Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikipedia-l] Creation of new language - Ahirani

2011-12-08 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, It would be cool when the request for the Ahirani language is completed. What is necessary is information of the proposer and people interested in working on this language. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Ahirani In the mean time I have written a Mingle

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikipedia-l] Creation of new language - Ahirani

2011-12-08 Thread വിശ്വപ്രഭ
Very encouraging! Whole support for you, Ahirani! Welcome to the world of Indic Wikipedias, you little dear! :) -Viswam On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 14:19, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijs...@gmail.comwrote: Hoi, It would be cool when the request for the Ahirani language is completed. What is

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Internal-l] Community Fellowships open call

2011-12-08 Thread Béria Lima
Sent to Foundation-L, might be useful for someone here. _ *Béria Lima* Wikimedia Portugal http://wikimedia.pt (351) 963 953 042 *Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. Ajude-nos a construir esse sonho.

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Re: [Foundation-l] Indian Minister Kapil Sibal wants to censor social media

2011-12-08 Thread Achal Prabhala
A useful update on the situation: http://blogs.outlookindia.com/default.aspx?ddm=10pid=2665 On Wednesday 07 December 2011 10:36 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan wrote: Vickram, while I agree with you my point was something else. What I meant to say was that if you add a source, you make your point,

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Internal-l] Community Fellowships open call

2011-12-08 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
I don't understand. What are community fellowships for? On 08/12/2011, Béria Lima beria.l...@wikimedia.pt wrote: Sent to Foundation-L, might be useful for someone here. _ *Béria Lima* Wikimedia Portugal http://wikimedia.pt (351) 963 953 042 *Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Re: [Foundation-l] Indian Minister Kapil Sibal wants to censor social media

2011-12-08 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
Interesting to note that the article mentions Sunil and Pranesh of the Centre for Internet and Society ... On 08/12/2011, Achal Prabhala aprabh...@gmail.com wrote: A useful update on the situation: http://blogs.outlookindia.com/default.aspx?ddm=10pid=2665 On Wednesday 07 December 2011 10:36

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] FW: [Foundation-l] WP being edited by lobbying firm

2011-12-08 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
A follow up was published by the Independent after Jimmy Wales reacted to the matter ... http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/the-dark-arts-Wikipedia-founder-attacks-bell-pottinger-6273836.html On 07/12/2011, Srikanth Ramakrishnan parakara.gh...@gmail.com wrote: High time people

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Internal-l] Community Fellowships open call

2011-12-08 Thread Béria Lima
Well, is on the page: *A fellowship is a temporary position at the Wikimedia Foundation in order to work on a specific project or set of projects. Fellowships can be awarded for periods as short as 2 months and as long as 12 months. Duration is determined by the scope of the fellow's project.*

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Internal-l] Community Fellowships open call

2011-12-08 Thread Surya Prakash
Thank you Beria for your short note. :) *$U®¥∩* http://goo.gl/RoMyo.com http://FirefoxSurya.blogspot.com http://about.me/suryaceg On 8 December 2011 18:42, Béria Lima berial...@gmail.com wrote: Well, is on the page: *A fellowship is a temporary position at the Wikimedia Foundation in order

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Internal-l] Community Fellowships open call

2011-12-08 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
Yes, thank you for the explanation. Meta and the foundation site don't work to well with my phone browser. On 08/12/2011, Surya Prakash suryasalem2...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you Beria for your short note. :) *$U®¥∩* http://goo.gl/RoMyo.com http://FirefoxSurya.blogspot.com

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Meetup at Salem - Dec 11

2011-12-08 Thread Srikanth Lakshmanan
Hi All, A Wikipedia meet is being organized in Salem this Sunday. Agenda would primarily be discussion about Tamil Wikipedia and Wiktionary and a photo walk post meetup to click pics for Media contest[1]. Meetup page[2]. If you are interested( dont follow Tamil) and need more details to attend,

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Meetup at Salem - Dec 11

2011-12-08 Thread Subhashish Panigrahi
Wow! 3 academies/meetups in Tamilnadu this weekend, seem like Tamilnadu is following the leading track of Malayalam as a good neighbour. All the best for a successful event and all the Tamil Wikipedians. regards Subha On 8 December 2011 21:07, Srikanth Lakshmanan srik@gmail.com wrote: Hi

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Meetup at Salem - Dec 11

2011-12-08 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
This is great news. Coimbatore on Saturday and Salem on Sunday! I do hope that the attendees of Kovai and Salem are able to attend both the meetups. While I'll be leading Kovai, I won't be able to make it on Sunday. All the very best guys. On 08/12/2011, Subhashish Panigrahi psubhash...@gmail.com

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

2011-12-08 Thread Shiju Alex
Dear All, As part of my discussions with Indic language Wikipedians I spoke with few Marathi wikimedians (Abhay, Mahitgar, and Mandar) also. All of them are highly experinced wikimedians. They their editing experiences, their vision about ml wiki projects, and other related topics. I have

