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by Joy Agyepong 24 May '19

24 May '19

Hi Kayode, Got this mail,thanks. Joy

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Election of New Board Members for Wikimedia Nigeria Usergroup
by kayode yussuf 15 May '19

15 May '19

Dear community members, I am proud to announce to you that we have concluded the elections of our new board members. Our newly elected board members are: 1. Bolaji Alabi: Bolaji, popularly known as BeeJay is currently an undergraduate student of Sociology at the University of Ilorin. She is passionate about learning, gender equality and ensuring that everyone has adequate access to knowledge and learning materials. At her leisure, she loves to read books and/or solve puzzles. A member of the Unilorin Wikimedia Fan Club, Bolaji has helped to organize meetups, train new editors and has gotten new people interested in Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. Bolaji, popularly known as BeeJay is currently an undergraduate student of Sociology at the University of Ilorin. She is passionate about learning, gender equality and ensuring that everyone has adequate access to knowledge and learning materials. At her leisure, she loves to read books and/or solve puzzles. A member of the Unilorin Wikimedia Fan Club, Bolaji has helped to organize meetups, train new editors and has gotten new people interested in Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. 2. Livingstone Imonitie: Livingstone is a recent graduate of Civil Engineering from the University of Benin, Edo State, Nigeria. He is a Google Certified Online Marketer, Public Speaker, Writer, ROI Africa Ambassador, ROI Africa open Knowledge Advocate/Educator and Global Peace Ambassador. He is a member of the Junior Chamber International (JCI Uniben), Young African Leaders Initiative ((YALI NETWORK) and Edo Wikimedia hub. He is passionate about serving the Community and he believes that service to humanity is the best work of life. Livingstone is a recent graduate of Civil Engineering from the University of Benin, Edo State, Nigeria. He is a Google Certified Online Marketer, Public Speaker, Writer, ROI Africa Ambassador, ROI Africa open Knowledge Advocate/Educator and Global Peace Ambassador. Please join the board of trustees to welcome the newly elected board members. Kayode Yussuf for:Wikimedia Nigeria Foundation Board of Trustees

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Wikimedia & Education Greenhouse - GOI Foundation OER Network(GOIFON) - Community notification
by Mohammed Sadat Abdulai 12 May '19

12 May '19

Dear friends, I’m happy to inform you about the Wikimedia & Education Greenhouse application by Global Open Initiative. We are now accepting endorsements. Please find the link at: https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Greenhouse/teamsubmissions/GO… Thank you for your time. User:Masssly

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Re: [African Wikimedians] African-Wikimedians Digest,
by Ingo Koll 08 May '19

08 May '19

Dear fellow Wikimedians, dear Florence, as the Wiki loves Africa 2019 competition is coming to its close I would like to bring back the question which I raised already in December 2018: *1. Do others share my impression that images from the competition are hardly ever used in wikipedia articles?* *2. Do others have the impression that the present approach for Wiki Loves Africa does not help much to close the knowledge gap about Africa? * When I posted in December some participants here voiced interest but wanted to wait for a feedback fom the organizers. Such a feedback I have not seen. So allow me to repeat some lines from my first post: /I was an early fan of the idea of "Wiki Loves Africa" but I have to confess that my fan status has cooled over time. I cannot claim to have done a comprehensive reseach but did some checks here and there.// ////*So I have the impression that a) the competition has brought a number of really beautiful photographs b) the competition has brought lots of images which are not used anywhere in wikipedia articles (my short checks give me the impression that could be the case for the vast majority of images produced)*// //// //and//*I ask myself if the reason may be that a lot of these mages is frankly unusable.*// //// //I remember that prize selected image showing some beautiful ladies in Massai attire knitting under a tree (the year of adornment) which was selected in a winner category but is unusable for any purpose (unless you want to document fake stereoptypes - the motive was fake...)// //// //There is a lot of nice looking images which I do not know how to use because of their not clear labelling, unhelpful categories and useless explanations. It helps me as author nothing to see an image and a text like "traditional tools of Ghana/Malawi/etc". *This is unusable and useless*.// //// //I write this not from the point of view of a lover of beauty (my taste is poor) but just simply from the view of a wikipedia author. I would love to have some thousand images (not necessarily beautiful) which just show African villages. We know the criticism about the white spots on the African maps of knowledge. Villages back home in Germany may have less than 1000 inhabitants but 3 articles about the village, about its church and about the sports club. Images are available and people look for them.// //// //*I do not want to denigrate Wiki loves Africa but i would love to hear from others how they see the value of the results as they have been so far. Why do we do it - what do we get from it? *//How can images about "play" be useful for closing the white spaces on the African map of knowledge?/ Cheers, Ingo - "Kipala" Jenga Wikipedia ya Kiswahili user group

