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:*

https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/07/25/africas-first-regional-conference-in-j...

*SM Calendar: * https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Social_media/Calendar#July_25

Africa's first Regional Conference gathers Wikimedians in Johannesburg

• *t:* First ever Wiki Indaba Conference in Johannesburg re-ignites

passions for building editing communities in Africa https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Blog/Drafts/Africa%27s_first_Regio...

Looks good, but I would use the conference hashtag:

First ever #WikiIndaba Conference in Johannesburg re-ignites passions for building editing communities in Africa

• *t*: Wikimedians take Johannesburg for first ever Wiki Indaba

Regional Conference

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

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-j... #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_Regio...

This quote is a little unwieldy. I like the following one better:

• *f/g*: They came from all over Africa, from Cameroon to Kenya, Egypt

to Namibia, Wikimedians congregate at first ever Wiki Indaba Regional Conference held in Johannesburg, South Africa https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Blog/Drafts/Africa%27s_first_Regio...

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: