30000 African contributions to the Wikimedia projects (WikiAfrica reached 2012 milestone)

√ 30’000 African contributions to Wikipedia and the Wikimedia projects. The WikiAfrica 2012 milestone.

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DensityDesign Research Lab-INDACO Department Politecnico di Milano, Share Your Knowledge, 2011-2012, cc by-sa.

DensityDesign Research Lab-INDACO Department Politecnico di Milano, Fondazione Cariplo on Wikipedia in Italian, 09/2011, CC BY-SA.

WikiAfrica 2006. Iolanda Pensa, 2012, CC by-sa.

Event: conference/training/workshop

Research

Archives

Wiki Loves Monuments

Notebooks (Detour, myDetour, WikiAfrica special editions)

Presentations and events

2006

WikiAfrica 2007. Iolanda Pensa, 2012, CC by-sa.

Event: conference/training/workshop

Research

Archives

Wiki Loves Monuments

Notebooks (Detour, myDetour, WikiAfrica special editions)

Presentations and events

WikiAfrica 2008. Iolanda Pensa, 2012, CC by-sa.

Event: conference/training/workshop

Research

Archives

Wiki Loves Monuments

Notebooks (Detour, myDetour, WikiAfrica special editions)

Presentations and events

WikiAfrica 2009. Iolanda Pensa, 2012, CC by-sa.

Event: conference/training/workshop

Research

Archives

Wiki Loves Monuments

Notebooks (Detour, myDetour, WikiAfrica special editions)

Presentations and events

WikiAfrica 2010. Iolanda Pensa, 2012, CC by-sa.

Event: conference/training/workshop

Research

Archives

Wiki Loves Monuments

Notebooks (Detour, myDetour, WikiAfrica special editions)

Presentations and events

WikiAfrica/Share Your Knowledge 2011. Iolanda Pensa, 2012, CC by-sa. Partnership between lettera27 and the Africa Centre, and Share Your Knowledge pilot phase.

Event: conference/training/workshop

Research

Archives

Wiki Loves Monuments

Notebooks (Detour, myDetour, WikiAfrica special editions)

Presentations and events

Creative Commons affiliate

2011

WikiAfrica/Share Your Knowledge 2012. Iolanda Pensa, status report with mistakes, 2013, CC by-sa. Status http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Case_studies/WikiAfrica/Share_Your_Knowledge/Institutions

Event: conference/training/workshop

Research

Archives

Wiki Loves Monuments

Notebooks (Detour, myDetour, WikiAfrica special editions)

Presentations and events

Creative Commons affiliate

Orange and Orange Foundation (free Wikipedia on mobile phones)

Brooklyn MuseumFeed My Starving Children

International Institute for Communication and Development

Sustainable Sanitation AllianceHeinrich-Böll-StiftungAfricaFilms.tv

Western Province Government – Department of museums - 28 museums in Western Cape Province, South Africa, Bartolomeu Dias Museum, Beaufort-West Museum, Caledon Museum, Cango Caves Museum, Cape Medical Museum, CP Nel Museum, Drostdy Museum, Fransie Pienaar Museum, Genadendal Mission Museum, George Museum, Groot-Brakrivier Museum, Hout Bay Museum, Huguenot Memorial Museum, Jan Dankaert Museum, Koopmans De Wet House Museum, Montagu Museum, Old Harbour Museum, Paarl Museum, Robertson Museum, SA Fisheries Museum, Sendinggestig(Missionary)Museum, Shipwreck Museum, Simon's Town Museum, Stellenbosch Museum, Transport Riders Museum, Wellington Museum, Wheat Industry Museum, Worcester Museum

Gambia National Museum

Sungani Zakwathu Cultural Heritage PromotionsPostal Museum, Matengatenga, Malawi

Zanzibar National Museum

Phuthidikabo Museum, Mochudi, BotswanaSeychelles People Defense

Forces Museum (SPDF)

Uganda National Museum

Dataset of administrations in Botswana

Share Your Knowledge and WikiAfrica, status report, http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Case_studies/WikiAfrica/Share_Your_Knowledge/Institutions

Michele Casanova, WikiAfrica Report - March 2013, cc by-sa.

Michele Casanova, WikiAfrica Report - July 2013, cc by-sa.

Raccolte Extraeuropee del Castello Sforzesco, Milano, Wikimedia Commons, cc by-sa.

The National Archives UK, Wikimedia Commons, cc by-sa.

doual’art Douala Cameroon, Wikimedia Commons, cc by-sa.

National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Wikimedia Commons, cc by-sa.

Erica Litrenta - Elitre, Thank you note, 2012, cc by-sa. Please note that this is only

Iolanda Pensa, researcher at SUPSI. WikiAfrica scientific director 2007-2012. io@pensa.it http://iopensa.itWikimania Hong Kong, 11 August 2013.

Further reading

www.wikiafrica.orgShare Your Knowledge case study 2012 http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Case_studies/WikiAfrica/Share_Your_KnowledgeInstitutions involved in Share Your Knowledge http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Case_studies/WikiAfrica/Share_Your_Knowledge/Institutions

Graham, Mark. Wiki Space: Palimpsests and Politics of Exclusion in Critical Point of View: A Wikipedia Reader, eds. Geert Lovink and Nathaniel Tkacz, Institute of Network Culture, Amsterdam, 2011, pp. 269-282Pensa, Iolanda. La bibliothèque de Chimurenga in The Chimurenga Library: An Introspective of Chimurenga Magazine, Cape Town Platform, 2009, pp. 4-6. van der Velden, Maja. When Knowledges Meet: Wikipedia and Other Stories from the Contact Zone in Critical Point of View: A Wikipedia Reader, eds. Geert Lovink and Nathaniel Tkacz, Institute of Network Culture, Amsterdam, 2011, pp. 236-257.Wadhwa, Kul. Free mobile for Wikipedia starts with Orange, 24/01/2012, http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/01/24/free-mobile-for-wikipedia-starts-with-orange/.WikiAfrica Primary School Feasibility Study, 2012

CreditsWikiAfrica is a cross-continental collaboration that aims at increasing the quantity and quality of African content on Wikipedia. WikiAfrica is promoted by lettera27 Foundation and the Africa Centre and developed in partnership with and thanks to institutions and volunteers. WikiAfrica was initiated in 2006 by lettera27 Foundation in collaboration with Wikimedia Italia.