I agree. We should also make the most of this signifying monkey <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signifying_monkey> who is blessing Wikimania 2014 with his smile. The ancient Egyptian deity Thoth <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoth#Depictions> often took the foprm of an ape: "He served as a mediating <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediation> power, especially between good <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodness_and_value_theory> and evil <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil>, making sure neither had a decisive victory over the other.[25] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoth#cite_note-Budge_p._405-25> He also served as scribe of the gods,[26] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoth#cite_note-Budge_p._408-26> credited with the invention of writing and alphabets (i.e. hieroglyphs) themselves. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoth#cite_note-Budge_p._414-27> (...)
The Greeks further declared him the inventor of astronomy <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomy>, astrology <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrology>, the science of numbers <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numerology>, mathematics <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematics>, geometry <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geometry>, land surveying <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_surveying>, medicine <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicine>, botany <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botany>, theology <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theology>, civilized government, the alphabet, reading, writing, and oratory <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_speaking>. They further claimed he was the true author of every work of every branch of knowledge, human and divine.[27] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoth#cite_note-Budge_p._414-27>" Clearly Thoth we must regard Thoth as a Wikimedian! all the best Fabian Tompsett, Wikimania Support Team, Wikimedia UK, Address: 56-64 Leonard St, Shoreditch, London EC2A 4LT Phone:020 7065 0991 Mobile: 07548 103787 On 8 August 2014 06:52, Subhashish Panigrahi <[email protected]> wrote: > " <[email protected]> > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) > > Hi all, > > Since yesterday, my Facebook wall has been flooded with monkey selfies. It > i= > s that media has hyped, there is a need for creating a category. I am > propos= > ing this and requesting someone to create a campaign that also keeps the > lic= > ense as CC0. Feedbacks welcome. > > Best! > Subha= > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >
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