Hello everyone,
As I am sure you all know Wikimania <https://wikimania2018.wikimedia.org>
will be happening in Cape Town this year. This is only the second time it
has come to Africa and the first time it has come to Sub-Saharan Africa.
This is likely the only time it will take place in Cape Town.
I have a limited number of complementary registrations to attend this
year's Wikimania taking place in Cape Town (18-22 July). These are free
registrations that Wikimedia ZA would like to give to active Wikipedia
editors (or other related Wikimedia projects
<https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Our_projects>) based in Cape Town or
who will not need accommodation or transportation support. They cover the
full three days of the main conference (20-22 July).
Please full in this form to apply for this complementory registration.
Registration form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1JEkCqOw_oLZJBPTVdVdOxYTeJ1T-tGzaeNy1sGMJP1w
Please apply by next week Friday the *29th June*. If you are successful
I will notify you via email by the 1st July 2018
Current registration costs are US$50 per day for internationals and US$25
per day if you are South African. Details on the registration page.
<https://wikimania2018.wikimedia.org/wiki/Registration>
Regards,
Douglas.
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Douglas Ian Scott
司道格
Skype: douglas0scott
South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727
Dear members of Wikimedia ZA,
Living outside South Africa, I was unable to attend either of the recent
Capacity-Building workshops (meet-ups) with Asaf Bartov. Now it's June and
Wikimedia 2018 is fast approaching - so I'm writing to you all via the
mailing list in hopes of forging a bond of inclusion with Wikimedia ZA, at
least to apprise you of my activities.
For over ten months I've contributed daily to the Zulu Wikipedia, also for
the past two months in the Xhosa WP. Neither WP has an administrator, and
their few veteran or new editors are active only occasionally. My own
language resources are sparse and I haven't succeeded in developing
contacts who can evaluate my provisional translations. (I work prudently
with Google Translate and avoid creating wrongly named pages and especially
categories.)
Nonetheless I've made constant progress based on the Special pages:
resolving red links, categorizing, linking with Wikidata, adding bio
data, identifying
duplicate pages, clearing inappropriate content, etc. I do create
stub-quality pages, mainly biographical based on WIkidata and the EN WP.
Even if other Wikipedians aren't available for consultation, the process of
building these small WPs would benefit from South Africans' input. I'd like
to participate in discussions of developing Afrocentric content and
avoiding cultural bias - e.g., the current eurocentric "Vital articles"
and "Vital 100" have already generated dozens of stubs and hundreds of red
links, while many valid topics in the subcategories of :en:Category:South
Africa are largely absent.
Ideally these discussions will take place within WP on Talk pages, and not
in listserved or private emails or on Facebook (useful as those channels
are). And board members: I encourage the Wikimedia ZA page on meta be kept
up, particularly as an archive documenting chapter events, and please have
someone regularly review activity on the Talk page there. (Two of my posts
await reply...)
I'll send this now, with thanks for your having read thus far :- )
I welcome your responses and am looking forward to our future
collaborations and efforts to improve the Wikipedia projects.
Sincerely,
Deborah (User:Deborahjay)
orchata(a)gmail.com
FYI, sorry for the late notice on this but Wikipedia Africa hour is
happening today at 5pm SA time.
Read below for more details.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Florence Devouard <anthere(a)anthere.org>
Date: 10 June 2018 at 14:07
Subject: Re: [African Wikimedians] [The African Hour] SAVE THE DATE :
Sunday 10th 15h GMT
To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians <
african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Reminder: this is today !
Thanks
Florence
Le 05/06/2018 à 22:43, Florence Devouard a écrit :
If you plan on attending, drop your name here !
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_African_Hour#Next_
African_Hour_:_June_10th_2018
We are relaunching this. If you can not attend, you are welcome to add your
topic for the next meeting.
Cheers
Florence
Le 04/06/2018 à 15:34, Florence Devouard a écrit :
*African Hour is back!*
*Date:* Sunday, June 10th, 2018
*Time: *15:00 GMT (16:00 Lagos, 18:00 Amman)
The African Hour is aimed at bringing the African community members
together through periodic office hours in order to:-
- Share updates, constraint and highlights of our activities
- Ask and take questions from community members
- Discuss topics and collaborate.
Agenda
- Wiki Indaba follow up - what are some of the action items that came
out of Tunis that the African community needs help with?
- Wikimania - what can we do to help?
- Creation of new communities - what can we do to help Benin, Chad,
Tanzania, Uganda, Libya?
- WikiProject called “The AfroCine Project” - Sam Oye (Nigeria)
- Anthere - the launch of Wiki Loves Women in Uganda and Tanzania. What
is planned globally ?
*Google Hangout on Air:*
*https://hangouts.google.com/?action=group&key=in4jtiWGIIXKSaOg1&pli=1&authuser=1
<https://hangouts.google.com/?action=group&key=in4jtiWGIIXKSaOg1&pli=1&authu…>*
*Youtube Live:*
*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3EoGdx38lk&feature=youtu.be
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3EoGdx38lk&feature=youtu.be> *
*Notes:*
*https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/P%26GR_African_Hour-2
<https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/P%26GR_African_Hour-2>*
*Meta:*
*https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_African_Hour
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_African_Hour>*
Please join us and reach out with any questions. Can you help us spread the
word? It would be great for all our African communities to know about this
and to join if they can.
Best,
The African Hour Committee
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Douglas Ian Scott
司道格
Skype: douglas0scott
South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727
This is just a quick reminder that Wikimedia South Africa will be hosting
our monthly Wikipedia workshop/hangout at the American Corner at the Cape
Town Central Library this Saturday (9 June) from 10:00 to 15:00.
This is the last event before Wikimania (18-22 July) so please join us
before things get super busy on our side.
Below are the details.
- Location: American Corner, Cape Town Central Library, Grand Parade,
Cape Town.
- Time: 10:00 to 15:00 - Saturday, 9th June 2018
As always the event is open to everyone.
Regards,
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Douglas Ian Scott
司道格
Skype: douglas0scott
South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727