Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Danese Cooper at FOSS.in , Bangalore Dec 15

2010-12-13 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, I would love to be there but i won't. Is there any chance of seeing the presentation somewhere once it is given ?? Thanks, GerardM On 13 December 2010 07:55, CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.comwrote: Danese Cooper, CTO, Wikimedia Foundation will be delievering the key note at

[Wikimediaindia-l] URI oceanography students target Wikipedia entries

2010-12-13 Thread CherianTinu Abraham
Interesting news..Thought to share ... Wish if we could get this Wikiculture to India , among our students academia ... *URI oceanography students target Wikipedia entries* http://www.boston.com/news/local/rhode_island/articles/2010/12/12/uri_oceanography_students_target_wikipedia_entries/

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Media : Mid-day: Loads of potential in India: Wikipedia

2010-12-13 Thread Erik Moeller
LOL - note that we're not giving any interviews during this trip. This is cobbled together from a conversation at a meetup yesterday, and only bears some remote resemblance to anything I actually said :-). But it's not too bad, except for the staff checking things round the clock part ;-) Erik

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [WikiX-l] Fwd: [Internal-l] Wikipedia 10th Anniversary Commemorative Postmark

2010-12-13 Thread Srikanth Lakshmanan
Hi, I had posted this tweet [1] and got a positive response by DM. Dear Srikath, forwarded yr proposal to concerned Division (i.e. Philately). You can follow-up with them directly, if send yr postal address. [1] http://twitter.com/logic/status/14179393165336576 Lets keep our fingers crossed :)

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [WikiX-l] 10th anniversary merchandise is ready to ship!

2010-12-13 Thread Erik Moeller
Hello India Wikimedians! Time is getting short for organizing Wikipedia 10th anniversary events. January 15, 2011 will not come again - it's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be there as Wikipedia marks this big milestone. :-). If you manage to put together an event, you may still be able to

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Media : Mid-day: Loads of potential in India: Wikipedia

2010-12-13 Thread CherianTinu Abraham
No worries Erik, Indian media is known for misquoting :) Last time a journo asked me on what are the chances of foundation office in Bangalore. I said Bangalore has ( probably) a fair chance , considering the presence of a vibrant Wiki-community chapter office here. The next day's headline was

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-mum] Fwd: [WikiX-l] Fwd: [Internal-l] Wikipedia 10th Anniversary Commemorative Postmark

2010-12-13 Thread CherianTinu Abraham
Excellant ! On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 1:00 AM, Srikanth Lakshmanan srik@gmail.comwrote: Hi, I had posted this tweet [1] and got a positive response by DM. Dear Srikath, forwarded yr proposal to concerned Division (i.e. Philately). You can follow-up with them directly, if send yr postal

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Media : Mid-day: Loads of potential in India: Wikipedia

2010-12-13 Thread Kul Takanao Wadhwa
On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 11:38 PM, Erik Moeller e...@wikimedia.org wrote: But it's not too bad, except for the staff checking things round the clock part ;-) *must not sleep and go check content every single hour of the day* LOL :P --Kul ___

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Media : Mid-day: Loads of potential in India: Wikipedia

2010-12-13 Thread sankarshan
On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 11:20 AM, CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.com wrote: No worries Erik, Indian media is known for misquoting :) Please let's not generalize the problem of mis quoting and then specifically use it as a pejorative within the context of the Indian media. Anyone who reads

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [WikiX-l] W10: Communications Toolkit Phase I

2010-12-13 Thread Pradeep Mohandas
hi, The central Wikipedia Ten page has rolled out phase of its communication toolkit. It has a wider 10-year what we've accomplished scenario. Any idea on who was the first Wikipedian from India? Any way to find out?? warm regards, Pradeep Mohandas -- Forwarded message -- From:

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Media : Mid-day: Loads of potential in India: Wikipedia

2010-12-13 Thread CherianTinu Abraham
That headline might have actually ended up getting readers to read the news article and help in publicizing in some way. I agree to that. As some PR folks says, there is nothing like bad or good publicity . The article anyways attracted lots of eye balls , that helped in our outreach. - Tinu

[Wikimediaindia-l] Clarification Regarding Kiruba Shankar's Involvement

2010-12-13 Thread Wikimedia India
Date: 14 December 2010 Dear All: There has been some public confusion as to the nature and status of Mr. Kiruba Shankar's involvement with the Wikimedia India Chapter. This notice seeks to clarify that: - Mr. Kiruba Shankar was initially associated with efforts to set up a Wikimedia India

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimeetup 3 Pune photos

2010-12-13 Thread CherianTinu Abraham
Please find Wikimeetup 3 Pune photos at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Pune_Meetup_13Dec2010 Thanks to Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay http://flickr.com/people/24574...@n00for uploading to flickr with CC license. I have cross uploaded to commons. Regards Tinu Cherian

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Clarification Regarding Kiruba Shankar's Involvement

2010-12-13 Thread Kiruba @ Kiruba.com
Dear Team, I forgot to add my contact details in my earlier email. I can be reached at +91.98415 97744 on my mobile and kir...@kiruba.com . If anyone from our Wikipedia community have any questions or clarifications, I'm happy to answer them. Regards, Kiruba Shankar On Tue, Dec 14, 2010