Re: [African Wikimedians] test

2014-08-20 Thread Isla Haddow-Flood
I got it. : : Isla Haddow-Flood Project Manager : WikiAfrica www.wikiafrica.org Wikimedia username: Islahaddow a. 5th Floor, 28 St George¹s Mall, Cape Town w. www.africacentre.net t. +27 21 418 3336 f. +27 21 418 5385 skype. islahaddow The Africa Centre is a non-profit social

[African Wikimedians] Fwd: Harambe Yale MBA Scholarship - London Business School Colloquium, November 3, 6.45pm

2014-10-27 Thread Isla Haddow-Flood
Please see really interesting opportunity below …. please share! : : Isla Haddow-Flood Project Manager : WikiAfrica www.wikiafrica.net Wikimedia username: Islahaddow a. 5th Floor, 28 St George’s Mall, Cape Town w. www.africacentre.net t. +27 21 418 3336 f. +27 21 418 5385 skype

Re: [African Wikimedians] French on this list?

2014-12-01 Thread Isla Haddow-Flood
Absolutely. For Kumusha Takes Wiki, Florence and I post bilingual emails - more work, but better for everyone! Isla Haddow-Flood Project Manager: WikiAfrica Username: Islahaddow WikiAfrica is a project of the Africa Centre On 1 Dec 2014, at 21:04, Kasper Souren wrote: > Would it be o

Re: [African Wikimedians] Wikimedia gathering in Ghana in 2017 together with the meeting ACASA Art Council of the African Studies Association

2014-12-04 Thread Isla Haddow-Flood
Hi Kasper In June, Wikimedia ZA held Wiki Indaba. It was for wikipedians from Africa and wikipedians working on Africa from outside, as well as those from the aligned movement across Africa. We had delegates from all over Africa, including Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire and Tunisia, and France. Afripe

[African Wikimedians] A happy New Year! GLAM WIKI 2015

2014-12-29 Thread Isla Haddow-Flood
at new Wiki year! Be safe, and I will see you all on the flip side. warmest Isla Isla Haddow-Flood Project Manager: WikiAfrica Username: Islahaddow WikiAfrica <http://www.wikiafrica.net/> is a project of the Africa Centre <http://www.africacentre.net/> <http://w

[African Wikimedians] Fwd: GLAM WIKI Conference: The Hague 2015

2015-02-17 Thread Isla Haddow-Flood
Dear Members of Wikimedia ZA, Wikimedia Usergroup Ghana, Wikimedia Usergroup Cote d’Ivoire, Wikimedia Usergroup Tunisia, and Wikimedia Usergroup Egypt. As most of you know, I have been invited to be on the programme committee for GLAM-WIKI 2015. The point being to get as many experienced Wikipe

Re: [African Wikimedians] complete deletion of Dr. Thomas Mensah's name from wikimedia

2015-03-23 Thread Isla Haddow-Flood
Heya Oral I third both Florence and Douglas, this is not the time to delete, but to improve. Perhaps there can be a Wiki Meetup where the Ghana Usergroup works on sorting out those articles that have been flagged that relate to Ghana. Good thing to do with pizza! warmest Isla > On 23 Mar 20

Re: [African Wikimedians] complete deletion of Dr. Thomas Mensah's name from wikimedia

2015-03-23 Thread Isla Haddow-Flood
Hi All Okay - looking at the page, I can imagine why people might be a little taken a-back: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Mensah It looks pretty harsh. I do think that there should be a message included in these HUGE notices, that notices su

Re: [African Wikimedians] complete deletion of Dr. Thomas Mensah's name from wikimedia

2015-03-23 Thread Isla Haddow-Flood
Thanks Asaf!! I thought these templates were the domain of administrators. Obviously, I give them too much power. Glad that your magical powers have not been unduly diminished ;-) > On 23 Mar 2015, at 17:58, Asaf Bartov wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 5:43 AM, Isla Had

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

2015-04-02 Thread Isla Haddow-Flood
Wizardman seems to mostly patrol copyright violations. It might be a good idea to ask his advice. Be honest, ask why, ask what you can do to make it right. See what happens. If no luck, then go Gabe's route. But at least you tried. And your trying will be on record. Awful to be blocked though.

