Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Press]: The Hindu : Now, copyright-free maps of States, districts, panchayats

2011-04-15 Thread Shiju Alex
Yeah this is true. There are many such reports recently. Among many wikipedians also there is a common misconception that all the content and images in wikipedia are copyright-free. :) May be we need to start using the word *Copyleft *to address all the free licenses. Usgae of words like

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Press]: The Hindu : Now, copyright-free maps of States, districts, panchayats

2011-04-15 Thread Shiju Alex
Dear all, I would like to share another important topic related to the subject of this mail. Malayalam wikipedians have started the map

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Press]: The Hindu : Now, copyright-free maps of States, districts, panchayats

2011-04-15 Thread Anirudh Bhati
Okay, guys. This is uber-cool stuff. Hats off! :) How about a workshop on training Wikimedians on map-creation? I would love to participate. Yours sincerely, Anirudh Bhati 00 91 9328712208 Skype: anirudhsbh On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 3:13 PM, Shiju Alex shijualexonl...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Press]: The Hindu : Now, copyright-free maps of States, districts, panchayats

2011-04-15 Thread Anivar Aravind
On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 4:33 PM, Nagarjuna G nagar...@gnowgi.org wrote: On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 3:28 PM, Anirudh Bhati anirudh...@gmail.com wrote: Okay, guys.  This is uber-cool stuff.  Hats off! :) How about a workshop on training Wikimedians on map-creation?  I would love to participate.

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia Commons : Ten million free media files and counting

2011-04-15 Thread Holalkere Laxmivenkatesh
I want to contribute some photos taken at The Rani baugh, mumbai,. to wikipedia commons. How to do it. Please explain. With regards, -laxmivenkatesh(Radhatanaya, kannada Wikipedia writer. On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 8:37 AM, CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.comwrote: Wikimedia Commons (

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia Commons : Ten million free media files and counting

2011-04-15 Thread CherianTinu Abraham
Hi Laxmi, You may essentially upload images that was taken by you or the ones you own the copyrights. 1) You can upload them to Wikimedia Commons at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Upload 2) Select It is entirely my own work ( You can directly go to the link