WikiSafari 2026
Introduction
[edit]User:Doc James is touring southern Africa from mid-April to mid-June and meeting Wikimedians where possible. Efforts include discussing translation of health content, an overview of interactive graphs, and sometimes also a demonstration of Kiwix / Internet-in-a-Box. User:michaelgraaf will be joining him for his Namibian leg, extending into northern South Africa, hoping to demonstrate a method for typing Khoe & San click phonemes in Wiki web interfaces. This page serves to co-ordinate the relevant meet-ups.
Meet-ups
[edit]- 8th April 2026, Madagascar, Tana, full day workshop
- 15 April: Cape Town, Zebra Crossing backpackers, 82 New Church St, Gardens. 17:00 for 18:00 Successful, see https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WikiMedZA2026.jpeg
- Maputo? Early May
- Johannesburg? Mid May?
- Gaborone: Mid May
- Windhoek (6 June; venue TBC;)
- Keetmanshoop/Mariental? (mid-June)
- Riemvasmaak (mid-June)
Participants (add yourself to be notified if/when venue details change)
[edit]- Michaelgraaf (talk) 08:50, 9 March 2026 (UTC)(Cape Town, Windhoek & southern Namibia/northern S.A. meet-ups)
- Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 18:50, 19 March 2026 (UTC) (all meet-ups)
- Martin Hipangwa (talk) 11:25, 9 March 2026 (UTC)(Cape Town, Windhoek(tentative) meet-ups)
- Dumbassman (talk) 10:22, 9 March 2026 (UTC)
- Pgallert (talk) 11:12, 19 March 2026 (UTC) (Windhoek, maybe Namibian South, depends on exact date)
- Wizzy (talk) 15 April
Preview
[edit]A technical guide to the typing system may be seen at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector/Input_methods/mul-click-tilde