Wikipedia:GLAM/Wikipedians in Special Residence 2013-2014/African Studies Centre



=Invitation Meetings Africa & Wikipedia=

Why Wikipedia?
In recent years this editable internet encyclopedia in many language versions (English, French, German, Swahili..) has been widely used as a reference. For example, the article Africa has been consulted 245,518 times in October 2013. For researchers, students, information specialists and amateurs wishing to share their expertise with the public at large, Wikipedia is an appropriate medium. However, editors of Wikipedia need to understand the special working principles of this medium. In the short course Introducing Africa & Wikipedia we discuss these topics. How can we improve Wikipedia by corrections and additions? And by writing new articles, uploading photographs, longer texts and other files? In the Writing session Contributing to African subjects on Wikipedia we get down to work. We invite experts, amateurs and other interested Africa buffs to join us at both meetings. See also this ASC webpage for the rationale behind this project.

Please register as an editor (user) of Wikipedia by clicking the Register button in the topmost right corner of any Wikipedia page, especially if you join us at the Writing session. Of course you remain free to contribute or not and you won't be spammed. Extensive information can be found at, e.g.,
 * Introduction
 * Help:Contents
 * Community portal

Wednesday 11 december 2013 2.00-4.00 PM
ASC Introducing Wikipedia, African Studies Centre, Room 3A.06

Participants
Please add your name and/or Wikipedia user name by clicking the [edit]-link above


 * JMMuller (talk) 16:27, 22 November 2013 (UTC), trainer
 * Moniquekr (overleg)
 * Jos Damen
 * Arie Sonneveld 25 nov 2013 15:24 (CET) (onder voorbehoud)
 * Ursula
 * Katrien Polman
 * Jan H.


 * Tiny K.
 * Edith
 * Peter S.
 * Heleen Smits
 * Germa S.
 * Marieke van Winden
 * Lotje de Vries


 * Jan Abbink
 * Zjos Vlaminck
 * Marijke
 * Machteld Oosterkamp
 * Gerard van de Bruinhorst
 * Ton Dietz
 * Jan Jansen

Tuesday 17 december 2013 2.00-4.00 PM
ASC Writing session Contributing to Wikipedia, Pieter de la Court Building PC-Room 1A26, with continuation until 5.00 PM if desired. Please register as a Wikipedia User (editor) beforehand, by clicking the button "register" (topmost right corner of a Wikipedia page).

Participants
Please add your name and/or Wikipedia user name by clicking the [edit]-link above


 * JMMuller (talk) 16:27, 22 November 2013 (UTC), trainer
 * Jos Damen
 * Arie Sonneveld (overleg)   25 nov 2013 15:23 (CET)]
 * Ursula O.
 * Katrien Polman
 * Jan H.


 * Tiny K.
 * Moniquekr (overleg) 29 nov 2013 13:39 (CET)
 * Marieke van Winden
 * Zjos Vlaminck
 * Mary-Ann Sandifort


 * Ayalew Kassahun
 * Peter S.
 * Heleen Smits

Thursday 9 January 2014 10-13 AM
ASC Second Writing session Contributing to Wikipedia, Pieter de la Court Building, PC-Room 1A32, Wassenaarseweg 52, 2333 AK Leiden, tel 071 - 527 3372. Please register as a Wikipedia User (editor) beforehand, by clicking the button "register" (topmost right corner of a Wikipedia page).

Participants
Please add your name and/or Wikipedia user name by clicking the [edit]-link above.


 * JMMuller (talk) 19 dec 2013 11:03 (CET), trainer
 * Jos Damen
 * Ton Dietz
 * Elvire
 * Wouter van Beek


 * Ella V.
 * Wijnand Klaver
 * Fenneken
 * Edith de Roos

Tuesday 21 January 2014 10-13 AM
ASC Third writing session Contributing to Wikipedia Pieter de la Courtgebouw, library Afrika-Studiecentrum, ground floor, Faculty Social Sciences, Wassenaarseweg 52, 2333 AK Leiden, tel 071 - 527 3372.

Participants
Please register as a Wikipedia user (editor) beforehand, by clicking the button "register" (topmost right corner of a Wikipedia page). You can add your name and/or Wikipedia user name by clicking the [edit]-link above.


 * JMMuller (talk), trainer
 * MachteldO
 * MarijkeL


 * AngelaK
 * MichielvdB
 * Soumaya

Articles wanting creation, correction and expansion
Experts, please add your suggestions below.
 * > Refer to the list on the Dutch page

N.B. A Master student at the ASC (nickname Duikerberry) wrote the article Amakhosi Theatre.
 * What do we have on Wikipedia about Africa in your favorite languages? For instance refer to w:fr:Catégorie:Afrique and w:en:Category:Africa and their subcategories.
 * What is lacking about Africa on Wikipedia (in various language versions)? A red link on Wikipedia means an article is missing. We can interpret this as a suggestion to write a new article unless the subject has been treated under a different name.
 * Your additions and remarks are most welcome, please click on the [edit]-link above.
 * 1) Can the main article Africa, viewed 245,518 times last October, be improved?
 * 2) The Category:Africa stubs lists very brief articles that might be expanded. A voir aussi w:fr:Catégorie:Wikipédia:ébauche Afrique.
 * Wikipedia:List of missing Africa topics covers many subjects. You might also take a look at WikiProject Africa, WikiProject Africa/Articles to be written or improved and Africa-related regional notice board
 * 1) Biographies of African researchers, e.g., board members of CODESRIA (Dakar, website), using for instance Google Scholar
 * 2) Correction of/addition to articles on African countries, cf. w:en:Category:Countries in Africa en w:fr:Catégorie:Pays d'Afrique, including regions
 * 3) Yirga, see Yirga
 * 4) Enrich articles on African countries with recent information from the ASC Africa Yearbook 2012
 * 5) Ethnic groups, see w:en:Category:Ethnic groups in Africa and w:fr::Catégorie:Groupe ethnique d'Afrique
 * 6) African literary authors, List of African writers by country, Liste d'écrivains africains par pays en Liste afrikanischer Schriftsteller with suggestions.
 * 7) Portals w:en:Portal:Africa and w:fr:Portail:Afrique, see suggestions there
 * 8) Expand Relations sino-africaines (pauvre) and Africa–China relations
 * 9) Kapsiki, e.g. translate Kapsiki which has been expanded by ASC-expert
 * 1) African literary authors, List of African writers by country, Liste d'écrivains africains par pays en Liste afrikanischer Schriftsteller with suggestions.
 * 2) Portals w:en:Portal:Africa and w:fr:Portail:Afrique, see suggestions there
 * 3) Expand Relations sino-africaines (pauvre) and Africa–China relations
 * 4) Kapsiki, e.g. translate Kapsiki which has been expanded by ASC-expert
 * 1) Expand Relations sino-africaines (pauvre) and Africa–China relations
 * 2) Kapsiki, e.g. translate Kapsiki which has been expanded by ASC-expert

Photographs, sound recordings, presentations and more
Perhaps you are the copyright owner of good photographs, sound recordings or other digital files about African subjects which are underrepresented or lacking quality on Wikimedia Commons, see for instance w:commons:Category:Images by country. If you want to share these files on Wikimedia Commons under the Creative Commons license (your copyright ownership has to be acknowledged by users of your data), you can upload them into an appropriate category by looking in the lefthand menu of any Wikipedia page and clicking on Tools and then on Upload file.

Publication

 * Hans Muller and Jos Damen, Wikipedia for Africanists, African Research & Documentation 124 (2014), 3-9