[Wikimediaindia-l] You can't copy-paste this homework

2011-09-10 Thread Gautam John
You can't copy-paste this homework Padmaparna Ghosh | September 10, 2011 http://www.timescrest.com/life/you-cant-copypaste-this-homework-6226 http://www.timescrest.com/timthumb.php?src=http://www.timescrest.com/media/content/2011/Sep/img_6226_19431_Pc0080400.jpgw=500zc=1 The students of the

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] social media to use

2011-09-10 Thread Pradeep Mohandas
hi, Thanks for bringing this to our attention. Can you share where you have spotted this? We're not planning to have a twitter account, just a hashtag - #wci11. This is also being used on identi.ca by a few users and we encourage this. We'd like to correct the error. warm regards, Pradeep

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] social media to use

2011-09-10 Thread Anivar Aravind
I think it is in the advertisement of communication position with foundation posted by Hisham sometimes back On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 2:14 PM, Pradeep Mohandas pradeep.mohan...@gmail.com wrote: hi, Thanks for bringing this to our attention. Can you share where you have spotted this? We're not

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] social media to use

2011-09-10 Thread Nagarjuna G
On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 2:14 PM, Pradeep Mohandas pradeep.mohan...@gmail.com wrote: hi, Thanks for bringing this to our attention. Can you share where you have spotted this? We're not planning to have a twitter account, just a hashtag - #wci11. This is also being used on identi.ca by a few

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] You can't copy-paste this homework

2011-09-10 Thread Srikanth Lakshmanan
Good article on the INDIAEDU programs. :) On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 14:05, Gautam John gau...@prathambooks.org wrote: You can't copy-paste this homework Well, but some reality check, quite a few have been found copying[1], the drive is on to educate more about copyrights and inform them copying

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] You can't copy-paste this homework

2011-09-10 Thread Gautam John
On 10 September 2011 14:44, Srikanth Lakshmanan srik@gmail.com wrote: Well, but some reality check, quite a few have been found copying[1], the drive is on to educate more about copyrights and inform them copying is wrong. A question - how hard is it to write a bot that runs contributions

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] You can't copy-paste this homework

2011-09-10 Thread Swaroop Rao
The subject of the mail is a bit ironic actually ;) Anyway, I guess the copyvios should be ironed out once Online Ambassadors step in. Swaroop Rao (MikeLynch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MikeLynch) On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 14:44, Srikanth Lakshmanan srik@gmail.comwrote: Good

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] You can't copy-paste this homework

2011-09-10 Thread Gautam John
On 10 September 2011 14:51, Swaroop Rao raul.swar...@gmail.com wrote: The subject of the mail is a bit ironic actually ;) Anyway, I guess the copyvios should be ironed out once Online Ambassadors step in. Now that you mention it... I wonder if they were trying to be sardonic. Thank you.

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] social media to use

2011-09-10 Thread Aditya Sengupta
On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 14:30, Nagarjuna G nagar...@gnowledge.org wrote: On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 2:14 PM, Pradeep Mohandas pradeep.mohan...@gmail.com wrote: hi, Thanks for bringing this to our attention. Can you share where you have spotted this? We're not planning to have a twitter

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] social media to use

2011-09-10 Thread Aditya Sengupta
On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 15:01, Aditya Sengupta apsengu...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 14:30, Nagarjuna G nagar...@gnowledge.org wrote: On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 2:14 PM, Pradeep Mohandas pradeep.mohan...@gmail.com wrote: hi, Thanks for bringing this to our attention. Can

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] social media to use

2011-09-10 Thread Srikanth Lakshmanan
On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 08:18, Nagarjuna G nagar...@gnowgi.org wrote: I personally think we should encourage and use the free software alternatives like identi.ca, diaspora so that the event takes an opportunity to promote these media which protects user's freedom. By linking your account to

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] You can't copy-paste this homework

2011-09-10 Thread Bala Jeyaraman
A question - how hard is it to write a bot that runs contributions through Google and flags it based on the degree of match and whether a footnote exists or not? One such bot existed called corensearchbot which used yahoo to flag copyvios. But yahoo changed its terms of service and it had be to

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] You can't copy-paste this homework

2011-09-10 Thread Gautam John
On 10 September 2011 16:23, Bala Jeyaraman sodabot...@gmail.com wrote: last week in a conversation in jimbowales talk page in en wiki, jimmy said he and coren were talking to google to allow this free of charge or something and something good is to be expected in the near future (i am not

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] You can't copy-paste this homework

2011-09-10 Thread Srikanth Lakshmanan
On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 16:23, Bala Jeyaraman sodabot...@gmail.com wrote: A question - how hard is it to write a bot that runs contributions through Google and flags it based on the degree of match and whether a footnote exists or not? One such bot existed called corensearchbot which used

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] You can't copy-paste this homework

2011-09-10 Thread Pradeep Mohandas
hi, Another way to look at it is that a few tried to copy paste their work and were caught - which is a good thing and proves, that you can't copy your homework. :) They're new to Wikipedia and I think these are important lessons for them to learn up-front. warm regards, Pradeep Sent from my

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] You can't copy-paste this homework

2011-09-10 Thread Aditya Sengupta
On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 16:27, Gautam John gau...@prathambooks.org wrote: On 10 September 2011 16:23, Bala Jeyaraman sodabot...@gmail.com wrote: last week in a conversation in jimbowales talk page in en wiki, jimmy said he and coren were talking to google to allow this free of charge or

[Wikimediaindia-l] Foundation Report and India Education Program

2011-09-10 Thread Arnav Sonara
Here's what Foundation Report August 2011 has to say for our India Education program http://blog.wikimedia.org/2011/09/08/wikimedia-foundation-report-august-2011/ *India Programs* - Two new consultants selected – Nitika Tandon (Participation) and Shiju Alex (Indic Initiatives). Nitika has

[Wikimediaindia-l] eBooks, Project Gutenberg, founder obituary

2011-09-10 Thread Vickram Crishna
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 ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list