WikimediaZA November 2016

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November African-language Wikipedias update
by Ian Gilfillan 02 Jan '17

02 Jan '17

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

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Fwd: [African Wikimedians] One more day for Wiki Indaba Application
by Douglas Scott 29 Nov '16

29 Nov '16

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 -- Douglas Ian Scott 司道格 Skype: douglas0scott South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727

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Afrikaans 15th birthday update
by Douglas Scott 21 Nov '16

21 Nov '16

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

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Fwd: [African Wikimedians] Supporting offline reading: Looking for testers
by Ian Gilfillan 17 Nov '16

17 Nov '16

A request for help with developing an offline reading feature from the Wikimedia Foundation, particularly from people that don't know Wikipedia well. -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [African Wikimedians] Supporting offline reading: Looking for testers Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2016 12:33:20 -0800 From: Joe Sutherland <jsutherland(a)wikimedia.org> Reply-To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians <african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org> To: african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org CC: Anne Gomez <agomez(a)wikimedia.org> Hello, Wikimedians of Africa! The Reading team at the Wikimedia Foundation is working to support readers who want to take articles offline to read and share later on their phones - a use case we learned about from deep research earlier this year <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/New_Readers/Findings> [0]. We’ve built a few prototypes and are looking for people to test them, particularly people who don’t know Wikipedia all that well. We’d love if you could help us find anyone who doesn’t edit who might be interested in this feature and would want to test it. If you know anyone like this, please send them the following message: ---- Hello! Wikipedia needs your help to improve. We’re looking for people who have internet access at least sometimes and like to have access to content when they’re not connected to the internet. We would like to learn from you. If you would be willing to participate in a study to tell us more, please fill out this survey <https://wikimedia.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_09wJQzQs54DETUF> [1] before November 25. Testing will only be available in English for now. Thank you! [1] https://wikimedia.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_09wJQzQs54DETUF <https://wikimedia.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_09wJQzQs54DETUF> This survey is hosted on a third-party service. For information about data handling and privacy, please see the survey privacy statement: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Screener_Survey_for_Offline_Reading_St… <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Screener_Survey_for_Offline_Reading_St…> ---- You can see the prototypes and leave comments on meta <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/New_Readers/Offline>[2], though please don’t send this page to anyone filling out the survey as it could bias test results. We’re also looking for feedback about how to identify and prioritize regions for our work, and would welcome your perspective on that meta page <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/New_Readers/Target_countries>[3] as well. Thanks, Joe + New Readers [0] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/New_Readers/Findings <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/New_Readers/Findings> [1] (duplicated from excerpt above) https://wikimedia.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_09wJQzQs54DETUF <https://wikimedia.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_09wJQzQs54DETUF> This survey is hosted on a third-party service. For information about data handling and privacy, please see the survey privacy statement: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Screener_Survey_for_Offline_Reading_St… <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Screener_Survey_for_Offline_Reading_St…> [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/New_Readers/Offline <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/New_Readers/Offline> [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/New_Readers/Target_countries <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/New_Readers/Target_countries> -- *Joe Sutherland* Community Advocate Wikimedia Foundation joesutherland.rocks <http://joesutherland.rocks> | @jrbsu <http://twitter.com/jrbsu>

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Fwd: Submit your idea for tools to the Wikimedia Community Wishlist -Deadline November 20th
by Douglas Scott 16 Nov '16

16 Nov '16

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 -- ---- Kacie Harold Program Officer Wikimedia Foundation -- Douglas Ian Scott 司道格 Skype: douglas0scott South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727

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2017 WikiIndaba
by Ian Gilfillan 15 Nov '16

15 Nov '16

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…

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Wikimedia ZA AGM summary
by Douglas Scott 14 Nov '16

14 Nov '16

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. -- Douglas Ian Scott 司道格 Skype: douglas0scott South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727

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Fist Sub-Saharan Africa digital hangout with the Wikimedia Foundation
by Douglas Scott 14 Nov '16

14 Nov '16

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. -- Douglas Ian Scott 司道格 Skype: douglas0scott South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727

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Wikimedia ZA AGM and Afrikaans Wikipedia's 15th birthday
by Douglas Scott 11 Nov '16

11 Nov '16

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. -- Douglas Ian Scott 司道格 Skype: douglas0scott South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727

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Afrikaans Wikipedia's 15th birthday
by Douglas Scott 09 Nov '16

09 Nov '16

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. -- Douglas Ian Scott 司道格 Skype: douglas0scott South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727

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