[Wikimediaindia-l] Telugu e-zine special issue on Wiki Conference 2011 released

2011-12-08 Thread Arjuna Rao Chavala 
Please check for Telugu e-zine Tewiki Vartha speciall issue on Wiki
Conference 2011

http://te.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0
%BF%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%A1%E0%B0%BF%E0
%B0%AF%E0%B0%BE%3A%E0%B0%A4%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0
%95%E0%B1%80_%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%A4&oldid=625497
Cheers
Arjuna Rao Chavala
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] SocialShare Gadget on Tamil Wikipedia

2011-12-08 Thread Srikanth Lakshmanan 
On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 04:01, Arjuna Rao Chavala wrote:

>
> Nice idea. Other indic wikipedias could leverage the same.
>

There is one thing that is required for other wikipedias to use the same.
ShortURL[1] is required for sharing on twitter. The development is
done(Thanks Yuvi!) and its sitting for review. I know there is a
significant interest for getting the extension deployed among Indic wikis,
but this bug is sitting there for quite a long time. I have poked the bug
enough number of times, please feel to comment spam the bug[2] for it to
get some attention and/or add a vote. The bug is on its way to  6th
birthday and lets hope it gets closed soon.

[1] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ShortUrl
[2] bugzilla.wikimedia.org/1450

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] SocialShare Gadget on Tamil Wikipedia

2011-12-08 Thread Naveen Francis 
Hi

On the same note... we are having 24 admins handling Wikimedia India
Facebook page.
We are updating with stats,news,discussions etc...

Is there anyone in the list who has started editing bcoz of  that  ?

--
naveenpf
On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 10:07 AM, Srikanth Lakshmanan wrote:

>
>
> On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 04:05, Arjuna Rao Chavala wrote:
>
>>
>> I saw this used on  Wiki Conference India page 
>> earlier  If there 
>> is some easier analysis of the number of view of the
>> conference, pre and post the introduction of sharing buttons, it may give
>> idea the usefulness of the idea. Probably this could apply to Tamil contest.
>>
>
> As such numerical analysis on the usage of social media is not black and
> white. For WikiConference, Tamil Contest and others we do all kind of PR,
> so we cannot bucket the page views, but social media does play a key role.
>
> On a slightly related note(unrelated to social media, but related to
> numbers) of campaign tracking, am looking to gather numbers for the
> SiteNotice campaign atleast and have talked to Howie Fung during the
> Hackathon for some improvements in SiteNotice mechanisms taking inputs from
> Fundraising team. I hope we will work on it sooner. For people who are not
> aware, extensive analysis goes behind the fundraising and they gather
> numbers on many things(from clicks to actual payments) to see which
> campaigns are effective and use them.
>
> --
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> Srikanth.L
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] SocialShare Gadget on Tamil Wikipedia

2011-12-08 Thread Srikanth Lakshmanan 
On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 04:05, Arjuna Rao Chavala wrote:

>
> I saw this used on  Wiki Conference India page 
> earlier  If there 
> is some easier analysis of the number of view of the
> conference, pre and post the introduction of sharing buttons, it may give
> idea the usefulness of the idea. Probably this could apply to Tamil contest.
>

As such numerical analysis on the usage of social media is not black and
white. For WikiConference, Tamil Contest and others we do all kind of PR,
so we cannot bucket the page views, but social media does play a key role.

On a slightly related note(unrelated to social media, but related to
numbers) of campaign tracking, am looking to gather numbers for the
SiteNotice campaign atleast and have talked to Howie Fung during the
Hackathon for some improvements in SiteNotice mechanisms taking inputs from
Fundraising team. I hope we will work on it sooner. For people who are not
aware, extensive analysis goes behind the fundraising and they gather
numbers on many things(from clicks to actual payments) to see which
campaigns are effective and use them.

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[Wikimediaindia-l] WikiAcademy @ P S R Rengasamy college of engineering for women, 2011

2011-12-08 Thread Naveen Francis 
Hi all,

We are looking for experienced Wikipedians from places preferably near to
Sivakasi for conducting Wiki Academy at P S R Rengasamy college of
engineering for women, 2011

on Dec 26, 2011 Monday.

Necessary travel (by bus/train) expense  will be reimbursed by Chapter.

General  information on Wiki Academy is available @

http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Wiki_Academy
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Behind_a_WikiAcademy

Please contact at ash...@wikimedia.in for more info.

Thanks,
naveenpf
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] SocialShare Gadget on Tamil Wikipedia

2011-12-08 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan 
Good one Srikanth. This is exactly what we need now. Publicity.

On 09/12/2011, Naveen Francis  wrote:
> User:ManojK had that in
>
> http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Wiki_Academy/National_Institute_of_Technology,_Calicut_2011page
> too ..
> I think it should practice now .
>
> Thanks,
> naveenpf
>
> On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 4:05 AM, Arjuna Rao Chavala
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 2:27 AM, Srikanth Lakshmanan
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 02:13, Steven Walling
>>> wrote:

 Very cool. :)

>>> Thank you!
>>>
>>>
 Is there going to be any way to measure how often this happens, and for
 what pages? Other communities have spent many hours discussing this
 (including English Wikipedia) with little success. Data on how social
 sharing leads to greater readership, enthusiasm for Wikipedia, and even
 possibly editing would be fantastic to have.

