Hello Asaf,
Thanks for getting the zip file of all the files for me. It was really
smaller than I expected.
I have gone through the 800+ images and I have selected just a little over
100 images as candidate images to present to the jury.[1]
I wish to hereby add a *disclaimer *(I've cc'ed wikimedia-gh list as well):
*The list of selected images I present contains about 10 of images I took
and uploaded. I included them, not because I took them, but because I think
they are not bad images and as such are worth to be considered candidate
images to present. The jury are free to exclude or include them upon
reviewing the images.[2]*
The compressed folder of images also contain a .txt file with links to the
selected images original files on Commons.
As it stands now, the selected images are ready. I hope we can get a jury
to take it from here? And whats more, the list I present is just something
*I* feel are good. The jury are free to also go through the 800+ images in
case they wish to widen their taste. :p
I think in general, images that came from Ghana aren't that deviating from
this year's competition theme.
Thanks
[1]
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzYMD3-MMBy8Zmp2MjU0UUNCRkU/view?usp=shari…
[2] My username on commons is [[UserNkansahrexford]]
On Thursday, January 15, 2015, Asaf Bartov <abartov(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Hi, Rexford.
>
> Based on this need, I'm building a downloader tool (as a volunteer; this
> isn't done in my WMF role) to help create such collections of
> reduced-resolution (any size you want) images for a given Commons
> category. It's not quite ready for use, but in the meantime I've created
> the collection you wanted in the size you specified. It is 157 megabytes
> in size, and you can download it (in a 7-Zip[1] archive) from here[2].
>
> I hope this helps, and let me know if you run into other issues.
>
> A.
>
> [1] if you don't know/have a decompressor yet, see
> http://7-zip.org/download.html for binaries for all platforms.
> [2] http://tools.wmflabs.org/glamify/WLA_Ghana.7z
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 10:45 PM, Nkansah Rexford <
> nkansahrexford(a)gmail.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','nkansahrexford(a)gmail.com');>> wrote:
>
>> I have enough space, just the connection to transfer onto my space is the
>> issue.
>>
>> But I think 3 Gig shouldn't be an issue to work with.
>>
>> rexford | google.com/+Nkansahrexford
>> On Jan 14, 2015 1:13 AM, "Asaf Bartov" <abartov(a)wikimedia.org
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','abartov(a)wikimedia.org');>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 4:21 PM, Platonides <platonides(a)gmail.com
>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','platonides(a)gmail.com');>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 14/01/15 00:50, Nkansah Rexford wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks. We'll really love it if you help get it up and running for us.
>>>>>
>>>>> The category is:
>>>>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_from_
>>>>> Wiki_Loves_Africa_2014_in_Ghana
>>>>>
>>>>> As regards resolution, a 1080x720 will be great. Upon picking the ones
>>>>> interested, we can hunt for their full res later.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It's actually easier to grab the full res one, so unless there are disk
>>>> space problems I would prefer to grab that.
>>>>
>>>
>>> The issue in Ghana is bandwidth, not space.
>>>
>>> A.
>>>
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This event has been changed.
Title: Edit Ghana Training Sessions
I am extremely excited to also inform you that for a period of 5 continuous
weeks, we will be hosting training sessions for individuals who wish to
contribute to Wikipedia and to project the image of Ghana while
contributing to the sum of all human knowledge through rich contents on the
platform. These will be held as part of a project titled Edit Ghana which
focuses on retaining editors for the cause of contributing contents from
our part of the world, to serve as a useful resource for Ghanians and to
further compliment opportunities such as the Wikipedia Zero Project.
We are looking at creating a community of active editors who will help us
champion our goal to achieve this worthy cause. Listed below are the dates
to take note and their corresponding topics to be treated.
5 pillars of Wikipedia - 17th January, 2015
Syntax hands on - 24th January, 2015
Citation and referencing hands on - 31st January, 2015
Introduction to other sister projects - 7th February, 2015
Edit-a-thon - 14th February,
2015
Photowalk event - 21st February, 2015
Venue is Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT and time is
2:00 - 5:00 pm each day.
Come join us contribute to the sum of all human knowledge, come lets tell
our story and promote our heritage!!
Cheers
When: Weekly on Friday, Saturday, from Sat Jan 17 to Sat Feb 21 (changed)
Where: AITI-KACE (Advance Information Technology Institute- Kofi Annan
Centre of Excelence), Osu Klottey, Accra 233, Ghana
Calendar: Felix Nartey
Who:
* Felix Nartey - organizer
* wikimedia-gh(a)lists.wikimedia.org
* Edit Ghana
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This event has been changed.
Title: Edit Ghana Training Sessions
I am extremely excited to also inform you that for a period of 5 continuous
weeks, we will be hosting training sessions for individuals who wish to
contribute to Wikipedia and to project the image of Ghana while
contributing to the sum of all human knowledge through rich contents on the
platform. These will be held as part of a project titled Edit Ghana which
focuses on retaining editors for the cause of contributing contents from
our part of the world, to serve as a useful resource for Ghanians and to
further compliment opportunities such as the Wikipedia Zero Project.
We are looking at creating a community of active editors who will help us
champion our goal to achieve this worthy cause. Listed below are the dates
to take note and their corresponding topics to be treated.
5 pillars of Wikipedia - 17th January, 2015
Syntax hands on - 24th January, 2015
Citation and referencing hands on - 31st January, 2015
Introduction to other sister projects - 7th February, 2015
Edit-a-thon - 14th February,
2015
Photowalk event - 21st February, 2015
Venue is Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT and time is
2:00 - 5:00 pm each day.
Come join us contribute to the sum of all human knowledge, come lets tell
our story and promote our heritage!!
