First ever WikiArabia conference gathers Wikipedians in Tunisia to connect and share experiences « Wikimedia blog

abernard102@gmail.com 2015-05-16

Summary:

"Nearly forty Wikipedians from around the Arab region and beyond gathered last April in Monastir, Tunisia for WikiArabia 2015, the first Arabic Wikipedia community conference. The event also welcomed around thirty additional attendees from outside of the local Wikipedia community. Meeting in person during the three days to discuss their ideas, successes, and challenges helped the Wikipedians better understand their community and plan for future development of the Wikimedia movement in the Arab World ... The Wikimedia movement in Tunisia has grown actively over the past few years. In 2012, the WMF Global Development Team staff and community members visited schools and libraries in Tunisia. Their aim in making the trip was to raise awareness of opportunities to edit Wikipedia, especially for students. Prior to that visit, the community in Tunisia was engaged with the movement on different occasions, both online and offline. Active members of the movement started to plan for a local affiliation in 2006, ultimately gaining their user group recognition in 2014 ..."

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http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/05/14/first-wikiarabia-conference/

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oa.new oa.comment oa.presentations oa.wikipedia oa.wikimedia oa.tunisia oa.events

Date tagged:

05/16/2015, 07:08

Date published:

05/16/2015, 03:08