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- 12:51, 1 March 2024 Discott talk contribs moved page User:Discott/table to User:Discott/table and chairs (feel like it)
- 12:13, 1 March 2024 Discott talk contribs created page User:Discott/table (Created page with "{| class="wikitable sortable" !COUNTRY !CONTACT !EMAIL ADDRESS !RESPONSE !CURRENT COPYRIGHT ACT !REFORM IN PROCESS !CIVIL SOCIETY INVOLVEMENT |- |ALGERIA |Director General: Mrs. Nacira Aiyachia, Algeria, |dg-onda@onda.dz h.bouzii@onda.dz' |NON-DELIVERY x2 |On WIPO Lex - <nowiki>https://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/text/490177</nowiki> |? | |- | | | | |[https://cyrilla.org/api/files/1588606586337lyzgchbqr9.pdf Copyright Law: Law no. 03-05 of 2003] | | |- | | | | | | | |- |ANGO...") Tag: Visual edit: Switched
- 23:33, 27 February 2024 Discott talk contribs created page Meetup/Edinburgh/15 (Created page with "__NOTOC__ {{Meetup list}} <center> = Edinburgh Wikimedia Meetup Number 15 = === Date and time: Saturday 27 April 2024, 11:00-14:00 === === Location: [https://www.shrubcoop.org/ The Shrub], 22 Bread St, Edinburgh EH3 9AF=== ===Point of contact: Douglas Scott === </center> == Agenda == The meetup will be an informal gathering with no formal agenda, but please feel free to add any topics that you'd like to raise for discussion. Some suggested topic...")
- 12:09, 21 February 2024 Discott talk contribs created page Wikimedia South Africa/Wikimedia ZA annual grant 2024/25 (Created page with "<div style="float:right; width: 24em"></div> == Applicants == * Main User - Bobby Shabangu (User:Bobbyshabangu) * Secondary User - Douglas Scott (User:Discott) * Other applicants ** Jeremiah Pietersen ** Ingrid Thomson(User:User:IngridThomson) ** Jan du Toit (User:Lefcentreright) ** Deon Steyn (User:Oesjaar) __TOC__ == Applicant details == '''Wikimedia username(s)''': :Main User - Douglas Scott (User:Discott) Secondary User - Bobby Shabangu (User:Bobbyshabangu) Othe...") Tag: Visual edit
- 17:00, 15 February 2024 Discott talk contribs moved page WM ZA/SADiLaR 2023 to WM ZA/SWIP 2023
- 22:15, 11 February 2024 Discott talk contribs created page Meetup/Edinburgh/14 (Created page with "__NOTOC__ {{Meetup list}} <center> = Edinburgh Wikimedia Meetup Number 14 = === Date and time: Thursday 24 Feburary 2024 11:00-14:00 === === Location: [https://www.shrubcoop.org/ The Shrub], 22 Bread St, Edinburgh EH3 9AF=== ===Point of contact: Douglas Scott === </center> == Agenda == The meetup will be an informal gathering with no formal agenda, but please feel free to add any topics that you'd like to raise for discussion. Some suggested to...") Tag: Visual edit: Switched
- 20:57, 9 February 2024 Discott talk contribs created page Wikimedia South Africa/Copyright Amendment Bill/Timeline (Created page with "This is a time * <span style="background:#00FF00">F</span> -> indicates articles, individuals or content that is '''For''' the bill * <span style="background:#FF0000">A</span> -> indicates articles, individuals or content that is '''Against''' the bill *<span style="background:#99ccff">G</span> -> Government hearings or events. ==Beginning== File:WLM Launch 039.JPG|thumb|It was discussions about the copyright of uploading recently built national monuments at the laun...")
- 20:50, 9 February 2024 Discott talk contribs created page Wikimedia South Africa/Copyright Amendment Bill/Role Players (Created page with "This is a list of notable supporters and detractors of the South African Copyright Amendment Bill (2018) and their stated interests in the bill. Where possible it summarises their publicly stated reasons for supporting or critiquing the bill. To see the main article on Wikimedia South Africa's advocacy efforts regarding the Copyright Amendment bill please see South African Copyright Amendment Bill. ==Supporters== {|...")
