[Wikimedia-l] WikiReaders4Kids

Mon May 6 00:47:27 UTC 2013

Rodrigo - Thank you for pointing out the note about Meta.

Does someone want to start a place on meta where the community can organize
how to best get these devices where they need to go? I'd love to have some
respected organizations & interested Wikipedians helping out by the end of
the week :)

I also think that this is going to be a fun distribution thing because of
all the places the wikireaders will be coming from & going to. I think all
the amazon ones are going to get bought -- but alot of those will need to
be updated.

We are also interested in finding solar battery charger manufacturers who
would want to donate a few chargers so the wikireaders dont become bricks
when their batteries are drained.

On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 1:25 PM, Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton <
rodrigo.argenton at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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 at 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 at 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
> > $505 USD and I expect that alot of people are away from their computers
> for
> > the weekend and will see the campaign on Monday when they get to work.
> >
> >
> > On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 11:26 AM, Oona Castro <ocastro at wikimedia.org>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Victor,
> > > hope you're well.
> > >
> > > I found the campaign awsome and will be donating some money.
> > > I was wondering whether that would be nice to donate some of them to
> the
> > > global south, though import taxes might be an issue, as well as the
> fact
> > > that it comes with the English Wikipedia and downloading other
> languages
> > is
> > > not that intuitive, though it's possible.
> > >
> > > Perhaps we could do the work of dowloading different languages and
> make a
> > > contest to give them to a few here in Brazil, in India, Argentina,
> Egypt,
> > > elsewhere?
> > >
> > > The other thing I though of was: I recently was gifted by Henrique with
> > one
> > > of those and in Amazon it's being sold by less than 10 dollars. So I
> > think
> > > you may get a good bargain for less than US$ 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 at hotmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > All the best, Victor!
> > > > Abbas.
> > > >
> > > > > Date: Sun, 5 May 2013 12:46:22 -0300
> > > > > From: tom at wikimedia.org
> > > > > To: wikimedia-l at lists.wikimedia.org
> > > > > CC: wikimediabr-l at 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 at 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>
> > > > > > Wikimedia Foundation
> > > > > > vgrigas at wikimedia.org
> > > > > > +1 (415) 839-6885 x 6773
> > > > > > 149 New Montgomery Street 6th floor
> > > > > > San Francisco, CA 94105
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> > > > > --
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> > > useful
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> > *Victor Grigas*
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*Victor Grigas*
Storyteller <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Knv6D6Thi0>
Wikimedia Foundation
vgrigas at wikimedia.org
+1 (415) 839-6885 x 6773
149 New Montgomery Street 6th floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
https://donate.wikimedia.org/