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Fwd: [OSGeo Africa] FOSS4G 2018: The Geospatial Event of the Year !
by Enock Seth Nyamador 01 Jun '18

01 Jun '18

Hi All, (With apologies for cross posting) FYI - Enock ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Tim Sutton <tim(a)kartoza.com> Date: ven. 1 juin 2018 à 07:42 Subject: [OSGeo Africa] FOSS4G 2018: The Geospatial Event of the Year ! To: africa local chapter discussions <africa(a)lists.osgeo.org>, QGIS Developer <qgis-developer(a)lists.osgeo.org>, QGIS Users < qgis-user(a)lists.osgeo.org> Hi All. (With apologies for cross posting) The annual Free and Open Source Software 4 Geospatial <http://foss4g.org/> (FOSS4G) conference is the largest community gathering focused on open source geospatial software. FOSS4G brings together developers, users, decision-makers and observers from a broad spectrum of organizations and fields of operation. Through six days of workshops, presentations, discussions, and code sprints, FOSS4G participants, learn, exchange, and create new collaborations, geospatial products, standards. FOSS4G is a global conference, with attendees from around the world! Last year, Boston, USA was the host city, before that in 2016 it Bonn, Germany. Now is the time for Dar es Salaam, Tanzania! FOSS4G 2018 will host numerous workshops over 27 - 28 August with exciting keynotes and presentations at the Julius Nyerere International Convention Centre 29 - 31 August, and finally Code Sprints and community building events September 1 & 2. In addition to bringing together the FOSS4G community in Dar, the 21st QGIS Developer meeting <https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/wiki/DeveloperMeetingZanzibar2018> will take place in Zanzibar (a short 60min ferry trip away!) the 20 - 24 of August - the Geospatial Savanna is on the rise in East Africa! The vision for our conference is to make it as accessible and inclusive as possible, bridging the gaps between the various communities that make us so strong, to make us stronger. This will be achieved through a Travel Grant Program that will enable economically disadvantaged participants the opportunity to attend, covering travel, lodging and conference costs. This will be bolstered by an exciting conference program, taking the very best that the open source geospatial community can offer. This ranges from locating schools to the instrumentation of communities with cheap, open source, 3D printed weather stations that improve community resilience to climate change. Our theme for FOSS4G 2018 is “Leave No-One Behind”. We live in a world where our users and developers have the opportunity to make a difference to the lives of everyone, whether it’s those in extreme poverty looking for access to clean water, to those using routing algorithms to calculate the fastest route to work. Location and geography are at the heart of these challenges and a FOSS4G 2018 in Dar es Salaam will invigorate our existing projects, bringing them to new users and developers while supporting and nurturing the existing community. To deliver on this mission, we've built collaborations with various communities, from within the open source geospatial community and beyond. For example, in collaborating with Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team <https://www.hotosm.org/>, FOSS4G 2018 will host their annual summit as a track within the main program; collaborating with Understanding Risk: Africa, to focus on the use of open geospatial tools like Geoserver, Geonode, and Inasafe while be bringing users and developers together at an extent not done before. To see the full extent of this exciting program, have a look at the lists of presentations <https://2018.foss4g.org/programme/list-of-presentations/> and workshops <https://2018.foss4g.org/workshop-schedule/>! Ultimately, you should attend FOSS4G 2018 because: - Dar es Salaam is the centre of technological innovation, culture and social activities in Tanzania; - A vibrant city of many cultures and warm hospitality; - The gateway to African sights, such as world beating safaris, heritage and world leading beaches; - A historic centre surrounded by the construction of a new Africa; - At the centre of East Africa, within easy reach of the world; Workshop, Main Conference (and experience tickets!) are now available at 2018.foss4g.org at the lowest early bird price in years for a global FOSS4G: $500. Early bird registration ends on June 5, book your place today. We're looking forward to welcoming you to Dar es Salaam in the warm Tanzanian sun! Regards Tim — *Tim Sutton* *Co-founder:* Kartoza *Ex Project chair:* QGIS.org Visit http://kartoza.com to find out about open source: Desktop GIS programming services Geospatial web development GIS Training Consulting Services *Skype*: timlinux *IRC:* timlinux on #qgis at freenode.net _______________________________________________ Africa mailing list Africa(a)lists.osgeo.org You can UNSUBSCRIBE at https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/africa

