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16 Jun 2015

      Hello everybody,
In deed, I've got scholarship to attend Wikimania this year. Emna (in cc) from Tunisia will be also there. 
Mohamed Bachounda from Algeria, Walaa Abdelmanaem and May Hashem from Tunisia are going to Mexico also.
The African stand is a good idea but we have to organize a permanent representatives, last year in London we were so busy with the Wikimedia TN User group stand that I missed several sessions in Wikimania that's why, this year I made a request to be represented as a member of the WikiFranca stand (I didn't knew about African's one).
I will not present all time at WikiFranca and Emna could help me to represent Tunisia in both.
So, we will bring some leaflets about out activities and some foods from Tunisia.
Best,
Habib
Le 16 juin 2015 12:17:25 CET, african-wikimedians-request@lists.wikimedia.org a écrit :
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Re: Wikimania and African space (Nkansah Rexford)
Re: Wikimania and African space (Felix Nartey)

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Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2015 11:05:18 +0000
From: Nkansah Rexford nkansahrexford@gmail.com
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Subject: Re: [African Wikimedians] Wikimania and African space
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I think Habib said he did get a scholarship. That makes it four from
Africa.
Rexford | khophi.co
On Jun 16, 2015 11:03 AM, "Isla at the Africa Centre" <
islahf@africacentre.net> wrote:
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Basically, as far as I see Florence’s proposal, its about either the
wikipedia work within Africa is not visible at all (because none of
us are
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there), or that people can see that we exist and what we have
achieved over
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the last year - even if it is in leaflets that are left on an
unmanned
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table.
Essentially, we were just not invited. I didn’t get a scholarship
either.
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The only ones I know who did are Douglas and Bobby, and Dumi as he is
on
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the FDC committee  - perhaps Habib did? Nobody else managed. 2 or 3
people
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from Africa doesn’t seem like even 5% of the scholarships to me, but
I
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could be wrong.
On 16 Jun 2015, at 12:57 PM, Felix Nartey flixtey@gmail.com wrote:
Not like that but rather a unified or collective effort towards
showcasing
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what each country has got in representing Africa.
Felix
On Jun 16, 2015 10:32 AM, "Nkansah Rexford"
nkansahrexford@gmail.com
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wrote:
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That will mean representatives from each country at the Africa space
will
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take turns in manning the space?
On Tuesday, June 16, 2015, Felix Nartey flixtey@gmail.com wrote:
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Hi All,
I am in support of Florence's suggestion especially in this case
where
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there isn't enough representation from Africa.
It won't make sense if only Bobby reserves a space for Wikimedia ZA
or
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Habib for Tunisia Use group at the community village. Even if they
decide
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to, that means they will hardly enjoy the conference since most of
their
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time will be spent under their space and more especially when they
are just
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one each representing their respective countries.
I am saddened to say that Africa will be highly underrepresented at
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year's Wikimania. I hope this doesn't repeat in subsequent years.
Best,
Felix
On Jun 16, 2015 8:32 AM, "Florence Devouard" anthere@anthere.org
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Hi Rex
The main reason why I was suggesting a collective table is that I
am
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NOT sure there will be participants from many countries.
As hinted by Raphael, there will be no one from Ghana. Will they
be
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anyone from Ivory Coast ? From Uganda ? From Ethiopia ? Even from
South
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Africa ? etc.
The other thing is that even if there ONE person (or even 2) from
a
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country... it is unlikely that he will manage the table all by
himself
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during three days. He better enjoy moving around and benefit from
all what
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Wikimania can offer.
It may be that Tunisia has enough participants to be able to
manage a
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table. It may be that they will be the only ones. I do not know if
they
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asked for a table.
Well, a collective table would have the following benefits

team work, getting to know each other better
showing the other wikimedians what is being done in Africa.
showing them as well that Africa still need way more

representation...
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insure a little presence even from missing countries

And yeah... I am also thinking that in case we have a table and in
case
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it has no volunteer managing the table during most of Wikimania,
it somehow
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also carries a strong message.
"African wikimedians do exist but they are not here"
Ant
Le 16/06/15 01:25, Nkansah Rexford a écrit :
Hi Florence,
I have no idea who is coming from Ghana to Wikimania this year
(perhaps someone will, yet isn't within our community that we
know). As at
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now, no one confirmed from our end here concerning attending
wikimania
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During Wikimania London, I remember there was not an explicitly
assigned collective space for African teams, but the African teams
were in
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close proximity, in fact, in a sequential order.  The teams
weren't under
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the 'Africa' collective name, but it was easy finding where the
African
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teams were located.
The sequence was ZA, Ghana, and Tunisia:
https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Village#Map_of_the_Commun...
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How about instead of requesting for a collective space 'for
Africa',
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maybe during the placing and arrangement of African teams in the
community
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village structure, African teams are placed in sequence? ex. say,
Ghana -
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Table 1,  Tunisia - Table 2, ZA - Table 3, then other communities
follow,
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so with a stop at Table - 1, it easier spotting subsequent African
countries, just like it was arranged for London?
rex
On Monday, June 15, 2015, Florence Devouard anthere@anthere.org
wrote:
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Eh !
You have been very silent on this topic my friends :)
No feedback at all ?
Ant
Le 11/06/15 12:54, Florence Devouard a écrit :
> Hello everyone
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> Isla and I were talking about Wikimania this morning and an idea
> showed up :)
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> It seems there will be a "community village" this year in Mexico
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> https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Village
> Last year, it was very successful in London and many chapters
had
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> their own space.
> In most cases, there were 2-4 people sitting at each space to
answer
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> any question. Posters, leaflets, books and more generally
marketing
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> material. And food.
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> Whilst it would be probably challenging to imagine a space for
each
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> user-group/chapter in Africa, we could maybe share a collective
space to
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> represent Africa and what is being done here. What do you think
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> Through Kumusha and Wiki Loves Africa, we have a bunch of
objects we
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> can show. I remember South Africa had made some leaflets about
some of
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> their projects. I know Ivory Coast has made some as well. What
do you have
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> to share that we could put on a collective table ?
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> Also, amongst the recognized user groups, did some already
request a
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> space ? (Tunisia ?)
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> And who is coming to Wikimania ?
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> Anthere
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