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complete the first time.]
Dear Egyptian friends
I am Fanny, User:Inisheer, mostly active on fr.wikipedia and as a
photographer on Commons – especially on sports events and in museums,
where, along with fellow contributors and with the support of the Swiss
chapter, Wikimedia CH, I established numerous contacts with events
organizers and cultural institutions.
I am contacting you today because I am considering a big photographic
project in Egypt and I would like to know if some of you would be willing
to join in a way or another. The goal is to get authorizations to
photograph the interiors of the tombs in the Valley of the Kings and the
Valley of the Queens and, depending on the agenda, the temples of Abu
Simbel and some less known sites (yet to be defined). The precise budget
will be defined during the next months and the action would take place in
February or March 2016. I can spend up to two weeks on site, so it is
possible to achieve something interesting.
Feel free to ask whatever question you could have.
Kind regards
Fanny
Hello Every one,
I'm Ali Saeed, co-founder of a photography club in Alexandria, named "View Finders". Also I was an active member in Arabic Wikipedia. Here is my old user page in Wikipedia User:Ali_Saeed
Without any doubt I can help you to reach to many photographers, also a contact with other photography clubs in Egypt. The thing I want to discuss here is how will we manage this stuff. How will we announce, and target the photographers.
The most challenging part from my point of view is not the pictures, it's how we can find an easy way for the photographers to put their pictures on Wikipedia without any long tutorials. Our main target is to find photographer interested to contribute in this project, but not to make them face the dilemma of the wiki codes.
So I suppose to create a very short tutorial for photographer describing in a very simple way how to deal with Wikimedia commons. I also recommend that this tutorial to be a short video.
Also we may need to dedicate a team for select and publish the required topics.
Another thing, we have to focus on the benefits that the photographer will gain from this project. The international exposure, prizes if exist. Also the benefits if a photography club as an organization want to share in this project whether for my photography club or any other club.
Best Regards,Ali Saeed
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Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 18:35:36 +0200
From: Mohamed Mostafa ouda <mmustafa8(a)gmail.com>
To: Fanny Schertzer <fanny.schertzer(a)wikimedia.ch>
Cc: Wikimedia Egypt list <wikimediaeg-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Subject: Re: [Wikimediaeg-l] Photographic project on Egyptian
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Hi Fanny
very intersting and I wish to join , is there wikipedia page for this
project ?
On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 10:12 PM, Fanny Schertzer <
fanny.schertzer(a)wikimedia.ch> wrote:
> Hello Mohamed, thank you for your interest.
>
> There are many ways you can join. Of course, if you are a photographer,
> you will surely be interested in coming to take the pictures on site. You
> might also know other photographers, accomplished or beginners, who could
> share their know-how or benefit from a training.
>
> First of all, we must define the sites to photograph. The Valley of the
> Kings and Valley of the Queens are a must, but there are many others to
> consider: rock paintings and engravings (most pictures on Commons are in a
> very small definition, not suitable for printing), less known temples, etc.
> At this stage, we will already set priorities but without excluding
> anything.
>
> Once we will have a list, I will submit it to an Egyptian partner in
> Luxor. He is no wikimedian but is a cultural mediator who both knows the
> sites very well and has contacts with the competent authorities. He can
> help us to refine the list, define the final budget and be our guide on
> site.
>
> Then, a few weeks before the actual operations begin, we will contact
> newspapers and other medias in Egypt and in Switzerland. As I do not speak
> Arabic, I will not be able to take the Egyptian part – and even if I would,
> it would much more appropriately done by Egyptians.
>
> How does it sound to you?
>
> Kind regards
>
> 2015-01-10 16:32 GMT+01:00 Mohamed Mostafa ouda <mmustafa8(a)gmail.com>:
>
>> Hi Fanny
>>
>> Seems it is interesting project , I would like to join , could you please
>> send more details and how can I help .
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 10:27 AM, Meno25 <meno25mail(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi. I recommend that you contact User:Mohamed Ouda or User:Samir I.
>>> Sharbaty.
>>>
>>> <
>>> https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%AF%D9%85:Mohamed_…
>>> >
>>> <
>>> https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%AF%D9%85:Samir_I.…
>>> >
>>>
>>> Also, this issue would be better discussed on the Arabic Wikipedia
>>> Village Pump.
>>>
>>> <
>>> https://ar.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A8%D…
>>> >
>>>
>>> --User:Meno25
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 11:45 PM, Fanny Schertzer <
>>> fanny.schertzer(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> [Sorry for the double-posting but my subscription to this list was not
>>>> complete the first time.]
>>>>
>>>> Dear Egyptian friends
>>>>
>>>> I am Fanny, User:Inisheer, mostly active on fr.wikipedia and as a
>>>> photographer on Commons – especially on sports events and in museums,
>>>> where, along with fellow contributors and with the support of the Swiss
>>>> chapter, Wikimedia CH, I established numerous contacts with events
>>>> organizers and cultural institutions.
