Wikimedians,
We are forecasting to have our second WikiSaturday at JKUAT - (Juja) on the
25th June, 2011 - tersely this Saturday!
Apart from the habitual editting of Wikimedia projects and recruitment
of new members I would like to adumbrate the we take some time to
deliberate ways of how the wikipedia takes Nairobi assignment shall be
tackled.
Feel free to express your views and comments in conversational
communication that possess a compacted conciseness, a clarified
comprehensibility, a coalescent cogency and a concatenated
consistency.
All are welcome!
See you then.
Regards
Mr. Stephen W. Wanjau
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
Freelance article writer and data entry specialist.
Phone: +254 771 557 857
twitter: @haha_wanjau
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Event: WikiSaturday
Date: Saturday, June 25, 2011 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM (GMT+0300)
Location: <b>JKUAT - (Juja campus)</b><br />Thika<br />Kenya<br />
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<p>Any other persons that are interested in attending this event are highly welcome</p>
<p>Members and Non-members of WikiMediaKE shall meet at JKUAT- Juja campus to edit the English and Swahili Wikipedia.</p>
<p>Editiing tips shall be circulated to attendants.</p>
<p>New members shall be introduced to the wikimedia community.</p>
<p>Wikipedia takes Nairobi shall be discussed.</p>
<p>AOB;</p>
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Event: WikiSaturday
Date: Saturday, June 25, 2011 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM (GMT+0300)
Location: <b>JKUAT - (Juja campus)</b><br />Thika<br />Kenya<br />
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<p>Any other persons that are interested in attending this event are highly welcome</p>
<p>Members and Non-members of WikiMediaKE shall meet at JKUAT- Juja campus to edit the English and Swahili Wikipedia.</p>
<p>Editiing tips shall be circulated to attendants.</p>
<p>New members shall be introduced to the wikimedia community.</p>
<p>Wikipedia takes Nairobi shall be discussed.</p>
<p>AOB;</p>
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Yes we shall be editing both the English and Swahili wikipedia.
I think We should also borrow from Bartov's experience and probably to add
on, we can subdivide into smaller groups where each shall be dealing with
different articles and thus the competition among us to see which group did
'more' !
Ps-Oscar Is that under fun and games?
Just my thought.
stephen w. wanjau
Phone: +254 771 557 857
twitter:haha_wanjau
B.Sc statistics and computer science.
JKUAT
On Jun 22, 2011 1:28 AM, "Asaf Bartov" <abartov(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 11:58 AM, Limoke Oscar <oslimoke(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Chris,Steve..any fun games or activities we could engage in to make
>> the day fun?any fun activity would make the event a success...:)
>> Like we could have drinks(soft) or (hard) ??as we edit,we could play
>> truth or dare and dare you to create and populate the categories and
>> staff...
>>
>
> Are you going to edit the English Wikipedia? Swahili Wikipedia? Both?
>
> In my experience, attacking a chunk of the backlog and seeing how much
> progress was made by group effort is very satisfying. Pick a backlog --
> articles awaiting rewriting, articles needing pictures [particularly fun
--
> looking through Commons for suitable images!], articles needing Interwiki
> links, uncategorized articles (know HotCat[1]?) etc., -- and set
yourselves
> a realistic numeric goal.
>
> Just a thought.
>
> Asaf
>
> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:HotCat
> --
> Asaf Bartov
> Wikimedia Foundation
Hi Grace,
A thought here, all this seems premature. Under what basis will people vote. Kwc is the main indicator here and if a voter didn't participate, his / her choice might be misinformed.
Regards,
Alex.
On Tue Jun 21st, 2011 2:08 AM PDT Grace Kariuki wrote:
>hi everyone,
>
>indeed i get lilian's point of view.but on the other hand you cannot
>just say that someone should represent us just becoz he hasnt done it
>before.we vote based on commitment,dedication and other wikimedian
>traits and thats why oscars opinion of the 4 people voting for
>themselves is wierd.
>
>i think we all know what the challenge involved,maybe the new
>wikimedians.the person to be selected will be representing the kenya
>team and therefore i fully disagree with oscar.i think every kenyan
>wikimedian should have a vote.
>
>on this basis,i took time to create a link that will lead everyone to
>the doodle that will be used to vote.i and chris(the acting judges)
>will be closing the doodle on friday at 12:00pm.(kenyan time)
>
>Am sure we can do this without complicating the issue further.we have
>to prove that we are capable of tackling such small issues becoz
>greater things await as especially once we are given a charter.