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LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE FOR WIKI-INDABS 2019 IN NIGERIA
by jemila abdul 20 May '18

20 May '18

Dear all, I am directed to inform you that the local organizing committee for Wiki-indaba 2019 in Nigeria has been constituted. Members of the committee includes: 1. *Chairman*- Olaniyan Olushola 2. *Vice chair* - Isaac Olatunde 3. *Logistics coordinator* - Runcie Chidebe 4. *Conference Program* - -Sam Oyeleye (coordinator) -Faith Adeola -Jemilat Abdulazeez 5. *Scholarship* - Olatunde Isaac & Ayokunle Odedere 6. *Communications* -Kayode Yusuf -Ayokanmi Oyeyemi -Jemilat Abdulazeez -Daniel Okereke 7. *Press* -Bukola Gbebe -Mary Bashua-Alimi -Florence N. -Onuegbu 8. *Other Volunteers* -Alimi Eyitayo, -Femi Adeniyi -Marvelous Osuolale Please, accept the assurance and warm regards of the Chair of the local organizing committee. Jemilat Abdulazeez Interim Publicity Secretary, Wikimedia Abuja Hub For: Chair, Local Organizing Committee.

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Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Project Grants program will fund 11 community-led projects
by Asaf Bartov 18 May '18

18 May '18

Project grants have just been approved! Of particular interest for Africa are the Wiki Loves Women 2018 and the Outreach in Northern Nigeria (Hausa language), as well as the diaspora-focused BlackLunchTable projects. Details below. A. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Marti Johnson <mjohnson(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Fri, May 18, 2018, 21:05 Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Project Grants program will fund 11 community-led projects To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> *Hi all,In the latest round of Project Grants, the committee has recommended 11 projects for a total of $354,654 in funding. We received 24 proposals for review. Here’s what we’re funding. [1]Software: four projects funded - ScienceSource <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/ScienceSource>: Medical knowledge is accessed over 2 billion times a year on Wikimedia projects, but only a relatively small number of editors create and maintain it. ScienceSource seeks to build an algorithm that will model editor decision-making to identify reliable biomedical reference sources. By using machine automation to sift through large volumes of reference materials, ScienceSource will support volunteers to do their work faster and more effectively. [2] - WikiProject X <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Isarra/WikiProject_X>: WikiProject X seeks to create better tools for Wikipedian editors collaborating around common interest areas. Previously funded <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/WikiProject_X> twice through Individual Engagement Grants, the project piloted new features for several WikiProjects, including Women in Red <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Red>. This grant will replace the multiple disparate modules of WikiProject X with a new extension, CollaborationKit. This improvement will offer editors a more seamless, adaptable interface to for productive collaboration. [3][4][5]. - Timeless: Post-deployment support < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Isarra/Timeless:_Post-deploy… >: Timeless is a new volunteer-developed skin designed for editors. It was deployed across all Wikimedia projects in 2017, but lacked sufficient support to address bugs. This grant will support general improvements to make Timeless into a more stable and user-friendly product. [6] - WikidataJS <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/WikidataJS>: This grant will enable the JavaScript developer community to produce fast, high quality tools so others can better access information on Wikidata. The project builds on Maxlath <https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=User:Maxlath>’s previous creation of several Wikidata-related tools: wikidata-sdk, wikidata-edit, wikidata-cli, wikidata-filter. [7][8]Online organizing: two projects funded - Wiki Loves Monuments international team/2018 coordination < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_interna… >: The international coordination team for Wiki Loves Monuments <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments> (WLM) proposes to strengthen the foundation for healthy and sustainable WLM competitions across the world. As the project celebrates its 10th anniversary, its leaders aim to critically rethink the structural framework of WLM. This grant will support efforts to gather information from national leaders, collect and share best practices from across the community, facilitate the ongoing integration of WLM into Wikidata, and improve operational processes system-wide. [9][10] - Wikimedia CEE Spring 2018 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Wikimedia_CEE_Spring_2018>: This annual international article writing contest generates content from every country and region in Central and Eastern Europe on 30+ Wikipedias. CEE Spring’s remarkable community spirit plays a central role in fostering a thriving, collaborative volunteer base in the region. The grant will incentivize content creation focused on closing the gender gap, expanding minority language Wikipedias, and showcasing the cultural heritage of Central and Eastern Europe. [11]Offline outreach: five projects funded - BlackLunchTable/BLT 2018 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/BlackLunchTable/BLT_2018>: As an organization, BlackLunchTable <http://www.theblacklunchtable.com/> seeks to create a more truthful and inclusive historical account by inviting people to write the histories of their own culture. In this project, they will host a series of edit-a-thons with the aim of recruiting editors of color and women editors to write biographical articles about notable artists of the African diaspora. The project will primarily focus on English Wikipedia. [12][13] - Wiki In Africa/Wiki Loves Women 2018 < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Wiki_In_Africa/Wiki_Loves_Wo… >: In 2016, Wiki Loves Women <http://www.wikiafrica.org/wiki-loves-women/wiki-loves-women/> launched in West Africa in an effort to address the content gap about women in Africa. This project continues the Wiki Loves Women initiative and expands into two new countries in East Africa -- Tanzania and Uganda. The project seeks to raise women’s visibility on Wikipedia, create structural supports for the development of Wikimedia groups, and encourage women’s participation as leaders, partners, and editors. [14][15] - New