Rexford tou can find it here.Call for nominations <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2015/Call_for_candidates>
*Raphael Berchie* Sales Officer@ Bio-Plastics <http://www.bioplasticsghana.com> Wikimedian <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Ghana>,Open Advocate, Climate Change Activist,Blogger <http://rberchie.blogspot.com/> P.O Box CT 10469 Cantoments Accra Ghana On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 9:30 AM, < 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. Re: Participation in WIkiindaba (Nkansah Rexford) > 2. Wikimedia Foundation elections 2015/Call for candidates > (Raphael Berchie) > 3. Re: Wikimedia Foundation elections 2015/Call for candidates > (Nkansah Rexford) > 4. Re: Wikimedia Foundation elections 2015/Call for candidates > (Mohamed Mostafa ouda) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2015 09:27:11 +0000 > From: Nkansah Rexford <nkansahrexf...@gmail.com> > To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians > <african-wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [African Wikimedians] Participation in WIkiindaba > Message-ID: > < > caah37tq790msdx8oxwgxso-1+9u0n608k-ru4hgregkp2nw...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Well said Felix. > > One of the pledges I made at the indaba, I don't think I'll be able to > complete. However, I plan to make it up in other areas. > > I think the team in Ghana have a couple of projects on the board to keep us > busy for a while. > > Thanks. > On Apr 17, 2015 9:24 AM, "Felix Nartey" <flix...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > I think both of you (Ingo and Rexford) have raised genuine concerns. > > However my greatest worry is how we have allowed Wiki Indaba to translate > > in our lives as Wikimedians. > > > > Whether an active Wikimedian, a Community Lead, a Project Organizer, etc. > > What have you done that reflects the direct implications of the > conference > > in your works and the knowledge amassed from there? > > > > The essence of this conference can only be proven in our works, and in > our > > works are we solely responsible for. I wish to entreat us all to grow our > > communities and better try to achieve our goals in the pledges we made at > > the end of the conference (Wiki Indaba) > > > > Hope to hear about our exploits soon!! > > > > Cheers, > > Felix > > > > On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 11:28 AM, Nkansah Rexford < > > nkansahrexf...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> @ingo > >> > >> Using 'edits' only as a benchmark for someone's activeness on Wikimedia > >> websites might not necessarily be the best measurement. > >> > >> There are some contributors who are not directly contributing to the > >> wikis but their help come in so well to get content onto Wikipedia or > other > >> Wikimedia sites. > >> > >> I will use my work as WIR at Africa centre as example here. Although I > >> did almost all the uploads of images taken, without Isla's paperwork > >> assistance and coordination with heritage organizations, there would not > >> have been any images in the first place to upload. > >> > >> Thus, if you should look at my edits on Wikipedia or Commons, and say > >> because I uploaded 10 images but Isla didn't, so she 'doesn't' qualify, > >> kinda, to attend wiki indaba, well, I think you're flawed. > >> > >> I hope we all don't expect everyone to equally edit on Wikipedia or > other > >> project websites. Some don't contribute in direct ways, and its best to > >> have other means of measurement for such ones. > >> > >> Creative Commons for instance funded a project that led to training and > >> reaching out to new ones in Ghana. So if one say, because the lead > behind > >> such funding and project doesn't edit Wikipedia, so he or she (she is a > she > >> in this case, namely, Kelsey) doesn't actually fit attending such a > >> conference, then we must be making a mistake then. > >> > >> If I edit so well, but another don't, it doesn't mean the other isn't > >> active. It might be that the other is active in a way that's not > directly > >> visible on the wikis. > >> > >> Of course it is extremely impolite on such occasions to question the > >> value of the presence of others with whom you share a desk or a meal so > I > >> just kept my thoughts to myself... But yeah, questions came.. > >> > >> Indeed, it would have been, kinda impolite, to do so. Because you would > >> have realized not all edit Wikipedia, but they likely are active in a > way > >> that you aren't aware of. > >> > >> And if you should ask me about what I write about, I might say, nothing. > >> But I uploaded more images to Commons than you perhaps edited Wikipedia, > >> and how about that? > >> > >> Rexford > >> khophi.co > >> On Apr 15, 2015 7:00 AM, "Isla Haddow-Flood" <isl...@africacentre.net> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> Hi Ingo, > >>> > >>> Speaking as one of the initiators of WikiIndaba, I just wanted to > >>> clarify the choice of delegates. > >>> > >>> You are right, many people that were invited had little to no > >>> understanding of editing Wikipedia. Because of the lamentable nature > of the > >>> editing community across Africa, it was felt that in countries where > little > >>> to no editing occurred but aligned activity (Creative Commons, open > street > >>> map, etc.) was active, we needed to invite people who had already > proven > >>> their commitment to the open movement and were part of an open > community > >>> within their country. In some cases it has helped to galvanize a > fledgling > >>> wikimedia community. In others, it wasn't so successful. > >>> > >>> But it was early days, and we needed to start somewhere. Since > >>> WikiIndaba, wikimedia usergroup Tunisia has hosted WikiArabia, which > has > >>> been very successful and has helped to galvanize the communities in > North > >>> Africa and ME. > >>> > >>> Warmest > >>> Isla > >>> > >>> Excuse the brevity, sent from my iPhone. > >>> > >>> > On 15 Apr 2015, at 07:04, Ingo Koll <ik...@gmx.de> wrote: > >>> > > >>> > RE: African-Wikimedians Digest, Vol 7, Issue 60, Participation in > >>> WIkiindaba > >>> > > >>> > I found it interesting to read the discussion linked in Asafs short > >>> post. As the Indaba was my first WMF-event ever I wondered about the > >>> several people I met who obviously never or only very rarely had ever > done > >>> edits or written articles (one of my small-talk questions was: What > do you > >>> write about?). Of course it is extremely impolite on such occasions to > >>> question the value of the presence of others with whom you share a > desk or > >>> a meal so I just kept my thoughts to myself... But yeah, questions > came.. > >>> > > >>> > From the reply I do not yet quite understand how everybody came about > >>> (a "country representative" whose en:account showed not 1 edit, as far > as I > >>> remember...). Was there a certain number of edits to show, or edits > over a > >>> certain period of time? > >>> > > >>> > OK, interesting discussion > >>> > > >>> > Cheers - Kipala > >>> > > >>> > > >>> >> 1. Re: Wiki Indaba? (Asaf Bartov) > >>> >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> >> > >>> >> Another piece of context is the short discussion WMF and WMZA had > >>> over the grant report about the Indaba. It is available here: > >>> >> > >>> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:PEG/WM_ZA/Wiki-Indaba-2014/Report > >>> >> > >>> >> the report itself is here: > >>> >> > >>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:PEG/WM_ZA/Wiki-Indaba-2014 > >>> >> > >>> >> Cheers, > >>> >> > >>> >> A. > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > _______________________________________________ > >>> > African-Wikimedians mailing list > >>> > African-Wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org > >>> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> African-Wikimedians mailing list > >>> African-Wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org > >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > >>> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> African-Wikimedians mailing list > >> African-Wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > *Felix Nartey | DSE CAL Bank Ltd. | Co-manager GBG TEMA > > <https://plus.google.com/u/0/106882654487622047846/posts> **| Community > > Manager WMGH <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Ghana> | About me > > <http://about.me/felix.nartey> | +233 242 844987 **| **Check out!! > > <http://goo.gl/4oHJeQ>* > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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/20150417/cf2b5fde/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2015 08:57:02 +0000 > From: Raphael Berchie <rberc...@gmail.com> > To: African-Wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: [African Wikimedians] Wikimedia Foundation elections > 2015/Call for candidates > Message-ID: > <CAM7iysqWTp-ZE07R3H9gZKCQZ2Z_V2KcgT_YTtsZ1uXpVV= > 2...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Who is going from Africa so we all give our support one African United. > > Regards > *Raphael Berchie* > Sales Officer@ Bio-Plastics <http://www.bioplasticsghana.com> Wikimedian > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Ghana>,Open Advocate, Climate > Change Activist,Blogger <http://rberchie.blogspot.com/> > P.O Box CT 10469 > Cantoments Accra > Ghana > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/african-wikimedians/attachments/20150420/35ac8570/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2015 08:59:26 +0000 > From: Nkansah Rexford <nkansahrexf...@gmail.com> > To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians > <african-wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [African Wikimedians] Wikimedia Foundation elections > 2015/Call for candidates > Message-ID: > <CAAh37trCE7t= > bgcvwpnl6dn0lu9jekn-xzebjc+4fed1pu+...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Link please. > On Apr 20, 2015 08:57, "Raphael Berchie" <rberc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Who is going from Africa so we all give our support one African United. > > > > Regards > > *Raphael Berchie* > > Sales Officer@ Bio-Plastics <http://www.bioplasticsghana.com> Wikimedian > > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Ghana>,Open Advocate, Climate > > Change Activist,Blogger <http://rberchie.blogspot.com/> > > P.O Box CT 10469 > > Cantoments Accra > > Ghana > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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/20150420/46480cab/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2015 11:30:35 +0200 > From: Mohamed Mostafa ouda <mmusta...@gmail.com> > To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians > <african-wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [African Wikimedians] Wikimedia Foundation elections > 2015/Call for candidates > Message-ID: > < > cah+1khn3zm19f2kdge9yqdew7fot0ehzwmbhjfxymqopuwv...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Here is the link Nkansah > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2015/Call_for_candidates > > < > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2015/Call_for_candidates > > > and I wish there will be nominated from Africa . > > > > > On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 10:59 AM, Nkansah Rexford < > nkansahrexf...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Link please. > > On Apr 20, 2015 08:57, "Raphael Berchie" <rberc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Who is going from Africa so we all give our support one African United. > >> > >> Regards > >> *Raphael Berchie* > >> Sales Officer@ Bio-Plastics <http://www.bioplasticsghana.com> > Wikimedian > >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Ghana>,Open Advocate, > Climate > >> Change Activist,Blogger <http://rberchie.blogspot.com/> > >> P.O Box CT 10469 > >> Cantoments Accra > >> Ghana > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> African-Wikimedians mailing list > >> African-Wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > >> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > African-Wikimedians mailing list > > African-Wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > > > > > > > -- > Mohamed Mostafa Ouda > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/african-wikimedians/attachments/20150420/e76949b3/attachment.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > African-Wikimedians mailing list > African-Wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > > > End of African-Wikimedians Digest, Vol 7, Issue 63 > ************************************************** >
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