Successes and Challenges of Wikipedia in Nigeria at Wiki Indaba 2014
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Wiki-Indaba 2014, Johannesburg, June 2014
Challenges, Successes and Future Opportunities of Wikipedia in Nigeria
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Nigeria?
Courtesy: AFP
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Successes of Wikipedia in Nigeria?
• Its easy to use;
• The phrase ‘According to Wikipedia’;
• Nigerian mobile networks and Wikipedia;
• Constant updating of Wikipedia pages.
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One of the successes of Wikipedia in Nigeria
An Etisalat Nigeria advert indicating that Wikipedia will be offered to students for free
Courtesy: Punch Newspapers
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Challenges?
• The word spreading about ‘Wikipedia' being unreliable;
• Localization of articles;
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Challenges? • No viable local community
Courtesy: www.wikipedia.com
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Challenges?
• Collaboration with corporate organizations who can sponsor the community’s activities.
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Future Opportunities
• Nigeria is becoming a beehive of news;
• More people are getting online;
• More people are willing to create articles;
• There is a young team of volunteers who are ready to work on this.
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• Distribution of offline version of Wikipedia to schools;
• Activation of GLAM;
• Collaborations with other communities in West Africa and Africa.
Future Opportunities
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Thank you for listening
Kayode Yussuf Tech Lead, Creative Commons Nigeria