Forgive me for interjecting at this point, as I am not actively engaged
with any aspect of this process.
Wikimedia is a growing phenomenon, absolutely unique in its demonstration
that value can be created without what is often assumed to be an equivalent
injection of capital. It has happened
Hi Gerard
Calendars around the world follow a combination of solar and lunar cycles:
periodic mismatches between the two have given rise to different ways of
keeping track of the days.
India also has more than one system in regular use, although as Pranav
mentions, only one vernacular calendar
Beautiful image! Excellent.
Vickram
On 7 Jan 2014 12:10, Kalyan Sarkar kalyan.sar...@gmail.com wrote:
Congratulations, Biswarup da!
On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 11:45 AM, Bishakha Datta
bishakhada...@gmail.comwrote:
Most interesting image - never seen this before. Congratulations,
Biswarup.
Could you explain, please, what you mean precisely by adding lexical data?
An example?
Warmly
Vickram
On 5 Jan 2014 19:01, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijs...@gmail.com wrote:
Hoi,
Getting content to the Internet is very much a chicken and egg problem.
There is nothing and consequently nothing
All are welcome... where? Which University? Which city? (I'm almost tempted
to ask: which country?)
It really does look like a very fascinating opportunity, and subject. If
successfully defended (and one hopes there is no doubt) do consider an
article on it, and/or referencing from within other
Conceptually, this is similar to the effort made in India over the last
couple of years, and it is heartening that the failure here is not
representative of the end of the road.
However, the degree of buy-in from the institution, obvious in the remarks
made by the professor, as well as hints of a
On 2 Nov 2013 09:26, Anivar Aravind anivar.arav...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all ,
Thanks Jane for the explanation. I remember I am in this cc-india list
from 2006 onwards :-)
It is better to announce relaunch as it is in the announcements to avoid
confusion . Because we wikipedian's value
On 3 Nov 2013 09:16, Netha Hussain nethahuss...@gmail.com wrote:
All information given on the profile is based on the answers given by
the interviewee at the time of interview. Vibhi gave me an e-mail interview
in October 2013.
Time is a jet plane, it moves too fast ...
Very nice. Thanks. It really puts WLM in a good perspective.
On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 5:57 PM, CherianTinu Abraham
tinucher...@gmail.comwrote:
*NextBigWhat.com : Piecing Together India’s Heritage One Photo at A
Time [Indians Top Contributors to World's Largest Photo Contest]*
I looked at the page some days ago, but for some reason it did not allow me
to edit anything. On reflection, though, I did not find anything positive
to suggest. I assume the monetisation of the projects is a separate
exercise, and must confess I have not researched the purpose of this part
of the
from the wall.
His eyes, like lights from a laser, burn
making my hair stand - making the goose-bumps crawl.
Jethro Tull: Watching Me Watching You (1982)
On Sep 20, 2013 4:53 PM, Vickram Crishna vvcris...@gmail.com wrote:
I did that, and returned to the page, but it did not allow me to edit
.
On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 4:57 PM, Vickram Crishna vvcris...@radiophony.com
wrote:
I did that, and returned to the page, but it did not allow me to edit.
But as I said, it is not material to the process.
--
Vickram
Fool On The Hill communicall.wordpress.com
He's still watching me
To what extent are the plaguey issues known? Without a very specific brief,
a consultant is likely to be neither here nor there in resolving issues in
preparation for what lies ahead.
Is it possible for the present team to carry out an ABC analysis of issues?
At least that way the problems that
As Ashwin points out, from the point of view of a partnership, this was
less than a resounding success.
However, Rohini does not call it a partnership, because it isn't one. This
was a pilot, intended to demonstrate to persons of influence at BNHS what a
partnership could achieve for the Society.
It presently reads:
He is alleged to plant his staunch supporters as RAW and IB chiefs. He grew
infamous when he wanted to sack the then RAW chiefC. D.
Sahayhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._D._Sahay.
He began systematically undermining Sahay; he planted his own man, Hormis
Tharakan
Hi Karthik
I too think we would be better served through dedicated use of the existing
lists rather than adding to them. I am a fairly diligent email reader, I
feel, yet I sometimes don't learn about activities in Mumbai even though I
live here. This is rather the opposite to being deluged with
While this is not, per se, a subject directly for this list, I feel that as
many Wikimedians as possible ought to appreciate the subtle establishment
of hegemony here.
ICANN is an independent body, true, but it has been seen in the past to act
in favour of US interests, in case of significant
This has happened even with contract-linked editing of information sources,
such as the old encyclopedias.
As a philosophy, managing information the wikipedia way has many things to
offer, but omniscience isn't one of them. Actually, perfection can only be
a goal, not a promise. The good thing
Noise. Troll. Cease and desist, unless you have something positive to
contribute.
fyi, since you don't seem to have the time to regularly follow Wikimedia
activities in India, many Wikimedians took part in the global Wikimedia
Loves Monuments event, without any funding offers, with terrific
I am also not a Chapter member, but for some reason, I am not particularly
perturbed about reports, activities and so on. I think Tejas' suggestions
are excellent, and made in the positive spirit of building a sense of
community amongst Wikimedians in India, be they chapter, foundation, user,
the interest and we thank you.
Jethro Tull: A Passion Play (1973)
On Feb 8, 2013 9:54 PM, Ashwin Baindur ashwin.bain...@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 6:13 PM, Vickram Crishna
vvcris...@radiophony.comwrote:
. I had the privilege of attending a workshop session she conducted in
Mumbai
I don't know Vishnu, and I have only followed the recruitment process by
email windowshopping, no direct participation. I have also enjoyed and
admired the hard work being done by other enthusiastic Wikimedians, now in
this debate, over the years.
But the questions being asked came across to me
While broadly concurring with Ravi, I have been informed by several
Wikimedians that the office also had to deal with a plethora of well-meant
queries and initiatives from external sources, ie outside India. I don't
think any of us should be afraid to raise doubts, but equally, I don't
think any
The period for clearance of permission to receive funds from abroad in the
form of donation or grant (as against earnings) is unknowable, but has been
getting extensive over the past few years since the rule was instituted.
Afaik, there is no obvious reason why it should take long or be considered
On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 2:18 PM, Gautam John gau...@prathambooks.org
wrote:
On 25 December 2012 09:17, Rohini Lakshané rohini.laksh...@gmail.com
wrote:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/13/wikimedia_coo_convicted_felon
It's more than a few years old, what?
I think it is very important
I think this is a pretty good idea. Already, the stations have the need to
deliver 6 month's recordings to the relevant Ministry, as part of the tc
of their licenses. We need to establish a 'chain' to each station, whereby
an additional copy (presently, the stipulation mentions a cd or DVD) can be
As far as this discussion is concerned, it does not seem that we need to be
much bothered about the history and background. What we need to focus on is
the word in its current context, so, Indic and Indian languages, with
particular reference to display standards, and therefore the direction of
Judging from this clarification, it seems that a position is being created
that the Indus valley civilisation was the sole active player in the
separation of Dravidian from non-Dravidian communities, and that we should
shun any attempt to use the word Indic, as that might show unnecessary
respect
Well done! You seem to have had an amazing session over two days!
On Aug 28, 2012 8:24 AM, Piyush Aggarwal me.piyushaggar...@gmail.com
wrote:
Greetings Everyone,
I am back from Chandigarh after attending one of the two amazing sessions
at British library. The session on day 1 (24 August) was
The founder of Sugar labs, Walter Bender, will be in India from about 21-29
August (i.e. now) and will speak at HBCSE in Mumbai on 28 August, 4-6 pm,
for those interested in furthering the importance of good quality primary
education. It is an open, public, meeting.
Sugar is the platform
On Aug 13, 2012 11:51 PM, Pradeep Mohandas pr...@outlook.com wrote:
Quite a philosophical question this no?
Apparently, India has an act that defines what are monuments. It goes
by the rather descriptive name, Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites
and Remains Act, 1958. You can
On Aug 6, 2012 12:19 PM, Sunil Abraham su...@mahiti.org wrote:
Dear Yuvi and Vickram,
On Sun, Aug 5, 2012 at 3:50 PM, Vickram Crishna
vvcris...@radiophony.com wrote:
On Aug 5, 2012 3:05 PM, Yuvi Panda yuvipa...@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 2:41 PM, Sunil Abraham su
On Aug 5, 2012 3:05 PM, Yuvi Panda yuvipa...@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 2:41 PM, Sunil Abraham su...@mahiti.org wrote:
Simply out of curiosity, what would constitute 'sufficient' managerial
experience?