- 13:54, 2 February 2024 Discott talk contribs created page Afrikaans outreach 2023-24 (Created page with "This report covers the work that Wikimedia South Africa has done to support Afrikaans outreach during the 2023/24 financial year. Category:Wikimedia South Africa 2023")
- 13:49, 2 February 2024 Discott talk contribs created page Afrikaans Intern 2024-25 (Created page with "This is the proposal by Wikimedia South Africa for an intern to assist in the growth and community development of Afrikaans Wikipedia ==Motivation== Afrikaans Wikipedia has reached a stage of growth whereby the community feels they are well positioned for strong future growth. Appointing a intern will enable the language Wiki to grow more rapidly and strongly. need logistical and community to ==Duties== ==Monitoring & Evaluation== [how to monitor and evaluate] ==Tar...")
- 16:26, 28 January 2024 Discott talk contribs created page WM ZA/Annual Report 2023-24 (Created page with " ==Chapter governance== Wikimedia South Africa elected a new board for the the year up to November 2023 in 1 October 2022 and elected a new board for the year up to 26 October 2024 on 18 November 2023. ==Mid term activity report== This mid-term report covers the period from July to December 2023. Wikimeida South Africa divides its activities into two activity types: outreach and community support....")
- 09:20, 11 December 2023 Discott talk contribs created page Wikimedia South Africa/2023-Retreat/minutes (Created page with "Wikimedia ZA : Strategy Workshop Agenda Attendee register Strategy Flow document ==Day 1: CONNECTION== Getting to know each other: In the spirit of being human, in a space that sees many Wikimedia ZA community members doing invisible work, behind their screens, this strategy workshop aptly began with simply getting to know each other - in person. All participants broke up into groups of two, to spend time connecting with the person next to them. Each team member sha...")
- 22:26, 11 November 2023 Discott talk contribs created page Wikimedia South Africa/2023-Retreat (Created page with "== Retreat 2023 == '''Date:''' 15-18 November 2023 ''' ''' '''Venue:''' Rehearsal Room, Constitutional Hill, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, 2017, South Africa This is the event page for the Wikimedia South Africa retreat and strategy workshop to develop the chapter's next 5 year strategy. Chapter members and project partners are encouraged to attend and help develop the strategic road map for the chapter's next 5 years. To see the previous 5 year strategy please see thi...")
- 14:53, 31 October 2023 Discott talk contribs created page Wikimedia South Africa/2023-AGM (Created page with "This is the minutes and agenda record for the 2023 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Wikimedia South Africa. It outlines the time, location, agenda, and serves as the official record of decisions made during the AGM. All attendees agree to abide by [https://www.wmza.org/safe-space-policy Wikimedia South Africa's friendly space policy] when attending chapter events such as this one. ==Venue== :Wikimedia South Africa AGM 2023 :'''Date''': 18 November 2023 :'''Time'''...")
- 13:10, 29 September 2023 Discott talk contribs moved page Wikimedia South Africa/Wikimania 2023/Ingrid Thompson Report to Wikimedia South Africa/Wikimania 2023/Ingrid Thomson Report
- 13:10, 29 September 2023 Discott talk contribs moved page Wikimedia South Africa/Wikimania 2023/Report to Wikimedia South Africa/Wikimania 2023/Ingrid Thompson Report
- 10:21, 25 July 2023 Discott talk contribs created page Category:Copyright advocacy (Created page with "Category:Copyright")
- 10:18, 25 July 2023 Discott talk contribs created page Recreate Achievements 2023 (Created page with "Start of page")
- 19:28, 11 July 2023 Discott talk contribs created page Wikimedia South Africa/Board Meeting/11 July 2023 (Created page with "thumb|Screenshot of the 11 July 2023 meeting. WMZA Operational Meeting <br> 11 July 2023<br> ==Attendees== *Bobby *Coenraad *Deon *Ingrid *Jan-Hendrik *Michael *Khethiwe *Shupai - attended briefly via WhatsApp on Douglas's phone. Could not attend due to load shedding and electrical collapse in her neighbourhood. *Douglas ==Absent== ==Agenda== ===Chapter's finances=== Financial Year - July to June Fi...")
- 22:31, 19 June 2023 Discott talk contribs created page Wikimedia South Africa/Board meetings (Created page with "List of Wikimedia ZA Board Meetings === Steps to keep minutes and upload === Before meeting: *In your browser, type https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/wmza-board-20190402 (date yyyymmdd) *Copy minutes template below and populate with carry-over items from previous minutes to Etherpad. *Copy the etherpad link to Jitsi During meeting: *Update and motivate others to update minutes *Use WikiML format (like you see when you click edit on this page or one of the minutes' page...")
- 22:22, 19 June 2023 Discott talk contribs moved page Board Meeting 13 December to Wikimedia South Africa/Board Meeting 13 December 2022 (correction)
- 21:51, 19 June 2023 Discott talk contribs created page Wikimedia South Africa/Board Meeting 24 August 2021 (Created page with "WikimediaZA Board-Meeting 24 August 2021 Previous minutes: http://wikimedia.org.za/wiki/Board_Meeting_10_August_2021 == In attendance: == * Bobby Shababngu * Douglas Ian Scott * Shupai Mchuchu * Wynand Van Der Walt * Michael Graaf *Deon Steyn == Apologies == * Rossouw van Rooyen (resigned from the board) *Delight Chipunza *Nobantu Modise *Coenrad Loubser Agenda items: ==Environmental Sustainability Support== * please see the request at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/...")
- 21:50, 19 June 2023 Discott talk contribs moved page Wikimedia South Africa//Board Meeting 10 August 2021 to Wikimedia South Africa/Board Meeting 10 August 2021
- 21:46, 19 June 2023 Discott talk contribs created page Wikimedia South Africa//Board Meeting 10 August 2021 (Created page with "WikimediaZA Board-Meeting 10 August 2021 Previous minutes: http://wikimedia.org.za/wiki/Board_Meeting_27_July_2021 == In attendance: == * Bobby Shababngu * Douglas Ian Scott * Coenrad Loubser * Shupai Mchuchu * Wynand Van Der Walt * Michael Graaf * Deon Steyn * Nobantu Modise == Apologies == * Rossouw van Rooyen (resigned from the board) Agenda items: ==Wikimania Sessions== https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2021:Program Our session was listed for in person even...")
- 20:44, 8 June 2023 Discott talk contribs created page WM ZA/SADiLaR 2023 (Created page with "This is an outline of the proposed 3 day Wikipedia training workshop that Wikimedia South Africa will be conducting in partnership with SADiLaR for the twelve month period from July 1, 2023 to June 31, 2024. Wikimedia South Africa has already secured funding for at least 4 such workshops to be done at Universities across South Africa with additional funding provided by SADiLaR to increase the number of Universities. It is proposed that each workshop will last 3 day...")
- 13:26, 12 May 2023 Discott talk contribs created page WM ZA/GLAM collection digitization motivation (Created page with "Wikimedia South Africa is looking for a partner organisation in Southern Africa that has a collection for [http://Digitization digitization] into the public domain. Wikimedia South Africa will commit to digitizing the collection where up it will be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons from which it can be used to illustrate articles on Wikipedia, the free online encylopedia. The content will be uploaded under an open Creative Commons copyright license, ideally [...")
- 09:15, 10 February 2023 Discott talk contribs created page WM ZA/Annual Report 2022-23 (Created page with "This report outlines and summarises the activities that Wikimedia South Africa (WMZA) has conducted from July 2022 to June 2023. This period also covers Wikimedia South Africa's financial year (FY)for 2022/23. This report is divided into four parts, chapter governance, mid-term report, end of year report, and the finaical report. The chapter governance section is an update on the chapters current status. The mid-term report covers the first half of the 2022/23 financial...")
- 10:38, 20 December 2022 Discott talk contribs created page Wikimedia South Africa/Board Meeting/13 December 2022 (Created page with "WMZA Board Meeting 13 December2022 Previous minutes: ==Attendees== *Nobantu Modise *Douglas scott *Shupai Mchuchu (Administrator) *Michael Graaf *Khethiwe Marais *Bobby Shabangu *Ingrid Thomson ==Apologies== *Veer Gosai *Deon Steyn ==Absent== *Coenraad Loubser ==Agenda== ===Year in Review=== ===Start work on 2023/24 - 2026/27 Grant=== It was advised to apply for a 3 year grant. Members encourage to start thinking about the 3 year grant, deliberate thinking of proj...")
- 10:36, 20 December 2022 Discott talk contribs created page Wikimedia South Africa/Operational Meeting/13 December 2022 (Created page with "WMZA Operational meeting 13 December 2022 ==Attendees== *Ingrid Thomson *Shupai Mchuchu (Administrator) *Khetiwe Marais *Veer Gosai *Michael Graff *Nobantu Modise ==Apologies== *Deon Steyn ==Absent== *Coenraad Loubser *Bobby Shabangu ==Agenda== ===General Updates=== * Wiki Loves Plants Will be hosted in January till February 2023 which is a plant photographic competion. Douglas has lined up, judges, banner ads application has been applied for the competion. Pictures wi...")
- 20:10, 4 December 2022 Discott talk contribs created page CentralNotice/Request/Wiki Loves Plants (Created page with " {{subst:CentralNotice/Request/Source |Name= {{subst:SUBPAGENAME}} |campaigndescription= [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki%20Loves%20Plants Wiki Loves Plants] seeks to increase the number and range of photographs of plants for use on Wikipedia. The competition is being held primarily on iNatralist so as to get the correct botanical taxonomy of submissions. |from =1 January 2023<!--- Date-Month-Year: 1st January 1900 ---> |to =28 February 2023<!--- Date-M...")
- 18:19, 29 November 2022 Discott talk contribs created page Wikimedia South Africa/Operational Meeting/29 November 2022 (Created page with " Wikimedia ZA Operations meeting: 19h00 - 29 November 2022 ==Attendance== * Bobby * Douglas * Doen * Nobantu * Pfano * Zenande ===Appologies== * Shupai ==Updates== * Douglas starts the meeting with a brief update from Shupai. ===10 year anniversary meetup=== thumb|A group photograph from the Cape Town Wikimedia ZA 10th birthday meetup. Douglas gives an update on the South African meetup on 26 November 2022 wherein the ch...")
- 09:51, 22 November 2022 Discott talk contribs created page Wikimedia South Africa/Opperational Meeting/15 November 2022 (Created page with "WMZA Operational Meeting 15 November 2022 Previous minutes: ==Attendees== *Douglas Scott *Bobby Shabangu *Deon Steyn *Ingrid Thomson *Shupai Mchuchu (Administrator) *Zenande Mantlana (Intern) *Pfano Ranwedzi (Intern) *Michael Graaf ==Apologies== *Khetiwe Marais *Nobantu Modise *Veer Gosai *Coenraad Loubser ==Agenda== ===General Updates=== *Afrikaans birthday celebreation is being held on the 16th of Novemebr in Johannesburg. This year Afrikaans Wikipedia will be cele...")
- 19:17, 3 November 2022 Discott talk contribs created page Wikimedia South Africa/Operational Meeting/1 November 2022 (Created page with "WMZA Operational Meeting 1 November 2022 Previous minutes: ===Atendees=== *Veer Gosai *Ingrid Thomson *Douglas Scott *Deon Steyn *Shupai Mchuchu ==Absent== ===Apologies=== *Bobby Shabangu * Khethiwe Marais * Michael Graaf * Nobantu Modise ==Agenda== * National Library of South Africa meeting (Ingrid) * WikiIndaba (Douglas) *Arikaans Wikipedia * Africa Day * 10 year birthday ===General Updates=== * APC (Archive Public & Culture) event: event to be hosted in January...")
