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BBC 100 Women
by Sandister Tei 08 Dec '16

08 Dec '16

Is anyone participating? BBC 100 Women 2016: Who are our forgotten women? Join our edit-a-thon: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-38219838 Regards, Sandister Tei Via mobile

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My account has been hacked!!!
by Ifeanyi Okolue 06 Dec '16

06 Dec '16

Dear Wikimedia Colleague, This is to inform the community that my email accounts were recently hacked by an unknown person suspected to be "Ifeanyi Okolue". Following my response to Ingo's comments now, I discovered that the sender name appears to be Ifeanyi Okolue" instead of "Olatunde Isaac" or "Wikicology". Please, ignore any email from anyone soliciting for money or personal information on my behalf and distant yourself from any related discussion. Best, Isaac

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My account has been hacked!!!
by Ifeanyi Okolue 06 Dec '16

06 Dec '16

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Re: [African Wikimedians] African-Wikimedians Digest, Vol 8, Issue 139 African languages wikipedias
by Ingo Koll 06 Dec '16

06 Dec '16

Hi Isaac, I do not understand any Yoruba but from my point of view I see quality as probable reason for problems you mention including small readership. Yoruba Wikipedia has many extremely short articles even on basic subjects. ( Odò (river), Erékùsù (Island), Omi (water), Òkun Atlántíkì (Atlantic), Odò Niger (Niger River), Samuel Ajayi Crowther (first author of a Yoruba grammar, first African Anglican bishop) are less than one or even a half line of text.) It looks like much was written with an eye on the ranking tables and the aim to have a large number of articles, even if there is hardly content (Sáyẹ́nsì - science has 4 (!) words of text). In 2013 there were 31,000 articles. Only 5,400 had more than 200 characters plus one reference. (cf https://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesArticlesTotalAlt.htm). This is poor quality and not interesting for coming back, recommending it to others by using the text on a blog or linking to it. As for google - I think it IS indexed but it seems not the very short ones. I find that google search shows me the Yoruba wikipedia. I entered the above words in search and got most of them. But very short entries are not visible on top of google search list (at all??). Like I search Sáyẹ́nsì = 4 words = 25 characters and it does NOT show. But I GET the "Sáyẹ́nsì categories" which have more words and I GET "Sáyẹ́nsì aládánidá" which has 16 words. This looks like a major reason for few readers, because we get most visitors on wikipedia thru the search machines. So if you want to boost yo.wikipedia and if you forgive me an advice: forget about facebook, start with the list at https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ẹ̀ka:Oluilu_ipinle_Naijiria (Category:State capitals in Nigeria) and put some content into these 1-liners, many of which until now do not show on google. Once you make them 5-liners, they start to be helpful and will be visible on the search machines. And then go to this list of 100 basic articles for any wikipedia and see that they get 5-liners: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Vital_articles/Level/2 . (General rule: first sweat, then genius!) I add a word for our co-readers in the foundation: for many small and growing wikipedias the ranking list on Meta is a temptation to trick themselves up. We have the situation that everybody has different categories for stubs vs. articles and the rankings: Meta official count, Meta list of 1000 articles every Wikipedia should have, the 10,000-list, the count of stubs on wikistats, and finally the de-stub definition here at african-wikimedians (some or many of the successes are maybe not destubbed by Meta-criteria) . Eric Zachte probably saw the problem in his numbers years ago and so did the "alternative article count" which kept the tiny articles out, but it never was taken up and is not continued. I think it would be helpful to integrate it into the regular statistic count and convince the guys who do lists to agree on common criteria. The state of Yo-wiki looks to me like a result of giving in to the temptation and it had its reward by shooting up in the ranking - but what for? Cheers, Ingo - Kipala Am 02.12.2016 um 19:55 schrieb african-wikimedians-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org: > Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2016 14:48:57 +0000 > From: "Olatunde Isaac"<reachout2isaac(a)gmail.com> > To: "Mailing list for African Wikimedians" > <african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [African Wikimedians] African-Wikimedians Digest, Vol 8, > Issue 136 African languages wikipedias > > > Dear Kipala, > > Thanks for the clarification. I agree with your analysis and I'm sure it would be helpful in moving forward to achieving our goal of making knowledge available in all languages. > Below are the two major problems I have identified with Yoruba Wikipedia: > > 1. Yoruba Wikipedia is not indexed on Google and possibly on other search engines too. I discovered this sometimes in July and I informally discussed the problem with a Steward on facebook. Unfortunately, he has no idea of how to solve the problem. Yoruba Wikipedia like the English Wikipedia is a digital encyclopedia. There is no way its contents could be read if not indexed on Google or other search engines. I believe once this is resolved, there would be a significant difference. I will discuss the problem with our engineering team at the Foundation this week. > > 2. Yoruba is a major language in Nigeria but only 1 of 10 people are aware of its existence. I recently launched the "Yoruba Wikipedia" page on facebook to create awareness about it. In fact, I discovered recently that Yoruba language scholars and students are not even aware of anything called "Yoruba Wikipedia". I believe this can be resolved with outreach to Yoruba language department of academic institutions in Nigeria. > > Furthermore, I would appreciate any advice and recommendation in solving the highlighted problems above. > Best, Isaac

