Re: [Wikimedia-l] Odisha Government's Social media accounts are now under CC-BY 4.0

2018-05-12 Thread Tanweer Morshed
Hi Sailesh, Thanks for the news. This is really a great initiative from the Odisha government and this will definitely be marked as a model to be followed by others around the world for the purpose of making knowledge free and available. Thanks to the entire Odia community. Regards, Tanweer On

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Odisha Government's Social media accounts are now under CC-BY 4.0

2018-04-12 Thread Sailesh Patnaik
Hi everyone, I'm happy to share that, Two more websites by Government of Odisha are now under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Both the websites were launched by Govt. marking the 70th anniversary of Bhubaneswar as the capital city of the state and till date Govt. has made

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Odisha Government's Social media accounts are now under CC-BY 4.0

2018-01-01 Thread Isaac Olatunde
I am happy to begin this year with a good news like this. Once again, congratulations! Regards, Isaac On Jan 1, 2018 7:37 PM, "Sailesh Patnaik" wrote: > Thank you, Ravi and Isaac!| > > I'm happy to share that, continuing the collaboration with the Odia >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Odisha Government's Social media accounts are now under CC-BY 4.0

2018-01-01 Thread Sailesh Patnaik
Thank you, Ravi and Isaac!| I'm happy to share that, continuing the collaboration with the Odia community, Today, the Government of Odisha has announced to release the content of two major departments; Information and Public Relations and ST & SC Development, Minorities & Backward Classes

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Odisha Government's Social media accounts are now under CC-BY 4.0

2017-09-24 Thread Ravishankar Ayyakkannu
Sailesh and all Odia community members, This is an impressive accomplishment! Congrats! Especially, the short turn-around time to take the decision is remarkable and it was a smart move to ask the social media account to be freely licensed. Ravi On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 6:04 PM, Nurunnaby

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Odisha Government's Social media accounts are now under CC-BY 4.0

2017-09-24 Thread Isaac Olatunde
This is a great news. Congratulations to Odia Wikipedia community. Regards, Isaac On Sep 19, 2017 4:36 PM, "Tito Dutta" wrote: > Awesome news. :) > > > Thanks > Tito Dutta > Note: If I don't reply to your email in 2 days, please feel free to remind > me over email or

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Odisha Government's Social media accounts are now under CC-BY 4.0

2017-09-22 Thread Sailesh Patnaik
Thank you, Zach, Hasive, Tanweer and others :) I would like to thank the entire Odia community and also Asaf for playing a major role in this initiative :) --- *Sailesh Patnaik* "*ଶୈଳେଶ ପଟ୍ଟନାୟକ "* Community Advocate, Access To Knowledge Program Centre for Internet and Society Phone:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Odisha Government's Social media accounts are now under CC-BY 4.0

2017-09-22 Thread Tanweer Morshed
Great news indeed. Thank you Sailesh and other members of the Odia community who worked on this! On Thursday, September 21, 2017, Nurunnaby Hasive wrote: > Wow! Congratulations! > > > > Hasive > > On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 7:03 AM, Zachary McCune

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Odisha Government's Social media accounts are now under CC-BY 4.0

2017-09-20 Thread Zachary McCune
Very exciting news Sailesh! Congrats on this wide-reaching collaboration. On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 11:35 AM, Sailesh Patnaik < sailesh.patnaik...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you, Katy!! > > On Wed, 20 Sep 2017 at 12:27 AM, Katy Love wrote: > > > Hi Sailesh, > > > > What great

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Odisha Government's Social media accounts are now under CC-BY 4.0

2017-09-20 Thread Sailesh Patnaik
Thank you, Katy!! On Wed, 20 Sep 2017 at 12:27 AM, Katy Love wrote: > Hi Sailesh, > > What great news!! What a remarkable achievement! Thanks for sharing this > with us. I really like the blog post, too. Congratulations!! > > Katy > > On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 8:09 AM,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Odisha Government's Social media accounts are now under CC-BY 4.0

2017-09-19 Thread Katy Love
Hi Sailesh, What great news!! What a remarkable achievement! Thanks for sharing this with us. I really like the blog post, too. Congratulations!! Katy On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 8:09 AM, Sailesh Patnaik < sailesh.patnaik...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > I am glad to share a recent

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Odisha Government's Social media accounts are now under CC-BY 4.0

2017-09-19 Thread Asaf Bartov
On Sep 19, 2017 21:26, "Lane Rasberry" wrote: This is good for all of India even though it is for a regional language, because it will make it for other organizations and government offices to follow the model. Yes, but it is also good for absolutely all of us. We need

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Odisha Government's Social media accounts are now under CC-BY 4.0

2017-09-19 Thread Sailesh Patnaik
Hi Lane, Thank you so much for your kind words, It is all because of the active participation of the community members in such initiative and also their effort in making these collaborations successful. l also believe that the WikiTungi program by the Odia community has helped in making the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Odisha Government's Social media accounts are now under CC-BY 4.0

2017-09-19 Thread Anna Stillwell
Wonderful news. Thank you for all of your work. /a On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 8:55 AM, Lane Rasberry wrote: > This is really progressive and unusual. > > Years ago when The Centre for Internet & Society began focused outreach to > the Odia community I did not expect great

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Odisha Government's Social media accounts are now under CC-BY 4.0

2017-09-19 Thread Lane Rasberry
This is really progressive and unusual. Years ago when The Centre for Internet & Society began focused outreach to the Odia community I did not expect great progress and precedents. This is a big deal beyond what I imagined could happen so quickly. Everyone involved should be proud. This is good

[Wikimedia-l] Odisha Government's Social media accounts are now under CC-BY 4.0

2017-09-19 Thread Sailesh Patnaik
Hello Everyone, I am glad to share a recent collaboration of Odia Wikipedia community with the Government of Odisha. After releasing the content of 2017 Asian Athletics Championships ( https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/07/28/digest-asia-athletics-championships/ ) another initiative by the