Wikipedia:WikiProject Wiki Loves Women/Women in Civic Society and Humanity



In honor of African Women, especially women of Nigerian descent, Wiki Loves Women is organizing and hosting an edit-a-thon to improve coverage of female children and women in Civic Society and Humanity in Nigeria on Wikipedia.

Activities will include new editor orientation and training, organized with the Wikimedia User Group Nigeria (WUGN). There will be a morning session, with a repeat in the afternoon. Its a closed event with specific target audience in mind. Refreshments generously supplied by Wiki Loves Women.

'''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 women in Wikipedia
 * To encourage the Nigerian community to learn how to contribute to Wikipedia

Wiki Loves Women’s Partners

 * Goethe-Institut, Lagos Nigeria
 * WikiAfrica
 * Wikimedia France
 * Wikimedia User Group Nigeria

Content Partner

 * | Women Consortium of Nigeria

Participation details

 * When
 * Friday, July 29th, 2016
 * 9:00am – 4:00pm


 * Who
 * Wikipedians
 * 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
 * Women Consortium of Nigeria
 * 13,Okesuna Street
 * Opposite St David Church
 * Faaji, Near High Court
 * Lagos Island
 * Lagos


 * RSVP
 * Sign up directly below or 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
 * 1)  Olaniyan Olushola
 * 2) User: Jamie Tubers
 * 3) User: Olufemi Simeon Adeniyi
 * 4) User: JideAluko
 * 5) User: Kaizenify
 * 6) User: Eyitayo Alimi

Online attendees

 * 1)  User:Kippelboy, Barcelona

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

Pages which could be improved:

List of images or data that is missing

 * 1) Damilola Adegbite
 * 2) Dayo Amusa
 * 3) Regina Askia-Williams
 * 4) Lilian Bach
 * 5) WIMBIZ
 * 6) Stephanie Coker
 * 7) Eku Edewor
 * 8) Carol King (actress)
 * 9) Helen Paul
 * 10) Doris Simeon
 * 11) Dolly Unachukwu
 * 12) Omowunmi Akinnifesi
 * 13) Regina Askia-Williams
 * 14) Abimbola Fashola
 * 15) Oluremi Tinubu
 * 16) Queen's College, Lagos
 * 17) Greenspring School
 * 18) Holy Child College
 * 19) Lagoon Secondary School, Lekki
 * 20) Abike Dabiri
 * 21) Olajumoke Okoya-Thomas
 * 22) Folashade Sherifat Jaji
 * 23) Sarah Adebisi Sosan
 * 24) Josephine Oluseyi Williams
 * 25) Elizabeth Adekogbe
 * 26) Aisha Buhari
 * 27) Wuraola Esan
 * 28) Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi
 * 29) Safiya Hussaini
 * 30) Kehinde Bankole
 * 31) Omoni Oboli
 * 32) Nse Ikpe Etim

List of expected topical issues to be created

 * Violence against women in Nigeria
 * Women in decision in Nigeria
 * Women in health sector in Nigeria
 * Women and poverty in Nigeria
 * Women and environment in Nigeria

Notable Names to be profiled
For new pages (14):

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

New pages

 * Women empowerment in Nigeria
 * Gender inequality in Nigeria
 * Women consortium of Nigeria

Improved pages
Bisi Olateru-Olagbegi

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: