Hello everyone,
We will be doing another Cape Town Wiki meetup on the 7th December. We are
trying out a new location again so please note the venue change. OpenUp
<https://openup.org.za/> has very kindly let us use their downstairs space
at the Code Bridge in Newlands
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newlands,_Cape_Town> which is very near to
Claremont <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claremont,_Cape_Town> train
station and taxi rank. It also has ample free parking in front of the
building. Also located nearby is Cavendish Square. Code Bridge is located
in the bridge (hence the name) that allows Campground Street to cross both
the railway line and Letterstedt Road.
This is the same location as the Wikimedia ZA 5-year strategy workshop and
AGM happening on the 14th and 15th December respectively. I will send out
another email about that now.
The parking and building can only be access by the Helmlock Street /
Letterstedt Road entrance. Parking is free.
See the location on the map to the right.
In summary the details are:
Date: Saturday the 7 December
Time: free to arrive anytime between 10:00 - 14:00
Location: Code Bridge <https://codebridge.org.za/>, 1 Thicket St,
Newlands, Cape Town, 7700
As always the meetup is open for everyone to join. So if you or anyone you
know as an interest in learning more about free knowledge or just want to
talk about it then please join us.
For more information please see the event page on Wikipedia here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Cape_Town/Cape_Town_22
Cheers,
Douglas.
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Douglas Ian Scott
司道格
Skype: douglas0scott
South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727
Dear Dumisani,
Thanks for introducing me to Tshegofatso.
Dear Tshego,
Great to be e-introduced to you. Indeed, you've come to the right person,
we've been doing these kinds of projects for some time now. What's even
more exciting is that with Covid-19 we can organise the edit-a-thon
virtually so that more people can join in.
Please, should you need more clarity and to discuss further on resources
needed to organise the event, possible dates, what the programme will look
like and the next steps. You can do so via WhatsApp or phone. Otherwise I'm
always available here on email.
Kind regards,
Bobby Shabangu
072 067 9593
On Thu, 30 Jul 2020 at 13:03, Dumisani Ndubane <dndubane(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
> Hello hello Tshegofatso
>
> Thank you for reaching out. I am copying Bobby Shabangu who is one of the
> directors of Wikimedia South Africa
> <http://wikimedia.org.za/wiki/Main_Page> which is the local chapter
> representing Wikipedians and volunteers in South Africa. Bobby is a long
> time friend and an excellent WIkipedian who has helped facilitate similar
> edit-athons before with organizations such as Johannesburg Heritage
> Foundation, Constitutional Court, Keleketla Library, UNISA and
> Multichoice's Talk Radio 702. I think this could easily grow into a feature
> supported by the local chapter going forward!
>
> This is one of the demographic that is criminally underrepresented in
> content everywhere!
>
> Ofcause, I would be very interested in participating in the planned
> edit-a-thon and I will compile available resources on how to organize and
> run an edit-a-thon.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Dumisani Ndubane
>
> Monitoring & Evaluation Strategist
>
> Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 1:12 PM Tshegofatso Mabaso <tmabaso(a)iziko.org.za>
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks so much for getting back to me. I’ll reach out to Dumisani.
>>
>>
>>
>> Best,
>>
>>
>>
>> *T**š**hegofat**š**o Mabaso *
>>
>> *Curator of Contemporary Art*
>>
>> *Iziko South African National Gallery*
>>
>> *Iziko Museums of South Africa*
>>
>> Government Avenue Cape Town
>>
>> P.O.Box 61 Cape Town 8000
>>
>> Phone: +27 21 467 7234
>>
>> E-Mail: tmabaso(a)iziko.org.za
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Khanyi Mpumlwana [mailto:kmpumlwana@wikimedia.org]
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, 22 July 2020 15:46
>> *To:* Tshegofatso Mabaso
>> *Cc:* Dumisani Ndubane
>> *Subject:* Re: Hosting an edit-a-thon for black queer SA artists
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Tšhego,
>>
>>
>>
>> Thank you for reaching out, what a great project!
>>
>> I have copied my colleague, Dumisani Ndubane, who is far better suited to
>> advise you on running an edit-a-thon than I.
>>
>> @Dumisani Ndubane <dndubane(a)wikimedia.org> We can chat about how best to
>> support this project in our umrhabulo tomorrow.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks again.
>>
>> --
>>
>> *Khanyi Mpumlwana *(she/her/they/them)
>>
>> Creative Director
>>
>> Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 11:12 AM Tshegofatso Mabaso <tmabaso(a)iziko.org.za>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hello Khanyi,
>>
>>
>>
>> I hope you are keeping well, sorry it took me so long to finally draft
>> this – crazy times.
>>
>>
>>
>> At the moment, I working at directing my research capacity to addressing
>> research gaps in our collection and the contemporary South African visual
>> arts discourse. With this I want to prioritise public access to research
>> and creating greater public awareness of queer artist practicing at the
>> moment as well as historical figures we have much to learn from.
>>
>>
>>
>> I’ve done some light desktop research on Wikipedia edit-a-thons and have
>> an interest in using them as one strategy towards tackling the big
>> knowledge gaps relating to LGBTQIA+ artists. At the moment a Google search
>> for black queer artists/ queer artists practicing in South Africa yields
>> very few results and this is a similar challenge with black woman artists.
>>
>> To commemorate Pride month in October I am interested in hosting a
>> virtual edit-a-thon at the National Gallery that focuses on the creation of
>> articles on black queer contemporary artists practicing in South Africa. I
>> think it would be wonderful for this to be something that continues beyond
>> pride month and also helps to nurture a community of writers and editors
>> that continue this work.
>>
>>
>>
>> In short, I would really appreciate any advice and information on how one
>> goes about organising one, getting in touch with seasoned local Wikipedia
>> editors and how we could partner with you guys to make this an impactful
>> project.
>>
>>
>>
>> I look forward to hearing from you.
>>
>>
>>
>> Warmest,
>>
>>
>>
>> *Tšhegofatšo Mabaso *
>>
>> *Curator of Contemporary Art*
>>
>> *Iziko South African National Gallery*
>>
>> *Iziko Museums of South Africa*
>>
>> Government Avenue Cape Town
>>
>> P.O.Box 61 Cape Town 8000
>>
>> Phone: +27 21 467 7234
>>
>> E-Mail: tmabaso(a)iziko.org.za
>>
>>
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Hi, just wanted to point you to the Wikidata Property Proposal for
South African EMIS codes [1]. If you don't care, no worries, ignore
this. Also don't want you to gang up or anything. But if you *do* care
please review, /oppose/, /support/, or /comment/.
Simply don't want this proposal to become stale and turn zombie like
many others.
[1] https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/South_Africa_EMIS_…
Cheers, Reuben
Hello everyone,
A position of Wikipedian in residence has opened up as has another position
for a curriculum development consultant. Read the email below for
more details.
Regards,
Douglas.
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Felix Nartey <fnartey(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2020 at 00:35
Subject: [African Wikimedians] AfLIA is hiring a Wikipedian in Residence &
a Curriculum Development Consultant
To: <african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Cc: AfLIA Communications <afliacomm(a)aflia.net>, Ingrid Thomson <
ingrid.thomson(a)uct.ac.za>, Pamela Ofori-Boateng <pambelle12(a)gmail.com>
Dear African Wikimedia communities,
I am excited to share an update on the recent partnership between AfLIA and
the WMF. [1] This partnership was secured as part of an outreach strategy
for 1Lib1Ref: facilitating Wikimedia community access to libraries who
offer expertise and access in national and continental knowledge, and often
make great allies for other local activities like editathons or GLAM
partnership.
The cooperation includes several projects aimed at introducing librarians
to the Wikimedia community as well as ensuring librarians can support our
communities across Africa. As part of this partnership we piloted a
localized version of 1Lib1Ref (African Librarians Week) [2] which exceeded
our expectations and is currently engaging more than 842 librarians. Thanks
to our regional ambassadors (*Georges, Pamela, Ingrid & Ayo*) who played a
key role in the success of the May campaign.
We realized early on that AFLIA was eager to train more of their community.
We supported them to apply for a project grant, because we knew how
resource intensive it could be to develop successful, large scale library
training.[3] The grant has been approved and AfLIA is looking forward to
working closely with our communities to provide training and onboarding
librarians within their networks into the respective Wikimedia communities
on the continent.
We want to make sure that all of the existing Wikimedia community groups
throughout the continent benefit from this partnership. The goal is to
train librarians so that they can become part of all our communities, the
partnership will likely continue to bring:
-
Opportunities to advise on the training in the grant, and use the
professional training materials
-
Connections with regional and national library associations
-
Connect with enthusiastic library leaders in your context
The team for the project is hiring a *Wikipedian in residence (WiR)*
and a *Curriculum
Development Consultant*.[4][5] Please follow the links to apply for any of
the roles if interested.
Reach out to me or Alex Stinson (astinson(a)wikimedia.org) if you would like
to be part of the conversation with AfLIA and take advantage of their
network in your respective countries.
Best,
[1] - https://web.aflia.net/
[2] - https://twitter.com/hashtag/AfLibWk
[3] -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/AfLIA/Wikipedia_in_African_L…
[4] - https://web.aflia.net/job-opening-wikipedian-in-residence/
[5] - https://web.aflia.net/job-opening-curriculum-development-consultant/
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Felix Nartey
Community and Partnerships Coordinator, Campaigns
*Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home>*
*fnartey(a)wikimedia.org <fnartey(a)wikimedia.org>*
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司道格
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