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Wiki Meetup - Cape Town

The 7th Cape Town Wiki Meetup, the first meetup of 2015, will be happening on Sunday, 1st February 2015. If you are in the Cape Town area please feel free to drop by. More information can be found here --Humetheresa (talk) 08:15, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

Wiki from Above 2015

Introducing Wiki From Above - an exciting new competition for aerial photographic and video media to be used on Wikipedia.

Wikimedia ZA has joined forces with FPV Fest SA to help encourage people to contribute aerial video and photographic content to Wikimedia Commons for use on Wikipedia.

For more information, please visit Wiki From Above 2015 --Humetheresa (talk) 10:45, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

Interview with Jimmy Wales

Meet the Wikipedians. Those "persnickety," techy types who keep your favorite Internet information website brimming with data.

Listen to the interview with Jimmy Wales on CBS's 60 minutes, a nice intro to what Wikipedia is all about.

--Humetheresa (talk) 07:11, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

South African Survey

We want to find out more about editors in South Africa and your experiences in the Wiki World!

Whether you are a very active editor / contributor, or just edit on occasion, please help us determine some key metrics by completing the online survey.

Many thanks --Humetheresa (talk) 11:25, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

Wiki from Above is reaching the end

Just a reminder about the Wiki from Above competition which comes to an end this month.

If you are in Cape Town, please join us for the final workshop.

Date  : 25 April

Time  : 10:00 - 12:00

8 Spin Street, Cape Town

There will be an tutorial on how to enter your submissions for the competition followed with by an upload marathon where you can submit your entries on Commons.

We hope to see you there!

Wiki Regards --Humetheresa (talk) 09:58, 15 April 2015 (UTC)

Wiki from Above - Extension of Competition Date

Just a quick note to advise that the Wiki from Above competition has been extended. Closing dates for entries is now 25 May 2015.

To find out more about the competition, please visit the competition webpage.

--Humetheresa (talk) 07:33, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

Wiki from Above Workshop

Just a quick reminder of the upcoming Wiki from Above workshop in Cape Town, Saturday, 25 April at 10:00.

More details can be found on the competition page!

Remember, the competition has been extended to the end of May, so plenty of time to still submit your entries!

Wiki Regards --Humetheresa (talk) 07:23, 23 April 2015 (UTC)

8th Wiki Meetup - Cape Town

The 8th Cape Town meetup will coincide with the FPV Fest with whom Wikimedia ZA has partnered to host the Wiki From Above photographic competition. The event will take place in Stellenbosch at the Wild Clover Farm. You will have the opportunity to see some drones flying around and meet some members of South Africa's growing drone piloting community.

Date  : Saturday, 30 May

Time  : 10:00 onwards

For more information, please visit the meetup page on meta

Wiki Regards --Humetheresa (talk) 11:24, 7 May 2015 (UTC)

Announcing the Winners of Wiki from Above

This is just a quick friendly reminder that the 8th Cape Town meetup will be happening this Saturday, 30th May at the Wild Clover farm in Stellenbosch. It will begin at 10am and go on until around 2pm. Times are flexible. All are welcome, especially if you have an interest in anything Wiki related.

At this event we will also be announcing the winners of the Wiki From Above aerial photographic competition.

Location : Wild Clover Farm, SMAA, Stellenbosch

Directions : from N1 north 1 km past the Engen 1 stop, take the Klipheuwel/ Stellenbosch offramp. Turn right towards Stellenbosch, over the freeway, over a railway bridge and approx. 1.2 kms from the Villiera/ Koelenhof signs on the right-hand side.

Wild Clover Farm phone number : +27 (0)21 865 2248

If you have any questions please feel free to contact Douglas Scott on 079 515 8727.

Wiki Regards, --Humetheresa (talk) 09:37, 26 May 2015 (UTC)

SA Survey Questionnaire

Just a reminder of our online user / contributor survey.

If you live in South Africa and edit any of the Wiki-projects, please take a few minutes to complete the survey. We want to learn more about you and your experiences in editing the Wiki's!

The survey will run until midnight on 12 June 2015.

Wiki Regards, --Humetheresa (talk) 09:38, 26 May 2015 (UTC)

The role of Wikipedia in the intellectualisation of the African Languages: Why, what and how?

Wikipedia changed the world by putting an encyclopaedia within reach of anybody with internet access. Available in over 280 languages, it grows and improves by the hour and has become one of the most well-known and used resources on the Web. However, in spite of the many languages currently represented in Wikipedia, not all of them have thorough and in-depth content to support multilingual education. Moreover, outside of the realm of a human readable online encyclopaedia in multiple languages, the full value of Wikipedia has remained largely hidden to many readers. Today Wikipedia, for example, also provides a building block for many other advanced technologies, especially language technologies.

Through this workshop, the Academy of African Languages and Science (AALS) hopes to play its part in creating an awareness of the significance of Wikipedia as a key educational and language resource through which encyclopaedic information and educational content can be produced and consumed in the African languages.

Our hope is that academics, school teachers, language practitioners, subject experts across many domains, students and any other interested persons will recognise and embrace the opportunities that Wikipedia offers for the development of the African languages. Possible ways of contributing are, for example, by translating articles from other Wikipedias, specifically the English one, or by writing new content in the African languages. Since Wikipedia relies on volunteers for its existence, growth and quality, AALS also offers opportunities for training and support for persons interested in getting involved in the building of the African languages Wikipedias in the future.

The specific aims of this workshop are to

(1) explain what Wikipedia really is and why it is of such strategic significance for sustainable multilingualism;

(2) explore possible ways to identify topics on which to write and to select articles in the English Wikipedia to translate;

(3) provide basic technical information on how to participate and how AALS can assist;

(4) get a glimpse of what it means to be a Wikipedian – examples and lessons learnt.

Invited keynote speaker – Amir Aharoni, Wikimedia Foundation. Amir was born in Moscow and now lives in Jerusalem. He received a B.A. from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Hebrew language and Structural Linguistics, and began studying for an M.A. in Romance studies in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is a member of the language engineering team of the Wikimedia Foundation, improving the software support for different languages. As a volunteer, he is also a member of Wikimedia Israel and of the Wikimedia Foundation's language committee.

Date: 3 June 2015

Time: 08:30—15:30

Venue: Bamboo Room, Kgorong, Unisa Muckleneuk Campus, Pretoria

Attendance: Free of charge, but registration is essential since the venue has limited seating

RSVP: Ms Motswalle Kanyane, (aals@unisa.ac.za) <

--Humetheresa (talk) 12:00, 27 May 2015 (UTC)