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Re: [African Wikimedians] African-Wikimedians Digest, Vol 8, Issue 139 Wikipack Africa
by Ingo Koll 03 Dec '16

03 Dec '16

Hi Florence, I am interested and will know in January if I really can use them in 2017. If we meet in Accra I can get one there (if still left) Cheers Ingo - Kipala Subject: Re: [African Wikimedians] Wikipack Africa call for application open > Hello > > We have a couple WikiFundi sets still for grab. Feel free to apply if > you are interested. > > If not, we will bring the extra to WikiIndaba anyway in case some > participants change their minds ;) > > Florence > >

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Wikipack Africa call for application open
by Florence Devouard 03 Dec '16

03 Dec '16

/Information sent to African Wikimedians as well as Wikimedia mailing lists. Please do not hesitate to relay to anyone you think could be interested. / ----- *What is Wikipack Africa ? * WikiPack Africa is an action pack containing devices, material and content to facilitate the outreach work done by local Wikimedia chapters, local Wikimedia User Groups and isolated individuals in African countries. The pack allows for ongoing training and contribution even when technology, access and electricity outages fail or are not available at all. It operates thanks to a Raspberry server and an off-line editing environment that mimics the Wikipedia called WikiFundi. WikiFundi, the offline editing environment, is to be used in the training of Wikipedians and the development of articles by groups. In addition to WikiFundi, the Raspberry PI will also be loaded with off-line copies of Wikipedia, select WikiBooks, Wiktionary and a resource pack that will assist with and support contribution to Wikipedia. Other outreach and reading resources will also be part of the packs. All digital resources and the application platform are available under a free licence. When delivered, the Wikipack Africa will also comprise some offline materials (posters, leaflets, pull-up banner, tee-shirts, etc.). The langages implemented are French and English. More information available at * https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipack_Africa * https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiFundi Documentation on meta is available in both langages The current call for application is meant to be a pilot for the Wikipack Africa. We have a limited number of servers available, so please only make a request if you really intend to use the pack and are confronted to connectivity issues. Please note: should your request be granted, there will be an obligation to provide details of its use, and usefulness as a tool for outreach in the form of a survey. This could be requested several times up to 12 months after you have received the unit. This is meant to evaluate the userfulness of the tool as well as identify issues or to help us take into account improvement requests in a future release. *How to apply* Link : http://tinyurl.com/j78yyk3 Answers may be provided in French or English. For any further information, please contact Anthere or Isla. *Who did that ?* The project has been conceptualised and conceived by Florence Devouard and Isla Haddow-Flood. The project is run in partnership with Wikimedia CH and the Orange Foundation and is primarily implemented by Florence, Isla, and Emmanuel Engelhart (the Kiwix master).

