Hi guys,
I've used Kiwix before, it's one of the various softwares around that reads zim files. Linux os has become vital hence most opensource software such as Kiwix are offered in for this platform so hopefuly, we won't have installation issues.
As for visiting schools with computers, I beleive thd ICT board can assist with this. They have records for such schools hence we can use them to narrow down on the school's we'll visit. They are really open towards such initiatives so hopefully, they'll share this info.
So far, the framework sounds great.
Cheers Alex
On Tue Sep 28th, 2010 11:22 PM PDT Abbas Mahmoud wrote:
Hi folks,
Its quite unfortunate that last weeks meeting didn't happen. Anyway, what I wanted us to discuss was for us to propose a framework in the way we'll approach whatever we want to do.
For instance:
We were to start by experimenting with the offline Wikipedia. So, my suggestion is that each one of us be designated a region in Kenya within which he/she shall concentrate on. An appropriate basis of will be designating team members with the regions from which they come from. Like, say, if I come from Coast or Mombasa, I'll basically go to Mombasa and assess the schools that have computers there. After knowing how many schools we'll approach, we will then prepare our framework: timeline, budget, methodology, etc.
Actually, most public schools in Kenya have bought computers from Camara (and Irish non-profit organisation that distributes computers in African schools at a subsidised cost). These computers use the Linux (or is it Ubuntu??) operating system as opposed to many private schools whose computers are Windows-installed. So ofcourse, they'll be some software issues that may arise when we want to install the offline wiki into these computers. I'm not the software geek and I have never used offline wiki so I really have no idea whether or not the offline wiki is compatible with both types of operating systems.
So, this is the draft framework that I had in mind. I hope to receive input from you guys so that we can beef this framework up and come up with an organised, clear-cut plan.
Kind regards Abbas Mahmood.
Hi guys, Good to see great ideas surfacing out of us.Abbas' proposed framework is just fantastic.All I request of guys is to respond to the various posts on our mailing list 'coz thats the only way to assure all of us that we are on the same page.Great head start by Alex,perhaps we should meet to discus on the frame work?
Regards, Limoke Oscar
On 9/29/10, Alexander Wafula xelawafs@yahoo.com wrote:
Hi guys,
I've used Kiwix before, it's one of the various softwares around that reads zim files. Linux os has become vital hence most opensource software such as Kiwix are offered in for this platform so hopefuly, we won't have installation issues.
As for visiting schools with computers, I beleive thd ICT board can assist with this. They have records for such schools hence we can use them to narrow down on the school's we'll visit. They are really open towards such initiatives so hopefully, they'll share this info.
So far, the framework sounds great.
Cheers Alex
On Tue Sep 28th, 2010 11:22 PM PDT Abbas Mahmoud wrote:
Hi folks,
Its quite unfortunate that last weeks meeting didn't happen. Anyway, what I wanted us to discuss was for us to propose a framework in the way we'll approach whatever we want to do.
For instance:
We were to start by experimenting with the offline Wikipedia. So, my suggestion is that each one of us be designated a region in Kenya within which he/she shall concentrate on. An appropriate basis of will be designating team members with the regions from which they come from. Like, say, if I come from Coast or Mombasa, I'll basically go to Mombasa and assess the schools that have computers there. After knowing how many schools we'll approach, we will then prepare our framework: timeline, budget, methodology, etc.
Actually, most public schools in Kenya have bought computers from Camara (and Irish non-profit organisation that distributes computers in African schools at a subsidised cost). These computers use the Linux (or is it Ubuntu??) operating system as opposed to many private schools whose computers are Windows-installed. So ofcourse, they'll be some software issues that may arise when we want to install the offline wiki into these computers. I'm not the software geek and I have never used offline wiki so I really have no idea whether or not the offline wiki is compatible with both types of operating systems.
So, this is the draft framework that I had in mind. I hope to receive input from you guys so that we can beef this framework up and come up with an organised, clear-cut plan.
Kind regards Abbas Mahmood.
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Oscar,
Meeting all of us physically has prroven difficult due to busy or conflicting schedules. Alternatively, I don't mind us discussing the framework online.
--- Abbas.
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11:43:05 +0300 From: oslimoke@gmail.com To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Wikimedia Kenya Framework
Hi guys, Good to see great ideas surfacing out of us.Abbas' proposed framework is just fantastic.All I request of guys is to respond to the various posts on our mailing list 'coz thats the only way to assure all of us that we are on the same page.Great head start by Alex,perhaps we should meet to discus on the frame work?
Regards, Limoke Oscar
On 9/29/10, Alexander Wafula xelawafs@yahoo.com wrote:
Hi guys,
I've used Kiwix before, it's one of the various softwares around that reads zim files. Linux os has become vital hence most opensource software such as Kiwix are offered in for this platform so hopefuly, we won't have installation issues.
As for visiting schools with computers, I beleive thd ICT board can assist with this. They have records for such schools hence we can use them to narrow down on the school's we'll visit. They are really open towards such initiatives so hopefully, they'll share this info.
So far, the framework sounds great.
Cheers Alex
On Tue Sep 28th, 2010 11:22 PM PDT Abbas Mahmoud wrote:
Hi folks,
Its quite unfortunate that last weeks meeting didn't happen. Anyway, what I wanted us to discuss was for us to propose a framework in the way we'll approach whatever we want to do.
For instance:
We were to start by experimenting with the offline Wikipedia. So, my suggestion is that each one of us be designated a region in Kenya within which he/she shall concentrate on. An appropriate basis of will be designating team members with the regions from which they come from. Like, say, if I come from Coast or Mombasa, I'll basically go to Mombasa and assess the schools that have computers there. After knowing how many schools we'll approach, we will then prepare our framework: timeline, budget, methodology, etc.
Actually, most public schools in Kenya have bought computers from Camara (and Irish non-profit organisation that distributes computers in African schools at a subsidised cost). These computers use the Linux (or is it Ubuntu??) operating system as opposed to many private schools whose computers are Windows-installed. So ofcourse, they'll be some software issues that may arise when we want to install the offline wiki into these computers. I'm not the software geek and I have never used offline wiki so I really have no idea whether or not the offline wiki is compatible with both types of operating systems.
So, this is the draft framework that I had in mind. I hope to receive input from you guys so that we can beef this framework up and come up with an organised, clear-cut plan.
Kind regards Abbas Mahmood.
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-- Limoke Oscar Undergraduate Student -JKUAT Bsc.Geomatic Eng. and GIS +254 717 845 316
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Abbas, Thats fine with me,and very convenient.We however need to get everyone get to participate.This may perhaps give us the final chance to see who are commited or not.Lets then go ahead... Limoke
On 9/29/10, Abbas Mahmoud abbasjnr@hotmail.com wrote:
Oscar,
Meeting all of us physically has prroven difficult due to busy or conflicting schedules. Alternatively, I don't mind us discussing the framework online.
Abbas.
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11:43:05 +0300 From: oslimoke@gmail.com To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Wikimedia Kenya Framework
Hi guys, Good to see great ideas surfacing out of us.Abbas' proposed framework is just fantastic.All I request of guys is to respond to the various posts on our mailing list 'coz thats the only way to assure all of us that we are on the same page.Great head start by Alex,perhaps we should meet to discus on the frame work?
Regards, Limoke Oscar
On 9/29/10, Alexander Wafula xelawafs@yahoo.com wrote:
Hi guys,
I've used Kiwix before, it's one of the various softwares around that reads zim files. Linux os has become vital hence most opensource software such as Kiwix are offered in for this platform so hopefuly, we won't have installation issues.
As for visiting schools with computers, I beleive thd ICT board can assist with this. They have records for such schools hence we can use them to narrow down on the school's we'll visit. They are really open towards such initiatives so hopefully, they'll share this info.
So far, the framework sounds great.
Cheers Alex
On Tue Sep 28th, 2010 11:22 PM PDT Abbas Mahmoud wrote:
Hi folks,
Its quite unfortunate that last weeks meeting didn't happen. Anyway, what I wanted us to discuss was for us to propose a framework in the way we'll approach whatever we want to do.
For instance:
We were to start by experimenting with the offline Wikipedia. So, my suggestion is that each one of us be designated a region in Kenya within which he/she shall concentrate on. An appropriate basis of will be designating team members with the regions from which they come from. Like, say, if I come from Coast or Mombasa, I'll basically go to Mombasa and assess the schools that have computers there. After knowing how many schools we'll approach, we will then prepare our framework: timeline, budget, methodology, etc.
Actually, most public schools in Kenya have bought computers from Camara (and Irish non-profit organisation that distributes computers in African schools at a subsidised cost). These computers use the Linux (or is it Ubuntu??) operating system as opposed to many private schools whose computers are Windows-installed. So ofcourse, they'll be some software issues that may arise when we want to install the offline wiki into these computers. I'm not the software geek and I have never used offline wiki so I really have no idea whether or not the offline wiki is compatible with both types of operating systems.
So, this is the draft framework that I had in mind. I hope to receive input from you guys so that we can beef this framework up and come up with an organised, clear-cut plan.
Kind regards Abbas Mahmood.
WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake
-- Limoke Oscar Undergraduate Student -JKUAT Bsc.Geomatic Eng. and GIS +254 717 845 316
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Abbas, Thats fine with me,and very convenient.We however need to get everyone get to participate.This may perhaps give us the final chance to see who are commited or not.Lets then go ahead... Limoke
On 9/29/10, Abbas Mahmoud abbasjnr@hotmail.com wrote:
Oscar,
Meeting all of us physically has prroven difficult due to busy or conflicting schedules. Alternatively, I don't mind us discussing the framework online.
Abbas.
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11:43:05 +0300 From: oslimoke@gmail.com To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Wikimedia Kenya Framework
Hi guys, Good to see great ideas surfacing out of us.Abbas' proposed framework is just fantastic.All I request of guys is to respond to the various posts on our mailing list 'coz thats the only way to assure all of us that we are on the same page.Great head start by Alex,perhaps we should meet to discus on the frame work?
Regards, Limoke Oscar
On 9/29/10, Alexander Wafula xelawafs@yahoo.com wrote:
Hi guys,
I've used Kiwix before, it's one of the various softwares around that reads zim files. Linux os has become vital hence most opensource software such as Kiwix are offered in for this platform so hopefuly, we won't have installation issues.
As for visiting schools with computers, I beleive thd ICT board can assist with this. They have records for such schools hence we can use them to narrow down on the school's we'll visit. They are really open towards such initiatives so hopefully, they'll share this info.
So far, the framework sounds great.
Cheers Alex
On Tue Sep 28th, 2010 11:22 PM PDT Abbas Mahmoud wrote:
Hi folks,
Its quite unfortunate that last weeks meeting didn't happen. Anyway, what I wanted us to discuss was for us to propose a framework in the way we'll approach whatever we want to do.
For instance:
We were to start by experimenting with the offline Wikipedia. So, my suggestion is that each one of us be designated a region in Kenya within which he/she shall concentrate on. An appropriate basis of will be designating team members with the regions from which they come from. Like, say, if I come from Coast or Mombasa, I'll basically go to Mombasa and assess the schools that have computers there. After knowing how many schools we'll approach, we will then prepare our framework: timeline, budget, methodology, etc.
Actually, most public schools in Kenya have bought computers from Camara (and Irish non-profit organisation that distributes computers in African schools at a subsidised cost). These computers use the Linux (or is it Ubuntu??) operating system as opposed to many private schools whose computers are Windows-installed. So ofcourse, they'll be some software issues that may arise when we want to install the offline wiki into these computers. I'm not the software geek and I have never used offline wiki so I really have no idea whether or not the offline wiki is compatible with both types of operating systems.
So, this is the draft framework that I had in mind. I hope to receive input from you guys so that we can beef this framework up and come up with an organised, clear-cut plan.
Kind regards Abbas Mahmood.
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-- Limoke Oscar Undergraduate Student -JKUAT Bsc.Geomatic Eng. and GIS +254 717 845 316
WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake
An offline wikipedia, thats so cool. Count me in,am so excited. The framework is ok. Another meeting wld be fine.......
On 9/29/10, Alexander Wafula xelawafs@yahoo.com wrote:
Hi guys,
I've used Kiwix before, it's one of the various softwares around that reads zim files. Linux os has become vital hence most opensource software such as Kiwix are offered in for this platform so hopefuly, we won't have installation issues.
As for visiting schools with computers, I beleive thd ICT board can assist with this. They have records for such schools hence we can use them to narrow down on the school's we'll visit. They are really open towards such initiatives so hopefully, they'll share this info.
So far, the framework sounds great.
Cheers Alex
On Tue Sep 28th, 2010 11:22 PM PDT Abbas Mahmoud wrote:
Hi folks,
Its quite unfortunate that last weeks meeting didn't happen. Anyway, what I wanted us to discuss was for us to propose a framework in the way we'll approach whatever we want to do.
For instance:
We were to start by experimenting with the offline Wikipedia. So, my suggestion is that each one of us be designated a region in Kenya within which he/she shall concentrate on. An appropriate basis of will be designating team members with the regions from which they come from. Like, say, if I come from Coast or Mombasa, I'll basically go to Mombasa and assess the schools that have computers there. After knowing how many schools we'll approach, we will then prepare our framework: timeline, budget, methodology, etc.
Actually, most public schools in Kenya have bought computers from Camara (and Irish non-profit organisation that distributes computers in African schools at a subsidised cost). These computers use the Linux (or is it Ubuntu??) operating system as opposed to many private schools whose computers are Windows-installed. So ofcourse, they'll be some software issues that may arise when we want to install the offline wiki into these computers. I'm not the software geek and I have never used offline wiki so I really have no idea whether or not the offline wiki is compatible with both types of operating systems.
So, this is the draft framework that I had in mind. I hope to receive input from you guys so that we can beef this framework up and come up with an organised, clear-cut plan.
Kind regards Abbas Mahmood.
WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake
FYI - I have Kiwix's offline English Wikipedia running on my Ubuntu machine right now. It works perfectly. The main challenge is that it takes a lot of time to download (huge file) and then index. Once it is on the computer though, it works great! One interim solution is to put the files on some USBs and mail them out. The Foundation staff is starting to look into solutions that will allow us to provide computer vendors (such as Camara) to preload it.
Cheers, Barry
On 09/30/2010 11:37 PM, Wangai Mwangi wrote:
An offline wikipedia, thats so cool. Count me in,am so excited. The framework is ok. Another meeting wld be fine.......
On 9/29/10, Alexander Wafulaxelawafs@yahoo.com wrote:
Hi guys,
I've used Kiwix before, it's one of the various softwares around that reads zim files. Linux os has become vital hence most opensource software such as Kiwix are offered in for this platform so hopefuly, we won't have installation issues.
As for visiting schools with computers, I beleive thd ICT board can assist with this. They have records for such schools hence we can use them to narrow down on the school's we'll visit. They are really open towards such initiatives so hopefully, they'll share this info.
So far, the framework sounds great.
Cheers Alex
On Tue Sep 28th, 2010 11:22 PM PDT Abbas Mahmoud wrote:
Hi folks,
Its quite unfortunate that last weeks meeting didn't happen. Anyway, what I wanted us to discuss was for us to propose a framework in the way we'll approach whatever we want to do.
For instance:
We were to start by experimenting with the offline Wikipedia. So, my suggestion is that each one of us be designated a region in Kenya within which he/she shall concentrate on. An appropriate basis of will be designating team members with the regions from which they come from. Like, say, if I come from Coast or Mombasa, I'll basically go to Mombasa and assess the schools that have computers there. After knowing how many schools we'll approach, we will then prepare our framework: timeline, budget, methodology, etc.
