Re: [Wikimedia-l] Warning: "Wikimedia-l" Google Group

2015-01-07 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
This is probably related to a group that calls itself India Against Corruption. A similar tactic was employed by them on the India Community. You may look up archives of Wikimediaindia-l and Commons-l. You could also read up on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Long-term_abuse/India_Against_C

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Why WMF should reconsider the 3-month gender gap project-related decision

2015-01-08 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
On the internet, nobody knows you're a dog. Need I say anything else? On 08-Jan-2015 2:45 pm, "FRED BAUDER" wrote: > > >> That said, it doesn't matter who writes the content on Wikipedia so long >> as it's relevant and factual. >> > > That's the point; it would not matter if women contributed so

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Why WMF should reconsider the 3-month gender gap project-related decision

2015-01-08 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
I agree. Women vs Men has never really stood out as a point of debate before and ideally shouldn't. On 08-Jan-2015 4:11 pm, "Ilario Valdelli" wrote: > Is there any barrier for women to participate? > > The discussion is open. > > It would be worth if someone attacks a woman for her opinion. > > T

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Why WMF should reconsider the 3-month gender gap project-related decision

2015-01-08 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
Where is anyone whining about this? Nobody here is. The point being made is about why other grants are not being accepted. On 08-Jan-2015 10:06 pm, "Keilana" wrote: > Hearing people whine “what about the men” because, God forbid, men might > not get *every single* grant this time (as they did in

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Annoucement from the Executive Director of Wikimedia Argentina

2014-01-29 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
; > Director Ejecutivo > > > A. C. Wikimedia Argentina > > > ___ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list > > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.or

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Ukraine -- is everyone safe?

2014-02-20 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
;mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > ___ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikim

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: URGENT call for geographical diversity in Wikimedia @ GSoC

2014-03-13 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
s.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Etiamsi omnes, ego non > > ___ > > Wi

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Israel been accepted to the Google Grants program

2014-05-05 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Howdy from Wil

2014-05-05 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
_ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> &g

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Timothy Sandole and (apparently) $53, 690 of WMF funding

2014-05-07 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
ink Pine's > example is a good one to consider: if a movement-affiliated organization > wants to guide another organization in adding content to Wikipedia, and > there is payment involved, the WMF apparently won't support that. > > Is that really a good rule to have? I don&

Re: [Wikimedia-l] AFD survey

2014-07-16 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
If the people who have created this survey can fix the problems raised by Fae, I'd be happy to share this with several language Wikipedians in India. I'm sure that at this point nobody would want to be part of it. On Jul 16, 2014 1:54 PM, "Tomasz Ganicz" wrote: > In Polish Wikipedia there is no v

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Egypt Wikimedians User Group

2014-07-29 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
Congrats all. Welcome Egypt. :) On Jul 29, 2014 9:59 PM, "Ivan Martínez" wrote: > Welcome Egypt! > > > 2014-07-29 11:21 GMT-05:00 Rodrigo Padula : > > > Congratulations to all members of the new user group! > > > > Best regards! > > > > Rodrigo Padula > > Brazil > > > > > > 2014-07-28 16:25 GMT-0

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Getting Wikipedia whitelisted for Twitter DMs

2014-08-03 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
Only twitter and Facebook links go thru DMs. I think if several people file a support ticket for this we may achieve something. Else get Jimbo to send a mail to the Twitter folks. Problem would be solved in no time. :) On Aug 3, 2014 10:52 PM, "Luis Villa" wrote: > Everything I had seen suggests

[Wikimedia-l] National Repository of Open Education Resources in India goes CC-BY-SA

2013-09-07 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
Community Member, Rohini Lakshane, which appeared in the Economic and Political Weekly: http://www.epw.in/web-exclusives/widening-access-educational-resources.html -- Srikanth Ramakrishnan Treasurer, Wikimedia Chapter [India] Donate to the Wikimedia India Chapter today<http://wiki.wikimedia

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Conference 2014 location decision

2013-10-13 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
ia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > ___ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list > > Wikimedi

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Education] How to force to enable Visual Editor

2013-10-15 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
> > > >> ___ > > > > >> Education mailing list > > > > >> educat...@lists.wikimedia.org > > > > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education > > > > >> > > > > >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Education] How to force to enable Visual Editor

2013-10-15 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
That would be a great idea; but nobody seems to bother. They just start editing articles right away. On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 9:05 PM, Sophie Osterberg wrote: > Srikanth, why don't you let them use their sandbox then to learn VE? > > > > > 2013/10/15 Srikanth Ramak

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Education] How to force to enable Visual Editor

2013-10-15 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
s Keating wrote: > On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 6:42 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan < > srik.r...@wikimedia.in> wrote: > > > That would be a great idea; but nobody seems to bother. They just start > > editing articles right away. > > > > > Oh no!

Re: [Wikimedia-l] When was the first edit-a-thon(s)?

2013-10-17 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
edia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > -- > -- > *Sarah Stierch* > *Museumist, open culture advocate, and Wikimedian* > *www.sarahstierch.com* > ___

Re: [Wikimedia-l] September 11 wiki

2013-11-20 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
Personally I think it is unfair for one incident ti have a wiki and not others. It will someday open a huge Pandora's box. Sent from the touchscreen equivalent of a Nokia 1100, pardon the sender. -- Srikanth Ramakrishnan, Treasurer. On Nov 21, 2013 6:08 AM, "MZMcBride" wrote:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Textbooks Which Borrow Heavily from Wikipedia

2013-11-26 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
sender. -- Srikanth Ramakrishnan, Treasurer. On Nov 26, 2013 2:23 PM, "David Gerard" wrote: > On 26 November 2013 07:26, James Heilman wrote: > > > They are under a CC BY SA license and if you follow the links seen here > > http://books.google.ca/books?id=7avpQBAJ&am

Re: [Wikimedia-l] A five-minute task new volunteers can do

2013-12-03 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
Great idea! Will share this. Sent from the touchscreen equivalent of a Nokia 1100, pardon the sender. -- Srikanth Ramakrishnan, Treasurer. On Dec 3, 2013 9:25 PM, "David Cuenca" wrote: > Good to know that Commons is developing its own "mini-Wikisource" :) > > Chee

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [WikimediaMobile] Where to redirect m.wikipedia.org?

2013-12-05 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
I agree with James. I'd like to m.wikipedia land up at a portal with a language list and selector. Sent from the touchscreen equivalent of a Nokia 1100, pardon the sender. -- Srikanth Ramakrishnan, Treasurer. On Dec 6, 2013 10:42 AM, "James Alexander" wrote: > On Thu, Dec

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] 2013-14 Round 2 FDC/annual plan grants timeline moved out by a month: proposals due April 1, 2014

2013-12-18 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
hold itself to the same requirements as it holds us to, at the very least. We do not understand why the date to meet eligibility requirements has been moved to March 15th and for whose benefit that has been done. -- Regards, Srikanth Ramakrishnan Treasurer Wikimedia Chapter [India]. On Wed, Dec 18

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Porn blocking in the UK: en:wp blocks on O2

2013-12-22 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
I've been told that O2 has also blocked the Icelandic parliament website. Madness, methinks. Sent from the touchscreen equivalent of a Nokia 1100, pardon the sender. -- Srikanth Ramakrishnan, Treasurer. On Dec 23, 2013 2:22 AM, "David Gerard" wrote: > On 22 December 2013

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Visually impaired

2014-01-15 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
Thanks, > > >> GerardM > > >> > > >> > > > > ___ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > &g