New subject: Elorm I hope you saw my response

11 Apr 2013

Hello community,
Wikimedia Outreach in Ghana
Tomorrow there will be a Wikipedia training and Dieu-Donné Gameli of University of Ghana
is hosting us at the ICT center. He has done very well.
I am not certain about turnout but I am hoping we can get new members who will either
edit, or serve the community in some way.
Follow work done so far and pending ones here.
Member activity
Enock Seth Nyamador is also amazing. So far he is closer to a 100 edits as a newbie. He
has about 83 edits since January 2013 and most importantly he is working on the Ewe
Wikipedia. I am recommending him for a position as an executive.
I think we should all be encouraged to support local language Wikipedia.
Dieu-Donné Gameli of University of Ghana is hosting us at the ICT center. He has been
great support. Without him, that platform would have been non existent.
Ato Ulzen Appiah has hosted us all these months at Barcamps where active contributors like
Enock were recruited.
Rexford Nkansah and me (Sandister Tei) have been having trainings before we were funded
and post funding.
Nii Abbey hosted us at MiPROMO and has opened his doors for more trainings with free
internet etc
Oral Ofori linked us to Nii and he paid to ship initial souvenirs which gave us presence
in our initial campaigns.
What have you done for the community lately?

Active editing
Currently I (Sandister Tei) have 232 edits since I joined in August 2012 and Rexford has
729 since January 2012. There are others but I am pretty sure for PWMGH Rexford, Enock and
me have pulled our weight. Even this is not enough because elsewhere people have 1000s.

Editing is the only way to secure our chaptership. A chapter means easier access to
facilities and opportunities to lift the internet and time burdens we have so we can focus
more on contributing. Editing is key. And editing is so easy and comes in various forms
which you can all do if only you tried.

Elsewhere, people have hundreds of thousands of edits and we can all attempt that much. We
are aiming at 20 top editors to secure our chapter. Those helping in other ways, don't
stop but try and click that edit link and even check for common grammar.
We have 3 active contributors, (I stand to be corrected). We are looking for at least 17
more. I am throwing the challenge to all of us.

Sandister Tei has been selected to go to Hong Kong
I applied for the conference scholarship. I got it. I think I am the only one that
applied. Next year, everyone should. It is just for 4 days and I believe you can leave
work or school for just a few days for this important conference. But it starts with
active editing and dedication to the community.

In other news
Our own Jimmy Wales is competing with Larry Page for the most influential in technology
according to Time Magazine.Jimmy started Wikipedia as you all know and his project has
pushed him to that height. Be encouraged. Wikipedia is a big deal. Commit to it and it
will pay off.

I recently went for an interview and the most impressive achievement that I had was my
work with PWMGH. It pushed me to the next level. So assess why you are in this community
anyway and inspire yourself to contribute. We are not interested in titles, we are
interested in doers. 
Hopefully all should pay off soon.

Regards, 
Sandister Tei

----

Writer | Social Media Consultant | Wikimedian 

W: sandistertei.com | Planning Wikimedia Ghana

M: +233 20 357 2222 

Tei Ink Press magazine is currently available via Google Currents app. 
See this page for more details. 		 	   		  

Hong Kong, Latest contributions to Wikimedia Outreach in Ghana & Other News