Wikimedia Community User Group Uganda/Wikipedia for Museums in Uganda 2021

Introduction

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To celebrate International Museums Day, the Wikimedia Community User Group Uganda will host and facilitate Wikipedia for Museums in Uganda on 21st and 22nd May. This initiative is aimed at gathering diverse stakeholders from museums in Uganda to co-create and collectively improve information about museums in Uganda on Wikipedia, the world’s largest collaborative knowledge base. This program will be divided into three parts as follows:

  • raining: Introducing the participants to key skills and tools on how to update/ edit and add articles to Wikipedia for participants of the event
  • Edit-a-thon - Dedicating the second part of the program to improving stub articles and creating new entries about critical topics, underrepresented groups, initiatives and putting up-to-date figures about museums, etc.
  • Creating content for upload on Wikimedia Commons including videos, audios, and videos to document various museums in Uganda

In line with the International Council of Museums theme “The Future of Museums: Recover and Reimagine”,we invite museums, their professionals and communities to create, imagine and share new practices of (co-)creation of value, new business models for cultural institutions and innovative solutions for the social, economic and environmental challenges of the present on Wikipedia.

Programme

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Day 1 - Friday 21 May

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Time Activity
8:30–9:00 Arrival and registration
9:00–9:20 Opening remarks
9:20 - 9:50 Speakers & participant introductions + expectations
9:50 - 10:40 Introduction to Wikipedia + Contributing to Wikipedia for museums
10:40 - 11:00 Account creation and first steps
11:00 - 11:30 BREAK
11:30 - 13:00 Creating Wikipedia articles (Planning sheets, sandbox & drafts)
13:00 - 14:00 LUNCH
14:00 - 15:45 Editing Wikipedia
15:30 - 16:00 Closing & next steps

Day 2 - Saturday 22 May

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Time Activity
8:30–9:00 Arrival and registration
9:00 - 9:30 Introductions & community reflections
9:30 - 10:30 Dealing with photographic content
10:30 - 11:00 BREAK
11:00 - 13:00 QRPedia for visibility of items in your collection
13:00 - 14:00 LUNCH
14:00 - 15:30 Edit-a-thon + article reviews
15:30 - 16:00 Farewell & next steps

Participants

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TBA

Institutions represented

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List of museums in Uganda

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Wikidata item Name Image Town/City District Region Type Summary
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106936079 Ankole cultural drama actor's museum
Attitude change museum
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106936177 Bamasaaba Cultural Union
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106936216 Batwa Cultural Experience- Museum trail
Bukonzo Cultural Association Museum
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106936332 Bulemba Museum
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106936364 Bunyoro Community Historical Museum Associates
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106936384 Busoga Cultural Museum
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106936417 Butambala Heritage Center of Civilization
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106936567 Charles Nyonyintono Kikonyogo Money Museum
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106936822 Cultural Research Centre Museum-Jinja
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106936843 Ebirungi Ebyeira Museum-Jinja
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106937120 Gakondo Cultural Museum
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106937139 Ham Mukasa Museum
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106936797 Igongo Cultural Centre
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106937205 Iteso Cultural union Museum
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106936743 Kabale Regional Museum
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106936739 Karamoja Regional Museum
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106937496 Kigulu Cultural Museum-Iganga
Mountain of the Moon-Fort Portal
Mt. Elgon Museum of History and Culture-Mbale
Q56605115 Nommo Gallery  
Nyamyarro Museum
Obudingiya Bwa Bamba
Social Innovation Museum
Soroti Regional Museum
Q97393690 Ssemagulu Royal Museum
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106936881 St.Luke Community Museum
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106936871 Uganda Martyr's University Museum
Q7877613 Uganda Museum  
Zoological Museum at Makerere University

Outcomes

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These are the expected outcomes

  1. Creation of new articles on Wikipedia
  2. Uploading of photos of museum on Wikimedia Commons
  3. A better understanding of QRPedia for visibility & knowledge of the items & artefacts in museums.


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 on the Dashboard


Choose one of the activities


 
Improve and expand an article Help make improvements to articles on Wikipedia.   20 minutes
 
Improve with a reference Improve articles and other content with citations.   20 minutes
 
Create a new Wikipedia article Choose an institution or thing you want to write a new Wikipedia article about.   60 minutes
 
Upload a picture Upload a picture of your museum under a free licence.   25 minutes

Extra activities


 
Share! Share your contribution in social media. Use #GLAMWiki and #IMD2021 as hashtag.   5 minutes
 
Upload to Commons! Upload your event photos under a free license on Wikimedia Commons.   10 minutes