Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Please sign up for WikiProject India if you are an English language Wikipedian (yes, English is an Indic language)

2012-02-20 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
Agree with Logic. India Road Transport articles are babies in comparision with their American or European counterparts. There is so much to add, stuff that I've seen myself but camou add it because of lack of sources. I had posted about this last year. Yesterdays featured article was a highway

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Ahmedabad Meetup 3 - Report

2012-02-20 Thread Konarak Ratnakar
Hi everyone, The 3rd Wikipedia Ahmedabad Meetup was arranged on 19th February 2012, at Seva Cafe Navarangpura.[1] Total 5 wikipedians attended the meetup(excluding a volunteer from the venue who also joined us, I've led him to Facebook Mumbai Wikipedia group, he might attend

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Please sign up for WikiProject India if you are an English language Wikipedian (yes, English is an Indic language)

2012-02-20 Thread Vickram Crishna
On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 12:18 PM, Swaroop Rao raul.swar...@gmail.comwrote: Swaroop Rao (MikeLynch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MikeLynch) On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 20:29, Ashwin Baindur ashwin.bain...@gmail.comwrote: I think we need to contact dormant editors and ask them why they

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WMIN-Members] Wikimedia India Chapter receives FCRA Prior Permission

2012-02-20 Thread CherianTinu Abraham
A slight correction. The date of actual application is 4 NOV 2011 and not 4 Sep 2011. Apologies for the oversight! -TC On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 12:14 PM, CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.com wrote: Congratulations and thanks to all who worked behind this ! And special Hats off to Arjuna

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Please sign up for WikiProject India if you are an English language Wikipedian (yes, English is an Indic language)

2012-02-20 Thread Ashwin Baindur
Hey, we expect people who have moved on to different things NOT to cut all ties but to return back out of nostalgia, often enough. Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur -- On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 12:35 PM, Srikanth Lakshmanan srik@gmail.comwrote:

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Volunteer coordinator for WikiProject Gujarat

2012-02-20 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
Yes, a very very warm welcome to Kondi. He's already got two barnstars [one from me, I know], and his article has already gone thru and survived an AfD. Come on young ones, we need more of you. On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 4:46 PM, Ashwin Baindur ashwin.bain...@gmail.comwrote: Dear friends,

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Please sign up for WikiProject India if you are an English language Wikipedian (yes, English is an Indic language)

2012-02-20 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
Agree with Ashwin. That feeling of nostalgia is very powerful. Vickram, the case of Nichalp is a one of case. It doesn't happen with EVERYONE. On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 12:49 AM, Ashwin Baindur ashwin.bain...@gmail.comwrote: Hey, we expect people who have moved on to different things NOT to cut

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WMIN-Members] Wikimedia India Chapter receives FCRA Prior Permission

2012-02-20 Thread Anirudh Bhati
On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 4:23 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan parakara.gh...@gmail.com wrote: Good news. I guess this means the Chapter can receive funding from the Foundation and other foreign bodies? No, just the Foundation and a specific amount for now.

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WMIN-Members] Wikimedia India Chapter receives FCRA Prior Permission

2012-02-20 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
I see. Is there any time based restriction? As in limits increase over a period of time? On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 3:09 AM, Anirudh Bhati anirudh...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 4:23 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan parakara.gh...@gmail.com wrote: Good news. I guess this means the

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Please sign up for WikiProject India if you are an English language Wikipedian (yes, English is an Indic language)

2012-02-20 Thread Vickram Crishna
On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 4:25 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan parakara.gh...@gmail.com wrote: Agree with Ashwin. That feeling of nostalgia is very powerful. Vickram, the case of Nichalp is a one of case. It doesn't happen with EVERYONE. :-) Thank goodness, too! But this commercialisation aspect

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter receives FCRA Prior Permission

2012-02-20 Thread Tinu Cherian (Wikimedia India)
To clarity a little further : Each FCRA Prior permission application is for receiving a specific amount, for a specific purpose and from a specific donor. This is not a blanket permission for all donations/grants for anyone ( foreign entities). More Info : http://mha.nic.in/fcra.htm The

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Please sign up for WikiProject India if you are an English language Wikipedian (yes, English is an Indic language)

2012-02-20 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
True. The age old What's in it for me? syndrome. Tell new users that contributing to Wikipedia is rewarding in non monetary ways. Money may make the world go round, but Money does not buy you the simple joys of editing. -- Regards, Srikanth Ramakrishnan. Wikipedia Coimbatore Meetup on February

[Wikimediaindia-l] Invitation for Wikipedia seminar and Marathi Wikisrot Launch program on 25th Feb

2012-02-20 Thread Sudhanwa Jogalekar
Dear All, A symposium on Wikipedia is planned on 25th Feb. on the occasion of Marathi Bhasha Divas” which is on 27th Feb. The program includes seminar on Wikipedia and launching of Marathi Wikisrot which we were waiting to release for a long time. Well-known theatre and film personality Amol

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Volunteer coordinator for WikiProject Gujarat

2012-02-20 Thread Konarak Ratnakar
Thank you guys! --kondi Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 02:52:38 -0800 From: parakara.gh...@gmail.com To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Volunteer coordinator for WikiProject Gujarat Yes, a very very warm welcome to Kondi. He's already got two barnstars [one from me,

[Wikimediaindia-l] Crafts museum page

2012-02-20 Thread Noopur
Dear all, I've created a working Project page on en-WP for the Crafts museum project. I welcome you all to join and put down your name as participants. Everyone is welcome, including people interested in translations, making userboxes, providing stats, creating articles and so on. We've hit a few

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WMIN-Members] Wikimedia India Chapter receives FCRA Prior Permission

2012-02-20 Thread Bishakha Datta
On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 12:11 PM, Anivar Aravind anivar.arav...@gmail.comwrote: Congrats Arjuna team . This seems to be a Record in usual time neeed for FCRA process Yes, congratulations to all those who worked on this. Amazingly swift by FCRA standards! Best Bishakha