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

Uploaded the photos http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Bangalore_Meetup_13Feb2011 I will write a summary report after I return from Trichy Wikimeetup. Meanwhile if somebody who attended the meetup 27 wants to do the same , feel free to post to the list. Thanks Tinu Cherian On Sun, Feb 13,

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia lesson in Maharashtra class 7 textbook

Cool. Great to know, Anoop. - Sundar "That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted." - George Boole, quoted in Iverson's Turing Award Lecture > >From: Anoop >To: Wikimedia India list >Sent: Wed, February

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia lesson in Maharashtra class 7 textbook

There is a session about Wikipedia and Malayalam Wikipedia in 8th std IT text book, Kerala School Syllabus. Here is the link : http://www.itschool.gov.in/icttextbook8.pdf (Page 39) Thanks On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 12:00 PM, BalaSundaraRaman wrote: > Delightful news. Sign that Wiki is becoming m

[Wikimediaindia-l] Kolkata Wikipedia Meetup/Workshop at IIFT- Short Report

Dear Wikimedians, Here is my a short report of the Kolkata Wikipedia meet up & workshop for wikipedia projects that was held on 2011 February 12 at *Indian Institute of Foreign Trade*(Kolkata Campus)* *Saltlake, EP Block, Sector V,Kolkata,West Bengal. The Meet up and workshop was attended by mo

[Wikimediaindia-l] Bhagat Singh death controversy , rumours , Wikipedia article , new articles & more

Bhagat Singh was an Indian freedom fighter, considered to be one of the most influential revolutionaries of the Indian independence movement. Interestingly rumour smses and forwarded emails started circulating on Feb 14 ( also happens to be Valentine's Day) on similar lines like

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia lesson in Maharashtra class 7 textbook

Delightful news. Sign that Wiki is becoming mainstream in India. - Sundar "That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted." - George Boole, quoted in Iverson's Turing Award Lecture > >From: Pradeep Mohandas

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia lesson in Maharashtra class 7 textbook

On 16 February 2011 10:57, Pradeep Mohandas wrote: > This is in the Maharashtra State SSC syllabus. Brother tells me that it has > come for the text books from this year onwards. Quite amazed, really! Thank you, Pradeep. Best, Gautam http://social.prathambooks.org/ _

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia lesson in Maharashtra class 7 textbook

hi, This is in the Maharashtra State SSC syllabus. Brother tells me that it has come for the text books from this year onwards. Pradeep On 16 February 2011 10:51, Gautam John wrote: > On 16 February 2011 10:25, Pradeep Mohandas > wrote: > > > Was very surprised to see a lesson on Wikipedia in

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia lesson in Maharashtra class 7 textbook

On 16 February 2011 10:25, Pradeep Mohandas wrote: > Was very surprised to see a lesson on Wikipedia in my brother's 7th std text > book today. Wow! That is awesome! Which syllabus is this? And thank you for sharing! Best, Gautam http://social.prathambooks.org/ _

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Flickr alternative to Photowalks

On 15 February 2011 11:38, wrote: Out of about 15 people > contacted about 7 people have agreed to change the licensing (only 1 refusal > thus far). A lot of the amateur photographers on Flickr might be willing to > let go of the copyright so as to get more exposure and notice through > Wikipedi

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia lesson in Maharashtra class 7 textbook

Thats great by Maharastra Govt. On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 10:34 AM, Swaroop Rao wrote: > Great to see! > > > > > On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 10:32, Achal Prabhala wrote: > >> This is awesome :) >> >> >> On Wednesday 16 February 2011 10:25 AM, Pradeep Mohandas wrote: >> > hi, >> > >> > Was very surpris

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia lesson in Maharashtra class 7 textbook

Great to see! On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 10:32, Achal Prabhala wrote: > This is awesome :) > > > On Wednesday 16 February 2011 10:25 AM, Pradeep Mohandas wrote: > > hi, > > > > Was very surprised to see a lesson on Wikipedia in my brother's 7th > > std text book today. > > > > Picture - http://t

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia lesson in Maharashtra class 7 textbook

This is awesome :) On Wednesday 16 February 2011 10:25 AM, Pradeep Mohandas wrote: > hi, > > Was very surprised to see a lesson on Wikipedia in my brother's 7th > std text book today. > > Picture - http://twitpic.com/40b7oj > > The content is concerning Wikipedia - compares it with an > encyclo

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia lesson in Maharashtra class 7 textbook

hi, Was very surprised to see a lesson on Wikipedia in my brother's 7th std text book today. Picture - http://twitpic.com/40b7oj The content is concerning Wikipedia - compares it with an encyclopedia, details about volunteers contributing to Wikipedia, talks about the presence of Indic language

