"Wiki loves SDGs Campus Tour" - physical pieces of training and virtual follow-up on SDG topics
The Wiki Loves SDGs Campus Tour aims to spread awareness of the Sustainable development goals, prioritising training new editors and improving articles related to the global goals. The events will take place in three Nigerian academic institutions Lasu, Kwasu and Unilag.
The campaign is part of a larger initiative called "Nigerian Wikimedians for Sustainable Development " which is backed by Wikimedians for Sustainable Development. More details can be here at the meta page or reach out to the project lead, Prithee P ( talk)
This is a list of objectives we hope to achieve
Physical occasion
Virtual follow up
Check out the meta page here
The table below only shows a prioritised selection. This is just meant to make it easier to decide what to focus on. It does not mean that the other Wikipedia articles are "out of bounds".
# | Task (action) | Details, steps and tips | Suitable for which type of volunteer |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Adding reliable citations to articles | All Wikipedia articles need citations (references to published work) -- every fact and piece of information should have a
reliable source. This means that finding and adding citations is an important task. For climate change-related articles, you can start by reading WikiProject Climate Change’s
guide to reliable sources. You can find citations for assertions not referenced, or delete unsupported assertions.
Steps:
Tips:
|
Novice editor. If you don't know how to add a citation, check these out.
|
2 | Unflagging Wikipedia articles | "Flagged articles" are Wikipedia articles that are marked and need to be improved to meet Wikipedia's standards. You can learn when to remove a flag from an article
here. If you want to know what a "perfect" Wikipedia article should look like, take a look at Wikipedia's featured articles. A featured article is the best quality article on Wikipedia. The
Climate change article is a featured article (there is still room for improvement though!). See further examples here:
Wikipedia:Featured articles.
Steps: Try to correct the issues identified on the top page of the article. Once done, remove the flag and publish.
Tips:
|
Novice editor with English writing skills and a good understanding of Wikipedia’s style and rules |
3 | Create a new article | These are some articles you can create
|
experienced editor |
The full list of SDG-related Wikipedia articles that require improvement, updating or correction.
Any of the links below will take you to a page where Wikipedia articles lacking citations have complied. To edit, click on "I've got this" and you will be taken to the Wikipedia page. Or you can click "next", and you will get another article to work on.
These are a list of articles you can create although it is advisable to have some experience and understand Wikipedia's standards before attempting to create one. You can use an article similar to the topic as a guide when trying to make a new article.
The Outreach dashboard was used to track the contributions made by editors.
Kwasu
This is a link to the dashboard for the participants from Kwara State University, here
Contributions:
Lasu
This is a link to the dashboard for the participants from Lagos State University, here
Contributions:
Unilag
This is a link to the dashboard for the participants from the University of Lagos, here
Contributions:
With a turn-out of 80% new editors and 20% old editors, here are some articles they worked on. They either helped in improving either by fixing issues with a flagged article or finding references for content flagged with the [citation needed] tag.
"Wiki loves SDGs Campus Tour" - physical pieces of training and virtual follow-up on SDG topics
The Wiki Loves SDGs Campus Tour aims to spread awareness of the Sustainable development goals, prioritising training new editors and improving articles related to the global goals. The events will take place in three Nigerian academic institutions Lasu, Kwasu and Unilag.
The campaign is part of a larger initiative called "Nigerian Wikimedians for Sustainable Development " which is backed by Wikimedians for Sustainable Development. More details can be here at the meta page or reach out to the project lead, Prithee P ( talk)
This is a list of objectives we hope to achieve
Physical occasion
Virtual follow up
Check out the meta page here
The table below only shows a prioritised selection. This is just meant to make it easier to decide what to focus on. It does not mean that the other Wikipedia articles are "out of bounds".
# | Task (action) | Details, steps and tips | Suitable for which type of volunteer |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Adding reliable citations to articles | All Wikipedia articles need citations (references to published work) -- every fact and piece of information should have a
reliable source. This means that finding and adding citations is an important task. For climate change-related articles, you can start by reading WikiProject Climate Change’s
guide to reliable sources. You can find citations for assertions not referenced, or delete unsupported assertions.
Steps:
Tips:
|
Novice editor. If you don't know how to add a citation, check these out.
|
2 | Unflagging Wikipedia articles | "Flagged articles" are Wikipedia articles that are marked and need to be improved to meet Wikipedia's standards. You can learn when to remove a flag from an article
here. If you want to know what a "perfect" Wikipedia article should look like, take a look at Wikipedia's featured articles. A featured article is the best quality article on Wikipedia. The
Climate change article is a featured article (there is still room for improvement though!). See further examples here:
Wikipedia:Featured articles.
Steps: Try to correct the issues identified on the top page of the article. Once done, remove the flag and publish.
Tips:
|
Novice editor with English writing skills and a good understanding of Wikipedia’s style and rules |
3 | Create a new article | These are some articles you can create
|
experienced editor |
The full list of SDG-related Wikipedia articles that require improvement, updating or correction.
Any of the links below will take you to a page where Wikipedia articles lacking citations have complied. To edit, click on "I've got this" and you will be taken to the Wikipedia page. Or you can click "next", and you will get another article to work on.
These are a list of articles you can create although it is advisable to have some experience and understand Wikipedia's standards before attempting to create one. You can use an article similar to the topic as a guide when trying to make a new article.
The Outreach dashboard was used to track the contributions made by editors.
Kwasu
This is a link to the dashboard for the participants from Kwara State University, here
Contributions:
Lasu
This is a link to the dashboard for the participants from Lagos State University, here
Contributions:
Unilag
This is a link to the dashboard for the participants from the University of Lagos, here
Contributions:
With a turn-out of 80% new editors and 20% old editors, here are some articles they worked on. They either helped in improving either by fixing issues with a flagged article or finding references for content flagged with the [citation needed] tag.