Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Offline Opportunity: ~20k laptops to reach potentially 200k people: Need Help!

[Ashwin Baindur]

Hi Hisham,

Some work on this regard had begun from our side (self & Tinu) but the
process is turning out to slow & laborious. If any-one is to start working
on this he need not start from scratch but can use the beginning we made
here...


http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Projects:_Wikipedia_for_Schools/Indian_version


Warm regards,

Ashwin Baindur
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On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 12:33 AM, Jessie Wild  wrote:

> Yes - it would be great. Any further contacts on this, Arun?
>
> Based on this article, it sounds like they are keen to have educational
> content pre-downloaded onto the computer. We should definitely be bundled
> into this package.
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> On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 3:21 AM, Hisham Mundol wrote:
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>> Yes, it would be great if we could support this as well.
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>> On Jun 23, 2011, at 3:35 PM, Arun Ganesh wrote:
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>> There's a slightly more nuttier scheme brewing in the south, where 900,000
>> laptops are going to be distributed to students next year [1]. Let me see if
>> i can access someone in the TN govt regarding this.
>>  -Arun
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>> [1]
>> http://ibnlive.in.com/news/free-laptops-will-have-tn-logo-burnt-on-chips/160602-60-118.html
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Offline Opportunity: ~20k laptops to reach potentially 200k people: Need Help!

[Jessie Wild]

Yes - it would be great. Any further contacts on this, Arun?

Based on this article, it sounds like they are keen to have educational
content pre-downloaded onto the computer. We should definitely be bundled
into this package.

On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 3:21 AM, Hisham Mundol wrote:

> Yes, it would be great if we could support this as well.
>
> *Hisham Mundol*
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> Programs
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> On Jun 23, 2011, at 3:35 PM, Arun Ganesh wrote:
>
> There's a slightly more nuttier scheme brewing in the south, where 900,000
> laptops are going to be distributed to students next year [1]. Let me see if
> i can access someone in the TN govt regarding this.
> -Arun
>
> [1]
> http://ibnlive.in.com/news/free-laptops-will-have-tn-logo-burnt-on-chips/160602-60-118.html
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Offline Opportunity: ~20k laptops to reach potentially 200k people: Need Help!

[Srikanth Lakshmanan]

On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 15:35, Arun Ganesh  wrote:

> There's a slightly more nuttier scheme brewing in the south, where 900,000
> laptops are going to be distributed to students next year [1]. Let me see if
> i can access someone in the TN govt regarding this.
>

Tamil Wiktionary(Also 10th largest Wiktionary project) is a perfect
candidate for this scheme since its "hassle free" in terms of effort (no
proof checking etc required) and bulk of the words(mostly
technical glossary)  were from Tamil Virtual University. Let me dig more
into it.

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Offline Opportunity: ~20k laptops to reach potentially 200k people: Need Help!

[Hisham Mundol]

Yes, it would be great if we could support this as well.

Hisham Mundol

Wikimedia India Programs
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On Jun 23, 2011, at 3:35 PM, Arun Ganesh wrote:

> There's a slightly more nuttier scheme brewing in the south, where 900,000 
> laptops are going to be distributed to students next year [1]. Let me see if 
> i can access someone in the TN govt regarding this.
> -Arun
> 
> [1] 
> http://ibnlive.in.com/news/free-laptops-will-have-tn-logo-burnt-on-chips/160602-60-118.html
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Offline Opportunity: ~20k laptops to reach potentially 200k people: Need Help!

[Arun Ganesh]

There's a slightly more nuttier scheme brewing in the south, where 900,000
laptops are going to be distributed to students next year [1]. Let me see if
i can access someone in the TN govt regarding this.
-Arun

[1]
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/free-laptops-will-have-tn-logo-burnt-on-chips/160602-60-118.html

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[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Offline Opportunity: ~20k laptops to reach potentially 200k people: Need Help!

[Hisham Mundol]

cross posting to Offline & Wikimedia-India.

Hi

I'm working on the Wikimedia Foundation's initiatives in India and I'm reaching 
out for help on a really exciting opportunity.   Assam is a state in the 
North-East of India.  The Government has an interesting scheme to give laptops 
to deserving students leaving secondary school (i.e., completed 10 years of 
education and about 15-16 year olds.)  This scheme is being managed by an 
organisation called Amtron - who have issued a Tender for the procurement of 
these laptops.

There are 19,000 laptops that will be distributed in this initiative.   (These 
are on Ubuntu Linux - and very reasonably configured.)  

Assam has traditionally had a problem with infrastructure and Internet access 
is a problem.  Someone who is supporting Amtron has asked the Foundation if we 
can give them an offline version of Wikipedia to pre-load onto these computers. 
 Given that it is for 15-16 age group, it does need to be of appropriate 
content.  They'd like it to have topics of academic interest covered (e.g., 
classical sciences, humanities, literature and accountancy.)   Ideally we'd 
like them to also have articles on India (e.g. history, geography, culture, 
etc.) as well as other areas of general interest (e.g., music, sports, etc.)  
Currently, everything is required in English only.

While these laptops aren't going to necessarily be in classrooms, given that 
they will be with some students, it's safe to assume that other students, 
friends and relatives would access these.  Given the context of Assam, I thank 
we can easily assume that 10 people would access these computers.  That adds up 
to improving access for nearly 2,00,000 people!  I'm really inspired by the 
potential of this partnership because because it allows us huge scale with 
efficiency in effort.  

I understand that  Wikipedia for Schools is readying for release sometime in 
July 2011 - and the timing couldn't be better.  

Can you help us out with 
a) how you could help on adding the additional articles that this initiative 
would require?   (You could also sign up on the Volunteer Page)
b) how fast this can be given to Amtron?  (They are looking for the inputs in 
July 2011.)
c) any other ideas that you think might be useful?

Many thanks.

Best,

Hisham Mundol

Wikimedia India Programs
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