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WikiHI-l] Hindi wiki workshop at New Delhi - report

I would like to specially thank Ravikant for the excellent facility he arranged for the Hindi workshop at Sarai. Without his support this workshop would not have been possible. I hope this workshop will be a new beginning for the Hindi wiki projects. One Hindi wikipedian traveled all the way from

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Hindi wiki workshop at New Delhi - report

Thanks for the information, Mayur. Good to learn about participation from neighbouring states as well. Please upload any pictures taken during the event and share them with us. - Sundar "That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for the expression of thought, is a

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Announcing Hisham Mundol as WMF consultant for National Programs, India

Welcome to the Wikiverse, Hisham. Hope that your participation will help advance the movement goals in India. Wish you all the best. - Sundar "That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted." - George Boole,

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Announcing Hisham Mundol as WMF consultant for National Programs, India

A very warm welcome to the movement, Hisham. :-) I really enjoyed our first conversations and am looking forward to doing what I can to help you succeed. The India community is amazing and I think you will greatly enjoy the passion, energy and intellect that are there. I can't wait to see how much

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Announcing Hisham Mundol as WMF consultant for National Programs, India

Hisham , Welcome to the world of Wikimedia / Wikipedia ! Looking forward to closely working with you. Best wishes ! Regards Tinu Cherian On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 6:43 AM, Arjuna Rao Chavala < arjunar...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Hi Hisham, > > A warm welcome and best wishes. > > Cheers > Arjuna Ra

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Announcing Hisham Mundol as WMF consultant for National Programs, India

Hi Hisham, A warm welcome and best wishes. Cheers Arjuna Rao Chavala President, Wikimedia Chapter, India On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 10:40 PM, Barry Newstead wrote: > Dear colleagues, (please feel free to cross-post this to local lists > within India) > > I am pleased to announce the appointment o

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India map and indian laws

On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 1:29 PM, Gautam John wrote: > On 15 February 2011 23:57, Ragib Hasan wrote: > >> responsible for any wikipedia content. I believe that German wikipedia >> has a similar issue regarding the display of some nazi symbols (which >> is illegal in Germany). It may be useful to s

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Announcing Hisham Mundol as WMF consultant for National Programs, India

Welcome Hisham It is great to have you on board. Mani Mani Pande, PhD Global Development Research The Wikimedia Foundation Twitter: manipande Skype: manipande On 2/15/11 10:36 AM, Hisham Mundol wrote: Dear All Thank you for the welcome. I'm tremendously motivated by this assignment. Wikimed

[Wikimediaindia-l] IRC office hours Thursday, 16:30 UTC with Barry and Hisham

Hi everyone, He mentioned it in his first email announcement, but just to remind everyone, Barry is going to be holding an informal IRC office hours with Hisham Mundol to introduce him and his new role.[1] This will be at 16:30 UTC on Thursday the 17th. That's 22:00 India Standard Time. Instr

[Wikimediaindia-l] Welcome to the community, Hisham

Hi Hisham, Welcome to the community. We hope you'll start auspiciously by doing a few edits on Wikipedia on a subject you love. The community in India is alive and kicking and we hope this new year is one where all stakeholders get together and achieve great things. Welcome, once again. Warm reg

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Announcing Hisham Mundol as WMF consultant for National Programs, India

Dear All Thank you for the welcome. I'm tremendously motivated by this assignment. Wikimedia's mission is both noble and inspiring. I can't imagine a more exciting time and place to be in. There's been a huge amount that's already been achieved in India by the community - and I am eager to lea

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India map and indian laws

On 15 February 2011 23:57, Ragib Hasan wrote: > responsible for any wikipedia content. I believe that German wikipedia > has a similar issue regarding the display of some nazi symbols (which > is illegal in Germany). It may be useful to see what they did to > handle this. Indeed. Thanks for this

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India map and indian laws

I believe there are two separate issues here: 1. Should Wikipedia have maps or any content that is not liked by Govt. of X country or the people of Y country? 2. Should individual Indian Wikipedians or the WM India chapter be held responsible for any content on Wikipedia? The first one is straig

[Wikimediaindia-l] Hindi wiki workshop at New Delhi - report

Dear Wikimedians, Here is a short report of the first workshop for Hindi wiki projects that was held on 2011 February 12 at Sarai-CSDS, Civil Lines, New Delhi. The workshop was attended by more than 35 participants. The complete list of participants is available at http://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/वि

