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FESPACO Edit-a-thon Registration

Please fill out the below registration form.

You will receive a confirmation email with links to the necessary resources.

Select which training session(s) you would like to join

Before the start of the campaign, participants are encouraged to join training sessions to learn how to contribute to Wikipedia and/or Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, or if already familiar with editing these Wikimedia projects, to refresh their skills. In addition to “global” online training sessions, participants can join one of twenty local sessions (online and in-person) held throughout the continent led by experienced local Wikimedia organizers.

Select which ‘global’ online training session(s)

you will join:

A Wikimedia username is necessary to participate in the 2024 Fespaco Edit-a-thon campaign and its associated training sessions. Creating a Wikimedia username is fast and easy. Click here to open a new tab to create an account before returning to this form to complete your registration. 

English Wikipedia sessions (select ONLY one)
English Wikidata & Wikimedia Commons session
French Wikipedia sessions (select ONLY one)
French Wikidata & Wikimedia Commons session

Are you associated with the African film and TV industry? (Film students, critics, and scholars/researchers included). If so, please select your primary occupation.

 
Arabic Wikipedia sessions (select ONLY one)
Arabic Wikidata & Wikimedia Commons session

Local in-country Sessions in Select Countries

Friday May 10th and Saturday May 11th. Times and locations to be confirmed prior to the event (Arusha, TZ scheduled for a guided edit-a-thon session May 18th 9am-3pm local time).

Thanks for joining!

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Photography curtesy of:

Ahmad Abdalla 

Nduduzo Makhathini 

@adedolapoboluwatife 

@matuszek_foto

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