>>>>
>>>> I am contacting you today because I am considering a big photographic
>>>> project in Egypt and I would like to know if some of you would be willing
>>>> to join in a way or another. The goal is to get authorizations to
>>>> photograph the interiors of the tombs in the Valley of the Kings and the
>>>> Valley of the Queens and, depending on the agenda, the temples of Abu
>>>> Simbel and some less known sites (yet to be defined). The precise budget
>>>> will be defined during the next months and the action would take place in
>>>> February or March 2016. I can spend up to two weeks on site, so it is
>>>> possible to achieve something interesting.
>>>>
>>>> Feel free to ask whatever question you could have.
>>>>
>>>> Kind regards
>>>> Fanny
>>>>
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Dear Egyptian friends
I am Fanny, User:Inisheer, mostly active on fr.wikipedia and as a
photographer on Commons – especially on sports events and in museums,
where, along with fellow contributors and with the support of the Swiss
chapter, Wikimedia CH, I established numerous contacts with events
organizers and cultural institutions.
I am contacting you today because I am considering a big photographic
project in Egypt and I would like to know if some of you would be willing
to join in a way or another. The goal is to get authorizations to
photograph the interiors of the tombs in the Valley of the Kings and the
Valley of the Queens and, depending on the agenda, the temples of Abu
Simbel and some less known sites (yet to be defined). The precise budget
will be defined during the next months and the action would take place in
February or March 2016. I can spend up to two weeks on site, so it is
possible to achieve something interesting.
Feel free to ask whatever question you could have.
Kind regards
Fanny
Hello,
I would like to extend my congratulations to the new Egypt Wikimedians User
Group! I am the communications associate at the Wikimedia Foundation and am
largely in charge of the Wikimediablog <https://blog.wikimedia.org/>. I was
hoping to find someone within the Egypt chapter who might be interested in
writing a short blog post regarding the recent approval from the
affiliations committee.
It is the aim of the Wikimedia blog to keep the wider Wikimedia community
informed of important developments – I feel that the recent approval of the
Egypt user group would make a nice post. Thank you, and I hope to hear back
soon!
Best,
Carlos M.
--
Carlos Monterrey
Communications Associate
Wikimedia Foundation
+1.415.839.6885 ext 6881
www.wikimediafoundation.orgblog.wikimedia.org
Dear Egyptian Wikimedians,
I am sending this to people who registered their interest in starting a local chapter of the WMF in Egypt a couple of years ago.
Since the Affiliates committee does not accept new chapters now unless they have a working user group for at least 2 years, we have started a user group page on the meta to be recognized by the committee.
Please have a look on the goals, projects and ideas on the page and send your feedback or questions on the discussion page.
Looking forward to working with you!
Samir Elsharbaty, Egypt Wikimedians user group.
أعزائي الويكيميديون في مصر،
أرسل إليكم هذه الرسالة بسبب اهتمامكم بصفحة الإعداد لإنشاء فرعًا محليًا لمؤسسة ويكيميديا في مصر منذ عدة سنوات.
ولما كانت لجنة الشركاء بمؤسسة ويكيميديا الآن لا تقبل إنشاء مؤسسات محلية جديدة دون وجود مجموعة مستخدمين تعمل لأكثر من عامين، فقد أنشأنا صفحة لمجموعة مستخدمين ويكيميديا مصر على الميتا. لنتقدم للجنة بطلب الاعتراف بها.
لطفًا طالعوا الأهداف، والمشروعات والأفكار الموجودة على الصفحة وأعطونا آرائكم على صفحة النقاش.
أتطلع قدمًا للعمل معكم جميعًا.
سمير الشرباتي، عن مجموعة مستخدمي ويكيمديا مصر.
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myself, i am a human being who believes that having knowledge ( knowledge
about what so ever the community considers so tiny and should be
disregarded) is having the light too bright to clear the dust of our
"Animalised Desires" littering's. After a 34 years of living within the
wright definition of human being on this pretty Planet( Earth). I figured
out the following :
*knowledge :* It is the obsession of ( Details ). information
regarding...... + information regarding...... + information
regarding....... = Knowledge
==>
details regarding........... + details regarding............ + details
regarding............. = information.
*********** *The details Approach.=====> The knowledge====> The
most powerful weapon.*
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Project scope is to translate selected Wikipedia Articles in the Health
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*
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a Ceremony will take place and will be posted.
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*
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From: Nogomi <sheen(a)nogomi.com>
Date: Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 9:29 AM
Subject: Re: [Wikimediaeg-l] Cairo meet-up 25 November
To: meno25wiki(a)gmail.com
Hello,
I would like to attend the meeting. Kindly inform me with the exact place
and time whenever it is set.
Sincerely