Thanks Felix. Let's create more public awareness then.
Best,
On 01/09/2015 04:57 PM, Felix Nartey wrote:
Happy New Year!!
Hope we all enjoyed the holidays and are ready kick start the year
with some rejuvenation. It is my pleasure to announce to you all the
Wikipedia Zero Project
<https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwuCUZiFHDV_Sk54ZnpqbHczNHdJX1ZxWmRTX2FZb2U1ay1N/view?usp=sharing>
is
now live and you can all benefit from this now. You can now browse
Wikipedia and other sister projects for free via MTN, see press
release here
<http://www.myjoyonline.com/business/2014/December-22nd/mtn-ghana-empowers-customers-with-free-access-to-wikipedia.php>.
The best part of it is we (editors) can also edit contribute to
Wikipedia for free.
I am extremely excited to 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
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/Wikimedia_Ghana_Usergroup/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
<https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwuCUZiFHDV_Sk54ZnpqbHczNHdJX1ZxWmRTX2FZb2U1ay1N/view?usp=sharing>.
Just as posted on here earlier the Edit Ghana
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/Wikimedia_Ghana_Usergroup/Edit_Ghana>
project has been approved to run the phase 2 which is pilot for the
real deal, phase 3. We are looking at creating a community of active
and committed 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<http://www.aiti-kace.com.gh/> /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
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