WikimediaZA February 2023

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Wikipedia: Community Meetup South Africa
by Shupai Mchuchu 24 Feb '23

24 Feb '23

Dear all, This is a quick reminder to join us for our first meetup for the year, for the South African community that will be happening on Saturday 25 February 2023. Below are the details for joining the 25th meetup. The meetup will be hybrid. If you have any questions about Wikipedia, the community, what is going on generally, or you just want to hang out you are welcome to join and participate. *Date: Saturday, 25 February 2023* *Start time:10:00 AM SAST* *End Time: 12:00 PM SAST* *Location: Hybrid Meeting* If you are in Cape Town, you can join us face to face *Tiger's Milk Claremont,* *Ground Floor Sunclare Building, 21 Dreyer Street, Claremont, Cape Town* if you can't attend face to face , We will be hosting the meet up out on Discord server (see link below to join). Link to Join <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/South_Africa/South_Africa_25> If that does not work for you then don't worry, you can still join via Zulip <https://wikimediaza.zulipchat.com/accounts/login/> a for a more text-based experience. Please note that Zulip is the secondary platform as Discord offers Text-based, Audio, and Video options. Registration is necessary Best regards,

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Intl Mother Tongue Day
by Shupai Mchuchu 13 Feb '23

13 Feb '23

Dear all, Wikimedia Nigeria is hosting a virtual event to commemorate the World Mother Tongue Day on February 18th, 2022 noon WAT. WMZA efforts yas the chapter is being recognised with all the work we have been doing in preserving our local languages on wikipedia. and We have been invited to commemorate this day with Wikimedia Nigeria and share our achievements so far. Everyone is welcome to attend Please confirm with me if you would like to attend. Kind Regards,

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Wikimedia ZA Bookshelf
by Shupai Mchuchu 10 Feb '23

10 Feb '23

Dear all, Please fill out this form if you want to take advantage of the Wikimedia South Africa Bookshelf service. This service allows Wikipedia editors who are editing on Southern African subjects to Membership of the Wikimedia South Africa chapter is not necessary to take advantage of this program but members are prioritised. A requirement is that the books will be used in the editing of Wikipedia. Participants in this program recognise that the books procured through this process are the property of Wikimedia South Africa and as such beneficiaries of this program agree to share these books with other Wikipedia editors upon request. A new form will need to be filled out for each book you wish to get. You can take advantage of this program by either requesting that the Chapter purchase the book on your behalf and send it to you or you can purchase the book and then request reimbursement once you have submitted proof of purchase. If you want reimbursement then please contact the chapter at info(a)wikimedia.org.za Wikimedia South Africa has a limited budget for this project so we can only purchase or issue reimbursements if the books are not too expensive (generally below R600). Special consideration might be made in exceptional circumstances but that will need to be discussed with the chapter beforehand. Form <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1thPVQ5VlnWN18ILYJi-cG9Rlgjjkf-M8VfrMetvyf1…> to be filled. Best regards,

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Project Proposal
by Shupai Mchuchu 10 Feb '23

10 Feb '23

Dear all, Wikimedia South Africa Chapter supports Wikipedia volunteers in South Africa to run projects to increase African content, improve small language Wikipedias, raise awareness about Wikipedia and its sister projects and activate new users. We call upon South African Wikimedians who would like support from the chapter to run any project that supports these objectives to reach out to us with their proposed ideas and budget projections. Whether your idea is to organise a Wiki meet-up, run an edit-a-thon, writing competition, or advocacy work. We will support you with the necessary resources to run the project and help you with reporting about its results and impact. If you need this kind of support, kindly fill the short form below before 1 March 2023. Link here <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Xx7OgGnoAmfkjUHrf_zediPFbn_AkQJEMNtBnG4eUq…> Best regards,

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Wikimania scholarships - final reminder to apply if interested
by Douglas Scott 03 Feb '23

03 Feb '23

Hello everyone, This is just a quick and final reminder about the Wikimania scholarships. If you are considering going to Wikimania (the annual international Wikipedia conference) or would like to go then please consider applying. You still have 48 hours to apply and the process is much easier and more direct than in the past. The deadline is Sunday, 5 February 2023 To apply please click on the link below: https://wikimediafoundation.limesurvey.net/799477 Wikimedia South Africa will be using the applications from this process to award our own chapter scholarships for Wikimania 2023 so if you plan to get one through the chapter then please apply here as well. Regards, Douglas Scott Director Wikimedia South Africa Website: wikimedia.org.za Phone: (+27) 079 515 8727 A non-profit membership organisation Discord <https://discord.gg/HwBwHWWurr> | Zulip <https://wikimediaza.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/147876-Main-Chat> | Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaZA> | Instagram <https://www.instagram.com/wikimedia_za/>

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Wikipedia: Community Meetup South Africa
by Shupai Mchuchu 03 Feb '23

03 Feb '23

Dear all, You are invited to join us for our first upcoming meetup for the year, for the South African community that will be happening on Saturday 25 February 2023. Below are the details for joining the 25th meetup. The meetup will be hybrid. If you have any questions about Wikipedia, the community, what is going on generally, or you just want to hang out you are welcome to join and participate. *Date: Saturday, 25 February 2023* *Start time:10:00 AM SAST* *End Time: 12:00 PM SAST* *Location: Hybrid Meeting* If you are in Cape Town, you can join us face to face *Tiger's Milk Claremont,* *Ground Floor Sunclare Building, 21 Dreyer Street, Claremont, Cape Town* if you cant attend face to face , We will be hosting the meet up out on Discord server (see link below to join). Link to Join <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/South_Africa/South_Africa_25> If that does not work for you then don't worry, you can still join via Zulip <https://wikimediaza.zulipchat.com/accounts/login/> a for a more text-based experience. Please note that Zulip is the secondary platform as Discord offers Text-based, Audio, and Video options. Registration is necessary Best regards,

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