Hello everyone,
I am in touch with a high school class in South Africa that has been writing Wikipedia Articles in isiXhosa.
Some of the Wikipedians in the class: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IsiXhosa_Wikipedia_Competition_2013_at_Si...
More about the school: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinenjongo_High_School#Free_access_to_Wikipedi...
Their teacher has been helping them with this effort for one hour a week. it's the only time that they have internet access. He told me:
"
**We started with registering everyone as editors on Wikipedia.This took a couple of sessions as there is a Wikipedia limit of 6 registrations from the same computer lab per day.
"
Are there any admins who could change this limit to something more like the size of a large classroom? These students are the only contributors to isiXhosa Wikipedia and they are very excited to work on it.
This is so exciting, thank you for sharing this! I'll add this to the Education programs and projects around the world here;
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education_Portal/Projects_and_Programs
*Be Bold! Sophie Österberg sosterberg@wikimedia.org*
*Every single contribution to Wikipedia is a gift of free knowledge to humanity. *
2013/9/9 Victor Grigas vgrigas@wikimedia.org
Hello everyone,
I am in touch with a high school class in South Africa that has been writing Wikipedia Articles in isiXhosa.
Some of the Wikipedians in the class:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IsiXhosa_Wikipedia_Competition_2013_at_Si...
More about the school:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinenjongo_High_School#Free_access_to_Wikipedi...
Their teacher has been helping them with this effort for one hour a week. it's the only time that they have internet access. He told me:
"
**We started with registering everyone as editors on Wikipedia.This took a couple of sessions as there is a Wikipedia limit of 6 registrations from the same computer lab per day.
"
Are there any admins who could change this limit to something more like the size of a large classroom? These students are the only contributors to isiXhosa Wikipedia and they are very excited to work on it.
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I had a similar issue once in the past at a Wikipedia editing workshop.
The easiest and most practical way is to request an 'account creator' [1] rights, if the they plan to run the project for a long time :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/Account_cre...
or to request the accounts to be created by existing account creators at :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Request_an_account
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Account_creator
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*Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. * *Click the "edit" button now, and help us make it a reality!*
On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 1:13 PM, Victor Grigas vgrigas@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hello everyone,
I am in touch with a high school class in South Africa that has been writing Wikipedia Articles in isiXhosa.
Some of the Wikipedians in the class:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IsiXhosa_Wikipedia_Competition_2013_at_Si...
More about the school:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinenjongo_High_School#Free_access_to_Wikipedi...
Their teacher has been helping them with this effort for one hour a week. it's the only time that they have internet access. He told me:
"
**We started with registering everyone as editors on Wikipedia.This took a couple of sessions as there is a Wikipedia limit of 6 registrations from the same computer lab per day.
"
Are there any admins who could change this limit to something more like the size of a large classroom? These students are the only contributors to isiXhosa Wikipedia and they are very excited to work on it.
--
*Victor Grigas* Storyteller http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Knv6D6Thi0 Wikimedia Foundation vgrigas@wikimedia.org https://donate.wikimedia.org/ _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Yeah, sounds like they aren't on enWiki so will probably need to get it from stewards or request an IP exemption. If they are doing it in a computer lap an IP exemption is probably going to be the best bet. You can see directions on https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mass_account_creation.
James Alexander Legal and Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur
On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 1:23 PM, Haitham Shammaa hshammaa@wikimedia.orgwrote:
I had a similar issue once in the past at a Wikipedia editing workshop.
The easiest and most practical way is to request an 'account creator' [1] rights, if the they plan to run the project for a long time :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/Account_cre...
or to request the accounts to be created by existing account creators at :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Request_an_account
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Account_creator
*--* *Haitham Shammaa* *Learning Strategist, Global South* *Wikimedia Foundation*
*Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. * *Click the "edit" button now, and help us make it a reality!*
On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 1:13 PM, Victor Grigas vgrigas@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hello everyone,
I am in touch with a high school class in South Africa that has been writing Wikipedia Articles in isiXhosa.
Some of the Wikipedians in the class:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IsiXhosa_Wikipedia_Competition_2013_at_Si...
More about the school:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinenjongo_High_School#Free_access_to_Wikipedi...
Their teacher has been helping them with this effort for one hour a week. it's the only time that they have internet access. He told me:
"
**We started with registering everyone as editors on Wikipedia.This took a couple of sessions as there is a Wikipedia limit of 6 registrations from the same computer lab per day.
"
Are there any admins who could change this limit to something more like
the
size of a large classroom? These students are the only contributors to isiXhosa Wikipedia and they are very excited to work on it.
--
*Victor Grigas* Storyteller http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Knv6D6Thi0 Wikimedia Foundation vgrigas@wikimedia.org https://donate.wikimedia.org/ _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
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Thanks everyone!
On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 8:33 PM, James Alexander jalexander@wikimedia.orgwrote:
Yeah, sounds like they aren't on enWiki so will probably need to get it from stewards or request an IP exemption. If they are doing it in a computer lap an IP exemption is probably going to be the best bet. You can see directions on https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mass_account_creation.
James Alexander Legal and Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur
On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 1:23 PM, Haitham Shammaa <hshammaa@wikimedia.org
wrote:
I had a similar issue once in the past at a Wikipedia editing workshop.
The easiest and most practical way is to request an 'account creator' [1] rights, if the they plan to run the project for a long time :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/Account_cre...
or to request the accounts to be created by existing account creators at
:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Request_an_account
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Account_creator
*--* *Haitham Shammaa* *Learning Strategist, Global South* *Wikimedia Foundation*
*Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in
the
sum of all knowledge. * *Click the "edit" button now, and help us make it a reality!*
On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 1:13 PM, Victor Grigas vgrigas@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hello everyone,
I am in touch with a high school class in South Africa that has been writing Wikipedia Articles in isiXhosa.
Some of the Wikipedians in the class:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IsiXhosa_Wikipedia_Competition_2013_at_Si...
More about the school:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinenjongo_High_School#Free_access_to_Wikipedi...
Their teacher has been helping them with this effort for one hour a
week.
it's the only time that they have internet access. He told me:
"
**We started with registering everyone as editors onWikipedia.
This took a couple of sessions as there is a Wikipedia limit of 6 registrations from the same computer lab per day.
"
Are there any admins who could change this limit to something more like
the
size of a large classroom? These students are the only contributors to isiXhosa Wikipedia and they are very excited to work on it.
--
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