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Re: [Wikimedia ZA] WikimediaZA Digest, Vol 34, Issue 4
by Oarabile Mudongo 08 May '13

08 May '13

I was also interested to attend your meetup with Victor Grigas please,am i also welcome so i can arrange for my traveling. On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 5:00 AM, <wikimediaza-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org>wrote: > Send WikimediaZA mailing list submissions to > wikimediaza(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaza > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wikimediaza-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wikimediaza-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of WikimediaZA digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Members in the Cape (David Richfield) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 8 May 2013 07:54:14 +0200 > From: David Richfield <davidrichfield(a)gmail.com> > To: Isla Haddow-Flood <islahf(a)africacentre.net> > Cc: Wikimedia South Africa Mailing List > <wikimediaza(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia ZA] Members in the Cape > Message-ID: > < > CAE_D4n6eyuVvK_3NrrdtfPpp-1zevkMNnbqG1sUQfdsTsXEaMg(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > Let's go all out: > > 1) Message to the mailing list > > 2) Post on Wikiproject South Africa > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiproject_south_africa > > 3) Post on af.wikipedia.org geselshoekie (village pump) > http://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Geselshoekie > > 4) Meetup page and geonotice as per > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup > > > > On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 7:37 PM, Isla Haddow-Flood > <islahf(a)africacentre.net>wrote: > > > Hi Guys > > > > Do you have any idea which Wikipedians are based in Cape Town. We want to > > do a meetup and a wiki takes... Session while Victor Grigas is here. How > do > > we reach them? How many people are on the subscription list? > > > > Warmest > > Isla > > > > : : > > Isla Haddow-Flood > > Marketing and Communications Manager > > Project Manager : WikiAfrica > > www.wikiafrica.org > > Wikimedia username: Islahaddow > > > > > > *a.* 5th Floor, 28 St George’s Mall, Cape Town *w.** * > > www.africacentre.net > > *t.* +27 21 418 3336 *f. *+27 21 418 5385 *skype. *islahaddow > > > > The Africa Centre is a non-profit social innovator that provides a > > platform for > > exploring contemporary Pan-African cultural practice and knowledge > > creation > > as catalysts for social change. > > > > > > -- > David Richfield > [[:en:User:Slashme]] > +27718539985 >

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Re: [Wikimedia ZA] Members in the Cape
by David Richfield 08 May '13

08 May '13

Let's go all out: 1) Message to the mailing list 2) Post on Wikiproject South Africa http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiproject_south_africa 3) Post on af.wikipedia.org geselshoekie (village pump) http://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Geselshoekie 4) Meetup page and geonotice as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 7:37 PM, Isla Haddow-Flood <islahf(a)africacentre.net>wrote: > Hi Guys > > Do you have any idea which Wikipedians are based in Cape Town. We want to > do a meetup and a wiki takes... Session while Victor Grigas is here. How do > we reach them? How many people are on the subscription list? > > Warmest > Isla > > : : > Isla Haddow-Flood > Marketing and Communications Manager > Project Manager : WikiAfrica > www.wikiafrica.org > Wikimedia username: Islahaddow > > > *a.* 5th Floor, 28 St George’s Mall, Cape Town *w.** * > www.africacentre.net > *t.* +27 21 418 3336 *f. *+27 21 418 5385 *skype. *islahaddow > > The Africa Centre is a non-profit social innovator that provides a > platform for > exploring contemporary Pan-African cultural practice and knowledge > creation > as catalysts for social change. > -- David Richfield [[:en:User:Slashme]] +27718539985

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Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] WikiReaders4Kids
by David Richfield 05 May '13

05 May '13

Do we know anyone who'd be interested in getting involved with this? David Richfield +27718539985 Sent from a mobile device. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Victor Grigas" <vgrigas(a)wikimedia.org> Date: 5 May 2013 06:27 Subject: [Wikimedia-l] WikiReaders4Kids To: "Wikimedia Mailing List" <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Cc: Hello everyone, My partner and I just started a campaign on Indiegogo.com to raise funds to buy all remaining WikiReaders and distribute them to schools and kids in places that don't have internet at no charge to the schools and kids. The campaign is here: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/help-us-distribute-wikireaders-to-kids The video is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j07ROeiaFg0 Please consider funding the campaign and if you can't fund the campaign, please share the link with others! While I am an employee of the Wikimedia Foundation, I am doing this entirely as a volunteer. Thanks! -- *Victor Grigas* Storyteller <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Knv6D6Thi0> Wikimedia Foundation vgrigas(a)wikimedia.org +1 (415) 839-6885 x 6773 149 New Montgomery Street 6th floor San Francisco, CA 94105 https://donate.wikimedia.org/ _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l

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ZA Wiki sites back up again.
by David Richfield 02 May '13

02 May '13

Hi all, I've just realised that repairing our sql tables solved the problems that we were having! wikilovesmonuments.org.za and wikimedia.org.za are back up. Kind regards, David -- David Richfield [[:en:User:Slashme]] +27718539985

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Re: [Wikimedia ZA] Wikimedia, education, South Africa
by David Richfield 02 May '13

02 May '13

Hi Pete, We would very much like to meet with her and discuss what we can do. You're quite right about the situation in South African schools. Many of them still have some combination of: * very bad infrastructure * dangerous conditions * unreliable delivery of teaching materials * little or no access to computers. We are a relatively young chapter, but have done some outreach programs, and we're eager to build our network. We are in contact with Iolanda Pensa who is very keen to help develop offline Wikipedia as a teaching tool in Africa, and have some allied organisations who can also help. We're also extremely keen to find teachers and schools who might be interested in using translation of Wikipedia articles into various South African languages as a teaching tool. So, bottom line, please do put her in contact with us: let's see how far we can help to get each other connected. Kind regards, David On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 10:39 PM, Pete Forsyth <pete(a)wikistrategies.net> wrote: > Hi David, > > Richard Knipel (User:Pharos) recommended that I reach out to you. > > I met a woman at the Connexions conference. She is from a school district in > South Africa (I don't know exactly where) that is really struggling. It > sounded very severe -- many different kinds of problems, including whether > or how computers are incorporated into the curriculum, and ultimately none > (or very few) of the students are able to pass standard exams. > > She is meeting next week with somebody from the Ministry of Education. She > is developing her pitch/request and wondering, among many other things, if > she should be engaging with Wikimedia. As a Wikipedian, I of course > mentioned Wikimedia South Africa to her, and she was very interested. (She > attended my Introduction to Wikipedia session.) > > I would like to know, candidly -- is this a situation where Wikimedia South > Africa has something substantial to offer, or is her attention better > directed elsewhere? After having talked with her more thoroughly, it seems > to me like Wikimedia might generally not be a great resource for a district > struggling with such basic needs. (For instance, perhaps OER Africa is > better positioned to help address the kind of needs she has.) But it is very > hard for me to give good advice, when I know so little about local > conditions! > > Can you offer any insights that might help? > > -Pete > > -- > Pete Forsyth > Principal, Wiki Strategies > pete(a)wikistrategies.net > +1 503-383-9454 > www.wikistrategies.net -- David Richfield - General Secretary: Wikimedia South Africa [[:en:User:Slashme]] +27718539985

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Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Selection of winning bid for Wikimania 2014: London
by David Richfield 01 May '13

01 May '13

FYI David Richfield +27718539985 Sent from a mobile device. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "James Forrester" <jdforrester(a)gmail.com> Date: 1 May 2013 19:11 Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Selection of winning bid for Wikimania 2014: London To: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)" < wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, "wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org" < wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Cc: Dear Wikimedians, On behalf of the Wikimania 2014 selection Jury, after review and evaluation of the two final bids, we have awarded the conference to London. Congratulations to the London team, and to the Arusha team who also put forward a solid effort. We were concerned this year to see that both bidding teams put forward proposals which were costly and complicated, in contrast to the Wikimania tradition. The Jury briefly considered re-opening the bid for other teams, and asked both bids to present a simpler core budget and lower-cost options for attendees. The London team took our comments to heart and decreased their core budget to 20% of their initial proposal, and have committed to finding ways to reduce the cost for community attendees. We encourage future bidding teams to not give up their dreams, to keep aiming for the stars, but at the same time, to not forget the spirit of Wikimedia: a volunteer movement that makes creative use of limited resources. We look forward to the proposed Wikimania Committee setting out clearer guidelines on these principles. The process to bid for hosting Wikimania requires a substantial time investment, and we thank both candidate teams for their submissions and hard work. Yours, James Forrester Moderator, Wikimania 2014 Jury For the Wikimania 2014 Jury -- James D. Forrester jdforrester(a)gmail.com [[Wikipedia:User:Jdforrester|James F.]] (speaking purely in a personal capacity) _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l

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Wiki Loves Monuments 2013
by Nick Roux 30 Apr '13

30 Apr '13

Will WikimediaZA be participating in WLM2013? http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2013/Partici… Regards Nick

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Our websites are down: I'm looking into it
by David Richfield 30 Apr '13

30 Apr '13

Hi all, I'm having a lot of trouble accessing wikimedia.org.za and wikilovesmonuments.org.za - I keep getting internal server errors, or partially rendered pages. I've asked Lourie for some advice and I'll keep looking into what's causing the problems. This does mean that I've been unable to work on or review our report on the Chapters Conference, or start a page for our next board meeting. Sorry for the inconvenience! -- David Richfield [[:en:User:Slashme]] +27718539985

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New Board Meeting
by Maarten Deneckere 30 Apr '13

30 Apr '13

Hey all, last board meeting was the last Saturday of Feb. I think it would be fun to hear to the experiences of the team at the chapters event in Italy. I would propose to hold the new board meeting on the last *Saturday of May (25th)* Regards, Maarten

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Question "Die Afrikaanse Taalmuseum en -monument"
by Maarten Deneckere 10 Apr '13

10 Apr '13

Hey, on Facebook we got the following question on our Facebook page: *Ons wil graag vanjaar mense aanmoedig om aan wikilovesmonuments deel te neem. Die Afrikaanse Taalmuseum en die Afrikaanse Taalmonument is egter nie gelys op die lys van monumente nie; slegs die drukpers van die GRA. Kan julle dalk help? Die e-posadresse op julle webwerf onder Contact us werk nie. * * Groete * * Isabeau Botha, <https://www.facebook.com/isabeau.botha>**Kommunikasiebestuurder/Communication Manager * * Die Afrikaanse Taalmuseum en -monument T +27 (0)21 863 0543/4809 S 076 017 6026 F +27 (0)86 263 3239 * She asks if she can add images of two Afrikaans language monuments, and also points out that our email addresses don't work. Who will respond here? *Secondly*, apparently our email addresses, like md@wikilovesmonuments and dumisani@... are not working anymore. Who can look into the configuration of our website of hosting? Regards, Maarten

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