Wikipedia:Meetup/WikiForHumanRights 2022 in Nigeria

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WikiForHumanRights 2022 in Nigeria supports the Global Campaign with a similar national campaign in Nigeria to improve and contribute to Wikipedia, stories of rights which enable safe and stable climate, healthy ecosystems and a non-toxic Environment in Nigeria.

Hence, stories of Nigerian environmental defenders, Nigerian legal systems/treaties about human rights and environmental rights, and Nigerian organizations championing environmental protection among others will be improved by participants.

Event details[edit]

Location of offline events[edit]

  • Ilorin: 26th, 28th February & 1st March, 2022.
  • Owerri: 10 - 12th March, 2022.

Physical event [edit]

  • Previous Participants in Lagos
  • Date:24th & 25th March 2022
  • Time:9am - 4pm
  • Venue: American Corner, Ikeja, Lagos

Campaign Timeline[edit]

  • Start Date: 26th February, 2022
  • End Date: 24th April, 2022
  • Results announcement:

Campaign Rules[edit]


Edits must be made between February 26th to April 24th 2022.
Articles improved or created must be related to the theme Right to a Healthy Environment.
Participants must be a registered user on any Wikimedia project. Sign in or Create a new account on Wikipedia (You can create an account on any language Wikipedia, for use in your own WP and on all Wikimedia projects).
Edits must be quality edits that is not contrary to Wikipedia's norms and policies such as poor sourcing, copyright violations, overlooking or plainlinks.
Participants must include the hashtag #W4HRNG for Ilorin, W4HROWR for Owerri, and #W4HRLAG for Lagos alongside a one sentence explanation of edit made in the Edit summary of all articles improved or created. For example: "Added Citation #W4HROWR

What to bring[edit]

Kindly bring your internet enabled phones and laptops. If you do not already have a Wikipedia user account, you may want to create one before you arrive (you can do so here).

Coordinators[edit]

Organizing team[edit]

Ilorin[edit]

  1. James Moore200
  2. Major Lyte

Owerri[edit]

  1. Ptinphusmia
  2. Dolphyb
  3. Emmanuel Obiajulu

Lagos[edit]

  1. James Moore200
  2. Ptinphusmia
  3. NUEL WILS
  4. Major Lyte

Prizes[edit]

Winning Prizes for user(s) with the most quality and quantity edits on target language Wikipedia.

  • Smartphone
  • Power Banks,
  • MTN 4G LTE Mifis
  • Earpods

Winners[edit]

ILORIN[edit]

  1. First position: Favourdare123
  2. Second Position: Marviie
  3. Third position: Akintundedaniel

Owerri[edit]

  1. First Position: Judethedeus
  2. Second Position: Chiziqa
  3. Third Position: King ChristLike

Lagos[edit]

  1. First position:Manbukky2021
  2. Second position: Nimi pearl
  3. Third position: Modunbi

Registration[edit]

How to participate[edit]

1 Sign in or Create a New Account on Wikipedia.

2 Enroll on the WikiForHumanRights 2022 in Nigeria for the ilorin participants here, Owerri participants here and Lagos participants here to track your contributions.

4 Sign up in the participants section on this page.

5 For Ilorin Participants, use hashtag #W4HRNG alongside a one sentence explanation of what you did (e.g. #W4HRNG Added citation) in the edit summary of every article you edit.

For Owerri Participants, use hashtag #W4HROWR alongside a one sentence explanation of what you did (e.g. #W4HROWR Added citation) in the edit summary of every article you edit.

For Lagos Participants, use hashtag #W4HRLAG alongside a one sentence explanation of what you did (e.g. #W4HRLAG Added citation) in the edit summary of every article you edit.

Participants[edit]

ILORIN[edit]

  1. Ptinphusmia (talk) 12:45, 24 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  2. James Moore200 (talk) 20:37, 24 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Kojodavid (talk) 21:18, 24 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  4. James Rhoda (talk) 04:38, 25 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  5. King Ikeoluwa13 (talk) 22:00, 24 February 2022 (UTC))[reply]
  6. Favourdare123 (talk) 22:08, 24 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  7. Ibrawealths0909 (talk) 22:11, 24 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  8. BJ 77 (talk) 11:26, 25 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  9. Ee nn yy (talk) 11:31, 25 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  10. Oyedepo Joshua (talk) 09:41, 26 February 2022 (UTC) Oyedepo Joshua[reply]
  11. Aderiqueza (talk) 09:41, 26 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  12. akintundedaniel (talk) 10:48, 26 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  13. Ares968 (talk) 09:54, 26 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  14. Emharx (talk) 09:55, 26 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  15. Marviie (talk) 09:56, 26 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  16. Profayobami (talk) 09:59, 26 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  17. Ridzaina (talk) 10:02, 26 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  18. ABAYOMI CLEMENT (talk) 10:21, 26 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  19. Hopilo12 (talk) 10:23, 26 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  20. Major Lyte (talk) 10:27, 26 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  21. RukayatAjeigbe (talk) 10:29, 26 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  22. Kaisha33 (talk) 11:00, 26 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  23. Emmy Gloria (talk) 12:45, 26 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  24. Kojoclicks (talk) 12:48, 26 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  25. Promicis (talk) 12:57, 26 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  26. Atinuke04 (talk) 13:25, 26 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  27. Dammy Kaka (talk) 17:15, 26 February f2022 (UTC)
  28. Kingaustin07 (talk) 13:45, 27 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  29. Grace789 (talk) 20:45, 27 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  30. Ola2ng (talk) 10:42, 28 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  31. Taofeeq Abdulkareem (talk) 20:00, 01 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  32. OYENATION (talk) 12:45, 24 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  33. Taoheedah (talk) 22:36, 12 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  34. Abdullahalaba (talk) 22:36, 12 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  35. Tesleemah (talk) 11:42, 14 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Owerri[edit]

