Hello Sam, I would like to organize this contest in Benin. I’ve already listed my name in the coordinators page and I plan to organize one or two IRL events. Is there any template I can use to add my events in the AfroCine In-Person Events section [1] please ?
-- FLAT [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AfroCine/Months_of_African_Cinema#AfroCine_In-Person_Events <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AfroCine/Months_of_African_Cinema#AfroCine_In-Person_Events> > Le 24 sept. 2019 à 18:19, Sam Oyeyele <[email protected]> a écrit : > > Greetings! > > Apologies for cross-posting. After a successful first iteration of the > “Months of African Cinema” last year, we are happy to announce that it will > be happening again this year, starting from October 1! In the 2018 edition of > the contest, about 600 Wikipedia articles were created in at least 8 > languages. There were also contributions to Wikidata and Wikimedia commons, > which brought the total number of wikimedia pages created during the contest > to over 1,000. About 9 in-person events were also organised for the > edit-a-thon in different parts of the world. > > The contest is organized by a Wikimedia project called "The AfroCine > Project",[1] which is dedicated to improving the coverage of the history, > works, people, places, and events, that are associated with the cinema, > theatre and arts of Africa, African countries, the Caribbean, and the > diaspora. > > If you would love to join this exciting event, please list your username as a > participant on the English Wikipedia contest page.[2] If you would love to > lead this contest for your country or community, please list your name in the > coordinators page here.[3] The rapid grants team would be accepting proposals > throughout October and November, in case you'd need funds to run local > edit-a-thons or some other activities related to this event. Upon listing > your name on the coordinators' page, you'd be contacted to talk about the > resources you'd need to run the event in your community. You can also contact > me directly for any clarifications. > > Finally, We also need volunteers to handle some aspects of the AfroCine > project. These aspects include: > > 1. Community Liaison: This role essentially involves closely engaging with > local communities to support their activities within the scope of Afrocine. > > 2. Communications: This involves the communications aspects of the project. > Sharing relevant information on mailing lists and social media would be the > responsibility of this person. > > 3. MAC Jury: This role involves joining the jury of Months of African Cinema > contest. We need as many people as we can get :). > > 4. Tools: Going forward, we would need relevant tools to better track the > metrics and also analyse the general impact of these events. We are calling > for Wikimedia volunteers who can navigate wikimedia tools that can be useful > for the project. > > If you would love to help with any of these roles, or some other roles that > have not been mentioned, please contact me directly. > > If you have further questions, complaints, suggestions, etc., please reach > out to me personally or right here on the mailing list or the project > talkpages. > > Thank you! > > Sam Oyeyele. > > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_AfroCine_Project > [2] > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AfroCine/Months_of_African_Cinema#Participants > [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AfroCine/Coordinators > > _______________________________________________ > African-Wikimedians mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians
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