Hello!
From my action points here [1] on our May meet-up
regarding the compilation
of the Kenyan curriculum, I just finished working on the
last subject which
is Agriculture.
Approximately there are about 600 suggested additions of topics at [2].
Next steps?
//Stephen.
1.
http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/wmke-meeting-26-05-2012
2.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Offline_Projects/Content_Development/School…
On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 2:22 PM, Stephen Wanjau <stevewanjau(a)wikimedia.or.ke
wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I will send the school the latest release of Kiwix (which is version 0.9
> RC1). BTW,am informed that it will be released today. It has some new nice
> feats that I bet they will find useful some plus bug fixes.
>
> To mention just but a few;
>
> - Has a new theme that a user can switch to called ''Evolution''
> - Html5 Video support
> - Indexing improvement......so much more
>
> To view the change log go to [1] and you are also welcome to test the new
> version that can be downloaded here [2]
>
> Cheers,
> //Stephen
>
> 1.
http://changelog.kiwix.org
> 2.
http://download.kiwix.org/bin/nightly/latest/
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 12:41 PM, Branton Obwari <bruceobwari(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
>
>> indeed its encouraging to note that we having positive feedback from the
>> WFS ,now i have encountered three cases in Western emanating from Kakamega
>> pilot ,managed to reinstall the same having formatted their PCs , For the
>> Mombasa one because of the logistical matrix involved i explored
>> possibility of sending the DVD via dropbox n other large file sending
>> methods but she could not understand how to go about that .
>> My Question: Now that we are in the process of updating our Kiwix is
>> it still prudent to continue re installing that one ?
>>
>> ,
>> regards
>>
>> bruce.
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 12:04 PM, Stephen Wanjau <
>> stevewanjau(a)wikimedia.or.ke
wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Nice people,
>>>
>>> It is really reassuring when you receive that phone call from someone
>>> with thirst for free knowledge which is the main mission of Wikimedia.
>>>
>>> One teacher from a school that benefited from the Wikipedia for Schools
>>> pilot that was accomplished in Mombasa, Kenya, gave a call to Bruce (Member
>>> of WMKE) and she requested for a copy of the DVD plus the manual of how to
>>> make the offline package functional. She had misplaced the copy we left
>>> after the pilot and she would like a new copy to install in new computers
>>> that the school acquired recently.
>>>
>>>
>>> It is very satisfying to learn that someone found the package useful. I
>>> will be sending her a copy during the week plus a manual via a courier
>>> service since she availed the school’s mailing address.
>>>
>>>
>>> At this point, I think it is wise for her school to partake in the story
>>> telling tour that will be executed by Victor Grigas who will be visiting
>>> Kenya after Wikimania.
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Stephen.
>>>
>>>
>>> PS: Dennis, How far have you reached with the Syllabus you were working
>>> on?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 6:10 AM, Stephen Wanjau <
>>> stevewanjau(a)wikimedia.or.ke
wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello nice people!
>>>>
>>>> The Geography, History and CRE addition of non existent topics to the
>>>> current SOS version of off-line Wikipedia is done! As at [1] below.
>>>>
>>>> Dennis is still working on the business studies syllabus and as he
>>>> promised he will be done by the end of this Month. I would suggest we
use
>>>> the talk page [2] for further communications with regards to the
off-line
>>>> project.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you everyone who has been working on this!
>>>>
>>>> //Stephen
>>>>
>>>> 1.
>>>>
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Offline_Projects/Content_Development/School…
>>>> 2.
>>>>
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Offline_Projects/Content_Development/S…
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 10:24 PM, Abbas Mahmood
<abbasjnr(a)hotmail.com>wrote;wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Asaf,
>>>>>
>>>>> The list of the contributors can be found here:
>>>>>
http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Offline_Projects/Content_Develo…
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --Abbas.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>> From: abartov(a)wikimedia.org
>>>>> Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2012 12:15:33 -0700
>>>>> To: wikimediake(a)lists.wikimedia.org
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Offline Wikipedia: Kenyan Curriculum
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for this update, Stephen.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'd like to encourage you guys to make progress on this work, so
we
>>>>> can finally prepare a new ZIM file (we'll figure out the size
problem if we
>>>>> have too. Probably by removing a few pictures.) and start working
on
>>>>> distribution.
>>>>>
>>>>> Are you and Deonte the only ones working on this right now?
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>
>>>>> Asaf
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 11:30 AM, Stephen Wanjau <
>>>>> stevewanjau(a)wikimedia.or.ke
wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> From my mathematical point of view, I believe that this new set will
>>>>> definitely generate more other articles into our new custom package.
My
>>>>> argument being, every new article we request to be added will come
with its
>>>>> new blue links which means more articles than what we already have in
our
>>>>> not yet completed compilation of topics. This blue links mean more
articles!
>>>>>
>>>>> As of now there are 500+ requested additions on [1] and if I do some
>>>>> maths by assuming that each new requested article has a minimum of 10
blue
>>>>> links then we are talking about 5000+ articles being added onto the
SOS
>>>>> version of off-line WIkipedia. *Note* that the list is still a
>>>>> Work-In-Progress with more subjects to be added!
>>>>>
>>>>> The SOS version of the offline Wikipedia is 5500 articles which
means
>>>>> that our new additions would not fit as an addition to the SOS
version and
>>>>> still be <4gb. I met Deonte today and he requested for some pages
of the
>>>>> Agriculture syllabus which he is working on right now. I still have
the
>>>>> Business Education syllabus and the C.R.E. syllabus which I secured
last
>>>>> week.
>>>>>
>>>>> //Stephen
>>>>>
>>>>> 1.
>>>>>
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Offline_Projects/Content_Development/School…
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 2:20 PM, Grace Kariuki
<gkariuki99(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> oh!okay.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 2:11 PM, stephen wanjau <
>>>>> stevewanjau(a)wikimedia.or.ke
wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks Sarah for the Clarifying.
>>>>>
>>>>> //Stephen.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 4/17/12, Sarah Osano <sarahosano(a)gmail.com
wrote:
>>>>> > Grace,
>>>>> > I think he is talking about laptop chargers not charges .
>>>>>
>>>>> >
>>>>> > On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Grace Kariuki
<gkariuki99(a)gmail.com>
>>>>
wrote:
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> sorry, i meant charges?
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Grace Kariuki <
>>>>> gkariuki99(a)gmail.com>
>>>>> >
wrote:
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> steve,how much are the chareges?
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 12:59 PM, stephen wanjau
>>>>> >>> <stevewanjau(a)wikimedia.or.ke
wrote:
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> Hello Folks,
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> Hope you are doing great and bracing yourselves for
this
>>>>> Saturday's
>>>>> >>>> edittathon that shall evolve around but not limited
to the
>>>>> subject of
>>>>> >>>> this Email.
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> We shall cover the remaining bit of the Kenyan
syllabus as a
>>>>> basic intro
>>>>> >>>> to Wiki and later on do more editing on Wikipedia.
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> My proposal is we could as well engage in the April
Wikification
>>>>> Drive
>>>>> >>>> (see [1] below) but of course not limit ourselves to
that as well.
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> The venue of the Meet up is at the environs of
Upper-hill in
>>>>> Nairobi at
>>>>> >>>> Mugo's place which is near the public Service
Club.
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> For those who do not know how to get there please
contact me
>>>>> off-list
>>>>> >>>> for prior arrangements on how to get there.
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> The edittathon starts at 600PM local time and runs
through the
>>>>> Night
>>>>> >>>> till Sunday Morning.
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> What to Bring:
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> 1. Laptops plus the chargers of course;)
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> See you soon.
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> PS: There is an experienced Wikipedian who is in the
country on a
>>>>> short
>>>>> >>>> private visit and he tells me that he would like to
be part of
>>>>> this
>>>>> >>>> edittathon on 21st and to meet other awesome
Wikipedians.
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> //Stephen
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> 1.
>>>>>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Stephenwanjau#Invitation_to_the_Apri…
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 9:08 AM, Chris Riwa
<chriwaustin(a)gmail.com
>>>>> >
>>>>> >>>
wrote:
>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>> >>>>> Hi steve, I gave the syllabus copies to Dennis
during our last
>>>>> meet-up.
>>>>> >>>>> Regards,
>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>> >>>>> On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 9:04 AM, Branton Obwari
<
>>>>> bruceobwari(a)gmail.com>
>>>>> >>>>
wrote:
>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>> >>>>>> Steve , i agree with you >we don't
need a separate meeting to
>>>>> do that
>>>>> >>>>>> ,for starters like ME ,we need the 10minutes
'how to' demo ,so
>>>>> can we
>>>>> >>>>>> do it right here?, Chris has a copy of it, i
can catch up with
>>>>> him.
>>>>> >>>>>>
Otherwise
>>>>> am glad
>>>>> >>>>>> you are back & i love the positive
energy you inject into WMKE.
>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>> >>>>>> My regards!
>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>> >>>>>> Branton.
>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>> >>>>>> On 4/7/12, stephen wanjau
<stevewanjau(a)wikimedia.or.ke
wrote:
>>>>> >>>>>> > Hi Folks,
>>>>> >>>>>> >
>>>>> >>>>>> > I understand that the syllabus
compilation was procrastinated
>>>>> to
>>>>> >>>>>> > 21st
>>>>> >>>>>> > of March 2012 for reasons I don't
know.
>>>>> >>>>>> >
>>>>> >>>>>> > However, I have a concern about this.
The 'how-to' of this
>>>>> process
>>>>> >>>>>> > is
>>>>> >>>>>> > such a cinch and having a separate
meeting to learn how to
>>>>> compile
>>>>> >>>>>> > it
>>>>> >>>>>> > on Meta sounds ridiculous.
>>>>> >>>>>> >
>>>>> >>>>>> > I remember it took me 10minutes to give
a demo to Dennis on
>>>>> how to
>>>>> >>>>>> > do
>>>>> >>>>>> > this. (Dennis correct me if wrong).
>>>>> >>>>>> > Folks it is wise to maximise on the
time that we usually meet
>>>>> in
>>>>> >>>>>> > covering/discussing all of our projects
since we do not have
>>>>> F2F
>>>>> >>>>>> > meetups that often and they are
expensive in terms of
>>>>> resources that
>>>>> >>>>>> > volunteers put into attending these
meetings. (sad truth!)
>>>>> >>>>>> >
>>>>> >>>>>> > Without much ado, I would like to get
my hands on the
>>>>> syllabus. The
>>>>> >>>>>> > last time I checked, Chris had the
copy.
>>>>> >>>>>> >
>>>>> >>>>>> > Is he the one who still has it?
>>>>> >>>>>> >
>>>>> >>>>>> > //Stephen.
>>>>> >>>>>> >
>>>>> >>>>>> > On 3/26/12, Asaf Bartov
<abartov(a)wikimedia.org
wrote:
>>>>> >>>>>> >> On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 9:58
AM, stephen wanjau
>>>>> >>>>>> >> <wanjaustev(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
>>>>> >>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>>>>> >>> Hello Folks,
>>>>> >>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>>>>> >>> I have finally secured a copy
of the Geography Syllabus
>>>>> that was
>>>>> >>>>>> >>> still
>>>>> >>>>>> >>> lacking.
>>>>> >>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>>>>> >>> It is a 130 page document and I
will talk to the owner to
>>>>> allow me
>>>>> >>>>>> >>> have
>>>>> >>>>>> >>> it
>>>>> >>>>>> >>> until next week
>>>>> >>>>>> >>> hoping that you will find time
to work on it on 31st after
>>>>> the
>>>>> >>>>>> >>> board
>>>>> >>>>>> >>> elections.
>>>>> >>>>>> >>> It is so detailed and
that's why it is at 130 pages
>>>>> otherwise it
>>>>> >>>>>> >>> should
>>>>> >>>>>> >>> take around 2hours to
>>>>> >>>>>> >>> have the list on meta once
apportioned among the attendees.
>>>>> >>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>>>>> >> Excellent! If need be, you might
perhaps spend some chapter
>>>>> money
>>>>> >>>>>> >> on
>>>>> >>>>>> >> photocopying the whole thing.
>>>>> >>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>>>>> >> Would this conclude the preparation
of the Kenyan Curriculum
>>>>> topic
>>>>> >>>>>> >> list,
>>>>> >>>>>> >> allowing to move forward with
preparing a new ZIM file?
>>>>> >>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>>>>> >> Thanks for pursuing this!
>>>>> >>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>>>>> >> Cheers,
>>>>> >>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>>>>> >> Asaf
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