Wikimedia-GH January 2013

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Re: [Wikimedia-GH] New Look
by sandistertei 26 Jan '13

26 Jan '13

Send me the link when ready. Excited to see it. --Sandister Tei, geeked by Samsung. www.sandistertei.com | 0203572222Nkansah Rexford <nkansahrexford(a)gmail.com> wrote: Hello the meta page home page for Planning Wikimedia Ghana has a simple new look. In the next few hours, you can help make corrections and/or additions. Remember, the page doesn't follow much of Wiki default markups as I use CSS and HTML most in its layout. You can post back here in case you find anything wrong but just feels complex going inside to do that yourself. I'll be glad to help -- +Rexford <https://plus.google.com/107174506890941499078> | +Blender Academy<https://plus.google.com/b/103109918657638322478/103109918657638322478/posts> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-GH mailing list Wikimedia-GH(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-gh

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New Look
by Nkansah Rexford 25 Jan '13

25 Jan '13

Hello the meta page home page for Planning Wikimedia Ghana has a simple new look. In the next few hours, you can help make corrections and/or additions. Remember, the page doesn't follow much of Wiki default markups as I use CSS and HTML most in its layout. You can post back here in case you find anything wrong but just feels complex going inside to do that yourself. I'll be glad to help -- +Rexford <https://plus.google.com/107174506890941499078> | +Blender Academy<https://plus.google.com/b/103109918657638322478/103109918657638322478/posts>

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Fwd: Re: He'll be resourceful
by Nkansah Rexford 25 Jan '13

25 Jan '13

Anyone good to contact our dear friend based in the Germany to release some of his countless photos onto commons about Ghana ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "sandistertei" <sandistertei(a)live.com> Date: Jan 25, 2013 2:38 PM Subject: Re: He'll be resourceful To: <nkansahrexford(a)gmail.com> Cc: Great! Forward it to the mailing list and ask one of the members to contact him and take our up. --Sandister Tei, geeked by Samsung. www.sandistertei.com | 0203572222 Nkansah Rexford <nkansahrexford(a)gmail.com> wrote: www.flickr.com/photos/joerghillebrand See this guy he's got over 10k photos on Ghana Lets contact him so he releases some into public domain Watch think

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Re: [Wikimedia-GH] Kobe on Azonto RE: Kobe RE: Two edit-a-thons
by brightmail2012＠ovi.com 25 Jan '13

