WikimediaZA April 2016

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African language Wikipedias
by Ian Gilfillan 10 May '16

10 May '16

Hi Here's another update on the state of the African language Wikipedias, with a particular shoutout to Dumisani, who's been active in Xitsonga and has helped Ndebele, the last official South African language without a Wikipedia, onto the incubator, as well as User:Aliwal2012, who's been editing up a storm in Northern Sotho, Afrikaans and English. http://www.greenman.co.za/blog/?p=1862

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Fw: new message
by thato.1＠telkomsa.net 27 Apr '16

27 Apr '16

Hello! You have a new message, please read <http://pmplus.co.za/stereotype.php?m2jl> thato.1(a)telkomsa.net

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TED/Wikimedia collaboration
by Michael Graaf 24 Apr '16

24 Apr '16

FYI https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/04/22/ted-wikimedia-collaboration/

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Fwd: [Wikimedia Announcements] Outage for planned maintenance: No editing for two 30-minute periods next week
by David Richfield 16 Apr '16

16 Apr '16

FYI ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Whatamidoing (WMF)/Sherry Snyder <ssnyder(a)wikimedia.org> Date: 15 April 2016 at 20:32 Subject: [Wikimedia Announcements] Outage for planned maintenance: No editing for two 30-minute periods next week To: WikimediaAnnounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org, wikitech-ambassadors(a)lists.wikimedia.org, ambassador-announce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org, wikipedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org This is a reminder about next week's major data center migration: There will be NO EDITING for about 30 minutes on both Tuesday, 19 April, beginning at 14:00 UTC and Thursday, 21 April, beginning at 14:00 UTC. This will affect ALL of the wikis in all languages and all projects. You will be able to read the wikis and to log in, but you will not be able to edit. Read https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/Server_switch_2016 for more information. Please share this information with editors and other contributors you know. Thank you. -- Whatamidoing (WMF)/Sherry Snyder Community Liaison Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. _______________________________________________ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l _______________________________________________ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list WikimediaAnnounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l -- David Richfield 19 Nabburgerstraße, 81737 München +49 176 72663368

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Wikimedia ZA: summary of activities in 2015
by Douglas Scott 13 Apr '16

13 Apr '16

Hello everyone, In preparation for the chapters conference I will be attending next week I have put together a poster summarizing our biggest activities last year. I have just realized that I forgot to include the advocacy work we did regarding amending the copyright act to allow for Freedom of Panorama but most of the other big things are in there with a very short summary. I felt I should share the poster with everyone here in the chapter as well. Cheers, Douglas. -- Douglas Ian Scott 司道格 Skype: douglas0scott South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727

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Art+Feminism edit-a-thon reminder (Cape Town)
by Douglas Scott 07 Apr '16

07 Apr '16

Hi, This is a quick reminder that we will be hosting the 2nd Art+Feminism edit-a-thon this Saturday (9th April) from 10am to 4pm. It will take place at the computer lab at the Michaelis School of Fine Art at 31-37 Orange Street in Cape Town on Hiddingh Campus, University of Cape Town in the Cape Town city bowl. We are looking for volunteers to help out and the event is also open to editors who just want to add content and hangout in a supportive environment. Cheers, Douglas. -- Douglas Ian Scott 司道格 Skype: douglas0scott South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727

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Fw: new message
by Tshifhiwa Ramaligela 04 Apr '16

04 Apr '16

Hey! Open message <http://itc.com.mt/easy.php?a> Tshifhiwa Ramaligela

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Fwd: Wikidata Digest, Vol 53, Issue 1
by Michael Graaf 02 Apr '16

02 Apr '16

FYI. A way of pre-populating smaller Wikipedias. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <wikidata-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Date: Saturday, April 2, 2016 Subject: Wikidata Digest, Vol 53, Issue 1 To: wikidata(a)lists.wikimedia.org Send Wikidata mailing list submissions to wikidata(a)lists.wikimedia.org <javascript:;> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to wikidata-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org <javascript:;> You can reach the person managing the list at wikidata-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org <javascript:;> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Wikidata digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Bachelor's thesis on ArticlePlaceholder (Lucie Kaffee) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2016 13:32:37 +0200 From: Lucie Kaffee <lucie.kaffee(a)wikimedia.de <javascript:;>> To: "Discussion list for the Wikidata project." <wikidata(a)lists.wikimedia.org <javascript:;>> Subject: [Wikidata] Bachelor's thesis on ArticlePlaceholder Message-ID: <CAGRxxyXeuQi_-xsM9e42Qdn6u3ATQFNGMgrtVzO_Y0jeBuYqFQ(a)mail.gmail.com <javascript:;>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" I wrote my Bachelor's thesis on "Generating Article Placeholders from Wikidata for Wikipedia: Increasing Access to Free and Open Knowledge". The thesis summarizes a lot of the work done on the ArticlePlaceholder extension ( https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ArticlePlaceholder ) I uploaded the thesis to commons under a CC-BY-SA license- you can find it at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Generating_Article_Placeholders_fro… I continue working on the extension and aim to deploy it to the first Wikipedias, that are interested, in the next months. I am happy to answer questions related to the extension! Lucie (Frimelle) -- Lucie-Aimée Kaffee Working Student Software Development Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Phone: +49 (0)30 219 158 26-0http://wikimedia.de Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. That‘s our commitment. Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.

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