Hello everyone,
In the spirit of Wikipedia's 22nd birthday celebrations, we at Open
Foundation West Africa reflected on our journey with Wikipedia on Friday,
20th January, 2023.
We had a good time listening to experiences from both old and new members
of our community. It was an exciting moment sharing stories and memorable
experiences with each other regarding our expeditions with Wikipedia.
Here's a link to watch how we celebrated Wikipedia at 22.
Link: https://youtu.be/8SKX2QxWGSk
Also, do not forget to subscribe to our Youtube Channel to be informed on
more Wiki activities in our community.
Link: https://www.youtube.com/@ofwafrica
King Regards,
Eugene Masiku.
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Eugene Makafui Masiku,
Communications Officer
Open Foundation West Africa
Dear Community Members,
This is a kind reminder of this year's African Wikimedia Technical Community
*Hackathon* hybrid event scheduled to take place this weekend, Saturday
23rd and Sunday 24th July 2022 respectively.
We will be introducing the following contribution areas during the
hackathon: website, security, front-end, back-end, documentation and
translation. By participating in the hackathon, you have the opportunity to
work on issues that matter to you and advance your skills/experience while
joining this regional, diverse and inclusive team of contributors and the
African Wikimedia Technical team members.
You are welcome to bring a new project on board or join an existing
project, or create something new with others.
The choice is yours!
Kindly fill out this form
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1zNaTqJZ24e8knuJkLepNcV4WDkwDOiSLnPGRwi40Od…>to
participate as well as give details of your session if you are interested
in organizing one.
For more information, visit our meta page.
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Open_Foundation_West_Africa_Community_Hackat…>
Date: Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th July 2022.
Venue: OFWA Premises, Opp Bosphorus, Labone
Time: 10:00 UTC - 15: 00 UTC
*Zoom Link:* https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/86868928049
Best Regards,
Eugene
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Eugene Makafui Masiku,
Communications Officer
Open Foundation West Africa
Dear Community Members
The 2022 African Wikimedia Technical Community Hackathon which is a hybrid
event is scheduled to take place on Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th July 2022
respectively.
We will be introducing the following contribution areas during the
hackathon: website, security, front-end, back-end, documentation and
translation. By participating in the hackathon, you have the opportunity to
work on issues that matter to you and advance your skills/experience while
joining this regional, diverse and inclusive team of contributors and the
African Wikimedia Technical team members.
This event is calling on volunteers who are interested in Wikimedia’s
technical areas such as code creators, maintainers, translators, technical
writers and other technical roles.
By this email, we are placing a call on volunteers who are willing to lead
and host sessions. These sessions can be under any Wikimedia technical
project, topic or technical area of interest like, Wikidata, translation,
etc.
You are welcome to bring a new project on board or join an existing
project, or create something new with others.
The choice is yours!
You are by this email invited to participate in this year’s Hackathon.
Kindly fill out this form
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1zNaTqJZ24e8knuJkLepNcV4WDkwDOiSLnPGRwi40Od…>to
participate as well as give details of your Session if you are interested
in organizing one.
For more information, visit our meta page.
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Open_Foundation_West_Africa_Community_Hackat…>
Date: Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th July 2022.
Venue: OFWA Premises, Opp Bosphorus, Labone
Time: 10:00 UTC - 15: 00 UTC
NB: For those who will be joining us virtually, a link will be shared soon.
Best Regards
[image: AWMT Final flyer.png]
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Eugene Makafui Masiku,
Communications Officer
Open Foundation West Africa
Hello Wikimedians,
Earlier this year we sent out a notice of our intentions to rebrand
the "African
Wikimedia Developers Project" to "African Wikimedia Technical Community" which
will involve not only developers but other technical contributors like:
Designers, translators for localization, Documentation writers, Data
Science Professionals (Data Scientists,Data Analysts, Machine Learning
Engineers, AI professionals and NLP Specialists) and QA Engineers from
Automated Testers to Manual Tester.
We put out a survey as part of the rebranding process seeking your opinion
of the change of name and whether or not the African technical community is
in agreement with it. The survey results saw 93.8% in support of the name
and the idea behind it with just 6.3% opposing the idea. Considering the
results from the survey, we are proceeding with the name African Wikimedia
Technical Community
Following the change of name, we encourage all members or new members to Sign
Up here <https://forms.gle/Yq5Ed8uZqnRJmUpbA> to be registered as official
members of the community.
We are super grateful for your contribution during the rebranding process,
we have exciting projects you would totally love to be a part of. One of
these projects is the *AWMT Community- OFWA Hackathon*.
For more information about the hackathon, visit the landing page
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/African_WikiMedia_Technical_Community_-_OFWA…>
.
Cheers!
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Eugene Makafui Masiku,
Communications Officer
Open Foundation West Africa
Dear all,
The Wikimedia Hackathon is coming up in May this year and there were calls for organizing local in-person events in parallel. I have applied for grant to hold local event in Nigeria.
More details about how to participate would be shared as the date nears. Before then, I can be reached via my email in case of any inquiry about the project or about general MediaWiki development issues.
Thanks.Ammar
Hi everyone,
I'm very happy to announce:
OpenRefine [1] has two Junior Developer job openings (paid contractor positions; part-time, fully remote) for building Structured Data on Wikimedia Commons [2] functionalities.
I want to very strongly encourage members of the African Wikimedia developer community to look at these vacancies and to consider applying!
* Junior Developer - Wikimedia Development [3] (6 months, from September 2021 till February 2022)
* Junior Developer - OpenRefine Development [4] (8 months, from November 2021 till June 2022)
All the best!
Sandra (User:Spinster / User:SFauconnier)
[1] https://openrefine.org
[2] https://w.wiki/UR
[3] https://openrefine.org/blog/2021/07/07/Wikimedia-Commons-reconciliation-bat…
[4] https://openrefine.org/blog/2021/07/07/OpenRefine-SDC-developer.html
Hi Everyone,
We’re happy to announce the April 2021 edition of the Technical Community
Newsletter
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Community_Newsletter/2021/April>
is now available. The newsletter is compiled by the Wikimedia Developer
Advocacy Team. It aims to share highlights, news, and information of
interest from and about the Wikimedia technical community.
Check it out, and learn about what technical contributors have been up to
this past quarter, upcoming conferences & calls for papers, and how to get
involved.
The Wikimedia Technical Community is large and diverse, and we know we
can't capture everything perfectly. We welcome your ideas for future
newsletters. Let us know what you would like to see or highlights you would
like us to include.
Subscribe to the Technical Community Newsletter
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Newsletter:Technical_Community_Newsletter>,
if you'd like to keep up with essential updates and information
Kindly,
Sarah R. Rodlund
Senior Technical Writer, Developer Advocacy
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Developer_Advocacy>
srodlund(a)wikimedia.org