Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] News from the Chapter and the Conference

Hi all, I appreciate the transparent, detailed and professional planning of conference and I am sorry I couldn't take part in WikiConference related planning earlier. For those who don't know, I am a Tamil Wikimedian since 2005 with 20,000+ edits. My major interest lies in outreach and policy dec

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] News from the Chapter and the Conference

Off the cuff, I want to appreciate the great ideas put forth, Ravi. Thanks for taking the effort. These ideas need to be preserved even if we are not able to use them right now. Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur -- On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 1:29 PM,

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] News from the Chapter and the Conference

On 25 August 2011 13:29, Ravishankar wrote: Ravi - thank you very much for your email - much appreciated. > We shall look for unconventional ways to invest wisely which will have > maximum ROI. Here are some examples: You know, these are excellent ideas and it does highlight an issue we have f

[Wikimediaindia-l] BECOME AN AUTHOR: O.B.Publication's Invitation

Hi, I am happy to inform you that the *O.B. Publication*is inviting you to write a free chapter, article, poem etc * *in the upcoming books on* Medical Science *(*Medicine/surgery/Dental/Physiotherapy/Ayurveda/Occupational Therapy/Naturopathy/Nursing/Altern

[Wikimediaindia-l] BECOME AN AUTHOR: O.B.Publication's Invitation

Hi, I am happy to inform you that the *O.B. Publication*is inviting you to write a free chapter, article, poem etc * *in the upcoming books on* Medical Science *(*Medicine/surgery/Dental/Physiotherapy/Ayurveda/Occupational Therapy/Naturopathy/Nursing/Alter

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] News from the Chapter and the Conference

Hi Ravi, Can we please have some kind of online activity as a runup event for WCI 2011 from Tamil Community ? http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2011/Wiki_Outreach Naveen Francis Signature powered by

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] BECOME AN AUTHOR: O.B.Publication's Invitation

On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 14:00, Dr. Krishna N. Sharma (PT) < dr.krisha...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I am happy to inform you that the *O.B. > Publication*is inviting you > Please let me know why you shouldnt be banned for posting advertisements repeate

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] BECOME AN AUTHOR: O.B.Publication's Invitation

Don't bother Srikanth, They have already achieved some bad publicity by posting such mails. :-) For sure, people will never use/refer O.B. Publication's material anywhere. -Sudhanwa On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 2:13 PM, Srikanth Lakshmanan wrote: > > > On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 14:00, Dr. Krishna N.

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] BECOME AN AUTHOR: O.B.Publication's Invitation

Dear People, We are really *SORRY *for the honestly speaking *UNINTENTIONALLY *sent mails sent previously when we sent the mail to all the people in our address book with the option select all. We *REGRET *for the inconvenience as I also respect the Wikigroup as a member. And thanks Srikanth for

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] News from the Chapter and the Conference

Just one not about the subject: If WMIN don't use that money to WCI, it needs to be returned to WMF. This money was not "given" to WMIN for no reason, was given *to be used in WCI* - if that would not be the case anymore, the money need to be returned. So all those arguments that "We have better

[Wikimediaindia-l] The Taj to the Tuk-Tuk. Language in the Indian Wikiworld.

Patricia Southoff's take on the Indian WikiWorld - http://blog.wikimedia.org/2011/08/24/the-taj-to-the-tuk-tuk-language-in-the-indian-wikiworld/ Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur -- ___ Wikimediaindia-l m

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India Programs-Monthly IRC: Welcoming Nitika & Shiju - Thursday August 25th @ 9pm IST (#wikimedia-office)

Just a reminder. This meeting is happening in #wikimedia-office in about 15 minutes. More details on how to join in the original message. As usual, the logs would be put up on Meta after the meeting. See [ http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours] for logs and help on how to join. Regards

[Wikimediaindia-l] help for book printing/publishing. BECOME AN AUTHOR: O.B.Publication's Invitation

I had written Book and need help for Printing/Publication. I lecture about same in Big Groups and they found it very helpful. details can be given by email:Book Name: Ideal Guide for the Healthy Life.The contents of the book give information as to how one can prevent, control, cures - over 150

[Wikimediaindia-l] How Can I contribute

Hi All, I am watching the mailing list for quite sometime here. I would like to understand how can I contribute to wikimedia ? -- Vijai Ganapathy Mailto: vijai.ganapa...@gmail.com ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India Programs-Monthly IRC: Welcoming Nitika & Shiju - Thursday August 25th @ 9pm IST (#wikimedia-office)

