hi asaf, this does not work for all regions? tried http://global-dev.wmflabs.org/graphs/enwp_gh_active
rupert. On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 3:28 AM, Asaf Bartov <abar...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hi, everyone. > > To my mind, the way forward is to find a project at least some of you are > excited about, rather than make progress on the formalities. That project > can be anything at all -- organizing a regular meetup or edit-a-thon, a > photowalk, finishing the school curriculum update project so we can produce > a new offline Wikipedia file relevant for Kenya, etc. > > It seems to me that there is no substitute for a core of _active editors_, > on either English[1] or Swahili Wikipedia[1]. That core would be the basis > for most of the other activities. For example, it's difficult to have > effective mass outreach if we can't connect newbies to _local_ editors with > at least some experience and interest in tutoring and supporting them on > their first steps, especially on the English Wikipedia which has very high > standards that are challenging and confusing to newbies. > > So of the activities above, I would recommend thinking about ways to get > _you_, the core volunteers, more motivated about, or more _comfortable_ > with, actual editing. A first step would be to identify what is the main > obstacle -- know-how, interesting topics to contribute on, access to source > material, etc., and then we can all think about how to remove that obstacle. > > Another fun thing to try, if you can have meetups somewhere with reasonable > bandwidth (on campus? at the iHub?), you can schedule a Skype/Hangout with > different communities/chapters around to world to exchange experience and > learn about exciting ideas from other groups. In my experience, it's a fun > and interesting way to get [re-]motivated, and I'm sure a number of our > international colleagues would be happy to be the teleconferenced guests at > those meetings. > > Just my two cents. :) > > Asaf > > [1] English Wikipedia has about 35 active editors (5 edits a month or more) > in Kenya. That's a good number to work with, but it seems to me (do correct > me if I'm wrong) that most of those regular editors are outside this mailing > list. If we could actually be reasonable certain we have some of those > active editors interested in supporting additional editor recruitment, we'd > be in good shape. Source: > http://global-dev.wmflabs.org/graphs/enwp_ke_active (very slow load, sorry) > [2] Swahil Wikipedia has about 3-4 active editors (5 edits a month or more) > in Kenya, and about the same number in Tanzania. Source: > http://global-dev.wmflabs.org/graphs/swwp_active (again, very slow) > > > On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 5:48 AM, Limoke Oscar <oslim...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hello Bence, >> >> Thanks for your efforts and conecrns about the Chapter. Indeed we have >> heard some concerted efforts to resuscitate the chapter and although not >> much has come out of the meetings, we all are commited to saving the face >> and rescuing of the once vibrant Chapter. >> >> We are still trying to figure out the best way . Perhaps restarting the >> whole membership thing has been mooted but nothing has come out yet. Would >> be best if we reassign new roles and ownershipsamongs ourselves to restart >> it. >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 2:15 PM, Bence Damokos <bdamo...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi guys, >>> >>> Sorry to bring up again, but it would be useful to know what others (e.g. >>> Alex, Limoke, etc) think about the future of the chapter? >>> >>> Best regards, >>> Bence >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 4:35 PM, Bence Damokos <bdamo...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Abbas, >>>> >>>> Thanks for responding. For the record, Limoke also responded quite >>>> quickly (apparently my letter ended up in the spam folder of many). >>>> >>>> I was just about to reply Limoke that we would not want the efforts >>>> extended so far to go to waste, but we could only recommend the extension >>>> of >>>> recognition to Sue if there was some effort or plan in place to get the >>>> chapter together and back on track both in terms of the bureaucratic >>>> process >>>> of founding and as far as possible in having a strong, active community >>>> again. >>>> >>>> Best regards, >>>> Bence >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 8:54 PM, Abbas Mahmood <abbas...@hotmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Dear Bence, >>>>> >>>>> (Sorry for the very delayed response: I had hoped that a more >>>>> appropriate person would have made an ''official'' response.) >>>>> >>>>> WRT the Chapter founding, I recently (last week, I think) connected >>>>> Alex with the lawyer, to resume the legal process, which was halted after >>>>> the misappropriation saga. >>>>> >>>>> I don't expect Alex (and Alex can correct me if I'm wrong) to have made >>>>> any progress thus far, as things are still moving sluggishly after the >>>>> (organizational) hiatus. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Abbas. >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> WikimediaKE mailing list >>>>> WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org >>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> WikimediaKE mailing list >>> WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Limoke Oscar, >> Dream.Believe.Become....a world of endless opportunities >> >> "I will open the book. Its pages are blank. I am going to put words on >> them myself. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is the >> dawn of every New Day." >> >> _______________________________________________ >> WikimediaKE mailing list >> WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake >> > > > > -- > Asaf Bartov > Wikimedia Foundation > > Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the > sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! > https://donate.wikimedia.org > > _______________________________________________ > WikimediaKE mailing list > WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake > _______________________________________________ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake