How do I Participate ?
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Create a User Account on Wikipedia
Create a User Account on Wikipedia (if you do not have one already).
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Log in to Campaign Dashboard
Use your Wikipedia user account details to log in to our #Arican Library Activism Month Dashboard. This action will enable us to track participation and contributions during the period (1-31 May 20243) so that contributors are appropriately awarded by merit.
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Find an article of interest
Find an article of interest that needs a citation. Here is a link to compiled list of articles you can start with. Alternatively, here are some other strategies.
- --- Filling a "Citation Needed" using Citation Hunt
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- Finding an article with sourcing problems
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- Select an article while browsing
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- Find articles that need improvement using the Article Finder on the African Library Activism Month Dashboard
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Add a citation
Add a citation using Wikipedia Style. Click here to learn about adding citations and editing Wikipedia.
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Add the campaign hashtags
Add the official campaign hashtags #1Lib1Ref and #AfLibWk or #LibraryActivism in the Wikipedia Edit Summary
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Share your edits
Remember to share your edits on social media and invite colleagues to get involved.