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wikifundi synchronisation
by Manfred Gruening 11 Feb '20

11 Feb '20

Somewhere I read that wikifundi is working towards synchronizing with the online wikipedias. Is this something for the near future or very far out??? That would be REALLY exciting! Also, can wikifundi be used for a wikipedia / wiktionary in a newly setup language - or only for the few languages currently available for download??? Thanks, Manfred

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(no subject)
by Samuel Klein 14 Jan '20

14 Jan '20

WMF is inviting members of our group to fill out a survey[1] -- to help with strategic planning. If you have a moment, please fill it out, if only briefly.. Link to survey: [1] https://wikimedia.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6z2rDBS5Iom0NKt 🌍🌏🌎🌑

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Kiwix wins Mozilla MOSS award
by Stephane Coillet-Matillon 06 Dec '19

06 Dec '19

Hey all, We got a bunch of prizes this year but the one award that really matters is the one that was officially confirmed this morning: the Mozilla Foundation has selected Kiwix to build ZIMit, a universal scraper to turn online content to the offline-compatible ZIM format. The plan at this stage is to start work early next year and have the project completed by end of 2020. Ultimately we hope that everyone will be able to create their own zim files to distribute in offline environments :-) Cheers, Stephane

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2-for-1 release announcement, aka 32 and 64-bit goodness
by Stephane Coillet-Matillon 02 Dec '19

02 Dec '19

Hello all, we have published our latest release candidate for Kiwix-dekstop (Windows & GNU/Linux)! And if you are running deployments on old machines (like, XP/Vista/7 old, ie 32-bits), then stay tuned until the end of this mail - Kiwix-desktop 2.0 RC4: nothing major, but still a few improvements. Here's the log of new features and fixes for this RC4: * New "Settings" page * Better aria2c error message * Fix Reading list with bookmarks from missing books * Support video fullscreen mode * Support the default zoom level setting * Support zoom level per content * Remove page view source feature * Stop crashing if a download fails - Now for the interesting bit: Kiwix-JS has been ported to work on all flavours of Windows 32-bit systems. It actually runs on all architectures, but that'll be especially relevant to anyone having to deal with older machines (Windows 7 and below, there's still plenty of XP and Vista around). Please note that just as with the (Firefox/Chrome) browser extensions, there might be some limitations compared to the real thing. But hey, the reference point here is having nothing instead since the old Kiwix-desktop 0.9 doesn't handle so well the new flavours of our zim files. But even then, Jaifroid and Mossroy have done nothing less than an Amazing Job*. You can download it all here: * Windows x86 64 bits: https://download.kiwix.org/release/kiwix-desktop/kiwix-desktop_windows_x64.… [https://download.kiwix.org/release/kiwix-desktop/kiwix-desktop_windows_x64.…] * Linux x86 64 bits: https://download.kiwix.org/release/kiwix-desktop/kiwix-desktop_x86_64.appim… [https://download.kiwix.org/release/kiwix-desktop/kiwix-desktop_x86_64.appim…] or https://download.kiwix.org/release/kiwix-desktop/org.kiwix.desktop.flatpak [https://download.kiwix.org/release/kiwix-desktop/org.kiwix.desktop.flatpak]. Also available on Flathub https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.kiwix.desktop [https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.kiwix.desktop] * Kiwix-JS for Windows x86 32 bits https://download.kiwix.org/release/kiwix-js-windows/kiwix-js-windows_0.9.9.… [https://download.kiwix.org/release/kiwix-js-windows/kiwix-js-windows_0.9.9.…] * Kiwix-JS Chrome extension https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/kiwix/donaljnlmapmngakoipdmehbfci… [https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/kiwix/donaljnlmapmngakoipdmehbfci…] * Kiwix-JS Firefox extension https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/kiwix-offline/ [https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/kiwix-offline/] Thanks to everyone who made these possible. Enjoy, Stephane * alternative wording would be Stellar, Excellent, Great, YUGE.

