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What is a Wikithon?

“Wikithon” (based on Hackathon, an event in which computer programmers and others collaborate intensively on software projects) is an event in which content owners, community of practice members and others collaborate intensively on creating wiki content. Wikipedia usually calls this an “editathon”.

Edit-a-thons improve the encyclopedia and can be a great way to help new Wikipedians learn to edit.

On the occasion of the first edition of Wikithon Cameroon, which is scheduled to take place on the 25 July, in partnership with the Goethe-Institut Kamerun, interested participants (techies, bloggers, geeks, journalists, sympathizers, new & experienced wiki editors, coders, writers etc) are called upon to indicate their willingness to participate by sending an email to macvibancn@yahoo.com (cc jung@goethe.de) this applies only to those interested in being mentors and those who have presentations. Every other person wishing to participate should register on the event’s Eventbrite page or the event's Wikipedia page

Theme: Space and Place in Cameroon

Cameroon is made up of space and place. This space is full of unique places which each have a particular history. Filled with forests, mountains, rivers, villages, town, savannahs, lakes, monuments and shores, this mixture calls for a better description.

GeoNames.org consist of more than 22.000 named locations in Cameroon. Only few of them have a Wikipedia entry, and these aren’t perfect. The challenge is to create as well as edit content related to place and space in Cameroon, and the most outstanding content-creator will receive a prize.

Please bring
A laptop or any other similar device
Any reference book you may have related to the theme
Create your Wikipedia account before the event:
EN: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Main+Page&type=signup
FR: https://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sp%C3%A9cial:Connexion&type=signup

Attendees
Please add your Wikipedia username to the appropriate section on the event’s page on Wikipedia here.
Possible articles to edit

en
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douala_Stock_Exchange
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_municipalities_of_Cameroon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subdivisions_of_Cameroon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaound%C3%A9

fr
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villes_du_Cameroun
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subdivisions_du_Cameroun
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaound%C3%A9

Possible articles to be created
en
List of rivers in Camerooon
List of mountains in Cameroon
List of Historic landmarks in Cameroon
List of historic sites in Cameroun
List of natural landmarks in Cameroon

fr
Musée des Civilisations du Cameroun à Dschang
Liste des fleuves du Cameorun
Liste des montagnes du Cameroun
Liste des monuments historiques au Cameroun
Liste des sites historiques au Cameroun
Liste des Points de repère naturels au Cameroun

Resources
Web access
Wifi access will be provided to participants who bring their own laptops to the event (recommended).

Those who are not present will be able to follow the evolution of the event online via the hashtag: #WikithonCameroon

Wikithon Cameroon

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