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[Wikimedia-GH] wlm ghana 2012 next steps
by rupert THURNER 13 Aug '12

13 Aug '12

hi, elya helped us to get a template: * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Ghana_Monument_header * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Ghana_Monument_row and i converted the current list into this template http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Elya/Ghana conversion was done according to the description here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Monuments_database/Database_stru… the tool used: http://area23.brightbyte.de/csv2template.php i also started to copy the list on elya's page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Elya/Ghana) into the ghana page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana%E2%80%99s_material_cultural_heritage) rupert

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[Wikimedia-GH] wlm 2012 next steps
by rupert THURNER 12 Aug '12

12 Aug '12

hi, as the ghana monuments table slowly taking shape, i tried to interlink the information a little bit. wikipedia portal link entered wlm 2012 in news at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Ghana wlm 2012 link and landing page out of http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2012/Partici… i created http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2012_in_Ghana which contains a short todo how to fill this page. rupert.

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[Wikimedia-GH] July Report - Planning Wikimedia Ghana
by Nkansah Rexford 07 Aug '12

07 Aug '12

Last month - the month of July - saw nice improvements in our quest to promote free and open knowledge in Ghana. Translation: The English to Ewe/Twi/Ga/Akan tranlsation saw a major increase in translation memory and glossary contributions that expanded the translations. Over 2,000 words were added to the English to Akan translation memory on Google Translate Toolkit and work on English to Ga is ongoing. From Hong Kong too, Bodomo is working on English to Dagaare translation. I wish to take this platform to also thank Michael Annor, Seyram Ahiabor and Ben Adamtey for their zealous support in expanding the Ghanaian languages on the international stage WLM: Nkansah Rexford also started work on the Wiki Loves Monuments with much support from Rupert, a Wikipedian in Switzerland. Much progress have been reached. Almost all the monuments we can think of are documented on the site and few additions such as coordinates, locations, and comments are being added to make it much complete to be inputted in a database for use in the WLM. New Members: The Meta Wikimedia Ghana site recorded new members to the initial members fold. Sandister Tei, a journalist and blogger, who joined the initial members also helped rope in new members who are High School school (JHS). Her zeal in promoting free and open knowledge became much clearer as she took time off her time to explain to school kids how generous and educative Wikipedia and other sister projects can be to their education. She's now an account hold for our social media campaigns platforms, namely, Wikimedia Ghana (Facebook, Twitter). Permission Request: A request for permission of use of Wikimedia Trademark(s) and logo has been submitted to the Trademark(a)wikimedia.org. Even though awaiting response, we are still working on promoting free and open knowledge. WikiCommons: Myself, Rexford, managed to upload over 20 photos to the Wikicommons domain for public viewing and sharing. Few of the images were embedded in articles and the rest will soon find the seats on wikipedia articles. The way forward: We're all doing a great job in promoting free and open knowledge in our own setting. We're not finding many members to join our fold in furtherance of our goals and objectives. However, the best way to for us to impress on the public is via our contributions to Wikipedia and other sister projects. Via our social media platforms too, lets encourage as many people to partake in promoting free and open knowledge. Still, word of mouth is the best way to get our personal friends to sign up and support Wikimedia. I leave you here and wish you all the best in the month of August in promoting free and open knowledge. Happy Wikimedian 8-) Nkansah Rexford -- Nkansah Rexford N. +233 266 811 165 3D Ghana <http://3dghana.webs.com/> About Me <http://nkansahrexford.webs.com/>

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[Wikimedia-GH] Fwd: [Wiki Loves Monuments] Making centralnotice work in all countries
by rupert THURNER 05 Aug '12

05 Aug '12

Here the information for the linking of the banner. ---------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht ---------- Von: "Lodewijk" <lodewijk(a)effeietsanders.org> Datum: 03.08.2012 18:32 Betreff: [Wiki Loves Monuments] Making centralnotice work in all countries An: "Wiki Loves Monuments Photograph Competition" < wikilovesmonuments(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Hi all, I'd like to draw attention to this once again. Many countries still missing in this list, and we need your url's here to make it work! Thanks, Lodewijk 2012/7/30 Lodewijk <lodewijk(a)effeietsanders.org> > Hi all, > > it is almost August, that means it is time to get the banners ready! :) > For this, we need your help and input. > > On > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2012/Central… you > can find a detailed description on how we plan to move forward. There may > be some technical changes, but we will still need the translations in all > relevant languages of the banner, and the link to the regular landing page. > You can provide that on that page. Please put your information on the > talkpage or in an email in this thread if you don't know how to edit a > wikitable. > > Also, we need like last year for every country a one page description page > in English (if your regular website doesn't happen to be in English). An > example is http://www.wikilovesmonuments.nl/english (maybe with a little > less detail). We need this in case that there are foreigners living in your > country who want to participate, or tourists who visited your country. We > want to link to that English page from our main wikilovesmonuments.orgwebsite and we ask you to link from it from your landing page with a clear > icon or something (i.e. a British flag with the word 'English'). Please > link this from > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2012/Progress (third > table) or again, just add it in the talkpage or in this thread if you don't > know how to edit. > > Thanks for your help on this! > > Lodewijk > > _______________________________________________ Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list WikiLovesMonuments(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org

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Re: [Wikimedia-GH] [Wiki Loves Monuments] Help! - Template to Use | Numbering Suggestion
by Nkansah Rexford 03 Aug '12

