Wikimedia South Africa/Board Meeting/19 May 2020

Wikimedia ZA - Board Meeting - 19 May 2020

Papa has a proposal from the Moleskin foundation to enhance content on Wikimedia.
It seeks to do so by adding data relating to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Papa is recruiting members to help contribute to the cause.
Douglas suggests that in addition to our connections, we can also introduce Papa to other Chapters like
Deutshland, NY, DC and Netherlands as they may have many more editors who will want to contribute
Ameer, who is a verteran editor may be able to help setup incubator wikipedias

The aim is to gather information on emergency response.
There is a knowledge gap on African languages.
Public facing campaign started to gather translators in order to translate into different African languages.
Goal: Spread the information across Africa, focusing over 11 main languages.
First: Start with 10 articles in these 11 languages.
We need to be creative in our problem solving so the 10 articles is the first and most NB step
List of languages: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZzDQh4hu182YsMY2-cWg0QO_d17HKVJVgEOAQL3Z8AQ/edit#gid=0
Papa has spoken to Ameer, Rudolf and Pau tp see which Wikis exist and which need to be created.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xpIcJBXpqQyQrMJoAfSvyASWrJuDcZCwgq3t_wic6sk/edit#gid=539395740
As many languages as possible are welcome, but the 11 main languages are the focus.

Main ask: Can we help Papa get a complete set of 10 articles done in the 11 languages.

Deon and Rossouw are opposed to using the Translation Tool
Michael is for using the Translation tool as a first stop in order to help who ever then takes the translation to completion.
Adri: We can contact our community in order to find native speakers and help with any necessary training.
Deon recommends using Aliwal as he speaks North-Sotho. Michael has someone that he has been grooming who writes in Zulu. He'll confirm. And we have a lot of Afrikaans writers.
Papa says that Pau and his team would appreciate our feedback on the translation tool.
Rossouw raised the point that different Wikis have different templates and so the template is broken when it goes through the translation tool.
Languages potentially covered so far: Afrikaans, North Sotho, Zulu
Deadline: 5 June