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
>>>
>>>
>>
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</div>Dear all,
registration for the international Wikisource Conference in Vienna is now open until October 13, 2015. As our PEG proposal was successful, we will be able to offer some scholarships to increase diversity among participants in terms of language and geography.
The registration process also entails the scholarship application for those participants who are not funded by a Wikimedia affiliate or other organization. We encourage especially visa applicants to register and get in touch with the team from WMAT soon.
We are looking forward to seeing some of you in Vienna soon!
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Hi Dan,
I used Firefox on my laptop.
Update: Tried accessing with Zero balance SIM (both Chrome and Firefox),
WIkipedia homepage is loaded once and that's all. You can't access any
other page or reload.
Best.
- Enock
UMaT, Tarkwa
enockseth.github.io
On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 7:59 PM, Dan Foy <dfoy(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Hi Enock,
>
> I'm looking into the problem you described, and needed to check on one
> additional detail. Which browser are you using when you experience the
> billing / lack of banners? I notice that many users in Ghana are using
> the Opera browser. If you were using that before, can you try the standard
> browser on your phone (usually Chrome on Android) and let us know if that
> works?
>
> Thanks!
> Dan
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 2:52 PM, Enock Seth Nyamador <kwadzo459(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Adele,
>>
>> >Thank you for flagging the issues described below. For future reference,
>> feel free to add me >directly when you need my attention and/or reply.
>>
>> You're welcome. Noted.
>>
>> >As far as I understand, you - Enock - used WP through MTN and was
>> charged. On top of that, >no free WP banners were displayed both on the
>> desktop version and mobile version. Is that >correct? If that is the case,
>> we will have to investigate with MTN.
>>
>> Exactly.
>>
>> >Please confirm if you were using m.wikipedia.org (mobile site) when the
>> banners flashed and >didn't display correctly. That is not an expected
>> behavior and if confirmed, we will follow up >internally and also with MTN.
>>
>> Yes.
>>
>>
>> GH Wikimedians,
>>
>> If you're using MTN in your smartphone your help will be very useful.
>>
>> PS: I know the banner isn't displayed in the desktop version :).
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> - Enock
>> UMaT, Tarkwa
>> enockseth.github.io
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 8:02 PM, Adele Vrana <avrana(a)wikimedia.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks, Asaf for sending this thread directly to us.
>>>
>>> Hi Enock,
>>>
>>> Thank you for flagging the issues described below. For future reference,
>>> feel free to add me directly when you need my attention and/or reply.
>>> As far as I understand, you - Enock - used WP through MTN and was
>>> charged. On top of that, no free WP banners were displayed both on the
>>> desktop version and mobile version. Is that correct? If that is the case,
>>> we will have to investigate with MTN.
>>> Please note that we don't show "Free Wikipedia" banners on the desktop
>>> version as part of the Wikipedia Zero program. Only the mobile site
>>> displays banners so it's expected that you won't see the WP Zero banner
>>> when using WP's desktop version.
>>> Please confirm if you were using m.wikipedia.org (mobile site) when the
>>> banners flashed and didn't display correctly. That is not an expected
>>> behavior and if confirmed, we will follow up internally and also with MTN.
>>>
>>> Dan Foy, our technical partner manager, is on vacation this week. We
>>> will have to wait for him to come back to the office next week to properly
>>> follow up on this.
>>>
>>> Enock - I will be awaiting for your reply on the questions above. It
>>> will be really helpful to better understand your experience.
>>>
>>> Rexford and others - If you would like to volunteer to test the service,
>>> please make sure you are using the mobile version of Wikipedia (
>>> m.wikipedia.org). Please pay special attention to the banner behavior
>>> and data charges.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Adele
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 4:50 AM, Asaf Bartov <abartov(a)wikimedia.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I am explicitly CCing Adele and Dan to ensure they see this. I'm
>>>> afraid I don't have enough information to help, myself.
>>>>
>>>> A.
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 2:24 AM, Nkansah Rexford <
>>>> nkansahrexford(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Thus, I understand you as, when (kindly confirm if below conditions
>>>>> are so)
>>>>>
>>>>> - you opened the Desktop Version on the PC, no banner was shown
>>>>> - you opened the Mobile Version on PC, the banner 'flashed'.
>>>>> Nothing banner-ish showed afterwards
>>>>> - you opened the Mobile Version on Mobile, no banner was shown
>>>>>
>>>>> Its good you've brought this up. I'm sure Adele is on this list, plus
>>>>> if that's the case, then we'll kindly ask Adele to look into that for us.
>>>>>
>>>>> thanks
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tuesday, July 14, 2015, Enock Seth Nyamador <kwadzo459(a)gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> When I tried the mobile version of Wikipedia on PC. The banner just
>>>>>> flashed.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - Enock
>>>>>> UMaT, Tarkwa
>>>>>> enockseth.github.io
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 9:02 AM, Nkansah Rexford <
>>>>>> nkansahrexford(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Did you see the Wikipedia Zero banner or anything of that sort,
>>>>>>> indicating you're browsing for free in your browser?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tuesday, July 14, 2015, Enock Seth Nyamador <kwadzo459(a)gmail.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Greetings,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Is been a long time I tried using Wikipedia Zero [1] from MTN Ghana
>>>>>>>> on PC. I remember I started using WP Zero before it was announced
>>>>>>>> officially; that during the piloting.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Yesterday, I tried to access Wikipedia from MTN thinking Zero is
>>>>>>>> still in control. By the time I realized my 60 GHp was no where to be found
>>>>>>>> after visiting just two pages.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I don't know if the problem is from me or MTN. If you're using MTN
>>>>>>>> I'll plead with you to try on your PC and Smartphones so we can know what
>>>>>>>> is actually going on.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Zero
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> - Enock
>>>>>>>> UMaT, Tarkwa
>>>>>>>> enockseth.github.io
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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>>>>
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>
>
This is to notify the Usergroup (as some might already be aware) of a draft proposal we are working on at
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Ghana_Editor_Study>
As part of the interventions to address the low levels of participation from our community, this proposal intends to study a cross-section of Ghanaian Wikipedia editors to assess factors that influence their editing patterns and seek out possible ways to increase their activity.
All of your opinions and input are most welcome.
-Masssly
This might interest some developers here.
Felix
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Hi everyone,
I am traveling to different parts of Ghana for my research, and I will be
in Ho from now to the 12th and then Kumasi from the 12th to the 16th. If
anyone is in the area and is available to meet up, please let me know!
Thanks,
Gennie
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It has been confirmed once again that the availability of broadband is a clear factor in the propensity of people to participate on Wikipedia.
With less than 1% of Africans (including large companies and institution) on broadband connection I'm just wondering if there's any "workaround" this problem towards increasing participation, accepting the fact that we won't still have good Internet possibly in the next few decades.
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2657107
-Masssly
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I might also make it.
-Masssly
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<div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Nkansah Rexford <nkansahrexford(a)gmail.com> </div><div>Date:07/09/2015 5:20 PM (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] innovation Week at Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence </div><div>
</div>That's great to hear.
I'll make it a point to be there.
thanks for the update.
On Monday, September 7, 2015, Felix Nartey <flixtey(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks Rexford for this mail. Software Freedom Day (SFD) has been moved to this Saturday (12th September, 2015) to crown the activities of the Innovation Week at AITI.
So looks we will be representing at Innovation Week/SFD this Saturday. It will also be cool if any of us can be there to talk about our activities (WMGHUG) during the week.
Best,
Felix
On Sun, Sep 6, 2015 at 10:30 PM, <masssly(a)ymail.com> wrote:
If anybody is able to it’ll be good to have something arranged.
-Masssly
From: Nkansah Rexford
Sent: Sunday, September 6, 2015 8:52 PM
To: Wikimedia-gh
Hi
In 2012, I think myself and sandister and a couple of other guys got the chances to talk Wikimedia at Innovation Week at AITI1.
Slipped my mind to ask if there could be a slot for us this year too. Anyone's got any ideas if there's still way we could be part of this year's event?
It was great in 2012, and met lots. Perhaps we could be there this year too?
[1] - http://www.aiti-kace.com.gh/iweek2015
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