Wikipedia:WikiProject Wiki Loves Women/WhenGirlsWrite



WhenGirlsWrite is a project established to encourage Nigerian girls to improve their writing skills and lend their voices to advocacy on issues affecting girls in Nigeria by contributing to Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. The Girl Lead Hub Network and Project PINK BLUE is collaborating with Wikimedia UG Nigeria (WUGN) to organize the program.

'''A giant thank you to all the GIRLS 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 girls community to learn how to contribute to Wikipedia and other Wikimedia Projects.
 * To increase digital literacy among Nigerian girls

Partners

 * Project Pink Blue
 * [| Girl Lead Hub]

Participation details

 * When
 * Friday and Saturday, August 4th and 5th 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


 * Where
 * Abuja


 * RSVP
 * Sign up directly below
 * This event is free of charge but we need an advance count of attendees.

Signup pages
| Outreach Dashboard

Day Two
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

List of Tasks
Pages which could be improved:

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

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: