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Wikipedia Awareness in Offa Community

'Offa' is a historic town located in Kwara State, Nigeria. It is known for its rich cultural heritage and historical significance. Despite its significance, there is a noticeable lack of information about Offa on Wikipedia. Wikipedia is one of the most popular sources of information in the world, with millions of people using it every day to learn about a wide variety of topics. However, the lack of information about Offa on Wikipedia means that many people are unable to learn about this historic town and its significance.

Wikipedia_Awareness_Offa
Wikipedia_Awareness_Offa

Therefore, it is important to raise awareness about the lack of information about Offa on Wikipedia and encourage people to contribute by creating and editing articles related to the town. By doing so, we can help to preserve and promote the cultural heritage of Offa, and ensure that people around the world have access to accurate and up-to-date information about this historic town.

This project is is targeted towards laying a solid foundation for the widespread adoption and use of Wikimedia projects among the youths especially students in higher institutions in Offa community . This is in addition to exposure and helping them acquire numerous digital and research skills to enable them to contribute massively to articles that will increase the visibility of contents relating to Offa community by creating and improving numerous contents, alongside deploying the knowledge and skills learnt to contribute contents with original images on Wikipedia.


Action points

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  • Create awareness on Social media.
  • Collection of Participant's data.
  • Teach participants how to access and create a Wikipedia account.
  • Introduction to Wikipedia and it's sister projects.
  • Introduction to Wikipedia and Wikidata project tools.
  • Introduction to Wikicommons.
  • Practical hands-on and edit-a-thon on how to edit articles on English Wikipedia.
  • Practical hands-on and edit-a-thon on how to edit and create items on wikidata.
  • Practical hands-on and edit-a-thon on how to upload images to Wikicommons.
  • Discussions about the specific challenges of editing on Wikipedia, Wikidata, and Wikicommons.
  • Photo walk to capture images of historical sites in Offa.

How to participate

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  Sign in or Create a New Account on Wikipedia.

  • Sign up on the participants section
  • Attend the physical event and online sessions.

Prizes

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  • 1st position - N10,000 gift voucher
  • 2nd position - N8,000 gift voucher
  • 3rd position - N5,000 gift voucher
  • Best picture - N5,000 gift voucher
  • Consolation prizes for 3 participants; Tshirt and souvenir

Participants

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  1. Mijesty (talk) 06:39, 3 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  2. A Sulaiman Z (talk) 10:14, 12 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Zmu'az4Z (talk) 12:07, 12 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Bukky658 (talk) 11:39, 16 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Almota23
  6. Godstime Elijah (talk) 11:40, 16 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  7. Mgr MOOBBY (talk) 01:25, 16 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  8. Akintundedaniel (talk) 22:14, 16 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  9. Ebubechukwu1 (talk) 22:14, 19 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  10. Marviie (talk) 17:17, 19 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  11. YusufuAM (talk))
  12. AYOOLA,B.F (talk)
  13. Accuratecy051 (talk)
  14. Linason Blessing (talk) 05:45, 24 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  15. Rilwan Ridwan
  16. Al-Hassan68
  17. Oyejide pelumi kabiru
  18. Royalesignature (talk))Salako Lukman Olamilekan
  19. James Moore200 (talk) 08:33, 25 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  20. Shadeola (talk)
  21. Linason Blessing (talk) 16:06, 31 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  22. Ajia4ty (talk) 16:08, 31 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  23. Huzaifakumo (talk)
  24. Inyor4mr (talk) 21:08, 3 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  25. Emharx (talk) 12:33, 5 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  26. Akinbola123456 (talk) 1:53, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
  27. olabisi1234 2:03, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
  28. Schorlarstical10 (talk) 2:10, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
  29. funmyth (talk) 1:53, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
  30. temitopemercya (talk) 2:31, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
  31. morenikeji15 (talk) 2:42, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
  32. suliyat247 (talk) 2:45, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
  33. oluwabusayomi20 (talk) 2:49, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
  34. oluwabusayomi20 (talk) 8:51, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
  35. oladipupowunmi (talk) 10:43, 16 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  36. Adewumi5555 (talk) 11:08, 16 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  37. olaitan5050 (talk) 11:32, 16 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  38. vera gold (talk) 12:04, 17 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  39. lizzy1310 (talk) 4:23, 17 April 2023 (UTC)
  40. ToluT15 (talk) 11:10, 24 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  41. Moriyike (talk) 5:31, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
  42. Oyelekeaishat (talk) 5:42, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
  43. asafaqudus01 (talk) 5:45, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
  44. adebola124 (talk) 5:57, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
  45. wealth stitches (talk) 6:16, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
  46. abiolaoyinndamola (talk) 6:29, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
  47. Ibrahim Amina (talk) 7:11, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
  48. olowookereayo (talk) 8:02, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
  49. Sakariyaulukman (talk) 12:06, 20 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  50. Princeadekunleemmy! (talk) 12:07, 20 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  51. Adeshinaajibade (talk) 12:00, 20 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  52. Okeibrahim (talk) 10:55, 20 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  53. olumideoke (talk) 11:51, 20 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  54. omojejepuremind (talk) 1:53, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
  55. Ooluwole38 (talk) 2:20, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
  56. DihekolaDc (talk) 1:00, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
  57. Tajudeenoyewumi90 (talk) 2:30, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
  58. Badmusdorcas (talk) 12:02, 20 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  59. Idowudola (talk) 1:00, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
  60. Helena gift (talk) 12:04, 20 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  61. almubarak1740 (talk) 11:06, 20 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  62. Toybeauty (talk) 10:55, 20 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  63. Shekeoye2 (talk) 10:58, 20 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  64. fifehanmi18 (talk) 10:57, 20 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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List of articles to work on

