[Wikimedia-l] Re: Community Wishlist Survey 2022 is coming. Help us and prepare

2022-01-14 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
Maybe, the Community Tech team should start picking up long standing issues first which are being proposed repetitively almost every year but do not get adequate votes to receive their attention. On Sat, Jan 15, 2022, 00:59 Mike Peel wrote: > Not sure if the opening of the Wishlist has been

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Approval of Human Rights Policy

2021-12-09 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
Hi, I find a human rights policy based on major human rights documents of the world very conflicting and equally amusing in an organization which grows itself in an inherently exploitative system feeding on volunteer works. While volunteers from around the world, who generate contents and

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Meet the new Movement Charter Drafting Committee members

2021-11-02 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
rs I know fit this definition. This is now our turn, as a > community, to make sure that we read the draft - when it is out - carefully > and make sure it is acceptable for everybody. > > Best > Yaroslav > > On Mon, Nov 1, 2021 at 7:08 PM Bodhisattwa Mandal < > bodh

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Meet the new Movement Charter Drafting Committee members

2021-11-01 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
Hi Samuel, On Mon, 1 Nov 2021 at 21:35, Samuel Klein wrote: > > I don't believe the idea is for anyone to explicitly represent their > geography, affiliations, or organizations -- rather to draft a meaningful > and empowering starting point for us all. > People develop their perspectives based

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Meet the new Movement Charter Drafting Committee members

2021-11-01 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
Hello, Coming from South Asia and looking at ESEAP, I am not at all excited considering the geographical representation of the committee as per Wikimedia regions[1], excluding WMF appointed candidates who will represent WMF instead of the regions itself, we have - United States and Canada - 2

[Wikimedia-l] Re: An Uzbek praktical joke and Wikimedia Enterprise

2021-10-27 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
On Wed, 27 Oct 2021 at 14:39, Galder Gonzalez Larrañaga < galder...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Have a modern look > > That would be the mobile site. > > Well, yes. Now look at Wikisource in your mobile or to Wikipedia in your > desktip > Hopefully this will end soon for Wikisource to some extent.

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Movement Charter Drafting Committee elections are now open!

2021-10-19 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
Hi, IMHO, for a person to be in a committee which will shape the movement charter, he/she needs to be experienced enough to have a broad understanding of the movement. Newcomers without any insight of the historical context will not be able to draft a charter effectively. Also, popular elections

[Wikimedia-l] Community village table of West Bengal Wikimedians User Group at Wikimania

2021-08-14 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
Hello all, The West Bengal Wikimedians User Group has reserved a table at the Community Village of Wikimania 2021. If you have already registered for Wikimania, you can find us in the following link -

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Announcing The New Grants Strategy for the Wikimedia Foundation

2021-07-19 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
Hello, Thanks for introducing the new grants design. Coming from a small Indian affiliate trying to sustain ourselves and delivering considerable impact even with a very limited capacity for the last couple of years, I have some anxiety to share. - The new Rapid Fund (<5000 USD) says it is

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Join the new Regional Committees for Grants

2021-05-21 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
Hi, I am concerned about the exclusion of affiliate board members in the regional committees. This decision would exclude a large portion of experienced volunteers who are there in different user group decision making committees. For global south countries, that would diminish the pool of

Re: [Wikimedia-l] COVID-19 second wave and protection of our most valuable movement asset

2021-04-30 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
Hi all, Today, we have opened up the Google Form for Indian volunteers to fill up. Here is the link - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScYcjEeuT7vUxP3NJg7KfIiZaude9IXLyCagsDarTx11J4ymA/viewform There are still some logistical constraints to be fully operational, but we are trying to

Re: [Wikimedia-l] COVID-19 second wave and protection of our most valuable movement asset

2021-04-28 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
able to make a difference and support each other. > > > > For any questions about this initiative please feel free to contact: > communityresour...@wikimedia.org > > > > Regards, > > On behalf of Community Resources Team, > > Tanveer Hasan > > > ಗುರು,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] COVID-19 second wave and protection of our most valuable movement asset

2021-04-22 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
ort) committee can be set up soon? >> >> ইতি,/Regards, >> টিটো দত্ত/User:Titodutta >> >> >> >> বৃহস্পতি, ২২ এপ্রিল, ২০২১ তারিখে ২:৪১ PM টায় এ Bodhisattwa Mandal < >> bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> লিখেছেন: >> >>> Hi, >>>

[Wikimedia-l] COVID-19 second wave and protection of our most valuable movement asset

2021-04-22 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
Hi, COVID-19 has hit hard in India again making it the leading epicentre of the disease caused by the new mutated strains. The infection and death tolls have reached record high and the health system in different parts of the country is on the verge of collapse. Like other common people, many

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Proofread contest in collaboration with British Library on Bengali Wikisource

2021-03-15 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
-competition-to-proofread-indian-books.html BL has also tweeted: https://twitter.com/BL_IndianPrint/status/1371427115850215424 Regards, Bodhisattwa On Tue, Mar 2, 2021, 20:07 Bodhisattwa Mandal wrote: > Hello, > > We are happy to announce that the West Bengal Wikimedians User Group [1] &

[Wikimedia-l] Proofread contest in collaboration with British Library on Bengali Wikisource

2021-03-02 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
Hello, We are happy to announce that the West Bengal Wikimedians User Group [1] will run a proofread contest [2] from 15 March 2021 to 14 April 2021 on Bengali Wikisource in collaboration with Two Centuries of Indian Print project (TCIP) [3] of British Library. The TCIP project officials are

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021: Important Updates

2021-02-18 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
Hello all, Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021 is going to start the day after tomorrow and we have some updates for you. - The event will have the opening speech from *Asaf Bartov*, the title being "*India: Looking back, looking ahead*". Asaf has been observing and supporting Wikimedia

[Wikimedia-l] Annual activity report 2020 of West Bengal Wikimedians User Group

2021-02-16 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
Hi all, Please find below the link of the annual activity report of the West Bengal Wikimedians User Group from 17 February 2020 to 16 February 2021. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/West_Bengal_Wikimedians/Reports/Annual_Activities/2020 Regards, Bodhisattwa On behalf of West Bengal Wikimedians

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia WIkimeet India 2021 - Registration closes in 36 hours

2021-02-14 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
Hello all, The participant registration for Wikimedia WIkimeet India 2021 event will close in 36 hours from now. If you have not registered yet, please do it from this Google form link. -- https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSejt2TdhMUEg34FUTpj6HnUe9d0Iv_1ncgOCkjvrsaHs6vP3g/viewform You

[Wikimedia-l] A2K Progress Report

2021-01-31 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
Hello all, On behalf of A2K, I want to inform you that A2K has submitted the progress report which can be found here.

[Wikimedia-l] Subhas Chandra Bose's 125th birth anniversary Wikimedia celebration

2021-01-23 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
Hello all, 23 January 2022 will mark the 125th birth anniversary of Indian freedom fighter Subhas Chandra Bose. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subhas_Chandra_Bose West Bengal Wikimedians User Group is planning to conduct a series of events to improve free-content related to Subhas Chandra Bose on

[Wikimedia-l] Last date for Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021 submissions

2021-01-22 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
Hello all, Tomorrow is the *last date to submit* session proposals for Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021, the upcoming online wiki-event which is to be conducted from 19 – 21 February 2021 during the occasion of International Mother Language Day. If you are interested to present, run a workshop or

[Wikimedia-l] WMWM India 2021 submission: 6 days remaining

2021-01-18 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
Hello all, The *last date to submit* session proposals for Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021, the upcoming online wiki-event which is to be conducted from 19 – 21 February 2021 during the occasion of International Mother Language Day is just after 6 days i.e. on *24th January 2021*. If you are

[Wikimedia-l] Submission Open for Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021 until 24 January 2021

2020-12-25 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
Hello everyone, We are excited to announce that submission for session proposals has been opened for Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021, the upcoming online wiki-event which is to be conducted from 19 – 21 February 2021 during the occasion of International Mother Language Day. The submission will

[Wikimedia-l] Be ready for Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021 submissions!

2020-12-24 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
Hi all, This is to update you all that Wikimedia Wikimeet 2021, the upcoming online wiki-event which is to be conducted from 19 – 21 February 2021 during the occasion of International Mother Language Day, will be open for submissions for session proposals from tomorrow. You can choose from the

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021

2020-11-13 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
Namaskara, Hope this email finds you well. We want to inform you about Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021, an online wiki-event by A2K which is to be conducted from 19 – 21 February 2021 during the occasion of International Mother Language Day. Please see the event page here:

[Wikimedia-l] CIS-A2K impact report 2019-2020

2020-10-08 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
Hi, Impact report of CIS-A2K for the year 2019–2020 is submitted and may be seen here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2018-2019_round_2/The_Centre_for_Internet_and_Society/Impact_report_form Thanks to the communities for support. Regards, Bodhisattwa Wikidata co-ordinator,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcing a new Wikimedia project: Abstract Wikipedia

2020-07-02 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
Hi, This is really an exciting news. This ambitious project will fill up the knowledge gaps in different languages for sure and will definitely play a vital role in preserving endangered and near-extinct languages in future. Best wishes, Bodhisattwa On Thu, Jul 2, 2020, 21:54 Brion Vibber

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Board Update on Branding

2020-06-22 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
Hi Nataliia, Thank you for your statement as the current Chair of WMF Board of Trustees. If the Wikimedia Foundation wants to change its name and if it has the right to do whatever it can, then I can just hope that WMF has considered all the consequences. But I am confused on how affiliates are

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Memorandum of Understanding with NDLI, CIS and WMF

2020-03-14 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
utenberg.org) or from World Ebook Library > (http://www.worldebooklibrary.org/) and they have their own licenses. > > It's not clear what is the library for whom the NDLI owns the copyrights > and they can donate. > > Kind regards > > On 14/03/2020 09:38, Bodhisattwa Man

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikisource-l] Memorandum of Understanding with NDLI, CIS and WMF

2020-03-14 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
al. I even found some bilingual books with Breton (mislabelled as > French) and I saw a lot of other minority languages! > > Do you already know what the next steps will be? Do you need help? > > Cheers, ~nicolas > > Le sam. 14 mars 2020 à 09:52, Bodhisattwa Mandal < > bo

[Wikimedia-l] Memorandum of Understanding with NDLI, CIS and WMF

2020-03-14 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
Hi all, It gives us immense pleasure to announce to the Wikimedia community that National Digital Library of India (NDLI), Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) and Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) have signed a tripartite non-binding

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Summit 2020 in Berlin cancelled

2020-02-28 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
Hello, Thank you for letting us know. Your message has been conveyed to our representative who was going to be participating in the "physical" Summit from our side. We will wait for your instruction on the process of the upcoming virtual meetings. Thank you for thinking about the health of the

[Wikimedia-l] Annual activity report of West Bengal Wikimedians User Group

2020-02-16 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
Hi all, We are pleased to share with you our annual activity report for the year 2019. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/West_Bengal_Wikimedians/Reports/Annual_Activities/2019 Regards, Bodhisattwa ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of the Dehalvi Wikimedia Community User Group

2019-07-18 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
Hi, It's so great to see another user group emerging in India, bringing forward another diverse community representation and voice. Hope the UGs in India, together, will further strengthen the open knowledge movement. Best of luck and congratulations, Dehlavi Wikimedia Community UG.

