African-Wikimedians January 2015

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Re: [African Wikimedians] African-Wikimedians - translation of kiwix interface in African languages
by Ingo Koll 01 Feb '15

01 Feb '15

Just for notice: finished today the last words from the KIWIX-list for Swahili. Keep it up! Ingo - kipala from sw -----Original Message----- From: african-wikimedians-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:african-wikimedians-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of african-wikimedians-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Mittwoch, 24. Dezember 2014 16:44 To: african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: African-Wikimedians Digest, Vol 6, Issue 20 Today's Topics: 1. Re: Help to translate Kiwix user interface in African languages (Enock Seth Nyamador) 2. Re: Help to translate Kiwix user interface in African languages (Emmanuel Engelhart) 3. Re: Help to translate Kiwix user interface in African languages (Mohomodou Houssouba) 4. Re: Afripédia Douala (georges fodouop) 5. Wikipédia et les études africaines / Wikipedia and African Studies (Simon Imbert-Vier)

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Wikimania Scholarship
by Florence Devouard 26 Jan '15

26 Jan '15

Hi all I wanted to outline that applications to Wikimania Scholarship opened a few days ago. It is probably worth outlining these two points: 1. "Based on the applicant's home country, each applicant will be categorized as either a Global North or Global South <https://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_South> applicant, with the /total number of scholarships distributed between the Global North and Global South being set at 25% and 75% respectively." /2. Unlike in previous years, activity within the Wikimedia movement will be the main criteria for evaluation. Participation in non-Wikimedia free knowledge, free software, collaborative or educational initiatives is a plus but is no longer a requirement; individuals who solely contribute to such areas are no longer encouraged to apply. Please see the FAQ for more information on eligibility./ /If you were deeply involved in Wikimedia the past year and would like to get the opportunity to talk about your activities in Mexico, to listen to other participants experience and to build new projects, do consider applying for a travel grant. Anthere / /

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Re: [African Wikimedians] African-Wikimedians Digest, Vol 7, Issue 5
by Kayode Yussuf 22 Jan '15

22 Jan '15

These WLAf pictures are quite exciting. Kayode Yussuf Original Message From: african-wikimedians-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2015 19:16 To: african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org Reply To: african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: African-Wikimedians Digest, Vol 7, Issue 5 Send African-Wikimedians mailing list submissions to african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to african-wikimedians-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org You can reach the person managing the list at african-wikimedians-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of African-Wikimedians digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Ibrahima Fall speaking about Wolof Wikipedia (Asaf Bartov) 2. Re: Ibrahima Fall speaking about Wolof Wikipedia (Kasper Souren) 3. First selection of pictures done (Florence Devouard) 4. Re: First selection of pictures done (Nkansah Rexford) 5. Re: First selection of pictures done (Samuel Guebo) 6. Re: First selection of pictures done (Felix Nartey) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 13:52:44 -0800 From: Asaf Bartov <abartov(a)wikimedia.org> To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians <african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: Re: [African Wikimedians] Ibrahima Fall speaking about Wolof Wikipedia Message-ID: <CAAmrcweOassBGKNTLp=RnW1XXR4+OsdYVP5N8P5uQOLaLoUQ=w(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Interesting! Is there a summary available in English or French? Are you in touch with Ibou? It would be great to have him here on the list. A. On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 1:25 PM, Kasper Souren <kasper.souren(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Ibrahima Fall (Ibou) speaking about the Wolof Wikipedia (and more) on > Senegalese TV. In Wolof. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXdUqHmJRD0 > > http://wo.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%ABfandikukat:Ibou > > _______________________________________________ > African-Wikimedians mailing list > African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > -- Asaf Bartov Wikimedia Foundation <http://www.wikimediafoundation.org> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! https://donate.wikimedia.org

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Article en français dans la presse algérienne
by Charles Andres 22 Jan '15

22 Jan '15

Hello, Cet article http://www.radioalgerie.dz/news/fr/article/20150120/27401.html N'est pas foncièrement mauvais, il est même assez pertinent sur certains points mais passe totalement à côté des spécificités de Wikipedia en Français et en Arabe. Peut être une opportunité pour les wikimediens algériens de prendre contact? Charles Envoyé de mon iPhone

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Re: [African Wikimedians] Thomas Mensah - Africa's Albert Einstein?
by Nkansah Rexford 22 Jan '15

22 Jan '15

According to Timeline of WLA[1], we should expect the results this week, unless there's a change in plan. [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Africa#Timeline On Tuesday, January 6, 2015, <ayisi.bright(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > When will winners of the WLA contest be announced? > > Sent from my Nokia Asha smart phone > > ------------------------------- > Original message: > > From: Enock Seth Nyamador > Date: 03-01-2015 5:27 pm > To: Wikimedia Ghana User Group > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-GH] Thomas Mensah - Africa's Albert Einstein? > > Saaa! :)! Thanks for sharing! > > Best, > > On 01/02/2015 07:37 PM, Nkansah Rexford wrote: > > Myself and Oral recently came across Thomas Mensah, a Kumasi-born-Ghanaian > who, Oral and I choose to describe as "Africa's Albert Einstein", if not > "Archimedes and Albert Combined!". > > I'll invite you read his article (and help improve) on Wikipedia, > however before you do, I'll say he's "all over the place" in the world. I > can't describe him better. Ghanani ba oooh! > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Mensah > > His article happens to be how Oral and I wanted to open 2015 with. > > > -- > +Rexford <http://google.com/+Nkansahrexford> | Africa Center > <http://africacenter.net> | WiR > <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedian_in_Residence> | WikiAfrica > <http://wikiafrica.net> | User:Nkansahrexford > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Nkansahrexford> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-GH mailing listWikimedia-GH(a)lists.wikimedia.org <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','Wikimedia-GH(a)lists.wikimedia.org');>https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-gh > > > -- > - Enock > Wikipedian | twitter: @Enock4seth > Sent via Mozilla Thunderbird > > -- +Rexford <http://google.com/+Nkansahrexford> | Africa Center <http://africacenter.net> | WiR <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedian_in_Residence> | WikiAfrica <http://wikiafrica.net> | User:Nkansahrexford <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Nkansahrexford>

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Ibrahima Fall speaking about Wolof Wikipedia
by Kasper Souren 21 Jan '15

21 Jan '15

Ibrahima Fall (Ibou) speaking about the Wolof Wikipedia (and more) on Senegalese TV. In Wolof. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXdUqHmJRD0 http://wo.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%ABfandikukat:Ibou

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The abbr WLA
by Nkansah Rexford 13 Jan '15

13 Jan '15

The abbreviation, WLA which we know to be wiki loves Africa happens to clash with another event known as Wiki loves Art. Since wiki loves art begun before wiki loves Africa, its natural for the Wiki loves team and or anyone referring to the event to use the abbreviation, WLAf for the Wiki Loves Africa whiles WLA remains for the Wiki Loves Art. I hope that wouldn't be any difficult for us to do. A friend drew my attention to that clash recently. Didn't notice that myself. Thanks. rexford | google.com/+Nkansahrexford

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Fwd: [Wikimedia-GH] March is WikiWomen's History Month
by Nkansah Rexford 13 Jan '15

13 Jan '15

FYI rexford | google.com/+Nkansahrexford ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Sarah Stierch" <sarah.stierch(a)gmail.com> Date: Jan 12, 2015 6:02 PM Subject: [Wikimedia-GH] March is WikiWomen's History Month To: <wikimedia-gh(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Cc: Hi everyone! The 4th annual WikiWomen's History Month is in March, coinciding with Women's History Month. This event is cross-cultural, international, and multi-lingual. Please start planning your events to contribute content to Wikipedia and related Wikimedia websites about women's history! You can post your events and find resources on how to implement edit-a-thons and workshops here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiWomen's_History_Month Any questions just let me know! I look forward to your participation! Sarah -- www.sarahstierch.com _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-GH mailing list Wikimedia-GH(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-gh

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Wikipedia Zero in Ghana
by Grant McNulty 08 Jan '15

08 Jan '15

Hi guys, Happy 2015! I am sure a lot of you will have seen this but if not, here is the link: http://www.itnewsafrica.com/2015/01/ghana-mtn-gives-free-access-to-wikipedi… Cheers, Grant -- *Dr Grant McNulty* *Cell: *076 419 8587 *Twitter:* mcn_consulting <http://twitter.com/mcn_consulting> *Web: *www.mcnulty.co.za *Newsletter:* Sign up <http://mcnulty.us5.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=349a40cfd543b5d5b31fe693c&id…> * <http://www.mcnulty.co.za/>*

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Jury
by Nkansah Rexford 06 Jan '15

06 Jan '15

Okay, so end of this month. I hope the time line on the meta page can be updated accordingly. rexford | google.com/+Nkansahrexford On Jan 6, 2015 3:02 PM, "Florence Devouard" <anthere(a)anthere.org> wrote: > Hmmmm > > Since when are deadlines hard written in stone ? Ahum. > No... we are rather planning to announce the winners before the end of > January, but not this week-end. I am going to put up an information about > that on the site/social network. > > We thought it was best to do a selection in two batches (first level of > selection by Wikimedians jury members, then second level with the full > jury) and we also thought people would be really busy just before and > during Christmas (shopping time, family...) so we did not want to spoil > that. > So we are currently waiting for the first list made by Wikimedians jury > members (some already provided this info, not all of them). > Hopefully this will be done by this week-end. I will keep you posted on > this list !!! > > Second level of selection will then be made by the full jury, and I think > it would be nice to give them about two weeks to decide. > That means... yeah... end of the month is probably going to be it. > > Florence > > PS: I put our jury members in copy of this email :) > > > Le 06/01/15 13:51, Nkansah Rexford a écrit : > > According to Timeline of WLA[1], we should expect the results this week, > unless there's a change in plan. > > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Africa#Timeline > > On Tuesday, January 6, 2015, <ayisi.bright(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >> When will winners of the WLA contest be announced? >> >> Sent from my Nokia Asha smart phone >> >> ------------------------------- >> Original message: >> >> From: Enock Seth Nyamador >> Date: 03-01-2015 5:27 pm >> To: Wikimedia Ghana User Group >> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-GH] Thomas Mensah - Africa's Albert Einstein? >> >> Saaa! :)! Thanks for sharing! >> >> Best, >> >> On 01/02/2015 07:37 PM, Nkansah Rexford wrote: >> >> Myself and Oral recently came across Thomas Mensah, a >> Kumasi-born-Ghanaian who, Oral and I choose to describe as "Africa's Albert >> Einstein", if not "Archimedes and Albert Combined!". >> >> I'll invite you read his article (and help improve) on Wikipedia, >> however before you do, I'll say he's "all over the place" in the world. I >> can't describe him better. Ghanani ba oooh! >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Mensah >> >> His article happens to be how Oral and I wanted to open 2015 with. >> >> >> -- >> +Rexford <http://google.com/+Nkansahrexford> | Africa Center >> <http://africacenter.net> | WiR >> <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedian_in_Residence> | >> WikiAfrica <http://wikiafrica.net> | User:Nkansahrexford >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Nkansahrexford> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-GH mailing listWikimedia-GH@lists.wikimedia.orghttps://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-gh >> >> >> -- >> - Enock >> Wikipedian | twitter: @Enock4seth >> Sent via Mozilla Thunderbird >> >> > > -- > +Rexford <http://google.com/+Nkansahrexford> | Africa Center > <http://africacenter.net> | WiR > <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedian_in_Residence> | WikiAfrica > <http://wikiafrica.net> | User:Nkansahrexford > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Nkansahrexford> > > > > _______________________________________________ > African-Wikimedians mailing listAfrican-Wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.orghttps://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > > > > _______________________________________________ > African-Wikimedians mailing list > African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > >

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