At first, it looked like just another presentation.

A screen at the front of the room.

Laptops open.

Curious faces staring forward.

Knowledge and philosophy, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Knowledge and philosophy, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

On the screen were two bold words: Capacity Exchange .

We did not know it yet, but that moment would change how many of us at the Tamale Wiki Hub see the Wikimedia movement.

It Started With a Simple Question

What if Wikimedia were not only about editing articles?

For many of us, that was all we knew. We created pages. We improved the content. We uploaded images. That was our contribution.

More Than Editing

For a long time, many of us saw Wikimedia as editing articles, uploading photos, and improving content. That was our comfort zone.

Knowledge and philosophy, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Maryam Suglo Adam (Suglo20) shared it simply:

“Before learning about CapX, I saw Wikimedia mainly as editing articles and uploading media.…