Perhaps there is a better channel to discuss that, but why Kiwix is only Wikipedia especially since the French Wiktionary is one of the most developed?
JP 2013/6/19, Patricio Lorente <[email protected]>: > Charles, this is an amazing initiative. Thanks for sharing, I think we > could probably try to do something similar in Argentina. > > Patricio > > 2013/6/19 Charles Andrès <[email protected]>: >> Hello and thanks Bishaka, >> >> We planned two type of post about this story, today or tomorrow we should >> publish a short one about the genesis of the project and the relation >> volunteer/staff. >> >> As president of Wikimedia CH I'm very proud of the work accomplish by >> Emmanuel and Chantal, and we would like to share more about this aspect of >> the project. >> >> The second post will arrive later this year with more information about >> the project itself and its usage. >> >> >> Thanks too, SJ, >> >> "unexpected" refers more to there eager of the newspaper. >> >> It's really rare, if not totally absent, to read positive things about >> prisons. In this way, the public "expect" bad news when talking about >> prison, and when a nice story about prison arise, it's unexpected. :-) >> >> Sincerely >> >> >> ___________________________________________________________ >> I use this email for mailing list only. >> >> Charles ANDRES, Chairman >> "Wikimedia CH" – Association for the advancement of free knowledge – >> www.wikimedia.ch >> Skype: charles.andres.wmch >> IRC://irc.freenode.net/wikimedia-ch >> >> Le 18 juin 2013 à 10:52, Bishakha Datta <[email protected]> a écrit >> : >> >>> Fantastic - and fascinating. >>> >>> Would love to see a blog post by someone from the chapter or by one of >>> them. >>> >>> Bravo for reaching out to forgotten people. >>> >>> Bishakha >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 11:05 PM, Samuel Klein <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Charles - How beautiful. Thank you for doing and sharing this. >>>> In what way was the partnership unexpected? Did the Bellevue prison >>>> approach Wikipedians? >>>> >>>> Here is the announcement page w/PDF from the WM-CH site: >>>> https://www.wikimedia.ch/%5Bi18n-termpath-raw%5D/wikipedia-jail >>>> >>>> SJ >>>> >>>> SJ >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 10:29 AM, Liam Wyatt <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>>> Now THIS is seriously clever! >>>>> Well done WMCH - that is a truly innovative way to provide access to >>>>> knowledge to a community who is often forgotten. >>>>> Can you link to the press release here, please? >>>>> >>>>> -Liam / Wittylama >>>>> >>>>> wittylama.com >>>>> Peace, love & metadata >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 17 June 2013 14:15, Charles Andrès <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Wikipedia for prisoners – an unexpected partnership between a swiss >>>> prison >>>>>> and Wikimedia CH >>>>>> >>>>>> Following an initiative from Emmanuel Engelhart, with the support of >>>>>> Wikimedia CH CAO, Chantal Ebongué, since March 2013, prisoners who >>>> request >>>>>> can have an access to Wikipedia offline (Kiwix project). The idea is >>>>>> to >>>>>> stimulate or to support the interest for education of prisoners who >>>> were, >>>>>> for a large majority, condemned to long-time sentences. >>>>>> >>>>>> After three months of pilot phasis, the project is successful : Among >>>> the >>>>>> 36 prisoners of the Bellevue’s prison in Gorgier, 18 possess or rent a >>>>>> computer. All of them requested the upload of Wikipedia offline on >>>>>> their >>>>>> PC. For security reasons, swiss prisoners have a very restricted >>>>>> access >>>> to >>>>>> internet. >>>>>> >>>>>> More informations in the press releases (ENG, DE, FR, IT) that was >>>>>> sent >>>>>> today to the swiss media >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> >>>>>> Charles >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ___________________________________________________________ >>>>>> Charles ANDRES, Chairman >>>>>> "Wikimedia CH" – Association for the advancement of free knowledge – >>>>>> www.wikimedia.ch >>>>>> Office +41 (0)21 340 66 20 >>>>>> Skype: charles.andres.wmch >>>>>> IRC://irc.freenode.net/wikimedia-ch >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Wikimedia-l mailing list >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l >>>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Wikimedia-l mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 >>>> 4266 >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Wikimedia-l mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimedia-l mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > > > > -- > Patricio Lorente > Blog: http://www.patriciolorente.com.ar > Identi.ca // Twitter: @patriciolorente > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
