Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Tamil Wiki Media Contest

2012-03-01 Thread Saroj Dhakal
Great Success ! Congrats ! On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 1:34 PM, Kevin Gorman kgor...@gmail.com wrote: Congratulations guys, this is an awesome result. Kevin Gorman user:kgorman-ucb On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 11:46 PM, wheredevelsd...@hotmail.com wrote: Many congratulations to the Tamil

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Tamil Wiki Media Contest

2012-03-01 Thread Ashwin Baindur
This is by far the greatest success in numbers we have achieved and shows what is possible. What is NOT apparent is the humungous work needed to carry out the Project. My earnest congratulations to all the participants and wishing this contest has a smooth, hassle-free, happy closure. Warm

[Wikimediaindia-l] Annual Report of Indic language wikipedias

2012-03-01 Thread Shiju Alex
Dear All, I wanted to share interesting examples of what two Indic communities are doing to reach out to speakers of respective language, record its editing history, improve communication, increase motivation, and inspire participation. Tamil and Malayalam communities prepare an annual community

[Wikimediaindia-l] Are you on this list but not comfortable editing Wikipedia and not sure who to ask? Want to learn?? SITTING AT HOME???

2012-03-01 Thread Nitika
Hey Everyone, There are over 500 people on this mailing list - but I know quite a few folks who might not be too comfortable editing Wikipedia. I'm organising something where we can try and solve that - all while you are sitting in your cozy home corners and sipping on a hot cup of chai.

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Are you on this list but not comfortable editing Wikipedia and not sure who to ask? Want to learn?? SITTING AT HOME???

2012-03-01 Thread Mitra sharma
This is a fabulous idea! This is the most convenient form editing session as well as a hands on experience... Way to go!! On 1 March 2012 20:59, Nitika ntan...@wikimedia.org wrote: Hey Everyone, There are over 500 people on this mailing list - but I know quite a few folks who might not be

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Are you on this list but not comfortable editing Wikipedia and not sure who to ask? Want to learn?? SITTING AT HOME???

2012-03-01 Thread Ramesh N G
I think thats a good initiative. ... I would love to see something like this happen On Mar 1, 2012 8:59 PM, Nitika ntan...@wikimedia.org wrote: Hey Everyone, There are over 500 people on this mailing list - but I know quite a few folks who might not be too comfortable editing Wikipedia.

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Experimenting with Virtual Outreach

2012-03-01 Thread Ramesh N G
Great idea.. Wat abt making it for all indic language? On Mar 1, 2012 8:58 PM, Nitika ntan...@wikimedia.org wrote: Hi Folks, I was thinking of experimenting conducting online outreach. I want to try out if we can do an effective outreach event using a google+ (video) hangout. Virtual

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Are you on this list but not comfortable editing Wikipedia and not sure who to ask? Want to learn?? SITTING AT HOME???

2012-03-01 Thread Gaurav Pruthi
+1 .Excellent idea Nitika ...keep it up.. :) Regards, Gaurav Pruthi On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 10:06 PM, Deepon Saha hideeponh...@gmail.com wrote: good idea..:) Deepon On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 10:03 PM, Ramesh N G rames...@gmail.com wrote: I think thats a good initiative. ... I would

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Are you on this list but not comfortable editing Wikipedia and not sure who to ask? Want to learn?? SITTING AT HOME???

2012-03-01 Thread Pratik Lahoti
Great idea Nitika! Cheers and best wishes, Pratik Lahoti User:BPositive On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 8:59 PM, Nitika ntan...@wikimedia.org wrote: Hey Everyone, There are over 500 people on this mailing list - but I know quite a few folks who might not be too comfortable editing Wikipedia. I'm

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Tamil Wiki Media Contest

2012-03-01 Thread Asaf Bartov
These are fantastic news! A tremendous contribution to our mission, fueled by volunteer passion! I applaud the Tamil community. We at the Foundation would love to work with the organizers on showcasing this in a post on the Wikimedia Blog; I realize your hands are full right now, but we can

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Tamil Wiki Media Contest

2012-03-01 Thread Bala Jeyaraman
Thanks Asaf, Can we get back to you in three weeks time?. By then we would be finished with the datamining / statistics and the judging process and will be able to provide a complete picture for the blogpost. We will be submitting a full report with statistics and prize winner data for the grant

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Experimenting with Virtual Outreach

2012-03-01 Thread Jessie Wild
Great idea, Nitika! Are you going to post some sort of evaluation on how it goes?? On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 8:36 AM, Ramesh N G rames...@gmail.com wrote: Great idea.. Wat abt making it for all indic language? On Mar 1, 2012 8:58 PM, Nitika ntan...@wikimedia.org wrote: Hi Folks, I was

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: eidete - a nice screencaster for gnu/linux

2012-03-01 Thread Shrinivasan T
we can use this to create videos in all languages to teach how to contribute for wikipedia. -- Forwarded message -- From: Shrinivasan T tshriniva...@gmail.com Date: Mar 1, 2012 7:21 PM Subject: eidete - a nice screencaster for gnu/linux To: ILUG-C il...@ae.iitm.ac.in Found a nice

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: eidete - a nice screencaster for gnu/linux

2012-03-01 Thread Vickram Crishna
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