Wikipedia:Wiki Hour Initiative

Wiki Hour Initiative established in 2020 is a collaborative group with a purpose to bring together ad-hoc individuals to be trained remotely and also improve Wikimedia projects by participating in subject matters related to SDGs. Newbies from each project are usually redirected to existing Wikimedia communities and affiliates in the country.



What we stand for
The Wiki Hour seeks to draw both newbies and experienced Wikimedians across Ghana who are actively online and give off an hour or two to contribute to wikipedia on a weekly basis. The group comprises of Environmental activists within several organisations, related to SDGs and Fact-checking.

Projects
This project seeks to include voices and contributions from researchers, journalists, climate and environmental activist, experienced wikimedians, media Organizations and students to make Wikipedia more relevant in content for the SDGs.


 * 1) Wiki4ClimateGhana - 2020 [Lead,Joy Agyepong]
 * 2) WikiForHumanRightsGhana - 2021 [Lead,Stella]/[Advisor,Joy Agyepong], Uprising Man, Nii Amarquaye Commey, Enoch & Anita.
 * 3) Wiki4inclusion - 2021 [Lead,Stella]/[Advisor,Joy Agyepong], Uprising Man, Nii Amarquaye Commey, Enoch & Anita, Martin.
 * 4) Wiki4SDG Ghana- 2022 [Lead,Stella]/[Advisor,Joy Agyepong]
 * 5) Wiki4inclusion - 2023/2024 [Lead,Stella]/[Advisor,Joy Agyepong], Uprising Man, Nii Amarquaye Commey, Enoch & Anita, Martin.
 * 6) Digitalskillsforgirls 2024- [Lead,Stella]/[Co-Lead,Patience Keteku]

Participants

 * User:Exluv


 * User:Tima93Lb Tima93Lb (talk) 12:52, 3 June 2021 (UTC)


 * User:Edapa Annie


 * User:Cnii

Upcoming
- University of Ghana Students
 * March Digital Skills for Girls 2023 Edition 2.0 - Started (March 2023)
 * March - September 2024 Edition 3.0 - Pending

Past Event
WikiforHumanRights 2021 - Completed
 * WikiForClimate Edit contest Ghana - Dashboard metrics (Writing Contest) -
 * Training - May 8
 * Edit-a-thon - May 29
 * Launch of writing contest - June 1 - June 15
 * Jury period starts a day after contest ends.
 * Awards - Done

-DigitalSkills - Done 25 Junior & Senior High School leavers trained on WikiData. 3 Teaching staff acquired training skills.
 * March 2022 Edition 1.0 - Completed
 * March - May 2023 Edition 2.0 - Completed
 * Wiki4Inclusion

List of Articles
WikiForHumanRights

News & Stories

 * Wiki4Climate News Publication on the campaign and awardees mentioned here