikimedia Italy site

[1] Assist Italy, official site

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