Zealand Wikipedian at Large < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/New_Zealand_Wikipedian_at_La… >: Through a series of short residencies with multiple institutions, Giantflightlessbirds <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Giantflightlessbirds> will leverage his expertise as a museum curator to establish a networked community of GLAM contributors in New Zealand. Through training and support activities, he aims to generate continued long-term contributions to Wikipedia, Commons and Wikidata. [16][17] - Wiki loves Rural Areas - Bimenes < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Wiki_loves_Rural_Areas_-_Bim… >: In August 2017, Asturian Wikipedians celebrated 50,000 articles in the rural area of Bimenes, Spain. This project expands on previous community engagement work done in this rural municipality to continue improving Asturian-language content. This will be done through partnerships with multiple cultural institutions, coordination of image donations, and direct training with local residents with a particular focus on encouraging participation by women. [18] - Outreach in Northern Nigeria <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Outreach_in_Northern_Nigeria >: The Hausa Wikipedia is one of the smallest Wikipedias, in terms of the quantity of articles per speaker, yet Hausa is spoken by large populations in Northern Nigeria, Southern Niger, and other parts of West and Central Africa. This proposal aims to encourage the development of Wikimedia projects for Hausa Wikipedia in Northern Nigeria by organizing workshops in the cities of Kaduna and Kano, by engaging in long-term institutional partnerships at large universities in those cities, and by translating help and support materials for new editors in Hausa. [19]On June 14, we will host a Project Showcase <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFjo8wg4wKw> for new grantees to talk about their projects. All are welcome to attend this publicly streamed event. A recording will be available afterward. We encourage MediaWiki developers, communication specialists, project managers, community liaisons, Wikimedia Foundation staff to attend. [20]The open call for Project Grants 2018 Round Two <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project> will launch on November 1, 2018, with applications due November 30, 2018. [21]We are seeking new candidates for the Project Grants Committee. If you or someone you know might be interested in serving on the committee, please contact projectgrants {{at}} wikimedia.org <http://wikimedia.org> with questions or see our committee eligibility page on Meta < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Quarterly/Committee#committe… >. In particular, we are seeking reviewers at this time with expertise relevant to the 2017 Strategic focus areas <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017>: knowledge as a service and knowledge equity. [22] [23] 1. <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Browse_applications <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Browse_applications>>2. <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/ScienceSource <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/ScienceSource>>3. <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Isarra/WikiProject_X <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Isarra/WikiProject_X>>4. <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/WikiProject_X <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/WikiProject_X>>5. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Red <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Red>>6. < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Isarra/Timeless:_Post-deploy… < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Isarra/Timeless:_Post-deploy… >>7. <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/WikidataJS <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/WikidataJS>>8. <https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=User:Maxlath <https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=User:Maxlath>>9. < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_interna… < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_interna… >>10. <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments>>11. <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Wikimedia_CEE_Spring_2018 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Wikimedia_CEE_Spring_2018 >>12. <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/BlackLunchTable/BLT_2018 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/BlackLunchTable/BLT_2018 >>13. <http://www.theblacklunchtable.com/ <http://www.theblacklunchtable.com/>>14. < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Wiki_In_Africa/Wiki_Loves_Wo… < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Wiki_In_Africa/Wiki_Loves_Wo… >>15. <http://www.wikiafrica.org/wiki-loves-women/wiki-loves-women/ <http://www.wikiafrica.org/wiki-loves-women/wiki-loves-women/>>16. < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/New_Zealand_Wikipedian_at_La… < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/New_Zealand_Wikipedian_at_La… >>17. <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Giantflightlessbirds <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Giantflightlessbirds>>18. < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Wiki_loves_Rural_Areas_-_Bim… < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Wiki_loves_Rural_Areas_-_Bim… >>19. <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Outreach_in_Northern_Nigeria <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Outreach_in_Northern_Nigeria >>20. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFjo8wg4wKw <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFjo8wg4wKw>>21. <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project>>22. < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Quarterly/Committee#committe… < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Quarterly/Committee#committe… >>23. <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017>>* *Marti Johnson* *Pronouns: she/herProgram Officer* *Individual Grants* *Wikimedia Foundation <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home>* *1 Montgomery, Ste. 1600* *San Francisco, CA 94104* +1 415-839-6885 Skype: Mjohnson_WMF Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share <http://youtu.be/ci0Pihl2zXY> in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! Support Wikimedia <https://donate.wikimedia.org/> _______________________________________________ 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>

