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Hello and welcome!

The Kenyan Circle of Concerned African Women WikiProject is an initiative to create, update, and improve Wikimedia content pertaining to the lives of Kenyan and African cisgender and transgender women who are notable as scholars, activists and practitioners in the world's religious, spiritual and wisdom traditions, more specifically in Kenya and other African countries. We are an offshoot/daughter project of WikiProject Women in Religion and closely work with them to reach our goals.

All are invited to contribute and join in our activities; there are many ways to help and no specialized knowledge of content or editing is required. Trainings and edit-a-thons are held regularly for new editors interested in learning to edit Wikipedia or Wikidata.

The Kenyan Circle of Concerned African Women WikiProject organizing committee, in conjunction with Women in Religion, will post meetings and give contact information and links in this space.

Here's our project banner. Please place it on the talk page of any new article or bio you create.

Kenyan Circle of Concerned African Women
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Kenyan Circle of Concerned African Women, a collaborative effort to improve Wikipedia's coverage of women in religion in Kenya and other African countries. If you would like to participate, you can visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks.Kenyan Circle of Concerned African WomenWikipedia:WikiProject Kenyan Circle of Concerned African WomenTemplate:WikiProject Kenyan Circle of Concerned African WomenKenyan Circle of Concerned African Women

History

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This WikiProject was launched in January 2024 to further expand the work WikiProject Women in Religion is doing to increase the content both on Wikipedia and in the general scholarship about women in religion in Kenya and other African countries. The Kenyan Circle of Concerned African Women is a chapter of the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians is a pan-African ecumenical organization supporting scholarly research of African women theologians.

We are, as of February 2025, applying for a second rapid grant from the Wikimedia Foundation. See here for the google folder that contains more information about our project.

Upcoming events

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We have many editing sessions per month, both virtually and in-person, including an international virtual session that occurs weekly, every Wednesday at 6 pm EAT, which is open to all. Bring your own project to work on, or any questions you have about editing. All levels are welcome!

For Zoom meeting details and more information, contact RosPost.

Join Zoom Meeting here

Participants

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Please add your username below to demonstrate your willingness to participate in our project.

Rapid Grant 2: Expanding and Retaining Wikipedia Editors in Kenya

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The primary purpose of Rapid Grant Two is to expand, retain and strengthen the community of Wikipedia editors in Kenya, with a particular focus on increasing the representation of African women in the field of religion. The project targets a diverse group of participants, including the first cohort of Kenyan Wikipedia editors, students and faculty from the University of Nairobi, and members of the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians (Kenya chapter).

Upcoming Events

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We host numerous editing sessions each month, both virtually and in-person, including an international virtual session that takes place every Tuesday at 7 pm EAT, open to all. Bring any questions you have about editing. Everyone is welcome!

For Zoom meeting details and more information, contact RosPost.

Join Zoom Meeting https://tulane.zoom.us/j/97669272729

Continuing and new participants

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Working lists

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How you can help

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  • Add a name to this list.
  • Add a sentence to the opening paragraph in an article.
  • Add a sentence about the subject's religion or faith in the body of an article.
  • Add a link to other Wikipedia pages (a city where the subject lived, or worked, for example).
  • Add links from other pages to these women's articles. (Add their name to a list of famous people from a town, for example.)
  • Add a reference to an article.
  • Add an info box to an article.
  • Add categories to the bottom of an article.
  • Write a new stub article for a woman who does not have a page.
  • Create red links in other articles to new bios that need to be written.

Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians

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Circle members with Wikidata items

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Circle members with lacking or unclear Wikidata items or VIAF numbers as of August 2025

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Other working groups

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Guides for newcomers

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Wikimedia Projects

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  • Resource about our sister project, WikiProject Women in Religion: See video at Commons and YouTube.

Help

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Use these resources to find help anytime, anywhere.

Guides and check lists

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Sandbox help

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Everything you need to know

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Wikipedians are always available to help you!

  • Find your answer at Wikipedia:Help
  • Click Show on the templates at the bottom of the page for a number of helpful links.

Tutorial videos

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  • Account creation tutorial (2 min 35 sec)
  • Starting a sandbox article tutorial (2 min 11 sec)
  • Article creation tutorial (7 min 50 sec)
  • Copyright licenses involved in uploading files (3 min 28 sec)
  • HotCat and categories explanation (5 min 43 sec)

Images and photos

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  • Uploading images – tutorial, general overview
  • Image use policy – rights, licenses, is it okay to use the image
  • Picture Tutorial – technical details of getting image uploaded and displaying in a way that looks good
  • Free image resources – where to find free images for use in Wikipedia (in addition to holdings of the library that you could photograph and upload to Wikimedia Commons)

Editing tools and tips

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