[Wikimediaindia-l] Mashable: Where Do Wikipedia Donations Go? Outgoing Chief Warns of Corruption

2013-10-20 Thread Anirudh Bhati
Mashable: Where Do Wikipedia Donations Go? Outgoing Chief Warns of Corruption http://mashable.com/2013/10/17/wikipedia-donation-corruption/ When Wikipedia decided to roll out an aggressive fundraising effort a few years ago, the free encyclopedia came with a remarkably effective battle plan.

[Wikimediaindia-l] OFF TOPIC The Hindu: One story, two sides

2013-10-17 Thread Anirudh Bhati
The Hindu: One story, two sides http://www.thehindu.com/features/magazine/one-story-two-sides/article5124147.ece School textbooks in India and Pakistan present divergent views on historical events. The History Project attempts a truce. Here are two versions of the same sequence of events.

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Few concerns

2013-10-06 Thread Anirudh Bhati
team of the WikiConference India 2011 event. My request to anyone interested in following up on this issue is to perhaps consider contacting the concerned persons directly and see if they are able to resolve the issue for you in a manner that is satisfactory. Kind Regards, Anirudh Bhati On 10/04

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Few concerns

2013-09-25 Thread Anirudh Bhati
On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 12:12 PM, Bishakha Datta bishakhada...@gmail.comwrote: On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 10:03 AM, Shyamal L. lshya...@gmail.com wrote: * Wikiculture - Deal with issues not the persons raising them - what matters more than who. I want to strongly endorse this in my

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Wikipedia.in

2013-08-18 Thread Anirudh Bhati
Great news! Thank you for the update. Kind Regards, Anirudh On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 6:26 PM, Pranav Curumsey pra...@wikimedia.inwrote: As announced on the chapter members mailing list a few days ago, the domain Wikipedia.in has been procured by WMF for us after many attempts over the years.

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Servers in India for Wikipedia other Wiki projects

2013-03-31 Thread Anirudh Bhati
Hi, Srikanth Yes, if the Wikimedia Foundation sets up servers in India they will have to comply with local regulations, which is something they may not be too keen on. SEA-ME-WE 4 is a bottleneck for India and many other countries in the region, and we can expect that the private players

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Photography event on Indian food

2013-03-31 Thread Anirudh Bhati
Hello, all Given the large amount of traffic on this list, may I suggest that discussions relevant for one city/project be conducted no your respective city or project specific lists? I think Wikimedia Pune list would be suitable for such discussions. Please feel free to send in reports or any

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Photography event on Indian food

2013-03-31 Thread Anirudh Bhati
Addendum: I know that the original proposal is to have an 'online' event, however it was not a substantive proposal. In such cases, please feel free to ask interested participants to contact you off-list in order to follow up. Thanks, again Anirudh Anirudh Bhati anirudh...@gmail.com wrote

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WMIN-Members] WMF Grant and FDC

2013-03-16 Thread Anirudh Bhati
Cheers, Pranav! This is great news and is the result of the hard-work of the EC team and our Executive Manager. Looking forward to WMIN's upcoming programs. Kind Regards, Anirudh On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 3:08 PM, Pranav Curumsey pra...@wikimedia.inwrote: Hiya, This is to inform you that the

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Status of membership applcation to Wikimedia India Chapter

2013-03-16 Thread Anirudh Bhati
On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 6:23 PM, Niraj Suryawanshi niraj.suryawan...@gmail.com wrote: We would be glad if anyone can help us over this and not by someone who is callow enough to say The India mailing list isn't exactly a place to ask such questions as it'd be a privacy violation. Niraj, no

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] women and technology

2013-03-10 Thread Anirudh Bhati
On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 7:04 AM, Arun Ramarathnam arunra...@gmail.comwrote: When at the workshop, the girls began to create articles on Wiki, *male editors were quick to pull them down*. “This can be intimidating for anyone, and more so for girls.” Instead of spending the time creating a

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [A2K]: Introducing Dr. U.B Pavanaja, Consultant - Indian languages

2013-03-10 Thread Anirudh Bhati
Hello all, I haven't seen a job announcement related to the relevant position either on the Wikimedia India (WMI?) mailing list or on any of the local mailing lists. Thanks, Anirudh On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 1:17 PM, Vishnu t visdav...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Pradeep, Thank you for your wishes.

