Thanks Michael, This strikes me as something that Openup might be very interested in. I will share it with them to see what can be done in the Southern African context.
Regards, Douglas. On Fri, 21 Jan 2022 at 14:02, Michael Graaf <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Wikimedians, > > here's something that was inspired by one of the Swedish Wikidata activists > (Jan Ainali) recently addressing African wikimedians on Twitter about a > certain funding deadline that was looming. It was too close for me to feel > able to respond, but I noted it as something that should be done at some > stage. > > WikiProject Govdirectory > <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Govdirectory> aims to > promote govdirectory.org <https://www.govdirectory.org/> to become a > global > user-friendly directory of government agencies and their online presence by > utilizing Wikidata. I had a look at the South Africa section and a lot of > it is still blank. We as a chapter could address this. I don't think paying > people to migrate content from websites etc. into Wikidata would contravene > the taboo against paid editing, since it's just data transfer. What do > others think? > Regards, > > On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 2:03 PM <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Send WikimediaZA mailing list submissions to > > [email protected] > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe, please visit > > > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wikimediaza.lists.wikimedia.org/ > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > [email protected] > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > > than "Re: Contents of WikimediaZA digest..." > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. Wikimedia South Africa Project Wishlist (Shupai Mchuchu) > > 2. Re: Wikimedia South Africa Project Wishlist (Peter Southwood) > > 3. Re: Wikimedia South Africa Project Wishlist (Douglas Scott) > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2022 14:57:02 +0200 > > From: Shupai Mchuchu <[email protected]> > > Subject: [Wikimedia ZA] Wikimedia South Africa Project Wishlist > > To: [email protected] > > Message-ID: > > <CAM2-UY0rV4Wr1nEsQA7UsxsHrBsr6655JLqrPncG= > > [email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > > > Hello everyone > > > > I hope this finds you well and the new year has started on a good note > for > > everyone. > > > > WikimediaZA wants to create a project wishlist, this wishlist is project > > ideas you the community would like to run, manage and implement. > > > > I am writing to you all kindly requesting you to send to me any ideas of > > projects you would like to see being run within the chapter or would like > > to run and manage. > > > > Please do not hesitate to reach out if you have any questions. > > > > Looking forward to hearing from you all. > > > > Kind regards > > > > > > Shupai Mchuchu > > > > Chapter Administrator > > > > Wikimedia South Africa NPC. > > 6 Spin Street, Cape Town, South Africa > > > > Office +27 (021) 565 0143 > > > > Reg. No. 2012/038827/08 > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 2 > > Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2022 17:52:23 +0200 > > From: "Peter Southwood" <[email protected]> > > Subject: [Wikimedia ZA] Re: Wikimedia South Africa Project Wishlist > > To: <[email protected]> > > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > > Hi Shupai, > > Is there a wiki site for this? > > Cheers, > > Peter > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Shupai Mchuchu [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: 18 January 2022 14:57 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [Wikimedia ZA] Wikimedia South Africa Project Wishlist > > > > Hello everyone > > > > I hope this finds you well and the new year has started on a good note > for > > everyone. > > > > WikimediaZA wants to create a project wishlist, this wishlist is project > > ideas you the community would like to run, manage and implement. > > > > I am writing to you all kindly requesting you to send to me any ideas of > > projects you would like to see being run within the chapter or would like > > to run and manage. > > > > Please do not hesitate to reach out if you have any questions. > > > > Looking forward to hearing from you all. > > > > Kind regards > > > > > > Shupai Mchuchu > > > > Chapter Administrator > > > > Wikimedia South Africa NPC. > > 6 Spin Street, Cape Town, South Africa > > > > Office +27 (021) 565 0143 > > > > Reg. No. 2012/038827/08 > > _______________________________________________ > > WikimediaZA mailing list -- [email protected] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe, send an email to %(real_name)s-unsubscribe@%(host_name)s > > > > -- > > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > > https://www.avg.com > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 3 > > Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2022 20:01:39 +0200 > > From: Douglas Scott <[email protected]> > > Subject: [Wikimedia ZA] Re: Wikimedia South Africa Project Wishlist > > To: wikimediaza <[email protected]> > > Message-ID: > > <CAJ6y08FFVFf3-vc75FD6Pr7G6b0UkukHKhehCU=t=+W= > > [email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > > > Hi Peter, > > > > Not yet but now might be a good time to set one up on meta wiki. > > > > Regards, > > > > Douglas > > > > On Tue, 18 Jan 2022 at 17:52, Peter Southwood < > > [email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Hi Shupai, > > > Is there a wiki site for this? > > > Cheers, > > > Peter > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Shupai Mchuchu [mailto:[email protected]] > > > Sent: 18 January 2022 14:57 > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: [Wikimedia ZA] Wikimedia South Africa Project Wishlist > > > > > > Hello everyone > > > > > > I hope this finds you well and the new year has started on a good note > > for > > > everyone. > > > > > > WikimediaZA wants to create a project wishlist, this wishlist is > project > > > ideas you the community would like to run, manage and implement. > > > > > > I am writing to you all kindly requesting you to send to me any ideas > of > > > projects you would like to see being run within the chapter or would > like > > > to run and manage. > > > > > > Please do not hesitate to reach out if you have any questions. > > > > > > Looking forward to hearing from you all. > > > > > > Kind regards > > > > > > > > > Shupai Mchuchu > > > > > > Chapter Administrator > > > > > > Wikimedia South Africa NPC. > > > 6 Spin Street, Cape Town, South Africa > > > > > > Office +27 (021) 565 0143 > > > > > > Reg. 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