Re: [African Wikimedians] Participation in WIkiindaba

2015-04-15 Thread Isla Haddow-Flood
Hi Ingo, Speaking as one of the initiators of WikiIndaba, I just wanted to clarify the choice of delegates. You are right, many people that were invited had little to no understanding of editing Wikipedia. Because of the lamentable nature of the editing community across Africa, it was felt tha

Re: [African Wikimedians] Wikimedia Foundation elections 2015/Call for candidates

2015-04-20 Thread Isla Haddow-Flood
Felix, I think you would be great at this. Excuse the brevity, sent from my iPhone. > On 20 Apr 2015, at 12:06, Felix Nartey wrote: > > I am thinking of possibly applying for this. > > As this compliments my profession as a banker and a financial analyst. > > regards, > >> On Mon, Apr 20,

Re: [African Wikimedians] Wikimedia Foundation elections 2015/Call for candidates

2015-04-21 Thread Isla Haddow-Flood
: > I actually meant the position opened at the FDC > > On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 12:30 PM, Nkansah Rexford <mailto:nkansahrexf...@gmail.com>> wrote: > Go for it, Felix! > > On Apr 20, 2015 12:09, "Isla Haddow-Flood" <mailto:isl...@africacentre.net>> wr

[African Wikimedians] Linking with Libraries - the L in GLAM

2015-05-19 Thread Isla Haddow-Flood
s a closed list (restricted to subscribers). Anyone interested in the goals and activities of Africa Section may apply to join. What do you think? warmest Isla Isla Haddow-Flood Project Manager WikiAfrica <http://www.wikiafrica.net/> at the Africa Centre <http://www

Re: [African Wikimedians] African-Wikimedians Digest, Vol 7, Issue 78

2015-05-19 Thread Isla Haddow-Flood
>> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Tue, 19 May 2015 12:09:34 + >> From: Nkansah Rexford >> To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians >> >> Subject: Re: [African Wikimedians] Linking with Libraries - the L in >>GLAM >> Message-ID: >> &

Re: [African Wikimedians] Adding Kayode to Mailing List Admins

2015-06-08 Thread Isla Haddow-Flood
I am happy too!! > On 8 Jun 2015, at 17:04, bobby shabangu wrote: > > I agree with this. > > On Jun 8, 2015 4:51 PM, "Nkansah Rexford" > wrote: > Good morning > > I will add Kayode Yussuf (kayusyussuf@ <>yahoo.com <>) to the African > Wikimedians Mailing List

Re: [African Wikimedians] (African Wikipedians ) Wiki Loves Africa 2015 :Letter of Endorsement

2015-08-25 Thread Isla Haddow-Flood
Hello Olaniyan, I will send the letter tomorrow. Thanks!! Warmest Isla Excuse the brevity, sent from my iPhone. > On 25 Aug 2015, at 13:46, Olaniyan Olushola wrote: > > ‎Dear Isla and Co, > > What a marvellous job, we are proud of you. > > Kindly take this mail as reminder on our letter o

Re: [African Wikimedians] Wiki Loves Africa : quality images

2015-11-26 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
What a great idea!! You guys are awesome! > On 26 Nov 2015, at 5:45 PM, Florence Devouard wrote: > > Hello friends > > Algerians and Egyptians did something very cool. > > They submitted some of their country images to "quality images" and the QI > ones are now categorized as QI > > See for

Re: [African Wikimedians] WLA : who upload pictures ?

2015-12-07 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
There are a few batch upload tools. the most popular is the communist: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Commonist I am not sure which one Mounir used. > On 11 Nov 2015, at 10:15 AM, Michael Phoya wrote: > > Very cool tool. Ev

Re: [African Wikimedians] Is Wikindaba dead

2015-12-17 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
Dear Shola and others, Thank you for resurrecting the idea of Wiki Indaba. Having seen the many significant and exciting changes in the African Wiki-scape since we got together in Johannesburg in 2014, I think it is far too important an event for the African community to let slide away. My su

Re: [African Wikimedians] Wiki Loves Nigeria 2015

2016-01-22 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
Great plan Shola!! > On 22 Jan 2016, at 10:16 PM, Olaniyan Olushola > wrote: > > Dear All, > > WUGN, wishes to invite all lovers of Nigeria to a article creation contest > on Wikipedia called Wiki loves Nigeria (WLN) > > Over the years , we observed that articles about Nigeria are poorly

[African Wikimedians] Call for Candidates - Affiliate Selected members of the WMF Board

2016-02-08 Thread Isla Haddow-Flood
Dear African Wikipedians, Please see the message below. It is more important than ever before that the community has good representation. Think long and hard about who you want to represent your involvement in and vision of Wikipedia. Regards to you all, Isla Excuse the brevity, sent from my

Re: [African Wikimedians] В ответ на: Wiki Loves Africa : Vote for the community prize OPEN

2016-02-16 Thread Isla Haddow-Flood
Great Douglas! Thanks!! Excuse the brevity, sent from my iPhone. > On 16 Feb 2016, at 12:13, Douglas Scott wrote: > > Congratulations to the author of "the haïk", I saw that it was not being used > on Wikipedia so thought I would take the liberty to add it to the article > about the veil. >

[African Wikimedians] Wikimania

2016-03-11 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
Hello All Just want to do a quick head count to see who got a scholarship to attend Wikimania. Please just let us know who got one, and who didn’t. thanks! Isla Isla Haddow-Flood Project Manager: WikiAfrica Username: Islahaddow ___ African

Re: [African Wikimedians] Wikimania

2016-03-11 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
com> wrote: >> >> >> Anyone in Côte d'Ivoire didn't get a scholarship. >> >> 2016-03-11 13:03 GMT+00:00 Raphael Berchie > <mailto:rberc...@gmail.com>>: >> Hello Isla I didn't get a scholarship and do not know anyone in Ghana t

Re: [African Wikimedians] Wikimania

2016-03-11 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
e: > I applied, also didn't get. > > On 11/03/2016 14:46, Isla Haddow Flood wrote: >> Hello All >> >> Just want to do a quick head count to see who got a scholarship to attend >> Wikimania. Please just

Re: [African Wikimedians] Wikimania

2016-03-11 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
Okay - it is 2%, but it is still insulting. > On 11 Mar 2016, at 4:18 PM, Isla Haddow Flood wrote: > > Okay - so - of 170 potential full and partial scholarships offered by the > WMF, Africa got 4. > > FOUR. > > that is 0.02% of what was on offer. > >

[African Wikimedians] Wiki Loves Africa Winners Poster

2016-03-29 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
Dear All Please find below the link to the poster for Wiki Loves Africa 2015 Winner’s Poster. Please feel free to translate it!! https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wiki_Loves_Africa_2015_Winners_Poster_A3.pdf warmest Isla Isla Haddow-Flood Project Manager Username: Islahaddow

Re: [African Wikimedians] My Thoughts on Wikiindaba

2016-04-04 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
___ > African-Wikimedians mailing list > African-Wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org > <mailto:African-Wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians> > > > > > -- > D

Re: [African Wikimedians] African World Heritage Day

2016-04-27 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
al page and tables). Can get Wikimedia Foundation to do a blog > (ask Ed). Then village pumps. Some mouvements can help relay as well, such as > WikiFranca. > >> Does this need a homepage or can it simply be a tweet that can be >> translated? Thi

[African Wikimedians] Wiki Loves Africa 2016: put forward your theme

2016-05-03 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
Dear All We would like YOU to decide on the next theme for Wiki Loves Africa - 2016!! We have created a page where you can add a theme that you are excited about, or add your comments, concerns or support to the themes that others have suggested over the course of the whole Wiki Loves Africa co

[African Wikimedians] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Community survey to support the WMF ED search starts right now

2016-06-02 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
imedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines> > New messages to: wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wik

Re: [African Wikimedians] Jury tool for photo contest

2016-06-20 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
___ >> African-Wikimedians mailing list >> African-Wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > > > > ___ > African-Wikimedians mailing list > African-Wikime

Re: [African Wikimedians] Wiki Loves Africa 2016 ! Call for funding requests officially open !

2016-08-29 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
s :) More on this later. > > Any question... clarification request... please speak up ! > > > Florence and Isla > > > > > > > > ___ > African-Wikimedians mailing list > African-Wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians Isla Haddow-Flood Project Manager Username: Islahaddow ___ African-Wikimedians mailing list African-Wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians

[African Wikimedians] Which woman should be the 100th #womentoknow

2016-09-02 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
Dear Wikimedians We have reached the 100th post of #WomenToKnow on our Facebook Campaign …. Who do YOU think should be post 100? Which woman is super notable?! The most votes win! thanks! Isla Isla Haddow-Flood Co-project Manager Username: Islahaddow

Re: [African Wikimedians] Which woman should be the 100th #womentoknow

2016-09-02 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
bechie4gh <https://twitter.com/berchie4gh> > Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/berchie> > Linkedin > <https://www.linkedin.com/in/raphael-berchie-32705822?trk=nav_responsive_tab_profile> > On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 12:51 PM, Isla Haddow Flood <mailto:i...@wikiloveswomen.org>

[African Wikimedians] CC Affiliates Awesome Fund

2016-09-16 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
rghana.org/2015/01/25/kumusha-bus.html> Let me know if you need any more information! warmest Isla Isla Haddow-Flood Co-project Manager Username: Islahaddow ___ African-Wikimedians mailing list African-Wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org https://lis

Re: [African Wikimedians] Introductory Note

2016-09-29 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
MJW7t5XZs3LjlmRMd_KQ4dVn1sW1p7Y5W56dxP8f2z2yZv02?t=http%3A%2F%2Fe-voir.net%2F&si=5602209050132480&pi=ff7b410f-0cb5-439a-b34a-71088cad205a> > | Entrepreneur Social > > > ___________ > African-Wikimedians mailing list > African-Wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org > https:/

Re: [African Wikimedians] Africa Destubathon

2016-10-06 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
ikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians >> <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Kacie Harold >> Program Officer >> Wikimedia Foundation >

Re: [African Wikimedians] Global Reach Office Hours for Sub-Saharan Africa - Nov 17

2016-11-17 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
> Felix Nartey | DSE CAL Bank Ltd. | Co-manager GBG TEMA > <https://plus.google.com/u/0/106882654487622047846/posts> | Community Manager > WMGH <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Ghana> | About me > <http://about.me/felix.nartey> | +233 242 844987

[African Wikimedians] Wiki Loves Africa: Marketing Materials

2016-11-22 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
end of business today. Let me know if there are any questions or a need for clarification. warmest Isla Isla Haddow-Flood Co-project Manager Username: Islahaddow ___ African-Wikimedians mailing list African-Wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org https

[African Wikimedians] Wiki Loves Africa: Press releases

2016-11-29 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
iki_Loves_Africa_2016/Local_events> Thank you so much for your help and enthusiasm. It is going to be an amazing competition this year! warmest Isla Isla Haddow-Flood Co-project Manager Username: Islahaddow ___ African-Wikimedians mailing

Re: [African Wikimedians] Wiki Loves Africa: Press releases

2016-11-29 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
ts access to the master : > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1szSx1QltDm5FNb_sOsyF3LPTThLY_gv0w3jE5umyLec/edit > > <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1szSx1QltDm5FNb_sOsyF3LPTThLY_gv0w3jE5umyLec/edit> > > Florence > > > Le 29/11/2016 à 16:53, Isla Haddow Flood a écr

Re: [African Wikimedians] African-Wikimedians Digest, Vol 8, Issue 129 African language Wikipedia update

2016-11-29 Thread Isla Haddow-Flood
Amazing analysis by both Ian and Ingo! This is the best I have seen so far of trying to find the real gaps in knowledge. Thanks you both. Excuse the brevity, sent from my iPhone. > On 30 Nov 2016, at 01:09, Asaf Bartov wrote: > > Thank you, Ingo. I found myself agreeing with everything you

Re: [African Wikimedians] Wiki Loves Africa: Press releases

2016-11-29 Thread Isla Haddow-Flood
i. > > Regards, > > Geoffrey. > > > >> On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 6:53 PM, Isla Haddow Flood >> wrote: >> Dear Wiki Loves Africa teams and participants. >> >> Please find below the links to the English and French press releases for the >

[African Wikimedians] Fwd: [ccAfrica] TED Africa Idea Search

2016-12-09 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
> > +27 (72) 438 5095 > Twitter: bella_velo <https://twitter.com/bella_velo> > Web:bellavelo.me <http://www.bellavelo.ca/> > Web:ot4a.org > <http://ot4a.org/>___ > ccAfrica mailing list > c

[African Wikimedians] Wiki Loves Women: Please endorse phase 2!!

2016-12-12 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
retweet our tweet including the #innovateAFRICA hashtag so that they can track it. Here is the link to the tweet: https://twitter.com/WikiLovesWomen/status/808350142164299777 <https://twitter.com/WikiLovesWomen/status/808350142164299777> Thanks so much!! warmest Isla Isla Haddow-Fl

Re: [African Wikimedians] African-Wikimedians Digest, Vol 8, Issue 149

2016-12-12 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
gt; To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians > <mailto:african-wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org>> > Subject: Re: [African Wikimedians] Wiki Loves Women: Please endorse > phase 2!! > Message-ID: > <mailto:o22nw%2bp-wf%2buux...@mail.gmail.com>>

Re: [African Wikimedians] Wiki Loves Women: Please endorse phase 2!!

2016-12-12 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
brilliant!! Thanks Samuel!! > On 12 Dec 2016, at 7:15 PM, Samuel Guebo wrote: > > Just retweeted. > > On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 5:08 PM, Isla Haddow Flood <mailto:i...@wikiloveswomen.org>> wrote: > Hello! > > We have applied for phase 2 funding for

Re: [African Wikimedians] Wiki Loves Women: Please endorse phase 2!!

2016-12-12 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
endorsement. Unfortunately and sadly, a simple retweet will not help! Thank you so much to those who have already re-tweeted, and many apologies for this silly confusion about how Twitter works. warmest regards Isla > On 12 Dec 2016, at 7:08 PM, Isla Haddow Flood wrote: > > Hello! >

Re: [African Wikimedians] Wiki Loves Women: Please endorse phase 2!!

2016-12-12 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
ah...@hotmail.fr> > > 2016-12-12 19:16 GMT+01:00 Isla Haddow Flood <mailto:i...@wikiloveswomen.org>>: > Dear All > > It seems that I have made a monumental and embarrassing mistake. If you do > indeed support this idea, please could you endorse the second media pha

Re: [African Wikimedians] Wiki Loves Women: Please endorse phase 2!!

2016-12-12 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
member to include #innovateafrica and @wikiloveswomen thanks so much!! warmest Isla > On 12 Dec 2016, at 7:08 PM, Isla Haddow Flood wrote: > > Hello! > > We have applied for phase 2 funding for Wiki Loves Women from the recent > innovateAFRICA call. They need to see th

Re: [African Wikimedians] Wiki Loves Africa

2017-01-05 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
> > Flo > > > ___ > African-Wikimedians mailing list > African-Wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians Isla Haddow-Flood Co-project Manager Username: Islahaddow _

[African Wikimedians] Creative Commons Summit

2017-01-12 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
Hello All Creative Commons (CC) is having its Global Summit in Toronto Canada this year - dates: 28-30 April. This year the Summit’s theme is Sharing and the Commons: What’s Next For those of you who do not have formal CC groups or projects in your country it would be a good idea to get more

[African Wikimedians] Wiki Loves Africa : Call for Jury suggestions

2017-01-16 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
is about and how it works), 2. notable photographers. Please let me know your thoughts either on-list or off, by the end of this week. Thanks! Isla Isla Haddow-Flood Co-project Manager Username: Islahaddow ___ African-Wikimedians mailing list

Re: [African Wikimedians] Wiki Loves Africa : Call for Jury suggestions

2017-01-31 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
at 12:06 PM, Isla Haddow Flood > wrote: > > Dear Wikimedians > > So looking forward to seeing some of you in Accra this week, but before that > … Please can the teams, or anyone else, suggest jury members from your > countries or the wider Wikimedia community. We are l

[African Wikimedians] Launch of #16WikiWomen

2017-02-20 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
d on this page : https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/16_African_Women_Translate-a-thon/tracking <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/16_African_Women_Translate-a-thon/tracking> Thanks so much!! Let us know what you think and if you have any questions!! warmest Isla Isla Haddow-Flood Co-project

Re: [African Wikimedians] Africa

2017-03-05 Thread Isla Haddow-Flood
Hello Turoah Welcome!!! Let us know if you have any questions or help!! We have very few Wikipedians from Sudan and would love to hear about your experiences!! Warmest Isla Excuse the brevity, sent from my iPhone. > On 05 Mar 2017, at 14:00, Turoahmarco60 wrote: > > I am Turoah Marco from

Re: [African Wikimedians] Wiki Loves Women launching its presentation video

2017-03-08 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
a.org > <mailto:African-Wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians> > > ___ > African-Wikimedia

Re: [African Wikimedians] Wikimetrics

2017-03-20 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
kimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians Isla Haddow-Flood Co-project Manager Username: Islahaddow ___ African-Wikimedians mailing list African-Wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians

[African Wikimedians] Announcing Wiki Loves Africa 2016 winners

2017-03-31 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
Dear All Today we are excited to release the three winners that are the result of the international jury process for Wiki Loves Africa 2016. You can find the exciting winners here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Africa_2016/Winners

[African Wikimedians] Wiki Loves Africa 2017

2017-04-06 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
t Isla Isla Haddow-Flood Co-project Manager Username: Islahaddow ___ African-Wikimedians mailing list African-Wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians

[African Wikimedians] Wiki Loves Africa 2016: announcement of 4th prize

2017-04-20 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
and Florence Isla Haddow-Flood Co-project Manager Username: Islahaddow ___ African-Wikimedians mailing list African-Wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians

Re: [African Wikimedians] Turkish Government Blocked Access to Wikipedia

2017-04-30 Thread Isla Haddow-Flood
Hello all Katherine - on behalf of the wikimedia foundation - has released a statement: We regret and condemn the decision by Turkish authorities to block access to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is a vital source of information for hundreds of millions of people around the world, containing essential

Re: [African Wikimedians] Turkish Government Blocked Access to Wikipedia

2017-04-30 Thread Isla Haddow-Flood
Sorry. That was just a message on Facebook !! Not an official release. Excuse the brevity, sent from my iPhone. > On 30 Apr 2017, at 07:04, Katherine Maher wrote: > > Hi all, > > The WMF is going to release a statement. It's not up yet on the blog, but > it's coming - its with our Turkish c

Re: [African Wikimedians] Turkish Government Blocked Access to Wikipedia

2017-04-30 Thread Isla Haddow-Flood
😀 Excuse the brevity, sent from my iPhone. > On 30 Apr 2017, at 07:26, Isaac Olatunde wrote: > > Thanks for the update, Katherine. > > Best, > > Isaac > >> On Sun, Apr 30, 2017 at 12:06 PM, Isla Haddow-Flood >> wrote: >> Sorry. That was jus

[African Wikimedians] Soft launch : WikiAfrica website

2017-06-08 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
ir own websites, or to get involved with the existing wikimedia chapters and affiliates. We look forward to your feedback, Isla and Florence Isla Haddow-Flood Co-project Manager Username: Islahaddow ___ African-Wikimedians mailing list African-Wikim

Re: [African Wikimedians] Soft launch : WikiAfrica website

2017-06-08 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
? > Wikimedia is missing a logo on http://www.wikiafrica.org/toolkits/ > <http://www.wikiafrica.org/toolkits/> > Someone needs to start one more project so that it makes a proper square with > the symbols on the front page :) > > John > > On 8 June 2017 at 16:30, I

Re: [African Wikimedians] Soft launch : WikiAfrica website

2017-06-08 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
programs. Although, I had thought the Africa Center just hired > Isla Haddow-Flood to manage a Wikipedia related project/program call > WikiAfrica or something like that. > > Regards, > > Isaac. > > On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 7:54 PM, Florence Devouard <mailto:anth...

Re: [African Wikimedians] Soft launch : WikiAfrica website

2017-06-08 Thread Isla Haddow-Flood
ar along the lines of what was used for the wikilovesafrica > website? > > rexford > >> On Thursday, June 8, 2017, Isla Haddow Flood wrote: >> Hello >> >> After a lot of time and effort, we are VERY pleased to announce the launch >> for the WikiAfrica.

Re: [African Wikimedians] Soft launch : WikiAfrica website

2017-06-09 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
> program, they owns it? > > Let me know if you wish to discuss off-list. > > Regards, > > Isaac > > > > On Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 1:02 AM, Isla Haddow-Flood <mailto:i...@wikiloveswomen.org>> wrote: > It is on a wordpress site is there a problem wit

Re: [African Wikimedians] State of the Map Africa Conference in Kampala, Uganda

2017-07-08 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
seru> | Mob: +256 772 422524 > Hive Colab, 4th Floor Kanjokya House, Plot 90, Kanjokya Street, Kampala - > Uganda > ___ > African-Wikimedians mailing list > African-Wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wiki

Re: [African Wikimedians] State of the Map Africa Conference in Kampala, Uganda

2017-07-08 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
a (coordinates) in articles > of places and suggest new ways we can work together. > > Cheers, > > > On Sat, Jul 8, 2017 at 12:10 PM, Isla Haddow Flood <mailto:i...@wikiloveswomen.org>> wrote: > Hello Douglas > > Thanks for letting us all know. This sounds ve

Re: [African Wikimedians] African-Wikimedians Digest, Vol 9, Issue 122

2017-07-31 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
Ingo …  I don’t think anyone would do that on purpose !! It looks like it is a virus that has either infected someone’s email box or the list serve server -On 31 Jul 2017, at 7:28 PM, Ingo Koll wrote:Who is spreading this notice? Who made sure it is not the hoax it looks like Guy

[African Wikimedians] Wiki Loves Africa: feedback on Communications elements

2017-09-12 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
/Communications_elements#Contributing_welcome_text Please leave your thoughts, feedback and ideas on the page!! All are welcome! warmest Isla Isla Haddow-Flood Co-project Director Username: Islahaddow ___ African-Wikimedians mailing list African

[African Wikimedians] Wiki Loves Africa press releases

2017-09-26 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
Hello Wiki Loves Africa organisers … 1st October and Wiki Love Africa is galloping up on us!! We have created a template for Press Releases in English and French. You can access them from this link: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/h8oe0wae9zk9rp8/AACmsQPMAub0nFYyalwlKcsJa?dl=0

Re: [African Wikimedians] Wiki Loves Africa press releases

2017-09-26 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
___ > African-Wikimedians mailing list > African-Wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians Isla Haddow-Flood Co-project Director Username: Islahaddow ___ African-Wiki

Re: [African Wikimedians] [Wikimedia-ng] #5 ON TRENDING WIKIPEDIA (Mark Angel Comedy) (Episode 128)

2017-10-02 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
__ > African-Wikimedians mailing list > African-Wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org > <mailto:African-Wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > <https://lists.wik

Re: [African Wikimedians] [Wikimedia-ng] #5 ON TRENDING WIKIPEDIA (Mark Angel Comedy) (Episode 128)

2017-10-02 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
Thanks Asaf! > On 02 Oct 2017, at 9:53 AM, Asaf Bartov wrote: > > I am not sure whether or not Anne and Zach are on this list, so I'm CCing > them explicitly so that they can shed light. > >A. > > On Oct 2, 2017 10:50, "Isla Haddow Flood" <mail

Re: [African Wikimedians] [Wikimedia-ng] #5 ON TRENDING WIKIPEDIA (Mark Angel Comedy) (Episode 128)

2017-10-02 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
and decline, because they feel the > products/services do not align with their interests or beliefs. Wikimedia was > different- they were very excited to be part of this project, and help > advance access to knowledge. > > Thanks, > > - Zack > > > > >

Re: [African Wikimedians] [Wikimedia-ng] #5 ON TRENDING WIKIPEDIA (Mark Angel Comedy) (Episode 128)

2017-10-02 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
10/2017 à 18:52, Isla Haddow Flood a écrit : >> Hey Zack, >> >> Thanks for the clarity … that completely makes sense - I don’t think that >> anyone has a problem with them being paid to do an excellent job (at least, >> I don’t) - I was just wondering about the licensi

[African Wikimedians] Wiki Loves Africa : Call for Judges

2017-11-25 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
n idea of what the community is about and how it works), 2. notable photographers Please let me know your thoughts either on-list or off, by the 27th if possible. thank you! warmest Isla >> Isla Haddow-Flood Chair • Advancement Lead tel:+27 760

Re: [African Wikimedians] uploading_problems

2017-12-01 Thread Isla Haddow-Flood
You guys are all amazing!! Thank you!! Excuse the brevity, sent from my iPhone. > On 01 Dec 2017, at 20:41, Ramsey Isler wrote: > > We did an emergency fix for this issue and it should be live on the > production server now. Please test it out and let us know if there are any > further prob

[African Wikimedians] Wiki Loves Africa : Judging

2017-12-22 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
Dear All Wiki Loves Africa saw 17,811 entries to the competition this year. This is an enormous amount of entries and to do them justice, we need the help of all the teams. This year, we are asking the local teams to please set up their own internal judging panels to create a shortlist - with

Re: [African Wikimedians] Wikimedia Fan Club (WFC), University of Ilorin ( Unilorin)

2018-02-07 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
t; > > Twitter: Oluwanishola73 > Skype: Ozone734 > Facebook: Olaniyan Shola > User: Olaniyan Olushola > > > ___ > African-Wikimedians mailing list > African-Wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimed

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

2018-02-28 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
> African-Wikimedians mailing list > African-Wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > > -La pièce jointe associée suit- > > > > ___ > African-Wikimedians

Re: [African Wikimedians] New user right: event coordinator

2018-05-15 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
ians mailing list > African-Wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians Isla Haddow-Flood Co-project Director Username: Islahaddow ___ African-Wikimedians mailing list African-Wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians

[African Wikimedians] Wikimania Cape Town is on its way!!