Cheers
When: Weekly on Friday, Saturday, from Sat Jan 17 to Sat Feb 21 (changed)
Where: AITI-KACE (Advance Information Technology Institute- Kofi Annan
Centre of Excelence), Osu Klottey, Accra 233, Ghana
Calendar: flixtey(a)gmail.com
Who:
* Felix Nartey - organizer
* wikimedia-gh(a)lists.wikimedia.org
* Edit Ghana
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Good to hear, I would be available for the February events, let me know if I can be of assistance.
Regards
-Masssly
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Edit Ghana Training Sessions
I am extremely excited to also inform you that for a period of 5 continuous weeks, we will be hosting training sessions for individuals who wish to contribute to Wikipedia and to project the image of Ghana while contributing to the sum of all human knowledge through rich contents on the platform. These will be held as part of a project titled Edit Ghana which focuses on retaining editors for the cause of contributing contents from our part of the world, to serve as a useful resource for Ghanians and to further compliment opportunities such as the Wikipedia Zero Project.
We are looking at creating a community of active editors who will help us champion our goal to achieve this worthy cause. Listed below are the dates to take note and their corresponding topics to be treated.
5 pillars of Wikipedia - 17th January, 2015
Syntax hands on - 24th January, 2015
Citation and referencing hands on - 31st January, 2015
Introduction to other sister projects - 7th February, 2015
Edit-a-thon - 14th February, 2015
Photowalk event - 21st February, 2015
Venue is Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT and time is 2:00 - 5:00 pm each day.
Come join us contribute to the sum of all human knowledge, come lets tell our story and promote our heritage!!
Cheers
When
Weekly on Friday, from Fri Jan 16 to Fri Feb 20
Where
AITI-KACE (Advance Information Technology Institute- Kofi Annan Centre of Excelence), Osu Klottey, Accra 233, Ghana (map)
Calendar
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Who
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wikimedia-gh(a)lists.wikimedia.org
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You have been invited to the following event.
Title: Edit Ghana Training Sessions
I am extremely excited to also inform you that for a period of 5 continuous
weeks, we will be hosting training sessions for individuals who wish to
contribute to Wikipedia and to project the image of Ghana while
contributing to the sum of all human knowledge through rich contents on the
platform. These will be held as part of a project titled Edit Ghana which
focuses on retaining editors for the cause of contributing contents from
our part of the world, to serve as a useful resource for Ghanians and to
further compliment opportunities such as the Wikipedia Zero Project.
We are looking at creating a community of active editors who will help us
champion our goal to achieve this worthy cause. Listed below are the dates
to take note and their corresponding topics to be treated.
5 pillars of Wikipedia - 17th January, 2015
Syntax hands on - 24th January, 2015
Citation and referencing hands on - 31st January, 2015
Introduction to other sister projects - 7th February, 2015
Edit-a-thon - 14th February,
2015
Photowalk event - 21st February, 2015
Venue is Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT and time is
2:00 - 5:00 pm each day.
Come join us contribute to the sum of all human knowledge, come lets tell
our story and promote our heritage!!
Cheers
When: Weekly on Friday, from Fri Jan 16 to Fri Feb 20
Where: AITI-KACE (Advance Information Technology Institute- Kofi Annan
Centre of Excelence), Osu Klottey, Accra 233, Ghana
Calendar: Felix Nartey
Who:
* Felix Nartey - organizer
* wikimedia-gh(a)lists.wikimedia.org
* Edit Ghana
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Hello,
This is a project you might want read about.
Best.
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Dear colleagues
let me draw your attention to my blog post about our progress in the
senior citizen education program!
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/01/12/czech-senior-citizens-learn-to-edit/
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Hi everyone!
The 4th annual WikiWomen's History Month is in March, coinciding with
Women's History Month. This event is cross-cultural, international, and
multi-lingual.
Please start planning your events to contribute content to Wikipedia and
related Wikimedia websites about women's history! You can post your events
and find resources on how to implement edit-a-thons and workshops here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiWomen's_History_Month
Any questions just let me know!
I look forward to your participation!
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There's an ongoing thread about whether Media wiki should incorporate
social media sharing capabilities.
FYI
rexford | google.com/+Nkansahrexford
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From: "Jon Robson" <jdlrobson(a)gmail.com>
Date: Jan 9, 2015 10:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Wikitech-l] Stance on Social Media
To: "Wikimedia developers" <wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Cc:
On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 1:18 PM, Gregory Varnum <gregory.varnum(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> There is indeed a mighty debate about this. When we discussed the simple
> idea of a WikiShare extension to post articles on social media sites - it
> raised a hell storm that I still have war flashbacks from.
I'm interested in this.
Unlike most sites, we don't provide share buttons that encourage
people to share our content. Sure people can still share it, but
people can sometimes be lazy. A reddit this, tweet this button, share
button might make all the difference.
Are we missing opportunities by not encouraging people to interact
with these large social networks e.g. helping them shout about new
pages they have created, pages that they wish were better? I mean when
I look back to article feedback I wonder why that wasn't implemented
as a share button as it would have tapped into an already established
market and hopefully brought attention to articles in need of
improvement.
What if #editwikipedia became a trending topic on Twitter due to us
adding a tweet this page feature to edit mode. Wouldn't this be a good
thing? Even at the cost of a share button that could be seen as
supporting a non-open site. Why are we not exploring this kind of
thing?
In addition to this we don't play well with these sites. For example
if you post a link to Wikipedia on any social media website the image
that gets shared tends to be the mediawiki.org site (FYI [1]). It
probably makes the article on social networks look less appealing and
possibly less attention gets drawn to it. Why are we not celebrating
the work of our editors more?
[1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T66930
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