25 Jan '13

I feel like I'm not getting a response to the question I asked yesterday. ------------------------------ On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 9:35 AM GMT+00:00 Sandister Tei wrote: >Send them an email. Introduce yourself. Indicate you are with PWMGH and mention we are trying to raise the standard of Azonto article on Wikiipedia since it is the first in the search engine ranks and it will be also good for promoting Ghanaian culture -- music and dance. (Add that Gangnam Style article is very well put together and we want the same for Azonto.) >Then mention we will need to feature snippets of some of their videos with people doing the dance because we believe they do "real Azonto" That's it. > >Ask them to send all response to teamwikigh(a)gmail.com but use your own email to send the initial one. > >Forward a draft of the email to the mailing list. We can all have a look then you hit the send button. >Regards,Sandister Tei___________________________________________________ > > > > > >Writer | Social Media Trainer & Manager | WikimedianW: about.me/sandister Planning Wikimedia Ghana M: +233 20 357 2222 > > > Linkedin Facebook Twitter > > Google Plus > >From: bigwig4r(a)gmail.com >Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 08:58:14 +0000 >To: wikimedia-gh(a)lists.wikimedia.org >Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-GH] Kobe RE: Two edit-a-thons > >Is there any sample letter/note I can use? > >On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 8:46 AM, Sandister Tei <sandistertei(a)live.com> wrote: > > > > > >You welcome to contact them. Let them know what we are up to and give me feedback. > > > > >Regards,Sandister Tei___________________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > >Writer | Social Media Trainer & Manager | WikimedianW: about.me/sandister Planning Wikimedia Ghana > >M: +233 20 357 2222 > > > > > Linkedin Facebook Twitter > > Google Plus > > > >From: bigwig4r(a)gmail.com >Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 18:11:59 +0000 >To: wikimedia-gh(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > >Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-GH] Two edit-a-thons > >I suggest you contact FUSE ODG and Selase(dancer), they're doing the real AZONTO dance out there. > >On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 4:29 PM, <brightmail2012(a)ovi.com> wrote: > > > > > > >where is the the training taking place? > > > > > > > >------------------------------ > >On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 11:26 AM GMT+00:00 Nyamador Enock Seth wrote: > > > >>Also Happy Sakordie's management is willing to collaborate > >> > >>On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 11:16 AM, Nyamador Enock Seth > >><kwadzo459(a)gmail.com>wrote: > >> > >> Thanks. > >> > >> On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 10:29 AM, Sandister Tei > ><sandistertei(a)live.com>wrote: > >> > >> I am happy that at least some of you showed up for the editing > >training. > >> Please start editing real articles now but ALWAYS use "show > >preview" first > >> before saving a page. For more complex stuff, use your sandbox. > >> > >> New users please note that from today the 24th to February 24th > > you > >> should have at least a 100 edits on Wikipedia. Ghanaian > >articles need our > >> help and Planning Wikimedia Ghana should be at the forefront of > > this. > >> > >> I am also happy to announce that Sarkodie's management is > >willing to > >> collaborate on our Azonto article. I am contacting > >Gasmilla/llian next. > >> Without the permission of these people, the article won't have > > the > >> necessary multimedia content. The elections 2012 article > >suffered greatly > >> because we couldn't even get free images of our own > >presidential candidates > >> to add to the text. > >> > >> Any comments and contributions are welcome. > >> > >> Wikimedia outreach in Ghana is ongoing. Anyone in Accra/Tema to > > join in > >> the trainings? > >> > >> > >> Regards, > >> *Sandister Tei* > >> ___________________________________________________ > >> > >> > ><http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0JNvnYriwfk/UBU7JbZbYrI/AAAAAAAABCY/1SlxK0Nkc5c/s…> > > > > > >> > > *Writer | Social Media Trainer & Manager | Wikimedian* > >> *W: *about.me/sandister <http://about.me/sandistertei> > >Planning > >> Wikimedia Ghana > ><http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Ghana> > >> *M:* +233 20 357 2222 > >> > >> > ><http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HHSeldKIHPU/UBU-vfZ5bVI/AAAAAAAABCw/UtsaMD9dFjI/s…> > > > > > >> > > Linkedin <http://gh.linkedin.com/in/sandistertei> > ><http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RrwZXX20eFI/UBU-vuDF6BI/AAAAAAAABDA/ZpDRhZseOYw/s…> > > > > > >> > > > >Facebook<http://gh.linkedin.com/in/sandisterteihttps://www.facebook.com/sandister.tei> > >> > > > ><http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aL11cm_cEkM/UBU-wUX5xfI/AAAAAAAABDI/kojcOFDh1uA/s…> > > > > > >> > > Twitter <https://twitter.com/SandisterTei> > >> > ><http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_hjyeujQfvM/UBVEHRYZUPI/AAAAAAAABDg/Ob1DKQTtB48/s…> > > > > > >> > > Google Plus > ><https://plus.google.com/u/0/107051117923308460502/posts> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Wikimedia-GH mailing list > >> Wikimedia-GH(a)lists.wikimedia.org > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-gh > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> * > >> * > >> *Into Computer Programming | Blogging | Tweeting * > >> *Blog: * Enock Seth's Blogspot > ><http://www.enockseth.blogspot.com/> > >> > >> - Twitter <https://twitter.com/Enock4seth> > >> - Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/enonksetho> > >> - Google Plus > ><https://plus.google.com/u/0/104078130529654436730/posts> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>-- > >>* > >>* > >>*Into Computer Programming | Blogging | Tweeting * > >>*Blog: * Enock Seth's Blogspot > ><http://www.enockseth.blogspot.com/> > >> > >> - Twitter <https://twitter.com/Enock4seth> > >> - Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/enonksetho> > >> - Google Plus > ><https://plus.google.com/u/0/104078130529654436730/posts> > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Wikimedia-GH mailing list > >Wikimedia-GH(a)lists.wikimedia.org > >https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-gh > > > >-- >"An extraordinary life is one lived in services to others" >------------------------------------------- >Owusu Subramaniam Kwabena ( KOBE) > > > > >UCC-GDG Manager >g+: gplus.to/kobebigs >twitter: @kobebigs > > > > >skype: kobe_bigwig >www: http://kobebigs.tumblr.com/ >fone: +233248317498 / +233265768096 > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Wikimedia-GH mailing list >Wikimedia-GH(a)lists.wikimedia.org >https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-gh > >_______________________________________________ > >Wikimedia-GH mailing list > >Wikimedia-GH(a)lists.wikimedia.org > >https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-gh > > > > >-- >"An extraordinary life is one lived in services to others" >------------------------------------------- >Owusu Subramaniam Kwabena ( KOBE) > > >UCC-GDG Manager >g+: gplus.to/kobebigs >twitter: @kobebigs > > >skype: kobe_bigwig >www: http://kobebigs.tumblr.com/ >fone: +233248317498 / +233265768096 > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Wikimedia-GH mailing list >Wikimedia-GH(a)lists.wikimedia.org >https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-gh

