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The Internet Ecosystem book
by Peter Anderson 16 Feb '26

16 Feb '26

As a researcher, I came across a highly intensive and inclusive book called "The Internet Ecosystem". The book englobes the whole Internet history. I have just completed the reading, I will highly recommend it and it has useful information. The book was reviewed by Vint Cerf, the founder of the Internet. Use: *INTECO10 *coupon code to get the book at a discounted price. You will find more information in the email below. Professor Peter Anderson Head of Research ------------------------------ *From:* Nikesh B. Simmandree <nikeshbs(a)outlook.com> *Sent:* Monday, August 18, 2025 1:35 PM *To:* alac-announce(a)icann.org <alac-announce(a)icann.org>; alac(a)icann.org < alac(a)icann.org>; at-large(a)icann.org <at-large(a)icann.org>; afri-discuss(a)icann.org <afri-discuss(a)icann.org> *Subject:* Launch of The Internet Ecosystem Book Dear Community, I am thrilled to announce the launch of my book, *The Internet Ecosystem* — a comprehensive exploration of the history, architecture, governance, and future of the Internet. This book distills decades of technological evolution — from ARPANET and packet switching, to AI, Web3, quantum networks, and beyond — into a clear, engaging narrative accessible to both technical and non-technical readers *What the Book Covers* - *The Past:* How Cold War research, ARPANET, and packet switching gave birth to the Internet we know today. - *The Present:* The intricate roles of ISPs, backbone providers, cloud infrastructure, AI, cybersecurity, and global governance shaping our daily online experiences. - *The Future:* Insights into 5G/6G, blockchain, immersive technologies, quantum security, and the Internet in 2050. With *49 detailed chapters*, the book provides a definitive yet approachable reference for students, professionals, policymakers, and curious readers alike. My mission with *The Internet Ecosystem* is to make the Internet’s complexity understandable — showing not only *how* the Internet works, but also *why* it matters and has become one of the most transformative human inventions — while sparking dialogue on how we build a secure, inclusive, and sustainable digital future. In the 21st century, understanding the Internet is not optional — it’s essential. Whether you’re a business leader, policymaker, educator, student, or everyday Internet user, this book provides the context and clarity you need to navigate the opportunities and challenges of our connected world. *Get Your Copy* *The Internet Ecosystem* is now available: https://payhip.com/b/hfvYg Thank you, Best Regards, Nikesh B. Simmandree

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Fwd: Invitation à participer à un atelier scientifique sur les pillages coloniaux dans Wikidata
by Yann LeGall 23 Jul '25

23 Jul '25

/*** English version below ***/ Chères et chers membres du groupe Wikimédiens du Cameroun, cher Hugo Poet, cher Georges Fodouop, je m'appelle Yann LeGall et suis chercheur à l'Institut d'Histoire de l'Art de Berlin. En partenariat avec Lucy Patterson <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:1ucyp>, Mohammed Sadat Abdulai <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Masssly> et Lukas Fuchsgruber de Wikimédia Allemagne, nous allons organiser un atelier sur la documentation les pillages coloniaux dans les anciennes colonies allemandes sur Wikidata, ainsi que la question de la provenance de biens culturels spoliés dans les métadonnées. Dans l'optique d'ouvrir cet atelier aux practicien·es de Wikipédia/Wikidata des pays concernés par ces pillages coloniaux, notre collègue Uwe Jung nous a fortement conseillé de vous inviter. Cet atelier, intitulé "Significant event: looting" se déroulera à Berlin le 15 Septembre 2025. Nous voudrions vous inviter cordialement à y participer en tant qu'expert·es de l'écriture de l'histoire du Cameroun sur Wikipedia. Nous espérons que ceci pourra intéresser vos members et sommes sûr·es que leurs perspectives sur notre travail seront précieuses. Voici quelques exemples de notre projet: - l'expédition de 1902 contre le peuple Nso' <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q119721969> et le pillage de Ngonnso' <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q119723801> --> cf Query: ici <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q119723801> - l'expédition allemande contre Mankon et Bafut <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q132131325> - l'expédition contre Nakelli N'wembeli et le peuple Ngolo <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124021534> ainsi que le vol de ce relief <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134589317> aujoutd'hui au Musée Linden de Stuttgart Information importante: L'atelier se déroulera en anglais. Il commencera à 8h (heure de Yaoundé). La partie hybride durera jusque 12:15. Il n'est pour l'instant pas prévu de garder un format hybride pour l'après-midi, mais cela peut changer si beaucoup de participant·es se connectent via Zoom.* * Je travaille très étroitement avec Dr. Richard Tsogang Fossi, qui est consultant scientifique de la comission interministérielle sur la restitution du patrimoine culturel camerounais. Il sera aussi sûrement là lors de l'atelier. Vous trouverez le programme préliminaire en fichier joint. Prière à vos membres intéressé·es de me contacter par email au préalable afin que nous puissions partager le lien zoom avec elles·eux un jour avant l'atelier. Bien cordialement, Yann LeGall* * * * *________________________________* * * Dear Wikimedians of Cameroon, My name is Yann LeGall and I am a researcher at the Institute for Art History in Berlin. In partnership with Lucy Patterson, Mohammed Sadat Abdulai and Lukas Fuchsgruber from Wikimedia Germany, we will organize a workshop on documenting colonial looting in former German colonies on Wikidata and how to document the provenance of looted cultural heritage on the platform. Our colleague Uwe Jung advised us to write to you. It is very important to us to reach out to Wikimedia communities in the countries which were affected by German colonialism and in particular the theft of cultural assets. This workshop, entitled “Significant event: looting,” will take place in Berlin on September 15, 2025. We would like to cordially invite you to participate as experts in writing the history of Cameroon on Wikipedia. We hope that this subject is of interest among members of your network and are confident that their perspectives on our work would be very valuable. Here are some examples of our Wikidata project (main page here <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_TheRoK>): -the 1902 expedition against the Nso' people <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q119721969> and the looting of Ngonnso' <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q119723801> --> see Query: here <https://w.wiki/Ep8B> - the German expedition against Mankon and Bafut <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q132131325> - the expedition against Nakelli N'wembeli and the Ngolo people <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124021534>, as well as the theft of this carved plaque <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134589317>, now in the Linden Museum in Stuttgart Important information: the workshop will take place in English. It will start at 8 a.m. (Yaoundé time). The hybrid part will last until 12:15 p.m. There are no plans to keep a hybrid format for the afternoon at this time, but this may change if many participants connect via Zoom. You will find the preliminary programme in the attached file. Please ask your interested members to contact me by email in advance so that we can share the Zoom link with them one day before the workshop. Best regards, Yann LeGall -- Dr. Yann LeGall (er/ihm, he/him, il/lui) DZK-funded project "Repertory of Colonial Plunder" <https://www.tu.berlin/kuk/forschung/projekte/laufende-forschungsprojekte/re…> DFG-AHRC project "The Restitution of Knowledge" <https://www.tu.berlin/kuk/forschung/projekte/laufende-forschungsprojekte/re…> Institut für Kunstwissenschaft und historische Urbanistik TU Berlin Straße des 17. Juni 150/152, 10623 Berlin *Latest publications: * - together with Sela K. Adjei: "Fifteen Colonia Thefts: A Guide to Looted African Heritage in Museums. <https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745349527/fifteen-colonial-thefts/> - together with Napo Oubo-Gbati: The Fish Who Fed Museums: Remembering colonial violence and the plunder of northern Togoland. <https://doi.org/10.25364/32.1:2024.2.7> - "Punitive" Expeditions in German colonial contexts in Africa. <https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1468-229X.13407> - « Ne s’obtient que par la force »: La violence militaire coloniale au Cameroun et les collections muséales en Allemagne, histoire d’une symbiose." <https://www.visionscarto.net/ne-s-obtient-que-par-la-force>

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Project Grant for Wikimedians of DRC - UG
by Abel MBULA 10 Mar '20

10 Mar '20

(sorry for crossposting) Hi! We are Wikimedia DRC and a user group affiliated to WMF. We want to promote the local languages of the DRC in the Wikimedia movement. Therefore, we have submitted a request for funding for a project that will last for about 6 months. The project has been well received for the first phase. We are at present in the second phase for which the community must express itself on the project and endorse it if possible. Here is the link to our project: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/WMDRC_-_UG_2020_Activities. We need your advice, suggestions and/or questions as well as your endorsement to help us go through with the project. Sincerely yours, Abel Lifaefi Mbula Free Software Dev Free Culture Enthusiast Please do not send me Microsoft Office/Apple iWork documents. Send OpenDocument instead! http://fsf.org/campaigns/opendocument/

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Lettres de Jérusalem
by Dominique Chailley 15 Nov '18

15 Nov '18

Bonjour, Dans le cadre de votre engagement Wikipedia / Wikimedia, pensez-vous pouvoir agir utilement pour faire taire les petits crétins qui inondent les boîtes aux lettres des internautes du monde entier de leurs "lettres de Jérusalem" ? J'imagine que vous savez que l'on désigne sous ce nom (qui date des Croisades !) les escroqueries à la solidarité entre vrais amis : demandes d'argent (par Western Union notamment) faites à partir de listes d'e-mail ou de répertoires téléphoniques piratés. Il semble que le Cameroun se soit fait une triste spécialité de cette "industrie" nauséabonde. Merci de ce que vous pourrez faire. D. Chailley -- [ Depuis 2014 mon adresse "courriel" est : dominiquechailley(a)gmail.com ]

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Call for Volunteer Google Code-In 2018 Mentors from Africa in Wikimedia
by Derick N. Alangi 19 Sep '18