  1. JadePhenom (talk) 20:39, 3 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Aminwa 21 (talk) 22:38, 3 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Onwuka Glory (talk) 24:11, 4 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Ptinphusmia (talk) 16:27, 5 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Emmanuel Obiajulu (talk) 21:01, 5 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  6. Best Confidence (talk) 07:22, 6 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  7. King ChristLike (talk) 14:10, 6 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  8. Sommy kemdi (talk) 20:29, 6 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  9. Lilianfeliz (talk) 12:07, 14 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  10. Stanley Luthor (talk) 10:32, 7 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  11. Chiziqa (talk) 10:12, 7 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  12. Dolphyb (talk) 17:35, 7 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  13. Padomin (talk) 08:51, 9 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  14. NiferC (talk) 06:21, 10 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  15. Rochinnie (talk) 09:48, 10 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  16. Judethedeus (talk) 10:05, 10 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  17. Favourite King (talk) 11:08, 10 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Lagos[edit]

  1. Otority (talk) 13:35, 18 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Ebubechukwu1 (talk) 14:00, 18 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Favourdare123 (talk) 14:35, 18 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Usmansalehmuhammaddiri (talk) 22:10, 18 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Mosope Coker (talk) 22:19, 18 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  6. Manbukky2021 (talk) 22:20, 18 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  7. Kingaustin07 (talk) 07:51, 19 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  8. Oloye0 (talk) 13:40, 19 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  9. AyodeleAfolabi (talk) 14:00, 19 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  10. Starbossng (talk) 18:38, 20 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  11. Modunbi (talk) 18:40, 20 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  12. TheAbuTariq (talk) 18:44, 20 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  13. Akintundedaniel (talk) 19:38, 20 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  14. Bukkydammy
  15. Buildanark
  16. Esukuman
  17. Israellybaba (talk) 10:09, 24 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  18. Nimi pearl (talk) 10:12, 24 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  19. Zaphnathpaaneah2020 (talk) 10:17, 24 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  20. Sammyllionaire (talk) 10:19, 24 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  21. Akinuli victor (talk) 10:21, 24 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  22. Lucyrichy (talk) 10:22, 24 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  23. Ifosuccess (talk) 10:24, 24 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  24. Paul adeyinka (talk) 10:26, 24 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  25. Profayobami (talk) 10:33, 24 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  26. Joshwick001 (talk) 10:50, 24 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  27. Olubusolami (talk) 11:49, 24 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  28. Sambayo15 (talk) 11:55, 24 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  29. Ispeakclimate001 (talk) 12:00, 24 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  30. OLUBUSOLA

Suggested Articles to improve/create[edit]

If you are adding Wikilinks to articles, please read through WP:OVERLINK, which contains important information about what should and should not be linked in a Wikipedia article.

Table 1: Proposed articles to work on
# Article Task(action) 1 - Add images and wikilinks Task(action) 2 - Add/improve lead section, citations and infobox Task(action) 3 - Add and improve subsections People who want to work on this article (there is no limit here)
1 National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency No image(s) related to subject on commons Lead section should comprise 4 paragraphs of 4-6 sentences each capturing summary of the article. Greta Thunberg is an example of an article with a good infobox and lead section. Add information about challenges and/or success in each of the highlighted activities such as environmental impact assessment. Create a subsection "review/amendment of the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (Establishment) Act, 2007" in 2018
2 Deforestation in Nigeria Yes Yes- (include additional citation in the history subsection) Yes
3 Agricultural sustainability in northern Nigeria Yes Yes Yes
4 Energy in Nigeria Yes Yes Yes
5 Environmental issues in the Niger Delta Yes (images to include - ) Yes Yes
6 Ken Saro Wiwa Yes Yes Yes
7 Esther Agbarakwe Yes Yes Yes
8 Nnimmo Bassey Yes Yes Yes
9 Femi D Amele Yes Yes Yes
10 Hamzat Lawal Yes Yes Yes
11 Fred Martins Yes Yes Yes
12 Adenike Oladosu Yes Yes Yes
13 Muiz Banire Yes Yes Yes
14 Water supply and sanitation in Nigeria Yes - Add wikilinks to the sub-section Water supply by cities under Lagos Yes - Add additional citation to the sub-section Water supply by cities under Lagos Yes
15 Ifesinachi Comedy Nwanyanwu Yes Yes Yes
16 Kingsley Kuku Yes Yes Yes
17 Odigha Odigha Yes Yes Yes
18 Adenike Akinsemolu Yes Yes Yes
19 Mofia Tonjo Akobo Yes Yes Yes
20 Ann-Kio Briggs Yes Yes Yes
21 Shafi Edu Yes Yes Yes
22 Roseline Konya Yes Yes Yes
23 Adesuwa Obasuyi Yes Yes Yes
24 Akinbode Oluwafemi Yes Yes Yes
25 Bashiru Ademola Raji Yes Yes Yes
26 Priscilla Achapka Yes Yes Yes
27 Titilope Gbemisola Akosa Yes Yes Yes
28 Jennifer Uchendu
29 University of Lagos Yes Yes Add and write on a subsection "Centre for Biodiversity Conservation and Ecosystem Management" and also add it under the "Affiliate institutes and colleges" section
30 Nigerian Conservation Foundation (a parent article to the Lekki Conservation Centre article)
31 Desmond Majekodumni
32 Iroro Tanshi
33 Rachel Ikemeh
34 Doyin Ogunye
35 Right to housing Yes - add wikilinks to the content on "Nigeria" under the "implementation" section Yes
36 Port Harcourt Yes - add wikilinks to the content on "Air Pollution" under the "Environmental Issues" section Yes
37 Onitsha Yes - add wikilinks to the content on "Waste Management", "Air Pollution", "Noise Pollution", and "Water Pollution" under the "Environmental issues" section Yes
38 Imo State Yes - add wikilinks to the content on "Soil Erosion", and "Flooding", under the "Environmental issues" section Yes
39 Plastic pollution Yes - add wikilinks to the content on "marine plastic pollution", and "effects on humans" under the "Effects of plastic on oceans and seabirds" section " Yes....add citations to "Circular economy policies", "Collection, recycling and reduction" and "Commercial pollutants"
40 Deforestation in Nigeria Yes Yes - improve the lead section to include summary of the content from sub-sections, current situation and statistics etc Add sub-section on root causes in Nigeria and parts of Nigeria affected most.
41 Marvin Dekil Yes - improve lead section and add citation to Awards section. Yes - Change Background section to early life and education and add more information if available
42 Lagos State Add additional citation to the section "People" Add sub-sections on "Water pollution, Air Pollution and Noise Pollution" under "Environmental Issues"
43 Abia State Add sub-sections on "Solid Waste" under "Environmental Issues"
44 Lagos state environmental sanitation corps Restructure, fix grammatical errors and add additional information
45 Bisola Biya Improve Lead Section Fix grammatical errors and add additional information to sub-sections if any. Also include the name of the university attended in the Education Section, wikilink, and add her name to Alumni on University page.
46 Water sachet Add Wikilinks Add additional information to the section By Country under Nigeria. Also write on other countries where it exists
47 Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee Add wikilinks to the new sections created. Add additional information under the section "Status and Conservation" on conservation efforts, human activities that affects the specie and how it affects it. Add additional sections taking a clue from Chimpanzee
48 Lagos Lagoon Add wikilinks to the new sections created. Create the section "Environmental impacts and add content related to Pollution and Degradation due to human activities." Also create the section "History" and add content to it.
49 Otamiri River Add wikilinks to the new section created. Create the section "Environmental impacts and add content related to Pollution and Degradation due to human activities."
50 Nworie River Add wikilinks to the new section created. Create the section "Environmental impacts and add content related to Pollution and Degradation due to human activities." Add additional sections taking a clue from Colorado River
51 Bayelsa State Add wikilinks to the new section created. Create the section "Environmental issues and add content about the main environmental problems in the state." Take a clue from Imo State
52 Kaduna State Add wikilinks to the new section created Create the section "Environmental issues and add content about the main environmental problems in the state." Take a clue from Imo State
53 Kaduna State Environmental Protection Authority Add wikilinks to the new section created. Create section "additional sections." Take a clue from United States Environmental Protection Agency
54 Electricity sector in Nigeria Yes Yes Yes
55 Betty Abah Yes Yes Yes
56 Hafsat Abiola Yes Yes Yes
57 Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi Yes Yes Yes
58 Bamidele Aturu Yes Yes Yes
59 Osai Ojigho Yes Yes Yes
60 Herzekiah Andrew Shanu Yes Yes Yes
61 Omoyele Sowore Yes Yes Yes

Suggested Articles for translation[edit]

Below is a list of articles in English that are 'ready' to be translated into your language.

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