WikimediaZA March 2017

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Freedom of Panorama in South Africa | Vote on Wikipedia
by Douglas Scott 28 Mar '17

28 Mar '17

Hello everyone, As many of you may recall that we put in a proposal with the Department of Trade and Industry to include Freedom of Panorama in a new version of the South African Copyright Act. Since then the DTI has been working on a draft version of the act which will go up for public comment some time this year. In the event that no mention or allowance of Freedom of Panorama is made in the new draft act I have proposed that we line up a public banner add to go public on Wikipedia when it is open to public comments. To vote/discuss this I have posted a comment about this on the South Africa Project Page on Wikipedia. I have added a lot more information about this issue there. I would like to know if people could please go to that page to vote/join the conversation at the link below. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_South_Africa#Vote I would also like to know if someone from Afrikaans Wikipedia could start the same conversation there? As if we want a similar banner to go up on af.wikipedia then the Afrikaans community will also need to vote on it. Cheers, Douglas. -- Douglas Ian Scott 司道格 Skype: douglas0scott South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727

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The Signpost | WikiIndaba 2017: A continent gathers to chart a path forward
by Douglas Scott 23 Mar '17

23 Mar '17

Hello everyone, I was going through the most recent edition of the Signpost, Wikipedia's blog/newspaper, I cam across this article written by one of our chapter members, Bobby Shabangu. The article is all about Wiki Indaba that happened recently in Ghana. Well worth the read. You can see the article at the link below. It even has a nice short video of Wiki Indaba 2017 in which Dumi has a cameo role. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2017-02-27/Blog Cheers, Douglas. -- Douglas Ian Scott 司道格 Skype: douglas0scott South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727

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Fwd: [African Wikimedians] Fwd: Announcing the Hardware donation program
by Douglas Scott 17 Mar '17

17 Mar '17

Hello everyone, just wanted to share this shout-out from Asaf at the Wikimedia Foundation about the Hardware Donation program they have going on. Whether you are interested in receiving or donating read below for more information. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Asaf Bartov <abartov(a)wikimedia.org> Date: 17 March 2017 at 07:07 Subject: [African Wikimedians] Fwd: Announcing the Hardware donation program To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians < african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org> FYI. A. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Asaf Bartov <abartov(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 10:06 PM Subject: Announcing the Hardware donation program To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Dear Wikimedians, The Wikimedia Foundation is pleased to announce a small new program called the Hardware Donation Program. In a word, it is a program designed to donate depreciated (but fully working) hardware from the WMF office to community members who would put it to good use. The program, including instructions on how to apply, is described on Meta, here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hardware_donation_program Please read the information carefully. I especially encourage you to pay attention to the program's design considerations, which determine most of the decisions we'll be making. We currently have approximately 20 laptops ready to be donated. Applications are welcome. The upcoming Wikimedia Conference in Berlin (in about two weeks) would be an excellent opportunity to deliver some of those laptops in person to approved applications, so if you think you might be interested, I'd encourage you to apply as soon as possible. Please also help spread the word about this program, by forwarding this e-mail to other Wikimedia lists you're on, and posting the link to the program page on village pumps and *community* (not public) social media channels or other communication forms you use. Special thanks to User:Anntinomy from Wikimedia Ukraine, who had the idea of asking about possible donation of older machines from WMF, and inspired this program. Mini-FAQ: Q: Why are you doing this? A: WMF's Office IT determines a lifetime for work machines, and regularly replaces older machines. This creates a stock of older, working machines, that are available for donation. We can donate them locally to San Francisco charities, but figure that if we can find low-cost ways to deliver them to our own community members, that's so much better. Q: Am I eligible? A: Read the fine program documentation. Q: If I'm eligible, am I guaranteed a donated laptop? A: no. Q: Once these 20 laptops are donated, will there be others? A: yes, eventually. Q: How can you ensure people would use the machines for Wikimedia purposes? A: We can't. We'll be making a good-effort assessment of the likelihood of Wikimedia use, and make a decision to donate (or not) the equipment. Once donated, the equipment no longer belongs to WMF. We encourage, but can't enforce, reporting on impact achieved using the equipment. Q: I need a few laptops for my event in two weeks! Can I get them through this program? A: No. Read the fine program documentation. Q: I'm really happy about this! A: So are we! :) Q: I'm really angry about this! A: So it goes. Q: I have more questions! A: Hit 'Reply'. :) Cheers, Asaf _______________________________________________ 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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Fwd: Announcing the Hardware donation program
by Ian Gilfillan 17 Mar '17

