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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Need for a structure
by Alex Wafula 25 Jan '11

25 Jan '11

Pilot overview: a group of 6 people per region. Since we have 10 schools teams are further to split into groups of 3, each group covering a school per day. Seems like we need a meetup. If you guys can make it this Saturday, let me know latest today so that I can request for space at ihub. Alex On Mon Jan 24th, 2011 11:23 AM PST SAMSON MAOSA wrote: >Alex, Abbas, most of us seem to find a collision between the project and >internships, the most affected being guys from JKUAT and we have to resolve >this as soon as possible. Please share your views on that > >On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 7:12 PM, Alex Wafula <xelawafs(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >> thought so too :), the page has been set up as ' >> Wikipedia_for_Schools_Project' instead by Sam >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Manuel Schneider <manuel.schneider(a)wikimedia.ch> >> >> *To:* The discussion list for the upcoming Wikimedia Kenya chapter. < >> wikimediake(a)lists.wikimedia.org> >> *Sent:* Mon, January 24, 2011 6:51:04 PM >> >> *Subject:* Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Need for a structure >> >> Hi, >> >> Am 24.01.2011 11:10, schrieb SAMSON MAOSA: >> > If you all agree I am about to move the page to "WIKIPEDIA PROJECT FOR >> > KENYAN SCHOOLS". >> >> maybe you want to skip the capital letters ;-) >> >> >> /Manuel >> -- >> Regards >> Manuel Schneider >> >> Wikimedia CH - Verein zur Förderung Freien Wissens >> Wikimedia CH - Association for the advancement of free knowledge >> www.wikimedia.ch >> >> _______________________________________________ >> WikimediaKE mailing list >> WikimediaKE(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> WikimediaKE mailing list >> WikimediaKE(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake >> >> > > >-- >Samson Arosi Maosa, >Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, >Bsc. Electronics and Computer Engineering >+254750917305 >*"In this world, everything has been done but suppose we try doing it in a >different (better) way?"*

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[Wikimedia Kenya] Launch/anniversary aftermath
by Alex Wafula 25 Jan '11

25 Jan '11

Seems the launch has had quite an impact on the general public. I've had a couple of guys asking questions and giving comments and suggestions on Wikimedia and its projects. One suggestion concerning the schools project by Mathew, who represented Kenya Data Networks at the launch is that we collect info about the schools we visit from the students and post new Wikipedia articles on this in a bid to increase local content on Wikipedia. I think this is a great idea that we should take up, talk about killing two birds with one stone. Let me know what you guys think. Alex.

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[Wikimedia Kenya] ICT Board Follow-up Meeting
by Abbas Mahmoud 25 Jan '11

25 Jan '11

Hi guys, As you were aware, Alex and I went to the ICT Board office today morning for a follow-up meeting. In attendance: -Kaburo Kobia, Project Manager: Digital Local Content; -Abbas Mahmood; -Alex Wafula. I started by debriefing Ms. Kobia on what a Wikimedia chapter is all about, how many we were, our objectives and most importantly, our projects -- both current and in the future. The following are some of the projects that we discussed/proposed: Wikipedia Takes Nairobi -- this is a project/competition/whatever-you-may-call-it that will entail participants taking pictures of monuments, buildings, celebrities (and anything else) from Nairobi. The pics will be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons and to their relevant Wikipedia articles (if any). This will help in improving the quality of the pre-existing Wikipedia articles. This project is not new in the Wikimedia community: several other chapters have done this as well e.g Wikipedia Takes Manhattan[1]; Wiki Loves Monuments[2], etc. Wikipedia For The Disabled -- This will be a project that will focus on adding audio/spoken articles to Wikipedia. This project is aimed for those who are blind and therefore rely on their hearing aid for most of their day-to-day life. A magnificent example of an article that has Spoken Wikipedia in it is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Tree_Frog. Unfortunately, I do not know of any article on the Swahili Wikipedia that has audio in it. So, we suggested that a plausible launch for the above two projects would be in May/June. The ICT Board shall assist us in looking for sponsors, launching the project, press & advertising as well as fundraising. Other projects that we discussed, although to be taken at a later date were: I also told Ms. Kobia about Wikisource; and the fact that the Rome Statute on the International Criminal Court[4] was there but the new Kenyan Constitution[5] was not. So again, there was a lack of local content on 'Source as well. Ms. Kobia said that she was going to talk to the Kenya Law Society and see what she can do about that. Basing on the fact that there is a GLAM[3] bazzazz in the Wikimedia community at large, I also suggested that we should partner with Kenyan Museums (there are 27 museums, counrtywide) & the Kenya National Archives. We could also partner with Kenya Wildlife Services and come up with, ermm... I dunno...a project about taking pics of wildlife (I mean, the game reserve is what Kenya is known for:-)) Swahili Wiktionary -- I also suggested partnering with KTN Leo so that we could increase the Swahili vocabularies online. FYI - KTN usually shows a new Swahili word everyday in the middle of the 7 o'clock news bulletin. Notes: [1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Takes_Manhattan/Spring_2… [2]http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments [3]For more info about GLAM, check out:http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/GLAM-WIKI and http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM [4]http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Rome_Statute_of_the_International_Criminal_… [5]http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Kenyan_Constitution Another followup meetinng is scheduled in the next few weeks. Cheers, Abbas -------------------------------------- Feel free to contact me: Abbas Mahmood Tel: +254722215101 Facebook: abbasjnr(a)hotmail.com Skype: abbasjnr Wikimedia Kenya Member "Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That's our commitment." Please donate: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate/Now/en [