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Solomon Olusola Akanbi

Gabriel Akinbolarin

Akintunde poopola

List of new section headings on the existing Offa article on Wikipedia

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  1. Olofa of Offa
  2. Offa central mosque
  3. Offa railway station
  4. Owode market
  5. First baptist church offa
  6. Chief Essa of Offa
  7. Ijakadi Festival
  8. Offa Traditional Religion
  9. Offa Culture

List of Local Governments in Kwara State

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Title Page ID Namespace Size (bytes) Last change Wikidata image
Pategi 2492537 0 9912 20221123065805 Q7144399  
Offa 10822298 0 18316 20230215151409 Q2015456  
Irepodun 24856724 0 5137 20230128222334 Q10303589
Ifelodun 24856747 0 3576 20230128222057 Q5991150
Asa 24856922 0 3056 20230210185441 Q3510490
Oyun 24856933 0 2835 20230128223606 Q7116389
Ilorin East 24856955 0 2727 20230128222308 Q6001095
Ilorin South 24856961 0 2615 20230128222309 Q16733661
Ilorin West 24856971 0 2579 20230128222310 Q6001104
Edu 24856982 0 2687 20230315224534 Q5340346
Moro 24857001 0 2530 20230315224646 Q6913056
Kaiama 24857021 0 4804 20230128222532 Q14653808  
Baruten 24857051 0 3423 20230128221403 Q4865926  
Isin 24857064 0 6075 20230315224456 Q6081096
Oke Ero 24857072 0 6399 20230128223248 Q7081881
Ekiti 24857079 0 3402 20230128221707 Q3511682

Education in Kwara State

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Title Page ID Namespace Size (bytes) Last change Wikidata image
Al-Hikmah University 3167167 0 6169 20230306195427 Q4702511
Kwara State University 24383940 0 11768 20230228161920 Q16734211  
Landmark University 39859267 0 14908 20221111083158 Q16733756
Federal Polytechnic 47793002 0 3130 20220821004502 Q22569412  
Kwara State Polytechnic 47793111 0 7414 20230227102550 Q24232007 File:Kwara State Polytechnic (logo).jpg
Landmark University Secondary School 50727225 0 2578 20230319000946 Q24883256
Federal Government Girls College 53064695 0 2096 20211211204614 Q30590589
Kwara State College of Arabic and Islamic Legal Studies 54530937 0 1796 20220903220358 Q48773741
Unilorin Secondary School 57523747 0 1919 20191220044859 Q55636539
Emmanuel Baptist College 58165673 0 2095 20220217203803 Q56290298
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