[Wikimedia-l] International Mother Language Day 2019 data-thon

2019-02-20 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
Hi all, The International Mother Language Day 2019 data-thon has started today. Everyone is welcome to join. Regards, Bodhisattwa ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Inisghts from a meeting with NGO representatives

2019-02-17 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
Hi Micru, I am interested about your thoughts about governance recommendation for the movement and community model of affiliates. Regards, Bodhisattwa On Mon, 18 Feb 2019, 12:14 Фархад Фаткуллин / Farkhad Fatkullin < f...@yandex.com wrote: > Micru, > I would be interested to learn about

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of the Wikimedians of Kerala User Group

2018-10-16 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
Congrats Wikimedians of Kerala User Group. It's great to see another user group from India. Looking forward for working together. Bodhisattwa West Bengal Wikimedians User Group On Wed, 17 Oct 2018, 01:11 Kirill Lokshin, wrote: > Hi everyone! > > I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Bengali Wikisource Awareness Campaign video release

2018-09-30 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
ube.com/watch?v=IU3O9AC5Z3g> * দুনিয়া যখন দোরগোড়ায় <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ebC4-bxhp8> (World at your doorstep) Thanks Abhinav for pointing that out. Many apologies, Bodhisattwa On Mon, 1 Oct 2018 at 08:59, Bodhisattwa Mandal wrote: > Hi all, > > We are happ

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Bengali Wikisource awareness campaign videos

2018-09-30 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
ube.com/watch?v=IU3O9AC5Z3g> * দুনিয়া যখন দোরগোড়ায় <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ebC4-bxhp8> (World at your doorstep) Thanks Abhinav for pointing that out. Many apologies, Bodhisattwa On Mon, 1 Oct 2018 at 09:05, Bodhisattwa Mandal wrote: > > Hi all, > > [Sorry for no

[Wikimedia-l] Bengali Wikisource awareness campaign videos

2018-09-30 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
t proposer - Deepanjan Ghosh (Radio Mirchi Kolkata) * Cast - Sujan Ghosh, Suavo Mukherjee, Ritam Sarkar, Raja Chakravorty, Shrabanti Bhattacharya and Avinash * Bengali Wikisource team - Bodhisattwa Mandal, Hrishikes Sen, Mahir Morshed, Jayanta Nath * WMF liaison - Satdeep Gill (Thanks a lot, budd

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikisource Handbook

2018-09-14 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
t;> communities > >> < > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikisource_Handbook_for_Indian_Communities.pdf > >. > >> *Which is now available[1] to everyone to make the best use of it. I > >> request everyone to share this with all those who are in need

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing launch of Santali Language Wikipedia

2018-08-08 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
Congratulations Santali community. Thanks to Wikimedia Bangladesh and Odia Wikimedians User Group for the all the support. West Bengal Wikimedians User Group will be happy to work together in future to grow Santali Wikimedia community in the state of West Bengal. Looking forward, Bodhisattwa On

[Wikimedia-l] Creation of separate user group for editing sitewide CSS/JS

2018-07-10 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
Hi, I accidentally checked this meta page today, when another editor forwarded me the link in Facebook. Here it has been proposed that admins will be stripped off to edit js/css pages because of security

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Appropriation of the Wikimedia Blog by the WMF

2018-06-09 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
Hi David, I hear you. I live in that part of the world where getting any job and earning money, by any means possible, is the topmost priority of life, as unemployment and corruption has become intimate part of most of the people. Involvement in volunteer works with no personal or financial

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Annual report of West Bengal Wikimedians User Group

2018-02-20 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
Hi, Please find below the annual report of West Bengal Wikimedians User Group https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/West_Bengal_Wikimedians/Reports/2017 Thanks, Bodhisattwa ___ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikisource type of site for sheet music at kickstarter

2017-06-23 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
Hi, Can Hindusthani musical notation or Swaralipi be included in Extension score or may be in a new extension? In Bengali Wikisource, we have around 30 books containing these notations but we don't have a way to figure them out. https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T58087 Regards, On Jun 23, 2017

