We have a Facebook Group: Wikipedia Online Edit-a-thon. I hope I spelt it
right. Change the name to something standard that we can always use for
our online events. Eg Wikipedia Online Meet ups.
That page should hold all online trainings including yours to show our
concentrated efforts.
Report back to the group what happened. All the best.
Nb who went to barcamp cc? Any updates? Report? Photos?
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On 16 Sep 2013 15:16, "Enock Seth Nyamador" <kwadzo459(a)gmail.com> wrote:
All,
As part GhanaThink Foundation's National Volunteer Day, I wanted to talk
about Internet and it uses, then I bring Wikipedia into it, here in Aflao.
But found it difficult to even secure a place I thought will be opened to
such initiatives.
I still want to do something.
After seeing Sandister's tweet this afternoon, I have decided to run an
online class on how to edit Wikipedia and all the introductions. Please
what do you say?
All suggestions are welcomed please. How can I or we do it to be better.
Should I create a Facebook group for this or how.
Waiting for your replies.
Let me know what you have before tomorrow.
Thanks.
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All,
As part GhanaThink Foundation's National Volunteer Day, I wanted to talk
about Internet and it uses, then I bring Wikipedia into it, here in Aflao.
But found it difficult to even secure a place I thought will be opened to
such initiatives.
I still want to do something.
After seeing Sandister's tweet this afternoon, I have decided to run an
online class on how to edit Wikipedia and all the introductions. Please
what do you say?
All suggestions are welcomed please. How can I or we do it to be better.
Should I create a Facebook group for this or how.
Waiting for your replies.
Let me know what you have before tomorrow.
Thanks.
--
Regards,
Enock S. Nyamador.
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About.me <http://about.me/Enockseth> | Blog <http://enockseth.blogspot.com>
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Colleagues, get integrated. This is just beginning.
Also pay some attention to Indaba - the Wikimania for African issues specifically. It's in SA next year.
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-------- Original message --------
From: Nkansah Rexford <nkansahrexford(a)gmail.com>
Date: 13/09/2013 03:24 (GMT+00:00)
To: Wikimedia-gh <Wikimedia-gh(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Subject: [Wikimedia-GH] Fwd: Activating Africa: Open Advocates
FYI
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Isla Haddow-Flood" <islahf(a)africacentre.net>
Date: Sep 12, 2013 11:38 AM
Subject: Activating Africa: Open Advocates
To: "Isla Haddow-Flood" <wikiafrica(a)africacentre.net>
Cc:
Dear Open Advocates
Your email address has been added to a list of people who are advocates of the Open Movement in Africa (or are involved in Africa-related projects for Wikipedia/Wikimedia). If you want to have your name on this list and be informed of exciting Open Movement opportunities and events, then please can you add the details you want us to know.
The last thing we want to do is spam you. If you have nothing to do with Africa or do not want to be involved, please delete your details.
If you know of anyone who would like to be involved in this pan-African initiative and who are not yet on the list, please send this link to them:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aq9jD6_yC4M1dExxYzFLZE9LYXhOSU…
There are many exciting opportunities coming up in the second half of 2013, and we would like to have you all onboard. If you want to look at what is happening, or is planned in the Wikisphere in Africa – then have a look at the Africa Portal on meta: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Africa_Portal/Projects_and_Programs
Also of interest is the proposed Wiki Indaba in Johannesburg in February 2014. Sign up and let us know your ideas, thoughts and expectations for the conference on http://wikiindaba.net/wiki/Wiki_Indaba:Community_portal
There are also exciting things happening in Creative Commons and OER, which we can tell you about.
Warmest
Isla
WikiAfrica
Isla Haddow-Flood
Project Manager: Africa tel: +27 21 418 3336
skype: islahaddow twitter: @wikiafrica
www.africacentre.net/wikiafrica get started: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiAfrica
FYI
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Isla Haddow-Flood" <islahf(a)africacentre.net>
Date: Sep 12, 2013 11:38 AM
Subject: Activating Africa: Open Advocates
To: "Isla Haddow-Flood" <wikiafrica(a)africacentre.net>
Cc:
Dear Open Advocates
Your email address has been added to a list of people who are advocates of
the Open Movement in Africa (or are involved in Africa-related projects for
Wikipedia/Wikimedia). If you want to have your name on this list and be
informed of exciting Open Movement opportunities and events, then please
can you add the details you want us to know.
The last thing we want to do is spam you. If you have nothing to do with
Africa or do not want to be involved, please delete your details.
If you know of anyone who would like to be involved in this pan-African
initiative and who are not yet on the list, please send this link to them:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aq9jD6_yC4M1dExxYzFLZE9LYXhOSU…
There are many exciting opportunities coming up in the second half of 2013,
and we would like to have you all onboard. If you want to look at what is
happening, or is planned in the Wikisphere in Africa – then have a look at
the Africa Portal on meta:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Africa_Portal/Projects_and_Programs
Also of interest is the proposed Wiki Indaba in Johannesburg in February
2014. Sign up and let us know your ideas, thoughts and expectations for the
conference on http://wikiindaba.net/wiki/Wiki_Indaba:Community_portal
There are also exciting things happening in Creative Commons and OER, which
we can tell you about.
Warmest
Isla
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WikiAfrica
*Isla Haddow-Flood
*Project Manager: Africa tel: +27 21 418 3336
skype: islahaddow twitter: @wikiafrica
www.africacentre.net/wikiafrica get started:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiAfrica
Sandister, wish you the best of luck in your studies. I really like been a apart of this team though am more an observer than a contributor, i want to ask for training so i can contribute more. Its there any body again in the Northern Region who I could probably meet for some enlightenment so that i could do more than I am doing now.
Regards,
Jaward
Sandister Tei <sandistertei(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>Good afternoon.
>
>I may leave Ghana on the 17 of September to Cardiff for a year by God's
>grace. Out of Ghana, yes but I am ever present for the affairs of this
>group we are working hard to enlarge.
>
>Any physical meeting where I am required, I will gladly let anyone
>interested attend.
>
>We have done a lot of talking on ideas etc While Rex & I are dealing with a
>grant report, let's note these for our next move:
>
>1. It is about time we appear on notable media eg newpapers, radio, TV etc.
>We know people, so let's use our contacts. MEDIA PRESENCE
>
>2. Tertiary students and BCampers have been more successful editors during
>the past outreach. A SHIFT OF FOCUS TO TERTIARY TERRAIN and BARCAMPS.
>
>2.a. I don't want us to rely solely on BCs. Let us snoop round for other
>events we can recruit at and also think of our own events. EXPAND ON EVENT
>ORGANISATION.
>
>3. I am sure you liked the stickers and buttons etc you got. We need more
>souvenirs. The Foundation arranged for some for us via post but the duty
>imposed on it by customs was outrageous, and had to be sent back. It is all
>a matter of writing back to WMF and making new arrangements and this time
>each member will participate. Some will do the emailing, others will pick
>up, others will distribute at events. SPREADING THE WORD WITH OUR
>SOUVENIRS.
>
>4. What kind of outreach are we doing next? NEXT PROJECT PLANS & POSITIONING
>
>5. It's a new project year members please add your names and preferred
>emails and mobile numbers. If your don't want to share number, that is fine
>but email is compulsory. LIST OF THOSE INTERESTED IN 2013/2014 MEMBERSHIP &
>OUTREACH<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AiCvwpGu0gy9dG1ucldDVjM4R0l4S2…>
>.
>
>
>6. I am writing a report for group use. REPORT OF PROGRESS AND ASSESSING
>IMPACT
>
>You will hear from me again by September ending if nothing major comes up.
>Till then, Kindly let the notes in caps be pointers for further discussion
>and contribution.
>
>
>
>
>
>Regards,
>Sandister Tei
>
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Good afternoon.
I may leave Ghana on the 17 of September to Cardiff for a year by God's
grace. Out of Ghana, yes but I am ever present for the affairs of this
group we are working hard to enlarge.
Any physical meeting where I am required, I will gladly let anyone
interested attend.
We have done a lot of talking on ideas etc While Rex & I are dealing with a
grant report, let's note these for our next move:
1. It is about time we appear on notable media eg newpapers, radio, TV etc.
We know people, so let's use our contacts. MEDIA PRESENCE
2. Tertiary students and BCampers have been more successful editors during
the past outreach. A SHIFT OF FOCUS TO TERTIARY TERRAIN and BARCAMPS.
2.a. I don't want us to rely solely on BCs. Let us snoop round for other
events we can recruit at and also think of our own events. EXPAND ON EVENT
ORGANISATION.
3. I am sure you liked the stickers and buttons etc you got. We need more
souvenirs. The Foundation arranged for some for us via post but the duty
imposed on it by customs was outrageous, and had to be sent back. It is all
a matter of writing back to WMF and making new arrangements and this time
each member will participate. Some will do the emailing, others will pick
up, others will distribute at events. SPREADING THE WORD WITH OUR
SOUVENIRS.
4. What kind of outreach are we doing next? NEXT PROJECT PLANS & POSITIONING
5. It's a new project year members please add your names and preferred
emails and mobile numbers. If your don't want to share number, that is fine
but email is compulsory. LIST OF THOSE INTERESTED IN 2013/2014 MEMBERSHIP &
OUTREACH<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AiCvwpGu0gy9dG1ucldDVjM4R0l4S2…>
.
6. I am writing a report for group use. REPORT OF PROGRESS AND ASSESSING
IMPACT
You will hear from me again by September ending if nothing major comes up.
Till then, Kindly let the notes in caps be pointers for further discussion
and contribution.
Regards,
Sandister Tei
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Hello *all*
I was at the Chale Wote 2013 festival, I have created an article and Enock
made some useful edits to it. This will be the second article created for a
commercial entity by me/us, with the Be Bold Show being the first.
The Be Bold team (I met them at the festival coincidentally) and Chale Wote
peeps are thinking about bringing team members to us for training so they
can learn to edit and update the articles. If it happens, praise the Lord.
On other matters I hope fellow 7 other editors are doing your duties to
Ghanaian articles. It is why we are here. It is not by force please. I
can't stress this enough. I don't want us to become an over-hyped community
that does nothing really. I want us to have measurable results in our
hands.
National Volunteering Day (correct me) is coming up. I see people promoting
volunteerism all over the place. It will be hypocrisy for us as volunteers
for Ghanaian information online to be sharing the posters on our walls
without engaging people on the topic of Wikipedia and how it is kept going
by volunteers like us.
*Enock, *you should have an idea of what you should be talking about on
soc. med. by now with 21 around the corner. We need to use the opportunity
to encourage people to edit Wikipedia. And please come up with stronger
strategies. Nonetheless thank you for the posts, you take volunteering to
another level.
*Rex, *I will forward the t&t expenses soon ok? The chilling has made tired.
Please declare your edits.
Regards,
Sandister Tei
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