WikimediaZA September 2023

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Wikipedia: Meetup/South Africa/Cape Town/ 32
by Shupai Mchuchu 30 Sep '23

30 Sep '23

Dear all, This is a quick reminder of our upcoming 32nd meet-up. The South African meetup will be happening on Saturday 30 September 2023. Below are the details for joining the 32nd 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, 30 September 2023* *Start time:10:00 AM SAST* *End Time: 12:00 PM SAST* If you are in Cape Town, you can join us face to face *Truth Coffee Shop* *36 Buitenkant Street, Cape Town, 8001* 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_32> Please note that Discord is the secondary platform as it offers Text-based, Audio, and Video options. Registration is necessary. Best regards,

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Enquiry
by Young Deep Music 27 Sep '23

27 Sep '23

Goid evening i want to sign up in wikipedia and appeared in google search. Thank you

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SADiLaR workshops: opportunity to help train new Wikipedia editors at universities across the country
by Douglas Scott 26 Sep '23

26 Sep '23

Hello everyone, Wikimedia South Africa has just entered into an agreement with the South African Centre for Digital Language Resources <https://sadilar.org/index.php/en/> (SADiLaR) to run a series of workshops training participants how to start editing Wikipedia with a focus on translating Wikipedia articles into other South African language versions of Wikipedia. It is Wikimedia South Africa's flagship project to help support the growth of African language Wikipedias. Normally we would all run these edit-a-thons entirely as unpaid volunteers as we have always done in the past. However this project is so large and ambitious (SADiLaR wants to do workshops at all of South Africa's universities across the country each one lasting up to 3 days) that we have budgeted an amount to reimburse trainers. This is a much larger commitment than any other workshop training event we have ever done before in the past. As such the board decided it was only fair and most practical to reimburse trainers for running the workshops and coaching the participants. This email is to ask our community, such as yourself, if anyone with extensive Wikipedia editing experience (more than 500 edits and at least a year of editing experience) is interested in becoming a trainer to run a few workshops? Trainers will need a strong understanding of both Wikipedia's culture and rules in addition to the practicalities of how to make edits. Trainers will also need to attend an online training session to learn the lesson plan, how to teach editing, coach participants and get informed on the focus of the workshops. We have a limited budget to cover travel, accomodation, and an hourly rate for each trainer. Each workshop only needs one or two trainers and we don't have much more in the budget to cover more people than that sadly. So there are a limited number of places. We will prioritise trainers who are located close to the workshop venue and who have prior Wikipedia training experience. SADiLaR is still in the process of setting up all of the university venues and selecting the participants so we currently do not yet have a list of dates, places and workshop participant numbers. The project will last until the end of 2024 and might continue into 2025. Please contact myself or Shupai Mchuchu <shupai.mchuchu(a)wikimedia.org.za> for more details. In the meantime, for those that are interested, you can view the workshop outline on meta here <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WM_ZA/SADiLaR_2023>, the lesson plan here <https://docs.google.com/document/d/173x7Y0QuYYGbcQ80xARWLrKbCEs47lBXVBC3-Fa…>, and the introduction presentation here <https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1m2wmw26-djoMBkO1YZgiw8saARfWzLjsVLA…> . 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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SWiP Project: Live Stream
by Shupai Mchuchu 15 Sep '23

15 Sep '23

Dear all, Please see the links below, for those who will not be attending the in person event , you can live stream it on Teams and Youtube. Press release uploaded on the website https://sadilar.org/index.php/en/2-general/419-swip-launch Live streaming YouTube link https://youtube.com/live/x6TjRBj0DZ4?feature=share Best regards,

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Wikipedia: Meetup/South Africa/Cape Town/ 32
by Shupai Mchuchu 12 Sep '23

12 Sep '23

Dear all, You are invited to join us for our upcoming 32nd meet-up. The South African meetup will be happening on Saturday 30 September 2023. Below are the details for joining the 32nd 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, 30 September 2023* *Start time:10:00 AM SAST* *End Time: 12:00 PM SAST* If you are in Cape Town, you can join us face to face *Truth Coffee Shop* *36 Buitenkant Street, Cape Town, 8001* 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_32> Please note that Discord is the secondary platform as it offers Text-based, Audio, and Video options. Registration is necessary. Best regards,

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Invitation: SWIP Project Launch
by Shupai Mchuchu 12 Sep '23

12 Sep '23

Dear all, Please find the attached formal invitation for the upcoming SWiP project launch. The purpose of extending this invitation is to facilitate efficient guest count management. In light of this, we sincerely ask for your prompt response by email to swip(a)sadilar.org with your RSVP. RSVP due date is on 14 September 2023 Thank you.

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