Wikimedia Ghana User Group January 2015

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[Wikimedia-GH] Fwd: Re: [Wikitech-l] Stance on Social Media
by Nkansah Rexford 09 Jan '15

09 Jan '15

There's an ongoing thread about whether Media wiki should incorporate social media sharing capabilities. FYI rexford | google.com/+Nkansahrexford ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Jon Robson" <jdlrobson(a)gmail.com> Date: Jan 9, 2015 10:03 PM Subject: Re: [Wikitech-l] Stance on Social Media To: "Wikimedia developers" <wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Cc: On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 1:18 PM, Gregory Varnum <gregory.varnum(a)gmail.com> wrote: > There is indeed a mighty debate about this. When we discussed the simple > idea of a WikiShare extension to post articles on social media sites - it > raised a hell storm that I still have war flashbacks from. I'm interested in this. Unlike most sites, we don't provide share buttons that encourage people to share our content. Sure people can still share it, but people can sometimes be lazy. A reddit this, tweet this button, share button might make all the difference. Are we missing opportunities by not encouraging people to interact with these large social networks e.g. helping them shout about new pages they have created, pages that they wish were better? I mean when I look back to article feedback I wonder why that wasn't implemented as a share button as it would have tapped into an already established market and hopefully brought attention to articles in need of improvement. What if #editwikipedia became a trending topic on Twitter due to us adding a tweet this page feature to edit mode. Wouldn't this be a good thing? Even at the cost of a share button that could be seen as supporting a non-open site. Why are we not exploring this kind of thing? In addition to this we don't play well with these sites. For example if you post a link to Wikipedia on any social media website the image that gets shared tends to be the mediawiki.org site (FYI [1]). It probably makes the article on social networks look less appealing and possibly less attention gets drawn to it. Why are we not celebrating the work of our editors more? [1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T66930 _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

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Re: [Wikimedia-GH] Can Nayele Ametefe aka Ruby Adu-Gyamfi Get a place on Wikipedia on Wikinews?
by ayisi.bright＠yahoo.com 08 Jan '15

08 Jan '15

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Re: [Wikimedia-GH] Can Nayele Ametefe aka Ruby Adu-Gyamfi Get a place on Wikipedia on Wikinews?
by ayisi.bright＠yahoo.com 08 Jan '15

08 Jan '15

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Re: [Wikimedia-GH] Can Nayele Ametefe aka Ruby Adu-Gyamfi Get a place on Wikipedia on Wikinews?
by ayisi.bright＠yahoo.com 08 Jan '15

08 Jan '15

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[Wikimedia-GH] Can Nayele Ametefe aka Ruby Adu-Gyamfi Get a place on Wikipedia on Wikinews?
by Enock Seth Nyamador 08 Jan '15

08 Jan '15

Hi Friends, /I've not forgotten about the 2012 Election Petition Hearing in this country. As at I personally get get a one stop page on the web to tell me about all that went on./ All over GH and UK is Nayele Ametefe aka Ruby Adu-Gyamfi case about tracking cocaine from Ghana to UK and was caught at Heathrow. Is this worth having a place on WIkipedia or WIkinews? Your views. Hope to hear from you all soon. Best, /Sorry for typos./ -- - Enock Wikipedian | twitter: @Enock4seth Sent via Mozilla Thunderbird

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Re: [Wikimedia-GH] Jury for WLA Ghana best images
by ayisi.bright＠yahoo.com 07 Jan '15

07 Jan '15

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Re: [Wikimedia-GH] Jury for WLA Ghana best images
by ayisi.bright＠yahoo.com 07 Jan '15

07 Jan '15

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[Wikimedia-GH] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Looking for new Signpost editors-in-chief
by Enock Seth Nyamador 06 Jan '15

06 Jan '15

- Enock twitter: @Enock4seth enockseth.blogspot.com | [[User:Enock4seth]] ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Wikipedia Signpost <wikipediasignpost(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 10:10 PM Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Looking for new Signpost editors-in-chief To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, English Wikipedia <wikien-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Dear Wikimedia community, The deadline set for new editor-in-chief applications is fast approaching. As I said two weeks ago:[1] "Why should you apply? First, you will have established contributors who are currently producing consistently stellar work, thus making your initial learning curve far smaller. Second, it is an area far different than Wikipedia itself; writers at the Signpost frequently use and develop a different range of skills such as editorial judgment and journalistic tenacity. "Third, the personal reporting you want to do is wide open. With "News and notes" having been on an extended hiatus, you are free to take it in the direction you want, but you will not have to fight to get readers--you will have thousands from the very beginning. Do you want to bring valuable content contributions to light? Do you want to examine arcane financial details of the Wikimedia Foundation and its affiliates? Do you want to investigate sockpuppet armies and their effects? Do you want to be the hub for fostering innovative ideas that will keep Wikipedia relevant for decades to come? The limit, quite literally, is your imagination." Please send an email to this address (wikipediasignpost(a)gmail.com) to indicate your interest. I would like to find two individuals so that the overall time commitment is smaller. I look forward to hearing from you. Regards, --The ed17, Signpost editor-in-chief http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2014-12-24/From_t… _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>

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[Wikimedia-GH] Jury for WLA Ghana best images
by Nkansah Rexford 06 Jan '15

06 Jan '15

Hello all. We are currently in need of a jury to pick the best 5 to 10 images from Ghana taken during the wiki loves Africa event. Please email me if interested to be a part of the jury. Of course, you should have the taste for quality pictures. I can't be a part of the jury, because of conflict of interest. I was part of the uploaders. Thanks rexford | google.com/+Nkansahrexford

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[Wikimedia-GH] Jury
by Nkansah Rexford 06 Jan '15

06 Jan '15

Okay, so end of this month. I hope the time line on the meta page can be updated accordingly. rexford | google.com/+Nkansahrexford On Jan 6, 2015 3:02 PM, "Florence Devouard" <anthere(a)anthere.org> wrote: > Hmmmm > > Since when are deadlines hard written in stone ? Ahum. > No... we are rather planning to announce the winners before the end of > January, but not this week-end. I am going to put up an information about > that on the site/social network. > > We thought it was best to do a selection in two batches (first level of > selection by Wikimedians jury members, then second level with the full > jury) and we also thought people would be really busy just before and > during Christmas (shopping time, family...) so we did not want to spoil > that. > So we are currently waiting for the first list made by Wikimedians jury > members (some already provided this info, not all of them). > Hopefully this will be done by this week-end. I will keep you posted on > this list !!! > > Second level of selection will then be made by the full jury, and I think > it would be nice to give them about two weeks to decide. > That means... yeah... end of the month is probably going to be it. > > Florence > > PS: I put our jury members in copy of this email :) > > > Le 06/01/15 13:51, Nkansah Rexford a écrit : > > According to Timeline of WLA[1], we should expect the results this week, > unless there's a change in plan. > > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Africa#Timeline > > On Tuesday, January 6, 2015, <ayisi.bright(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >> When will winners of the WLA contest be announced? >> >> Sent from my Nokia Asha smart phone >> >> ------------------------------- >> Original message: >> >> From: Enock Seth Nyamador >> Date: 03-01-2015 5:27 pm >> To: Wikimedia Ghana User Group >> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-GH] Thomas Mensah - Africa's Albert Einstein? >> >> Saaa! :)! Thanks for sharing! >> >> Best, >> >> On 01/02/2015 07:37 PM, Nkansah Rexford wrote: >> >> Myself and Oral recently came across Thomas Mensah, a >> Kumasi-born-Ghanaian who, Oral and I choose to describe as "Africa's Albert >> Einstein", if not "Archimedes and Albert Combined!". >> >> I'll invite you read his article (and help improve) on Wikipedia, >> however before you do, I'll say he's "all over the place" in the world. I >> can't describe him better. Ghanani ba oooh! >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Mensah >> >> His article happens to be how Oral and I wanted to open 2015 with. >> >> >> -- >> +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 listWikimedia-GH@lists.wikimedia.orghttps://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-gh >> >> >> -- >> - Enock >> Wikipedian | twitter: @Enock4seth >> Sent via Mozilla Thunderbird >> >> > > -- > +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> > > > > _______________________________________________ > African-Wikimedians mailing listAfrican-Wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.orghttps://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > > > > _______________________________________________ > African-Wikimedians mailing list > African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > >

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