Hi Grant, That sounds great. I would be happy to speak with the professor who runs it. I think the verbal arts has a very important place on Wikipedia.
Cheers, Douglas. On Monday, September 8, 2014, Grant McNulty <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Douglas, > > Well done on organising these events! I will try and make it to one or two > this month. You might find some useful stubs for the Open Book Fest on the > ESAACH site we developed a few years back: > > http://esaach.org.za/index.php?title=Category:Verbal_Arts > > I can put you in touch with the professor who currently runs it if you find > anything you might want to pull into Wikipedia proper. > > Cheers, > > Grant > > On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 2:01 PM, <[email protected] > <javascript:;>> > wrote: > > > Send WikimediaZA mailing list submissions to > > [email protected] <javascript:;> > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaza > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > > [email protected] <javascript:;> > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > [email protected] <javascript:;> > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > > than "Re: Contents of WikimediaZA digest..." > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. Wiki Loves Monumens update & Open Book festival (Douglas Scott) > > 2. Re: Wiki Loves Monuments update & Open Book festival > > (Isla Haddow-Flood) > > 3. Re: Wiki Loves Monuments update & Open Book festival > > (Nkansah Rexford) > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2014 22:51:33 +0200 > > From: Douglas Scott <[email protected] <javascript:;>> > > To: wikimediaza <[email protected] <javascript:;>> > > Subject: [Wikimedia ZA] Wiki Loves Monumens update & Open Book > > festival > > Message-ID: > > <CAJ6y08HEKdm3c2hcZPj1MLWj=Mz3q_xiPP3T_Vyi6F= > > [email protected] <javascript:;>> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > > Hello everyone, > > > > Thank you to everyone who attended the Cape Town meetup and scavenger > hunt > > today < > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Cape_Town/Cape_Town_6>. > > I think it went well and I am looking forward to organising another one > in > > Cape Town. > > > > *Future WLM events in Sept* > > On that note I want to announce that we will be having another Wiki Loves > > Monuments scavenger hunt in Cape Town CBD on the evening of the 20th > > September (Saturday) and another one during the day on the 27th September > > in Franschhoek. > > > > I will keep you all posted on the details but I want to have the 20th > Sept > > scavenger hunt in the V&A Waterfront area of Cape Town. Please RSVP with > > be before hand. > > > > I have also attached a list of activities that Heritage Western Cape is > > organising during this month. Please feel free to attend any of the > events > > as I am sure they will present some great opportunities to take some > great > > pictures of monuments. > > > > I would like to know if anyone else would be interested in organising > > something for Wiki Loves Monuments some time this month? It would be > nice > > to have a few event take place outside of the Western Cape. > > > > *Open Book Festival* > > I also want to invite Wikipedians to join us for the Open Book > edit-a-thon > > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Open_Book_Festival_Edit-a-Thon_2014> > that > > will be part of the Open Book Festaval. It will be a short 1 hour long > > event that will take place on Saturday the 20th September at 8pm. > > > > We will be editing articles on South Africa authors and we have > organised a > > small group of university students to help with the editing but we need > > some more experienced editors as well. > > > > There is a list of 10 authors that we really want to create before or on > > the day. I have attached the list of them with a list of references for > > anyone that is interested. We will need to create a number of new > articles > > on South Africa authors and move them to main space during the > edit-a-thon. > > > > All the best, > > > > -- > > Douglas Ian Scott > > 司道格 > > Skype: douglas0scott > > South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727 > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 2 > > Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2014 09:15:23 +0200 > > From: Isla Haddow-Flood <[email protected] <javascript:;>> > > To: Douglas Scott <[email protected] <javascript:;>>, > wikimediaza > > <[email protected] <javascript:;>> > > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia ZA] Wiki Loves Monuments update & Open Book > > festival > > Message-ID: <d033242b.34bc2%[email protected] <javascript:;>> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-2022-JP" > > > > HI Douglas, > > > > All exciting stuff and well done for organising it all!! Please can you > > copy > > and paste the Heritage Western Cape information or send us all a link as > it > > didn't