Are we done? Are we waiting on additional topics
(by Dennis?)?
If/when the list is completely done, we'll proceed with creating an
updated ZIM file, and then we can think about ways to distribute the Kenyan
Offline Wikipedia.
Asaf
On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 12:35 PM, Stephen Wanjau <
stevewanjau(a)wikimedia.or.ke> wrote:
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:
>
>> 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:
>>>>
>>>>> 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:
>>>>>
>>>>> 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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