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Planning Wikimedia Ghana banner
by Richard Nevell 11 Sep '14

11 Sep '14

Hello everyone, In the community village at Wikimania there was a banner with the Planning Wikimedia Ghana logo on. It's currently at the Wikimedia UK offices. If it would be useful for Planning Wikimedia Ghana to have at future events I am happy to send it along in the post (if someone can tell me an address it should go to). Richard -- Richard Nevell Assistant Office Manager Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 20 7065 0753 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*

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Creating an article for the "2014 Ghanaian cholera outbreak"
by Enock Seth Nyamador 11 Sep '14

11 Sep '14

Hey Guys, I know there are a lot of stuffs going on and coming up too but let me just put this across. Today I was looking for one stop information about the current Cholera outbreak in Ghana since June this year but couldn't find one. Putting up an article I think can help some who will definitely be in my shoes someday too. A simple Google search can tell you this year's Cholera outbreak in Ghana (*Not to say what I saw myself in the district that tops them all*) has been well covered around the world which will make citation a lot more easier. [1] Anyone up for joining me edit *2014 Ghanaian cholera outbreak,* If you're, take a look at *2012 Sierra Leonean cholera outbreak* [2] 1. http://goo.gl/lWUtqk 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Sierra_Leonean_cholera_outbreak Thanks. Enock -- @Enock4seth User:Enock4seth

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Sixty ways to help new editors of #Wikipedia
by Oral Ofori 10 Sep '14

10 Sep '14

We already do most of these but there are a couple of cool inclusions that could equally come in handy for both newbies and oldies: blog.wikimedia.org/2014/09/04/sixty-ways-to-help-new-editors/ Oral, Journalist/Publicist/Social Media Specialist/Blogger: www.about.me/OralOfori

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Fwd: Update: Re: Press Release for WLA
by Nkansah Rexford 10 Sep '14

10 Sep '14

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Nkansah Rexford <nkansahrexford(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 11:52 AM Subject: Update: Re: [Wikimedia-GH] Press Release for WLA To: Ato Ulzen-Appiah <abocco(a)gmail.com> Cc: Oral Ofori <oralofori(a)gmail.com>, Sandister Tei <sandistertei(a)gmail.com> Update: Mabel just confirmed she'll be able to handle the press release in union with Oral. That's perfect, right? On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 11:46 AM, Nkansah Rexford <nkansahrexford(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Perfect idea. I'm sure Oral will appreciate an assistant in that regard, > plus he'll get an apprentice to nurture to success. Mabel is viable, I > think. > > I'll talk to Oral (if only he's not listening to us here, lol) > > On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 11:44 AM, Ato Ulzen-Appiah <abocco(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > >> That's a good task for Mabel. >> >> If Mabel is up to it, let's start constituting Oral's team and have her >> officially in it. >> >> - Ato >> >> On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 9:43 AM, Nkansah Rexford < >> nkansahrexford(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I talked to Mabel on writing a piece for us officially and she'll get >>> back to me on that. >>> >>> As many persons can cover a press release on their various blogs, but >>> for WMGH, I was thinking of Mabel. >>> >>> Otherwise, we'll have to settle with Oral to handle that piece of cake >>> for us. So I'm in talks with Mabel. If she can't, Oral is the default >>> Fallback. >>> >>> On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 11:39 AM, Ato Ulzen-Appiah <abocco(a)gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> What happened to the structure? >>>> We should know clearly who has to work on this for WMGH. >>>> >>>> - Ato >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 8:43 AM, Nkansah Rexford < >>>> nkansahrexford(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> There's currently no press release from Ghana about the upcoming Wiki >>>>> Loves Africa. Anyone willing to working on that? A press release link can >>>>> be found below. Thanks >>>>> >>>>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:WLA_Media_Information >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> +Rexford <http://google.com/+Nkansahrexford> | Africa Center >>>>> <http://africacenter.net> | WiR >>>>> <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedian_in_Residence> | >>>>> WikiAfrica <http://wikiafrica.net> | User:Nkansahrexford >>>>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Nkansahrexford> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Wikimedia-GH mailing list >>>>> Wikimedia-GH(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-gh >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> ____________________________ >>>> *Less talk, more action. Morevim to that! :-)* >>>> Blog: Mightyafrican.blogspot.com >>>> Follow me on Twitter ---> @abocco >>>> Learn about GhanaThink & its programs here >>>> <http://www.ghanathink.org/content/ghanathink-foundation-profile>. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> +Rexford <http://google.com/+Nkansahrexford> | Africa Center >>> <http://africacenter.net> | WiR >>> <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedian_in_Residence> | >>> WikiAfrica <http://wikiafrica.net> | User:Nkansahrexford >>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Nkansahrexford> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> ____________________________ >> *Less talk, more action. Morevim to that! :-)* >> Blog: Mightyafrican.blogspot.com >> Follow me on Twitter ---> @abocco >> Learn about GhanaThink & its programs here >> <http://www.ghanathink.org/content/ghanathink-foundation-profile>. >> > > > > -- > +Rexford <http://google.com/+Nkansahrexford> | Africa Center > <http://africacenter.net> | WiR > <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedian_in_Residence> | WikiAfrica > <http://wikiafrica.net> | User:Nkansahrexford > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Nkansahrexford> > -- +Rexford <http://google.com/+Nkansahrexford> | Africa Center <http://africacenter.net> | WiR <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedian_in_Residence> | WikiAfrica <http://wikiafrica.net> | User:Nkansahrexford <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Nkansahrexford> -- +Rexford <http://google.com/+Nkansahrexford> | Africa Center <http://africacenter.net> | WiR <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedian_in_Residence> | WikiAfrica <http://wikiafrica.net> | User:Nkansahrexford <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Nkansahrexford>

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Fwd: [Wikidata-l] Fwd: congratulations
by Enock Seth Nyamador 10 Sep '14

10 Sep '14

For the Wikidata contributors! Enock -- @Enock4seth [[User:Enock4seth]] ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Gerard Meijssen" <gerard.meijssen(a)gmail.com> Date: Sep 10, 2014 7:26 AM Subject: [Wikidata-l] Fwd: congratulations To: "WikiData-l" <wikidata-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Cc: Hoi, The latest statistics show that we may finally say that "only 50% of our items have zero, one or two statements". No longer can we say more that 50% of our items have zero or one statement. THAT is in my opinion a great indication of our progress of bringing data to Wikidata. As a consequence we become more information and useful. It is important to know that the first statements are in many ways the most difficult but also the most important. They often include the instances of or subclasses. Congratulations !!! Thanks, GerardM _______________________________________________ Wikidata-l mailing list Wikidata-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l

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Press Release for WLA
by Nkansah Rexford 10 Sep '14

10 Sep '14

There's currently no press release from Ghana about the upcoming Wiki Loves Africa. Anyone willing to working on that? A press release link can be found below. Thanks https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:WLA_Media_Information -- +Rexford <http://google.com/+Nkansahrexford> | Africa Center <http://africacenter.net> | WiR <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedian_in_Residence> | WikiAfrica <http://wikiafrica.net> | User:Nkansahrexford <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Nkansahrexford>

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Fwd: [Wikitech-l] Individual Engagement Grants Committee recruiting for members
by Nkansah Rexford 09 Sep '14

