[Wikimedia Kenya] Coming out and to birth!

[stephen wanjau]

I have kissed ass for more than a year now...I am the most shaded African
WikipedianYes I ate the donors money as most allege and so what?  I
do not wish to take this with me to the grave...hate me or love me now as
it makes no difference... I hate all of you. At my tender age my parents
never knew about this white elephant.They hate me because of this
humanitarian movement that I dropped both my feet into... I paid for some
of your escapades with your girlfriends using the donors money.   I was so
naive and effed up. As far as Dubai since local was too mainstream I
financed you and some of you and your girlfriends. That is for  the inner
cycle and for some I have decided to donate the money since you
have never appraised the debts till now. I still have the statements till
now from equity bank and KCB bank.

I have all the records with me.the statements, withdrawals and
everything else as shocking as the next line.

I hate myself and I still love sharing free knowledge. It is the key to
love and live that keeps me going.

EFF you and me.

Yours faithfully,
Stephen
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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Fwd: Get in touch asap

[stephen wanjau]

Done... Interview called off till notice is served.

Cheers
On Jan 22, 2013 12:38 PM, "Kosgei Isaac"  wrote:

> Hi Steve,
> As Oscar said, I feel that now is not the right time tell him that we will
> get back to him when we are ready.
>
> On 22 January 2013 10:29, Stephen  wrote:
>
>>  So no interviews!
>>
>> Thanks for the feedback.
>>
>> Much appreciated.
>>
>> Stephen.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 01/22/2013 09:17 AM, David Mugo wrote:
>>
>> Oscar,
>>
>> I think you have a point. The website did not crash, the domain was
>> overdue for renewal. I got the money late but I already started the process.
>>
>> David.
>> On Jan 22, 2013 9:15 AM, "Limoke Oscar"  wrote:
>>
>>> In my opinion we should pass this interview. Now is NOT the ideal time
>>> to do a spotlight on WMKE, not with the recent unresolved issues...
>>>
>>>
>>>  Just my 2 cents
>>>
>>>  PS: Our website crushed again, 1 week running
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 8:34 AM, David Mugo  wrote:
>>>
>>>>  Steve,
>>>>
>>>>  Do they have someone specific they need to talk to or at least a
>>>> criteria for the interview?
>>>>
>>>> David.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 8:31 AM, Stephen  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>   Hi Folks!
>>>>>
>>>>> I hope you are doing well. Sometime last year I mentioned that the
>>>>> Nation Newspaper was interested in running an article about Wikimedia 
>>>>> Kenya
>>>>> and what the WMF does in Kenya. The Daily nation is among the top 3
>>>>> newspapers in Kenya.
>>>>>
>>>>> An editor with the newspaper just sent me an E-mail which I have
>>>>> forwarded below for your attention.
>>>>>
>>>>> regards,
>>>>> Stephen.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>  Original Message   Subject: Get in touch asap  Date: Tue,
>>>>> 22 Jan 2013 08:25:03 +0300  From: Elvis Ondieki
>>>>>To: stephen wanjau
>>>>>  
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>>  My editor has given me permission to feature the Wikimedia Kenya
>>>>> chapter. I request that you be the one to help me get in touch with other
>>>>> members of the team.
>>>>>
>>>>>  I need to know of your organisation structure and what you are
>>>>> working on. It's urgent because the deadline for submission is tomorrow
>>>>> (Wednesday).
>>>>>
>>>>>  My number is 0729371254. I have misplaced yours and will be glad to
>>>>> have it.
>>>>>
>>>>>  Thanks and regards.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>  ___
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> -
>>>> David Mugo,
>>>> Adviser to Kenya's VP on Digital Media & Technology,
>>>> CEO & Board Chairman, Wikimedia Kenya
>>>> http://mugo.me
>>>> Twitter: @raidarmax
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  --
>>>  Regards,
>>> Limoke Oscar,
>>> Dream.Believe.Becomea world of endless opportunities
>>>
>>>  "I will open the book. Its pages are blank. I am going to put words on
>>> them myself. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is the
>>> dawn of every New Day."
>>>
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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WMKE Financial Status

[stephen wanjau]

Hello!

I hope this finds all of you well.

I have sinned against humanity with my recent
action of being silent about the standing of the chapter.

This is owed to the fact that some members were alleging I do not have
the total sum of funds which at this stage I have to admit is the truth!!

I have failed everyone who trusted me. I hope to salvage some of that trust
and
the friendship because it makes me feel bad and sick when I sit and think
that someone somewhere is undergoing a rough time as a result of my
actions.
If anything I would want the world to be a better place for everyone.

I had previously took the stance that the funds were intact which was
the natural thing anyone would do to maintain their name in the
good books.To speak the truth, some of it is intact and in liquid form
while another chunk was used by me at my time of need as I was in a very
tight
spot and am ashamed I made a wrong decision  that is haunting me now.
This was neither intended nor planned.

Chapter activity that requires financing has been getting it well until
there was an impasse recently when the per diem issue arose which
I cleared by paying the concerned parties. I have lived through a test of
my time, done a mistake, learnt my lessons and am now trying to
get my life back on track.

I am sincerely sorry for putting everyone through this.
I have had to learn this the hard way but I hope this is the first step
towards resolving the stalemate. More importantly,I hope the
lessons drawn shall assist to develop guidelines to ensure such is not
repeated anywhere else given such a situation.

Things are not working as intended for a mistake that I fully acknowledge
is on my part. I still feel I must apologize, not because this is the right
thing to do, but because I am sincerely sorry for what happened and I would
never wish that to happen again and generally to anyone else.

Advice you will share on how to handle this will be greatly appreciated.

Sincerely sorry,
Stephen.

On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 12:45 AM, Oliver Stegen wrote:

> ** ** **
>
> Dear all,
>
> ** **
>
> Sad as this episode in the beginning history of WMKE has been, we’re at
> least one step further now than we were a month ago. Rather than
> culprit-bashing, I’d rather prefer to see us utilizing this as an
> opportunity to inspect ourselves and our motives. Let’s recognise that each
> of us is easily tempted (granted, everyone in different domains) and let’s
> rectify ourselves where we have selfish motives and don’t contribute to
> WMKE for the common good.
>
> We have already been told that “it will be Stephen's responsibility to
> return the amount”. Let the remainder of the board decide on a time-frame
> for that. Only if Steve does not fulfill his responsibility, can next steps
> be called for but certainly not just a couple of days after the initial
> announcement of what has happened. Don’t fall into the trap of revenge and
> escalation but rather concentrate on what is needful now to keep WMKE
> moving towards our common goal of the sum of human knowledge being
> available to every one of our fellow citizens of this planet.
>
> ** **
>
> Grace and peace,
>
> Oliver (aka BT)
>
> ** **
>   --
>
> *From:* Kosgei Isaac [mailto:kips8505...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* 05 October 2012 09:19
> *To:* **The discussion list for the Wikimedia Kenya chapter.**
> *Subject:* Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WMKE Financial Status
>
> ** **
>
> Hi,
> Abbas, I agree with you on this. It is a shame that after all the Mess at
> Wikimedia Kenya, Steve has not issued an apology on this.
> In my opinion I think WMKE should take action because embezzlement of
> chapter funds is a crime that should not go unpunished.
> I have copied Steve on this thread and I stress that action should be
> taken.
>
> On 5 October 2012 09:00, Abbas Mahmood  wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> ** **
>
> (I've cc-ed Steve, just to make sure he gets this message: I'm not sure
> whether he's still subscribed to this list).
>
> ** **
>
> Steve: After keeping up with this whole charade for months now, and being
> the primary cause of this mess that we’re Wikimedia Kenya is in,
> the least that you could do is issue a public apology for your heinous
> actions.
>
> ** **
>
> Sincerely
>
> Abbas Mahmood
>  --
>
> Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2012 19:10:09 +0300
> From: xelaw...@gmail.com
> To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: [Wikimedia ****Kenya****] WMKE Financial Status
>
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> As most of you already know, we have had concerns raised over our finances
> surrounding suspicions of embezzlement of funds by our treasurer

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WLM 2012

[stephen wanjau]

Hello there!

Hope am not spamming the list:)

Draft press release is up at [1] and needs some fine tuning before we send
it to our blogger friends to have something about WLM Kenya on their
respective sites.

Thanks,
Stephen

1. http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/press-20realese-20WLM

On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 4:09 PM, stephen wanjau wrote:

> I have a suggestion of putting up some contacts on the competition page.
> Some interested participants might be interested in finding more info and
> yet they do not know how to edit Wiki nor where to find the info.
>
> Volunteers are welcome to put up their Emails under that page...In the
> meantime some social media posts are on the way.
>
> //Stephen
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 5:27 PM, Wanjau  wrote:
>
>>  I will reach out to my contacts in the JKUAT journalism club with info
>> about the competition.
>>
>> Join the discussion on selecting the local jury at [1] .
>>
>> //Stephen.
>>
>> 1.
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Wikipedia_Takes_Nairobi/Participants#
>>
>>
>>
>> On 09/13/2012 04:47 PM, Limoke Oscar wrote:
>>
>> I will sending the page to some of the Journalist students from USIU (they
>> usually have a photography Exam that demands they take photos) and some
>> other University students that I interact.
>>
>>
>> Lets start a trending topicon twitter and gplus
>>
>>
>>  Photograph a monument in Kenya and Nairobi and stand a chance to win a
>> trip to Hong Kong 
>> #wlm-kehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_Kenya
>>
>>  Next are the prizes and Judging Criteria
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 4:10 PM, Alex Wafula  
>>  wrote:
>>
>>
>>  Cool, I see the redirect has already been implemented, guess we can move
>> on from here with this. The next steps I see:
>>
>>
>>- *Settle on local judges and prizes*
>>- *Advertise* (social media and other channels) We already have some
>>traction on our Wikipedia Takes Nairobi Facebook page, we can build on 
>> some
>>update status on Facebook and tweets directing guys to the Wikipedia page.
>>Posting on mailing lists we are subscribed to woulod also be great.
>>
>> Anything else to add?
>>
>> Alex
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 12:13 PM, Wanjau  
>>  wrote:
>>
>>
>>   Hello All!
>>
>> I posted a message seeking assistance to move our page from Wikipedia to
>> commons at the WLM mailing list and the general opinion was to have it stay
>> at Wikipedia then create redirects from the banners to point there. Moving
>> the page would create too much unnecessary work.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Stephen
>>
>>
>> On 09/13/2012 08:26 AM, Limoke Oscar wrote:
>>
>> There was an error in the URL for posting on our Commons Page, i have
>> changed it 
>> fromhttp://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:UploadWizard&campaign=wlm-ke%20tohttp://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:UploadWizard&campaign=wlm-keand
>> now it works fine
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 11:56 PM, Lodewijk  
>>   
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>  Hi all,
>>
>> Oscar: Not sure where you got that 
>> message.https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:UploadWizard&campaign=wlm-ke
>> seems to work fine for me. Please let me know if you were expecting
>> something else.
>>
>> Great things are moving again!
>>
>> Lodewijk
>>
>> 2012/9/11 Stephen   
>>  
>>
>>
>>  Hi All!
>>
>>  several people (see link [2] of Stephen) have indicated they want to
>>
>>  help.
>>
>>  Currently there are still zero uploads from Kenya, because it is not
>>
>>  clear
>>
>>  to people how to upload. Who is in charge for Wiki Loves Monuments Kenya
>> (or who wants to take responsibility and get things moving)? How can I
>>
>>  help
>>
>>  you to get the priorities straight and get things done? What is the
>>
>>  bottle
>>
>>  neck?
>>
>>  Well the priority is to get a site with full instructions on how to
>> enter the competition. Well, I have tried making a page in commons using
>> the [[Template:tabbar}} approach but seems I am missing out something
>> and it did not work out. So I am looking forward with some help with
>> that. I expected the tabs to have the navigation links to: about WLM,
>> How to participate, Where to find monuments, lists of the monuments etc.
>>
>> I th

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WLM 2012

[stephen wanjau]

I have a suggestion of putting up some contacts on the competition page.
Some interested participants might be interested in finding more info and
yet they do not know how to edit Wiki nor where to find the info.

Volunteers are welcome to put up their Emails under that page...In the
meantime some social media posts are on the way.

//Stephen

On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 5:27 PM, Wanjau  wrote:

>  I will reach out to my contacts in the JKUAT journalism club with info
> about the competition.
>
> Join the discussion on selecting the local jury at [1] .
>
> //Stephen.
>
> 1.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Wikipedia_Takes_Nairobi/Participants#
>
>
>
> On 09/13/2012 04:47 PM, Limoke Oscar wrote:
>
> I will sending the page to some of the Journalist students from USIU (they
> usually have a photography Exam that demands they take photos) and some
> other University students that I interact.
>
>
> Lets start a trending topicon twitter and gplus
>
>
>  Photograph a monument in Kenya and Nairobi and stand a chance to win a
> trip to Hong Kong 
> #wlm-kehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_Kenya
>
>  Next are the prizes and Judging Criteria
>
> On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 4:10 PM, Alex Wafula  
>  wrote:
>
>
>  Cool, I see the redirect has already been implemented, guess we can move
> on from here with this. The next steps I see:
>
>
>- *Settle on local judges and prizes*
>- *Advertise* (social media and other channels) We already have some
>traction on our Wikipedia Takes Nairobi Facebook page, we can build on some
>update status on Facebook and tweets directing guys to the Wikipedia page.
>Posting on mailing lists we are subscribed to woulod also be great.
>
> Anything else to add?
>
> Alex
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 12:13 PM, Wanjau  
>  wrote:
>
>
>   Hello All!
>
> I posted a message seeking assistance to move our page from Wikipedia to
> commons at the WLM mailing list and the general opinion was to have it stay
> at Wikipedia then create redirects from the banners to point there. Moving
> the page would create too much unnecessary work.
>
> Thanks,
> Stephen
>
>
> On 09/13/2012 08:26 AM, Limoke Oscar wrote:
>
> There was an error in the URL for posting on our Commons Page, i have
> changed it 
> fromhttp://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:UploadWizard&campaign=wlm-ke%20tohttp://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:UploadWizard&campaign=wlm-keand
> now it works fine
>
> On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 11:56 PM, Lodewijk  
>   
> wrote:
>
>
>  Hi all,
>
> Oscar: Not sure where you got that 
> message.https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:UploadWizard&campaign=wlm-ke
> seems to work fine for me. Please let me know if you were expecting
> something else.
>
> Great things are moving again!
>
> Lodewijk
>
> 2012/9/11 Stephen   
>  
>
>
>  Hi All!
>
>  several people (see link [2] of Stephen) have indicated they want to
>
>  help.
>
>  Currently there are still zero uploads from Kenya, because it is not
>
>  clear
>
>  to people how to upload. Who is in charge for Wiki Loves Monuments Kenya
> (or who wants to take responsibility and get things moving)? How can I
>
>  help
>
>  you to get the priorities straight and get things done? What is the
>
>  bottle
>
>  neck?
>
>  Well the priority is to get a site with full instructions on how to
> enter the competition. Well, I have tried making a page in commons using
> the [[Template:tabbar}} approach but seems I am missing out something
> and it did not work out. So I am looking forward with some help with
> that. I expected the tabs to have the navigation links to: about WLM,
> How to participate, Where to find monuments, lists of the monuments etc.
>
> I think the discussion page at [1] is the best to discuss of having the
> site up.
>
> I will take charge to get things moving if no one else has taken this up.
>
> ./Stephen.
>
> 1.http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2012_in_Kenya
>
>
>  Best,
> Lodewijk
>
> 2012/9/9 Lodewijk   
>  
>
>  Hi Stephen,
>
> the highest priority should have a clear description on the top of that
> page:
>
> 1) how people can participate (how to find the monuments, and how to
> upload)
> 2) what they can win (even if that prize is only a virtual one and a
> nomination for the international finale)
> 3) who will judge
> 4) what are the criteria
>
> I am surprised that this is still not clearly described on your page -
>
>  and
>
>  can now understand better why there are still no uploads for Kenya.
>
> Please let me know if we need to help in any way, or need to explain
>
>  how
>
>  to do something. However, the work will still lie with you.
>
> Best,
> Lodewijk
>
>
> 2012/9/9 Stephen   
>  
>
>
>  Hi all!
>
> The plans to participate in the aforementioned subject had already
> started with the preparation of a planning page [1]. There have been
>
>   some
>
>   volunteers who have shown interest by signing up as willing 

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Offline Wikipedia: Kenyan Curriculum

[Stephen Wanjau]

Just a reminder..

Meeting starts in the next hour.

//Stephen.

On 8/3/12, Stephen Wanjau  wrote:
> 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
>
> regards
> Stephen
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 8:48 PM, Stephen Wanjau
> wrote:
>
>> Hello Folks!
>>
>> In pursuant of the subject of this thread, I have been exchanging Emails
>> with Emmanuel who will be assisting us to compile a new ZIM based on list
>> at [1].
>>
>> What I have garnered so far is that we overlooked the technicalities
>> surrounding the addition and removal of articles from an existent ZIM
>> file.
>> His request is to have a list of articles that we want in a new ZIM
>> rather
>> than a revision of the UK based ZIM. Read his reply below though I think
>> his mail was not under cc-by-sa ;)
>>
>> I think what you want to do is not so simple for many technical reasons.
>>> For example, I assume I will have to re-render all articles (old and
>>> new), otherwise we won't have all links between old and new article
>>> working. If I do that, the indexes links to the articles won't work
>>> anymore... I do not have the same naming nomenclature probably than the
>>> UK team.
>>
>>
>> And that brings me to the question. What next?
>>
>> 1.
>> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Offline_Projects/Content_Development/Schools/Kenyan_Topics
>>
>> 
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 5:58 AM, Kosgei Isaac
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I am definately attending presentation.
>>> Good work Oscar.
>>> On Jul 3, 2012 11:38 AM, "Limoke Oscar"  wrote:
>>>
>>>> Great,
>>>>
>>>> And I have a presso at Wikimania about Offline Wikipedia on Saturday
>>>>
>>>> 1. Itinerary:
>>>> http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Schedule#Saturday.2C_July_14(last
>>>> one on
>>>> *Research, Analysis, and Education IV)*
>>>> *
>>>> *
>>>> 2. My Submission:
>>>> http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Taking_Offline_Wikipedia_to_Schools
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 6:51 AM, David Mugo  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"  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!
>&

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Kenya News Agency archive

[Stephen Wanjau]

Thats tremendous progress Abbas!

Some things we can do in return as Wikimedia volunteers:

*Perform digital image restorations for free.

*DYK's (Did You Knows) are also a good way on Wiki to tell the world
of that unique piece of photo we have in Kenya.

*Write articles around the media files /photos

*Almost certain(since I can't speak on behalf) that the Foundation
shall put up a blog entry highlighting the donations.

*And the recent punchline by the US Archivist ,David Ferriero;

: "If Wikipedia is good enough for the Archivist of the United States,
maybe it should be good enough for you."

Twende mbele.

//Stephen.

On 8/2/12, Abbas Mahmood  wrote:
>
> Sorry, the earlier report had some minor corrections. Below is a rectified
> version.
> Thanks,Abbas.
>
> From: abbas...@hotmail.com
> To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
> Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2012 09:33:48 +
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Kenya News Agency archive
>
>
>
>
>
> Report: Digitization of the Kenya News Agency Archive Prepared by: Abbas
> MahmoodPrepared for: Wikimedia KenyaDate: August 2, 2012Background & Context
>
> I was invited to join a digitization working group created by the Kenya News
> Agency & the Kenya ICT Board that was aimed at laying a strategy for the
> digitization of KNA's content. Last week, the working group had our first
> meeting, and my main goals were to 1) talk about non-commercial use of
> content, 2) use the Aljazeera Creative Commons Repository as a case study,
> and 3) learn from other stakeholders that were involved.
>  KNA has a repository of (mainly) photos (6,000+) related to Kenya’s history
> and culture dating back to the pre-colonial era. But due to budgetary
> constraints, the photos are stored in non-ideal conditions and their risk of
> damage or deterioration is therefore high. Moreover, their content is
> currently underutilised due the difficulty in retrieving the photos and lack
> of public awareness.
> The working group has around 20 members with folks coming from different
> backgrounds: studio producers, film makers, Kenya National Archives staff,
> AMREF Library staff, Bank of Africa staff, Creative Commons staff, freelance
> photojournalists, Ministry of Information & Communication staff, Kenya ICT
> Board staff and myself.
>
> Summary
> It was agreed that one of the potential customers of this project will be
> Wikipedia; and that some of the content will be donated to Wikimedia under a
> free licence. (Note that the digitized repository will be used for
> commercial purposes, but we’ll get a small content donation for purposes of
> publicity and awareness).
>
> Also, some of the photos that KNA has are caption-less or lack the relevant
> metadata. It was suggested that we(the working group) explore the use of
> online collaboration (such as wikis or social media) to engage with the
> public and inquire about photos which don’t have known descriptions. We
> therefore expect citizen engagement to help us in identifying some of the
> photos.
>
> [We discussed lots of other issues which I have intentionally omitted since
> 1) the final report is not out yet; and 2) it’s not relevant to you guys.]
> Conclusion
>
> We are now creating a proposed roadmap on the way forward which will be
> presented, next week, to the Permanent Secretary of Information &
> Communication, Dr. Bitange Ndemo, for final approval before we proceed with
> this project.
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[Wikimedia Kenya] Story Telling!

[Stephen Wanjau]

Hello!

(Pardon me as am not very sure whether it is good to talk about people on a
public list.)

I hope this finds you all well. Preparations to meet guys Victor would have
interviewed if his visit would have materialised had already started. And
now since his plans to visit Kenya did not go as earlier planned we have to
do some story teller interviews using his awesome Camera.

Alex had already contacted the guy who had made a plane at his home since
he had cited Wikipedia as a great resource of knowledge on citizen TV.

In my patrols around Wikipedia, I came across Victors message on a user
talk page of a very young contributor who is a resident in Kenya. He is a
minor with >3000 edits on en and he is a great contributor to Kinyarwanda
Wikipedia! Am in contact with him and he is also willing to be part of this
story.

There is another Nation Media Journalist who interviewed me earlier this
year about Wikipedia and am in talks with him as well.

More ideas from the community are definitely welcomed about people who will
be part of the story.

Regards,
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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] URGENT MEETUP and WMKE Financials

[Stephen Wanjau]

I wonder what questions am not answering on the shared Gdoc with the Board.
Probably you should look at the comments in cells that had question marks.
If am not wrong, I have answered all of them.

Thank you
.Stephen.

On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 3:33 PM, Limoke Oscar  wrote:

> GOOD,the whole board has confirmed attendance and so the meeting is up.
>
> BIG AGENDA is Financials and questions.
>
> Via my Xperia
> On Jul 19, 2012 3:29 PM, "David Mugo"  wrote:
>
>> Guys,
>>
>> I will attend the meeting by skype. Means I have to wake up really early,
>> but that is alright. There is a need to separate any current state with
>> finances and the board.
>>
>> David.
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 3:10 PM, Ann Njeri  wrote:
>>
>>> I suggest we just meet and ask all the questions we have then. I propose
>>> we don't discuss the matter further since nobody seems to be addressing the
>>> financial questions that are being posed.
>>> Meanwhile Steve can prepare himself by getting all the documents
>>> requested, hopefully he can make some copies of the statements so that we
>>> can evaluate them on Saturday. Even better if he can send the statements to
>>> our inbox( those who requested) so that we can have questions ready when we
>>> meet.
>>> see you then
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 2:30 PM, Grace Kariuki wrote:
>>>
 Hi Team,

 abbass might not come,Oliver is not coming,David isnt in the
 country-who exactly will be the signatories of the new account?coz i am
 thinking it should be the treasurer(who first needs to clarify on the
 issues currently),the chairman and a 3rd party whom we can trust well
 enuf(Oliver).


 On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 2:13 PM, Abbas Mahmood wrote:

>  Oscar,
>
> Personally, I don't need a meeting to get hold of the financial
> statements or "digest" them. Financial statements and reports can be
> emailed to members and they can read them at the (dis)comfort of their
> homes. I need a meeting to get justifications, answers, and accountability
> -- for I have failed to get answers and accountability via email.
>
> If this upcoming meeting wouldn't be a Q&A, then count me out.
>
> Thanks,
> Abbas.
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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] URGENT MEETUP and WMKE Financials

[Stephen Wanjau]

Hello!

I have shared the expenses sheet with the Wikimedia Kenya board and am
waiting for their comments on that and questions if any to me as the
treasurer so that the board can in turn present the same to the chapter. I
am waiting for responses from the board and I have received none as yet.
They have a deadline that I set for Friday the 20th of July 2012
after-which I will take the next course of action after assuming they have
nothing they expect me to clarify about the expenditures there in.

Just so you know, I like the muscle of this thread and not the one on
Wikiproject Kenya or Africa for that matter.

regards,
Stephen.


On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 12:15 AM, David Mugo  wrote:

> Abbas,
>
> You are forgetting that the board has not handled any finances or assets.
> What this should be is a handover of what so far has been handled by Steve
> officially to the board.
>
> On the audit committee, we did agree that we will form it and I think this
> is a good time to do so.
>
> David.
> On Jul 18, 2012 4:19 PM, "Abbas Mahmood"  wrote:
>
>>  No, I disagree.
>>
>> The Board can not audit itself -- there will definitely be bias and
>> self-interest. The Board can (and should) have an audit committee (or an
>> interim committee) that will examine the financial records of Wikimedia
>> Kenya. This committee will then report back to the Board with its findings
>> (which can be then made publicly).
>>
>> Abbas.
>> --
>> Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 22:44:01 +0300
>> From: raidar...@gmail.com
>> To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
>> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] URGENT MEETUP and WMKE Financials
>>
>> Abbas,
>> My point is that the board should meet, diacuss and report to the rest of
>> the team. I agree we should be accountable but there is a reason why there
>> is a board.
>> Discussing finances in large groups especially when prompted by a dispute
>> could cause tension. Lets handle things right.
>> David.
>> On Jul 18, 2012 3:33 PM, "Abbas Mahmood"  wrote:
>>
>>  David,
>>
>> What do you mean by "Chapters should not meet to discuss finances?" How
>> do you ensure that there's accountability?
>>
>> Also, I think that everyone who has a company asset should declare it,
>> and that a requisition form be made ASAP where interested users should fill
>> it in and get approval (from the Board?). Who has the projectors? Who has
>> the screens? Who has the banners? Who has the camera?
>>
>> --Abbas.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 22:17:58 +0300
>> From: raidar...@gmail.com
>> To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
>> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] URGENT MEETUP and WMKE Financials
>>
>> Oscar,
>> Chapter should not meet to discuss finances, I do not think this is the
>> appropriate way to handle this. The board can meet and discuss this issue
>> and i can even join via Skype if it is proper hours for me.
>> Meanwhile, I have seen the statement that Steve (or was it Oscar? )
>> shared, there are some things that require explanation and I think a good
>> start would be the board point any questions to Steve in this regard here.
>> This mailing list is public so no one should think anything is being
>> discussed underground.
>> David.
>> On Jul 18, 2012 3:11 PM, "Limoke Oscar"  wrote:
>>
>> HI Team,
>> IN the absence of our Chair and in the interest of the Chapter following
>> the recent financial saga with Wikimedia Spain financials where they lost
>> over 2500USD Chapters funds, I would like to propose an urgent Chapters
>> meeting to do a quick audit of our financials in an open way
>> THE treasurer should get us our Statements of expenditures and accounts
>> as we stand for half year in order to make plans for a new bank account and
>> to plan for upcoming projects that need urgent member approvals.
>> Please Treasure make plans to avail the same.
>> I PROPOSE at UoN grounds  this Saturday?
>> ps: Please come along with our per diems
>> Via my Xperia
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[Wikimedia Kenya] Fwd: [Wiki Loves Monuments] WLM Mobile app alpha3

[Stephen Wanjau]

(cross posting)

The new Android app for WikiLoves Monuments.


Hi everyone,

Thanks to the hard work of the mobile team the first Wiki Loves Monuments
mobile app is available now. The application works on your android phone
(not iphone yet) and is in alpa state. Alpha state means that it's far from
finished yet, but ready for people to start testing with it. You can
download the app from https://www.mediawiki.org/**wiki/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_
**mobile_application/Feedback.
That's also the place to leave feedback about the application.

Have fun and I hope you'll like it!

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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Wiki-Loves Monumnets

[Stephen Wanjau]

Hello!

Welcome aboard Caroline :)

Just a pointer to an area that might interest you and other students in
your line of study would be, see [1] below.

You should also consider reading about the upcoming Wikiloves Monuments
photography competition at [2] below. If I may ask, I would really like to
hear of how the event at Mai Mahiu went, or rather what it involved.

Also see the Wikimedia media files repository at [3].

regards,
Stephen.

1. http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Main_Page
2. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2012
3. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page


On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 7:20 PM, Caroline Osano wrote:

>
>
> hi oscar
> i would like to help as much as possible and i would talk with some of my
> lecturers to help and some of the production company i know of. AM frm one
> photojournalism events in maimahiu and naivasha. talk laters
>
>
> --
> On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 8:50 AM PDT Limoke Oscar wrote:
>
> >Hi Caroline,
> >
> >Good to see you volunteer there.
> >
> >From  journalist point of views, could you advise us on the viability of
> >the project? Could you also like help /hook us with some Photo and Film
> >Journalist that you know (lecturers perhaps that would sit on the jury for
> >judging the photos? Otherwise thanks once again
> >
> >
> >On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 4:55 PM, Caroline Osano  >wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> hi
> >> @wanjau i am a journalist student and am majoring in film producions and
> >> public relations. i can say dat am a foto journalist
> >>
> >> --
> >> On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 9:35 PM PDT Stephen Wanjau wrote:
> >>
> >> >Hello!
> >> >
> >> >Awesome stuff right there. @Mayenge.
> >> >
> >> >PS: Caroline, Are you a photo-journalist?
> >> >
> >> >//Stephen
> >> >
> >> >On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 12:20 AM, Caroline Osano
> >> >wrote:
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > I would Like to be amongst the journalist  and camera person. I  have
> >> nice
> >> > work so far.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 1:57 PM PDT Limoke Oscar wrote:
> >> >
> >> > >Hi Team,
> >> > >
> >> > >That would be awesome. So the Plan Lodewijk and I talked is like
> this(
> >> Not
> >> > >exactly , but my thoughts and suggestions added)
> >> > >
> >> > >   1. We hire a travel van with a tour guide
> >> > >   2. we get interested tourists and journalists to sign up to be
> part
> >> of
> >> > >   the Guided Museums and Monuments tour of Nairobi
> >> > >   3. We make them take photos with the tour guide explaining all
> >> > >   the symbolism and significance of the Monuments. We could make a
> >> video
> >> > of
> >> > >   the same tour (am working with some other external folks to
> finance
> >> > this)
> >> > >   4. they agree either to submit or surrender some of their best or
> >> all
> >> > >   photos of the monuments under CC-BY-SA licence or to us WMKE which
> >> wil
> >> > get
> >> > >   them into the Wiki Loves Monuments Competition to stand a chance
> to
> >> win
> >> > >   some cool prizes that we need to work on, We could try get
> >> > >   some external folks onboard too (Samsung, Safaricom, etc)
> >> > >   5. kabom, WML done with all the Nairobi Monuments with their
> >> > >   articles and a cool video too of all the monuments :-)
> >> > >
> >> > >So Once again, am calling on anyone who is interested in this simple
> >> plan
> >> > >to volunteer in some way to sign up here.
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >PS: WMZA have a very ambitious budget and plan for the WML, abt $60k
> >> USD
> >> > :-)
> >> > >
> >> > >Just to get jealous
> >> > >
> >> > >On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 8:25 PM, Stephen Wanjau <
> >> > stevewan...@wikimedia.or.ke
> >> > > wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > > Hello!
> >> > >
> >> > > Yes we can.
> >> > >
> >> > > Today I had the privilege to attend an expo <
&g

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Wiki-Loves Monumnets

[Stephen Wanjau]

Hello!

Awesome stuff right there. @Mayenge.

PS: Caroline, Are you a photo-journalist?

//Stephen

On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 12:20 AM, Caroline Osano
wrote:

>
>
> I would Like to be amongst the journalist  and camera person. I  have nice
> work so far.
>
>
> --
> On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 1:57 PM PDT Limoke Oscar wrote:
>
> >Hi Team,
> >
> >That would be awesome. So the Plan Lodewijk and I talked is like this( Not
> >exactly , but my thoughts and suggestions added)
> >
> >   1. We hire a travel van with a tour guide
> >   2. we get interested tourists and journalists to sign up to be part of
> >   the Guided Museums and Monuments tour of Nairobi
> >   3. We make them take photos with the tour guide explaining all
> >   the symbolism and significance of the Monuments. We could make a video
> of
> >   the same tour (am working with some other external folks to finance
> this)
> >   4. they agree either to submit or surrender some of their best or all
> >   photos of the monuments under CC-BY-SA licence or to us WMKE which wil
> get
> >   them into the Wiki Loves Monuments Competition to stand a chance to win
> >   some cool prizes that we need to work on, We could try get
> >   some external folks onboard too (Samsung, Safaricom, etc)
> >   5. kabom, WML done with all the Nairobi Monuments with their
> >   articles and a cool video too of all the monuments :-)
> >
> >So Once again, am calling on anyone who is interested in this simple plan
> >to volunteer in some way to sign up here.
> >
> >
> >PS: WMZA have a very ambitious budget and plan for the WML, abt $60k USD
> :-)
> >
> >Just to get jealous
> >
> >On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 8:25 PM, Stephen Wanjau <
> stevewan...@wikimedia.or.ke
> >> wrote:
> >
> >> Hello!
> >>
> >> Yes we can.
> >>
> >> Today I had the privilege to attend an expo <http://pluggedexpo.com/>
> at
> >> the Sarit Centre in Nairobi Kenya that drew exhibitors from the Kenyan
> IT
> >> industry, Film industry,Universities etc. The most interesting and
> >> Wikimedian thing about the event is that I attended and I talked to
> several
> >> filming and media houses about the Wiki Loves Monuments plus
> possibilities
> >> of having their journalists involved or even contributing images that
> they
> >> own.
> >>
> >>
> >> Particularly, I spoke to filmbiz Africa, NTV and the Kenya Film
> >> Commission. They were very interested about Wikimedia and hopefully they
> >> would contact me in due course.
> >>
> >> //Stephen.
> >>
> >>  On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 5:11 PM, Limoke Oscar 
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Thanks Steve,
> >>
> >> The question is, are we up for the Challenge? WLM???
> >>
> >>
> >> On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 6:36 AM, Stephen Wanjau <
> >> stevewan...@wikimedia.or.ke> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hello!
> >>>
> >>> Oscar, an Email barnster for that :-)
> >>>
> >>> Yes Alex and I got the monuments list which has 300+ entries. These
> >>> entries are of all sites and monuments in Kenya; some in Lamu, Eldoret,
> >>> Kericho, Kisumu etc. The ones in the proximity of Nairobi city are
> about
> >>> 100.
> >>>
> >>> I started compiling the list on Wikipedia [1] and it is a Work in
> >>> Progress as always is at Wikipedia. I only have one source of reliable
> >>> information which is the list I personally acquired from National
> Museums
> >>> of Kenya and that possibly explains why I haven't completed/expanded
> that
> >>> list!!!
> >>>
> >>> //Stephen
> >>>
> >>> 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sites_and_monuments_in_Kenya
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 6:05 AM, Limoke Oscar  >wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Steve/Alex
> >>> Today I had an intresting Chat With Lodewijik on the above and we quite
> >>> come up with interesting ways to work and participate in the global
> Wiki
> >>> Loves Monuments. I have a few bright ideas. Let me know where and how
> far
> >>> we went with the Kenya Monuments lits?
> >>>
> >>> All,
> >>>
> >>> Any member keen on supporting  the same? pl

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Wiki-Loves Monumnets

[Stephen Wanjau]

Hello!

Yes we can.

Today I had the privilege to attend an expo <http://pluggedexpo.com/> at
the Sarit Centre in Nairobi Kenya that drew exhibitors from the Kenyan IT
industry, Film industry,Universities etc. The most interesting and
Wikimedian thing about the event is that I attended and I talked to several
filming and media houses about the Wiki Loves Monuments plus possibilities
of having their journalists involved or even contributing images that they
own.

Particularly, I spoke to filmbiz Africa, NTV and the Kenya Film Commission.
They were very interested about Wikimedia and hopefully they would contact
me in due course.

//Stephen.

On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 5:11 PM, Limoke Oscar  wrote:

> Thanks Steve,
>
> The question is, are we up for the Challenge? WLM???
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 6:36 AM, Stephen Wanjau <
> stevewan...@wikimedia.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> Hello!
>>
>> Oscar, an Email barnster for that :-)
>>
>> Yes Alex and I got the monuments list which has 300+ entries. These
>> entries are of all sites and monuments in Kenya; some in Lamu, Eldoret,
>> Kericho, Kisumu etc. The ones in the proximity of Nairobi city are about
>> 100.
>>
>> I started compiling the list on Wikipedia [1] and it is a Work in
>> Progress as always is at Wikipedia. I only have one source of reliable
>> information which is the list I personally acquired from National Museums
>> of Kenya and that possibly explains why I haven't completed/expanded that
>> list!!!
>>
>> //Stephen
>>
>> 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sites_and_monuments_in_Kenya
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 6:05 AM, Limoke Oscar  wrote:
>>
>>> Steve/Alex
>>> Today I had an intresting Chat With Lodewijik on the above and we quite
>>> come up with interesting ways to work and participate in the global Wiki
>>> Loves Monuments. I have a few bright ideas. Let me know where and how far
>>> we went with the Kenya Monuments lits?
>>>
>>> All,
>>>
>>> Any member keen on supporting  the same? please sign up here.
>>> --
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Limoke Oscar,
>>> "*point me to the destiny,and I will curve my own path to it *"
>>>
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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Wiki-Loves Monumnets

[Stephen Wanjau]

Hello!

Yes we can.

Today I had the privilege to attend an expo <http://pluggedexpo.com/> at
the Sarit Centre in Nairobi, Kenya that drew exhibitors from the Kenyan IT
industry, Film industry,Universities etc. The Wikimedian thing about the
event is that I attended and  talked to several filming and media houses
about the Wiki Loves Monuments plus possibilities of having their
journalists involved or even contributing images that they already own.

Particularly, I spoke to filmbiz Africa, NTV and the Kenya Film Commission.
They were very interested about Wikimedia and hopefully they would contact
me in due course.

//Stephen.

On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 5:11 PM, Limoke Oscar  wrote:

> Thanks Steve,
>
> The question is, are we up for the Challenge? WLM???
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 6:36 AM, Stephen Wanjau <
> stevewan...@wikimedia.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> Hello!
>>
>> Oscar, an Email barnster for that :-)
>>
>> Yes Alex and I got the monuments list which has 300+ entries. These
>> entries are of all sites and monuments in Kenya; some in Lamu, Eldoret,
>> Kericho, Kisumu etc. The ones in the proximity of Nairobi city are about
>> 100.
>>
>> I started compiling the list on Wikipedia [1] and it is a Work in
>> Progress as always is at Wikipedia. I only have one source of reliable
>> information which is the list I personally acquired from National Museums
>> of Kenya and that possibly explains why I haven't completed/expanded that
>> list!!!
>>
>> //Stephen
>>
>> 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sites_and_monuments_in_Kenya
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 6:05 AM, Limoke Oscar  wrote:
>>
>>> Steve/Alex
>>> Today I had an intresting Chat With Lodewijik on the above and we quite
>>> come up with interesting ways to work and participate in the global Wiki
>>> Loves Monuments. I have a few bright ideas. Let me know where and how far
>>> we went with the Kenya Monuments lits?
>>>
>>> All,
>>>
>>> Any member keen on supporting  the same? please sign up here.
>>> --
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Limoke Oscar,
>>> "*point me to the destiny,and I will curve my own path to it *"
>>>
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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Wiki-Loves Monumnets

[Stephen Wanjau]

Hello!

Oscar, an Email barnster for that :-)

Yes Alex and I got the monuments list which has 300+ entries. These entries
are of all sites and monuments in Kenya; some in Lamu, Eldoret, Kericho,
Kisumu etc. The ones in the proximity of Nairobi city are about 100.

I started compiling the list on Wikipedia [1] and it is a Work in Progress
as always is at Wikipedia. I only have one source of reliable information
which is the list I personally acquired from National Museums of Kenya and
that possibly explains why I haven't completed/expanded that list!!!

//Stephen

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sites_and_monuments_in_Kenya







On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 6:05 AM, Limoke Oscar  wrote:

> Steve/Alex
> Today I had an intresting Chat With Lodewijik on the above and we quite
> come up with interesting ways to work and participate in the global Wiki
> Loves Monuments. I have a few bright ideas. Let me know where and how far
> we went with the Kenya Monuments lits?
>
> All,
>
> Any member keen on supporting  the same? please sign up here.
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[Wikimedia Kenya] General Notice.

[Stephen Wanjau]

Ignore this if you are* not *in Kenya!

Thought this might interest you.

http://pluggedexpo.com/

I will be going :)

//Stephen

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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] County & Constituency Boundary Ruling

[stephen wanjau]

Well noted Andrew.

Such an event shall have a wide coverage that could even lead to other
reliable sources apart from the news agencies. Thanks for this important
reminder. I will keep an eye on that.

Probably the article down here would be the key beneficiary.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counties_of_Kenya

//Stephen

On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 1:53 PM, Andrew maina  wrote:

>
> Hi everyone. Is anybody keeping track of today's ruling on Constituency
> and County assembly ward boundaries? Reckon it will generate quite  a bit
> of reference material for wikipedia pages covering devolution, provincial
> administration, and elections in Kenya.
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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Kenya National Archives and other GLAM projects

[stephen wanjau]

Hello!

Yes, *right to access* is enshrined in the Kenyan constitution. What of how
you use the material/information that you gained access to?

For instance, photographs of Mzee Jomo Kenyatta while he was in young etc.
Yes we can access the photograph but are we allowed to use it in any way we
wish (*freely*) and for that matter upload it to commons where we will no
longer have control of what and where it will be used for illustrations or
any other purpose.

IMO, We need to know about copyright expiry of some of these works
according to the laws of Kenya, and the authors desired ways of attribution
if any to ensure we do not step on anyone’s toes.

I would be interested to know whether there is a clause or chapter in our
constitution that addresses the issue of intellectual property since it is
the supreme law of Kenya.

PS: Anyone with a soft copy can as well forward the same.

