Forward as received
FYI dear community member
Abel Lifaefi Mbula
Free Software Dev
Free Culture Enthousiast
Please do not send me Microsoft Office/Apple iWork documents. Send
OpenDocument instead! http://fsf.org/campaigns/opendocument/
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From: patience kavira <patiencekavira(a)gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2023 at 13:07
Subject: Fwd: My project was stolen by a user from Rwanda - User:Nkunda102
To: Abel MBULA (via Google Drive) <bam6192(a)gmail.com>
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De : patience kavira <patiencekavira(a)gmail.com>
Date: sam. 18 févr. 2023 à 12:55
Subject: My project was stolen by a user from Rwanda - User:Nkunda102
To: fdevouard(a)anthere.org <fdevouard(a)anthere.org>, donatien.kanga(a)gmail.com
<donatien.kanga(a)gmail.com>, emmanuelleg22(a)gmail.com <emmanuelleg22(a)gmail.com>,
isla(a)wikiinafrica.org <isla(a)wikiinafrica.org>
Cc: <wikifranca(a)lists.wikimedia.fr>, <
african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Dear Florence,
It is with great regret that I am writing to report suspicious behavior by
a user from Rwanda.
As part of the African Environment project that you are conducting in
partnership with Wikimedia CI, I have submitted a funding request since
February 14th [1].
However, as I was checking this morning to see if you have already decided
on my project, I was surprised to see that the project has been slightly
modified, and I am no longer the project owner. It is now the user
Nkunda102 who has taken over the project. I did not want to simply undo his
modifications, at the risk that he might come back again. I want to bring
the situation to your level so that you know what to do, but at the same
time, I would like to alert the whole community so that such behavior
cannot happen again, because it tarnishes the image of Africa, as well as
of Wikipedia.
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Africa_Environment/Microfunding/Let%E2%80%9…
Kind regards,
Patience Kavira
Environmental specialist
University of Kisangani
Hello everyone,
Wikimedia Foundation Legal Department
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundatio…>
is
organizing a feedback-cycle with community members to discuss updating the
Wikimedia Terms of Use.
The Terms of Use (ToU)
<https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Terms_of_Use> are
the legal terms that govern the use of websites hosted by the Wikimedia
Foundation. We will be gathering your feedback on a draft proposal from
February through April. The draft will be translated into several
languages, with written feedback accepted in any language.
This update comes in response to several things:
- Implementing the Universal Code of Conduct
- Updating project text to the Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0 license
- Proposal for better addressing undisclosed paid editing
- Bringing our terms in line with current and recently passed laws
affecting the Foundation, including the European Digital Services Act
As part of the feedback cycle, two office hours will be held, the first on
March 2, the second on April 4.
For further information, please consult:
- The proposed update of the ToU by comparison
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_Leg…>
- The page for your feedback
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Terms_of_use>
- Information about the office hours
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_Leg…>
On behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation Legal Team,
--
Zita Ursula Zage (she/her)
Facilitator, Movement Strategy & Governance
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
Dear Florence,
It is with great regret that I am writing to report suspicious behavior by
a user from Rwanda.
As part of the African Environment project that you are conducting in
partnership with Wikimedia CI, I have submitted a funding request since
February 14th [1].
However, as I was checking this morning to see if you have already decided
on my project, I was surprised to see that the project has been slightly
modified, and I am no longer the project owner. It is now the user
Nkunda102 who has taken over the project. I did not want to simply undo his
modifications, at the risk that he might come back again. I want to bring
the situation to your level so that you know what to do, but at the same
time, I would like to alert the whole community so that such behavior
cannot happen again, because it tarnishes the image of Africa, as well as
of Wikipedia.
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Africa_Environment/Microfunding/Let%E2%80%9…
Kind regards,
Patience Kavira
Environmental specialist
University of Kisangani
Hi everyone
Sending across a reminder for the Women's History Month Office Hour *happening
today at 4pm UTC. *
Please visit this link for log in information:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Women_History_Month_Conversation
More details below.
