Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Moderation policy on WikimediaIndia-l

2011-02-12 Thread Achal Prabhala
Couldn't agree more. I think that there is/ has been a lot of needless noise. It's not productive to cast insinuations against the chapter or foundation (or community for that matter) as a whole. I do think, however, that communication from the chapter regarding the last set of meetings (and ch

[Wikimediaindia-l] Bangalore meetup #27 today - Invited speaker - Lodewijk Gelauff

2011-02-12 Thread Arun Ramarathnam
Dear all: This is a gentle reminder to all wikimedians to attend the Bangalore monthly meetup #27. The highlight of today's session is a invited talk by Lodewijk Gelauff from Wikimedia Nederlands. The talk will be sharing experiences from the recent project *Wiki loves Monuments.* The Project in

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Workshop for Women in Wikipedia (WWW) idea

2011-02-12 Thread Bishakha Datta
2011/2/12 shirish शिरीष > c. The only issue seems to be :- > > 1. Lack of commitment and a community which revolves around some topic > which is their baby. *scratch our itch* stuff. I know it contravens > what I said above but that is an issue. > > b. Lack of helper/guider community . > > c. Lac

[Wikimediaindia-l] WikiXDC Event Video

2011-02-12 Thread Jyothis E
All, As you know, we celebrated the WikiXDC on Jan 22nd, 2011 at the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington DC, United States. We would like to present a 3 hour event video for everyone to enjoy (and download to keep if you like) . Some

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Moderation policy on WikimediaIndia-l

2011-02-12 Thread shirish शिरीष
spelling mistake :- > There were 2-3 people who were in the same boat. So one was on the > road 20 days in a month, some people like traveling and others do not. --           Regards,           Shirish Agarwal  शिरीष अग्रवाल   My quotes in this email licensed under CC 3.0 http://creativecommons.

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Moderation policy on WikimediaIndia-l

2011-02-12 Thread shirish शिरीष
At bottom :- On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 23:28, Sudhir Ponappa wrote: > *Translation:* Can all the ordinary members of this list please keep out of > my business? I would prefer to continue censoring this list with my best > friend HPN. After all, I am the EC of the India chapter and I have an

[Wikimediaindia-l] [Press] : The Hindustan Times : Wiki to tie up with city galleries, museums

2011-02-12 Thread CherianTinu Abraham
*The Hindustan Times : Wiki to tie up with city galleries, museums* http://www.hindustantimes.com/Wiki-to-tie-up-with-city-galleries-museums/Article1-661728.aspx *A 14th-century manuscript of Dante’s Divine Comedy is the Asiatic Society of Mumbai’s most treasured possession. And, if all goes well

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] wikimedia india mailing list, what is it about ?

2011-02-12 Thread Theo10011
This has been discussed previously to some extent, the list is for any and all Wikimedia related activities in India. The list is intended to be as inclusive as possible. This is a national mailing list for a country of a billion people, it really shouldn't need an explanation in my opinion. Use

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Moderation policy on WikimediaIndia-l

2011-02-12 Thread Theo10011
I have no idea what's been happening lately on the mailing list. Please keep it civil, this is getting rude and inappropriate for a national list. It would be archived and viewed by many others, please do bear that in mind. User:Theo10011 On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 12:37 AM, Casey Brown wrote:

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] unified log-in not happening in hindi wikipedia for some reason

2011-02-12 Thread Theo10011
Unified Login or SUL (Single User Login) is a mechanism which allows users to use a single global login on most of the Wikimedia Foundation's projects. It allows to maintain a consistent identity across all linked projects, and no you necessarily don't have to login manually to each Wiki. You firs

[Wikimediaindia-l] wikimedia india mailing list, what is it about ?

2011-02-12 Thread shirish शिरीष
Hi all, Due to the recent nature of things and events a very basic question occured to me ? What is the purpose of this mailing list? A very broad definition or understanding which was there of the list is to co-ordinate indian activities in and around wikipedia and wikimedia. I went to the mai

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Moderation policy on WikimediaIndia-l

2011-02-12 Thread Casey Brown
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 12:58 PM, Sudhir Ponappa wrote: > Hello everybody. I am a Wikipedian who is very interested in translation. > I am helping with English to Kannada, but I am also learning chapter > language. What is this? For eg. Thank you for helping the thread by providing an example of

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] unified log-in not happening in hindi wikipedia for some reason

2011-02-12 Thread Harish
AFAIK, Unified login just gives the option of logging in with the same username and password, without creating a new one for each wiki project. You still need to login manually with that unified user name and password combination. 2011/2/12 shirish शिरीष > Hi all, > I know that sometime bac

[Wikimediaindia-l] Please be CIVIL-- Ok Thanks Bye

2011-02-12 Thread Srikanth Lakshmanan
I think the only option for me next is to unsubscribe due to recent decrease in Signal to Noise ratio.Please be CIVIL. No, am not asking you to assume good faith(you are free to raise questions, But just asking you to be CIVIL).I expect some support from senior members in taking a pledging to be CI

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Moderation policy on WikimediaIndia-l

2011-02-12 Thread Sudhir Ponappa
Hello everybody. I am a Wikipedian who is very interested in translation. I am helping with English to Kannada, but I am also learning chapter language. What is this? For eg. *Anirudh:* At this point of time, we don't feel the need for having more list administrators, however list subscribers w

[Wikimediaindia-l] unified log-in not happening in hindi wikipedia for some reason

2011-02-12 Thread shirish शिरीष
Hi all, I know that sometime back unified login happened. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Unified_login This is what I was doing :- a. Was in EN:WP and logged in - looked at the entries. b. Went to hindi wikipedia and tried to edit an article. I was not logged in. c. Thought perhaps

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Moderation policy on WikimediaIndia-l

2011-02-12 Thread praveenp
My last message has only 112 kb even with that embedded image. A 112 kb message is not bulky in these days. Some people told me that mail man will not block any message if there is nothing to load from outside. I remember once I used "donate to wikipedia" image in all my message, but never get

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-chn] Thanks for the wikipedia session at MIT

2011-02-12 Thread BalaSundaraRaman
Thanks Shrinivasan. I've copied the Wikimedia India mailing list for wider reach. I hope the top priority requirements for Wiki projects related to India will be added to http://wiki.ilugc.in/index.php?title=Projects_List - Sundar "That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fw: [Wikipedia-l] [ResourceLoader] JavaScript may break on your wiki: Fix it before that happens

2011-02-12 Thread BalaSundaraRaman
FYI. We noticed some issues (like some custom tools not working) related to this in Tamil Wikipedia. Not sure whether all issues are resolved. Please check if other wikis are affected by this. - Sundar "That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for the expression

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Moderation policy on WikimediaIndia-l

2011-02-12 Thread Anirudh Bhati
Hi Achal, On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 5:14 PM, Achal Prabhala wrote: > > As moderators of WikimediaIndia-l, could you describe the policy you > normally adopt towards moderation? > Thank you for the email. You can review the Wikimedia mailing lists administration page for information about the rol