African-Wikimedians February 2015

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Wikipedia zero video
by Nkansah Rexford 02 Mar '15

02 Mar '15

A short beautiful video explaining Wikipedia Zero http://youtu.be/ZaZf6h0Pus8

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Wiki Loves Africa: announcing winners
by Florence Devouard 19 Feb '15

19 Feb '15

Hello all The three winning pictures selected by the official jury have been published ! I invite you to check out the results here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Africa_2014/Winners Congratulations to all those who participated ! A side note: I have been able to get in touch with the first two winners, but unfortunately not the third :( The second winner, Dina, has a facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Dinasaidphotography where quite a few pictures are posted. If some of those pictures seem to be worth it for Commons, it might be the right time to ask for more pictures from Dina ;) If anyone feel like asking her... please do. Anthere

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Fwd: GLAM WIKI Conference: The Hague 2015
by Isla Haddow-Flood 17 Feb '15

17 Feb '15

Dear Members of Wikimedia ZA, Wikimedia Usergroup Ghana, Wikimedia Usergroup Cote d’Ivoire, Wikimedia Usergroup Tunisia, and Wikimedia Usergroup Egypt. As most of you know, I have been invited to be on the programme committee for GLAM-WIKI 2015. The point being to get as many experienced Wikipedians who have worked with GLAMs or want to work with GLAMs to apply. The other point is to get Africa’s important GLAMs to the conference to introduce them to the benefits of the Open Movement and working with the Wikipedia community in particular. I would be grateful if you could share the following news among your colleagues and any GLAM professionals you have been working with - and apply yourself, if you think you fit the criteria! The GLAM-WIKI conference will take place in early April. To find out more take a look at the conference page: https://nl.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM-WIKI_2015#News <https://nl.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM-WIKI_2015#News> Here are the direct links to pages that should interest you and be forwarded onto your GLAM contacts: Call for Proposals: https://nl.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM-WIKI_2015/Proposals <https://nl.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM-WIKI_2015/Proposals> Ideas for proposals: https://nl.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM-WIKI_2015/Ideas_for_proposals <https://nl.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM-WIKI_2015/Ideas_for_proposals> Scholarships: https://nl.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM-WIKI_2015/Scholarship <https://nl.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM-WIKI_2015/Scholarship> Scholarship application form: https://docs.google.com/a/wikimedia.nl/forms/d/1jtT0pxHeaHwTH-pzQYA8oi0_8Xj… <https://docs.google.com/a/wikimedia.nl/forms/d/1jtT0pxHeaHwTH-pzQYA8oi0_8Xj…> Program Committee: https://nl.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM-WIKI_2015/Programme_committee <https://nl.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM-WIKI_2015/Programme_committee>Submit, share & prepare! Hope to see some Africa-based organisations at the conference! Let me know if you are keen. warmest Isla

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Wiki Loves Africa Winning Images
by Nkansah Rexford 06 Feb '15

06 Feb '15

The winning images for the WLAf are out for Ghana. See: https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Planning_Wikimedia_Ghana/_Even… And the Edit Ghana Training Session Week 3 video is also out: https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Planning_Wikimedia_Ghana/_Even… -- +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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Re: [African Wikimedians] African-Wikimedians Digest, Bias in WIkipedia
by Ingo Koll 03 Feb '15

03 Feb '15

Hi, interesting, yes. Wikipedia was lucky that the research was done by academic Wikipedia outsiders , and Americans, who only researched a very limited topic about US - Democratic Party keywords... I have been noticing for long in religious topics that there are heaps of partisan articles just telling legends in a factual language. Just look at topics concerning Ismailis (Pir_Sadardin), Hindu saints (Sakkiya_Nayanar ), (Bhagat_Puran_Singh), Islamic mystics or a number of catholic saints. I assume that the same mechanism works also on other topics: wherever there is a tradition of thought, not well known to outsiders or of little interest outside a community, there is less probability of critical reflection ad edits from outside. Which I would not expect to happen in Britannica to that extent. Cheers! Kipala On 2 February 2015 at 12:49, Grant McNulty <grant(a)mcnulty.co.za> wrote: > Hi All, > I came across this article that I thought would be of interest to you: > http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/7689.html > Cheers, > Grant

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Re: [African Wikimedians] African-Wikimedians Digest, Vol 7, Issue 7
by Grant McNulty 02 Feb '15

02 Feb '15

Hi All, I came across this article that I thought would be of interest to you: http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/7689.html Cheers, Grant On Sun, Feb 1, 2015 at 5:02 AM, < african-wikimedians-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > 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. Wikimania Scholarship (Florence Devouard) > 2. Re: Wikimania Scholarship (Samuel Guebo) > 3. Re: African-Wikimedians - translation of kiwix interface in > African languages (Ingo Koll) > 4. Looking for contacts and feedback and endorsement for my > funding proposal to work with UNESCO (John Cummings) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 09:41:34 +0100 > From: Florence Devouard <anthere(a)anthere.org> > To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians > <african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Cc: Erina Mukuta <erinamukuta(a)gmail.com> > Subject: [African Wikimedians] Wikimania Scholarship > Message-ID: <54C5FDBE.3060904(a)anthere.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed" > > 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 - 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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Looking for contacts and feedback and endorsement for my funding proposal to work with UNESCO
by John Cummings 01 Feb '15

01 Feb '15

Hi all I’m looking for feedback and endorsement for my Wikimedia Foundation PEG grant to be Wikimedian in Residence at UNESCO <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/MrjohnCummings/UNESCO_Wikimedian…>. I’d very much appreciate if you would have a look, I want to include as many different projects and languages as possible and connect editors in each country with local UNESCO partners. I'd very much like to make some local Wikimedia contacts in countries where Wikipedia Zero is available. The big thing for me around education is working with UNESCO and it's partners to release content under an open license and for this to act as a model for other UN organisations. I think this will be especially interesting to them with relation to Wikipedia Zero <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Zero>. I ran a pilot project that resulted in the images found in the Wikimedia Commons category Images from the archive of UNESCO <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_from_the_archive_of_UNES…>, here are a few examples: - <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Soda_volcano,_Oromia,_Ethiopia.jpg> The Soda volcano, Oromia, Ethiopia. - <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rubbles_of_the_cathedral_after_the_earth…> Rubble of the cathedral after the earthquake that hit the Capital Port au Prince just before 5 pm on 12 January 2010. - <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Young_monk,_wearing_a_special_costume,_D…> Young monk, wearing a special costume, July-August 1991, Sikkim, India. - <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sabha,6,_getting_ready_to_walk_to_school…> Sabha, 6, getting ready to walk to school from her house on the borders eastern Gaza strip, where she and her family are still living in tents. - <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mohana_fishermen_hunters_use_lures_from_…> Not far from Mohenjo-Daro (or Mohenjodaro) - These Mohana fishermen/hunters use lures from real birds to catch more birds. They will either eat them or sell them. Mohenjodaro, Pakistan. - <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Priest_of_rock-Hewn_Churches_of_Lalibela…> Priest of rock-Hewn Churches of Lalibela, a high place of Ethiopian Christianity, still today a place of pilmigrage and devotion. If you think this is a worthwhile project please click this link <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/MrjohnCummings/UNESCO_Wikimedian…> and then click the endorse button. Many thanks John -- *John Cummings - **Wikimedia UK volunteer* tweet @mrjohnc Wikimedia UK is a Charitable Company registered in England and Wales. Registered Company No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office: 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents. Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk

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