Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia to be free on mobiles in Africa, Middle East (SciDev.net)

2012-04-11 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
I agree wholeheartedly with Ashwin. India Programs need not focus on Outreach as long as the Chapter is there. In India, we see mobile operators giving free Facebook and Twitter access but not to Wiki. -- Regards, Srikanth Ramakrishnan. ___

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Mediawiki-i18n] IRC office hours with the Localisation team 2012-04-18 16:30 UTC

2012-04-11 Thread Srikanth Lakshmanan
Forwarding for the benefit of those who are not in mediawiki-i18n list. Topics that will be discussed. Language support; internationalisation of MediaWiki, language support teams, User Interaction and User Interface design for language tools See you there! -- Regards Srikanth.L --

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia to be free on mobiles in Africa, Middle East (SciDev.net)

2012-04-11 Thread Barry Newstead
Hi all, On mobile: We are working on this. Deals take time to consummate and are confidential until they are finalized with partners, but there is work going on in India and we hope to have some good stuff soon. @Ashwin: At one level I agree, but another way to think about this is as

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Odia Wikipedia Outreach Programs in Odisha (Mar-Apr)

2012-04-11 Thread Hisham
Congratulations, Odia Wikimedians, for an extraordinarily productive weekend. You all should all be really proud of: a) The sheer level of activity over 3 days: 3 outreach sessions and 1 meet-up is awe-inspiring! b) The fact that even relatively new folks in the community are standing up