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Re: [Wikimedia-GH] Two edit-a-thons
by brightmail2012＠ovi.com 24 Jan '13

24 Jan '13

where is the the training taking place? ------------------------------ On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 11:26 AM GMT+00:00 Nyamador Enock Seth wrote: >Also Happy Sakordie's management is willing to collaborate > >On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 11:16 AM, Nyamador Enock Seth ><kwadzo459(a)gmail.com>wrote: > >> Thanks. >> >> On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 10:29 AM, Sandister Tei <sandistertei(a)live.com>wrote: >> >> I am happy that at least some of you showed up for the editing training. >> Please start editing real articles now but ALWAYS use "show preview" first >> before saving a page. For more complex stuff, use your sandbox. >> >> New users please note that from today the 24th to February 24th you >> should have at least a 100 edits on Wikipedia. Ghanaian articles need our >> help and Planning Wikimedia Ghana should be at the forefront of this. >> >> I am also happy to announce that Sarkodie's management is willing to >> collaborate on our Azonto article. I am contacting Gasmilla/llian next. >> Without the permission of these people, the article won't have the >> necessary multimedia content. The elections 2012 article suffered greatly >> because we couldn't even get free images of our own presidential candidates >> to add to the text. >> >> Any comments and contributions are welcome. >> >> Wikimedia outreach in Ghana is ongoing. Anyone in Accra/Tema to join in >> the trainings? >> >> >> Regards, >> *Sandister Tei* >> ___________________________________________________ >> >> <http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0JNvnYriwfk/UBU7JbZbYrI/AAAAAAAABCY/1SlxK0Nkc5c/s…> >> *Writer | Social Media Trainer & Manager | Wikimedian* >> *W: *about.me/sandister <http://about.me/sandistertei> Planning >> Wikimedia Ghana <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Ghana> >> *M:* +233 20 357 2222 >> >> <http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HHSeldKIHPU/UBU-vfZ5bVI/AAAAAAAABCw/UtsaMD9dFjI/s…> >> Linkedin <http://gh.linkedin.com/in/sandistertei> <http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RrwZXX20eFI/UBU-vuDF6BI/AAAAAAAABDA/ZpDRhZseOYw/s…> >> Facebook<http://gh.linkedin.com/in/sandisterteihttps://www.facebook.com/sandister.tei> >> <http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aL11cm_cEkM/UBU-wUX5xfI/AAAAAAAABDI/kojcOFDh1uA/s…> >> Twitter <https://twitter.com/SandisterTei> >> <http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_hjyeujQfvM/UBVEHRYZUPI/AAAAAAAABDg/Ob1DKQTtB48/s…> >> Google Plus <https://plus.google.com/u/0/107051117923308460502/posts> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-GH mailing list >> Wikimedia-GH(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-gh >> >> >> >> >> -- >> * >> * >> *Into Computer Programming | Blogging | Tweeting * >> *Blog: * Enock Seth's Blogspot <http://www.enockseth.blogspot.com/> >> >> - Twitter <https://twitter.com/Enock4seth> >> - Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/enonksetho> >> - Google Plus <https://plus.google.com/u/0/104078130529654436730/posts> >> >> > > >-- >* >* >*Into Computer Programming | Blogging | Tweeting * >*Blog: * Enock Seth's Blogspot <http://www.enockseth.blogspot.com/> > > - Twitter <https://twitter.com/Enock4seth> > - Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/enonksetho> > - Google Plus <https://plus.google.com/u/0/104078130529654436730/posts>

