Dear Community members,
The Wiki Indaba 2019 planning community is calling for volunteers to serve
on the Program Review Committee for Wiki Indaba 2019 in Nigeria.
The Program review committee is an important and diverse group of
volunteers who will help to review and select applicants. We encourage
people from all Wikimedia projects and countries to apply, so that the
committee can handle applications in many different languages and to
promote diversity.
If you are interested in serving on the program review committee, kindly
send us an email to justify your inclusion in the committee to
wikiindaba2019program(a)gmail.com <wikiindaba2019scholarship(a)gmail.com>.
If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us there as well.
Deadline to apply is Tuesday, September 18, 2018. The organizers will
contact all candidates and publish the list of program committee members
afterwards.
Please accept the assurance and warm regards of the organizing committee.
Thank you,
Kayode Yussuf,
Communications Lead, Wiki Indaba 2019.
For:Organizing Committee
Hello everyone,
I set up a page on the Wiki Loves Africa portal.
This is here :
*https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Africa_2017/Call_to_action*
What is it ?
It is a call to action with a set of goals. The goal is to make sure
that AT LEAST 3000 pictures from each Wiki Loves Africa are reused in
Wikipedia.
Not 3000 unique pictures. A picture may be used on several languages.
How is it done ?
I used Glamify. That tool look at which image is currently used in an
article in a source language, and when it is, it looks if this article
has an equivalent article in another language (the target). If it does
and if the picture is only used in the source language, then it will
suggest adding it to the target language.
Example here :
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Africa_2017/Call_to_a…
There are 4 images currently used in an English article which could be
used in a Yoruba article.
How the call is going to work ?
There is the page. On the page, you may see the usage starting point.
For example, for Wiki Loves Africa 2014, there are 1717 images used.
Majority on the French Wikipedia. Then a hundred or so in English and
Arabic. Then usage goes down for the other languages (I only added the
top 10).
Chance is that those uses in French, English and Arabic can help figure
out where to add those pictures in other languages. Right ?
Check out the queries below in the page, and use them to add pictures. I
listed a bunch of queries examples (more queries can be done of course).
Then I added a %bar, which is fully manually managed. Hopefully... we'll
reach 100% at some point...
There is no deadline really... The sooner we reach 3000, the better :)
How can you use that call ?
As an individual from your home of course.
But I also suggest that page can be used to coordinate and foster
activities during an edit-a-thon. It is a good opportunity to learn how
to insert images properly, position, legend, gallery maybe. Also a good
opportunity to make sure the image has enough categories and description
in all languages.
Perhaps doing a fresh query and making it a challenge to insert all
relevant pictures from English to a local language wikipedia over an
edit-a-thon?
I hope you enjoy it
*********
Additional help call...
1) This page would benefit from more queries being added (such as ...
Arabic inspire English etc.)
All current queries are here :
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wiki_Loves_Africa_2017/Call_to_…
2) The queries are done by hand (request one query by one query on
Glamify; then research and replace some content so that the links work
on Commons rather than meta). This is a bit ridiculous as obviously
those queries could be fully automated. If any one feel like doing a
little bit of magic here to get it done automatically... would be awesome.
3) If anyone feel like updating the page to make it look nicer, more
appealing, clearer... BE MY GUEST. Please do.
Anthere
Dear colleagues,
This is to inform us that Partnership Working Group for Wikimedia 2030
Strategy is collating existing documents in the movement on partnership
that will inform our research on movement partnerships strategy .
If there are partnership related documents within the region that can be
shared with the group for this purpose do not hesitate to mail:
wg2030-partnerships(a)wikimedia.org
Thanks for your cooperation.
Best Regards
Olushola
*CEO. Data Access Systems LtdPresident, Wikimedia Nigeria*
*Treasurer, FOSSFA*
*Member, Affiliates Committee ( Wikimedia Foundation) *
*MD,Olbims Consulting*
*Phone: +2348167352512*
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*Facebook:Olaniyan Shola*
*Twitter:oluwanishola73**Wiki User Page: Olaniyan Olushola*
Good morning,
I'm not sure if this info was already sent to the list, but seems like
something of great interest, so I'm taking the risk.
Paulo
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From: john cummings <mrjohncummings(a)gmail.com>
Date: quinta, 6/09/2018 à(s) 11:29
Subject: [Wiki Loves Monuments] UNESCO regional training on cultural
heritage representations in the Arab region (deadline Sept 10th)
To: Wiki Loves Monuments Photograph Competition <
wikilovesmonuments(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Hi all
UNESCO are running a regional training on cultural heritage representations
in the Arab region (deadline Sept 10th). All expenses will be covered, more
information is available here.
https://en.unesco.org/news/call-applications-regional-training-cultural-her…
I think having someone involved in WLM would be amazing. Also I'd like to
explore how we can share some of this knowledge more widely with WLM
outside of the workshop.
Best
John
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Dear Community members,
I am excited to inform you that the Wiki Indaba grant meta page is now open
for endorsement.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Conference/Wikimedia_User_Group_Nige…
Your endorsement is important for the rating of the significance of the
continual hosting of the conference in Africa
Kindly click on the shared link then go to the "endorsement" to support
the project.
Thank you
Kayode Yussuf,
Communication Lead,
Wiki Indaba 2019.
Dear Community members,
The Wiki Indaba 2019 planning community is calling for volunteers to serve
on the Scholarship Review Committee (SRC) for Wiki Indaba 2019 in Nigeria.
The scholarship review committee is an important and diverse group of
volunteers who will help to review and select applicants. We encourage
people from all Wikimedia projects and countries to apply, so that the
committee can handle applications in many different languages and to
promote diversity.