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia and indiawikipedia.com wikipedia.in

2013-03-04 Thread Anirudh Bhati
Hi Sumana - please direct all communications concerning legal matters to the Wikimedia India chapter directly as these matters may not be suitable for discussion on a public mailing list. Thanks, ASB. On Tue, Mar 5, 2013, Sumana Harihareswara suma...@wikimedia.org wrote: Daniel Zahn of

[Wikimediaindia-l] Legolas2186

2013-03-02 Thread Anirudh Bhati
Hi all, I don't think this has been discussed yet. An editor from India with the handle Legolas2186 has been indef'd from the English Wikipedia due to years of fabrication of sources on articles related to Madonna, Lady Gaga and other artistes. Here are a few relevant links:

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: You have been unsubscribed from WikiMedia India

2013-02-18 Thread Anirudh Bhati
Hi Ashwin, Subscriptions to Wikimedia mailing lists exist independent of Nabble. The status of any user's subscription to Nabble is unconnected with their status of subscription of Wikimedia mailing lists. Thanks, Anirudh On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 7:08 PM, Ashwin Baindur ashwin.bain...@gmail.com

[Wikimediaindia-l] Posts to list by new subscribers

2013-02-15 Thread Anirudh Bhati
Hi all, from now on, all emails sent by new subscribers to this mailing list will be held for moderator approval. thanks, Anirudh ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Chapter Misleading Community!

2013-02-14 Thread Anirudh Bhati
Abhishek, I noticed that you have been repetitively raising the same issues over and over again. The members of the Executive Committee of Wikimedia India and Sunil@CIS have already responded to your questions. It is clear to us all that some members of the Executive committee will be travelling

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Chapter Misleading Community!

2013-02-14 Thread Anirudh Bhati
regularly funds chapter activities. Regards, Abhishek Suryawanshi, On Behalf of Wikipedia Club Pune On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 12:20 AM, Anirudh Bhati anirudh...@gmail.com wrote: Abhishek, I noticed that you have been repetitively raising the same issues over and over again

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] How to set up a SIG?

2013-01-07 Thread Anirudh Bhati
On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 1:26 AM, Siebrand Mazeland (WMF) smazel...@wikimedia.org wrote: On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 6:45 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan srik.r...@wikimedia.in wrote: Becoming a member is pretty easy. It costs INR 100 to join and requires a single form to be filled and sent across.

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WMIN-Members] Wikimedia India Chapter Anniversary

2013-01-03 Thread Anirudh Bhati
Thank you for posting this, Sudhanwa. It was an absolute pleasure serving through my term with the WMIN EC. I wish the new board best of luck with their efforts towards promoting Wikimedia in India and supporting the communities of volunteers. Kind Regards, Anirudh On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Featured Wikimedian profile on Wikimedia India Chapter wiki

2013-01-02 Thread Anirudh Bhati
Thanks, Netha, for your help and support! Kind Regards, Anirudh On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 5:31 AM, Dhaval S. Vyas dsv...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Netha, Very good initiative. I would suggest we have profiles of all the Indian language wikimedians who were recognised as Noteworthy Wikimedian

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-mum] Fw: [Wikimedia-l] Reappointment of Bishakha Datta as WMF Trustee

2012-12-29 Thread Anirudh Bhati
The Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation has very little to do with how policies are formulated on the English Wikipedia project. ASB. On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 6:23 PM, Frederick FN Noronha * फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا fredericknoron...@gmail.com wrote: Bishkha, Congrats! And

[Wikimediaindia-l] TechCrunch: $50 Android Smartphones Are Disrupting Africa Much Faster Than You Think, Says Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales

2012-12-11 Thread Anirudh Bhati
FYI. -- Forwarded message -- From: Amit Kapoor akap...@wikimedia.org Date: Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 5:09 AM Subject: [Wmfcc-l] TechCrunch: $50 Android Smartphones Are Disrupting Africa Much Faster Than You Think, Says Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales To: Communications Committee

[Wikimediaindia-l] A Wikipedia Mini-hackathon in Delhi (CIS India)

2012-12-11 Thread Anirudh Bhati
FYI, folks. -- Forwarded message -- From: Sumana Harihareswara suma...@wikimedia.org Date: Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 4:40 AM Subject: [Wmfcc-l] A Wikipedia Mini-hackathon in Delhi (CIS India) To: Communications Committee wmfc...@lists.wikimedia.org User:Yuvipanda led this event.

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indic languages (was Re: Spoken Wikipedia for Indic Languages)

2012-11-14 Thread Anirudh Bhati
On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 2:50 PM, Amir E. Aharoni amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il wrote: So are the words India and Indian. If this logic is true, then the English name of the Republic of India, and the name of this mailing list would be derogatory as well. Evidently, to most people they aren't.

