Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Kenya National Archives and other GLAM projects

2012-06-17 Thread Andrew maina
The National Archives idea is fantastic. When I created the Bernard Mate page on wikipedia, I stumbled on some links explicitly referring to sources at the Kenya National Archives.. Always suspected since then that the place could be of massive use for digging up information on important histor

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Kenya National Archives and other GLAM projects

2012-06-17 Thread David Mugo
@Oscar, I like your attitude. We would not exist as a group if everyone knew what they needed to know. Wikipedia is about sharing information/knowledge and the more channels we use the better. We are the human Wiki in this case, let them know. David. On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 8:42 AM, Limoke Oscar

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Kenya National Archives and other GLAM projects

2012-06-17 Thread Limoke Oscar
And I hate lengthy emails like this ones here :-) Good points folks though, I hope we all agree to that. Steve rem you too dint know anything about Wikipedia and mailing lists before I recruited you :-), and so many of us. And I guess thats why we exist as WMKE Cheers, ___

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Kenya National Archives and other GLAM projects

2012-06-17 Thread Abbas Mahmood
My dear Steve, Waswahili wasema subira huvuta heri. I am going to speak about the Kenya National Archives, because it's the partnership that I'm focused on. Yes, we have been moving at a sluggish rate. Sometimes it's my fault, sometimes it's theirs. But, IMO, most partnerships don't take overni

[Wikimedia Kenya] Kenya National Archives and other GLAM projects

2012-06-17 Thread Stephen Wanjau
Hello Folks! I have been physically following up on the subject of this email (together with Abbas and Alex) for sometime now and it seems the logistics and the speed with which these institutions are planning this are so slow that I feel I cant wait any longer. Those of you who have worked in the

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Wikimedia Kenya Blog

2012-06-17 Thread David Mugo
Yes. Running the server space and simplifying usage for other users who may not necessarily be IT pros. David. On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 12:57 PM, Manuel Schneider < manuel.schnei...@wikimedia.ch> wrote: > Am 17.06.2012 11:55, schrieb David Mugo: > > Well, besides other things, we would also want

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Wikimedia Kenya Blog

2012-06-17 Thread Manuel Schneider
Am 17.06.2012 11:55, schrieb David Mugo: > Well, besides other things, we would also want to be in control of the > hosting fully, which currently we are not. meaning full control as in running your own server? Or just maintaining your own wikis, databases etc.? This is what you already can do bu

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Wikimedia Kenya Blog

2012-06-17 Thread David Mugo
Manuel, Well, besides other things, we would also want to be in control of the hosting fully, which currently we are not. David. On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 12:53 PM, Manuel Schneider < manuel.schnei...@wikimedia.ch> wrote: > Am 17.06.2012 11:50, schrieb Manuel Schneider: > > Am 17.06.2012 11:47, s

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Wikimedia Kenya Blog

2012-06-17 Thread Manuel Schneider
Am 17.06.2012 11:50, schrieb Manuel Schneider: > Am 17.06.2012 11:47, schrieb David Mugo: >> You are actually confusing me. You did send us an invoice recently. So what >> is free and what is to be paid for? > > have you read the invoice? > > What amount of money did it say? for those who wonder

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Wikimedia Kenya Blog

2012-06-17 Thread Manuel Schneider
Am 17.06.2012 11:47, schrieb David Mugo: > You are actually confusing me. You did send us an invoice recently. So what > is free and what is to be paid for? have you read the invoice? What amount of money did it say? /Manuel -- Regards Manuel Schneider Wikimedia CH - Verein zur Förderung Frei

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Wikimedia Kenya Blog

2012-06-17 Thread David Mugo
Manuel, You are actually confusing me. You did send us an invoice recently. So what is free and what is to be paid for? David. On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 12:46 PM, Manuel Schneider < manuel.schnei...@wikimedia.ch> wrote: > Am 17.06.2012 11:44, schrieb David Mugo: > > I am in the process of migrati

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Wikimedia Kenya Blog

2012-06-17 Thread Manuel Schneider
Am 17.06.2012 11:44, schrieb David Mugo: > I am in the process of migrating the site to a new host after we agreed > that we could not afford the current hosting. We are paying roughly $100 > per year. I will be able to finalize with the process and test within the > next few days. actually, I won

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Wikimedia Kenya Blog

2012-06-17 Thread David Mugo
Manuel, I am in the process of migrating the site to a new host after we agreed that we could not afford the current hosting. We are paying roughly $100 per year. I will be able to finalize with the process and test within the next few days. David. On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 12:41 PM, Manuel Schnei

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Wikimedia Kenya Blog

2012-06-17 Thread Manuel Schneider
Dear all, Am 17.06.2012 07:38, schrieb Limoke Oscar: > I love the idea of a blog but however qm skeptical we need one.We > already have a wiki website that we still struggle to update and > which could serve as a portal and blog for informing the whole world > about us. Am sure if we start a blog