African-Wikimedians January 2017

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WLAf closing tonight
by Florence Devouard 01 Feb '17

01 Feb '17

Hello guys Wiki Loves Africa is closing tonight :) I see some teams still have events and uploads sessions today and this is great. Overall slighly less pictures this year than last year; and generally more off-topic than previous years (no idea why...) but of much higher quality generally ! So this is really cool ! All focus countries enjoy pretty high participation rates (*), which is a pleasure. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_from_Wiki_Loves_Africa_2… ------- If you are still in mass upload sessions and _do not go through the upload page_, I would like to ask, please, to make sure that you pictures are taggued with {{Wiki Loves Africa 2016}} [[Category:Images from Wiki Loves Africa 2016 without categories]] (if you do not put categories beside the maintenance ones) But generally, I would advise you to start an upload session by clicking on that GREEN button here : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Africa_2016/Participa… It automatically tag pictures and reduce the manual workload afterwards. Thanks Flo PS: I'll post by tomorrow the outcome of the discussions on WLAf at WikiIndaba. (*) Except Zimbabwe, but they could not get the funding until early January + it is a brand new group struggling to get things set up. So nothing unexpected here.

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Time Out with Wikipedian
by Olushola Olaniyan 01 Feb '17

01 Feb '17

#TimeOutwithWikipedian <https://web.facebook.com/hashtag/timeoutwithwikipedian?source=feed_text&sto…> 4rd edition of our radio show comes up tomorrow atBlackface Media <https://web.facebook.com/BlackfaceMedia/> between 18:45 to 19:45 Local Time. Our invited guest will be Raphael Berchie <https://web.facebook.com/berchie>, a Ghanaian by birth , a Wikimedian, co-organizer of Wikiindaba,Wikipedian In Residence (Wiki Loves Women), a social entrepreneur, and movement activist. He is a graduate of University of Ghana. Join us live via www.blackface.com.ng to unravel activities center around the hosting of Wikiindaba and Wiki Loves Women in Ghana. In case of further information, you can reach me via +2348167352512 -- Director, WU GN Treasurer, FOSSFA MD,Olbims Consulting Phone: +2348154876844,08167572512 Email:olaniyanshola15@gmail.com Email:olaniyanshola@yahoo.com Email:treasurer@fossfa.net Facebook:Olaniyan Shola Twitter:oluwanishola73 Wiki User Page: Olaniyan Olushola

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Wiki Loves Africa : Call for Jury suggestions
by Isla Haddow Flood 31 Jan '17

31 Jan '17

Dear Wikimedians So looking forward to seeing some of you in Accra this week, but before that … Please can the teams, or anyone else, suggest jury members from your countries or the wider Wikimedia community. We are looking 1. for communists (so, people who have an idea of what the community is about and how it works), 2. notable photographers. Please let me know your thoughts either on-list or off, by the end of this week. Thanks! Isla Isla Haddow-Flood Co-project Manager Username: Islahaddow

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Re: [African Wikimedians] Positions open for strategy coordinator contractors.
by Florence Devouard 31 Jan '17

31 Jan '17

FYI Le 30/01/2017 à 20:01, Maggie Dennis a écrit : > Hello, all. :) > > As you know, we are launching a movement strategy process and want people > from the community integrally involved at every stage. We are accordingly > seeking active Wikimedians interested in applying for a number of Community > Strategy Coordinator positions. The people hired for these positions will > be part-time, remote contractors of up to 20 hours a week with a contract > of 3 months. Start date should be in early March. > > You can see the job descriptions and apply for the positions at < > https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Work_with_us>, but here’s a quick > summary of who we’re looking for and what they’ll be doing: > > *Language Specialist Strategy Coordinators* > > These will be bilingual speakers of a specific list of non-English > languages[1] and English who are experienced in their language project > community or communities. They will be expected to be able to both conduct > deep outreach to these non-English communities and to liaise between these > communities and others, in order to maximize the ability of their > communities to participate in the movement strategy process. They will also > need to be capable of monitoring and summarizing discussions about strategy > topics and will be expected to produce a summary report at the end of their > contract. > > *Metawiki Strategy Coordinators* > > These facilitators need not be multilingual (although it is a plus), but > must be fluent in English and must be experienced contributors to one or > more Wikimedia communities. They will be working alongside the language > specialist coordinators, the global community, the Wikimedia Foundation and > the strategy team to facilitate the most inclusive strategy process > possible. This will include outreach to global communities, offering their > own community experience and advice to those involved in the process, and > leading, monitoring, and summarizing strategy-related discussions. They > will be expected to produce a summary report at the end of their contract. > > If you think either of these sounds like you or another community member > you know, I encourage you to visit the job application page and review the > job descriptions for more details (again, that's at < > https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Work_with_us#Wikimedia_Careers>). > Please tell us about your experiences as a Wikimedian and why you think you > would be a good fit for this role. Our goal is to run the most inclusive > strategy process we can, and that means we need experienced community > members like you to help! > > Best, > > Maggie > > > [1] > > - Arabic > - Bengali > - Chinese > - Dutch > - French > - German > - Hebrew > - Hindi > - Italian > - Japanese > - Malayam > - Polish > - Portuguese > - Russian > - Spanish > - Swedish > - Vietnamese > -- Florence Devouard Anthere Consulting http://www.devouard.com

