Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] decline in editors

2013-03-07 Thread sankarshan
On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 12:12 PM, Amir E. Aharoni wrote: > And besides, Wikipedia in ANY language other than English needs more > articles, more writers, and more love. The people who speak that > language will appreciate you immensely. Maybe they won't tell you > directly that they appreciate it i

[Wikimediaindia-l] Appointment of new SIG chair

2013-03-07 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
Heya, this is inform you that Rohini Lakshane has been appointed as the chair of the Gender-gap SIG. This was the first nomination for an SIG chair where there were other candidates, in this case Pavithra H. Rohini was nominated and seconded by Krutikaa Jawanjal and Netha Hussain, and got 20 votes

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] decline in editors

2013-03-07 Thread Abhijeet Safai
I second Amir. Thanks ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] decline in editors

2013-03-07 Thread Amir E. Aharoni
Hi Nikhil, and everyone else, I thought about writing a detailed reply about how that article is exaggerated ("*Nobody* wants to edit anymore"? Really, nobody?), and how the problems that you describe are just one side of the story (because the bureaucracy may be annoying, but it's a necessary evi

[Wikimediaindia-l] Creative Commons Affiliation

2013-03-07 Thread Karthik Nadar
Hello all, This is to inform everyone that Wikimedia India was offered affiliation by Creative Commons recently. The Chapter has considered this and has decided to accept and is now working on the formalities. It would be one of the three affiliates in India. Since Wikimedia websites use CC lic

[Wikimediaindia-l] Suggested Programme - National Library Day - August Edit-a-thon

2013-03-07 Thread Pradeep Mohandas
hi, In India, we celebrate National Libraries Day on August 12. This coincides with the birthday of S R Ranganathan, the father of library science in India, as he is reffered to. Among other things, he put together the colon classification system. We could - 1. Get more information and impro