No :) It's still a manual thing and I had to manually create his graph. WMF engineering is actively preparing a faster and friendlier version of this, that would also come with pre-generated graphs per country etc.
A. On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 1:34 AM, rupert THURNER <[email protected]>wrote: > hi asaf, > > this does not work for all regions? tried > http://global-dev.wmflabs.org/graphs/enwp_gh_active > > rupert. > > On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 3:28 AM, Asaf Bartov <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, everyone. > > > > To my mind, the way forward is to find a project at least some of you are > > excited about, rather than make progress on the formalities. That > project > > can be anything at all -- organizing a regular meetup or edit-a-thon, a > > photowalk, finishing the school curriculum update project so we can > produce > > a new offline Wikipedia file relevant for Kenya, etc. > > > > It seems to me that there is no substitute for a core of _active > editors_, > > on either English[1] or Swahili Wikipedia[1]. That core would be the > basis > > for most of the other activities. For example, it's difficult to have > > effective mass outreach if we can't connect newbies to _local_ editors > with > > at least some experience and interest in tutoring and supporting them on > > their first steps, especially on the English Wikipedia which has very > high > > standards that are challenging and confusing to newbies. > > > > So of the activities above, I would recommend thinking about ways to get > > _you_, the core volunteers, more motivated about, or more _comfortable_ > > with, actual editing. A first step would be to identify what is the main > > obstacle -- know-how, interesting topics to contribute on, access to > source > > material, etc., and then we can all think about how to remove that > obstacle. > > > > Another fun thing to try, if you can have meetups somewhere with > reasonable > > bandwidth (on campus? at the iHub?), you can schedule a Skype/Hangout > with > > different communities/chapters around to world to exchange experience and > > learn about exciting ideas from other groups. In my experience, it's a > fun > > and interesting way to get [re-]motivated, and I'm sure a number of our > > international colleagues would be happy to be the teleconferenced guests > at > > those meetings. > > > > Just my two cents. :) > > > > Asaf > > > > [1] English Wikipedia has about 35 active editors (5 edits a month or > more) > > in Kenya. That's a good number to work with, but it seems to me (do > correct > > me if I'm wrong) that most of those regular editors are outside this > mailing > > list. If we could actually be reasonable certain we have some of those > > active editors interested in supporting additional editor recruitment, > we'd > > be in good shape. Source: > > http://global-dev.wmflabs.org/graphs/enwp_ke_active (very slow load, > sorry) > > [2] Swahil Wikipedia has about 3-4 active editors (5 edits a month or > more) > > in Kenya, and about the same number in Tanzania. Source: > > http://global-dev.wmflabs.org/graphs/swwp_active (again, very slow) > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 5:48 AM, Limoke Oscar <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Hello Bence, > >> > >> Thanks for your efforts and conecrns about the Chapter. Indeed we have > >> heard some concerted efforts to resuscitate the chapter and although > not > >> much has come out of the meetings, we all are commited to saving the > face > >> and rescuing of the once vibrant Chapter. > >> > >> We are still trying to figure out the best way . Perhaps restarting the > >> whole membership thing has been mooted but nothing has come out yet. > Would > >> be best if we reassign new roles and ownershipsamongs ourselves to > restart > >> it. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 2:15 PM, Bence Damokos <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>> > >>> Hi guys, > >>> > >>> Sorry to bring up again, but it would be useful to know what others > (e.g. > >>> Alex, Limoke, etc) think about the future of the chapter? > >>> > >>> Best regards, > >>> Bence > >>> > >>> > >>> On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 4:35 PM, Bence Damokos <[email protected]> > >>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Hi Abbas, > >>>> > >>>> Thanks for responding. For the record, Limoke also responded quite > >>>> quickly (apparently my letter ended up in the spam folder of many). > >>>> > >>>> I was just about to reply Limoke that we would not want the efforts > >>>> extended so far to go to waste, but we could only recommend the > extension of > >>>> recognition to Sue if there was some effort or plan in place to get > the > >>>> chapter together and back on track both in terms of the bureaucratic > process > >>>> of founding and as far as possible in having a strong, active > community > >>>> again. > >>>> > >>>> Best regards, > >>>> Bence > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 8:54 PM, Abbas Mahmood <[email protected]> > >>>> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> Dear Bence, > >>>>> > >>>>> (Sorry for the very delayed response: I had hoped that a more > >>>>> appropriate person would have made an ''official'' response.) > >>>>> > >>>>> WRT the Chapter founding, I recently (last week, I think) connected > >>>>> Alex with the lawyer, to resume the legal process, which was halted > after > >>>>> the misappropriation saga. > >>>>> > >>>>> I don't expect Alex (and Alex can correct me if I'm wrong) to have > made > >>>>> any progress thus far, as things are still moving sluggishly after > the > >>>>> (organizational) hiatus. > >>>>> > >>>>> Thanks, > >>>>> Abbas. > >>>>> > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> WikimediaKE mailing list > >>>>> [email protected] > >>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake > >>>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> WikimediaKE mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Regards, > >> Limoke Oscar, > >> Dream.Believe.Become....a world of endless opportunities > >> > >> "I will open the book. Its pages are blank. I am going to put words on > >> them myself. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is the > >> dawn of every New Day." > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> WikimediaKE mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Asaf Bartov > > Wikimedia Foundation > > > > Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the > > sum of all knowledge. 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