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indic languages (was Re: Spoken Wikipedia for Indic Languages)

2012-11-14 Thread Anirudh Bhati
On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 4:12 PM, Amir E. Aharoni amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il wrote: Again: Let's not make up controversy. No one is trying to rake up a controversy. This is a polite discussion, at least on my part, so I will appreciate if you do not allude otherwise. I have presented an

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indic languages (was Re: Spoken Wikipedia for Indic Languages)

2012-11-13 Thread Anirudh Bhati
On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 1:02 AM, Amir E. Aharoni amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il wrote: If he didn't explain it, then you can presume that it's wrong. There's nothing to discuss, and there's nothing wrong with saying Indic languages. The word Indic refers generally to the Indo-Aryan family of

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indic languages (was Re: Spoken Wikipedia for Indic Languages)

2012-11-13 Thread Anirudh Bhati
...@mail.huji.ac.il wrote: -- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com ‪“We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore‬ 2012/11/14 Anirudh Bhati anirudh...@gmail.com: On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 1:02 AM, Amir E. Aharoni amir.ahar

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indic languages (was Re: Spoken Wikipedia for Indic Languages)

2012-11-13 Thread Anirudh Bhati
On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 2:31 PM, Anivar Aravind anivar.arav...@gmail.comwrote: factually incorrect . Read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmic_scripts The article you refer to lacks proper citations. ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list

[Wikimediaindia-l] Quark 2013 at BITS Goa

2012-11-09 Thread Anirudh Bhati
-- From: Vishal Jain Date: Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 10:42 PM Subject: Workshop during Quark 2013 To: Anirudh Bhati anir...@wikimedia.in Dear Sir, Hope you are having a great day. Foremost we would like to express our gratitude for the interest that you have shown to our proposal. We are aware

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-IN-PUN] Quark 2013 at BITS Goa

2012-11-09 Thread Anirudh Bhati
1-3 February 2013, according to the email sent above. :) On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 1:07 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan srik.r...@wikimedia.in wrote: When is the event supposed to happen? I can join in from Bangalore if I'm free. On Saturday, November 10, 2012, Anirudh Bhati wrote: FYI. Those

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] #GOIBlocks list contains Wikipedia too

2012-08-24 Thread Anirudh Bhati
Ineffective blocks, but it still works. http://stats.grok.se/en/latest60/Persecution_of_Muslims_in_Burma On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 5:08 PM, Karthik Nadar karthik...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 1:22 AM, Srikanth Lakshmanan srik@gmail.comwrote: Hello, As feared a few months

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Press] HT City, New Delhi : Wiki meet for Delhi tomorrow

2012-06-11 Thread Anirudh Bhati
On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 6:35 PM, Theo10011 de10...@gmail.com wrote: I'm confused here for a moment, so I have to ask- Who is Abhishek Suryawanshi? I have started and ran the first few Delhi meetups, and never met or heard of Abhishek. Is he on the list? or can anyone give me his username?

[Wikimediaindia-l] [Press] HT City, New Delhi : Wiki meet for Delhi tomorrow

2012-06-09 Thread Anirudh Bhati
Published in HT City, New Delhi June 8, 2012 Wiki meet for Delhi tomorrow If you think Wikipedia doesn’t have the real good stuff on Delhi or just doesn’t get the city right, tomorrow is your chance to change that. The open source knowledge website is holding a meet-up in Hauz Khas on Sunday,

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Press] HT City, New Delhi : Wiki meet for Delhi tomorrow

2012-06-09 Thread Anirudh Bhati
On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 8:55 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan parakara.gh...@gmail.com wrote: The statement, Abroad, they have a page on each street and every good place, makes it sound like a Tourist Guide of sorts. Am I the only one who feels this way? Pages about streets and local buildings don't

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Update on Social Media Pilot

2012-06-02 Thread Anirudh Bhati
On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 1:04 AM, Anirudh Bhati anirudh...@gmail.com wrote: Noopur, thank you for posting the report. I have a few questions for the India Programs team which I have listed under, would appreciate if you could respond: 1. How do you plan on scaling the Social Media pilot

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Update on Social Media Pilot

2012-05-30 Thread Anirudh Bhati
On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 10:21 PM, Barry Newstead (WMF) bnewst...@wikimedia.org wrote: Just a brief note on the 8% retention rate of a pilot that is not yet two months old and has the potential for significant further refinement and improvement. This is a high retention rate based on data

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India Program: Community Building Pilot Update: Fantastic Story from Assam

2012-05-29 Thread Anirudh Bhati
For those interested, the statistics are available here: http://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesWikipediaAS.htm The number of active users (ie. those with more than 5+ edits per month) was 31, and the number of very active editors (ie. those with more than 100+ edits per month) remained

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WikiWomenCamp and WikiGenero-Buenos Aires, Participation

2012-05-27 Thread Anirudh Bhati
thank you for the report, netha! hopefully, we'll see more women participation focused workshops and meetups coming up in your hometown soon! ;-) best, anirudh On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 4:26 AM, Netha Hussain nethahuss...@gmail.comwrote: Hola! Greetings from Buenos Aires! I am User: Netha

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimania 2012 scholarships

2012-05-13 Thread Anirudh Bhati
On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 11:29 AM, Karthik Nadar karthik...@gmail.comwrote: Was just been to Mahalakshmi (Mumbai)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahalakshmi_Temple,_Mumbai yesterday, and hence found out another US visa consulate. That one is a VFS-US office. Consular operations for the US

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Ads Injected into Wikipedia?

2012-05-08 Thread Anirudh Bhati
On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 10:04 AM, wheredevelsd...@hotmail.com wrote: I believe Aditya sent one when this thing first cropped up on this list. Philippe is referring to the page source, not the screenshot. ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Ads Injected into Wikipedia?

2012-05-07 Thread Anirudh Bhati
On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 12:56 PM, Debanjan Bandyopadhyay debast...@gmail.com wrote: Ok then can we not make the default version the https one like say google does. This will not be a permanent solution, I'm afraid. anirudh ___ Wikimediaindia-l

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Ads Injected into Wikipedia?

2012-05-07 Thread Anirudh Bhati
On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 1:21 PM, Debanjan Bandyopadhyay debast...@gmail.comwrote: Hmmm...that maybe true but what else can we do, I mean, Inkfruit has to be involved somewhere in this right? Think about it, if you were an ad injecting virus, why would you randomly inject ads that too of

[Wikimediaindia-l] [Press] Malayalm Wikipedia could be emulated

2012-04-29 Thread Anirudh Bhati
Malayalam Wikipedia could be emulated Source: http://ibnlive.in.com/news/malayalam-wikipedia-could-be-emulated/253196-60-116.html KOLLAM: From the seven-year-olds Achu Kulangara, Aswin and Sai Ram to the 70-year-old A J Johnson, all delegates were busy attending sessions. The Malayalam

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedians work for personal satisfaction, not politics or personal gain

2012-04-29 Thread Anirudh Bhati
On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 1:43 AM, Debanjan Bandyopadhyay debast...@gmail.com wrote: Seriously? I don't mean to be rude here but I'd really don't think that is the way it was meant to be interpreted. I mean, if I say Ashwin is kind-hearted, doesn't mean I'm calling every other community member

[Wikimediaindia-l] [OT] We have resolution!

2012-04-19 Thread Anirudh Bhati
Finally! This answers the long-standing question... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/17769677 Best, anirudh ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit

[Wikimediaindia-l] Announcing Wikiacademy at LD College of Engineering, Ahmedabad

2012-04-18 Thread Anirudh Bhati
Greetings from Ahmedabad! I am here sitting with Konarak Ratnakar and Harsh Kothari, very enthusiastic contributors to English and Gujarati Wikimedia projects. They have organized a Wikiacademy at LD College of Engineering, scheduled on 24 April 2012. The main focus of these event is training

[Wikimediaindia-l] Ashwin Baindur and Shyamal interviewed by the Signpost

2012-04-17 Thread Anirudh Bhati
Congratulations Ashwin and Shyamal! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-04-16/WikiProject_report Best, anirdh ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Question about outreach sessions

2012-04-10 Thread Anirudh Bhati
On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 1:53 AM, Arnav Sonara sonara.ar...@gmail.comwrote: *Where and how else can your voice be heard thousands of times round the world by different people?* Posing such a question in the context of image and file uploads may be fine. However, if we attempt at recruiting

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Question about outreach sessions

2012-04-10 Thread Anirudh Bhati
On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 1:24 AM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan parakara.gh...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I have tried this method. Bala and I during the Coimbatore meetup in December, just said that the session would be more indepth compared to the previous one. This is a nice example of separating the

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Question about outreach sessions