09 Sep '14

Rexford | google.com/+Nkansahrexford | sent from Smartphone ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Pine W" <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> Date: Sep 9, 2014 7:58 PM Subject: [Wikitech-l] Individual Engagement Grants Committee recruiting for members To: "Wikimedia Mailing List" <Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, " wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org" <wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, "Wiki Research-l" <wiki-research-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, "Individual Engagement Grants Committee" <iegcom(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Cc: Dear all, The Individual Engagement Grants Committee is seeking new members. We are diverse, consensus-based committee with members on five continents and a variety of skills. As a group we speak 16 languages and have over 500,000 edits to a variety of Wikimedia sites. We review grant applications twice per year in four categories: Research, Tools (usually software), Online community organizing, and Offline outreach and partnerships. Members may specialize in as few or as many areas as they wish. We look for the following qualifications. This information is taken from our Meta page. Mandatory: 1. Experience with the Wikimedia movement and at least one Wikimedia project <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_projects>. 2. Experience with some aspect of Wikimedia programmatic or project-based work, e.g. editor engagement, WikiProjects or other on-wiki organizing processes, outreach, events, partnerships, research, education, gadget or bot-building, etc. 3. Ability to edit basic wiki-markup (grant proposal discussions are largely conducted on meta-wiki). 4. Reasonable facility with English, for reviewing and discussing grant proposals. 5. In good community- and legal- standing (not currently blocked or banned, involved in allegations of unethical financial behavior, etc). 6. Availability to actively engage in the selection process during the published schedule for that round (time commitment is about 3 hours per week, plus 1 extra day for scoring). Preferable: 1. Experience leading, coordinating, or managing projects with an intended on-wiki or online impact. 2. Experience handling externally provided money and working within budgets, preferably in a non-profit context. 3. Experience applying for grants or working in grants programs (in the Wikimedia, academic, or wider non-profit world). 4. Ability to read and write in multiple languages. Acceptable: 1. Members may apply for an Individual Engagement Grant themselves, but they will recuse themselves from reviewing proposals in the same category as their own during that round. 2. Membership does not conflict with membership in other Wikimedia committees, including the Grant Advisory Committee < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Grants:PEG/Grant_Advisor… > or the Wikimania Scholarships Committee. Please apply at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Committee#ieg-candidates. The close of the application period is September 21. The Committee will review the applications internally and announce new members by early October, coinciding with the start of the public review period for new grant proposals. For the Committee, Pine _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

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Take part in the Wikipedia Stub Contest and Win Amazon Vouchers!
by Enock Seth Nyamador 08 Sep '14

08 Sep '14

Hi, Want to try your new Wikipedia skills improving stubs [1] (of course I recommend Ghana and Africa related :-)) and win Amazon vouchers, then; The Stub Contest [2] is a short intensive contest focusing on de-stubbing and expanding as many of Wikipedia's stub articles as possible. It has been run twice: first in November/December 2004, and then December 1-31 2013. Nine years is a long time between drinks! It is running again, from 1 - 30 September 2014, with prizes (Amazon vouchers) awarded a few weeks afterwards. The prizes will be a 100 Euro voucher for Amazon for first place, EURO 50 for 2nd place, EURO 25 for 3rd and 4th place, with EURO 25 special prizes for the editor who de-stubs the oldest stub (dated from first day of creation) and EURO 25 special prize for the editor who de-stubs the stub that received the highest number of page views on September 1st 2014 (i.e. the first day of the competition). Good luck! :-) 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Stub 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Stub_Contest - Enock

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The big Fb meet up
by Sandister Tei 08 Sep '14

08 Sep '14

The 11 people who opted to join the meet up. It's at 2.00pm. I have contacted some of you already. By 12.30pm kindly fulfil the Y/N task. Regards, Sandister Tei ----- Journalism @ JOMEC <http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/jomec/> // Owner Tei Ink <http://www.teiink.com/> // Co founder Wikimedia Ghana UG <http://planningwikimediaghana.blogspot.co.uk/> www.sandistertei.com | +447448223686 | teisd(a)cardiff.ac.uk | sandistertei(a)teiink.com

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Wiki Loves Africa
by Nkansah Rexford 08 Sep '14

08 Sep '14

I'm helping with the Wiki Loves Africa. Anyone from GH also willing to handle stuffs on the ground? -- +Rexford <http://google.com/+Nkansahrexford> | Africa Center <http://africacenter.net> | WiR <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedian_in_Residence> | WikiAfrica <http://wikiafrica.net> | User:Nkansahrexford <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Nkansahrexford>

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