Re: [Wikimedia-l] May 5: Update on Wikimedia movement strategy process (#15)

2017-05-08 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
We need to promote Kiwix - definitely, but should we promote Wikipedia zero? May be not, unless the issue of net neutrality is clearly addressed. We need to remember that some countries had to ban different zero services, as they clearly violated net neutrality and people were against them.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] machine translation

2017-05-02 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
Content translation with Yandex is also a problem in Bengali Wikipedia. Some users have grown a tendency to create machine translated meaningless articles with this extension to increase edit count and article count. This has increased the workloads of admins to find and delete those articles.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New tools: pronuncify and pronuncify.net

2017-01-27 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
Asaf, Thanks for adding the new feature to this awesome tool. I have started recording and uploading files to Commons using Pronuncify. I will notify you if I face some issues. Best regards, Bodhisattwa On 27 January 2017 at 14:54, Shani Evenstein wrote: > Very cool. >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wiki Speaks Your Language

2017-01-13 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
> Wikipedia articles. Thus, we will achieve the goal of our initiative and > improve the article quality, while they will also benefit from the > increased use of their files. > > Best, > Kiril > > On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 20:30 Bodhisattwa Mandal < > bodhisattwa.rg

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wiki Speaks Your Language

2017-01-13 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
Hi, 1) Similar initiative by Wikitongues - http://wikitongues.org/ 2) Some files were uploaded under CC-BY-SA license - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikitongues On 13 January 2017 at 22:55, Kiril Simeonovski wrote: > Hi all, > > I am pleased to

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] 72 hours with Rodin editathon in Mexico City

2016-06-12 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
Congrats Wikimedia Mexico for the new Guinness World Record. You guys are awesome. Bodhisattwa Bengali comminity Very exciting and inspiring! Thanks for sharing Ivan! On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 12:57 AM, Hasive N. Chowdhury < nhas...@wikimedia.org.bd> wrote: > Great to know Ivan. All the best for

[Wikimedia-l] Guerrilla skepticism on Wikipedia

2016-05-03 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
Hi, Looks like a group of ?trolls are working in a organized way and disrupting the basic policies of Wikipedia. They call themselves Guerrilla skepticism on Wikipedia.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia Zero mass effect on Wikimedia projects

2016-04-14 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
Hi, Angola is not alone. Bangladesh also started the practice. :-P Now there is a good number of Facebook groups and pages to do this kind of piracy related works through Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:NahidSultan/Bangladesh_Facebook_Case They are even creating manuals in

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Cross-wiki notifications beta feature now available on all wikis

2016-03-11 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
Wow! Its really awesome. It was much needed. Thanks, team. -- Bodhisattwa ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wmfall] Wikimedia Foundation executive transition update

2016-03-10 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
Congrats Katherine, As a community member from the other side of the world, you have my complete trust and support. A very positive move from the Board, no doubt about it. Best wishes, Bodhisattwa On Mar 11, 2016 10:05 AM, "Risker" wrote: > Thank you, Patricio and the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Powerful on-wiki art visualization

2016-02-22 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
Hi, This is so cool. Great effort. Thanks to the team, Bodhisattwa On Feb 23, 2016 10:40 AM, "Sam Klein" wrote: So nice - I just spent 10 minutes playing with this with friends over dinner. It's tough to construct a new one without a debugger, though. On Mon, Feb 22,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] 2016 Ombudsman Committee

2016-02-03 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
Congratulation to all the new committee members. On 2 February 2016 at 13:07, Nurunnaby Chowdhury (Hasive) < nhas...@wikimedia.org.bd> wrote: > Congratulations to all new members. > > On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 1:13 AM, James Alexander > wrote: > > > Thanks Patrick for all

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Proposal for New Project - Wikilore

2016-01-18 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> -- Bodhisattwa Mandal Administrator, Bengali Wikipedi

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The documentary film of Wikimedia Argentina now available. Happy birthday Wikipedia!

