On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 2:13 AM, Charles Andrès < charles.andres.w...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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. > Charles, If you're inclined, I'd be happy to syndicate your post on the Wikimedia blog, or however you might want to approach it. I think it would be great to get this as much attention as we can. If you're interested, we often draft on Meta wiki here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Blog/Drafts Please also let me know if you're doing social media messages about it, as we can repeat/share/retweet etc from the Wikip/media accounts. -Matthew > > 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 <bishakhada...@gmail.com> 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 <meta...@gmail.com> > 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 <liamwy...@gmail.com> > 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 <charles.andres.w...@gmail.com> > >> 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 > >>>> Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > >>>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > >>>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Wikimedia-l mailing list > >>> Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > >>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 > 4266 > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Wikimedia-l mailing list > >> Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > -- Matthew Roth Global Communications Manager Wikimedia Foundation +1.415.839.6885 ext 6635 www.wikimediafoundation.org *http://blog.wikimedia.org/* _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
