Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Offline wikipedia - Kenyan syllabus
Asaf, hi, on the offline syllabus, we were to start a fresh using a list of topics for the various subjects that we were to get from the Kenya Institute of Education. It is on sale though for Ksh. 1,900 [roughly $22]. I personally have the time to work on the project. It could also be great to have an edit-a-thon. Plus we would get it done much faster that way. yours, Dennis. From: abar...@wikimedia.org Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2013 18:28:35 -0800 To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Response to Bence 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 oslim...@gmail.com 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 bdamo...@gmail.com 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 bdamo...@gmail.com 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 abbas...@hotmail.com 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
Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Offline wikipedia
thank you all for your help. From: oslim...@gmail.com Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 15:16:52 +0300 To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Offline wikipedia Good work Dennis, 50DVDs? wow, congratulations and way to go... Hope the User Manual helps. Its what we used in the Schools Training and it worked perfectly ad it assumes no pro-skilss in Computers. On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 11:32 AM, Stephen wanjaus...@gmail.com wrote: I have gone through the video in the link provided and I did not get what was being said. To complement that, there is a pdf manual that has screenshots explaining the step by step process of installing Kiwix. You can find it at [1]. Hope that helps. ./Stephen 1. http://wikimedia.or.ke/File:Wikipedia_for_Schools-User_Manual_110227.pdf On 09/11/2012 11:09 AM, Alex Wafula wrote: There's a manual that Sam did last year, it should be om the offline page on meta, i'll dig up a link for you Alex On Sep 11, 2012 10:07 AM, dennis munene deontemun...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi, i hope this finds you all well, last week i got a call from Dr Martin Njoroge, [our contact person at Kenyatta University] requesting for the offline wikipedia that he intended to give to his students taking a masters degree most of who are teachers at high schools. I was able to make 50 copies on dvd with both the kiwix application and the offline wikipedia. On the day i was to give the students an illustration of how to install and use the kiwix application, something came up and i wasn't able to do it then. Sadly, they were going back home that evening. I was planning to come up with a text document illustrating how to install and use the kiwix app but i needed to first know if there's any available.. [preferably a video.. i've tried searching for on on youtube but the closest i got was this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnvm7uxDhMs yours, dennis munene. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnvm7uxDhMs ___ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake ___ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake -- ./Stephen ___ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake -- Regards, Limoke Oscar,Dream.Believe.Becomea world of endless oportunities ___ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake ___ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake
[Wikimedia Kenya] Offline wikipedia
Hi, i hope this finds you all well, last week i got a call from Dr Martin Njoroge, [our contact person at Kenyatta University] requesting for the offline wikipedia that he intended to give to his students taking a masters degree most of who are teachers at high schools. I was able to make 50 copies on dvd with both the kiwix application and the offline wikipedia. On the day i was to give the students an illustration of how to install and use the kiwix application, something came up and i wasn't able to do it then. Sadly, they were going back home that evening. I was planning to come up with a text document illustrating how to install and use the kiwix app but i needed to first know if there's any available.. [preferably a video.. i've tried searching for on on youtube but the closest i got was this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnvm7uxDhMs yours, dennis munene. ___ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake
Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Offline wikipedia
There's a manual that Sam did last year, it should be om the offline page on meta, i'll dig up a link for you Alex On Sep 11, 2012 10:07 AM, dennis munene deontemun...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi, i hope this finds you all well, last week i got a call from Dr Martin Njoroge, [our contact person at Kenyatta University] requesting for the offline wikipedia that he intended to give to his students taking a masters degree most of who are teachers at high schools. I was able to make 50 copies on dvd with both the kiwix application and the offline wikipedia. On the day i was to give the students an illustration of how to install and use the kiwix application, something came up and i wasn't able to do it then. Sadly, they were going back home that evening. I was planning to come up with a text document illustrating how to install and use the kiwix app but i needed to first know if there's any available.. [preferably a video.. i've tried searching for on on youtube but the closest i got was this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnvm7uxDhMs yours, dennis munene. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnvm7uxDhMs ___ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake ___ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake
Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Offline wikipedia
I have gone through the video in the link provided and I did not get what was being said. To complement that, there is a pdf manual that has screenshots explaining the step by step process of installing Kiwix. You can find it at [1]. Hope that helps. ./Stephen 1. http://wikimedia.or.ke/File:Wikipedia_for_Schools-User_Manual_110227.pdf On 09/11/2012 11:09 AM, Alex Wafula wrote: There's a manual that Sam did last year, it should be om the offline page on meta, i'll dig up a link for you Alex On Sep 11, 2012 10:07 AM, dennis munene deontemun...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi, i hope this finds you all well, last week i got a call from Dr Martin Njoroge, [our contact person at Kenyatta University] requesting for the offline wikipedia that he intended to give to his students taking a masters degree most of who are teachers at high schools. I was able to make 50 copies on dvd with both the kiwix application and the offline wikipedia. On the day i was to give the students an illustration of how to install and use the kiwix application, something came up and i wasn't able to do it then. Sadly, they were going back home that evening. I was planning to come up with a text document illustrating how to install and use the kiwix app but i needed to first know if there's any available.. [preferably a video.. i've tried searching for on on youtube but the closest i got was this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnvm7uxDhMs yours, dennis munene. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnvm7uxDhMs ___ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake ___ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake -- ./Stephen ___ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake
Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Offline wikipedia
Good work Dennis, 50DVDs? wow, congratulations and way to go... Hope the User Manual helps. Its what we used in the Schools Training and it worked perfectly ad it assumes no pro-skilss in Computers. On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 11:32 AM, Stephen wanjaus...@gmail.com wrote: I have gone through the video in the link provided and I did not get what was being said. To complement that, there is a pdf manual that has screenshots explaining the step by step process of installing Kiwix. You can find it at [1]. Hope that helps. ./Stephen 1. http://wikimedia.or.ke/File:Wikipedia_for_Schools-User_Manual_110227.pdf On 09/11/2012 11:09 AM, Alex Wafula wrote: There's a manual that Sam did last year, it should be om the offline page on meta, i'll dig up a link for you Alex On Sep 11, 2012 10:07 AM, dennis munene deontemun...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi, i hope this finds you all well, last week i got a call from Dr Martin Njoroge, [our contact person at Kenyatta University] requesting for the offline wikipedia that he intended to give to his students taking a masters degree most of who are teachers at high schools. I was able to make 50 copies on dvd with both the kiwix application and the offline wikipedia. On the day i was to give the students an illustration of how to install and use the kiwix application, something came up and i wasn't able to do it then. Sadly, they were going back home that evening. I was planning to come up with a text document illustrating how to install and use the kiwix app but i needed to first know if there's any available.. [preferably a video.. i've tried searching for on on youtube but the closest i got was this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnvm7uxDhMs yours, dennis munene. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnvm7uxDhMs ___ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake ___ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake -- ./Stephen ___ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake -- Regards, Limoke Oscar, Dream.Believe.Becomea world of endless oportunities ___ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake
Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Offline Wikipedia: Kenyan Curriculum
Hi, Stephen and everyone. Hello! Emmanuel requested for an online meet - up via free node tomorrow so that we can discuss the way forward with the offline content development. Time is 7pm GMT (900pm Local time) Go to: webchat.freenode.net Channel: #kiwix Is there a log or minutes of that meeting? What was agreed? I think the idea in collecting the diff against the UK version was not that those articles will be added to _an existing ZIM file_, but that a _new ZIM file_ will be generated (as Emmanuel notes, it's the only way), based on the UK _list_ plus (i.e. union-with) your list. Asaf -- Asaf Bartov Wikimedia Foundation http://www.wikimediafoundation.org Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! https://donate.wikimedia.org ___ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake
Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Offline Wikipedia: Kenyan Curriculum
) and she requested for a copy of the DVD plus the manual of how to make the offline package functional. She had misplaced the copy we left after the pilot and she would like a new copy to install in new computers that the school acquired recently. It is very satisfying to learn that someone found the package useful. I will be sending her a copy during the week plus a manual via a courier service since she availed the school’s mailing address. At this point, I think it is wise for her school to partake in the story telling tour that will be executed by Victor Grigas who will be visiting Kenya after Wikimania. Regards, Stephen. PS: Dennis, How far have you reached with the Syllabus you were working on? On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 6:10 AM, Stephen Wanjau stevewan...@wikimedia.or.ke wrote: Hello nice people! The Geography, History and CRE addition of non existent topics to the current SOS version of off-line Wikipedia is done! As at [1] below. Dennis is still working on the business studies syllabus and as he promised he will be done by the end of this Month. I would suggest we use the talk page [2] for further communications with regards to the off-line project. Thank you everyone who has been working on this! //Stephen 1. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Offline_Projects/Content_Development/Schools/Kenyan_Topics 2. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Offline_Projects/Content_Development/Schools/Kenyan_Topics On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 10:24 PM, Abbas Mahmood abbas...@hotmail.com wrote: Asaf, The list of the contributors can be found here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Offline_Projects/Content_Development/Schools/Kenyan_Topicsaction=history --Abbas. -- From: abar...@wikimedia.org Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2012 12:15:33 -0700 To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Offline Wikipedia: Kenyan Curriculum Thanks for this update, Stephen. I'd like to encourage you guys to make progress on this work, so we can finally prepare a new ZIM file (we'll figure out the size problem if we have too. Probably by removing a few pictures.) and start working on distribution. Are you and Deonte the only ones working on this right now? Cheers, Asaf On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 11:30 AM, Stephen Wanjau stevewan...@wikimedia.or.ke wrote: Hello, From my mathematical point of view, I believe that this new set will definitely generate more other articles into our new custom package. My argument being, every new article we request to be added will come with its new blue links which means more articles than what we already have in our not yet completed compilation of topics. This blue links mean more articles! As of now there are 500+ requested additions on [1] and if I do some maths by assuming that each new requested article has a minimum of 10 blue links then we are talking about 5000+ articles being added onto the SOS version of off-line WIkipedia. *Note* that the list is still a Work-In-Progress with more subjects to be added! The SOS version of the offline Wikipedia is 5500 articles which means that our new additions would not fit as an addition to the SOS version and still be 4gb. I met Deonte today and he requested for some pages of the Agriculture syllabus which he is working on right now. I still have the Business Education syllabus and the C.R.E. syllabus which I secured last week. //Stephen 1. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Offline_Projects/Content_Development/Schools/Kenyan_Topics On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 2:20 PM, Grace Kariuki gkariuk...@gmail.com wrote: oh!okay. On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 2:11 PM, stephen wanjau stevewan...@wikimedia.or.ke wrote: Thanks Sarah for the Clarifying. //Stephen. On 4/17/12, Sarah Osano sarahos...@gmail.com wrote: Grace, I think he is talking about laptop chargers not charges . On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Grace Kariuki gkariuk...@gmail.com wrote: sorry, i meant charges? On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Grace Kariuki gkariuk...@gmail.com wrote: steve,how much are the chareges? On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 12:59 PM, stephen wanjau stevewan...@wikimedia.or.ke wrote: Hello Folks, Hope you are doing great and bracing yourselves for this Saturday's edittathon that shall evolve around but not limited to the subject of this Email. We shall cover the remaining bit of the Kenyan syllabus as a basic intro to Wiki and later on do more editing on Wikipedia. My proposal is we could as well engage in the April Wikification Drive (see [1] below) but of course not limit ourselves to that as well. The venue of the Meet up is at the environs of Upper-hill in Nairobi at Mugo's place which is near the public Service Club. For those who do not know how to get there please contact me off-list for prior arrangements on how to get
Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Offline Wikipedia: Kenyan Curriculum
=history --Abbas. -- From: abar...@wikimedia.org Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2012 12:15:33 -0700 To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Offline Wikipedia: Kenyan Curriculum Thanks for this update, Stephen. I'd like to encourage you guys to make progress on this work, so we can finally prepare a new ZIM file (we'll figure out the size problem if we have too. Probably by removing a few pictures.) and start working on distribution. Are you and Deonte the only ones working on this right now? Cheers, Asaf On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 11:30 AM, Stephen Wanjau stevewan...@wikimedia.or.ke wrote: Hello, From my mathematical point of view, I believe that this new set will definitely generate more other articles into our new custom package. My argument being, every new article we request to be added will come with its new blue links which means more articles than what we already have in our not yet completed compilation of topics. This blue links mean more articles! As of now there are 500+ requested additions on [1] and if I do some maths by assuming that each new requested article has a minimum of 10 blue links then we are talking about 5000+ articles being added onto the SOS version of off-line WIkipedia. *Note* that the list is still a Work-In-Progress with more subjects to be added! The SOS version of the offline Wikipedia is 5500 articles which means that our new additions would not fit as an addition to the SOS version and still be 4gb. I met Deonte today and he requested for some pages of the Agriculture syllabus which he is working on right now. I still have the Business Education syllabus and the C.R.E. syllabus which I secured last week. //Stephen 1. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Offline_Projects/Content_Development/Schools/Kenyan_Topics On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 2:20 PM, Grace Kariuki gkariuk...@gmail.com wrote: oh!okay. On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 2:11 PM, stephen wanjau stevewan...@wikimedia.or.ke wrote: Thanks Sarah for the Clarifying. //Stephen. On 4/17/12, Sarah Osano sarahos...@gmail.com wrote: Grace, I think he is talking about laptop chargers not charges . On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Grace Kariuki gkariuk...@gmail.com wrote: sorry, i meant charges? On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Grace Kariuki gkariuk...@gmail.com wrote: steve,how much are the chareges? On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 12:59 PM, stephen wanjau stevewan...@wikimedia.or.ke wrote: Hello Folks, Hope you are doing great and bracing yourselves for this Saturday's edittathon that shall evolve around but not limited to the subject of this Email. We shall cover the remaining bit of the Kenyan syllabus as a basic intro to Wiki and later on do more editing on Wikipedia. My proposal is we could as well engage in the April Wikification Drive (see [1] below) but of course not limit ourselves to that as well. The venue of the Meet up is at the environs of Upper-hill in Nairobi at Mugo's place which is near the public Service Club. For those who do not know how to get there please contact me off-list for prior arrangements on how to get there. The edittathon starts at 600PM local time and runs through the Night till Sunday Morning. What to Bring: 1. Laptops plus the chargers of course;) See you soon. PS: There is an experienced Wikipedian who is in the country on a short private visit and he tells me that he would like to be part of this edittathon on 21st and to meet other awesome Wikipedians. //Stephen 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Stephenwanjau#Invitation_to_the_April_Wikification_Drive On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 9:08 AM, Chris Riwa chriwaus...@gmail.com wrote: Hi steve, I gave the syllabus copies to Dennis during our last meet-up. Regards, On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 9:04 AM, Branton Obwari bruceobw...@gmail.com wrote: Steve , i agree with you we don't need a separate meeting to do that ,for starters like ME ,we need the 10minutes 'how to' demo ,so can we do it right here?, Chris has a copy of it, i can catch up with him. Otherwise am glad you are back i love the positive energy you inject into WMKE. My regards! Branton. On 4/7/12, stephen wanjau stevewan...@wikimedia.or.ke wrote: Hi Folks, I understand that the syllabus compilation was procrastinated to 21st of March 2012 for reasons I don't know. However, I have a concern about this. The 'how-to' of this process is such a cinch and having a separate meeting to learn how to compile it on Meta sounds ridiculous. I remember it took me 10minutes to give a demo to Dennis on how to do this. (Dennis correct me if wrong). Folks it is wise to maximise on the time that we usually meet in covering/discussing
Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Offline Wikipedia: Kenyan Curriculum
Great Oscar, represent us well... On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 6:51 AM, David Mugo raidar...@gmail.com wrote: Asaf, We are just about done, hopefully by end if this week it is finalized. We have also started communication with the Kenya ICT board and other government bodies on distribution but we are still trying to create a workable roadmap on the same. David. On Jul 3, 2012 6:16 AM, Asaf Bartov abar...@wikimedia.org wrote: Are we done? Are we waiting on additional topics (by Dennis?)? If/when the list is completely done, we'll proceed with creating an updated ZIM file, and then we can think about ways to distribute the Kenyan Offline Wikipedia. Asaf On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 12:35 PM, Stephen Wanjau stevewan...@wikimedia.or.ke wrote: Hello! From my action points here [1] on our May meet-up regarding the compilation of the Kenyan curriculum, I just finished working on the last subject which is Agriculture. Approximately there are about 600 suggested additions of topics at [2]. Next steps? //Stephen. 1. http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/wmke-meeting-26-05-2012 2. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Offline_Projects/Content_Development/Schools/Kenyan_Topics On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 2:22 PM, Stephen Wanjau stevewan...@wikimedia.or.ke wrote: Hello! I will send the school the latest release of Kiwix (which is version 0.9 RC1). BTW,am informed that it will be released today. It has some new nice feats that I bet they will find useful some plus bug fixes. To mention just but a few; - Has a new theme that a user can switch to called ''Evolution'' - Html5 Video support - Indexing improvement..so much more To view the change log go to [1] and you are also welcome to test the new version that can be downloaded here [2] Cheers, //Stephen 1. http://changelog.kiwix.org 2. http://download.kiwix.org/bin/nightly/latest/ On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 12:41 PM, Branton Obwari bruceobw...@gmail.com wrote: indeed its encouraging to note that we having positive feedback from the WFS ,now i have encountered three cases in Western emanating from Kakamega pilot ,managed to reinstall the same having formatted their PCs , For the Mombasa one because of the logistical matrix involved i explored possibility of sending the DVD via dropbox n other large file sending methods but she could not understand how to go about that . My Question:Now that we are in the process of updating our Kiwix is it still prudent to continue re installing that one ? , regards bruce. On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 12:04 PM, Stephen Wanjau stevewan...@wikimedia.or.ke wrote: Hello Nice people, It is really reassuring when you receive that phone call from someone with thirst for free knowledge which is the main mission of Wikimedia. One teacher from a school that benefited from the Wikipedia for Schools pilot that was accomplished in Mombasa, Kenya, gave a call to Bruce (Member of WMKE) and she requested for a copy of the DVD plus the manual of how to make the offline package functional. She had misplaced the copy we left after the pilot and she would like a new copy to install in new computers that the school acquired recently. It is very satisfying to learn that someone found the package useful. I will be sending her a copy during the week plus a manual via a courier service since she availed the school’s mailing address. At this point, I think it is wise for her school to partake in the story telling tour that will be executed by Victor Grigas who will be visiting Kenya after Wikimania. Regards, Stephen. PS: Dennis, How far have you reached with the Syllabus you were working on? On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 6:10 AM, Stephen Wanjau stevewan...@wikimedia.or.ke wrote: Hello nice people! The Geography, History and CRE addition of non existent topics to the current SOS version of off-line Wikipedia is done! As at [1] below. Dennis is still working on the business studies syllabus and as he promised he will be done by the end of this Month. I would suggest we use the talk page [2] for further communications with regards to the off-line project. Thank you everyone who has been working on this! //Stephen 1. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Offline_Projects/Content_Development/Schools/Kenyan_Topics 2. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Offline_Projects/Content_Development/Schools/Kenyan_Topics On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 10:24 PM, Abbas Mahmood abbas...@hotmail.com wrote: Asaf, The list of the contributors can be found here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Offline_Projects/Content_Development/Schools/Kenyan_Topicsaction=history --Abbas. -- From: abar...@wikimedia.org Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2012 12:15:33 -0700 To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Offline Wikipedia: Kenyan Curriculum Thanks for this update, Stephen. I'd like
Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Offline Wikipedia: Kenyan Curriculum
of the contributors can be found here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Offline_Projects/Content_Development/Schools/Kenyan_Topicsaction=history --Abbas. -- From: abar...@wikimedia.org Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2012 12:15:33 -0700 To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Offline Wikipedia: Kenyan Curriculum Thanks for this update, Stephen. I'd like to encourage you guys to make progress on this work, so we can finally prepare a new ZIM file (we'll figure out the size problem if we have too. Probably by removing a few pictures.) and start working on distribution. Are you and Deonte the only ones working on this right now? Cheers, Asaf On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 11:30 AM, Stephen Wanjau stevewan...@wikimedia.or.ke wrote: Hello, From my mathematical point of view, I believe that this new set will definitely generate more other articles into our new custom package. My argument being, every new article we request to be added will come with its new blue links which means more articles than what we already have in our not yet completed compilation of topics. This blue links mean more articles! As of now there are 500+ requested additions on [1] and if I do some maths by assuming that each new requested article has a minimum of 10 blue links then we are talking about 5000+ articles being added onto the SOS version of off-line WIkipedia. *Note* that the list is still a Work-In-Progress with more subjects to be added! The SOS version of the offline Wikipedia is 5500 articles which means that our new additions would not fit as an addition to the SOS version and still be 4gb. I met Deonte today and he requested for some pages of the Agriculture syllabus which he is working on right now. I still have the Business Education syllabus and the C.R.E. syllabus which I secured last week. //Stephen 1. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Offline_Projects/Content_Development/Schools/Kenyan_Topics On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 2:20 PM, Grace Kariuki gkariuk...@gmail.com wrote: oh!okay. On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 2:11 PM, stephen wanjau stevewan...@wikimedia.or.ke wrote: Thanks Sarah for the Clarifying. //Stephen. On 4/17/12, Sarah Osano sarahos...@gmail.com wrote: Grace, I think he is talking about laptop chargers not charges . On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Grace Kariuki gkariuk...@gmail.com wrote: sorry, i meant charges? On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Grace Kariuki gkariuk...@gmail.com wrote: steve,how much are the chareges? On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 12:59 PM, stephen wanjau stevewan...@wikimedia.or.ke wrote: Hello Folks, Hope you are doing great and bracing yourselves for this Saturday's edittathon that shall evolve around but not limited to the subject of this Email. We shall cover the remaining bit of the Kenyan syllabus as a basic intro to Wiki and later on do more editing on Wikipedia. My proposal is we could as well engage in the April Wikification Drive (see [1] below) but of course not limit ourselves to that as well. The venue of the Meet up is at the environs of Upper-hill in Nairobi at Mugo's place which is near the public Service Club. For those who do not know how to get there please contact me off-list for prior arrangements on how to get there. The edittathon starts at 600PM local time and runs through the Night till Sunday Morning. What to Bring: 1. Laptops plus the chargers of course;) See you soon. PS: There is an experienced Wikipedian who is in the country on a short private visit and he tells me that he would like to be part of this edittathon on 21st and to meet other awesome Wikipedians. //Stephen 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Stephenwanjau#Invitation_to_the_April_Wikification_Drive On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 9:08 AM, Chris Riwa chriwaus...@gmail.com wrote: Hi steve, I gave the syllabus copies to Dennis during our last meet-up. Regards, On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 9:04 AM, Branton Obwari bruceobw...@gmail.com wrote: Steve , i agree with you we don't need a separate meeting to do that ,for starters like ME ,we need the 10minutes 'how to' demo ,so can we do it right here?, Chris has a copy of it, i can catch up with him. Otherwise am glad you are back i love the positive energy you inject into WMKE. My regards! Branton. On 4/7/12, stephen wanjau stevewan...@wikimedia.or.ke wrote: Hi Folks, I understand that the syllabus compilation was procrastinated to 21st of March 2012 for reasons I don't know. However, I have a concern about this. The 'how-to' of this process is such a cinch and having a separate meeting to learn how to compile it on Meta sounds ridiculous. I remember it took me 10minutes to give a demo to Dennis
Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Offline Wikipedia: Kenyan Curriculum
Are we done? Are we waiting on additional topics (by Dennis?)? If/when the list is completely done, we'll proceed with creating an updated ZIM file, and then we can think about ways to distribute the Kenyan Offline Wikipedia. Asaf On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 12:35 PM, Stephen Wanjau stevewan...@wikimedia.or.ke wrote: Hello! From my action points here [1] on our May meet-up regarding the compilation of the Kenyan curriculum, I just finished working on the last subject which is Agriculture. Approximately there are about 600 suggested additions of topics at [2]. Next steps? //Stephen. 1. http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/wmke-meeting-26-05-2012 2. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Offline_Projects/Content_Development/Schools/Kenyan_Topics On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 2:22 PM, Stephen Wanjau stevewan...@wikimedia.or.ke wrote: Hello! I will send the school the latest release of Kiwix (which is version 0.9 RC1). BTW,am informed that it will be released today. It has some new nice feats that I bet they will find useful some plus bug fixes. To mention just but a few; - Has a new theme that a user can switch to called ''Evolution'' - Html5 Video support - Indexing improvement..so much more To view the change log go to [1] and you are also welcome to test the new version that can be downloaded here [2] Cheers, //Stephen 1. http://changelog.kiwix.org 2. http://download.kiwix.org/bin/nightly/latest/ On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 12:41 PM, Branton Obwari bruceobw...@gmail.comwrote: indeed its encouraging to note that we having positive feedback from the WFS ,now i have encountered three cases in Western emanating from Kakamega pilot ,managed to reinstall the same having formatted their PCs , For the Mombasa one because of the logistical matrix involved i explored possibility of sending the DVD via dropbox n other large file sending methods but she could not understand how to go about that . My Question:Now that we are in the process of updating our Kiwix is it still prudent to continue re installing that one ? , regards bruce. On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 12:04 PM, Stephen Wanjau stevewan...@wikimedia.or.ke wrote: Hello Nice people, It is really reassuring when you receive that phone call from someone with thirst for free knowledge which is the main mission of Wikimedia. One teacher from a school that benefited from the Wikipedia for Schools pilot that was accomplished in Mombasa, Kenya, gave a call to Bruce (Member of WMKE) and she requested for a copy of the DVD plus the manual of how to make the offline package functional. She had misplaced the copy we left after the pilot and she would like a new copy to install in new computers that the school acquired recently. It is very satisfying to learn that someone found the package useful. I will be sending her a copy during the week plus a manual via a courier service since she availed the school’s mailing address. At this point, I think it is wise for her school to partake in the story telling tour that will be executed by Victor Grigas who will be visiting Kenya after Wikimania. Regards, Stephen. PS: Dennis, How far have you reached with the Syllabus you were working on? On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 6:10 AM, Stephen Wanjau stevewan...@wikimedia.or.ke wrote: Hello nice people! The Geography, History and CRE addition of non existent topics to the current SOS version of off-line Wikipedia is done! As at [1] below. Dennis is still working on the business studies syllabus and as he promised he will be done by the end of this Month. I would suggest we use the talk page [2] for further communications with regards to the off-line project. Thank you everyone who has been working on this! //Stephen 1. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Offline_Projects/Content_Development/Schools/Kenyan_Topics 2. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Offline_Projects/Content_Development/Schools/Kenyan_Topics On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 10:24 PM, Abbas Mahmood abbas...@hotmail.comwrote: Asaf, The list of the contributors can be found here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Offline_Projects/Content_Development/Schools/Kenyan_Topicsaction=history --Abbas. -- From: abar...@wikimedia.org Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2012 12:15:33 -0700 To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Offline Wikipedia: Kenyan Curriculum Thanks for this update, Stephen. I'd like to encourage you guys to make progress on this work, so we can finally prepare a new ZIM file (we'll figure out the size problem if we have too. Probably by removing a few pictures.) and start working on distribution. Are you and Deonte the only ones working on this right now? Cheers, Asaf On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 11:30 AM, Stephen Wanjau stevewan...@wikimedia.or.ke wrote: Hello, From my mathematical point of view, I believe that this new set
Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Offline Wikipedia: Kenyan Curriculum
Asaf, We are just about done, hopefully by end if this week it is finalized. We have also started communication with the Kenya ICT board and other government bodies on distribution but we are still trying to create a workable roadmap on the same. David. On Jul 3, 2012 6:16 AM, Asaf Bartov abar...@wikimedia.org wrote: Are we done? Are we waiting on additional topics (by Dennis?)? If/when the list is completely done, we'll proceed with creating an updated ZIM file, and then we can think about ways to distribute the Kenyan Offline Wikipedia. Asaf On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 12:35 PM, Stephen Wanjau stevewan...@wikimedia.or.ke wrote: Hello! From my action points here [1] on our May meet-up regarding the compilation of the Kenyan curriculum, I just finished working on the last subject which is Agriculture. Approximately there are about 600 suggested additions of topics at [2]. Next steps? //Stephen. 1. http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/wmke-meeting-26-05-2012 2. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Offline_Projects/Content_Development/Schools/Kenyan_Topics On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 2:22 PM, Stephen Wanjau stevewan...@wikimedia.or.ke wrote: Hello! I will send the school the latest release of Kiwix (which is version 0.9 RC1). BTW,am informed that it will be released today. It has some new nice feats that I bet they will find useful some plus bug fixes. To mention just but a few; - Has a new theme that a user can switch to called ''Evolution'' - Html5 Video support - Indexing improvement..so much more To view the change log go to [1] and you are also welcome to test the new version that can be downloaded here [2] Cheers, //Stephen 1. http://changelog.kiwix.org 2. http://download.kiwix.org/bin/nightly/latest/ On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 12:41 PM, Branton Obwari bruceobw...@gmail.comwrote: indeed its encouraging to note that we having positive feedback from the WFS ,now i have encountered three cases in Western emanating from Kakamega pilot ,managed to reinstall the same having formatted their PCs , For the Mombasa one because of the logistical matrix involved i explored possibility of sending the DVD via dropbox n other large file sending methods but she could not understand how to go about that . My Question:Now that we are in the process of updating our Kiwix is it still prudent to continue re installing that one ? , regards bruce. On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 12:04 PM, Stephen Wanjau stevewan...@wikimedia.or.ke wrote: Hello Nice people, It is really reassuring when you receive that phone call from someone with thirst for free knowledge which is the main mission of Wikimedia. One teacher from a school that benefited from the Wikipedia for Schools pilot that was accomplished in Mombasa, Kenya, gave a call to Bruce (Member of WMKE) and she requested for a copy of the DVD plus the manual of how to make the offline package functional. She had misplaced the copy we left after the pilot and she would like a new copy to install in new computers that the school acquired recently. It is very satisfying to learn that someone found the package useful. I will be sending her a copy during the week plus a manual via a courier service since she availed the school’s mailing address. At this point, I think it is wise for her school to partake in the story telling tour that will be executed by Victor Grigas who will be visiting Kenya after Wikimania. Regards, Stephen. PS: Dennis, How far have you reached with the Syllabus you were working on? On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 6:10 AM, Stephen Wanjau stevewan...@wikimedia.or.ke wrote: Hello nice people! The Geography, History and CRE addition of non existent topics to the current SOS version of off-line Wikipedia is done! As at [1] below. Dennis is still working on the business studies syllabus and as he promised he will be done by the end of this Month. I would suggest we use the talk page [2] for further communications with regards to the off-line project. Thank you everyone who has been working on this! //Stephen 1. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Offline_Projects/Content_Development/Schools/Kenyan_Topics 2. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Offline_Projects/Content_Development/Schools/Kenyan_Topics On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 10:24 PM, Abbas Mahmood abbas...@hotmail.comwrote: Asaf, The list of the contributors can be found here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Offline_Projects/Content_Development/Schools/Kenyan_Topicsaction=history --Abbas. -- From: abar...@wikimedia.org Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2012 12:15:33 -0700 To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Offline Wikipedia: Kenyan Curriculum Thanks for this update, Stephen. I'd like to encourage you guys to make progress on this work, so we can finally prepare a new ZIM file (we'll figure out the size problem if we
Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Offline Wikipedia: Kenyan Curriculum
Hello Nice people, It is really reassuring when you receive that phone call from someone with thirst for free knowledge which is the main mission of Wikimedia. One teacher from a school that benefited from the Wikipedia for Schools pilot that was accomplished in Mombasa, Kenya, gave a call to Bruce (Member of WMKE) and she requested for a copy of the DVD plus the manual of how to make the offline package functional. She had misplaced the copy we left after the pilot and she would like a new copy to install in new computers that the school acquired recently. It is very satisfying to learn that someone found the package useful. I will be sending her a copy during the week plus a manual via a courier service since she availed the school’s mailing address. At this point, I think it is wise for her school to partake in the story telling tour that will be executed by Victor Grigas who will be visiting Kenya after Wikimania. Regards, Stephen. PS: Dennis, How far have you reached with the Syllabus you were working on? On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 6:10 AM, Stephen Wanjau stevewan...@wikimedia.or.ke wrote: Hello nice people! The Geography, History and CRE addition of non existent topics to the current SOS version of off-line Wikipedia is done! As at [1] below. Dennis is still working on the business studies syllabus and as he promised he will be done by the end of this Month. I would suggest we use the talk page [2] for further communications with regards to the off-line project. Thank you everyone who has been working on this! //Stephen 1. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Offline_Projects/Content_Development/Schools/Kenyan_Topics 2. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Offline_Projects/Content_Development/Schools/Kenyan_Topics On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 10:24 PM, Abbas Mahmood abbas...@hotmail.comwrote: Asaf, The list of the contributors can be found here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Offline_Projects/Content_Development/Schools/Kenyan_Topicsaction=history --Abbas. -- From: abar...@wikimedia.org Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2012 12:15:33 -0700 To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Offline Wikipedia: Kenyan Curriculum Thanks for this update, Stephen. I'd like to encourage you guys to make progress on this work, so we can finally prepare a new ZIM file (we'll figure out the size problem if we have too. Probably by removing a few pictures.) and start working on distribution. Are you and Deonte the only ones working on this right now? Cheers, Asaf On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 11:30 AM, Stephen Wanjau stevewan...@wikimedia.or.ke wrote: Hello, From my mathematical point of view, I believe that this new set will definitely generate more other articles into our new custom package. My argument being, every new article we request to be added will come with its new blue links which means more articles than what we already have in our not yet completed compilation of topics. This blue links mean more articles! As of now there are 500+ requested additions on [1] and if I do some maths by assuming that each new requested article has a minimum of 10 blue links then we are talking about 5000+ articles being added onto the SOS version of off-line WIkipedia. *Note* that the list is still a Work-In-Progress with more subjects to be added! The SOS version of the offline Wikipedia is 5500 articles which means that our new additions would not fit as an addition to the SOS version and still be 4gb. I met Deonte today and he requested for some pages of the Agriculture syllabus which he is working on right now. I still have the Business Education syllabus and the C.R.E. syllabus which I secured last week. //Stephen 1. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Offline_Projects/Content_Development/Schools/Kenyan_Topics On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 2:20 PM, Grace Kariuki gkariuk...@gmail.comwrote: oh!okay. On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 2:11 PM, stephen wanjau stevewan...@wikimedia.or.ke wrote: Thanks Sarah for the Clarifying. //Stephen. On 4/17/12, Sarah Osano sarahos...@gmail.com wrote: Grace, I think he is talking about laptop chargers not charges . On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Grace Kariuki gkariuk...@gmail.com wrote: sorry, i meant charges? On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Grace Kariuki gkariuk...@gmail.com wrote: steve,how much are the chareges? On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 12:59 PM, stephen wanjau stevewan...@wikimedia.or.ke wrote: Hello Folks, Hope you are doing great and bracing yourselves for this Saturday's edittathon that shall evolve around but not limited to the subject of this Email. We shall cover the remaining bit of the Kenyan syllabus as a basic intro to Wiki and later on do more editing on Wikipedia. My proposal is we could as well engage in the April Wikification Drive (see [1] below) but of course not limit ourselves
Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Offline Wikipedia: Kenyan Curriculum
Thanks for this update, Stephen. I'd like to encourage you guys to make progress on this work, so we can finally prepare a new ZIM file (we'll figure out the size problem if we have too. Probably by removing a few pictures.) and start working on distribution. Are you and Deonte the only ones working on this right now? Cheers, Asaf On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 11:30 AM, Stephen Wanjau stevewan...@wikimedia.or.ke wrote: Hello, From my mathematical point of view, I believe that this new set will definitely generate more other articles into our new custom package. My argument being, every new article we request to be added will come with its new blue links which means more articles than what we already have in our not yet completed compilation of topics. This blue links mean more articles! As of now there are 500+ requested additions on [1] and if I do some maths by assuming that each new requested article has a minimum of 10 blue links then we are talking about 5000+ articles being added onto the SOS version of off-line WIkipedia. *Note* that the list is still a Work-In-Progress with more subjects to be added! The SOS version of the offline Wikipedia is 5500 articles which means that our new additions would not fit as an addition to the SOS version and still be 4gb. I met Deonte today and he requested for some pages of the Agriculture syllabus which he is working on right now. I still have the Business Education syllabus and the C.R.E. syllabus which I secured last week. //Stephen 1. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Offline_Projects/Content_Development/Schools/Kenyan_Topics On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 2:20 PM, Grace Kariuki gkariuk...@gmail.comwrote: oh!okay. On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 2:11 PM, stephen wanjau stevewan...@wikimedia.or.ke wrote: Thanks Sarah for the Clarifying. //Stephen. On 4/17/12, Sarah Osano sarahos...@gmail.com wrote: Grace, I think he is talking about laptop chargers not charges [?]. On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Grace Kariuki gkariuk...@gmail.com wrote: sorry, i meant charges? On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Grace Kariuki gkariuk...@gmail.com wrote: steve,how much are the chareges? On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 12:59 PM, stephen wanjau stevewan...@wikimedia.or.ke wrote: Hello Folks, Hope you are doing great and bracing yourselves for this Saturday's edittathon that shall evolve around but not limited to the subject of this Email. We shall cover the remaining bit of the Kenyan syllabus as a basic intro to Wiki and later on do more editing on Wikipedia. My proposal is we could as well engage in the April Wikification Drive (see [1] below) but of course not limit ourselves to that as well. The venue of the Meet up is at the environs of Upper-hill in Nairobi at Mugo's place which is near the public Service Club. For those who do not know how to get there please contact me off-list for prior arrangements on how to get there. The edittathon starts at 600PM local time and runs through the Night till Sunday Morning. What to Bring: 1. Laptops plus the chargers of course;) See you soon. PS: There is an experienced Wikipedian who is in the country on a short private visit and he tells me that he would like to be part of this edittathon on 21st and to meet other awesome Wikipedians. //Stephen 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Stephenwanjau#Invitation_to_the_April_Wikification_Drive On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 9:08 AM, Chris Riwa chriwaus...@gmail.com wrote: Hi steve, I gave the syllabus copies to Dennis during our last meet-up. Regards, On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 9:04 AM, Branton Obwari bruceobw...@gmail.com wrote: Steve , i agree with you we don't need a separate meeting to do that ,for starters like ME ,we need the 10minutes 'how to' demo ,so can we do it right here?, Chris has a copy of it, i can catch up with him. Otherwise am glad you are back i love the positive energy you inject into WMKE. My regards! Branton. On 4/7/12, stephen wanjau stevewan...@wikimedia.or.ke wrote: Hi Folks, I understand that the syllabus compilation was procrastinated to 21st of March 2012 for reasons I don't know. However, I have a concern about this. The 'how-to' of this process is such a cinch and having a separate meeting to learn how to compile it on Meta sounds ridiculous. I remember it took me 10minutes to give a demo to Dennis on how to do this. (Dennis correct me if wrong). Folks it is wise to maximise on the time that we usually meet in covering/discussing all of our projects since we do not have F2F meetups that often and they are expensive in terms of resources that volunteers put into attending these meetings. (sad truth!) Without much ado, I would
Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Offline Wikipedia: Kenyan Curriculum
Hello Folks, Hope you are doing great and bracing yourselves for this Saturday's edittathon that shall evolve around but not limited to the subject of this Email. We shall cover the remaining bit of the Kenyan syllabus as a basic intro to Wiki and later on do more editing on Wikipedia. My proposal is we could as well engage in the April Wikification Drive (see [1] below) but of course not limit ourselves to that as well. The venue of the Meet up is at the environs of Upper-hill in Nairobi at Mugo's place which is near the public Service Club. For those who do not know how to get there please contact me off-list for prior arrangements on how to get there. The edittathon starts at 600PM local time and runs through the Night till Sunday Morning. *What to Bring:* * * 1. Laptops plus the chargers of course;) See you soon. PS: There is an experienced Wikipedian who is in the country on a short private visit and he tells me that he would like to be part of this edittathon on 21st and to meet other awesome Wikipedians. //Stephen 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Stephenwanjau#Invitation_to_the_April_Wikification_Drive On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 9:08 AM, Chris Riwa chriwaus...@gmail.com wrote: Hi steve, I gave the syllabus copies to Dennis during our last meet-up. Regards, On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 9:04 AM, Branton Obwari bruceobw...@gmail.comwrote: Steve , i agree with you we don't need a separate meeting to do that ,for starters like ME ,we need the 10minutes 'how to' demo ,so can we do it right here?, Chris has a copy of it, i can catch up with him. Otherwise am glad you are back i love the positive energy you inject into WMKE. My regards! Branton. On 4/7/12, stephen wanjau stevewan...@wikimedia.or.ke wrote: Hi Folks, I understand that the syllabus compilation was procrastinated to 21st of March 2012 for reasons I don't know. However, I have a concern about this. The 'how-to' of this process is such a cinch and having a separate meeting to learn how to compile it on Meta sounds ridiculous. I remember it took me 10minutes to give a demo to Dennis on how to do this. (Dennis correct me if wrong). Folks it is wise to maximise on the time that we usually meet in covering/discussing all of our projects since we do not have F2F meetups that often and they are expensive in terms of resources that volunteers put into attending these meetings. (sad truth!) Without much ado, I would like to get my hands on the syllabus. The last time I checked, Chris had the copy. Is he the one who still has it? //Stephen. On 3/26/12, Asaf Bartov abar...@wikimedia.org wrote: On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 9:58 AM, stephen wanjau wanjaus...@gmail.comwrote: Hello Folks, I have finally secured a copy of the Geography Syllabus that was still lacking. It is a 130 page document and I will talk to the owner to allow me have it until next week hoping that you will find time to work on it on 31st after the board elections. It is so detailed and that's why it is at 130 pages otherwise it should take around 2hours to have the list on meta once apportioned among the attendees. Excellent! If need be, you might perhaps spend some chapter money on photocopying the whole thing. Would this conclude the preparation of the Kenyan Curriculum topic list, allowing to move forward with preparing a new ZIM file? Thanks for pursuing this! Cheers, Asaf -- Asaf Bartov Wikimedia Foundation http://www.wikimediafoundation.org -- *Better Late Than Never, But Never Late is Better* http://uwanja.wordpress.com uwanja https://twitter.com/#%21/uwanja ___ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake ___ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake -- *Chris A. Riwa* Research Specialist and Consultant Mobile: *+254(0)725-930-850 *e-mail: - *chriwaus...@gmail.com* - *otieno_ch...@yahoo.com* - *chriwaus...@facebook.com* Skype: *chriwaustin* Twitter: *@chriwaustin* Facebook: *facebook.com/chriwaustin* ___ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake ___ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake
Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Offline Wikipedia: Kenyan Curriculum
steve,how much are the chareges? On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 12:59 PM, stephen wanjau stevewan...@wikimedia.or.ke wrote: Hello Folks, Hope you are doing great and bracing yourselves for this Saturday's edittathon that shall evolve around but not limited to the subject of this Email. We shall cover the remaining bit of the Kenyan syllabus as a basic intro to Wiki and later on do more editing on Wikipedia. My proposal is we could as well engage in the April Wikification Drive (see [1] below) but of course not limit ourselves to that as well. The venue of the Meet up is at the environs of Upper-hill in Nairobi at Mugo's place which is near the public Service Club. For those who do not know how to get there please contact me off-list for prior arrangements on how to get there. The edittathon starts at 600PM local time and runs through the Night till Sunday Morning. *What to Bring:* * * 1. Laptops plus the chargers of course;) See you soon. PS: There is an experienced Wikipedian who is in the country on a short private visit and he tells me that he would like to be part of this edittathon on 21st and to meet other awesome Wikipedians. //Stephen 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Stephenwanjau#Invitation_to_the_April_Wikification_Drive On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 9:08 AM, Chris Riwa chriwaus...@gmail.com wrote: Hi steve, I gave the syllabus copies to Dennis during our last meet-up. Regards, On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 9:04 AM, Branton Obwari bruceobw...@gmail.comwrote: Steve , i agree with you we don't need a separate meeting to do that ,for starters like ME ,we need the 10minutes 'how to' demo ,so can we do it right here?, Chris has a copy of it, i can catch up with him. Otherwise am glad you are back i love the positive energy you inject into WMKE. My regards! Branton. On 4/7/12, stephen wanjau stevewan...@wikimedia.or.ke wrote: Hi Folks, I understand that the syllabus compilation was procrastinated to 21st of March 2012 for reasons I don't know. However, I have a concern about this. The 'how-to' of this process is such a cinch and having a separate meeting to learn how to compile it on Meta sounds ridiculous. I remember it took me 10minutes to give a demo to Dennis on how to do this. (Dennis correct me if wrong). Folks it is wise to maximise on the time that we usually meet in covering/discussing all of our projects since we do not have F2F meetups that often and they are expensive in terms of resources that volunteers put into attending these meetings. (sad truth!) Without much ado, I would like to get my hands on the syllabus. The last time I checked, Chris had the copy. Is he the one who still has it? //Stephen. On 3/26/12, Asaf Bartov abar...@wikimedia.org wrote: On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 9:58 AM, stephen wanjau wanjaus...@gmail.comwrote: Hello Folks, I have finally secured a copy of the Geography Syllabus that was still lacking. It is a 130 page document and I will talk to the owner to allow me have it until next week hoping that you will find time to work on it on 31st after the board elections. It is so detailed and that's why it is at 130 pages otherwise it should take around 2hours to have the list on meta once apportioned among the attendees. Excellent! If need be, you might perhaps spend some chapter money on photocopying the whole thing. Would this conclude the preparation of the Kenyan Curriculum topic list, allowing to move forward with preparing a new ZIM file? Thanks for pursuing this! Cheers, Asaf -- Asaf Bartov Wikimedia Foundation http://www.wikimediafoundation.org -- *Better Late Than Never, But Never Late is Better* http://uwanja.wordpress.com uwanja https://twitter.com/#%21/uwanja ___ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake ___ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake -- *Chris A. Riwa* Research Specialist and Consultant Mobile: *+254(0)725-930-850 *e-mail: - *chriwaus...@gmail.com* - *otieno_ch...@yahoo.com* - *chriwaus...@facebook.com* Skype: *chriwaustin* Twitter: *@chriwaustin* Facebook: *facebook.com/chriwaustin* ___ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake ___ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake ___ WikimediaKE mailing list
Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Offline Wikipedia: Kenyan Curriculum
Thanks Sarah for the Clarifying. //Stephen. On 4/17/12, Sarah Osano sarahos...@gmail.com wrote: Grace, I think he is talking about laptop chargers not charges [?]. On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Grace Kariuki gkariuk...@gmail.com wrote: sorry, i meant charges? On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Grace Kariuki gkariuk...@gmail.com wrote: steve,how much are the chareges? On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 12:59 PM, stephen wanjau stevewan...@wikimedia.or.ke wrote: Hello Folks, Hope you are doing great and bracing yourselves for this Saturday's edittathon that shall evolve around but not limited to the subject of this Email. We shall cover the remaining bit of the Kenyan syllabus as a basic intro to Wiki and later on do more editing on Wikipedia. My proposal is we could as well engage in the April Wikification Drive (see [1] below) but of course not limit ourselves to that as well. The venue of the Meet up is at the environs of Upper-hill in Nairobi at Mugo's place which is near the public Service Club. For those who do not know how to get there please contact me off-list for prior arrangements on how to get there. The edittathon starts at 600PM local time and runs through the Night till Sunday Morning. What to Bring: 1. Laptops plus the chargers of course;) See you soon. PS: There is an experienced Wikipedian who is in the country on a short private visit and he tells me that he would like to be part of this edittathon on 21st and to meet other awesome Wikipedians. //Stephen 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Stephenwanjau#Invitation_to_the_April_Wikification_Drive On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 9:08 AM, Chris Riwa chriwaus...@gmail.com wrote: Hi steve, I gave the syllabus copies to Dennis during our last meet-up. Regards, On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 9:04 AM, Branton Obwari bruceobw...@gmail.com wrote: Steve , i agree with you we don't need a separate meeting to do that ,for starters like ME ,we need the 10minutes 'how to' demo ,so can we do it right here?, Chris has a copy of it, i can catch up with him. Otherwise am glad you are back i love the positive energy you inject into WMKE. My regards! Branton. On 4/7/12, stephen wanjau stevewan...@wikimedia.or.ke wrote: Hi Folks, I understand that the syllabus compilation was procrastinated to 21st of March 2012 for reasons I don't know. However, I have a concern about this. The 'how-to' of this process is such a cinch and having a separate meeting to learn how to compile it on Meta sounds ridiculous. I remember it took me 10minutes to give a demo to Dennis on how to do this. (Dennis correct me if wrong). Folks it is wise to maximise on the time that we usually meet in covering/discussing all of our projects since we do not have F2F meetups that often and they are expensive in terms of resources that volunteers put into attending these meetings. (sad truth!) Without much ado, I would like to get my hands on the syllabus. The last time I checked, Chris had the copy. Is he the one who still has it? //Stephen. On 3/26/12, Asaf Bartov abar...@wikimedia.org wrote: On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 9:58 AM, stephen wanjau wanjaus...@gmail.comwrote: Hello Folks, I have finally secured a copy of the Geography Syllabus that was still lacking. It is a 130 page document and I will talk to the owner to allow me have it until next week hoping that you will find time to work on it on 31st after the board elections. It is so detailed and that's why it is at 130 pages otherwise it should take around 2hours to have the list on meta once apportioned among the attendees. Excellent! If need be, you might perhaps spend some chapter money on photocopying the whole thing. Would this conclude the preparation of the Kenyan Curriculum topic list, allowing to move forward with preparing a new ZIM file? Thanks for pursuing this! Cheers, Asaf -- Asaf Bartov Wikimedia Foundation http://www.wikimediafoundation.org -- *Better Late Than Never, But Never Late is Better* http://uwanja.wordpress.com uwanja https://twitter.com/#%21/uwanja ___ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake ___ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake -- Chris A. Riwa Research Specialist and Consultant Mobile: +254(0)725-930-850 e-mail: chriwaus...@gmail.com otieno_ch...@yahoo.com chriwaus...@facebook.com Skype: chriwaustin Twitter: @chriwaustin Facebook: facebook.com/chriwaustin ___ WikimediaKE mailing list
Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Offline Wikipedia: Kenyan Curriculum
oh!okay. On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 2:11 PM, stephen wanjau stevewan...@wikimedia.or.ke wrote: Thanks Sarah for the Clarifying. //Stephen. On 4/17/12, Sarah Osano sarahos...@gmail.com wrote: Grace, I think he is talking about laptop chargers not charges [?]. On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Grace Kariuki gkariuk...@gmail.com wrote: sorry, i meant charges? On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Grace Kariuki gkariuk...@gmail.com wrote: steve,how much are the chareges? On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 12:59 PM, stephen wanjau stevewan...@wikimedia.or.ke wrote: Hello Folks, Hope you are doing great and bracing yourselves for this Saturday's edittathon that shall evolve around but not limited to the subject of this Email. We shall cover the remaining bit of the Kenyan syllabus as a basic intro to Wiki and later on do more editing on Wikipedia. My proposal is we could as well engage in the April Wikification Drive (see [1] below) but of course not limit ourselves to that as well. The venue of the Meet up is at the environs of Upper-hill in Nairobi at Mugo's place which is near the public Service Club. For those who do not know how to get there please contact me off-list for prior arrangements on how to get there. The edittathon starts at 600PM local time and runs through the Night till Sunday Morning. What to Bring: 1. Laptops plus the chargers of course;) See you soon. PS: There is an experienced Wikipedian who is in the country on a short private visit and he tells me that he would like to be part of this edittathon on 21st and to meet other awesome Wikipedians. //Stephen 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Stephenwanjau#Invitation_to_the_April_Wikification_Drive On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 9:08 AM, Chris Riwa chriwaus...@gmail.com wrote: Hi steve, I gave the syllabus copies to Dennis during our last meet-up. Regards, On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 9:04 AM, Branton Obwari bruceobw...@gmail.com wrote: Steve , i agree with you we don't need a separate meeting to do that ,for starters like ME ,we need the 10minutes 'how to' demo ,so can we do it right here?, Chris has a copy of it, i can catch up with him. Otherwise am glad you are back i love the positive energy you inject into WMKE. My regards! Branton. On 4/7/12, stephen wanjau stevewan...@wikimedia.or.ke wrote: Hi Folks, I understand that the syllabus compilation was procrastinated to 21st of March 2012 for reasons I don't know. However, I have a concern about this. The 'how-to' of this process is such a cinch and having a separate meeting to learn how to compile it on Meta sounds ridiculous. I remember it took me 10minutes to give a demo to Dennis on how to do this. (Dennis correct me if wrong). Folks it is wise to maximise on the time that we usually meet in covering/discussing all of our projects since we do not have F2F meetups that often and they are expensive in terms of resources that volunteers put into attending these meetings. (sad truth!) Without much ado, I would like to get my hands on the syllabus. The last time I checked, Chris had the copy. Is he the one who still has it? //Stephen. On 3/26/12, Asaf Bartov abar...@wikimedia.org wrote: On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 9:58 AM, stephen wanjau wanjaus...@gmail.comwrote: Hello Folks, I have finally secured a copy of the Geography Syllabus that was still lacking. It is a 130 page document and I will talk to the owner to allow me have it until next week hoping that you will find time to work on it on 31st after the board elections. It is so detailed and that's why it is at 130 pages otherwise it should take around 2hours to have the list on meta once apportioned among the attendees. Excellent! If need be, you might perhaps spend some chapter money on photocopying the whole thing. Would this conclude the preparation of the Kenyan Curriculum topic list, allowing to move forward with preparing a new ZIM file? Thanks for pursuing this! Cheers, Asaf -- Asaf Bartov Wikimedia Foundation http://www.wikimediafoundation.org -- *Better Late Than Never, But Never Late is Better* http://uwanja.wordpress.com uwanja https://twitter.com/#%21/uwanja ___ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake ___ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake -- Chris A. Riwa Research Specialist and
Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Offline Wikipedia: Kenyan Curriculum
Steve , i agree with you we don't need a separate meeting to do that ,for starters like ME ,we need the 10minutes 'how to' demo ,so can we do it right here?, Chris has a copy of it, i can catch up with him. Otherwise am glad you are back i love the positive energy you inject into WMKE. My regards! Branton. On 4/7/12, stephen wanjau stevewan...@wikimedia.or.ke wrote: Hi Folks, I understand that the syllabus compilation was procrastinated to 21st of March 2012 for reasons I don't know. However, I have a concern about this. The 'how-to' of this process is such a cinch and having a separate meeting to learn how to compile it on Meta sounds ridiculous. I remember it took me 10minutes to give a demo to Dennis on how to do this. (Dennis correct me if wrong). Folks it is wise to maximise on the time that we usually meet in covering/discussing all of our projects since we do not have F2F meetups that often and they are expensive in terms of resources that volunteers put into attending these meetings. (sad truth!) Without much ado, I would like to get my hands on the syllabus. The last time I checked, Chris had the copy. Is he the one who still has it? //Stephen. On 3/26/12, Asaf Bartov abar...@wikimedia.org wrote: On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 9:58 AM, stephen wanjau wanjaus...@gmail.comwrote: Hello Folks, I have finally secured a copy of the Geography Syllabus that was still lacking. It is a 130 page document and I will talk to the owner to allow me have it until next week hoping that you will find time to work on it on 31st after the board elections. It is so detailed and that's why it is at 130 pages otherwise it should take around 2hours to have the list on meta once apportioned among the attendees. Excellent! If need be, you might perhaps spend some chapter money on photocopying the whole thing. Would this conclude the preparation of the Kenyan Curriculum topic list, allowing to move forward with preparing a new ZIM file? Thanks for pursuing this! Cheers, Asaf -- Asaf Bartov Wikimedia Foundation http://www.wikimediafoundation.org -- *Better Late Than Never, But Never Late is Better* http://uwanja.wordpress.com uwanja https://twitter.com/#%21/uwanja ___ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake ___ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake
Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Offline Wikipedia: Kenyan Curriculum
Hello Folks, I have finally secured a copy of the Geography Syllabus that was still lacking. It is a 130 page document and I will talk to the owner to allow me have it until next week hoping that you will find time to work on it on 31st after the board elections. It is so detailed and that's why it is at 130 pages otherwise it should take around 2hours to have the list on meta once apportioned among the attendees. //Stephen. On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 10:09 AM, David Mugo raidar...@gmail.com wrote: If you have a hard copy of the syllabus, we can use OCR software to convert it to digital copies. There is a million of those and they are quite accurate. David. On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 10:02 AM, stephen wanjau wanjaus...@gmail.comwrote: Hello Nice People, We were adding article links that are covered in the Kenyan school syllabus that were non existent on the SOS version and we had none proposed for removal from the SOS version like the Indian folks are doing. [1] I have added a new column [2] that has the subject/category under which the various topics fall to keep things a little bit organized and sortable. The syllabus that I gave Dennis is a hard copy of around 300 pages-A4 size and having it on-line would be somehow tedious since it will take quite some time to scan it and again it is not such a clear copy since it is also a photocopy of the original and might end up illegible. Anyone who would like to contribute to the off-line compilation of topics can liaise with Dennis to get some pages of the document to work on though I understand he is almost done;) Regards, Stephen 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Offline_Wikipedia_for_Indian_Schools/Offline_Full/Art#Articles_to_be_removed 2. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Offline_Projects/Content_Development/Schools/Kenyan_Topics On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 1:55 AM, Jessie Wild jw...@wikimedia.org wrote: So glad this is in the pipeline! We actually just got an email from Camara (the computer distributor) informing us of updates they have in their Ubuntu software, and their desire to include a Kenya-specific offline edition. So - that's a challenge! The question is - when can we get it done? I just posted on the talk page[1] referencing the way the India project is organizing their offline effort. It might be a bit too elaborate for the Kenya version (Requires the creation of a LOT of additional pages), but the two pieces of it that I think are incredibly valuable: # the separation by category in the list of articles they are proposing to add, and # the ability for everyone to contribute rather than just one person. I am wondering - is there a way to get the syllabus online so that way Dennis doesn't have to do it all himself? If not, Dennis - is there a way we can support your efforts? Thanks!! Jessie [1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Offline_Projects/Content_Development/Schools/Kenyan_Topics#Categories On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 9:54 AM, stephen wanjau wanjaus...@gmail.comwrote: Hello, Karibu Abbas. The last time I checked Dennis was still working on these topics. I gave him a copy of the New Kenyan syllabus which had Maths, Chemistry, Physics,Biology and Agriculture - that was December last year. So that implies that we do not have the syllabus for Geography, Business Studies and CRE. ?stephen [image: WordPress] http://uwanja.wordpress.com My latest post:39th Chapter of the Wikimedia Foundationhttps://uwanja.wordpress.com/2012/02/09/39th-chapter-of-the-wikimedia-foundation/Today we find ourselves today in the midst of an exciting time. Discussions of the precedences th... Read morehttps://uwanja.wordpress.com/2012/02/09/39th-chapter-of-the-wikimedia-foundation/| My bloghttp://uwanja.wordpress.com [image: Share on Facebook]http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fuwanja.wordpress.com%2F2012%2F02%2F09%2F39th-chapter-of-the-wikimedia-foundation%2F [image: Share on Twitter]https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=39th%20Chapter%20of%20the%20Wikimedia%20Foundation%20%20%28via%20%40wisestamp%29 Get this email app! http://www.wisestamp.com/apps/wordpress?utm_source=extensionutm_medium=emailutm_term=wordpressutm_campaign=apps [image: Twitter] http://twitter.com/uwanja Latest tweet: Tuko area.RT @amDENNO_ACE I'm sure hakuna #kot onlyne saa hii... Follow @uwanja http://twitter.com/uwanja Reply http://twitter.com/?status=@uwanja%20in_reply_to_status_id=176493827664789500in_reply_to=uwanja Retweet http://twitter.com/?status=RT%20%40uwanja%3A%20Tuko%20area.RT%20%40amDENNO_ACE%20I%27m%20sure%20hakuna%20%23kot%20%20onlyne%20saa%20hii... 05:26 Mar-05http://twitter.com/uwanja/statuses/176493827664789504 Get this email app! http://www.wisestamp.com/apps/twitter?utm_source=extensionutm_medium=emailutm_term=twitterutm_campaign=apps http://www.linkedin.com/in/ Want a signature like mine?
Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Offline Wikipedia: Kenyan Curriculum
On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 9:58 AM, stephen wanjau wanjaus...@gmail.comwrote: Hello Folks, I have finally secured a copy of the Geography Syllabus that was still lacking. It is a 130 page document and I will talk to the owner to allow me have it until next week hoping that you will find time to work on it on 31st after the board elections. It is so detailed and that's why it is at 130 pages otherwise it should take around 2hours to have the list on meta once apportioned among the attendees. Excellent! If need be, you might perhaps spend some chapter money on photocopying the whole thing. Would this conclude the preparation of the Kenyan Curriculum topic list, allowing to move forward with preparing a new ZIM file? Thanks for pursuing this! Cheers, Asaf -- Asaf Bartov Wikimedia Foundation http://www.wikimediafoundation.org ___ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake
Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Offline Wikipedia: Kenyan Curriculum
Hello Nice People, We were adding article links that are covered in the Kenyan school syllabus that were non existent on the SOS version and we had none proposed for removal from the SOS version like the Indian folks are doing. [1] I have added a new column [2] that has the subject/category under which the various topics fall to keep things a little bit organized and sortable. The syllabus that I gave Dennis is a hard copy of around 300 pages-A4 size and having it on-line would be somehow tedious since it will take quite some time to scan it and again it is not such a clear copy since it is also a photocopy of the original and might end up illegible. Anyone who would like to contribute to the off-line compilation of topics can liaise with Dennis to get some pages of the document to work on though I understand he is almost done;) Regards, Stephen 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Offline_Wikipedia_for_Indian_Schools/Offline_Full/Art#Articles_to_be_removed 2. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Offline_Projects/Content_Development/Schools/Kenyan_Topics On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 1:55 AM, Jessie Wild jw...@wikimedia.org wrote: So glad this is in the pipeline! We actually just got an email from Camara (the computer distributor) informing us of updates they have in their Ubuntu software, and their desire to include a Kenya-specific offline edition. So - that's a challenge! The question is - when can we get it done? I just posted on the talk page[1] referencing the way the India project is organizing their offline effort. It might be a bit too elaborate for the Kenya version (Requires the creation of a LOT of additional pages), but the two pieces of it that I think are incredibly valuable: # the separation by category in the list of articles they are proposing to add, and # the ability for everyone to contribute rather than just one person. I am wondering - is there a way to get the syllabus online so that way Dennis doesn't have to do it all himself? If not, Dennis - is there a way we can support your efforts? Thanks!! Jessie [1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Offline_Projects/Content_Development/Schools/Kenyan_Topics#Categories On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 9:54 AM, stephen wanjau wanjaus...@gmail.comwrote: Hello, Karibu Abbas. The last time I checked Dennis was still working on these topics. I gave him a copy of the New Kenyan syllabus which had Maths, Chemistry, Physics,Biology and Agriculture - that was December last year. So that implies that we do not have the syllabus for Geography, Business Studies and CRE. ?stephen [image: WordPress] http://uwanja.wordpress.com My latest post:39th Chapter of the Wikimedia Foundationhttps://uwanja.wordpress.com/2012/02/09/39th-chapter-of-the-wikimedia-foundation/Today we find ourselves today in the midst of an exciting time. Discussions of the precedences th... Read morehttps://uwanja.wordpress.com/2012/02/09/39th-chapter-of-the-wikimedia-foundation/| My bloghttp://uwanja.wordpress.com [image: Share on Facebook]http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fuwanja.wordpress.com%2F2012%2F02%2F09%2F39th-chapter-of-the-wikimedia-foundation%2F [image: Share on Twitter]https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=39th%20Chapter%20of%20the%20Wikimedia%20Foundation%20%20%28via%20%40wisestamp%29 Get this email app! http://www.wisestamp.com/apps/wordpress?utm_source=extensionutm_medium=emailutm_term=wordpressutm_campaign=apps [image: Twitter] http://twitter.com/uwanja Latest tweet: Tuko area.RT @amDENNO_ACE I'm sure hakuna #kot onlyne saa hii... Follow @uwanja http://twitter.com/uwanja Reply http://twitter.com/?status=@uwanja%20in_reply_to_status_id=176493827664789500in_reply_to=uwanja Retweet http://twitter.com/?status=RT%20%40uwanja%3A%20Tuko%20area.RT%20%40amDENNO_ACE%20I%27m%20sure%20hakuna%20%23kot%20%20onlyne%20saa%20hii... 05:26 Mar-05http://twitter.com/uwanja/statuses/176493827664789504 Get this email app! http://www.wisestamp.com/apps/twitter?utm_source=extensionutm_medium=emailutm_term=twitterutm_campaign=apps http://www.linkedin.com/in/ Want a signature like mine? http://r1.wisestamp.com/r/landing?promo=16dest=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wisestamp.com%2Femail-install%3Futm_source%3Dextension%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3Dpromo_16 Click here.http://r1.wisestamp.com/r/landing?promo=16dest=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wisestamp.com%2Femail-install%3Futm_source%3Dextension%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3Dpromo_16 On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 5:58 PM, Abbas Mahmood abbas...@hotmail.comwrote: Hi all, We were developing the content curriculum for the Kenyan curriculum so that we could have a custom-made offline Wikipedia version for us here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Offline_Projects/Content_Development/Schools/Kenyan_Topics. Is there anyone who is still working on this? As of now we have articles on Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Mathematics, IRE, Agriculture,
Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Offline Wikipedia: Kenyan Curriculum
If you have a hard copy of the syllabus, we can use OCR software to convert it to digital copies. There is a million of those and they are quite accurate. David. On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 10:02 AM, stephen wanjau wanjaus...@gmail.comwrote: Hello Nice People, We were adding article links that are covered in the Kenyan school syllabus that were non existent on the SOS version and we had none proposed for removal from the SOS version like the Indian folks are doing. [1] I have added a new column [2] that has the subject/category under which the various topics fall to keep things a little bit organized and sortable. The syllabus that I gave Dennis is a hard copy of around 300 pages-A4 size and having it on-line would be somehow tedious since it will take quite some time to scan it and again it is not such a clear copy since it is also a photocopy of the original and might end up illegible. Anyone who would like to contribute to the off-line compilation of topics can liaise with Dennis to get some pages of the document to work on though I understand he is almost done;) Regards, Stephen 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Offline_Wikipedia_for_Indian_Schools/Offline_Full/Art#Articles_to_be_removed 2. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Offline_Projects/Content_Development/Schools/Kenyan_Topics On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 1:55 AM, Jessie Wild jw...@wikimedia.org wrote: So glad this is in the pipeline! We actually just got an email from Camara (the computer distributor) informing us of updates they have in their Ubuntu software, and their desire to include a Kenya-specific offline edition. So - that's a challenge! The question is - when can we get it done? I just posted on the talk page[1] referencing the way the India project is organizing their offline effort. It might be a bit too elaborate for the Kenya version (Requires the creation of a LOT of additional pages), but the two pieces of it that I think are incredibly valuable: # the separation by category in the list of articles they are proposing to add, and # the ability for everyone to contribute rather than just one person. I am wondering - is there a way to get the syllabus online so that way Dennis doesn't have to do it all himself? If not, Dennis - is there a way we can support your efforts? Thanks!! Jessie [1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Offline_Projects/Content_Development/Schools/Kenyan_Topics#Categories On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 9:54 AM, stephen wanjau wanjaus...@gmail.comwrote: Hello, Karibu Abbas. The last time I checked Dennis was still working on these topics. I gave him a copy of the New Kenyan syllabus which had Maths, Chemistry, Physics,Biology and Agriculture - that was December last year. So that implies that we do not have the syllabus for Geography, Business Studies and CRE. ?stephen [image: WordPress] http://uwanja.wordpress.com My latest post:39th Chapter of the Wikimedia Foundationhttps://uwanja.wordpress.com/2012/02/09/39th-chapter-of-the-wikimedia-foundation/Today we find ourselves today in the midst of an exciting time. Discussions of the precedences th... Read morehttps://uwanja.wordpress.com/2012/02/09/39th-chapter-of-the-wikimedia-foundation/| My bloghttp://uwanja.wordpress.com [image: Share on Facebook]http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fuwanja.wordpress.com%2F2012%2F02%2F09%2F39th-chapter-of-the-wikimedia-foundation%2F [image: Share on Twitter]https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=39th%20Chapter%20of%20the%20Wikimedia%20Foundation%20%20%28via%20%40wisestamp%29 Get this email app! http://www.wisestamp.com/apps/wordpress?utm_source=extensionutm_medium=emailutm_term=wordpressutm_campaign=apps [image: Twitter] http://twitter.com/uwanja Latest tweet: Tuko area.RT @amDENNO_ACE I'm sure hakuna #kot onlyne saa hii... Follow @uwanja http://twitter.com/uwanja Reply http://twitter.com/?status=@uwanja%20in_reply_to_status_id=176493827664789500in_reply_to=uwanja Retweet http://twitter.com/?status=RT%20%40uwanja%3A%20Tuko%20area.RT%20%40amDENNO_ACE%20I%27m%20sure%20hakuna%20%23kot%20%20onlyne%20saa%20hii... 05:26 Mar-05http://twitter.com/uwanja/statuses/176493827664789504 Get this email app! http://www.wisestamp.com/apps/twitter?utm_source=extensionutm_medium=emailutm_term=twitterutm_campaign=apps http://www.linkedin.com/in/ Want a signature like mine? http://r1.wisestamp.com/r/landing?promo=16dest=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wisestamp.com%2Femail-install%3Futm_source%3Dextension%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3Dpromo_16 Click here.http://r1.wisestamp.com/r/landing?promo=16dest=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wisestamp.com%2Femail-install%3Futm_source%3Dextension%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3Dpromo_16 On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 5:58 PM, Abbas Mahmood abbas...@hotmail.comwrote: Hi all, We were developing the content curriculum for the Kenyan curriculum so that we could have a custom-made offline
