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Re: [African Wikimedians] African-Wikimedians Digest, Vol 8, Issue 171
by Grant McNulty 19 Dec '16

19 Dec '16

Sure, me too. Let's chat! :-) On 19 Dec 2016 10:26, <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. Fwd: Re: African-Wikimedians Digest, Vol 8, Issue 168 (Florence Devouard) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2016 09:25:50 +0100 From: Florence Devouard <anthere(a)anthere.org> To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians <african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: [African Wikimedians] Fwd: Re: African-Wikimedians Digest, Vol 8, Issue 168 Message-ID: <78a27fc2-bac9-9eac-6fce-8463a3f4299b(a)anthere.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed" Hi Grant This is great news :) Then I hope we can work together in the future ! Flo Le 19/12/2016 à 06:57, Grant McNulty a écrit : > Hi Flo, > > It is just a prototype at the moment but the project content will > definitely be licensed under a Creative Commons licence. Good luck for > your application. There is lots of potential for some worthwhile > projects in Africa. > > On 16 December 2016 at 20:44, > <african-wikimedians-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org > <mailto:african-wikimedians-request@lists.wikimedia.org>> wrote: > > Send African-Wikimedians mailing list submissions to > african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org > <mailto:african-wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org> > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > <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 > <mailto:african-wikimedians-request@lists.wikimedia.org> > > You can reach the person managing the list at > african-wikimedians-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org > <mailto:african-wikimedians-owner@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: Think local content & digital skills training in > African languages are important? (Florence Devouard) > 2. Wiki Loves Women: Please endorse :) (Florence Devouard) > 3. Re: Wiki Loves Women: Please endorse :) (Raphael Berchie) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2016 00:38:18 +0100 > From: Florence Devouard <anthere(a)anthere.org > <mailto:anthere@anthere.org>> > To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians > <african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org > <mailto:african-wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org>> > Subject: Re: [African Wikimedians] Fwd: Think local content & digital > skills training in African languages are important? > Message-ID: <c04ab594-d046-f1a1-4970-02f90e2791b9(a)anthere.org > <mailto:c04ab594-d046-f1a1-4970-02f90e2791b9@anthere.org>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed" > > I am biased since also author of a funding request to InnovateAFRICA. > But still... it looks like fully copyrighted. Unless I am missing > something ? > > > Flo > > > Le 15/12/2016 à 17:18, Felix Nartey a écrit : > > Hi All, > > > > Thought this might be of interest to some of us here. > > > > Please share and like to support the team behind this. > > > > Cheers, > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: *Grant McNulty* <grant(a)mcnulty.co.za > <mailto:grant@mcnulty.co.za> <mailto:grant@mcnulty.co.za > <mailto:grant@mcnulty.co.za>>> > > Date: Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 2:17 PM > > Subject: Think local content & digital skills training in African > > languages are important? > > To: Grant McNulty <grant(a)mcnulty.co.za > <mailto:grant@mcnulty.co.za> <mailto:grant@mcnulty.co.za > <mailto:grant@mcnulty.co.za>>> > > > > > > We do and are developing a mobile web platform to promote them! > There > > are over a billion people in Africa yet most of what we know > about the > > continent is not created by Africans. So how do we fix this? By > giving > > Africans a voice, a platform to develop digital skills and to share > > knowledge in their own languages. iAfrika is that platform – mobile, > > user-driven and local: > > > > *www.iafrika.org <http://www.iafrika.org> <http://www.iafrika.org/>* > > > > Please support our Innovate Africa funding application by sharing on > > Twitter and Facebook: > > > > *Twitter: > > *https://twitter.com/mcn_consulting/status/809346979738296320 > <https://twitter.com/mcn_consulting/status/809346979738296320> > > <https://twitter.com/mcn_consulting/status/809346979738296320 > <https://twitter.com/mcn_consulting/status/809346979738296320>> > > > > *Facebook: > > > *https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid= 1696030097375733&id=1695684774076932 > <https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid= 1696030097375733&id=1695684774076932> > > > <https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid= 1696030097375733&id=1695684774076932 > <https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid= 1696030097375733&id=1695684774076932>> > > > > /iAfrika is based on the Theory of Change we have developed, > which is > > aligned to the UN 2030 SDGs, the AU 2063 Agenda and South Africa's > > NDP. A summary is available here: /http://bit.ly/2dpkvp2 > > > > Thanks! > > > > Grant > > -- > > *Dr Grant McNulty* > > * > > Cell: *076 419 8587 <tel:076%20419%208587> > > *Twitter:* mcn_consulting <http://twitter.com/mcn_consulting > <http://twitter.com/mcn_consulting>> > > *Web:*www.mcnulty.co.za <http://www.mcnulty.co.za> > <http://www.mcnulty.co.za/> > > *Newsletter:*Sign up > > > <http://mcnulty.us5.list-manage.com/subscribe?u= 349a40cfd543b5d5b31fe693c&id=b1aec9a3d7 > <http://mcnulty.us5.list-manage.com/subscribe?u= 349a40cfd543b5d5b31fe693c&id=b1aec9a3d7>> > > > > *<http://www.mcnulty.co.za/> > > * > > > > > > > > > > -- > > *__* > > *Felix Nartey | DSE CAL Bank Ltd. | Co-manager GBG TEMA > > <https://plus.google.com/u/0/106882654487622047846/posts > <https://plus.google.com/u/0/106882654487622047846/posts>> **| > > Community Manager WMGH > > <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Ghana > <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Ghana>> | About me > > <http://about.me/felix.nartey> | +233 242 844987 > <tel:%2B233%20242%20844987> **| **Check out!! > > <http://goo.gl/4oHJeQ>* > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > African-Wikimedians mailing list > > African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org > <mailto:African-Wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org> > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians> > > > -- > >

