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Re: [African Wikimedians] African-Wikimedians - translation of kiwix interface in African languages
by Ingo Koll 01 Feb '15

01 Feb '15

Just for notice: finished today the last words from the KIWIX-list for Swahili. Keep it up! Ingo - kipala from sw -----Original Message----- From: african-wikimedians-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:african-wikimedians-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of african-wikimedians-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Mittwoch, 24. Dezember 2014 16:44 To: african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: African-Wikimedians Digest, Vol 6, Issue 20 Today's Topics: 1. Re: Help to translate Kiwix user interface in African languages (Enock Seth Nyamador) 2. Re: Help to translate Kiwix user interface in African languages (Emmanuel Engelhart) 3. Re: Help to translate Kiwix user interface in African languages (Mohomodou Houssouba) 4. Re: Afripédia Douala (georges fodouop) 5. Wikipédia et les études africaines / Wikipedia and African Studies (Simon Imbert-Vier)

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Looking for contacts and feedback and endorsement for my funding proposal to work with UNESCO
by John Cummings 01 Feb '15

01 Feb '15

Hi all I’m looking for feedback and endorsement for my Wikimedia Foundation PEG grant to be Wikimedian in Residence at UNESCO <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/MrjohnCummings/UNESCO_Wikimedian…>. I’d very much appreciate if you would have a look, I want to include as many different projects and languages as possible and connect editors in each country with local UNESCO partners. I'd very much like to make some local Wikimedia contacts in countries where Wikipedia Zero is available. The big thing for me around education is working with UNESCO and it's partners to release content under an open license and for this to act as a model for other UN organisations. I think this will be especially interesting to them with relation to Wikipedia Zero <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Zero>. I ran a pilot project that resulted in the images found in the Wikimedia Commons category Images from the archive of UNESCO <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_from_the_archive_of_UNES…>, here are a few examples: - <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Soda_volcano,_Oromia,_Ethiopia.jpg> The Soda volcano, Oromia, Ethiopia. - <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rubbles_of_the_cathedral_after_the_earth…> Rubble of the cathedral after the earthquake that hit the Capital Port au Prince just before 5 pm on 12 January 2010. - <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Young_monk,_wearing_a_special_costume,_D…> Young monk, wearing a special costume, July-August 1991, Sikkim, India. - <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sabha,6,_getting_ready_to_walk_to_school…> Sabha, 6, getting ready to walk to school from her house on the borders eastern Gaza strip, where she and her family are still living in tents. - <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mohana_fishermen_hunters_use_lures_from_…> Not far from Mohenjo-Daro (or Mohenjodaro) - These Mohana fishermen/hunters use lures from real birds to catch more birds. They will either eat them or sell them. Mohenjodaro, Pakistan. - <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Priest_of_rock-Hewn_Churches_of_Lalibela…> Priest of rock-Hewn Churches of Lalibela, a high place of Ethiopian Christianity, still today a place of pilmigrage and devotion. If you think this is a worthwhile project please click this link <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/MrjohnCummings/UNESCO_Wikimedian…> and then click the endorse button. Many thanks John -- *John Cummings - **Wikimedia UK volunteer* tweet @mrjohnc Wikimedia UK is a Charitable Company registered in England and Wales. Registered Company No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office: 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents. Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk

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Wikimania Scholarship
by Florence Devouard 26 Jan '15

26 Jan '15

Hi all I wanted to outline that applications to Wikimania Scholarship opened a few days ago. It is probably worth outlining these two points: 1. "Based on the applicant's home country, each applicant will be categorized as either a Global North or Global South <https://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_South> applicant, with the /total number of scholarships distributed between the Global North and Global South being set at 25% and 75% respectively." /2. Unlike in previous years, activity within the Wikimedia movement will be the main criteria for evaluation. Participation in non-Wikimedia free knowledge, free software, collaborative or educational initiatives is a plus but is no longer a requirement; individuals who solely contribute to such areas are no longer encouraged to apply. Please see the FAQ for more information on eligibility./ /If you were deeply involved in Wikimedia the past year and would like to get the opportunity to talk about your activities in Mexico, to listen to other participants experience and to build new projects, do consider applying for a travel grant. Anthere / /

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Re: [African Wikimedians] African-Wikimedians Digest, Vol 7, Issue 5
by Kayode Yussuf 22 Jan '15

22 Jan '15

These WLAf pictures are quite exciting. Kayode Yussuf Original Message From: african-wikimedians-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2015 19:16 To: african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org Reply To: african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: African-Wikimedians Digest, Vol 7, Issue 5 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: Ibrahima Fall speaking about Wolof Wikipedia (Asaf Bartov) 2. Re: Ibrahima Fall speaking about Wolof Wikipedia (Kasper Souren) 3. First selection of pictures done (Florence Devouard) 4. Re: First selection of pictures done (Nkansah Rexford) 5. Re: First selection of pictures done (Samuel Guebo) 6. Re: First selection of pictures done (Felix Nartey) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 13:52:44 -0800 From: Asaf Bartov <abartov(a)wikimedia.org> To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians <african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: Re: [African Wikimedians] Ibrahima Fall speaking about Wolof Wikipedia Message-ID: <CAAmrcweOassBGKNTLp=RnW1XXR4+OsdYVP5N8P5uQOLaLoUQ=w(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Interesting! Is there a summary available in English or French? Are you in touch with Ibou? It would be great to have him here on the list. A. On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 1:25 PM, Kasper Souren <kasper.souren(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Ibrahima Fall (Ibou) speaking about the Wolof Wikipedia (and more) on > Senegalese TV. In Wolof. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXdUqHmJRD0 > > http://wo.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%ABfandikukat:Ibou > > _______________________________________________ > African-Wikimedians mailing list > African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > -- Asaf Bartov Wikimedia Foundation <http://www.wikimediafoundation.org> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! https://donate.wikimedia.org

