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Wikivoyage

Practical Workshop to Enhance Entries

2024-10-25

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MACHOLI CHRIS BENARD

Macholi is a passionate Wikimedian volunteer based in Uganda. Been contributing to Wikimedia in different capacities for the last 3 years as a volunteer, project lead, trainer and coach on various Wikimedia projects

Currently serving as Project Lead for Wiki For Refugees in Uganda and Project Co-lead for Wiki For Human Rights, Wiki Gap, and WPWP

Find me on Twitter at @mchrisbenard or at LinkedIn/Macholi Chris Benard

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Contents

First

  • Introduction to Wikivoyage

Second

  • How to create articles on Wikivoyage

Third

  • Demo on how to create an article

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Learning Objectives

At the end of this session, participants will be able to;

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  1. Enhance their understanding about Wikivoyage.
  2. Recognise the benefits of contributing to Wikivoyage.
  3. Create and edit entries on Wikivoyage.

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Wikivoyage

Introduction

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Wikivoyage

  • Wikivoyage is a multilingual free web-based travel guide for travel destinations and travel topics written by volunteer across the Global.
  • It’s among the 14 Wikimedia Foundation projects.
  • The English Wiki Voyage was 15th Jan 2013. However it was launched on 10th Dec 2006 in the German and Italian language

Wikivoyage

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Why Contribute to Wikivoyage

  • Increase free access to travel information
  • Support sustainable tourism
  • Improve geographical knowledge about the geographical destination.
  • Enhance editing and writing skills

Wikivoyage

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Important Things to Know Before Creating a Wikivoyage

  • Neutral Point of View
  • Tone
  • Word Order
  • Be clear, concise and informative
  • Use the active voice

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Wikivoyage

How to Navigate Wikivoyage Website

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Wikivoyage

How to create a Wikivoyage Article

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How to create a Wikivoyage Article

There are different types of Wikivoyage articles;

  1. Destination
  2. Itinerary
  3. Travel topic
  4. Phrase book

Southlondoneye (talk) 20:30, 29 March 2015 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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How to create a Wikivoyage Article

  • Types of Destinations
  • Continent
  • Sections of Continent
  • Countries
  • Regions within country
  • Cities/Towns
  • District
  • Tourism Sites

Alexmbogo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Info. Sources for a Wikivoyage Article

  • Tourism Ministry website
  • Official Tourism Websites
  • Government publications
  • Safari Companies
  • Newspapers
  • Travel blogs etc

DEMOSH from Nairobi, Kenya, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Using Templates

  • For uniformity, Wikivoyage follows writing manual depending on the article which your writing about to ensure that articles contain at least basic information on the topic.
  • Each category of Wikivoyage article has a template which is followed when writing the article.

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Understanding the Templates

  • Using a destination article, it includes the following as seen in the image

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Wikivoyage Banner

Each Wikivoyage article starts with a banner. A high quality panoramic photo.

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Wikivoyage

Demo on how to create an article

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Demo

Demonstration on how to create an article

https://w.wiki/42s7

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Questions?

Fire away!�5 minutes ⏰

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Ice Breaker session

Fire away!�5 minutes ⏰

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Connect:

African Wikipedian Alliance (AWA)

African Wikipedian Alliance (AWA) Membership form

X @Code4Africa

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Connect:

This presentation: [https://bit.ly/48jF3HW ]

Trainer: Macholi Chris Benard

Email Address: mchrisbenard@gmail.com

AWA Community Coordinator: bukola.james@codeforafrica.org

CfA: @Code4Africa

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