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Fwd: Re: African-Wikimedians Digest, Vol 8, Issue 168
by Florence Devouard 19 Dec '16

19 Dec '16

Hi Grant This is great news :) Then I hope we can work together in the future ! Flo Le 19/12/2016 à 06:57, Grant McNulty a écrit : > Hi Flo, > > It is just a prototype at the moment but the project content will > definitely be licensed under a Creative Commons licence. Good luck for > your application. There is lots of potential for some worthwhile > projects in Africa. > > On 16 December 2016 at 20:44, > <african-wikimedians-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org > <mailto:african-wikimedians-request@lists.wikimedia.org>> wrote: > > Send African-Wikimedians mailing list submissions to > african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org > <mailto:african-wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org> > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > <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 > <mailto:african-wikimedians-request@lists.wikimedia.org> > > You can reach the person managing the list at > african-wikimedians-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org > <mailto:african-wikimedians-owner@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: Think local content & digital skills training in > African languages are important? (Florence Devouard) > 2. Wiki Loves Women: Please endorse :) (Florence Devouard) > 3. Re: Wiki Loves Women: Please endorse :) (Raphael Berchie) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2016 00:38:18 +0100 > From: Florence Devouard <anthere(a)anthere.org > <mailto:anthere@anthere.org>> > To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians > <african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org > <mailto:african-wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org>> > Subject: Re: [African Wikimedians] Fwd: Think local content & digital > skills training in African languages are important? > Message-ID: <c04ab594-d046-f1a1-4970-02f90e2791b9(a)anthere.org > <mailto:c04ab594-d046-f1a1-4970-02f90e2791b9@anthere.org>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed" > > I am biased since also author of a funding request to InnovateAFRICA. > But still... it looks like fully copyrighted. Unless I am missing > something ? > > > Flo > > > Le 15/12/2016 à 17:18, Felix Nartey a écrit : > > Hi All, > > > > Thought this might be of interest to some of us here. > > > > Please share and like to support the team behind this. > > > > Cheers, > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: *Grant McNulty* <grant(a)mcnulty.co.za > <mailto:grant@mcnulty.co.za> <mailto:grant@mcnulty.co.za > <mailto:grant@mcnulty.co.za>>> > > Date: Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 2:17 PM > > Subject: Think local content & digital skills training in African > > languages are important? > > To: Grant McNulty <grant(a)mcnulty.co.za > <mailto:grant@mcnulty.co.za> <mailto:grant@mcnulty.co.za > <mailto:grant@mcnulty.co.za>>> > > > > > > We do and are developing a mobile web platform to promote them! > There > > are over a billion people in Africa yet most of what we know > about the > > continent is not created by Africans. So how do we fix this? By > giving > > Africans a voice, a platform to develop digital skills and to share > > knowledge in their own languages. iAfrika is that platform – mobile, > > user-driven and local: > > > > *www.iafrika.org <http://www.iafrika.org> <http://www.iafrika.org/>* > > > > Please support our Innovate Africa funding application by sharing on > > Twitter and Facebook: > > > > *Twitter: > > *https://twitter.com/mcn_consulting/status/809346979738296320 > <https://twitter.com/mcn_consulting/status/809346979738296320> > > <https://twitter.com/mcn_consulting/status/809346979738296320 > <https://twitter.com/mcn_consulting/status/809346979738296320>> > > > > *Facebook: > > > *https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1696030097375733&id=1695684774076932 > <https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1696030097375733&id=16956…> > > > <https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1696030097375733&id=16956… > <https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1696030097375733&id=16956…>> > > > > /iAfrika is based on the Theory of Change we have developed, > which is > > aligned to the UN 2030 SDGs, the AU 2063 Agenda and South Africa's > > NDP. A summary is available here: /http://bit.ly/2dpkvp2 > > > > Thanks! > > > > Grant > > -- > > *Dr Grant McNulty* > > * > > Cell: *076 419 8587 <tel:076%20419%208587> > > *Twitter:* mcn_consulting <http://twitter.com/mcn_consulting > <http://twitter.com/mcn_consulting>> > > *Web:*www.mcnulty.co.za <http://www.mcnulty.co.za> > <http://www.mcnulty.co.za/> > > *Newsletter:*Sign up > > > <http://mcnulty.us5.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=349a40cfd543b5d5b31fe693c&id… > <http://mcnulty.us5.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=349a40cfd543b5d5b31fe693c&id…>> > > > > *<http://www.mcnulty.co.za/> > > * > > > > > > > > > > -- > > *__* > > *Felix Nartey | DSE CAL Bank Ltd. | Co-manager GBG TEMA > > <https://plus.google.com/u/0/106882654487622047846/posts > <https://plus.google.com/u/0/106882654487622047846/posts>> **| > > Community Manager WMGH > > <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Ghana > <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Ghana>> | About me > > <http://about.me/felix.nartey> | +233 242 844987 > <tel:%2B233%20242%20844987> **| **Check out!! > > <http://goo.gl/4oHJeQ>* > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > African-Wikimedians mailing list > > African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org > <mailto:African-Wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org> > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians> > > > -- > >

