Hi all,
In preparation for the upcoming Wikimedia Conference 2019 – which will take
place from March 29 to March 31 in Berlin, Germany[1] – we again launch a
call for a “Visiting Wikimedian”. This initiative aims to transfer
practical knowledge from the German chapter to other Wikimedia movement
affiliates and provides us with an outside view.
The scope of a “Visiting Wikimedian” is mainly to support the organization
of the Wikimedia Conference in terms of logistics and program. The “Visiting
Wikimedian” will be involved in all essential steps of the planning and
organizing process and will be able to contribute in multiple ways. We are
open to designing the tasks together, according to the Visiting Wikimedian’s
skills and experiences and her or his affiliate’s needs. We are especially
looking for a person who can apply the knowledge to an upcoming event, for
example if the affiliate is hosting a regional or international conference.
You can find more information about the initiative and all application
details on Meta.[2] We had three Visiting Wikimedians over the last years,
check also their blost posts on the linked on the Meta page.
If you are interested in becoming a Visiting Wikimedian, please check the
conditions and details on Meta and apply to wmcon(a)wikimedia.de until
September 19, 2019 (incl).
Best regards,
Cornelius
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2019
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Visiting_Wikimedian
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Cornelius Kibelka
Program and Engagement Coordinator (PEC)
for the Wikimedia Conference
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin
Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0
http://wikimedia.de
Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch an der Menge allen
Wissens frei teilhaben kann. Helfen Sie uns dabei!
http://spenden.wikimedia.de/
Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V.
Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter
der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für
Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207
FYI.
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From: Vahid Masrour <vmasrour(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Mon, Aug 27, 2018, 20:44
Subject: [Wikimedia Education] Office Hours launches
To: Wikimedia Education <education(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Dear Wikimedia & Education Community,
The Education Team at the Wikimedia Foundation is happy to launch a new
“Office Hours” initiative! The Education Team will be holding at least 2
office hours per month. The goal is to have dedicated "real time"
conversations about your questions, and first hand accounts of your
activities. Having set times for this type of interaction will make sure
that everyone has a fair chance to receive real time support. We will make
sure to schedule for different time zones so that everyone has a chance to
participate.
Please bring topics you want to discuss, ask, or share about! It will be an
opportunity to have a conversation about them with the Education Team, and
also with those that participate in the meeting.
We will be using Google Meet to host the meeting, so please make sure you
have it installed before the meeting starts. You can download it from:
https://meet.google.com/
For the month of August, the meetings are set as follows:
-
August 30, 16:00 UTC (probably most practical for participants from the
Americas, Europe and Africa)
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Meet Link: https://meet.google.com/dsu-dhaz-ezm
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August 31, 13:00 UTC (probably most practical for participants in Asia
and Oceania)
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Meet link: https://meet.google.com/ioq-msev-eny
If you have any questions, please address them to education(a)wikimedia.org
or reply to this message. We look forward to speaking with you at office
hours!
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Vahid Masrour
Community Capacity Manager, Wikipedia Education Program
vmasrour(a)wikimedia.org
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education
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Education(a)lists.wikimedia.org
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education
Dear Community members,
We are glad to inform you that the host city for WikiIndaba2019 has been selected.
Abuja, Nigeria is set to host the next WikiIndaba. Thisdecision was reached after deliberations between the Wikimedia Foundation,Wikimedia UserGroup Nigeria and input from the community polls carried out.
WikiIndaba Conference is the regional conference for Africansboth within and in the diaspora. The first edition was held in Johannesburg,South Africa in 2014 by Wikimedia ZA,while the latest edition was held in Tunis, Tunisia in 2018 by Wikimedia TN Usergroup. The 2019 edition ofthe conference will be hosted in Abuja, FCT, Nigeria by the Wikimedia UG Nigeria.
Aims of WIkiIndaba:
• Building capacity for AfricanWikimedians
• Fostering growth of the coverage andinvolvement of Africa in Wikimedia projects
• Connecting African Wikimedians bothwithin the continent and in the diaspora
Schedules:
• August 2018: Conference grantsgubmission.
• October 2018: Opening of thescholarship application.
• October 2018: Call for submissions.
• November 2018: Closure of thescholarship application.
• November 2018: Closure ofsubmissions' application.
• November 2018: Finalization andnotification of scholarship recipients.
• November 2018: Commencement of travelarrangements for confirmed participants.
• December 2018: Notification ofsubmission decisions.
• January 2019: Publication ofconference programs.
• 18 - 20 January 2019: WikiIndaba 2019Conference.
For more information, please check the WikiIndaba 2019 Metapage viahttps://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=WikiIndaba_conference_2019
We look forward to hosting you.
Thank you.
Kayode Yussuf,
for:
Wiki Indaba 2019 Communication Team
Thank you Derick,
These will be checked out.
Kayode Yussuf
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(Derick N. Alangi)
3. Wikipedia's Voice was a success! (Daniel Obiokeke)
4. Visiting Wikimedian for the Wikimedia Conference 2019
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Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2018 10:25:40 +0100
From: "Derick N. Alangi" <alangiderick(a)gmail.com>
To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians
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Subject: Re: [African Wikimedians] Wiki-Indaba 2019 Community
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Hello Dear Kayode,
I've submitted a response to the Wiki Indaba 2019 Community Survey. I've
got a few remarks concerning the form for improvement etc;
1. Question: What skills do you wish to learn during Wiki Indaba 2019?
I think this question should be check-boxes as one may want to select
multiple skills but currently it's a set of radio buttons where one can
select just 1 skill.
2. Question: Major problems in your community (another question in the
form).
Seems like a similar issue with the question mentioned above.
Thanks very much Kayode :)
*Awesome Cheers,*
*Derick N. Alangi (d3r1ck)*
*"One often meets his destiny on the road he takes to avoid it" --Master
Oogway*
On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 9:29 AM kayode yussuf <kayusyussuf(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> Dear community members,
>
> Please find below a link to the Wiki-Indaba 2019 Community Engagement
> Survey.
>
>
> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1s7wvhWn1nqI_eFE1eww1Jl9gwD4VZq0nrrTz9TNJeo…
>
>
> Please fill the survey before *Friday August 3rd *so we can better
> understand your preferences for Wiki Indaba 2019.
>
>
> Thank you.
>
> Kayode Yussuf
> Chair,
>
> Wiki Indaba 2019 Communications Team
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> African-Wikimedians mailing list
> African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians
>
Wikipedia Voice was a two-day training event where 47 student members
of Wikimedia Fan Club, University of Ilorin and two post graduates
enriched their experience and skills as Wikipedians as they engaged in
training sessions, help improve Wikipedia articles and engaged in Wiki
related activities and discussions.
The training sought to align the new stream of emerging editors with
the community policies and practices that have kept Wikipedia's
standard.
Experienced members of the club gave brief talks about Neutral Point
Of View, weasel words, puffery etc using the slides and experience
gotten from Asaf's training/meeting at Abuja.
Metrics tracked at the event can be found here:
https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/University_of_Ilorin/Wikipedia's_Voice,_Training_for_editors_at_Wikimedia_Fan_Club,_UNILORIN/home
Images can be found here
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Training_on_Wikipedia%27s_Voice…
Meetup page :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Wikipedia%27s_Voice,_Wikimed….
We are so excited to render knowledge as a service.
Keeping it up.
Daniel.
[[user:Danidamiobi]]
Former president,
Wikimedia Fan Club,
University of Ilorin.
Dear community members,
Please find below a link to the Wiki-Indaba 2019 Community Engagement Survey.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1s7wvhWn1nqI_eFE1eww1Jl9gwD4VZq0nrrTz9TNJeo…
Please fill the survey before Friday August 3rd so we can better understand your preferences for Wiki Indaba 2019.
Thank you.
Kayode YussufChair,
Wiki Indaba 2019 Communications Team
Hi everybody, at Swahili Wikipedia we have an unusual project; the
University of Dar es Salaam asked for a manuscript for a Swahili Lexicon
of Astronomy. This will be the text of all related articles on our
wikipedia. (The proposal gives some background about this request).
In September we would like to have a workshop that brings together
Wikipedians from Dar es Salaam with members of the "Astronomy and Space
Science Association of Tanzania" to revise the existing articles,
prepare the manuscript for the university and enter the revisions into
the online articles.
I posted a Rapid Grant Proposal to have WMF fund the workshop. This
project shows the opportunities for our African Language Wikipedias
which often will be the only existing encyclopedias in these languages.
I am happy if members can support the proposal by endorsing
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/Swwiki_workshop_astron….
(By PC press the "Endorse" button in the box on the right and fill in
the popup-box; by phone this does not work, you have to scroll down to
the end until you see "Endorsements", press the stylus-edit-symbol and
add your comment under the last line)
Cheers!
Ingo - Kipala
Am 06.08.2018 um 16:02 schrieb
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Hello Community Members!
This is to announce that the meta page for WikiIndaba Conference 2019 is now up and can be checked out[1]. The page is still in its basic form and will be developed further as time goes on. Kindly note that, certain information and decisions have not yet been finalized, and they'll only be added to the page as soon as they become finalized.
