Wikipedia Challenge

This page describes a program type called The [language] Wikipedia Challenge (e.g. The Kiswahili Wikipedia Challenge). It was created by Google.

Program Description

(TBD)

Resources

(TBD)

Training materials

Welcome_to_Wikipedia_(Bookshelf) -- booklet. And Printable PDF
Wikipedia Cheat Sheet
How to Edit Wikipedia
Starting an Article
Wikipedia Tutorial
Wikipedia Principles
Verifiability_and_Neutral_point_of_view_(Bookshelf) -- video
Transcript, if video equipment unavailable -- Verifiability_and_Neutral_point_of_view_(Transcript,_en)

Detailed policy page on NPOV w:Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view (optional link, for those curious)
Possibly useful URL handout to print (PDF)
Anatomy of an Article -- a work in progress, but particularly useful for the judges, to appreciate the different parts of a "proper", i.e. mature and well-organized, Wikipedia article
Ten_reasons_to_contribute_to_Wikipedia_(Bookshelf) -- motivational
More tutorials and videos, in the India Education program page
Ready-made slides for much of the above! from the Online Ambassadors training materials

To-do: organize actual curriculum -- order of presentation, what should be printed out, who teaches what (assuming more than one trainer is available)

Presentation/Training

Topics	Presenter	Remarks
Basic Introduction of Wikipedia What is Wikipedia Wikipedia Pillars,Culture,Communities... Wikipedia statistics About The Challenge :Aims, Objectives and Importance	South African/Botswana Volunteer	Short Video clips about Wikipedia and Wikipedians
Editing Wikipedia Interface: Account, Settings, Watchlist, talk/discussion pages, etc Wiki Mark_Up: Tables and Templates Files and images Beyond editing	Limoke Oscar	Live demonstrations print Wiki Cheat_sheet to every participant Descent Internet connection for hands on demos

Current Deployments

Setswana Wikipedia Challenge, 2011

Past deployments

Kiswahili Wikipedia Challenge, 2009

Contacts

Asaf Bartov (Wikimedia Foundation)
Alex Wafula,Abbas Mahmood, Oscar Limoke,Stephen W. Wanjau(Wikimedia Kenya)
Angela Muigai (Google Nairobi)