On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 3:41 PM, Carlos Monterrey <cmonterrey@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Hi all,

Here's the proposed SM for today's blog post regarding the first ever Wiki Indaba conference. Thanks for reviewing: 

Blog post:

SM Calendar: 

Africa's first Regional Conference gathers Wikimedians in Johannesburg

Looks good, but I would use the conference hashtag:
First ever  #WikiIndaba Conference in Johannesburg re-ignites passions for building editing communities in Africa 
I would modify as follows:
Last month, Wikimedians took Johannesburg for the first ever regional Wikipedia conference in Africa https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/07/25/africas-first-regional-conference-in-johannesburg/  #WikiIndaba
 
  • f/g: Dumisani Ndubane, Project lead for Wikimedia South Africa, reflects on this past June's first ever Wiki Indaba Regional Conference "We left the conference with a renewed sense of purpose and a united goal to create Wikipedia editing communities in our respective countries through clear communication channels and co-operation plans, even though we were reminded that we don't have a magic wand to accomplish this overnight."

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Blog/Drafts/Africa%27s_first_Regional_Conference_gathers_Wikimedians_in_Johannesburghttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Blog/Drafts/Africa%27s_first_Regional_Conference_gathers_Wikimedians_in_Johannesburg

This quote is a little unwieldy.  I like the following one better:
 
 
With some fixes:
They came from all over Africa, from Cameroon to Kenya, Egypt to Namibia. Wikimedians congregated at the first ever Wiki Indaba Regional Conference held in Johannesburg, South Africa:

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