Dear All,
I don't think the facebook group or the telegram group should be used for any
important discussions or critical debate about Wikimedia in Africa.
We need to remember that the mailing list is hosted by the foundation and the content is
public and archived. It's very important that the discussions about Wikimedia movement
in Africa remain public and available for any internet user or any wikimedians who
doesn't have a facebook (not the best open platform for an open movement) or telegram
account.
I think social media accounts should be used for announcements (for a better widespread)
or trivial discussions during events/conferences.
I don't think that for an open movement, Facebook, telegram (for today and maybe
WhatsApp and other app tomorrow) are the best communication channels to discuss the
wikimedia movement in Africa.
I know these social media app are more convenient than a mailing list and I'm afraid
that we fall for this and stop using the mailing list. Maybe the foundation should set in
place something more convenient after all; a mobile app like Telegram or WhatsApp where
the content can be public and can be archived.
ThanksYamenCo-founder WM TN User Group
Le dimanche 5 mai 2019 à 05:30:17 UTC+2, Bobby Shabangu
<bobbyshabangu(a)gmail.com> a écrit :
Hi Florence,
By Facebook group I mean the WikiIndaba Facebook group that was created by you? Apologies
for not being clear.
Kind regards, Bobby Shabangu
On Sun, 5 May 2019 12:47 AM Florence Devouard, <fdevouard(a)gmail.com> wrote:
There is a facebook group ?
Missed that... :(
Flo
Le 04/05/2019 à 17:19, Justice Okai-Allotey a écrit :
Hi Bobby,
So moving forward what are we going to do about this different groups. Are we going to
merge them into one group focused on African Wikimedians or should we maintain the current
status quo.
Looking forward to hearing suggestions from everyone on how we can move forward with
this conversation. I know we have a mailing list and Facebook group but adding a telegram
page would also help in the information sharing process.
Regards, Justice.
On Sat, May 4, 2019, 14:57 Bobby Shabangu <bobbyshabangu(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Sandister Tei,
You are very true there about duplication. I think the problem begins with
communication break down and we have all joined these mailing lists and chat groups so
that we can make our communication better.
There is an already existing Telegram group that is complementary to this mailing list
that was created during the Berlin summit.
Here is the link
https://t.me/joinchat/HUqyLkjLU0oGENcwtaCIgw
Kind regards, Bobby Shabangu
On Fri, 3 May 2019 at 18:22, Amir E. Aharoni <amir.aharoni(a)mail.huji.ac.il>
wrote:
It's not "official" in any way.
I have a lot of questions to African Wikimedians, and I think that other people may find
it useful for collaboration and exchanging experience, so I created this Telegram group.
No-one has to be there, and it does not replace anything. It's just a convenience,
hopefully a useful one.
בתאריך יום ו׳, 3 במאי 2019, 18:49, מאת Sandister Tei <sandistertei(a)gmail.com>om>:
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! ––
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