Wikimedia Ghana User Group December 2014

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Re: [Wikimedia-GH] Medical translations - Ebola - South Africa & Ghana
by Nkansah Rexford 30 May '15

30 May '15

I have added Carl to this mailing list. If you wish to get in touch with him directly, you may do so. Carl's email is in the cc of this email. I'm glad many have showed interest. Lets keep it going then! On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 10:55 AM, Nkansah Rexford <nkansahrexford(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Okay, I've added you. > > Thanks > > > On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 10:53 AM, Carl Fredrik Sjöland < > cfsjoland(a)icloud.com> wrote: > >> Hi Rexford, >> >> I would be delighted to join. I may have difficulty sorting through the >> information, seeing as I receive many mails, but at the very least I can >> join the mailing group - thank you. >> >> Best, >> Carl Fredrik >> >> 22 aug 2014 kl. 20:01 skrev Nkansah Rexford <nkansahrexford(a)gmail.com>: >> >> Hi Carl, I put you call through our Ghanaian mailing list and have >> received some guys who are interested to do the translations to three or >> four Ghanaian languages. >> >> I have recommended they get in touch with you directly, however I'm >> thinking of adding you to our mailing list so you can also bring to table >> suggestions etc. >> >> Lemme know if that's cool with you. We can take you off anytime later. >> >> Thanks >> On Aug 22, 2014 11:13 AM, "Carl Fredrik Sjöland" <cfsjoland(a)icloud.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi Rexford, >>> >>> I'm sorry for the late reply, I've been away and for some reason this >>> mail didn't go out from my usual account. >>> I'd be very grateful for any contacts interested in working on the >>> project, and we are also looking for community organizers for specific >>> languages. Also, we are looking into various Ghanan languages, if you know >>> of anyone who may be willing to translate the Ebola article for example. As >>> for regional banner, do you mean on specific Wikipedias? And who do I in >>> this case turn to? >>> >>> Best, >>> Carl Fredrik Sjöland >>> >>> On Aug 13, 2014, at 08:03 PM, Nkansah Rexford <nkansahrexford(a)gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Carl, >>> >>> Thanks for getting in touch and I'm glad the medical translation is in >>> progress. >>> >>> The need to get those medical articles into Afrikaans and Xhosa is very >>> important. >>> >>> I can help in trying to reach out to as many persons as possible who >>> speak these languages. >>> >>> I, for myself, I am a Ghanaian by birth and can't speak nor understand >>> nor write any of the South African languages except for English. >>> >>> However, I think I can be of assistance by putting up a call for persons >>> to who can speak that language to help in the translation. >>> >>> One area I would suggest you exhaust is also putting a regional banner >>> on Wikipedia inviting persons who speak that language to volunteer. >>> >>> I'll start right away in trying to reach out to many people as possible, >>> and I hope I get persons who will be interested and be of assistance. >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> rexford | google.com/+Nkansahrexford | sent from smartphone >>> On Aug 12, 2014 11:51 AM, "Carl Fredrik Sjöland" <cfsjoland(a)icloud.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> We spoke briefly at Wikimania, and I was delighted to hear that you may >>>> be able to put us in touch with Xhosa and Lhasa speaking people. We spoke >>>> about possibly reaching out to a number of medical students, and Victor was >>>> even able to tell me that one of the girls who participated in the video >>>> was studying medicine now. >>>> If we could work on spreading the translations of Ebola as fast as >>>> possible it could bring about an increase in the awareness of the project. >>>> Currently we are translating into a large number of languages, but have >>>> found no translators from any South African language. >>>> >>>> To see the full extent of our current translation work on Ebola please >>>> go to: >>>> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:RTTS >>>> and look for group 7 or 8, where most of the African languages we are >>>> working on are grouped. If you are able to put us in contact with anyone >>>> willing to help in a language not on this list currently, we are very open >>>> to expanding it - even if this Wikipedia doesn't exist yet, we also have >>>> content on the incubator. >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> Carl Fredrik Sjöland >>>> Wikiproject Medicine >>> >>> >> > > > -- > +Rexford <http://google.com/+Nkansahrexford> | Africa Center > <http://africacenter.net> | WiR > <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedian_in_Residence> | WikiAfrica > <http://wikiafrica.net> | User:Nkansahrexford > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Nkansahrexford> > -- +Rexford <http://google.com/+Nkansahrexford> | Africa Center <http://africacenter.net> | WiR <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedian_in_Residence> | WikiAfrica <http://wikiafrica.net> | User:Nkansahrexford <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Nkansahrexford>

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[Wikimedia-GH] Ato I want to Re: Ama K Abrebrese
by Sandister Tei 03 Mar '15

03 Mar '15

Please I want to work on this with her. I want ahosh her small :D Link me! On 6 Jun 2014 13:53, "Ato Ulzen-Appiah" <abocco(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Who is working on this in particular? > I can put them in touch with Ama K. > > - Ato > > > On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 12:30 PM, Nkansah Rexford <nkansahrexford(a)gmail.com > > wrote: > >> Okay, so we need pictures of Ama K on Wikipedia, right? >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ama_K._Abebrese >> >> Can't wait to see someone do us the honor! >> >> -- >> +Rexford <http://google.com/+Nkansahrexford> | Africa Center >> <http://africacenter.net> | WiR >> <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedian_in_Residence> | >> WikiAfrica <http://wikiafrica.net> | User:Nkansahrexford >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Nkansahrexford> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-GH mailing list >> Wikimedia-GH(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-gh >> >> > > > -- > > ____________________________ > *Less talk, more action. Morevim to that! :-)* > Blog: Mightyafrican.blogspot.com > Follow me on Twitter ---> @abocco > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-GH mailing list > Wikimedia-GH(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-gh > >

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[Wikimedia-GH] Wishes
by Sandister Tei 02 Jan '15

02 Jan '15

Happy new year to everyone. xo

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[Wikimedia-GH] GLAM newsletter on Cape Town by WiR
by Nkansah Rexford 31 Dec '14

31 Dec '14

Hello all, This year, I spent majority of my months in Cape Town as a Wikipedian in Residence for the arts and cultural organization that runs the WikiAfrica Project, the Africa Centre. [1] Its was great working with the team at Africa Centre, and with Isla Haddow-Flood, my supervisor. See an update of the work that was accomplished via the WikiAfrica Project. https://outreach.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2014/Content… See this short video about the museum we took the highest number of pictures from. Iziko Museum: http://youtu.be/cuxIS-CjBvk We hope more content will be generated from Africa onto Wikipedia for use in education and research in 2015. Happy holidays and enjoy the next year. [1] http://africacentre.net/ rexford | google.com/+Nkansahrexford

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[Wikimedia-GH] Senior High School Students Mentoring event on December 29 in Accra
by Ato Ulzen-Appiah 30 Dec '14

30 Dec '14

Hello Wikimedians, this is a great opportunity for high school students in Ghana. And for you if you want to mentor. Ahaspora Young Professions Ghana <https://www.facebook.com/ahaspora?fref=ts> in collaboration with GhanaThink Foundation’s Junior Camp Ghana <https://www.facebook.com/JuniorCampGhana?ref=hl> Program presents Junior Camp Ahaspora on 29th December 2014 at the University of Ghana, Legon. Junior Camp Ahaspora just like all Junior Camp related activities is a career guidance and counseling program for Senior High School students in Ghana- where Senior High School students are connected to industry players from various fields. The unique thing about this event is that mentees get paired up with mentors for a year. This is the second edition of the mentoring event with Ahaspora. Patrick Awuah, Founder of Ashesi University, will be the keynote speaker. Various confirmed mentors for the event are M.anifest, E.A Gamor (YouTube & Mpwr Show), Freda Obeng (Ahaspora), Christabel Dadzie (Ahaspora), Rita Kusi (Kusi Consulting), Jemila Abdulai (Circumspecte), Ato Ulzen Appiah (GhanaThink Foundation), etc. If you are interested in joining our pool of mentors, please sign up via bit.ly/JcAhasporamentors. Kindly share this event with all Senior High School students within your circles, they must sign up to attend as mentees via bit.ly/JcAhasporamentees. The deadline is this Thursday. This will be the 20th Junior Camp event so far. Follow the hashtag #JcAhaspora, Ahaspora & Junior Camp Ghana on social media for more updates. -- ____________________________ *Less talk, more action. Morevim to that! :-)* Blog: Mightyafrican.blogspot.com Follow me on Twitter ---> @abocco Learn about GhanaThink & its programs here <http://www.ghanathink.org/content/ghanathink-foundation-profile>.

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[Wikimedia-GH] Wikimania 2014 interview series part two
by Nkansah Rexford 21 Dec '14

21 Dec '14

Good morning, Please see the part Two of the Wikimania interview series involving Benoit Rochon from Canada, Emna Mizouni from Tunisia, and Michael Phoya from Malawi. Special thanks to them for sharing their stories with us. Wikimania 2014 Interview - Part Two: https <http://youtu.be/Fo-3KqbOEgU>:// <http://youtu.be/Fo-3KqbOEgU>youtu.be <http://youtu.be/Fo-3KqbOEgU>/HP- <http://youtu.be/Fo-3KqbOEgU>wQwJir8U <http://youtu.be/Fo-3KqbOEgU> Subtitles are added, please enable captions on your YouTube video to see them. Thanks. rexford | google.com/+Nkansahrexford

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[Wikimedia-GH] Fwd: Wikimania 2014 interview series
by Nkansah Rexford 20 Dec '14

20 Dec '14

The video interviews will be rolling our gradually. rexford | google.com/+Nkansahrexford ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Nkansah Rexford" <nkansahrexford(a)gmail.com> Date: Dec 20, 2014 7:57 AM Subject: Wikimania 2014 interview series To: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)" < wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Cc: "Kavya Manohar" <sakhi.kavya(a)gmail.com>, "Yassine Tounsi" < yassine01tounsi(a)gmail.com>, "Johnson Oluata" <joluata(a)yahoo.com> Good morning, Please see the part one of the Wikimania interview series involving Kavya Manohar from India, Yassine Tounsi from Tunisia and Johnson Oluata from Nigeria. Special thanks to them for sharing their stories with us. Wikimania 2014 Interview - Part One: http://youtu.be/Fo-3KqbOEgU Subtitles are added, please enable captions on your YouTube video to see them. Part Two will be shared soon. Waiting for Benoit Rochon of Wikimedia Canada's consent. Thanks. rexford | google.com/+Nkansahrexford

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Re: [Wikimedia-GH] Wikipedia Zero
by masssly 18 Dec '14

18 Dec '14

Wow this is amazing! -Masssly Sent from Samsung Mobile <div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Nkansah Rexford <nkansahrexford(a)gmail.com> </div><div>Date:18/12/2014 20:12 (GMT+00:00) </div><div>To: Wikimedia Ghana User Group <wikimedia-gh(a)lists.wikimedia.org> </div><div>Cc: </div><div>Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-GH] Wikipedia Zero </div><div> </div>Wikipedia Zero is working in Ghana via MTN, but not officially launched yet. Enjoy cruising. On Thursday, December 18, 2014, masssly <masssly(a)ymail.com> wrote: Has Wikipedia Zero hit Ghana? My app tells me so and I'm actually cruising for free. Can someone else confirm this or maybe I'm just being lucky! -Masssly Sent from Samsung Mobile -- +Rexford | Africa Center | WiR | WikiAfrica | User:Nkansahrexford

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[Wikimedia-GH] Wikipedia Zero
by masssly 18 Dec '14

18 Dec '14

Has Wikipedia Zero hit Ghana? My app tells me so and I'm actually cruising for free. Can someone else confirm this or maybe I'm just being lucky! -Masssly Sent from Samsung Mobile

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[Wikimedia-GH] Fwd: Wikimania Documentary Done
by Nkansah Rexford 16 Dec '14

16 Dec '14

FYI rexford | google.com/+Nkansahrexford ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Nkansah Rexford" <nkansahrexford(a)gmail.com> Date: Dec 15, 2014 11:06 PM Subject: Wikimania Documentary Done To: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)" < wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Cc: Hello everyone, The final version of the Wikimania Documentary can be found on YouTube. Will push to Commons by end of this week as it requires a bit of alteration to make it fully Wikimedia Commons License compliant. Wikimania 2014 Documentary: http:// <http://youtu.be/1444m7vhhFo>youtu.be <http://youtu.be/1444m7vhhFo>/1444m7vhhFo <http://youtu.be/1444m7vhhFo> Interviews taken at the conference will be released to public soon. Currently awaiting the video's public-going approval from the interviewees. Subtitles will be added soon to the documentary video on YouTube. Editing the videos wasn't as difficult to me as adding the subtitles. Dang! Thanks for all your support and assistance. Will love to also hear from and get in touch with our friends in Kazakhstan. rexford | google.com/+Nkansahrexford

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