Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] translation rally
Many many congratulations and wish you all the luck. Hope more and more Indic language contributors contribute for this. rgds Subha On 26 November 2011 08:34, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijs...@gmail.comwrote: Hoi, Today is the translation rally in Pune. What we expect is that we will break the records of translatewiki.net for things like most translated messages in an hour or most translated messages in a day. What we would not mind is when people from all over India join us in the fun. The localisation of the MediaWiki software is the most effective way of improving the usability of Wikis in a language other then English. Thanks to the use of the LocalisationUpdate extension, localisations are likely to be in production within a day maximum two. I would be more then happy when India proves that it cares for its many languages. Another reason why we want you to join in the fun is because you will be testing our input methods and WebFonts and we REALLY want to learn about any and all issues you find with these... If something does not look good, provide us with a screen shot print it, write on it, scan it but REALLY help us understand what your issues are. The whole Wikimedia Localisation team is in Pune and we REALLY want to get the most of this opportunity. Remember, we intent to have WebFonts go live on December 12. Thanks, GerardM NB Yes, you can have a local system for whatever purpose and run LocalisationUpdate on a daily basis. It will improve the usability of Indic languages when you support these. ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l -- * ସୁ ଭା ସି ସ ପା ଣି ଗା ହି ** S u b h a s i s a P a n i g a h i ** ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ ___ Wikipedia Odia (Oriya) mailing list wikipedia...@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-or facebook.com/OdiaWiki Tweet @OdiaWiki * ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikisa-l] Sharing insights and experiences from Indian language wikipedias - Sanskrit
This is another notable thing that needs to mention about Sanskrit Wiki community. During the past 2 months lot of progresshttp://translatewiki.net/w/i.php?title=Special:RecentChangeslimit=500days=60translations=onlytrailer=%2Fsais made in the translation of system messages in Translate wiki. I am sure community will soon take up the Wikisource related translations also. Now sa-wiki community is keen on enabling Proof read extension, Deja vu and other wikisource related extensions on Wikisource. One issue that we face is, most of the Indic wikipedians have not worked much on this. (ml wikipedians done few of those wikisource stuff with your (John Vandenberg )support). Of course community require the support from experienced wikimedians l since not much progress is made in the sister language wiki projects in most of the Indian languages. Shiju On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 10:20 AM, John Vandenberg jay...@gmail.com wrote: Sanskrit Wikisource needs translators. There are about 60 messages which are needed before Wikisource can start doing quality work https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D#Changes_needed_in_wikisource On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 4:59 AM, Shiju Alex sh...@wikimedia.org wrote: Dear All, As mentioned in the last two mails, as part of the Indic Languages initiatives of India Programs, I have been having detailed discussions with a wide range of Indic language wikipedians for the past few weeks. I already shared the summary of the discussions I had with with the Assamese and Hindi wikimedians. Today I'm sharing a summary of the discussions I had with the Sanskrit wikipedians. It is available here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_-_India_Programs/Indic_Languages/Sanskrit/Discussions/2011 I must say the progress made by Sanskrit wiki projects in the past 2 years is marvelous, especially considering the fact that its speaker base is too low (compared to the rest of the 20 indic languages having wikipedia). The amount of activism is Sanskrit wikisource is also very high. I am sure Sanskrit wiki community is the one wiki community that is going to utilize all the sister projects at its fullest. Sanskrit wiki workshops are happening all over the country. Today I attended a Sanskrit wiki workshop in a Sanskrit institution at New Dellhi. In Delhi itself Sanskrit wikipedians are planning many other Sanskrit wiki activities. With so many volunteers involved in the projects I am sure Sanskrit is going to make good progress. Inviting your comments on the talk page. Regards, Shiju Alex ___ Wikisa-l mailing list wikis...@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisa-l -- John Vandenberg ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikihi-l] Sharing insights and experiences from Indian language wikipedias - Hindi
