Wikipedia:WikiProject Wiki Loves Women/Bridging Sexual Violence (in Nigeria) : The Missing Link



In honor of African women, especially women of Nigerian descent, Wikimedia UG Nigeria in collaboration with | Media Concern Initiative for Women and Children, Goethe Institut and WikiAfrica will be co-hosting Wiki Loves Women in Nigeria.The event is conceptualized to improve the coverage of women on Wikipedia and her related projects. It will be a closed event with specific target audience in mind. The event is tagged: Mental Illness in Nigerian Women:Taking back the narrative

'''A giant thank you to all the NGOs that are joining us for this event. Keep editing |'''

Goals

 * To make a substantive improvement to the representation of Nigerian women on Wikipedia
 * To encourage the Nigerian women community to learn how to contribute to Wikipedia and other Wikimedia Projects.

Wiki Loves Women’s Partners

 * Goethe-Institut, Lagos Nigeria
 * WikiAfrica
 * Wikimedia France
 * Wikimedia User Group Nigeria
 * | Media Concern Initiative for Women and Children

Participation details

 * When
 * Thursday & Friday February 16th and 17th 2017
 * 9:00am – 4:00pm


 * Who
 * Wikipedians
 * Interested member of the society
 * No advanced technical skills required – those with experience will help


 * What to bring
 * Laptop computer with power cable
 * If you’ve been part of the data-gathering exercise leading up to the edit-a-thon, bring your files and photos
 * If you have not been part of the preparatory research work, there will be an ambitious task list for you to work on.


 * Where
 * Goethe Institut
 * Lagos City Hall
 * 30, Catholic Mission Street
 * Opposite Holy Cross Cathedral
 * Lagos Island, Lagos


 * RSVP
 * Sign up directly below or send mail to: olaniyanshol15@gmail.com
 * This event is free of charge but we need an advance count of attendees.

Schedule
If you don’t need the tutorials, you can just start/keep editing!

Wikipedia Editing Resources

 * Wikipedia's criteria for academics
 * Biographies of Living Persons on Wikipedia
 * Wikipedia's Manual of Style for Biographies
 * Wikipedia Image use policy
 * Wikipedia Editing Cheatsheet

Attendees
Please add your name below User:KaizenifyKaizenify (talk) 13:45, 17 February 2017 (UTC)

List of Tasks
Please add the following code to the talk pages of all articles created or improved:

Pages which could be improved:

Notable Notable Names to be profiled

 * Princess Olufemi-Kayode

Edit-a-Thon Results
Please do remember to add to the talk pages of those articles

lists of important articles improved during the event

 * Sex crimes in Nigeria
 * Women in Nigeria
 * Cordelia Agbebaku
 * Community
 * Linda Ikeji
 * Josephine Obiajulu Odumakin

Improved pages
Cordelia Agbebaku

Improving visibility of Nigerian Women on Wikipedia

 * Princess Olufemi-Kayode

articles created at the event

 * Sexual violence in Nigeria

Template for Creating Info Box with Image
Cut and paste this example from the edit page here - replace the placeholder text with info for your scientist and a photo file from Wikimedia Commons, and you're good to go. (Having the birthdate means it will calculate age automatically.)

An example of what these info boxes look like is here: Linda Buck

Be careful that you don't leave any of the filler explanatory text there (the words in all capital letters). Always add "alternative image text" - that will show in rollover text and for people who use machines to read (e.g. because of visual impairment). It should be a short caption explaining the image.

The template is everything from here to the end of this section: