Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WikiConference-India 2011] Spamming India list with Conference Discussion -- Moderation notice

2011-09-29 Thread Bala Jeyaraman
Dear all, Here is a message from our list moderator Srikanth: I have put myself on moderation to avoid spamming while replying just because lot of people want to copy india list on discussion. I may not mail the list till the Wiki conference ends or please expect delays in mails i need to send.

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia in TN text books

2011-09-29 Thread Vickram Crishna
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

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia in TN text books

2011-09-29 Thread Gautam John
On 29 September 2011 12:13, Vickram Crishna vvcris...@radiophony.com wrote: That is very interesting. Perhaps the WMF has some mechanism in place to go to court? Perhaps a letter from the Chapter would be more appropriate? Thank you. Best, Gautam

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia in TN text books

2011-09-29 Thread Arun Ganesh
On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 12:16 PM, Gautam John gau...@prathambooks.orgwrote: On 29 September 2011 12:13, Vickram Crishna vvcris...@radiophony.com wrote: That is very interesting. Perhaps the WMF has some mechanism in place to go to court? Court? that's a bit extreme. This opportunity

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia in TN text books

2011-09-29 Thread Anirudh Bhati
On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 1:46 PM, Gautam John gau...@prathambooks.org wrote: On 29 September 2011 12:13, Vickram Crishna vvcris...@radiophony.com wrote: That is very interesting. Perhaps the WMF has some mechanism in place to go to court? Perhaps a letter from the Chapter would be more

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] or.wiktionary.org

2011-09-29 Thread Naveen Francis
Good news .. While inviting for WCI 2011 there were no active wikimedian's for Bengalihttp://bn.wiktionary.org/wiki/Special:ActiveUsers, Diveh http://dv.wiktionary.org/wiki/Special:ActiveUsersi , Gujaratihttp://gu.wiktionary.org/wiki/Special:ActiveUsersand Pali

[Wikimediaindia-l] WCI 2011 : Scholarship

2011-09-29 Thread Naveen Francis
Hi all, Wikimedians who have received scholarship please accept(reject) your scholarship by senting a mail to wikiconferencein...@gmail.com asap. So that we can work on the second round scholarship list. Thanks, For Scholarship Team, WCI 2011. ___

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia in TN text books

2011-09-29 Thread Gautam John
On 29 September 2011 14:21, Anirudh Bhati anirudh...@gmail.com wrote: I would like to think that the general idea behind free-licensing creative work is the defensive protection of intellectual property, and not to enforce rights in courts of law. Well, and to ease the use of it while clearly

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia in TN text books

2011-09-29 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
Gautam, PB is a CG body, you might want to draft a letter in Hindi or for that matter, in all 22 languages enjoying official status. I think our course of action, now is not to draft letters or go to court, but since we now know that media from the Commons is being used in education, bring more

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia in TN text books

2011-09-29 Thread Pradeep Mohandas
Central Government, I think. :) warm regards, Pradeep On 29 September 2011 15:52, Gautam John gau...@prathambooks.org wrote: PB is what?! CG? Thank you. Best, Gautam http://blog.prathambooks.org/p/social-media.html On 29 September 2011 15:48, Srikanth Ramakrishnan

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia in TN text books

2011-09-29 Thread Gautam John
On 29 September 2011 15:56, Pradeep Mohandas pradeep.mohan...@gmail.com wrote: Central Government, I think. :) Oh! Pratham Books is most certainly not a Central Government body! Thank you. Best, Gautam http://blog.prathambooks.org/p/social-media.html

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia in TN text books

2011-09-29 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
Gautam, I meant Prasar Bharathi. The parent company of Doordarshan. It is a Central Government entity. Re,+ SR, CBE. On 29/09/2011, Srikanth Ramakrishnan rsrikant...@gmail.com wrote: Gautam, PB is a CG body, you might want to draft a letter in Hindi or for that matter, in all 22 languages

[Wikimediaindia-l] Indic Languages: Shiju Alex

2011-09-29 Thread Hisham
cross-posting to reach pan-India; apologies if you have got it from other mailing lists. Dear All As I had mentioned in a previous posting (and as was so touchingly welcomed by so many of of you), Shiju Alex is joining us to lead our Indic Languages initiatives. In this mail

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indic Languages: Shiju Alex

2011-09-29 Thread Ashwin Baindur
Welcome on board, Shiju! Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur -- On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 8:10 AM, Gautam John gau...@prathambooks.orgwrote: On 30 September 2011 07:24, Hisham his...@wikimedia.org wrote: I'm really pleased to inform you that he

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indic Languages: Shiju Alex

2011-09-29 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, I could not be more happy. Shiju we must talk. Thanks, GerardM On 29 September 2011 20:14, Ashwin Baindur ashwin.bain...@gmail.com wrote: Welcome on board, Shiju! Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur -- On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 8:10

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia in TN text books

2011-09-29 Thread Vickram Crishna
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

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia in TN text books

2011-09-29 Thread Gautam John
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 case, it is precisely WMF (or if you please, the Chapter, although I don't really

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia in TN text books

2011-09-29 Thread Vickram Crishna
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