Chers Wikimédiens
Rejoignez-nous pour cette formation générale sur Wikimedia Commons.
*Date:* le jeudi, 30 Mars à 17h00 UTC – 18h00 UTC
*où: * GoogleMeet info
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/zou-heub-yzz
Or dial: (ZA) +27 10 823 1241 PIN: 506 427 260#
*Note avant:* la langue d'enseignement sera le français.
Invitez des amis et des membres de la communauté.
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
Hi Everyone,
The WikiForHumanRights 2023 Campaign is collaborating with the Human Rights
Team at the Wikimedia Foundation to deliver an event safety session for
community organizers and participants.
*Are you organizing or participating in the WikiForHumanRights 2023
Campaign or even interested in learning how to increase your safety when
participating in Wikimedia Projects and engaging with the internet? *
*Join us for a beginner-friendly session on 5 April 2023 at 16:00 UTC to
learn the very basics of digital security, key concepts, best practices,
pros and cons of some popular safety tools. *
*Please register for the session in the link below:*
https://wikimedia.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcode6vqjIpE9Umx5sxcmGgrysOJKM7…
If you are interested in assessing your digital security risks before the
session, feel free to check through this fun, easy and interactive course
<https://learn.wiki/courses/course-v1:Wikimedia-Foundation+WMF_HUM001+2022/a…>.
*Taking the course is not required to participate in the session, but you
may find it helpful to get acquainted with the topic beforehand. *
We are happy to answer any questions or comments you might have.
Best,
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