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African Wikimedians Telegram Group
by Sandister Tei 05 May '19

05 May '19

Hello all, I am on a Telegram group named African Wikimedians. I raised a question if it is a complementary group to this mailing list we have here. I was told it wasn't related to this group, but it came from the AfroCine project. Now, Telegram groups are trending in the community. Even on the ASBS platform, someone appreciated the fact that user groups had come under one 'digital' roof. So, for me it's not a bad thing that Africans have our own Telegram as well. However, I am also aware of our community's tendencies for duplicates, triplicates etc of things. As a recruiter who encourages new editors to join these platforms to expand their understanding of the movement, I want to know if that Telegram platform has our collective buy-in or will be getting our collective buy-in. After all, it bears the official name that this mailing list has. Thanks! –– Regards Sandister Tei | Curator Media & Journalism, re:publica Accra | Citi FM/TV | Wikimedia Ghana UG representative + co – founder | Purple People m: +23320266290 tw: @SandisterTei <https://twitter.com/SandisterTei> ig: @s.andister <https://www.instagram.com/s.andister/> re:publica – The most inspiring festival for the digital society. See you in Accra December 14-15 2018! Web <https://accra18.re-publica.com/> | Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/rpAccra/> | Twitter <http://www.twitter.com/republica> republica GmbH | Schönhauser Allee 6-7 | 10119 Berlin HRB 137440 B | AG Berlin-Charlottenburg | Geschäftsführer: Andreas Gebhard

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African heritage editathon
by Houssem Abida 05 May '19

05 May '19

Hi all, As you all might know, the world is celebrating african heritage this month. That's why my friend Lea and I are organizing an editathon on the 15th of May to enrich the wikipedia content related to this heritage and make it more visible world wide. This in an invitation to participate remotely or physically in the Wikimedia France HQ in Paris if you'll be around. The page is french but all languages are welcome to contribute. Feel free to reach out to me or to Lea the main organizer (in CC) for more details. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projet:Patrimoines_africains?fbclid=IwAR3jbsB… Looking forward to see your contributions on the 15th. Have a nice sunday; HoussemUser: Kawayashu

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Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing 1Lib1Ref (1Bib1Ref) in May 2019!
by Felix Nartey 29 Apr '19

29 Apr '19

Dear Wikimedians, 1Lib1Ref is happening again from *15 May to 5 June*, the campaigns focus is to improve the reliability of Wikipedia through citation improvements and fact sourcing on the platform. You can engage your community in this exercise during the campaign period to improve the quality of the articles about your favourite landmarks, cities, monuments, national cultural and heritage sites. Visit 1lib1ref.org for more information! PS: Apologies for cross posting. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Jake Orlowitz <jorlowitz(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, Apr 25, 2019 at 5:26 PM Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing 1Lib1Ref (1Bib1Ref) in May 2019! To: <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Librarians and library lovers, Next month from May 15th to June 5th we will be joining together around the world to make Wikipedia more reliable. You can participate in #1Lib1Ref by simply adding a citation to Wikipedia's content. That's all we ask and imagine: a world in which every librarian (or archivist, reference professional, and scholar) adds 1 more reference to Wikipedia. This is the fourth year of the #1Lib1Ref campaign and our second time running it in May, when it's more convenient for the southern hemisphere. You can learn about this year's January campaign too in our recently released learnings report. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Lessons/2019 Full resources and guides for participating in May are available on the http://1lib1ref.org campaign website. The campaign will be fully tracked with daily metrics and leaderboard updates. You can make sure your contribution is counted by using the Program and Events Dashboard for your event, institution, or region. Login to start a new event or join up with an existing group for the May Campaign here: https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/campaigns/1lib1ref_may_2019/programs Please tell your library and library-loving friends about #1Lib1Ref in May. We need everyone's help to make Wikipedia more reliable! Sincerely, Jake Orlowitz Head of the Wikipedia Library Wikimedia Foundation wikipedialibrary(a)wikimedia.org @Wikilibrary P.S. Don’t worry if you can’t make it for the May campaign, as now 1Lib1Ref receives annual support and you can always reach out for assistance any time of the year. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l 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> -- *Felix Nartey* *Global Coordinator* *The Wikipedia Library <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library>* *Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home>* *fnartey(a)wikimedia.org <fnartey(a)wikimedia.org>* *+233242844987 <+233%2024%20284%204987> | **+447452508504* *Skype:Flixtey*