//Stephen

On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 10:02 AM, Abbas Mahmood  wrote:

>  I usually use the Kenyan Constitution (Article 35 in the Bill of Rights)
> to argue my standpoint:
>
> "...every citizen has the right to access to information held by the state
> or any information that is held by another person and that is required for
> the exercise or protection of any right or fundamental freedom."
>
> --Abbas.
>
> --
> From: stevewan...@wikimedia.or.ke
> Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2012 09:46:49 +0300
>
> To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Kenya National Archives and other GLAM
> projects
>
> Hello Wikimedians!
>
> As the talks and discussions for partnerships fair on, we also need to be
> preparing in the background some tools that will be handy during the
> collaborations with the institutions in question.
>
> Such tools include but not limited to; Wikimedia commons KE licence
> templates, Customized barnster awards for members who contribute to
> WP:KENYA etc.
>
> From my English understanding of the Kenya copyrights act , (since I ain't
> no lawyer: ) I understand that the copyright act of Kenya has some special
> provisions for local works of art and photography. You can get a copy of
> the copyright act at [1].
>
> Please Note: Am not a lawyer and I have no legal background locally and
> internationally and thereforeany advise that I give should not be taken as
> any form of legal advise.
>
> Have a good day.
>
> regards
> //Stephen
>
> 1. http://www.copyright.go.ke/rough/copyright_act.pdf
>
> On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 3:03 PM, Iolanda Pensa  wrote:
>
> dear all
> to involve institutions I think a good strategy is - as Stephen suggests -
> to start. Below some hints related to my experience with GLAMs within Share
> Your Knowledge and WikiAfrica projects.
> all the best
> iolanda
>
> 1. if it can be useful we just made two short videos about GLAMs, Creative
> Commons and Wikipedia (in English, the voice was recorded in south africa
> by the Africa Centre and one of them is the voice of Francis Awinda -
> wikipedian in residence at the Africa Centre from Kenya).
> * Share Your Knowledge WHY - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPWc18LswRM
> * Share Your Knowledge HOW - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpYmtRmPdUc
> you find the videos also on Wikimedia Commons [1]
>
> 2. it can be productive to focus on specific contents. for example you can
> ask a publisher to release with the open license cc by-sa only the
> biography of their authors and their book description; for an archive the
> story of the institutions (often already on their website); for an NGOs
> some of their promotional publications. those are contents institutions
> wish to share and they have less troubles in sharing. once they get started
> is easier to get more because they see how their contents are used.
>
> 3. Public archives and museums are often the most difficult institutions
> to involve in contributing to Wikipedia because - also if they understand -
> they do not know who can take the decision. Often they also require a
> formal agreement (which makes the collaboration even longer). it can be
> useful to target also NGOs, foundations and other private institutions, to
> get started and to be able to then tell the public sector "hey, THEY are
> already doing it".
>
> [1] On Wikimedia Commons - Share Your Knowledge video 1 WHY (with final
> link to glamwiki.org)
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Share_Your_Knowledge_1_Why_glamwiki.ogv
> On Wikimedia Commons - Share Your Knowledge video 2 HOW (with final link
> to glamwiki.org)
> http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Share_Your_Knowledge_2_How_glamwiki.ogv
>
> Il giorno 18/giu/2012, alle ore 06:20, Stephen Wanjau ha scritto:
>
> Hello Folks!
>
> I have been physically following 

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

[Stephen Wanjau]

Hello Wikimedians!

As the talks and discussions for partnerships fair on, we also need to be
preparing in the background some tools that will be handy during the
collaborations with the institutions in question.

Such tools include but not limited to; Wikimedia commons KE licence
templates, Customized barnster awards for members who contribute to
WP:KENYA etc.

>From my English understanding of the Kenya copyrights act , (since I ain't
no lawyer: ) I understand that the copyright act of Kenya has some special
provisions for local works of art and photography. You can get a copy of
the copyright act at [1].

Please Note: Am not a lawyer and I have no legal background locally and
internationally and thereforeany advise that I give should not be taken as
any form of legal advise.

Have a good day.

regards
//Stephen

1. http://www.copyright.go.ke/rough/copyright_act.pdf

On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 3:03 PM, Iolanda Pensa  wrote:

> dear all
> to involve institutions I think a good strategy is - as Stephen suggests -
> to start. Below some hints related to my experience with GLAMs within Share
> Your Knowledge and WikiAfrica projects.
> all the best
> iolanda
>
> 1. if it can be useful we just made two short videos about GLAMs, Creative
> Commons and Wikipedia (in English, the voice was recorded in south africa
> by the Africa Centre and one of them is the voice of Francis Awinda -
> wikipedian in residence at the Africa Centre from Kenya).
> * Share Your Knowledge WHY - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPWc18LswRM
> * Share Your Knowledge HOW - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpYmtRmPdUc
> you find the videos also on Wikimedia Commons [1]
>
> 2. it can be productive to focus on specific contents. for example you can
> ask a publisher to release with the open license cc by-sa only the
> biography of their authors and their book description; for an archive the
> story of the institutions (often already on their website); for an NGOs
> some of their promotional publications. those are contents institutions
> wish to share and they have less troubles in sharing. once they get started
> is easier to get more because they see how their contents are used.
>
> 3. Public archives and museums are often the most difficult institutions
> to involve in contributing to Wikipedia because - also if they understand -
> they do not know who can take the decision. Often they also require a
> formal agreement (which makes the collaboration even longer). it can be
> useful to target also NGOs, foundations and other private institutions, to
> get started and to be able to then tell the public sector "hey, THEY are
> already doing it".
>
> [1] On Wikimedia Commons - Share Your Knowledge video 1 WHY (with final
> link to glamwiki.org)
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Share_Your_Knowledge_1_Why_glamwiki.ogv
> On Wikimedia Commons - Share Your Knowledge video 2 HOW (with final link
> to glamwiki.org)
> http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Share_Your_Knowledge_2_How_glamwiki.ogv
>
> Il giorno 18/giu/2012, alle ore 06:20, Stephen Wanjau ha scritto:
>
> 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 Kenyan
> government or for the Kenyan government definitely understand my concerns
> regarding the periods that they would take to decide on such a simple thing
> on what to do - probably call an AGM of the stakeholders.
>
> In most of the cases, these guys do not understand the online stuff or
> even how the internet works let alone Wikipedia (which is our work anyway).
> At the end they will come to appreciate that it is a good thing - which it
> is always is.There was a time when we visited the Kenya Railways museum and
> the curator there was always confusing their institutional website with
> Wikipedia. He thought Wikipedians job is to improve organizational
> websites! we clarified and made it clear about this and on the next meeting
> he was at it again!
>
> On our meeting with another directorate of the National Museums of Kenya,
> he asked whether he could find Wikipedia on Google search. the exact
> conversation was as below.
>
> *Alex*: Hello, My name is Alex and am here with my colleague Steve and we
>>> work at Wikipedia. Wikipedia is ...blah blah blah
>>>
>> *Museum directorate*: Do you mean if I search Wikipedia  on Google I
>>> will find it? (Was just hilarious:)
>>>
>>
> Personally, I have not spoken to Kenya Archives about GLAM (though Abbas
> did). But I think we should just go ahead and organize editat

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Offline Wikipedia: Kenyan Curriculum

[Stephen Wanjau]

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  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 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 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_Topics&

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] June Meet-Up

[Stephen Wanjau]

Hello Folks,

I have created the event page
here<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Nairobi>al beit I
know it is quite late for it to be populated with all the
required details before the editathon.

thanks,
Stephen

On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 7:51 PM, Stephen Wanjau  wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> Meeting space - *Check*
> Meeting time - *Check..*
>
> What remains?
>
> I have been compiling a list of articles here
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Stephenwanjau#To_Do.2FPossible_future_articles>that
> I would like to tackle and practise at my sandbox. Hopefully, I shall have
> made nice stubs at the end of the editathon which I shall import to the
> main name-space at the end of the editathon.
>
> I will also be glad to introduce the Wiki-Africa 
> incubator<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiAfrica/Incubator>and how 
> it works to help new Wikipedia contributors learn the skill of
> editing wiki and generally contributing to Wikimedia.
>
> You can as well research for articles that interest you and ones you think
> need expansion or clean up on Wikipedia.
>
> In the meantime, prepare your laptops and charge the batteries:)
>
> regards,
> Stephen
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 9:50 PM, Ann Njeri  wrote:
>
>> Hi all?
>> I will not be able to make it for the meetup because i have prior
>> commitments on the same day and for which i have been preparing for over a
>> year now, please accept my apology...
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 10:37 AM, Stephen Wanjau <
>> stevewan...@wikimedia.or.ke> wrote:
>>
>>> alll
>>> On 6/18/12, Stephen Wanjau  wrote:
>>> > alll
>>> >
>>> > On 6/18/12, Abbas Mahmood  wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Regarding the registration process, the lawyer is on leave for 2 weeks
>>> >> (until 27th June). I will poke him when he's back in office. Oscar, I
>>> >> only
>>> >> have a hard copy of the revised bylaws, and some of the changes were,
>>> I
>>> >> think, recorded on etherpad. I'll carry the hard copy with me at our
>>> next
>>> >> meetup, in case anyone needs it.
>>> >> And yes, we've already paid (an installment of) the legal fees, so
>>> let's
>>> >> hope that this will expedite the process.
>>> >> Abbas.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> From: stevewan...@wikimedia.or.ke
>>> >> Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 18:48:59 +0300
>>> >> To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
>>> >> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] June Meet-Up
>>> >>
>>> >> Woohoo!
>>> >>
>>> >> Nice job Abbas for following that up.
>>> >>
>>> >> PS: How far have we gone with the registration process?
>>> >>
>>> >> Thanks.
>>> >>
>>> >> //Stephen.
>>> >>
>>> >> On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 6:44 PM, Abbas Mahmood 
>>> >> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> Hi folks,
>>> >> I've just received confirmation of the meetup: June 30th, 10am to 3pm.
>>> >> Mark
>>> >> your calenders. I'm yet to receive the exact location (whether it's at
>>> >> the
>>> >> Board Room or at the iHub itself).
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> Regards,Abbas.
>>> >>
>>> >>> Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2012 19:50:43 +0300
>>> >>> From: kipchogekos...@gmail.com
>>> >>> To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] June Meet-Up
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Hi all,
>>> >>> Edit only would be a fantastic idea. I second Xelawafs on that.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> On 09/06/2012, Alex Wafula  wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>> > 30th sounds great. @Abbas, I figured we'd have the last Saturday of
>>> >>> > the
>>> >>> > month at iHub permanently booked for us; do let us know.
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > I don't think a morning alone would do, I'd suggest a timing of 10
>>> am
>>> >>> > -
>>> >>> > 3
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>&

[Wikimedia Kenya] Fwd: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year 2011

[Stephen Wanjau]

Sorry for cross posting.

-- Forwarded message --
From: Karthik Nadar 
Date: Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 8:42 PM
Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year 2011
To: wikimediaindi...@lists.wikimedia.org


Hi all.

For all those who had been curious about Wikimedia Commons Picture of the
Year 2012, the results have been declared:


   1.
   http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2011/Results
   2. Winning file of the
year


Wishing to see too many Images relating to India contesting next for the
next year :)


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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] June Meet-Up

[Stephen Wanjau]

Hi Folks,

Meeting space - *Check*
Meeting time - *Check..*

What remains?

I have been compiling a list of articles here
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Stephenwanjau#To_Do.2FPossible_future_articles>that
I would like to tackle and practise at my sandbox. Hopefully, I shall have
made nice stubs at the end of the editathon which I shall import to the
main name-space at the end of the editathon.

I will also be glad to introduce the Wiki-Africa
incubator<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiAfrica/Incubator>and
how it works to help new Wikipedia contributors learn the skill of
editing wiki and generally contributing to Wikimedia.

You can as well research for articles that interest you and ones you think
need expansion or clean up on Wikipedia.

In the meantime, prepare your laptops and charge the batteries:)

regards,
Stephen

On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 9:50 PM, Ann Njeri  wrote:

> Hi all?
> I will not be able to make it for the meetup because i have prior
> commitments on the same day and for which i have been preparing for over a
> year now, please accept my apology...
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 10:37 AM, Stephen Wanjau <
> stevewan...@wikimedia.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> alll
>> On 6/18/12, Stephen Wanjau  wrote:
>> > alll
>> >
>> > On 6/18/12, Abbas Mahmood  wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Regarding the registration process, the lawyer is on leave for 2 weeks
>> >> (until 27th June). I will poke him when he's back in office. Oscar, I
>> >> only
>> >> have a hard copy of the revised bylaws, and some of the changes were, I
>> >> think, recorded on etherpad. I'll carry the hard copy with me at our
>> next
>> >> meetup, in case anyone needs it.
>> >> And yes, we've already paid (an installment of) the legal fees, so
>> let's
>> >> hope that this will expedite the process.
>> >> Abbas.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> From: stevewan...@wikimedia.or.ke
>> >> Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 18:48:59 +0300
>> >> To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
>> >> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] June Meet-Up
>> >>
>> >> Woohoo!
>> >>
>> >> Nice job Abbas for following that up.
>> >>
>> >> PS: How far have we gone with the registration process?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks.
>> >>
>> >> //Stephen.
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 6:44 PM, Abbas Mahmood 
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Hi folks,
>> >> I've just received confirmation of the meetup: June 30th, 10am to 3pm.
>> >> Mark
>> >> your calenders. I'm yet to receive the exact location (whether it's at
>> >> the
>> >> Board Room or at the iHub itself).
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Regards,Abbas.
>> >>
>> >>> Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2012 19:50:43 +0300
>> >>> From: kipchogekos...@gmail.com
>> >>> To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] June Meet-Up
>> >>>
>> >>> Hi all,
>> >>> Edit only would be a fantastic idea. I second Xelawafs on that.
>> >>>
>> >>> On 09/06/2012, Alex Wafula  wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>> > 30th sounds great. @Abbas, I figured we'd have the last Saturday of
>> >>> > the
>> >>> > month at iHub permanently booked for us; do let us know.
>> >>> >
>> >>> > I don't think a morning alone would do, I'd suggest a timing of 10
>> am
>> >>> > -
>> >>> > 3
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>> > pm should be great (my thoughts)
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Plus I propose this to be an edit only meetup.
>> >>> >
>> >>> > cheers,
>> >>> > Alex
>> >>> >
>> >>> > On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 11:37 AM,  wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>> >
>> >>> >> Morning is better for me...
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> David.
>> >>> >> -Original Message-
>> >>> >> From: Abbas Mahmood 
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>> >> Sender: wikimediake-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org
>> >&

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Mombasa alert: potential terror attack?

[Stephen Wanjau]

Hello Folks!

I started an article about the blasts
here<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blasts_in_Nairobi>on May 29, 2012
but I had been covering Nairobi only. Other Wikipedians
have raised concerns on the discussion page of the article that it should
cover all the bomb/grenade attacks in Kenya. View the discussion page
here<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Blasts_in_Nairobi>

I agree that we should write articles of recent events that meet
GNG<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Gng#General_notability_guideline>since
it is easier  to find references online since they are still 'fresh'.

I am paranoid about staying or going around town nowadays yet am a local
citizen. Maybe it is probably because the Moi Avenue blast happened barely
before we left town with Alex (a Kenyan Wikimedian) after our meeting with
Kenya Railways museum guys.

I wonder what the case would be if an explosion goes of and I was in a
foreign country!

regards,
Stephen



On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 2:32 PM, Grace Kariuki  wrote:

> hi all,
>
> the topic of discussion is quite sensitive and very subjective and
> probably not the right forum to discuss it,however thanks steve  and
> Branton for the alert,we cannot ignore security issues baring in mind we
> have kenya wikimedian brothers like Abbas n others who reside in Mombasa.
> this is a good topic for editing tho.
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 2:17 PM, Kosgei Isaac wrote:
>
>> I dont think this is the right forum to discuss such an issue.
>>
>> That is my opinion.
>>
>> On 26/06/2012, Branton Obwari  wrote:
>> > Steve ,thats  glimpse into our foreign policy , believe me if you are
>> > paid to paint a good picture of your country you would do that well ,
>> > unless you wanna hurt the Economy of your beloved country.During the
>> > Sept 11th thing ,the Washington govn were well aware of possibility of
>> > attack ,but they wouldn't say anything to that effect ,Me thinks its
>> > our security apparatus at the dock ,after receiving 'intelligent'
>> > reports from a 'a friendly' state ,America ,its was upon them to act
>> > to protect their citizens which is their duty anyway.
>> >
>> > On 6/26/12, Stephen Wanjau  wrote:
>> >> .It is so unfortunate that the allegations by the US ambassador to
>> Kenya
>> >> came true. From the Sunday incident 3 people have already succumbed to
>> >> injury and 30 others still hospitalized 4 of whom are in ICU.
>> >>
>> >> It is saddening and shocking yet some top government officials rebuked
>> >> these claim saying the allegations by the ambassador were an act of
>> >> economic sabotage to scare away tourists.
>> >>
>> >> //Stephen
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 9:59 AM, Samuel Klein 
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Kasia, you've already seen this; but for the others, distressing news
>> >>> from Mombasa:
>> >>>
>> >>> https://www.osac.gov/pages/ContentReportDetails.aspx?cid=12587
>> >>>
>> >>> Be well and safe,
>> >>> SJ
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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Mombasa alert: potential terror attack?

[Stephen Wanjau]

.It is so unfortunate that the allegations by the US ambassador to Kenya
came true. From the Sunday incident 3 people have already succumbed to
injury and 30 others still hospitalized 4 of whom are in ICU.

It is saddening and shocking yet some top government officials rebuked
these claim saying the allegations by the ambassador were an act of
economic sabotage to scare away tourists.

//Stephen


On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 9:59 AM, Samuel Klein  wrote:

> Kasia, you've already seen this; but for the others, distressing news
> from Mombasa:
>
> https://www.osac.gov/pages/ContentReportDetails.aspx?cid=12587
>
> Be well and safe,
> SJ
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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Offline Wikipedia: Kenyan Curriculum

[Stephen Wanjau]

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 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 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_Topics&action=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,
>

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Offline Wikipedia: Kenyan Curriculum

[Stephen Wanjau]

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  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 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_Topics&action=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 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  wrote:
>> > Grace,
>> > I think he is talking about laptop chargers not charges .
>>
>> >
>> > On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Grace Kariuki 
>

[Wikimedia Kenya] Wikipedia Requested Photoes

[stephen wanjau]

Hello Folks!

As we edit English Wikipedia, you will note that the tag Requested
photosis
quite rampant in most articles that are about people or features in
Kenya. As I navigated around categories of requested photographs in Africa,
I established that Kenya has the highest number of requested photos as
compared to the rest of the African countries. (I stand to be corrected
though).

Even if the case is not so, we still have around 500+ requested photos for
use in Wikipedia from Kenya. But again most of these photos are of people
[1]. For a case in point; Conjestina the famous female boxing champion.
Personally, I would not envisage a scenario where I would be attending a
boxing match so that I can really get a nice shot of her. But as a
Wikipedia contributor I would really like to see here photo up on Wikipedia
but how? One thing I believe is that, we can fulfill a great percentage of
these requests and this is why?


Recently, after the demise of the late Prof. George Saitoti, I held my
horses for a reliable source to broadcast about this on the very hour of
his passing. For this case it was the Daily Nation and Capital FM news that
did it first from my search. I went to his Wikipedia article and updated it
with the appropriate info plus some slight changes on the tense. I tweeted…


”Hey! Someone already update the Saitoti Wikipedia article #KOT”
>


#KOT is a hash tag  for Kenyans On Twitter that is used to address issues
concerning Kenya on this social network. The tweet got several retweets and
over that some positive PR that Wikipedia is up-to date.


Later on, I was contacted by a journalist from the Nation Media Group as a
result of my actions on Wikipedia. He told me that he had an account on
Wikipedia but he infrequently edits because he doesn’t know how albeit he
fetched my number from my FB profile via my Wikipedia userpage. He got my
username from the history of the late Professor George Saitoti article. He
interviewed me on the phone for about 45 minutes and I wish to clarify that
I spoke in my opinion as a Wikipedia editor and not for the chapter or for
the Wikimedia movement. He asked me how and why I did that and in general
why I edit Wikipedia.


Having said that, these journalists are a very essential base of photo
contributors to us since most of these photos about the people in question
have already been taken but in the protection of Journalists of these media
houses. Probably what we need to do is to talk to them about CC licenses
and the impact that their work would have on Wikipedia. From my interview,
he was very jubilant about my deeds. I invited the journalist to come in
after giving him an overview of cc licenses and that I need photos to make
articles about Kenya and its people on Wikipedia speak more than 1000 words:)


Another thing we can use social media (twitter) to inform people about
Wikipedia activities here in Kenya. Read this article [2] about a CNN
correspondent who navigated Kenya via twitter and she even organized a
meet-up via twitter by using the tag #KOT!


I would like to hear your point of view about this.


regards,

Stephen.



1.  1.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_requested_photographs_in_Kenya

2.  2.
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/06/15/world/africa/kenya-twitter-experiment/index.html

re








http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_requested_photographs_in_Kenya
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_requested_photographs_of_people_of_Kenya
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_requested_photographs_in_Africa
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=http%3A%2F%2Ftoolserver.org%2F~para%2Fcgi-bin%2Fkmlexport%3Farticle%3DCategory%3AWikipedia_requested_photographs_in_Kenya%26usecache%3D1


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

[Stephen Wanjau]

Hello,

On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 8:45 AM, David Mugo  wrote:

> @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.
>

Phrase of the day "Human Wiki" learning never stops and I just learnt we
can be human wikis..See?

>
> David.
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 8:42 AM, Limoke Oscar  wrote:
>
>> 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 
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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Kenya National Archives and other GLAM projects

[Stephen Wanjau]

Hello!

My reply follows your email.

On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 8:42 AM, Limoke Oscar  wrote:

> And I hate lengthy emails  like this ones here :-)
>

Wikipedians like to write. BTW, Are on the internal mailing list? (Asking
for a friend again)

>
> 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 
>

Probably I have been an evil student in reporting about my advancements but
be rest assured I have been performing great as you can see progress here.


I have also bagged several recognition awards from other Wikimedia users as
seen here .
Am also part of the Wikification team that works to clear the back log of
articles that need to be wikified.

Plus so much more, I just want to keep this email short.

//Stephen

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

[Stephen Wanjau]

Hello,

My reply is in line.

Being on the board doesn't denote that whichever communications commencing
from me is the position or stance of the chapter whatsoever, unless
otherwise unambiguously stated in the start section of my E-mail. Clear?

 My dear Steve,
>
> Waswahili wasema subira huvuta heri.
>

Yeah I concur but the same Waswahili said, Ngoja ngoja huumiza matumbo :)
and how comes nowadays they don't 'sema' :)

>
> 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 overnight to seal. They take months, or even years.
> And that has nothing to do with Kenya or the government. It's the business
> norm. The British Museum -- the first cultural institution to host a
> Residency program -- took months to accept it. The Museum of Islamic Art in
> Qatar is still in talks with Wikimedia -- these talks started (I think) 10
> months ago. This agreement is not just a piece of paper saying that we will
> edit Wikipedia and take photos. It involves Museum personnel/staff --
> meaning that they'll agree to devote their time to contribute to Wikipedia.
> So all in all, it involves the Museum agreeing to dedicate (some of) its
> resources to us -- whether its time or money. It also has a binding
> agreement, explicitly stating that they have to stick to the terms and
> conditions of the partnership. (e.g. what will you do if a senior staff
> member forbids you to take photos of their gallery?)
>

Hey! You got me wide off the mark from my Email. Am not saying we storm the
museum and shockingly start having our own secluded tours or edit camps
devoid of their accord.I cannot take staff members and the management and
offer them a dose Wikimedicine minus the thought of the influence to their
jobs and the welfare of the KNA. I personally cannot do that and I cannot
tolerate such kind of behaviour.

There are undeniably some levels of access to the facility. I saw an
opportunity to use their library as a source for references since it is
open to public in exchange of a very small fee of $2.50 per year per head.
This way we would even have a metric from this unofficial pilot of the kind
and quantity of work and input that we expect at such a time when the
partnership deal ripens. Personally I do not edit exclusively edit local
articles for the reason that most of this info is still offline. At times
you cannot take care of all the ‘ifs’ in advance even before the journey
starts  – we will cross the bridge when we get there. It is now five months
and counting - just a caveat and probably a wake up call.

>
> If you want to go ahead and carry out this project unofficially, then go
> ahead. I just hope that you (and everyone else who is in an official
> capacity to represent Wikimedia Kenya) knows that if we want to form
> partnerships, these things will take time. And there may be a shortcut this
> time round (which has its limitations), there may not be a shortcut next
> time.
>


There are without doubt no shortcuts not unless we execute an Italian job
and take the material with us home and digitize bila presha na hustle.Does
existence in the board mean that all I do or Email for that matter is the
opinion of the chapter or a representation of the chapter’s deportment?
(Asking for a friend.)

This was my personal opinion and it is in no way tagged to the other
officials of the Wikimedia Kenya chapter.  FYI, there are winning shortcuts
like: Shift+alt+S which saves the changes in a Wiki edit interface.


You talked about calling an AGM with the stakeholders. What stakeholders
> specifically? You also talked about most government institutions being
> ignorant about Wikipedia. While this statement may be true, I assure you
> that after more than 5 meetings with the Kenya National Archives Management
> team, they at least know the basics :-)
>


I was reporting of what materialized at our meeting while on quest for the
list of monuments. I still wonder how the hell someone would ask if
Wikipedia is on Google yet his office door label is a term far-fetched from
the corporate IT lingo.


At the railways meseum, we were informed that there was suppossed to be a
meeting from the head of KR to the toe as they discuss the partnership deal
with us. Those are the kind of stakeholders I was talking about.

>
> You also talked about carrying out editathons and taking photos at the
> Murumbi Gallery (the gallery found at the entrance of the Archives). Do you
> know that this gallery is barely 1% of what the Kenya National Archives
> has? Yes, 1%. The Kenya National Archives is not a place which is supposed
> to host artifacts per se, but most importantly, it houses millions of
> records, transcripts, maps, agreements, videos, audio files related to
> Kenyan history. These records -- not the gallery -- are the essence of the
> Archives. It is the

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] June Meet-Up

[Stephen Wanjau]

alll

On 6/18/12, Stephen Wanjau  wrote:
> alll
>
> On 6/18/12, Abbas Mahmood  wrote:
>>
>> Regarding the registration process, the lawyer is on leave for 2 weeks
>> (until 27th June). I will poke him when he's back in office. Oscar, I
>> only
>> have a hard copy of the revised bylaws, and some of the changes were, I
>> think, recorded on etherpad. I'll carry the hard copy with me at our next
>> meetup, in case anyone needs it.
>> And yes, we've already paid (an installment of) the legal fees, so let's
>> hope that this will expedite the process.
>> Abbas.
>>
>>
>> From: stevewan...@wikimedia.or.ke
>> Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 18:48:59 +0300
>> To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
>> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] June Meet-Up
>>
>> Woohoo!
>>
>> Nice job Abbas for following that up.
>>
>> PS: How far have we gone with the registration process?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> //Stephen.
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 6:44 PM, Abbas Mahmood 
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi folks,
>> I've just received confirmation of the meetup: June 30th, 10am to 3pm.
>> Mark
>> your calenders. I'm yet to receive the exact location (whether it's at
>> the
>> Board Room or at the iHub itself).
>>
>>
>> Regards,Abbas.
>>
>>> Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2012 19:50:43 +0300
>>> From: kipchogekos...@gmail.com
>>> To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
>>
>>
>>> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] June Meet-Up
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>> Edit only would be a fantastic idea. I second Xelawafs on that.
>>>
>>> On 09/06/2012, Alex Wafula  wrote:
>>
>>
>>> > 30th sounds great. @Abbas, I figured we'd have the last Saturday of
>>> > the
>>> > month at iHub permanently booked for us; do let us know.
>>> >
>>> > I don't think a morning alone would do, I'd suggest a timing of 10 am
>>> > -
>>> > 3
>>
>>
>>> > pm should be great (my thoughts)
>>> >
>>> > Plus I propose this to be an edit only meetup.
>>> >
>>> > cheers,
>>> > Alex
>>> >
>>> > On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 11:37 AM,  wrote:
>>
>>
>>> >
>>> >> Morning is better for me...
>>> >>
>>> >> David.
>>> >> -Original Message-
>>> >> From: Abbas Mahmood 
>>
>>
>>> >> Sender: wikimediake-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org
>>> >> Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2012 08:30:04
>>> >> To: Wikimedia Kenya
>>
>>
>>> >> Reply-To: "The discussion list for the Wikimedia Kenya chapter."
>>> >>
>>
>>
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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] June Meet-Up

[Stephen Wanjau]

alll

On 6/18/12, Abbas Mahmood  wrote:
>
> Regarding the registration process, the lawyer is on leave for 2 weeks
> (until 27th June). I will poke him when he's back in office. Oscar, I only
> have a hard copy of the revised bylaws, and some of the changes were, I
> think, recorded on etherpad. I'll carry the hard copy with me at our next
> meetup, in case anyone needs it.
> And yes, we've already paid (an installment of) the legal fees, so let's
> hope that this will expedite the process.
> Abbas.
>
>
> From: stevewan...@wikimedia.or.ke
> Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 18:48:59 +0300
> To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] June Meet-Up
>
> Woohoo!
>
> Nice job Abbas for following that up.
>
> PS: How far have we gone with the registration process?
>
> Thanks.
>
> //Stephen.
>
> On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 6:44 PM, Abbas Mahmood 
> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Hi folks,
> I've just received confirmation of the meetup: June 30th, 10am to 3pm. Mark
> your calenders. I'm yet to receive the exact location (whether it's at the
> Board Room or at the iHub itself).
>
>
> Regards,Abbas.
>
>> Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2012 19:50:43 +0300
>> From: kipchogekos...@gmail.com
>> To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
>
>
>> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] June Meet-Up
>>
>> Hi all,
>> Edit only would be a fantastic idea. I second Xelawafs on that.
>>
>> On 09/06/2012, Alex Wafula  wrote:
>
>
>> > 30th sounds great. @Abbas, I figured we'd have the last Saturday of the
>> > month at iHub permanently booked for us; do let us know.
>> >
>> > I don't think a morning alone would do, I'd suggest a timing of 10 am -
>> > 3
>
>
>> > pm should be great (my thoughts)
>> >
>> > Plus I propose this to be an edit only meetup.
>> >
>> > cheers,
>> > Alex
>> >
>> > On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 11:37 AM,  wrote:
>
>
>> >
>> >> Morning is better for me...
>> >>
>> >> David.
>> >> -Original Message-
>> >> From: Abbas Mahmood 
>
>
>> >> Sender: wikimediake-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org
>> >> Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2012 08:30:04
>> >> To: Wikimedia Kenya
>
>
>> >> Reply-To: "The discussion list for the Wikimedia Kenya chapter."
>> >>
>
>
>> >> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] June Meet-Up
>> >>
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[Wikimedia Kenya] Kenya National Archives and other GLAM projects

[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 Kenyan
government or for the Kenyan government definitely understand my concerns
regarding the periods that they would take to decide on such a simple thing
on what to do - probably call an AGM of the stakeholders.

In most of the cases, these guys do not understand the online stuff or even
how the internet works let alone Wikipedia (which is our work anyway). At
the end they will come to appreciate that it is a good thing - which it is
always is.There was a time when we visited the Kenya Railways museum and
the curator there was always confusing their institutional website with
Wikipedia. He thought Wikipedians job is to improve organizational
websites! we clarified and made it clear about this and on the next meeting
he was at it again!

On our meeting with another directorate of the National Museums of Kenya,
he asked whether he could find Wikipedia on Google search. the exact
conversation was as below.

*Alex*: Hello, My name is Alex and am here with my colleague Steve and we
>> work at Wikipedia. Wikipedia is ...blah blah blah
>>
> *Museum directorate*: Do you mean if I search Wikipedia  on Google I will
>> find it? (Was just hilarious:)
>>
>
Personally, I have not spoken to Kenya Archives about GLAM (though Abbas
did). But I think we should just go ahead and organize editathons at this
premises and this is why.

On Sunday 17th 2012 I was to meet with a friend in town who was running
late and so I decided to part with 50 Kenyan shillings ($0.5) and enter the
premise (Kenya National Archives) just to see what it holds. Plus I did not
want to stand along the streets or sit on the benches due to the frequent
IED attacks in Nairobi. It is rich in artifacts and even books about
history of Kenya, royal visits to Kenya, Kenyatta's famous chair and to
crown it all they have a library with articles about all these treasures.
The receptionist in fact encouraged me to take photos with a camera even
before I asked for permission. She even encouraged me to become a member of
their library and I only needed to part with 200 KES for a year as
subscription to access the material plus the artifacts of course.

My question is, can't we pay for this subscription and start using the
library to write articles about Kenya now that they have offline references
there? Probably on Weekends or even weekdays depending on the time one is
free. I think the chapter can cushion the subscriptions if that would
hinder any Wikipedian from accessing the facility. The internet shall
definitely be provided.

Kenya is still dark and still in the dark continent. Can't we illuminate it
with some light..?

My thoughts.

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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Wikimedia Kenya Blog

[Stephen Wanjau]

Hello,

I conquer that we are somehow struggling to update our website for now
courtesy of bad and expensive internet connection in Kenya plus the website
is on its very final stages of construction (Thanks to Alex).

Even though it is not an immediate and dire need, it is Rule of
thumbwe will need a blog
as time goes by - but the sooner the better. It is more
of writing the English composition that we used to write while in primary
and high school:) plus it is interesting to read plus so much more...

//Stephen
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On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 8:38 AM, Limoke Oscar  wrote:

> Steve,
>
> 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, we might just as well be
> duplicating content from our wikijust my 2cents
>
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>
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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Cool Projects

[Stephen Wanjau]

Hey Folks!

Since the deadline to submit cool projects is imminent. Are we still
expecting the various versions of cool projects from the list members or we
can just go ahead and post the ones openly mentioned in this thread?

//Stephen

On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 3:40 PM, Alex Wafula  wrote:

> Just to clarify, minutes for the meetup were posted here:
> http://wikimedia.or.ke/Minutes/26May12
>
> Any/all updates of current projects have been posted on this list and/or
> mentioned during our meetups as well as on the board mailing list so in
> case I missed any updates of projects or left something hanging, let me
> know and I'll clarify it. Plus you can check out this category:
> http://wikimedia.or.ke/Category:Projects
>
> cheers,
> Alex
>
> On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 3:18 PM, Stephen Wanjau <
> stevewan...@wikimedia.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> Sorry previous link broken,  use
>> http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/wmke-meeting-26-05-2012
>>
>> //stephen
>> sent from my $100 gadget
>>
>> On 6/15/12, Stephen Wanjau  wrote:
>> > Hello!
>> >
>> > Dead drops were discussed during our last community meetup on 26th May
>> > at the Mlab and there was even an awesome video that I showed to the
>> > members present and everyone was convinced it was a good project that
>> > we could undertake.
>> >
>> > The same applies to GLAM plus other projects on the etherpad  here >>
>> > http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/
>> > wmke-meeting-26-05-2012
>> >
>> > The minutes are yet to be posted on our website by Anne but every
>> > detail was documented on the pad including the snack munching
>> > session;)
>> >
>> > I thought the essence of using the etherpad was for members to follow
>> > the meeting proceedings remotely plus as a form of temporary
>> > documentation. We have to save the trees and let them live as we share
>> > in the yet to be sum of all human knowledge!
>> >
>> > cheers,
>> >
>> > Stephen.
>> > sent from my $100 gadget.
>> >
>> > On 6/15/12, Limoke Oscar  wrote:
>> >> Team
>> >>
>> >> While at it,
>> >>
>> >>>  It goes without saying, (though you said) our community  runs on the
>> >>> virtue of openness and the following is what I filled as my taking as
>> >>> our
>> >>> cool projects.
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >> Could we please loop in the members on the current projects we are
>> >> involved
>> >> on? I am sure very many are hearing of some of this of for the very 1st
>> >> time like Geo Dops, Railways , GLAM and if possible updates on the
>> doings
>> >> as they happen just that all of us are on the same page??
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> My Cool Projects are:
>> >>
>> >>- Heathers Meetup at iHub where we explained the reason why we
>> >> need/dont
>> >>need sw:wp or why it does not work (My favorite meetup and fruitful
>> >>discusion)
>> >>- The Photo walk that culminated on the current discussions with
>> >>the Railway Museum
>> >>- And of course the current efforts to have a localized Offline
>> >> Wikipedia
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Regards,
>> >>
>> >> Limoke Oscar,
>> >> "*point me to the destiny,and I will curve my own path to it *"
>> >>
>> >
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[Wikimedia Kenya] Wikimedia Kenya Blog

[Stephen Wanjau]

Hello nice people!

In April 2012 immediately after we Boeing-ed (or is it jet back) from
Berlin. We had awesome tweets and re-tweets
with some WMKE members about the need to have a Wikimedia Kenya blog.

See images at [1] and [2] below.

First, I endorse this idea and I hope that way we will have all our updates
and progress in what we are doing
in an elaborate manner and style. Emails are not that refined especially to
new members and to the
international community who are part of this list and the whole Wikimedia
fraternity.

Secondly, we will request to join chapters
planetwhich aims to facilitate
information sharing about the work of
the Wikimedia chapters
and the Wikimedia
Foundation  by aggregating their blog feeds
in one place and providing
translation services.

This way other chapters will know what we are doing and we will also get
free translation services to other languages
like Chinese now that they are building Thika road and they need to know
about Wikimedia Kenya:).
(Decided to use Chinese as an example)

For my part, it will be a part of my signature in all emails and where
necessary point to it if an email am writing
has a blog post up for clarity and further reading which I will definitely
help. See [3].

Looking forward to your feedback about this.

1.
https://secure.flickr.com/photos/swanjau/7377793604/in/set-72157630140607210/
2.
https://secure.flickr.com/photos/swanjau/7377794504/in/set-72157630140607210/
3. It will really really help.

regards,
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[Wikimedia Kenya] Fwd: [Translators-l] Translations wanted for May 2012 Wikimedia Highlights

[Stephen Wanjau]

Hello!

Sorry for cross posting.

Translators needed to translate the May 2012 Wikimedia highlights. It is
also a nice chance to know the status and progress of the foundation plus
how the media wiki translation
extensionworks.

In case you encounter any difficulties feel free to contact me.

//Stephen

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From: Tilman Bayer 
Date: Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 5:12 AM
Subject: [Translators-l] Translations wanted for May 2012 Wikimedia
Highlights
To: Wikimedia Translators 


Hi,

as every month, translations are wanted for the new edition of the
"Wikimedia Highlights", consisting of the most relevant information
from the Foundation's general and technical monthly reports for April,
with a short selection of other important news from the Wikimedia
movement. Please consider helping non-English-language Wikimedia
communities to stay updated on the most important WMF activities,
MediaWiki development work and other international news from the past
month, by providing a translation at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Highlights,_May_2012

For Danish, German, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian
(Bokmål), Dutch, Polish, Vietnamese, Finnish, Russian, Hungarian,
Macedonian, Tamil and Turkish, it is useful to compare the earlier
translations (
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Highlights#Previous_issues
), as the "Data and Trends" and "Financials" sections contain a lot of
recurring vocabulary.

As usual, it is planned to announce the translations - i.e.those which
have been completed at that point - on the general
Wikimedia announcements list Wikimediaannounce-l, on Wednesday, June
20. Of course translations will still be welcome after that
announcement.

We are also posting the translated versions as language- and
country-targeted updates of the official Wikipedia Facebook account,
which reaches a large audience, and recently started promoting them on
other social media channels as well (e.g.
https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/201975842472067072 ).

Many thanks!

Regards,
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[Wikimedia Kenya] Fwd: [Kiwix-testing] Kiwix 0.9 RC1 pre-release

[Stephen Wanjau]

Hey everyone!

Sorry for cross posting.

-- Forwarded message --
From: Emmanuel Engelhart 
Date: Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 2:15 PM
Subject: [Kiwix-testing] Kiwix 0.9 RC1 pre-release
To: Kiwix tester group 


Dear Kiwix testers

After 6 months of work, we have finished the first release candidate
(RC) version of Kiwixi 0.9. We plan to release it officially on sunday,
but wanted to give us two days, with your help, to get a chance to
detect critical bugs and regressions.

All binaries are available here:
http://download.kiwix.org/bin/nightly/latest/

You may find the whole changelog there:
http://changelog.kiwix.org

The most essential features to checks are:
* "Evolution" skin
* Singleton window behaviour
* Indexing
* Kiwix for Sugar
* kiwix-serve
* Video (using demo file http://tmp.kiwix.org/HTML5VideoDemo.zim)
* OSX universal binary package
* Debian Wheezy packages

Thank you in advance for your feedbacks

Regards
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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Cool Projects

[Stephen Wanjau]

Sorry previous link broken,  use
http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/wmke-meeting-26-05-2012

//stephen
sent from my $100 gadget

On 6/15/12, Stephen Wanjau  wrote:
> Hello!
>
> Dead drops were discussed during our last community meetup on 26th May
> at the Mlab and there was even an awesome video that I showed to the
> members present and everyone was convinced it was a good project that
> we could undertake.
>
> The same applies to GLAM plus other projects on the etherpad  here >>
> http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/
> wmke-meeting-26-05-2012
>
> The minutes are yet to be posted on our website by Anne but every
> detail was documented on the pad including the snack munching
> session;)
>
> I thought the essence of using the etherpad was for members to follow
> the meeting proceedings remotely plus as a form of temporary
> documentation. We have to save the trees and let them live as we share
> in the yet to be sum of all human knowledge!
>
> cheers,
>
> Stephen.
> sent from my $100 gadget.
>
> On 6/15/12, Limoke Oscar  wrote:
>> Team
>>
>> While at it,
>>
>>>  It goes without saying, (though you said) our community  runs on the
>>> virtue of openness and the following is what I filled as my taking as
>>> our
>>> cool projects.
>>>
>>
>> Could we please loop in the members on the current projects we are
>> involved
>> on? I am sure very many are hearing of some of this of for the very 1st
>> time like Geo Dops, Railways , GLAM and if possible updates on the doings
>> as they happen just that all of us are on the same page??
>>
>>
>> My Cool Projects are:
>>
>>- Heathers Meetup at iHub where we explained the reason why we
>> need/dont
>>need sw:wp or why it does not work (My favorite meetup and fruitful
>>discusion)
>>- The Photo walk that culminated on the current discussions with
>>the Railway Museum
>>- And of course the current efforts to have a localized Offline
>> Wikipedia
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>>
>> Limoke Oscar,
>> "*point me to the destiny,and I will curve my own path to it *"
>>
>
>
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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Cool Projects

[Stephen Wanjau]

Hello!

Dead drops were discussed during our last community meetup on 26th May
at the Mlab and there was even an awesome video that I showed to the
members present and everyone was convinced it was a good project that
we could undertake.

The same applies to GLAM plus other projects on the etherpad  here >>
http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/
wmke-meeting-26-05-2012

The minutes are yet to be posted on our website by Anne but every
detail was documented on the pad including the snack munching
session;)

I thought the essence of using the etherpad was for members to follow
the meeting proceedings remotely plus as a form of temporary
documentation. We have to save the trees and let them live as we share
in the yet to be sum of all human knowledge!

cheers,

Stephen.
sent from my $100 gadget.

On 6/15/12, Limoke Oscar  wrote:
> Team
>
> While at it,
>
>>  It goes without saying, (though you said) our community  runs on the
>> virtue of openness and the following is what I filled as my taking as our
>> cool projects.
>>
>
> Could we please loop in the members on the current projects we are involved
> on? I am sure very many are hearing of some of this of for the very 1st
> time like Geo Dops, Railways , GLAM and if possible updates on the doings
> as they happen just that all of us are on the same page??
>
>
> My Cool Projects are:
>
>- Heathers Meetup at iHub where we explained the reason why we need/dont
>need sw:wp or why it does not work (My favorite meetup and fruitful
>discusion)
>- The Photo walk that culminated on the current discussions with
>the Railway Museum
>- And of course the current efforts to have a localized Offline
> Wikipedia
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Limoke Oscar,
> "*point me to the destiny,and I will curve my own path to it *"
>


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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Cool Projects

[stephen wanjau]

Hello folks!

Kizungu ilikuja na meli:)

My understanding of the mail was to fill the Google Doc according to the
projects that a member was privy to. It goes without saying, (though you
said) our community  runs on the virtue of openness and the following is
what I filled as my taking as our cool projects.

*Our Current venture into GLAM with Kenya Railways and our experience when
hunting for the monuments list.
*Our planned Geo Drops of which am in advanced with the JKUAT SCOSIT Club
members.

..

Plus so much more that the chapter members should now enumerate now that we
are beating the deadline

Am I open now?

//Stephen
On Jun 15, 2012 9:48 AM, "Abbas Mahmood"  wrote:

>  > Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 06:09:18 +0300
> > From: oslim...@gmail.com
> > To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Cool Projects
> >
> > Speaking of best practices ,i think its good practice for Steve to
> > have shared with the group before submitting the list as the official
> > WMKE List of projectsjust to ensure inclusion and
> > transparency.
>
> +1
>
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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] List of Monuments in Kenya

[Stephen Wanjau]

Hello!

My reply follows your email.

>
> sounds like good news! Having an official list is progress definitely -
> good work!
>

Thank you Lodewijk.

I would like to note however that in most countries, the amount of
> monuments is higher - to make it really easy for any potential participant
> to find a monument nearby. I do understand however that this is different
> in Kenya - which is too bad but that is life. With 277 monuments it should
> be very doable to get a photo of every single one of them. The question
> that we discussed in Berlin seems most important to answer first: is the
> topic 'monuments' interesting enough for Kenyans to participate in such a
> photo contest?
>

IMO, the topic monuments is interesting enough because  from the list that
we acquired we also learnt of new monuments that we never knew were
demarcated** as sites and monuments! just as you and Tomasz told us in
Berlin. And barely 10 of this are on commons so we have an assignment there
plus there are no articles about most of them yet there is info off-line
stored by the museum about them. The museum (from which we fetched the
list) was willing to give this information at the time we needed it. First
things first though, of the 277, only ~100 are in Nairobi which is the city
in which Wikimedia Kenya's activities are centered. Moreover, most if not
all members of Wikimedia Kenya reside near Nairobi where these monuments
are located. We can cover the whole 100 before we look into the remaining
on the list because some of them are located 500+ kilometers from Nairobi
which would be almost impossible to cover for now since we also a small
team of active members.

Our deliberations at a previous board meeting, was the possibility of doing
a Wiki Takes Universities whereby university students would compete to have
the best features of their universities on commons, be it reputable lecture
halls for distinct reasons, monuments inside the university, outstanding
structures in the University etc etc

>
> If you would still like to participate in Wiki Loves Monuments, I would
> like to urge you however to start as soon as possible with the
> organization. It is already June (well, almost) and that leaves only three
> months before the actual contest starts.
>

Yes, we are behind schedule, just making sure we upholding the African
timers  rule;)

Besides that, I have been connecting some dots here and there from our
previous Wikipedia Takes Nairobi
pageto
come up with our commons planning page
herewhich
is under construction. We also had created a facebook fan-page for
Wikipedia Takes Nairobi which we can re-use. I understand we need to move
to wikilovesmonuments.co.ke which is not yet set or planned yet.

The Monuments listis
also coming up on Wikipedia with requested photos tags.

If there's any way we can help you, please let me know.
>

Respond to this email:)


> Thats the progress AFAIK, in case I have left something out (which is
unlikely) highlight it here.As you all have noted there is dire need to
give a little more attention to this subject if at all we are to
participate in WLM 2012 edition in September which is 78 days away.
Interested parties to that project can add their names
here
.

A hopeful,
Stephen.

>
> 2012/5/29 Ann Njeri 
>
>> Good Job Alex and Steve,
>> maybe the members could also get started on getting those pictures of the
>> monuments or we could go ahead and start the competition really soon... 277
>> seems more than enough to me...
>>  On Tue, ay 29, 2012 at 8:38 AM, Alex Wafula  wrote:
>>
>>>  Hi all,
>>>
>>> So as a build up from action items on Saturday's meetup, We've (Steve
>>> and I) managed to get a list of sites and monuments from the National
>>> Museums of Kenya  totaling up to around 277
>>> throughout Kenya.
>>>
>>> Now the list comprises of gazetted sites and monuments meaning they are
>>> legally recognized and protected. From our discussions with the Museum's
>>> directorate of sites and monuments, there are other un -
>>> gazetted/"discovered" monuments going to the thousand that the museum is
>>> working to get on their list. The Museum also has documentation of several
>>> of the items on the list so getti articles once we hace pictures is also a
>>> high potential
>>>
>>>
>>> So the question remains is whether we have enough to proceed with
>>> organizing a Wiki Loves Monnuments competition. Though I think whether or
>>> not we do, we should still have a goal of getting items on the list on
>>> Commons and Wikipedia.
>>>
>>> cheers,
>>> Alex
>>>
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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Offline Wikipedia: Kenyan Curriculum

[Stephen Wanjau]

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  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_Topics&action=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 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  wrote:
> > Grace,
> > I think he is talking about laptop chargers not charges .
>
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Grace Kariuki 
> wrote:
> >>
> >> sorry, i meant charges?
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Grace Kariuki 
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> steve,how much are the chareges?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 12:59 PM, stephen wanjau
> >>>  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 lo

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] June Meet-Up

[Stephen Wanjau]

Woohoo!

Nice job Abbas for following that up.

PS: How far have we gone with the registration process?

Thanks.

//Stephen.

On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 6:44 PM, Abbas Mahmood  wrote:

>  Hi folks,
>
> I've just received confirmation of the meetup: June 30th, 10am to 3pm.
> Mark your calenders. I'm yet to receive the exact location (whether it's at
> the Board Room or at the iHub itself).
>
> Regards,
> Abbas.
>
> > Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2012 19:50:43 +0300
> > From: kipchogekos...@gmail.com
> > To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
>
> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] June Meet-Up
> >
> > Hi all,
> > Edit only would be a fantastic idea. I second Xelawafs on that.
> >
> > On 09/06/2012, Alex Wafula  wrote:
> > > 30th sounds great. @Abbas, I figured we'd have the last Saturday of the
> > > month at iHub permanently booked for us; do let us know.
> > >
> > > I don't think a morning alone would do, I'd suggest a timing of 10 am
> - 3
> > > pm should be great (my thoughts)
> > >
> > > Plus I propose this to be an edit only meetup.
> > >
> > > cheers,
> > > Alex
> > >
> > > On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 11:37 AM,  wrote:
> > >
> > >> Morning is better for me...
> > >>
> > >> David.
> > >> -Original Message-
> > >> From: Abbas Mahmood 
> > >> Sender: wikimediake-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org
> > >> Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2012 08:30:04
> > >> To: Wikimedia Kenya
> > >> Reply-To: "The discussion list for the Wikimedia Kenya chapter."
> > >> 
> > >> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] June Meet-Up
> > >>
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[Wikimedia Kenya] June Meet-Up

[Stephen Wanjau]

Hello Folks,

>From our last chapter meet-up on May 26th [1]  we decided that there shall
be an edit only meet-up in this month plus a thorough intro to Wiki editing
of our new members at the chapter. I would suggest we get into planning
early to give sufficient notice and make all the necessary arrangements
into place.

In the meantime, I have been compiling a list of stub-articles under
category Kenya that need expansion which we could use at the editathon plus
clearing up the remaining bit of the topics for off-line  Wikipedia. We
will also need a venue for this meeting

Venue: Abbas please confirm whether the Ihub will be available or otherwise.

regards,
Stephen

1. http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/wmke-meeting-26-05-2012
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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] List Title

[Stephen Wanjau]

My bad ;(

I had not noticed that...and BTW happy IPv6 day [1]

Thanks.

//Stephen

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jasper_Deng/IPv6


On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 5:51 AM, Kosgei Isaac wrote:

> Hi steve the title on my side reads "The discussion list for the
> wikimedia kenya chapter" which to me is ok.
>
>
> On 06/06/2012, David Mugo  wrote:
> > Steve,
> >
> > Thats because thats how you saved it on your address book. Edit contacts,
> > the list name changed.
> >
> > David.
> > On Jun 6, 2012 5:47 AM, "Abbas Mahmood"  wrote:
> >
> >>  Steve,
> >>
> >> Where did you get that mailing list title from? I remember updating it
> >> quite a while ago:
> >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake
> >>
> >> --Abbas.
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2012 05:32:07 +0300
> >> From: wanjaus...@gmail.com
> >> To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
> >> Subject: [Wikimedia Kenya] List Title
> >>
> >> Hello Folks,
> >>
> >> Our mailing list title still reads; "The discussion list for the
> upcoming
> >> Wikimedia Kenya chapter." IMO, we are already a recognized chapter by
> the
> >> Wikimedia Foundation and that name should change;)
> >>
> >> My two cents.
> >>
> >> //Stephen
> >>
> >> Wikimedia Kenya
> >> Board Member & Treasurer
> >>
> >>
> >>
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[stephen wanjau]

Hello Folks,

Our mailing list title still reads; "The discussion list for the upcoming
Wikimedia Kenya chapter." IMO, we are already a recognized chapter by the
Wikimedia Foundation and that name should change;)

My two cents.

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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Offline Wikipedia: Kenyan Curriculum

[Stephen Wanjau]

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  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  wrote:
>> > Grace,
>> > I think he is talking about laptop chargers not charges [?].
>> >
>> > On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Grace Kariuki 
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> sorry, i meant charges?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Grace Kariuki 
>> >> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> steve,how much are the chareges?
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 12:59 PM, stephen wanjau
>> >>>  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 
>> >>>> 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 10mi

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Wikimedia Chapters Association

[Stephen Wanjau]

Hey Fellas,

We going more international now na sisi sio ma-local now that we got a
representative to the WCA.

//Stephen

On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 3:46 PM, Abbas Mahmood  wrote:

>  Hi all,
>
> Thank you for the support. I would have preferred someone else to take
> this role due to other personal responsibilities, but since there weren't
> any other volunteers/nominees, I'll have to take it.
>
> Regards,
> Abbas.
>
>
> --
> Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 13:52:14 +0300
> From: raidar...@gmail.com
> To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
>
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Wikimedia Chapters Association
>
> Guys,
> Abbas for sure fits that call.
> David.
> On May 30, 2012 1:33 PM, "Alex Wafula"  wrote:
>
> Thanks for the feedback guys, we'll be waiting to hear from Abbas then.
>
> Alex
>
> On 5/30/12, Oliver Stegen  wrote:
> > Abbas would have my vote too.
> > BT
> >
> >> -Original Message-
> >> From: Branton Obwari [mailto:bruceobw...@gmail.com]
> >> Sent: 30 May 2012 10:01
> >> To: The discussion list for the Wikimedia Kenya chapter.
> >> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Wikimedia Chapters Association
> >>
> >> Abbas fits the bill.
> >>
> >> On 5/29/12, Grace Kariuki  wrote:
> >> > i second ann and oscar
> >> >
> >> > On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 6:19 PM, Limoke Oscar 
> >> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> I second Ann: Abbas
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 6:17 PM, Ann Njeri 
> >> >> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>> I nominate Abbas
> >> >>>
> >> >>> On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 9:13 AM, Alex Wafula 
> >> wrote:
> >> >>>
> >>  Hi all,
> >> 
> >>  During the Berlin Conference, we committed Wikimedia Kenya to an
> >> intent
> >>  to join the Chapters Council (Also referred to as the Wikimedia
> >>  Chapters
> >>  Association - WCA) by signing the Berlin Agreement [1]
> >> 
> >>  Now a committee of 4 members with equal powers (WCA Interim
> >>  Secretariat)
> >>  selected to hold the position of interim secretary general for WCA
> >> have
> >>  just published a draft for the WCA standing orders as explained in
> >> the
> >>  forward below. We are to select a representative to the
> >>  association's
> >>  council.
> >> 
> >>  In my opinion, our representative should be someone familiar with
> >>  the
> >>  runnings of other chapters and the Wikimedia Movement in general
> and
> >>  available to followup on WCA online and physical meetups and
> >> discussions
> >>  so
> >>  as to give our chapter updates of the same. Being a Board member is
> >>  a
> >>  plus
> >>  *but not necessary*.
> >> 
> >>  Any volunteers/nominees?
> >> 
> >> 
> >>  cheers,
> >>  Alex
> >> 
> >>  [1].https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Agreement
> >> 
> >>  Hi All,
> >> > The WCA Interim-Secretariat has published a draft for the WCA
> >> standing
> >> > orders at:
> >> >
> >>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Chapters_Association/Standing_Or
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> >> > With this, we complete what we think is enough information to
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> >> the
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> >> > outlined
> >> > in the standing orders. Do note that this draft, subject to
> >> suggested
> >> > amendments will be voted upon in the first council meeting at
> >> > Wikimania.
> >> >
> >> > We know that important information such as the financial
> >> > obligations
> >> > are still missing. In any case, financial obligations will only be
> >> > imposed
> >> > by a council resolution. We also understand that your chapter
> board
> >> > may
> >> > only be in state to join provisionally, with regard to a later
> >> decision
> >> > by
> >> > other organs in your chapter
> >> >
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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Kenyan Wikipedia Stories

[Stephen Wanjau]

Hello Folks,

Also in the meantime someone could kindly do some proofreading
here.
It was a special request from the MWF via the translators mailing list

Regards,
Stephen.

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> Hi guys,
>
> I've posted Victor's message here:
> http://wikimedia.or.ke/KenyaStoryTelling#Victor in preparation for when
> he'll come to Kenya this August. I'll soon have it up on Wikipedia en and
> sw. I need  a Swahili translation for the message so anyone up to it, do
> write one on the talk page, I've provided a link.
>
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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Reminder: meetup on 26th

[Stephen Wanjau]

Hello Folks,

We had a very productive on the 26th with attendance by folks all the way
from Egerton University and some new faces in the chapter. The minutes will
be posted to our website soon but in the mean time you can follow up
here
.

I also uploaded the pictures to commons under the category Wikimedia
meetups in 
Kenya.Important
to note though there will be an exclusive editing session soon!

Watch this space soon.

//Stephen.


On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 8:53 AM, Moffat M.Ngacha  wrote:

> Hey all, I'll be attending. see you all. Moffatmn.
>
> On 5/23/12, Ann Njeri  wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > This is just to remind all of us about the meetup this Saturday that is
> > going to be held at I-Hub on 3rd floor in Bishop Magua Building along
> Ngong
> > Road. Please indicate your attendance on the ether pad. Whether attending
> > or not please point out some action items that you believe we should
> > discuss.
> > http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/wmke-meeting-26-05-2012
> >
> >
> > PS: Meeting starts at 10am in the Boardroom.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Ann
> >
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[Wikimedia Kenya] Vandalism on Wikipedia Articles

[Stephen Wanjau]

Hello,

Being an election year here in Kenya I took it upon me to watch some
politicians pages especially for those who have declared that they would be
running for the top seat (presidency).

I have noted that some guys have been vandalizing some of the pages with
propaganda and malicious wording. These vandals have been doing this
anonymously and the only trails they leave is the IP addresses.

For instance, how does one put in Kalonzo Musyoka's article that the link
to his homepage is musaliamudavadi.com?See [1] below.

Wikipedia should be neutral as it always has been. Orange Kenya just
launched Wikipedia Zero and the citizenry will definitely want to look for
local content on Wikipedia, and top among them will be the presidential
hopefuls due the political heat in the country. If they come across such a
silly and malicious mistake then the reputation of Wikipedia will
definitely be tarnished or it would lose respect.

To that end, we need to lay down measures to prevent this from happening
now and in the future. The Wikimedia Foundation is trying to penetrate the
global south and gaining trust is key to this success.

regards,
Stephen.

en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kalonzo_Musyoka&diff=next&oldid=491169504
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[Wikimedia Kenya] Website

[Stephen Wanjau]

Hello Folks,

Alex and Abbas have been doing a great job changing the structure of our
Wikimedia Kenya website which looks awesome[1] as of now. However there
various bits that still remain to be fine tuned like various imports of
templates and such stuff.

If you might notice a link like http://wikimedia.or.ke/Events is showing
that it is pointing to an external page 'Asaf's visit to Kenya' yet that
very same page is within our Wiki website. Input in that line would be
highly appreciated and is anticipated. There are definitely other
structural bits that are still been fine tuned and hopefully the site shall
be complete in due course, like importing some templates blah blah

Otherwise, I look forward to meeting all of you tomorrow, Oh! Not all but
those who have RSVP'ed to the event:)

Ciao!

//Stephen

1.http://wikimedia.or.ke/Main_Page
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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Reminder: meetup on 26th

[Stephen Wanjau]

Hello Nice People,

I hope this finds all of you well.

In case you would like to attend and you do not know how to get there...You
can talk to me via
my cell: 0722 238 165

Hope to see you all there.

regards,
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> Hi all,
>
> This is just to remind all of us about the meetup this Saturday that is
> going to be held at I-Hub on 3rd floor in Bishop Magua Building along Ngong
> Road. Please indicate your attendance on the ether pad. Whether attending
> or not please point out some action items that you believe we should
> discuss.
> http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/wmke-meeting-26-05-2012
>
>
> PS: Meeting starts at 10am in the Boardroom.
>
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[Wikimedia Kenya] Fwd: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia UK] Welcome to the world’s first Wikipedia town

[Stephen Wanjau]

Am cross posting

-- Forwarded message -

Thanks to Chris Keating of the UK Chapter for sharing this:
http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2012/05/welcome-to-the-worlds-first-wikipedia-town/
You’ve probably heard the saying, “In theory, Wikipedia shouldn’t work, but
in practice it does.” Three of the things that contribute to make Wikipedia
work are topic-specific WikiProjects (“let’s write about a town), Wikimedia
chapters (“let’s organize throughout the United Kingdom”), and unique ideas
(“let’s use QR codes to share content”). This week these three things
successfully came together to create Monmouthpedia, “The World’s First
Wikipedia Town” in Monmouth, Wales.

The idea for Monmouthpedia began at a TEDx talk in Bristol when John
Cummings, an occasional Wikipedia editor, suggested from the audience that
the UK Chapter use QR codes to “do a whole town.” That challenge was handed
to Cummings when the Wikimedia UK chapter backed the idea. He then moved to
his home town of Monmouth where he assembled an ad hoc group of supporters
who wanted to participate, including the local County Council.

The project has taken six months of preparation, including a commitment by
the town to install a free, town-wide wi-fi network (the first of its kind
in Wales). On 19 May the entire town will be bedecked with banners
declaring Monmouth as the first Wikipedia Town in the world.

The Monmouthpedia project uses QRpedia to allow visitors to scan QR codes
that link directly to the Wikipedia article in their own language. Because
of Monmouth’s efforts to provide free wi-fi and implement QRpedia, the town
is likely the only place where a visitor can tour in Hungarian, Hindi,
Indonesian, Welsh, or numerous other Wikipedia languages using QR codes.

Much of the success of Monmouthpedia comes from its ability to capture the
imagination of the Wikipedia community, which has embraced the town
virtually. Wikipedia volunteers have contributed nearly 500 new articles in
over 25 languages, as well as videos on topics such as the historic
Chartists movement.

The project also has a long list of partners, including 200 businesses,
several universities and nearly every school and community group in the
area. Wikipedia has partnered with museums and other institutions before,
as in Derby, but in Monmouth you will see over 1,000 QR codes on every
school, every important building, and hundreds of shops. The County Council
itself has a QRpedia code in its reception that takes you to their
Wikipedia article.

Lest you think this is a passing interest, the town of Monmouth is in it
for the long haul. Many of the QRpedia codes are printed on ceramic plaques
that should last for decades. The information in articles is backed by the
Wikipedia community and will be continually improved and expanded. Physical
guides and maps will become outdated, but the Wikipedia articles will
always be able to be updated. This potential for on-site access to
up-to-date information in any language is what makes the Monmouthpedia
model so exciting.

How long can Wikipedia defy the theory and continue to deliver free
information to the planet in over 280 languages? We think the Monmouthpedia
story provides a very optimistic outlook. If you want to find out more,
visit the Monmouthpedia website and take a look at the associated articles
on Wikipedia.

Post written by Roger Bamkin, Director of Wikimedia UK (Victuallers )

*Can this be done in Nairobi? At least for the monuments*

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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Kenyan Wiki http://www.kenya.or.ke

[stephen wanjau]

Thats a nice one Oscar :)

I would really like to see how this goes.

//Stephen

On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 9:00 AM, Limoke Oscar wrote:

> Dear Lordmesh,
>
> I just dug tis from my archives and thought I could loop you in. So a
> couple of the KWC winners took up the initiative of starting up a Kenyan
> Wikimedia Chapter( http://www.wikimedia.or.ke/Home)  and we got
> recognition from the Wikimedia Foundation as the 2nd chapter in Africa and
> the 39th worldwide. We have been quite an active lot and if you guys are
> interested, we could find a way to work together to increase Local Kenyan
> Content online both in Wikipedia and the kenya.or.ke
>
> Please let me know what your thoughts are .
>
> On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 4:25 PM, lordmwesh  wrote:
>
>> Hi good people,
>>
>>
>> As we wind up the old decade and enter the new decade where information
>> technology will grow more than before, did you know that you can enhance
>> kenya's history by updating, and writing about Kenya on the kenyan wiki
>> http://www.kenya.or.ke
>>
>>
>> kenya.or.KE is a multilingual, web-based, free content encyclopedia
>> project. kenya.or.KE is written collaboratively by volunteers from all
>> around the world. With rare exceptions, its articles can be edited by
>> anyone with access to the Internet, simply by clicking the edit this page
>> link. kenya.or.KE is a wiki (a type of collaborative website) and
>> encyclopedia. www.kenya.or.KE was founded in 2007, with the ami of being
>> the largest reference Web sites about Kenya.
>>
>> kenya.or.ke is advertisement free and is supported by well wishers, and
>> publishers like you.
>>
>> Create an account and start posting.
>>
>>
>> Regards
>> --
>>
>> kenya.or.ke | The Kenya we know
>
>
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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Kenyan Wiki

[stephen wanjau]

Point noted BT.

Seems it a project they jump started and somehow stalled 

A unique thing I noted about the wiki is that you have to request for
an account and even upload ur CV!

And I agree we cannot count on them since there is even no way of
communicating with them.


//Stephen.

On 4/25/12, Oliver Stegen  wrote:
> Don't get your hopes up too soon, cf.
> http://www.kenya.or.ke/Special:ActiveUsers
> Only 3 active users over the last 91 days with 4, 13 and 115 edits
> respectively. Also, noone ever edited their user page, so without user
> info,
> we may not get to know who these guys are. Just saying!
> Cheers,
> Oliver (aka BT)
>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: stephen wanjau [mailto:stevewan...@wikimedia.or.ke]
>> Sent: 25 April 2012 16:57
>> To: The discussion list for the upcoming Wikimedia Kenya chapter.
>> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Kenyan Wiki
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Thats exactly what I quipped at Alex on chat once I saw this Wiki.
>>
>> They have 335 registered users, 2admins and 1 buraecrat...Active
>> editors/contributors = 3See [1] below.
>>
>>
>> Seems this is a group of open source champions who know how mediawiki
>> works...
>>
>> And yeah if possible we can talk about contributing to Wikipedia whose
>> structure is mature and already well set.
>>
>> My two cents.
>>
>> //Stephen
>>
>> 1. www.kenya.or.ke/Special:Statistics
>>
>> On 4/25/12, Limoke Oscar  wrote:
>> > Thanks Steve,
>> >
>> > I 1st heard of this initiative sometimes in 2010 after the KWC
>> > Challenge.seems the guys did something awesome.
>> >
>> > Question: is there a way we can work together with such folks to enrich
>> > Kenyan Content on wikipedia? we could even recruit them int our
>> > chapter.just saying
>> >
>> > On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 3:48 PM, stephen wanjau
>> > >> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hello Folks,
>> >>
>> >> I came across this Website that is a Wiki and I thought it might be
>> worth
>> >> sharing
>> >>
>> >> http://www.kenya.or.ke/Main_Page
>> >>
>> >>  Seems a lot of effort has been put into it.
>> >>
>> >> //Stephen
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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Kenyan Wiki

[stephen wanjau]

Hello,

Thats exactly what I quipped at Alex on chat once I saw this Wiki.

They have 335 registered users, 2admins and 1 buraecrat...Active
editors/contributors = 3See [1] below.


Seems this is a group of open source champions who know how mediawiki works...

And yeah if possible we can talk about contributing to Wikipedia whose
structure is mature and already well set.

My two cents.

//Stephen

1. www.kenya.or.ke/Special:Statistics

On 4/25/12, Limoke Oscar  wrote:
> Thanks Steve,
>
> I 1st heard of this initiative sometimes in 2010 after the KWC
> Challenge.seems the guys did something awesome.
>
> Question: is there a way we can work together with such folks to enrich
> Kenyan Content on wikipedia? we could even recruit them int our
> chapter.just saying
>
> On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 3:48 PM, stephen wanjau > wrote:
>
>> Hello Folks,
>>
>> I came across this Website that is a Wiki and I thought it might be worth
>> sharing
>>
>> http://www.kenya.or.ke/Main_Page
>>
>>  Seems a lot of effort has been put into it.
>>
>> //Stephen
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[Wikimedia Kenya] Kenyan Wiki

[stephen wanjau]

Hello Folks,

I came across this Website that is a Wiki and I thought it might be worth
sharing

http://www.kenya.or.ke/Main_Page

 Seems a lot of effort has been put into it.

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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Wikimedia Foundation Board Seats

[stephen wanjau]

Hello,

I am  interested.

I could have added my email but can't open the pad on phone..

//Stephen.


On 4/22/12, Alex Wafula  wrote:
> 2 sounds great. If interested in discussions over this, please post your
> contact here [1] and I'll send out the first email Tuesday morning.
>
> [1]. http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/wmke-WMFboard-selection
>
> On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 9:27 PM, Abbas Mahmood  wrote:
>
>> Alex,
>>
>> We have WMF Board Members, WMF Staff & Nominees on this list. So we have 2
>> options:
>>
>> 1) I can temporarily remove these people from our mailing list, and add
>> them back later on.
>>
>> 2) Have this discussion off-list, with discussions being sent over batch
>> emails to interested chapter members.
>>
>> I'd personally go for Option 2, since even if I remove members from this
>> list, the discussion archives are still publicly available and therefore
>> easily accessible.
>>
>> What do others think?
>>
>> Abbas.
>>
>> --
>> Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 21:12:06 +0300
>> From: xelaw...@gmail.com
>> To: i...@oliverstegen.net; wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
>>
>> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Wikimedia Foundation Board Seats
>>
>> Hi BT,
>>
>> Yah, the editathone never happened. We had a good quorum of around 10 guys
>> but unfortunately, unforeseen events at Mugo's place (the venue) left us
>> without a venue. We tried looking for alternatives but didn't get a
>> workable one so we had to abort it.
>>
>> It was decided that we move the editathone to 30th but later on
>> suggestions of just having someone work on the list came up considering
>> the
>> number of times we've had to postpone this. I'll have a new thread for a
>> followup.
>>
>> So back to WMF chapter selected seats. It's common that chapters discuss
>> this off list or on internal lists, do you think we can do it on this list
>> because I don't foresee a meetup before the 5th of July.
>>
>> cheers,
>> alex
>>
>> On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 5:38 PM, Oliver Stegen
>> wrote:
>>
>> ** ** **
>>
>> What, the editathon never happened? Or just the discussion during the
>> editathon?
>>
>> If the editathon happened, updates please J
>>
>> Oliver (aka BT)
>>
>> ** **
>>   --
>>
>> *From:* Alex Wafula [mailto:xelaw...@gmail.com]
>> *Sent:* 22 April 2012 15:19
>> *To:* **The discussion list for the upcoming Wikimedia Kenya chapter.**
>> *Subject:* Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Wikimedia Foundation Board Seats*
>> ***
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> We already have recommendations as a board on this thatt we'd like to
>> passby chapter members before passing a resolution. We hoped to have a
>> light discussion yestrerday during the editathon which never happened. We
>> have till 5th of May for consensus by chapters for these seats after which
>> chapters will have to vote incase a consensus isn't arrived at.
>>
>> Feedback from the board is coming up soon...
>>
>> cheers,
>> Alex
>>
>> On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 1:39 PM, Abbas Mahmood 
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Could we get Wikimedia Kenya's Board to select it's prefered
>> candidates in the Chapter-Selected WMF Board seats:
>> http://chapters.wikimedia.ch/Appointment_process/2012/Chapters_Resolutions
>> 
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Abbas.
>>
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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Meetup/Editathon

[stephen wanjau]

Hello,

I will definitely be attending.

See you there.

//Stephen.


On 4/21/12, David Mugo  wrote:
> Guys,
>
> Who is attending the editathon tonight?
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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Offline Wikipedia: Kenyan Curriculum

[stephen wanjau]

Thanks Sarah for the Clarifying.

//Stephen.



On 4/17/12, Sarah Osano  wrote:
> Grace,
> I think he is talking about laptop chargers not charges [?].
>
> On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Grace Kariuki  wrote:
>>
>> sorry, i meant charges?
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Grace Kariuki 
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> steve,how much are the chareges?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 12:59 PM, stephen wanjau
>>>  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 
>>>> 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 
>>>>> 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  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?
>>>>>> >
>>>>>

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Offline Wikipedia: Kenyan Curriculum

[stephen wanjau]

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  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 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  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  wrote:
>> >> On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 9:58 AM, stephen wanjau
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> 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
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>> >>
>> >
>> >
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[Wikimedia Kenya] Fwd: [Wikimania-l] Airfare Discount to Wikimania 2012

[stephen wanjau]

-- Forwarded message --
From: Nicholas Michael Bashour 
Date: Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 5:02 PM
Subject: [Wikimania-l] Airfare Discount to Wikimania 2012
To: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)" <
wikimani...@lists.wikimedia.org>


Dear all,

Wikimedia District of Columbia is happy to announce that we have secured a
discount deal with several airlines to apply to travel to and from
Wikimania.

The following airlines are offering up to 10% discount off published
airfare for travel to and from Washington, DC-area airports between Monday,
July 2, 2012  and Saturday, July 21, 2012: Delta Airlines, Air France,
Aeroloft, KLM, Alitalia, and Korean Air.

The following airlines are offering up to 13% discount for travel to and
from Washington, DC-area airport between July 9, 2012 and July 18,
2012: United Airlines, Continental Airlines or and flights operated by
other airlines and branded United Express and Continental Express, and
United codeshare flights operated by Lufthansa and All Nippon Airways.

For more details and information on how to obtain the discount, please
contact wikimaniatra...@wikidc.org.

Sincerely,

Nicholas Michael Bashour

President *|* Wikimedia District of Columbia 

PO Box 9822  *| *Washington, DC  20016

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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Offline Wikipedia: Kenyan Curriculum

[stephen wanjau]

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  wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 9:58 AM, stephen wanjau wrote:
>
>> 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
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[Wikimedia Kenya] Fwd: [Gendergap] Fwd: Free accounts available from HighBeam Research!

[stephen wanjau]

Sorry for cross posting.

Hi everyone,

HighBeam is offering free accounts for Wikipedians with an account for
one year and 1000 edits. So far only about 300 people have applied and
they have 1,000 slots. HighBeam is a paid newspaper and journal
resource, and as a researcher, even I don't have access to it, so I was
happy to see this opportunity.

And if you don't have the right amount of edits, you can have your
Wikipedian friends find things for you ;-)

See below!

-Sarah

 Original Message 
Subject:[Otrs-en-l] Free accounts available from HighBeam Research!
Date:   Wed, 4 Apr 2012 07:14:21 -0700 (PDT)
From:   Ocaasi Ocaasi 
Reply-To:   Ocaasi Ocaasi , English OTRS discussion
list 
To: otrs-e...@lists.wikimedia.org 



1000 free accounts are available from the internet research database,
HighBeam Research. HighBeam has full versions of tens of millions of
newspaper articles and journals and should be a big help in adding
reliable sources--especially older and paywalled ones--into the
encyclopedia. Sign-ups require a 1-year old account with 1000 edits on
any Wikipedia. Here's the link to the project page:
http://enwp.org/WP:HighBeam (account sign-ups are linked in the box on
the right). Sign-up! And, please tell your Wikipedia-friends about the
opportunity! Cheers, Ocaasi



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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Antw.: [Announcement] Wikimedia Kenya's New Board

[stephen wanjau]

Hello Everyone!

Thank you for the congratulatory messages. In my part am happy to be
on the board and with a great team.

Manuel, I would prefer stevewan...@wikimedia.or.ke

best,
Stephen

On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 6:58 PM, Branton Obwari wrote:

> Congratulations are in order! ,indeed we have a board in place whose
> members have  diverse experience in different spheres ,to
> Ann,Alex,David,Oscar & Steve members have so much confidence in you i
> know you will perform ,There you go ! good luck
>
>Branton
>
> On 3/31/12, David Mugo  wrote:
> > Guys,
> >
> > That is ok with me.
> >
> > David.
> >
> > On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 5:43 PM, Manuel Schneider <
> > manuel.schnei...@wikimedia.ch> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> congratulations to the new board and my special thanks to Abbas and all
> >> the others who supported and facilitated the process of establishment of
> >> Wikimedia Kenya. You achieved something and did a great job.
> >>
> >> As soon as I am back from the Chapter Meeting I will set up a
> >> wmke-bo...@wikimedia.or.ke and personal e-mail adresses for all board
> >> members in the scheme firstname.lastn...@wikimedia.or.ke - is this ok
> for
> >> you?
> >>
> >> Best regards,
> >>
> >>
> >> Manuel Schneider
> >>
> >> Sent via mobile phone (+49 170 7740589).
> >>
> >> - Reply message -
> >> Von: "Abbas Mahmood" 
> >> An: 
> >> Betreff: [Wikimedia Kenya] [Announcement] Wikimedia Kenya's New Board
> >> Datum: Sa., Mär. 31, 2012 16:22
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> It is with great pleasure for me to announce the inaugural Wikimedia
> Kenya
> >> board that comprises of:
> >>
> >> Alex Wafula
> >> Ann Njeri
> >> David Mugo
> >> Oscar Limoke
> >> Stephen Wanjau
> >>
> >> The Board's got a diverse range of experience -- with folks working in
> the
> >> government sector, internet industry, financial expertise and leadership
> >> skills.
> >>
> >> I think that they're a good fit for our egalitarian, international,
> >> non-profit culture. And we've got a woman on the Board, which matters to
> >> me
> >> because we will have someone to relate to, when it comes to gender-gap
> >> issues :)
> >>
> >> Many thanks to those who assisted in the elections process: Chris,
> >> Branton, Cliff & Oliver. And many thanks to all the nominees who took
> >> their
> >> time to submit their candidature and also answer our questions.
> >>
> >> Let's all welcome our new Board as they orient themselves in their new
> >> roles.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Abbas.
> >>
> >> PS -- Note to the Board: I've forwarded your names to be added to
> Internal
> >> & Chapters Mailing Lists. I am also looking into creating your Board
> >> Mailing List.
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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] REMINDER

[stephen wanjau]

Branton.11pm?!!!..Thats way too late into the night!

Am answering my Q2Wanjau plus my other questions

//Stephen

On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 9:04 PM, Branton Obwari wrote:

> The meeting starts at 11pm ,those who want to vote via proxy are
> encouraged to send request to our email accounts
>
>   My regards!
>
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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Wikipedia for Kamukunji Schools

[stephen wanjau]

Anne, be certain about the day part which I presume shall be part
OneOvernight ni Mututhon Edittathon which happens to be my Fav;)

Anyway, all the best.

//Stephen



On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 10:48 AM, Ann Njeri  wrote:

>  The idea sounds great, though i'm not sure about the overnight...
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 10:41 AM, stephen wanjau wrote:
>
>> On that note, I would suggest we have the meet up after I return from
>> Berlin;)
>>
>> Anyway whatever you decide, I just produced the copy of the Geography
>> syllabus and I will leave it behind with Chris.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Stephen
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 10:35 AM, David Mugo  wrote:
>>
>>> Proposed date? By the way, I have a 10mbps connection in my house, I
>>> have a few board games, a nice TV and a full professional DJ kit, we can
>>> decide to have a Wiki-House Party and run an all night meetup, gapped with
>>> a little fun. Let me know what you think...
>>>
>>> David.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 10:33 AM, Abbas Mahmood wrote:
>>>
>>>>  David,
>>>>
>>>> Yep, good idea. Count me in. We could easily finish it in one meetup if
>>>> we'd all crowdsource.
>>>>
>>>> --Abbas.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:28:20 +0300
>>>>
>>>> From: raidar...@gmail.com
>>>> To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
>>>> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Wikipedia for Kamukunji Schools
>>>>
>>>> Guys,
>>>>
>>>> Can we have a meetup also to discuss and finalize on the Kenya School
>>>> Syllabus? I can sponsor Nyama choma for 10 people.
>>>>
>>>> David.
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 9:43 AM, Grace Kariuki wrote:
>>>>
>>>> good work
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 8:15 AM, morine musyoka <
>>>> musyoka.mor...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hello everyone,
>>>> This is a great initiative,
>>>> I would be glad to take part in this.:-)
>>>> Morine.
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 7:51 AM, Kosgei Isaac 
>>>> wrote:
>>>> > This is a good Idea David.
>>>> > I wanna mention that I talked to the schools that I did the Pilot in
>>>> Nakuru
>>>> > and they dont use it because the version is not in the context they
>>>> teach in
>>>> > class. My advice is before we go to schools lets first work on
>>>> getting a
>>>> > Kenyan version.
>>>> > Isaac K. Kosgei.
>>>> >
>>>> > On 26 March 2012 21:41, Sameer Muiruri 
>>>> wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> That is great work guys, especially David.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> 
>>>> >> From: David Mugo 
>>>> >> To: The discussion list for the upcoming Wikimedia Kenya chapter.
>>>> >> 
>>>> >> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 7:28 PM
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Wikipedia for Kamukunji Schools
>>>> >>
>>>> >> When is a good time to do this? Consider schools are closing soon
>>>> for the
>>>> >> April holidays.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> David.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 7:24 PM, Abbas Mahmood >>> >
>>>> >> wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Yayyy! Hopefully, the custom-made version of offline Wikipedia will
>>>> be out
>>>> >> soon so that we can use it in this project.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Thank you David.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> --Abbas.
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> 
>>>> >> Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:11:20 +0300
>>>> >> From: raidar...@gmail.com
>>>> >> To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
>>>> >> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Wikipedia for Kamukunji Schools
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Thanks guys, I think I will get Hon. Hassan to also get the press to
>>>> cover
>>>> >> t

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Wikipedia for Kamukunji Schools

[stephen wanjau]

On that note, I would suggest we have the meet up after I return from
Berlin;)

Anyway whatever you decide, I just produced the copy of the Geography
syllabus and I will leave it behind with Chris.

Regards,
Stephen

On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 10:35 AM, David Mugo  wrote:

> Proposed date? By the way, I have a 10mbps connection in my house, I have
> a few board games, a nice TV and a full professional DJ kit, we can decide
> to have a Wiki-House Party and run an all night meetup, gapped with a
> little fun. Let me know what you think...
>
> David.
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 10:33 AM, Abbas Mahmood wrote:
>
>>  David,
>>
>> Yep, good idea. Count me in. We could easily finish it in one meetup if
>> we'd all crowdsource.
>>
>> --Abbas.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:28:20 +0300
>>
>> From: raidar...@gmail.com
>> To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
>> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Wikipedia for Kamukunji Schools
>>
>> Guys,
>>
>> Can we have a meetup also to discuss and finalize on the Kenya School
>> Syllabus? I can sponsor Nyama choma for 10 people.
>>
>> David.
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 9:43 AM, Grace Kariuki wrote:
>>
>> good work
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 8:15 AM, morine musyoka > > wrote:
>>
>> Hello everyone,
>> This is a great initiative,
>> I would be glad to take part in this.:-)
>> Morine.
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 7:51 AM, Kosgei Isaac 
>> wrote:
>> > This is a good Idea David.
>> > I wanna mention that I talked to the schools that I did the Pilot in
>> Nakuru
>> > and they dont use it because the version is not in the context they
>> teach in
>> > class. My advice is before we go to schools lets first work on getting a
>> > Kenyan version.
>> > Isaac K. Kosgei.
>> >
>> > On 26 March 2012 21:41, Sameer Muiruri  wrote:
>> >>
>> >> That is great work guys, especially David.
>> >>
>> >> 
>> >> From: David Mugo 
>> >> To: The discussion list for the upcoming Wikimedia Kenya chapter.
>> >> 
>> >> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 7:28 PM
>> >>
>> >> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Wikipedia for Kamukunji Schools
>> >>
>> >> When is a good time to do this? Consider schools are closing soon for
>> the
>> >> April holidays.
>> >>
>> >> David.
>> >>
>> >> On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 7:24 PM, Abbas Mahmood 
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Yayyy! Hopefully, the custom-made version of offline Wikipedia will be
>> out
>> >> soon so that we can use it in this project.
>> >>
>> >> Thank you David.
>> >>
>> >> --Abbas.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> 
>> >> Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:11:20 +0300
>> >> From: raidar...@gmail.com
>> >> To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
>> >> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Wikipedia for Kamukunji Schools
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Thanks guys, I think I will get Hon. Hassan to also get the press to
>> cover
>> >> this, it will assist us in the publicity we need to get people to know
>> that
>> >> the Wikimedia community exists.
>> >>
>> >> David.
>> >>
>> >> On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 6:47 PM, Limoke Oscar 
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Awesome David,
>> >>
>> >> I will be happy to provide with remote tech help but definitely wont be
>> >> available physically.
>> >>
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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] INTRODUCTION

[stephen wanjau]

Hello Vincent,

Welcome aboard Wikimedia.

There will be a meeting on 31st in Nairobi and if you will be around the
city you can get
by and meet other Wikimedia Members living in Kenya and get an insight of
what we do.

Venue still to be confirmed through an email to this list.

I think it is worthwhile you check out the links below;

1. Frequently Asked Questions About
Wikimedia
2. Our Projects 


Otherwise Welcome.

//Stephen

On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 10:23 AM, Ednah Kiome  wrote:

> welcome Vincent
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 10:19 AM, Branton Obwari wrote:
>
>> Feel welcome Vincent.
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 9:11 AM, Vincent Kiplangat <
>> vinnykiplan...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I am a male aged 23 and just cleared my degree in Actuarial Science.I
>>> would be happy to join wikimedia in Kenya and participate in all its
>>> activities.
>>> Regards,
>>> Vincent Kiplangat.
>>>
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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Offline Wikipedia: Kenyan Curriculum

[stephen wanjau]

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  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 wrote:
>
>> 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  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 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.
>>>>
>>>> 
>>>>
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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] self description

[stephen wanjau]

Hello Lisper,

It is great to see you here...

Visit our homepage www.wikimedia.or.ke to get a glimpse of what we do
around here.

//Stephen.

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>   A lady who is hardworking, disciplined and ready to know more and meet
> many new friends also an IT expert who is interested with joining this
> program for as long as it takes.
> this will encourage me use the knowledge i have and also learn more about
> mailing, editing and linking e.t.c.
>
> Love travelling, adventuring, reading,  watching movies, making friends,
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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] The Elections Programme

[stephen wanjau]

Hello Branton,

Well said and I was not implying that you are making it a walk through hell
for
the interested parties.

It was just an observation about the time stated. It still is not correct -
read between that line that
I quoted in my previous email ;

"..between noon to 1159hours.." is negative one minute if my knowledge of
time serves me right [1].
Was it supposed to be noon to 2359H..or 1159hours to noon?.."


Regards,
Stephen.