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Article en français dans la presse algérienne
by Charles Andres 22 Jan '15

22 Jan '15

Hello, Cet article http://www.radioalgerie.dz/news/fr/article/20150120/27401.html N'est pas foncièrement mauvais, il est même assez pertinent sur certains points mais passe totalement à côté des spécificités de Wikipedia en Français et en Arabe. Peut être une opportunité pour les wikimediens algériens de prendre contact? Charles Envoyé de mon iPhone

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Re: [African Wikimedians] Thomas Mensah - Africa's Albert Einstein?
by Nkansah Rexford 21 Jan '15

21 Jan '15

According to Timeline of WLA[1], we should expect the results this week, unless there's a change in plan. [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Africa#Timeline On Tuesday, January 6, 2015, <ayisi.bright(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > When will winners of the WLA contest be announced? > > Sent from my Nokia Asha smart phone > > ------------------------------- > Original message: > > From: Enock Seth Nyamador > Date: 03-01-2015 5:27 pm > To: Wikimedia Ghana User Group > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-GH] Thomas Mensah - Africa's Albert Einstein? > > Saaa! :)! Thanks for sharing! > > Best, > > On 01/02/2015 07:37 PM, Nkansah Rexford wrote: > > Myself and Oral recently came across Thomas Mensah, a Kumasi-born-Ghanaian > who, Oral and I choose to describe as "Africa's Albert Einstein", if not > "Archimedes and Albert Combined!". > > I'll invite you read his article (and help improve) on Wikipedia, > however before you do, I'll say he's "all over the place" in the world. I > can't describe him better. Ghanani ba oooh! > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Mensah > > His article happens to be how Oral and I wanted to open 2015 with. > > > -- > +Rexford <http://google.com/+Nkansahrexford> | Africa Center > <http://africacenter.net> | WiR > <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedian_in_Residence> | WikiAfrica > <http://wikiafrica.net> | User:Nkansahrexford > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Nkansahrexford> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-GH mailing listWikimedia-GH(a)lists.wikimedia.org <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','Wikimedia-GH(a)lists.wikimedia.org');>https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-gh > > > -- > - Enock > Wikipedian | twitter: @Enock4seth > Sent via Mozilla Thunderbird > > -- +Rexford <http://google.com/+Nkansahrexford> | Africa Center <http://africacenter.net> | WiR <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedian_in_Residence> | WikiAfrica <http://wikiafrica.net> | User:Nkansahrexford <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Nkansahrexford>

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Ibrahima Fall speaking about Wolof Wikipedia
by Kasper Souren 20 Jan '15

20 Jan '15

Ibrahima Fall (Ibou) speaking about the Wolof Wikipedia (and more) on Senegalese TV. In Wolof. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXdUqHmJRD0 http://wo.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%ABfandikukat:Ibou

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The abbr WLA
by Nkansah Rexford 12 Jan '15

12 Jan '15

The abbreviation, WLA which we know to be wiki loves Africa happens to clash with another event known as Wiki loves Art. Since wiki loves art begun before wiki loves Africa, its natural for the Wiki loves team and or anyone referring to the event to use the abbreviation, WLAf for the Wiki Loves Africa whiles WLA remains for the Wiki Loves Art. I hope that wouldn't be any difficult for us to do. A friend drew my attention to that clash recently. Didn't notice that myself. Thanks. rexford | google.com/+Nkansahrexford

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Fwd: [Wikimedia-GH] March is WikiWomen's History Month
by Nkansah Rexford 12 Jan '15

12 Jan '15

FYI rexford | google.com/+Nkansahrexford ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Sarah Stierch" <sarah.stierch(a)gmail.com> Date: Jan 12, 2015 6:02 PM Subject: [Wikimedia-GH] March is WikiWomen's History Month To: <wikimedia-gh(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Cc: Hi everyone! The 4th annual WikiWomen's History Month is in March, coinciding with Women's History Month. This event is cross-cultural, international, and multi-lingual. Please start planning your events to contribute content to Wikipedia and related Wikimedia websites about women's history! You can post your events and find resources on how to implement edit-a-thons and workshops here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiWomen's_History_Month Any questions just let me know! I look forward to your participation! Sarah -- www.sarahstierch.com _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-GH mailing list Wikimedia-GH(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-gh

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Wikipedia Zero in Ghana
by Grant McNulty 07 Jan '15

07 Jan '15

Hi guys, Happy 2015! I am sure a lot of you will have seen this but if not, here is the link: http://www.itnewsafrica.com/2015/01/ghana-mtn-gives-free-access-to-wikipedi… Cheers, 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/>*

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