Hello everyone,
This is just to let people know of a few quick updates.
==Wikimania scholarships now open==
The most important one being that scholarship applications to attend
Wikimania 2024 in Poland are now open. The deadline to apply is 18 December
2023 so get those applications in soon.
Details can be found here -
https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/11/15/wikimania-2024-scholarships-open-appl…
I will be hosting a short introduction meeting on how to write a good
Wikimania scholarship application on 12 December 2023 at 8.15pm SAST.
Please let me know if you would like to join.
== Special Cape Town meetup reminder for next week Monday==
Maryana Iskanda, CEO of Wikimedia Foundation, and Christian Humborg,
Executive Directors of Wikimedia Germany, are in Cape Town for a flying
visit. They
would like to meet with the Wikimedians of the Cape (or any other visiting
Wikimedians) on Monday, 11th December 2023.
Wiki In Africa and Wikimedia South Africa have planned the following for
the meetup.
11:00 Gather at the District Six Museum (Parking option
<https://maps.app.goo.gl/CcQP5qQ64Js6wiq49>)
11:30 District Six Museum group tour (Map
<https://maps.app.goo.gl/h1PiLQGaS1hDtMhu9>)
12:30 Leave District Six Museum for lunch venue (Parking option
<https://maps.app.goo.gl/BERK7HgHBDUirqYk7>)
13:00 Lunch at Addis at the Cape (Map
<https://maps.app.goo.gl/fZG9KDTZar6F3HfH8>)
14:30 Lunch ends
You are invited to attend either or both activities. Please let us know if
you can make it by filling out this form
<https://forms.gle/nNKxQEREyayNey4c9> so we can finalise numbers. The
final date to confirm attendance is Friday, 8 December.
*The Museum tour and/or lunch will be paid for. Transport and parking are
for your own account.*
Link here <https://forms.gle/nNKxQEREyayNey4c9>
Please feel free to make contact if you have any questions.
==Wiki Loves Science==
Wiki Loves Science has started. The science photo competition for
Wikipedia. Please spread the word to anyone you might know in the
scientific community. We have some modest prizes to encourage people to
upload science and research related photographs and other media for use on
Wikipedia.
More information about this at the link below.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiki_Science_Competition_2023_in_So…
==Wikipedia birthday==
Wikipedia will be celebrating its 23rd birthday on 15 January 2024. Like
this year we will be hosting a bigger than normal birthday Wiki meetup
event, with cake, on 27 January 2024 to celebrate. This will be the first
meetup event of the year and will be held in both Cape Town,
Johanensburg and digitally online. Sadly there will be no cake for those of
us, like myself, who will be attending online but it will still be a great
opportunity to meet everyone, see how the other meetups are going, and chat
about Wiki stuff.
Details on this event will be sent out later in the month.
Cheers,
Douglas Scott
Director
Wikimedia South Africa
Website: wikimedia.org.za
Phone: (+27) 079 515 8727
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