Re: [Wikimedia-l] User:Bhadani has passed

[Ravishankar Ayyakkannu]

I am sad to know this news about User:Bhadani's demise.

I knew him as a very wise person with an open mind.

That he chose to write his autobiography as a Wikipedian shows how much he
valued the movement.

My heartfelt condolences to his family.

Ravi


On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 5:55 PM, Sydney Poore 
wrote:

> Very sorry to learn of his passing. He will be missed.
>
> Sydney
>
> Sydney Poore
> User:FloNight
> Co-founder Kentucky Wikimedians,
> Co-founder WikiWomen User Group,
> Co-founder WikiConference North America
> Board member of Wiki Project Med Foundation
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 8, 2018 at 8:56 PM, Md. Ibrahim Husain 
> wrote:
>
> > Our fellow Wikipedian Gangadhar Bhadani has passed away 8th February
> 2018.
> > He was one of the active Indian Wikipedians on English passionately
> > contributing since 2005.
> > May his soul rest in peace.
> >
> > Mohammad Ibrahim Husain Meraj
> > Member, Wikimedia Bangladesh
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Odisha Government's Social media accounts are now under CC-BY 4.0

[Ravishankar Ayyakkannu]

Sailesh and all Odia community members,

This is an impressive accomplishment! Congrats!

Especially, the short turn-around time to take the decision is remarkable
and it was a smart move to ask the social media account to be freely
licensed.

Ravi

On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 6:04 PM, Nurunnaby Hasive  wrote:

> Wow! Congratulations!
>
>
>
> Hasive
>
> On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 7:03 AM, Zachary McCune 
> wrote:
>
> > Very exciting news Sailesh! Congrats on this wide-reaching collaboration.
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 11:35 AM, Sailesh Patnaik <
> > sailesh.patnaik...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Thank you, Katy!!
> > >
> > > On Wed, 20 Sep 2017 at 12:27 AM, Katy Love 
> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi Sailesh,
> > > >
> > > > What great news!! What a remarkable achievement! Thanks for sharing
> > this
> > > > with us. I really like the blog post, too. Congratulations!!
> > > >
> > > > Katy
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 8:09 AM, Sailesh Patnaik <
> > > > sailesh.patnaik...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hello Everyone,
> > > > >
> > > > > I am glad to share a recent collaboration of Odia Wikipedia
> community
> > > > with
> > > > > the Government of Odisha.
> > > > >
> > > > > After releasing the content of 2017 Asian Athletics Championships (
> > > > >
> > > > https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/07/28/digest-asia-
> > > athletics-championships/
> > > > > ) another initiative by the Government of Odisha to bridge the
> dearth
> > > of
> > > > > Information about Odisha on Wikipedia by releasing its social media
> > > > > accounts under CC-BY 4.0.
> > > > >
> > > > > Earlier this week, the community members met the Government
> officials
> > > > > regarding this, and after understanding the value of Open Content,
> it
> > > > took
> > > > > only 24hrs to release the social media channels under CC-BY 4.0
> > > license.
> > > > >
> > > > > As a pilot project, 8 social media accounts from Government of
> Odisha
> > > are
> > > > > under CC-BY 4.0,Now, the content is free for everyone to use,
> share,
> > > and
> > > > > build upon their work.
> > > > > https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/09/18/odisha-social-
> > > media-free-license/
> > > > >
> > > > > The community is also planning to take the collaboration further
> and
> > > > > relicense some of the websites under CC-BY 4.0.
> > > > > --
> > > > > ---
> > > > > *Sailesh Patnaik*  "*ଶୈଳେଶ ପଟ୍ଟନାୟକ "*
> > > > > Community Advocate, Access To Knowledge Program
> > > > > Centre for Internet and Society
> > > > > Phone: +91-7537097770
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Sharing sad news about Bassel

[Ravishankar Ayyakkannu]

I am crying :(

On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 10:04 PM, Shlomi Fish  wrote:

> On Tue, 1 Aug 2017 19:00:19 -0400
> Katherine Maher  wrote:
>
> > Dear all,
> >
> > I am very deeply saddened to share the news of the passing of our fellow
> > community member Bassel Khartabil, also known to some as Bassel Safadi.
> >
> > Bassel was detained on March 15, 2012 amid arrests on the one-year
> > anniversary of the Syrian uprising. He had been missing since October
> 2015,
> > when he was removed from the Syrian prison where he was being held. His
> > wife, Noura, confirmed earlier today in a statement on Facebook that he
> was
> > executed by the Syrian government shortly after his disappearance.
> >
>
> Sorry to hear that.
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Winning photos of Wiki Loves Earth Bangladesh 2017

[Ravishankar Ayyakkannu]

Hi Nahid,

Thanks for sharing these lovely pictures. I liked both the first and last
picture which has a human element to it!

Will be good to see them winning internationally too!

Ravi

On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 8:49 PM, Nahid Sultan 
wrote:

> Hey Folks,
> We are very happy to announce the top 10 winning photos[1] of Wiki Loves
> Earth Bangladesh 2017. These 10 photos will compete in the international
> stage of the competition.
>
> Bangladesh has taken part in the international Wiki Loves Earth
> competition for the first time this year. During the competition, a total
> of 191 Bangladeshi participants uploaded more than 2000 freely licensed
> photographs of 40 (of the 51 government listed protected sites of
> Bangladesh) different protected sites in Wikimedia Commons. Thanks to the
> volunteers and jurors who were involved in organizing the competition and
> reviewing the entries.
>
>
>   1.  http://wikimedia.org.bd/blog/50-winners-wlebd2017
>
> Cheers,
>
> Nahid Sultan
>
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> Wikimedia Foundation's
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] A page about new editors in different projects

[Ravishankar Ayyakkannu]

Amir,

We feature community member profiles in Tamil Wikipedia homepage and
Wikimedia India chapter archives. It gives a brief intro about their
background and links to their significant Wikimedia related contributions.

Tamil Wikipedia archive - https://ta.wikipedia.org/s/7pi

Wikimedia India acrhive for 2015 -
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Featured_Wikimedian/Archive/2015

We do not interview but let them write these short profiles. There is also
a nomination process. While only more seasoned contributors are featured
this way, it is definitely a motivation for newcomers to contribute more.

Whenever there is a community gathering, we also try to create video
interviews.

Indian community interviews -
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs-r163EeuFFPIhJHorSttw/videos?sort=dd_id=0=0

Tamil community interviews -
https://www.youtube.com/user/TamilWikimedia/videos?shelf_id=0=dd=0

These interviews then help us create mashups for social media promotion -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05PoBbwsZV0

Ravi
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikipedia-BN] 10th year founding anniversary of Bengali Wikipedia

[Ravishankar Ayyakkannu]

Hi Hasive,

On behalf of Wikimedia community from India, my best wishes for the
Bangladesh Wikimedia community.

We look forward to more interaction between both the communities in the
coming months.

Thanks,

Ravi

On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 12:35 PM, Hasive Chowdhury nhas...@wikimedia.org.bd
wrote:

 Hi All,

 We're happy to share another good news from Bengali Wikipedia Community.
 You already know that Bengali Wikipedia has reached It's 10 year journey.
 We celebrate a program on last February 10 and Jimmy Wales joined with us
 as Chief Guest.
 After that recently (May 30) we again successfully complete 'Bengali
 Wikipedia 10th year Founding Anniversary Conference' by Wikimedia
 Bangladesh. We are happy to run this anniversary program around the
 country. We conduct several series Wikipedia workshop/seminar seven
 division in our country. After that we arrange day long program in Dhaka.
 300+ registered Wikipedian from different part of country attend this
 conference. Few Wikipedians from Kolkata (India) also join with us to
 celebrate Bengali Wikipedia 10th year anniversary.

 ​In our final event we arrange day long event including Workshop,
 Seminar, Special workshop for women, discussion about outreach program,
 coloration discussion with Wikipedian from Kolkata etc. Our conference
 inaugurated by honorable state minister of ICT Division of Govt. Republic
 of Bangladesh Mr. Zunaid Ahmed Palak [1]. We give 10 best Wikipedian award
 and best three photographer who attend our Wikimedia Commons photo contest.
 All award handover by popular award winner writer and journalist Anisul
 Hoque [2].​

 ​All program photo available this link:
 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:10th_Anniversary_of_Bengali_Wikipedia,_Bangladesh

 Cheers!

 [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zunaid_Ahmed_Palak
 [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anisul_Hoque


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