Programme

Monday, 30th of November 2015

Introductions, Open Africa and Playing Field

Time	Subject	Who	Format	Specifics
09:00–10:30	Introductions	Isla, Gereon, Delegates	Presentation	Why WikiAfrica – danger of a single story What WIRs are. What to expect. Introductions.
10:30–11:00	Coffee break
11:00–12:30	Wikimedia and Wikipedia	Gereon	Presentation	Wikipedia: what it is, what it is not; consensus, community, registration. Discussion among delegates of experience on Wikipedia. Run down of the Wikimedia projects - and their relevance to WIRs (to include case studies of usage). The Foundation and Chapters • Wikipedia (Five Pillars) • Wiktionary (Accuracy) • Wikibooks and Wikijunior • Wikinews (newsagent, interviews) • Wikiquote • Wikisource (Digital library, sources, translations) • Wikiversity (tutorial and courses) • Wikivoyage (travel guide) • Wikimedia Commons (pictures, videos, sound files) • Incubator (new language versions) • Meta-Wiki • Wikispecies • Wikidata • Wikimania • outreach.wikimedia.org
12:30–13:30	Lunch break
13:30–15:00	Wikimedia and Wikipedia	Gereon	Presentation	Part II of 11:00–12:30
15:00–15:15	Coffee break
15:15–16:00	Open Africa – Introduction	Isla, Delegates	Workshop / participatory	Presentations by each delegate of the open movement in their country.

Tuesday, 1st of December 2015

Working on Wikimedia projects and going GLAM

Time	Subject	Who	Format	Specifics
09:00–10:30	Editing	Gereon	Workshop / participatory	Review of Wikipedia articles created by delegates. Look at editorial oversight and control, control systems, namespaces • Structure and Format of an article • Templates • Info Boxes • References • External links • Where to find help.
10:30–11:00	Coffee break
11:30–12:30	Citations and research	Gereon, Delegates	Workshop / participatory	Weblinks, sources, citations. How to quote, how to format citations. Overview of citation tools. Demonstration of Zotero.
12:30–13:30	Lunch break
13:30–16:30	Outing to Origins Centre	All	Participatory	Tour and visit of a museum. Discussing possible collaborations with the museum. Taking pictures for further uploading on Commons.

Wednesday, 2nd of December 2015

Content Contribution and Collabortion with Partners

Time	Subject	Who	Format	Specifics
09:00–10:00	Editing	Gereon	Workshop / participatory	Review of Wikipedia articles created by delegates.
10:00–10:30	Wikimedians/-pedians in Residence	Tim Moritz Hector (User:Bücherwürmlein)	via Skype from Münster, Germany	Tim was a Wikimedian in Residence with Germany’s biggest TV station. He shares his experience of being a Wikimedian in Residence.
10:30–11:00	Wikimedians/-pedians in Residence	Liam Wyatt (User:Wittylama)	via Skype from Bologna, Italy	Liam was the very first Wikipedian in Residence. He shares his experience of being a Wikipedian in Residence.
11:00–11:30	Coffee break
11:30–13:00	Wikimedians/-pedians in Residence	Gereon	Presentation	Introduction of the Wikimedian in Residence programme with examples of successful collaborations (Consumer Reports, Swiss Federal Archives). History since Liam Wyatt. Duties. Compensation. Outreach. Impact and Influence. Reception. Core Characteristics of a Wikipedian in Residence.
13:00–14:00	Lunch break
14:00–15:00	Community Building	Mignon via Skype from Cape Town	presentation via Skype from Cape Town	A short intro to community engagement based on FunDza strategies with their communities two sets of writers. Then an interactive exercise for the workshop participants - 1. What were their main motivators for becoming involved with Wikipedia; 2. What keeps them involved with Wikipedia; 3. Why would others want to be contributors to Wikipedia; 4. What strategies could they put in place to keep people involved.
15:00–15:15	Coffee break
15:15–16:00	Wikimedia communities GLAM communities	Mignon, Isla, Gereon	Discussion	Application of Mignon's workshop to GLAM partners and build local Wikimedia communities - analysing motivations, barriers and ways of overcoming the barriers.
16:00–18:00	Review of photographs	Delegates, Gereon	Discussion	Reviewing photographs that have been uploaded by the delegates to Commons.

Thursday, 3d of December 2015

Open Licenses and Creative Commons in Action

Time	Subject	Who	Format	Specifics
09:00–10:30	GLAM partners	Delegates	Workshop	Present possible GLAM partners and map out the possibilites. Mapping potential WIR activity in Africa.
10:30–11:00	Coffee break
11:00–12:30	GLAM tools, resources and Wiki Metrics	Gereon	Presentation	How to use tracking tools, how to track success, how to report findings. http://stats.grok.se/ for page views. Baglama2 for categories of WiR projects. How to contact Magnus Manske through bitbucket.
12:30–13:30	Lunch break
13:30–14:15	Intro to Open Licenses	Kelsey Wiens	Presentation
14:15–15:00	CC Licenses in Action	Adam Oxford, HTXT Magazine	Presentation	Open licenses in business. How open licenses help to keep business afloat in a challenging and competitive environment.
15:00–15:15	Coffee break
15:15–16:00	CC Licenses in Action	Tessa Welch	Presentation	The African Storybook project. Discussion of how the open licence was essential to the growth of the project, especially with regards to translation and distribution.
16:00–16:45	CC Licenses in Action	Tarryn-Anne Anderson	Presentation	bookdash. Discussion of how the open licence was integral to Bookdash’s model, allowing creatives to donate their talent and helping in the wider distribution of the books via other channels.
18:00–20:00	Dinner	All		Lucky Bean Restaurant, Melville

Friday, 4th of December 2015

Consolidation and Action Plan

Time	Subject	Who	Format	Specifics
09:00–11:00	Open Business Model Planning	Kelsey Wiens	Workshop	Participatory workshop. Attendants are working on their action plan.
11:00–11:30	Coffee break
11:30–12:30	Open Data	Gereon	Presentation	Showing the increasing importance of Wikidata. History of Wikidata. First steps. The example of the showcase item Douglas Adams (Q42). The Reasonator. Creating new items. Tools for data access and statistics. Interactive Wikidata Tour.
12:30–13:30	Lunch break
13:30–14:00	Wikimedians/-pedians in Residence	John Cummings (User:John Cummings)	via Skype from Paris, France	Sharing his current experience of being a Wikipedian in Residence at UNESCO.
14:00–15:00	Wikipedians in Residence Engagement	All	Discussion / Document Creation	Present action plan for the next six months. Feedback.
15:00–15:15	Coffee break
15:15–16:00	Wikipedians in Residence Engagement	All	Discussion / Document Creation	Present action plan for the next six months. Mapping potential WIR activity in Africa.

Links and Resources

Wikipedia

References

Oral history

Wikimedians in Residence

List of all Wikipedians in Residence
Selling Wikipedia to GLAM institutions (PDF). Example of a presentation.

Metrics

Edit count of articles at stats.grok.se. Now defunct; does not work for edits after 20 January 2016.
Dog Pageviews Analysis. For edit count after 1 October 2015.
GLAM tool Baglama2
Where to apply for Baglama2: Contacting Magnus Manske
Wikimedia Metrics
GLAMorous. Usage of your Commons categories over all Wikimedia projects.

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