- 15:21, 21 October 2022 Discott talk contribs created page WM ZA/October 2022 (Created page with "This page summarises the activities of Wikimedia South Africa between 15 to 21 October 2022. This was noted as a particularly eventful week for the chapter, hence this mini-report. The chapter would also like to welcome new members to the community mailing list following these events and would like to note the growth in community health. ==Edit-Your-Pride== File:WMZA 20221015 01.jpg|thumb|Participants at the Edit Your Pride event at the Iziko Museum of Natural History...")
- 09:30, 2 October 2022 Discott talk contribs created page Wikimedia South Africa/2022-AGM (Created page with "{{WMZA Minutes}} ==Venue== :Wikimedia South Africa AGM 2020 :'''Date''': 1 October 2021 :'''Time''': 10:00 to 12:30 + 30 min lunch intermission -> 13:00 return for board elections and other discussions :'''Location''': On your computer via Zoom, please [https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82600536072?pwd=NVhvSmRQNnIwbWxQVjQ4eGEwQmx3dz09 register to join] WMZA Annual General Meeting 1 October 2022 Previous AGM minutes: http://wikimedia.org.za/wiki/2021 or at Wikimedia South Afr...")
- 10:49, 23 September 2022 Discott talk contribs created page Wikimedia South Africa/Wikimania 2022 schedual (Created page with "<br/> right|200px|frameless '''<span style="font-size:150%; line-height: 2.1em;">Wikimania 2022 in Cape Town and Johannesburg <br /> ''<span style="font-size:100%; line-height: 2.1em; color: grey">8 July 2022 [https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania Wikimania 2022], the annual international Wikipedia conference, will take place on '''11 - 14 August 2022'''. Although the main Wikimania event this year will be held entir...")
- 10:44, 23 September 2022 Discott talk contribs moved page Category:WikimediaZA 2022 Meetups to Category:Wikimedia ZA 2022 Meetups
- 11:31, 21 September 2022 Discott talk contribs created page Wikimedia South Africa/Opperational Meeting/20 September 2022 (Created page with "WMZA Ops Meeting 20 September 2022 Previous Board Meeting Minutes:http://wikimedia.org.za/wiki/Operational_Meeting_06_September_2022 ==Atendees== *Deon Steyn *Douglas Ian Scott *Shupai Mchuchu (administrator) *Hlezi Motha (intern) ===Absent=== *Khetiwe Marais *Nobantu Modise *Coenraad Loubser *Nazeem Hardy *Michael Graaf ===Apologies=== *Bobby Shabangu( Load Shedding) *Sincerity Lawrence (Loadshedding) ==Agenda== The meeting wrapped up early as there were not eno...")
- 14:13, 16 September 2022 Discott talk contribs created page Wikimedia South Africa/Code of Discipline for Directors (Created page with " =='''Business Online Banking Account'''== The Business Online Banking will only be used for funds received from the Wikimedia Foundation. Approval requirements for payments from this account will depend on the size of the transaction as follows : *'''Under ZAR 1,000''' : Board Member and Administrator *'''Under ZAR 10,000''' : Administrator loads amount, 1 Board Member approves / releases payment *'''Above ZAR 10,000''' : Administrator loads amount, 2 Board Member...")
- 14:11, 16 September 2022 Discott talk contribs created page Wikimedia South Africa/Mission statement (Created page with "“''Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. That’s our commitment.''” - Wikimedia Foundation In a word: “'''Free-knowledge'''” Wikimedia South Africa is a not-for-profit membership organisation that exists to actively participate in knowledge dissemination and the promotion of access for all to free knowledge. Both as in free of cost and as in free speech. The organisation also exists to promote the contr...")