[Wikimediaindia-l] FAQ: Consultant for National Programs, India

Here is the link to the FAQ. Feel free to add questions if you have them and I'll attempt to answer ;) http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/FAQ_Consultancy_for_National_Programs,_India -- Barry Newstead Chief Global Development Officer Wikimedia Foundation Tel: +1-415-839-6885 x. 6634 Skype: bar

[Wikimediaindia-l] Announcing Hisham Mundol as WMF consultant for National Programs, India

Dear colleagues, (please feel free to cross-post this to local lists within India) I am pleased to announce the appointment of Hisham Mundol as a consultant to the Wikimedia Foundation to support us in our program initiatives in India. As you know, the Wikimedia Foundation declared India to

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India map and indian laws

Hi Arun, I agree that this is a very serious issue. We should contact the foundation's legal counsel for suitable action as the foundation typically handles content-issues, particularly ones that involve a question of legality. Chapters shouldn't be mistaken as being responsible for the content

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Time to assume good faith and carry on ++

Thanks for the suggestions, Tinu. Like Anirudh said in his response to Jyotis' email, we'll have more clarity on these issues in the coming days. - Sundar "That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted." - Ge

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India map and indian laws

The root of this problem is very similar to the Section 377 case (refer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_377_of_the_Indian_Penal_Code) The laws and attitudes in place regarding this case are ancient and in present circumstances, wrong. They do the country more harm than good. Going by these la

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] PDF rendering of Indian language wiki pages

On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 9:43 AM, sankarshan wrote: > On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 10:36 PM, Santhosh Thottingal > wrote: > >> Just wanted to give an early preview of this software library through >> an online interface : http://silpa.smc.org.in/Render >> You can try with a Wikipedia page in your langu

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] PDF rendering of Indian language wiki pages

Hi, Thanks for all comments.We will add bug reports on each of these comments with a reference to this mail thread in our bug/task tracker. I will post the updates on the project. If anybody interested to join our team, this is our mailing list : http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/pypdflib-d

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India map and indian laws

This isn't an easy question to answer: There is the National Map Policy and the Guidelines: http://www.surveyofindia.gov.in/tenders/National Map Policy.htm Which states: "Export of all maps/digital data in 1: 250K and larger scales through any means is prohibited vide Ministry of Finance (Depar

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-blr] Liam/ Wikipedia GLAM discussion @ NGMA @ 3 pm, Feb 18 (Friday)

Yes, there are other events as well: There is a meeting with KALA - a society for Librarians. They have agreed for a session with Liam between 10:30AM-12PM on Saturday 19th Feb at IISc. Thanks to Arjuna for setting this up. He will share more details as they emerge. regards Arun On Tue, Feb 15

[Wikimediaindia-l] Liam/ Wikipedia GLAM discussion @ NGMA @ 3 pm, Feb 18 (Friday)

Dear all, A group of us here in Bangalore have been arranging GLAM sessions on Feb 18/19. NGMA (the National Gallery of Modern Art, Bangalore: http://ngmaindia.gov.in/ngma_bangaluru.asp) will host a semi-public discussion with Liam, NGMA staff, and invited curators/ art gallery owners at thei

[Wikimediaindia-l] A quick and dirty blog post about gnunify day 1

Hi all, Just published a quick and dirty one about the happenings on GNUnify Day 1. http://wp.me/pfuZu-ms . I just hope I did justice to being there. I do hope to get some photos by this week-end and pretify the post somewhat. Been feeling lazy for last couple of days hence took the drastic step.

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India map and indian laws

As someone who created many of the Indian maps on wikipedia, this is a serious issue which needs a decision as it has been in the gray for quite a while. I have stopped my contribution of Indian maps ever since i realized that my work could have legal repercussions. For now, all the maps come with

[Wikimediaindia-l] GLAM India page

hi, Apologies for repeatedly posting similar information to the list. We've decided to have one single page for all the GLAM projects in India on a single page. Link - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/India For now, we'll have one page. So, I hope Wikipedians from Ahmedabad, Pune, Mum

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimediaindia-l Digest, Vol 32, Issue 67

hi Ashwin, I think that is a better idea than just puting it as Mumbai. I guess it also helps that those from Bangalore can also join in. So, have created the page for the same - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/India warm regards, Pr

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimediaindia-l Digest, Vol 32, Issue 67

Pradeep Mohandas wrote... > hi, > > We've created a start-up project page under GLAM for co-ordinating > activities among Wikipedians interested in working with GLAM institutions in > Mumbai. I've built up a pretty simple GLAM Mumbai project page - > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Mu