{"id":585,"date":"2018-09-02T17:25:37","date_gmt":"2018-09-02T17:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greta.cc\/?p=585"},"modified":"2018-09-03T15:25:26","modified_gmt":"2018-09-03T15:25:26","slug":"wikimania-2018-cape-town-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greta.cc\/?p=585","title":{"rendered":"Wikimania 2018 – Cape Town, South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

BRIDGING KNOWLEDGE GAPS: THE UBUNTU WAY FORWARD<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wikimania is the biggest gathering of Wikimedians in the world.
\nThe theme of Wikimania 2018 was, \u201cBridging knowledge gaps\u2014the Ubuntu way forward\u201d. Here <\/span>Ubuntu<\/i><\/span> doesn\u2019t refer to Operating System Ubuntu. Ubuntu, according to South African philosophy means, \u201chumanity towards others\u201dor as often translated \u201cI am because you are.\u201d<\/span>[1]<\/a><\/span>
\nWhen I first read the theme about this year Wikimania, the first thing that popped on my mind was \u201cMaybe the way Ubuntu was founded or created, was similar to Wikimedia,\u201d then I read the story behind the theme and I thought that \u2013 It is unforgivable that me as a Ubuntu fan at least for the last 5 years, not to know the meaning of the name behind it!<\/span>
\nMy Wikimania 2018 journey started<\/span> one year ago, when my Canadian Visa for Wikimania 2017 was refused.<\/span>Wikimedia Foundation decided that all scholarship recipients who could not make it to Montreal because of visa issues, could use their scholarship for the next Wikimania in Cape Town.<\/span> The only thing stopping me from Wikimania 2018 was again, another visa application \ud83d\ude42 which this time was successful.<\/span><\/p>\n

Since I already had a scholarship, I decided to be part of the Scholarship Committee to help select the scholarship recipients for this year, which its self was an interesting experience.
\nI arrived in Cape Town on 16th July and had some time before the event to see a bit around. With my two Albanian firends, Jona and Liridon started our sightseeing with a small tour around the city where our tour guide told us interesting facts about the <\/span>parts of the city <\/span>we visited like <\/span>Bo-Kaap<\/a><\/span> \u2013 traditionally a multicultural area, known for its brightly coloured homes and <\/span>cobble stoned<\/a><\/span> streets.<\/span>
\nI regretted right away for not <\/span>extending my stay for a few more days<\/span> after the event since there was so much to see and do there.<\/span>
\nJona, Liridon, Faith and myself hiked the table mountain the next day. According to the guide it was a 2h30min hike. But I managed to do it in 1h23min. Each one of us had their personal time \ud83d\ude42 <\/span><\/p>\n

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Look ma, I did it! #Hiking<\/a> #CapeTown<\/a> #TableMountain<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/UnFt6yQH8M<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Greta Do\u00e7i (@gr3tad) July 18, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n