Uncategorized The Joy is Fading: How Temporary Accounts are Hurting Swahili Wikipedia 21 Apr 2025 I remember the early days of contributing to Swahili Wikipedia – the excitement of sharing knowledge, the camaraderie with fellow editors. But lately, a dark cloud has settled over our…
Makala za Wikipedia… Reflections on Google Health Speaks 12 Oct 202412 Oct 2024 Salome Nduku in 2014 during the seminar for Journalists on how to make useful search on Google. Wikipedia training partcipants at IFM Dar es Salaam. A logo for the event…
Wikipedia related posts The Formidable Experience on Upcoming “MUM Edithon in Morogoro” 25 Sep 2024 Blurb of the Tutorial Textbook. We are humbly excited to announce that the MUM Edithon event coming to Morogoro next month! This special event will take place from October to…
Makala za Wikipedia… Journey Through the Golden Age of Cinema: Tales from Maalim Fereji, the Master Storyteller 14 Aug 2024 The first person on the left is Maalim Fereji at the Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam on October 14, 2012, preparing to go on a pilgrimage to…
Makala za Wikipedia… Justine Msechu: The Rising Star in Tanzania’s Wikimedia Movement 8 Aug 20248 Aug 2024 Justine Msechu in 2022 during the program of "Let's Connect Peer Learning." In the midst of the global crisis brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, another side there…
Makala za Wikipedia… Expanding Swahili Language Resources: Key Updates from the Past Two Months 4 Aug 20248 Aug 2024 1. Contributions to Swahili Wiktionary: LR: Muddyb & Mwafrika Merinyo - Kinondoni, Dar es Salaam, February 5 2024. Over the past two months, I have been making a considerable contributions…
Uncategorized Reducing Restrictions on Wikimedia Translations for Trusted Users 4 Aug 2024 As a native Swahili speaker, I have a right to raise my concerns over the Wikimedia Translating tool. The system imposes some lousy restrictions that requires extensive work of re-editing…
Makala za Wikipedia… Alex Method’s Milestone: First Tanzanian to Reach 100K Edits on Wikimedia 28 Jul 2024 Alex Method on 26 November 2022 during the Let's Connect Tanzania program. Alex Method, widely known in the Wikimedia community as Rwebogora, is a heavily involved Wikimedian from Tanzania. Since…
Wikipedia related posts Wikimedia Community User Group Tanzania: Annual Report Review for 2023 and 2024 14 Jul 2024 LR: Antoni Mtavangu, Jimbo Wales, Pellagia Njau na Asaf Batov at Wikimania Conference in Singapore, 19 August 2023. The Wikimedia Community User Group Tanzania has recently submitted its annual reports…
Wikipedia related posts Celebrating 82,000 Articles on Swahili Wikipedia 11 Jul 2024 On July 10, 2024, Swahili Wikipedia reached plausible milestone of 82,000 articles. While we still mourn the loss of our beloved Kipala, this achievement serves as a beacon of hope…