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24-hour_clock


On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 11:55 AM, Branton Obwari wrote:

> .@ Chris , thanks for the detailed outline i wouldn't have done it better!
> Ann & Steve ,that was a nice observation ,just like a rejoinder the
> purposes of this seemingly strict time lines and procedures is not to make
> life hell for the contestants or voters but to deliver a fair uncontested
> election within the available time frame ,and create a level playing ground
> for all contestants,for that reason feel free to raise your concerns  ,i
> also want to note that by including  the Q & A thing we were guided by our
> by laws,
> I also want to observe that the issue of eligibility of voters has
> been addressed ,in meetings ,by laws and the mailing list we are looking @
> 4 main parameters ,WMKE projects, Physical meetups ,Discussion on the
> mailing list,Edits with no prejudice to any ,if one has attended @ least
> two meetups OR ,has participated in any WMKE projects,that includes & its
> not limited to; Wikipedia for schools,Campus outreach programs,,  OR
> you have participated in our discussions on the mailing list OR you have
> posted more than a hundred edits   please feel free to come and vote ! our
> intention is not to lock away would be voters.
>  Steve lets discuss the logistic issues with Chris
> & Cliff and get back to you before you head to Germany .
>
> Regards!
>
>Branton
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 6:08 AM, stephen wanjau wrote:
>
>> Hello Folks,
>>
>> I hope this finds you well.
>>
>> As you all know, Alex and I shall be out of the country to attend the
>> chapter's meeting in Berlin wen the elections will be held.
>>
>> To that end, I would like to advise the electoral team to furnish me and
>> WMKE on anything they might need from me as the
>> Interim Treasurer before the week ends so that I can leave things in
>> order while I will be away.
>>
>> Nice job folks.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Stephen.
>>
>
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24-hour_clock


>
>> On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 10:06 PM, Ann Njeri  wrote:
>>
>>> yep, that's a true observation
>>>
>>> On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 9:13 PM, stephen wanjau wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hello See My concerns embedded below the Email.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> The team in charge of overlooking the election process managed to meet
>>>>> yesterday for the first time. The team is composed of Branton, Cliff and 
>>>>> I,
>>>>> and the meet-up was aimed at brainstorming on how the upcoming election
>>>>> will be conducted and to plan for all the activities that will precede the
>>>>> actual election. Generally, we aim at having a free and fair election
>>>>> process that will also be educative and eventful. Hence, we call for all
>>>>> members to kindly come out and support this activity in a positive manner.
>>>>> The different activities that we agreed on and the dates we expect them to
>>>>> be performed are stated below:
>>>>>
>>>>>1. *Declaration of intention.* This serves as an official
>>>>>announcement by a member to contest for the position of board member of
>>>>>WMKE. This can be done on our official mailing list, as most of you 
>>>>> have
>>>>>done, and the last date for this activity will be on Wednesday, 21st 
>>>>> March
>>>>>2012 by 1159hours.
>>>>>2. *Registration of contestants.* This will involve the
>>>>>determination of whether an applicant is eligible to contest for the
>>>>>position of a board member of WMKE as per the Chapter's Constitution 
>>>>> or any
>>>>>other rules agreed upon by the members. This is fully the 
>>>>> responsibility of
>>>>>the electoral team and the results are to be released on Saturday, 24th
>>>>>March 2012 between n

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] The Elections Programme

[stephen wanjau]

Hello Folks,

I hope this finds you well.

As you all know, Alex and I shall be out of the country to attend the
chapter's meeting in Berlin wen the elections will be held.

To that end, I would like to advise the electoral team to furnish me and
WMKE on anything they might need from me as the
Interim Treasurer before the week ends so that I can leave things in order
while I will be away.

Nice job folks.

Regards,
Stephen.

On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 10:06 PM, Ann Njeri  wrote:

> yep, that's a true observation
>
> On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 9:13 PM, stephen wanjau wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Hello See My concerns embedded below the Email.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> The team in charge of overlooking the election process managed to meet
>>> yesterday for the first time. The team is composed of Branton, Cliff and I,
>>> and the meet-up was aimed at brainstorming on how the upcoming election
>>> will be conducted and to plan for all the activities that will precede the
>>> actual election. Generally, we aim at having a free and fair election
>>> process that will also be educative and eventful. Hence, we call for all
>>> members to kindly come out and support this activity in a positive manner.
>>> The different activities that we agreed on and the dates we expect them to
>>> be performed are stated below:
>>>
>>>1. *Declaration of intention.* This serves as an official
>>>announcement by a member to contest for the position of board member of
>>>WMKE. This can be done on our official mailing list, as most of you have
>>>done, and the last date for this activity will be on Wednesday, 21st 
>>> March
>>>2012 by 1159hours.
>>>2. *Registration of contestants.* This will involve the
>>>determination of whether an applicant is eligible to contest for the
>>>position of a board member of WMKE as per the Chapter's Constitution or 
>>> any
>>>other rules agreed upon by the members. This is fully the responsibility 
>>> of
>>>the electoral team and the results are to be released on Saturday, 24th
>>>March 2012 between noon and 1159hours.
>>>
>>> "..between noon to 1159hours.." is negative one minute if my knowledge
>> of time serves me right [1].  Was it supposed to be noon to 2359H..or
>> 1159hours to noon?
>>
>>
>> regards,
>> Stephen.
>>
>> 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24-hour_clock
>>
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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] The Elections Programme

[stephen wanjau]

Hello See My concerns embedded below the Email.



> The team in charge of overlooking the election process managed to meet
> yesterday for the first time. The team is composed of Branton, Cliff and I,
> and the meet-up was aimed at brainstorming on how the upcoming election
> will be conducted and to plan for all the activities that will precede the
> actual election. Generally, we aim at having a free and fair election
> process that will also be educative and eventful. Hence, we call for all
> members to kindly come out and support this activity in a positive manner.
> The different activities that we agreed on and the dates we expect them to
> be performed are stated below:
>
>1. *Declaration of intention.* This serves as an official announcement
>by a member to contest for the position of board member of WMKE. This can
>be done on our official mailing list, as most of you have done, and the
>last date for this activity will be on Wednesday, 21st March 2012 by
>1159hours.
>2. *Registration of contestants.* This will involve the determination
>of whether an applicant is eligible to contest for the position of a board
>member of WMKE as per the Chapter's Constitution or any other rules agreed
>upon by the members. This is fully the responsibility of the electoral team
>and the results are to be released on Saturday, 24th March 2012 between
>noon and 1159hours.
>
> "..between noon to 1159hours.." is negative one minute if my knowledge of
time serves me right [1].  Was it supposed to be noon to 2359H..or
1159hours to noon?


regards,
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1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24-hour_clock


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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] BERLIN CONFERENCE

[stephen wanjau]

Hello Folks,

FYI, the two delegates to Chapters Meeting were granted the hard-to-get
Schengen Visa and they will travel
to Berlin on Wednesday the 28th March.

Thanks to BT (Oliver) as he played a great part to facilitate the
processing of these applications.

To that end there is an ether pad (
http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/berlin-conference) where
some of us have been populating it with our chapter undertakings.

You can add onto what is already there.

//Stephen

On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 10:10 AM, Ann Njeri  wrote:

> Good job Steve
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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Board Elections

[stephen wanjau]

Yeah it is high time that we do this..

consider this my declaration of interest to be on the board.

//stephen

On 3/16/12, Abbas Mahmood  wrote:
>
> David,
> That was discussed quite a while ago:
> http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediake/2011-July/001590.html
> --Abbas.
>
>
> Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 10:09:41 +0300
> From: raidar...@gmail.com
> To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Board Elections
>
> What are the seats? We need to know who is contesting for what seat.
>
> David.
>
> On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 9:53 AM, Limoke Oscar  wrote:
>
>
>
> Thanks Chris for Volunteering for this  and bringing to the attention. It
> seems we have been avoiding this issue for quite sometime and the earlier we
> settle the elections, the better.
>
>
>
> For Starter, let us have guys interested in the Board respond to this thread
> ...we may just be preparing for an election that we may not need in the
> first place :-)
>
>
> So we have 5 seats on the board...
> Consider this My Nomination--
>
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>
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[Wikimedia Kenya] Fwd: Meta e-mail from user "06Ivonne"

[stephen wanjau]

Hello,

Below is a forwarded message form Ivonne of Wikimedia Indonesia.

//Stephen

-- Forwarded message --
From: 06Ivonne 
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:54:04 +
Subject: Meta e-mail from user "06Ivonne"
To: Stephenwanjau 

Hi Stephen,

I'm Ivonne Kristiani from Wikimedia Indonesia. I realized that we're
going to meet in Berlin so I thought I'll contact you.
There will be a discussion of Chapter selected board of trustees and
chapters council there and I'd like to know more about it. Has
Wikimedia Kenya come to a decision of who to endorse for WMF Board of
Trustess? Have you discussed amongst yourself about the chapters
council?

Looking forward to hear from you!

Regards,
Ivonne Kristiani

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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Egerton University

[stephen wanjau]

Hello Nice People,

Team Members:

Isaac Kosgey.
Chris Riwa
Stephen Wanjau

I drafted a simple budget on the talk page
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> Am at Graduation square attendin culture week currently
>
> On 09/03/2012, Moffat M.Ngacha  wrote:
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> > Cool.
> >
> > On Thursday, March 8, 2012, Kosgei Isaac wrote:
> >
> >> @Moffat I am in Egerton already. Hook up with me tomorrow.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 8 March 2012 19:05, Moffat M.Ngacha
> >> 
> >> > wrote:
> >>
> >>> Great.
> >>> Looking forward to catching up with you guys.
> >>>
> >>> Moffat
> >>> Egerton Univ.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Thursday, March 8, 2012, Chris Riwa wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Hi Asaf, I will be accompanying the team going for the outreach to be
> >>>> conducted on Egerton University.
> >>>> Regards,
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Introduction.....

[stephen wanjau]

Welcome Nelson.

Visit our home page at www.wikimedia.or.ke for some more info about our
chapter.

//Stephen
On Mar 9, 2012 9:51 AM, "Nelson"  wrote:

> Guys,
>
> I would like to introduce myself to the entire Wikimedia Kenyan
> Chapter. I have been keen following on the progress of Wikimedia
> Kenyan chapter activities and events and I think its wonderful and
> great what the community of Wikimedia Kenya is doing
> empowering,educating and informing the public on what Wikimedia is all
> about.
>
> It for this that I would like to assist and participate in Wikimedia
> Kenya chapter events and activities whenever possible.
>
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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Egerton University

[stephen wanjau]

Thank you Jessie,

The afore mentioned link was very useful...

PS: I have filed the kiwix  bug for ubuntu 11.04 at
http://reportabug.kiwix.org/

Once again, thank you.

Best,
Stephen

On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 10:49 PM, Jessie Wild  wrote:

> This is so cool!
>
> I think this has gotten passed around before, but in case it has not, here
> is a repository of outreach materials created by some Indian Wikimedians
> which they use in various outreach events.
>
>
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Program/Outreach_Programs/Handbook#Respository_of_Documents
>
> Hopefully some of them will be of use to you!
> Jessie
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 8:13 AM, Kosgei Isaac wrote:
>
>> @Moffat I am in Egerton already. Hook up with me tomorrow.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 8 March 2012 19:05, Moffat M.Ngacha  wrote:
>>
>>> Great.
>>> Looking forward to catching up with you guys.
>>>
>>> Moffat
>>> Egerton Univ.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thursday, March 8, 2012, Chris Riwa wrote:
>>>
 Hi Asaf, I will be accompanying the team going for the outreach to be
 conducted on Egerton University.
 Regards,

>>>
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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Ihub call for Organized group meetups

[stephen wanjau]

Hello,

This is great news to our community.

Ihub ni yetu;)

Best,
Stephen.
On Mar 8, 2012 11:53 PM, "Asaf Bartov"  wrote:

> Fantastic news!  A regular venue is a big step forward.  Congrats, WMKE! :)
>
>A.
>
> On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 2:33 AM, Abbas Mahmood wrote:
>
>>  Hi,
>>
>> iHub has confirmed that they are willing to give us some space every last
>> Saturday of the month, starting this month on 31 March 2011.
>>
>> --Abbas.
>>
>>
>> --
>> From: hf...@ushahidi.com
>> Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 11:11:36 -0800
>> To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
>> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Ihub call for Organized group meetups
>>
>>
>> On Feb 7, 2012, at 9:56 AM, Limoke Oscar wrote:
>>
>> Thanks Heather,
>>
>> yes sure you can help us by pushing up for our group to get a spot.
>> Your Ushahidi badge should come in handy :-)
>>
>>
>> Yes! I will add my voice :)
>>
>>
>> Nice to hear from you again. So how is the research going?
>>
>>
>> Well, thanks, Oscar. Should be publishing the first results pretty soon.
>> Will definitely post here when I do.
>>
>> Best,
>> Heather.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2/7/12, Heather Ford  wrote:
>>
>> This is wonderful! Let me know if there's anything I can do to help this
>>
>> along too :)
>>
>>
>>
>> On Feb 7, 2012, at 8:25 AM, Limoke Oscar wrote:
>>
>>
>> Thanks Alex,
>>
>>
>> Please follow it up. I hear iHub may grant permanent corners to such
>>
>> groups at their space which will really be a good thing if we get one,
>>
>> at-least we will have an "office"
>>
>> keep us posted
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2/7/12, Alex Wafula  wrote:
>>
>> I'm on it. One of the managers
>>
>> of the space had mentioned this; meeting up with him sometime this week.
>>
>> I'll be looking into getting a permanent date for meetups at the space
>>
>> (once a month).
>>
>>
>> Alex
>>
>>
>>
>> 
>>
>>
>> So i just stumbled on this and am traveeling so couldnt wait to share
>>
>> it. I think we need to be a part of it. so who is going to follow it
>>
>> up?
>>
>> www.ihub.co.ke/blog/2012/02/call-for-ihub-user-groups-and-meetups/
>>
>>
>> Aplogies for typos ;-)
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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Ihub call for Organized group meetups

[stephen wanjau]

Hey!!

That's really great news.

//stephen
On Mar 8, 2012 1:33 PM, "Abbas Mahmood"  wrote:

>  Hi,
>
> iHub has confirmed that they are willing to give us some space every last
> Saturday of the month, starting this month on 31 March 2011.
>
> --Abbas.
>
>
> --
> From: hf...@ushahidi.com
> Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 11:11:36 -0800
> To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Ihub call for Organized group meetups
>
> On Feb 7, 2012, at 9:56 AM, Limoke Oscar wrote:
>
> Thanks Heather,
>
> yes sure you can help us by pushing up for our group to get a spot.
> Your Ushahidi badge should come in handy :-)
>
>
> Yes! I will add my voice :)
>
>
> Nice to hear from you again. So how is the research going?
>
>
> Well, thanks, Oscar. Should be publishing the first results pretty soon.
> Will definitely post here when I do.
>
> Best,
> Heather.
>
>
>
>
> On 2/7/12, Heather Ford  wrote:
>
> This is wonderful! Let me know if there's anything I can do to help this
>
> along too :)
>
>
>
> On Feb 7, 2012, at 8:25 AM, Limoke Oscar wrote:
>
>
> Thanks Alex,
>
>
> Please follow it up. I hear iHub may grant permanent corners to such
>
> groups at their space which will really be a good thing if we get one,
>
> at-least we will have an "office"
>
> keep us posted
>
>
>
> On 2/7/12, Alex Wafula  wrote:
>
> I'm on it. One of the managers
>
> of the space had mentioned this; meeting up with him sometime this week.
>
> I'll be looking into getting a permanent date for meetups at the space
>
> (once a month).
>
>
> Alex
>
>
>
> 
>
>
> So i just stumbled on this and am traveeling so couldnt wait to share
>
> it. I think we need to be a part of it. so who is going to follow it
>
> up?
>
> www.ihub.co.ke/blog/2012/02/call-for-ihub-user-groups-and-meetups/
>
>
> Aplogies for typos ;-)
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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Offline Wikipedia: Kenyan Curriculum

[stephen wanjau]

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  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 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.
>>
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[Wikimedia Kenya] Egerton University

[stephen wanjau]

Hello,

You all know that we are supposed to not only attend an open source
dayat
Egerton University but also give a talk at the event.

The audience shall comprise of students, lecturers and other techies
interested in open source technologies and how these tech can be used to
attain vision 2030 .

Free knowledge should go the greatest way to attain the vision 2030 and so
the talk shall be a good chance to talk about the Wikimedia Strategies
that have been laid to reach more people in this part of the world.

Some of the things we might share with the attendants:

*A general introduction to the WMF.

*A call for contributors/volunteers with the WMF projects.

* The off line Wikipedia - kiwix reader - and how the folks at Kiwix get to
dump the articles so that they can be read off-line.

* The recent collaborations with Mobile Service Providers to offer
Wikipedia free of data charges.

*Increase reach especially in Africa and the global south where Internet
usage growth is projected to grow by more than 10% by 2015.

*I have been liaising with the organizer and they promised that we shall
have our booth where participants of this
event shall pass-by as we have a word or two plus recruit more contributors
to the Wikimedia.

My two cents of what we expected to preach at the outreach on the coming
weekend.

I have not yet confirmed my personal attendance of this event but I will do
so by Thursday evening.

So far two people have confirmed their attendance of this event.

//Stephen.

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[Wikimedia Kenya] Fwd: Register: Learn Wikipedia editing while you sit at home

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Hey All,

It's feels great to receive so much enthusiasm and support from all of you
regarding experimenting online outreach. But unfortunately, until now I
haven't heard from anyone who'd want to participate in this session. I'm
writing to invite all the people who are on this list but are not
comfortable to edit - please come forward and register for this session.
Here is the link to the registration form:
http://tinyurl.com/RegistrationWikisession.

Here are some more details about the session:

*Date:* 10th March, Saturday (Sorry the date had to be changed. My earlier
mail
mentioned
11th March but we have a Delhi monthly meet-up at the same time)
*Time:* 3pm-6pm
*Medium: *Google hangout. Google hangout lets you do a group video
conferencing, and it's completely free. Thou, you might have to install
plug ins.
*Logistics:* Please make sure that you have a webcam installed and that
your speaker and mic are functioning well. If you'd like to test audio,
video, screen sharing, internet stability or just to test how Google
hangout works please log in 15-30 mins before the start of the session
- I'll be available on Google hangout starting 2.30pm to help you out with
all the technical issues.
*Maximum no. of participants:* 9 participants + 1 facilitator. Up to10
people can do a google hangout together. Participation will be confirmed on
the basis of first come first registration.

Please feel free to forward this mail to anyone who you think might be
interested. Let me know if you have any questions at all about the session.
Hoping to hear from many of you! :-)

Thanks
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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Offline Wikipedia: Kenyan Curriculum

[stephen wanjau]

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
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>  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.
>
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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Saturday Photo Walk

[stephen wanjau]

Hello,



Thank you Oliver for the comprehensive summary of what we accomplished
yesterday.

FYI, we managed to cover only the CBD and so Upperhill, Westlands, Mombasa
road

and some other sections didn't feel the love of wikis;)

To add onto that, for those residing in Kenya you are all aware that the
internet provider

Safaricom is having some technical issue with the internet connection. My
connection has

been intermittent yet I have selected around 200 photos that I shall upload
to commons once

this techy issue is resolved, plus I requested for an upload bot to make
the process easier which is being

compiled somewhere I hope;)

 Wikis truly expressed their love for Nairobi yesterday and that’s the
beginning/continuation

of a long life relationship between wikis and Nairobi city.

 During the walk we visited the Kenya Railways museums. Shock on us (Alex,
Oscar and me) as

we had never gone there and neither knew of its location but thank God
Oliver was on board and

he directed us there ;). While we were there we talked to the receptionists
and the curators who were

on duty as they showed us around. At first they thought we were just the
usual tourists but after we introduced

Wikipedia, we were welcomed to have a sit and talk about possible
collaborations. I wish coffee is not served there ;)

Am glad that the curators knew of Wikipedia and the article about the
museum where they work is a stub;(

 That place is full of history and rich in culture. Aki.

   -   I sat and touched the seat which the queen sat on during her Royal
   Trip to East Africa.
   -   A front seat on which Roosevelt sat in front of a train on his
   Safari in Africa is there
   - The Captains sideboard salvaged from the German cruiser KONIGSBERG
   which was scuttled by its crew in the Rufiji 1914-1918.
   - Claws from the man eaters of Tsavo are preserved there!
   - ……..plus so much more and more.

If anything we ran out of time. We talked over of possible collaborations
with the museum and the answer was

a big YES but the bosses were not around now that it was on a weekend. They
were contacted and notified of

our presence and intentions after which they gave their juniors the go
ahead to give us their contacts and an

appointment on the coming week.


If I compare the mere size of this museum, then I think the Kenya National
Museum is a whole new world and

this combined with other museums across the
country?___


I am currently finding out how GLAM fellowships works and how to engage
such institutions. These places have

tons of information that should be on Wikimedia.


Another Wikipedian is talking with his folk at the Kenya National Archives
about the same.


So if we engage these institutions on higher levels we might have hit the
jackpot to bring this info. Online.

All in all it was a nice sunny day.



//Stephen.


On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 10:31 PM, Oliver Stegen wrote:

> ** ** ** ** **
>
> Hi WMKE friends and fellows,
>
> ** **
>
> We (= Steve, Oscar, Alex, Chris, Morine and yours truly) had a great photo
> walk today, starting from the New Tom Mboya Monument on Moi Avenue and then
> crossing Haile Selassie to the Nairobi Railway Museum (see
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nairobi_Railway_Museum - and notice that the
> article doesn’t have a picture yet, which should change soon!). From there,
> we went back to Koinange St and ended our walk at the Savannah Coffee
> Lounge on Loita St where Wikimedia Kenya had its first
> face-to-face meeting in July 2010 – so, many historical memories! J
>
> ** **
>
> I’m looking forward to seeing a number of photos uploaded onto Commons
> (Steve, are you going to go through those 400+ pictures, select the best of
> each building and post them in the Category:Nairobi?).
>
> ** **
>
> At Savannah, there was also some talk of stream-lining the information of
> this mailing list with the two WMKE websites on Meta and @co.ke –
> currently, some info isn’t available **anywhere** - bother!
>
> ** **
>
> Finally, we also discussed the upcoming board elections and suggested that
> these take place on March 17th (anything else would be too late – we need
> to send some documents to WMF with signatures of board members, so there! –
> and the next two weekends are already booked with outreaches to 
> Mombasa and Egerton). So, within the next 8 days, candidates to the 5
> board positions (Chair, Vice Chair, Treasurer, Secretary and Project /
> Logistics Officer) need to write up their profiles. These should be sent to
> whoever will be in charge of the elections … another question which has to
> be solved soonest!
>
> ** **
>
> So, let’s get cracking so that we don’t lose our newly won chapterhood!***
> *
>
> Yours for making the sum of all human knowledge available to every s

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] First Outreach 2012 to Mombasa

[stephen wanjau]

Hello,

As we love to got to Mombasa;)

We can find some outreach material in the links below. Some might be
used at the conference booths since they are real time or as
eyecatchers.

