Wikimedia Ghana User Group March 2015

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[Wikimedia-GH] Fwd: [Wikimedia ZA] "Wikipedia Primary School" is up and running!
by Enock Seth Nyamador 09 Mar '15

09 Mar '15

"Wikipedia Primary School" in South Africa Best, -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [Wikimedia ZA] "Wikipedia Primary School" is up and running! Date: Sun, 08 Mar 2015 11:03:17 +0100 From: Litrenta Erica <erica.litrenta(a)supsi.ch> To: wikimediaza(a)lists.wikimedia.org (crosspost) Hi all, just in case you had missed the announcements elsewhere, this research project [1] focuses on the South Africa primary school curriculum: the involved teams have selected a list of 100+ relevant articles which will undergo review (or creation) by Wikipedians, scholars/experts, or journals. We thought that involving the Wikipedia community was the obvious first step in the process, which is going to last for the next couple of years, so please take a look now at the project page on en.wiki [2] to learn how to join our efforts. The next deadline for article review is *March 15*! User:Alfhild-anthro already reviewed the article about San healing practices; would you do the same for any of the following pages? Sexism Domestic violence Gender stereotypes Transport in South Africa Bicycle Khoikhoi Republic of South Africa Coal in South Africa Water supply and sanitation in South Africa Water privatization in South Africa Healthcare in South Africa Nelson Mandela Apartheid Oliver Tambo Or maybe you'd like to take a look at the expert reviews posted at [3] or [4] and use them as a guide to improve the related articles? Thanks a lot for what you will do, Elitre (WPS) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Elitre_(WPS) [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Wikipedia_Primary_School_SSAJRP_pr… [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_South_Africa/Wikipedia_… [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Mapungubwe_Museum [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:San_rock_art _______________________________________________ WikimediaZA mailing list WikimediaZA(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaza

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Re: [Wikimedia-GH] [African Wikimedians] rocky dawuni
by Nkansah Rexford 08 Mar '15

08 Mar '15

Looking at the rate, I believe its an attack directed at me personally. So I'm taking them all! I don't even remember the edit I did to that article! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Nkansahrexford#Copyright_problem:_H… Also from an IP address. On Friday, March 6, 2015, rupert THURNER <rupert.thurner(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Sure, if you could restore it, at least in my or Rex personal namespace... > On Mar 6, 2015 7:51 PM, "Florence Devouard" <anthere(a)anthere.org > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','anthere(a)anthere.org');>> wrote: > >> Le 06/03/15 19:41, Florence Devouard a écrit : >> >>> Le 06/03/15 19:09, rupert THURNER a écrit : >>> >>>> >>>> Yes please do send this list and try to improve them, and then tell me >>>> how pleasant this work was. >>>> >>>> Contrary, for the rocky dawuni article I d be interested as well where >>>> the copyright infringement was. I do not like that without admin permission >>>> it is not possible to look this up... >>>> >>>> Rupert >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> Also of interest in the conversation: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/ >> index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/ >> Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=650110340#Copyvio_-_removal_ >> of_tags_by_Spearmind >> >> >> Otherwise... with a quick study of what is going on about the deletion >> spree, it seems that... >> * in all articles, chunks are indeed copyvios. The chunks are smaller or >> bigger depending on each case. >> * in many cases, the article is blanked in its entirety, then deleted. >> >> Looks like it is a bit overkill to me. I see not why at least a stub >> could be kept. >> >> Ant >> >> _______________________________________________ >> African-Wikimedians mailing list >> African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org');> >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians >> > -- +Rexford <http://google.com/+Nkansahrexford> | khophi.co <http://khophi.co/about>

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Re: [Wikimedia-GH] Fwd: 24.130.172.5 left you a message on Wikipedia
by masssly 07 Mar '15

07 Mar '15

Just relax it's no big deal. The check users are usually quit reasonable than admins. If there's no evidence of violations the images are going nowhere. BR -Masssly Sent from Samsung Mobile <div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Nkansah Rexford <nkansahrexford(a)gmail.com> </div><div>Date:07/03/2015 20:49 (GMT+00:00) </div><div>To: Wikimedia-gh <Wikimedia-gh(a)lists.wikimedia.org> </div><div>Cc: Mailing list for African Wikimedians <african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org> </div><div>Subject: [Wikimedia-GH] Fwd: 24.130.172.5 left you a message on Wikipedia </div><div> </div> Now reported for copyvios. I'm now before The Hague of Wikipedia. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Wikipedia <no-reply-notifications(a)wikipedia.org> Date: Sat, Mar 7, 2015, 19:36 Subject: 24.130.172.5 left you a message on Wikipedia To: Nkansahrexford <nkansahrexford(a)gmail.com> 24.130.172.5 left a message on your talk page in "CCI Notice". Hello, Nkansahrexford. This message is being sent to inform you that a request for a contributor copyright investigation has been filed at Contrib... View message View changes To control which emails we send you, check your preferences. Wikimedia Foundation, 149 New Montgomery St., 3rd Fl., San Francisco, CA 94105, USA

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[Wikimedia-GH] Fwd: 24.130.172.5 left you a message on Wikipedia
by Nkansah Rexford 07 Mar '15

07 Mar '15

Now reported for copyvios. I'm now before The Hague of Wikipedia. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Wikipedia <no-reply-notifications(a)wikipedia.org> Date: Sat, Mar 7, 2015, 19:36 Subject: 24.130.172.5 left you a message on Wikipedia To: Nkansahrexford <nkansahrexford(a)gmail.com> 24.130.172.5 <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:24.130.172.5&action=edit&re…> left a message on your talk page in "CCI Notice". Hello, Nkansahrexford. This message is being sent to inform you that a request for a contributor copyright investigation has been filed at Contrib... View message <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Nkansahrexford#CCI_Notice> View changes <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Nkansahrexford&oldid=p…> To control which emails we send you, check your preferences <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-echo>. Wikimedia Foundation, 149 New Montgomery St., 3rd Fl., San Francisco, CA 94105, USA

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Re: [Wikimedia-GH] [African Wikimedians] Some IP deleting uploads and articles
by Nkansah Rexford 06 Mar '15

06 Mar '15

Yeah @massly the admins are deleting all my articles. @all Even if the article has copyright violations in them, an admin's joy of deleting articles instead of improving them is basically problematic for me. I'm sure after deleting potential articles, they go to bed feeling, 'Oh yeah, I cleaned Wikipedia today. All articles that have slight copyright violations, I cleared them all. What a good admin I am.' Then the following morning, the admin wakes up and finds stats about contributions from Africa and it goes like: "Oh dang! Africans dont contribute to Wikipedia at all. I wonder what they do with their time. Even this man, Patrick Awuah who's well known and the founder of Ashesi University, and Rocky dawuni who's a rock star even is not on Wikipedia. No way, Africans! You're not pulling your weight." Then I look at the admin from above and say, 'sheesh, this is unfair!" If admin's first priority is deleting potentially good articles, then I wonder where the "assume good faith" begins and ends. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith#Good_faith_and_co… I know there's another policy on Wikipedia hiding somewhere that conflicts equally the link above. Happy Independence day to all Ghanaians, and admins deleting my articles relating to Ghana from wherever they are. On Fri, Mar 6, 2015, 08:53 masssly <masssly(a)ymail.com> wrote: > @Rexford > > And I just noticed Rocky Dawuni has also now been deleted. What's > happening... > > -Masssly > > Sent from Samsung Mobile > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Nkansah Rexford <nkansahrexford(a)gmail.com> > Date:04/03/2015 20:12 (GMT+00:00) > To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians <african-wikimedians@lists. > wikimedia.org> > Cc: Wikimedia-gh <Wikimedia-gh(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-GH] [African Wikimedians] Some IP deleting uploads > and articles > > And those elephants, instead of spending time chasing the not so good > articles and high level crappy images on Wikipedia, they rather go on easy > prey and articles relating to celebs not well known, of course because > persons like myself are toothless and won't have anything to do. > > Something I always envisioned happening as long as the whole of Africa has > no Wikipedia admin to turn around decisions like these. > > You know, its hard to think Africanish, if you weren't born as one. > > Those elephants are interested in the unnecessaries and instead take fun > in deleting articles with so much potential > > On Wed, Mar 4, 2015, 20:08 bobby shabangu <bobbyshabangu(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Exactly... I believe this was one of the elephants we were trying to >> tackle at Wiki indaba right? >> > On Mar 4, 2015 9:57 PM, "Nkansah Rexford" <nkansahrexford(a)gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > How Wikipedia rolls? How does it? Deleting legitimate articles and images >>> because someone at the other end dont know the true origin and considers >>> every celeb image on Wikipedia to be copyright? >>> >>> On Wed, Mar 4, 2015, 19:55 bobby shabangu <bobbyshabangu(a)gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >> Is that one of your policies too !!! >>>> >>>> I used to be in flames and be super furious but after I realized how we >>>> roll I just chilled. So unfortunately this is how we roll don't worry just >>>> chill and keep on editing, the machines will decide if your edits are >>>> worthy to be part of sum of all human knowledge. >>>> >>> On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 9:23 PM, Nkansah Rexford < >>>> nkansahrexford(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>> There are many policies on Wikipedia, and I also joined with my own >>>>> policies. >>>>> >>>>> One is, if a legitimate content I upload to Wikipedia is deleted by >>>>> someone or something at the other end of the world, I dont and won't >>>>> contest for its undeletion. Never! >>>>> >>>>> I received these images listed here that has been marked for deletion >>>>> ( see close to bottom of page) https://commons.wikimedia.org/ >>>>> wiki/User_talk:Nkansahrexford#File:Peace_Hyde_Mara_Mentor.jpg >>>>> explicitly from either the celeb herself or from her manager. >>>>> >>>>> They are nominated for deletion. >>>>> >>>>> An article about Ashesi University's found that has seen about 200,000 >>>>> views since it was started has been nominated for deletion on grounds that >>>>> make no sense. >>>>> >>>>> "Patrick Awuah, Jr." on @Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ >>>>> Patrick_Awuah%2C_Jr. >>>>> >>>>> Just saying. >>>>> >>>>> Contributions from well meaning individuals go to fix the imbalance >>>>> whatever of africa we all preach about, and IP addresses delete them >>>>> without any substantive reasons. And no one cares. Feels to me machines do >>>>> those deletions instead of humans. >>>>> >>>>> Are machines taking over editing on Wikipedia? Or because of these >>>>> weird activities, humans are no longer contributing their time, and rather >>>>> bots and machines are taking over? >>>>> >>>>> I'm in flames here! >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> African-Wikimedians mailing list >>>>> African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>>>> https://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 >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> African-Wikimedians mailing list >>> African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://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 >> > _______________________________________________ > African-Wikimedians mailing list > African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians >

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Re: [Wikimedia-GH] [African Wikimedians] Some IP deleting uploads and articles
by masssly 06 Mar '15

06 Mar '15

@Rexford And I just noticed Rocky Dawuni has also now been deleted. What's happening... -Masssly Sent from Samsung Mobile <div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Nkansah Rexford <nkansahrexford(a)gmail.com> </div><div>Date:04/03/2015 20:12 (GMT+00:00) </div><div>To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians <african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org> </div><div>Cc: Wikimedia-gh <Wikimedia-gh(a)lists.wikimedia.org> </div><div>Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-GH] [African Wikimedians] Some IP deleting uploads and articles </div><div> </div>And those elephants, instead of spending time chasing the not so good articles and high level crappy images on Wikipedia, they rather go on easy prey and articles relating to celebs not well known, of course because persons like myself are toothless and won't have anything to do. Something I always envisioned happening as long as the whole of Africa has no Wikipedia admin to turn around decisions like these. You know, its hard to think Africanish, if you weren't born as one. Those elephants are interested in the unnecessaries and instead take fun in deleting articles with so much potential On Wed, Mar 4, 2015, 20:08 bobby shabangu <bobbyshabangu(a)gmail.com> wrote: Exactly... I believe this was one of the elephants we were trying to tackle at Wiki indaba right? On Mar 4, 2015 9:57 PM, "Nkansah Rexford" <nkansahrexford(a)gmail.com> wrote: How Wikipedia rolls? How does it? Deleting legitimate articles and images because someone at the other end dont know the true origin and considers every celeb image on Wikipedia to be copyright? On Wed, Mar 4, 2015, 19:55 bobby shabangu <bobbyshabangu(a)gmail.com> wrote: Is that one of your policies too !!! I used to be in flames and be super furious but after I realized how we roll I just chilled. So unfortunately this is how we roll don't worry just chill and keep on editing, the machines will decide if your edits are worthy to be part of sum of all human knowledge. On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 9:23 PM, Nkansah Rexford <nkansahrexford(a)gmail.com> wrote: There are many policies on Wikipedia, and I also joined with my own policies. One is, if a legitimate content I upload to Wikipedia is deleted by someone or something at the other end of the world, I dont and won't contest for its undeletion. Never! I received these images listed here that has been marked for deletion ( see close to bottom of page) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Nkansahrexford#File:Peace_Hyde… explicitly from either the celeb herself or from her manager. They are nominated for deletion. An article about Ashesi University's found that has seen about 200,000 views since it was started has been nominated for deletion on grounds that make no sense. "Patrick Awuah, Jr." on @Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Awuah%2C_Jr. Just saying. Contributions from well meaning individuals go to fix the imbalance whatever of africa we all preach about, and IP addresses delete them without any substantive reasons. And no one cares. Feels to me machines do those deletions instead of humans. Are machines taking over editing on Wikipedia? Or because of these weird activities, humans are no longer contributing their time, and rather bots and machines are taking over? I'm in flames here! _______________________________________________ African-Wikimedians mailing list African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://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 _______________________________________________ African-Wikimedians mailing list African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://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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Re: [Wikimedia-GH] Grants:IdeaLab/ Fashion
by Amjad Abdullah 06 Mar '15

