[Wikimediaindia-l] WikiAcademy Mumbai 1 - October 1, 2011 - 11 am to 6 pm

2011-09-06 Thread Pradeep Mohandas
Dear all, The first WikiAcademy in Mumbai is happening at the Center for Education and Documentation (CED), Colaba on October 1, 2011. The Academy will be held between 11 am to 6 pm.The Mumbai community hopes that this will be the first among several such academies to be organised in Mumbai. To

[Wikimediaindia-l] Keeping the Wikimedia.in up to date

2011-09-06 Thread Gautam John
Hi All: A small request to keep the Events and Social Media sections of http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Main_Page up to date, please? I have also created http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Milestones which we could use to track important milestones for each project in India - would be good to have a list. As

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Arthapedia - Indian Gov Site on the lines of Wikipedia

2011-09-06 Thread Sohel Bohra
My two cents worth *On Arthapedia * - Attempting to use wikis is a commendable effort on the part of government officers. Lack of competence shouldn't be confused for poor intentions. - The site does mention any license (copyleft/right) at all. They have clear contact details of

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Update, Examples Request: Wikipedia India Education Program

2011-09-06 Thread Nitika Tandon
Congratulations on joining the team at India operations! Thank you! It's wonderful to be working with you all. Can you also highlight any significant differences between the strategy for the Education programme in the US and for the one in India? Thanks. I'll second what Srikeit

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Update, Examples Request: Wikipedia India Education Program

2011-09-06 Thread Nitika Tandon
Economics and College of Engineering Pune). We already have over 1000 students enrolled from just these 2 colleges.  Most of these students have A 1000 students?! That is quite stupendous! I wonder if we can measure the contributions by these students over the course of the year? During the

[Wikimediaindia-l] Want to Help Newbie Editor Students of the India Education Program?: Inviting Online Ambassadors!

2011-09-06 Thread Nitika Tandon
Greetings, As many of you are aware, the Wikipedia India Education Program works with teachers and students to encourage Wikipedia in the classroom. The basic idea is that teachers ask their students to edit Wikipedia articles instead of submitting traditional reports, assignments, etc.

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Update, Examples Request: Wikipedia India Education Program

2011-09-06 Thread Gautam John
On 6 September 2011 20:58, Nitika Tandon ntan...@wikimedia.org wrote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:India_Education_Program/Leaderboard Thank you! It's pretty damn cool. :) Best, Gautam http://blog.prathambooks.org/p/social-media.html

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Want to Help Newbie Editor Students of the India Education Program?: Inviting Online Ambassadors!

2011-09-06 Thread Bishakha Datta
Hey Nitika, Would it be worth sending this out to other lists (eg foundation etc) - or are you'll looking for Indian online ambassadors only? Cheers (and the leaderboard was great too.) Bishakha On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 8:59 PM, Nitika Tandon ntan...@wikimedia.org wrote: Greetings, As many of

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Update, Examples Request: Wikipedia India Education Program

2011-09-06 Thread Anirudh Bhati
Thank you, Srikeit and Nitika. Yours sincerely, Anirudh Bhati +855 975 529 803 Skype: anirudhsbh On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 10:12 PM, Nitika Tandon ntan...@wikimedia.orgwrote: ** ** ** ** Congratulations on joining the team at India operations! ** ** Thank you! It’s wonderful to be

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Volunteering opportunitiy-Wiki Academy for Department of Public Libraries, Karnataka

2011-09-06 Thread ansuman
Hii, Arjuna. I am sorry I cant find the mail, So I am asking again who can attend this Wiki Academy ??? On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 5:21 PM, Arjuna Rao Chavala arjunar...@gmail.comwrote: On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 10:22 PM, Gautam John gau...@prathambooks.orgwrote: On 27 August 2011 22:16,

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Volunteering opportunitiy-Wiki Academy for Department of Public Libraries, Karnataka

2011-09-06 Thread Gautam John
On 6 September 2011 22:38, ansuman ansum...@gmail.com wrote: Hii, Arjuna. I am sorry I cant find the mail, So I am asking again who can attend this Wiki Academy ??? Anyone, really, who can volunteer to help! http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Wiki_Academy/Department_of_Public_Libraries,_Bangalore

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Volunteering opportunitiy-Wiki Academy for Department of Public Libraries, Karnataka

2011-09-06 Thread ansuman
Thanks Gautam, I can help. cya On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 10:40 PM, Gautam John gau...@prathambooks.orgwrote: On 6 September 2011 22:38, ansuman ansum...@gmail.com wrote: Hii, Arjuna. I am sorry I cant find the mail, So I am asking again who can attend this Wiki Academy ??? Anyone, really,

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Update, Examples Request: Wikipedia India Education Program

2011-09-06 Thread Jessie Wild
Congratulations on a great beginning to what I anticipate will be a high impact Indian program! Can you also highlight any significant differences between the strategy for the Education programme in the US and for the one in India? Thanks. I'll second what Srikeit wrote in response. Key

[Wikimediaindia-l] Pune Pilots, Ambassadors and MumCon Questions

2011-09-06 Thread Vivek Murarka
Hi All,   I'm very new to Wikimedia, but delighted since joining this list last week.   Godspeed to everyone at the Pune Pilots 1k Program. It will be a privilige to have an opportunity to work with you, now and upon roll-out.   So I've submitted my Online Ambassador Application, and am keeping

[Wikimediaindia-l] Pune Pilots, Ambassadors and MumCon Questions

2011-09-06 Thread Vivek Murarka
Hi All,   ***Please excuse previous incomplete mail sent by mistake.***   I'm very new to Wikimedia, but delighted since joining this list last week.   Godspeed to everyone in the Pune Pilots 1k Program. I read the Robinson Crusoe Economy article. It is so clean, complete and elegant. It will be