>>>
>>> For us any number is good :) Having said that, I have subscribed to the
>>> hashtag on twitter, so can get some numbers in sometime, not sure about
>>> checking facebook. Absolutely no way to get a count of emails :D. We need
>>> more readership, so we knock all the doors without worrying much on
>>> effect,
>>> but most of the efforts we take(Contests, Featured Wikimedians,
>>> Sitenotice
>>> campaigns) give us good results for our scale.(IMO except physical
>>> outreach
>>> which gives the least RoI). We are also planning to start a full fledged
>>> facebook page soon(may be post the media contest) to leverage facebook
>>> more
>>> to showcase DYK, ITN, FA, FPX and hope to get more visitors,editors.
>>>
>>> On English community's debate, its in a very different galaxy, am not
>>> even sure if we are in same universe(on numbers etc), So things differ.
>>>
>>
>> I saw this used on  Wiki Conference India page
>> earlier  If
>> there is some easier analysis of the number of view of the
>> conference, pre and post the introduction of sharing buttons, it may give
>> idea the usefulness of the idea. Probably this could apply to Tamil
>> contest.
>>
>>
>> Cheers
>> Arjuna Rao Chavala
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Wikipedia Coimbatore Meetup on December 10th.
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Coimbatore

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[Wikimediaindia-l] Regarding WikiAcademy @ Jaya Engineering College

2011-12-08 Thread Subhashish Panigrahi 
Hi All,

Wikimedia India chapter is organizing a Wiki
Academyin
FOSS
Centre, *Jaya Engineering College*,
Thiruninravur.
The schedule as follows:

   1. Introduction of chief guest by Subhashish. (5 mins)
   2. Formal inauguration of the first Wiki Academy in Jaya Engg. College
   (10-15 mins)
   3. Introductory talk by Hisham Mundol,
   Consultant, India Programs, Wikimedia Foundation - Brief introduction
   about : Wikipedia and other Wikimedia foundation initiatives (10-15
   mins) (Through Skype)
   4. Session about "How to edit Wikipedia" (40 mins)
   5. QA session (30 mins)
   6. Closing talk & way forward by Nitika
Tandon (Consultant,
   Participation at Wikimedia Foundation) & Hisham
Mundol,
   Consultant, India Programs, Wikimedia Foundation. (Through Skype)

Looking forward to seeing you to take this mission forward with a hope for
more sessions.
Good day!

*
regards
*
*
Subha
Wikimedia India Chapter 
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] SocialShare Gadget on Tamil Wikipedia

2011-12-08 Thread Naveen Francis 
User:ManojK had that in

http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Wiki_Academy/National_Institute_of_Technology,_Calicut_2011page
too ..
I think it should practice now .

Thanks,
naveenpf

On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 4:05 AM, Arjuna Rao Chavala wrote:

>
>
> On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 2:27 AM, Srikanth Lakshmanan wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 02:13, Steven Walling wrote:
>>>
>>> Very cool. :)
>>>
>> Thank you!
>>
>>
>>> Is there going to be any way to measure how often this happens, and for
>>> what pages? Other communities have spent many hours discussing this
>>> (including English Wikipedia) with little success. Data on how social
>>> sharing leads to greater readership, enthusiasm for Wikipedia, and even
>>> possibly editing would be fantastic to have.
>>>
>>
>> For us any number is good :) Having said that, I have subscribed to the
>> hashtag on twitter, so can get some numbers in sometime, not sure about
>> checking facebook. Absolutely no way to get a count of emails :D. We need
>> more readership, so we knock all the doors without worrying much on effect,
>> but most of the efforts we take(Contests, Featured Wikimedians, Sitenotice
>> campaigns) give us good results for our scale.(IMO except physical outreach
>> which gives the least RoI). We are also planning to start a full fledged
>> facebook page soon(may be post the media contest) to leverage facebook more
>> to showcase DYK, ITN, FA, FPX and hope to get more visitors,editors.
>>
>> On English community's debate, its in a very different galaxy, am not
>> even sure if we are in same universe(on numbers etc), So things differ.
>>
>
> I saw this used on  Wiki Conference India page 
> earlier  If there 
> is some easier analysis of the number of view of the
> conference, pre and post the introduction of sharing buttons, it may give
> idea the usefulness of the idea. Probably this could apply to Tamil contest.
>
>
> Cheers
> Arjuna Rao Chavala
>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] SocialShare Gadget on Tamil Wikipedia

2011-12-08 Thread Arjuna Rao Chavala 
On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 2:27 AM, Srikanth Lakshmanan wrote:

> On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 02:13, Steven Walling wrote:
>>
>> Very cool. :)
>>
> Thank you!
>
>
>> Is there going to be any way to measure how often this happens, and for
>> what pages? Other communities have spent many hours discussing this
>> (including English Wikipedia) with little success. Data on how social
>> sharing leads to greater readership, enthusiasm for Wikipedia, and even
>> possibly editing would be fantastic to have.
>>
>
> For us any number is good :) Having said that, I have subscribed to the
> hashtag on twitter, so can get some numbers in sometime, not sure about
> checking facebook. Absolutely no way to get a count of emails :D. We need
> more readership, so we knock all the doors without worrying much on effect,
> but most of the efforts we take(Contests, Featured Wikimedians, Sitenotice
> campaigns) give us good results for our scale.(IMO except physical outreach
> which gives the least RoI). We are also planning to start a full fledged
> facebook page soon(may be post the media contest) to leverage facebook more
> to showcase DYK, ITN, FA, FPX and hope to get more visitors,editors.
>
> On English community's debate, its in a very different galaxy, am not even
> sure if we are in same universe(on numbers etc), So things differ.
>

I saw this used on  Wiki Conference India page
earlier  If
there is some easier analysis of the number of view of the
conference, pre and post the introduction of sharing buttons, it may give
idea the usefulness of the idea. Probably this could apply to Tamil contest.


Cheers
Arjuna Rao Chavala
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] SocialShare Gadget on Tamil Wikipedia

2011-12-08 Thread Arjuna Rao Chavala 
On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 2:03 AM, Srikanth Lakshmanan wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Just as we started the Tamil Wiki Media Contest[1], we have realized the
> power of social media[2] and virality. In an attempt to increase page views
> even by single digits and having more visibility for content pages, I was
> looking around and found the share gadget on Hebrew wikipedia and have
> adapted the gadget code[3] to Tamil[4]. Since Indic wikipedias need more
> people to read the articles, this might be useful gadget you might want to
> your Indic wikiprojects. Should you need any help to get this on your wiki,
> please ping me off-list.
>
> Thanks Hebrew community for the code & Bala/Surya for helping out.
>
> Okay, next time you read a good article on Tamil Wikipedia, just share
> with your friends :)
>
> [1] http://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contest
> [2] http://www.facebook.com/tawmc
> [3] http://tawp.in/r/2v3x
> [4] http://tawp.in/r/2v42
>
>
Nice idea. Other indic wikipedias could leverage the same.

