Dear Friends and Wikimedians,
We're thrilled to announce that the Call for Submissions
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Student_Summit_2024/Submissions> for
the Wiki Student Summit 2024
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Student_Summit_2024> is now open!
This is your opportunity to share your ideas and expertise with fellow
Wikimedians from diverse backgrounds. Whether you have valuable insights to
offer or a project to showcase, we invite you to join us at our annual
gathering in July.
The Wiki Student Summit 2024 will feature a variety of session formats,
including lectures, panels, workshops, lightning talks, roundtables, and
posters. Additionally, we're introducing a new session format -
Demonstrations. During a Demonstration, presenters will guide participants
through the methods of working with a tool, a workflow, or a program. Each
Demonstration will last for 60 minutes, providing ample time for
interaction and discussion.
This premier event is aimed at uniting Wikimedians in Tanzania, offering an
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On behalf of Open Space Tanzania
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Dear Friends and Wikimedians,
We hope you are doing well.
The Afrocine Project core team would once again like to thank everyone who
contributed towards ensuring the success of the Months of African Cinema
Contest in 2021. Due to your valued efforts, the fourth iteration was a
success! Over 4,000 articles were created across various Wikimedia projects
and in 16 different languages
The Afrocine project is happy to inform you that we will be having the
Months of African Cinema Contest in the months of November and December. (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AfroCine/Months_of_Afri…
)
This year’s iteration comes in a style. We invite participants and
communities to improve content on Wikipedia, specifically infoboxes related
to African Cinema. To indicate your interest in participating, please list
your name or your communities names here. (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AfroCine/Months_of_Afri…
)
This year’s prizes will be as follows:
1st Prize – $150
2nd Prize – $100
3rd Prize – $50
Thank you once again! We are looking forward to your participation.
1.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AfroCine/Months_of_Afri…
2.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AfroCine/Months_of_Afri…
Kind regards,
Ebenezer Mlay,
On behalf of the Afrocine Project
Greetings from Afrocine Project,
It is already the end of the Months of African Cinema global contest and a
lot has been achieved! We have been able to get over 4,000 articles created
in 16 languages!
We are about to constitute the International Jury team, which will consist
of members from all the languages that participated in the global
contest/edit-a-thon. If you would like to join us in the Jury team, please
let us know by 31 December 2021 by filling this form.[1]
Thanks for all your contributions this year and congratulations to you!
Together we are bridging the content gap and improving on the systemic
bias, in-respect of the African continent.
Regards,
Ebenezer Mlay
Community Liaison – Afrocine project
1.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScrt_xGsVNV1rJthKrEQvRlPOTAlgTU0Iz…
Greetings,
Thank you all for your participation and support during the 2021 Months of
African Cinema Contest[1] which ended on 30th November 2021.
Based on our initial statistics, we have been able to get about 3,000
articles created in over 14 languages![2] A big thank you to everyone who
created articles during the contest for making this happen. We also want to
sincerely thank all organizers who have managed to make the contest happen
in their local communities.
The review of all the submitted articles will commence as soon as possible
and we hope to announce winners in February 2022. If you haven’t already,
please remember to list your articles in both the Users by Articles page[3]
and the article achievement section[2] in order to get your articles
assessed by the international jury.
We wish you all a fulfilled month ahead and look forward to your
participation in future projects!
Warm regards,
Eben Mlay
Community Liaison, Afrocine project
1.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AfroCine/Months_of_Afri…
2.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AfroCine/Months_of_Afri…
3.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AfroCine/Months_of_Afri…
Thank you Sam, we would review and see how we could integrate it.
Regards
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> Dear Wikimedians,
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> We have been planning for the past four years the future of the Wikimedia
> movement. It is time to build this future together!
>
> Movement Strategy grant is now available to support you.
>
> The Movement Strategy and Governance team is organising Movement Strategy
> grant conversations for communities to discuss the Movement Strategy grants
> and help volunteers refine their ideas. Join us for the West Africa
> Movement Strategy Grant Conversation hour which is scheduled to take place
> on *November 26, 2021 at 4:00 pm UTC*.
>
> Here's the link to join the call on the day:
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> Come let's discuss problems, brainstorm solutions and help you refine
> brilliant ideas which will solve problems within your communities.
>
> Kindly,
> Sam.
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>
> Sam Oyeyele
>
> Facilitator, Movement Strategy & Governance
>
> Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
>
Dear Wikimedians,
We have been planning for the past four years the future of the Wikimedia
movement. It is time to build this future together!
Movement Strategy grant is now available to support you.
The Movement Strategy and Governance team is organising Movement Strategy
grant conversations for communities to discuss the Movement Strategy grants
and help volunteers refine their ideas. Join us for the West Africa
Movement Strategy Grant Conversation hour which is scheduled to take place
on *November 26, 2021 at 4:00 pm UTC*.
Here's the link to join the call on the day:
https://meet.google.com/yky-aqtz-fiu
Come let's discuss problems, brainstorm solutions and help you refine
brilliant ideas which will solve problems within your communities.
Kindly,
Sam.
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Sam Oyeyele
Facilitator, Movement Strategy & Governance
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
Greetings,
We hope this email finds you well.
It is already the middle of the contest and we are really excited about the
Months of African Contest 2021 [1] achievements so far! We want to extend
our sincere gratitude for the time and energy you have invested.
If you have not yet participated in the contest, it is not too late to do
it. Please list your username as a participant on the contest’s main page.
[2]
Please remember to list the articles you have improved or created on the
article achievements section of the contest page [3] so they can be
tracked. In order to win prizes, be sure to also list your article in the
Users By Articles page.[4] Please note that your articles must be present
in both the article achievement section on the main contest page, as well
as on the Users By Articles page for you to qualify for a prize.
Thank you once again for your valued participation!
Regards,
Ebenezer Mlay
Community Liaison –
Afrocine project
1.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AfroCine/Months_of_Afri…
2.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AfroCine/Months_of_Afri…
3.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AfroCine/Months_of_Afri…
4.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AfroCine/Months_of_Afri…
Greetings!
We hope that this email finds you well.
The Afrocine project core team is happy to inform you that the “Months of
African Cinema” Contest is happening again this year in October and
November. We invite Wikimedians all over the world to join in improving
content related to African cinema on Wikipedia!
Please list your username under the participants’ section
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AfroCine/Months_of_Afri…>
of the contest page to indicate your interest in participating in this
contest.[1] The term "African" in the context of this contest, includes
people of African descent from all over the world, which includes the
diaspora and the Caribbean.
The following prizes would be recognized at the end of the contest, as gift
cards.
-
Overall winners
-
1st Prize - $500
-
2nd Prize - $200
-
3rd Prize - $100
-
Diversity Winner - $100
-
Gender-gap Filler - $100
-
Language Winners - up to $100*
For further information about the contest, the prizes, and how to
participate, please visit the contest page here. [2] For further inquiries,
please leave comments on the contest talk page. We look forward to your
participation!
Best regards,
Eben Mlay
Community Liaison, Afrocine project
1.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AfroCine/Months_of_Afri…
2.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AfroCine/Months_of_Afri…
We hope this email finds you well and you are staying safe.
The Afrocine Project core team would once again like to thank everyone who
contributed towards ensuring the success of the Months of African Cinema
Contest in 2020. Due to your valued efforts, the third iteration was a
success! Over 3,000 articles were created across various Wikimedia projects
and in 19 different languages.
Months of African Cinema, 2021 is three months away! To ensure a more
seamless organization this year and better support, we are calling on
interested local organizers from across the movement to join us in
facilitating this contest in their various communities.
This year, in addition to local community organizers, we are particularly
also inviting Wikimedians to help coordinate the contest in their local
languages, as this will play a huge role in the number of languages that
would be eligible for international prizes. If you would love to join us in
organizing this exciting contest in your local community or your local
language wiki, kindly show your interest by listing your community or
project on the organizer’s meta page. [1] Please try to sign up by 23rd
July 2021.
Thank you once again! We are looking forward to your participation.
Kind regards,
Ebenezer Mlay,
Community Liaison, Afrocine Project
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_AfroCine_Project/Months_of_African_Cine…
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