To respond to the gender gap and create opportunities to strengthen the
gender diverse content on Wikipedia, the Gender Organizing community in the
Wikimedia Movement hosts an annual campaign
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Celebrate_Women> during International
Women’s Month. This campaign is an important opportunity for the Wikimedia
movement to engage with the work of different communities highlighting the
gender gap in each Wikimedia project.
We invite you to a conversation hour!
For this reason (and many more), we are excited to invite you to a
Campaigns Programs Office Hour on Gender Organizing as a Wikimedians. Here,
I hope to listen to your experiences of gender organizing across the
WikiProjects and share some exciting tools that we’ve developed to support
your work! Join this conversation hour to:
-
Share what your community is doing in campaign organizing on the Gender
Gap during International Women’s Day and beyond.
-
Learn about this year’s volunteer-led Central Notice banner and central
calendar and how you can give feedback on the pages.
-
Learn how the new event registration tool
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xb6-ZElpN4&ab_channel=WikimediaFoundation>can
help improve your registration experience for newcomers joining events.
Please join the Office Hour to connect and share.
International Women’s Day Office Hour
16 February 2023
1600 UTC
Register here
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Women_History_Month_Conversation>
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From: Masana Mulaudzi <mmulaudzi(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Mon, Feb 6, 2023 at 4:02 PM
Subject: Women's History Month Conversation
To: <wikipedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Hi Wikimedia Organizers,
My name is Masana Mulaudzi and I recently joined the Wikimedia Foundation
as the new Senior Manager for the Campaigns Programs team. Before joining
the Wikimedia Foundation I worked extensively in the gender justice
movement across Africa, and in solidarity with feminists around the world
in economic and social justice campaigning. I am really humbled to be
joining the Movement and to learn and act in solidarity with gender
organizers in this vibrant community.
To respond to the gender gap and create opportunities to strengthen the
gender diverse content on Wikipedia, the Gender Organizing community in the
Wikimedia Movement hosts an annual campaign
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Celebrate_Women> during International
Women’s Month. This campaign is an important opportunity for the Wikimedia
movement to engage with the work of different communities highlighting the
gender gap in each Wikimedia project.
We invite you to a conversation hour!
For this reason (and many more), we are excited to invite you to a
Campaigns Programs Office Hour on Gender Organizing as a Wikimedians. Here,
I hope to listen to your experiences of gender organizing across the
WikiProjects and share some exciting tools that we’ve developed to support
your work! Join this conversation hour to:
-
Share what your community is doing in campaign organizing on the Gender
Gap during International Women’s Day and beyond.
-
Learn about this year’s volunteer-led Central Notice banner and central
calendar and how you can give feedback on the pages.
-
Learn how the new event registration tool
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xb6-ZElpN4&ab_channel=WikimediaFoundation>can
help improve your registration experience for newcomers joining events.
Please join the Office Hour to connect and share.
International Women’s Day Office Hour
16 February 2023
1600 UTC
Register here
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Women_History_Month_Conversation>
*Masana Mulaudzi (She/Her)*
Senior Manager, Campaigns Programs
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
Hello everyone,
Free Knowledge Africa is organising a contest; The 2023 Afrosport Writing
Contest!
Afrosport is an African games and sports writing contest on Wikipedia.
There is a huge content gap on the internet/Wikipedia as regards contents
on African Sports in English and other Languages.
This contest aims to bridge the content gap on Wikipedia by writing
articles about the historical and contemporary African Sports Scene
focusing on the English Wikipedia and 6 African languages; Wikipedia
(Igbo, Hausa, Yoruba, Dagbani, Swahili and Kinyarwanda.)
If you're interested in promoting sports in your local community, writing
about the favourite games and sports you grew up playing, translating sport
related articles on wikipedia to your local languages, or anything related
to the Sports scene in your country, join us on this exciting venture!
Come join us on the 15th of February in The Afrosport Writing Contest.
There are amazing prizes to be won and also there will be training sessions.
