User talk:Michaelphoya

Wikimania 2014
Hi!

My name is Victor and I'm a storyteller and video producer for the Wikimedia Foundation. I'll be looking to capture stories about Wikimedians at Wikimania in London in a week. Here is an example of the kind of thing that I'm aiming to do. I saw that you're attending Wikimania and I was wondering if you might have some time to talk about what do you on Wikimedia projects. Anyway let me know if you are interested, I'll be at Wikimania from the 6th-10th of August and would need maybe 30 minutes of your time. I can answer any questions you may have. I’m best reached at vgrigas(at)wikimedia.org

Thanks!

Vgrigas (talk) 16:05, 31 July 2014 (UTC)


 * Hie Victor. Good to hear from you. Yes, I will definitely have time for a chat. Michaelphoya (talk) 05:04, 1 August 2014 (UTC)

Languages
Hi Michael,

Do you speak any languages other than English? --Amir E. Aharoni (talk) 13:37, 27 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Yes. Chichewa, a bantu language. Michaelphoya (talk) 15:02, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Did you try writing in the Wikipedia in that language? --Amir E. Aharoni (talk) 22:45, 28 February 2015 (UTC)

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Ways to improve Dances of the Yao
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Ways to improve Massa Lemu
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Help decide the future of Wikimania


The Wikimedia Foundation is currently running a consultation on the value and planning process of Wikimania, and is open until 18 January 2016. The goals are to (1) build a shared understanding of the value of Wikimania to help guide conference planning and evaluation, and (2) gather broad community input on what new form(s) Wikimania could take (starting in 2018).

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Contests
User:Dr. Blofeld has created WikiProject Africa/Contests. The idea is to run a series of contests/editathons focusing on each region of Africa. He has spoken to Wikimedia about it and $1000-1500 is possible for prize money. As someone who has previously expressed interest in African topics, would you be interested in contributing to one or assisting draw up core article/missing article lists? He says he's thinking of North Africa for an inaugural one in October. If interested please sign up in the participants section of the Contest page, thanks.♦ -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 01:33, 21 July 2016 (UTC)

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Your draft article, Draft:Chilumba Port, Malawi


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Your draft article, Draft:Samson Namalomba


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Your draft article, Draft:Mlozi bin Kazbadema


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Please support the Sustainability Initiative!
Hi, Michaelphoya! Please allow me to follow up on a project that was discussed at the Wikimedia Conference in Berlin a couple of weeks ago:

I am writing you to ask for your support for the Sustainability Initiative, which aims at reducing the environmental impact of the Wikimedia movement. Over the past two years, more than 250 Wikipedians from all over the world have come together to push the Wikimedia movement towards greater sustainability.

The Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation has recently passed a resolution stating that the Foundation is committed to seeking ways to reduce the impact of its activities on the environment. Now, we are working with the Wikimedia Foundation staff to have all Wikimedia servers run on renewable energy by 2019.

In order to demonstrate that this is an issue that the community really cares about, I would like to ask you to sign the project page as well. Thank you! --Gnom (talk) 15:54, 14 April 2017 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Constitution of Malawi


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Women in Red World Contest
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