[Wikimedia-l] Call for participation: Months of African Contest 2022
Dear Friends and Wikimedians, We hope you are doing well. The Afrocine Project core team would once again like to thank everyone who contributed towards ensuring the success of the Months of African Cinema Contest in 2021. Due to your valued efforts, the fourth iteration was a success! Over 4,000 articles were created across various Wikimedia projects and in 16 different languages The Afrocine project is happy to inform you that we will be having the Months of African Cinema Contest in the months of November and December. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AfroCine/Months_of_African_Cinema ) This year’s iteration comes in a style. We invite participants and communities to improve content on Wikipedia, specifically infoboxes related to African Cinema. To indicate your interest in participating, please list your name or your communities names here. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AfroCine/Months_of_African_Cinema#Participants ) This year’s prizes will be as follows: 1st Prize – $150 2nd Prize – $100 3rd Prize – $50 Thank you once again! We are looking forward to your participation. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AfroCine/Months_of_African_Cinema 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AfroCine/Months_of_African_Cinema#Participants Kind regards, Ebenezer Mlay, On behalf of the Afrocine Project ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/OFSNICBO6D4MQ34EJQXY4LOHZQURNMYA/ To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org
[Wikimedia-l] Join the International Jury Team for the Months of African Cinema Contest
Greetings from Afrocine Project, It is already the end of the Months of African Cinema global contest and a lot has been achieved! We have been able to get over 4,000 articles created in 16 languages! We are about to constitute the International Jury team, which will consist of members from all the languages that participated in the global contest/edit-a-thon. If you would like to join us in the Jury team, please let us know by 31 December 2021 by filling this form.[1] Thanks for all your contributions this year and congratulations to you! Together we are bridging the content gap and improving on the systemic bias, in-respect of the African continent. Regards, Ebenezer Mlay Community Liaison – Afrocine project https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScrt_xGsVNV1rJthKrEQvRlPOTAlgTU0IzSGz5GcPZ-cPBV-w/viewform ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/AXJDNX4JTW5NA2OPGCMI7MXF3BH4OOUE/ To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org
[Wikimedia-l] The AfroCine Project: Thank you for your participation!
Greetings, Thank you all for your participation and support during the 2021 Months of African Cinema Contest[1] which ended on 30th November 2021. Based on our initial statistics, we have been able to get about 3,000 articles created in over 14 languages![2] A big thank you to everyone who created articles during the contest for making this happen. We also want to sincerely thank all organizers who have managed to make the contest happen in their local communities. The review of all the submitted articles will commence as soon as possible and we hope to announce winners in February 2022. If you haven’t already, please remember to list your articles in both the Users by Articles page[3] and the article achievement section[2] in order to get your articles assessed by the international jury. We wish you all a fulfilled month ahead and look forward to your participation in future projects! Warm regards, Eben Mlay Community Liaison, Afrocine project 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AfroCine/Months_of_African_Cinema 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AfroCine/Months_of_African_Cinema#Article_achievements 3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AfroCine/Months_of_African_Cinema/Users_By_Articles ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/3N2O2UPRNU6VYWPDTMCEQNRGNDKAO4AP/ To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org
[Wikimedia-l] The Months of African Cinema Contest Continues in November!
Greetings, We hope this email finds you well. It is already the middle of the contest and we are really excited about the Months of African Contest 2021 [1] achievements so far! We want to extend our sincere gratitude for the time and energy you have invested. If you have not yet participated in the contest, it is not too late to do it. Please list your username as a participant on the contest’s main page. [2] Please remember to list the articles you have improved or created on the article achievements section of the contest page [3] so they can be tracked. In order to win prizes, be sure to also list your article in the Users By Articles page.[4] Please note that your articles must be present in both the article achievement section on the main contest page, as well as on the Users By Articles page for you to qualify for a prize. Thank you once again for your valued participation! Regards, Ebenezer Mlay Community Liaison – Afrocine project 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AfroCine/Months_of_African_Cinema 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AfroCine/Months_of_African_Cinema#Participants 3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AfroCine/Months_of_African_Cinema#Article_achievements 4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AfroCine/Months_of_African_Cinema/Users_By_Articles ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/5KGAFVWZPJ6HBJZEF2WJJE2SGQEDTYAZ/ To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org
[Wikimedia-l] Join the 2021 Months of African Cinema Global Contest
Greetings! We hope that this email finds you well. The Afrocine project core team is happy to inform you that the “Months of African Cinema” Contest is happening again this year in October and November. We invite Wikimedians all over the world to join in improving content related to African cinema on Wikipedia! Please list your username under the participants’ section <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AfroCine/Months_of_African_Cinema#Participants> of the contest page to indicate your interest in participating in this contest.[1] The term "African" in the context of this contest, includes people of African descent from all over the world, which includes the diaspora and the Caribbean. The following prizes would be recognized at the end of the contest, as gift cards. - Overall winners - 1st Prize - $500 - 2nd Prize - $200 - 3rd Prize - $100 - Diversity Winner - $100 - Gender-gap Filler - $100 - Language Winners - up to $100* For further information about the contest, the prizes, and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. [2] For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talk page. We look forward to your participation! Best regards, Eben Mlay Community Liaison, Afrocine project 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AfroCine/Months_of_African_Cinema#Participants 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AfroCine/Months_of_African_Cinema ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/SPLUJDVRTEE37B4UA7WWNXKMSQQNREDY/ To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org
[Wikimedia-l] Call for Local Organizers: 2021 Months of African cinema contest
We hope this email finds you well and you are staying safe. The Afrocine Project core team would once again like to thank everyone who contributed towards ensuring the success of the Months of African Cinema Contest in 2020. Due to your valued efforts, the third iteration was a success! Over 3,000 articles were created across various Wikimedia projects and in 19 different languages. Months of African Cinema, 2021 is three months away! To ensure a more seamless organization this year and better support, we are calling on interested local organizers from across the movement to join us in facilitating this contest in their various communities. This year, in addition to local community organizers, we are particularly also inviting Wikimedians to help coordinate the contest in their local languages, as this will play a huge role in the number of languages that would be eligible for international prizes. If you would love to join us in organizing this exciting contest in your local community or your local language wiki, kindly show your interest by listing your community or project on the organizer’s meta page. [1] Please try to sign up by 23rd July 2021. Thank you once again! We are looking forward to your participation. Kind regards, Ebenezer Mlay, Community Liaison, Afrocine Project [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_AfroCine_Project/Months_of_African_Cinema/2021 ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/BKL3JQ5TLYYJGGJZQXI34QMGRJJ5INVM/ To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org
