Hi Everyone,
As we are gearing up with the WikiForHumanRights activities in different
communities and regions, we want to ensure that we join forces to raise
awareness and create visibility for the community efforts you are leading
in the campaign.
*If you are organizing local activities for the WikiForHumanRights 2023
campaign and to make sure your community is not missing in our
communication strategy, please add your community details to this event
table here
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiForHumanRights/Join_Community_Events>.*
*Also, ensure that you create your community program dashboard under the
campaign central dashboard here
<https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/campaigns/wikiforhumanrights_right_to…>.*
*And this one is for the T-shirt lovers -- you have been gifted with an
amazing design for the community events here
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiForHumanRights/Communications>. Feel
free to add this to all of the incredible energy you are building in the
campaign. We need all the loudness in driving change.*
Please help share in your communities!
Kindly,
Euphemia
أهلا،
يسرُّ اللجنة التوجيهية لمؤتمر ويكي أندابا
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Indaba_Steering_Committee> وبالتعاون
مع فريق الاتصالات بحركة ويكيميديا
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Movement_Communications>،
أنْ تدعوكم لحضور إطلاق المنصة المنتظرة بفارغ الصبر؛ منصة التجمع الإفريقي
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Afrika_Baraza> (بالسواحلية: Afrika
Baraza)، وهي منتدى مفتوحٌ للويكيميديين الأفارقة للتواصل والتعاون وتعزيز
أجندة القارة في الحركة.
جاءت تسمية التجمع الإفريقي من إعادة تسمية منصة إفريقيا للتواصل (Africa
Connect platform). قدمنا هذه التسمية للمجتمع في يناير أثناء الاحتفالات بعيد
ميلاد ويكيبيديا الثاني والعشرين. نهدف أن يكون المنتدى مفتوحًا لإندماج
المجتمعات الإفريقية وتحقيق التعاون فيما بينهم وتعزيز حل المشكلات وتمكين
بعضنا البعض من صقل الأجندة الإفريقية في الحركة. كما أنّه سيكون رائدًا في
المؤتمرات التحضيرية لمؤتمر ويكي أندابا
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Indaba>.
نتطلع إلى استضافتكم في هذا المساء الرائع للمشاركة في إنشاء الحركة التي
نريدها في إفريقيا.
*الموعد:* الخميس الموافق 30 مارس 2022
*التوقيت:* 17:00 بالتوقيت العالمي الموحد (UTC)
*رابط اللقاء على تطبيق زوم:*https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/82556823834
Meeting ID: 825 5682 3834
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تحياتي الحارة،
آفاق بن الشّاهد
نيابةً عن اللجنة التوجيهية للتجمع الإفريقي
Dear All,
The Wiki Indaba Steering Committee
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Indaba_Steering_Committee> (WISCom)
in collaboration with the Movement Communications Team
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Movement_Communications> is
excited to invite you to the launch of the much-awaited platform; *Afrika
Baraza*, This is an open forum for African Wikimedians to connect,
collaborate, and advance the continent’s agenda in the movement.
Afrika Baraza is a rename of the Africa Connect platform
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Afrika_Baraza>, which we introduced to the
community in January, during thew Wikipedia@22 Birthday celebrations. It is
aimed at being an open forum for African communities to engage;
collaborate, problem solve and empower each other in shaping the African
Agenda in the movement. It will also help pioneer Wiki Indaba
preconferences.
We look forward to hosting you on this great evening to engage and be part
of creating the movement we want in Africa.
When: Thursday 30th March, 2022
Time: 17:00 UTC
Join Zoom Meeting
https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/82556823834
Meeting ID: 825 5682 3834
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Kind Regards,
Bobby Shabangu,
Dear Wikimedians,
The Wikimedians of Twi Language is a community of Ghanaian editors. The
team seeks to increase and improve content in the Twi language about Akan
and Ghanaian culture on English Wikipedia, WikiCommons and Wikidata. The
community is currently running a project dubbed the African Fabric Project.
The aim is to create individual articles for each design on English
Wikipedia, Wikidata items on WikiData also for each design, WikiCommons
entries of images of the designs as well as the pronunciation of the
Ghanaian given name and a translation for each article on Twi Wikipedia. We
realized there was a rich heritage behind the naming of the fabrics most of
which portrayed Akan proverbs metaphorically. As the research developed, we
observed that these designs held multiple names notable across other
African countries.
Examples of such designs are Leaf Trail - known in Ghana as Ahwenepa Nkasa
and the Ivory Coast as Feuile-Feuile; and Fish Scales - known in Ghana as
Abɛ, in Nigeria as Akpirikpa azu and in South Africa as Bijenkorfje.