The rest of us were hoping ;-) you would explain.
Not at all OT (unless the rules of this list say otherwise)
On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 3:48 PM, Srikanth Lakshmanan srik@gmail.comwrote:
-- Forwarded message --
Date: Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 17:52
Subject: [ilugb] Parliament - Say no to Internet Censorship
Parliament - Say no
On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 10:21 AM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan
parakara.gh...@gmail.com wrote:
Hisham, you say you're conducted 22+ sessions. How would you rate the
relative success of each of them? Four people editing on the day isn't
good enough. Long term editors should be used to measure
Just to chime in with some observations (empirical, possibly OT) about
means of communication. IRC is one of those elegant solutions that just
aren't everyone's cup of tea, but sometimes because they haven't tried.
Actually, it is the nearest thing to a physical meeting, with the same
rules of
On Mar 14, 2012 11:51 AM, Pradeep Mohandas pradeep.mohan...@gmail.com
wrote:
Please mark such posts as off topic.
That depends on how OT is defined. We already face internal restrictions
defining content, we face 'security' restrictions finding content (re our
discussions on photographing
This is super.
Nitika may find this tremendously helpful for her proposed online outreach
sessions. We can also crowdsource video shorts: tips and tricks for various
aspects of Wikimedia stuff, in multiple languages.
On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 8:53 AM, Shrinivasan T tshriniva...@gmail.comwrote:
we
As the old military expression goes, the impossible just takes a little
longer. Choose one script/dialect combination (organically, not by diktat),
develop it to a starting point, and I venture to suggest that enthusiasts
will come forward to support developing the variants.
On Sun, Feb 26, 2012
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
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
On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 7:48 AM, Anirudh Bhati anirudh...@gmail.com wrote:
FYI.
-- Forwarded message --
From: Ashwin Baindur ashwin.bain...@gmail.com
Date: Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 7:45 AM
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-IN-PUN] [Wikimedia-in-en] GLAM-India: Wikipedia
and NHHM
On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 1:42 PM, Ashwin Baindur ashwin.bain...@gmail.comwrote:
I was told by someone that Wikipeding was a
voluntary activity so high standards should not be expected in
competence. If that is true, then we should not suddenly start
witch-hunting on the basis of principle when
On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 4:32 PM, Deepon Saha hideeponh...@gmail.com wrote:
Good Idea Srikanth..
Deepon
On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 4:09 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan
parakara.gh...@gmail.com wrote:
It isn't easy to stand ground when you are outnumbered.
It also isn't god when the cop reels out a
Top posting: yes, *sensitive* spots, not spots of possible connection with
*national security*. The police take an active interest wherever money can
be sniffed, not only where the government may or may not have an interest.
In the former kind of places, one can very often discern an extra-legal
It would be absolutely fantastic if we can organise ongoing training and
sensitisation sessions for government departments in order to assist them
to streamline timely uploading of public information.
These may also be conducted at universities where scientific research is
published, for the
What is rather odd is that the 'story' is written as a defense of
Nichalp/Wifione/Wikifone. Possibly some people may have known him
personally and therefore the tone of the article.
I find the statement They don't realize that, in the long run, editors
cannot be expected to devote their time to
+1
On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 1:09 AM, Aditya Sengupta apsengu...@gmail.comwrote:
Ignore any or all of the above advice if you are being physically harmed.
Focus on personal safety first.
--
Vickram
Fool On The Hill http://communicall.wordpress.com
I think this is a great suggestion. I know that amateur and even
professional photographers (non-Press persons) face endless nuisance simply
due the lack of an official looking card.
Do we actually have an 'office'? If so, its address on the card would help.
Only thing is since probably the
Further to Theo's suggestion (inline below)
On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 7:15 AM, Theo10011 de10...@gmail.com wrote:
Great suggestion Fae.
As Srikanth correctly pointed it out, such an ID would be under the
content scope, which neither the chapter or the WMF India operations have
any jurisdiction
, for it is not even necessary
that every photosession be a PhotoWalk.
On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 12:44 PM, Vickram Crishna
vvcris...@radiophony.com wrote:
On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 12:16 PM, Noopur noopur.ra...@gmail.com wrote:
IMHO, the point of the photo walk is not just to get pictures but, also
to ask
of work into the event.
