Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Update on Mobile MediaWiki

2010-02-23 Thread Jyothis Edathoot
It is from my iphone and the problems with rendering needs to be fixed by Apple. Gerard, I will send it to you on a seperate email. Regards, Jyothis. http://www.Jyothis.net http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jyothis woods are lovely dark and deep, but i have promises to keep and miles to go

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] ONE BIG WAY to promote Indic Wikis

2010-02-23 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
People in my college [UNRAB Bangalore] have NOT heard of Wikipedia in English or any other language. Few know English, but hardly anybody knows local... On 23 February 2010 18:13, arjuna rao chavala arjunar...@googlemail.comwrote: +1, My experience with students in small towns is even bad.

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Update on Mobile MediaWiki

2010-02-23 Thread Praveen Prakash
Srikanth Ramakrishnan wrote: But won't using Unicode fix it?? I didnt get that On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 7:56 AM, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijs...@gmail.com mailto:gerard.meijs...@gmail.com wrote: Hoi, Can I have this screen shot and, can I have confirmation

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Update on Mobile MediaWiki

2010-02-23 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
So we need to catch the guys developin the software and bug them for this? On 24 February 2010 01:39, Jyothis Edathoot jyothi...@gmail.com wrote: Srikanth, Unicode is a standard. Rendering is the responsibility of the software. If the software follows the standard and renders it correctly,

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Update on Mobile MediaWiki

2010-02-23 Thread Jyothis Edathoot
:) in a sense, yes. But as you know, It is not always feasible with large corporates and projects. This is not reaaly to put them at fault, but They have long term plans for each of their releases, which prevents them from running up to the speed of Unicode standards and renderings

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Update on Mobile MediaWiki

2010-02-23 Thread Praveen Prakash
Srikanth Ramakrishnan wrote: Won't using a Unicode font fix rendering issues? All Indian languages uses vowel symbols, ligatures (1,2,3). Font can just define them, But proper display is application's duty. -- ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Coordinating Google translation kit articles

2010-02-23 Thread BalaSundaraRaman
In Tamil wiki too we#39;re extremely concerned about quality. That#39;s why even GaneshBot was constrained. On this issue, we#39;re keeping an open mind and it#39;s still in a pilot stage. sundar from mobile Jyothis Edathoot wrote: While we welcome the efforts and contributions, all wikis

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Update on Mobile MediaWiki

2010-02-23 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
Dang.. So, we have to run behind each guy out there. Isn't it possible to like create a library of codes, to display and relese it under the GNU-GPL or something ? Then maybe open source guys may take it in, and corporates may 'derive' thier works frm us? On 24 February 2010 08:05, Praveen

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Coordinating Google translation kit articles

2010-02-23 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
So we need to keep a patrol dedicated to watching these guys.. But are they still doing it? I thought Google stopped? Besides, they're like lightenening.. You never know when or where they're gonna strike.. :D On 24 February 2010 09:02, BalaSundaraRaman sundarbe...@yahoo.com wrote: In Tamil