19 Sep '18

Hello Everyone, This is the last call (reminder) for volunteer mentors for this round's Google Code-In Program 2018 in the Wikimedia movement from Africa. If you're interested in mentoring, sign-up and list yourself here as mentor: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T203068. Looking forward to getting more sign-ups and this time around, we're working with absolute certainty as Wikimedia was selected as one of the mentoring organisations[1] :) [1] https://opensource.googleblog.com/2018/09/introducing-google-code-in-2018-o… *--* *Regards, Derick .N.,* *V. Developer {at} Wikimedia* *See also: https://bit.ly/2xUjuLT <https://bit.ly/2xUjuLT>*

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Fwd: [Wikitech-l] Wednesday: Technical Advice IRC Meeting
by Derick N. Alangi 29 Aug '18

29 Aug '18

To: Wikimedia developers <wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, < wikitech-ambassadors(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, < wikidata-tech(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Wikimedia Cloud Services general discussion and support <cloud(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Reminder: Technical Advice IRC meeting again **Wednesday 3-4 pm UTC** on #wikimedia-tech. Question can be asked in English, German, Hungarian. The Technical Advice IRC Meeting (TAIM) is a weekly support event for volunteer developers. Every Wednesday, two full-time developers are available to help you with all your questions about Mediawiki, gadgets, tools and more! This can be anything from "how to get started" over "who would be the best contact for X" to specific questions on your project. If you know already what you would like to discuss or ask, please add your topic to the next meeting: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting Hope to see you there! Michi (for the Technical Advice IRC Meeting crew) -- Michael F. Schönitzer Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0 http://wikimedia.de Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch an der Menge allen Wissens frei teilhaben kann. Helfen Sie uns dabei! http://spenden.wikimedia.de/ Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985. _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

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Fwd: [Wikitech-l] Wednesday: Technical Advice IRC Meeting
by Derick N. Alangi 20 Aug '18

20 Aug '18

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Michael Schönitzer <michael.schoenitzer(a)wikimedia.de> Date: Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 1:40 PM Reminder: Technical Advice IRC meeting again **Wednesday 3-4 pm UTC** on #wikimedia-tech. Question can be asked in English, German, Persian. The Technical Advice IRC Meeting (TAIM) is a weekly support event for volunteer developers. Every Wednesday, two full-time developers are available to help you with all your questions about Mediawiki, gadgets, tools and more! This can be anything from "how to get started" over "who would be the best contact for X" to specific questions on your project. If you know already what you would like to discuss or ask, please add your topic to the next meeting: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting Hope to see you there! Michi (for the Technical Advice IRC Meeting crew) -- Michael F. Schönitzer Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0 http://wikimedia.de Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch an der Menge allen Wissens frei teilhaben kann. Helfen Sie uns dabei! http://spenden.wikimedia.de/ Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985. _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

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Wiki-Indaba 2019 Community Engagement Survey
by kayode yussuf 12 Aug '18

12 Aug '18

Dear community members, The deadline for the Wiki-Indaba 2019 Community Engagement Survey has been shifted from August 3rd to August 17th, 2018. This is because the response to the survey was pretty low and we want to better understand what the community expects from the local organizing committee. If you have filled the survey, please prevail on other community members to do the same, if you have not, the survey takes less that three (3) minutes to fill, please do so now. Please find below a link to the Wiki-Indaba 2019 Community Engagement Survey. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1s7wvhWn1nqI_eFE1eww1Jl9gwD4VZq0nrrTz9TNJeo… Please fill the survey before Friday August 17th so we can better understand your preferences for Wiki Indaba 2019. Thank you. Kayode YussufChair, Wiki Indaba 2019 Communications Team

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Wednesday: Technical Advice IRC Meeting
by Derick N. Alangi 08 Aug '18

08 Aug '18

*(forwarded as received)* Sorry for cross-posting! Reminder: Technical Advice IRC meeting again **Wednesday 3-4 pm UTC** on #wikimedia-tech. The Technical Advice IRC Meeting (TAIM) is a weekly support event for volunteer developers. Every Wednesday, two full-time developers are available to help you with all your questions about Mediawiki, gadgets, tools and more! This can be anything from "how to get started" over "who would be the best contact for X" to specific questions on your project. If you know already what you would like to discuss or ask, please add your topic to the next meeting: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting Hope to see you there! Michi (for the Technical Advice IRC Meeting crew) -- Michael F. Schönitzer Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0 http://wikimedia.de Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch an der Menge allen Wissens frei teilhaben kann. Helfen Sie uns dabei! http://spenden.wikimedia.de/ Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985.

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Technical Advice IRC Meeting Today: Wednesday 1st Aug, 2018
by Derick N. Alangi 01 Aug '18

01 Aug '18

Hello Everyone, Today, there will be a Technical Advice IRC Meeting on #wikimedia-tech (on Freenode). Do well to attend and it will be at 3 - 4 pm UTC. For more information, read here: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting. Thanks and see you there! :) *Awesome Cheers,* *Derick N. Alangi (d3r1ck)* *"One often meets his destiny on the road he takes to avoid it" --Master Oogway*

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