Wikipedia:Wiki Loves Nigeria/Writing Contest

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Writing Contest: 30 days to create (at least) 5 Nigeria-related articles On the 15th of January 2016, Wikipedia celebrated its 15 year anniversary.

In the past 15 years of Wikipedia existence, Nigeria-related topics are poorly covered on the world largest encyclopedia, despite the fact that Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa. Although, this poor coverage may be attributed to low number of editors from Nigeria

On this note, it was important to celebrate Wikipedia 15 by organizing a workshop and writing contest to increase the number of Nigeria-related topics and editors.

This contest launches Wiki Loves Nigeria, a content liberation project related to Nigeria.

Contest is closed

The results are here



[[Image:Nuvola apps date.svg|20px]] Calendar

 * The contest will start on the 28th of January 2016  and will end on the 29th of February 2016
 * Any creation or modifications done before the start of the contest will not be accepted as part of the contest.
 * For the sake of fairness, it is important not to start working on an article in a subpage or offline before the start of the contest. Please respect the spirit of the contest and only start working on your article from the 28th onwards.

[[Image:Nuvola apps important.svg|20px]] Rules

 * Accepted articles must be Nigeria-related topics;
 * The contest is monolingual English.
 * The Wikimedia User Group Nigeria will announce the winners and coordinate communication.
 * Translation of the final articles into other languages are very welcome!

[[Image:Crystal 128 kuser.png|20px]] Contestants

 * Anyone with account on Wikipedia can participate in the contest. We are using the English-language Wikipedia to instruct participants. Participants are expected to register on Wikipedia using the Create account link.
 * Participants are expected to respect our copyright policy. Contents that violate this policy will not be accepted and will be speedily deleted.
 * Participants may choose to work as a team.

[[Image:Applications-office.svg|20px]] Articles

 * Participant can work on several articles as they want, but they can only propose one article for the best article prize;
 * Articles proposed will be only on Nigeria-related topic;
 * The selection of the article to propose for the best article prize made by participants, after discussion;
 * The article may be proposed by the participants or picked from a list of suggestions: Wiki Loves Nigeria/Writing Contest/Articles suggestions ;
 * Everyone can suggest a topic for an article. Please make sure those topics are likely to be notable enough that they will stay on Wikipedia;
 * At the start of the contest, the article should not exist or should be a very, very, very basic stub, allowing for significant progress;
 * Please add the template to the article's talk page.

[[Image:Gnome-fs-blockdev.svg|20px]] Prize category

 * Best participant :
 * Best encyclopaedic input and participant work
 * Best article :
 * Well ... best written article :)
 * Jury prize :
 * Jury choice. Undefined number. Potentially, these prizes may distinguish :
 * best media (images added, voice record etc.) ;
 * article translated in other languages;
 * best individual team;
 * etc.