Hi everyone,
Whilst it might not be dead it certainly looks like it is in a period of
extended hiatus. This is partially due to the scaling down of Wikimedia
South Africa as we no longer have a full time employee who can provide the
logistical support necessary to make another event happen. It is also
partly due to the still very small size of the editing community on the
continent as well as a lack of feedback and input on motions made during
WikiIndaba.
However this does not mean at all the WikiIndaba is dead or that one will
not happen again in the future. It does mean that we as a community of
editors in Africa need to work more at building the community of editors in
Africa by encouraging people to edit Wikipedia and become committed
volunteer editors and established members of the Wikipedia community. The
more editors there are in Africa the greater the need for a future
WikiIndaba becomes and the sooner it will happen again.
WikiIndaba is all about supporting and growing the Wikipedia editing
community in Africa. Now is our time to build off the foundations of the
first WikiIndaba to expand and support our community.
Best,
Douglas.
On 12 December 2015 at 20:49, olatunde isaac <reachout2isaac(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Dear all,
Compliment of the season to you all. I can see that no one seem to be
commenting on the planning for the next edition of Wikidaba. Is Wikidaba
dead?
Olatunde Isaac.
Sent from my BlackBerry wireless device from MTN
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On Wed, Dec 9, 2015, 16:06 Mogatwe Lebogang <mogatwelebogang3(a)gmail.com>
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I see just more people list to send msg,So whats
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ans me pls.?????
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