Hi all,
I'm working on a Rapid Grant and will love to know your thoughts.
*Short Story*
This year, I'll be joining the Barcamp Ghana team as their 'video guy' on a
volunteer basis for all the upcoming Barcamp events for this year, at least.
I hope to ride on the opportunity to be in the 10 regions of Ghana before
the end of this year to gather as much multimedia content as possible and
share onto Commons related to tourist sites, monuments, landmarks, flora
and fauna, parks, museums, culture, personalities and anything in between.
The document is currently in my workspace and I hope to move to proposal
later on if all sounds good.
Find the link to the document here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Nkansahrexford/barcamptravel
I hope to hear feedback from you all what they think of it, and if it worth
proceeding with. More details of what the results of the project is
expected to be are in the link.
If it doesn't look right and or there's something that's missed, please
share.
Hope to hear your thoughts.
Sounds like good news
<http://citifmonline.com/2017/02/28/mwc-2017-wikipedia-goes-data-free-in-ira…>
.
Wikimedia Ghana UG in our own small way have been talking to local telcos
about Wikipedia Zero since MTN joined.
Any other conversations going on in your countries about Zero? I know SA is
in already. How is it moving along?
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Regards,
Sandister Tei
New Media+Journalism | Wikipedia | Purple People
linkedin.com/in/sandister-tei
Happy Mother Language Day to you all,
Today on Tech & Social Media Trends on the Citi Breakfast Show, I spoke
about the availability of Akan Wikipedia and Ewe Wikipedia: ak.wikipedia.org
and ee.wikipedia.org respectively.
The timing is right because it's only this week we are trying to get more
people editing the two local language wikis.
A reminder of local language activities is that some members who showed
interest are going to join the 16 African Women Translate-a-thon
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/16_African_Women_Translate-a-thon>, local
activities.
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Regards,
Sandister Tei
New Media+Journalism | Wikipedia | Purple People
linkedin.com/in/sandister-tei
16 African Women Translate-a-thon
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/16_African_Women_Translate-a-thon> is
upcoming. I wish that we use the opportunity to translate at least one
article into Akan for our Akan Wikipedia which has been neglected for a
long time.
Yaa Asantewaa is on the list and I was hoping we can improve her Akan
article.
I wanted to suggest activities late in the year dedicated to the Akan
Wikipedia and other local languages if there are editors to support.
However I think we can start today.
If you are interested please write to me stei(a)wmgh.org. Please if you are
already involved in Barcamp Wikipedia I'll suggest you don't join OR you
drop it to join this instead. You might burn out.
If you can handle both w/o any problems, you are always welcome.
--
Regards,
Sandister Tei
New Media+Journalism | Wikipedia | Purple People
linkedin.com/in/sandister-tei
Deadline is in 10 days.
FYI
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Date: Friday, February 10, 2017
Subject: [Wikimania-l] Deadline for Wikimania Scholarships is 20 February
To: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)" <
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Hi all,
Scholarship applications for Wikimania 2017 which is being held in
Montréal, Canada on August 9–13, 2017 are now being accepted. Applications
are open until Monday, 20 February 2017 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.
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selection criteria established by the Scholarship Committee and the
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To learn more about Wikimania 2017 scholarships, please visit:
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on: https://scholarships.wikimedia.org/apply
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Please help us spread the word!
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Hi, guys.
I hope everyone is getting geared up for the event this Saturday.
If you are coming and you have not yet decided on your choice of drink,
that's fine but please note that you have until 2.00pm tomorrow to make up
your mind.
When your mind is made up, kindly fill this form
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to let us know.
Thank you all and enjoy the rest of your day.
Regards,
Georgina.
FYI
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Date: Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 4:35 PM
Subject: [Wikitech-l] Tech Talk: A Gentle Introduction to Wikidata for
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To: Wikimedia developers <wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Wikimedia
Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Please join for the following talk:
*Tech Talk**:* A Gentle Introduction to Wikidata for Absolute Beginners
[including non-techies!]
*Presenter:* Asaf Bartov
*Date:* February 09, 2017
*Time: *19:00 UTC
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major wiki project: Wikidata. We will cover what Wikidata is, how to
contribute, how to embed Wikidata into articles on other wikis, tools like
the Wikidata Game, and how to query Wikidata (including SPARQL examples).
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Regards,
Sandister Tei
New Media+Journalism | Wikipedia | Purple People
linkedin.com/in/sandister-tei
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Sandister Tei
New Media+Journalism | Wikipedia | Purple People
linkedin.com/in/sandister-tei
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Date: 7 Feb 2017 10:22 p.m.
Subject: [Wikimedia ZA] Fwd: [Affiliates] Wikimania 2017 – Scholarships now
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Cc:
FYI - concerning applying for scholarships to attend Wikimania 2017 in
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Date: 6 February 2017 at 15:44
Subject: [Affiliates] Wikimania 2017 – Scholarships now being accepted
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Hi all, forwarding this on behalf of the Wikimania team. Please help
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From: Ellie Young <eyoung(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: 6 February 2017 at 05:08
Subject: Promoting the Wikimania '17 Scholarships
To: Nicole Ebber <nicole.ebber(a)wikimedia.de>
Hi all,
Scholarship applications for Wikimania 2017 which is being held in
Montréal, Canada on August 11–13, 2017 are now being accepted.
Applications are open until Monday, 20 February 2017 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 2017 scholarships, please visit:
https://wikimania2017.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://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships/FAQ ) before
submitting an application.
If you have any questions, please contact:
<wikimania-scholarships at wikimedia.org>
or leave a message at:
https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Scholarships
Please help us spread the word!
Best regards,
for the Scholarship Committee
https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarship_committee
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Wikimedia Foundation
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