Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Letters of authority or press cards (was: Backup for Wikipedians)

2012-02-07 Thread praveenp
If this get implemented with enough background check with rigid criteria like credible 300 uploads/3000 edits +1 yr active participation in any indian lang wiki project so as active users can get full advantage, it will be great. Such a criteria will help to keep self proclaimed or self appointed w

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Pure Fiction: Nichalp and Wifione

2012-02-07 Thread Pradeep Mohandas
hi, I do not understand why this accusation is written as a work of fiction. Whatever the problems faced by an individual, it does not provide grounds for crimes like theft. If the person does resort to these methods, has to face the consequences, if found out. I am sure we appreciated User:Nicha

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Pure Fiction: Nichalp and Wifione

2012-02-07 Thread Ashwin Baindur
Sad. In his time Nichalp was a legend. his edits along with those of his compatriots gave a solid foundation to articles on India. I always think that we Indians crucify a man for what is NOT a heinous crime, yet we tend to be hypocrites in daily life all the time. For my sake, I would rather weig

[Wikimediaindia-l] No. of edits increase by 199% on Marathi Wikipedia in Dec.

2012-02-07 Thread Mandar Kulkarni
Dear All, We, the team of Marathi Wikipedia is putting lot of efforts in increasing the content and no. of edits. The participation from online editors, active contribution by bots and various out-reach activities including wiki-academies done in Pune and Mumbai are helping a lot. The edit per

[Wikimediaindia-l] Pure Fiction: Nichalp and Wifione

2012-02-07 Thread guptchar
This is the story of Nichalp[1], an Indian student from Mumbai who became obsessed with editing Wikipedia at a young age. He transformed several articles into featured articles, and became a role model for many editors. He was granted the bureaucrat, oversight and administrator privileges - nob

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-en] Creating video of Indian Editors "We Edit Wikipedia"

2012-02-07 Thread Ashwin Baindur
Nitika & MikeLynch & some others have just begin working in this field and a prototype video on how to create an account has been made. Imho these efforts should be combined. Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur -- On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 10:59 PM, Ko

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-en] Creating video of Indian Editors "We Edit Wikipedia"

2012-02-07 Thread Konarak Ratnakar
Hey,+1 to this, I can help(composing, editing).Konarak. > Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 22:10:06 +0530 > From: noopur.ra...@gmail.com > To: wikimedia-in...@lists.wikimedia.org; wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-en] Creating video of Indian > Editors

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-en] Creating video of Indian Editors "We Edit Wikipedia"

2012-02-07 Thread Noopur
Hey Subhashish, I think it's a great idea. In case people are thinking of recording such a video, I would love to help you edit and here are some suggestions for community members: 1) Put it on your next meetup agenda. Do it in the meetup itself 2) It could be one single person saying "I edit wik

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Letters of authority or press cards (was: Backup for Wikipedians)

2012-02-07 Thread Konarak Ratnakar
Agree with Srikanth, as I can't join the chapter because I'm underage. Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 02:49:39 -0800 From: parakara.gh...@gmail.com To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Letters of authority or press cards (was: Backup for Wikipedians) I agree with fae

[Wikimediaindia-l] Creating video of Indian Editors "We Edit Wikipedia"

2012-02-07 Thread Subhashish Panigrahi
Deal all, As a part of helping the community to reach out to more people apart from the presentations, handouts, FAQs and mailing list support we also have need for more visuals. Audio/Video clips containing Indian Wikipedians sharing their message "I EDIT WIKIPEDIA" or "I EDIT AN INDIAN LANGUAGE

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Letters of authority or press cards (was: Backup for Wikipedians)

2012-02-07 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
I agree with fae about the entire issue. Last week, there was an Academy in Coimbatore at the Amrita University where I was denied entry as my ID card didn't state Wikipedia. For Commons, this may not be of much use. Most Police men chase us away for pulling out a Camera in Public. However, I do

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Backup for Wikipedians

2012-02-07 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
Volunteers also need to be involved in an interacted session on what is/was/could be/will be illegal/problematic/controversial. On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 6:38 AM, Pradeep Mohandas wrote: > hi, > > Also another thing to consider that all Wikimedians in India are not > Chapter members. Can anything

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Coimbatore Meetup 2

2012-02-07 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
Thank you for your support Subha. The page is hosted on meta for the following reasons: 1. Neutral. Meta is more neutral as we have a lot of Tamil editors, photographers, bird watchers etc. from the Commons. 2. Common Login. I was suggested to keep the page on wiki.wikimedia.in but we have a lot of

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Press] : First Post : Good News: Indians most willing to donate to Wikipedia

2012-02-07 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
My mistake. I meant to say for, not of. On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 3:08 AM, Theo10011 wrote: > On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 4:27 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan < > parakara.gh...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Just a question. >> The 'study' mentioned at the bottom of the page. Was it the one done by >> Oliver Keyes