Congrat! We are ready to work on this new initiative.
Best, 2016-06-13 22:29 GMT+00:00 Felix Nartey <[email protected]>: > This is a very great project that may be useful to Africa. > > Kudos for the work on this! > > Cheers, > Felix > > On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 10:37 PM, Alice backer <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Truly amazing Florence. This is great news. >> Best, >> Alice >> >> Sent hurriedly from my iPhone. Please forgive typos. >> >> > On Jun 13, 2016, at 6:04 PM, Florence Devouard <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> > >> > Hello everyone >> > >> > WikiAfrica has recently started a new project, the Wikipack Africa. >> > >> > The project amalgamates: >> > >> > * the coding of a software, WikiFundi, that provides an off-line >> editing environment that mimics the Wikipedia environment. The software >> will be made available in French and English. >> > >> > * the creation of action packs for use by local Wikimedia chapters, >> user groups or isolated individuals in Africa, and >> > >> > * a Wikipedia Writing Contest to be run in African Schools, >> #WikiChallenge African Schools >> > >> > >> > >> > It will roll out in two phases : >> > >> > Phase 1 involves the creation of the WikiPack Africa. WikiPack Africa >> is a digital kit located via a local network device (Raspberry PI). The >> local network device will provide access to an off-line editing platform >> that mimics Wikipedia, and provides related materials and additional OER >> resources. The WikiPack Africa will both facilitate the outreach work of >> Wikimedia chapters, User Group and individuals, and encourage the growth of >> digital skills and content contribution by teachers and students across >> Africa. The pack allows for ongoing training and contribution even when >> technology, access and electricity outages fail or are not available at all. >> > >> > The WikiPack Africa delivered to users will comprise two Raspberry PIs >> and some offline materials (posters, leaflets, pull-up banner, tee-shirts, >> etc.). The WikiPack will be delivered to several Wikimedia User Groups >> located in Africa end of 2016. A Call for Interest will be made to identify >> which groups will receive the Packs (8 countries will be covered as part of >> the pilot launch). >> > >> > >> > The project has been conceptualised and conceived by Isla and myself >> after seeing how frustrating limited access to internet or even to >> electricity could be when trying to participate to Wikipedia. >> > >> > The WikiPack Africa is primarily meant for individuals and groups >> wanting to implement outreach projects and: >> > * work with galleries, libraries, archives and museums to bring >> cultural content online; >> > * work with education partners to get educators and students contribute >> or better understand Wikimedia projects; >> > * more generally, organise edit-a-thons, photo hunts, workshops, press >> conferences, etc. to promote Wikimedia projects. >> > >> > >> > >> > The #WikiChallenge African Schools (Phase 2) will use the WikiPack >> Africa to facilitate an entertaining, powerful, collaborative and >> interactive content creation competition between schools in Sénégal, Côte >> d'Ivoire, Guinée, Niger, Tunisia, Madagascar, and Cameroon (countries may >> change...). The challenge will run early 2017. >> > >> > >> > >> > The full project is run in partnership with Wikimedia CH and the Orange >> Foundation. It will be primarily implemented by Florence, Isla and Emmanuel >> Engelhart (Kelson, from Kiwix) from May 2016 until summer 2017. >> > >> > The project proposal, its documentation and its outcomes will be under >> a CC BY SA 4.0 licence. >> > >> > --------- >> > >> > CALL for SUPPORT >> > >> > Current next steps include in particular >> > >> > * working on the WikiFundi software. This shall be lead by Kelson and >> part of the development should be done during the Kiwix Hackhaton prior to >> Wikimania. If you are interested to help, and simply interested to better >> understand what is planned, please get in touch; >> > >> > * working on the content that will be put on WikiFundi. >> > We will NOT provide the entirety of Wikipedia on the plateform, but >> only a mix of "presentation material", some "help:pages", "showcase of best >> articles" and a large % of templates currently available on Wikipedia. If >> you want to help or provide insightful input, please get in touch (with >> me), by email or on the wiki talk page or during Wikimania. >> > We start working on the English content first. My current challenge is >> to identify the most relevant help pages... and adapt them to this offline >> editing environnement. >> > >> > >> > >> > --------- >> > >> > * To read more about Wikifundi: >> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiFundi >> > >> > * More information about the wikipack : >> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipack_Africa/en and >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipack_Africa/fr >> > >> > * WikiProject page on the English Wikipedia : >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Wikipack_Africa >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines >> > New messages to: [email protected] >> > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >> <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > African-Wikimedians mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians >> >> _______________________________________________ >> African-Wikimedians mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians >> > > > > -- > > > > *Felix Nartey | DSE CAL Bank Ltd. | Co-manager GBG TEMA > <http://t.sidekickopen54.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XZs3LjlmRMd_KQ4dVn1sW1p7Y5W56dxP8f2z2yZv02?t=https%3A%2F%2Fplus.google.com%2Fu%2F0%2F106882654487622047846%2Fposts&si=5602209050132480&pi=1b898906-1d70-4343-f01f-4c2e4be160eb> > **| > Community Manager WMGH > <http://t.sidekickopen54.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XZs3LjlmRMd_KQ4dVn1sW1p7Y5W56dxP8f2z2yZv02?t=http%3A%2F%2Fmeta.wikimedia.org%2Fwiki%2FWikimedia_Ghana&si=5602209050132480&pi=1b898906-1d70-4343-f01f-4c2e4be160eb> > | About me > <http://t.sidekickopen54.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XZs3LjlmRMd_KQ4dVn1sW1p7Y5W56dxP8f2z2yZv02?t=http%3A%2F%2Fabout.me%2Ffelix.nartey&si=5602209050132480&pi=1b898906-1d70-4343-f01f-4c2e4be160eb> > | > +233 242 844987 **| **Check out!! > <http://t.sidekickopen54.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XZs3LjlmRMd_KQ4dVn1sW1p7Y5W56dxP8f2z2yZv02?t=http%3A%2F%2Fgoo.gl%2F4oHJeQ&si=5602209050132480&pi=1b898906-1d70-4343-f01f-4c2e4be160eb>* > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > African-Wikimedians mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > > -- *Donatien Kangah* Consultant Social Media, Institut Panos <http://t.sidekickopen54.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XZs3LjlmRMd_KQ4dVn1sW1p7Y5W56dxP8f2z2yZv02?t=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.panos-ao.org%2F&si=5602209050132480&pi=1b898906-1d70-4343-f01f-4c2e4be160eb>| Chargé de Cours, Les Studio Mozaïk <http://t.sidekickopen54.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XZs3LjlmRMd_KQ4dVn1sW1p7Y5W56dxP8f2z2yZv02?t=http%3A%2F%2Fstudiomozaik.org%2F&si=5602209050132480&pi=1b898906-1d70-4343-f01f-4c2e4be160eb>| Président, Wikimedia Côte d'Ivoire | Secrétaire Général, Association des Blogueurs de Côte d'Ivoire | Directeur des Projets, E-voir <http://t.sidekickopen54.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XZs3LjlmRMd_KQ4dVn1sW1p7Y5W56dxP8f2z2yZv02?t=http%3A%2F%2Fe-voir.net%2F&si=5602209050132480&pi=1b898906-1d70-4343-f01f-4c2e4be160eb>
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