Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Proposal of a new Wiki Projects in Odia Wikipedia

Thanks Surya and Srikanth. We are concentrating on the documentation of all available resouces, book info, writer profiles of the contemporary writers and writings. Once this is all set will concentrate on WikiSource. With a limited and less-active community community activism is the first task, a

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Administrative maps of India and states.

Vickram, in my opinion and that of a friend, asking for a voluntary license (18,19,30A) along with the fact that it is a transformative use is probably the best bet. If not, fair dealing but that does leave us open to a legal challenge. Aside from this, there is the issue that even if we did get a

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Administrative maps of India and states.

On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 1:13 AM, Gautam John wrote: > On 8 June 2011 01:03, Vickram Crishna wrote: > > My reading is that the Census Authority is very much a part of > government. A question that I have been thinking about is whether > census data (in the raw form and not the presentation) is cap

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: IRC office hours with Sue Gardner, this Friday the 10th at 06:00 UTC

See forwarded message thanks! -- Forwarded message -- From: Steven Walling Date: Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 4:35 PM Subject: IRC office hours with Sue Gardner, this Friday the 10th at 06:00 UTC To: foundatio...@lists.wikimedia.org Hi everyone, Sorry that we sent out less than a week's

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Delhi Chapter

On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Bence Damokos wrote: > Hi Vibhi, > > A chapter is not a goal in itself, it is more of a tool to facilitate > activities that require a legal body to perform them. > Therefore, I would encourage you to collect those 20 people around you and > start having meetups, l

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Administrative maps of India and states.

Does this help. http://censusindia.gov.in/Footer_Menus/Disclaimer.html The site mentions that quote *Copyright:* Material on this site subject to copyright unless otherwise indicated. The material may be downloaded without requiring prior

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Administrative maps of India and states.

I don't understand how the results of how many people are literate and/or married in a locality cann be copyrighted. Rsrikanth05 Sent from my Motorola L9. Please excuse spelling errors. On Jun 8, 2011 1:03 AM, "Vickram Crishna" wrote: On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 11:25 PM, Gautam John wrote: > > Sadl

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Administrative maps of India and states.

On 8 June 2011 01:03, Vickram Crishna wrote: > OK. No offense taken. Your legal grounding is well established, as we all > know. Oh sorry - none meant! Apologies if it sounded otherwise. > Can anyone please point me to the relevant link (for the census data, > because the Census Authority is di

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Administrative maps of India and states.

On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 11:25 PM, Gautam John wrote: > Sadly, the issue of Government copyright exists and is real. There is no > getting around it. > > OK. No offense taken. Your legal grounding is well established, as we all know. Can anyone please point me to the relevant link (for the census d

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Administrative maps of India and states.

Sadly, the issue of Government copyright exists and is real. There is no getting around it. Thank you. Best, Gautam http://social.prathambooks.org/ On 7 June 2011 23:22, Vickram Crishna wrote: > Broadly speaking, any data collected with the use of public funds cannot be > restricte

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Administrative maps of India and states.

Broadly speaking, any data collected with the use of public funds cannot be restricted for use from any member of the public. Having said that, even copyrighted information may be free to use, after all that is precisely what copyleft is. However, the use of copyleft is not commonly applied to tex

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Administrative maps of India and states.

What do you guys mean when you say you will create maps based on this? Do you create your own maps with this as the base map? Thank you. Best, Gautam http://social.prathambooks.org/ On 7 June 2011 21:11, CherianTinu Abraham wrote: > Census website says : > "Material on this site su

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Administrative maps of India and states.

Census website says : "Material on this site subject to copyright unless otherwise indicated." I am particularly curious on how we would be able to use data from census website. I used 2001 census data as input data for my Indian villages pilot project on en.wiki. I was waiting for 2011 census dat

[Wikimediaindia-l] Administrative maps of India and states.

Hi all, New maps for respective states can be created with following base. *Census Maps* http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/maps/maps2011.html http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/maps/administrative_maps/admmaps2011.html Kerala administrative maps already created by Rajeshodayanchal<

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Delhi Chapter (User:AroundTheGlobe)

+ most people in the list . -Tinu Cherian On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 7:16 PM, Anivar Aravind wrote: > Dear friends > > What happening now here is the splitting of community spirit. > Wikimedia Movement in india is anyway unite and active irrespective of the > presence and activities of chapter/ chap

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Delhi Chapter (User:AroundTheGlobe)

Dear friends What happening now here is the splitting of community spirit. Wikimedia Movement in india is anyway unite and active irrespective of the presence and activities of chapter/ chapters And all Indian projects (irrespective of language) achieved a lot of momentum even without initiating a

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Delhi Chapter (User:AroundTheGlobe)

Dear all, As someone who follows this list and occasionally joins in, I don't find this discussion productive. In the interests of getting on, may I please request you to stop for the time being. There is a lot of excellent work being done by everyone who has contributed to the thread, and whil

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Delhi Chapter (User:AroundTheGlobe)

Hmm, My dear friend these status vary from time to time, They did it without a chapter but we want to do this with a chapater.We may learn from each other but its not compulsory. Still hindi is ahead in many fields.We want Excellence.Only having largest number of users don't make us excellent.We ha

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Delhi Chapter (User:AroundTheGlobe)

Correction : A humble request in the interest of wikipedia community in India. ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Delhi Chapter (User:AroundTheGlobe)

SR and everyone else out there, who might be furiously drafting replies to me or to Mayur or to SR, Lets just leave this as it is. Please.. A humble request in the request of wikipedia community in India. Let us just not have these kind of un-necessary divides and feelings coming in between. Abh

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Delhi Chapter (User:AroundTheGlobe)

This is going nowhere... and lots of misconceptions !!! I just cant help myself commenting... Hope some sense would prevail over a period of time. As a fence sitter, it pains a lot when I see these kind of mails going back and forth as part of a thread, related to a community as cohesive and

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Delhi Chapter (User:AroundTheGlobe)

Yes, Hindi is at second position among Indian languages. Malayalam is first. They did it without a chapter. And workshops and activities aren't a waste of time. That's how things got done in the Malayalam wikipedia. You have a lot to learn my friend, a long long way to go. Cheers, SR On 7 June 2

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Delhi Chapter (User:AroundTheGlobe)

Thank you for your suggestion!, we always love to learn from other.Let me tell you that we all are creating content. We just sent a mail to delhi wikimedians to join this chapter Initiative I don't know why this discussion went so long.We just told our purpose and we don't care that what anybody ou

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India membership

Appreciate it, Shyam. Thank you. Best, Gautam (handheld) On Jun 7, 2011 4:03 PM, "Shyam Bihari Agarwal" wrote: > Thanks Gautam, > > That makes sense to me. > > Regards, > > Shyam > > On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 8:11 PM, Gautam John wrote: > >> Hi Shyam: >> >> > 1 - To be a part of the mission and f

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Membership and Community engagement-June2011

Hi Ravi, On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 4:10 PM, Ravishankar wrote: > Hi Arjuna, > > Great report and hard work. Please accept my appreciation for all chapter > members involved in these efforts. > > Thanks for your kind words. There is lot more ahead. With the cooperation of the community, members and

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Membership and Community engagement-June2011

Hi Arjuna, Great report and hard work. Please accept my appreciation for all chapter members involved in these efforts. Ravi ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaind

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India membership

Thanks Gautam, That makes sense to me. Regards, Shyam On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 8:11 PM, Gautam John wrote: > Hi Shyam: > > > 1 - To be a part of the mission and for contributing, I don't think one > > should be a member of the Wikimedia India (please don't take it > otherwise). > > Just for vot

[Wikimediaindia-l] Membership and Community engagement-June2011

Hi Wikimedians, Executive Committee has been working on several fronts to quickly operationalising the chapter. I am glad to share with you the highlights of the same. Contents - 1 Membership