NSK a écrit:
On Saturday 30 October 2004 11:33, Anthere wrote:
Note that I tried to reach north africa, largely french speaking, during
I have extreme interesting in national development of countries in Africa, South America and Asia: I am always thinking how I could help the people living there. How have you tried to reach north Africa, what is WMF's position on bringing free knowledge in the Third World and what do you think that residents of Europe, North America and Oceania can do via the Internet for the rest of the planet?
Charles gave you a very good answer, so I have little to add :-)
Two additional points :
''Did I try to reach Africa ?''
I'd like to mention that "trying" to reach Africa is not a one person effort, but a collective effort. So, the point is not "me".
Very personally, I think I sent possibly 70 press releases in september. I could track some, mostly through french google news. But google news do not exist in north african countries, and it just would take too much time, so I have no idea of some of my mails went through or not, or just made some journalists begin to refer to Wikipedia or not.
I went to seek for the maroccan media I contacted in september. Here is the list below of media I tried to contact. A couple of mails went back. Marroco is a french speaking country. Some of those media are french speaking, and others arab speaking. For the latter, I gave the link to the arab wikipedia as well as the french one.
ACH-CHARK AL-AWSAT
Quotidien arabophone saoudien, édition marocaine imprimée à Casablanca depuis 1985. Mél : asharqm@mtds.com Web : www.aawsat.com
AL-AYAM
Créé en 2001, hebdomadaire arabophone indépendant. Mél : mediaayam@menara.com
AL-AHDATH AL MAGHRIBIA
Créé en 1998, quotidien arabophone indépendant. Mél : ahdath@ahdath.info www.ahdath.info
AL-ALAM
Créé en 1946, quotidien arabophone du parti de l'Istiqlal (P.I.). Mél : al-alam@iam.net.ma Web : www.Alalam.ma
AL-ASR
Créé en 1997, hebdomadaire arabophone du Parti de la Justice et du Développement (PJD). Mél : alassr-96@iam.net.ma
AL-BAYANE
Créé en 1972, quotidien francophone du Parti du Progrès et du Socialisme (PPS). Mél : albayane@casanet.net.ma Web : www.albayane.ma
AL-ITTIHAD AL ICHTIRAKI
Créé en 1983, quotidien arabophone du parti de l'Union Socialiste des Forces Populaires (USFP). Mél : ail@menara.ma
AL-OUSBOU
Créé en 1985, hebdomadaire arabophone indépendant. Mél : alousboue@menara.ma
AS-SABAH
Créé en 2000, quotidien arabophone indépendant. Mél : assabah@wanadoo.net-ma Web : www.assabah.press.ma
AT-TAJDID
Créé en 1999, hebdomadaire arabophone du Mouvement de l'Unification et de la Réforme (MUR). Mél : attajdid@attajdid.ma Web : www.attajdid.ma
AUJOURD'HUI LE MAROC
Créé en 2001, quotidien francophone indépendant. Mél : alm@aujourdhui.ma ou kidrissi@aujourdhui.ma Web : www.aujourdhui.ma
BAYANE AL-YOUM
Créé en 1971, quotidien arabophone du parti du Progrès et du Socialisme (PPS) . Mél : bayanealyaoume@casanet.net.ma Web : www.bayanealyaoume.ma
BAYANE AL-YOUM ASSABII
Créé en 2002, hebdomadaire arabophone du parti du Progrès et du Socialisme (PPS). Mél : bayanealyaoume@casanet.net.ma Web : www.bayanealyaoume.ma
ECONOMISTE (L')
Créé en 1991, quotidien francophone indépendant, à dominante économique. Mél : info@leconomiste.com Web : www.leconomiste.com
GAZETTE DU MAROC (LA)
Créé en 1997, hebdomadaire francophone indépendant. Mél : redaction@lagazettedumaroc.com Web : www.lagazettedumaroc.com
INDEPENDANT (L')
Créé en 1996, quotidien francophone indépendant. Mél : lindependant@iam.net.ma
JOURNAL HEBDOMADAIRE (LE)
Créé en novembre 1997, hebdomadaire francophone indépendant. Mél : lejournal@lejournalhebdo.com Web : http://www.lejournal-hebdo.com/
LIBERATION
Créé en 1964, quotidien francophone du parti de l'Union Socialiste des Forces Populaires (USFP). Mél : Liberation@mis.net.ma Web : www.liberation.press.ma
MAROC HEBDO INTERNATIONAL
Créé en 1991, hebdomadaire francophone indépendant. Mél : mhi@maroc-hebdo.press.ma Web : www.maroc-hebdo.com www.maroc-hebdo.press.ma
MATIN DU SAHARA ET DU MAGHREB (LE)
Créé en 1972, quotidien francophone. Web : www.lematin.ma
NOUVELLE TRIBUNE (LA)
Créé en 1996, hebdomadaire francophone indépendant. Mél : courrier@lanouvelletribune.com Mél : redaction@lanouvelletribune.com Web : www.lanouvelletribune.com
OPINION (L')
Créé en 1965, quotidien francophone du parti de l'Istiqlal (P.I.). Mél : opinion@iam.net.ma Web : www.lopinion.ma
REPORTER (LE)
Créé en 1998, hebdomadaire francophone indépendant. Mél : lereporter@iam.net.ma
RISSALAT AL-OUMMA
Créé en 1983, quotidien arabophone du parti de l'Union Constitutionnelle (U.C.). Mél : rissalataloumma@yahoo.fr
TEL QUEL
Créé en 2001, hebdomadaire francophone indépendant. Mél : courrier@telquel.info Web : www.telquel-online.com
VERITE (LA)
Créé en 2000, hebdomadaire francophone indépendant. Mél : laverite@wanadoo.net.ma
VIE ECO (LA)
Créé en 1978, hebdomadaire francophone indépendant, à dominante économique. Mél : vieeco@marocnet.net.ma Web : www.vieeco.ma
Additionaly, I left some comments to two maroccan journalists bloggers also known in the french speaking blogging community.
I may indicate that in Marocco, the website Menara published two articles in which Wikipedia was mentionned. At least one came through Jean-Michel Cornu from la FING, a french reference (www.fing.com I believe)
http://www.menara.ma/infos/includes/detail.asp?lmodule=Technologie&artic...
http://www.menara.ma/Infos/includes/detail.asp?article_id=9613&lmodule=T...
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what is WMF's position on bringing free knowledge in the Third World
Was a question essentially answered by Charles.
and what do you think that residents of Europe, North America and
Oceania can do via the Internet for the rest of the planet?
If you ask to an agronom engineer (right, this is me :-)), what *I* could bring would be better information on agricultural techniques, food transformation and preservation and waste and water treatment. Far away from any political fight, this is what many in these countries need. This is basic, but some lack this.
Possibly, this might not be through the internet, but even a brochure (booklet) explaining farmers how to better fertilise their fields to increase their yield hence reaching food sustainability, or helping moms to manage their kids diarrhea, or increase awareness of AIDS disaster and how to fight it, might be amazingly helpful.
French agronomists have a tradition to do that in many African countries, and associations such as Médecins sans Frontières are not american :-)
Help us get the content, the tools, the network and the money, and we will do it :-) It will take time, but we will, I am confident :-)
Other people might have other opinions on how to help Africa. These are mine.