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Today's Topics:

  1. Re: Strathmore ICT Conference (Alex Wafula)
  2. Re: Strathmore ICT Conference (Jessie Wild)


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Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2011 09:33:42 -0700 (PDT)
From: Alex Wafula <xelawafs@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Strathmore ICT Conference
To: Jessie Wild <jwild@wikimedia.org>,    "The discussion list for the
    upcoming Wikimedia Kenya chapter."    <wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org>
Cc: christian KAKOBA <kryskaka@gmail.com>
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Steve, the first slide of the presentation has the pic of the XO laptops I was talking about. It's a great visual presentation of what offline? Wikipedia aims to achieve so it should come in handy. Looking forward to see the final presentation you come up with, with Oscar.


Thanks for the slides Jessie.

//alex


________________________________


Hey all -

Also, here is a deck we talked through at WIkimania regarding offline. Hopefully there will be some slides that help! Ping me (or Emmanuel or Manuel) with questions :)

Jessie


On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 3:18 AM, Alex Wafula <xelawafs@yahoo.com> wrote:

Hey Steve, forgot to mention this to you yesterday, we managed to have the talk set for Saturday instead of tomorrw as you guys had suggested.
>
>
>Emmanuel, thanks for the slides!
>
>
>//alex
>
>
>________________________________
>
>
>Emanuel,
>
>Thank you for the info. we will be presenting this tomorrow.
>
>once again, thank you.
>
>cheers,
>Steve
>
>On 9/1/11, emmanuel@engelhart.org <emmanuel@engelhart.org> wrote:
>>? Here my slides:
>>
>>? Slide1: Steps to go offline
>>? * Select articles
>>? " Select for each article a revision (optional)
>>? * Prepare welcome pages with explanation, indexes, ?. (optional)
>>? * Build a ZIM file
>>? * Get the ZIM file and a ZIM reader
>>
>>? Slide2: Select articles and revision
>>? * Trivial solution: list articles in a category, a project, ...
>>? * Sophisticated solution: WP1.0
>>? * Wikitrust may help to get the right revision
>>
>>? Slide3: Build a ZIM file
>>? * Two solutions currently
>>? * Hacked Mediawiki DumpHTML extension + additional scripts
>>? ** Complicated, only people at Kiwix use it
>>? ** Big ZIM files (http://download.kiwix.org/zim/0.9/)
>>? ** Higher quality
>>? * Mediawiki Collection extension
>>? ** Easy for everyone, available online on WMF Web sites
>>? ** Only small ZIM
>>? ** Lower quality
>>
>>? Slide4: What is openZIM?
>>? * Define a free format (ZIM)
>>? * Reference Implementation (zimlib & zim tools)
>>? * Highly compressed and really fast access time
>>? * Community project created 3 years ago
>>? * Independent of any readers (Kiwix, wikionboard)
>>? * http://www.openzim.org
>>
>>? Slide5: Next?
>>? * Improvement of readers
>>? * More readers for smartphones/tablets
>>? * Simplification/Improvement of the ZIM creation process
>>? * Deployment of
big ZIM creation tools at the WMF
>>? * More ZIM files, also for non-WMF wikis
>>
>>? Emmanuel
>>
>>? On Fri, 26 Aug 2011 11:53:03 +0300, stephen wanjau wrote:
>>> Emmanuel,
>>>
>>> Thank you for coming in.
>>>
>>> *I would suggest that you highlight on the general steps/process
>>> involved in creation of a ZIM file. (For very detailed topics I
>>> propose we give links on the slides for those who would like to know
>>> more)
>>>? e.g. For the one we are about to compile for the Kenyan curricula,we
>>> were requested to create a list on a meta page of the missing topics
>>> with the corresponding link to an existing article on Wikipedia,then
>>> from there I think you guys at the openzim project shall compile that
>>> then have the downloadable copy availed.
>>>
>>> * Could you shade more
light on what goes on in between having the
>>> topics from us and having the downloadable version online?
>>>
>>> *Also,Kindly avail some information regarding the origin of the
>>> openzim project,objectives,some merits and future prospects.
>>>
>>> *I think six slides for the openZim project shall do us good.(any
>>> other suggestions are also welcome)
>>>
>>> And keep up the good work.
>>>
>>> Truly,
>>>? Steve
>>>
>>> On Aug 26, 2011 11:06 AM,? wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 26 Aug 2011 09:21:47 +0200, Manuel Schneider wrote:
>>>>> On 26.08.2011 09:18, Alex Wafula wrote:
>>>? >>> I'll loop in Manuel in a new thread regarding the best info to
>>>>>> present on Openzim and an overview of creating ZIM files.
>>>>>
>>>>> what you need to
know?
>>>>
>>>> Yes, this is the point: especially how many slides? how detailed ?
>>>? > Topics?
>>>>
>>>> ZIM file generation is a wide topic.
>>>>
>>>> I made the ZIM files (available here
>>> http://download.kiwix.org/zim/0.9 [2])
>>>> with scripts developed on my own (using as core tool, openZIM
>>>? > zimdbwriter binary).
>>>> So I may also help if details are needed or if you want more
>>>> informations about the next developments I plan for 2012 in this
>>> area.
>>>>
>>>> Emmanuel
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>? > WikimediaKE mailing list
>>>> WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org [3]
>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake [4]
>>>
>>>
>>> Links:
>>> ------
>>> [1] mailto:emmanuel@engelhart.org
>>> [2] http://download.kiwix.org/zim/0.9
>>> [3] mailto:WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org
>>> [4] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake
>>
>>
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Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2011 09:12:01 -0700
From: Jessie Wild <jwild@wikimedia.org>
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Strathmore ICT Conference
To: Alex Wafula <xelawafs@yahoo.com>,     "The discussion list for the
    upcoming Wikimedia Kenya chapter."    <wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org>
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Hey all -