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All Wikimedians to note.
by Sandister Tei 22 Jan '13

22 Jan '13

Hello family, I checked the membership page and it seems that the numbers are growing. If you are within the "sound" of my email, please take action on what I am about to say here. Please, I need to match usernames with real names and social media profiles so visit this google docs and add your details.https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AvXrWu8qVT1qdEJHSlVESW… ALSO add your current town of residence PLEASE NOTE the following: 1. PWMGH proposed a "Wikimedia Outreach in Ghana" (WMOGH).All has been approved and we carrying out the outreach. Our main goal, in line with that of the foundation's is to train Ghanaians to collect, refine and contribute Ghana- related content for free use on some selected wiki projects -- Wikipedia, Wikinews, Wikimedia Commons and Wikibooks (Cookbook). To achieve these goals by, we will: Train students, educators and other individuals on how to use, edit and contribute to the wiki projects generallyFocus on the editing and generation of Ghana-related articles towards the making of Wikipedia the prime online source for reliable and rich information about GhanaFocus on contributing Ghana's national and ethic cuisine to CookbookRecruit contributors who will cover Ghana's December 2012 presidential and parliamentary elections and submit articles to Wikinews and images to Wikimedia CommonsFocus on gathering images of Ghanaian cuisine to Wikimedia Commons to support recipes submitted to CookbookPublicize Portal: Ghana as an online hub for educational content covering our country The outreach will cover institutions in the following 3 cities in southern Ghana over a 3-month period (not consecutive) :Koforidua, Accra and Tema In each outreach activity, we will have these: Talk Wikimedia (a 1-hour event for both Tertiary and High Schools) -- This will be a 30-minute introduction to wiki projects, followed by a 10-minute introduction to some events by local chapters worldwide and then a 20-minute question and answer segment. Our aim is to give a spoken and with visual overview of Wikimedia Foundation to students, educators and other attendees. Talk Wikimedia will take place in each institution selected. Participants of Talk Wikimedia who come to understand our vision of free knowledge for all and are interested in becoming Wikimedians, proceed to join the subsequent events Wiki Edit-a-Thon— This will be a 2-hour event in the ICT centres of the various institutions, to:Teach and recommend user account creation and sync on project sites and the use of talk/ discussion pagesIntroduce students to article creation and editingIntroduce students to media uploading on Wikimedia CommonsIntroduce students to writing Wikinews articlesGet each participant to start or edit an article on a Ghana related topicDistribute Wikimedia branded souvenirs as incentives and promotionTo call for volunteering representatives who will start school clubs and foster ambassadorship Wikinews and Ghana Election 2012 coverageThis will be an event in Accra only to recruit students and other individuals to help gather articles concerning the December 2012 presidential and parliamentary elections in Ghana to be submitted to Wikinews. THIS ONE IS PAST Wikibooks Asanka ProjectAsanka in Akan means food bowl. Wikibooks Asanka Project will be an event in Accra only to recruit students and other individuals to help gather Ghanaian recipes and images of food for Wikibooks' Cookbook. Wikimania 2013 Those interested in Wikimania I believe have seen the requirements, Seth I think you are doing well and should keep going if you want the Foundation to recognize your efforts and fly you there. The rest of you who haven't had a single edit, be motivated by the offer and start something now. For helping out in any way let me know. Those of you who live in Accra and attended tertiary institutions and high schools in Accra especially. Regards,Sandister Tei___________________________________________________ Writer | Social Media Trainer & Manager | WikimedianW: about.me/sandister Planning Wikimedia Ghana M: +233 20 357 2222 Linkedin Facebook Twitter Google Plus