Hi The log for the most recent IRC meeting has been added[1]. For any previous IRC meetings, see the India programs meetings page on Meta. Regards Theo [1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_-_India_Programs/IRC_meeting_2011-08-25 [2] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_F

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India Programs-Monthly IRC: Welcoming Nitika & Shiju - Thursday August 25th @ 9pm IST (#wikimedia-office)

Thanks Salman, Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur -- On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 12:15 AM, Theo10011 wrote: > Hi > > The log for the most recent IRC meeting has been added[1]. For any previous > IRC meetings, see the India programs meetings page on Me

[Wikimediaindia-l] Pune Meetup on 29 August 2011

Dear friends, The much-delayed Pune meetup will take place at SICSR , 7th Floor, at 6 PM on Monday, 29 August 2011. The points on the agenda are : * WikiConference update * Meet the Campus Ambassadors & interact with them * Oral Citations project ( video will be shown) All Puneri Wikipedians are

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] How Can I contribute

On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 10:28 PM, Vijai Ganapathy wrote: > Hi All, > > I am watching the mailing list for quite sometime here. I would like > to understand how can I contribute to wikimedia ? > > Please see the project proposals from chapter at http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Projects:2011-12 You can v

[Wikimediaindia-l] WMF, India Office and Chapter - Update

Dear All: We have instituted a monthly call between the India Chapter and the Wikimedia Foundation. Members of the Chapter EC, Hisham and Asaf Bartov (who heads up Global South Relationships at the Foundation) will participate in this call. The objective of the call is to share information and i

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WMF, India Office and Chapter - Update

On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 10:37 AM, Gautam John wrote: > Dear All: > > We have instituted a monthly call between the India Chapter and the > Wikimedia Foundation. Members of the Chapter EC, Hisham and Asaf Bartov > (who heads up Global South Relationships at the Foundation) will participate > in th

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WMF, India Office and Chapter - Update

Hi Gautham, Expression of interest by colleges is in English or other Indic languages ? Naveen Francis Signature powered by WiseStamp

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WMF, India Office and Chapter - Update

On 26 August 2011 11:08, Naveen Francis wrote: > Expression of interest by colleges is in English or other Indic languages ? Naveen, thus far English but perhaps Hisham might have had queries for Indic support. ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikime

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WMF, India Office and Chapter - Update

Hi Gautam, If it is English, WikiProject Education in India will give a try, we are 40 in numbers now .. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:INEI Naveen Francis Signature powered by WiseStamp

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WMF, India Office and Chapter - Update

On 26 August 2011 11:50, Naveen Francis wrote: > If it is English, WikiProject Education in India will give a try, we are 40 > in numbers now .. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:INEI Oh! Thanks Naveen. We'll definitely keep you guys involved with this. Thank you. Best, Gautam ___

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WMF, India Office and Chapter - Update

On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 11:57, Gautam John wrote: > On 26 August 2011 11:50, Naveen Francis wrote: > > > If it is English, WikiProject Education in India will give a try, we are > 40 in numbers now .. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:INEI > > Oh! Thanks Naveen. We'll definitely keep yo

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WMF, India Office and Chapter - Update

Yup Srikanth, But we can discuss in WP:INEI talk and create new projects for this purpose. I believe many in WP:INEI or WP:IND will be happy to help this new project. Naveen Francis Signature powered by

[Wikimediaindia-l] On creating an Indian Wikisource

So here's a question - given that there is much content that is out of copyright in India but not necessarily in other parts of the world, is there any sense in looking to create an Indian Wikisource for content that is out of copyright here? Thank you. Best, Gautam http://blog.prathamb

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] On creating an Indian Wikisource

Can't we use the existing Wikisources (available in different languages including English) for the same? Or, Gautham, are you proposing something else? Shiju On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 12:22 PM, Gautam John wrote: > So here's a question - given that there is much content that is out of > copyrig

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Press] : The Economic Times : "Oral citations to be part of wikipedia entries"

The project page can be found here http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Oral_Citations Discussions are currently happening on foundation-l mailing list http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2011-July/thread.html and respective language Wikipedias eg: Malayalam Wikipedia http://ml.wik