Kudos to you, Alice! ___________ *Samuel Guebo* Senior Privacy Engineer Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
On Thu, Dec 14, 2023 at 13:35 Belinda Mbambo <bmba...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > > Hello, Muli mutya! > > > It’s no secret that librarians make amazing Wikimedians. Whether it is > because of the shared passion for knowledge or superpowers in working with > sources, databases and categories, or the simple fact that librarians are > just great human beings, we know that they thrive in the Wikimedia projects. > > Today, we Wikicelebrate > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/WikiCelebrate>a truly > amazing Wikimedian and librarian: Alice Kibombo > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:AKibombo> – a contributor to > Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikisource > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Community_User_Group_Uganda/WikiSource_in_Uganda_2022>, > and the Wikimedia Community User Group Uganda, a #1lib1ref trainer > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3X_-w0tYp4&t=2854s>, and, in her > Wikimedian in Residence role, personally trained ~180 English-speaking > librarians in Wikidata!. From a common start as a Wikipedia reader to a > transformative role as a teacher and community supporter, Alice Kibombo has > become an inspiring figure in the pursuit of barrier-free access to the sum > of human knowledge > > As she says: “Participating in the Wikimedia Movement has offered me the > responsibility to be a more responsible contributor, a community resource > person as well as a teacher.” > > Learn more about Alice on Diff > <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/12/14/one-librarian-many-achievements-meet-alice-kibombo-librarian-extraordinaire/> > as > we WikiCelebrate her incredible dedication to free knowledge. > > Each month we WikiCelebrate a different Wikimedian, acknowledging the > amazing community, the pillars of our movement. We warmly invite you to > participate in the celebrations. If there’s an outstanding Wikimedian that > you think should be celebrated, recommend > <https://wikimediafoundation.limesurvey.net/WikiCelebrate>them. > > Happy celebrating! > > Winnie, Natalia, and Belinda > > *Belinda Mbambo* > Senior Manager: Global Movement Communications > Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> > _______________________________________________ > 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/QAHKIOZP65CVL4AGCCFC3KDPTXGJ3X44/ > To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org
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