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Re: [African Wikimedians] New user right: event coordinator (Mohammed Bachounda)
by Mohammed Bachounda 16 May '18

16 May '18

Hi I had a lot of problems before I noticed this limitation I asked for account creator rights at this address https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Account_creator / in wikipedia arabic and french both, but is the event coordinator in all projects or just in English wikipedia ? 2018-05-15 16:05 GMT+01:00 <african-wikimedians-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org> : > 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: New user right: event coordinator (Emna Mizouni) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 15 May 2018 16:04:20 +0100 > From: Emna Mizouni <emna.mizouni(a)gmail.com> > To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians > <african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [African Wikimedians] New user right: event coordinator > Message-ID: > <CAPAk4SAD=zwSG_a3-RG2UyhVrN-Wfb8q=i3uo+XVhv-gad4ccg@mail. > gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Excellent news! > > On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 3:26 PM, Isla Haddow Flood < > isla(a)wikiloveswomen.org> > wrote: > > > Brilliant, thanks Asaf. > > > > On 15 May 2018, at 4:04 PM, Asaf Bartov <abartov(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: > > > > Hello, folks. > > > > This new user right will be handy for those of you running editing > > workshops on English Wikipedia to bypass the 6-account limit and to grant > > the attendees "confirmed" status. > > > > Details here: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Event_coordinator > > > > Cheers, > > > > A. > > _______________________________________________ > > African-Wikimedians mailing list > > African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > > > > > > *Isla Haddow-Flood* > > Co-project Director > > Username: Islahaddow > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > African-Wikimedians mailing list > > African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > > > > >

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New user right: event coordinator
by Asaf Bartov 16 May '18

16 May '18

Hello, folks. This new user right will be handy for those of you running editing workshops on English Wikipedia to bypass the 6-account limit and to grant the attendees "confirmed" status. Details here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Event_coordinator Cheers, A.