Also, here is a deck we talked through at WIkimania regarding offline.
Hopefully there will be some slides that help! Ping me (or Emmanuel or
Manuel) with questions :)

Jessie

On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 3:18 AM, Alex Wafula <xelawafs@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hey Steve, forgot to mention this to you yesterday, we managed to have the
> talk set for Saturday instead of tomorrw as you guys had suggested.
>
> Emmanuel, thanks for the slides!
>
> //alex
>
> ------------------------------
> **
>
> Emanuel,
>
> Thank you for the info. we will be presenting this tomorrow.
>
> once again, thank you.
>
> cheers,
> Steve
>
> On 9/1/11, emmanuel@engelhart.org <emmanuel@engelhart.org> wrote:
> >  Here my slides:
> >
> >  Slide1: Steps to go offline
> >  * Select articles
> >  " Select for each article a revision (optional)
> >  * Prepare welcome pages with explanation, indexes, ?. (optional)
> >  * Build a ZIM file
> >  * Get the ZIM file and a ZIM reader
> >
> >  Slide2: Select articles and revision
> >  * Trivial solution: list articles in a category, a project, ...
> >  * Sophisticated solution: WP1.0
> >  * Wikitrust may help to get the right revision
> >
> >  Slide3: Build a ZIM file
> >  * Two solutions currently
> >  * Hacked Mediawiki DumpHTML extension + additional scripts
> >  ** Complicated, only people at Kiwix use it
> >  ** Big ZIM files (http://download.kiwix.org/zim/0.9/)
> >  ** Higher quality
> >  * Mediawiki Collection extension
> >  ** Easy for everyone, available online on WMF Web sites
> >  ** Only small ZIM
> >  ** Lower quality
> >
> >  Slide4: What is openZIM?
> >  * Define a free format (ZIM)
> >  * Reference Implementation (zimlib & zim tools)
> >  * Highly compressed and really fast access time
> >  * Community project created 3 years ago
> >  * Independent of any readers (Kiwix, wikionboard)
> >  * http://www.openzim.org
> >
> >  Slide5: Next?
> >  * Improvement of readers
> >  * More readers for smartphones/tablets
> >  * Simplification/Improvement of the ZIM creation process
> >  * Deployment of big ZIM creation tools at the WMF
> >  * More ZIM files, also for non-WMF wikis
> >
> >  Emmanuel
> >
> >  On Fri, 26 Aug 2011 11:53:03 +0300, stephen wanjau wrote:
> >> Emmanuel,
> >>
> >> Thank you for coming in.
> >>
> >> *I would suggest that you highlight on the general steps/process
> >> involved in creation of a ZIM file. (For very detailed topics I
> >> propose we give links on the slides for those who would like to know
> >> more)
> >>  e.g. For the one we are about to compile for the Kenyan curricula,we
> >> were requested to create a list on a meta page of the missing topics
> >> with the corresponding link to an existing article on Wikipedia,then
> >> from there I think you guys at the openzim project shall compile that
> >> then have the downloadable copy availed.
> >>
> >> * Could you shade more light on what goes on in between having the
> >> topics from us and having the downloadable version online?
> >>
> >> *Also,Kindly avail some information regarding the origin of the
> >> openzim project,objectives,some merits and future prospects.
> >>
> >> *I think six slides for the openZim project shall do us good.(any
> >> other suggestions are also welcome)
> >>
> >> And keep up the good work.
> >>
> >> Truly,
> >>  Steve
> >>
> >> On Aug 26, 2011 11:06 AM,  wrote:
> >>> On Fri, 26 Aug 2011 09:21:47 +0200, Manuel Schneider wrote:
> >>>> On 26.08.2011 09:18, Alex Wafula wrote:
> >>  >>> I'll loop in Manuel in a new thread regarding the best info to
> >>>>> present on Openzim and an overview of creating ZIM files.
> >>>>
> >>>> what you need to know?
> >>>
> >>> Yes, this is the point: especially how many slides? how detailed ?
> >>  > Topics?
> >>>
> >>> ZIM file generation is a wide topic.
> >>>
> >>> I made the ZIM files (available here
> >> http://download.kiwix.org/zim/0.9 [2])
> >>> with scripts developed on my own (using as core tool, openZIM
> >>  > zimdbwriter binary).
> >>> So I may also help if details are needed or if you want more
> >>> informations about the next developments I plan for 2012 in this
> >> area.
> >>>
> >>> Emmanuel
> >>>
> >>> _______________________________________________
> >>  > WikimediaKE mailing list
> >>> WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org [3]
> >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake [4]
> >>
> >>
> >> Links:
> >> ------
> >> [1] mailto:emmanuel@engelhart.org
> >> [2] http://download.kiwix.org/zim/0.9
> >> [3] mailto:WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org
> >> [4] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > WikimediaKE mailing list
> > WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org
> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake
> >
>
>
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> Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
>
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