[African Wikimedians] Re: Africa Knowledge Initiative (AKI) Community Engagements

Thanks Felix. I would love to attend. What time on 4 May 2022 will the open office hour take place? I seem to have missed that bit. Regards, Douglas. On Fri, 29 Apr 2022 at 12:42, Bobby Shabangu wrote: > Thanks for sharing this Felix, > > Our chapter is definitely getting involved and we

Re: [African Wikimedians] Open for signing on Meta - Community open letter on renaming

Thanks for sharing. Wikimedia South Africa has been following this quite closely and has already elected to sign the open letter. Regards, Douglas. On Sat, 4 Jul 2020 at 06:37, Pharos wrote: > Wanted to share this with African affiliates, from Andrew Lih > (User:Fuzheado), especially since

Re: [African Wikimedians] Wiki Loves Africa 2019 winners announced!!!

Thats fantastic! Some great photographs. On Fri, 12 Jul 2019 at 21:32, Isaac Olatunde wrote: > Lovely photos. There had been some incredible photos contributed his year. > > Kudos to the contributors of these photos, the jury and the organizers of > this contest > > Regards, > > Isaac > > On

Re: [African Wikimedians] African-Wikimedians Digest, African language statistics doubtful

That's strange, perhaps someone else on this mailing list might have some insight into this. Regards, Douglas. On 1 March 2018 at 14:36, Ingo Koll wrote: > Hi everybody > some of you know that I look from time to time into the statistics for > African language wikipedias. Today

Re: [African Wikimedians] Sub-Saharan Africa visit?

Hi Asaf, we would also be happy to host you in South Africa. Cheers, Douglas. On 28 February 2018 at 11:09, Felix Nartey wrote: > It will definitely be great to have you around. > > We will be happy to discuss further opportunities and capacity building > opportunities

Re: [African Wikimedians] felix wikimedian of the year ...

Congratulations Felix, a great award to a truly deserving awardee for all the amazing work he has done. On 14 Aug 2017 00:33, "rupert THURNER" wrote: congrats, felix, for beeing wikimedian of the year .. at wikimania 2017: https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/ rupert

Re: [African Wikimedians] Check-in meeting: August 6th [17:30 UTC, 20:30 Amman, 19:30 Joburg, 18:30 Lagos]

Hi Jack, I will likely be travelling on the 6th so will not be able to attend. Hopefully other Wikimedia ZA members will be able to make it. Best regards, Douglas. On 1 August 2017 at 03:08, Felix Nartey wrote: > HI Jake, > > Its a good time for me and I will be glad to

[African Wikimedians] Freedom of Panorama | Wikimedia ZA submission to parliament

Hello everyone, Just in case an email I sent earlier did not go through because of a pdf attachment that was too large I have sent this one as well. Last week Friday Wikimedia South Africa made a written submission to the parliament of South Africa urging that a Freedom of Panorama clause be

Re: [African Wikimedians] WFM 91.FM becomes broadcasting partner to WUGN

Congratulations WM Nigeria, that is great news :-) On 3 June 2017 at 11:54, Alangi Derick wrote: > Hello Wikimedia UG Nigeria, > > Congratulations on this big step and keep making women in Nigeria feel > proud :). They need a place in this world and we need to make that

Re: [African Wikimedians] Fwd: Re: WLA : I need your help

Hi Florence, I strongly disagree with the idea that it might be "sabotage" as a) I have seen it almost every time I (or have seen others) go onto Wikipedia in South Africa and b) it "Impression Limiting" so as to prevent banner fatigue. The banner fatigue issue is important as the more times

Re: [African Wikimedians] Destubathon over

That is awesome, congratulations to everyone who participated. That's a great impact. On 30 November 2016 at 01:39, Nkansah Rexford wrote: > Great outcome! > > And congratulations to all who won and or participated. > > On Nov 29, 2016 23:33, "Kacie Harold"

Re: [African Wikimedians] Announcing Rapid Grants

Awesome, thanks Alex. I am writing up an application for one now for the Wiki From Above competition. Cheers, Douglas. On 18 May 2016 at 05:55, Alex Wang wrote: > Hello Wikimedians, > > We are excited to announce the launch of a new Wikimedia Foundation grants > program,

Re: [African Wikimedians] Wikimania

>> On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 6:18 AM, Isla Haddow Flood < >> i...@wikiloveswomen.org> wrote: >> >>> Okay - so - of 170 potential full and partial scholarships offered by >>> the WMF, Africa got 4. >>> >>> FOUR. >>> >>> that is 0

Re: [African Wikimedians] Is Wikidaba dead?

or is > working for other countries. More of like a networking forum (whether > yearly or biannually) to discuss and forge the way forward for Africans and > what will best work in Africa. > > My thoughts, > > Felix > > On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 9:50 AM, Douglas Scott <d

Re: [African Wikimedians] Wikimania Meetup

Hello everyone, If you are attending the African Meetup today at Wikimania in Mexico City then this message is for you. Since we have not yet been allocated a meeting location for the Africa Meetup at Wikimania yet we will be meeting at our default meetup location. We will meet at one of the

Re: [African Wikimedians] Wikimania and African space

/FAQ [3] https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarship_Committee [4] https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships#Selection_criteria On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 5:25 AM, Douglas Scott douglas.i.sc...@gmail.com wrote: Hello everyone, Sorry for only replaying now. As both Isla

Re: [African Wikimedians] [Wikimedia-GH] Fwd: Wizardman left you a message on Wikipedia

I am sorry to see that. Any idea why he might think that you are violating copyright? On 31 March 2015 at 22:32, Nkansah Rexford nkansahrexf...@gmail.com wrote: Well, let's wait and see then... khophi.co On Mar 31, 2015 8:32 PM, Ato Ulzen-Appiah abo...@gmail.com wrote: Ridiculous. This

Re: [African Wikimedians] The abbr WLA

Hi Rexford, Good point, I did not pick up on that myself either. Cheers, Douglas. On 12 January 2015 at 20:47, Nkansah Rexford nkansahrexf...@gmail.com wrote: The abbreviation, WLA which we know to be wiki loves Africa happens to clash with another event known as Wiki loves Art. Since