African-Wikimedians December 2017

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[Additional Resources] Organizing Photo Contests
by Woubzena Jifar 06 Dec '17

06 Dec '17

Hello Drex, Thank you for asking about organizing a photo contest. I am chiming in to provide some additional resources that can help you set up a photo contest. If you would like to apply for a rapid grant <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/Apply#Contest> we have created specific applications for common types of requests. We also have a photo contest toolkit <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Program_guides/Photo_contests>that can help you get started in organizing a photo contest. Hope this adds nicely to the resources Florence, Lily and Felix have already provided. Thank you all for answering Drex's questions. Best regards, Woubzena Woubzena Jifar Program Officer Rapid Grants Wikimedia Foundation <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home> User: WJifar (WMF)

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[Updates] Wikimedia Foundation Rapid Grant Program
by Alex Wang 05 Dec '17

05 Dec '17

Hello! We are sending this message to select community mailing lists and all previous recipients of a Wikimedia Foundation Rapid Grant. We have three announcements regarding the Rapid Grants Program: *1. New Rapid Grants Program Officer! * We are very happy to announce we have hired a Program Officer for Rapid Grants -- Woubzena Jifar! She started at WMF on November 13th. Over the last year we have struggled to keep up with the growing demand for Rapid Grants and are excited to be able to add capacity to our team to better (and more rapidly) support the Wikimedia communities. Please see her staff bio here: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/User:WJifar_(WMF). You can contact her at wjifar(a)wikimedia.org or rapidgrants(a)wikimedia.org. *2. Three grant cap for individuals, groups, and organizations* Beginning December 1, 2017 any individual, group, or organization will only be allowed to have three open grants at any one time [1]. This includes both Rapid Grants and Project Grants. For example, you can have 2 Rapid Grants and 1 Project Grant, 3 Rapid Grants, etc. This is to ensure that grantees and project managers have enough capacity to reach their goals and meet the requirements of the grant agreement. Conference Grants are not included in this cap. Annual Plan Grantees are not eligible for Rapid or Project Grants. *3. Rapid Grants will be closed December 18, 2017 - January 14, 2018* We will not be accepting new grant proposals December 18-January 14. The last day to submit a new proposal before the end of the year will be December 15th. This will give us a week before our offices close for the remainder of 2017 to review and make decisions. We will begin accepting new proposals again on Monday, January 15th. If you have any questions, please email rapidgrants(a)wikimedia.org Cheers, Alex [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/Learn -- Alexandra Wang Program Officer Community Resources Wikimedia Foundation <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home>

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I want to help and organise a local event in the Gambia
by drex drex 05 Dec '17

05 Dec '17

Hi all, i want to host and organize the photo contest in Gambia. How can i proceed? Thanks

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uploading_problems
by Jarosław Florek 02 Dec '17

02 Dec '17

Dear Sir or Madam, I wanted to participate this year contest *Wiki Loves Africa. *I have uploaded pictures. Unfortunatelly it is impossible to pass throught third step *Release rights. *It seems like a programming bug, button *Next *just doesn't work even though i checked it on varity of bowsers. (Screen in attachement.) Can you please considering thoose dificulties give me another way to participate the contest and if it's not for you to decide can you please give me a contact to someone in charge? Thank you, Jarosław Florek

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We need your opinion: Invitation to take survey about Administrator Noticeboard/Incidents
by Sydney Poore 02 Dec '17

02 Dec '17

Hello Wikimedians :-) The Wikimedia Foundation Support and Safety team, along with the Anti-Harassment Tools Team, is conducting a survey on the use of the English Wikipedia Administrator Noticeboard/Incidents to handle conflicts and harassment. It’s the first survey of it’s kind and is important information for deciding on improvements. We are trying to get as many diverse opinions and voices as possible. In addition to the people that use it often, we need to hear from people who post on it rarely but read the board frequently. I want to make sure that you folks in Africa who edit English Wikipedia know about the survey. And I encourage you to participate if you have some experience with noticeboard.. Here is the link to sign up and more information it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Community_health_initiative_on_Engl… Warm regards, Sydney -- Sydney Poore Community Advocate, Wikimedia Foundation Support and Safety team; Anti-harassment tool team

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Invitation: Dec 16th, 1-5pm @Ace Hotel NYC, AfroCROWD Year End Party & Final Wikipedia Edit-a-thon for 2017. Subject: Street Cultures
by AfroCROWD 02 Dec '17

02 Dec '17

[1] [2] [3] [4] June 2017 Opportunities & News Learn to edit Wikipedia at these exciting events: "Collecting Resistance: Histories of Social Justice in Detroit" Wikipedia Editathon and Oral History Capture at the Allied Media Conference, Detroit When:Sunday, June 18th, 2017, 10:00 am – 2:30 pm Where: Wayne State University, State Hall Room 137,Detroit, MI Not in Detroit? - No worries, edit with us [5] online AfroCROWD is headed to Detroit for the Allied Media Conference, an exciting gathering of changemakers from all over the country happening June 15-18th at Wayne State university, Detroit, Michigan. Join us in person or [6] onlinefor a Wikipedia learn-to-edit-a-thon and oral history capture focused on curating the history of civil rights and social justice movements in Detroit through firsthand and researched accounts. Afro Free-Culture Crowdsourcing Wikimedia (AfroCROWD) and the Radical, Libraries, Archives and Museums track (RadLAM) invite participants to share testimonies at an oral history listening Station, or get trained on how to add and edit articles on Wikipedia. Wikipedia coaches and members of RadLAM will be on-hand to help. Learn more about the [7] Allied Media Conference here. *For those attending in person, please bring a laptop and [8] register for a Wikipedia account ahead of the event. You can also edit alongside of us the day of the event via the [9] AfroCROWD Wiki meetup page. [10] Sign Up Other Wikipedia Happenings Flash opportunity to connect with the Hip Hop Hacks community starting this weekend! Hip Hop Hacks Monthly Music Hackathon Saturday June 10, 2017, 12:00 pm - 8:00 pm (wiki workshop 2-4 pm) at Spotify, 45 W 18th St, 3rd Floor Join us on Saturday, June 10th for [11] Hip Hop Hacks at the Monthly Music Hackathonincluding Wikipedia participation in a general hacking event. The theme this time is [12] hip hop. Note that this is a general hackathon and not exclusively a Wikipedia event. There will be a Wikipedia workshop there from 2-4 pm for anyone who wants to learn to edit. Some people at this event are producing audio and wish to share it. Wikipedia editors are invited to help them upload this audio and integrate it into relevant Wikipedia articles. The hackathon is being introduced to us in association with the Wikipedia presentation happening at the [13] International Conference of Auditory Displayin Pennsylvania. Important>> [14] Please sign up so security will let you in![15] [16] Sign Up The Wiki Loves Pride Edit-a-thon NYCwill be held Thursday June 22, 2017at the [17] Museum of Modern Art. Themes for this event include art related to HIV/AIDS activism and on LGBTQ artists of the African Diaspora as part of the [18] Black Lunch Tableproject. This is the third annual Wiki Loves Pride editathon at MoMA - see [19] 2015 editionand [20] 2016 edition. [21] Sign Up Wikimania 2017 Join us! August 9-13, 2017 in Montréal, Canada. Wikimania 2017, the 13th annual international conference of the Wikimedia movement, is being held August 9-13, 2017 in Montréal, Canada. This is an action packed, fun, global conference of all things Wikipedia that is open to the public. Each year the conference is held in a new country. This year, we are happy to have it in our back yard. Whether you actively edit Wikipedia, mostly enjoy reading the content, have thought of doing more with Wikipedia, or are just curious about the free knowledge movement, Wikimania is for you. Learn more about [22] [23] Wikimania 2017 here.More registration information coming soon. WikiConference North America 2017 We are pleased to announce that [24] WikiConference North America 2017will be held in Montrealon Wednesdayand Thursday, August 9-10thas a pre-conference to Wikimania(Friday-Sunday August 11-13th).August 9-10 in Montreal, Canada Wednesday, August 9th:Culture Crawl at various cultural institutions in Montreal. Focus: galleries, libraries, archives, museums, and monuments. Thursday, August 10th:This day will be full of programming, with a keynote, tracks, and lightning talks followed by the official Wikimania kick-off receptionthat evening at the conference venue, Le Centre Sheraton Montreal. Interested in providing feedback and helping make WikiConference great? We've set up a [25] quick feedback formfor you to send us your ideas; also feel free to e-mail us at[26] info(a)wikiconference.org. For more info head to: [27] Website- [28] Twitter- [29] Facebook Don't miss the Wiki-Train! On August 8, Wikimedia New York Cityis planning a [30] Adirondack Wiki-Train Ride, a special pre-conference train ride from New York City to Montreal. This is a day-long train trip mostly through the beautiful Upstate New York countryside (8:15 am - 7:11pm). If you are interested in attending, [31] check out the event page and sign up! We are also working on getting low cost[32] [33] accomodationfor the conference. Right now they are as low as $40/night. Stay tuned. [34] Sign Up Recent Events Brooklyn Library Skillshare In May, AfroCROWD was pleased to participate in the fourth annual Skillshare at the Info Commons of the Brooklyn Library. We joined technologists, designers, and other free culture supporters for a day of learning through workshops, demonstrations and presentations by people from throughout the New York City area. Congratulationsto the Brooklyn Library organizers for another successful event. Join the Global Wikipedia Community today with AfroCROWD! [35] Click here to get a Wikipedia Account! For more up to the minute info on AfroCROWD and other Wiki events, click here to follow us on [36] Twitter[37] @AfroCROWDItand on [38] Facebookand [39] Instagram [40] @AfroCROWD and click below to share! [41] [42] Share [43] [44] Share If you have editing ideas, or are looking to partner with AfroCROWD for a coming event, please contact us today: Founder, Executive Director - Alice Backer- [45] Alice(a)AfroCROWD.org Program Manager, Public Outreach - Sherry Antoine, MPA: [46] Sherry(a)AfroCROWD.org Afro Free Culture Crowdsourcing Wikimedia (AfroCROWD)is an initiative which seeks to increase the number of people of African Descents who actively partake in the Wikimedia and free knowledge, culture and software movements. Since its launch during Black Wiki History Month in 2015, AfroCROWD has sensitized thousands in its target audience about free culture crowdsourcing and the need to close the multicultural and gender gaps in Wikipedia. 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Fwd: [Wikimania-l] Call for Scholarship Committee, Help wanted for new applicants and African community
by Asaf Bartov 01 Dec '17

01 Dec '17

This is your chance to influence Wikimania scholarship decisions. (But you won't be able to get a scholarship yourself.) A. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Martin Rulsch <rulschmartin(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 4:11 PM Subject: [Wikimania-l] Call for Scholarship Committee, Help wanted for new applicants and African community To: Wikimania general list (open subscription) < wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Wikimedia Mailing List < wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Dear Wikimaniacs, we are now calling for the Scholarship Committee. The Scholarship Committee is an important and diverse group of volunteers who help to run the scholarship program. We encourage people from all Wikimedia wikis to apply for this position so that the committee can handle applications in many different languages. The main duties of the committee members prior to Wikimania 2018 are: * Participation in periodic online meetings with scholarships program manager and other committee members. * Review and edit communications material (e.g. application questions). * Assistance in determination of scholarship applicant requirements. * Assurance of due consideration and speedy response time to Wikimania scholarship applications in multiple languages. For further information please visit https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_Handbook#Scholarships and https://wikimania2018.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships. We are looking for Wikimedians from all over the world, who are: * fluent in written English and have good communication skills, or can name local community member(s) who help them with English translations. * discreet and able to handle confidential applicant information, and objectively assess candidates. * willing to review scholarship applications remotely in early 2018, estimated time is 30 hours. A review guide can be found on https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:TPS/Wikimania_scholars/Reviewer%27s_… . * having either or both: ** previously attended Wikimania, ** strong knowledge of the cross-project Wikimedia community. Scholarship Committee members may not apply for a scholarship themselves but there is a small budget for supporting committee members to attend Wikimania. Please tell us if you need financial support in case you’ll be selected. If you're interested in serving on the Scholarship Committee, please send us an email to wikimania-scholarships(a)wikimedia.org. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us there as well. Deadline to apply is Sunday, December 10, 2017. The organizers will contact all candidates and publish the list of scholarship committee members right afterwards. Proposed timeline * Nov 30–Dec 10: Call for Scholarship Committee * mid-December: Selection of the Scholarship Committee and start of the submission time * 5–26 February (estimated time frame): main review time Before the start of the submission time, we are adapting the application process to take recent activities more into account than the years before, as proposed on wikimania-l. On the one hand we want to encourage returning Wikimania participants to share their knowledge, on the other newcomers to Wikimania to apply for a scholarship at all. Former scholarship recipients can help us with the latter by sharing their successful applications on MetaWiki: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:TPS/Wikimania_scholars#2017_WMF_Wiki…. In case you don’t have your text at hand, you can send us a confirmation mail to wikimania-scholarships(a)wikimedia.org where you allow us to publish it for you. Above all, we want to support African community members with applying for scholarships. To achieve that, we are especially looking for volunteers who want help us with encouraging people, assisting with the application form, finding the right level of presenting one’s activities, etc. Please reach out to us if you'd like to help. Many thanks, David Richfield <https://wikimania2018.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Slashme> and Martin Rulsch <https://wikimania2018.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:DerHexer> Wikimania 2018 Scholarship Committee co-organizers _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l

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