2012-04-09 Thread Anirudh Bhati
On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 10:39 PM, Sumana Harihareswara suma...@wikimedia.org wrote: On 04/09/2012 08:00 AM, wikimediaindia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.orgwrote: Odia Wikipedia Outreach Programs in Odisha This was a very interesting and comprehensive report -- thank you, Mrutyunjaya Kar! I

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] (no subject)

2012-04-04 Thread Anirudh Bhati
Please don't click on the spam link. I have unsubscribed Swapnil from the mailing list and sent him a warning. On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 12:45 AM, Swapnil Narendra swapnilnaren...@yahoo.com wrote: http://evokephotography.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/liz-comment-counter-by-ozh/fjgvkd.html

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-en] Outreach at Itanagar

2012-04-03 Thread Anirudh Bhati
A very strong argument can be made for quitting presentations altogether and relying only on the internet. A number of students created their accounts. I like this part! I don't think we can do away with presentations completely, but the presentations should never overshadow the live training

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India Program: Pilot Designs

2012-03-29 Thread Anirudh Bhati
On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 10:35 AM, Hisham his...@wikimedia.org wrote: Story-telling for Community Buildinghttp://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Program/Pilot_Designs/Storytelling is the work that Noopur just announced (and as illustrated by the profile on Netha) - where we want to celebrate

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Internal-l] Wiki Loves Monuments - will your country participate?

2012-03-16 Thread Anirudh Bhati
just to avoid flooding this one. Here is the list address: wlm...@lists.wmnederland.nl. Just passing it for your information so that we can have more focused discussions there. Thanks! Noopur On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 11:28 AM, Anirudh Bhati anirudh...@gmail.com wrote: FYI

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Internal-l] Wiki Loves Monuments - will your country participate?

2012-03-15 Thread Anirudh Bhati
FYI. -- Forwarded message -- From: Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.org Date: Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 4:27 AM Subject: [Internal-l] Wiki Loves Monuments - will your country participate? To: Local Chapters, board and officers coordination (closed subscription)

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Report: Wiki workshop @ IIT Delhi

2012-03-13 Thread Anirudh Bhati
On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 2:55 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan parakara.gh...@gmail.com wrote: Agreed. We can't have articles for eachand every college fest. I said the same thing at NITT. Though I believe Pragyan scraped thru the Notability border because it was ISO certified. That simply depends on

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Lesson from the past: Photowalks and other events

2012-03-13 Thread Anirudh Bhati
On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 10:59 PM, Noopur noopur.ra...@gmail.com wrote: Just to add to what Konarak and Ashwin said, I am guilty as charged. We kept the Category:Ahmedabad_1 to avoid flooding the popular category. It was decided to serve as the ''maintenance category'' but none of us really got

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Lesson from the past: Photowalks and other events

2012-03-13 Thread Anirudh Bhati
refrain from adding too many categories. I was asked on Commons not to add more than 1-2 categories. On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 11:19 PM, Anirudh Bhati anirudh...@gmail.comwrote: On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 10:59 PM, Noopur noopur.ra...@gmail.com wrote: Just to add to what Konarak and Ashwin said

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Foundation-l] Bangla Wikipedia Unconference 2012 in Chittagong

2012-03-12 Thread Anirudh Bhati
Forwarding a report published by Wikimedia Bangladesh regarding an unconference organized in Chittagong. According to Tanvir, at least 300 participants attended. -- Forwarded message -- From: Tanvir Rahman wikitan...@gmail.com Date: Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 11:44 AM Subject: Re:

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Rahul Dravid

2012-03-09 Thread Anirudh Bhati
Just a suggestion in general: For discussions around topics of Indian interest and the English Wikipedia please subscribe to Wikipedia India-English mailing list. http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-en anirudh On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 2:29 PM, Srikeit srik...@gmail.com

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India Program: Community Monthly Report: Feb 2012

2012-03-07 Thread Anirudh Bhati
On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 1:38 PM, Pradeep Mohandas pradeep.mohan...@gmail.com wrote: hi, I don't think it's a good idea to separate the chapter and the community. The chapter is a membership-based organization and by definition an umbrella organization which represents the community. There

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India Program: Community Monthly Report: Feb 2012

2012-03-07 Thread Anirudh Bhati
On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 3:09 PM, Shiju Alex shijualexonl...@gmail.comwrote: Shiju, you and Subhashish have been volunteers but now you are paid contractors hired by the Foundation. Any work you do within the purview of your contractual relationship with the Foundation will be work as a paid

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India Program: Community Monthly Report: Feb 2012

2012-03-07 Thread Anirudh Bhati
at 2:56 PM, Anirudh Bhati anirudh...@gmail.comwrote: On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 2:47 PM, Shiju Alex shijualexonl...@gmail.comwrote: I am replying to this mail as a *Malayalam wikimedia community member*. Fact: Subhashish, *former volunteer*, and now paid consultant with India Programs. What

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India Program: Community Monthly Report: Feb 2012

2012-03-07 Thread Anirudh Bhati
Tinu, On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 4:14 PM, CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.comwrote: If it matters, if you have read the MoA or the Chapters agreement of the Wikimedia India Chapter or most of the chapters, the Foundation and Chapters are independent organizations. Wikimedia Foundation is

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India Program: Community Monthly Report: Feb 2012

2012-03-07 Thread Anirudh Bhati
On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 4:32 PM, Anirudh Bhati anirudh...@gmail.com wrote: Tinu, On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 4:14 PM, CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.com wrote: If it matters, if you have read the MoA or the Chapters agreement of the Wikimedia India Chapter or most of the chapters

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India Program: Community Monthly Report: Feb 2012

2012-03-07 Thread Anirudh Bhati
On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 4:49 PM, Hisham his...@wikimedia.org wrote: On Mar 7, 2012, at 1:11 PM, Anirudh Bhati wrote: On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 12:42 PM, Hisham his...@wikimedia.org wrote: Nothing is conducted solely by India Program - and hence I said supported. Everything is conducted

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India Program: Community Monthly Report: Feb 2012

2012-03-07 Thread Anirudh Bhati
On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 5:24 PM, CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.comwrote: Theo, * Err... I have no idea who or what implied that. * I am referring to your previous full time and paid work for the Wikimedia Foundation 2010-2011

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India Program: Community Monthly Report: Feb 2012

2012-03-07 Thread Anirudh Bhati
as a subset of the larger community. I did not express an opinion or a view. Please look up the dictionary definition. I think we have had enough distractions from the main issue, so let's burn the straw-man. anirudh On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 5:34 PM, Anirudh Bhati anirudh...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India Program: Community Monthly Report: Feb 2012

2012-03-06 Thread Anirudh Bhati
On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 12:42 PM, Hisham his...@wikimedia.org wrote: Nothing is conducted solely by India Program - and hence I said supported. Everything is conducted by the community - sometimes under the aegis of the Chapter and sometimes independently. The support that we have provided

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] The Great NITT fiasco ...

2012-03-03 Thread Anirudh Bhati
On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 8:32 PM, Gautam John gau...@prathambooks.org wrote: On 29 February 2012 17:55, Sushant R sushi2coo...@hotmail.com wrote: so u agre? gud. cos u scrwd up n did it big tym. u don hav a lptop, no isssus. get 1. can't afford one? get lost. v aint got no place 4 ppl lyk u.

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] The Great NITT fiasco ...

2012-02-28 Thread Anirudh Bhati
Noopur, Our websites are top 10 in terms of use and access in this country. A large proportion of Internet users in India are aware of Wikipedia, if not more of our projects. So, to characterize the movement as nascent would be inaccurate. :-) Most of us, when invited to speak at institutions

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] The Great NITT fiasco ...

2012-02-28 Thread Anirudh Bhati
On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 8:34 PM, Noopur noopur.ra...@gmail.com wrote: And regarding an 'informal agreement', I am not trying to pinch here but an 'informal MoU' kind of sounds self-contradictory, no? Also it would be great if we could have a copy of it publicly, just for future reference on

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WMIN-Members] Wikimedia India Chapter receives FCRA Prior Permission

2012-02-20 Thread Anirudh Bhati
On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 4:23 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan parakara.gh...@gmail.com wrote: Good news. I guess this means the Chapter can receive funding from the Foundation and other foreign bodies? No, just the Foundation and a specific amount for now.

