Hi Flo, What is the relationship between Wiki Africa and Africa Center? Here, <http://www.africacentre.net/> Africa Center claimed that Wiki Africa is one of their programs. Although, I had thought the Africa Center just hired Isla Haddow-Flood to manage a Wikipedia related project/program call WikiAfrica or something like that.
Regards, Isaac. On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 7:54 PM, Florence Devouard <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks John ! > > > Actually, your message made me laugh. Because yesterday, the Wikimedia in > Africa page actually displayed exactly what you describe. And it is I who > told Isla that it was not so good. > What was not great was > > * the grid of logos was not really sexy because all logos actually very > much look the same... > > * when the logos were in grid mode, you had to flip them, then to click to > access a short summary about the chapter. Then you had to click on "to read > more" to get to yet another page were there was not much, but at least > links to social networks and websites. It was not very user friendly (no > less than 6 clicks were need to go from main page to the find the facebook > link of an association, which I thought really overkill) and it was > unlikely that the content about user groups and chapters there would really > expand. So I suggested we change that to keep only one page, where I put a > lot of information. > > All the individual pages of chapters still exist (in the trash :)) so I > will quickly set it back as it was yesterday. So that you can see and tell > what is the best option in the end. Grid or slideshow. > > Really both are possible. It will not take me much time to do it and you > tell me what's the best option. > > ------- > > I will try to put the missing logo. No promise there. Yesterday, it took > me a LONG time to understand how the tile system worked... > > ------- > > Then, I agree, there is a free spot there. > > Anyone interested to propose a new project with a "continent-wide" > approach ? WikiAfrica UserGroup ? > > > Flo > > Le 08/06/2017 à 19:53, john cummings a écrit : > > It looks really great :) I think this kind of lightweight projects hub is > perfect. > > My only suggestions are: > > - On the Wikimedia in Africa page is to display the different user > group logos as a grid of logos rather than a slideshow, maybe the text > would be too small under the logos though? > - Wikimedia is missing a logo on http://www.wikiafrica.org/toolkits/ > > Someone needs to start one more project so that it makes a proper square > with the symbols on the front page :) > > John > > On 8 June 2017 at 16:30, Isla Haddow Flood <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hello >> >> After a lot of time and effort, we are VERY pleased to announce the >> launch for the WikiAfrica.org website. www.wikiafrica.org >> >> The website has been completely revamped in order to give due credit to >> all the members of the moment - including sponsors, hosts and, of course, >> to showcase the projects. Please feel free to look through the website and >> suggest changes or where you feel more information could be added. At the >> moment, the information is very sparse and is designed to lead people to >> investigate the projects in more depth via their own websites, or to get >> involved with the existing wikimedia chapters and affiliates. >> >> We look forward to your feedback, >> >> Isla and Florence >> >> >> *Isla Haddow-Flood* >> Co-project Manager >> Username: Islahaddow >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> African-Wikimedians mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > African-Wikimedians mailing > [email protected]https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > > > > _______________________________________________ > African-Wikimedians mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > >
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