[Wikimediaindia-l] SocialShare Gadget on Tamil Wikipedia

2011-12-08 Thread Srikanth Lakshmanan
Hi all, Just as we started the Tamil Wiki Media Contest[1], we have realized the power of social media[2] and virality. In an attempt to increase page views even by single digits and having more visibility for content pages, I was looking around and found the share gadget on Hebrew wikipedia and

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] SocialShare Gadget on Tamil Wikipedia

2011-12-08 Thread Steven Walling
On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 12:33 PM, Srikanth Lakshmanan srik@gmail.comwrote: Hi all, Just as we started the Tamil Wiki Media Contest[1], we have realized the power of social media[2] and virality. In an attempt to increase page views even by single digits and having more visibility for

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] SocialShare Gadget on Tamil Wikipedia

2011-12-08 Thread Srikanth Lakshmanan
On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 02:13, Steven Walling swall...@wikimedia.org wrote: Very cool. :) Thank you! Is there going to be any way to measure how often this happens, and for what pages? Other communities have spent many hours discussing this (including English Wikipedia) with little success.

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] SocialShare Gadget on Tamil Wikipedia

2011-12-08 Thread Arjuna Rao Chavala
On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 2:03 AM, Srikanth Lakshmanan srik@gmail.comwrote: Hi all, Just as we started the Tamil Wiki Media Contest[1], we have realized the power of social media[2] and virality. In an attempt to increase page views even by single digits and having more visibility for

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] SocialShare Gadget on Tamil Wikipedia

2011-12-08 Thread Arjuna Rao Chavala
On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 2:27 AM, Srikanth Lakshmanan srik@gmail.comwrote: On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 02:13, Steven Walling swall...@wikimedia.orgwrote: Very cool. :) Thank you! Is there going to be any way to measure how often this happens, and for what pages? Other communities have spent

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] SocialShare Gadget on Tamil Wikipedia

2011-12-08 Thread Naveen Francis
User:ManojK had that in http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Wiki_Academy/National_Institute_of_Technology,_Calicut_2011page too .. I think it should practice now . Thanks, naveenpf On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 4:05 AM, Arjuna Rao Chavala arjunar...@gmail.comwrote: On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 2:27 AM, Srikanth

[Wikimediaindia-l] Regarding WikiAcademy @ Jaya Engineering College

2011-12-08 Thread Subhashish Panigrahi
Hi All, Wikimedia India chapter is organizing a Wiki Academyhttp://wiki.wikimedia.in/Wiki_Academy/Jaya_Engineering_Collegein FOSS Centre, *Jaya Engineering College*,

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] SocialShare Gadget on Tamil Wikipedia

2011-12-08 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
Good one Srikanth. This is exactly what we need now. Publicity. On 09/12/2011, Naveen Francis navee...@gmail.com wrote: User:ManojK had that in http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Wiki_Academy/National_Institute_of_Technology,_Calicut_2011page too .. I think it should practice now . Thanks, naveenpf

[Wikimediaindia-l] WikiAcademy @ P S R Rengasamy college of engineering for women, 2011

2011-12-08 Thread Naveen Francis
Hi all, We are looking for experienced Wikipedians from places preferably near to Sivakasi for conducting Wiki Academy at P S R Rengasamy college of engineering for women, 2011 http://wiki.wikimedia.in/P_S_R_Rengasamy_college_of_engineering_for_women,_2011 on Dec 26, 2011 Monday. Necessary

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] SocialShare Gadget on Tamil Wikipedia

2011-12-08 Thread Srikanth Lakshmanan
On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 04:05, Arjuna Rao Chavala arjunar...@gmail.comwrote: I saw this used on Wiki Conference India page http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2011earlier If there is some easier analysis of the number of view of the conference, pre and post the

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] SocialShare Gadget on Tamil Wikipedia

2011-12-08 Thread Naveen Francis
Hi On the same note... we are having 24 admins handling Wikimedia India Facebook page. We are updating with stats,news,discussions etc... Is there anyone in the list who has started editing bcoz of that ? -- naveenpf On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 10:07 AM, Srikanth Lakshmanan

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] SocialShare Gadget on Tamil Wikipedia

2011-12-08 Thread Srikanth Lakshmanan
On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 04:01, Arjuna Rao Chavala arjunar...@gmail.comwrote: Nice idea. Other indic wikipedias could leverage the same. There is one thing that is required for other wikipedias to use the same. ShortURL[1] is required for sharing on twitter. The development is done(Thanks

[Wikimediaindia-l] Telugu e-zine special issue on Wiki Conference 2011 released

2011-12-08 Thread Arjuna Rao Chavala
Please check for Telugu e-zine Tewiki Vartha speciall issue on Wiki Conference 2011