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Please sign up for WikiProject India if you are an English language Wikipedian (yes, English is an Indic language)

2012-02-19 Thread Anirudh Bhati
On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 10:44 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan parakara.gh...@gmail.com wrote: Th life cycle theory is very much applicable here. I've come across several retired editors who retired because they were students who now had work commitments or working people who wanted to free up some

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Please sign up for WikiProject India if you are an English language Wikipedian (yes, English is an Indic language)

2012-02-19 Thread Anirudh Bhati
On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 1:59 AM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan parakara.gh...@gmail.com wrote: Should be. Yes. However do remember, new users editing was on a steady decline thru 2010. To add to it, remember the IEP and the negative publicity it generated. Enough to scare new users away. I don't

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter receives FCRA Prior Permission

2012-02-19 Thread Anirudh Bhati
and Barry Newstead, for their help and guidance throughout. We are working out the modalities of actual implementation of getting funds into Chapter Bank account and will keep you updated. On behalf of the Wikimedia India, Anirudh Bhati Treasurer, Wikimedia India

[Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-en] WikiProject India Report for January 2012

2012-02-15 Thread Anirudh Bhati
Great report, AshLin! Loved the commentary. I think the English Wikipedia community needs a renewed focus! We should attempt to organize meetups dedicated to the English Wikipedia around the major cities of the country. This is so that we can help young editors who may or may not decide to

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Museums access for photographers

2012-02-10 Thread Anirudh Bhati
Just put it up on [[Hindu wedding]] http://enwp.org/Hindu_wedding On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 4:29 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan parakara.gh...@gmail.com wrote: I think the Chapter could write a letter of request? As for the picture, it looks great! On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 12:59 AM, Yann Forget

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Announcement: Building a new Legal and Community Advocacy Department Promotion of Philippe Beaudette

2012-02-10 Thread Anirudh Bhati
? -- On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 11:37 PM, Anirudh Bhati anirudh...@gmail.comwrote: This is for your information. Sincerely, Anirudh Bhati -- Forwarded message -- From: Geoff Brigham gbrig...@wikimedia.org Date: Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 5:19 AM Subject: [Wikimedia Announcements

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Museums access for photographers

2012-02-10 Thread Anirudh Bhati
be excited by this idea of putting Calico museum on the Wikipedia map. I'll try look for her contact details but your best bet would be to write to her on Facebook and tell her about this. I hope this helps. Cheers Noopur On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 4:42 PM, Anirudh Bhati anirudh...@gmail.com wrote

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-IN-PUN] [Wikimedia-in-en] GLAM-India: Wikipedia and NHHM collaboration

2012-02-10 Thread Anirudh Bhati
FYI. -- Forwarded message -- From: Ashwin Baindur ashwin.bain...@gmail.com Date: Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 7:45 AM Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-IN-PUN] [Wikimedia-in-en] GLAM-India: Wikipedia and NHHM collaboration To: Mailing list for Wikimedians in Pune, India

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Backup for Wikipedians

2012-02-09 Thread Anirudh Bhati
Tangential: I don't think there is any reliable online source which documents advice on dealing with law enforcement officials in India. What are the protections that a citizen have against unreasonable searches and seizures by public officials? The Fourth Amendment to the US Bill of Rights

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Backup for Wikipedians

2012-02-09 Thread Anirudh Bhati
On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 5:32 PM, Anirudh Bhati anirudh...@gmail.com wrote: Tangential: I don't think there is any reliable online source which documents advice on dealing with law enforcement officials in India. What are the protections that a citizen have against unreasonable searches

[Wikimediaindia-l] Announcement: Building a new Legal and Community Advocacy Department Promotion of Philippe Beaudette

2012-02-09 Thread Anirudh Bhati
This is for your information. Sincerely, Anirudh Bhati -- Forwarded message -- From: Geoff Brigham gbrig...@wikimedia.org Date: Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 5:19 AM Subject: [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcement: Building a new Legal and Community Advocacy Department Promotion

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Letters of authority or press cards (was: Backup for Wikipedians)

2012-02-06 Thread Anirudh Bhati
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 6:42 PM, Srikanth Lakshmanan srik@gmail.comwrote: On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 18:24, wheredevelsd...@hotmail.com wrote: Will the chapter or India Programs provide assistance? IIRC both of them lie outside the content boundary and wouldn't be helping. I dont

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Letters of authority or press cards (was: Backup for Wikipedians)

2012-02-06 Thread Anirudh Bhati
endeavor to only approve those members who have a substantial amount of history with our projects and their mission. In such a scenario, I would expect the chapter to extend help to those it endorses. anirudh (personal opinion) On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 6:52 PM, Anirudh Bhati anirudh...@gmail.com

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Copyright Violation by aahwaan.com

2012-01-29 Thread Anirudh Bhati
On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 8:18 PM, Subhashish Panigrahi psubhash...@gmail.com wrote: +1 Swaroop, even the UI is somewhat similar but doesn't cause any harm, but the name Wikipedia and the usage of the logo is not permitted. I think the UI is just mediawiki. Srikant, can you send them a polite

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikipedia-gu] Report on small meetup in Ahmedabad

