WikiAfrica
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Type of site | Wikiproject |
|---|---|
| Available in | Multilingual (3 active Main Page translations) |
| Owner | Wikimedia Italia [1] |
| URL | wikiafrica |
| Commercial | No |
| Registration | No |
| Launched | 2007 |
| Current status | Active |
WikiAfrica focuses on getting external Africa-based, cultural organisations, museums and archives, as well as bloggers and journalists, to contribute their knowledge to Wikipedia. The project is an international collaboration that intends to Africanise
History
WikiAfrica began in 2007,[3] its leadership focusing on producing content, ensuring the involvement of experts and institutions, assessing and utilizing other assets and dealing with other critical aspects of the project.[3]
Topics and materials
Pan-African based organisations and WikiAfrica users are asked to create new articles, expand the African content across multiple Wikipedias and improve the information that has already been given. This can be done by sharing knowledge and translating articles.[3]
WikiAfrica operates with free sharing of materials produced by the project, having adopted of Open Access and Creative Commons licenses
Network and participants
WikiAfrica
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See also
References
- ^ "WikiAfrica.org WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info - DomainTools". domaintools.com.
- ^ a b L'Africa tramandata L'inizia tiva al Festival della letteratura, Paolo Marcesini. Il Sole 24 Ore. "How you can put on the net people who have knowledge of the African continent and share knowledge in the agora and wider international world?... lettera27 the workshop, the non-profit foundation supported by Moleskine"
- ^ a b c d e f g "Africultures - Entretien - WikiAfrica, un outil pour promouvoir une attitude consciente et active de ses utilisateurs". africultures.com. 16 March 2009.
- ^ a b "Mantova, tutti insieme per Wikiafrica Al lavoro per dar "voci" a chi non le ha - Scienza & Tecnologia - Repubblica.it". repubblica.it.
- ^ "WikiAfrica". WikiAfrica. Retrieved 2013-10-06.
- ^ "Moleskine lancia la sfida ai disegnatori: la "staffetta creativa" arriva a Napoli - Corriere del Mezzogiorno". corriere.it.
- ^ "Nigrizia su Wikipedia". nigrizia.it. Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2011-05-02.
- ^ "Designism 3.0 Showcases 'Simple Ideas That Help People'". mediabistro.com.
- ^ Conclusi i WikiAfrica Workshop di Mantova. Iopensa, Quaderno d'appunti di Iolanda Pensa
- ^ "La vocazione tecnologica dell'Africa al Festivaletteratura di Mantova". nigrizia.it.
- ^ Solidarietà/ In viaggio con la Moleskine per aiutare l'Africa. AffarItaliani.it
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