[Wikimedia Kenya] Offline Wikipedia: Kenyan Curriculum
Hi all, We were developing the content curriculum for the Kenyan curriculum so that we could have a custom-made offline Wikipedia version for us here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Offline_Projects/Content_Development/Schools/Kenyan_Topics. Is there anyone who is still working on this? As of now we have articles on Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Mathematics, IRE, Agriculture, History Geography. We don't have articles on Business Studies CRE. Articles re Physics, Math, and Geography are too few and still need to be increased. Is there anyone here who has access to the Kenyan curriculum willing to fill in the blanks? Thanks to Steve Dennis on adding some articles. --Abbas. ___ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake
Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Offline Wikipedia: Kenyan Curriculum
Hello, Karibu Abbas. The last time I checked Dennis was still working on these topics. I gave him a copy of the New Kenyan syllabus which had Maths, Chemistry, Physics,Biology and Agriculture - that was December last year. So that implies that we do not have the syllabus for Geography, Business Studies and CRE. ?stephen [image: WordPress] http://uwanja.wordpress.com My latest post:39th Chapter of the Wikimedia Foundationhttps://uwanja.wordpress.com/2012/02/09/39th-chapter-of-the-wikimedia-foundation/Today we find ourselves today in the midst of an exciting time. Discussions of the precedences th... Read morehttps://uwanja.wordpress.com/2012/02/09/39th-chapter-of-the-wikimedia-foundation/| My bloghttp://uwanja.wordpress.com [image: Share on Facebook]http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fuwanja.wordpress.com%2F2012%2F02%2F09%2F39th-chapter-of-the-wikimedia-foundation%2F [image: Share on Twitter]https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=39th%20Chapter%20of%20the%20Wikimedia%20Foundation%20%20%28via%20%40wisestamp%29 Get this email app! http://www.wisestamp.com/apps/wordpress?utm_source=extensionutm_medium=emailutm_term=wordpressutm_campaign=apps [image: Twitter] http://twitter.com/uwanja Latest tweet: Tuko area.RT @amDENNO_ACE I'm sure hakuna #kot onlyne saa hii... Follow @uwanja http://twitter.com/uwanja Reply http://twitter.com/?status=@uwanja%20in_reply_to_status_id=176493827664789500in_reply_to=uwanja Retweet http://twitter.com/?status=RT%20%40uwanja%3A%20Tuko%20area.RT%20%40amDENNO_ACE%20I%27m%20sure%20hakuna%20%23kot%20%20onlyne%20saa%20hii... 05:26 Mar-05http://twitter.com/uwanja/statuses/176493827664789504 Get this email app! http://www.wisestamp.com/apps/twitter?utm_source=extensionutm_medium=emailutm_term=twitterutm_campaign=apps http://www.linkedin.com/in/ Want a signature like mine? http://r1.wisestamp.com/r/landing?promo=16dest=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wisestamp.com%2Femail-install%3Futm_source%3Dextension%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3Dpromo_16 Click here.http://r1.wisestamp.com/r/landing?promo=16dest=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wisestamp.com%2Femail-install%3Futm_source%3Dextension%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3Dpromo_16 On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 5:58 PM, Abbas Mahmood abbas...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi all, We were developing the content curriculum for the Kenyan curriculum so that we could have a custom-made offline Wikipedia version for us here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Offline_Projects/Content_Development/Schools/Kenyan_Topics. Is there anyone who is still working on this? As of now we have articles on Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Mathematics, IRE, Agriculture, History Geography. We don't have articles on Business Studies CRE. Articles re Physics, Math, and Geography are too few and still need to be increased. Is there anyone here who has access to the Kenyan curriculum willing to fill in the blanks? Thanks to Steve Dennis on adding some articles. --Abbas. ___ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake -- *Better Late Than Never, But Never Late is Better* http://uwanja.wordpress.com ___ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake
Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Offline Wikipedia: Kenyan Curriculum
So glad this is in the pipeline! We actually just got an email from Camara (the computer distributor) informing us of updates they have in their Ubuntu software, and their desire to include a Kenya-specific offline edition. So - that's a challenge! The question is - when can we get it done? I just posted on the talk page[1] referencing the way the India project is organizing their offline effort. It might be a bit too elaborate for the Kenya version (Requires the creation of a LOT of additional pages), but the two pieces of it that I think are incredibly valuable: # the separation by category in the list of articles they are proposing to add, and # the ability for everyone to contribute rather than just one person. I am wondering - is there a way to get the syllabus online so that way Dennis doesn't have to do it all himself? If not, Dennis - is there a way we can support your efforts? Thanks!! Jessie [1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Offline_Projects/Content_Development/Schools/Kenyan_Topics#Categories On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 9:54 AM, stephen wanjau wanjaus...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, Karibu Abbas. The last time I checked Dennis was still working on these topics. I gave him a copy of the New Kenyan syllabus which had Maths, Chemistry, Physics,Biology and Agriculture - that was December last year. So that implies that we do not have the syllabus for Geography, Business Studies and CRE. ?stephen [image: WordPress] http://uwanja.wordpress.com My latest post:39th Chapter of the Wikimedia Foundationhttps://uwanja.wordpress.com/2012/02/09/39th-chapter-of-the-wikimedia-foundation/Today we find ourselves today in the midst of an exciting time. Discussions of the precedences th... Read morehttps://uwanja.wordpress.com/2012/02/09/39th-chapter-of-the-wikimedia-foundation/| My bloghttp://uwanja.wordpress.com [image: Share on Facebook]http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fuwanja.wordpress.com%2F2012%2F02%2F09%2F39th-chapter-of-the-wikimedia-foundation%2F [image: Share on Twitter]https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=39th%20Chapter%20of%20the%20Wikimedia%20Foundation%20%20%28via%20%40wisestamp%29 Get this email app! http://www.wisestamp.com/apps/wordpress?utm_source=extensionutm_medium=emailutm_term=wordpressutm_campaign=apps [image: Twitter] http://twitter.com/uwanja Latest tweet: Tuko area.RT @amDENNO_ACE I'm sure hakuna #kot onlyne saa hii... Follow @uwanja http://twitter.com/uwanja Reply http://twitter.com/?status=@uwanja%20in_reply_to_status_id=176493827664789500in_reply_to=uwanja Retweet http://twitter.com/?status=RT%20%40uwanja%3A%20Tuko%20area.RT%20%40amDENNO_ACE%20I%27m%20sure%20hakuna%20%23kot%20%20onlyne%20saa%20hii... 05:26 Mar-05http://twitter.com/uwanja/statuses/176493827664789504 Get this email app! http://www.wisestamp.com/apps/twitter?utm_source=extensionutm_medium=emailutm_term=twitterutm_campaign=apps http://www.linkedin.com/in/ Want a signature like mine? http://r1.wisestamp.com/r/landing?promo=16dest=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wisestamp.com%2Femail-install%3Futm_source%3Dextension%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3Dpromo_16 Click here.http://r1.wisestamp.com/r/landing?promo=16dest=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wisestamp.com%2Femail-install%3Futm_source%3Dextension%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3Dpromo_16 On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 5:58 PM, Abbas Mahmood abbas...@hotmail.comwrote: Hi all, We were developing the content curriculum for the Kenyan curriculum so that we could have a custom-made offline Wikipedia version for us here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Offline_Projects/Content_Development/Schools/Kenyan_Topics. Is there anyone who is still working on this? As of now we have articles on Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Mathematics, IRE, Agriculture, History Geography. We don't have articles on Business Studies CRE. Articles re Physics, Math, and Geography are too few and still need to be increased. Is there anyone here who has access to the Kenyan curriculum willing to fill in the blanks? Thanks to Steve Dennis on adding some articles. --Abbas. ___ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake -- *Better Late Than Never, But Never Late is Better* http://uwanja.wordpress.com ___ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake -- *Jessie Wild Global Development, Manager Wikimedia Foundation * ___ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake
