Having been to a couple of meet ups when I was studying in Bangalore and now
being based out of Delhi, I cannot help but notice how petty this discussion
is becoming. Wikipedia being a free and open community, I don't see why
encouraging more activity in Delhi should be a problem at all. Let us
Dear Mayur,
Just want to interrupt you, Chapter's focus is for all the languages. I
myself being from Odisha has seen the impartial support from chapter for
outreach.
If you feel there is greater need of awareness do it by meetups and you and
Vibhi being active members could carry this ahead.
On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 11:52 AM, mayur mayur...@gmail.com wrote:
Its not a politics Game, its all about to give opportunities to all Indian
Communities, North Indian Community has not grown so far and reason behind
this is lack of Awareness of Wikimedia Foundation.Not Only Chapter But also
On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 11:52 AM, mayur mayur...@gmail.com wrote:
Its not a politics Game, its all about to give opportunities to all Indian
Communities, North Indian Community has not grown so far and reason behind
this is lack of Awareness of Wikimedia Foundation.Not Only Chapter But also
Hi Mayur,
Not Only Chapter But also Foundation Activities are Totally Focused towards
South India.WE are not Blaming the chapter for this but A New Chapter in New
Delhi will make more Opportunity to grow Wikimedia movement in the Biggest
Educational City of India which has been completely
RE:Mayur - As I suggested, you could request the Chapter to appoint a regional
committee (with certain autonomy, reporting directly to the EC). This should
solve all your issues. Can you please explain exactly how a new chapter will
help Delhi? Further I am sure your aware it took about 2
On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 11:14 PM, Theo10011 de10...@gmail.com wrote:
[..snip..]
You once requested 3 rights from stewards in one week along with removal of
HPN, it's not common to get so many requests that often from an almost
inactive wikis. I have tried to point you to this mailing list
Hi Gautam,
I am not sure if this is related with them closing down other Indic related
projects.
Two guesses:
1. They might have started these projects with a goal of collecting some
data and they might have met it.
2. They might have found the Indic market less profitable at the moment and
Thank you, Ravi. The mutual benefit is something, as you have pointed
out, is really important.
Best,
Gautam
http://social.prathambooks.org/
On 6 June 2011 12:53, Ravishankar ravidre...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Gautam,
I am not sure if this is related with them closing down other
Vibhi, if you need help, I can try and get some friends in Delhi et all to
join you in your enthusiasm.
While I'm pleased to see your enthusiasm, your over enthusiasm is what
worries me.
Bishakha,
Just to point out, our community was going super strong in the first half of
2009, before our first
On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 12:57 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan
rsrikant...@gmail.com wrote:
Bishakha,
Just to point out, our community was going super strong in the first half
of 2009, before our first meetup at Tinu Cherian's house in July 2009. We
were colaborating, discussing and working
Hi Gautam,
Sorry if I was not clear.
Without mutual benefit no entity would enter a partnership.
If a Wikipedia partners with a local museum, then it is win-win as the
Wikipedia will get more content and the museum's collection is digitised.
But I couldn't imagine lots of commercial cases
*The Hindu : Wikimedia Foundation launches Campus Ambassadors Program in
Pune*
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2079548.ece
*First city outside the U.S. and first in India to host it*
*
*
*The Wikimedia Foundation launched its Campus Ambassadors Program here on
Sunday, making Pune the
Vibhi,
As far as I know, the Chapter, is registered in K'taka and as per K'taka
rules you need to be above 18 to be a part of it. I'm pretty sure this age
rule is commons throughout the country. If it is, even if you do get a
chapter, you'll have to wait 5 years to be a member.
You're13. The same
Hi all,
I just discussed that if we can gather a good community in
delhi, then we will proceed further for Creation of Chapter.Its not about
to aim a Chapter without having Good Community.We will proceed further if we
get 10-20 member.Plz don't make it a serious issue.We all are part
That is exactly my question.
If you can get a good community, why would you want a Chapter all for
yourself?
--SR
On 6 June 2011 14:21, mayur mayur...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all,
I just discussed that if we can gather a good community in
delhi, then we will proceed further for
/SakaalTimesBeta/20110606/4854309928818006706.htm
*PUNE*: Wikipedia is all set to roll out its ‘India education programme’ in
the country with Pune being chosen as preferred location for pilot launch.
A group of 22 volunteers, referred as ‘campus ambassadors,’ completed their
formal training here on Sunday
Can we stop this discussion about the Delhi chapter. It is heading nowhere.
India chapter is just started and it will take some time for it to
grow and reachout to other places.
Lets learn from their activities and mistakes/learnings. Lets have
some patience. There is enough time available for
zeroes in on Pune for India pilot programme*
*Epaper view:*
http://epaper.sakaaltimes.com/SakaalTimes/6Jun2011/Enlarge/page2.htm
*Web view:*
http://www.sakaaltimes.com/SakaalTimesBeta/20110606/4854309928818006706.htm
*PUNE*: Wikipedia is all set to roll out its ‘India education programme
Dear All,
We are planning to start few new WikiProject for Odia Wikipedia:
1. *Odia Loves Wikipedia*: A project for adding media files to Wikipedia,
this will include pictures, videos related Odisha like famous places,
people, etc
2. *Odia Sahitya:* A project destined to make Odia
/SakaalTimesBeta/20110606/4854309928818006706.htm
*PUNE*: Wikipedia is all set to roll out its ‘India education programme’
in the country with Pune being chosen as preferred location for pilot
launch.
A group of 22 volunteers, referred as ‘campus ambassadors,’ completed
their formal training
@Subhashish Panigrahi
Hi, Subhashish congrats for your initiatives in Odia Wiki projects.
FYI: You can digitize your Odia literature works in Wikisource. You apply
for Wikisource approval for your language. That will be a web-portal for
your language's literary works.
See our Tamil Wikisource:
Way to go, Subha on your initiative. We need more people to think on your
lines with Indic wikis.
Congrats.
Sent from my Motorola L9. Please excuse spelling errors.
On Jun 6, 2011 4:56 PM, Surya Prakash suryasalem2...@gmail.com wrote:
@Subhashish Panigrahi
Hi, Subhashish congrats for your
:*
http://epaper.sakaaltimes.com/SakaalTimes/6Jun2011/Enlarge/page2.htm
*Web view:*
http://www.sakaaltimes.com/SakaalTimesBeta/20110606/4854309928818006706.htm
*PUNE*: Wikipedia is all set to roll out its ‘India education programme’
in the country with Pune being chosen as preferred
Vibhi, I seriously and personally suggest you get in touch with Hari.
In Oct, 2009, Hari had presented a case study on the Kannada wikipedia.
Follow it closely, take guidance from HPN sirjee, and you can do wonders for
the community.
Cheers, and regards.
Sent from my Motorola L9. Please excuse
The latest issue of Outlook magazine has an article on Wikipedia:
Jacob
twitter: @23jacob
http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?272101
society: knowledge
Help: This Is A
Stubhttps://mail.google.com/mail/html/compose/static_files/article.aspx?272101
Wikipedia is betting on its Indian
My answer would be to grow from good to Excellent Community
Thanks
Mayur
On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 3:06 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan rsrikant...@gmail.com
wrote:
That is exactly my question.
If you can get a good community, why would you want a Chapter all for
yourself?
--SR
On 6 June 2011
And my question Mayur (as a fencesitter for this entire conversation is),
whether the approach has been right, tone has been right and the discussion
has been right?
The India chapter just started operations a few months back, isn't it
prudent for all to wait and see how it is evolving before
Abhi,
What you said, makes perfect sense.
Mayur,
You said you want to grow from good to Excellent Community.
The Tamil Wikipedia and Kannada Wikipedia did that before the Chapter even
came up.
These two languages were doing great even in 2009.
Here is my suggestion.
These 20 something people you
Hey, as Mayur said, we will not proceed without a community. Well I am
interested in all those programs. I will contact you on your email id soon.
Thanks.___
Wikimediaindia-l mailing list
Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Not having expectations is not anybody's fault.