>
>All the 4 participants are great people,make your judgments wisely all
>wikimedian votes will remain confidential and we(chris and i)will
>announce the results on friday at around 2pm.
>
>if there are no objections,all the best.incase there are objections,we
>will be glad to hear them out coz we are a team.
>
>
>On 6/20/11, Limoke Oscar <oslimoke(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Guys,
>> From my understanding of this thread,the SA and Botswana Challenge
>> offer was directed to the KWC participants on thus Mailing list.I
>> think the 4 of us can easily agree on the person tp represent us based
>> on the challenges and hardships we went through during the KWC.It
>> doesn't make sense to have guys who dint and perhaps dont know what
>> KWC was all about voting/vetting or deciding who among us should go.
>>
>> Plus this is going to be a teaching/sharing event and thus not fun as
>> some of us have understood it.As such the vetting/voting thing should
>> be left to the 4participants to decide among themselves after-all why
>> would you vote for something you dont/dint know about it till this
>> thread???
>>
>> P/s:
>> 1;Sam,it would be very nice for you to share your thoughts,challenges
>> and any piece of advice you got about the KWC.I know you have lots
>> that would benefit the SA and Botwsana.
>> 2:the participants should all draft about there challenges and lessons
>> from the KWC and present theme to the representative so trhat they may
>> benefit the SA/Botswana Challenges
>>
>> I will be very much willing to share my personal frustrations and
>> challenges with whoever will be going to SA
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> On 6/20/11, lilian nyarera <lireshi(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> Hi good people!!
>>> Just a point of view. I think given the list of eligibles , Sam should
>>> represent us.Just an equal opportunity base. However, if he isn't
>>> interested, vetting should then be done. My consideration idea was, Abbas
>>> and Oscar represented us at Germany, Alex is going for the WikiMania thing
>>> so Sam should stand this chance ;if only he is interested!!
>>> cheers,
>>> Lilian.
>>>
>>> On Fri Jun 17th, 2011 4:51 PM PDT Asaf Bartov wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 7:13 AM, Abbas Mahmood <abbasjnr(a)hotmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Actually, I think Asaf was clear in what he said:
>>>>>
>>>>> I* think it makes sense to have one trainer from the Wikipedian
>>>>> community
>>>>> in South Africa, for familiarity with (at least some of) the languages,
>>>>> and
>>>>> another trainer from among those of you who participated in the 2009
>>>>> Swahili
>>>>> challenge, for your insight on the Challenge itself and on the process.*
>>>>> *
>>>>> *
>>>>> To my understanding of the above statement, Asaf says that he wants one
>>>>> person from SA and one from Kenya.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>That's correct. I'm still waiting for a response from the Wikimedia South
>>>>Africa group. In the unlikely event we can't find a volunteer there,
>>>> we'll
>>>>need two from your group. I'll keep you all posted.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks!
>>>>
>>>> Asaf
>>>>--
>>>> Asaf Bartov
>>>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> WikimediaKE mailing list
>>> WikimediaKE(a)lists.wikimedia.org
>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Limoke Oscar,
>> mayenge.blogspot.com
>> Freelancer,
>> GeoInformatics and GIScience Student
>>
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Hi,
Kindly tag along a friend who will be available for the session.
Cheers
stephen w. wanjau
Phone: +254 771 557 857
twitter:haha_wanjau
B.Sc statistics and computer science.
JKUAT
On Jun 21, 2011 9:34 PM, "Chris Riwa" <chriwaustin(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Great idea. Am very available. At last we all get to meet!
>
> On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 9:25 PM, Limoke Oscar <oslimoke(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Steve,
>> U lost me with the BIG English but I presume i got it.I would suggest
>> that we use the event to populate the categories for The Wikipedia
>> Takes Nairobi.I would suggest we make it a fun day rather than the
>> conventional meetings...any suggestions?Like we play and bond as we
>> populate the categories,a fun WikiDay...kill 2stones with one
>> bird...just my 2sense..
>>
>>
>> On 6/21/11, stephen wanjau <wanjaustev(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Wikimedians,
>> >
>> > We are forecasting to have our second WikiSaturday at JKUAT - (Juja) on
>> the
>> > 25th June, 2011 - tersely this Saturday!
>> >
>> > Apart from the habitual editting of Wikimedia projects and recruitment
>> > of new members I would like to adumbrate the we take some time to
>> > deliberate ways of how the wikipedia takes Nairobi assignment shall be
>> > tackled.
