Celtic Knot Conference 2018/Submissions/South Africa's Wikipedias

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Title of the submission/Teitl eich bapur
South Africa's Wikipedias
Type of submission/Math o bapur
Presentation
Author of the submission/Awdur y papur
Michael Graaf
Affiliation/cysylltiadau
University of Cape Town
Abstract/Crynodeb

The presentation diagnoses the situations of South(ern) African Wikipedias firstly by placing them in the context of socio-linguistic history, then by examining statistics concerning contribution & use. It ends by looking at ways forward.


Biography/Bywgraffiad

Michael Graaf has just completed his Masters in IT at the University of Cape Town. He is an active Wikimedian as well as long-time activist in various South African social justice organisations. He is an organiser of Wikimania 2018 in Cape Town in July and hopes to see faces from Celtic Knot there!