Good Day Chapter Members
Wikimedia South Africa is expectant in 2025 and believe that this will be a fruitful year for the chapter.
As I mentioned in the last notification for 2024 when we reflected on the good work done in 2024 it was important to rest and reset.
In the new year the chapter's focus will be on communication and engagement with our chapter members.
To this end we would like to invite all chapter members who have an idea of an activity or project they would like to pursue in 2025 to engage with the chapter.
If you are interested in engaging with the chapter around your needs please utilize the Google form below to capture of your idea or need.
The form will enable you to isolate projects or community needs you would like to explore in the 2025 year and will enable the Chapter to isolate methods to support you.
Some of the areas we will be able to support our chapter members are:
1. Mentorship
2. Language related support
3. Data related support
4. Workshop organization and facilitation
5. Initiatives aligning with our 5 year strategy
5.1. Objective 5: Grow community by 30% by 2026
5.2. Objective 6: Improve on Partnerships
5.3. Objective 7: Increase South Africa Languages Wikis by 30%
5.4. Objective 8: Activate some Language Champions
6. Diversity Outreach
7. Library Outreach
8. Hackathons
9. Thematic Editathons
10. Photographic Events
11. Student Outreach
Form Link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdixorjK4H7M4YbF78ukyzXaUFaOIqYc9I…
The form will be open from the 17 January 2025 to 21 February 2025, once closed we will review and engage with you around your application.
Best Regards
Herschal Jackson
Good Day Chapter Members
In March our next Chapter Meetups will occur in person at the venues below:
Johannesburg at the Goethe Institut:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Community_Meet-up_South_Africa/_Joh…
Cape Town at the Wynberg Library :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Community_Meet-up_South_Africa/_Cap…
The Meetups will occur on Saturday the 29th March 2025 between 10:30am and 12:30pm (In Johannesburg) and 09:30am to 11:30am (In Cape Town).
There will be refreshments and excellent discourse.
Hopefully our community members are able to attend in person
Best Regards
Herschal Jackson
Good Morning Chapter Members
I am happy to announce the first of many online editathons the Chapter will be hosting to contribute to African content on Wikipedia in African Languages.
Join us for the Inaugural online event tomorrow on Human Rights Day.
On Human Rights Day and in honour of the victims of the Sharpeville massacre we will be looking to translate the Sharpeville massacre Wikipedia page into all of the missing African Languages.
Currently this only exists in 2 of the 12 official languages (English and Afrikaans) we are calling on all chapter members to contribute to the translation efforts.
This will also be an opportunity to engage with the public and generate interest in contributing to content in African languages.
If you are interested in joining, please utilize the link below to participate:
Human Rights Day Edit-a-thon 2025
Friday, 21 March · 10:00am – 5:00pm
Time zone: Africa/Johannesburg
Google Meet joining info
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/zax-dtqt-nua
Or dial: (ZA) +27 10 823 0626 PIN: 120 006 126#
More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/zax-dtqt-nua?pin=4396322570287
Best Regards
Herschal Jackson
Good Morning Chapter Members
The Call for Proposals for Wikimania is live and will end at the end of
March 2025.
See below notification for more information.
Best Regards
Herschal Jackson
Executive Coordinator
+2760 440 1664
herschal.jackson(a)wikimedia.org.za
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Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2025 at 10:03
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2025 Call for Proposals
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My Fellow Wikimedians,
The *Wikimania Call for Proposals* form is available for everyone to access.
Visit the website for further details.
https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2025:Program
Deadline for program proposals is at the end of March, at the final minute
anywhere on Earth.
*Call for volunteers to help with Language Translation*
We also encourage you to translate the Program, Program FAQ Wikimania Wiki
pages, and Central notice banner message to your local language.
https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:MessageGroupStats…https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:MessageGroupStats…https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:MessageGroupStats&lang…
*Call for volunteers to be part of the Program Working Group*
If you are interested to apply to be one of the program proposal reviewers
(in the Wikimania program working group), you just have to submit a form
https://wikimediafoundation.limesurvey.net/656959 . Deadline for that is
Monday, 17 March 2025 at 12:00 UTC.
*Need help?*
Please feel free to email the Wikimania 2025 team at wikimania(a)wikimedia.org
and also join the Wikimania Chat Telegram group t.me/wikimaniachat and
connect with other Wikimedians.
Kind regards,
Butch Bustria
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Date: Mon, Mar 3, 2025, 11:08 PM
Subject: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2025 Call for Proposals is live
To: Wikimania <wikimania(a)wikimedia.org>
Cc: <african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, <
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Dear all,
We are excited to share that the call for program proposals is now
officially open! Review the information on the Wikimania Wiki
<https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2025:Program>, and make your
submission by 31st March 2025. Whether you will be speaking online or
in-person, feel free to submit in any of the Wikimania 2025 official
languages i.e French, English, Spanish, Swahili and Arabic.
The theme for Wikimania 2025 is Wikimania@20: Inclusivity. Impact.
Sustainability and it highlights our vision for a Wikimedia movement that
is accessible to all, fosters collaboration across diverse communities, and
prioritizes long-term viability.
Your submission therefore should have elements connecting to at least one
of these:
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Inclusivity: Wikimania will be an opportunity to showcase regional and
thematic groups as examples of inclusion: different volunteer groups,
individuals, and affiliates, at different stages of development and from
different cultures closely involved and collaborating in an equitable way.
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Impact: As a distributed, global event, Wikimania will be a way to learn
from each other and share knowledge like community initiatives, tools
usage, organizing events, governance, online campaigns and edit-a-thons,
solving Wiki-related problems, and more.
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Sustainability: Wikimania 2025 will be significant to many Wikimedians
as a forum to discuss various strategies , matters confronting the
Wikimedia movement and other current and future priorities facing our
movement, from technology to policy around the world.
Resources
You can visit Wikimania 2025 Programming
<https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2025:Program> Wikimania Wiki page for
more information about the session types and formats, programme tracks as
well the proposal questions among others. You can also learn more on the
Diff blog post.
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/2025/03/03/apply-now-to-speak-at-wikimania-2025/>
The team will be hosting office hours to support prospective speakers with
their proposals. Review the Wikimania Wiki for the call links:
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Thursday, 13 March at 18:00 UTC. Live interpretation will be available
in French and Spanish.
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Thursday, 20 March at 13:00 UTC. Live interpretation will be available
in Arabic, French and Swahili.
If you have any questions please feel free to email us at
wikimania(a)wikimedia.org and also join us on the Wikimania Chat Telegram
group t.me/wikimaniachat and connect with other Wikimedians.
We are looking forward to receiving your submission!
Sincerely,
Terry Boke - Communications Lead, Wikimania 2025
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