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[Wikimedia Kenya] Wikimedia Foundation Board Seats
by Abbas Mahmood 18 May '12

18 May '12

Hi all, Could we get Wikimedia Kenya's Board to select it's prefered candidates in the Chapter-Selected WMF Board seats: http://chapters.wikimedia.ch/Appointment_process/2012/Chapters_Resolutions Thanks,Abbas.

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[Wikimedia Kenya] Fwd: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia UK] Welcome to the world’s first Wikipedia town
by Stephen Wanjau 17 May '12

17 May '12

Am cross posting ---------- Forwarded message ----- Thanks to Chris Keating of the UK Chapter for sharing this: http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2012/05/welcome-to-the-worlds-first-wikipedia-… You’ve probably heard the saying, “In theory, Wikipedia shouldn’t work, but in practice it does.” Three of the things that contribute to make Wikipedia work are topic-specific WikiProjects (“let’s write about a town), Wikimedia chapters (“let’s organize throughout the United Kingdom”), and unique ideas (“let’s use QR codes to share content”). This week these three things successfully came together to create Monmouthpedia, “The World’s First Wikipedia Town” in Monmouth, Wales. The idea for Monmouthpedia began at a TEDx talk in Bristol when John Cummings, an occasional Wikipedia editor, suggested from the audience that the UK Chapter use QR codes to “do a whole town.” That challenge was handed to Cummings when the Wikimedia UK chapter backed the idea. He then moved to his home town of Monmouth where he assembled an ad hoc group of supporters who wanted to participate, including the local County Council. The project has taken six months of preparation, including a commitment by the town to install a free, town-wide wi-fi network (the first of its kind in Wales). On 19 May the entire town will be bedecked with banners declaring Monmouth as the first Wikipedia Town in the world. The Monmouthpedia project uses QRpedia to allow visitors to scan QR codes that link directly to the Wikipedia article in their own language. Because of Monmouth’s efforts to provide free wi-fi and implement QRpedia, the town is likely the only place where a visitor can tour in Hungarian, Hindi, Indonesian, Welsh, or numerous other Wikipedia languages using QR codes. Much of the success of Monmouthpedia comes from its ability to capture the imagination of the Wikipedia community, which has embraced the town virtually. Wikipedia volunteers have contributed nearly 500 new articles in over 25 languages, as well as videos on topics such as the historic Chartists movement. The project also has a long list of partners, including 200 businesses, several universities and nearly every school and community group in the area. Wikipedia has partnered with museums and other institutions before, as in Derby, but in Monmouth you will see over 1,000 QR codes on every school, every important building, and hundreds of shops. The County Council itself has a QRpedia code in its reception that takes you to their Wikipedia article. Lest you think this is a passing interest, the town of Monmouth is in it for the long haul. Many of the QRpedia codes are printed on ceramic plaques that should last for decades. The information in articles is backed by the Wikipedia community and will be continually improved and expanded. Physical guides and maps will become outdated, but the Wikipedia articles will always be able to be updated. This potential for on-site access to up-to-date information in any language is what makes the Monmouthpedia model so exciting. How long can Wikipedia defy the theory and continue to deliver free information to the planet in over 280 languages? We think the Monmouthpedia story provides a very optimistic outlook. If you want to find out more, visit the Monmouthpedia website and take a look at the associated articles on Wikipedia. Post written by Roger Bamkin, Director of Wikimedia UK (Victuallers ) *Can this be done in Nairobi? At least for the monuments* //Stephen.

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[Wikimedia Kenya] Ednah Kiome wants to chat
by Ednah Kiome 15 May '12

15 May '12

----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ednah Kiome wants to stay in better touch using some of Google's coolest new products. If you already have Gmail or Google Talk, visit: http://mail.google.com/mail/b-2eed421b97-1515cf0c89-MpWI4cIYTobuYHKmkTXU7So… You'll need to click this link to be able to chat with Ednah Kiome. To get Gmail - a free email account from Google with over 7,500 megabytes of storage - and chat with Ednah Kiome, visit: http://mail.google.com/mail/a-2eed421b97-1515cf0c89-MpWI4cIYTobuYHKmkTXU7So… Gmail offers: - Instant messaging right inside Gmail - Powerful spam protection - Built-in search for finding your messages and a helpful way of organizing emails into "conversations" - No pop-up ads or untargeted banners - just text ads and related information that are relevant to the content of your messages All this, and it's yours for free. But wait, there's more! By opening a Gmail account, you also get access to Google Talk, Google's instant messaging service: http://www.google.com/talk/ Google Talk offers: - Web-based chat that you can use anywhere, without a download - A contact list that's synchronized with your Gmail account - Free, high quality PC-to-PC voice calls when you download the Google Talk client We're working hard to add new features and make improvements, so we might also ask for your comments and suggestions periodically. We appreciate your help in making our products even better! Thanks, The Google Team To learn more about Gmail and Google Talk, visit: http://mail.google.com/mail/help/about.html http://www.google.com/talk/about.html (If clicking the URLs in this message does not work, copy and paste them into the address bar of your browser).

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[Wikimedia Kenya] Fwd: [WikimediaMobile] Fwd: IRC office hours with Kul and Amit, about Wikipedia Zero and other mobile work
by Alex Wafula 13 May '12

13 May '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Steven Walling <swalling(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Fri, May 4, 2012 at 2:01 AM Subject: [WikimediaMobile] Fwd: IRC office hours with Kul and Amit, about Wikipedia Zero and other mobile work To: mobile-l <mobile-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> FYI... ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Steven Walling <swalling(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Thu, May 3, 2012 at 4:01 PM Subject: IRC office hours with Kul and Amit, about Wikipedia Zero and other mobile work To: wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Hi everyone, On May 17th at 16:00 UTC, Kul Wadhwa (Head of Mobile and Business Development) and Amit Kapoor (Senior Manager, Mobile Partnerships) will be in #wikimedia-office to talk about Wikipedia Zero,[1] as well as the other initiatives underway on the mobile team. As usual, details and time conversion links are on Meta.[2] We have scheduled this at a time that we hope works for Wikimedians from Africa and Asia, since it was Abbasjnr's idea to have a mobile office hours. (Thanks Abbas!) 1. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Zero 2. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours -- Steven Walling https://wikimediafoundation.org/ -- Steven Walling https://wikimediafoundation.org/ _______________________________________________ Mobile-l mailing list Mobile-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l

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[Wikimedia Kenya] Meetup on 26th
by Ann Njeri 04 May '12

04 May '12

Hi all, We will have our members meeting on the 26th of this month, commencing at 10:30. We managed to secure the boardroom at IHub which unfortunately has room for only 15 people.The criteria for who comes is based on 15 people who will put their names on the etherpad created by Alex below under the title "Attending" : http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/wmke-meeting-26-05-2012 NB: minutes of the meetup will be on our website at most 2 days after the meeting. Ann

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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Kenyan Wiki http://www.kenya.or.ke
by Limoke Oscar 30 Apr '12

30 Apr '12

Dear Lordmesh, I just dug tis from my archives and thought I could loop you in. So a couple of the KWC winners took up the initiative of starting up a Kenyan Wikimedia Chapter( http://www.wikimedia.or.ke/Home) and we got recognition from the Wikimedia Foundation as the 2nd chapter in Africa and the 39th worldwide. We have been quite an active lot and if you guys are interested, we could find a way to work together to increase Local Kenyan Content online both in Wikipedia and the kenya.or.ke Please let me know what your thoughts are . On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 4:25 PM, lordmwesh <lordmwesh(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi good people, > > > As we wind up the old decade and enter the new decade where information > technology will grow more than before, did you know that you can enhance > kenya's history by updating, and writing about Kenya on the kenyan wiki > http://www.kenya.or.ke > > > kenya.or.KE is a multilingual, web-based, free content encyclopedia > project. kenya.or.KE is written collaboratively by volunteers from all > around the world. With rare exceptions, its articles can be edited by > anyone with access to the Internet, simply by clicking the edit this page > link. kenya.or.KE is a wiki (a type of collaborative website) and > encyclopedia. www.kenya.or.KE was founded in 2007, with the ami of being > the largest reference Web sites about Kenya. > > kenya.or.ke is advertisement free and is supported by well wishers, and > publishers like you. > > Create an account and start posting. > > > Regards > -- > > kenya.or.ke | The Kenya we know -- Limoke Oscar Board Member- Wikimedia Kenya www.wikimedia.or.ke

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[Wikimedia Kenya] WMKE Programs/Projects
by Alex Wafula 30 Apr '12

30 Apr '12

Hi all, In line with having a more conducive environment for WMKE members and project leads to participate in our projects, I'm coordinating in coming up with a structure to *start*, *monitor* and *wind up projects*. So for starters, I'm compiling a list of all programs/projects being undertaken by WMKE or is of interest to us between now and the next chapter meeting (sometime this month, Ann will get intouch with more details). I'll ofcourse put up *stuff that we've already done*, *plan to do* and if you or anyone you know is involved on a *project (Wikimedia or otherwise) that is/may be of interest to WMKE*, that's also worth a mention. You can get intouch offlist and I'll summarize all responses and post them back here or if it's something you feel that needs some discussion, you can go ahead and post it on this thread. Alex

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[Wikimedia Kenya] Kenyan Wiki
by stephen wanjau 26 Apr '12

26 Apr '12

Hello Folks, I came across this Website that is a Wiki and I thought it might be worth sharing.... http://www.kenya.or.ke/Main_Page Seems a lot of effort has been put into it. //Stephen

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[Wikimedia Kenya] no traffic at WMKE website?
by Oliver Stegen 24 Apr '12

24 Apr '12

Hi all, It's not like nothing has happened in WMKE over the last three weeks, yet no traffic on our website, see: http://www.wikimedia.or.ke/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges <http://www.wikimedia.or.ke/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&days=30> &days=30 Please, please, please, let's not give the world wrong impressions about inactivity when stuff is actually happening! Use our website and show the world what WMKE is all about and what it's achieving on a week-by-week basis. After all, we've had elections since as well as an editathon. Haya, tundelee kusonga mbele! Wenu katika kujenga chapter yetu, Oliver (aka BT)

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[Wikimedia Kenya] Story Telling
by Alex Wafula 23 Apr '12

23 Apr '12

Hi Guys, So Victor will be coming to Kenya some time May ie next month to interview contributors, donors and/or users of Wikimedia projects. I've started a page on our site to plan his visit [1]. He'll be here for around 10 days and we hope to cover the following: - A round table intros session at the iHub with wmke members and other relevant parties who'd be able to join - Interviews at iHub - Interview Gabriel Nderitu [2] - Interviews at one or some of the schools covered during the Wikipedia for Schools projects we did last year Please sign up here [3] if you'll be interested in meeting Victor and/or getting interviewed in relation to what you are doing/have done involving Wikimedia. Victor, let me know if I've missed anything and do go ahead if you'd like to add to this. [1]. http://wikimedia.or.ke/KenyaStoryTelling [2]. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Nderitu [3]. http://wikimedia.or.ke/KenyaStoryTelling#Do_You_Have_a_Story_to_tell.3F cheers, Alex

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