Thanks Shiju for compiling all this information. I have read through all the replies from diffrent editors. Some editors have mentioned that there is no edit-war and multiple edit for a single article or collabaration for a single article. Unfortunately this has not been going on recently however in the past there were several articles where more than 3 people would contribute constantly to bring it to a featured article level. Of course there were edit-wars and that too in good sense. Some examples are 1. http://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80 2. http://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B0 3. http://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%BC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE Hope we can see the same days again. Regards, Gunjan On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 12:24 PM, Shiju Alex sh...@wikimedia.org wrote: Dear Indic Language Wikimedia Community members, As part of the Indic Languages initiative of India Programs http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_-_India_Programs/Indic_Languages , I have been having detailed discussions with a wide range of Indic language wikipedians for the past few weeks. Yesterday I shared the summary of discussions with few Assamese Wikipedians which helped us to understand the current situation of Assamese wikipedia. Thank you for the discussions and ideas that emerged on the mailing list and the talk page. Today I'm particularly excited to share a summary of the discussions I've been been having with *Hindi wikipedians*. It is available here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_-_India_Programs/Indic_Languages/Hindi/Discussions/2011 I will be honest and confess that I was not sure about the level of engagement I would have with Hindi wikipedians because the community is relatively quiet in public forums. I'm really pleased to report that I was very pleasantly surprised by the broad-based, insightful, and constructive communications. Hindi community might be silent but they are active and full of powerful ideas. We have seen wonderful Hindi wikipedians like Anirudh in WCI. Even though the current community strength of Hindi wikipedia might not be good cosidering the huge speaker base of Hindi, I am sure the situation will change soon. Even if you are not involved in Hindi projects, I invite you to read this report because the points raised are applicable to all Indic languages. Personally, as someone who has been passionate about Indic languages for many years now, I found the discussions very educative and informative and thought-provoking. I have learnt a lot from these discussions and I hope you find them as useful as I have. I want to thank Hindi community for their time and their fantastic inputs. Remember most of the issues the Hindi editors raised are applicable not only to Hindi but for all the Indic languages. So it is important that other Indic language communities take lessons from it while building the community. As mentioned before, I've edited the discussions to protect confidentiality as well as to remove any specific personal comments. Inviting your active participation in these discussions (either on talk page or in the mailing lists). Warm Regards, Shiju Alex ___ Wikihi-l mailing list wikih...@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikihi-l -- Gunjan No trees were harmed in the generation of this email. However, several trillion electrons were brutally inconvenienced ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Thank you from the Wikimedia Foundation
I just made my annual donation today, and I must say this is one of the warmest, smartest and most endearing thank-you letters I've ever received. (I wanted to give by clicking on the Brandon banner - to encourage him to grow his hair - but I missed it!) I'm also glad that the WMF is going the rupee route - it makes the fundraiser more understandable to us here. And the localisation is pretty detailed, so if for instance you happen to be viewing Portuguese Wikipedia in India, the fundraising banner displays the same local donation message (in rupees) but in the Portuguese language. Quite impressive :) Cheers, Achal Original Message Subject:Thank you from the Wikimedia Foundation Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2011 05:56:37 + From: Sue Gardner don...@wikimedia.org Reply-To: Sue Gardner don...@wikimedia.org To: Achal Prabhala aprabh...@gmail.com Dear Achal, You are amazing, thank you so much for donating to the Wikimedia Foundation! This is how we pay our bills -- it's people like you, giving five dollars, twenty dollars, a hundred dollars. My favourite donation last year was five pounds from a little girl in England, who had persuaded her parents to let her donate her allowance. It's people like you, joining with that girl, who make it possible for Wikipedia to continue providing free, easy access to unbiased information, for everyone around the world. For everyone who helps pay for it, and for those who can't afford to help. Thank you so much. I know it's easy to ignore our appeals, and I'm glad that you didn't. From me, and from the tens of thousands of volunteers who write Wikipedia: thank you for helping us make the world a better place. We will use your money carefully, and I thank you for your trust in us. Thanks, *Sue Gardner* Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director For your records: Your donation on 2011-11-27 was INR X. This letter may serve as a record of your donation. No goods or services were provided, in whole or in part, for this contribution. The Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit charitable corporation with 501(c)(3) tax exempt status in the United States. Our address is 149 New Montgomery, 3rd Floor, San Francisco, CA, 94105. U.S. tax-exempt number: 20-0049703 /Opt out option:/ We'd like to keep you as a donor informed of our community activities and fundraisers. If you prefer however not to receive such emails from us, please click below and we'll take you off the list: Opt out https://civicrm.wikimedia.org/thank_you/unsubscribe?c=1683663h=495d5ee2b9e59c7eea489b6d5973dee586ebbb35 ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