>> >
>> > Feel free to express your views and comments in conversational
>> > communication that possess a compacted conciseness, a clarified
>> > comprehensibility, a coalescent cogency and a concatenated
>> > consistency.
>> >
>> > All are welcome!
>> > See you then.
>> >
>> > Regards
>> > Mr. Stephen W. Wanjau
>> > Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
>> > Freelance article writer and data entry specialist.
>> > Phone: +254 771 557 857
>> > twitter: @haha_wanjau
>> > facebook: www.facebook.com/.swanjau
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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>> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake
>> >
>>
>>
>> --
>> Limoke Oscar,
>> mayenge.blogspot.com
>> Freelancer,
>> GeoInformatics and GIScience Student
>>
>> _______________________________________________
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>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake
>>
>
>
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> Freelance Survey Researcher and Consultant
> Mobile: *+254(0)725-930-850*
> e-mail:
>
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>
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Hey all,
At this point, it's proving hard to understand our characters on the mailing list! Bt it is_ @obvious :no one should take anything personally!
For that matter, Abbas, Alex and Oscar I think you should discuss and come to an agreement who is going! The rest of us will trust the three of you then to do us proud!
cheers,
Lilian.
On Tue Jun 21st, 2011 5:02 AM PDT Abbas Mahmood wrote:
>
>Oh my God! Could we please maintain civility? We are all volunteers here and Oscar, please remember this in your choice of words. I do not want to lose any member (including both of you) at this very early stage of WMKE, and once again, please be careful with your choice of words. While I presume that you may have not meant any harm to Isaac, he has been offended. And Isaac, please assume good faith. Oscar might have gotten a bit carried away and I do hope that this will not happen again.
>My apologies,Abbas.
>
>Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:43:00 +0300
>From: kips8505izo(a)gmail.com
>To: wikimediake(a)lists.wikimedia.org
>Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] New voting link
>
>Oscar,
>with all due respect kindly avoid using those harsh words. I would really like to emulate your point of view and esp. the part you say we demonstrate maturity but I beg to differ with you esp when you use those insulting words like keep your mouth shut,,,,,
>
>I am sorry if this will not go well with you but No offence intended I beg your pardon in advance Oscar.
>
>
>I am afraid its time some of us get out of Wikimedia Kenya coz its so painful to see such harsh exchange of words over a matter that can be solved tru positive discussion
>
>
>On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 14:24, Limoke Oscar <oslimoke(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>Guys,
>
>I think we are/have demonstrated the highest level of immaturity on
>
>this one.Just what do we think we have demonstrated t the world?lets
>
>try to be civil and accommodating in our discussions.and above
>
>all,lets make informed arguments and discussions .its very
>
>embarrassing to see people talking trash about things and they have no
>
>idea of.
>
>Its well and wise to keep your mouth shut than open it to proove
>
>otherwise to us and the rest of the world.
>
>
>
>I personally was not opposed to Grace's idea of voting,just felt like
>
>Alex put it,this is being immature and rushing things.plus,Grace,as
>
>Abbas put it,Who did u intend to vote?the criteria of voting?and why
>
>would people vote say for me yet they have no idea of my input and
>
>participation in the KWC?that would be promoting populism which is not
>
>good for a volunteer movement like us.we are not supposed to encourage
>
>competition or populism,flexing our muscles to see wh has got the
>
>bigger say or last word would just serve to scare potential and very
>
>dedicated members like myself and others I wouldn't mention.lets
>
>accommodate each others opinion and views and not exert our
>
>muscles....
>
>
>
>i must say I was quite unhappy with your total disregard to my
>
>concerns and went ahead to carry/publish the poll without addressing
>
>them or validating your course or atleast informing me and the group
>
>of the whole idea of voting rather than another option.......
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>On 6/21/11, Abbas Mahmood <abbasjnr(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>
>> hi Alex, et al.,
>
>> I don't know the right way to do this, but to avoid a lot of unnecessary
>
>> debates over who should go and how we decide whose going; I think it's best
>
>> if the participants themselves first discuss what they want off-list. If
>
>> the participants are comfortable with discussing and deciding who should go
>
>> -- well and good. If they can not decide, then they can request for a
>
>> broader input from the mailing list.
>
>> I don't know how we will do it, but i am ready to discuss this with Oscar &
>
>> Alex first (off-list).
>
>> --Abbas.