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Re: [African Wikimedians] African-Wikimedians Digest, Vol 9, Issue 23
by Ingo Koll 29 Jan '17

29 Jan '17

Hi, I tried to understand the problem. Not so easy in detail. I see that they played at international tournaments, there are no further sources except that they are mentioned in team lists. That is not much but by my reading fulfills requirement of notability. Did anyone of you try to communicate with the group at work over there at enwiki? I did not find the place where reasons are given. Anyone knows if arguing is worth while? Cheers Ingo Am 28.01.2017 um 12:29 schrieb african-wikimedians-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org: > 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. 300 African women football players to rescue (Florence Devouard) > 2. Re: 300 African women football players to rescue (Samuel Guebo) > 3. Re: 300 African women football players to rescue (rupert THURNER) > 4. Re: 300 African women football players to rescue > (Florence Devouard) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2017 18:17:01 +0100 > From: Florence Devouard <anthere(a)anthere.org> > To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians > <african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: [African Wikimedians] 300 African women football players to > rescue > Message-ID: <177f45c1-7647-6fe6-6085-427a91449b35(a)anthere.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > Hello there > > So....I just checked the recent activity on the Wiki Loves Women > assessment board. > > And my attention was raised by a serious list of red links (which used > to be blue... right ?) > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Wiki_Loves_Women/Assess… > > > It appears that all those articles were bot-moved from article status to > "draft" status. They were all created by User:Sander.v.Ginkel (for a > grand total of 16,104 articles) due to various quality issues. > All articles created were moved to draft space, where they can rescued > one by one (being fixed first). > > Upon quick checking... roughly 300 african women articles were concerned > by the purge. It appears that many of them are about footballers (I > opened 10 articles and the 10 were of that sort), a lot being Ghanean > > Quick sampling > > * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Belinda_Kanda (Ghanean football > player) > * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Maureen_Eke (Nigerian football player) > * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Aminatu_Ibrahim (Ghanean football > player) > > > It is possible to volunteer to rescue those articles (fix them, then > move them back in the main space). > > Join the rescue team here : > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Aymatth2/SvG_clean-up/Guidelines > > > Main role required... sourcing... in particular to prove notability. > > > Please help :) > > > Florence > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2017 21:22:38 +0000 > From: Samuel Guebo <samuelguebo(a)gmail.com> > To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians > <african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [African Wikimedians] 300 African women football players > to rescue > Message-ID: > <CAKbRZiqWdxVhpvBcV4OLONu1h6wPOhUD-XkbwExM50hwcqEASg(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hello @Florence, > > I took a look a the links and opened randomly several of them among which: > > - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Sheila_Okai > - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Flore_Enyegue > - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Basilea_Amoa-Tetteh > > In my humble opinion, I do not see any substantive reason to delete them. > Of course they are merely stubs, but stubs with a least one reference. What > do you suggest? Adding additional references and moving them back to the > main space? > > I am afraid the bot will do the same bulk deletion. > > On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 5:17 PM, Florence Devouard <anthere(a)anthere.org> > wrote: > >> Hello there >> >> So....I just checked the recent activity on the Wiki Loves Women >> assessment board. >> >> And my attention was raised by a serious list of red links (which used to >> be blue... right ?) >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Wiki_Lov >> es_Women/Assessment >> >> >> It appears that all those articles were bot-moved from article status to >> "draft" status. They were all created by User:Sander.v.Ginkel (for a grand >> total of 16,104 articles) due to various quality issues. >> All articles created were moved to draft space, where they can rescued one >> by one (being fixed first). >> >> Upon quick checking... roughly 300 african women articles were concerned >> by the purge. It appears that many of them are about footballers (I opened >> 10 articles and the 10 were of that sort), a lot being Ghanean >> >> Quick sampling >> >> * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Belinda_Kanda (Ghanean football >> player) >> * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Maureen_Eke (Nigerian football >> player) >> * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Aminatu_Ibrahim (Ghanean football >> player) >> >> >> It is possible to volunteer to rescue those articles (fix them, then move >> them back in the main space). >> >> Join the rescue team here : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ >> User:Aymatth2/SvG_clean-up/Guidelines >> >> >> Main role required... sourcing... in particular to prove notability. >> >> >> Please help :) >> >> >> Florence >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> African-Wikimedians mailing list >> African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians >> > >