06 Mar '15

I need contributors for this idea to help more women participate on Wikimedia Commons. Visit this link:Grants:IdeaLab/Fashion - Meta | | | | | | | | | Grants:IdeaLab/Fashion - MetaInspire campaign Fashion It should fashionable. idea creator• Gramalowthis project could really use... volunteer developer designer project manager community organizer advisor researcher | | | | View on meta.wikimedia.org | Preview by Yahoo | | | | |

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[Wikimedia-GH] (no subject)
by Sandister Tei 05 Mar '15

05 Mar '15

Gender, funding, ideas: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Inspire Regards, Sandister Tei Co founder - Wikimedia Ghana User Group / Lead - Wikipedia Editor Retention Program / Al Jazeera M. +233 204266290 Twi. @SandisterTei <https://twitter.com/SandisterTei> W. sandistertei.com Follow @WikipediaERP <https://twitter.com/WikipediaERP> Download AJ+ app ajplus.net

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[Wikimedia-GH] Fwd: [Talk-gh] Come to SoTM US at the UN!
by Enock Seth Nyamador 05 Mar '15

05 Mar '15

Hi, Any OpenStreetMap contributor here? I guess you might be interested in State of the Map US (SoTM US). Best - Enock twitter: @Enock4seth enockseth.blogspot.com | [[User:Enock4seth]] ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: alyssa wright <alyssapwright(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 6:15 PM Subject: [Talk-gh] Come to SoTM US at the UN! To: talk-gb(a)openstreetmap.org, talk-gb-london(a)openstreetmap.org, talk-gb-oxoncotswolds(a)openstreetmap.org, talk-gb-midanglia(a)openstreetmap.org, talk-gb-thenorth(a)openstreetmap.org, talk-gb-westmidlands(a)openstreetmap.org, talk-gh(a)openstreetmap.org, talk-hn(a)openstreetmap.org, talk-hr(a)openstreetmap.org, talk-ht(a)openstreetmap.org, talk-id(a)openstreetmap.org, talk-ie(a)openstreetmap.org Hi all! Apologies for any cross posting. I'm writing to extend a warmest of invitations to State of the Map US <http://stateofthemap.us/> on June 6-8th at the United Nations in the heart of New York City. This will be an amazing conference as diverse in attendance as it's host city and at home with the international work of the United Nations. Towards that end I invite you to come to the conference! Our call for scholarships <http://stateofthemap.us/scholarships/> is open until March 15th, our call for talks <http://stateofthemap.us/talk/> is open until March 22nd, and I am always open for sponsors! ;) SOTM US promises to be the largest state of the map ever at a most amazing venue. Please be part of the conversation. Everyone is welcome! And let me know if you have any questions. Best, Alyssa Wright OpenStreetMap US President. _______________________________________________ Talk-gh mailing list Talk-gh(a)openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gh

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Re: [Wikimedia-GH] [African Wikimedians] Some IP deleting uploads and articles
by Amjad Abdullah 05 Mar '15

05 Mar '15

In relation to this issue, I've had a similar issue when the logo of University of Professional Studies was removed after over 10 months it was used as an image. I do my part in helping to contribute to this cause. If this continues, I'm gonna fire them myself. I used to think it was just me, now it happens to a brother from another mother (Nkansah Rexford). Machines or not, they got to make considerations and stop messing up with well meaning Wikimedians. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Gramalow#Speedy_deletion_nomination…

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