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Re: [African Wikimedians] African-Wikimedians Digest, Vol 8, Issue 168
by Grant McNulty 19 Dec '16

19 Dec '16

Hi Flo, It is just a prototype at the moment but the project content will definitely be licensed under a Creative Commons licence. Good luck for your application. There is lots of potential for some worthwhile projects in Africa. On 16 December 2016 at 20:44, < 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: Think local content & digital skills training in > African languages are important? (Florence Devouard) > 2. Wiki Loves Women: Please endorse :) (Florence Devouard) > 3. Re: Wiki Loves Women: Please endorse :) (Raphael Berchie) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2016 00:38:18 +0100 > From: Florence Devouard <anthere(a)anthere.org> > To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians > <african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [African Wikimedians] Fwd: Think local content & digital > skills training in African languages are important? > Message-ID: <c04ab594-d046-f1a1-4970-02f90e2791b9(a)anthere.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed" > > I am biased since also author of a funding request to InnovateAFRICA. > But still... it looks like fully copyrighted. Unless I am missing > something ? > > > Flo > > > Le 15/12/2016 à 17:18, Felix Nartey a écrit : > > Hi All, > > > > Thought this might be of interest to some of us here. > > > > Please share and like to support the team behind this. > > > > Cheers, > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: *Grant McNulty* <grant(a)mcnulty.co.za <mailto:grant@mcnulty.co.za>> > > Date: Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 2:17 PM > > Subject: Think local content & digital skills training in African > > languages are important? > > To: Grant McNulty <grant(a)mcnulty.co.za <mailto:grant@mcnulty.co.za>> > > > > > > We do and are developing a mobile web platform to promote them! There > > are over a billion people in Africa yet most of what we know about the > > continent is not created by Africans. So how do we fix this? By giving > > Africans a voice, a platform to develop digital skills and to share > > knowledge in their own languages. iAfrika is that platform – mobile, > > user-driven and local: > > > > *www.iafrika.org <http://www.iafrika.org/>* > > > > Please support our Innovate Africa funding application by sharing on > > Twitter and Facebook: > > > > *Twitter: > > *https://twitter.com/mcn_consulting/status/809346979738296320 > > <https://twitter.com/mcn_consulting/status/809346979738296320> > > > > *Facebook: > > *https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1696030097375733&id= > 1695684774076932 > > <https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1696030097375733&id= > 1695684774076932> > > > > /iAfrika is based on the Theory of Change we have developed, which is > > aligned to the UN 2030 SDGs, the AU 2063 Agenda and South Africa's > > NDP. A summary is available here: /http://bit.ly/2dpkvp2 > > > > Thanks! > > > > Grant > > -- > > *Dr Grant McNulty* > > * > > Cell: *076 419 8587 > > *Twitter:* mcn_consulting <http://twitter.com/mcn_consulting> > > *Web:*www.mcnulty.co.za <http://www.mcnulty.co.za/> > > *Newsletter:*Sign up > > <http://mcnulty.us5.list-manage.com/subscribe?u= > 349a40cfd543b5d5b31fe693c&id=b1aec9a3d7> > > > > *<http://www.mcnulty.co.za/> > > * > > > > > > > > > > -- > > *__* > > *Felix Nartey | DSE CAL Bank Ltd. | Co-manager GBG TEMA > > <https://plus.google.com/u/0/106882654487622047846/posts> **| > > Community Manager WMGH > > <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Ghana> | About me > > <http://about.me/felix.nartey> | +233 242 844987 **| **Check out!! > > <http://goo.gl/4oHJeQ>* > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > African-Wikimedians mailing list > > African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > > > -- > >