Simply saying that the chapter isn't doing anything for your community and
is doing for thr other without substantial proof is however somebody's
fault.
I'll let you figure out whose fault it is.
--Regards,
On 6 June 2011 19:05, mayur
Vibhi,
What do you mean by community?
In case you missed my mail, here it is again:
Vibhi,
As far as I know, the Chapter, is registered in K'taka and as per K'taka
rules you need to be above 18 to be a part of it. I'm pretty sure this age
rule is commons throughout the country. If it is, even if
I do agree with you but we want to make this proud double and we will do
this very soon.:)
Regards
Mayur
On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 7:34 PM, Surya Prakash suryasalem2...@gmail.comwrote:
I agree with Abhi. Let's proud to be having a chapter in our India. :)
Proud to be a part of Wikimedia
In Chennai also we, Tamil Wikimedians have conducted many meet-ups
Wiki-Workshops before the birth of India chapter.
So, think about the Community development Volunteer participation. Here
after the India chapter will be a ladder for our movements. :)
*$U®¥∩*
http://goo.gl/RoMyo.com
I second that - let us remember that we are all citizens of the Union of India
and not 562 princely states looking for their own benefits. Lets give this a
quiet burial.
From: tinucher...@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 20:11:06 +0530
To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject:
Tinu,
I was just worndering, what is the procedure to be a member of Wikimedia
India. I may have missed a few of the threads regarding this. Is there an
annual fee involved to be a member?
Thanks,
Shyam
On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 6:41 PM, CherianTinu Abraham
tinucher...@gmail.comwrote:
Folks,
Shyam.
Fill out the form, and make the payment and send it.
That's all.
The payment details, address the form is to be sent to, everything is
mentioned on the form:
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/wiki/File:WikimediaChapterMembershipFormIndividualV1.pdf
On 6 June 2011 20:23, Shyam Bihari Agarwal
562 Princely states post independence transformed into the Republic of India
Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 20:15:35 +0530
From: rsrikant...@gmail.com
To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Delhi chapter A humble appeal .some
Wikilove
You mean 626
Thanks Srikanth for the link.
I have a couple of question to the community -
1. What are the key benefits to be a member of the Wikimedia India.
2. Why there is a need to pay fee to be a member? What contributions will be
made from the membership fee collection?
Regards,
Shyam
On Mon, Jun 6,
Hi Gautam,
Thanks for your reply.
Regarding to your response
1 - To be a part of the mission and for contributing, I don't think one
should be a member of the Wikimedia India (please don't take it otherwise).
Just for voting the executive committee members, one should be a member? I
don't
* The Indian Express : Wikipedia Campus Ambassadors Pilot Project to begin
in Pune*
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/wikipedia-campus-ambassadors-pilot-project-to-begin-in-pune/799546/0
*The Wikipedia Campus Ambassadors Project, which involves volunteers
providing face-to-face support to
*The Hindu : World heritage site tag sought for Wikipedia*
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/In_the_news
*If you thought that a world heritage site is something ancient and should
have a physical form, wikipedians think otherwise. They are out to seek a
world heritage site tag to their website.*
*
*
*An
Yeah! I have read it just now in the paper. Very happy. Shared it with
friends...
:)
Please show your support here
https://wke.wikimedia.de/wke/Special:Petition?setlang=en
Let's make the 12,600 to 1,00,000
:) Please do support.
*$U®¥∩*
http://goo.gl/RoMyo.com
Life without Wikipedia is indeed difficult to imagine.
I remember using Wikipedia as a reference for my Physics project back in
2005 when I was in school.
Please spread the word.
--Regards,
On 7 June 2011 10:30, CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.com wrote:
Forgot to add the link to the
Subhashish listed out a few initiatives he is working on for the Odisha
Wikipeda.
Learn from him.
Instead of hankering about for a Chapter, he is busy on content creation,
Outreach, getting more people enthusaistic, etc.
Cheers,
On 7 June 2011 10:53, mayur mayur...@gmail.com wrote:
Hmm,
45 matches
Mail list logo
