[Wikimedia-l] WikiReaders4Kids

Sun May 5 20:25:09 UTC 2013

I somewhat wrong message volunteer Rupert. Any initiative that promotes
inclusive dissemination of knowledge should be shared and supported by the
Wikimedia movement, and even more when it is crowned with the work done by
volunteers of the Movement, in this case Wikipedia .

Moreover, it is clear that there will be costs other than the purchase of
equipment.

And a note, any staff of any institution of the Wikimedia Movement, is
also part
of the Wikimedia Movement.

Vitor, just an observation, I found completely wrong you put the
conversation in the English Wikipedia, I think you could open this
discussion on Meta, a common site throughout the Wikimedia Movement.

See you, and congratulations for the initiative.

On 5 May 2013 15:55, Victor Grigas <vgrigas em wikimedia.org> wrote:

> Hi everyone -
>
> Ok a few things that people have brought up here and elsewhere:
>
> 1 - the manufacturer has said to us that the devices can come pre-installed
> with whatever languages are already available :
> http://dev.thewikireader.com/language-packs/ and that he would help with
> other language versions (from our dumps)  if we communicated a need for it.
> I mentioned this specifically: http://schools-wikipedia.org/
>
> 2 - AMAZON! - yes these are the retailers sitting on overstock, we plan to
> buy whatever is cheapest first (highest impact) -- and alot of people have
> supersaver shipping (user:Ashstar01 too)
>
> 3 - recycling: scroll to the bottom: http://thewikireader.com/
> also the key in distribution will be to find the schools that could REALLY
> USE the devices, (so that they do not go to waste) so if anyone on this
> list knows schools, please share:
> wikireaders4kids em gmail.com
> http://wikireaders4kids.tumblr.com/suggest
>
> 4 - I hope i'm not creating any conflicts of interest by being a WMF
> staffer, please know - if i do cross some line let me know and i'll correct
> myself ASAP. I really mean this please contact me if you feel that there is
> any COI at all.
>
> 5 - also here is the .en village pump post from a few weeks ago:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)#Free_Distribution_of_WikiReaders_to_offline_schools_around_the_world.2C_funded_by_Kickstarter.com_or_Indiegogo.com
>
> 6 - we are also looking into contacting battery manufacturers and solar
> charger manufacturers to see if they would like the good press by donating
> a few of their chargers & batteries to the schools that end up getting the
> wikireaders.
>
> Thanks for your interest everyone! As of me writing this, we are already at
> $505 USD and I expect that alot of people are away from their computers for
> the weekend and will see the campaign on Monday when they get to work.
>
>
> On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 11:26 AM, Oona Castro <ocastro em wikimedia.org>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi Victor,
> > hope you're well.
> >
> > I found the campaign awsome and will be donating some money.
> > I was wondering whether that would be nice to donate some of them to the
> > global south, though import taxes might be an issue, as well as the fact
> > that it comes with the English Wikipedia and downloading other languages
> is
> > not that intuitive, though it's possible.
> >
> > Perhaps we could do the work of dowloading different languages and make a
> > contest to give them to a few here in Brazil, in India, Argentina, Egypt,
> > elsewhere?
> >
> > The other thing I though of was: I recently was gifted by Henrique with
> one
> > of those and in Amazon it's being sold by less than 10 dollars. So I
> think
> > you may get a good bargain for less than US$ 25 if you talk through it.
> >
> > let me know what you think
> >
> > Best regards
> >
> > Oona
> >
> >
> > On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 2:01 PM, Abbas Mahmood <abbasjnr em hotmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > All the best, Victor!
> > > Abbas.
> > >
> > > > Date: Sun, 5 May 2013 12:46:22 -0300
> > > > From: tom em wikimedia.org
> > > > To: wikimedia-l em lists.wikimedia.org
> > > > CC: wikimediabr-l em lists.wikimedia.org
> > > > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] WikiReaders4Kids
> > > >
> > > > That is a cool project. Congrats, Victor.
> > > >
> > > > I've a wikireader with me someone gave a few years ago. Have someone
> > > tried
> > > > to install a Wikipedia of another language? I will try <
> > > > http://dev.thewikireader.com/language-packs/> sometime soon (alguém
> da
> > > WMBR
> > > > com mais tempo, se quiser, fale comigo).
> > > >
> > > > What about using their software <http://thewikireader.com/> on
> Linux?
> > If
> > > > you were successfull with that, please, let me know. Their apps are
> > just
> > > > for Windows and Mac stuff.
> > > >
> > > > I'll check if'd possible to have these machines sold somehow in South
> > > > America. Ideas? At least we still don't have at our recent Amazon <
> > > > http://www.amazon.com.br/> site.
> > > >
> > > > Maybe it would be good to suggest wikireader producers to have the
> > > hardware
> > > > source open as well, if that don't make they go bankrupt. Who knows
> we
> > > > could produce locally.
> > > >
> > > > Tom
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 1:27 AM, Victor Grigas <vgrigas em wikimedia.org
> >
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > 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>
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> > > > --
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> > useful
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