They helped many people contribute to the Commons while having a good time,
and they deserve praise for making all of this happen.
Our heartfelt gratitude to Pranav Curumsey, Vickram Crishna, Dr
Nagarjuna, Noopur Raval and Moksh Juneja for all the help and mentoring
Failure to make the system work efficiently is also a learning exercise.
Given that we are hoping to make such events happen more frequently and at
many historically important places across the country, we must work to see
that wikimedians are enabled to upload images meaningfully, ie with proper
which, the 'we' who solve the issues work within a commonly
agreed framework, to avoid chaos and wandering down blind alleys. This list
is not part of that framework, it is the place (within this context) where
non-geeky people share their geeky needs.
On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 12:05 PM, Vickram
On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 2:55 PM, nikita belavate niki8...@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks to Vickram uncle and Dr.Nagarjuna :)
Hope some 'uncles' will be part of the Photowalk too!
--
Vickram
Fool On The Hill http://communicall.wordpress.com
___
As discussed with Nikita and Dr Nagarjuna, the HBCSE has kindly offered the
use of the Gnowledge Labs at Deonar on Saturday 28 Jan afternoon (2pm
onwards; the request was for a couple of hours) for the conclusion of the
planned Photowalk, in order to complete uploading/tagging/captioning etc of
Who wants copyright free? We want the right to reproduce and distribute
freely, since we have already paid for it.
The amendments on the way are a mess, designed to reinforce the rights of
restrictive copyright holders. It is understandable, since the political
leadership of the nation (of all
To be utterly frank, we cannot continue to think that we must follow the
example of the west. As Wikimedians in India, we have a particular point of
view about copyright, in this case of works created using public money.
Whether or not the USA decides to prevent similar works from being openly
Hi Pranav
On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 10:21 PM, wheredevelsd...@hotmail.com wrote:
Minutes of Wikipedia Mumbai Meetup 14:
Coincidentally, 14 people attended the 14th Mumbai Meetup held at Coffee
Bean and Tea Leaf, Bandra earlier today :)
*Wikipedia Takes Mumbai 2*
*...
Wikimania 2013
On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 4:01 PM, Ashwin Baindur ashwin.bain...@gmail.comwrote:
So I request that we may all simmer down a bit. If this continues then I
would like to join them since I cant beat them. This I shall do by getting
upset about the abhorrent word *baingan.
*I dont like the taste of
And, just to nitpick:
On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 1:16 AM, Sudhanwa Jogalekar
sudhanwa@gmail.comwrote:
Hmmm
I don't know why people are so touchy about FOSS.
If I mention photographer or security or Media or engineer instead
of FOSS, will the reaction be same?
On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 12:49
On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 11:26 AM, Sudhanwa Jogalekar sudhanwa@gmail.com
wrote:
Probably some bot mechanism will work better.
People may not know the IP address from the venue before they start
working.
Just setup a page where such IPs can be put up and a bot checks them
every 1-2 hours
.
--
On 12/13/11, Amir E. Aharoni amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il wrote:
2011/12/14 Vickram Crishna vvcris...@radiophony.com:
Pardon my intrusion on this thread, but within reason*, if any college
or
other educational institution chooses to be 'proprietary only' (never
mind
antediluvian
will come with tangible efficiency
benefits.
--
On 12/13/11, Amir E. Aharoni amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il wrote:
2011/12/14 Vickram Crishna vvcris...@radiophony.com:
Pardon my intrusion on this thread, but within reason*, if any college
or
other educational institution chooses
Pardon my intrusion on this thread, but within reason*, if any college or
other educational institution chooses to be 'proprietary only' (never mind
antediluvian - IE6? really? or is that an XP issue?) FOSSers are prepared
to take it up 'officially' with them, reminding them of the nation's
Oh, the mention of 'idiot' on that page is vandalism (no, I haven't done it
- yet)? I thought we had a very interesting discussion about current
affairs at WikiConf where there seemed to be a consensus that presenting
every side of the picture is important.
Is reporting the fact that major
I don't know whether a discussion on social networking is really directly
on-topic for this list, but the reality is that the provisions of the law
as it stands right now are certainly of dire portent for a free and
fearlessly neutral Wikipedia and its associated projects. What Mr Sibal
appears to
Relax, Pradeep. The confusion/noise is only from the fact that OSM has been
a longstanding acronym for Open Street Maps, which is an important facet of
Open Knowledge Culture. To be very frank, I was completely unaware of the
term OSM for Open Source Movement, and also read Tory's acronym as Open
On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 8:16 PM, Ashwin Baindur ashwin.bain...@gmail.comwrote:
Thanks Srikanth, but I'm surprised you come across it at all. Brian
Horrocks was a British general, from the British Army (not from British
Indian Arny), did not serve in India, not involved in any campaign where
On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 2:58 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan
parakara.gh...@gmail.com wrote:
WhereDevilsDare,
As Bala pointed out, pages have to be neutral.
Example:Look at any Politician's page, it's always Pro-them, rarely is it
balanced.
We need to have things neutral.
If these guys get to
Assuming this question is not restricted for WMF outreachers only:
On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 5:01 PM, sankarshan foss.mailingli...@gmail.comwrote:
On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 4:51 PM, Nitika ntan...@wikimedia.org wrote:
How many students edited articles outside of their in-class assignments?
that Braille is a physically read language. It
is read by feeling the raised dots on a surface. Eg: On elevator buttons, a
series of dots on each button.
I fail to understand how a touch screen display can work here.
Regards,
Srikanth
On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 9:17 AM, Vickram Crishna vvcris
the article and view the video, otherwise we might as well
be on two different planets :-)
And please don't just take my word for it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braille
--Regards,
On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 4:04 PM, Vickram Crishna vvcris...@radiophony.com
wrote:
Hello
The article
On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 12:11 AM, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijs...@gmail.com
wrote:
Hoi,
I do not know exactly how Braille works but if a character in a
standard script can be represented by Braille characters in stead,
then all it seems to need is a method for us to replace the existing
I am not familiar with the online availability of pharmaceutical
information of drugs made in India. Do websites of manufacturers not list
the drugs they make? Is there any issue with citing the manufacturer's list
of drugs?
What about online pharmacopeia? Do Indian associations not list the
On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 1:08 PM, Erik Moeller e...@wikimedia.org wrote:
And - to stay with the sandbox metaphor from another thread - if the
majority of contributors to a university-based program in India can
reach won't be able to contribute at an acceptable quality in WP
proper, then
On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 8:04 AM, CherianTinu Abraham
tinucher...@gmail.comwrote:
Do notice that we had intentionally named it as Noteworthy Wikimedian
and not Best Wikimedian !
So what could you and everyone do ? Find them, nominate and recognize
them.
+1
On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/11/st_essay_wikipediawonders/
Essentially a critique of standards being adopted (mainly by UNESCO) to
classify human endeavour as worthy of being noted as 'heritage', the
article points to Wikipedia as the logical embodiment of a heritage worth
revering:
http://www.sunday-guardian.com/young-restless/seven-wonders-of-the-post-modern-world
What are the Seven Wonders of the Post-Modern World?
...
Here is a revised list:
*1. Wikipedia:* The sum of all human knowledge. This is only a starting
point to our greater quest in constructing the
On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 7:39 AM, Gautam John gau...@prathambooks.orgwrote:
On 18 October 2011 17:16, Sudhanwa Jogalekar sudhanwa@gmail.com
wrote:
Overall, for just 3K , it seems worth buying considering its
functionality like internet connectivity, phone calling, various apps
etc..
On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 5:42 PM, Vickram Crishna
vvcris...@radiophony.comwrote:
On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 12:12 PM, Gautam John gau...@prathambooks.orgwrote:
On 6 October 2011 12:04, Nagarjuna G nagar...@gnowledge.org wrote:
This by itself may not be a problem, as long as it is copyrighted
:
Is it possible to get one of these to test the Kiwix offline Wikipedia on?
Would be interesting to do some usability testing during the India
Hackathon.
On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 2:39 AM, Vickram Crishna vvcris...@radiophony.com
wrote:
Aakash is probably great value for money
Outstanding! 3 words to change the world!
On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 9:05 PM, Achal Prabhala aprabh...@gmail.com wrote:
A friend of mine in South Africa, Isabel Hofmeyr, passed on this image
of the first page of the first edition of the English translation of
Gandhi's Hind Swaraj - or Indian
On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 12:12 PM, Gautam John gau...@prathambooks.orgwrote:
On 6 October 2011 12:04, Nagarjuna G nagar...@gnowledge.org wrote:
This by itself may not be a problem, as long as it is copyrighted with an
appropriate CC clause.
