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Wiki indaba @ Metrics & Activities Meeting
by Felix Nartey 22 Mar '17

22 Mar '17

Dear all, I will be joining the monthly metrics and activities meeting at the foundation tomorrow, to talk about WikiIndaba. I will be basically give an update about what ensued at the conference and what the plans are till the next Indaba. You may find more (agenda, how to watch or join in, etc.) about the meeting via this link <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_metrics_and_activities…>. [1] Best, -- *Felix Nartey* *Global Coordinator* *The Wikipedia Library* *Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home>* *+233242844987 | +447440959477* *Skype:Flixtey* [1] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_metrics_and_activities…

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Wiki Loves Africa 2016 ( Nigeria) Winning Pictiures
by Olushola Olaniyan 21 Mar '17

21 Mar '17

Dear All, Trust you are fine. After a week of rigorous screening of submitted images for the just concluded Wiki Loves Africa 2016 ( Music and Dance ) by our juries.We are glad to announce list of best images for the year 2016 Wiki Loves Africa in Nigeria See the link below for the collections: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wiki_Loves_Africa_2016_Winner_i… Best Regards -- Director, WU GN Treasurer, FOSSFA MD,Olbims Consulting Phone: +2348154876844 Email:olaniyanshola15@gmail.com Email:olaniyanshola@yahoo.com Email:treasurer@fossfa.net Facebook:Olaniyan Shola Twitter:oluwanishola73 Wiki User Page: Olaniyan Olushola

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Re: [African Wikimedians] Wikimetrics
by Muti Michael Etter-Phoya 20 Mar '17

20 Mar '17

Thanks Isla! Will get in touch with Jaime. Will also check out the links. On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 11:45 AM, < african-wikimedians-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > Send African-Wikimedians mailing list submissions to > african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > african-wikimedians-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > african-wikimedians-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of African-Wikimedians digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Fwd: Announcing the Hardware donation program > (Kangah Donatien KOFFI) > 2. Wikimetrics (Muti Michael Etter-Phoya) > 3. Re: Wikimetrics (Isla Haddow Flood) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2017 11:06:48 +0000 > From: Kangah Donatien KOFFI <donatien.kanga(a)gmail.com> > To: Samuel Guebo <samuelguebo(a)gmail.com>, Mailing list for African > Wikimedians <african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [African Wikimedians] Fwd: Announcing the Hardware > donation program > Message-ID: > <CADWy+57ht9QgC-NoutTXDDd9=0JXRG8aRo9OrUPGRXAq06t=Lg@ > mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Great, I appeciate. > > 2017-03-17 9:12 GMT+00:00 Samuel Guebo <samuelguebo(a)gmail.com>: > > > Thank you for sharing Asaf. > > > > On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 5:07 AM, Asaf Bartov <abartov(a)wikimedia.org> > > wrote: > > > >> FYI. > >> > >> A. > >> > >> ---------- Forwarded message --------- > >> From: Asaf Bartov <abartov(a)wikimedia.org> > >> Date: Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 10:06 PM > >> Subject: Announcing the Hardware donation program > >> To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > >> > >> > >> Dear Wikimedians, > >> > >> The Wikimedia Foundation is pleased to announce a small new program > >> called the Hardware Donation Program. In a word, it is a program > designed > >> to donate depreciated (but fully working) hardware from the WMF office > to > >> community members who would put it to good use. > >> > >> The program, including instructions on how to apply, is described on > >> Meta, here: > >> > >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hardware_donation_program > >> > >> Please read the information carefully. I especially encourage you to pay > >> attention to the program's design considerations, which determine most > of > >> the decisions we'll be making. > >> > >> We currently have approximately 20 laptops ready to be donated. > >> Applications are welcome. > >> > >> The upcoming Wikimedia Conference in Berlin (in about two weeks) would > be > >> an excellent opportunity to deliver some of those laptops in person to > >> approved applications, so if you think you might be interested, I'd > >> encourage you to apply as soon as possible. > >> > >> Please also help spread the word about this program, by forwarding this > >> e-mail to other Wikimedia lists you're on, and posting the link to the > >> program page on village pumps and *community* (not public) social media > >> channels or other communication forms you use. > >> > >> Special thanks to User:Anntinomy from Wikimedia Ukraine, who had the > idea > >> of asking about possible donation of older machines from WMF, and > inspired > >> this program. > >> > >> Mini-FAQ: > >> > >> Q: Why are you doing this? > >> A: WMF's Office IT determines a lifetime for work machines, and > regularly > >> replaces older machines. This creates a stock of older, working > machines, > >> that are available for donation. We can donate them locally to San > >> Francisco charities, but figure that if we can find low-cost ways to > >> deliver them to our own community members, that's so much better. > >> > >> Q: Am I eligible? > >> A: Read the fine program documentation. > >> > >> Q: If I'm eligible, am I guaranteed a donated laptop? > >> A: no. > >> > >> Q: Once these 20 laptops are donated, will there be others? > >> A: yes, eventually. > >> > >> Q: How can you ensure people would use the machines for Wikimedia > >> purposes? > >> A: We can't. We'll be making a good-effort assessment of the likelihood > >> of Wikimedia use, and make a decision to donate (or not) the equipment. > >> Once donated, the equipment no longer belongs to WMF. We encourage, but > >> can't enforce, reporting on impact achieved using the equipment. > >> > >> Q: I need a few laptops for my event in two weeks! Can I get them > through > >> this program? > >> A: No. Read the fine program documentation. > >> > >> Q: I'm really happy about this! > >> A: So are we! :) > >> > >> Q: I'm really angry about this! > >> A: So it goes. > >> > >> Q: I have more questions! > >> A: Hit 'Reply'. :) > >> > >> Cheers, > >> > >> Asaf > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> African-Wikimedians mailing list > >> African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > > > *_______________________________________________________* > > > > > > *Samuel Guebo* > > > > *Creative Director **at E-voir <http://e-voir.net/>* > > > > > > *GLAM-WIKI Coordinator in Côte d'IvoireVice-chair of Wikimedia Community > > User Group Côte d'Ivoire (WCUG-CI)* > > > > *(225) 77 34 17 21 / 40 27 28 37**Join me on : Facebook > > <http://facebook.com./samuel.guebo> / Twitter > > <http://twitter.com/samuelguebo> / Blog <http://samuelguebo.co>* > > > > _______________________________________________ > > African-Wikimedians mailing list > > African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > > > > > > > -- > *Donatien Kangah* > Wikimédien| Chef de Projets| Entrepreneur Social | Consultant Formateur > Numérique >

