Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] (OT) On the importance of Unicode

On 17 February 2011 12:35, BalaSundaraRaman wrote: > I have some points to share, but got to go back to work now. > Can I get back on this later? Sure, Sundar! No hurry. Thank you. Best, Gautam http://social.prathambooks.org/ ___ Wikimedia

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] (OT) On the importance of Unicode

Hi Gautam, I have some points to share, but got to go back to work now. Can I get back on this later? - 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 Awar

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia.IN the news - Mumbai Hindustan Times, 13th Feb 2011

>That would be the photo caption, which sends sundar all over Kerala :-) How I wish that be true! - 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 Lec

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia.IN the news - Mumbai Hindustan Times, 13th Feb 2011 (CherianTinu Abraham)

Valid point, Ashwin. But, I don't know how we can avoid such attribution insufficiency totally. In the early days (of Tamil Wikipedia), despite repeated emphasis on not mentioning individual names, the writers like to mention stories around individuals. Though the community was understanding, t

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] (OT) On the importance of Unicode

On 17 February 2011 11:29, Gautam John wrote: > I'm trying to bring together some ideas as to why Unicode is > important, what the upsides and downsides are. My initial thoughts: A few other points that I read here: http://anandabazar-unicode.appspot.com/ Data usage: Use of Unicode will signifi

[Wikimediaindia-l] (OT) On the importance of Unicode

Hey Everyone: This one isn't directly connected with Wikimedia projects but is, IMHO, one element of any Wikimedia project in India - Unicode. I'm trying to bring together some ideas as to why Unicode is important, what the upsides and downsides are. My initial thoughts: 1. While there are many

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia.IN the news - Mumbai Hindustan Times, 13th Feb 2011 (CherianTinu Abraham)

I was told that the article went through lots of "editor's cut" :) -TC On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 8:56 AM, Ashwin Baindur wrote: > The Pune chapter gave details of all its multi-facetted incentives for > W10 including Wikimedia Commons,Marathi Wikipedia. article improvement > program etc to Radhika

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia.IN the news - Mumbai Hindustan Times, 13th Feb 2011 (CherianTinu Abraham)

The Pune chapter gave details of all its multi-facetted incentives for W10 including Wikimedia Commons,Marathi Wikipedia. article improvement program etc to Radhika Raj, the reporter of Hindusthan Times but she chose to highlight Wikipedia for Schools aspect only and it appears that the Pune guys a

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WikiHI-l] Releasing FAQ foe Hindi WIkipedia

Even though we had helped Mayur in typesetting and coordinating this project, the effort took by Mayur is huge. He had translated the FAQs (that are relevant to Hindi) and customized the FAQs for Hindi wiki projects, almost alone. Also he had added few new questions that are relevant to Hindi wiki

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Flickr alternative to Photowalks

On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 8:59 PM, Srikanth Lakshmanan wrote: > On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 11:38, wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I have mentioned to Bishaka, Vivek and Pradeep in person and on the Mumbai >> list. After our first Mumbai Photowalk, I ran a quick check on Flickr for >> Mumbai related content and

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Internal-l] IRC office hours this Thursday with Barry and Hisham

-- Forwarded message -- From: Steven Walling Date: Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 1:57 AM Subject: [Internal-l] IRC office hours this Thursday with Barry and Hisham To: "board and officers coordination (closed subscription) Local Chapters" < interna...@lists.wikimedia.org> Hi everyone, I

[Wikimediaindia-l] [Press] : Kerala IT News :Malayalam Wikipedia Study Camp on February 19

Kerala IT News :Malayalam Wikipedia Study Camp on February 19 http://www.keralaitnews.com/other-it-news/foss/2071-malayalam-wikipedia-study-camp-on-february-19 *As Wikipedia celebrates its 10th anniversary, the Malayalam Wiki Society is organising a Study Camp on various initiatives by Malayalam W

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia.IN the news - Mumbai Hindustan Times, 13th Feb 2011

and Karnataka too :D ( the only place in Karnataka , we 3 of us are active in Bangalore ) -TC On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 9:21 PM, Bala Jeyaraman wrote: > >>a minor goofup > > That would be the photo caption, which sends sundar all over Kerala :-) > > > On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 7:51 PM, CherianTinu A

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia.IN the news - Mumbai Hindustan Times, 13th Feb 2011

GOOD ... On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 9:21 PM, Bala Jeyaraman wrote: > >>a minor goofup > > That would be the photo caption, which sends sundar all over Kerala :-) > > On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 7:51 PM, CherianTinu Abraham < > tinucher...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I posted a text version of the

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia.IN the news - Mumbai Hindustan Times, 13th Feb 2011