Thanks
Arjun
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] SocialShare Gadget on Tamil Wikipedia

2011-12-08 Thread Srikanth Lakshmanan 
On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 02:13, Steven Walling  wrote:
>
> Very cool. :)
>
Thank you!


> Is there going to be any way to measure how often this happens, and for
> what pages? Other communities have spent many hours discussing this
> (including English Wikipedia) with little success. Data on how social
> sharing leads to greater readership, enthusiasm for Wikipedia, and even
> possibly editing would be fantastic to have.
>

For us any number is good :) Having said that, I have subscribed to the
hashtag on twitter, so can get some numbers in sometime, not sure about
checking facebook. Absolutely no way to get a count of emails :D. We need
more readership, so we knock all the doors without worrying much on effect,
but most of the efforts we take(Contests, Featured Wikimedians, Sitenotice
campaigns) give us good results for our scale.(IMO except physical outreach
which gives the least RoI). We are also planning to start a full fledged
facebook page soon(may be post the media contest) to leverage facebook more
to showcase DYK, ITN, FA, FPX and hope to get more visitors,editors.

On English community's debate, its in a very different galaxy, am not even
sure if we are in same universe(on numbers etc), So things differ.

-- 
Regards
Srikanth.L
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] SocialShare Gadget on Tamil Wikipedia

2011-12-08 Thread Steven Walling 
On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 12:33 PM, Srikanth Lakshmanan wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Just as we started the Tamil Wiki Media Contest[1], we have realized the
> power of social media[2] and virality. In an attempt to increase page views
> even by single digits and having more visibility for content pages, I was
> looking around and found the share gadget on Hebrew wikipedia and have
> adapted the gadget code[3] to Tamil[4]. Since Indic wikipedias need more
> people to read the articles, this might be useful gadget you might want to
> your Indic wikiprojects. Should you need any help to get this on your wiki,
> please ping me off-list.
>
> Thanks Hebrew community for the code & Bala/Surya for helping out.
>
> Okay, next time you read a good article on Tamil Wikipedia, just share
> with your friends :)
>
> [1] http://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contest
> [2] http://www.facebook.com/tawmc
> [3] http://tawp.in/r/2v3x
> [4] http://tawp.in/r/2v42
>
> --
> Regards
> Srikanth.L
>

Very cool. :)

Is there going to be any way to measure how often this happens, and for
what pages? Other communities have spent many hours discussing this
(including English Wikipedia) with little success. Data on how social
sharing leads to greater readership, enthusiasm for Wikipedia, and even
possibly editing would be fantastic to have.

Steven Walling
Community Organizer at Wikimedia Foundation
wikimediafoundation.org
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[Wikimediaindia-l] SocialShare Gadget on Tamil Wikipedia

2011-12-08 Thread Srikanth Lakshmanan 
Hi all,

Just as we started the Tamil Wiki Media Contest[1], we have realized the
power of social media[2] and virality. In an attempt to increase page views
even by single digits and having more visibility for content pages, I was
looking around and found the share gadget on Hebrew wikipedia and have
adapted the gadget code[3] to Tamil[4]. Since Indic wikipedias need more
people to read the articles, this might be useful gadget you might want to
your Indic wikiprojects. Should you need any help to get this on your wiki,
please ping me off-list.

Thanks Hebrew community for the code & Bala/Surya for helping out.

Okay, next time you read a good article on Tamil Wikipedia, just share with
your friends :)

[1] http://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contest
[2] http://www.facebook.com/tawmc
[3] http://tawp.in/r/2v3x
[4] http://tawp.in/r/2v42

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[Wikimediaindia-l] Sharing insights and experiences from Indian language wiki communities - Marathi

2011-12-08 Thread Shiju Alex 
Dear All,

As part of my discussions with Indic language Wikipedians I spoke with few
Marathi wikimedians (Abhay, Mahitgar, and Mandar) also. All of them are
highly experinced wikimedians. They their editing experiences, their vision
about ml wiki projects, and other related topics. I have summarized the
discussions in meta wiki.
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_-_India_Programs/Indic_Languages/Marathi/Discussions/2011


For the past few years I got the opportunity to interact and with
highly experienced wikimedians of Marathi wikipedia like Abhay, Mahitgar,
and Sankalp. The ideas they had shared about Indic wikis had defintely
helped when Indic wikipedians came together for some of the common
projects.

The focus that Marathi wikipedians given to mediawiki translation at
Translate wiki had inspired many other Indic language wikipedians. Many of
them contributed to the interface translation of Hindi and Sanskrit wikis
also.

Right now Marathi wikipedia has close to 35,000 articles, and about 40
active editors.

During and beyond WikiConference, it has been really inspiring to see the
increase in the activity levels across many communities in the country.  In
particular, Marathi community have been exploring opportunities and
formulating plans to drive community growth and project quality.
 WikiConference gave a big boost to the Marathi community because of the
increased profile of the projects, especially the press.  To illustrate,
between September and October 2011, the number of active editors increased
from 31 to 40.  It will be really important to keep us this momentum and to
translate this into sustained community building for a small but vibrant
community.

Community is working very hard to make Wikisource a reality for Marathi.
Hope that will happen soon.

I am personally very optimistic that Marathi is at an inflection point -
and this the right time to make concerted efforts at community building to
realize this opportunity.

Kindly read the experience of Marathi Wikimedians at:

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_-_India_Programs/Indic_Languages/Marathi/Discussions/2011

Regards

Shiju
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Meetup at Salem - Dec 11

2011-12-08 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan 
This is great news. Coimbatore on Saturday and Salem on Sunday! I do
hope that the attendees of Kovai and Salem are able to attend both the
meetups. While I'll be leading Kovai, I won't be able to make it on
Sunday. All the very best guys.

On 08/12/2011, Subhashish Panigrahi  wrote:
> Wow! 3 academies/meetups in Tamilnadu this weekend, seem like Tamilnadu is
> following the leading track of Malayalam as a good neighbour. All the best
> for a successful event and all the Tamil Wikipedians.
>
> regards
> Subha
>
> On 8 December 2011 21:07, Srikanth Lakshmanan  wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> A Wikipedia meet is being organized in Salem this Sunday. Agenda would
>> primarily be discussion about Tamil Wikipedia and Wiktionary and a photo
>> walk post meetup to click pics for Media contest[1]. Meetup page[2]. If
>> you
>> are interested(& dont follow Tamil) and need more details to attend,
>> please
>> contact Sodabottle / SuryaPrakash who are in cc of this mail.
>>
>> [1] http://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contest/en
>> [2] http://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:SALEM1
>>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Meetup at Salem - Dec 11

2011-12-08 Thread Subhashish Panigrahi 
Wow! 3 academies/meetups in Tamilnadu this weekend, seem like Tamilnadu is
following the leading track of Malayalam as a good neighbour. All the best
for a successful event and all the Tamil Wikipedians.

regards
Subha

On 8 December 2011 21:07, Srikanth Lakshmanan  wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> A Wikipedia meet is being organized in Salem this Sunday. Agenda would
> primarily be discussion about Tamil Wikipedia and Wiktionary and a photo
> walk post meetup to click pics for Media contest[1]. Meetup page[2]. If you
> are interested(& dont follow Tamil) and need more details to attend, please
> contact Sodabottle / SuryaPrakash who are in cc of this mail.
>
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Meetup at Salem - Dec 11

2011-12-08 Thread Srikanth Lakshmanan 
Hi All,

A Wikipedia meet is being organized in Salem this Sunday. Agenda would
primarily be discussion about Tamil Wikipedia and Wiktionary and a photo
walk post meetup to click pics for Media contest[1]. Meetup page[2]. If you
are interested(& dont follow Tamil) and need more details to attend, please
contact Sodabottle / SuryaPrakash who are in cc of this mail.

[1] http://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contest/en
[2] http://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:SALEM1

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Internal-l] Community Fellowships open call

2011-12-08 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan 
Yes, thank you for the explanation. Meta and the foundation site don't
work to well with my phone browser.

On 08/12/2011, Surya Prakash  wrote:
> Thank you Beria for your short note. :)
>
>
> *$U®¥∩*
> http://goo.gl/RoMyo.com 
> http://about.me/suryaceg
>
>
>
> On 8 December 2011 18:42, Béria Lima  wrote:
>
>> Well, is on the page: "*A fellowship is a temporary position at the
>> Wikimedia Foundation in order to work on a specific project or set of
>> projects. Fellowships can be awarded for periods as short as 2 months and
>> as long as 12 months. Duration is determined by the scope of the fellow's
>> project.*"
>>
>> Being a "Community" Fellow means that your project falls into the
>> Community Department of WMF.
>>
>> In a nutshell: If anyone wants to apply for, they need a project to help
>> the community (not necessary to be the Global one) until 15 Jan and this
>> project need to be approved by WMF.
>> _
>> *Béria Lima*
>>  (351) 925 171 484
>>
>>
>> *Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter
>> livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. Ajude-nos a
>> construir esse sonho. *
>>
>>
>> On 8 December 2011 12:10, Srikanth Ramakrishnan
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I don't understand. What are community fellowships for?
>>>
>>> On 08/12/2011, Béria Lima  wrote:
>>> > Sent to Foundation-L, might be useful for someone here.
>>> > _
>>> > *Béria Lima*
>>> > Wikimedia Portugal 
>>> > (351) 963 953 042
>>> >
>>> > *Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter
>>> > livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. Ajude-nos a
>>> > construir esse sonho. *
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On 7 December 2011 20:45, Siko Bouterse 
>>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> Dear colleagues,
>>> >>
>>> >> WMF is now seeking fellowship applicants and project ideas for the
>>> >> Community
>>> >> Fellowships Program
>>> >> .
>>> >> Community members from all Wikimedia projects and all languages are
>>> >> strongly encouraged to apply by the deadline of January 15th 2012!
>>>  Could
>>> >> you please help spread the word by sharing this open call in your
>>> >> communities?
>>> >>
>>> >> Wikimedia Community Fellows are spearheading community projects,
>>> >> undertaking research, and piloting new models for engagement to help
>>> scale
>>> >> and increase sustainability of volunteer work in the Wikimedia
>>> movement.
>>> >> The Foundation provides intensive, time-limited financial and
>>> logistical
>>> >> support for fellows to focus on projects of strategic importance.
>>> >> Submissions for Spring 2012 are encouraged to focus on the theme of
>>> >> improving editor retention and increasing participation in Wikimedia
>>> >> Projects.
>>> >>
>>> >> If you'd like to work with WMF on projects to boost participation and
>>> >> retention, or know someone who should be recommended for a fellowship,
>>> or
>>> >> if you've got ideas for a fellowship project WMF could support, we'd
>>> like
>>> >> to hear from you!  Please visit
>>> >> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Fellowships, or contact Siko
>>> >> Bouterse at sboute...@wikimedia.org for more information.
>>> >>
>>> >> (Note: I'll be circulating on other lists as well, including some
>>> chapter
>>> >> mailing lists, in hopes of reaching a broad range of applicants -
>>> >> apologies
>>> >> in advance for cross-posting!)
>>> >>
>>> >> Best regards,
>>> >>
>>> >> --
>>> >> Siko Bouterse
>>> >> Head of Community Fellowships
>>> >> Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
>>> >>
>>> >> sboute...@wikimedia.org
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
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>>> >>
>>> >
>>>
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>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Srikanth Ramakrishnan.
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>>> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Coimbatore
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Internal-l] Community Fellowships open call

2011-12-08 Thread Surya Prakash 
Thank you Beria for your short note. :)


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On 8 December 2011 18:42, Béria Lima  wrote:

> Well, is on the page: "*A fellowship is a temporary position at the
> Wikimedia Foundation in order to work on a specific project or set of
> projects. Fellowships can be awarded for periods as short as 2 months and
> as long as 12 months. Duration is determined by the scope of the fellow's
> project.*"
>
> Being a "Community" Fellow means that your project falls into the
> Community Department of WMF.
>
> In a nutshell: If anyone wants to apply for, they need a project to help
> the community (not necessary to be the Global one) until 15 Jan and this
> project need to be approved by WMF.
> _
> *Béria Lima*
>  (351) 925 171 484
>
>
> *Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter
> livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. Ajude-nos a
> construir esse sonho. *
>
>
> On 8 December 2011 12:10, Srikanth Ramakrishnan 
> wrote:
>
>> I don't understand. What are community fellowships for?
>>
>> On 08/12/2011, Béria Lima  wrote:
>> > Sent to Foundation-L, might be useful for someone here.
>> > _
>> > *Béria Lima*
>> > Wikimedia Portugal 
>> > (351) 963 953 042
>> >
>> > *Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter
>> > livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. Ajude-nos a
>> > construir esse sonho. *
>> >
>> >
>> > On 7 December 2011 20:45, Siko Bouterse 
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Dear colleagues,
>> >>
>> >> WMF is now seeking fellowship applicants and project ideas for the
>> >> Community
>> >> Fellowships Program
>> >> .
>> >> Community members from all Wikimedia projects and all languages are
>> >> strongly encouraged to apply by the deadline of January 15th 2012!
>>  Could
>> >> you please help spread the word by sharing this open call in your
>> >> communities?
>> >>
>> >> Wikimedia Community Fellows are spearheading community projects,
>> >> undertaking research, and piloting new models for engagement to help
>> scale
>> >> and increase sustainability of volunteer work in the Wikimedia
>> movement.
>> >> The Foundation provides intensive, time-limited financial and
>> logistical
>> >> support for fellows to focus on projects of strategic importance.
>> >> Submissions for Spring 2012 are encouraged to focus on the theme of
>> >> improving editor retention and increasing participation in Wikimedia
>> >> Projects.
>> >>
>> >> If you'd like to work with WMF on projects to boost participation and
>> >> retention, or know someone who should be recommended for a fellowship,
>> or
>> >> if you've got ideas for a fellowship project WMF could support, we'd
>> like
>> >> to hear from you!  Please visit
>> >> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Fellowships, or contact Siko
>> >> Bouterse at sboute...@wikimedia.org for more information.
>> >>
>> >> (Note: I'll be circulating on other lists as well, including some
>> chapter
>> >> mailing lists, in hopes of reaching a broad range of applicants -
>> >> apologies
>> >> in advance for cross-posting!)
>> >>
>> >> Best regards,
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Siko Bouterse
>> >> Head of Community Fellowships
>> >> Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
>> >>
>> >> sboute...@wikimedia.org
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> ___
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>> >> interna...@lists.wikimedia.org
>> >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/internal-l
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>>
>> --
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>>
>> Regards,
>> Srikanth Ramakrishnan.
>> Wikipedia Coimbatore Meetup on December 10th.
>> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Coimbatore
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Internal-l] Community Fellowships open call

2011-12-08 Thread Béria Lima 
Well, is on the page: "*A fellowship is a temporary position at the
Wikimedia Foundation in order to work on a specific project or set of
projects. Fellowships can be awarded for periods as short as 2 months and
as long as 12 months. Duration is determined by the scope of the fellow's
project.*"

Being a "Community" Fellow means that your project falls into the Community
Department of WMF.

In a nutshell: If anyone wants to apply for, they need a project to help
the community (not necessary to be the Global one) until 15 Jan and this
project need to be approved by WMF.
_
*Béria Lima*
(351) 925 171 484

*Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter
livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. Ajude-nos a
construir esse sonho. *


On 8 December 2011 12:10, Srikanth Ramakrishnan wrote:

> I don't understand. What are community fellowships for?
>
> On 08/12/2011, Béria Lima  wrote:
> > Sent to Foundation-L, might be useful for someone here.
> > _
> > *Béria Lima*
> > Wikimedia Portugal 
> > (351) 963 953 042
> >
> > *Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter
> > livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. Ajude-nos a
> > construir esse sonho. *
> >
> >
> > On 7 December 2011 20:45, Siko Bouterse  wrote:
> >
> >> Dear colleagues,
> >>
> >> WMF is now seeking fellowship applicants and project ideas for the
> >> Community
> >> Fellowships Program
> >> .
> >> Community members from all Wikimedia projects and all languages are
> >> strongly encouraged to apply by the deadline of January 15th 2012!
>  Could
> >> you please help spread the word by sharing this open call in your
> >> communities?
> >>
> >> Wikimedia Community Fellows are spearheading community projects,
> >> undertaking research, and piloting new models for engagement to help
> scale
> >> and increase sustainability of volunteer work in the Wikimedia movement.
> >> The Foundation provides intensive, time-limited financial and logistical
> >> support for fellows to focus on projects of strategic importance.
> >> Submissions for Spring 2012 are encouraged to focus on the theme of
> >> improving editor retention and increasing participation in Wikimedia
> >> Projects.
> >>
> >> If you'd like to work with WMF on projects to boost participation and
> >> retention, or know someone who should be recommended for a fellowship,
> or
> >> if you've got ideas for a fellowship project WMF could support, we'd
> like
> >> to hear from you!  Please visit
> >> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Fellowships, or contact Siko
> >> Bouterse at sboute...@wikimedia.org for more information.
> >>
> >> (Note: I'll be circulating on other lists as well, including some
> chapter
> >> mailing lists, in hopes of reaching a broad range of applicants -
> >> apologies
> >> in advance for cross-posting!)
> >>
> >> Best regards,
> >>
> >> --
> >> Siko Bouterse
> >> Head of Community Fellowships
> >> Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
> >>
> >> sboute...@wikimedia.org
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> >> interna...@lists.wikimedia.org
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> >>
> >
>
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>
> Regards,
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] FW: [Foundation-l] WP being edited by lobbying firm