Truth is in the numbers remember;)

1. Wikimedia counter - http://toolserver.org/~emijrp/wikimediacounter/
2. Wikipedia Vision to show how real time edits are mapped on Google
maps http://www.lkozma.net/wpv/index.html
3.Connecting to the IRC for recent changes feed projection.
4.http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Best_practices_in_public_outreach

Hakuna haja ya aibu ndogo ndogo Mombasani.

And this one is just the reading
http://blog.tommorris.org/post/18271663638/wikipedia-and-teaching-game-rules?0613cfa0

//Stephen.


On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 6:14 PM, morine musyoka
 wrote:
>
> i would really love to be part of the team going to coast.
> Morine
>
> On Feb 24, 2012 12:18 PM, "Limoke Oscar"  wrote:
>>
>> Pardon, but who are you Nelson? Please introduce yourself and let me
>> know why you would like to go (other than its cool kwenda Msa?)
>>
>> On 2/24/12, Nelson  wrote:
>> > hey,
>> > would like to participate however more details on when its to be held
>> >
>> > On 2/23/12, Limoke Oscar  wrote:
>> >> Hi Guys,
>> >>
>> >> Apologies for the delayed response to your queries. I have had an
>> >> avalanche of emails to attend to this past week and just openning WMKE
>> >> Label to find it full and demanding attention too. I will try to
>> >> attend to all of your queries and shed more light on the Outreach to
>> >> Mombasa
>> >>
>> >> Branton:
>> >> GTUG =Google Technical User Group
>> >> It is a group of people who use google tools and products and who have
>> >> a common interest :-) happy?
>> >>
>> >> So about the other who would love to attend the Outreach, so I have
>> >> been working on the Activities for the outreach and so far I would
>> >> love to see who will be willing to help with carrying out Trainings
>> >> and hands on Wikipedia and related Wikimedia projects in the following
>> >> aspects:
>> >>
>> >> 1. Introduction to Wikip/media
>> >> 2.Hands on Training on Editing Wikipedia
>> >> 3. Beyond Editing ( contributing to Wikip/media projects i.e Commons,
>> >> Wikifying, Anti-Vandalism, Translations etc
>> >>
>> >> So since we are going 3 to Mombasa, let me who is willing to take what
>> >> and we are good
>> >>
>> >> Best regards,
>> >>
>> >> --
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>> >>
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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Saturday Photo Walk

[stephen wanjau]

We will meet at the New Tom Mboya Monument along Tom Mboya street adjacent
to Kenya Archives.

A camera is not a must have but if you can manage to bring one the better,
since we will get more pictures.

regards,
Stephen.



On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 10:24 PM, Oliver Stegen wrote:

> ** ** **
>
> Pity, that won’t work then as I have to work all day tomorrow (Friday) too.
> 
>
> Could someone get a tourist permission on my behalf (i.e. in my name) and
> bring it on Saturday?
>
> Where and when are we going to meet?
>
> Also, I understand that I don’t have to bring a camera as that will be
> there. (My own just broke.)
>
> Oliver (aka BT)
>
> ** **
>   --
>
> *From:* stephen wanjau [mailto:wanjaus...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* 23 February 2012 12:49
>
> *To:* **The discussion list for the upcoming Wikimedia Kenya chapter.**
> *Subject:* Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Saturday Photo Walk
>
>  ** **
>
> Hello,
>
> I appreciate the fact that Oliver has stepped in to salvage the situation.
> Your offer to assist us with this is exceedingly valued Oliver. If you will
> be available on Friday to go and get that tourist permit, then that would
> be perfect since the offices at the City Council remain shut on the
> weekends.
>
> PS: Mitchell, Let’s stick to the topics on the thread. 
>
> 
>
> On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 8:56 AM, Kosgei Isaac 
> wrote:
>
> Hey About the photo walk lets just go on with it in the hope that city
> council askaris wont harass us.
> By the way have you come up with a list of places?
>
> ** **
>
> On 22 February 2012 21:29, Michelle Shivu  wrote:**
> **
>
> @steve
> i had earlier asked whether:
>  if i needed to be part of the outreach (going to egerton for open source
> day) what do i have to undertake , any signing up or anything...what does
> it entail..
> please enlighten me so that if i can, i can be part of it.
>
> good evening
>
>
>
> 
>
> On 22 February 2012 17:24, Oliver Stegen  wrote:***
> *
>
> Hi guys,
>
> This sounds more ridiculous by the minute.
> Do you want to "hire" me as a tourist who's taking pictures? :)
> Unfortunately, I wouldn't be available tomorrow (Thursday) in order to
> accompany you to the City Council to get a tourist photo permission (I'm
> sure that tourists don't need a letter from the ministry of anywhere). But
> on Saturday, I'd be happy to accompany you (of course, I'm only one
> non-African-looking guy, so if you have several groups, I could only
> accompany one).
>
> Hope the photo walk doesn't die on us for Saturday.
> Oliver (aka BT)
>
> 
>
> ** **
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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Saturday Photo Walk

[stephen wanjau]

Hello,

So far only five guys have filled in their names at the etherpad.

I will organize with BT to get the tourists permit just in case it might be
requested for by a person in authority.

We hope to meet at the Tom Mboya monument at 10:00am where we shall decide
which route to take as per the goals
here.<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_takes_Nairobi/Goals>
*
Basic requirements:*

   - Camera (not compulsory!)
   - Walk/Vehicle to move around/ public transport/ autos are also okay.
   - Data cable/ card reader for transfer of photos.
   - Disable on-image timestamps or other data that appears over-top of
   images.
   - Please empty the memory card.

*Other activities:*

   - Encourage new people from outside the community to join.
   - This is a team event.

*Do's:*

   - Bring plenty of water.
   - Do not worry about the angles/ nitty gritties of the photo or your
   camera skills!
   - Try and take a clear shot of the building.
   - Note down the list of places, names of buildings that you photograph.
   - If you learn something new about a landmark/ statue/ building, do pass
   on the info. It would be very useful to update in the wiki pages.
   - If you want to leave early, make sure you transfer your pictures to
   team volunteer.

*Do not:*

   - Do not take pictures of people - To maintain a level of decency and
   also not to breach privacy
   - Remember that all photos will be used for Wikipedia, hence do not
   include personal photos.
   - Personal photos will not be considered for selection.
   - Do not waste time, respect the time limit.
   - Do not go into people's homes to photograph. All photos to be
   buildings/ statues/ landmarks of Nairobi.
   - Do not take photos where it is prohibited to do so.

Just in case something is not clear, please feel free to ask.

regards,

Stephen.

In case of anything:

Contact : Stephen: +254722238165

Alex:  +254713370967


On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 1:26 PM, Alex Wafula  wrote:

> Hey Isaac,
>
> Yah, we have a target list which will focus on the CBD and partially Upper
> Hill. This is derived from the one we had for WTN. Copies will be printed
> out to teams on D-Day
>
> And if you are turining up for this, please put up your name on this pad:
> http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/wtn for planning purposes.
>
> Alex
>   --
> **
>
> Hey About the photo walk lets just go on with it in the hope that city
> council askaris wont harass us.
> By the way have you come up with a list of places?
>
> On 22 February 2012 21:29, Michelle Shivu  wrote:
>
> @steve
> i had earlier asked whether:
>  if i needed to be part of the outreach (going to egerton for open source
> day) what do i have to undertake , any signing up or anything...what does
> it entail..
> please enlighten me so that if i can, i can be part of it.
>
> good evening
>
>
>
> On 22 February 2012 17:24, Oliver Stegen  wrote:
>
> Hi guys,
>
> This sounds more ridiculous by the minute.
> Do you want to "hire" me as a tourist who's taking pictures? :)
> Unfortunately, I wouldn't be available tomorrow (Thursday) in order to
> accompany you to the City Council to get a tourist photo permission (I'm
> sure that tourists don't need a letter from the ministry of anywhere). But
> on Saturday, I'd be happy to accompany you (of course, I'm only one
> non-African-looking guy, so if you have several groups, I could only
> accompany one).
>
> Hope the photo walk doesn't die on us for Saturday.
> Oliver (aka BT)
>
> > -Original Message-
> > From: stephen wanjau [mailto:wanjaus...@gmail.com]
> > Sent: 22 February 2012 14:57
> > To: The discussion list for the upcoming Wikimedia Kenya chapter.
> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] First Outreach 2012 to Mombasa
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I already have made arrangements to have our local chapter T-shirt by
> > the end of this week.
> >
> > On another note, I passed by the City council of Nairobi to ascertain
> > the results of my request to allow Wikipedians to take photos around
> > Nairobi on the coming weekend only to find shock on me!!
> >
> > They told me that I needed a letter from the Ministry of Information
> > and communication. On asking them why? They quipped that I must have
> > it so that it can be attached to my earlier request.
> >
> > I would love to be part of the team headed to Mombasa for the outreach
> > activity.
> >
> > PS: There is another invitation by the Egerton University to attend an
> > Open Source day they will be having on 10th March 2011.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Stephen. wrote:

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Saturday Photo Walk

[stephen wanjau]

@Isaac,

I would not want to cross paths with the City Council Askaris.

The lingo "Kanjo" is populous in Nairobi.


//Stephen.

On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 12:49 PM, stephen wanjau wrote:

> Hello,
>
>
> I appreciate the fact that Oliver has stepped in to salvage the situation.
> Your offer to assist us with this is exceedingly valued Oliver. If you will
> be available on Friday to go and get that tourist permit, then that would
> be perfect since the offices at the City Council remain shut on the
> weekends.
>
> PS: Mitchell, Let’s stick to the topics on the thread.
>
>
>
> 
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 8:56 AM, Kosgei Isaac wrote:
>
>> Hey About the photo walk lets just go on with it in the hope that city
>> council askaris wont harass us.
>> By the way have you come up with a list of places?
>>
>>
>> On 22 February 2012 21:29, Michelle Shivu  wrote:
>>
>>> @steve
>>> i had earlier asked whether:
>>>  if i needed to be part of the outreach (going to egerton for open
>>> source day) what do i have to undertake , any signing up or anything...what
>>> does it entail..
>>> please enlighten me so that if i can, i can be part of it.
>>>
>>> good evening
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 22 February 2012 17:24, Oliver Stegen  wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi guys,
>>>>
>>>> This sounds more ridiculous by the minute.
>>>> Do you want to "hire" me as a tourist who's taking pictures? :)
>>>> Unfortunately, I wouldn't be available tomorrow (Thursday) in order to
>>>> accompany you to the City Council to get a tourist photo permission (I'm
>>>> sure that tourists don't need a letter from the ministry of anywhere).
>>>> But
>>>> on Saturday, I'd be happy to accompany you (of course, I'm only one
>>>> non-African-looking guy, so if you have several groups, I could only
>>>> accompany one).
>>>>
>>>> Hope the photo walk doesn't die on us for Saturday.
>>>> Oliver (aka BT)
>>>>
>>>> > -Original Message-
>>>> > From: stephen wanjau [mailto:wanjaus...@gmail.com]
>>>> > Sent: 22 February 2012 14:57
>>>> > To: The discussion list for the upcoming Wikimedia Kenya chapter.
>>>> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] First Outreach 2012 to Mombasa
>>>> >
>>>> > Hello,
>>>> >
>>>> > I already have made arrangements to have our local chapter T-shirt by
>>>> > the end of this week.
>>>> >
>>>> > On another note, I passed by the City council of Nairobi to ascertain
>>>> > the results of my request to allow Wikipedians to take photos around
>>>> > Nairobi on the coming weekend only to find shock on me!!
>>>> >
>>>> > They told me that I needed a letter from the Ministry of Information
>>>> > and communication. On asking them why? They quipped that I must have
>>>> > it so that it can be attached to my earlier request.
>>>> >
>>>> > I would love to be part of the team headed to Mombasa for the outreach
>>>> > activity.
>>>> >
>>>> > PS: There is another invitation by the Egerton University to attend an
>>>> > Open Source day they will be having on 10th March 2011.
>>>> >
>>>> > Regards,
>>>> > Stephen. wrote:
>>>> > "Better Late Than Never, But Never Late is Better"
>>>> >
>>>> >
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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Saturday Photo Walk

[stephen wanjau]

Hello,


I appreciate the fact that Oliver has stepped in to salvage the situation.
Your offer to assist us with this is exceedingly valued Oliver. If you will
be available on Friday to go and get that tourist permit, then that would
be perfect since the offices at the City Council remain shut on the
weekends.

PS: Mitchell, Let’s stick to the topics on the thread.






On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 8:56 AM, Kosgei Isaac wrote:

> Hey About the photo walk lets just go on with it in the hope that city
> council askaris wont harass us.
> By the way have you come up with a list of places?
>
>
> On 22 February 2012 21:29, Michelle Shivu  wrote:
>
>> @steve
>> i had earlier asked whether:
>>  if i needed to be part of the outreach (going to egerton for open source
>> day) what do i have to undertake , any signing up or anything...what does
>> it entail..
>> please enlighten me so that if i can, i can be part of it.
>>
>> good evening
>>
>>
>>
>> On 22 February 2012 17:24, Oliver Stegen  wrote:
>>
>>> Hi guys,
>>>
>>> This sounds more ridiculous by the minute.
>>> Do you want to "hire" me as a tourist who's taking pictures? :)
>>> Unfortunately, I wouldn't be available tomorrow (Thursday) in order to
>>> accompany you to the City Council to get a tourist photo permission (I'm
>>> sure that tourists don't need a letter from the ministry of anywhere).
>>> But
>>> on Saturday, I'd be happy to accompany you (of course, I'm only one
>>> non-African-looking guy, so if you have several groups, I could only
>>> accompany one).
>>>
>>> Hope the photo walk doesn't die on us for Saturday.
>>> Oliver (aka BT)
>>>
>>> > -Original Message-
>>> > From: stephen wanjau [mailto:wanjaus...@gmail.com]
>>> > Sent: 22 February 2012 14:57
>>> > To: The discussion list for the upcoming Wikimedia Kenya chapter.
>>> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] First Outreach 2012 to Mombasa
>>> >
>>> > Hello,
>>> >
>>> > I already have made arrangements to have our local chapter T-shirt by
>>> > the end of this week.
>>> >
>>> > On another note, I passed by the City council of Nairobi to ascertain
>>> > the results of my request to allow Wikipedians to take photos around
>>> > Nairobi on the coming weekend only to find shock on me!!
>>> >
>>> > They told me that I needed a letter from the Ministry of Information
>>> > and communication. On asking them why? They quipped that I must have
>>> > it so that it can be attached to my earlier request.
>>> >
>>> > I would love to be part of the team headed to Mombasa for the outreach
>>> > activity.
>>> >
>>> > PS: There is another invitation by the Egerton University to attend an
>>> > Open Source day they will be having on 10th March 2011.
>>> >
>>> > Regards,
>>> > Stephen. wrote:
>>> > "Better Late Than Never, But Never Late is Better"
>>> >
>>> >
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>>> >
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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] First Outreach 2012 to Mombasa

[stephen wanjau]

Hello,

I already have made arrangements to have our local chapter T-shirt by
the end of this week.

On another note, I passed by the City council of Nairobi to ascertain
the results of my request to allow Wikipedians to take photos around
Nairobi on the coming weekend only to find shock on me!!

They told me that I needed a letter from the Ministry of Information
and communication. On asking them why? They quipped that I must have
it so that it can be attached to my earlier request.

I would love to be part of the team headed to Mombasa for the outreach activity.

PS: There is another invitation by the Egerton University to attend an
Open Source day they will be having on 10th March 2011.

Regards,
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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] CIO Article

[stephen wanjau]

Nice post ;)

Some limelight there ^^

//Stephen

On 2/18/12, David Mugo  wrote:
> Guys,
>
> http://cio.co.ke/view-all-main-stories/4904-kenya-makes-it-to-39th-wikimedia-chapter-.html
>
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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Photo Walk

[stephen wanjau]

Asaf, this fee is a legal fee. In fact other photo journalists pay for this
and an official receipt from the City Council of Nairobi is issued.

The KES 2600 caters for a permit to take photos within the council's
municipality for a day.

When we went there (with Oscar) we were told to pay the fee. We were
hesitant to just pay and we explained the uniqueness and non-commercial
nature of our undertaking. Since the boss who could give us a waiver was
out on a meeting. The receptionist adviced that we write an official letter
explaining the purpose of our photo walk and request for a waiver thereof.

The results of our request shall be out on Monday or Tuesday.

If we get a total waiver well and good and that's what we are hoping for.

//Stephen


On Feb 18, 2012 11:47 AM, "Asaf Bartov"  wrote:

> Is this 2600 fee something official?  Will you be getting a receipt?  If
> so, it's fine to pay it.  If it really is a bribe, we cannot cooperate with
> it; supporting corruption is not a legitimate use of our donor funds.
>
>A.
>
> On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 12:52 PM, stephen wanjau wrote:
>
>> Hello Nice people,
>>
>> Asaf, I sought some advice from a local lawyer and he adviced me it would
>> be wise to notify the authorites of our undertaking considering the
>> security status of our country courtesy of the invasion into Somalia. The
>> Alshabab have been threatening to bomb the city and since we are a group of
>> youths who shall be taking photos we might be mistaken to be counterparts
>> of the Alshabab looking for the best buildings to attack.
>>
>> We sought advice from the OCPD Central police station today and the Urban
>> Development Department at the city council of Nairobi.
>>
>> At the city Council of Nairobi, they advised that we are supposed to pay
>> a fee of KES2,600. We talked to them and they told us to write a letter to
>> request for a partial or full waiver since ours was not a commercial
>> undertaking.
>>
>> As for the OCPD, he turned us down and he told us that he was too busy to
>> handle our case ;( Planning to go and see him sometime this week or early
>> next week.
>>
>> The project is still on as scheduled for 25th February, am just working
>> to ensure everyone is safe and not harassed by the City Council Askaris
>> [1]  and the Regular police as well.
>>
>>
>> //Stephen
>>
>> 1. City council, a den of 
>> corruption.<http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=250446&cid=159&story=Why%20City%20Council%20court%20is%20a%20den%20of%20corruption>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 12:47 AM, Asaf Bartov wrote:
>>
>>> What exactly did this photographer say you need a press card for?  I.e.
>>> what are you not allowed to photograph without a press card?
>>>
>>> (In general, my experience shows that most people, including government
>>> officials and professional photographers, have a fairly hazy knowledge of
>>> copyright law, and often repeat "conventional wisdom" statements without
>>> scrutiny.  One of the things Wikimedians have been consistently good at,
>>> around the world, is finding out what the actual facts are, and making sure
>>> the public interest is served best, by not submitting to limitations that
>>> aren't actually there. -- so yes, it would behoove us to look at the
>>> written law.  I'm sorry I don't have time to look into this myself.  Do we
>>> have access to a friendly Kenyan lawyer who might be able to help us find
>>> out what the law says?)
>>>
>>>Asaf
>>>
>>> On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 7:39 AM, stephen wanjau wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello Nice people,
>>>>
>>>> I do hope that you are doing well. At the meet-up, we resolved to
>>>> undertake the photo-walk on the Saturday of 25th February 2012 and not
>>>> on the 18th as it had earlier been indicated. During our meet-up I
>>>> networked with a photographer/ blogger who was in attendance and we
>>>> dialogued about how we could make this photo walk a success in terms of the
>>>> logistics involved.
>>>>
>>>> He informed me that he had been using images from commons as yet he
>>>> never knew of the existence of a local community of Wikim(p)edians! From
>>>> what he said, we are required by law to get Press cards from the affected
>>>> ministry that deals with Journalism in Kenya, i.e. Ministry of Information
>>>> and Communication.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Another alternative t

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Outreach 2012

[stephen wanjau]

Thats great news Oscar.

I will post the minutes to our home page here 

I would like to suggest that we have some kind of follow ups after our
outreach talks and hands on practices at these workshops.

This shall be like a form of mentor-ship to newbies who might be stuck as
soon as we leave the premises.There is need to take them
off the ground. Most of them will definitely lose heart and leave while the
courageous and bold enough might opt to stay which is
unlikely the case.

My contribution on the meta are upcoming shortly.

//Stephen



On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 10:37 AM, Kosgei Isaac wrote:

> @oslimoke,Tuko pamoja kakangu.
> Nafurahi kuona kwamba umekuwa katika mstari wa mbele kuimarisha shughuli
> zetu.
> Kila la heri na nakuahidi tutachangia pamoja.
> Feel good Friday on my part joh.
> Cheers
>
>
> On 17 February 2012 10:34, Limoke Oscar  wrote:
>
>> Hi Everyone,,
>> I trust we are all well and the excitement and partying dust has
>> settled following our recognition as the 39th Chapter. :-)Time to
>> chatr way forawd and serious issues.
>>
>> So we all remember sometime last year we were planning for an Outreach
>> to various campuses across Kenya to introduce students to the Culture
>> and editing Wikipedia. Well, the first of such outreach is almost here
>> with us and we have plans to visit a few campuses in Mombasa in early
>> March along the Mozilla Kenya team. The details are still sketchy and
>> I would appreciate your input and contribution into the same. You can
>> find the Meat page for the same here :
>> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Kenya_Outreach_2012
>>
>> PS: who was responsible for posting the Last Meetups minutes?
>>
>> Yours,
>> --
>> Limoke Oscar,
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