CC by SA 3.0, Jens Mohr

Language Preservation in South Africa

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Herschal Jackson / Herschal Jackson (WMZA)

Executive Director / Wikimedia South Africa

Ingrid Thomson/ IngridThomson

Jeremiah Pietersen/ JorgeWilliamsJr

Lebogang Boemo

Nomsa Skosana

Total impact of SWiP Phase 1

In the second phase which is currently running, 586 new articles have been created with over 1063 edits completed on one of the 12 languages and 276 editors with 400 commons uploads

These results are from completing workshops at 7 of the remaining 13 universities.

In the first phase of the SWiP Project almost 900 new articles were created and over 1400 edits were completed in one of the 11 official South African languages with over 200 commons uploads and a new editor count of 318. In total 10 Universities visited around South Africa

893 New Articles

1400 Edits

318 Editors

200 Commons uploads

Impact

Total Impact in SWiP Phase 2

586 New Articles

1063 Edits

276 Editors

400 Commons Uploads

Adhoc Workshops

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An unexpected result of the SWiP Project was requests from a number of universities for out of Project or Ad Hoc workshops.

One such workshop was conducted in 2024. The impact was staggering. Over 345 new articles and 411 edits to existing articles by 165 new editors. This is roughly about half of the impact seen in the entirety of the 1st phase.

347 New Articles

411 Edits

165

As a direct result of the SWiP Workshops new partnerships and opportunities have been realised with the possibility of further reach. One such example is expanding the reach to the a neighbouring country and providing the same workshop in Eswatini. Another such is the Community of Practice with LIASA

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Unexpected Results

New Engagements

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Whats Next?

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