Hi
I've take another look at the state of the African-language Wikipedias,
and, like last time, there are some positive signs:
http://www.greenman.co.za/blog/?p=1980
Hello everyone,
I have just received this last call for scholarship applications to attend
WikiIndaba in Ghana in January 2017. If you are interested in getting a
scholarship to attend then I strongly encourage you to sign up at the link
provided from Raphael in the forwarded email below.
Cheers,
Douglas.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Raphael Berchie <rberchie(a)gmail.com>
Date: 29 November 2016 at 10:19
Subject: [African Wikimedians] One more day for Wiki Indaba Application
To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians <
African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Dear all,
We wish to inform you that the scholarship applications for Wiki Indaba
closes tomorrow at 23:59 GMT.
Please if you have not yet applied please visit this page below and do so.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe20eiJ571_
rl4GS4ZtoObxWJbK9kcA2BV3-vR8W4R3gP39sw/viewform
Warmest
Raphael on behalf of Indaba 2017 Team.
_______________________________________________
African-Wikimedians mailing list
African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians
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Douglas Ian Scott
司道格
Skype: douglas0scott
South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727
Hello everyone,
As many of you may know Afrikaans Wikipedia celebrated its 15th anniversary
earlier this week. As such Wikimedia ZA hosted a small gathering in Cape
Town on Saturday the 12th November to celebrate.
I would like to thank everyone who joined us on the day and made it a
success (see photo). About 15 people joined us for the celebration. I will
upload the photo to Commons shortly.
Cheers,
Douglas
Hello everyone, just wanted to share with you all the below email from the
Wikimedia Foundation calling for the Community Technical Development
Wishlist for Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. They are looking for
ideas to population the wishlist. Please read below for more details.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Kacie Harold <kharold(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: 16 November 2016 at 01:19
Subject: Submit your idea for tools to the Wikimedia Community Wishlist
-Deadline November 20th
To:
Hi there,
I am writing to you because I thought you might have ideas for new or
improved tools to add to the Community Wishlist. You do not need to be able
to explain the technical details - just tell us what problem the tool would
solve, and give an example of who would use it. The deadline to add new
ideas is November 20th.
*Think of things that you can't do, but wish you could, such as:*
* Event pages that can be searched by time and location
* Tools to generate lists of articles to work on
* Scripts, bots or modules to make running your programs easier
*Other things to think about:*
* Are there things you want to measure, but you can't?
* Are there processes that you find very time consuming?
* What do you complain about in project meetings and wikimeetups?
Please take a moment to look at the page and add a few ideas:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2016_Community_Wishlist_Survey.
All the best,
Kacie
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Kacie Harold
Program Officer
Wikimedia Foundation
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Douglas Ian Scott
司道格
Skype: douglas0scott
South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727
Hi
The 2017 WikiIndaba is coming up soon, in January in Accra, Ghana.
Details on the website at:
http://2017.wikiindaba.net/
At this week's AGM, 4 people expressed interest in attending, and it'd
be great to see a large South African contingent there, so please
register on the website if you're interested in going.
Note that although it's not listed on the website, they announced in a
mail on the African mailing list that there's a deadline of the 18th of
November for applicants needing a scholarship to complete the Needs and
Assessment:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiIndaba_conference_2016/Questions_%26_Ne…
Hello everyone,
This is a quick summary on how the Wikimedia ZA Annual General Meeting we
had on Saturday, 12th November, went. You can read the minutes of the AGM
on our website here <http://wikimedia.org.za/wiki/2016-AGM>.
I want to thank everyone that attended, both in person and digitally. Also
want to thank everyone who attended the Afrikaans Wikipedia 15th birthday
celebration later in the day. Both events went very well.
Notable events at the AGM were:
- New board elected:
- Douglas Scott - president (incumbent)
- Ian Gilfillan
- Raymond Ellis (new member)
- Dumisani Ndubane
- Bobby Shabangu
- Coenraad Loubser (new member)
- Liebe Bosch (pending her approval)
- New treasure and vice-president positions created:
- Dumisani Ndubane elected treasure
- Coenraad Loubser elected vice-president
- Wikimania 2018/19 - chapter voted to support the bid for Cape Town
to host the event in either 2018 or 2019 and an organising team was
formed. Members of the organising team are:
- Douglas Scott
- Michael Graaf
- Ian Gilfillan
- Raymond Ellis
- Dumisani Ndubane
- Bobby Shabangu - tacit
- Andy Rabagliati
- Coenraad Loubser - tacit
- The decision to pursue an simple Annual Program Grant from the
Wikimedia Foundation for funding of the chapter.
Cheers,
Douglas.
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Douglas Ian Scott
司道格
Skype: douglas0scott
South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727
Hello everyone,
The first Sub-Saharan Africa digital hangout with the Jack Rabah from the
Wikimedia Foundation will take place this Thursday at 20:00 South Africa
time. All Wikipedia editors and chapter members are invited to join or
observe the conversation.
*Agenda*
Introduction of Global Reach Team and Office Hours
Why Global Reach? Mission and goals of the team
Wikipedia Zero
Current initiatives and pilot partnerships to address awareness and
readership
Understanding our users (New Readers)
Next office hours: Nigeria phone survey results + countries comparison
Wiki Indaba - Ghana
Q&A
*Google Hangout link: *
https://hangouts.google.com/hangouts/_/ytl/Y4P36GMpGTbFKTGeDO5pz0cOf2mB8hbz…
YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8OqXzNloEc
Please let Jack <jrabah(a)wikimedia.org> know if you have any questions.
