Certainly, once we pick a date and time, I can send a Google Meet link,
which allows up to 250 participants, so absolutely anyone is welcome to
join.
Thank you, Masssly, for that relevant recording! I hadn't known about it.
A.
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On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 7:57 PM Mohammed Sadat Abdulai <masssly(a)ymail.com>
wrote:
> The deletion process can get quite complex, I know many folks get
> discouraged by it. My experience in the matter has been to avoid a
> defensive stance although the entity might be * clearly * notable. It
> works sometimes for me :)
>
>
>
> Since this is obviously a matter many people struggle with, other folks
> are probably going to want to join the call too.
>
>
>
> @Justice Okai-Allotey <owulakpakpo(a)gmail.com> Might you be interested to
> organize something larger so Asaf can talk to the community at large.
>
>
>
> If this doesn’t happen, A+F recorded a session recently about “engaging in
> deletion discussion” that could be helpful to many:
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Art_%2B_Feminism_Community_Hours_-_…
>
>
>
> -Masssly
>
>
>
> *From: *Asaf Bartov <abartov(a)wikimedia.org>
> *Sent: *Tuesday, April 21, 2020 2:47 PM
> *To: *Wikimedia Ghana User Group <wikimedia-gh(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
> *Subject: *Re: [Wikimedia-GH] Deletion of Article
>
>
>
> Okay, yes, let's separate these two issues, because they are actually
> quite distinct:
>
>
>
> 1. Notability is a yes/no question, which needs to be established (just
> once, for the entire lifetime of the article) using only reliable sources,
> dealing directly with the subject, but independent of the article subject.
> (This was also covered in the training in Ghana.)
>
>
>
> 2. NPOV, on the other hand, is *not* a yes/no question, but a general bar
> you have to meet *in each and every sentence of the article* (except inside
> quotations etc.), and that can rely on all sorts of sources and even no
> sources at all. (e.g. "X is a Ghanaian singer" is perfectly *neutral* even
> without sources. It won't be enough to establish *notability*, but those
> are separate questions.)
>
>
>
> I deliberately asked about NPOV, because I recognize that Notability is
> made tougher to establish for African subjects because of relative paucity
> of sources on the one hand, and possible bias on the other hand. This
> person may or may not be notable -- I have no idea and haven't done
> research myself -- but it is concerning that your article was also found to
> be promotional. The reason I am concerned is that *even though* the two
> questions are logically distinct and, properly, should be judged
> separately, in practice if a patroller sees an article with what they
> perceive as a blatantly promotional tone, they *would* be a lot more
> suspicious of the article's notability as well.
>
>
>
> So, you can obtain the article text via [[WP:UND]], and then we can
> perhaps schedule a call to rebiew it and have a discussion, and either fix
> it if it needs fixing, or learn from it if it can't be fixed and look for
> more notable subjects. I am generally flexible these days, and am in the
> UTC+3 time zone. Are there days/times that would be particularly
> convenient for you (plural, any of you who may be interested)?
>
>
>
> A.
>
>
>
> *Asaf Bartov *(he/him/his)
>
> Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities
>
> Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
>
>
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> sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality!
>
> https://donate.wikimedia.org
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 5:13 PM Justice Okai-Allotey <
> owulakpakpo(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Asaf,
>
>
>
> Unfortunately, I don't have a save text of the article I wrote for Michael
> Aboya and no I wasn't paid to edit that article, I made a judgement of
> notability from what I saw about him online.
>
>
>
> Also, I made sure everything I wrote was from a neutral point of view, I
> sent it to a few experienced editors in our community to check my text if I
> had missed something and from the response, I got it wasn't promotional.
> For Michael Aboya I found so many articles from secondary sources speaking
> about him but it still got deleted because to those editors he should have
> done something major. He won a global photography competition so I thought
> that is something noteworthy to write about.
