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Today's Topics:

  1. Re: Wikivoyage page for Wikimania 2018 (Andy Mabbett)
  2. Re: Wikivoyage page for Wikimania 2018 (Ellie Young)
  3. Re: Wikivoyage page for Wikimania 2018 (Michael Peel)


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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2018 22:11:44 +0100
From: Andy Mabbett <andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk>
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Thank you.

As I have just posted on the page's talk-page:

"How do we get to the city centre/ event venue from the airport? The
Cape Town page says to use MyCiTi - that's a bus, I think, but it's
not clear. What does it cost? Is exact change needed? Do we pay on the
bus, or at the airport?"


On 30 June 2018 at 09:19, Peter Southwood <peter.southwood@telkomsa.net> wrote:
> Updated, let me know if more information is needed.
>
> Cheers, Peter
>
>
>
> From: Wikimania-l [mailto:wikimania-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf
> Of Nick Wilson (Quiddity)
> Sent: 29 June 2018 21:26
> To: Wikimania general list (open subscription)
> Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikivoyage page for Wikimania 2018
>
>
>
> Fixed link:
> https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikimania_2018_Cape_Town_Guidebook
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 11:22 AM Andy Mabbett <andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk>
> wrote:
>
> Wikivoyage:
>
>    https://en.wikivoyge.org/wiki/Wikimania_2018_Cape_Town_Guidebook
>
> has a page with advice for Wikimania attendees. It's a good start, but
> needs more local knowledge. Please help to improve the page if you can
>
> For instance, South Africa uses both "Europlug" and "type D" power
> sockets - but which is most prevalent at the city's hotels, and the
> conference venue?
>
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2018 14:22:03 -0700
From: Ellie Young <eyoung@wikimedia.org>
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Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikivoyage page for Wikimania 2018
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There are several options, and yes that is a bus shuttle and the costs are
listed.

See:

https://wikimania2018.wikimedia.org/wiki/Local_transportation

On Sun, Jul 8, 2018 at 2:11 PM, Andy Mabbett <andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk>
wrote:

> Thank you.
>
> As I have just posted on the page's talk-page:
>
> "How do we get to the city centre/ event venue from the airport? The
> Cape Town page says to use MyCiTi - that's a bus, I think, but it's
> not clear. What does it cost? Is exact change needed? Do we pay on the
> bus, or at the airport?"
>
>
> On 30 June 2018 at 09:19, Peter Southwood <peter.southwood@telkomsa.net>
> wrote:
> > Updated, let me know if more information is needed.
> >
> > Cheers, Peter
> >
> >
> >
> > From: Wikimania-l [mailto:wikimania-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On
> Behalf
> > Of Nick Wilson (Quiddity)
> > Sent: 29 June 2018 21:26
> > To: Wikimania general list (open subscription)
> > Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikivoyage page for Wikimania 2018
> >
> >
> >
> > Fixed link:
> > https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikimania_2018_Cape_Town_Guidebook
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 11:22 AM Andy Mabbett <andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk
> >
> > wrote:
> >
> > Wikivoyage:
> >
> >    https://en.wikivoyge.org/wiki/Wikimania_2018_Cape_Town_Guidebook
> >
> > has a page with advice for Wikimania attendees. It's a good start, but
> > needs more local knowledge. Please help to improve the page if you can
> >
> > For instance, South Africa uses both "Europlug" and "type D" power
> > sockets - but which is most prevalent at the city's hotels, and the
> > conference venue?
> >
> > --
> > Andy Mabbett
> > @pigsonthewing
> > http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
> >
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> >
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> >
> > Nick Wilson (Quiddity)
> > Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> >
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>
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> --
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Ellie Young
Events Manager
Wikimedia Foundation
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2018 19:00:23 -0300
From: Michael Peel <email@mikepeel.net>
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Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikivoyage page for Wikimania 2018
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Are the "Wow Capetown Travel and Tours” prices correct? They seem really expensive (e.g., US$45 is around 600ZAR, compared to 400ZAR for an Uber in both directions without sharing - the US$80/day tours seem extremely expensive!).

BTW, I’ve put some currency conversion estimates at:
https://wikimania2018.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Mike_Peel/Currency
and have created the template at:
https://wikimania2018.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Currency
that might be useful to add to the info pages.

Thanks,
Mike

> On 8 Jul 2018, at 18:22, Ellie Young <eyoung@wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
> There are several options, and yes that is a bus shuttle and the costs are listed.
>
> See:
>
> https://wikimania2018.wikimedia.org/wiki/Local_transportation <https://wikimania2018.wikimedia.org/wiki/Local_transportation>
>
> On Sun, Jul 8, 2018 at 2:11 PM, Andy Mabbett <andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk <mailto:andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk>> wrote:
> Thank you.
>
> As I have just posted on the page's talk-page:
>
> "How do we get to the city centre/ event venue from the airport? The
> Cape Town page says to use MyCiTi - that's a bus, I think, but it's
> not clear. What does it cost? Is exact change needed? Do we pay on the
> bus, or at the airport?"
>
>
> On 30 June 2018 at 09:19, Peter Southwood <peter.southwood@telkomsa.net <mailto:peter.southwood@telkomsa.net>> wrote:
> > Updated, let me know if more information is needed.
> >
> > Cheers, Peter
> >
> >
> >
> > From: Wikimania-l [mailto:wikimania-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:wikimania-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org>] On Behalf
> > Of Nick Wilson (Quiddity)
> > Sent: 29 June 2018 21:26
> > To: Wikimania general list (open subscription)
> > Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikivoyage page for Wikimania 2018
> >
> >
> >
> > Fixed link:
> > https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikimania_2018_Cape_Town_Guidebook <https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikimania_2018_Cape_Town_Guidebook>
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 11:22 AM Andy Mabbett <andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk <mailto:andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk>>
> > wrote:
> >
> > Wikivoyage:
> >
> >    https://en.wikivoyge.org/wiki/Wikimania_2018_Cape_Town_Guidebook <https://en.wikivoyge.org/wiki/Wikimania_2018_Cape_Town_Guidebook>
> >
> > has a page with advice for Wikimania attendees. It's a good start, but
> > needs more local knowledge. Please help to improve the page if you can
> >
> > For instance, South Africa uses both "Europlug" and "type D" power
> > sockets - but which is most prevalent at the city's hotels, and the
> > conference venue?
> >
> > --
> > Andy Mabbett
> > @pigsonthewing
> > http://pigsonthewing.org.uk <http://pigsonthewing.org.uk/>
> >
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> >
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Nick Wilson (Quiddity)
> > Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation
> >
> >
> >
> > Virus-free. www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com/>
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
>
>
>
> --
> Andy Mabbett
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>
>
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