Register here <https://bit.ly/Afrosport2023>
Visit the project page on Meta
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Afrosports_Contest_2023>
to know more about the contest.
Remember, If we don’t write stories about Africa, who will?
Best regards,
Hopeabby
Associate, Free Knowledge Africa (FKA)
Hi Wikimedia Organizers,
My name is Masana Mulaudzi and I recently joined the Wikimedia Foundation
as the new Senior Manager for the Campaigns Programs team. Before joining
the Wikimedia Foundation I worked extensively in the gender justice
movement across Africa, and in solidarity with feminists around the world
in economic and social justice campaigning. I am really humbled to be
joining the Movement and to learn and act in solidarity with gender
organizers in this vibrant community.
To respond to the gender gap and create opportunities to strengthen the
gender diverse content on Wikipedia, the Gender Organizing community in the
Wikimedia Movement hosts an annual campaign
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Celebrate_Women> during International
Women’s Month. This campaign is an important opportunity for the Wikimedia
movement to engage with the work of different communities highlighting the
gender gap in each Wikimedia project.
We invite you to a conversation hour!
For this reason (and many more), we are excited to invite you to a
Campaigns Programs Office Hour on Gender Organizing as a Wikimedians. Here,
I hope to listen to your experiences of gender organizing across the
WikiProjects and share some exciting tools that we’ve developed to support
your work! Join this conversation hour to:
-
Share what your community is doing in campaign organizing on the Gender
Gap during International Women’s Day and beyond.
-
Learn about this year’s volunteer-led Central Notice banner and central
calendar and how you can give feedback on the pages.
-
Learn how the new event registration tool
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xb6-ZElpN4&ab_channel=WikimediaFoundation>can
help improve your registration experience for newcomers joining events.
Please join the Office Hour to connect and share.
International Women’s Day Office Hour
16 February 2023
1600 UTC
Register here
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Women_History_Month_Conversation>
*Masana Mulaudzi (She/Her)*
Senior Manager, Campaigns Programs
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
Hi Everyone,
*The WikiforHumanRights 2023 campaign is delivering capacity building
sessions *to support campaign organizers and participants to build their
capacity in leading the campaign.
*Are you a WikiforHumanRights 2023 organizer, participant or someone
interested in learning how to build a topic list using available tools?*
*The training sessions on 24 & 28 February are just for you.*
Register for both sessions in the links below:
*Tools for finding the right articles24 February 2023*
https://wikimedia.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIof-CqrjssGNz6wPUNUSZQAMAHj6vT…
*Building Article List with Petscan28 February 2023*
https://wikimedia.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAudeygqD8oEtFHDdxNypzLVeRz9_3b…
We are happy to answer any questions or comments you might have.
Best,
Euphemia
مرحبا بالجميع,
تقدم حملة ويكي تغير المناخ 2023 جلسات لبناء القدرات لدعم منظمي الحملة
والمشاركين لبناء قدراتهم في قيادة الحملة.
هل أنت منظم لحملة ويكي تغير المناخ لعام 2023 أو مشارك فيها؟ أو حتى تهتم
بتعلم كيفية إنشاء قائمة المواضيع باستخدام الأدوات المتاحة؟
الدورات التدريبية في 24 و 28 فبراير هي لك تماماً.
سجل في كلتا الدورتين في الروابط أدناه:
أدوات للعثور على المقالات الصحيحة
24 فبراير 2023
https://wikimedia.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIof-CqrjssGNz6wPUNUSZQAMAHj6vT…https://wikimedia.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIof-CqrjssGNz6wPUNUSZQAMAHj6vT…
قائمة المواضيع عبر أداة Petscan
28 فبراير 2023
https://wikimedia.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAudeygqD8oEtFHDdxNypzLVeRz9_3b…
(
https://wikimedia.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAudeygqD8oEtFHDdxNypzLVeRz9_3b…
تترددوا بالتواصل معنا لأي استفسار..