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Wikimetrics
by Muti Michael Etter-Phoya 20 Mar '17

20 Mar '17

Esteemed Wikipedians, I need your assistance. I am looking for any papers/reports etc, on how Wikimetrics are being/have been used to inform direction/policies on Wikimedia projects (at the Foundation, in Chapters, Usergroups, etc). Is anyone able to point me towards these? Thanks! -- *Muti Michael Etter-Phoya * *Author, academic, data curator* *Director:* *Logos, Open culture* (@LogosMLW) *Guest faculty:* *Sara Lawrence College* (@SarahLawrence)

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Fwd: Announcing the Hardware donation program
by Asaf Bartov 17 Mar '17

17 Mar '17

FYI. A. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Asaf Bartov <abartov(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 10:06 PM Subject: Announcing the Hardware donation program To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Dear Wikimedians, The Wikimedia Foundation is pleased to announce a small new program called the Hardware Donation Program. In a word, it is a program designed to donate depreciated (but fully working) hardware from the WMF office to community members who would put it to good use. The program, including instructions on how to apply, is described on Meta, here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hardware_donation_program Please read the information carefully. I especially encourage you to pay attention to the program's design considerations, which determine most of the decisions we'll be making. We currently have approximately 20 laptops ready to be donated. Applications are welcome. The upcoming Wikimedia Conference in Berlin (in about two weeks) would be an excellent opportunity to deliver some of those laptops in person to approved applications, so if you think you might be interested, I'd encourage you to apply as soon as possible. Please also help spread the word about this program, by forwarding this e-mail to other Wikimedia lists you're on, and posting the link to the program page on village pumps and *community* (not public) social media channels or other communication forms you use. Special thanks to User:Anntinomy from Wikimedia Ukraine, who had the idea of asking about possible donation of older machines from WMF, and inspired this program. Mini-FAQ: Q: Why are you doing this? A: WMF's Office IT determines a lifetime for work machines, and regularly replaces older machines. This creates a stock of older, working machines, that are available for donation. We can donate them locally to San Francisco charities, but figure that if we can find low-cost ways to deliver them to our own community members, that's so much better. Q: Am I eligible? A: Read the fine program documentation. Q: If I'm eligible, am I guaranteed a donated laptop? A: no. Q: Once these 20 laptops are donated, will there be others? A: yes, eventually. Q: How can you ensure people would use the machines for Wikimedia purposes? A: We can't. We'll be making a good-effort assessment of the likelihood of Wikimedia use, and make a decision to donate (or not) the equipment. Once donated, the equipment no longer belongs to WMF. We encourage, but can't enforce, reporting on impact achieved using the equipment. Q: I need a few laptops for my event in two weeks! Can I get them through this program? A: No. Read the fine program documentation. Q: I'm really happy about this! A: So are we! :) Q: I'm really angry about this! A: So it goes. Q: I have more questions! A: Hit 'Reply'. :) Cheers, Asaf

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Wiki Loves Africa Event report sheet and next
by Florence Devouard 13 Mar '17

13 Mar '17

Hello everyone If your country participated to Wiki Loves Africa this year, please fill in this document to report about events held. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yX1GQHKCheUWkS0-uDlr700KOtvolRMQBHz… I changed the form a bit this year, in hope to make it easier for you to fill in quickly. A few comments * please only complete the tab related to your country * please fill in the cells in light grey color * if you organized more than 6 events... just add a column on the right.... * the list of usernames of participants at the bottom is a "nice to have" * if you have taken pictures of your events, please add the best of them to commons (do not only keep that for Facebook....) * if you have planned other post-contest event... you can add them later. But please add events which already took place. Thank you for a quick feedback on this. --------- As some of you are aware... this is grant season. And request for funding next WLAf has to be done now. A draft version is available here : https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Yorg/Wiki_Loves_Africa_2017 We can not provide the final report for 2016 as the contest is not over yet. But we will try to submit as much information as possible. As such, we do need you to 1) fill up the event report document 2) send the supporting documentation of expenses to Elisabeth (I have heard that some of you guys are not inline...) Elisabeth mentionned * no documents from : Algérie, Nigeria, Tunisie, Ouganda et Zimbabwe. ** no answer to her emails from : Tunisie, Algérie.* Com'on guys... please. Just do it ;)

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WikiFundi is featured on Wikimedia Blog
by Samuel Guebo 10 Mar '17

10 Mar '17

Hello Folks, An interesting blog post [1] about the WikiFundi tool. PS: @Shola, @Georges and @Kangah look awesome on the cover picture :-). [1] https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/03/10/digest-wiki-fundi/ -- *_______________________________________________________* *Samuel Guebo* *Creative Director **at E-voir <http://e-voir.net/>* *GLAM-WIKI Coordinator in Côte d'IvoireVice-chair of Wikimedia Community User Group Côte d'Ivoire (WCUG-CI)* *(225) 77 34 17 21 / 40 27 28 37**Join me on : Facebook <http://facebook.com./samuel.guebo> / Twitter <http://twitter.com/samuelguebo> / Blog <http://samuelguebo.co>*

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Fwd: [GLAM] CLs are hiring...
by Kacie Harold 10 Mar '17

10 Mar '17

Hi there, WMF is hiring a Community Liaison for a new project - please take a look at the details below and feel free to pass on to people you know who might be interested. Best, Kacie ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Erica Litrenta <elitrenta(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 4:20 AM Subject: [GLAM] CLs are hiring... To: Cc: <translators-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, <glam(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, < wikitech-ambassadors(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, <wikidata(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, < commons-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Hey everyone, apologies for the cross-posting, we're just too excited: we're looking for a new member for our team [0], who'll dive right away in the promising Structured Data project. [1] Is our future colleague hiding among the tech ambassadors, translators, GLAM people, community members we usually work with? We look forward to finding out soon. So please, check the full job description [2], apply, or tell/recommend anyone who you think may be a good fit. For any questions, please contact me personally (not here). Thanks! Elitre (WMF) Senior Community Liaison, Technical Collaboration [0] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Liaisons [1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data [2] https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/610643?gh_src=o3gjf21#.WMGV0Rih… _______________________________________________ GLAM mailing list GLAM(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glam

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Africa
by Turoahmarco60 10 Mar '17

10 Mar '17

I am Turoah Marco from Sudan Sent from Samsung Mobile

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Wiki Loves Women launching its presentation video
by Florence Devouard 08 Mar '17

08 Mar '17

Hello everyone Wiki Loves Women is officially launching its presentation video today. Please check it out here and tell us what you think : https://vimeo.com/207432965 It is also on Commons : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wiki_loves_Women_-_English_WebM_-_F… This video was a partnership between WikiAfrica, Goethe Institute and Blink Tower. It brought quite a few challenges... such as myself being completely happy with the exact terms of the script, succeeding to get every element of the video under a free licence including the background music, getting a nice african women voice for the narrative, getting curly hair rather than flat ones, identifying nice examples of western as well as african concerns... etc. We tried to be as inclusive as possible. Well, we hope you like it. If you do... please litterally "like" the video and "like" our facebook page A French version is currently being recorded and should follow shortly. Last, we would love to see the video subtitled in many langages. If you want to give a hand for the translation, please get in touch with us (by email, or twitter, or facebook, or on our meta talk page : https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Women) I'll set up a page for translation on meta shortly. http://www.wikiloveswomen.org https://www.facebook.com/WikiLovesWomen http://www.twitter.com/wikiloveswomen Isla and Florence

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