2011-12-08 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan 
A follow up was published by the Independent after Jimmy Wales reacted
to the matter ...
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/the-dark-arts-Wikipedia-founder-attacks-bell-pottinger-6273836.html

On 07/12/2011, Srikanth Ramakrishnan  wrote:
> High time people realised that Marketing and Wikimedia don't go together.
>
> On 06/12/2011, wheredevelsd...@hotmail.com 
> wrote:
>>
>> I believe Srikanth R mentioned this a few days ago on the India list.
>>
>>> From: bodnot...@gmail.com
>>> Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2011 10:14:26 +
>>> To: foundatio...@lists.wikimedia.org
>>> Subject: [Foundation-l] WP being edited by lobbying firm
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Hardly surprising or new, but something we need to be aware of:
>>> Wikipedia is being edited by a large lobbying company, Bell Pottinger.
>>> It removes negative coverage of its clients:
>>>
>>> http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/caught-on-camera-top-lobbyists-boasting-how-they-influence-the-pm-6272760.html
>>>
>>> Bodnotbod
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>
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>
> Regards,
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> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Coimbatore
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Re: [Foundation-l] Indian Minister Kapil Sibal wants to censor social media

2011-12-08 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan 
Interesting to note that the article mentions Sunil and Pranesh of the
Centre for Internet and Society ...

On 08/12/2011, Achal Prabhala  wrote:
> A useful update on the situation:
>
> http://blogs.outlookindia.com/default.aspx?ddm=10&pid=2665
>
>
> On Wednesday 07 December 2011 10:36 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan wrote:
>> Vickram, while I agree with you my point was something else. What I
>> meant to say was that if you add a source, you make your point, you're
>> being neutral, and thus what you're doing is factually correct.
>>
>> On 07/12/2011, Vickram Crishna  wrote:
>>> Exactly my point. I suspect that the addition of a line referring to the
>>> current controversy, where the hashtag #IdiotKapilSibal has been
>>> trending,
>>> and to quote some of the numbers over time during this crisis, would not
>>> be
>>> out of place.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 5:29 PM, CherianTinu Abraham
>>> wrote:
>>>
 Adding "Kapil Sibal is an idiot" on the Wikipedia article is vandalism

 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kapil_Sibal&action=historysubmit&diff=464355055&oldid=464353638


 Addling "verifiable facts" is acceptable ( including controversies and
 criticism"

 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kapil_Sibal&action=historysubmit&diff=464367647&oldid=464366606


 Hope I clarified the difference.

 Regards
 Tinu Cherian

 P.S. On a lighter note, Please feel to add "Kapil Sibal is an idiot" ,
 if
 you can provide/prove that with "Verifiable references" from "Reliable
 Sources" :)




 On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 5:20 PM, Vickram Crishna
 wrote:

> Oh, the mention of 'idiot' on that page is vandalism (no, I haven't
> done
> it - yet)? I thought we had a very interesting discussion about current
> affairs at WikiConf where there seemed to be a consensus that
> presenting
> every side of the picture is important.
>
> Is reporting the fact that major websites like Kafila.org and literally
> hundreds or thousands of Twitter users are tweeting the hashtag
> #IdiotKapilSibal wrong, in that case?
>
>   On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 5:05 PM, CherianTinu Abraham<
> tinucher...@gmail.com>  wrote:
>
>> On a related note, this has appeared on *The Economic Times* :
>>
>> " Five reasons why India can't censor the Internet"
>>
>> http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/five-reasons-why-india-cant-censor-the-internet/articleshow/11018330.cms
>>
>>
>> "*Yes, Internet content has the permanence and public-impact potential
>> that a phone call does not, but equally, it lends itself brilliantly
>> to
>> self-regulation. *
>> *
>> *
>> *3. Peer review works: Wikipedia is the best example. Who could have
>> imagined that a user-created encyclopedia could be so objective, and
>> comprehensive? Yes, anyone can go in and edit anything (barring
>> entries
>> like "Kapil Sibal", which have been locked due to vandalism!). *
>> *
>> *
>> *If you make an inappropriate change, someone will come in and correct
>> it.* "
>>
>>
>> Regards
>> Tinu Cherian
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 4:04 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan<
>> parakara.gh...@gmail.com>  wrote:
>>
>>> This is basically restriction of freedom of expression and it will
>>> hurt Wikipedia much more than it hurts Twitter or Facebook.
>>>
>>> On 07/12/2011, Srikanth Lakshmanan  wrote:
 On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 12:06, Achal Prabhala
>>> wrote:
> fyi
>
>  Original Message 
> Subject:Re: [Foundation-l] Indian Minister Kapil Sibal
> Wants
>>> to
> Censor
> social
> Date:   Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:02:10 +0530
> From:   Achal Prabhala
> To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List<
> foundatio...@lists.wikimedia.org>
>
 I just want to write that there was a community member who seemed to
>>> be of
 the notion ImageFilter is the technical fix for what Kapil Sibal is
 proposing(without probably understanding / knowing much) and
>>> connecting the
 two distinct things. Yes Sibal showed some images as examples for
 his
 support, but what Sibal means is much more and prescreening of every
>>> byte
 of user generated content. Please tell that member that linking up 2
 different things is not a good idea. ImageFilter needs to be
>>> discussed with
 its own merits / demerits and this thing that Sibal proposes means
>>> much
 more than images.