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25 May, Day of Africa
by Paulo Santos Perneta 09 May '18

09 May '18

Hello, As I'm new to the list, I'll do a short presentation. I'm Paulo, from Wikimedia Portugal, and I live in Madeira Island <http://Madeira>, a Portuguese island which geographically is part of the African continental platform. During last Art+Feminism events here at Funchal, we've started a collaboration with a Portuguese feminine association, Associação Presença Feminina <http://apfeminina.wixsite.com/inicio>, which has a number of partnerships, collaborations and initiatives in Africa, and a very close contact with the African communities living in Madeira. We are planning a number of joint initiatives, including one to celebrate the coming Day of Africa, next 25 May, with an edit-a-thon with a focus in Africa, mainly Guine-Bissau, and aiming at the participation of the African communities living here at Madeira. Are there other similar initiatives going on in the Wikimedia Movement, in Africa and other parts of the world, celebrating the Day of Africa? If so, we would be very glad to join you. Looking forward to hearing from you, Paulo Santos Perneta Wikimedia Portugal

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Recent resources (to be proposed on WikiFundi)
by Florence Devouard 09 May '18

09 May '18

Hello I am looking for all recent ressources published (jpg, video, audio or pdf) that can be helpful to add to the list of WikiFundi ressources. If your organisation has recently published * an awesome video to present a project * a leaflet on how to do xxx * a tutorial document * etc. Please drop the link on the talk page of *https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipack_Africa_Resources* Thanks Flo PS: to give an example of things I intend to add to this list this year, I can include * the two nigerian videos * the tunisian video related to Medinapedia (help me find the link :) * the new safety booklet (as soon as I can find it...) * the Donating_data_to_Wikidata.webm.480p.webm video

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The African Hour : please register your name for updates
by Florence Devouard 08 May '18

08 May '18

Hello everyone Those at WikiIndaba will perhaps remember that we discussed how to improve communication within the African community. And amongst the decisions made was to set back up The African Hour. Also thought that one of the problem is to reach out to all interesting members. At the moment, some of those are here on this list. Others may be found on Facebook. Others elsewhere... So I suggested we create a list of interesting parties, that would agree to receive pushed information on their talk page, in a very similar manner than for the Education newsletter (or Glam, or Research etc.) Accordingly, I just quickly set up a list of recipients for futur mass messages, that will be delivered on your favorite talk page. This is a very soft launch of this list of recipients to get the ball rolling. If you are interested : https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_message_delivery/Targets/The_African… And then relay the info in your networks please. Florence PS: For those curious of how that works... here is the equivalent list for the Education newsletter : https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_message_delivery/Targets/Wikimedia_E…

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Wiki Loves Food
by Daniel Obiokeke 07 May '18

07 May '18

Hi tribe! After the successful pilot program by Wikimedia India in 2015, [ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Food Wiki Loves Food] (WLF) is happening again in 2018 and this year, it's going International. To make this event a grand success, your direction is key. Please sign up [ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Food/Be_a_Part_in_2018 here] as a volunteer to bring all the world's food to Wikimedia. Hoping you sign up soon. Daniel.

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Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Recognizing the one-year anniversary of the Wikipedia block in Turkey
by Asaf Bartov 02 May '18

02 May '18

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Gregory Varnum <gvarnum(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Wed, May 2, 2018 at 7:27 PM Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Recognizing the one-year anniversary of the Wikipedia block in Turkey To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Staff (All) < wmfall(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Hello, Today the Wikimedia Foundation, in cooperation with a number of volunteers who attended the Wikimedia Conference, have posted on Twitter and Facebook a video message speaking to the one-year anniversary of the block of Wikipedia in Turkey. The video re-enforces our message that this block is a lost opportunity both for the people of Turkey and the rest of the world. Any assistance that you all can offer in terms of helping circulate the video amongst your networks would be greatly appreciated! Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhrsnqvmhxg Tweet: https://twitter.com/Wikipedia/status/991663606856077312 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/videos/vb.33138223345/10156176050713346/ Blog post: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2018/05/02/we-miss-turkey/ We have also made the video available on Wikimedia Commons if you would like to help us with translating: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_year_without_Turkey.webm This is a part of our ongoing efforts around the block in Turkey, and done with input from members of the local community in Turkey. We GREATLY appreciate the help of everyone involved in the development and all of you who are sharing these messages. If you have any questions, please let us know. -greg -- Gregory Varnum Communications Strategist Wikimedia Foundation <http://www.wikimediafoundation.org> gvarnum(a)wikimedia.org Pronouns: He/His/Him _______________________________________________ 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>

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