Wikimedia Ghana User Group January 2016

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[Wikimedia-GH] Fwd: [Wikimania-l] WMF Scholarship Deadline for Wikimania is Today
by Nkansah Rexford 10 Jan '16

10 Jan '16

FYI few hours more. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Ellie Young <eyoung(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Sat, Jan 9, 2016, 20:56 Subject: [Wikimania-l] WMF Scholarship Deadline for Wikimania is Today To: Wikimania general list (open subscription) < wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Wikimedia Mailing List < wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Reminder: Scholarship applications for Wikimania 2016 which is being held in Esino Lario, Italy on June 22–27, 2016 are now being accepted. Applications are open until Saturday, January 09 2016 23:59 UTC. Applicants will be able to apply for a partial or full scholarship. A full scholarship will cover the cost of an individual's round-trip travel, shared accommodation, and conference registration fees as arranged by the Wikimedia Foundation. A partial scholarship will cover conference registration fees and shared accommodation. Applicants will be rated using a pre-determined selection process and selection criteria established by the Scholarship Committee and the Wikimedia Foundation, who will determine which applications are successful. To learn more about Wikimania 2016 scholarships, please visit: https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships To apply for a scholarship, fill out the multi-language application form on: https://scholarships.wikimedia.org/apply It is highly recommended that applicants review all the material on the Scholarships page and the associated FAQ ( https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships/FAQ ) before submitting an application. If you have any questions, please contact: wikimania-scholarships at wikimedia.org <wikimania-scholarships(a)wikimedia.org> or leave a message at: https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Scholarships -- Ellie Young Events Manager Wikimedia Foundation eyoung(a)wikimedia.org _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l -- rexford | sent from phone | khophi.co

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[Wikimedia-GH] Reminders on Wikipedia15 and Whatsapp group
by Sandister Tei 05 Jan '16

05 Jan '16

Please update your Facebook profiles, Whatsapp dps etc with the logos I sent. I will be creating a Whatsapp group towards this for quicker and upclose interactions. Send me a message on 0204266290 and I will add you. NOTE. The group is for Wikipedia 15 discussions only.

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[Wikimedia-GH] Fwd: [African Wikimedians] Organizing a Writing Contest on notable African women for Wikipedia 15
by Enock Seth Nyamador 04 Jan '16

04 Jan '16

FYI - Enock UMaT, Tarkwa enockseth.github.io ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Florence Devouard <anthere(a)anthere.org> Date: Mon, Jan 4, 2016 at 3:26 PM Subject: [African Wikimedians] Organizing a Writing Contest on notable African women for Wikipedia 15 To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians < african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Hello friends Isla and I thought of organizing a Writing Contest as part of Wikipedia 15 global celebrations and we would like your feedback (and hopefully support :)) on that idea. The general idea would be to organize a Contest that will be officially launched on the 15th of January and will have a duration of 15 days. The goal would be to write 15 articles on notable african women. Each team would work only on one article. It would operated in English and French. Two juries would decide on the best articles (probably with a "best quality" or "largest quantity" approach, with some bonus prizes for special cases such as "solo team" or best media). We should hopefully be able to get some little prices for the winners. One point upon which we are undecided (and will welcome very much your feedback ;)) is about how the teams would best form. - Should we rather do "country teams" ? eg, Team Ghana, team Ivory Coast, team Algeria etc. - or should we rather do "free choice team" where people would freely propose an article to create and other people would join in, whatever their country ? There are arguments for and against both options. Traditionnaly, most Writing Contest on Wikipedia are "free choice team" (for example, for the WikiConcours on the French Wikipedia here : https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipédia:Wikiconcours) and allow to be very inclusive of everyone, but there are also arguments in favor of Country teams only. What do you think ? Anthere _______________________________________________ African-Wikimedians mailing list African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians

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[Wikimedia-GH] Wikipedia15 party, activities and article for the day | Letter 1
by Sandister Tei 04 Jan '16

04 Jan '16

Hello everyone. Firstly: Wikipedia turns 15 on January 15. Time to celebrate and continue recruiting more Ghanaian Wikipedians and contributing to Ghanaian information on the wiki. Details of activities will be made known but for now I advice that members on Facebook should change profile photos and cover photos to help promote the celebration. Please find the photos attached. Or Go to my profile <https://www.facebook.com/sandister.t> and see how I am rocking mine and pick the photos from there. We will release images which match the dimension requirements for Twitter and G+ shortly. Secondly: Please tweet about the celebration and also invite people to join us. If you don't know what to say, at least go to Twitter and click the hashtag #Wikipedia15 <https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Wikipedia15&src=typd> and retweet worthy things you find. Really nice stuff there. Lastly: Do you need an article to edit today? Join me for this one about the longest lived gorilla. His name was Massa <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massa_(gorilla)> and story has it that he was from Ghana. Pardon errors. *Regards, * *Sandister Tei * *www.sandistertei.com <http://www.sandistertei.com> / Wikipedia Editor Retention Program <http://erpgh.wmgh.org/>/ AJ+ Al Jazeera's new digital platform <http://ajplus.net/>*

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[Wikimedia-GH] Wikipedia15 party
by Sandister Tei 03 Jan '16

03 Jan '16

Hi all. Wikipedia turns 15 on January 15, 2016. We are planning some activities around it and we need volunteers to help out asap. Please write to me sandistertei(a)gmail.com and let's talk. *Regards, * *Sandister Tei * *www.sandistertei.com <http://www.sandistertei.com> / Wikipedia Editor Retention Program <http://erpgh.wmgh.org/>/ AJ+ Al Jazeera's new digital platform <http://ajplus.net/>*

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[Wikimedia-GH] End of Year Report
by Felix Nartey 02 Jan '16

02 Jan '16

Hi All, Thank you very much for your participation to the movement in the year 2015. We look forward to having you all work with us more in 2016. Visit the link below for the full year report <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMGHUG/Annual_Report_2015>of the User group and acquaint yourself with possible events for 2016 - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMGHUG/Annual_Report_2015 Counting on you usual cooperation! Happy New Year!! -- *Felix Nartey | DSE CAL Bank Ltd. | Co-manager GBG TEMA <https://plus.google.com/u/0/106882654487622047846/posts> **| Community Manager WMGH <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Ghana> | About me <http://about.me/felix.nartey> | +233 242 844987 **| **Check out!! <http://goo.gl/4oHJeQ>*

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