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Knowledge equity advent calendar
by Stephane Coillet-Matillon 01 Dec '19

01 Dec '19

Hi everyone, I see that Wikimedia Deutschland is running an advent calendar on knowledge equity (ie access to knowledge for, you know, people without access).[1] They have a couple of stories lined up already on famously sidelined places like Norway and Taiwan. I'd expect most of the 20+ others to be written up already, yet to my knowlege they haven't reached out to Kiwix so we could point them to people doing deployments in Africa, India, South America, US & European prisons und so weiter. By the look of it they seem very much focused on people building knowledge rather than distributing it, and I can see a couple of good reasons for that. But I'm still half hoping that they did, in fact, reach out to someone else on this list and that offline access will be mentioned somehow. Can anyone confirm they spoke with our German friends? Cheers, Stephane [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_Equity_Calendar [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_Equity_Calendar]

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Summarizing offline work this past year
by Samuel Klein 09 Nov '19

09 Nov '19

Dear WOW, We should compile a report on offline work this past year. If you have run an offline event, project, or partnership, please add it to the December report here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Offline_Projects/Reports Warmly, SJ -- Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266

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ANNC: Internet-in-a-Box 7.0 for $35 Raspberry Pi 4
by Adam Holt 08 Oct '19

08 Oct '19

*Install Internet-in-a-Box 3X Faster on Raspberry Pi 4* *F**or Rural Schools, Libraries and Medical Clinics* When clickbait-driven misinformation puts journalism, human rights (and democracy itself) at risk — where do we turn? Communities around the planet are taking the future into their own hands — crafting their own purpose-built digital libraries to... *Bring essential / endangered / indigenous knowledge and learning rights to life* *Announcing Internet-in-a-Box 7.0 — with offline Wikipedia, offline Khan Academy, RACHEL content packs — and tons more...* - Pick a subset of the Internet Archive Offline <https://github.com/iiab/iiab/tree/master/roles/internetarchive#internet-arc…> from some of the greatest libraries around the world. - Install an IIAB Map Pack <https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/IIAB-Maps> for your favorite continent, with satellite photos across 10 levels of zoom, and natural/human geography visible across 15-to-19 levels of zoom. (OpenStreetMap vector maps are like Google Maps, but better⁠ for schools especially⁠, as they work offline and avoid the advertising!) - Involve MediaMaking tools⁠ like Nextcloud 17's offline collaboratives editor <https://youtu.be/Nr7cGN6ZJM0> (like Google Docs) helping students learn modern/team workflows. - Explore electronics projects with Node-Red 1.0 <https://nodered.org/blog/2019/09/30/version-1-0-released> flow-based / event-driven visual programming. - Set up an "offline GitHub" <https://github.com/iiab/iiab/tree/master/roles/gitea#gitea-readme> to teach coding-with-a-conscience where there's no Internet, nurturing the next generation of free and open developers! DIY'ing your own "Library of Alexandria" is that easy — for any local schools, libraries, health clinics and/or family of your choosing. Simply drag and drop the best of the World Free Knowledge Content Packs, using Internet-in-a-Box installed on any $35 Raspberry Pi 4 computer: *Building your own offline library is now easier than ever* Thanks Everyone for weaving in the (g)local knowledge ecosystems that matter most — both the Internet's crown jewels (Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Khan Academy, etc) AND countless lesser-known environmental / indigenous cultural content vitals. You can even update to the latest Content Packs, bringing your rural Internet-in-a-Box into the city every semester, using almost any home Internet connection e.g. to download the very latest Wikipedia etc! Please read about Internet-in-a-Box 7.0's new capabilities making this all possible: *IIAB 7.0 Release Notes* <https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/IIAB-7.0-Release-Notes> And try it out, asking us <http://wiki.laptop.org/go/IIAB/FAQ#What_are_the_best_places_for_community_s…> any questions! Internet-in-a-Box (IIAB) 7.0 represents 7+ months of work since IIAB 6.7 — and we're very proud to offer this to you for free! Thanks to some amazing free/open source work from professional volunteers around the world <https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/IIAB-7.0-Release-Notes#credits>, who are servicing and learning from the more than 20 countries <http://wiki.laptop.org/go/IIAB/FAQ#Where_is_Internet-in-a-Box_used.3F> where IIAB is in use, in partially offline and fully offline environments both. And...if you're not yet familiar with Internet-in-a-Box (IIAB), watch our videos to get acquainted: *http://internet-in-a-box.org <http://internet-in-a-box.org/>* *Last but not least, consider our personal INVITATION...* 1) The Internet-in-a-Box (IIAB) Community Summit will be in Boston November 7-10, in conjunction with Wikipedia North America's http://wikiconference.org at MIT. To attend, please reply privately to this email, so we can help you make arrangements. Building on our 2017 http://OFF.NETWORK <http://off.network/> "med/ucational" content hackathon, we'll demo our new offline versions of https://en.unesco.org/womeninafrica/ inviting all to do similar, learning how easy it is to now *roll your own* environmental/indigenous/etc Content Packs! 2) Whether you're on the technology, humanitarian or field implementation side of learning rights, do consider helping us refine the upcoming IIAB 7.1 <https://github.com/iiab/iiab/milestone/6>. Here's a list of just a few of the advances <https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/IIAB-7.0-Release-Notes#what-might-future-…> now being considered and worked on, that we'd really love your help architecting and polishing for early 2020! 3) Join any of our Thursday Internet-in-a-Box Live Community Calls ( http://minutes.iiab.io) to learn about and contribute to everyone's high-quality free and open knowledge ecosystems — typically held 10AM NYC Time — in alliance with Wikipedia, Kiwix, OpenStreetMap, Kolibri (formerly Khan Academy Lite) and amazing others~

