Hi Florence! This is a very cool and ambitious project! Is the idea that offline contributions would be loaded into the relevant projects when internet is available?
Phoebe On Jun 13, 2016 5:59 PM, "Florence Devouard" <fdevou...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello everyone > > WikiAfrica has recently started a new project, the Wikipack Africa. > > The project amalgamates: > > * the coding of a software, WikiFundi, that provides an off-line editing > environment that mimics the Wikipedia environment. The software will be > made available in French and English. > > * the creation of action packs for use by local Wikimedia chapters, user > groups or isolated individuals in Africa, and > > * a Wikipedia Writing Contest to be run in African Schools, #WikiChallenge > African Schools > > > > It will roll out in two phases : > > Phase 1 involves the creation of the WikiPack Africa. WikiPack Africa is a > digital kit located via a local network device (Raspberry PI). The local > network device will provide access to an off-line editing platform that > mimics Wikipedia, and provides related materials and additional OER > resources. The WikiPack Africa will both facilitate the outreach work of > Wikimedia chapters, User Group and individuals, and encourage the growth of > digital skills and content contribution by teachers and students across > Africa. The pack allows for ongoing training and contribution even when > technology, access and electricity outages fail or are not available at all. > > The WikiPack Africa delivered to users will comprise two Raspberry PIs and > some offline materials (posters, leaflets, pull-up banner, tee-shirts, > etc.). The WikiPack will be delivered to several Wikimedia User Groups > located in Africa end of 2016. A Call for Interest will be made to identify > which groups will receive the Packs (8 countries will be covered as part of > the pilot launch). > > > The project has been conceptualised and conceived by Isla and myself after > seeing how frustrating limited access to internet or even to electricity > could be when trying to participate to Wikipedia. > > The WikiPack Africa is primarily meant for individuals and groups wanting > to implement outreach projects and: > * work with galleries, libraries, archives and museums to bring cultural > content online; > * work with education partners to get educators and students contribute or > better understand Wikimedia projects; > * more generally, organise edit-a-thons, photo hunts, workshops, press > conferences, etc. to promote Wikimedia projects. > > > > The #WikiChallenge African Schools (Phase 2) will use the WikiPack Africa > to facilitate an entertaining, powerful, collaborative and interactive > content creation competition between schools in Sénégal, Côte d'Ivoire, > Guinée, Niger, Tunisia, Madagascar, and Cameroon (countries may change...). > The challenge will run early 2017. > > > > The full project is run in partnership with Wikimedia CH and the Orange > Foundation. It will be primarily implemented by Florence, Isla and Emmanuel > Engelhart (Kelson, from Kiwix) from May 2016 until summer 2017. > > The project proposal, its documentation and its outcomes will be under a > CC BY SA 4.0 licence. > > --------- > > CALL for SUPPORT > > Current next steps include in particular > > * working on the WikiFundi software. This shall be lead by Kelson and part > of the development should be done during the Kiwix Hackhaton prior to > Wikimania. If you are interested to help, and simply interested to better > understand what is planned, please get in touch; > > * working on the content that will be put on WikiFundi. > We will NOT provide the entirety of Wikipedia on the plateform, but only a > mix of "presentation material", some "help:pages", "showcase of best > articles" and a large % of templates currently available on Wikipedia. If > you want to help or provide insightful input, please get in touch (with > me), by email or on the wiki talk page or during Wikimania. > We start working on the English content first. My current challenge is to > identify the most relevant help pages... and adapt them to this offline > editing environnement. > > > > --------- > > * To read more about Wikifundi: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiFundi > > * More information about the wikipack : > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipack_Africa/en and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipack_Africa/fr > > * WikiProject page on the English Wikipedia : > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Wikipack_Africa > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
