Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] The first legal threaten against Wikipedia India !

2011-02-26 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
As an editor, and a counter vandal, here is my opinion: What he did would come under blatant vandalism, as he DID NOT source his edits, and defamed living people without any base. Had he provided a reliable source, I might've considered reading it. Regards, On 26 February 2011 13:00, Yann Forget

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Is it morally right for govts to support sanskrit wikipedia?

2011-02-26 Thread Arun Ramarathnam
Basavaraj, First of all, welcome to the mailing list and thanks for you interest in wikipedia. On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 3:01 PM, Basavaraj Itnal basavarajit...@yahoo.comwrote: 1. Till the Britsh Raj, Brahmins kept a large part of Indian society out of bounds from knowledge which was in

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Is it morally right for govts to support sanskrit wikipedia?

2011-02-26 Thread Gautam John
Hi Basavaraj (and welcome to the list!): Arguendo, that Sanskti is socially irrelevant, why should a Wikipedia in that language not exist by force of action given that one already exists and is active? Would that not be a morally egregious position - to state that it should *not* exist? In my

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Is it morally right for govts to support sanskrit wikipedia?

2011-02-26 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
What does, sanskirt wikipedia have to do with social class and caste system and what not? Regards, Srikanth On 26 February 2011 16:36, Gautam John gau...@prathambooks.org wrote: Hi Basavaraj (and welcome to the list!): Arguendo, that Sanskti is socially irrelevant, why should a Wikipedia in

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimediaindia-l Digest, Vol 32, Issue 113

2011-02-26 Thread Basavaraj Itnal
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimediaindia-l Digest, Vol 32, Issue 113

2011-02-26 Thread Gautam John
On 26 February 2011 18:58, Basavaraj Itnal basavarajit...@yahoo.com wrote: i just recieved the digest and it mostly contains only replies to the issues i raised. most of my mails are missing. or is there a glitch? We seem to have received all of your emails. Thank you. Best, Gautam

[Wikimediaindia-l] Social Relevance of Wikipedia

2011-02-26 Thread Basavaraj Itnal
sometime ago i asked where wikipedians discuss social relevance of what they are doing. does anyone know? Basavaraj N Itnal ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Social Relevance of Wikipedia

2011-02-26 Thread Gautam John
On 26 February 2011 19:22, Basavaraj Itnal basavarajit...@yahoo.com wrote: sometime ago i asked where wikipedians discuss social relevance of what they are doing. does anyone know? This might be a good place: http://networkcultures.org/wpmu/cpov/lang/de/mailinglist/ Thank you. Best, Gautam

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Social Relevance of Wikipedia

2011-02-26 Thread Basavaraj Itnal
thanks gautham. but is that where wikipedians discuss or is that just a general group? Basavaraj N Itnal --- On Sat, 2/26/11, Gautam John gau...@prathambooks.org wrote: From: Gautam John gau...@prathambooks.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Social Relevance of Wikipedia To: Wikimedia

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Social Relevance of Wikipedia

2011-02-26 Thread Basavaraj Itnal
that's all for the day, folks. see ya tomorrow. and dont loose ears for dissent. Basavaraj N Itnal --- On Sat, 2/26/11, Basavaraj Itnal basavarajit...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Basavaraj Itnal basavarajit...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Social Relevance of Wikipedia To: Wikimedia

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimediaindia-l Digest, Vol 32, Issue 113

2011-02-26 Thread Anirudh Bhati
Basavraj, All the emails that you have been posting have been received by the subscribers of the list. I suggest that, from now on you put all your commentary in a single email and post it so that the subscribers can manage the posts on this mailing list. Yours sincerely, Anirudh Bhati 00 91

[Wikimediaindia-l] Sanskrit InScript support needs testing

2011-02-26 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, The InScript method for Sanskrit has been introduced on translatewiki.net. It needs testing and you can test it by adding to the localisations for the Sanskrit language. As you may know the Narayam extension supports three languages: Malayalam, Bangla and Sanskrit. I understand that Junaid PV

[Wikimediaindia-l] Steward Elections 2011 - Please vote soon if you havent

2011-02-26 Thread Jyothis E
All, The Election is almost coming to an end. Kindly cast you vote if you havent already. Thanks. Regards, Jyothis. http://www.Jyothis.net My Malayalam Wikipedia page http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jyothis Metawiki page http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jyothis I am the first customer of

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fw: Saakava(साकव) English Marathi machine translation

2011-02-26 Thread Mahitgar from Marathi Wikipedia
मराठी भाषा दिवसाच्या सर्वाना शुभेच्छा. The information on the occasion of Marathi Bhasha din Marathi Bhasha Divasa Greetings. On this occasion, we would like to share a few things with you. The website www.saakava.com was launched on May 1, 2010- the Golden Jubilee of Maharashtra. The