 If at all the legislation comes and is being enforced, I think
>>> Wikimedia
 projects are better equipped *technically* than other social media
>>> sites
 cited to support the local laws(so that

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Internal-l] Community Fellowships open call

2011-12-08 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan 
I don't understand. What are community fellowships for?

On 08/12/2011, Béria Lima  wrote:
> Sent to Foundation-L, might be useful for someone here.
> _
> *Béria Lima*
> Wikimedia Portugal 
> (351) 963 953 042
>
> *Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter
> livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. Ajude-nos a
> construir esse sonho. *
>
>
> On 7 December 2011 20:45, Siko Bouterse  wrote:
>
>> Dear colleagues,
>>
>> WMF is now seeking fellowship applicants and project ideas for the
>> Community
>> Fellowships Program
>> .
>> Community members from all Wikimedia projects and all languages are
>> strongly encouraged to apply by the deadline of January 15th 2012!  Could
>> you please help spread the word by sharing this open call in your
>> communities?
>>
>> Wikimedia Community Fellows are spearheading community projects,
>> undertaking research, and piloting new models for engagement to help scale
>> and increase sustainability of volunteer work in the Wikimedia movement.
>> The Foundation provides intensive, time-limited financial and logistical
>> support for fellows to focus on projects of strategic importance.
>> Submissions for Spring 2012 are encouraged to focus on the theme of
>> improving editor retention and increasing participation in Wikimedia
>> Projects.
>>
>> If you'd like to work with WMF on projects to boost participation and
>> retention, or know someone who should be recommended for a fellowship, or
>> if you've got ideas for a fellowship project WMF could support, we'd like
>> to hear from you!  Please visit
>> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Fellowships, or contact Siko
>> Bouterse at sboute...@wikimedia.org for more information.
>>
>> (Note: I'll be circulating on other lists as well, including some chapter
>> mailing lists, in hopes of reaching a broad range of applicants -
>> apologies
>> in advance for cross-posting!)
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> --
>> Siko Bouterse
>> Head of Community Fellowships
>> Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
>>
>> sboute...@wikimedia.org
>>
>>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Re: [Foundation-l] Indian Minister Kapil Sibal wants to censor social media

2011-12-08 Thread Achal Prabhala 
A useful update on the situation:

http://blogs.outlookindia.com/default.aspx?ddm=10&pid=2665


On Wednesday 07 December 2011 10:36 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan wrote:
> Vickram, while I agree with you my point was something else. What I
> meant to say was that if you add a source, you make your point, you're
> being neutral, and thus what you're doing is factually correct.
>
> On 07/12/2011, Vickram Crishna  wrote:
>> Exactly my point. I suspect that the addition of a line referring to the
>> current controversy, where the hashtag #IdiotKapilSibal has been trending,
>> and to quote some of the numbers over time during this crisis, would not be
>> out of place.
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 5:29 PM, CherianTinu Abraham
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Adding "Kapil Sibal is an idiot" on the Wikipedia article is vandalism
>>>
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kapil_Sibal&action=historysubmit&diff=464355055&oldid=464353638
>>>
>>>
>>> Addling "verifiable facts" is acceptable ( including controversies and
>>> criticism"
>>>
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kapil_Sibal&action=historysubmit&diff=464367647&oldid=464366606
>>>
>>>
>>> Hope I clarified the difference.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Tinu Cherian
>>>
>>> P.S. On a lighter note, Please feel to add "Kapil Sibal is an idiot" , if
>>> you can provide/prove that with "Verifiable references" from "Reliable
>>> Sources" :)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 5:20 PM, Vickram Crishna
>>> wrote:
>>>
 Oh, the mention of 'idiot' on that page is vandalism (no, I haven't done
 it - yet)? I thought we had a very interesting discussion about current
 affairs at WikiConf where there seemed to be a consensus that presenting
 every side of the picture is important.

 Is reporting the fact that major websites like Kafila.org and literally
 hundreds or thousands of Twitter users are tweeting the hashtag
 #IdiotKapilSibal wrong, in that case?

   On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 5:05 PM, CherianTinu Abraham<
 tinucher...@gmail.com>  wrote:

> On a related note, this has appeared on *The Economic Times* :
>
> " Five reasons why India can't censor the Internet"
>
> http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/five-reasons-why-india-cant-censor-the-internet/articleshow/11018330.cms
>
>
> "*Yes, Internet content has the permanence and public-impact potential
> that a phone call does not, but equally, it lends itself brilliantly to
> self-regulation. *
> *
> *
> *3. Peer review works: Wikipedia is the best example. Who could have
> imagined that a user-created encyclopedia could be so objective, and
> comprehensive? Yes, anyone can go in and edit anything (barring entries
> like "Kapil Sibal", which have been locked due to vandalism!). *
> *
> *
> *If you make an inappropriate change, someone will come in and correct
> it.* "
>
>
> Regards
> Tinu Cherian
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 4:04 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan<
> parakara.gh...@gmail.com>  wrote:
>
>> This is basically restriction of freedom of expression and it will
>> hurt Wikipedia much more than it hurts Twitter or Facebook.
>>
>> On 07/12/2011, Srikanth Lakshmanan  wrote:
>>> On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 12:06, Achal Prabhala
>> wrote:
 fyi

  Original Message 
 Subject:Re: [Foundation-l] Indian Minister Kapil Sibal Wants
>> to
 Censor
 social
 Date:   Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:02:10 +0530
 From:   Achal Prabhala
 To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List<
 foundatio...@lists.wikimedia.org>

>>> I just want to write that there was a community member who seemed to
>> be of
>>> the notion ImageFilter is the technical fix for what Kapil Sibal is
>>> proposing(without probably understanding / knowing much) and
>> connecting the
>>> two distinct things. Yes Sibal showed some images as examples for his
>>> support, but what Sibal means is much more and prescreening of every
>> byte
>>> of user generated content. Please tell that member that linking up 2
>>> different things is not a good idea. ImageFilter needs to be
>> discussed with
>>> its own merits / demerits and this thing that Sibal proposes means
>> much
>>> more than images.
>>>
>>> If at all the legislation comes and is being enforced, I think
>> Wikimedia
>>> projects are better equipped *technically* than other social media
>> sites
>>> cited to support the local laws(so that we need not be banned if that
>> goes
>>> to that extreme) with a combination of ImageFilter / FlaggedRevisions
>> and
>>> some more customizations, but thats not where we would like to go.
>>> Community is already not so strong and needs support, there is so
>> much work
>>> to do in increasing conte

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Internal-l] Community Fellowships open call

2011-12-08 Thread Béria Lima 
Sent to Foundation-L, might be useful for someone here.
_
*Béria Lima*
Wikimedia Portugal 
(351) 963 953 042

*Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter
livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. Ajude-nos a
construir esse sonho. *


On 7 December 2011 20:45, Siko Bouterse  wrote:

> Dear colleagues,
>
> WMF is now seeking fellowship applicants and project ideas for the Community
> Fellowships Program .
> Community members from all Wikimedia projects and all languages are
> strongly encouraged to apply by the deadline of January 15th 2012!  Could
> you please help spread the word by sharing this open call in your
> communities?
>
> Wikimedia Community Fellows are spearheading community projects,
> undertaking research, and piloting new models for engagement to help scale
> and increase sustainability of volunteer work in the Wikimedia movement.
> The Foundation provides intensive, time-limited financial and logistical
> support for fellows to focus on projects of strategic importance.
> Submissions for Spring 2012 are encouraged to focus on the theme of
> improving editor retention and increasing participation in Wikimedia
> Projects.
>
> If you'd like to work with WMF on projects to boost participation and
> retention, or know someone who should be recommended for a fellowship, or
> if you've got ideas for a fellowship project WMF could support, we'd like
> to hear from you!  Please visit
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Fellowships, or contact Siko
> Bouterse at sboute...@wikimedia.org for more information.
>
> (Note: I'll be circulating on other lists as well, including some chapter
> mailing lists, in hopes of reaching a broad range of applicants - apologies
> in advance for cross-posting!)
>
> Best regards,
>
> --
> Siko Bouterse
> Head of Community Fellowships
> Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
>
> sboute...@wikimedia.org
>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikipedia-l] Creation of new language - Ahirani

2011-12-08 Thread വിശ്വപ്രഭ 
Very encouraging!

Whole support for you, Ahirani!

Welcome to the world of Indic Wikipedias, you little dear!

:)

-Viswam


On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 14:19, Gerard Meijssen wrote:

> Hoi,
> It would be cool when the request for the Ahirani language is completed.
> What is necessary is information of the "proposer" and people interested in
> working on this language.
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Ahirani
>
> In the mean time I have written a "Mingle story" asking for the support
> for the Ahirani language. The request is to have a configuration 
> *exactly*like Marathi for WebFonts and Narayam. It will likely take three 
> weeks
> before this is implemented on the Incubator. Before this we will have it
> implemented on translatewiki.net.
>
> When it has been implemented at twn, we want to get confirmation that it
> is as it needs to be. Having a "language support team" for Ahirani (and any
> other language) really helps.
> http://translatewiki.net/wiki/Language_support_team
> Thanks,
>   Gerard
>
>
> On 3 December 2011 06:38, deepak sapkale wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am Deepak Sapkale, 27 year old software engineer, currently working at
>> L & T Infotech. I had attended Wiki Conference India 2011 and was really
>> inspired to create new language which is spoken in my native town. The
>> language is called "Ahirani" . The script of Ahirani is "Devanagari" which
>> used for Hindi and Marathi languages.
>>
>> Please advise me, how can I proceed with this one.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Deepak Sapkale
>> contact no, home: +91-022-21717690
>> mobile no: +91-9920997888
>>
>> Home is behind
>> The world ahead.
>> And there are many paths to tread.
>> Through shadow,
>> To the edge of night
>> Until the stars are all alight
>> Mist and shadow
>> Cloud and shade
>> All shall fade
>> All shall...fade.
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikipedia-l] Creation of new language - Ahirani

2011-12-08 Thread Gerard Meijssen 
Hoi,
It would be cool when the request for the Ahirani language is completed.
What is necessary is information of the "proposer" and people interested in
working on this language.
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Ahirani

In the mean time I have written a "Mingle story" asking for the support for
the Ahirani language. The request is to have a configuration *exactly* like
Marathi for WebFonts and Narayam. It will likely take three weeks before
this is implemented on the Incubator. Before this we will have it
implemented on translatewiki.net.

When it has been implemented at twn, we want to get confirmation that it is
as it needs to be. Having a "language support team" for Ahirani (and any
other language) really helps.
http://translatewiki.net/wiki/Language_support_team
Thanks,
  Gerard

On 3 December 2011 06:38, deepak sapkale  wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> I am Deepak Sapkale, 27 year old software engineer, currently working at L
> & T Infotech. I had attended Wiki Conference India 2011 and was really
> inspired to create new language which is spoken in my native town. The
> language is called "Ahirani" . The script of Ahirani is "Devanagari" which
> used for Hindi and Marathi languages.
>
> Please advise me, how can I proceed with this one.
>
> Regards,
>
> Deepak Sapkale
> contact no, home: +91-022-21717690
> mobile no: +91-9920997888
>
> Home is behind
> The world ahead.
> And there are many paths to tread.
> Through shadow,
> To the edge of night
> Until the stars are all alight
> Mist and shadow
> Cloud and shade
> All shall fade
> All shall...fade.
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