Hi,
This year Yerevan (capital of Armenia) is celebrating its 2800th
anniversary.
Wikimedia Armenia organizes an article writing contest on different
language Wikipedias. The aim of the contest is to increase the number of
Yerevan related content in the Internet.
15 participants who will have the most points will be invited to Yerevan to
participate in the events organized in the frames of Yerevan 2800th
anniversary. Wikimedia Armenia will take care of travel and accommodation
expenses of the winners.
For further information :
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Yerevan_International_edit-a-thon
Kind regards,
--
Sami Mlouhi
Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS)
User:Sami Mlouhi <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Sami_Mlouhi>
Creative Commons coordinator, Wikimedia TN User Group
Member, Affiliations Committee (Affcom)
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From: Kaarel Vaidla <kvaidla(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Fri, Jun 22, 2018 at 1:50 AM
Subject: [African Wikimedians] Movement Strategy Process Working Groups
To: <african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
*Dear African colleagues,I am writing to you in relation to the call for
participation in the Strategy Process Working Groups [1] and would like to
encourage you to apply and participate to ensure that perspectives from
different parts of the region will be well presented in these discussions.
If you have any questions regarding the process and the Working Group
model, please do not hesitate to reach out and ask!I am also offering a Q&A
session regarding the process this Sunday, June 24th 1500 GMT (WAT 1600,
CAT 1700, EAT 1800). Let me know about your participation in Doodle poll
[2].Looking forward to hearing your feedback and supporting your
participation!Have a nice continuation to your week!*--
*Kaarel Vaidla*
Process Architect for
Wikimedia Movement Strategy
2030.wikimedia.org
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Working…
[2] https://doodle.com/poll/wr47dhh5anvsc8ry
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From: Zeineb Takouti <zeinebtakouti(a)gmail.com>
Date: 2018-06-10 12:01 GMT+01:00
Subject: Wiki-Indaba Steering Committee (WISCom)
To: african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Dear African Wikimedians,
I hope this email finds you well.
As you will remember that during our Wiki-Indaba
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Indaba> conference in Tunisia it was
agreed that we need to put together a steering committee that will be
responsible for capacity building which includes amongst other things
providing support to countries who wish to host Wiki-Indaba conference in
the future, support Wikimedians within the African continent who wants to
run Wikimedia projects but don't know where to start or how to go about
doing that, as well as finding out about the progress of projects run by
Wikimedians within the African continent and diaspora and letting everyone
know through social media etc.
Currently the Wiki-Indaba Steering Committee (WISCom)
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Indaba#Wiki_Indaba_Steering_Committee_…>
is composed of representatives from countries who were previously host to
the conference, this includes Myself, Bobby Shabangu and Felix Nartey. We
would like to increase the steering committee, and we are calling for
applications from volunteers who are interested to be part of the WISCom.
The applications can be done by answering a few questions on this page here
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Indaba/Steering_Committee_(WISCom)> .
The due date for applications is Friday 22 June 2018.
You are free to share this message on other social groups for more
participation.
Kind regards,
Zeineb Takouti
Zeineb Takouti
Chef de projet / Consultante Junior
Co-fondatrice et secrétaire générale de Carthagina
Membre de Wikimedia TN User Group
GSM: (+216) 54 394 883
*Forwarding this: *
"*African Hour is back!*
*Date: Sunday, June 10th, 2018 *
*Time: 15:00 GMT (16:00 Lagos, 18:00 Amman)*
*The African Hour is aimed at bringing the African community members
together through periodic office hours in order to:*
*- Share updates, constraint and highlights of our activities.*
*- Ask and take questions from community members.*
*- Discuss topics and collaborate.*
*Agenda: *
*- Wiki Indaba follow up - what are some of the action items that came out
of Tunis that the African community needs help with?*
*- Wikimania - what can we do to help?*
*- Creation of new communities - what can we do to help Benin, Chad,
Tanzania, Uganda, Libya?*
*- WikiProject called “The AfroCine Project” - Sam Oye (Nigeria) *
*- Anthere - the launch of Wiki Loves Women in Uganda and Tanzania. What is
planned globally ? *
*Google Hangout on Air:*
*https://hangouts.google.com/?action=group&key=in4jtiWGIIXKSaOg1&pli=1&authuser=1*
<https://hangouts.google.com/?action=group&key=in4jtiWGIIXKSaOg1&pli=1&authu…>
*Youtube Live:*
*https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmC_DhXCOr8ztRHo2MAo5mQ*
<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmC_DhXCOr8ztRHo2MAo5mQ>
*Notes:*
*https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/P%26GR_African_Hour-2*
<https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/P%26GR_African_Hour-2>
*Meta: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_African_Hour
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_African_Hour>*
*Please join us and reach out with any questions. Can you help us spread
the word? It would be great for all our African communities to know about
this and to join if they can. *
*Best,*
*The African Hour Committee*"
Best regards
*Emna Mizouni*
Founder President - Carthagina <https://twitter.com/Carthagina>
Spokeswoman - Wikimedia TN User Group
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_TN_User_Group>
Vice-Curator - Global Shapers Tunis Hub
<https://www.globalshapers.org/hubs/tunis-hub> - WEF
Vice-Chair- Affiliations Committee
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee> - Wikimedia
Foundation
*Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the
sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality!
https://donate.wikimedia.org <https://donate.wikimedia.org>*
Bonjour,
Est ce qu'il y a des volontaires pour traduire ce communiqué de presse
<https://wikimania2018.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania/Press/Annual_Wikipedia_C…>
(en arabe ou français)?
Best
Emna
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From: Isla Haddow Flood <isla(a)wikiloveswomen.org>
Date: Fri, Jun 1, 2018 at 4:21 PM
Subject: Wikimania Cape Town is on its way!!
To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians <african-wikimedians@lists.
wikimedia.org>
Cc: Emna Mizouni <emna.mizouni(a)gmail.com>, Rabbit in a Hat Communications <
sascha(a)rabbitinahat.co.za>, Kui Kinyanjui <mkinyanjui(a)wikimedia.org>
Dear African Wikimedians
Yesterday the Comms team for Wikimania sent out the first press release to
South Africa’s media. It would be great if you could consider sharing this
press release with people (especially media) within your networks. If you
speak Afrikaans, isiXhosa, isiZulu (or any of the other Africa-based
languages), Arabic, French or Portuguese, please also consider translating
it onto the page.
Please find the link here:
https://wikimania2018.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania/Press/
Annual_Wikipedia_Conference_%E2%80%9CWikimania%E2%80%9D_to_
make_debut_in_sub-Saharan_Africa
<https://wikimania2018.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania/Press/Annual_Wikipedia_C…>
Thank you so much - exciting July ahead!!
warmest
Isla
*Isla Haddow-Flood*
Co-project Director
Username: Islahaddow