>
>>
>
>>
>
>>
>
>> > Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 03:53:08 -0700
>
>>> From: xelawafs(a)yahoo.com
>
>>> To: wikimediake(a)lists.wikimedia.org
>
>>> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] New voting link
>
>>>
>
>>> Hey Abbas,
>
>>>
>
>>> As I've hinted on my previous post, this is not the right way of coducting
>
>>> an election.
>
>>>
>
>>> Grace, this all seems rushed and forced and currently, Oscar's idea seems
>
>>> better.
>
>>>
>
>>> Alex.
>
>>>
>
>>> On Tue Jun 21st, 2011 3:15 AM PDT Abbas Mahmood wrote:
>
>>>
>
>>> >Grace,
>
>>> >
>
>>> >thanks for the link. However, Oscar earlier shared his concerns over who
>
>>> > has the right to vote. Which brings me to the question: is everyone OK
>
>>> > with Grace overseeing the voting process or do you want the Kiswahili
>
>>> > Wikipedia Challenge participants to decide for themselves?
>
>>> >
>
>>> >--Abbas.
>
>>> >
>
>>> >Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 13:05:34 +0300
>
>>> >From: gkariuki99(a)gmail.com
>
>>> >To: wikimediake(a)lists.wikimedia.org
>
>>> >Subject: [Wikimedia Kenya] New voting link
>
>>> >
>
>>> >Hello,
>
>>> >this is the new voting link: http://www.doodle.com/5wawrwb3zex66qxe
>
>>> >Thanks,Grace
>
>>> >
>
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>--
>
>Limoke Oscar,
>
>mayenge.blogspot.com
>
>Freelancer,
>
>GeoInformatics and GIScience Student
>
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>Bachelor of Agribusiness Management
>Egerton University,
>Njoro Kenya.
>(+254727553981)
>www.linkedin.com/in/kipsizoo
>
>Skype:Kipsizoo
>Twitter:@Kipsizoo
>"You Must be the Change you wish to see in the world"-Mahatma Ghandi
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Hey Ken,
It's always great to have a new member so welcome. I'll direct you to our site for starters: www.wikimedia.or.ke
I'll email you before the end of the day with more info on how to get started later on today
Guys, I think we should have some sort of mentorship program for new members or / and a startup toolkit...
ps: Ken, make sure to edit the subject of your emails to the mailing list for archiving purposes like I've done with this
On Tue Jun 21st, 2011 3:35 AM PDT Ken Kamau wrote:
>Hi guys am Kenjohn a new member actually and would like to know how
>wikimedia entails
>and its all about.
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>On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 1:29 PM, Isaac K. Kosgei <kips8505izo(a)gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi Guys,
>> I am surprised by the move. First Grace moves the create a voting doodle
>> without the approval of everybody and a consensus on who will vote or not.
>> then Abbas creates another so whose voting link will we go by.
>> I have to say I agree with Abbas his decision is correct, we cant just say
>> those who attended the first contest coz I believe if you have been an
>> active WKE member you must be well aware of everything so lets give all
>> active members a chance to participate.
>> As for the Voting link I suggest that we give a third party to handle who
>> in this case will exclude anybody who has an interest of going to SA. I dont
>> agree with Abbas or Grace having the link.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 13:01, Grace Kariuki <gkariuki99(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> hello again,
>>>
>>> i am from talking to Sam moments ago, and he just told me that he is
>>> unable to go to Southern Africa because: 1) he is too busy preoccupied with
>>> campus stuff and 2) he doesnt have a passport.
>>>
>>> I will therefore create a new doodle with the remaining candidates (abbas,
>>> oscar & alex). If there's anyone else who is willing to withdraw, kindly
>>> tell me in advance.
>>>
>>> As soon as Sam gets internet access, he will corroborate what I've just
>>> said.
>>>
>>> Sorry for any inconvenience caused.
>>>
>>> Grace.
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 12:29 PM, Grace Kariuki <gkariuki99(a)gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Greetings,
>>>>
>>>> I've created the doodle voting link here:
>>>> http://www.doodle.com/7kbc2ttq7t3b5a3v. Kindly cast your vote ASAP.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Grace.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Isaac K. Kosgei.
>> Bachelor of Agribusiness Management
>> Egerton University,
>> Njoro Kenya.
>> (+254727553981)
>> www.linkedin.com/in/kipsizoo
>> Skype:Kipsizoo
>> Twitter:@Kipsizoo
>> *"You Must be the Change you wish to see in the world"-Mahatma Ghandi
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