WikimediaZA August 2013

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Join us for tomorrow's AGM and the launch of WLM
by Douglas Scott 01 Sep '13

01 Sep '13

Hello everyone, This is just a quick reminder to everyone on this list that you are all invited to attend the Wikimedia ZA AGM tomorrow morning (beginning at 10am) and the launch event of Wiki Loves Monuments at 3:30pm for 4pm in Cape Town. If you can't join the AGM in person but would like to join in digitally then please watch the AGM event pages on the Wikimedia ZA website at: http://wikimedia.org.za/wiki/01-09-13-AGMMeeting Details for tomorrows two events: *Location:* Prestwich Place Memorial, corner of Buitengracht St and Riebeek St, Cape Town, Western Cape. *Date:* 1st September *Times:* AGM: 10am Wiki Loves Monuments: 3:30pm for 4pm Best regards, -- Douglas Ian Scott 司道格 Skype: douglas0scott South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727

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Setswana Wikipedia Incentives online Content in Africa
by Oarabile Mudongo 30 Aug '13

30 Aug '13

Greetings i have published our blog with the above heading as a way of calling up for more contributors into our Setswana Wikipedia Wiki Page. We cordialy request every SA memeber who is fluent in Setswana to help volunteer to help increase the number of content. Our major target is to cross over to 1,000 article by the end of the year. Please share this link to your circles for greater publicty. http://oarabilemudongo.blogspot.com/2013/08/setswana-wikipedia-incentives-l… Your help and contributions will be highly appreciated. Cheers!! -- *Oarabile Joseph Mudongo* *Wikipedia Community Liaison- Wikimedia Botswana * *Student Ambassador - Mozilla Foundation **+26774899486 / +26774131307* **

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Richard Stallman speaking at Software Freedom Day
by David Richfield 28 Aug '13

28 Aug '13

Hi all, If you'd like to attend a talk by a pioneer of Open Knowledge, go to http://sfd-jhb-2013.eventbrite.com/ to get your free ticket. Regards, -- David Richfield [[:en:User:Slashme]] +27718539985

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Wikipedia banner adds
by Douglas Scott 27 Aug '13

27 Aug '13

Hello everyone, I have set up two geonotices for Wikipedia editors in South Africa. I would like to know if some one could check to see if when logged in as a user on Wikipedia a banner add is displayed for either of the two events on 1st September in Cape Town? The two events are the AGM at 10am and the Wiki Loves Monuments launch at 3:30pm for 4pm. I would also like to get feedback on whether the two events should remain on two separate banner adds or if this is confusing and they should rather be merged into one banner add? Currently I am in China and so I can not check to see what access Wikipedia is like in South Africa. Cheers, -- Douglas Ian Scott 司道格 Skype: douglas0scott South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 872

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Save your etherpad text before it's too late!
by David Richfield 24 Aug '13

24 Aug '13

Last chance... David Richfield +27718539985 Sent from a mobile device. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Sumana Harihareswara" <sumanah(a)wikimedia.org> Date: 23 Aug 2013 22:16 Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Etherpad Lite labs instance going down in two weeks - backup time To: "Wikimedia Labs" <labs-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, "Wikimedia Mailing List" <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, "MediaWiki for enterprises" < mediawiki-enterprise(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Cc: Thanks to Mark Holmquist for maintaining http://etherpad.wmflabs.org for the past long while. It is going down in 2 weeks, so please retrieve your text. I recommend that you: * go into your browser history * search it for etherpad.wmflabs.org * go to each of those pads and copy-and-paste the content someplace, preferably on a public wiki, even if it's just in your userspace * replace the content of the Etherpad with a link to the wiki page you've moved the text to -Sumana -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Wikitech-l] Etherpad Lite labs instance going down in two weeks - backup time Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2013 13:02:13 -0700 From: Mark Holmquist <mtraceur(a)member.fsf.org> Reply-To: Wikimedia developers <wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> To: wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org, engineering(a)lists.wikimedia.org, labs-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org The day we have all equally hoped for and dreaded is come to pass: Etherpad Lite has now replaced Etherpad "Classic" in production, and the labs instance is on its way out. This is my as-wide-as-possible email warning to say that everything on the labs instance, as really should have been expected, is going to be gone soon. Not immediately - we intend to give you two weeks to get your important data off the instance and onto the new one at https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/ - but you should _absolutely_ be moving things as soon as possible. We will also keep a data dump around, in case anything else needs to get pulled out of the pads, but I would suggest not relying on that if you don't have to. And in the future: If a URL has "wmflabs.org" in it...don't put anything, ANYTHING, important there. The purpose of labs is to let us experiment with new technology without having to worry about reliability. Thanks so much for your help and understanding in the course of this migration. tl;dr: http://etherpad.wmflabs.org is going down in 2 weeks, get yer stuff off it. -- Mark Holmquist Software Engineer, Multimedia Wikimedia Foundation mtraceur(a)member.fsf.org https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/User:MHolmquist _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>

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Re: [Wikimedia ZA] WikimediaZA Digest, Vol 37, Issue 6
by Dumisani 20 Aug '13