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Wikimedia & Education Greenhouse is open!
by Felix Nartey 26 Apr '19

26 Apr '19

Dear Wikimedians, Apologies for cross-posting, particularly to those who may have already read on other mailing list. I think you may find the announcement below interesting and worth your notice. ------------------------------------------------- Last April 5th the Education team at the Wikimedia Foundation announced the launch of the Wikimedia & Education Greenhouse <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Greenhouse>. The W&E Greenhouse is a fully immersive co-learning experience that lasts 9 months and is designed for emerging leaders in our movement who believe in the value of Wikimedia projects in education. It will equip participants with the skills, knowledge, and support to bring their ideas to life and scale them into high-impact education initiatives in their community. The W&E Greenhouse has two modalities of participation: you can apply as a team or as an individual. Applying as a team means that you present an idea for an education project you want to develop in your local community. One team will be selected to receive seed funding for their project, on-site mentoring and support from WMF staff, and access to a free project management online course. Applying as an individual means completing a short form expressing your interest and motivation, and this will give you access to the free online course. So far we have received applications from all over the world and we are very excited to keep reading about the amazing education projects you want to develop. You can apply as a team <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Greenhouse#Team_Applications> or as an individual <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Greenhouse#Individual_Applica…> before May 12. We have prepared some resources to support your applications: - Overview of the W&E Greenhouse < https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1v1XVAFOURx0eS42nUYEcrplygfm_p_enagG… > - What topics will be covered in the online course? < https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:W%26E_Greenhouse_Curriculum_for_Onl… > - What is the timeline of the online course? < https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:W%26E_Greenhouse_online_course_-_Ti… > - How do I start with a team application? <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Team_Application_Guidance.png> - What is the team application like? (video guide) <https://drive.google.com/file/d/13H-hbzp44lprnZKZV8UoMywgBFQ3w0nx/view> If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Melissa Guadalupe Huertas via email: mguadalupe(a)wikimedia.org --- Cheers! -- *Felix Nartey* *Global Coordinator* *The Wikipedia Library <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library>* *Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home>* *fnartey(a)wikimedia.org <fnartey(a)wikimedia.org>* *+233242844987 <+233%2024%20284%204987> | **+447452508504* *Skype:Flixtey*

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[Input needed] Friendly Space Policy Consultation
by Samuel Guebo 17 Apr '19

17 Apr '19

Dear African Wikimedians, Making Wikimedia events a friendly, welcoming environment in which all users can interact fruitfully, learn from each other and inspire each other, is a goal we all share. The Wikimedia Foundation currently is looking into supporting this goal with an improved Friendly space policy, specifically tailored to our big international events. We will build the policy in a way that it will also serve as a minimal standard for all Foundation supported events. We do not want to build this new policy without input, ideas or comments from the African community as well. Please visit the consultation page on meta <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Friendly_space_policy_consultation_2019> [1], leave your input and spread the word to other Wikimedians! You are very welcome to leave ideas and comments in other languages than English, please use the language you feel comfortable expressing yourself. We are also looking for help in translating the consultation page and also this message. So if you could help with this or spread the word we need help translating, we will also be grateful! Of course you are also welcome to come back to us via email with any questions you have. Hoping to hear from you on Meta, Cheers, Samuel [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Friendly_space_policy_consultation_2019 ___________ *Samuel Guebo* Trust and Safety Specialist Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.

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Wiki Tours the North Grant Proposal
by Ursula Zage 17 Apr '19

17 Apr '19

Hello everyone, There is so much to be documented from the three northern regions of Ghana in terms of culture, monuments and notable people.We seek to extend Wiki activities to remote areas in the northern regions of Ghana. Most activities take place in the south. In order to recruit new editors and establish clubs in Upper East and Northern region we need funding to embark on the proposed Wiki Tours the North project. We would be very glad if you could support us by endorsing the grant proposal here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/Celestinesucess/Wiki_T… Feedbacks and comments are welcome. Thank you Ursula -- Zita Ursula Zage Co-founder of the GOI Foundation Call/WhatsApp: +233543183760 Twitter: @Zuzage facebook: Ursula Zage web: ursulazage.com

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