Hi Flo/Isla I am and my team are so sad by the news that the Foundation will not be funding Wiki Loves Women.
By all standards, this is one of the projects that have unified Africa as an emerging community. Nevertheless, we must stand by Wiki Loves Africa and ensure that it is funded... @Felix and Co, thank you for the initiative (your project) . We are behind you!!! Best Olushola On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 8:35 PM, <african-wikimedians-request@ lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > Send African-Wikimedians mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > 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 > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of African-Wikimedians digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Wiki Loves Africa 2016 and beyond : your input needed > (Sam Oye) > 2. Re: African Wikimedia Developers Project (Samuel Guebo) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 24 May 2017 13:33:16 +0000 > From: Sam Oye <[email protected]> > To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [African Wikimedians] Wiki Loves Africa 2016 and beyond : > your input needed > Message-ID: > <[email protected] > rprd09.prod.outlook.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > I look forward to the success of Wiki Loves Africa, this year. The > rejection of Wiki Loves Women is truly disappointing :(. > > > Sam. > > ________________________________ > From: African-Wikimedians <[email protected]> > on behalf of Florence Devouard <[email protected]> > Sent: 23 May 2017 13:45:41 > To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians > Subject: [African Wikimedians] Wiki Loves Africa 2016 and beyond : your > input needed > > > Hello guys > > > We would like to invite all WLAf 2016 team leaders to answer our Team > Survey. > > This year, we decided to put it directly on meta (you will not get a > google form). > > LINK : https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Africa_2016/Team_survey > > Please provide a feedback at the very earliest convenience (strong > emphasis on "earliest") > > > ------- > > FOR ALL Africa community members > > > Please directly head to the last question 3 below our team survey. The > Theme for WLAf 2017 > > LINK : https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Africa_2016/Team_ > survey#The_Theme_for_WLAf_2017 > > Context: the committee approving the Projects Grant Requests is meeting > this week-end to make final decisions. You should know that Wiki Loves > Africa project is not yet approved for funding (crossing fingers) and that > our proposition for Wiki Loves Women funding has been rejected. The > committee did not consider it a worth-supporting project. Disappointing. > But fine. > > Accordingly, we are boldly suggesting a theme that could be somehow > tweaked in such a manner that we could also address gender gap issues > through Wiki Loves Africa this year. > > Our suggestion is to push for year 2017 the theme : PEOPLE AT WORK. > > More context may be found here in a few pages, which I recommand you to > have a look: > > * A really cool tool made by Envel after a conference I gave about Africa > and women, based on my suspicion that we mostly had biographies about porn > and sport women (lol) : http://tools.dicare.org/gaps/gender.php > * Explanation about the tool : https://www.lehir.net/a-tool-t > o-estimate-gender-gap-on-wikidata-and-wikipedia/ > * And category tree ... : https://commons.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Category:Women_at_work_by_occupation > > Of course, if that theme, PEOPLE AT WORK, is chosen, we would not limit > ourselves for women. Men at work, women at work, transgendered at work, > children at work (unfortunately) etc. would be welcome. > > > What do you think ? Everyone feedback is welcome. This includes people who > did not participate to WLAf previous years. And this can include AfroCROWD > of course ;) > > > If there is enough support, there will not be a "call for themes and > votes" this year as we did last year. If we have a good enough support, we > will add the theme in the WLAf grant request asap. > > > Florence and Isla > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/african-wikimedians/a > ttachments/20170524/f0c8e052/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 24 May 2017 18:35:05 +0000 > From: Samuel Guebo <[email protected]> > To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [African Wikimedians] African Wikimedia Developers > Project > Message-ID: > <CAKbRZio5oKV+5ckh5+j5SD_DEktHATPJUEhZERCQdfgGwvem=Q@mail. > gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hello everyone and thanks for your efforts in bringing this project to > life. I just endorsed it. > > The Accra training is just some weeks away unfortunately. I would have > loved to attend it. Wikimedia Cote d'Ivoire is working closely with a bunch > of coders, living in Abidjan but also in other French-speaking regions in > Africa such as Senegal, Burkina, etc. This project could serve as a bridge > helping these developers embark on the wikimedia endeavour. > > Looking forward to organizing a similar training here. > > Cheers, > > > > On May 24, 2017 1:27 PM, "Sam Oye" <[email protected]> wrote: > > This is such a great project; I'll endorse. I look forward to when it'd be > coming to Nigeria, cos I'll gladly be part of it :). > > > Sam. > ------------------------------ > *From:* African-Wikimedians <african-wikimedians-bounces@l > ists.wikimedia.org> > on behalf of Felix Nartey <[email protected]> > *Sent:* 23 May 2017 13:32:11 > *To:* olatunde olalekan isaac; Mailing list for African Wikimedians > *Cc:* [email protected]; african-wikimedia-developers@l > ists.wikimedia.org > *Subject:* Re: [African Wikimedians] African Wikimedia Developers Project > > Thank you all for your encouragement. > > @Isaac we will certainly check out the links shared and thanks for the > endorsement. > > Cheers, > > On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 8:11 AM, Isaac Olatunde <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Greetings, > > > > The idea of training African on how to write and maintain script such as > > js coding, and fixing issues with script seem like a brilliant one to me. > > Thus, I have gone ahead and endorsed your proposal. I am also very happy > > that people would be trained on how to contribute to Wikimedia project as > > part of this project. From experience, engaging participants after event > is > > usually not a very easy task, and I think this is one area I think we > > really need to work on. This is not a problem peculiar to Africa, it's a > > general problem. > > > > @Felix and Derrick, may I suggest that you take a look at > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Wikicology/Adopt? I adapted from > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:WormTT/Adopt/. > > > > To be honest with you, it really worked. User:Jaybakky > > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jaybakky> and User:Amunique > > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Amunique> continued to edit as a > > result of that method. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ > > Special:Contributions/Amunique and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ > > Special:Contributions/Jaybakky. Both user stopped editing after my > banned > > from the English Wikipedia last year since I could no longer continue > with > > them. One of them stopped in May during my ArbCom case and the other, > less > > than a month after my banned. This is unfortunate but we just have to > live > > with it. > > > > Many thanks to Felix and others for their continued effort to improving > > contributions from Africa and Derick for stepping in with a rare skill. > > United we stand, divided we fall! > > > > Regards, > > > > Isaac > > > > On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 6:10 PM, Sherry Antoine <[email protected] > > > > wrote: > > > >> This sounds awesome, > >> Cheers, > >> Sherry > >> > >> On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 5:59 PM Felix Nartey <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> Dear all, > >>> > >>> I am excited to introduce the African Wikimedia Developers Project > >>> (AWMD) > >>> <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/African_Wikimedia_Developers_Project > >.[1] > >>> AWMD is a project that focuses on recruiting volunteer African > Developers > >>> for the benefit of the WIkimedia Movement. This idea was inspired by a > >>> conversation with Quim Gil at Wikimania Esino Lario in 2016, and was > >>> followed through to Wiki Indaba <http://2017.wikiindaba.net/> where > >>> talks was concluded on how to further put this to work. > >>> > >>> The project's main goal is to increase the number of volunteer > >>> developers who can solve related Wikimedia issues on the continent and > in > >>> the movement at large. We intend to equip prospective volunteers > through > >>> trainings and the creation of a community of developers. We will work > >>> closely with affiliate groups (user groups, chapters and thematic > >>> organisations) and other aligned developer groups (GDG, Linux user > groups, > >>> mozilla groups, etc.) to push this agenda. > >>> > >>> To ensure scalability of the program we intend to start our first > >>> training in Ghana where we are adequately equipped to closely monitor > and > >>> create a useful learning pattern that may be applied to future events. > We > >>> intend to have this event from the 23 - 24 June, 2017 and we’ll > closely > >>> monitor for about 2 months before planning the next place of training. > The > >>> next phase of the project will involve moving to different countries > and > >>> trying to emulate the success of the project there. We encourage you to > >>> visit and endorse the grant proposal > >>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/OFWA/ > African_Wikimedia_Developers> > >>> of our first training in Ghana here.[2] > >>> > >>> All interested in developing and/or wish to share ideas on projects are > >>> invited to join the mailing list > >>> <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikime > dia-developers>, > >>> our social media outfit (facebook > >>> <https://www.facebook.com/AfricanWikimediaDevelopers/> and twitter > >>> <https://twitter.com/AfricanWikiDev>) or learn more via the MediaWiki > >>> page > >>> <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/African_Wikimedia_Developers_Project> > >>> of the project.[3][4][5] We encourage all to share this within their > >>> communities and to others who may be interested. > >>> > >>> Stay tuned for more updates soon! > >>> > >>> Cheers, > >>> -- > >>> *Felix Nartey* > >>> *Cofounder/Director Finance & Admin* > >>> *Open Foundation West Africa <https://openfoundationwestafrica.org/>* > >>> *+233242844987 <024%20284%204987> | +447440959477 > <+44%207440%20959477>* > >>> *Skype:Flixtey* > >>> > >>> > >>> [1] - https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/African_Wikimedia_Developers_ > >>> Project > >>> > >>> [2] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/OFWA/Af > >>> rican_Wikimedia_Developers > >>> > >>> [3] - https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimed > >>> ia-developers > >>> > >>> [4] - https://www.facebook.com/AfricanWikimediaDevelopers/ > >>> [5] - https://twitter.com/AfricanWikiDev > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> African-Wikimedians mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > >>> > >> -- > >> > >> *Sherry-Ann L. Antoine, MPA* > >> > >> Program Manager and Outreach > >> > >> Afro Free Culture Crowdsourcing Wikimedia (AfroCrowd) > >> > >> Afrocrowd.org > >> > >> p: (718) 772-4802 > >> > >> [email protected] > >> > >> [email protected] > >> > >> Skype: Sherry37121 > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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* > *Cofounder/Director Finance & Admin* > *Open Foundation West Africa <https://openfoundationwestafrica.org/>* > *+233242844987 <+233%2024%20284%204987> | +447440959477 > <+44%207440%20959477>* > *Skype:Flixtey* > > > > > _______________________________________________ > African-Wikimedians mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/african-wikimedians/a > ttachments/20170524/2be0b581/attachment.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > African-Wikimedians mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > > > ------------------------------ > > End of African-Wikimedians Digest, Vol 9, Issue 77 > ************************************************** > -- Director, WU GN Treasurer, FOSSFA MD,Olbims Consulting Phone: +2348154876844 Email:[email protected] Email:[email protected] Email:[email protected] Facebook:Olaniyan Shola Twitter:oluwanishola73 Wiki User Page: Olaniyan Olushola
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