Wikipedia:Online Ambassadors/Apply/sayela


 * 1) Why do you want to be a Wikipedia Ambassador?
 * To help expand the Wikipedia article base by getting more and more people involved to contribute high quality articles that conform to Wikipedia best practices.
 * 1) In three sentences or less, summarize your involvement with Wikimedia projects.
 * YOUR ANSWER (OPTIONAL)
 * 1) Please indicate a few articles to which you have made significant content contributions. (e.g. DYK, GA, FA, major revisions/expansions/copyedits).
 * John Atta Mills' biography is one of the articles that I have tried improving and protecting from vandalism. Another article is the biography of Ghana's international footballer, Bennard Yao Kumordzi.
 * 1) How have you been involved with welcoming and helping new users on Wikipedia?
 * YOUR ANSWER (OPTIONAL)
 * 1) What do you see as the most important ways we could welcome newcomers or help new users become active contributors?
 * One of the most important ways we could become helpful to newcomers is the issue of Wikipedia syntax. Most users are intimidated by the syntax and so shy away from contributing. This is a typical problem in Ghana. So, as ambassadors, there is the need for us to demystify the wrong notion that Wikipedia syntax is complex.
 * 1) Have you had major conflicts with other editors? Blocks or bans? Involvement in arbitration? Feel free to offer context, if necessary.
 * No
 * 1) How often do you edit Wikipedia and check in on ongoing discussions?  Will you be available regularly for at least two hours per week, in your role as a mentor?
 * I usually spend my time on Wikipedia tracking and evaluating the quality of Ghanaian articles and where necessary make recommendations to help improve a particular article. I would be available regularly to assist as many newcomers as possible since am always online.
 * 1) What else should we know about you that is relevant to being a Wikipedia Ambassador?
 * I have a lot of knowledge of the MediaWiki software used in powering this wonderful resource. This I believe will go a long way to help me make life easy for newcomers as far the Wikipedia syntax, templates and best practice are concerned.