2012-01-27 Thread Anirudh Bhati
Thanks for posting the report, Arnav. Looks like you guys had a good time. Great going! anirudh On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 1:13 PM, Arnav Sonara sonara.ar...@gmail.comwrote: Hello everyone, On 24th January 2012, a small meetup was organized in L.D. College of Engineering Ahmedabad, I thank

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Analysis of IEP: Quantitative Analysis Tory Read's Report

2012-01-25 Thread Anirudh Bhati
FYI: Discussions on talk pages http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:India_Education_Program/Analysis/Independent_Report_from_Tory_Read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:India_Education_Program/Analysis/Quantitative_Analysis Yours sincerely, Anirudh Bhati +855 975 529 803

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Press]: The Indian Express : Would Gandhi have been a Wikipedian?

2012-01-17 Thread Anirudh Bhati
You don't have the blue Indian passport yet. :p On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 7:58 PM, Béria Lima berial...@gmail.com wrote: /me is proud of being indian too Oh, I forgot I'm not indian! ;) _ *Béria Lima* http://wikimedia.pt/(351) 925 171 484 *Imagine um mundo onde é dada a

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Report on Ahmedabad meetup-2

2012-01-17 Thread Anirudh Bhati
Gujarat to the Ahmedabad community On *11th Birthday of Wikipedia* Ahmedabad Wikimedia Community organize the Ahmedabad Second Meetup at Gandhi Ashram (Sabarmati Ashram). The meet up was organized by Anirudh Bhati Abhishek Joshi. Due to the Sankrant festival a very few wikipedian’s turned

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WMIN-Members] [Press]: The Indian Express : Would Gandhi have been a Wikipedian?

2012-01-17 Thread Anirudh Bhati
This article reminded me of one of the images on FayssalF's userpage on the English Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:FayssalF http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:FayssalFoldid=429702014 Look at the image on the left and read the caption too. anirudh On Tue, Jan 17, 2012

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikipedia-gu] GLAM Lakhota Museum Jamnagar (Gujarat) on Commons

2012-01-16 Thread Anirudh Bhati
This is really cool work, Arnav! anirudh On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 1:44 PM, Arnav Sonara sonara.ar...@gmail.com wrote: Hello everyone, As said earlier couple of weeks ago in my mail, I covered the Lakhota Museum Jamnagar through my camera as a part of small GLAM activity, I am happy to

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikipedia-gu] Wikipedia Gujarati is quite active and not at all Dead

2012-01-16 Thread Anirudh Bhati
Dhaval, Before writing such a scathing email criticizing an administrator (which is me) who allegedly made this statement, perhaps you should have verified it with me first? I was making a reference to Wikiproject Gujarat on the English Wikipedia, which has run out of contributors. You can

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Design for Wikipdia India sites

2012-01-16 Thread Anirudh Bhati
Just saw this. I like the design a lot. It's cleaner and attractive. The free images can be rotated periodically. Thank you, Planemad and Yuvi! anirudh On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 12:23 AM, Yuvi Panda yuvipa...@gmail.com wrote: Hello! Many of you would know PlaneMad (Arun Ganesh), and I had

[Wikimediaindia-l] Times of India: 310 Indian languages face extinction

2012-01-15 Thread Anirudh Bhati
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/sunday-toi/all-that-matters/310-INDIAN-LANGUAGES-ARE-NEAR-EXTINCTION/articleshow/11494576.cms More than 80 years after the first Linguistic Survey of India was conducted by British officer George Grierson, six volumes of the People's Linguistic Survey of

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India: Wikipedia Takes Ahmedabad, January 2012

2012-01-04 Thread Anirudh Bhati
Gerard Meijssen blogged about Wikipedia takes Ahmedabad: http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.com/2012/01/wikipedia-takes-ahmedabad.html anirudh On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 6:06 PM, Anirudh Bhati anirudh...@gmail.com wrote: Whoops! Link to category: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India: Wikipedia Takes Ahmedabad, January 2012

2012-01-03 Thread Anirudh Bhati
being uploaded by tomorrow. I will be posting a project report soon. Thank you! Sincerely, Anirudh Bhati Wikimedia India ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India: Wikipedia Takes Ahmedabad, January 2012

2012-01-03 Thread Anirudh Bhati
Whoops! Link to category: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ahmedabad_1 On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 6:06 PM, Anirudh Bhati anirudh...@gmail.com wrote: Greetings! This is a short update on the January edition of Wikipedia Takes Ahmedabad. From where I stand, the event has been

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