Actually, most public schools in Kenya have bought computers from Camara (and Irish non-profit organisation that distributes computers in African schools at a subsidised cost). These computers use the Linux (or is it Ubuntu??) operating system as opposed to many private schools whose computers are Windows-installed. So ofcourse, they'll be some software issues that may arise when we want to install the offline wiki into these computers. I'm not the software geek and I have never used offline wiki so I really have no idea whether or not the offline wiki is compatible with both types of operating systems.
So, this is the draft framework that I had in mind. I hope to receive input from you guys so that we can beef this framework up and come up with an organised, clear-cut plan.
Kind regards Abbas Mahmood.
WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake
Hi Barry,
Does the foundation have a school-edition offline Wikipedia? Or has any of the existing chapters ever come up with one that's exclusive for schools?
~Abbas.
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 07:02:00 -0700 From: bnewstead@wikimedia.org To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Wikimedia Kenya Framework
FYI - I have Kiwix's offline English Wikipedia running on my Ubuntu machine right now. It works perfectly. The main challenge is that it takes a lot of time to download (huge file) and then index. Once it is on the computer though, it works great! One interim solution is to put the files on some USBs and mail them out. The Foundation staff is starting to look into solutions that will allow us to provide computer vendors (such as Camara) to preload it.
Cheers, Barry
On 09/30/2010 11:37 PM, Wangai Mwangi wrote:
An offline wikipedia, thats so cool. Count me in,am so excited. The framework is ok. Another meeting wld be fine.......
On 9/29/10, Alexander Wafulaxelawafs@yahoo.com wrote:
Hi guys,
I've used Kiwix before, it's one of the various softwares around that reads zim files. Linux os has become vital hence most opensource software such as Kiwix are offered in for this platform so hopefuly, we won't have installation issues.
As for visiting schools with computers, I beleive thd ICT board can assist with this. They have records for such schools hence we can use them to narrow down on the school's we'll visit. They are really open towards such initiatives so hopefully, they'll share this info.
So far, the framework sounds great.
Cheers Alex
On Tue Sep 28th, 2010 11:22 PM PDT Abbas Mahmoud wrote:
Hi folks,
Its quite unfortunate that last weeks meeting didn't happen. Anyway, what I wanted us to discuss was for us to propose a framework in the way we'll approach whatever we want to do.
For instance:
We were to start by experimenting with the offline Wikipedia. So, my suggestion is that each one of us be designated a region in Kenya within which he/she shall concentrate on. An appropriate basis of will be designating team members with the regions from which they come from. Like, say, if I come from Coast or Mombasa, I'll basically go to Mombasa and assess the schools that have computers there. After knowing how many schools we'll approach, we will then prepare our framework: timeline, budget, methodology, etc.
Actually, most public schools in Kenya have bought computers from Camara (and Irish non-profit organisation that distributes computers in African schools at a subsidised cost). These computers use the Linux (or is it Ubuntu??) operating system as opposed to many private schools whose computers are Windows-installed. So ofcourse, they'll be some software issues that may arise when we want to install the offline wiki into these computers. I'm not the software geek and I have never used offline wiki so I really have no idea whether or not the offline wiki is compatible with both types of operating systems.
So, this is the draft framework that I had in mind. I hope to receive input from you guys so that we can beef this framework up and come up with an organised, clear-cut plan.
Kind regards Abbas Mahmood.
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The one I know of is http://schools-wikipedia.org/. I'm copying Martin Walker into the thread, as he has done work on article selection for offline.
Best, Barry
On 10/01/2010 07:36 AM, Abbas Mahmoud wrote:
Hi Barry,
Does the foundation have a school-edition offline Wikipedia? Or has any of the existing chapters ever come up with one that's exclusive for schools?
~Abbas.
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 07:02:00 -0700 From: bnewstead@wikimedia.org To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Wikimedia Kenya Framework
FYI - I have Kiwix's offline English Wikipedia running on my Ubuntu machine right now. It works perfectly. The main challenge is that it takes a lot of time to download (huge file) and then index. Once it is on the computer though, it works great! One interim solution is to put the files on some USBs and mail them out. The Foundation staff is starting to look into solutions that will allow us to provide computer vendors (such as Camara) to preload it.
