Kigali (Rwanda) Novem ber 20 , 20 17

rudolf.sim on@.de

Agenda  The global striving for a better world  The English, French, Kinyarwanda and  Rwandapedia and Wikipedia – a comparison  " loves Women" – a special focus  How to write for Wikipedia – an introduction  Register your account and write your first article in Wikipedia  Collaboration within Rwanda and with the global community  Discussion: What is your opinion? What could be your role?

Wikim edia Movem ent Movem ents are group act ions that carry out, resist , or undo social change. They are large, sometimes informal, groupings of individuals or organizations that focus on specific political or social issues. Wikimedia Vision Im agine a w orld, in w hich every single hum an beeing can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. That is our commitment!

Let ’s build our future together Wikimedia Projects CHAPTERS (37) USER GROUPS (84)  2017 Budget: ~80 million US$  2 0 17 St af f : ~ 300 em ployees  Operation (Servers, Traffic, Adm in + Legal)  Sof t w are developm ent  Support of communities (volunteers)  Funding of projects + initiatives  Driving Wikimedia m ovem ent

How does it operate?  Wikimedia Foundation +  > 40 country organizations woldwide +  Thousands of community members.  Funding through donations  Content by volunteers: you, m e, h im , her  Non profit, non com m ercial  Multilingual - not national

Wikipedia is a free online Encyclopedia that anyone can edit and use. Distribution of ~40 million articles in ~300 different language edtions All print to approx.

> 50.000 Volum es

Conrad Nutschen (2016), , CC0 h ttp ://b log .w ikim e d ia .d e /w p -content/uploads/Print-Wikip e d ia -1.p n g in 2011 Wikimedia Deutschland

 First and largest country organization  Founded 2004, office in Berlin  > 100 employees, > 60.000 members  Funding: > 6 million Euros per year  Supporting volunteers, softw are developm ent, political fram ew ork for . Community in Ger m an y ● 45 regional Communities ● 6 permanent offices of volunteer authors, mentors and administrators ● national und international conferences ● Joint community projects (, Wiki loves Earth, etc.)

Conrad Nutschen (2016), Print Wikipedia, CC0 Lin k

NordNordWest/Lencer, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via ), https://creativecom m ons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode Wikipedia Workshops

Didym CC BY-SA 3.0 Wikipedia Conferences

Martin Kraft CC BY-SA 3.0 Growth of Articles in the German Wikipedia

original author: Markus Schw eiss (Markus_Schw eiß), author of the current version: Maxim ilian Dörrbecker (Chum w a) (h ttp s://com m on s.w ikim e d ia .org /w iki/File :Artike lw a ch stu m _in _d e r_d e u tsch sp ra ch ig e n _Wikip e d ia .p n g ), „Artike lw a ch stu m in d e r d e u tsch sp ra ch ig e n Wikip e d ia “, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode Page View s (per month) Authors

23% shrinking since 2008

Wikipedia Facts

 Authors: > 8 0 % m al e, < 20 % fem ale  Averige age: 33 years

 Africa: < 5% of Internet content  Excluding South Africa: < 0,5 %

Basic Guidelines

 Free License  Neutral Point Of View  Decide by consensus  No ow nership  Verifiability  Relevance

Kinyarwanda

6,603 registered Users Francais

2 939 994 utilisateurs enregistrés Deutsch

2.766.159 registrierte Benutzer English

32,257,231 Registered Users Kirundi

A special Wiki Project

 Freeing access to inform ation about African w om en  Growing Wikipedia coverage about w om en in Africa  Content about w om en and about Africa in culture and education  Figh t against existing inequalities A special Wiki Project

 Active in Côt e d 'Ivoir e, Gh an a, Cam eroon and Nigeria  Supported by WikiAfrica and im plem ented in collaboration with the Goethe Institute  Find details in Wikipedia!  And more about WikiAfrica  See WikiIndaba conference Wiki loves Wom en

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Translating Medical Content

 Outbreak in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea and Nigeria  The m ost used site in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea for Ebola  Great er t h an CNN, CDC an d World Health Organization  Content available in 115 languages Register your account

 Ow n page, subpages and discussion page  Prof il e, areas of interest (keep privacy!)  Personal screen design and settings  W at chlist , attend votes, user rights  Licence your ow n content  Monitor all your activities

Buero- Arbitration crats Court

Administrators

Organization Sighters and Rolls Users with voting rights

confirmed Users

registered Users

05.03.2018 IPs (not registered Users) First st eps  Register your user account  Edit your page, add (hidden) em ail address  Personalize your settings  Edit your personal categories  Create ow n subpage, e.g. „ Sandbox“  Edit first article in your sandox - later m ove  Correct typos, synt ax, st yl e in other articles

Visual Editor Thank you!

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