>
>
>
> I would be glad to get a refresher on NPOV but a lot of the times it has
> more to do with Notability and how to determine it within the several
> contexts.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Justice.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 1:57 PM Asaf Bartov <abartov(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
> As the article has already been deleted, I can't see and judge for
> myself. But there was mention of promotional language in the discussion
> about Michael Aboya, at least. Was there indeed promotional language? If
> so, how come? I know for a fact you know how to write NPOV text, because I
> remember personally demonstrating it in Ghana, with you in the room. Was
> indeed a paid editing job? Did you not notice you were using non-NPOV
> language?
>
>
>
> (If it's the latter, I am happy to offer a call where we can go over this
> again -- perhaps even fix the article, if you have a saved copy -- to make
> sure future efforts of yours don't end up with text that is
> encyclopedically unacceptable.)
>
>
>
> I'm interested in helping resolve this. Obviously, resolving this can't
> require breaking Wikipedia's rules, though.
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
>
>
> A.
>
>
>
> *Asaf Bartov *(he/him/his)
>
> Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities
>
> Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
>
>
> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the
> sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality!
>
> https://donate.wikimedia.org
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 4:00 PM Justice Okai-Allotey <
> owulakpakpo(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
>
>
> I started a conversation on our Telegram chat group about getting my
> articles (User:Owula kpakpo) tagged for deletion by one editor (
> User:Versace1608 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Versace1608>) and
> other editors like (User:Kwamevaughan) also expressed same sentiments about
> getting articles his written tagged for deletion.
>
>
>
> In other to settle this and get a community response to such issues in the
> future and how we can settle issues of notability criteria within our
> contest as Ghanaians. Another volunteer (User:Enock4seth) asked that it be
> shared here so we can properly document such discussions for later.
>
>
>
> Find links to the various articles under scrutiny below. Also, feel free
> to add any further information to this discussion so we can properly deal
> with it moving forward.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Justice.
>
>
>
> [1]
> https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Miscellany_for_deletion/Draft:B4b…
> <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Miscellany_for_deletion/Draft:B4b…>
>
> [2]
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Deletion_sorting/Ghana
>
> [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Camidoh
>
> [4]
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Michael_Aboya
>
>
>
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>
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>
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>
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Greetings MoveCom!
I hope that you are all staying safe, doing well, and washing your hands a
lot. As you all know, there is a lot going on in our movement, and we hope
to hear from more of you soon about these developments (in the meantime,
check out the Meta-Wiki COVID-19 portal)[1]. For now, I have a quick update
on some of the Wikimedia Foundation's planned Earth Day activities
beginning this week. We also would like to hear what others are doing for
Earth Day. If your group is engaged in some Earth Day activities - let us
know here!
Next Wednesday, 22 April, people around the world are celebrating Earth
Day. The Wikimedia Foundation is providing staff with the day off to
encourage them to participate in a variety of projects taking place in
support of climate change. We are also showing our support for this effort
by once again participating in a campaign hosted on the Foundation's
website (wikimediafoundation.org). This campaign is affiliated with the
same group that coordinated the September 2019 Digital Climate Strike that
we also participated in with the Foundation's website. It’s part of an Earth
Da <https://www.earthdaylive2020.org/>y Live
<https://www.earthdaylive2020.org/> [2] initiative to support COVID-19
relief; since the pandemic means no public events, youth activists are
throwing a massive three-day livestream to celebrate the fiftieth
anniversary of Earth Day, featuring celebrities, activists, musical
performances.
The campaign is similar in operation to the 2019 Digital Climate Strike.
>From now until Earth Day (22 April) a small banner will appear on the
Foundation's website notifying them of our participation in the Earth Day
Live 2020 campaign,[2] and inviting them to participate in a variety of
online efforts. On Earth Day, a full page banner will be displayed on the
Foundation's website inviting people to join efforts to promote climate
change. Visitors to the website will have the ability to close the banner,
the banners will only appear on the Foundation's website, and we are
following that site's existing Privacy Policy.
While many within the Foundation have held strong commitments to
sustainability efforts for several years, the organization has more
formally been engaging in and supporting those efforts since the Board
passed a resolution in 2017 stating our commitment to environmental
sustainability.[3] We have since continued to expand our efforts and find
new ways to both raise awareness of this issue and decrease any negative
impacts we may be having on the planet's climate.[4] The staff and
contractors of the Foundation have shown a great deal of enthusiasm for our
Earth Day plans this year, and while we have a lot more left to do, real
progress is being made.
We have also posted a notice on Phabricator about this banner appearing in
case anyone fears it was not intentional. If you have any questions related
to our activities, please let me know. And again, please let us know about
what Earth Day activities you are engaged in. It is helpful for us when
preparing things for the press who ping us with inquiries.
Thank you, please stay safe and wash your hands!
-greg
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/COVID-19
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Dear Wikimedia communities,
The spread of the COVID-19 pandemic is a reminder of our global human
interconnectedness, and the responsibilities we have to one another. It is
also a moment that reminds us of how essential free and open knowledge is
around the world.
With roughly half the world under some form of restriction, traffic to the
Wikimedia projects has surged. Last Sunday, April 5th, we counted over 673
million page views in a single day across our projects, a five-year high
(from when we started using these measurements), and an increase of 30.5%
above the same day last year. At the time of this writing (Wednesday, April
8th) that was a new record for our projects. On Sunday, March 29th, we
counted over 650 million page views in a single day across our projects, a
record five-year high (from when we started using these measurements), and
an increase of 31.5% above the same day last year. Articles related to the
coronavirus and COVID-19 are among the most popular articles across dozens
of language Wikipedias.
Moments of uncertainty are often moments in which our movement shines.
Every day, every hour, thousands of Wikimedians are working diligently to
keep the world informed, from combing through medical updates in real-time
to make sure our COVID-19 articles are as accurate as possible, to creating
data models around COVID-19 patterns on Wikidata, to teaching people how to
contribute from the safety of their home.
At the Wikimedia Foundation, we have the honor of supporting all of your
work. We see its importance hundreds of millions of times each day as
people around the globe seek information. We hear from donors, readers,
educators, partners, journalists, and advocates around the world about how
much you matter.
*Today, I want to express our gratitude for what you have created on these
sites and in this movement. Thank you.*
We also want to hear how you are doing and what you need as volunteers,
organized groups, or affiliates during the pandemic. Please share and
discuss what you will need on this Meta-Wiki talk page:
Meta-Wiki:Talk:COVID-19 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:COVID-19>
If you are interested in what the Foundation is doing, we have set up a
Meta-Wiki page with this information, where we invite others to contribute
additional information from across the movement: Meta-Wiki:COVID-19
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/COVID-19>
This is a moment in which not only what we do, but how we do it, will make
a meaningful impact on the world. We are so grateful for all that you do as
a movement to continue to rise to the challenges of our moment. On behalf
of all of us at the Wikimedia Foundation, thank you for your work and
dedication, your commitment to the Wikimedia vision, and your care for
people around the world.
Yours,
Katherine
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Hello there,
I hope you are well and observing all life-preserving advice whether you
are staying at home, or providing an essential service and hence have to be
out.
Now that we have cancelled all offline Wikimedia activities Wikimedia Ghana
User Group starting Monday, April 6, 2020, with the help of some
volunteers, will be holding online Wikipedia 101 and Wikidata 101 classes.
These will be for editors who see themselves as beginners.
Experienced editors are invited to help maintain the 2020 coronavirus
pandemic in Ghana Wikipedia
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_coronavirus_pandemic_in_Ghana> page.
Links to breaking news stories are shared on our Telegram page daily
<https://t.me/joinchat/CAWfZhODEsRaMSo59xft4Q>, and experienced editors can
make use of that, to update the wiki.
To register for the training, please fill this form
<https://forms.gle/xCxmKPqcVyQhN9qG7>.
We know editing and volunteering for this community has been one of the
ways you have spent your leisure time and we hope these measures will keep
you engaged for now.
For more details, you can email Wikimedia Ghana User Group via
community(a)wmgh.org.
Best regards,
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––
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