Cheers, Barry
On 09/30/2010 11:37 PM, Wangai Mwangi wrote:
An offline wikipedia, thats so cool. Count me in,am so excited. The framework is ok. Another meeting wld be fine.......
On 9/29/10, Alexander Wafulaxelawafs@yahoo.com wrote:
Hi guys,
I've used Kiwix before, it's one of the various softwares around
that reads
zim files. Linux os has become vital hence most opensource
software such as
Kiwix are offered in for this platform so hopefuly, we won't have installation issues.
As for visiting schools with computers, I beleive thd ICT board
can assist
with this. They have records for such schools hence we can use
them to
narrow down on the school's we'll visit. They are really open
towards such
initiatives so hopefully, they'll share this info.
So far, the framework sounds great.
Cheers Alex
On Tue Sep 28th, 2010 11:22 PM PDT Abbas Mahmoud wrote:
Hi folks,
Its quite unfortunate that last weeks meeting didn't happen.
Anyway, what I
wanted us to discuss was for us to propose a framework in the
way we'll
approach whatever we want to do.
For instance:
We were to start by experimenting with the offline Wikipedia. So, my suggestion is that each one of us be designated a region in
Kenya within
which he/she shall concentrate on. An appropriate basis of will be designating team members with the regions from which they come
from. Like,
say, if I come from Coast or Mombasa, I'll basically go to
Mombasa and
assess the schools that have computers there. After knowing how many schools we'll approach, we will then prepare our framework:
timeline,
budget, methodology, etc.
Actually, most public schools in Kenya have bought computers
from Camara
(and Irish non-profit organisation that distributes computers in
African
schools at a subsidised cost). These computers use the Linux (or
is it
Ubuntu??) operating system as opposed to many private schools whose computers are Windows-installed. So ofcourse, they'll be some
software
issues that may arise when we want to install the offline wiki
into these
computers. I'm not the software geek and I have never used
offline wiki so
I really have no idea whether or not the offline wiki is
compatible with
both types of operating systems.
So, this is the draft framework that I had in mind. I hope to
receive input
from you guys so that we can beef this framework up and come up
with an
organised, clear-cut plan.
Kind regards Abbas Mahmood.
WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake
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Hi, I'm Martin Walker, and I am heavily involved with the Wikipedia 1.0 Team, which organises offline releases on the English Wikipedia. What you're planning sounds great!
I'm currently working on Version 0.8, our next test release, which is a general adult selection - not designed for schools, though they could use it. We are using this release to test new software that selects the "safest" revisionID of each article, so we can avoid vandalised versions.
http://schools-wikipedia.org/ is indeed the main English Wikipedia offline selection for schools. They have volunteers that carefully check every page. This excellent initiative is organised by User:BozMo on the English Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:BozMo BozMo is currently preparing an updated schools selection, it should be released fairly soon. He is starting to use the same revisionID selection software.
Another useful contact is User:Wizzy, who has worked on taking Kiwix collections to schools in South Africa: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Wizzy http://blog.wizzy.com/post/Kiwix-install-at-Kwena-Malapo-school-Johannesberg
Please let me know if there's anything I can do to help.
All the best, Martin
Martin A. Walker Department of Chemistry SUNY College at Potsdam Potsdam, NY 13676 USA +1 (315) 267-2271
Barry Newstead wrote:
The one I know of is http://schools-wikipedia.org/. I'm copying Martin Walker into the thread, as he has done work on article selection for offline.
Best, Barry
On 10/01/2010 07:36 AM, Abbas Mahmoud wrote:
Hi Barry,
Does the foundation have a school-edition offline Wikipedia? Or has any of the existing chapters ever come up with one that's exclusive for schools?
~Abbas.
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 07:02:00 -0700 From: bnewstead@wikimedia.org To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Wikimedia Kenya Framework
FYI - I have Kiwix's offline English Wikipedia running on my Ubuntu machine right now. It works perfectly. The main challenge is that it takes a lot of time to download (huge file) and then index. Once it is on the computer though, it works great! One interim solution is to put the files on some USBs and mail them out. The Foundation staff is starting to look into solutions that will allow us to provide computer vendors (such as Camara) to preload it.