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Destubathon over
by Florence Devouard 30 Nov '16

30 Nov '16

The destubathon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Africa/The_Africa_Destu…) is officially over. And it rocked ! Facts * 2041 articles were destubbed. 102.10% of our initial goal ! * 676 african women biographies were destubbed or created * 58 new Good Articles are probably to be expected Quite an achievement in 6 weeks ! The top 3 for Women articles : Miyagawa - 91 articles - WINNER - won a book and $200 Fsmatovu - 54 articles - 2nd Place - won $100 Penny Richards - 40 articles - 3rd Place - won $50 Globally, there were 18 winners. The top 3 were Ssriram_mt, who won $445 Quetzal1964, who won $380 Miyagawa, who won $375 Florence

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Re: [African Wikimedians] African-Wikimedians Digest, Vol 8, Issue 137
by Girlchild Creativity 30 Nov '16

30 Nov '16

Thanks great thanks . I will share here in Zimbabwe , the press releases as we also prepare for our events in December. Best Wiki Zimbabwe On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 7:30 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: African-Wikimedians Digest, Vol 8, Issue 129 African > language Wikipedia update (Isla Haddow-Flood) > 2. Re: Wiki Loves Africa: Press releases (Isla Haddow-Flood) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2016 07:29:23 +0200 > From: Isla Haddow-Flood <isla(a)wikiloveswomen.org> > To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians > <african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [African Wikimedians] African-Wikimedians Digest, Vol 8, > Issue 129 African language Wikipedia update > Message-ID: <5156E19F-43AA-4920-B35A-6E0E5A7FC9E7(a)wikiloveswomen.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Amazing analysis by both Ian and Ingo! This is the best I have seen so far > of trying to find the real gaps in knowledge. Thanks you both. > > Excuse the brevity, sent from my iPhone. > > > On 30 Nov 2016, at 01:09, Asaf Bartov <abartov(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: > > > > Thank you, Ingo. I found myself agreeing with everything you said in > the blog comment. It is perhaps worth pasting on this mailing list as > well, as it would reach more people. > > > > A. > > > >> On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 2:54 PM Ingo Koll <ikoll(a)gmx.de> wrote: > >> Hi Ian, you did a great overview! > >> > >> I propose also to look at some quality indicators because just article > >> numbers cannot say if people will read the contributions. There are > >> content benchmarks like the "1,000/10,000 topics every wikipedia should > >> have" lists, and some ideas to look up readership. > >> > >> I posted my remarks on the blog here > >> http://www.greenman.co.za/blog/?p=1980&cpage=1#comment-373655 > >> > >> Cheers Ingo > >> > >> > >> > >> Am 29.11.2016 um 16:54 schrieb > >> african-wikimedians-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org: > >> > 2. African language Wikipedia update (Ian Gilfillan) > >> > > >> > Message: 2 > >> > Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2016 12:03:51 +0200 > >> > From: Ian Gilfillan <wikimediaza(a)greenman.co.za> > >> > To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians > >> > <african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > >> > Subject: [African Wikimedians] African language Wikipedia update > >> > Message-ID: <0f4feb1d-eb19-49f0-dd14-f2f4430541f9(a)greenman.co.za> > >> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > >> > > >> > Hi > >> > > >> > Here's another African language Wikipedia update: > >> > http://www.greenman.co.za/blog/?p=1980 > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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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Its welcom that i can learn.
by Mogatwe Lebogang 30 Nov '16

30 Nov '16

It all okey to extend a version of knowledge brain mind to understand far and near,to tour the world by reading is better than all.

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Wiki Loves Africa: Press releases
by Isla Haddow Flood 30 Nov '16

30 Nov '16

Dear Wiki Loves Africa teams and participants. Please find below the links to the English and French press releases for the start of Wiki Loves Africa. We would be grateful if you could send this out to your networks, especially media and partners. French: http://wikilovesafrica.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/FR-PR-WLA2016-Musique… <http://wikilovesafrica.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/FR-PR-WLA2016-Musique…> English: http://wikilovesafrica.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/EN-PR-WLA2016-Music-a… <http://wikilovesafrica.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/EN-PR-WLA2016-Music-a…> And this is a reminder that the marketing materials are all available in English and French here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wiki_Loves_Africa_2016_marketin… <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wiki_Loves_Africa_2016_marketin…> PLEASE do not forget to fill out what is happening in your country on this page here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Africa_2016/Local_eve… <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Africa_2016/Local_eve…> Thank you so much for your help and enthusiasm. It is going to be an amazing competition this year! warmest Isla Isla Haddow-Flood Co-project Manager Username: Islahaddow

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