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Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] AffCom call for new members
by Asaf Bartov 17 Dec '16

17 Dec '16

FYI. A. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Maor Malul <maor_x(a)zoho.com> Date: Sat, Dec 17, 2016 at 8:44 AM Subject: [Wikimedia-l] AffCom call for new members To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Affiliates discussion list <affiliates(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, < wikimediaannounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Dear all, The Affiliations Committee – the committee responsible for guiding volunteers in establishing Wikimedia chapters, thematic organizations, and user groups – is looking for new members! If you are interested in joining us, please submit an application by 31 December 2016. Based on the successful experience of last call, this one will include too a public review and comment period. All applications will be posted on Meta, and all members of the community are invited to provide comments and feedback about each candidate, always keeping a friendly tone. The full call for candidates, which contains more information on the committee's work, membership criteria, and instructions for how to apply, can be found on Meta at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/MassMessages/Call_fo… We invite all community members to consider to apply or invite those members that you think could make it cool as AffCom members. We make a special call to women since AffCom is worried to keep or increase its women quota among its members. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me or any other member of the committee. Regards, M -- "*Jülüjain wane mmakat* ein kapülain tü alijunakalirua jee wayuukanairua junain ekerolaa alümüin supüshuwayale etijaanaka. Ayatashi waya junain." Maor Malul Socio, A.C. Wikimedia Venezuela | RIF J-40129321-2 | www.wikimedia.org.ve <http://wikimedia.org.ve> Member, Wikimedia Israel | www.wikimedia.org.il <http://wikimedia.org.il> Chair, Wikimedia Foundation Affiliations Committee Phone: +972-52-4869915 <+972%2052-486-9915> Twitter: @maor_x _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>

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Wiki Loves Women: Please endorse phase 2!!
by Isla Haddow Flood 17 Dec '16

17 Dec '16

Hello! We have applied for phase 2 funding for Wiki Loves Women from the recent innovateAFRICA call. They need to see that the community and its partners endorse the project. If you would like to support Wiki Loves Women in its second phase, Florence and I would be grateful if you could please retweet our tweet including the #innovateAFRICA hashtag so that they can track it. Here is the link to the tweet: https://twitter.com/WikiLovesWomen/status/808350142164299777 <https://twitter.com/WikiLovesWomen/status/808350142164299777> Thanks so much!! warmest Isla Isla Haddow-Flood Co-project Manager Username: Islahaddow

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Fwd: Think local content & digital skills training in African languages are important?
by Felix Nartey 16 Dec '16

16 Dec '16

Hi All, Thought this might be of interest to some of us here. Please share and like to support the team behind this. Cheers, ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Grant McNulty <grant(a)mcnulty.co.za> Date: Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 2:17 PM Subject: Think local content & digital skills training in African languages are important? To: Grant McNulty <grant(a)mcnulty.co.za> We do and are developing a mobile web platform to promote them! There are over a billion people in Africa yet most of what we know about the continent is not created by Africans. So how do we fix this? By giving Africans a voice, a platform to develop digital skills and to share knowledge in their own languages. iAfrika is that platform – mobile, user-driven and local: *www.iafrika.org <http://www.iafrika.org/>* Please support our Innovate Africa funding application by sharing on Twitter and Facebook: *Twitter: *https://twitter.com/mcn_consulting/status/809346979738296320 *Facebook: *https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid= 1696030097375733&id=1695684774076932 *iAfrika is based on the Theory of Change we have developed, which is aligned to the UN 2030 SDGs, the AU 2063 Agenda and South Africa's NDP. A summary is available here: *http://bit.ly/2dpkvp2 Thanks! Grant -- *Dr Grant McNulty* *Cell: *076 419 8587 *Twitter:* mcn_consulting <http://twitter.com/mcn_consulting> *Web: *www.mcnulty.co.za *Newsletter:* Sign up <http://mcnulty.us5.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=349a40cfd543b5d5b31fe693c&id…> * <http://www.mcnulty.co.za/>* -- *Felix Nartey | DSE CAL Bank Ltd. | Co-manager GBG TEMA <https://plus.google.com/u/0/106882654487622047846/posts> **| Community Manager WMGH <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Ghana> | About me <http://about.me/felix.nartey> | +233 242 844987 **| **Check out!! <http://goo.gl/4oHJeQ>*

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Fwd: Fwd: Re: Fwd: Re: Fwd: Re: WLA : I need your help
by Florence Devouard 16 Dec '16

16 Dec '16

Le 15/12/2016 à 16:51, Olatunde Isaac a écrit : > Hi Flo, > > "I guess you have little idea how much time we spend organizing this contest to say that." > > "I guess it may not matter to you so much that the ratio Dollars Spent / Pictures Collected skyrocket." > > > I understand how you felt about the situation and I do sincerely share your feelings but directing the above comment to me is ad hominem. > > I hold you in high esteem and you know I am disappointed that you have needlessly decided to make a personal remark about me. > > > Best, > > Isaac I apology if you felt offended Isaac. I am sorry of that. I'd like to ask you to forgive me please. Sorry. Yes, I feel really wronged today. Maybe you do understand in truth. I am not sure everyone does though. Probably not. And that is fine. I understand. Perhaps a tiny bit of background on my last comment. When we started the photo contest back in 2014, it took us quite a lot of time and energy to get the funding. And after the first event was done, we were given outcome ratios of "cost invested per picture collected". And informed we were basically having the worst rating of all photo contests so far. I understand WMF needs figures to estimate if an event is worth investing in or not. And a cost per picture is just one ratio amongst others that can help answer that question. And yes, Wiki Loves Monuments ratio is clearly way above ours. Many participants to WLM are old contributors, photograph amators (or professionnals), when they get to a building, they shoot it from every angle. Then, even though they select the best pictures, that makes a fair amont of pictures in the end. And they usually have little limitations of bandwidth to upload them. Our users are not in the same situation for sure. And the goal is just as much a goal of outreach and opportunity to do things all together than it is a goal of getting pictures in the bucket. Still, it is easier to "measure" the success of an event based on the number of pictures and the cost/picture ratio. So yeah, this is damage. Bad figures into Commons. Bad figures when we report at the end of the contest. Bad figures to communicate to outsiders and community afterwards. This is also damage when we consider the outreach and visibility. With a banner set up at "10 views of the banner maximum"... well... at least indeed... there will be no user fatigue ;) We are facing unique challenges than most wikipedians can not begin to imagine. Let me give you one example of the challenges we are facing that any Europeans would GAP at. We have not yet been able to send its event money to Zimbabwe. WMF sent the money just fine. We started working on the money transfer one month before the beginning of the contest. For most countries, it worked fine and I guess they had time to organize. In other countries, such as Algeria, we again had some issues to get the money to the team because the bank was not accepting the currency. In another, the bank itself provided an incorrect IBAN (yeah). Oh well. But we made it. Not for Zimbabwe... Money sent is turned back... with 10 days delays ... completely broken monetary system. We are waiting to see what happen with the last attempt and if again rejected, we will move into doing through Western Union. Hoping that it will work. In Europe, a monetary transfer would take... a couple of minutes to do and a couple of days to be credited at most. For Zimbabwe... yuck. I do not envy them. I think there are enough challenges, that we do not need unexpected ones such as the site notice. Flo > Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless handheld from Glo Mobile. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Florence Devouard<anthere(a)anthere.org> > Sender: "African-Wikimedians"<african-wikimedians-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org>Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2016 15:55:28 > To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians<african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Reply-To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians > <african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: [African Wikimedians] Fwd: Re: Fwd: Re: WLA : I need your help > > _______________________________________________ > African-Wikimedians mailing list > African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > _______________________________________________ > African-Wikimedians mailing list > African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians -- -- --