Cheers, Barry
On 09/30/2010 11:37 PM, Wangai Mwangi wrote:
An offline wikipedia, thats so cool. Count me in,am so excited. The framework is ok. Another meeting wld be fine.......
On 9/29/10, Alexander Wafulaxelawafs@yahoo.com wrote:
Hi guys,
I've used Kiwix before, it's one of the various softwares around
that reads
zim files. Linux os has become vital hence most opensource
software such as
Kiwix are offered in for this platform so hopefuly, we won't have installation issues.
As for visiting schools with computers, I beleive thd ICT board
can assist
with this. They have records for such schools hence we can use
them to
narrow down on the school's we'll visit. They are really open
towards such
initiatives so hopefully, they'll share this info.
So far, the framework sounds great.
Cheers Alex
On Tue Sep 28th, 2010 11:22 PM PDT Abbas Mahmoud wrote:
Hi folks,
Its quite unfortunate that last weeks meeting didn't happen.
Anyway, what I
wanted us to discuss was for us to propose a framework in the
way we'll
approach whatever we want to do.
For instance:
We were to start by experimenting with the offline Wikipedia. So,
my
suggestion is that each one of us be designated a region in
Kenya within
which he/she shall concentrate on. An appropriate basis of will be designating team members with the regions from which they come
from. Like,
say, if I come from Coast or Mombasa, I'll basically go to
Mombasa and
assess the schools that have computers there. After knowing how
many
schools we'll approach, we will then prepare our framework:
timeline,
budget, methodology, etc.
Actually, most public schools in Kenya have bought computers
from Camara
(and Irish non-profit organisation that distributes computers in
African
schools at a subsidised cost). These computers use the Linux (or
is it
Ubuntu??) operating system as opposed to many private schools
whose
computers are Windows-installed. So ofcourse, they'll be some
software
issues that may arise when we want to install the offline wiki
into these
computers. I'm not the software geek and I have never used
offline wiki so
I really have no idea whether or not the offline wiki is
compatible with
both types of operating systems.
So, this is the draft framework that I had in mind. I hope to
receive input
from you guys so that we can beef this framework up and come up
with an
organised, clear-cut plan.
Kind regards Abbas Mahmood.
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Hi Barry,
Does the foundation have a school-edition offline Wikipedia? Or has any of the existing chapters ever come up with one that's exclusive for schools?
~Abbas.
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 07:02:00 -0700 From: bnewstead@wikimedia.org To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Wikimedia Kenya Framework
FYI - I have Kiwix's offline English Wikipedia running on my Ubuntu machine right now. It works perfectly. The main challenge is that it takes a lot of time to download (huge file) and then index. Once it is on the computer though, it works great! One interim solution is to put the files on some USBs and mail them out. The Foundation staff is starting to look into solutions that will allow us to provide computer vendors (such as Camara) to preload it.
Cheers, Barry
On 09/30/2010 11:37 PM, Wangai Mwangi wrote:
An offline wikipedia, thats so cool. Count me in,am so excited. The framework is ok. Another meeting wld be fine.......
On 9/29/10, Alexander Wafulaxelawafs@yahoo.com wrote:
Hi guys,
I've used Kiwix before, it's one of the various softwares around that reads zim files. Linux os has become vital hence most opensource software such as Kiwix are offered in for this platform so hopefuly, we won't have installation issues.
As for visiting schools with computers, I beleive thd ICT board can assist with this. They have records for such schools hence we can use them to narrow down on the school's we'll visit. They are really open towards such initiatives so hopefully, they'll share this info.
So far, the framework sounds great.
Cheers Alex
On Tue Sep 28th, 2010 11:22 PM PDT Abbas Mahmoud wrote:
Hi folks,
Its quite unfortunate that last weeks meeting didn't happen. Anyway, what I wanted us to discuss was for us to propose a framework in the way we'll approach whatever we want to do.