- 14:09, 16 September 2022 Discott talk contribs created page Wikimedia South Africa/Reason for being a public benefit organisation (Created page with "Wikimedia South Africa is a not-for-profit membership organisation that exists to promote free access for all to free knowledge. Both as in free of cost and as in free speech. The organisation also exists to promote the contribution of free knowledge by anyone to the body of free knowledge held on the internet. This includes, but is not limited to, access to the free online encyclopedia Wikipedia as well as to sister projects such as Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata and many...")
- 14:06, 16 September 2022 Discott talk contribs created page Wikimedia South Africa/Memorandum of Incorporation (Created page with "<blockquote style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border: thin grey; padding-top: 40px; padding-right: 60px; padding-bottom: 40px; padding-left: 60px;"> <center>'''Form CoR 15.1E - Non Profit Companies with members''' <br> 25 February 2012 <br> '''<span style="font-size:100%; line-height: 2.1em;">Companies and Intellectual Property Commission</span> <br> '''<span style="font-size:100%; line-height: 2.1em;">Republic of South Africa</span> <br> '''<span style="font-size:1...")
- 14:05, 16 September 2022 Discott talk contribs moved page Article of Association to Wikimedia South Africa/Article of Association
- 14:05, 16 September 2022 Discott talk contribs created page Article of Association (Created page with "====1. Interpretation==== In these Articles, unless the context otherwise requires:<br /> 1.1. “the Companies Act” means Act 61 of 1973, as amended or any Act which replaces it;<br /> 1.2. “member” means the persons referred to in Article 4;<br /> 1.3. “profits” includes revenue, realised capital profits and unrealised capital profits insofar as the law ordinarily allows it to be distributed as dividends;<br /> 1.4. “register” means the register of member...")
- 14:03, 16 September 2022 Discott talk contribs created page Wikimedia South Africa/Code of Discipline for Members (Created page with "===Flights, Accomodation=== Members will insure that everybody travelling on WM ZA business will adhere to the [https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Travel_policy WMF Travel Policy]. ===General Code of Conduct=== Members will adhere to the [https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Code_of_conduct_policy WMF Code of Conduct Policy]: #Treat other people with respect #Respect confidentiality #Protect Foundation property #Maintain accurate, honest and complete books and records...")
- 14:02, 16 September 2022 Discott talk contribs created page Wikimedia South Africa/Constitution (Created page with "Wikimedia South Africa is a legal representative of all Wikimedians who live and work in the Republic of South Africa. It is an affiliate member of Wikimedia Foundation, and thus an official representative of this mother body in the Republic of South Africa. Wikimedia South Africa aligns and subscribes to the general regulations and codes of the mother body, yet as an independent entity acts and governs itself according to codes and values agreed with, and as elected an...")
- 11:52, 16 September 2022 Discott talk contribs moved page WikimediaZA Outreach Strategy 2021 to Wikimedia ZA Outreach Strategy 2021 (spelling)
- 11:51, 16 September 2022 Discott talk contribs moved page Category:WikimediaZA five year plan to Category:Wikimedia ZA five year plan (spelling)
- 14:55, 7 September 2022 Discott talk contribs created page WM ZA/Annual Report 2016 (Created page with "<h3 style="font-family: 'Gill Sans' sans-serif; font-weight:bold; color:#000000; font-size:275%;">Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2015–16</h3> This report describes the activities of Wikimedia South Africa during Fiscal Year 2015–16, covering the period from October 2015 through November 2016. ==Governance== ''See also | [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMZA_activities_in_2015_poster_for_Berlin_2016.pdf Summary of Wikimedia ZA activities in 2015]'' In Novem...")
- 14:53, 7 September 2022 Discott talk contribs created page WM ZA/Annual Report 2017 (Created page with "<h3 style="font-family: 'Gill Sans' sans-serif; font-weight:bold; color:#000000; font-size:275%;">Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2016–17</h3> This report describes the activities of Wikimedia South Africa during Fiscal Year 2016–17, covering the period from December 2016 through June 2017. Overall FY 2016/17 was a relatively quiet year for the chapter with only a few meetups and outreach activities happening. The focus for the year was on preparing for FY 2017/18...")