Language: English
🎥 Session Recording: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wiki_Loves_Sport_in_Uganda_-Day_2-_Lightning_Talk.webm 🎥
This session explores the impact of "Wiki Loves Sport" in Uganda, a community driven initiative to document inclusivity and diversity in Ugandan sports on Wikipedia and other Wikimedia platforms. As part of the broader Wiki Loves campaigns, this project has engaged Ugandan volunteers to capture the diversity of sports from traditional games like wrestling in rural villages to modern athletics in urban centers while promoting inclusivity and preserving cultural heritage. With Wikimania 2025 hosted in Nairobi, this session offers a timely opportunity to showcase a regional success story, share lessons learned, and inspire sustainable growth in East African Wikimedia communities.
This session explores the impact of "Wiki Loves Sport" in Uganda, a community driven initiative to document inclusivity and diversity in Ugandan sports on Wikipedia and other Wikimedia platforms. With Wikimania 2025 hosted in Nairobi, this session offers a timely opportunity to showcase a regional success story, share lessons learned, and inspire sustainable growth in East African Wikimedia communities.
The session is a presentation showing the journey of Wiki Loves Sport in Uganda. The presentation will highlight how Wiki Loves Sport has bridged gaps between gender representation on Wikipedia, empowered underrepresented voices (e.g., women in sports), and fostered collaboration across linguistic and cultural divides. The demonstration will guide attendees both onsite and virtual through organizing similar initiatives, including photo walks, content uploads, and community outreach, with a focus on sustainability through partnerships and local resources.
Theme: Wikimania@20: Inclusivity, Impact, Sustainability
Inclusivity: The project amplifies diverse Ugandan voices by documenting sports across genders, ages, and regions, encouraging participation from non-traditional editors (e.g., youth and experienced sports journalists).
Impact: By adding hundreds of freely licensed images and articles to Wikimedia Commons and Wikipedia, Wiki Loves Sport has enriched global knowledge about Ugandan sports and inspired regional pride.
Sustainability: The session will address strategies for long-term engagement, such as training local leaders, leveraging East African networks (e.g., WikiClubs), and securing support from sports organizations.
Goals and Expected Outcomes
Share a replicable model for sports-themed Wiki projects in East Africa and beyond.
Train 15-20 participants (onsite and virtual) in organizing photo contests and contributing to Wikimedia projects.
Foster cross-border collaboration between Ugandan Kenyan, Tanzanian, Rwandese, etc Wikimedians, with plans for a joint "Wiki Loves Sport" event in 2026.
Increase visibility of underrepresented sports and athletes on Wikimedia platforms.
Target Audience
Wikimedia community members interested in community engagement and diversity.
East African volunteers seeking practical tools to grow local projects.
Global attendees curious about sports as a lens for cultural documentation.
- How does your session relate to the event theme: Wikimania@20: Inclusivity. Impact. Sustainability?
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Theme: Wikimania@20: Inclusivity, Impact, Sustainability
Inclusivity: The project amplifies diverse Ugandan voices by documenting sports across genders, ages, and regions, encouraging participation from non-traditional editors (e.g., youth and experienced sports journalists).Impact: By adding hundreds of freely licensed images and articles to Wikimedia Commons and Wikipedia, Wiki Loves Sport has enriched global knowledge about Ugandan sports and inspired regional pride.
Sustainability: The session will address strategies for long-term engagement, such as training local leaders, leveraging East African networks (e.g., WikiClubs), and securing support from sports organizations.
- Should your session be selected for the program, do you agree to release your session and supporting materials on-wiki and on the eventyay platform under CC BY-SA 4.0?
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I agree
- What other themes or topics does your session fit into? Please choose from the list of tags below.
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Campaigns, Grants, Capacity building, Collaboration, Edit-a-thons, Product development
- What is the experience level needed for the audience for your session?
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Everyone can participate in this session
- How do you plan to deliver this session? You will be asked to confirm this closer to the date in case of changes to the format.
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Onsite in Nairobi