Thanks for the answers. Just wondering:
"It is a mediawiki based website, which will be as much as
possible set-up like our mediawiki, and which will include the
most used templates."
Any special reasons why you wanna "setup like" a mediawiki when
it is easier using the MediaWiki server itself?
If I understand correctly, the wikifundi will primarily provide a
wiki-like platform for editors to make edits, as if they're on
the live wiki, then when connected to internet later on, when the
edits are copy pasted, the edits'll just feel at home.
I have the MediaWiki installed on my pc now. It runs without
internet connection. Anyone in my local network gets access to it
too. It functions like a local network MediaWiki. I make edits on
there, and it feels and works just like live wiki.
If the wikifundi software has the goal of being setup as much as
possible like MediaWiki, then what stops the use of MediaWiki itself?
Maybe, what I am thinking is, instead of a software anew, the
installation for MediaWiki is made effortless, so that at
hackathons etc, anyone (and literally anyone) with a Windows
computer (heck, even Linux!) could just run an installer file,
setting up wiki et al (assuming it doesn't already exist), then
all in the local network gets to enjoy the Wikiness after hitting
a local address the server is running on! I doubt a Raspberry's
PI is or will be required for the above approach.
I guess wikifundi already exists, but just happened to be called
MediaWiki Server[1] instead.
1.
https://m.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Installing_MediaWiki
On Jun 14, 2016 12:17 AM, "Florence Devouard"
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Le 14/06/16 à 01:00, Nkansah Rexford a écrit :
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.
How will the edited content offline eventually get merged
into Live Wikipedia?
This is an excellent question.
And the answer is "manually" (copy paste) because the people
involved considered any type of automatic merging would
create much trouble.
And how different will it be from Kiwix?
Kiwix is a reader. It features the entirety of Wikipedia
content, to be read, and only to be read.
Wikifundi will not include Wikipedia. It is a mediawiki based
website, which will be as much as possible set-up like our
mediawiki, and which will include the most used templates.
The idea is that Wikipedia style articles could be created or
improved directly in WikiFundi (for example during an
edit-a-thon), and more or less copy-pasted into Wikipedia
once an internet connexion is available. Which means that the
edit-a-thon could be made with one box and one electrical
plug, with all participants accessing wikifundi through the
local network created by the box.
Note that in the pack, we will provide kiwix as well.
Flo
rexford
On Monday, June 13, 2016, Florence Devouard
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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
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