03 Aug '12

On 8/2/2012 11:29 PM, Lars Aronsson wrote: > Hi Rexford, >> My name is Rexford. Myself and a couple of friends of mine are >> currently working on making a list of monuments, forts and museums >> here in Ghana (where I live). >> >> We've come up with the list of many of the forts, monuments, and >> museums, with pictures attached to few. >> >> Please view where we've reached so far here: >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana’s_material_cultural_heritage > > This could be an area where Wikimedia chapters in > Sweden and Denmark could create some activity, based > on these countries' 17th century involvement in slave > trade and colonialism (in Denmark's case until 1850). > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_Gold_Coast > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_Gold_Coast > > I was previously on the board of Wikimedia Sweden, but > left that position in February this year. But I think > they are constantly looking for new interesting > projects, especially when it comes to international > collaboration. Here is also a possibility to collaborate > with Swedish and Danish archives and museums. > > Hmmm... Nice suggestion there. Sounds really great. In fact, we, in Ghana, planning a wikimedia local chapter is currently open to collaborations. But since we're kind of 'newbies' to this whole world of wikimedia, maybe sharing some nice guidelines on how we should go about the collaborations will be much appreciated. Rupert (copied; WikimediaCH) introduced us to WLM and he's gradually guiding us through. For me, any collaborations are welcomed, and we're ready to learn more of how to make that work. I don't think its a bad idea that other initial members of planning wikimedia ghana wouldn't love to get involved. Thanks. ;-) Happy Wikimedians -- Rexford +233 266 811 165 3D Ghana <http://3dghana.webs.com/>

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[Wikimedia-GH] Fwd: [WikimediaMobile] Try the new Wiki Loves Monuments Android App!
by rupert THURNER 03 Aug '12

03 Aug '12

Fyi ---------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht ---------- Von: "Philip Chang" <pchang(a)wikimedia.org> Datum: 02.08.2012 07:16 Betreff: [WikimediaMobile] Try the new Wiki Loves Monuments Android App! An: "mobile-l" <mobile-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Announcing the Wiki Loves Monuments Android App, V1.1 beta 1! This app enables mobile monument discovery and photo uploads for the first time, both in terms of mobile functionality overall and for the Wiki Loves Monuments contest. Please turn on "Unknown sources" in Settings => Applications, click on the link below and install. Then go out and take lots of photos! Uploads will go to test wiki so feel free to upload whatever you like (and want to share with the world). http*://* <http://bit.ly/OFS82I>bit.ly/wlmappv1 <http://bit.ly/OFS82I> This is the first public release and is not quite feature-complete. Comments and bugs can go on this page: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_mobile_application/Feedb… Please try the following: * Browse by campaign (this will become browse by country/region/city) * Sort the list by name and address * Search with a search term * Open a monument, click on "Get directions" * Click on add a photo * Login or create a Commons account * Choose from gallery or take a photo * Start uploading * Go back to the opening screen * Click on "Use my current location" * Move around the map, open a cluster (a group of monuments close together) * Click on a pin, open the monument * Add a photo (login should be retained) * Start uploading Let us know what you think! Known issues: * Browse by country/region/city not fully implemented * Full-text search is slow * Map attribution is missing * Sort by distance appears when browsing by country * List view should have a "more" link when lists exceed 100 monuments * Map view will have two types of pins to distinguish monuments with and without photos * Upload later is not yet implemented Please forward this email as appropriate. Initial distribution: mobile-l, wmfall, internal-l, wikitech-l -- Phil Inje Chang Product Manager, Mobile Wikimedia Foundation 415-812-0854 m 415-882-7982 x 6810 _______________________________________________ Mobile-l mailing list Mobile-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l

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[Wikimedia-GH] Fwd: Re: [Wikimedia-l] A task list for a beginning project
by rupert THURNER 01 Aug '12

01 Aug '12

Fyi ---------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht ---------- Von: "Federico Leva (Nemo)" <nemowiki(a)gmail.com> Datum: 31.07.2012 09:09 Betreff: Re: [Wikimedia-l] A task list for a beginning project An: "Wikimedia Mailing List" <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Amir E. Aharoni, 31/07/2012 08:35: Hello, > > There are many projects in small languages. People want to develop > them, but are often not sure what should they do. Even something basic > like "improve existing pages and write new ones" may not be obvious. > > Is there something like a "task list for new projects"? > Yes, a few heroes wrote <https://meta.wikimedia.org/** wiki/Manual_for_small_and_new_**Wikipedias<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Manual_for_small_and_new_Wikipedias>> a while ago (thanks!) but they've never been helped enough to make it complete (and more general). This can be useful too: <https://meta.wikimedia.org/** wiki/Category:Wikimedia_**projects_coordination<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimedia_projects_coordination>> (we need more work on pages like those). Nemo ______________________________**_________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.**org <Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l<https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l>

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[Wikimedia-GH] unsubscribe ...
by solo turn 30 Jul '12

30 Jul '12

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Re: [Wikimedia-GH] joining Wikimedia Ghana's mailing list
by Sandister Tei 30 Jul '12

30 Jul '12

I'd like to subscribe to Wikimedia's mailing list. Regards,Sandister Tei___________________________________________________ Writer | Blogger | Social Media Trainer & Manager | AssistantWWW: sandistertei.comM: +233 20 357 2222 Linkedin Facebook Twitter Google Plus

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[Wikimedia-GH] Press Accreditation football, concerts
by rupert THURNER 28 Jul '12

28 Jul '12

In Europe there is some success organizing accreditations for wikimedians to take press photos at football matches is concerts. Does this exist in Ghana as well that press gets better places for free at such events to be able to take good photos? Rupert

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