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Kiwix portable for Linux
by Wilfredo Rodríguez 15 Sep '19

15 Sep '19

Hi guys, I have received some messages from Cuba requesting help to install Kiwix and its wikipedia package in Spanish on Ubuntu. The main problem comes when the user can download and burn a CD on a public machine but he does not have Internet on his computer, that is, carrying the ZIM file does not represent any problem, however, installing kiwix on linux offline It represents another level of complexity especially in the installation process during the installation when dependencies are being resolved (this could be a nightmare down dependencies manually). This is a recurring problem and I have received several messages, so far I have not found any solution. I've been thinking about maybe a live cd version with kiwix. I would like to hear your suggestions. Thank you. *Wilfredo Rodríguez*

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Re: [Offline-l] Offline Wikimedians Report
by Florence Devouard 11 Sep '19

11 Sep '19

Hello everyone A reminder to please add to the UserGroup annual report. Bullet points totally welcome. Thanks Florence and Sj >> Le 26 août 2019 à 13:37, Florence Devouard <fdevouard(a)gmail.com> a écrit : >> >> Hello >> >> >> The first UG report is now due. >> >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_for_offline_wikis >> >> >> I have drafted the report page : https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Offline_Projects/Reports >> >> >> Please join it to shortly summarize what you have been doing since Spring 2018, with relevant links and photos >> >> >> Thanks >> >> >> Florence and Sj >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Offline-l mailing list >> Offline-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/offline-l

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Prepare your small tasks to mentor a new contributor! (Google Code-in early heads-up)
by Andre Klapper 11 Sep '19

11 Sep '19

(Note: This is only an early heads-up, to be prepared. Google Code-in has NOT been announced yet, but last year, GCI mentors asked for more time in advance to identify tasks to mentor. Here you are. :) * You have small, self-contained bugs you'd like to see fixed? * Your documentation needs specific improvements? * Your user interface has some smaller design issues? * Your Outreachy/Summer of Code project welcomes small tweaks? * You'd enjoy helping someone port your template to Lua? * Your gadget code uses some deprecated API calls? * You have tasks in mind that welcome some research? Google Code-in (GCI) is an annual contest for 13-17 year old students. GCI 2019 has not yet been announced but usually takes place from late October to December. It is not only about coding: We also need tasks about design, docs, outreach/research, QA. Read https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Google_Code-in/Mentors , add your name to the mentors table, and start tagging tasks in Wikimedia Phabricator by adding the #gci-2019 project tag. We will need MANY mentors and MANY tasks, otherwise we cannot make it. Last year, 199 students successfully worked on 765 tasks supported by 39 mentors. For some achievements from the last round, see https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2019/02/20/partnerships-make-it-possib… Note that "beginner tasks" (e.g. "Set up Vagrant") and generic tasks are very welcome (like "Choose and replace 2 uses of Linker::link() from the list in T223010" style). We also have more than 400 unassigned open #good-first-bug tasks: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/3YnDUWYJfXSo/#R Can and would you mentor some of these tasks in your area? Please take a moment to find / update [Phabricator etc.] tasks in your project(s) which would take an experienced contributor 2-3 hours. Read https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Google_Code-in/Mentors , ask if you have any questions, and add your name to https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Google_Code-in/2019#List_of_Wikimedia_mentors Thanks (as we will not be able to run this without your help), andre -- Andre Klapper (he/him) | Bugwrangler / Developer Advocate https://blogs.gnome.org/aklapper/

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