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Fwd: Re: WLA : I need your help
by Florence Devouard 15 Dec '16

15 Dec '16

All right. I got an answer The banners set up on Dec 1 have been reduced to "minimum visibility" on 1 dec 2016 14:00, after 13 hours and 18 minutes of entering into the contest. This has been done by WMF staff member Seddon, with no information to us at all. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Seddon_(WMF) This is not the first time this happens. A similar situation occurred with other contests I hear and I can also add that Seddon obviously purposely prevented the set up of the site notice requested and approved during the destubathon. This is plain _*sabotage*_. A complete loss of energy and time for volunteers working on WLA contest. And a loss of money for Wikimedia Foundation funding the contest. And a loss of money for donators as well. The thing I do not know is whether Seddon is doing that at the personal level for reasons I can not identify, or whether this is the result of an explicit request from his managers. So I will not blame Seddon by default, as he may just be doing what his boss is telling him to do. The only way of knowing is in raising the issue with the HR departement, which is what I am going to do RIGHT NOW. I will wait their answer before raising the case officially on wikimedia mailing list but I consider this a completely unacceptable situation. It goes without saying that our willingness to try to reach the metrics of success described in the grant agreement is void. Also, please help me track the log of banner visibility changes on meta : https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:CentralNoticeLogs&offs… If you see anyone changing the WLA banners set up back to minimum visibility, please send me a note. I will track once a day myself to limit risks of further sabotage. Florence PS: Africa.. think of all the work we do... us... members on this list... our dedication... to try to bridge the gap and get more africans and Africa content on this encyclopedia. Think... of who is deliberately sabotaging our efforts. For what ? For which reasons ? There are no other banners currently running above African countries. We are not preventing WMF to raise more money. We are not damaging anyone else communication. We are not bothering anyone. Just trying desperately to get more african participants on this encylopedia. So why ? Why ? Why ? Le 15/12/2016 à 10:14, Felix Nartey a écrit : > Hi Florence, > > I recall seeing it for about a week but now its no more. > > Cheers, > > On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 9:00 AM, Florence Devouard > <anthere(a)anthere.org <mailto:anthere@anthere.org>> wrote: > > Hello everyone > > > Wiki Loves Africa results are quite bad at the moment. Not to say > awful. > > So I started looking at what is going on. > > And I just asked Isla if she was seeing the sitenotice at the top > of Wikipedia. And she said she saw it "from Thursday 1st to end of > Friday 8th" > > And that's it. > > Well, we are SUPPOSED to have a site notice. But I can not see > that myself. I have no means to know whether there is a site > notice or not at all. So I need your help to know what you guys see. > > Can you relay that info ? Thanks > > > Florence > > > > --

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WLA : I need your help
by Florence Devouard 15 Dec '16

15 Dec '16

Hello everyone Wiki Loves Africa results are quite bad at the moment. Not to say awful. So I started looking at what is going on. And I just asked Isla if she was seeing the sitenotice at the top of Wikipedia. And she said she saw it "from Thursday 1st to end of Friday 8th" And that's it. Well, we are SUPPOSED to have a site notice. But I can not see that myself. I have no means to know whether there is a site notice or not at all. So I need your help to know what you guys see. Can you relay that info ? Thanks Florence --

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13 Dec '16

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