On 24/03/2011, stephen wanjau <
wanjaustev@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thats a very good idea and I promise we will do that as soon as we can.
>
> Alex,could this be one of the agendas to be tackled on wikisaturday.Just a
> suggestion.
> cheers
>
> On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 7:46 AM, Alex Wafula <
xelawafs@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Hey Jessie,
>>
>> Thanks for the link. Though it had a dot at the end hence linking to the
>> wrong page. I think this should be Ok:
>>
meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Offline_Projects
>>
>> I believe we can provide most of the info required on the map considering
>> we kept records of the number of computers in which we installed Kiwix as
>> well as other details.
>>
>> Hope to have the data up soon.
>>
>> cheers,
>> Alex.
>>
>> On Wed, 23 Mar 2011 14:32 PDT Jessie Wild wrote:
>>
>> >Hello!
>> >
>> >I just wanted to direct your attention to the new offline portal on the
>> meta-wiki that is to be used to track all offline projects! It can be
>> found
>> here:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Offline_Projects. The goal is that
>> this is the place where all the offline materials and lessons learned will
>> be codified and able to access. So, for example, it would be great to
>> include the copy of your WfS User Manuel.
>> >
>> >In particular, I was hoping you could help with populating a map designed
>> to capture where all the offline distributions have taken place. See this
>> Google Map <
>>
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=200444821566545185767.00049e894f5c32ec25b23&ll=36.315125,0.351563&spn=117.045492,346.289063&z=2>.
>> There are a few examples already installed, but for each location we would
>> basically want to include:
>> >
>> > * Number of offline distributions: (i.e., #computers)
>> > * Number impacted: (e.g., # of students + teachers)
>> > * Content: (e.g., "Wikipedia for Schools")
>> > * Language: (e.g., "English")
>> > * Contact: (e.g., "Samson Maosa & Isaac Kosgei" (or usernames))
>> > * Other/Notes: (if applicable)
>> >
>> >It would be great if we could have flags for each school the offline
>> project has been uploaded. If you need help populating the map, please
>> let
>> me know, and I am happy to send instructions on how to do so.
>> >
>> >Let me know what questions you have! And please feel free to contribute
>> > to
>> the wiki in whatever way you think is most valuable: reorganizing,
>> uploading
>> content, data, etc.
>> >
>> >Thanks for your help! Hope you think this is valuable: I think it will be
>> a great way to organize volunteers, but also a great place to direct
>> partners to who are interested in learning more information about the
>> purpose of the project (e.g., Ministry of Education).
>> >
>> >Jessie
>> >
>> >
>> >-- Jessie Wild
>> >Special Projects Manager
>> >Global Development
>> >Wikimedia Foundation
>> >
>>
>>
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