If you are interested in serving on the scholarship committee, kindly send
us an email to justify your inclusion in the committee to
wikiindaba2019scholarship(a)gmail.com.
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact us there as well.
Deadline to apply is Monday, September 10, 2018. The organizers will
contact all candidates and publish the list of scholarship committee
members afterwards.
Please accept the assurance and warm regards of the organizing committee.
Thank you,
Kayode Yussuf,
Communication Lead, Wiki Indaba 2019.
For:Organizing Committee
Dear Mr. or Ms.,
I thank you for your efforts. We are managing to host next november a Wikidata query service advanced training for computer scientists from University of Sfax, Tunisia. The purpose of this training is to allow these scientists to have advanced skills to develop SPARQL queries that can be later used in web applications of Wikidata for various purposes particularly medical ones. To do this training, we need funding and that is why we did a rapid grant application. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/Csisc/SPARQL:_Be_conne…. We invite you to endorse it so that the advanced training can be done.
Yours Sincerely,
Houcemeddine Turki
FYI.
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From: Vahid Masrour <vmasrour(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Mon, Aug 27, 2018, 20:44
Subject: [Wikimedia Education] Office Hours launches
To: Wikimedia Education <education(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Dear Wikimedia & Education Community,
The Education Team at the Wikimedia Foundation is happy to launch a new
“Office Hours” initiative! The Education Team will be holding at least 2
office hours per month. The goal is to have dedicated "real time"
conversations about your questions, and first hand accounts of your
activities. Having set times for this type of interaction will make sure
that everyone has a fair chance to receive real time support. We will make
sure to schedule for different time zones so that everyone has a chance to
participate.
Please bring topics you want to discuss, ask, or share about! It will be an
opportunity to have a conversation about them with the Education Team, and
also with those that participate in the meeting.
We will be using Google Meet to host the meeting, so please make sure you
have it installed before the meeting starts. You can download it from:
https://meet.google.com/
For the month of August, the meetings are set as follows:
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August 30, 16:00 UTC (probably most practical for participants from the
Americas, Europe and Africa)
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Meet Link: https://meet.google.com/dsu-dhaz-ezm
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August 31, 13:00 UTC (probably most practical for participants in Asia
and Oceania)
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Meet link: https://meet.google.com/ioq-msev-eny
If you have any questions, please address them to education(a)wikimedia.org
or reply to this message. We look forward to speaking with you at office
hours!
--
Vahid Masrour
Community Capacity Manager, Wikipedia Education Program
vmasrour(a)wikimedia.org
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education
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https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education
Dear Community members,
We are glad to inform you that the host city for WikiIndaba2019 has been selected.
Abuja, Nigeria is set to host the next WikiIndaba. Thisdecision was reached after deliberations between the Wikimedia Foundation,Wikimedia UserGroup Nigeria and input from the community polls carried out.
WikiIndaba Conference is the regional conference for Africansboth within and in the diaspora. The first edition was held in Johannesburg,South Africa in 2014 by Wikimedia ZA,while the latest edition was held in Tunis, Tunisia in 2018 by Wikimedia TN Usergroup. The 2019 edition ofthe conference will be hosted in Abuja, FCT, Nigeria by the Wikimedia UG Nigeria.
Aims of WIkiIndaba:
• Building capacity for AfricanWikimedians
• Fostering growth of the coverage andinvolvement of Africa in Wikimedia projects
• Connecting African Wikimedians bothwithin the continent and in the diaspora
Schedules:
• August 2018: Conference grantsgubmission.
• October 2018: Opening of thescholarship application.
• October 2018: Call for submissions.
• November 2018: Closure of thescholarship application.
• November 2018: Closure ofsubmissions' application.
• November 2018: Finalization andnotification of scholarship recipients.
• November 2018: Commencement of travelarrangements for confirmed participants.
• December 2018: Notification ofsubmission decisions.
• January 2019: Publication ofconference programs.
• 18 - 20 January 2019: WikiIndaba 2019Conference.
For more information, please check the WikiIndaba 2019 Metapage viahttps://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=WikiIndaba_conference_2019
We look forward to hosting you.
Thank you.
Kayode Yussuf,
for:
Wiki Indaba 2019 Communication Team
Thank you Derick,
These will be checked out.
Kayode Yussuf
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Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2018 10:25:40 +0100
From: "Derick N. Alangi" <alangiderick(a)gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [African Wikimedians] Wiki-Indaba 2019 Community
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Hello Dear Kayode,
I've submitted a response to the Wiki Indaba 2019 Community Survey. I've
got a few remarks concerning the form for improvement etc;
1. Question: What skills do you wish to learn during Wiki Indaba 2019?
I think this question should be check-boxes as one may want to select
multiple skills but currently it's a set of radio buttons where one can
select just 1 skill.
2. Question: Major problems in your community (another question in the
form).
Seems like a similar issue with the question mentioned above.
Thanks very much Kayode :)
*Awesome Cheers,*
*Derick N. Alangi (d3r1ck)*
*"One often meets his destiny on the road he takes to avoid it" --Master
Oogway*
On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 9:29 AM kayode yussuf <kayusyussuf(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> Dear community members,
>
> Please find below a link to the Wiki-Indaba 2019 Community Engagement
> Survey.
>
>
> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1s7wvhWn1nqI_eFE1eww1Jl9gwD4VZq0nrrTz9TNJeo…
>
>
> Please fill the survey before *Friday August 3rd *so we can better
> understand your preferences for Wiki Indaba 2019.
>
>
> Thank you.
>
> Kayode Yussuf
> Chair,
>
> Wiki Indaba 2019 Communications Team
>
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