WikimediaZA September 2014

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Wiki Loves Monuments mid event update
by Douglas Scott 15 Sep '14

15 Sep '14

Hello everyone, I just wanted to give you all a quick update on the current status of Wiki Loves Monuments 2014. Currently South Africa is the 11th most active country with over 1,200 uploads by 41 participants. We are behind the UK (10th) which has 2,265 uploads by 227 participants. Lets see if we can over take them! Internationally over 81,000 photographs have been uploaded by 2907 participants with Poland being the most active country with over 20,000 photographs uploaded so far. We need to expand the number and range of participants this year so please tell all your friends and who ever you feel might be interested about Wiki Loves Monuments. Just a quick reminder that we will be having three WLM events in the Western Cape between 20th and the 27th September. *Events* V&A Waterfront Scavenger Hunt and Upload Marathon Date: Saturday, 20 September 2014 Time: 10:00am - 2:00pm Location: Clock Tower Vida e Caffé, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town 24 September 2014: Wikitakes Simon's Town Date: Wednesday (Heritage Day), 24 September 2014 Time: 10:00am - 3:00pm Location: Simons Town Train Station, Cape Town Franschhoek Date: Saturday, 27 September 2014 Time: 10:00am - 2:00pm Location: Old Library, Franschhoek These events will involve a monument scavenger hunt followed by an upload marathon. Hope to see you there. Cheers, Douglas. -- Douglas Ian Scott 司道格 Skype: douglas0scott South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727

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Re: [Wikimedia ZA] WikimediaZA Digest, Vol 49, Issue 2
by Grant McNulty 09 Sep '14

09 Sep '14

Hi Douglas, Well done on organising these events! I will try and make it to one or two this month. You might find some useful stubs for the Open Book Fest on the ESAACH site we developed a few years back: http://esaach.org.za/index.php?title=Category:Verbal_Arts I can put you in touch with the professor who currently runs it if you find anything you might want to pull into Wikipedia proper. Cheers, Grant On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 2:01 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. Wiki Loves Monumens update & Open Book festival (Douglas Scott) > 2. Re: Wiki Loves Monuments update & Open Book festival > (Isla Haddow-Flood) > 3. Re: Wiki Loves Monuments update & Open Book festival > (Nkansah Rexford) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2014 22:51:33 +0200 > From: Douglas Scott <douglas.i.scott(a)gmail.com> > To: wikimediaza <wikimediaza(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: [Wikimedia ZA] Wiki Loves Monumens update & Open Book > festival > Message-ID: > <CAJ6y08HEKdm3c2hcZPj1MLWj=Mz3q_xiPP3T_Vyi6F= > sMzV41w(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hello everyone, > > Thank you to everyone who attended the Cape Town meetup and scavenger hunt > today < > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Cape_Town/Cape_Town_6>. > I think it went well and I am looking forward to organising another one in > Cape Town. > > *Future WLM events in Sept* > On that note I want to announce that we will be having another Wiki Loves > Monuments scavenger hunt in Cape Town CBD on the evening of the 20th > September (Saturday) and another one during the day on the 27th September > in Franschhoek. > > I will keep you all posted on the details but I want to have the 20th Sept > scavenger hunt in the V&A Waterfront area of Cape Town. Please RSVP with > be before hand. > > I have also attached a list of activities that Heritage Western Cape is > organising during this month. Please feel free to attend any of the events > as I am sure they will present some great opportunities to take some great > pictures of monuments. > > I would like to know if anyone else would be interested in organising > something for Wiki Loves Monuments some time this month? It would be nice > to have a few event take place outside of the Western Cape. > > *Open Book Festival* > I also want to invite Wikipedians to join us for the Open Book edit-a-thon > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Open_Book_Festival_Edit-a-Thon_2014> that > will be part of the Open Book Festaval. It will be a short 1 hour long > event that will take place on Saturday the 20th September at 8pm. > > We will be editing articles on South Africa authors and we have organised a > small group of university students to help with the editing but we need > some more experienced editors as well. > > There is a list of 10 authors that we really want to create before or on > the day. I have attached the list of them with a list of references for > anyone that is interested. We will need to create a number of new articles > on South Africa authors and move them to main space during the edit-a-thon. > > All the best, > > -- > Douglas Ian Scott > 司道格 > Skype: douglas0scott > South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727 > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2014 09:15:23 +0200 > From: Isla Haddow-Flood <islahf(a)africacentre.net> > To: Douglas Scott <douglas.i.scott(a)gmail.com>, wikimediaza > <wikimediaza(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia ZA] Wiki Loves Monuments update & Open Book > festival > Message-ID: <D033242B.34BC2%islahf(a)africacentre.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-2022-JP" > > HI Douglas, > > All exciting stuff and well done for organising it all!! Please can you > copy > and paste the Heritage Western Cape information or send us all a link as it > didn't come through to the list (perhaps there is a rule against > attachments?). > > I hope to make the next meet up. Or the Open Book one. Both sound great. > > Warmest > Isla > : : > > Isla Haddow-Flood > > Project Manager : WikiAfrica > www.wikiafrica.org > Wikimedia username: Islahaddow > > > a. 5th Floor, 28 St George’s Mall, Cape Town w. www.africacentre.net > t. +27 21 418 3336 f. +27 21 418 5385 skype. islahaddow > > The Africa Centre is a non-profit social innovator that platforms > contemporary > Pan-African knowledge creation and cultural practice as > catalysts for social change. > > > > From: Douglas Scott <douglas.i.scott(a)gmail.com> > > Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2014 22:51:33 +0200 > > To: wikimediaza <wikimediaza(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > > Subject: [Wikimedia ZA] Wiki Loves Monumens update & Open Book festival > > > > Hello everyone, > > > > Thank you to everyone who attended the Cape Town meetup and scavenger > hunt > > today < > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Cape_Town/Cape_Town_6>. > > I think it went well and I am looking forward to organising another one > in > > Cape Town. > > > > *Future WLM events in Sept* > > On that note I want to announce that we will be having another Wiki Loves > > Monuments scavenger hunt in Cape Town CBD on the evening of the 20th > > September (Saturday) and another one during the day on the 27th September > > in Franschhoek. > > > > I will keep you all posted on the details but I want to have the 20th > Sept > > scavenger hunt in the V&A Waterfront area of Cape Town. Please RSVP with > > be before hand. > > > > I have also attached a list of activities that Heritage Western Cape is > > organising during this month. Please feel free to attend any of the > events > > as I am sure they will present some great opportunities to take some > great > > pictures of monuments. > > > > I would like to know if anyone else would be interested in organising > > something for Wiki Loves Monuments some time this month? It would be > nice > > to have a few event take place outside of the Western Cape. > > > > *Open Book Festival* > > I also want to invite Wikipedians to join us for the Open Book > edit-a-thon > > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Open_Book_Festival_Edit-a-Thon_2014> > that > > will be part of the Open Book Festaval. It will be a short 1 hour long > > event that will take place on Saturday the 20th September at 8pm. > > > > We will be editing articles on South Africa authors and we have > organised a > > small group of university students to help with the editing but we need > > some more experienced editors as well. > > > > There is a list of 10 authors that we really want to create before or on > > the day. I have attached the list of them with a list of references for > > anyone that is interested. We will need to create a number of new > articles > > on South Africa authors and move them to main space during the > edit-a-thon. > > > > All the best, > > > > -- > > Douglas Ian Scott > > 司道格 > > Skype: douglas0scott > > South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727 > > _______________________________________________ > WikimediaZA mailing > > list > WikimediaZA(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listi > > nfo/wikimediaza > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2014 09:32:24 +0200 > From: Nkansah Rexford <nkansahrexford(a)gmail.com> > To: Isla Haddow-Flood <islahf(a)africacentre.net> > Cc: wikimediaza <wikimediaza(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia ZA] Wiki Loves Monuments update & Open Book > festival > Message-ID: > <CAKt11bVgBu1CcWY74Gvp4M1TFNpvO_mewOd9K4xEA= > UQdXLywg(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > I think attachments of certain sizes are automatically stripped off. > Otherwise, it doesn't come through at all. If the list can be put somewhere > online and the link shared? > > On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 9:15 AM, Isla Haddow-Flood <islahf(a)africacentre.net > > > wrote: > > > HI Douglas, > > > > All exciting stuff and well done for organising it all!! Please can you > > copy > > and paste the Heritage Western Cape information or send us all a link as > it > > didn't come through to the list (perhaps there is a rule against > > attachments?). > > > > I hope to make the next meet up. Or the Open Book one. Both sound great. > > > > Warmest > > Isla > > : : > > > > Isla Haddow-Flood > > > > Project Manager : WikiAfrica > > www.wikiafrica.org > > Wikimedia username: Islahaddow > > > > > > a. 5th Floor, 28 St George’s Mall, Cape Town w. www.africacentre.net > > t. +27 21 418 3336 f. +27 21 418 5385 skype. islahaddow > > > > The Africa Centre is a non-profit social innovator that platforms > > contemporary > > Pan-African knowledge creation and cultural practice as > > catalysts for social change. > > > > > > > From: Douglas Scott <douglas.i.scott(a)gmail.com> > > > Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2014 22:51:33 +0200 > > > To: wikimediaza <wikimediaza(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > > > Subject: [Wikimedia ZA] Wiki Loves Monumens update & Open Book festival > > > > > > Hello everyone, > > > > > > Thank you to everyone who attended the Cape Town meetup and scavenger > > hunt > > > today < > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Cape_Town/Cape_Town_6>. > > > I think it went well and I am looking forward to organising another > one > > in > > > Cape Town. > > > > > > *Future WLM events in Sept* > > > On that note I want to announce that we will be having another Wiki > Loves > > > Monuments scavenger hunt in Cape Town CBD on the evening of the 20th > > > September (Saturday) and another one during the day on the 27th > September > > > in Franschhoek. > > > > > > I will keep you all posted on the details but I want to have the 20th > > Sept > > > scavenger hunt in the V&A Waterfront area of Cape Town. Please RSVP > with > > > be before hand. > > > > > > I have also attached a list of activities that Heritage Western Cape is > > > organising during this month. Please feel free to attend any of the > > events > > > as I am sure they will present some great opportunities to take some > > great > > > pictures of monuments. > > > > > > I would like to know if anyone else would be interested in organising > > > something for Wiki Loves Monuments some time this month? It would be > > nice > > > to have a few event take place outside of the Western Cape. > > > > > > *Open Book Festival* > > > I also want to invite Wikipedians to join us for the Open Book > > edit-a-thon > > > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Open_Book_Festival_Edit-a-Thon_2014> > > that > > > will be part of the Open Book Festaval. It will be a short 1 hour long > > > event that will take place on Saturday the 20th September at 8pm. > > > > > > We will be editing articles on South Africa authors and we have > > organised a > > > small group of university students to help with the editing but we need > > > some more experienced editors as well. > > > > > > There is a list of 10 authors that we really want to create before or > on > > > the day. I have attached the list of them with a list of references > for > > > anyone that is interested. We will need to create a number of new > > articles > > > on South Africa authors and move them to main space during the > > edit-a-thon. > > > > > > All the best, > > > > > > -- > > > Douglas Ian Scott > > > 司道格 > > > Skype: douglas0scott > > > South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727 > > > _______________________________________________ > > WikimediaZA mailing > > > list > > WikimediaZA(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listi > > > nfo/wikimediaza > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > WikimediaZA mailing list > > WikimediaZA(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaza > > > > > > -- > +Rexford <http://google.com/+Nkansahrexford> | Africa Center > <http://africacenter.net> | WiR > <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedian_in_Residence> | WikiAfrica > <http://wikiafrica.net> | User:Nkansahrexford > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Nkansahrexford> > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > WikimediaZA mailing list > WikimediaZA(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaza > > > End of WikimediaZA Digest, Vol 49, Issue 2 > ****************************************** > -- *Dr Grant McNulty* *Cell: *076 419 8587 *Twitter:* mcn_consulting <http://twitter.com/mcn_consulting> *Web: *www.mcnulty.co.za *Newsletter:* Sign up <http://mcnulty.us5.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=349a40cfd543b5d5b31fe693c&id…> * <http://www.mcnulty.co.za/>*

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Wiki Loves Monumens update & Open Book festival
by Douglas Scott 08 Sep '14

08 Sep '14

Hello everyone, Thank you to everyone who attended the Cape Town meetup and scavenger hunt today <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Cape_Town/Cape_Town_6>. I think it went well and I am looking forward to organising another one in Cape Town. *Future WLM events in Sept* On that note I want to announce that we will be having another Wiki Loves Monuments scavenger hunt in Cape Town CBD on the evening of the 20th September (Saturday) and another one during the day on the 27th September in Franschhoek. I will keep you all posted on the details but I want to have the 20th Sept scavenger hunt in the V&A Waterfront area of Cape Town. Please RSVP with be before hand. I have also attached a list of activities that Heritage Western Cape is organising during this month. Please feel free to attend any of the events as I am sure they will present some great opportunities to take some great pictures of monuments. I would like to know if anyone else would be interested in organising something for Wiki Loves Monuments some time this month? It would be nice to have a few event take place outside of the Western Cape. *Open Book Festival* I also want to invite Wikipedians to join us for the Open Book edit-a-thon <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Open_Book_Festival_Edit-a-Thon_2014> that will be part of the Open Book Festaval. It will be a short 1 hour long event that will take place on Saturday the 20th September at 8pm. We will be editing articles on South Africa authors and we have organised a small group of university students to help with the editing but we need some more experienced editors as well. There is a list of 10 authors that we really want to create before or on the day. I have attached the list of them with a list of references for anyone that is interested. We will need to create a number of new articles on South Africa authors and move them to main space during the edit-a-thon. All the best, -- Douglas Ian Scott 司道格 Skype: douglas0scott South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727

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