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Fwd: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2013 scholarship now accepting application
by Nkansah Rexford 22 Jan '13

22 Jan '13

Scholarship Application is open. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *Simon Shek* Date: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 Subject: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2013 scholarship now accepting application To: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)" < wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Hi all, Scholarship applications for Wikimania 2013 in Hong Kong are being accept. The application window is one month (through 22 February). Wikimania 2013 scholarship is an award given to an individual to enable them to attend Wikimania in Hong Kong from 7-11 August, 2013. Two type of scholarships will be available this year. Partial scholarships will cover travel expenses to Wikimania, capped at 50% of the estimated air fare from your nearest international airport according to [[wm2013:Getting to Hong Kong]]. Full scholarships will cover round-trip travel, dorms accommodations as arranged by the Wikimania Team, and registration for Wikimania 2013. Applicants will be rated on the following four dimensions: 1. Activity within Wikimedia (on-wiki and off-wiki) - 50% 2. Activity outside of Wikimedia and other free knowledge/software projects - 15% 3. Interest in Wikimania and the Wikimedia movement - 25% 4. Fluency of English language - 10% To learn more about Wikimania 2013 scholarships, please visit https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships To apply for a scholarship, you can fill out the application form here: https://scholarship.wikimedia.hk If you have any question, email us at wikimania-shcolarship(a)wikimedia.org<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'wikimania-shcolarship(a)wikimedia.org');>. Good luck! Simon Shek Community coordinator - Wikimania 2013 / Wikimedia Hong Kong wikimedia.hk -- +Rexford <https://plus.google.com/107174506890941499078> | +Blender Academy<https://plus.google.com/b/103109918657638322478/103109918657638322478/posts>

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Wiki Voyage
by Nkansah Rexford 17 Jan '13

17 Jan '13

In case you've not seen it, well, there's good news for us all. wiki voyage is out. What wiki voyage? don't worry. find out more: http://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Main_Page -- +Rexford <https://plus.google.com/107174506890941499078> +Blender Academy<https://plus.google.com/b/103109918657638322478/103109918657638322478/posts>

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Our Social Media
by Sandister Tei 16 Jan '13

16 Jan '13

Hi all, Wikis are social media. However we use other social media like Facebook and Twitter to promote our work and get others to join us. I am looking for 2 social media volunteers to assist on our Facebook pages and Twitter pages and 1 blogger Volunteer description (Facebook & Twitter) Posting to Facebook OR Twitter 3 posts each day on 3 days of the week.Moderating comments and responding to querries on those daysInviting friends to join pages/ follow Volunteer description (Blogger)Coordinate with community and create blog posts out of our reportsSubmit the post to be published to Wikimedia Foundation Global blog Please note that these tasks doesn't replace editing the Wikis. However every member of PWMGH needs to have one community duty. Regards,Sandister Tei___________________________________________________ Writer | Social Media Trainer & Manager | WikimedianW: about.me/sandister Planning Wikimedia Ghana M: +233 20 357 2222 Linkedin Facebook Twitter Google Plus

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Azonto editathon: We start editing tomorrow.
by Sandister Tei 16 Jan '13

16 Jan '13

I mentioned that we will start editing on the user talk page. Until a physical meeting becomes necessary, Google hangouts or Facebook groups will serve us well. Due to recent increase in internet prices for those on Vodafone, I suggest we use Facebook group chat for discussions that don't require video. Join this Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/243782009088573/. We are starting with the Azonto article which will be fun for us all. Our main focus: To insert appropriate links into articleFind free usable multimedia content for article (Video clips, Audio, Images) eg President Mahama doing the dance with some children.Performance of Azonto tracks on the chartsSomething about Sarkodie and so on. Please let's agree on a time and edit. I propose 8pm Tues/Wed/Friday/Thur etc What do you all say? Regards,Sandister Tei___________________________________________________ Writer | Social Media Trainer & Manager | WikimedianW: about.me/sandister Planning Wikimedia Ghana M: +233 20 357 2222 Linkedin Facebook Twitter Google Plus

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