Oscar, I agree that we shouldn't give up, just not get our hopes too high (335 registered users sounded much more promising than the relality of 3 marginally active users). If you can find a contact in your archives, all the better! Cheers, Oliver (aka BT)
> -----Original Message----- > From: Limoke Oscar [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 25 April 2012 23:19 > To: The discussion list for the upcoming Wikimedia Kenya chapter. > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Kenyan Wiki > > Lets not give ip,this guys tried to reach us after the KWC,will dig my > archives and see what and if i can get a contact point. Its worth > trying to link up with them and see what they are upto. Or even just > for a discussion.... > > This guys had an ambition just like ours: Sharing and making locally > relevant content available online. > > On 4/25/12, stephen wanjau <[email protected]> wrote: > > Point noted BT. > > > > Seems it a project they jump started and somehow stalled .... > > > > A unique thing I noted about the wiki is that you have to request for > > an account and even upload ur CV! > > > > And I agree we cannot count on them since there is even no way of > > communicating with them. > > > > > > //Stephen. > > > > On 4/25/12, Oliver Stegen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Don't get your hopes up too soon, cf. > >> http://www.kenya.or.ke/Special:ActiveUsers > >> Only 3 active users over the last 91 days with 4, 13 and 115 edits > >> respectively. Also, noone ever edited their user page, so without user > >> info, > >> we may not get to know who these guys are. Just saying! > >> Cheers, > >> Oliver (aka BT) > >> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: stephen wanjau [mailto:[email protected]] > >>> Sent: 25 April 2012 16:57 > >>> To: The discussion list for the upcoming Wikimedia Kenya chapter. > >>> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Kenyan Wiki > >>> > >>> Hello, > >>> > >>> Thats exactly what I quipped at Alex on chat once I saw this Wiki. > >>> > >>> They have 335 registered users, 2admins and 1 buraecrat...Active > >>> editors/contributors = 3....See [1] below. > >>> > >>> > >>> Seems this is a group of open source champions who know how mediawiki > >>> works... > >>> > >>> And yeah if possible we can talk about contributing to Wikipedia whose > >>> structure is mature and already well set. > >>> > >>> My two cents. > >>> > >>> //Stephen > >>> > >>> 1. www.kenya.or.ke/Special:Statistics > >>> > >>> On 4/25/12, Limoke Oscar <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > Thanks Steve, > >>> > > >>> > I 1st heard of this initiative sometimes in 2010 after the KWC > >>> > Challenge.seems the guys did something awesome. > >>> > > >>> > Question: is there a way we can work together with such folks to > >>> > enrich > >>> > Kenyan Content on wikipedia? we could even recruit them int our > >>> > chapter.....just saying > >>> > > >>> > On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 3:48 PM, stephen wanjau > >>> <[email protected] > >>> >> wrote: > >>> > > >>> >> Hello Folks, > >>> >> > >>> >> I came across this Website that is a Wiki and I thought it might be > >>> worth > >>> >> sharing.... > >>> >> > >>> >> http://www.kenya.or.ke/Main_Page > >>> >> > >>> >> Seems a lot of effort has been put into it. > >>> >> > >>> >> //Stephen > >>> >> _______________________________________________ WikimediaKE mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake
