Re: [African Wikimedians] African-Wikimedians Digest, Vol 6, Issue 9

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: Wikimedia gathering in Ghana in 2017 together with the meeting ACASA Art Council of the African Studies Association (Isla Haddow-Flood) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2014 12:59:27 +0200 From: Isla Haddow-Flood <islahf(a)africacentre.net> To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians <african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: Re: [African Wikimedians] Wikimedia gathering in Ghana in 2017 together with the meeting ACASA Art Council of the African Studies Association Message-ID: <3EEEBCF7-B365-482C-8914-97FE7AC560AE(a)africacentre.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Hi Kasper In June, Wikimedia ZA held Wiki Indaba. It was for wikipedians from Africa and wikipedians working on Africa from outside, as well as those from the aligned movement across Africa. We had delegates from all over Africa, including Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire and Tunisia, and France. Afripedia was invited, I know, because I made a special effort to make sure they knew about it. I believe Florence also mentioned it to them. But there was some change happening at Afripedia too. I think another Wiki Indaba will definitely happen, but for when and where you will have to check with Douglas at Wikimedia ZA the original organizers (and aiming for Ghana for 2017 is a great idea, hopefully having had others in 2015-6). I really don't see any point in spitting the conference and having a francophone one separate from the rest. It means we are going backwards, but with Afripedia on board, perhaps the weighting of the conference can become more balanced. You can find out more about the conference at WikiIndaba.net ... And on meta: http://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Indaba Most of the people on this list were at the last one. Warmest Isla Isla on the move. Excuse the brevity. Association is having its triennial meeting in Ghana. it is the first time in Africa. http://www.acasaonline.org (as suggested by Wikimedia ZA) but with a light management work. something like a "Francophone Wikimania" somewhere in Africa at some point in the future.