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[Update] Swahili Wikipedia contest

Christine Moon — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:01:23 GMT

Hi All, I wanted to update you guys on my recent planning trip to Kenya & Tanzania. I've met with faculty members and students at the top universities in Kenya

Get articles in for instance the sw.wikipedia that reflect the "zeit

Gerard Meijssen — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:31:16 GMT

Hoi, As Google is interested in growing the Swahili Wikipedia as a first African language and possibly other languages later, it will help the process when it

Re: Swahili Wikipedia contest: update & planning

Gerard Meijssen — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:07:04 GMT

Hoi, There is one thing missing in the whole thing. It is the reason why Google wants this whole thing to happen and, in my opinion it is not explicit. It

Swahili Wikipedia contest: update & planning

Samuel J Klein — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:11:57 GMT

Hello, Oliver and Christine Moon and I got together to talk about the proposed sw:wp contest today. I'm excited about this as a way to attract new

Wikipedians in Nairobi & Dar es Salaam?

Christine Moon — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:55:19 GMT

Hi all, Thank you to those who've provided comments and opinions. I've shared your comments with the Wikimedia Foundation in SF as well so they know how the

Re: Fwd: Google project for Swahili wikipedia

Samuel Klein — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 13:15:39 GMT

Yes, now it's public for reading and editing. thanks! ... Yes, now it's public for reading and editing. thanks! On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Christine

Re: First project: Wikipedia in Swahili

Christine Moon — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:16:10 GMT

Sure, the reason I wanted in the docs was so that we could have all the comments in one place instead of in an email thread...But if it's easier for everyone

Re: First project: Wikipedia in Swahili

bisharat_dot_net — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:17:42 GMT

Hi Chriswtine, I had no trouble opening it, but I had to sign in with my G-Mail account. Would it be okay to repost the text of the document as a message on

Re: Fwd: Google project for Swahili wikipedia

Christine Moon — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:14:06 GMT

http://docs.google.com/View?id=dgz2wppg_31d83s8m3c ... http://docs.google.com/View?id=dgz2wppg_31d83s8m3c On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 10:09 AM, Christine Moon <

First project: Wikipedia in Swahili

mooncheech@... — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:13:54 GMT

I've shared a document with you: First project: Wikipedia in Swahili

Re: Fwd: Google project for Swahili wikipedia

Christine Moon — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:13:32 GMT

Can you give it a try again? I've published it so any one can access it. Thanks, Christine 2009/10/10 Jon Harald Søby ... Can you give it

Re: Fwd: Google project for Swahili wikipedia

Jon Harald Søby — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:00:54 GMT

Google Docs says I don't have access. Can you (or she perhaps) make it more open? 2009/10/10 bisharat_dot_net ... -- Jon Harald Søby

Fwd: Google project for Swahili wikipedia

bisharat_dot_net — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:57:34 GMT

FYI - note that feedback is requested (and is welcome here also)... ... Hi, I've been contacted by Christine Moon who is working for Google. They've come up

Re: Input need for Wikimedia strategic planning process

Gerard Meijssen — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:38:53 GMT

Hoi, ZIko is certainly involved in this process and so am I. There are many things that contribute to a working Wikipedia. I am known to favour localisation,

Re: Input need for Wikimedia strategic planning process

babatabita — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:50:11 GMT

Have you contacted Ziko van Dijk? He has researched small wikipedias in his Handbook of Multilingual Wikipedias (for Swahili and Akan, see