Let us send a representation.
Will the Chapter
On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 1:42 PM, Gautam John gau...@prathambooks.org wrote:
On 4 October 2011 00:01, Pradeep Mohandas pradeep.mohan...@gmail.com
wrote:
We held our first WikiAcademy in Mumbai on October 1, 2011 at the Center
for
Education and Documentation, Colaba. The session was attended
I think this instruction has been sent to this ID more than once.
What is the practice with WP mailing lists elsewhere in the world, when
listmembers persist in ignoring replies and continue to spam the list with
unsubscribe requests? Can the member (in this case, an anonymous functionary
of an
With all due respect to the notion that many hands working can accomplish
more than one, the FOSS community has been working with ELCOT to ensure this
scheme was not hijacked by the proprietary vendor lobby (which nearly
happened even in this round of distribution), and at least at one point in
That is very interesting. Perhaps the WMF has some mechanism in place to go
to court?
On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan
rsrikant...@gmail.com wrote:
Arun, when has any Indian government ever credited us when flicking
our images? Even Doordarshan has aired photographs
I am sorry that my simple query did not include my reasoning. The purpose of
going to court is not to enforce rights per se for a particular photograph,
but to send a signal to the government that a right enjoyed by all cannot be
arbitrarily abstracted by the government, and that it amounts to
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Gautam John gau...@prathambooks.orgwrote:
Vickram:
I am not insisting that WMF or the Chapter take the lead in this matter -
there are plenty of NGOs and brave individuals out there fighting for the
preservation of our fundamental rights. But in this
On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 12:29 AM, Akshay Agarwal akshay.leadin...@gmail.com
wrote:
Congratulations Naveen, Sudhanwa Tinu!
+1
On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 8:58 PM, Jayanta Nath jayanta...@gmail.comwrote:
Heartiest Congratulations to the all new board members, they should enrich
our
Hello fellow Wikimedians
As you know, we received 7,070 applications for Scholarships. The
Scholarships Team have now finalised *100* *scholarship awards* on the basis
of merit according to the set criteria, and individual emails are now being
sent to the awardees. As you are probably aware, a
We will try and send the definitive list (sans Program team's suggested
names of Speakers, which is expected by month-end) by tonight to the
Conference list, from where it will be disseminated, together with
guidelines on how the scholarship awards will be effected. As I understand
it, several
On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 10:10 AM, Subhashish Panigrahi
psubhash...@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks a lot Kaśyap for this great input.
It's very enlightening. Is there some way (perhaps a wikiproject) this
information can be tracked on an ongoing basis, so we can see at a glance
how user preferences
http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Michael_S._Hart
A fine tribute to a great achiever and source of inspiration for the
progress of open knowledge.
--
Vickram
Fool On The Hill http://communicall.wordpress.com
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On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 1:21 PM, Gautam John gau...@prathambooks.org wrote:
Hi Yann:
Thanks much for this.
It's nice to know that ISPs are the same the world over and do more
than they are asked to do. *sigh*
More to the point, the kind of action initiated by Gallimard, exceeding the
On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 11:43 AM, Srikanth Lakshmanan srik@gmail.comwrote:
On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 22:20, Gautam John gau...@prathambooks.org wrote:
Not really a Wikipedia model, what?
Crying shame about the license.
Only valid concern is about license, but then if its about bridging
There must be an aphorism relating to people who won't help others, remain
unable to help themselves.
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 5:55 PM, Sudhanwa Jogalekar
sudhanwa@gmail.comwrote:
Hmmm
See the lines at the end of the mail you receive from the list.
Check those urls and help yourself.
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 5:42 PM, Arjuna Rao Chavala arjunar...@gmail.comwrote:
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 2:44 PM, Shiju Alex shijualexonl...@gmail.comwrote:
By hosting a WikiSource outside of the US and in the jurisdiction of
the country.
This is not limited to Wikisource. Wikimedia
With the very kind assistance and support of the Homi Bhabha Centre for
Science Education, we are holding a workshop from 10-6 on Saturday, 27
August, 2011 at the Gnowledge Labs.
We will be developing a routine to sort through the 7070 applications for
scholarships according to the rules set with
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