>>a minor goofup That would be the photo caption, which sends sundar all over Kerala :-) On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 7:51 PM, CherianTinu Abraham wrote: > I posted a text version of the article earlier. > > http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2011-February/002194.html > > ( I could

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Releasing FAQ foe Hindi WIkipedia

please remember "|" symbol at last of the sentence corrections... spelling changes fonts. some small small corrections need for this PDF version regards sugeesh On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 8:45 PM, mayur wrote: > Dear Wikimedians, >Today we have

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Flickr alternative to Photowalks

On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 11:38, wrote: > Hi, > > I have mentioned to Bishaka, Vivek and Pradeep in person and on the Mumbai > list. After our first Mumbai Photowalk, I ran a quick check on Flickr for > Mumbai related content and found a lot of relevant and professional > photographs. I contacted

[Wikimediaindia-l] Releasing FAQ foe Hindi WIkipedia

Dear Wikimedians, Today we have released first version of FAQ for Hindi Wikipedia .With a nice effort of malayalam wiki community they translated their FAQ from malayalam to english.That t

[Wikimediaindia-l] When one sheep has gone over the dam, others follow

Hoi, I am really excited that Junaid P V was given commit rights to the MediaWiki code repository. As you may know, he is working on supporting input methods for the Indian languages. There is already an extension that helps for some languages but we are looking for support in MediaWiki itself. I

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia.IN the news - Mumbai Hindustan Times, 13th Feb 2011

I posted a text version of the article earlier. http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2011-February/002194.html ( I couldnt share the pdf version in public, the reporter sent me) Btw I did spent quite a time with the reporter educating about Wikimedia/ Wikipedia in India and a pho

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-del] Indian academicians on Wikipedia?

Hi Tinu, Srinivas Gunta is an Assistant Professor for Strategic Management at Indian Institute of Management Indore. He is copied on this email. Please connect him with the reporter. Yours sincerely, Anirudh Bhati 00 91 9328712208 Skype: anirudhsbh On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 4:38 PM, CherianTi

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

On 16 February 2011 18:35, Anoop wrote: > Yes. The complete syllabus is based on GNU/Linux . IT@school team has > created a GNU/Linux distro with name it@school gnu-linux which is available > to download at http://itschool.gov.in/downloads.php Thank you, Anup. Truly astounding. Best, Gautam __

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

Yes. The complete syllabus is based on GNU/Linux . IT@school team has created a GNU/Linux distro with name *it@school gnu-linux* which is available to download at http://itschool.gov.in/downloads.php Thanks On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 6:20 PM, Gautam John wrote: > On 16 February 2011 12:42, Anoop w

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

On 16 February 2011 12:42, Anoop wrote: > Here is the link : http://www.itschool.gov.in/icttextbook8.pdf  (Page 39) Correct me if I am wrong but most of the screenshots in the book look like they are from a GNOME based UI? Most impressive, if correct. Thank you. Best, Gautam http://

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia.IN the news - Mumbai Hindustan Times, 13th Feb 2011

On 16 February 2011 14:15, Nikhil Sheth wrote: > http://epaper.hindustantimes.com/PUBLICATIONS/HT/HM/2011/02/13/ArticleHtmls/BEHIND-THE-SCENES-AT-WIKIPEDIAIN-13022011018002.shtml?Mode=1 Nikhil, thanks much for posting this. I must say it's one of the better articles I have seen written and what'

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indian academicians on Wikipedia?

Copied Pulkit Gupta who started http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_MiniBiography_of_Indian_Professors He got in touch with some Professors who are familiar with editing if not already editing Wikipedia. - Sundar "That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indian academicians on Wikipedia?

On 16 February 2011 16:38, CherianTinu Abraham wrote: > Hi, >     A reporter is doing a story on Indian academicians on Wikipedia.. . If > you know about any academicians / people from the education system who edit > Wikipedia, it would be great help.. Are there anyone in the India mailing > list

[Wikimediaindia-l] Indian academicians on Wikipedia?

Hi, A reporter is doing a story on Indian academicians on Wikipedia.. . If you know about any academicians / people from the education system who edit Wikipedia, it would be great help.. Are there anyone in the India mailing list ? Please drop *a personal mail to me* with the contact inf

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia.IN the news - Mumbai Hindustan Times, 13th Feb 2011

http://epaper.hindustantimes.com/PUBLICATIONS/HT/HM/2011/02/13/ArticleHtmls/BEHIND-THE-SCENES-AT-WIKIPEDIAIN-13022011018002.shtml?Mode=1 Cheers, Nikhil Sheth +91-966-583-1250 Pune, India Teach For India Fellow, 2011-13 www.nikhilsheth.tk Find me on: Twitter