The ‘wisdom of the crowd’ has been one of the most exciting developments of the Internet Age. From Open Source to Open Content, this workshop will show how communities occupy centre stage in the information society. The workshop will particularly to youth as co-creators of the world’s knowledge.

1. WELCOME TO YES AFRICA
SUMMIT
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
THROUGH WIKIPEDIA OUTREACH
OARABILE MUDONGO
WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION
WIKIPEDIA COMMUNITY LIAISON
[USER: OARABILE MUDONGO]
WIKIMEDIA BOTSWANA

2. WHAT IS WIKIPEDIA?
Is a free, online, collaborative,
multilingual encyclopedia project
supported by the non-profit Wikimedia
Foundation
 Uses wiki-a technology for creating
collaborative websites
 …Imagine a world in which every
single human being can freely share
in the sum of all knowledge. That's
our commitment….”
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3. WIKIPEDIA STATISTICS
19 million articles, 282
language and about 90,000
active contributors (July 2011)
Ranked 5th among all websites
with 400 million readers
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5. SUB-SAHARA AFRICAN
WIKIPEDIA

6. WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION
Dedicated
to encouraging the
growth, development and distribution
of free content
Not-for-profit - non commercial
Multilingual - not national
Neutral - not a political experiment

8. PRINCIPLES OF WIKIPEDIA
 Neutral
Point Of View (NPOV)
 Verifiability
 Notability
 Assume Good Faith (civility and
patience)
 Break all the rules…be BOLD

9. WHAT MAKES A QUALITY
ARTICLE
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Structure- the organization of the
content
Encyclopedic content- adheres to
Wikipedia principles, coherency
Community- through discussions, critic
and contributions

10. LOCAL LANGUAGE CONTENT, ACCESS
TRANSFORMATION & DIGITAL
INCLUSION
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Everyone is pondering across the world how to master ICT,
apply ICT; very simple apply to benefit maximum number of
people.
Social divide is abolished and the excluded are empowered
hence E-Governance and e-Education.
Develop tools, software localization.
Shaping Internet policies around principle of inclusiveness,
diversity, openness and relations among stakeholders.
Enhances livelihoods and contribute to social and economic
development of society.

11. WIKIMEDIA STRATEGIC PLAN
1. Purpose of plan is to chart a direction for the Wikimedia movement, clearly
articulating key priorities:
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To stabilize Wikimedia’s technical, financial and organizational infrastructure.
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To increase participation
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To improve quality
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To increase reach
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To encourage innovation
2. We'll know we have been successful when we:
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Increase the total number of people served to 1 billion.
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Increase the amount of information we offer to 50 million Wikipedia articles.
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Encourage readers to become contributors by increasing the number of total
editors.
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Support healthy diversity in the editing community by doubling the percentage of
female editors to 25% and increasing the number of Global South editors to 37%.

12. AFRICAN WIKIMEDIA CHAPTERS AND
SUPPORTING ORGANISATIONS

13. AFRICAN WIKIPEDIA SUCCESS
STORIES
WIKIPEDIA ZERO
Botswana – Orange
Botswana
Kenya – Airtel
Plan to open it up to 70
million new users in subSaharan Africa.

14. MOBILE AND ISP PROVIDERS HELP
SOUTH AFRICAN LEANERS

15. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Kenya
South Africa
Kenya

16. FUTURE PLANS

17. EDITING: WIKIPEDIA INTERFACE
Article page
Chat abt the
article..
Profile
settings
Chat and discuss
with community
Track changes and
who.
Bookmark…
Notifications
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18. CREATE A NEW ARTICLE
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Search in Wikipedia
Search variants and synonyms
Google out
Click on Red link and start editing…
Always “Show Preview” before “Save”

20. Stuck?
Find
help:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Con
tents

21. User: Oarabile Mudongo