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300 African women football players to rescue
by Florence Devouard 28 Jan '17

28 Jan '17

Hello there So....I just checked the recent activity on the Wiki Loves Women assessment board. And my attention was raised by a serious list of red links (which used to be blue... right ?) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Wiki_Loves_Women/Assess… It appears that all those articles were bot-moved from article status to "draft" status. They were all created by User:Sander.v.Ginkel (for a grand total of 16,104 articles) due to various quality issues. All articles created were moved to draft space, where they can rescued one by one (being fixed first). Upon quick checking... roughly 300 african women articles were concerned by the purge. It appears that many of them are about footballers (I opened 10 articles and the 10 were of that sort), a lot being Ghanean Quick sampling * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Belinda_Kanda (Ghanean football player) * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Maureen_Eke (Nigerian football player) * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Aminatu_Ibrahim (Ghanean football player) It is possible to volunteer to rescue those articles (fix them, then move them back in the main space). Join the rescue team here : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Aymatth2/SvG_clean-up/Guidelines Main role required... sourcing... in particular to prove notability. Please help :) Florence

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Fwd: [GLAM] #1lib1ref mid-campaign update
by Felix Nartey 27 Jan '17

27 Jan '17

FYI ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Alex Stinson <astinson(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 2:36 PM Subject: [GLAM] #1lib1ref mid-campaign update To: "Wikimedia & GLAM collaboration [Public]" <glam(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Wikimedia Chapters cultural partners coordination < cultural-partners(a)wikimedia.ch>, North American Cultural Partnerships < glam-us(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Wikimedia & Libraries < libraries(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Hey #1lib1ref organizers, WikiLibrarians and GLAM-Wiki enthusiasts, We wanted to send a brief update on how the campaign is going: As of writing the email, the campaign has tracked over 1930 contributions by 392 contributos in 1332 articles in 15 different languages (remember we expect we are missing 1/4-1/2 of contributions that don't use the hashtag). This well surpasses our [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wi ki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Lessons contributions from last year], and we still have another week and a half to go! We published a brief update blog at https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/01/24/1lib1ref-first-week- highlights/ to highlight these accomplishments. We have seen a slightly smaller amount of blogging and newsletters as part of the Campaign this year. We think this may be in part, because the campaign is less novel and in part because of the broad number of distractions in the press at the moment (we actually think this means we have been more grassroots this year which is a good signal for the network for Wikipedia and libraries). If you find pieces of press or blogs, make sure to share them at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Press We are testing a Central Notice Banner, to encourage Wikimedians to go talk to their librarians about #1lib1ref. So far we have seen pageview activity from Wikipedians, but it is not clear how much that will transfer into activity. We have yet to see a social media boost or huge boost in participation using the hashtag. If you want to try the banner in your language, instructions are below [1] We could still use your help reminding librarians in your context to participate! Something as simple as visiting your library and showing the librarians how to add a citation to Wikipedia, or sending an email to your local library organiziations, would be awesome. Sharing in digital communications attracts some participants to the campaign, but we also know that many of participants are encouraged by friends, peers, colleagues or patrons to participate. We look forward to seeing what other activities events emerge this year. If you need help, make sure to contact the Wikipedia Library team. Keep up the energy through February 3! Alex Stinson [1] See the English language campaign banner banner at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Projekt_ilustra cyjny_Philipa_Greenspuna/Kryteria&banner=Community17_ 1lib1ref&uselang=en&force=1 For translating and deploying a banner in your language: * Go to https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Transla te&group=Centralnotice-tgroup-Community17_1lib1ref&filter= * Get select your language. *Click the first edit for "en" -* Enter two letter language code -* Save Translation *Click for "Have you heard...." - * Enter Translation - * Save *Ping Seddon (WMF), and he will review the translation and deploy it. -- Alex Stinson GLAM-Wiki Strategist Wikimedia Foundation Twitter:@glamwiki/@sadads Learn more about how the communities behind Wikipedia, Wikidata and other Wikimedia projects partner with cultural heritage organizations: http://glamwiki.org _______________________________________________ GLAM mailing list GLAM(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glam -- *Felix Nartey | DSE CAL Bank Ltd. | Co-manager GBG TEMA <https://plus.google.com/u/0/106882654487622047846/posts> **| Community Manager WMGH <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Ghana> | About me <http://about.me/felix.nartey> | +233 242 844987 **| **Check out!! <http://goo.gl/4oHJeQ>*

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Re: [African Wikimedians] African-Wikimedians Digest, Vol 9, Issue 17
by Ingo Koll 27 Jan '17

27 Jan '17

Hello everybody I hope everybody returned home safely and in good spirits! Just wanted to say I had a good time and enjoyed very much to see you all. The time spent on crowded aeroplanes and waiting for connections was worth while. I add that I uploaded a slightly enhanced version of my presentation https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:African_language_Wikipedias_2017_In… (I had shortened it actually because of having to share the slot with Anas). The entry for https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiIndaba_2017 is up on swwiki (one reason more for all of you to learn that language!) Once more thanks to the preparing team! Hope you can relax now a bit. Cheers Ingo

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Résultats du concours WikiVillages du Cameroun publiés
by Florence Devouard 27 Jan '17

27 Jan '17

C'est par ici : https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projet:Wikivillages_du_Cameroun Le 20 mai 2016, au lancement du concours, le Portail Cameroun comptait 2 453 articles et se situait à la 13e place du Portail Afrique. Le 20 novembre 2016, date de clôture, le portail atteignait 4 321 articles, soit une progression de 1 868 articles. Il occupait alors la 6e place. D'ores et déjà le concours connaît des prolongements. Trois nouvelles initiatives permanentes sont en effet lancées par AGRIPO dès la fin de l'année 2016 autour de trois thèmes : * poursuite d'un travail de fond sur les villages ; * développement du portail consacré aux plantes du Cameroun, particulièrement aux espèces endémiques ; * enrichissement du portail lié à la communauté Bassa. Premier prix : 1 000 000 francs CFA, soit près de 1 500 euros : Balessing (Diange007) Deuxième prix : 250 000 francs CFA : Boura I (MBATAKA) Troisième prix : 200 000 francs CFA : Ebogo (Loicebode) Quatrième prix : 150 000 francs CFA : Nkollo (Élisée Ndoumbe) Cinquième prix : 100 000 francs CFA : Baloumgou (Hiobson). Un Prix spécial (appareil-photo) est attribué à Mbahshie pour sa contribution constante et régulière (Wikipédia anglophone). Un Prix spécial (tablette) est attribué à Perez Mekem pour les meilleures photos de villages téléversées sur Wikimedia Commons. Bravo à eux ! Flo

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Fw: [Gendergap] Call for Participation: Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thons, March, 2017
by Masssly 26 Jan '17

26 Jan '17

FYI On Tuesday, 17 January 2017, 14:12, Art + Feminism <info(a)artandfeminism.org> wrote: Hi everyone, We are once again in the process of co-organizing the international Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thons and we are writing to solicit your participation. This could take the form of forwarding this call onto folks you think would want to organize an event; sharing info about the project on your social media channels; organizing your own edit-a-thon; or any other way you can think to spread the word. Any and all participation is greatly appreciated! -- Call for Participation: 4th Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, March, 2017DON’T AGONIZE, ORGANIZE! The award winning, record breaking Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon is happening this March. Join us again or organize for the first time to improve Wikipedia and affirm the importance of the arts and intersectional feminisms. It matters more than ever as we face a post-fact world, and what may follow. Email us at info(a)artandfeminism.org to learn more about organizing an event. WHY?Wikimedia Foundation found that less than 10% of its contributors identify as female. While the reasons for the gender gap are up for debate, the practical effect of the disparity is not: content is skewed by the lack of female participation. Established in 2014, Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon is a response to the gender gap in content and participation on Wikipedia. As the lead co-organizers of Art+Feminism, we’ve been deeply disturbed by the sheer amount of fake news on social media, and its influence on the recent US election. We believe this makes our work even more pressing. Now more than ever we must gather together to improve Wikipedia and affirm work of women, people of color, immigrants, the LGBTQIA+ community and other marginalized peoples. HOW?Hold an Edit-a-thon at your local university, artist run center, museum, community center, etc! Art+Feminism Edit-a-thons address content and participation gaps by inviting people of all gender identities and expressions to gather for communal updating of Wikipedia entries related to art and feminism. The leadership collective supports Edit-a-thon organizers by: providing an organizer’s kit with suggested workflow, promotional and training materials, and more; funding to defray the costs of refreshments and childcare; and training and support. WHEN?The 2017 Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at The Museum of Modern Art, New York will take place on Saturday, March 11, 2017. Node events are welcome to hold their event on this day or any other date in March, 2017 that makes sense for your community. To learn more and get involved, contact the lead co-organizers via email: info(a)artandfeminism.org . In solidarity,Siân Evans + Jacqueline Mabey + Michael Mandiberge. info(a)artandfeminism.orgw. www.artandfeminism.org -- Siân Evans + Jacqueline Mabey + Michael Mandiberg Lead Co-Organizers info(a)artandfeminism.org www.artandfeminism.orgᐧ _______________________________________________ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap(a)lists.wikimedia.org To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap

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