Thanks all, in response to Asaf's question, I considered interviewing selected editors but abandoned the idea when I found that I would have to submit a research plan to the ethics committee and then wait for clearance. I was in a hurry (having switched to this topic only about 5 months before the deadline) and this dissertation came at the end of a very long journey of coursework interrupted by work years.
However, as Ian shows, I could have just run a query and shown that two specific champions made the difference. The fact that just two dedicated editors made such a difference to the fate of a language's Wikipedia poses a challenge to us, to find/recruit and nurture such people. I am hoping that the newly created post of Wikipedian-in-Residence based in the UNDP's Pretoria office will increase the chances of this happening. On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 4:39 PM < african-wikimedians-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > Send African-Wikimedians mailing list submissions to > african-wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > african-wikimedians-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > african-wikimedians-ow...@lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of African-Wikimedians digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. South Africa's Wikipedias (Michael Graaf) > 2. Re: South Africa's Wikipedias (Asaf Bartov) > 3. Re: South Africa's Wikipedias (Ian Gilfillan) > 4. Re: South Africa's Wikipedias (Adjoa Linda Fletcher) > 5. Re: South Africa's Wikipedias (Sherry Antoine) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 15:40:31 +0200 > From: Michael Graaf <graaf.mich...@gmail.com> > To: african-wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: [African Wikimedians] South Africa's Wikipedias > Message-ID: > <CANd2mJAg9MoGs= > pzkzykc7t2bztbvou7itruyedkh8fajff...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Dear all, > I hereby share my dissertation on the above topic in the hope that it may > be of interest: > > https://open.uct.ac.za/bitstream/handle/11427/31291/thesis_sci_2019_graaf_michael.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y > > Best regards, > > -- > Michael Graaf, M.I.T.(UCT) > > Researcher, Editor & Community > Informatics Practitioner > > Mob +27795487242 > WhatsApp +27647754342 > ORCID 0000-0002-1951-5739 > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/african-wikimedians/attachments/20200421/1da8c342/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 13:44:32 +0300 > From: Asaf Bartov <abar...@wikimedia.org> > To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians > <african-wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [African Wikimedians] South Africa's Wikipedias > Message-ID: > < > caamrcwdf1-b_oc8aj_dxr0p6dqg9+-9oreg3f6dcsmhl+de...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Thank you for sharing! > > Reading through it, with particular focus on the Findings chapter, I did > not find an explanation of the relatively high growth of the Sepedi > Wikipedia. Your numbers suggest it is not primarily bot-driven. Have you > looked into what differentiates Sepedi from the other South African > languages in terms of contribution? > > A. > > Asaf Bartov (he/him/his) > > Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities > > Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> > > Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the > sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! > https://donate.wikimedia.org > > > On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 4:41 PM Michael Graaf <graaf.mich...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Dear all, > > I hereby share my dissertation on the above topic in the hope that it may > > be of interest: > > > > > https://open.uct.ac.za/bitstream/handle/11427/31291/thesis_sci_2019_graaf_michael.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y > > > > Best regards, > > > > -- > > Michael Graaf, M.I.T.(UCT) > > > > Researcher, Editor & Community > > Informatics Practitioner > > > > Mob +27795487242 > > WhatsApp +27647754342 > > ORCID 0000-0002-1951-5739 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > African-Wikimedians mailing list > > African-Wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/african-wikimedians/attachments/20200422/1d00cefa/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 13:13:43 +0200 > From: Ian Gilfillan <ian.gilfil...@wikimedia.org.za> > To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians > <african-wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org>, Asaf Bartov > <abar...@wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [African Wikimedians] South Africa's Wikipedias > Message-ID: <c838e315-940b-1392-d64c-9af3d0243...@wikimedia.org.za> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > A large part can be attributed to the impact of two users alone: > http://www.greenman.co.za/blog/?p=1980 > > https://xtools.wmflabs.org/ec/nso.wikipedia.org/mohau > https://xtools.wmflabs.org/ec/nso.wikipedia.org/aliwal2012 > > -- > Ian Gilfillan > www.wikimedia.org.za > Facebook: www.facebook.com/WikimediaZA/ > Twitter: https://twitter.com/Wikimedia_ZA > Zulip: https://wikimediaza.zulipchat.com > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 09:25:59 -0400 > From: Adjoa Linda Fletcher <belriv...@gmail.com> > To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians > <african-wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [African Wikimedians] South Africa's Wikipedias > Message-ID: > < > cahqrxirmsnpbetprcuhz1w5bfci9uxer9o2roc1eakpjdbm...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Received. Thanks for sharing. > > On Apr 22, 2020 7:14 AM, "Ian Gilfillan" <ian.gilfil...@wikimedia.org.za> > wrote: > > > A large part can be attributed to the impact of two users alone: > > http://www.greenman.co.za/blog/?p=1980 > > > > https://xtools.wmflabs.org/ec/nso.wikipedia.org/mohau > > https://xtools.wmflabs.org/ec/nso.wikipedia.org/aliwal2012 > > > > -- > > Ian Gilfillan > > www.wikimedia.org.za > > Facebook: www.facebook.com/WikimediaZA/ > > Twitter: https://twitter.com/Wikimedia_ZA > > Zulip: https://wikimediaza.zulipchat.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > African-Wikimedians mailing list > > African-Wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/african-wikimedians/attachments/20200422/0a417675/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 10:39:04 -0400 > From: Sherry Antoine <sherryanto...@gmail.com> > To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians > <african-wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [African Wikimedians] South Africa's Wikipedias > Message-ID: > < > cabgqkokgyu-zmv1nikofvdf7k_e5vays9xoydvufp_bcjrb...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Thanks, congratulations on it, > Sherry > > *Sherry-Ann L. Antoine, MPA* > > Program Development and Outreach Strategist > > Executive Director, Afro Free Culture Crowdsourcing Wikimedia (AfroCrowd), > AfroCROWD.org <http://afrocrowd.org/>, @AfroCROWDit, #AfroCROWD > > Lead Organizer, Wikimedians of the Caribbean User Group, @WikiCari, > #WikiCaribbean > > Board of Directors, The Internet Society New York Chapter (ISOC-NY), > ISOC-NY.org <http://isoc-ny.org/> > > Phone / Whatsapp: 1(718) 772-4802 > > > > *Sent in a hurry. Please excuse any typos, thanks. > > > > On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 9:41 AM Michael Graaf <graaf.mich...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Dear all, > > I hereby share my dissertation on the above topic in the hope that it may > > be of interest: > > > > > https://open.uct.ac.za/bitstream/handle/11427/31291/thesis_sci_2019_graaf_michael.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y > > > > Best regards, > > > > -- > > Michael Graaf, M.I.T.(UCT) > > > > Researcher, Editor & Community > > Informatics Practitioner > > > > Mob +27795487242 > > WhatsApp +27647754342 > > ORCID 0000-0002-1951-5739 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > African-Wikimedians mailing list > > African-Wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/african-wikimedians/attachments/20200422/e7e4fa54/attachment.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > African-Wikimedians mailing list > African-Wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > > > ------------------------------ > > End of African-Wikimedians Digest, Vol 12, Issue 24 > *************************************************** > -- Michael Graaf, M.I.T.(UCT) Researcher, Editor & Community Informatics Practitioner Mob +27795487242 WhatsApp +27647754342 ORCID 0000-0002-1951-5739
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