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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] ICT Board Follow-up Meeting
by Alex Wafula 22 Jan '11

22 Jan '11

I totaly agree with this Kinyanjui, especially now that we have Michael Joseph charing the Kenya Tourism Board who have a great say on Brand Kenya's activities. So yeah, I definately see them assisting in this. Abbas, great report back to the team regarding the meetup. I don't think I have anything else to add. Alex. On Fri Jan 21st, 2011 2:51 PM PST Njoroge Kinyanjui wrote: >Great stuff are just about to happen. Carry on with the good work!! >I think if we would like to go forward with "Wikipedia Takes Nairobi",Brand Kenya should also be involved cause they would be in a position to assist us in identifying great places(some of which many of us might not know of). They also are working together with various government agencies and different stakeholders in the country. And don't forget, their core purpose is to showcase Kenya. I see like they would be an excellent addition, especially in assisting in developing content. >Thanks for the update. Much appreciated. > >Regards, >Kinyanjui > >On 22 Jan 2011, at 00:42, Asaf Bartov wrote: > >> Thanks for the update! This all sounds great! >> >> Some thoughts: >> >> 1. Producing spoken versions of Wikipedia articles is an excellent idea. Bear in mind producing good audio versions takes a lot of time. Therefore, it would make sense to put in that time only for articles that are already quite good and comprehensive (like Featured Articles on English Wikipedia). >> >> 2. At the same time, if there's a basic article that we would like to see as a spoken article as well, it may be very motivating for the Swahili Wikipedia editing community to see a template on that page saying something like: "A spoken version of this article is being planned. Before we record it, it would be great if the article could be improved in the following ways: A, B, C", where A, B, C are specific problems with the article, e.g. missing information, bad grammar, etc. >> >> 3. Re Wikipedia Takes Nairobi -- perhaps there are additional groups to partner with. E.g. does Nairobi, or Kenya in general, have a historical society of some kind? If so, perhaps they would be willing to send a representative who could brief the participants about worthy, lesser-known sites? >> >> 4. Re museums, I recommend that as a first step, care be taken to ensure that the English and Swahili Wikipedias have entries about these museums. Even basic ones. (A basic entry is a good thing to show to a museum and explain we want to broaden the article and enrich it with content from the museum's holdings.) >> >> That's it for now. Excellent work! >> >> Asaf >> >> On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 9:27 PM, Abbas Mahmoud <abbasjnr(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> Hi guys, >> >> As you were aware, Alex and I went to the ICT Board office today morning for a follow-up meeting. >> >> In attendance: >> -Kaburo Kobia, Project Manager: Digital Local Content; >> -Abbas Mahmood; >> -Alex Wafula. >> >> I started by debriefing Ms. Kobia on what a Wikimedia chapter is all about, how many we were, our objectives and most importantly, our projects -- both current and in the future. The following are some of the projects that we discussed/proposed: >> >> Wikipedia Takes Nairobi -- this is a project/competition/whatever-you-may-call-it that will entail participants taking pictures of monuments, buildings, celebrities (and anything else) from Nairobi. The pics will be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons and to their relevant Wikipedia articles (if any). This will help in improving the quality of the pre-existing Wikipedia articles. This project is not new in the Wikimedia community: several other chapters have done this as well e.g Wikipedia Takes Manhattan[1]; Wiki Loves Monuments[2], etc. >> Wikipedia For The Disabled -- This will be a project that will focus on adding audio/spoken articles to Wikipedia. This project is aimed for those who are blind and therefore rely on their hearing aid for most of their day-to-day life. A magnificent example of an article that has Spoken Wikipedia in it is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Tree_Frog. Unfortunately, I do not know of any article on the Swahili Wikipedia that has audio in it. >> >> So, we suggested that a plausible launch for the above two projects would be in May/June. The ICT Board shall assist us in looking for sponsors, launching the project, press & advertising as well as fundraising. >> >> Other projects that we discussed, although to be taken at a later date were: >> >> I also told Ms. Kobia about Wikisource; and the fact that the Rome Statute on the International Criminal Court[4] was there but the new Kenyan Constitution[5] was not. So again, there was a lack of local content on 'Source as well. Ms. Kobia said that she was going to talk to the Kenya Law Society and see what she can do about that. >> Basing on the fact that there is a GLAM[3] bazzazz in the Wikimedia community at large, I also suggested that we should partner with Kenyan Museums (there are 27 museums, counrtywide) & the Kenya National Archives. We could also partner with Kenya Wildlife Services and come up with, ermm... I dunno...a project about taking pics of wildlife (I mean, the game reserve is what Kenya is known for:-)) >> Swahili Wiktionary -- I also suggested partnering with KTN Leo so that we could increase the Swahili vocabularies online. FYI - KTN usually shows a new Swahili word everyday in the middle of the 7 o'clock news bulletin. >> Notes: >> [1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Takes_Manhattan/Spring_2… >> [2]http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments >> [3]For more info about GLAM, check out:http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/GLAM-WIKI and http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM >> [4]http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Rome_Statute_of_the_International_Criminal_… >> [5]http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Kenyan_Constitution >> >> Another followup meetinng is scheduled in the next few weeks. >> >> Cheers, >> Abbas >> -------------------------------------- >> Feel free to contact me: >> Abbas Mahmood >> Tel: +254722215101 >> Facebook: abbasjnr(a)hotmail.com >> Skype: abbasjnr >> Wikimedia Kenya Member >> >> "Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That's our commitment." >> Please donate: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate/Now/en >> >> [ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> WikimediaKE mailing list >> WikimediaKE(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Asaf Bartov <asaf.bartov(a)gmail.com> >> _______________________________________________ >> WikimediaKE mailing list >> WikimediaKE(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake >

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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] ict board meetup
by Alex Wafula 22 Jan '11

22 Jan '11

Thanks for the thumbs up guys On Fri Jan 21st, 2011 9:24 AM PST Ann Njeri wrote: > Great work Alex! > >On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 2:29 PM, BRANTON OBWARI <bruceobwari(a)gmail.com>wrote: > >> Thanks to Alex , Abbas , Oscar and the team for your updates . >> >> >> On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 5:34 PM, Alex Wafula <xelawafs(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >> >>> I'm just from the ministry, I've been told to check back next week - >>> hopefully to pickup the authorization letter. >>> >>> On Wed Jan 19th, 2011 5:06 AM PST Alex Wafula wrote: >>> >>> >The ministry called me yesterday and requested I speak to their Director >>> of >>> >Quality Assurance and Standards. I'm just from there but he was out. >>> > >>> >I was advised to address the application letter to him which I've just >>> >completed. I'm headed back there right now. >>> > >>> >I'll let you know how it goes. >>> > >>> >cheers. >>> > >>> > >>> >________________________________ >>> >From: Limoke Oscar <oslimoke(a)gmail.com> >>> >To: The discussion list for the upcoming Wikimedia Kenya chapter. >>> ><wikimediake(a)lists.wikimedia.org> >>> >Sent: Wed, January 19, 2011 3:59:52 PM >>> >Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] ict board meetup >>> > >>> >Alex,great work.what of the MoE approval?we need to follow up on our >>> >arrangementr.for instance KU need the Wikipedia for Schools too and a >>> >follow up meetup with the students before May.I am also set to have >>> >audience with Kenya Education Fund soon. >>> > >>> >On 1/18/11, Alex Wafula <xelawafs(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >>> >> Hey guys, >>> >> >>> >> Abbas and I have been invited to a meeting by ict board to further >>> discuss >>> >> how we can collaborate on local Wikimedia projects. >>> >> >>> >> So if you have anything you wish discussed feel free to post it. >>> >> >>> >> Cheers, >>> >> Alex >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >>> >> WikimediaKE mailing list >>> >> WikimediaKE(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>> >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake >>> >> >>> > >>> > >>> >-- >>> >Limoke Oscar, >>> >Wikimedian in Kenya, >>> >Freelance Academic Writer and Translator, >>> >GeoInformatics and GIScience Student, >>> >Jomo Kenyatta University. >>> >Cell:+254 717 845 316 >>> > >>> >_______________________________________________ >>> >WikimediaKE mailing list >>> >WikimediaKE(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>> >https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> WikimediaKE mailing list >>> WikimediaKE(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> WikimediaKE mailing list >> WikimediaKE(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake >> >>

