Projects & activities

Community support

As a membership organisation for Wiki editors in South Africa we run activities and projects to keep our community of unpaid volunteer editors strong, both within South Africa and in the wider southern Africa region. The chapter also connects our community with the global open knowledge movement.

Training

Wikimedia South Africa supports the growth of the open knowledge movement by running workshops and running editathons that introduce new volunteer editors to contribute to the Wikis, such as Wikipedia. If you want to learn more about getting started on Wikipedia then please let us know; alternatively you can learn more by clicking on the button below.

Supporting the Open Movement

Another way Wikimedia South Africa supports the growth of the open knowledge movement is by supporting the work of mission aligned organisations. These range from open and free software that we encourage the use of to advocacy groups that support our free knowledge mission.

Advocacy

Learn more about Wikimedia South Africa’s efforts to support Wiki editors & contributors in our region through advocacy. Wikimedia South Africa has been working on getting Freedom of Panorama adopted into copyright law since 2012.

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