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Douglas Ian Scott
司道格
Skype: douglas0scott
South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727
Hello everyone,
With the Wikimedia ZA Annual General Meeting
<http://wikimedia.org.za/wiki/Template:/Annual_General_Meeting_2016> only
five days away now I want to send this quick reminder of the up coming
Wikimedia ZA AGM on Saturday the 12th November 2016 in Cape Town.
The AGM is open to anyone with an interest in Wikipedia or related projects
such as Wiki Commons, Open Street Map, Wiki Voyage and so on.
*Details*
- Location: Spin Street House <http://www.spinstreet.co/>, 8 Spin
Street, Cape Town city centre.
- Date: Saturday, 12 November 2016
- Time: 10:00 - 13:00
- Parking: Best to park at either the small parking lot at Mostert
Street nearby or at the free parking lot
<https://www.google.co.za/maps/@-33.9278169,18.423642,18z> on Caledon
Street four blocks away.
If you want to attend digitally (from anywhere in the world) then please
email me and I will add you to the Google hangout to attend digitally that
day. So far 5 people have signed up to attend digitally.
The Agenda for the AGM is:
*Agenda*
- Administration issues: CIPC directors update
- Banking: setting up a second account for fund from sources other than
the Wikimedia Foundation and change current account setup
- Elect new board: VERY IMPORTANT that all board members, past and newly
elected, have with them a certified copy of their ID and proof of address
both which are less than 2 months old.
- Summary of 2016: a year of edit-a-thons
- Wikimania 2018: should we do it?
- Simple Annual Grant <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Simple>
- Future activities?
- Sign the minutes (very important)
*Afrikaans Wikipedia anniversary*
We are also organising a celebration event nearby in the afternoon after
the AGM to celebrate Afrikaans Wikipedia's 15th birthday. Everyone
attending the AGM as well as anyone associated with Afrikaans Wikipedia
especially and other language Wikipedias generally are welcome to join.
Refreshments will be provided.
Details of the 15th birthday celebration are:
- Location: Townhouse Hotel <http://www.townhouse.co.za/>, 60
Corporation Street, Cape Town
- Time: 18:00 on wards
- Date: Saturday, 12th November 2016 (same day as the AGM)
Cheers,
Douglas.
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Douglas Ian Scott
司道格
Skype: douglas0scott
South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727
Hello everyone,
There has been a change of plans regarding the location of the Afrikaans
Wikipedia 15th anniversary event.
The Afrikaans Wikipedia celebration will now take place at Twankey Bar.
Details of the event are:
Time: 18:00 onwards
Date: Saturday, 12 November 2016
Venue: Twankey Bar, Taj Hotel, 1 Wale Street, Cape Town, South Africa
*Phone: *+27 (0)21 819 2000
Website- http://tajcapetown.co.za/dining/twankeybar/
Cheers,
Douglas
On 8 Nov 2016 09:48, "Douglas Scott" <douglas.i.scott(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hello everyone,
With the Wikimedia ZA Annual General Meeting
<http://wikimedia.org.za/wiki/Template:/Annual_General_Meeting_2016> only
five days away now I want to send this quick reminder of the up coming
Wikimedia ZA AGM on Saturday the 12th November 2016 in Cape Town.
The AGM is open to anyone with an interest in Wikipedia or related projects
such as Wiki Commons, Open Street Map, Wiki Voyage and so on.
*Details*
- Location: Spin Street House <http://www.spinstreet.co/>, 8 Spin
Street, Cape Town city centre.
- Date: Saturday, 12 November 2016
- Time: 10:00 - 13:00
- Parking: Best to park at either the small parking lot at Mostert
Street nearby or at the free parking lot
<https://www.google.co.za/maps/@-33.9278169,18.423642,18z> on Caledon
Street four blocks away.
If you want to attend digitally (from anywhere in the world) then please
email me and I will add you to the Google hangout to attend digitally that
day. So far 5 people have signed up to attend digitally.
The Agenda for the AGM is:
*Agenda*
- Administration issues: CIPC directors update
- Banking: setting up a second account for fund from sources other than
the Wikimedia Foundation and change current account setup
- Elect new board: VERY IMPORTANT that all board members, past and newly
elected, have with them a certified copy of their ID and proof of address
both which are less than 2 months old.
- Summary of 2016: a year of edit-a-thons
- Wikimania 2018: should we do it?
- Simple Annual Grant <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Simple>
- Future activities?
- Sign the minutes (very important)
*Afrikaans Wikipedia anniversary*
We are also organising a celebration event nearby in the afternoon after
the AGM to celebrate Afrikaans Wikipedia's 15th birthday. Everyone
attending the AGM as well as anyone associated with Afrikaans Wikipedia
especially and other language Wikipedias generally are welcome to join.
Refreshments will be provided.
Details of the 15th birthday celebration are:
- Location: Townhouse Hotel <http://www.townhouse.co.za/>, 60
Corporation Street, Cape Town
- Time: 18:00 on wards
- Date: Saturday, 12th November 2016 (same day as the AGM)
Cheers,
Douglas.
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Douglas Ian Scott
司道格
Skype: douglas0scott
South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727