20 Aug '13

This looks cool Douglas. Thanks for forwarding. Regards Dumisani Ndubane Sent from my iPad On 19 Aug 2013, at 9:13 PM, wikimediaza-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org wrote: > Send WikimediaZA mailing list submissions to > wikimediaza(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaza > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wikimediaza-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wikimediaza-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of WikimediaZA digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Invitation to the Wiki Loves Monuments launch event > (Wikimedia South Africa) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 21:01:19 +0200 > From: Wikimedia South Africa <wikimediasouthafrica(a)gmail.com> > To: wikimediaza(a)lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: [Wikimedia ZA] Invitation to the Wiki Loves Monuments launch > event > Message-ID: > <CAP8rm2dxwHeSg6E0dfSKEcsstM6SEfZDYMH_-rcH6y6J3oB7qg(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hello everyone, > > Attached is the offical invitation to everyone on this list to attend this > year's launch of Wiki Loves Monuments which will be held on the 1st > September at 3:30pm for 4pm at the Prestwhich Memorial, corner of > Buitengracht St and Riebeek St, Cape Town, Western Cape. > > I have just pulled an all nighter getting this invite ready for all of you > (I am currently in China for the next few days) so please do have a look at > it if you get a chance to tonight and let me know ASAP on any error's I > might have missed. I want to send this out to our media contacts early > tomorrow morning. > > Please do send these invites out to whom ever you think might be interested > in participating. > > I also want to remind everyone that we will be having our annual general > meeting (AGM) on the same day, at the same place at 10am. There will be > some free coffee and wifi access at Truth Coffee for us so everyone on this > list is encouraged to come on down. > > Thanks, > > Douglas. >

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Invitation to the Wiki Loves Monuments launch event
by Wikimedia South Africa 20 Aug '13

20 Aug '13

Hello everyone, Attached is the offical invitation to everyone on this list to attend this year's launch of Wiki Loves Monuments which will be held on the 1st September at 3:30pm for 4pm at the Prestwhich Memorial, corner of Buitengracht St and Riebeek St, Cape Town, Western Cape. I have just pulled an all nighter getting this invite ready for all of you (I am currently in China for the next few days) so please do have a look at it if you get a chance to tonight and let me know ASAP on any error's I might have missed. I want to send this out to our media contacts early tomorrow morning. Please do send these invites out to whom ever you think might be interested in participating. I also want to remind everyone that we will be having our annual general meeting (AGM) on the same day, at the same place at 10am. There will be some free coffee and wifi access at Truth Coffee for us so everyone on this list is encouraged to come on down. Thanks, Douglas.

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Second call out for Wiki Loves Monuments 2013 volunteers
by Wikimedia South Africa 18 Aug '13

18 Aug '13

Hello everyone, In preparation for this years Wiki Loves Monuments South Africa<http://www.wikilovesmonuments.co.za/> (WLM) Wikimedia ZA is putting out a second call for volunteers from all provinces to help plan and host WLM events throughout the month of September. If you are interested then please email me and/or sign up at: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki /Wiki_Loves_Monuments_ZA_2013#Call_for_volunteers So fare we have volunteers for the Western Cape and Guateng Province. We still need volunteers for all the other provinces but especially the North Cape and the Eastern Cape. Additional volunteers for the Western Cape are also needed. Similar to what was done in Cape Town and Kimberly last year when treasure hunts and upload marathons were organised to help promote and facilitate WLM during September we would like to organise the same sort of events for this year's competition in as many provinces and towns as possible. In order for us to do this we need volunteers from as many different provinces as possible to help make these events happen on the ground. This year it is suggest we combine the monument/treasure hunts (3-4 hours) with the upload marathons (+- 2 hours). However it is completely up to the local volunteer how and which events they wish to organise. All we ask is that - volunteers keep us informed of what you are planing (so we can publicise the event). - it be directly relevant to the competition (that is to say, taking pictures of monuments). - It takes place in September 2013. - It takes place in South Africa. Currently we only have people in the Western Cape and Gauteng to host events. Even though these two provinces have some volunteers present for them we still would like more volunteers to help expand the number of events that we can carry out in September. A full list of registered monuments can be found in your province at: http://wikilovesmonuments.co.za/wiki/Lists_of_monuments Please also check out our page on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/WLMZA?fref=ts Thanks and best regards, Douglas.

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Save the date for Wikimedia ZA AGM
by Douglas Scott 04 Aug '13

04 Aug '13

Dear Wikipedians, All Wikipeidians and members of Wikimeida ZA in South Africa are invited to attend this year's Wikimedia ZA Annual General Meeting<http://wikimedia.org.za/wiki/01-09-13-AGMMeeting>(AGM) for 2013. This year's AGM will be held on Sunday the 1st of September at 10:00am for 10:30am. It will be held in Cape Town at the Prestwich Place Memorial<http://www.archivalplatform.org/blog/entry/prestwich_place/> in Cape Town city bowl. It is located at the corner of Buitengracht St and Riebeek St<https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Buitengracht+St+and+Riebeeck,+Cape+Town,+Wes…>, Cape Town and is just a short walk up Waterkant Street from Cape Town Central Train Station. The owners of Truth Coffee <http://www.truthcoffee.com/>, which is located at the memorial, have agreed to give the first 10 people who arrive free broadband wi-fi Internet access for the day. A range of important issues will be covered including: - Updates from Wikimainia 2013 - Updates on projects run by Wikimedia ZA in 2013 - Future projects for 2014 and beyond - Expanding and increasing the effectiveness of Wikimedia ZA - Election of new Wikimedia ZA directors The Wiki meetup scheduled for the same day and location will be held directly after the AGM. If you are planning to attend then please RSVP me at dougas.i.scott(a)gmail.com We look forward to seeing you at this year's meeting. Best regards, Wikimedia ZA board of directors. P.S. I have attached an official letter of invitation to this email. -- Douglas Ian Scott 司道格 Skype: douglas0scott South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 872

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Wikimania financials
by Maarten Deneckere 04 Aug '13

04 Aug '13

Hey all, see the WP signpost with some interesting information on the financials on Wikimania. We'll need this for the WikiIndaba: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-07-31/News_a… Apparantly sponsors funded 50% .... Regards, Maarten

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