Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia France] Welcome to Nathalie, our new ED

2013-10-02 Thread Vishnu T
Many congratulations from India, Nathalie!! Vishnu On Tuesday, 1 October 2013, Christophe Henner christophe.hen...@wikimedia.fr wrote: Hi everyone, We have the great pleasure to announce Nathalie Martin is starting today as the new Executive Director of Wikimédia France! Her hiring is the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: A2K, its lies and irresponsibilities

2013-10-28 Thread Vishnu T
Dear Ansuman, Thanks for flagging your concerns pertaining to the Access to Knowledge (A2K) program at the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS). Most of these are in the pipe-line (or works in progress) and we will share updates on each one of the queries you have posted, on the mailing lists

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: A2K, its lies and irresponsibilities

2013-10-29 Thread Vishnu T
Dear Ansuman, On 28 October 2013 16:46, ansuman ansum...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, This is part of the replies of Vishnu four months ago. --- --- Me: And also tell the community, who are all involved in the interview process and

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The Wikipedia Adventure, alpha testers needed

2013-10-29 Thread Vishnu T
Hello Jake, This is fantastic for an Alpha sage! Have gone through the entire mission. There was some problem in loading the next levels at certain stages and I had to refresh the page couple of times. Would be nice if this could be tested with a completely new set of users across geographies and

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcement] CIS-A2K Grant Report for September 2012-June 2013

2013-11-05 Thread Vishnu T
Greetings from the Centre for Internet and Society's(CIS) Access to Knowledge (A2K) Program, India! As many of you know that the Wikimedia Foundation approved a 22 month grant to the CIS-A2K. The aim of the grant was to support the growth of Wikimedia movement in India. Please find the Grant

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Preparing a proofreading contest for Wikisource's 10th aniversary

2013-11-07 Thread Vishnu T
Dear Micru, Wonderful initiative! From India the Malayalam Wikisource community might be keen to take part in this. They have also recently released an offline CD (volume 2) of the Malayalam Wikisource. Taking the liberty to copy the Malayalam list on this for them to take lead on this. CIS

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: A2K, its lies and irresponsibilities

2013-11-20 Thread Vishnu T
Dear Ansuman, Thanks for flagging this. All the profiles of the CIS-A2K team members are now updated. Please see [1]. Best, Vishnu [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Team On 28 October 2013 16:46, ansuman ansum...@gmail.com wrote: Me: Please make available the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: A2K, its lies and irresponsibilities

2013-11-20 Thread Vishnu T
Dear Ansuman, On 28 October 2013 16:46, ansuman ansum...@gmail.com wrote: Why still *2* new recruits are missing even after several months, at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Teamhttp://bl-1.com/click/load/ADAAMlM2Um8Hb1w7CTw-b0231 , Why there is no *monthly

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: A2K, its lies and irresponsibilities

2013-11-20 Thread Vishnu T
Dear Ansuman, On 28 October 2013 16:46, ansuman ansum...@gmail.com wrote: Why there is no response to this, Evaluation results after months? *How long are your two weeks?*

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikisource Community User Group recognized

2013-11-25 Thread Vishnu T
Congratulations! Look forward to seeing this WSCUG grow and thrive!! Vishnu On 24 November 2013 17:24, Bence Damokos bdamo...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, It is with great pleasure that I can announce that the Wikisource Community User Group has been recognized as the 7th user group of our

Re: [Wikimedia-l] CAPTCHA for people with poor eyesight

2014-08-27 Thread Vishnu T
Hi, I thought I should acknowledge that this is a problem not just with people with poor eye sight but also when using a low resolutulion screen. In most of the outreach sessions done in non-metros in India, I have come across people (the ones with good eye sight) face this problem more, as the

[Wikimedia-l] Good Bye as CIS-A2K Program Director

2015-04-30 Thread Vishnu T
Dear Wikimedians, This is my last day as the CIS-A2K Program Director. The last 2 years and 3 months have been immensely exciting with tons of learning and work! I have loved meeting many Wikimedians, face to face, across the length and breadth of India. The interactions I had with many of the