2018-06-01 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
<https://wikimania2018.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania/Press/Annual_Wikipedia_Conference_%E2%80%9CWikimania%E2%80%9D_to_make_debut_in_sub-Saharan_Africa> Thank you so much - exciting July ahead!! warmest Isla Isla Haddow-Flood Co-project Director Username: Isla

[African Wikimedians] Wiki Loves Women to launch in Tanzania and Uganda

2018-06-25 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
e social media links: www.wikiloveswomen.org www.facebook.com/wikiloveswomen twitter.com/wikiloveswomen Thank you so much! warmest Isla and Florence Isla Haddow-Flood Co-project Director Username: Islahaddow ___ African-Wikimedians mailing list Afric

Re: [African Wikimedians] (help)

2019-03-18 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
Hello Ike Ybe Thank you for your messages. If you are from Ghana, there MIGHT be two levels of prizes for Wiki Loves Africa, this year. A national prize pool and a global prize pool. I am not sure when (or if) the national prize pool will release their winners. This is up to the local country

Re: [African Wikimedians] Wiki Loves Africa discussion

2019-04-30 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
Hello All I completely agree with Florence and Lodewijk. (And apologies Ingo, I also completely missed your email) Just to remind everyone, the images collected are not the entire goal of Wiki Loves Africa. Its goals are to: • be an easy and fun way for people to contribute their exper

Re: [African Wikimedians] Wiki Loves Africa discussion

2019-04-30 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
projects? What efforts are being > made to follow up with contributors after every edition of the contest > > Looking forward to reading your response. > > Regards, > > Isaac. > > > > On Tue, Apr 30, 2019, 3:33 PM Isla Haddow Flood wrote: > Hello All > > I co

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

2019-07-12 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
Dear Wikimedians Wiki In Africa is pleased to announce the winners for Wiki Loves Africa 2019. The theme this year was PLAY! and the winners are ... 1st place prize goes to the photo, Playing in the Nuba Mountains by Marco Gualazzini

[African Wikimedians] Wiki Loves Africa : Africa at Play on ISA

2019-11-12 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
Hello!! Last week, Wiki Loves Africa launched a drive on the award-winning tool ISA for Africa at Play!! There are prizes to be won for those who add the most descriptions and captions to the images that were submitted to Wiki Loves Africa 2019. Improve the usefulness of the images submitted

Re: [African Wikimedians] African-Wikimedians Digest, Vol 11, Issue 56

2019-11-13 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
Dear Ingo Thank you for raising the issue about access - which language did you have a problem with? German, Swahili, other? I have raised the issue with the developer team but need a little bit more detail of what is wrong. Further to your other comment. I get what you are saying (although ISA

[African Wikimedians] IMPORTANT: Wiki Loves Africa Events

2020-03-16 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
Dear AllAs some of you might have heard, all grantees have received an email from Katherine Maher (in full below) requesting that in-person events representing Wikimedia communities be postponed or cancelled until the risk of contracting COVID-19 is no more. This obviously affects all the Wiki Love

Re: [African Wikimedians] IMPORTANT: Wiki Loves Africa Events

2020-03-16 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
Apologies for the delay in this getting to you - this was written a while back, but was only able to leave my inbox today. Florence will update you with the resolutions from Saturday’s crisis meeting. Thank you! Isla > On 16 Mar 2020, at 14:05, Isla Haddow Flood wrote: > > Dear Al

[African Wikimedians] Wiki Loves Africa : CALLING FOR First Review Volunteers!

2020-05-04 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
Dear All, Over 17,000 images were submitted to Wiki Loves Africa this year ... this is due, in main, to the hard work of volunteers and usergroups across Africa. Thank you for those that have been involved so far!! It is also a lot of images to judge. We want to get a global team together to

Re: [African Wikimedians] Our nominee for Movement Strategy

2020-06-17 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
Hi Sandister, Where do we nominate people? What is the process? Warmest Isla > On 17 Jun 2020, at 10:36, Sandister Tei wrote: > > Hi all, > > This just a reminder that we have to nominate someone for the next step in > the Movement Strategy. > > Asap. > __ > > Br > > Sandister Tei > Wik

[African Wikimedians] Job post : Intern, Wiki In Africa

2021-01-08 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
Dear all Happy 2021! To start off the new year with a bang, Wiki In Africa, the non-profit behind Wiki Loves Africa and Wiki Loves Women (among a few other things) is searching high and low for a paid intern to work remotely with their core team. Applications close on 22nd January. So many m

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