17 Mar '17

The Wikimedia Foundation is donating a number of used (but fully functional) laptops to individuals that will use them in support of Wikimedia's goals. See the link below for a detailed description, but essentially the recipient needs to have made 1000+ contributions, have been involved for more than a year, and state how they plan to put them to good use in furthering WM's goals. -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [African Wikimedians] Fwd: Announcing the Hardware donation program Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2017 05:07:41 +0000 From: Asaf Bartov <abartov(a)wikimedia.org> Reply-To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians <african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org> To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians <african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org> FYI. A. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Asaf Bartov <abartov(a)wikimedia.org <mailto:abartov@wikimedia.org>> Date: Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 10:06 PM Subject: Announcing the Hardware donation program To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org>> Dear Wikimedians, The Wikimedia Foundation is pleased to announce a small new program called the Hardware Donation Program. In a word, it is a program designed to donate depreciated (but fully working) hardware from the WMF office to community members who would put it to good use. The program, including instructions on how to apply, is described on Meta, here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hardware_donation_program Please read the information carefully. I especially encourage you to pay attention to the program's design considerations, which determine most of the decisions we'll be making. We currently have approximately 20 laptops ready to be donated. Applications are welcome. The upcoming Wikimedia Conference in Berlin (in about two weeks) would be an excellent opportunity to deliver some of those laptops in person to approved applications, so if you think you might be interested, I'd encourage you to apply as soon as possible. Please also help spread the word about this program, by forwarding this e-mail to other Wikimedia lists you're on, and posting the link to the program page on village pumps and *community* (not public) social media channels or other communication forms you use. Special thanks to User:Anntinomy from Wikimedia Ukraine, who had the idea of asking about possible donation of older machines from WMF, and inspired this program. Mini-FAQ: Q: Why are you doing this? A: WMF's Office IT determines a lifetime for work machines, and regularly replaces older machines. This creates a stock of older, working machines, that are available for donation. We can donate them locally to San Francisco charities, but figure that if we can find low-cost ways to deliver them to our own community members, that's so much better. Q: Am I eligible? A: Read the fine program documentation. Q: If I'm eligible, am I guaranteed a donated laptop? A: no. Q: Once these 20 laptops are donated, will there be others? A: yes, eventually. Q: How can you ensure people would use the machines for Wikimedia purposes? A: We can't. We'll be making a good-effort assessment of the likelihood of Wikimedia use, and make a decision to donate (or not) the equipment. Once donated, the equipment no longer belongs to WMF. We encourage, but can't enforce, reporting on impact achieved using the equipment. Q: I need a few laptops for my event in two weeks! Can I get them through this program? A: No. Read the fine program documentation. Q: I'm really happy about this! A: So are we! :) Q: I'm really angry about this! A: So it goes. Q: I have more questions! A: Hit 'Reply'. :) Cheers, Asaf

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Edit-a-thon | Saturday 18 March - Cape Town
by Douglas Scott 15 Mar '17

15 Mar '17

Hello everyone, This is just to let you all know and invite you all to our next edit-a-thon in Cape Town at the central library this coming weekend. Like our last event this one will be open to the public to encourage them to edit Wikipedia. Volunteers from the editing community are needed to help out so if you are in Cape Town and interested in assisting then please stop on by any time between 10:00 and 16:00. Last time we had a great turnout of around 17 people. See below for details of the event: *When*: Saturday, 18th March 2017 *Time*: from 10:00 - 16:00 (welcome to come and go as you like) *Where*: The American Corner, Central Library, Cnr. Parade & Darling st, Cape Town, 8001 Even if you are not interested in editing it will also be a great opportunity to join us for friendly Wiki related discussions and to hang out. It will be a great place to discuss Wikimania in 2018. Over the rest of the year we will also have edit-a-thons at the same venue on the following days: - 20 May 2017 - 15 July 2017 - 16 September 2017 - 18 November 2017 Cheers, Douglas. -- Douglas Ian Scott 司道格 Skype: douglas0scott South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727

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