Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-WB] Proposal: Wikipedia participation at 'Kolkata Book Fair 2012'

2011-12-05 Thread Jayanta Nath
Hi, Thanks for the initiative Hisham and Nitika! We need some following documents before submit the application 1. Apply on our own letterhead for participation 2. name address 3. required space : stall (sq. mt) / table 4. space allotted in the last two years 5. photocopy of current trade

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] IEP Pilot - Preliminary Analysis

2011-12-05 Thread wheredevelsdare
FYI - Pradeep has already left the list before this email your response was sent. Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 12:41:06 +0530 From: ashwin.bain...@gmail.com To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] IEP Pilot - Preliminary Analysis My dear Pradeep, Please accept my

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-WB] Proposal: Wikipedia participation at 'Kolkata Book Fair 2012'

2011-12-05 Thread Hisham
On Dec 5, 2011, at 3:50 PM, Jayanta Nath wrote: Hi, Thanks for the initiative Hisham and Nitika! Pleasure. We need some following documents before submit the application 1. Apply on our own letterhead for participation I am presuming the Chapter EC will take care of point 1?

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] On the spot Chapter membership.

2011-12-05 Thread wheredevelsdare
Fact: Chapter membership was open for all on last day of WCI 2011. Anyone who wished to become a member could by filling up a form and paying the fees. If this was done in Mumbai, why not allow it in Kolkata? I think there needs to be a uniform policy behind this - either its open to all at

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] On the spot Chapter membership.

2011-12-05 Thread Srikanth Lakshmanan
On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 18:20, wheredevelsd...@hotmail.com wrote: If this was done in Mumbai, why not allow it in Kolkata? I think there needs to be a uniform policy behind this - either its open to all at all our events across the country or its not. My point was not specific to Kolkata.

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] On the spot Chapter membership.

2011-12-05 Thread Jayanta Nath
Hi, There are some free and open source minded/Linux group members around Kolkata,They have some knowledge about Wikipedia's philosophy. Some of our community member wants joint on spot payment method,as like we have at WCI2011 . They are not so comfortable with other method.Although On-spot

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] On the spot Chapter membership.

2011-12-05 Thread Srikanth Lakshmanan
On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 18:30, Jayanta Nath jayanta...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, There are some free and open source minded/Linux group members around Kolkata,They have some knowledge about Wikipedia's philosophy. Some of our community member wants joint on spot payment method,as like we have at

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] On the spot Chapter membership.

2011-12-05 Thread CherianTinu Abraham
Hi all, I am very much in favour of ( sincerely wishes so) the active community members being part of the chapter and its leadership and taking the chapter is next level. The chapter will have lose its relevance unless the community takes control of it and shape its future. On a side

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] On the spot Chapter membership.

2011-12-05 Thread Srikanth Lakshmanan
On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 19:01, CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.comwrote: I am very much in favour of ( sincerely wishes so) the active community members being part of the chapter and its leadership and taking the chapter is next level. The chapter will have lose its relevance unless the

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] On the spot Chapter membership.

2011-12-05 Thread Bala Jeyaraman
+1 for recruiting more Wikipedian members. I am one of those Wikipedians who hasn't become a member of the chapter because i am hesitant to get involved in chapter politics and fear of being forced to follow the agenda set by people who know nothing about Wikipedia (except perhaps talking about

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] On the spot Chapter membership.

2011-12-05 Thread CherianTinu Abraham
Thanks Srikanths for initiating this useful discussion. Yes, we are all aware of the problem. But then again there are no straight forward answers solutions too. Ironically it is a similar to the chicken egg problem. The chapter needs the community to grow strong... The community will join the

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] geo-tagged articles from India

2011-12-05 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
Wow, this is really interesting news. I think this should serve as a catalyst for other languages. -- On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 5:17 AM, Mani Pande mpa...@wikimedia.org wrote: Hey Everyone, I wanted to share with you this visualization of geo-tagged articles from South Asia, including

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] On the spot Chapter membership.

2011-12-05 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
Tinu, I understand that we need more members to take the movement forward, but we need to ensure that only genuinely interested people become a part of the chapter. Imagine this: Some comapny is unable to promote their product on Wikipedia. Keeps getting deleted. [Read the mail I sent about

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] On the spot Chapter membership.

2011-12-05 Thread CherianTinu Abraham
No, no.. Let me say that again and again, I passionately welcome the idea that it is the genuinely interested people ( aka community) who should be driving force of the chapter ! ( sincerely believe so and should be so). I am more a community member at heart but I believe the chapter has to and

[Wikimediaindia-l] Sharing insights and experiences from Indian language wiki communities - Kannada

2011-12-05 Thread Shiju Alex
Dear All, As part of my discussion with Indic language Wikipedians I spoke with few Kannada wikipedians. I have summarized the discussion in meta wiki. It is here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_-_India_Programs/Indic_Languages/Kannada/Discussions/2011 Kannada with more

[Wikimediaindia-l] Chapter-Foundation: Co-Ordination Calls / Meeting - Updates Minutes

2011-12-05 Thread Hisham
Dear All As you might be aware, we've been have a monthly call between the India Chapter and India Programs team. Since we last updated you, we have had 2 calls and also a face-to-face meeting after WikiConference. Here's an update on these meetings. I must beforehand apologize for being