Dear Wikimedians,
here's something that was inspired by one of the Swedish Wikidata activists
(Jan Ainali) recently addressing African wikimedians on Twitter about a
certain funding deadline that was looming. It was too close for me to feel
able to respond, but I noted it as something that should be done at some
stage.
WikiProject Govdirectory
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Govdirectory> aims to
promote
<https://www.govdirectory.org/> to become a global
user-friendly directory of government agencies and their online presence by
utilizing Wikidata. I had a look at the South Africa section and a lot of
it is still blank. We as a chapter could address this. I don't think paying
people to migrate content from websites etc. into Wikidata would contravene
the taboo against paid editing, since it's just data transfer. What do
others think?
Regards,
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From: Shupai Mchuchu <shupai(a)wikimedia.org.za>
Subject: [Wikimedia ZA] Wikimedia South Africa Project Wishlist
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Hello everyone
I hope this finds you well and the new year has started on a good note for
everyone.
WikimediaZA wants to create a project wishlist, this wishlist is project
ideas you the community would like to run, manage and implement.
I am writing to you all kindly requesting you to send to me any ideas of
projects you would like to see being run within the chapter or would like
to run and manage.
Please do not hesitate to reach out if you have any questions.
Looking forward to hearing from you all.
Kind regards
Shupai Mchuchu
Chapter Administrator
Wikimedia South Africa NPC.
6 Spin Street, Cape Town, South Africa
Office +27 (021) 565 0143
Reg. No. 2012/038827/08
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Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2022 17:52:23 +0200
From: "Peter Southwood" <peter.southwood(a)telkomsa.net>
Subject: [Wikimedia ZA] Re: Wikimedia South Africa Project Wishlist
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Hi Shupai,
Is there a wiki site for this?
Cheers,
Peter
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Subject: [Wikimedia ZA] Wikimedia South Africa Project Wishlist
Hello everyone
I hope this finds you well and the new year has started on a good note for
everyone.
WikimediaZA wants to create a project wishlist, this wishlist is project
ideas you the community would like to run, manage and implement.
I am writing to you all kindly requesting you to send to me any ideas of
projects you would like to see being run within the chapter or would like
to run and manage.
Please do not hesitate to reach out if you have any questions.
Looking forward to hearing from you all.
Kind regards
Shupai Mchuchu
Chapter Administrator
Wikimedia South Africa NPC.
6 Spin Street, Cape Town, South Africa
Office +27 (021) 565 0143
Reg. No. 2012/038827/08
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Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2022 20:01:39 +0200
From: Douglas Scott <douglas.i.scott(a)gmail.com>
Subject: [Wikimedia ZA] Re: Wikimedia South Africa Project Wishlist
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Hi Peter,
Not yet but now might be a good time to set one up on meta wiki.
Regards,
Douglas
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Hi Shupai,
Is there a wiki site for this?
Cheers,
Peter
-----Original Message-----
From: Shupai Mchuchu [mailto:shupai@wikimedia.org.za]
Sent: 18 January 2022 14:57
To: wikimediaza(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: [Wikimedia ZA] Wikimedia South Africa Project Wishlist
Hello everyone
I hope this finds you well and the new year has started on a good note
for
everyone.
WikimediaZA wants to create a project wishlist, this wishlist is project
ideas you the community would like to run, manage and implement.
I am writing to you all kindly requesting you to send to me any ideas of
projects you would like to see being run within the chapter or would like
to run and manage.
Please do not hesitate to reach out if you have any questions.
Looking forward to hearing from you all.
Kind regards
Shupai Mchuchu
Chapter Administrator
Wikimedia South Africa NPC.
6 Spin Street, Cape Town, South Africa
Office +27 (021) 565 0143
Reg. No. 2012/038827/08
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