wow, really fantastic! Sounds like pioneer-work! hubertl
Am 20.06.2012 22:43, schrieb Adrienne Alix: > [Apologize for cross posting... ] > > Hello, > > Wikimedia France is very happy to announce a great new project : > > A partnership has been formalized on last Friday between Wikimédia > France, the Institut Français > <http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institut_fran%C3%A7ais> (the network of > the french cultural institutes in the world) and the Agence > Universitaire de la Francophonie > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agence_universitaire_de_la_Francophonie> > (Association of Universities of the Francophonie) to support a common > program about the development of Wikipedia in French-speaking Africa: > this project is called "Afripedia". > > Afripedia is a project to support the "digital development" of Africa. > While the most part of the contributions and contributors on Wikipedia > are from the North, we want to make easier the offline reading of > Wikipedia and the production of content about Africa and made by African > contributors. The project entails projected workshops to help use the > encyclopedia and produce content on the Wikimedia projects. > > Based on the offline technologies developped by Kiwix > <http://www.kiwix.org/index.php/Main_Page/en> (and helped by Kiwix), the > project will involve several phases: > > 1/ software development to produce offline versions of Wikipedia (and > probably other Wikimedia projects like Wiktionary) regularly and easily, > and then a download solution to get these offline versions easier, with > no technical ability needed. > > 2/ Installation of these offline versions on flash drives, plugged on > little computers extremely energy-efficient, without screen or keyboard. > The computer spreads the content of the flash drive (=Wikipedia) with a > wireless connection without internet (the content of the flash drive is > available just by connecting to this wifi) [see [[Plug computer > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plug_computer>]] > > 3/ Installation of the computers and flash drives and training of > students and professors on the "Digital campus of Francophonie", a > network of digital points supported by the Association of Universities > of the Francophonie, to support the dissemination of Wikipedia content > without the issues of irregular access to internet. One plug (with or > without repeater) can provide Wikipedia for dozens of students ! > > 4/ Training in contribution on Wikipedia (in French and local languages) > > 5/ After a first implementation (autumn 2012) in 20 points in 15 > countries of West Africa, we will assess the project and extend it over > a larger scale for 2013, if the results are good. > > > As it is one of our missions, we consider producing free knowledge in > French and in local languages and making it accesible in territories > developping access to digital technology but having no active Wikimedia > community yet, to be essential. So we will also support the forming of > contributors communities in these countries. > > See also (in french) http://www.wikimedia.fr/afripedia > > == >  > The Institut Français is the operator for the French Ministry of > Foreign Affairs in charge of the cultural action in foreign countries. > Through its French Language Department, the Institut Français works > towards the attractivity and spreading of French language across the > world. It particularly takes care of the development of the teaching of > French language and culture in secondary school and in universities. > http://www.institutfrancais.com/ >  > The Agence universitaire de la Francophonie (Association of Universities > of the Francophonie) groups 786 higher education and research > institutions from 98 countries on the five continents, using French > language as a language for teaching and research. Its mission is to > contribute to the solidarity between French-speaking higher education > establishments and to the development of a scientific arena in French, > respecting the cultures and languages diversity. > http://www.auf.org/ > > > > -- > Adrienne Charmet-Alix > Directrice des programmes - Wikimedia France > Twitter : @AdrienneAlix > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> | > 07.62.92.42.01 > http://www.wikimedia.fr > > > > _______________________________________________ > Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately > directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia community. > For more information about Wikimedia-l: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > _______________________________________________ > WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