Most importantly; If you intend to attend this conference, kindly fill up the Questions & Needs page [2] to let us understand your needs and expectations for this gathering. If you haven't already, also ensure to fill the Community Engagement Survey, which can also be found on the Q&N page.
We look forward to hosting you all in Nigeria, this January!
Kindly,
Sam.
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiIndaba_conference_2019
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiIndaba_conference_2019/Questions_%26_Ne…
All my encouragements Urzula for your project :)
Le sam. 4 août 2018 à 10:43, <
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>
> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2018 08:49:14 +0100
> From: Isaac Olatunde <reachout2isaac(a)gmail.com>
> To: Ursula Zage <ursulazage(a)gmail.com>
> Cc: Mailing list for African Wikimedians
> <african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
> Subject: Re: [African Wikimedians] Grant Proposal: Twi Wikipedia
> Translatathon
> Message-ID:
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> CAEKHrP4fXG5C4befqBCTfRFnZB1Pa02w0W7vDqBEaQ3MJqK4aQ(a)mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>
> I can see that the interface is still in English language. I can help you
> work on the interface and the Wikipedia main page if you can translate the
> English texts into Twi.
>
> Regards,
>
> Isaac
>
> On Aug 4, 2018 8:28 AM, "Ursula Zage" <ursulazage(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thank you Isaac.
>
> We could use some help from the Nigeria team as well.
>
> On Sat, 4 Aug 2018, 02:19 Isaac Olatunde, <reachout2isaac(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi Zage,
> >
> > I have endorsed this project. Really, African languages Wikipedia needs
> > urgent attention.
> >
> > Please, feel free to reach out to me if you need any help on and
> off-wiki.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Isaac
> >
> >
> >
> > On Aug 3, 2018 11:33 PM, "Ursula Zage" <ursulazage(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Thank you Raphael
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 3, 2018 at 10:30 PM Raphael Berchie <rberchie(a)gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> As an editor of Twi Wikipedia and a native speaker of Twi this certainly
> >> is a project of interest to me.
> >>
> >> I will however review it and add my comments and if possible endorse.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> *Raphael Berchie*
> >> Co Founder Open Foundation, West Africa, MA Student Mass Communications.
> >> Dan & Jonnie Winn Memorial Award Scholar.
> >> Wikimedian <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Ghana>, Open
> >> Advocate, Climate Change Activist ,Blogger
> >> <http://rberchie.blogspot.com/>
> >>
> >> 3401 Fair Park Blvd Apt H 304
> >> <
> https://maps.google.com/?q=3401+Fair+Park+Blvd+Apt+H+304+Little+Rock+72204+…
> >
> >> Little Rock 72204
> >> <
> https://maps.google.com/?q=3401+Fair+Park+Blvd+Apt+H+304+Little+Rock+72204+…
> >
> >> Arkansas
> >> <
> https://maps.google.com/?q=3401+Fair+Park+Blvd+Apt+H+304+Little+Rock+72204+…
> >
> >> +15012515424
> >> Twitter@berchie4gh <https://twitter.com/berchie4gh>
> >> Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/berchie>
> >> Linkedin
> >> <
> https://www.linkedin.com/in/raphael-berchie-32705822?trk=nav_responsive_tab…
> >
> >>
> >> On Fri, Aug 3, 2018 at 2:53 PM, Sherry Antoine <sherryantoine(a)gmail.com
> >
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Awesome Ursula!
> >>> Will endorse,
> >>> Sherry
> >>>
> >>> *Sherry-Ann L. Antoine, MPA*
> >>>
> >>> Program Development and Outreach Specialist
> >>>
> >>> Manager, Afro Free Culture Crowdsourcing Wikimedia (AfroCrowd),
> >>> AfroCROWD.org <http://afrocrowd.org/>, #AfroCROWD
> >>>
> >>> Board of Directors, The Internet Society New York Chapter (ISOC-NY),
> >>> ISOC-NY.org <http://isoc-ny.org/>
> >>>
> >>> p: (718) 772-4802
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> *Sent in a hurry. Please excuse any typos, thanks.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Fri, Aug 3, 2018 at 2:18 PM, Ursula Zage <ursulazage(a)gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Hi everyone,
> >>>> I'm announcing a proposal I posted about improving the Twi Wikipedia,
> >>>> currently the only active local language Wikipedia in Ghana which has
> only
> >>>> 607 articles and 8 users.
> >>>>
> >>>> Please see the proposal here: *
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/Celestinesucess/Twi_Wi…
> >>>> <
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/Celestinesucess/Twi_Wi…
> >*
> >>>>
> >>>> Feel free to ask questions. Feedback and comments are welcome.
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks
> >>>>
> >>>> -[[User:Celestinesucess]]
> >>>>
> >>>>
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