Conclusion of the digital content training project "Wiki Palestine"

Gaza - Press House

The Palestinian Ministry of culture, in cooperation with the Arab Center for media freedoms and in partnership with the National School of Administration and Press House – Palestine, under the auspices of the Prime Ministry, concluded a training course on the topic of "Wiki Palestine", which was implemented in Gaza Strip, the West Bank and the occupied territories in ' 48.

The digital content training project "Wiki Palestine" was held over 3 days from July 15 to 17, 2022, targeting 30 journalists (10 from the Gaza Strip, 10 from the West Bank and 10 from the occupied territories in 1948), to produce Palestinian digital knowledge. The training was conducted with the trainees from the Gaza Strip via Zoom application.

The training was delivered by the media trainer Maqbola Nassar, the trainer Alaa al-Najjar and the trainer Bilal al-Khatib from the West Bank, during which they reviewed the concept of the "wiki Palestine" Project.

The training addressed important data about Wikipedia, the guides of encyclopedic writing style, how to make an editor in Wikipedia, as well as Wikipedia policies and standards of articles that are accepted in the Encyclopedia, including personalities and places.

Also, the methods of selecting images, deletion policies and preventing vandalism in the Wikipedia encyclopedia were reviewed, through electronic practical training conducted by trainees and trainees, through the creation of accounts on Wikipedia.