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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WikimediaKE Digest, Vol 6, Issue 27
by Kenneth Kirop 22 Jan '11

22 Jan '11

I've looked at the updates and all I can say is great work guys. I was at the launch/anniversary dinner and would very like to participate actively in the Wikipedia for Schools project. Currently assessing the region that is most appropriate and the schools therein. Cheers! On 1/21/11, wikimediake-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org <wikimediake-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > Send WikimediaKE mailing list submissions to > wikimediake(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wikimediake-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wikimediake-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of WikimediaKE digest..." >

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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] ict board meetup
by Alex Wafula 22 Jan '11

22 Jan '11

I'm just from the ministry, I've been told to check back next week - hopefully to pickup the authorization letter. On Wed Jan 19th, 2011 5:06 AM PST Alex Wafula wrote: >The ministry called me yesterday and requested I speak to their Director of >Quality Assurance and Standards. I'm just from there but he was out. > >I was advised to address the application letter to him which I've just >completed. I'm headed back there right now. > >I'll let you know how it goes. > >cheers. > > >________________________________ >From: Limoke Oscar <oslimoke(a)gmail.com> >To: The discussion list for the upcoming Wikimedia Kenya chapter. ><wikimediake(a)lists.wikimedia.org> >Sent: Wed, January 19, 2011 3:59:52 PM >Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] ict board meetup > >Alex,great work.what of the MoE approval?we need to follow up on our >arrangementr.for instance KU need the Wikipedia for Schools too and a >follow up meetup with the students before May.I am also set to have >audience with Kenya Education Fund soon. > >On 1/18/11, Alex Wafula <xelawafs(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >> Hey guys, >> >> Abbas and I have been invited to a meeting by ict board to further discuss >> how we can collaborate on local Wikimedia projects. >> >> So if you have anything you wish discussed feel free to post it. >> >> Cheers, >> Alex >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> WikimediaKE mailing list >> WikimediaKE(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake >> > > >-- >Limoke Oscar, >Wikimedian in Kenya, >Freelance Academic Writer and Translator, >GeoInformatics and GIScience Student, >Jomo Kenyatta University. >Cell:+254 717 845 316 > >_______________________________________________ >WikimediaKE mailing list >WikimediaKE(a)lists.wikimedia.org >https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake > > > >

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[Wikimedia Kenya] TEDxKibera
by Abbas Mahmoud 20 Jan '11

20 Jan '11

Hi folks, I have received an invitation from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (via Wikimedia Foundation) to attend TEDxKibera. At this event, attendants shall discuss the potential and dynamism of Kibera and we'll hear some short talks from people in Kibera as well as speakers like Melinda Gates (wife of Bill Gates) and Salim Mohamed from Carolina for Kibera. Other speakers can be found here: http://www.ted.com/tedx/events/2030 I initially thought that some of you may accompany me; but unfortunately I only got one invitatation and this event is an ''invites-only''. Regards Abbas. -------------------------------------- Feel free to contact me: Abbas Mahmood Tel: +254722215101 Facebook: abbasjnr(a)hotmail.com Skype: abbasjnr Wikimedia Kenya Member "Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That's our commitment." Please donate: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate/Now/en

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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] project proposal
by Alex Wafula 20 Jan '11

20 Jan '11

Hi guys, thought's from a Mozillian on the school's project. ________________________________ From: Victor Karanja Nyambura <vickyjr88(a)yahoo.co.uk> To: mozilla community <community-kenya(a)lists.mozilla.org> Sent: Wed, January 19, 2011 3:59:15 PM Subject: Re: project proposal Hi people I would like to advice on the target audience of the wikipedia project. It is not a good idea to focus on schools without internet only. It would be better if we implement the same in schools with internet connection too. It is evident how unreliable school connections can be and in the case of having the wikipedia app the scholars will suffer less in such an occurrence. On the same note some of the students have personal computers at home which hardly have internet connection and it would be nice offering this resource.

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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] M. O. E letter
by Alex Wafula 20 Jan '11

20 Jan '11

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