IngridThomson

So which wikibrarians are heading to Nairobi for Wikimania.? There's a preconference workshop "Strategies and challenges to start Wikimedia Projects conversations in libraries" on Tuesday 5 August 2025 9 am - 1 pm at the conference venue. Please join in!

Counting down the days to Wikimania 2025 in Nairobi! Excitement is building. So who else is coming? #Wikimania2025

WikiJournal of Science - Wikiversity

Academics should be jealous of the viewership that Wikipedia gets, but may be struggling with the incentive to only write for journals.
Good news: you can do both in one go! Submit to WikiJournal of Science (a Scopus-indexed journal) a candidate Wikipedia article (or revision of an existing one).

Today marks 100 years since Afrikaans was recognised as an official South African language. The Afrikaans Wikipedia is the 69th largest edition of Wikipedia and boasts a vibrant, diverse editing community.

#WikimediaSouthAfrica #afrikaansewikipedia #WikimediaZA

Do you want to support Ingrid Thomson? Concerns are raised about the NLSA's leadership hiring process due to the reduced emphasis on LIS qualifications and a lack of transparency regarding the Board, prompting demands for public disclosure...

So in South Africa, our NLSA Board wants to appoint a non-librarian as the no 1 librarian. Here we go again - they tried this last time. Petition ​Regarding the Appointment of the National L... ipt.io/DZEF3
The petition contains the concerns and demands of the library sector.

Very happy that @wikimediaza.bsky.social is now on this platform.

Another Wikimedia South Africa spotlight on Martin Hipangwa from the Wikimedia User Group Namibia and fellow librarian!

The first Wikimedia South Africa Community spotlight fell on Martin Hipangwa, a fellow Wikibrarian. Wikimedia User Group Namibia.

Wikimedia South Africa spotlight on Enny Zandile Nyathi, a wikibrarian from North West Province in South Africa.

(Realised I hadn't share other Wikimedia South Africa community member spotlight) Meet Enny Zandile Nyathi, a fellow Wikibrarian from Brits, North West Province, South Africa

Wikimedia South Africa's monthly spotlight on a South African wikimedian, this time Jan-Hendrik Du Toit, who started editing at the age of 13.

Wikimedia South Africa has a monthly spotlight on a local Wikimedian... this time Jan-Hendrik Du Toit. A shout out to him!

Ad for a meet up for Wikimedia South Africa happening 29 March 2025 in Cape Town and Johannesburg (and online as well)

Wikimedia South Africa has monthly meet-ups. We are having one tomorrow at Wynberg Library in Cape Town, and the Goethe Institute in Johannesburg, and online as well.

Brilliant! Thank you am sharing with colleagues.

Happy Wikipedia Day!
I wonder if there is a birthday cake at the Wikimedia+Libraries Convention in Mexico City? I hope there is!

Conference alert: Copyright and the Public Interest: Africa and the Global South. Johannesburg 3 February 2025 and Cape Town 6 February 2025. Free Registration at recreateza at gmail dot com by 18 Jan 2025.

Sharing this conference news. Copyright and the Public Interest: Africa and the Global South, happening in Johannesburg at 3 Feb and Cape Town on 6th Feb 2025. Free registration.

The Twitter Golden Age was where we met! 😇

I haven't posted it in a while...so a reminder, a starter pack of Wiki-related accounts is here go.bsky.app/AfwLrsM feel free to let me know if you should be on it!

Been quietly lurking and then happily finding my library and wikipedia people on here! #Happydance

As far as I know, there are no SA libraries on here yet. Hopefully soon.