For instance:
We were to start by experimenting with the offline Wikipedia. So, my suggestion is that each one of us be designated a region in Kenya within which he/she shall concentrate on. An appropriate basis of will be designating team members with the regions from which they come from. Like, say, if I come from Coast or Mombasa, I'll basically go to Mombasa and assess the schools that have computers there. After knowing how many schools we'll approach, we will then prepare our framework: timeline, budget, methodology, etc.
Actually, most public schools in Kenya have bought computers from Camara (and Irish non-profit organisation that distributes computers in African schools at a subsidised cost). These computers use the Linux (or is it Ubuntu??) operating system as opposed to many private schools whose computers are Windows-installed. So ofcourse, they'll be some software issues that may arise when we want to install the offline wiki into these computers. I'm not the software geek and I have never used offline wiki so I really have no idea whether or not the offline wiki is compatible with both types of operating systems.
So, this is the draft framework that I had in mind. I hope to receive input from you guys so that we can beef this framework up and come up with an organised, clear-cut plan.
Kind regards Abbas Mahmood.
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Hi all,
There has been an "edition" of English Wikipedia for schools at: http://schools-wikipedia.org/ http://schools-wikipedia.org/(There is a download option, so you might be able to build on that.)
Best, Bence
On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 4:37 PM, Abbas Mahmoud abbasjnr@hotmail.com wrote:
Hi Barry,
Does the foundation have a school-edition offline Wikipedia? Or has any of the existing chapters ever come up with one that's exclusive for schools?
~Abbas.
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 07:02:00 -0700 From: bnewstead@wikimedia.org To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Wikimedia Kenya Framework
FYI - I have Kiwix's offline English Wikipedia running on my Ubuntu machine right now. It works perfectly. The main challenge is that it takes a lot of time to download (huge file) and then index. Once it is on the computer though, it works great! One interim solution is to put the files on some USBs and mail them out. The Foundation staff is starting to look into solutions that will allow us to provide computer vendors (such as Camara) to preload it.
Cheers, Barry
On 09/30/2010 11:37 PM, Wangai Mwangi wrote:
An offline wikipedia, thats so cool. Count me in,am so excited. The framework is ok. Another meeting wld be fine.......
On 9/29/10, Alexander Wafulaxelawafs@yahoo.com wrote:
Hi guys,
I've used Kiwix before, it's one of the various softwares around that
reads
zim files. Linux os has become vital hence most opensource software
such as
Kiwix are offered in for this platform so hopefuly, we won't have installation issues.
As for visiting schools with computers, I beleive thd ICT board can
assist
with this. They have records for such schools hence we can use them to narrow down on the school's we'll visit. They are really open towards
such
initiatives so hopefully, they'll share this info.
So far, the framework sounds great.
Cheers Alex
On Tue Sep 28th, 2010 11:22 PM PDT Abbas Mahmoud wrote:
Hi folks,
Its quite unfortunate that last weeks meeting didn't happen. Anyway,
what I
wanted us to discuss was for us to propose a framework in the way
we'll
approach whatever we want to do.
For instance:
We were to start by experimenting with the offline Wikipedia. So, my suggestion is that each one of us be designated a region in Kenya
within
which he/she shall concentrate on. An appropriate basis of will be designating team members with the regions from which they come from.
Like,
say, if I come from Coast or Mombasa, I'll basically go to Mombasa
and
assess the schools that have computers there. After knowing how many schools we'll approach, we will then prepare our framework: timeline, budget, methodology, etc.
Actually, most public schools in Kenya have bought computers from
Camara
(and Irish non-profit organisation that distributes computers in
African
schools at a subsidised cost). These computers use the Linux (or is
it
Ubuntu??) operating system as opposed to many private schools whose computers are Windows-installed. So ofcourse, they'll be some
software
issues that may arise when we want to install the offline wiki into
these
computers. I'm not the software geek and I have never used offline
wiki so
I really have no idea whether or not the offline wiki is compatible
with
both types of operating systems.
So, this is the draft framework that I had in mind. I hope to receive
input
from you guys so that we can beef this framework up and come up with
an
organised, clear-cut plan.
Kind regards Abbas Mahmood.
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