Thus, I write on behalf of the Wikimedians of Twi Language to call for your
help to make this project a success. We would appreciate it if you can help
with credible references you have on the individual fabric designs and
uploads of the pictures of the designs unto WikiCommons or uploads of usage
of the designs by notable personalities or in notable scenarios either in
Africa or anywhere else in the world. These would help give weight to these
articles and credence to their notability in our African Heritage.
We look forward to your support and assistance.
Regards,
Naa2Darkoa
(Wikimedia username)
PS: Did you know the Fabric design known by name as Akyikyidie akyi in
Ghana translates into Tortoise back - metaphorically saying one is
resilient and tough as the shell of a tortoise. It is known in other
African countries as Masque and Grand Bassam. Did you know this fabric was
used as the exercise wear of Semmi in the movie *Coming to America, 1988*.
It was used in the scene where Semmi was training with Eddie Murphy, the
Prince Akeem.
*You can find this message translated into additional languages on
Meta-wiki.
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Universal_Code_of_Conduc…>*
Hello all,
Here is an important update on the UCoC Enforcement Guidelines:
The vote on the Enforcement Guidelines in January 2023 showed a majority
approval of the Enforcement Guidelines. There were 369 comments received
and a detailed summary of the comments will be published shortly. Just over
three-thousand (3097) voters voted and 76% approved of the Enforcement
Guidelines. You can view the *vote statistics on Meta-wiki
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Universal_Code_of_Conduc…>*
.
As the support increased, this signifies to the Board that the current
version has addressed some of the issues indicated during the last review
in 2022. The Board of Trustees voted to ratify the Enforcement Guidelines.
The resolution can be found on Foundation wiki
<https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Approval_of_Universal_Code…>
and
you can read more about the process behind the 2023 Enforcement Guidelines
review on Diff.
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/03/21/the-enforcement-guidelines-received-s…>
There are some next steps to take with the important recommendations
provided by the Enforcement Guidelines. More details will come soon about
timelines. Thank you for your interest and participation.
On behalf of the UCoC Project Team,
--
Zita Ursula Zage (she/her)
Facilitator, Movement Strategy & Governance
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
Hello,
We appreciate you for joining us in officially launching the Kiwix4schools
Africa Mentorship Program yesterday. We were super elated to have shared
such a wonderful experience with you.
For all your inquiries, questions, submissions and regular updates from us,
kindly join our new Telegram page
<https://t.me/Kiwix4schoolsMentorshipProgram> via the link below.
Unfortunately the initial telegram page has been hacked so we urge you to
join the newly created group for more information on the project.
Registration for the Kiwix4schools Africa Mentorship program is still open
for those who were unable to register. Kindly register via the link below
<https://forms.gle/DqDnLCH5QxpYE4FCA>.
For those of us who could not make it to the launch do not feel left out,
you have another opportunity to relive the moment again via the recorded
version of the launch via Youtube.
Telegram page Link: https://t.me/Kiwix4schoolsMentorshipProgram
Youtube Link: https://youtu.be/y82bYoKJhKI
Kiwix4schools Africa Mentorship Program Link:
https://forms.gle/DqDnLCH5QxpYE4FCA
Kind Regards,
Eugene Masiku
--
Eugene Makafui Masiku,
Communications Officer
Open Foundation West Africa
Dear Community Members,
Are you curious to know how Wiktionary works and would love to use it in
contributing to climate change and environmental vocabularies or apply the
skill to any other campaign?
OR do you want to learn how to start a new language Wiktionary?
Then join us *TODAY* *Friday, March 17th at 16:00 UTC* to learn how.
To reserve your spot, please register here:
https://wikimedia.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEscemsrTwiGdIzuvB-pHE_kBlZl7B0…
NB:There will also be French interpretation support.
We can't wait to see you there! #WikiForHumanRights2023 #Wiktionary
Best,
Wikiforhumanrights Africa Regional Coordinators
Hi everyone,
We are a team of researchers working on a project that involves analyzing
the cultural diversity and gender representation of images on Wikimedia
Commons. To achieve this, we need to annotate a large number of images
based on gender and cultural representation (specifically food and dress).
This is where we need your help! We are looking for volunteers who are
interested in participating in this annotation project. No prior experience
is required, and all you need is access to a computer and an internet
connection.
The annotation process will be conducted online using a simple labeling
tool that we have built. This tool will be accessible via a web link and
can be completed at any time convenient for you.
Your task will be to view and label batches of images based on cultural
items such as food and dress, and gender representation depicted in the
images. Each batch of images should take about 30 minutes to label, and you
may complete up to 2 batches of images.
Your work may potentially be contributed back to Wikimedia Commons to help
improve the structured data if you give us permission to do so.
Additionally, for each batch of images you complete, we will offer you a
gift card valued at $15 or a note of appreciation as a token for your time.
If you are interested in participating, please fill out this online form
<https://form.jotform.com/230713723454048>. If there are still available
slots, we will email you with the next steps.
Thank you in advance for your help!
On behalf of the team,
*French:*
Bonjour à tous,
Nous sommes une équipe de chercheurs travaillant sur un projet qui consiste
à analyser la diversité culturelle et la représentation du genre des images
sur Wikimedia Commons. Pour ce faire, nous avons besoin d'annoter un grand
nombre d'images en fonction du genre et de la représentation culturelle (en
particulier la nourriture et la tenue vestimentaire).
C'est là que nous avons besoin de votre aide ! Nous recherchons des
bénévoles qui souhaitent participer à ce projet d'annotation. Aucune
expérience préalable n'est requise, et tout ce dont vous avez besoin, c'est
d'un accès à un ordinateur et d'une connexion internet.
Le processus d'annotation sera mené en ligne à l'aide d'un outil
d'étiquetage simple que nous avons construit. Cet outil sera accessible via
un lien web et pourra être utilisé au moment qui vous conviendra le mieux.
Votre tâche consistera à visualiser et à étiqueter des lots d'images sur la
base d'éléments culturels tels que la nourriture et les vêtements, ainsi
que la représentation des sexes sur les images. Chaque lot d'images devrait
prendre environ 30 minutes à étiqueter, et vous pouvez compléter jusqu'à
deux lots d'images.
Votre travail pourra éventuellement être reversé à Wikimedia Commons afin
d'améliorer les données structurées si vous nous en donnez l'autorisation.
En outre, pour chaque lot d'images réalisé, nous vous offrirons une
carte-cadeau d'une valeur de 15 dollars ou une note de remerciement en
guise de remerciement pour le temps que vous nous avez consacré.
Si vous souhaitez participer, veuillez remplir ce formulaire en ligne
<https://form.jotform.com/230713723454048>. S'il reste des places
disponibles, nous vous enverrons un courrier électronique pour vous
indiquer la marche à suivre.
Merci d'avance pour votre aide !
Au nom de l'équipe,
*Spanish:*
Hola a todos,
Somos un equipo de investigadores trabajando en un proyecto que consiste en
analizar la diversidad cultural y la representación de género de las
imágenes en Wikimedia Commons. Para conseguirlo, necesitamos anotar un gran
número de imágenes basándonos en el género y la representación cultural
(específicamente comida y vestimenta).
Aquí es donde necesitamos tu ayuda. Buscamos voluntarios interesados en
participar en este proyecto de anotación. No se requiere experiencia
previa, y todo lo que se necesita es acceso a un ordenador y conexión a
Internet.
El proceso de anotación se llevará a cabo en línea utilizando una sencilla
herramienta de etiquetado que hemos creado. Podrá acceder a esta
herramienta a través de un enlace web y completarla en cualquier momento
que le resulte conveniente.
Su tarea consistirá en ver y etiquetar lotes de imágenes basándose en
elementos culturales como la comida y la vestimenta, y la representación de
género que aparecen en las imágenes. Etiquetar cada lote de imágenes le
llevará unos 30 minutos, y podrá completar hasta 2 lotes de imágenes.
Tu trabajo podrá ser devuelto a Wikimedia Commons para ayudar a mejorar los
datos estructurados si nos das permiso para ello. Además, por cada lote de
imágenes que complete, le ofreceremos una tarjeta regalo valorada en 15
dólares o una nota de agradecimiento como muestra de su tiempo.
Si está interesado en participar, rellene este formulario en línea
<https://form.jotform.com/230713723454048>. Si aún quedan plazas
disponibles, te enviaremos un correo electrónico con los pasos a seguir.
Gracias de antemano por su ayuda.
En nombre del equipo,
--
*Sadik Shahadu *
*Executive Director *
Dagbani Wikimedians User Group
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Dagbani_Wikimedians_User_Group>
*West African Language Coordinator*
Art + Feminism <https://www.artandfeminism.org/>
*Advisory Board Member*
*Open Education for a Better World <https://oe4bw.org/advisory-board/>*
*Call/Whatsapp: +233244666136*
*Twitter: @Sadike25 <https://twitter.com/Sadike25>*
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Recent publication: A global outlook to the interruption of education due
to COVID-19 pandemic: Navigating in a time of uncertainty and crisis
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