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I’m in Johannesburg right now for Wikipedia Week<\/em>, which is aimed at developing Wikipedia Academies into a regular community-building activity in South Africa, and then further beyond into sub-Saharan Africa.<\/p>\n

It’s organised by iCommons<\/a>, the Wikimedia Foundation<\/a>, and Wikipedia Germany.<\/p>\n

I’ve kindly been invited to assist with the process. The first event, and the first actual Wikipedia Academy is tomorrow morning, at CIDA campus<\/a>. We’ll be showing students how to edit articles, and encouraging the development of local language communities.<\/p>\n

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There’s a certain symmetry to the fact that the 1st Wikipedia Academy, about the free encyclopedia, is being hosted at CIDA, the first free campus in the country.<\/p>\n

Other events planned are an Afrikaans Wikipedia<\/a> breakfast, as well as a presentation as past of the Innovation Series<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Jimmy Wales<\/a> will of course be generating the buzz with his 1001 media interviews, and Ndesanjo Macha<\/a>, of Swahili Wikipedia fame (he almost single-handedly got the Swahili Wikipedia going, and wrote most of the first 100 articles of what is now a thriving community), and Frank Schulenburg<\/a>, who has been actively involved in German Wikipedia Academies, have also been flown down, and a number of local Wikipedians will also be involved.<\/p>\n

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