2016-01-16 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
Hi, Great work, Anna. Best wishes, Bodhisattwa from Bengali Wikipedia community On 16 Jan 2016 18:34, "Yury Bulka" wrote: > Fantastic work, Anna! > > Do you have the subtitles (*.srt) file so we can start translating the > subtitles? I'd like to translate in

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] For Wikipedia's 15th Birthday, what does Wikipedia mean to the world?

2016-01-16 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
Hi, The video was awesome. :-) Regards, Bodhisattwa On 16 Jan 2016 13:47, "Lodewijk" wrote: > Oh, this video is amazing! It could make a great introduction as background > information for an educational talk, and so much more :) > > Lodewijk > > On Fri, Jan 15,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Free Basics

2016-01-02 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
Hi, I just got the link of the official statement of WMF regarding internet.org. https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Zero/Development#Regarding_Internet.org Regards, Bodhisattwa On 2 Jan 2016 05:01, "Kim Bruning" wrote: > Hi Milos, > Happy new year to you! >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Free Basics

2015-12-31 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
> Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement about changes to the Board

2015-12-28 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
Hey Doc, The community wants to know about what happened. I think, you need to talk about this. Regards, Bodhisattwa On 29 Dec 2015 07:25, "Nathan" wrote: > On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 8:39 PM, James Heilman wrote: > > > As Patricio stated the "Board has a

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement about changes to the Board

2015-12-28 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
Hi, This official statement is very much weak and does not state any reason of such removal. A rather serious and transparent explanation to the community is needed. Regards, Bodhisattwa On 29 Dec 2015 05:22, "Risker" wrote: > On 28 December 2015 at 18:29, Patricio Lorente

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Old maps of Jerusalem released

2015-12-19 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
Wow!!! Great effort. Bodhisattwa ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Community Wishlist Survey: Top 10 wishes!

2015-12-16 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
Danny, First of all, thanks for your comments on Wikisource community wishlist survey. Though we are a small global community, we did our best to get our basic problems noticed. To my opinion, the current system of Community wishlist survey is not good enough to solve the problems of Wikimedia

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Paris

2015-11-14 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
Solidarity from India for this tragic incident. Good to know that Wikipedians in and from Paris are all safe. Bodhisattwa On 14 November 2015 at 12:28, Natalia Szafran-Kozakowska wrote: > User Paterm, Polish wikipedian living in Paris is also well. As is John

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Superprotect is gone

2015-11-05 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
At last it is gone. Great news. Looking forward. Bodhisattwa On 6 Nov 2015 00:40, "Pierre-Selim" wrote: > It's a great news to hear that superprotect is gone and the willingness of > a better collaboration. > It's a long-awaited move. > > 2015-11-05 20:03 GMT+01:00

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Khalid Mahmood is gone

2015-11-01 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
I had a chance to meet him during Wikimania 2015. Sorry to hear the news. Truly a huge loss for Western Punjabi Wikipedia. Bodhisattwa On 1 Nov 2015 10:23, "Anna Stillwell" wrote: > Thank you for letting us know, Asaf. Rest in peace, Khalid. > /a > > On Sat, Oct 31,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Happy 3rd Birthday, Wikidata!

2015-10-31 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
Happy birthday, Wikidata. Greetings from Bengali Wikipedia. Bodhisattwa On 31 Oct 2015 23:03, "Tito Dutta" wrote: > Congrats guys. It's 3 years now. :) > -- > User:Titodutta (En WP) > > On 31 October 2015 at 22:53, Lila Tretikov wrote: > > > I hope you

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Princess of Asturias prize streaming now

2015-10-23 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
Congratulations to all Wikipedians from all countries of this planet, who have volunteered to build one of the largest international collaboration of human civilisation. Cheers Bodhisattwa On 23 Oct 2015 22:17, "Jane Darnell" wrote: > Yes, definitely! It's hard to imagine