Guys,
This domain is due for renewal, handle this urgently.
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David Mugo,
ICT & E-Commerce Consultant,
http://majibu.com
Twitter: @raidarmax
Hello Wikimedia Kenya
I am working on a project with Translators Without Borders to first
translate medical articles from standard English to simple English and
than from simple English to other languages.
http://translatorswithoutborders.com/
They are keen to translate into African languages as they have been
doing outreach in Nairobi. Are there people from Wikimedia Kenya who
would be interested in
getting involved with this project? I mainly edit medical content on
the English Wikipedia and would help on the English side of things.
Translators Without Borders will deal with the translation to Swahili
(but I am sure would appreciate help). We than need people who can
take this text and Wikify it and place it in Swahili Wikipedia.
I am going to be coming to your area of the world in Feb/Mar and would
be interested in meeting in person (will be in Kenya and Tanzania)
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James Heilman
MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian
President Wikimedia Canada
Hi Nice people,
>
> After deliberations with the organizer of this meet up, I was informed
> that the edittathon shall kick off at 0900AM EAC. The case is so because
> there shall be another group coming in at 0300PM to use the same venue.
>
> You are therefore adviced to make early travel arrangements to be at the
> Strathmore university before or at 0900AM (NOT AFRICAN TIME!!)
>
> Thanks and I hope to meet you there.
>
> Regards,
> Stephen
>
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Hi Nice people,
I would like to report it to you that our grant proposal has been approved
by the WMF.
For more specifics please visit the Meta at
meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:WM_KE/Start-up.
Regards,
Stephen
---Better late than never,but never late is better.---
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Waasalumu,
Tazama makala:
> Dear colleagues,
>
> WMF is now seeking fellowship applicants and project ideas for the Community
> Fellowships Program <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Fellowships>.
> Community members from all Wikimedia projects and all languages are
> strongly encouraged to apply by the deadline of January 15th 2012! Could
> you please help spread the word by sharing this open call in your
> communities?
>
> Wikimedia Community Fellows are spearheading community projects,
> undertaking research, and piloting new models for engagement to help scale
> and increase sustainability of volunteer work in the Wikimedia movement.
> The Foundation provides intensive, time-limited financial and logistical
> support for fellows to focus on projects of strategic importance.
> Submissions for Spring 2012 are encouraged to focus on the theme of
> improving editor retention and increasing participation in Wikimedia
> Projects.
>
> If you'd like to work with WMF on projects to boost participation and
> retention, or know someone who should be recommended for a fellowship, or
> if you've got ideas for a fellowship project WMF could support, we'd like
> to hear from you! Please visit
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Fellowships, or contact Siko
> Bouterse at sbouterse(a)wikimedia.org for more information.
>
>
>
Wenu,
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Hello,
I came across this on the project Wikipedia mobile, and I thought it's
worth sharing.
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On mobile devices , many people go directly to wikipedia.org .
Unfortunately, this shows the standard portal page of the globe and
languages . Everyone in the world currently sees the same page on their
mobile device, and it is not so easy to read and navigate that page on a
small screen.
What if we could show a country-
specific portal page automatically, based on the current location of the
user?
The search interface would use the most-used language of that country, with
secondary languages for that
country prominently displayed as
options.
In order to see how countries use languages, take a look here :
http://stats .wikimedia.org/wikimedia/squids/SquidReportPageViewsPerCountryBreakdown.htm
In some countries, the native
language is the primary version of Wikipedia that is used. Certainly that
is true of all
English-speaking countries,
Germany, France, Spain, Japan, etc.
But there are more than 60 countries where English is not their native
language, and yet English Wikipedia is the primary version. Usually the
secondary version is the one in their
native language.
And in India , English may be the
common denominator, but all the Indic languages would be obvious choices.
Easily searching in one of those
languages could be so much more obvious. Viewing and typing in some
languages can be an issue, of course.
What do you think of this idea? Give us your feedback so we can prioritize
this project.
***
Regards,
Stephen
---Better late than never,but never late is better.---
iwanjau.WordPress.com
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sent from my $100 Phone.
Just a FYI,
Alex , I believe this was meant for the List?
Building on Oscar's idea, here are links to the Wiki project Kenya and
Africa pages:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Kenyahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Africa
Maybe you can get some pointers on articles to edit from the things
you can do and open tasks sections respectively.
I've just added a resources section to the articles pad so if you have
links to any resources on editing that you feel will be important to
look over, please add them.
http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/wmke-editathon-articles-dec2011
So , by show of hands who are confirming availability ton the said
date? (10th at Strathmore)
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Limoke Oscar,
Hey everyone,
I hereby write to introduce someone who is really interested in joining
this great team.
He is Mackenzie,from Moi university.I just send him the link,you guys will
hear from him soon.
Good day.
Regards,
Morine.