Open AccessDagbani Wikipedia Bachinima
Author(s) -
Sadik Shahadu,
Mohammed Sadat Abdulai
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
septentrio conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2387-3086
DOI - 10.7557/5.5938
Subject(s) - computer science , world wide web , session (web analytics) , focus (optics) , reuse , metadata , indigenous , multimedia , ecology , physics , optics , biology
First, Sadik and Sadat will take participants through their experiences in supporting the Dagbani Wikipedia community and the challenges they face. The focus of this session will provide general information on how tools like the Spell4Wiki app can help:Provide support for indigenous language WiktionariesAdd audio recordings of words to Wikipedia articlesDescribe items on Wikidata; e.g. Q98185154#P443 or Q105#P443provide support for Wikidata:Lexicographical dataHelp application developers to reuse the content in building their tools, etcWe will introduce participants to the Spell4wiki app, and how they can create audio recordings of words in their native languages on Wikimedia Commons.