There was a Cape Town Wikimedia meetup this week, and I got to meet a couple of new people. Victor, a Wikimedia storyteller from San Francisco, is in Cape Town, mainly to document the inspiring story of a school in Joe Slovo Park that have successfully lobbied FNB Connect for free access to Wikipedia pages.… Continue reading Wiki Cape Town, Joe Slovo and a storyteller
Month: May 2013
WordPress spam, Akismet and Cookies for Comments
This blog gets about 1 spam comment a second. Not bad for an obscure blog with, as I write this, only one post open for comments. Akismet, the spam plugin does a great job of keeping the spam out, although recently a few more spam posts have been sneaking through for moderation, perhaps two a… Continue reading WordPress spam, Akismet and Cookies for Comments
May 2013 African language Wikipedia update
There’s a current proposal to close the Xhosa Wikipedia for lack of activity, so I thought it’d be a good time to see the progress of the African and South African language Wikipedias. Heading the list of African-language Wikipedias by article count, Malagasy is still racing ahead in creating new articles, mainly thanks to articles… Continue reading May 2013 African language Wikipedia update