come through to the list (perhaps there is a rule against > > attachments?). > > > > I hope to make the next meet up. Or the Open Book one. Both sound great. > > > > Warmest > > Isla > > : : > > > > Isla Haddow-Flood > > > > Project Manager : WikiAfrica > > www.wikiafrica.org > > Wikimedia username: Islahaddow > > > > > > a. 5th Floor, 28 St George’s Mall, Cape Town w. www.africacentre.net > > t. +27 21 418 3336 f. +27 21 418 5385 skype. islahaddow > > > > The Africa Centre is a non-profit social innovator that platforms > > contemporary > > Pan-African knowledge creation and cultural practice as > > catalysts for social change. > > > > > > > From: Douglas Scott <[email protected] <javascript:;>> > > > Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2014 22:51:33 +0200 > > > To: wikimediaza <[email protected] <javascript:;>> > > > Subject: [Wikimedia ZA] Wiki Loves Monumens update & Open Book festival > > > > > > Hello everyone, > > > > > > Thank you to everyone who attended the Cape Town meetup and scavenger > > hunt > > > today < > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Cape_Town/Cape_Town_6>. > > > I think it went well and I am looking forward to organising another > one > > in > > > Cape Town. > > > > > > *Future WLM events in Sept* > > > On that note I want to announce that we will be having another Wiki > Loves > > > Monuments scavenger hunt in Cape Town CBD on the evening of the 20th > > > September (Saturday) and another one during the day on the 27th > September > > > in Franschhoek. > > > > > > I will keep you all posted on the details but I want to have the 20th > > Sept > > > scavenger hunt in the V&A Waterfront area of Cape Town. Please RSVP > with > > > be before hand. > > > > > > I have also attached a list of activities that Heritage Western Cape is > > > organising during this month. Please feel free to attend any of the > > events > > > as I am sure they will present some great opportunities to take some > > great > > > pictures of monuments. > > > > > > I would like to know if anyone else would be interested in organising > > > something for Wiki Loves Monuments some time this month? It would be > > nice > > > to have a few event take place outside of the Western Cape. > > > > > > *Open Book Festival* > > > I also want to invite Wikipedians to join us for the Open Book > > edit-a-thon > > > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Open_Book_Festival_Edit-a-Thon_2014> > > that > > > will be part of the Open Book Festaval. It will be a short 1 hour long > > > event that will take place on Saturday the 20th September at 8pm. > > > > > > We will be editing articles on South Africa authors and we have > > organised a > > > small group of university students to help with the editing but we need > > > some more experienced editors as well. > > > > > > There is a list of 10 authors that we really want to create before or > on > > > the day. I have attached the list of them with a list of references > for > > > anyone that is interested. We will need to create a number of new > > articles > > > on South Africa authors and move them to main space during the > > edit-a-thon. > > > > > > All the best, > > > > > > -- > > > Douglas Ian Scott > > > 司道格 > > > Skype: douglas0scott > > > South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727 > > > _______________________________________________ > > WikimediaZA mailing > > > list > > [email protected] <javascript:;> > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listi > > > nfo/wikimediaza > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 3 > > Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2014 09:32:24 +0200 > > From: Nkansah Rexford <[email protected] <javascript:;>> > > To: Isla Haddow-Flood <[email protected] <javascript:;>> > > Cc: wikimediaza <[email protected] <javascript:;>> > > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia ZA] Wiki Loves Monuments update & Open Book > > festival > > Message-ID: > > <CAKt11bVgBu1CcWY74Gvp4M1TFNpvO_mewOd9K4xEA= > > [email protected] <javascript:;>> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > > > I think attachments of certain sizes are automatically stripped off. > > Otherwise, it doesn't come through at all. If the list can be put > somewhere > > online and the link shared? > > > > On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 9:15 AM, Isla Haddow-Flood < > [email protected] <javascript:;> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > HI Douglas, > > > > > > All exciting stuff and well done for organising it all!! Please can you > > > copy > > > and paste the Heritage Western Cape information or send us all a link > as > > it > > > didn't come through to the list (perhaps there is a rule against > > > attachments?). > > > > > > I hope to make the next meet up. Or the Open Book one. Both sound > great. > > > > > > Warmest > > > Isla > > > : : > > > > > > Isla Haddow-Flood > > > > > > Project Manager : WikiAfrica > > > www.wikiafrica.org > > > Wikimedia username: Islahaddow > > > > > > > > > a. 5th Floor, 28 St George’s Mall, Cape Town w. www.africacentre.net > > > t. +27 21 418 3336 f. +27 21 418 5385 skype. islahaddow > > > > > > The Africa Centre is a non-profit social innovator that platforms > > > contemporary > > > Pan-African knowledge creation and cultural practice as > > > catalysts for social change. > > > > > > > > > > From: Douglas Scott <[email protected] <javascript:;>> > > > > Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2014 22:51:33 +0200 > > > > To: wikimediaza <[email protected] <javascript:;>> > > > > Subject: [Wikimedia ZA] Wiki Loves Monumens update & Open Book > festival > > > > > > > > Hello everyone, > > > > > > > > Thank you to everyone who attended the Cape Town meetup and scavenger > > > hunt > > > > today < > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Cape_Town/Cape_Town_6>. > > > > I think it went well and I am looking forward to organising another > > one > > > in > > > > Cape Town. > > > > > > > > *Future WLM events in Sept* > > > > On that note I want to announce that we will be having another Wiki > > Loves > > > > Monuments scavenger hunt in Cape Town CBD on the evening of the 20th > > > > September (Saturday) and another one during the day on the 27th > > September > > > > in Franschhoek. > > > > > > > > I will keep you all posted on the details but I want to have the 20th > > > Sept > > > > scavenger hunt in the V&A Waterfront area of Cape Town. Please RSVP > > with > > > > be before hand. > > > > > > > > I have also attached a list of activities that Heritage Western Cape > is > > > > organising during this month. Please feel free to attend any of the > > > events > > > > as I am sure they will present some great opportunities to take some > > > great > > > > pictures of monuments. > > > > > > > > I would like to know if anyone else would be interested in organising > > > > something for Wiki Loves Monuments some time this month? It would be > > > nice > > > > to have a few event take place outside of the Western Cape. > > > > > > > > *Open Book Festival* > > > > I also want to invite Wikipedians to join us for the Open Book > > > edit-a-thon > > > > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Open_Book_Festival_Edit-a-Thon_2014 > > > > > that > > > > will be part of the Open Book Festaval. It will be a short 1 hour > long > > > > event that will take place on Saturday the 20th September at 8pm. > > > > > > > > We will be editing articles on South Africa authors and we have > > > organised a > > > > small group of university students to help with the editing but we > need > > > > some more experienced editors as well. > > > > > > > > There is a list of 10 authors that we really want to create before or > > on > > > > the day. I have attached the list of them with a list of references > > for > > > > anyone that is interested. We will need to create a number of new > > > articles > > > > on South Africa authors and move them to main space during the > > > edit-a-thon. > > > > > > > > All the best, > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Douglas Ian Scott > > > > 司道格 > > > > Skype: douglas0scott > > > > South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > WikimediaZA mailing > > > > list > > > [email protected] <javascript:;> > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listi > > > > nfo/wikimediaza > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > WikimediaZA mailing list > > > [email protected] <javascript:;> > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaza > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > +Rexford <http://google.com/+Nkansahrexford> | Africa Center > > <http://africacenter.net> | WiR > > <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedian_in_Residence> | > WikiAfrica > > <http://wikiafrica.net> | User:Nkansahrexford > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Nkansahrexford> > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > WikimediaZA mailing list > > [email protected] <javascript:;> > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaza > > > > > > End of WikimediaZA Digest, Vol 49, Issue 2 > > ****************************************** > > > > > > -- > *Dr Grant McNulty* > > *Cell: *076 419 8587 > *Twitter:* mcn_consulting <http://twitter.com/mcn_consulting> > *Web: *www.mcnulty.co.za > *Newsletter:* Sign up > < > http://mcnulty.us5.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=349a40cfd543b5d5b31fe693c&id=b1aec9a3d7 > > > > > * <http://www.mcnulty.co.za/>* > _______________________________________________ > WikimediaZA mailing list > [email protected] <javascript:;> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaza > -- Douglas Ian Scott 司道格 Skype: douglas0scott South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727 _______________________________________________ WikimediaZA mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaza
