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Wiki Indaba 2016 Programme
by Raphael Berchie 09 Jul '16

09 Jul '16

Dear all, A discussion page <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:WikiIndaba_conference_2016/Program> has been created under the program session for the WikiIndaba Conference to allow us to collectively create a suitable for the conference. The page has been broken into two sections "New projects people wish to learn" and "Topics of interest". The first section have been appraised as important and crucial topics/projects to be discussed or learnt at the conference. The second section includes a list of topics that will build capacity for participants. We however wish to involve the community to prioritize, add more or select those that befit the conference. More ideas on topics are welcome and your contributions here will be useful for a successful conference. Warmest regards Raphael On behalf of the Wiki Indaba Team *Raphael Berchie* Marketing Manager Farm Fresh Dairies <http://www.bioplasticsghana.com> Wikimedian <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Ghana>,Open Advocate, Climate Change Activist,Blogger <http://rberchie.blogspot.com/> P.O Box CT 10469 Cantoments Accra Ghana

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Open call for Project Grants (July 1 - August 2)
by Alex Wang 01 Jul '16

01 Jul '16

Hi everyone, The Wikimedia Foundation Project Grants program will launch its first open call on July 1. We will be accepting proposals through August 2nd for new ideas to improve Wikimedia projects. < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project>. Funds are available to support individuals, groups and organizations to implement new experiments and proven ideas, whether focused on building a new tool or gadget, organizing a better process on your wiki, researching an important issue, coordinating an editathon series or providing other support for community-building. Ideas from the current Inspire Campaign on addressing harassment are very welcome. <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Inspire> Do you have have a good idea, but would like some feedback before applying? Put it into the IdeaLab, where volunteers and staff can give you advice and guidance on how to bring it to life. < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab> Once your idea is ready, it can be easily migrated into a grant request. Marti Johnson and I will also be hosting weekly proposals clinics via Hangouts and IRC for real-time discussions about the Project Grants Open Call. We’ll answer questions and help you make your proposal better. Dates and times are as follows: * Tuesday, July 5 - 16:00 UTC * Thursday, July 14 - 02:00 UTC * Wednesday, July 20 - 15:00 UTC * Friday, July 29 - 02:00 UTC * Tuesday, August 2 - 01:30 UTC * Tuesday, August 2 - 16:00 UTC Links for Hangouts and the IRC channel are available here: < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Events#Upcoming_events> We are excited to see your grant ideas that will support our community and make an impact on the future of Wikimedia projects. Put your idea into motion, and submit your proposal between July 1 and August 2! < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Apply> Please feel free to get in touch with me (awang(a)wikimedia.org) or Marti Johnson (mjohnson(a)wikimedia.org) with questions about getting started with your project! Warm regards, Alex & Marti -- Alexandra Wang Program Officer Community Resources Wikimedia Foundation <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home> +1 415-839-6885 Skype: alexvwang

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> 1. Re: Wiki Indaba 2016 (bobby shabangu)
by Ingo Koll 21 Jun '16

21 Jun '16

Hi, good news, is there any date we are talking about? Ingo -Kipala from swwiki

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Jury tool for photo contest
by Florence Devouard 20 Jun '16

20 Jun '16

Hello Some of you may remember that I opened a proposition during the last Inspire Campaign for the improvement of the Jury Tool https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/WLX_Jury_Tool_:_improved_too… Following that discussion, User:Ilya, the creator of the tool informed me that he had made a request for an individual grant https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/ScalaWiki_data_processing_toolbox IE grants were published https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/06/18/ieg-eight-projects/ And obviously it is not one of them. So... bottom line... no improvement of the tool to expect probably. And in particular no improvement of its hosting/administration Florence

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Re: [African Wikimedians] African-Wikimedians Digest, Vol 8, Issue 84
by Kelsey Wiens 20 Jun '16

20 Jun '16

Awesome! Great job Team Ghana! See you in Italy in a few days to celebrate in person K On Monday, June 20, 2016, <african-wikimedians-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > Send African-Wikimedians mailing list submissions to > african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org <javascript:;> > > 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 <javascript:;> > > You can reach the person managing the list at > african-wikimedians-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org <javascript:;> > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of African-Wikimedians digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Wiki Indaba 2016 (bobby shabangu) > 2. Re: Wiki Indaba 2016 (Felix Nartey) > 3. Jury tool for photo contest (Florence Devouard) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2016 21:51:01 +0200 > From: bobby shabangu <bobbyshabangu(a)gmail.com <javascript:;>> > To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians > <african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org <javascript:;>> > Subject: Re: [African Wikimedians] Wiki Indaba 2016 > Message-ID: > <CAFC6OmemSui4QRRU7utQz4jso4f= > UqfVTqj9KYVF4Q2Xqjb5mA(a)mail.gmail.com <javascript:;>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > This is awesome news Team Ghana, > > We (Wikimedia ZA) are there to give you support every step of the way. > > > > On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 10:19 AM, Samuel Guebo <samuel(a)e-voir.net > <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > Good job guys. We'll fill the pages and stand by your side along the way > > to organizing this awesome event. > > > > Cheers > > > > Sent from my Asus Zenfone 5, excuse the brevity. > > Le 11 juin 2016 10:10, "Felix Nartey" <flixtey(a)gmail.com <javascript:;>> > a écrit : > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> We are pleased to inform you that Ghana has started the process to host > >> the next Wiki Indaba later this year. Following our discussions here, a > >> follow up meeting was held at the recent Wikimedia Conference. Other > >> countries have offered their help and responsible bodies have been > engaged > >> on how to make this a success. > >> > >> We wish that you fill this survey form [1] to show your interest to > >> participate and enable the team prepare a suitable program for the > >> conference. You can visit the planning page on meta to add your name to > >> the likely participants [2] and also share your view on the most > suitable > >> date for the conference as proposed here [3]. > >> > >> You also may contact us with your suggestion via wikiindabateam[at] > >> googlegroups.com. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Felix > >> > >> [1] - http://goo.gl/forms/ZfTWrO4N6pEueZKA3 > >> > >> [2] - > >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiIndaba_conference_2016/Participants > >> > >> [3] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:WikiIndaba_conference_2016 > >> -- > >> > >> > >> > >> *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 <javascript:;> > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > >> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > African-Wikimedians mailing list > > African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org <javascript:;> > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > > > > >

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Wiki Indaba 2016
by Felix Nartey 17 Jun '16

17 Jun '16

Hi, We are pleased to inform you that Ghana has started the process to host the next Wiki Indaba later this year. Following our discussions here, a follow up meeting was held at the recent Wikimedia Conference. Other countries have offered their help and responsible bodies have been engaged on how to make this a success. We wish that you fill this survey form [1] to show your interest to participate and enable the team prepare a suitable program for the conference. You can visit the planning page on meta to add your name to the likely participants [2] and also share your view on the most suitable date for the conference as proposed here [3]. You also may contact us with your suggestion via wikiindabateam[at] googlegroups.com. Cheers, Felix [1] - http://goo.gl/forms/ZfTWrO4N6pEueZKA3 [2] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiIndaba_conference_2016/Participants [3] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:WikiIndaba_conference_2016 -- *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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Announcing WikiFundi and the Wikipack Africa
by Florence Devouard 15 Jun '16

15 Jun '16

Hello everyone WikiAfrica has recently started a new project, the Wikipack Africa. The project amalgamates: * the coding of a software, WikiFundi, that provides an off-line editing environment that mimics the Wikipedia environment. The software will be made available in French and English. * the creation of action packs for use by local Wikimedia chapters, user groups or isolated individuals in Africa, and * a Wikipedia Writing Contest to be run in African Schools, #WikiChallenge African Schools It will roll out in two phases : Phase 1 involves the creation of the WikiPack Africa. WikiPack Africa is a digital kit located via a local network device (Raspberry PI). The local network device will provide access to an off-line editing platform that mimics Wikipedia, and provides related materials and additional OER resources. The WikiPack Africa will both facilitate the outreach work of Wikimedia chapters, User Group and individuals, and encourage the growth of digital skills and content contribution by teachers and students across Africa. The pack allows for ongoing training and contribution even when technology, access and electricity outages fail or are not available at all. The WikiPack Africa delivered to users will comprise two Raspberry PIs and some offline materials (posters, leaflets, pull-up banner, tee-shirts, etc.). The WikiPack will be delivered to several Wikimedia User Groups located in Africa end of 2016. A Call for Interest will be made to identify which groups will receive the Packs (8 countries will be covered as part of the pilot launch). The project has been conceptualised and conceived by Isla and myself after seeing how frustrating limited access to internet or even to electricity could be when trying to participate to Wikipedia. The WikiPack Africa is primarily meant for individuals and groups wanting to implement outreach projects and: * work with galleries, libraries, archives and museums to bring cultural content online; * work with education partners to get educators and students contribute or better understand Wikimedia projects; * more generally, organise edit-a-thons, photo hunts, workshops, press conferences, etc. to promote Wikimedia projects. The #WikiChallenge African Schools (Phase 2) will use the WikiPack Africa to facilitate an entertaining, powerful, collaborative and interactive content creation competition between schools in Sénégal, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinée, Niger, Tunisia, Madagascar, and Cameroon (countries may change...). The challenge will run early 2017. The full project is run in partnership with Wikimedia CH and the Orange Foundation. It will be primarily implemented by Florence, Isla and Emmanuel Engelhart (Kelson, from Kiwix) from May 2016 until summer 2017. The project proposal, its documentation and its outcomes will be under a CC BY SA 4.0 licence. --------- CALL for SUPPORT Current next steps include in particular * working on the WikiFundi software. This shall be lead by Kelson and part of the development should be done during the Kiwix Hackhaton prior to Wikimania. If you are interested to help, and simply interested to better understand what is planned, please get in touch; * working on the content that will be put on WikiFundi. We will NOT provide the entirety of Wikipedia on the plateform, but only a mix of "presentation material", some "help:pages", "showcase of best articles" and a large % of templates currently available on Wikipedia. If you want to help or provide insightful input, please get in touch (with me), by email or on the wiki talk page or during Wikimania. We start working on the English content first. My current challenge is to identify the most relevant help pages... and adapt them to this offline editing environnement. --------- * To read more about Wikifundi: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiFundi * More information about the wikipack : https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipack_Africa/en and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipack_Africa/fr * WikiProject page on the English Wikipedia : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Wikipack_Africa _______________________________________________ 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 Earth Biosphere Reserves running thought June in 120 countries
by john cummings 14 Jun '16

14 Jun '16

Hi all I'm very happy to say that Wiki Loves Earth Biosphere Reserves <http://www.wikilovesearth.bio/> is running in 120 countries throughout June covering all 699 Biosphere Reserves, 70 of which are in Africa. The website is available in in English, French, Spanish and Russian but you can help to translate it into other languages <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiProject_UNESCO/Wiki_Loves_Earth_Biosphe…> . I would really appreciate it if you could tell groups and individuals who may be interested in taking part e.g other Wikipedians, photography groups etc, as well as taking part yourselves, we can't run banners on wiki because of the number of countries involved. The 10 winning images will be shared on the UNESCO website and through their social media. UNESCO is promoting the project so I hope this will encourage people from outside the Wikimedia movement to take part. You can also promote the project on social media by sharing any of these message from UNESCO on Twitter <https://twitter.com/UNESCO/status/741288621668478976>, Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/unesco/photos/a.10150253911838390.341477.516264683…> and Instagram <https://www.instagram.com/p/BGeqCavHRMd/>, French, Spanish and Russian messages are linked to from the site. You could also contact Biosphere Reserves directly to encourage them to share their photos. UNESCO have also made descriptions of their Biosphere Reserves available under CC-BY-SA so they can be used to start missing Wikipedia articles, I have created a simple to use guide to help <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiProject_UNESCO/Create_Biosphere_Reserve…> . Thanks very much and please feel free to contact me or ask questions here. John

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Wikipédia au Sénégal
by Gabriel Thullen 12 Jun '16

12 Jun '16

Bonjour à tous, Je vais me rendre au Sénégal pendant deux semaines au milieu du mois de juillet. Cela me ferait plaisir de rencontrer des wikimédiens ou wikimédiennes à Dakar ou ailleurs au Sénégal. Y a-t-il quelqu'un que je peux contacter sur place ? Meilleures salutations Gabriel Thullen aka GastelEtzwane

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Re: [African Wikimedians] African-Wikimedians Digest, Vol 8, Issue 74
by Olushola Olaniyan 11 Jun '16

11 Jun '16

John thank you for this information. I will be available to assist with translation to Yoruba. Once more thank you. Olaniyan Olushola Director, WUGN Treasurer, FOSSFA MD, Olbims Consulting Phone: +2348154876844 Email: olaniyanshola15@gmail.com|olaniyanshola@yahoo.com|treasurer@fossfa.net User page: Olaniyan Olushola Facebook: Olaniyan Shola Twitter :Oluwanishola73 Original Message From: african-wikimedians-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2016 11:10 AM To: african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org Reply To: african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: African-Wikimedians Digest, Vol 8, Issue 74 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. Wikipédia au Sénégal (Gabriel Thullen) 2. Wiki Loves Earth Biosphere Reserves running thought June in 120 countries (john cummings) 3. Re: Wiki Loves Earth Biosphere Reserves running thought June in 120 countries (Olatunde Isaac) 4. Re: Wiki Loves Earth Biosphere Reserves running thought June in 120 countries (john cummings) 5. Wiki Indaba 2016 (Felix Nartey) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2016 14:45:40 +0200 From: Gabriel Thullen <gabriel(a)thullen.com> To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians <african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: [African Wikimedians] Wikipédia au Sénégal Message-ID: <CAPKdw6Cedt2N9LJTt06ZKMTG0KmRnuKDjDE_ncFc-McO9PMDnA(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Bonjour à tous, Je vais me rendre au Sénégal pendant deux semaines au milieu du mois de juillet. Cela me ferait plaisir de rencontrer des wikimédiens ou wikimédiennes à Dakar ou ailleurs au Sénégal. Y a-t-il quelqu'un que je peux contacter sur place ? Meilleures salutations Gabriel Thullen aka GastelEtzwane

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