Bonjour à tous,
La campagne WikiforHumanRights 2023 organise des sessions de renforcement
des capacités afin d'aider les organisateurs et les participants de la
campagne à construire leur campagne en la dirigeant.
*Êtes-vous un organisateur de la campagne WikiforHumanRights 2023, un
participant ou quelqu'un qui souhaite apprendre comment construire une
liste de sujets en utilisant les outils disponibles ?*
*Les sessions de formation des 24 et 28 février sont faites pour vous.*
Inscrivez-vous aux deux sessions en cliquant sur les liens ci-dessous :
*Outils pour trouver les bons articles*
*24 février 2023*
https://wikimedia.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIof-CqrjssGNz6wPUNUSZQAMAHj6vT…
*Construire une liste d'articles avec Petscan*
*28 février 2023*
https://wikimedia.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAudeygqD8oEtFHDdxNypzLVeRz9_3b…
Nous sommes heureux de répondre à toutes vos questions ou commentaires.
Meilleur,
Euphemia
Hello everyone,
We are elated to share with you our first newsletter of the year. Get to
know what Open Foundation West Africa has been up to in the latter part of
2022 and the early parts of this year. Also, don't miss out on the programs
and activities we have for you this year.
Embrace us, we have an exciting lineup of programs for you!
Read more here:
https://mailchi.mp/2dcd90012512/junenewsletter-9090421
Don’t forget to subscribe!!
Best regards,
Eugene Masiku.
--
Eugene Makafui Masiku,
Communications Officer
Open Foundation West Africa
To all organisers, individuals and MORE!
Do you wish to know more about Africa Environment Day / Wangari Maathai Day
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Africa_Environment>? Would you like ideas
of how you can get involved? Or perhaps you have ideas you would like to
share? If the answer is “Yes!” then this Office Hour is for YOU!
Date: Tuesday, 14th February
When: 16:00 UTC (your local time linked here
<https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1676390403>)
Where: Google Meet (link <https://meet.google.com/mrv-jtge-ncz>)
Meeting language : English
You are invited to attend the first Africa Environment Day Office Hour
presented Ceslause Ogbonnaya <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ceslause>.
During this session, you will be introduced to the project, and have the
opportunity to ask questions and get answers.
Share this message with your community members!
The Wiki in Africa
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wiki_In_Africa> team
and the Wikimedia Community User Group Cote d'Ivoire
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Community_User…>
look forward to explaining more about the initiative. We’d be grateful if
you could arrive a few minutes early so we can start on time!
NB: The Office Hour for French speakers will be announced soon.
Best,
Nonny Ntlahla
__________________________________________________________________________
À tous les organisateurs et organisatrices, et au-delà!
Vous souhaitez en savoir plus sur Africa Environnement Day / Journée
Wangari Maathai <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Africa_Environment>?
Souhaitez-vous avoir des idées sur la façon dont vous pouvez vous
impliquer? Ou peut-être avez-vous des idées que vous aimeriez partager ? Si
la réponse est oui!" alors cette Office Hour est pour VOUS!
Date: Mardi, 14 Février
Quand: 16:00 UTC (votre heure locale liée ici
<https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1676390403>)
Lieu: Google Meet (lien <https://meet.google.com/mrv-jtge-ncz>)
Langue de discussion: Français
Vous êtes invité.e.s à assister à la première Heure de bureau d’Africa
Environment Day présentée par Ceslause Ogbonnaya
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ceslause>. Au cours de cette session,
vous serez initié au projet et aurez l'opportunité de poser des questions
et d'obtenir des réponses.
Partagez ce message avec les membres de votre communauté!
L'équipe de Wiki in Africa
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wiki_In_Africa> et
de Wikimedia
Community User Group Cote d'Ivoire
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Community_User…>
sont impatientes d'en expliquer plus sur l'initiative. Nous vous serions
reconnaissant.e.s d'arriver quelques minutes plus tôt afin que nous
puissions commencer à l'heure!
NB: L'heure de bureau pour les francophones sera annoncée bientôt.
Cordialement,
Nonny Ntlahla