Wikimedia Community User Group Uganda/WikiGap 2023 in Uganda

W I K I G A P 2023 Uganda

Background

Wikipedia is the world’s largest online and user-generated encyclopaedia. Knowledge is power, and Wikipedia has the potential to colour our view of the world. But there is great imbalance between men and women on the website, like in society at large.

Ninety per cent of those who add content to Wikipedia are men. There are four times as many articles about men as there are about women. The figures vary regionally, but no matter how you look at it, the picture is clear: the information about women is less extensive than that about men. Regardless of which language version of Wikipedia you read. We want to change this.

WikiGap is an event during which people around the world gather to add more content to Wikipedia about women figures, experts and role models in various fields. Similar events have already been arranged worldwide to improve women’s representation on the internet.

Together, we want to bring about a more gender-equal internet – and a more gender-equal world.

Wikimedia Community User Group Uganda, Wikimedia Sverige Internet Society of Uganda Chapter and four education institutions are planning to organize a Wikigap Contest starting on 8th March to 8th April 2023.

Organizers and partners

Events

Same as last year we are organizing 4 regional events in Kampala, Gulu, Mbarara, and Tororo.

8th March - Kampala: Makerere University Main Library, Computer Lab

Programme

Time	Activity
8.30 - 9.00	Arrival and Registration of participants
9.00 - 9.30	Welcome Remarks – Hosting University
9:30 - 10:30	Introduction to WikiGap and the WikiGap Challenge Basic Rules of Editing Wikipedia Navigating Wikipedia Pages User Pages and Sandbox Presentations Adding Citations Adding Images to Wikipedia
10:30 - 11:00	Tea break
11:00 – 12:30	Edit-at-thon List of Women in Uganda with missing articles
12.30 – 1:30	Lunch
1:30 - 3:00	Completion of Wikipedia articles
3:00	Closure

Participants


No.	Name	Sex	Role	Wikimedia User Name
1	Micheal Kaluba	M	Trainer	Micheal Kaluba
2	Kwera Faith	F	Organiser	kyakwera
3	Erina Mukuta	F	Trainer	Erinamukuta
4	Mpaka Moses Isreal	M	Attendee	Mpakamoses
5	Joan Nantumbe	F	Attendee	Nantumbwejoana
6	Catherine Nanyange	F	Attendee	CaStevey
7	Nyamuhaki Allen	F	Student	Nyamuhaki Allen
8	Tumwesigye Andrew	M	Student	Kafureeka
9	Kiranda Sharifa	F	Student	Kiranda Sharifa
10	Ikyiriza Gold	F	Student	Nabona 2023
11	Annitah Nimusima	F	Student	Namusiima

Date 8th March 2023 - Gulu University

Program

Time	Activity
8.30 - 9.00	Arrival and Registration of participants
9.00 - 9.30	Welcome Remarks Hosting University Wikimedia Community Usergroup Uganda Q&A
9:30 - 10:30	Introduction to WikiGap and the WikiGap Challenge Basic Rules of Editing Wikipedia Navigating Wikipedia Pages User Pages and Sandbox Presentations Adding Citations Adding Images to Wikipedia
10:30 – 11:00	Tea break
11.00 – 1:00	Edit-at-thon List of Women with existing articles List of Women in Uganda with missing articles List of members of the eleventh parliament of Uganda
1:00 - 2:00	Lunch break
2:00 - 3:00	Completion and review of updated Wikipedia articles
3:00 - 3:30	Closure and next steps

Participants for Gulu

List of Students who participated
Names	Wikimedia Username	Role
Douglas	Douglaseru	Student
Mucunguzi Samuel	Mucusam	Student
Geriga micheal koma	Gerigimicko	student
ASIIMWE IVAN LUCKY	LUCKY555	STUDENT
Mukisa Emmmanuel	EmmaMukisa	student
Okello stephen	Okstephen	student

11 March - Mbarara at Hive Colab

Programme

Time	Activity
9:00 - 9:30	Arrival and registration of participants
9:30 - 9:50	Welcome Remarks Organisers Wikimedia Community Usergroup Uganda Representative
9:50 - 10:20	Tea Break
10:20 - 13:00	Introduction to WikiGap and the WikiGap Challenge Basic Rules of Editing Wikipedia Navigating Wikipedia Pages User Pages and Sandbox Presentations Adding Citations Adding Images to Wikipedia Wikimedia Commons Wiki data
13:00 – 14:00	Lunch break
14.00 – 15:00	Edit-at-thon List of Women with existing articles List of Women in Uganda with missing articles List of members of the eleventh parliament of Uganda Review of written articles Q&A Closure and next steps

Participants


No.	Name	Sex	Role	Wikimedia User Name
1	Kateregga Geofrey	M	Trainer	Kateregga1
2	Baluku Brian	M	Organiser & Trainer	BalukuBrian
3	Macholi Chris Benard	M	Trainer & Organiser	Macholi
4	Ategyeka Alvin	M	Trainer	Alvinategyeka
5	Nuwahwera Phionah	F	Organiser	NUWAHWERA PHIONAH
6	Frankmqk	M	Attendee	Frankmqk

Saturday 18th March - Busitema University, Tororo

Program

Time	Activity
8.30 - 9.00	Arrival and registration of participants
9.00 - 9.30	Welcome Remarks Host Institution Wikimedia Community Usergroup Uganda Q&A
9:30 - 10:30	Introduction to WikiGap and the WikiGap Challenge Basic Rules of Editing Wikipedia Navigating Wikipedia Pages User Pages and Sandbox Presentations Adding Citations Adding Images to Wikipedia
10:30 – 11:00	Tea break
11.00 – 1:00	Edit-at-thon List of Women with existing articles List of Women in Uganda with missing articles List of members of the eleventh parliament of Uganda
1:00 - 2:00	Lunch break
2:00 - 3:00	Review of work done
3:00 - 3:30	Closure and next steps

Participants

List of people who attended the Luganda event
No	Name	Wikimedia Username
1
2
3

Missing articles/articles need to improve on notable Women in Uganda

List of articles TBA

Get started

5 minutes

Step 1: Create Wikipedia account or Log in to Wikipedia

Step 2: Join the Outreach Dashboard

Step 3: Assign your self article in the Spreadsheet

Choose one of the activities

Improve and expand an article	Help make improvements to Women's biographies on Wikipedia.	20 minutes
Improve with a reference	Improve Women's biographies with citations.	20 minutes
Translate articles to other languages	Translate Wikipedia articles from one language to another.	45 minutes
Create a new Wikipedia article	Choose a person you want to write a new Wikipedia article about.	60 minutes

Extra activities

	Share!	Share your contribution in social media. Use #wikigap as hashtag.	5 minutes
	Upload to Commons!	Upload your event photos under a free license on Wikimedia Commons. Please add them to the category c:Category:WikiGap 2023.	10 minutes

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