[Wikimediaindia-l] eBooks, Project Gutenberg, founder obituary

http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Michael_S._Hart A fine tribute to a great achiever and source of inspiration for the progress of open knowledge. -- Vickram Fool On The Hill ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediain

[Wikimediaindia-l] Foundation Report and India Education Program

Here's what Foundation Report August 2011 has to say for our India Education program http://blog.wikimedia.org/2011/09/08/wikimedia-foundation-report-august-2011/ *India Programs* - Two new consultants selected – Nitika Tandon (Participation) and Shiju Alex (Indic Initiatives). Nitika has

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] You can't copy-paste this homework

On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 16:27, Gautam John wrote: > On 10 September 2011 16:23, Bala Jeyaraman wrote: > > > last week in a conversation in jimbowales talk page in en wiki, jimmy > said > > he and coren were talking to google to allow this free of charge or > > something and something good is to

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] You can't copy-paste this homework

hi, Another way to look at it is that a few tried to copy paste their work and were caught - which is a good thing and proves, that you can't copy your homework. :) They're new to Wikipedia and I think these are important lessons for them to learn up-front. warm regards, Pradeep Sent from my Nok

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] You can't copy-paste this homework

On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 16:23, Bala Jeyaraman wrote: > >>A question - how hard is it to write a bot that runs contributions > through Google and flags it based on the degree of match and whether a > footnote exists or not? > > One such bot existed called corensearchbot which used yahoo to flag >

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] You can't copy-paste this homework

On 10 September 2011 16:23, Bala Jeyaraman wrote: > last week in a conversation in jimbowales talk page in en wiki, jimmy said > he and coren were talking to google to allow this free of charge or > something and something good is to be expected in the near future (i am not > sure, i might be man

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>>A question - how hard is it to write a bot that runs contributions through Google and flags it based on the degree of match and whether a footnote exists or not? One such bot existed called corensearchbot which used yahoo to flag copyvios. But yahoo changed its terms of service and it had be to

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] social media to use

On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 08:18, Nagarjuna G wrote: > I personally think we should encourage and use the free software > alternatives like identi.ca, diaspora so that the event takes an > opportunity to promote these media which protects user's freedom. > > By linking your account to other facebook

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] social media to use

On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 15:01, Aditya Sengupta wrote: > > > On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 14:30, Nagarjuna G wrote: > >> >> >> On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 2:14 PM, Pradeep Mohandas < >> pradeep.mohan...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> hi, >>> >>> Thanks for bringing this to our attention. Can you share where you

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] social media to use

On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 14:30, Nagarjuna G wrote: > > > On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 2:14 PM, Pradeep Mohandas < > pradeep.mohan...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> hi, >> >> Thanks for bringing this to our attention. Can you share where you have >> spotted this? We're not planning to have a twitter account, ju

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] You can't copy-paste this homework

On 10 September 2011 14:51, Swaroop Rao wrote: > The subject of the mail is a bit ironic actually ;) Anyway, I guess the > copyvios should be ironed out once Online Ambassadors step in. Now that you mention it... I wonder if they were trying to be sardonic. Thank you. Best, Gautam ht

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The subject of the mail is a bit ironic actually ;) Anyway, I guess the copyvios should be ironed out once Online Ambassadors step in. Swaroop Rao (MikeLynch ) On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 14:44, Srikanth Lakshmanan wrote: > Good article on the INDIAED

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] You can't copy-paste this homework

On 10 September 2011 14:44, Srikanth Lakshmanan wrote: > Well, but some reality check, quite a few have been found copying[1], the > drive is on to educate more about copyrights and inform them copying is > wrong. A question - how hard is it to write a bot that runs contributions through Google

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] You can't copy-paste this homework

Good article on the INDIAEDU programs. :) On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 14:05, Gautam John wrote: > You can't copy-paste this homework > Well, but some reality check, quite a few have been found copying[1], the drive is on to educate more about copyrights and inform them copying is wrong. But this is

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] social media to use

On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 2:14 PM, Pradeep Mohandas < pradeep.mohan...@gmail.com> wrote: > hi, > > Thanks for bringing this to our attention. Can you share where you have > spotted this? We're not planning to have a twitter account, just a hashtag - > #wci11. This is also being used on identi.ca by

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] social media to use

I think it is in the advertisement of communication position with foundation posted by Hisham sometimes back On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 2:14 PM, Pradeep Mohandas wrote: > hi, > Thanks for bringing this to our attention. Can you share where you have > spotted this? We're not planning to have a twit

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] social media to use

hi, Thanks for bringing this to our attention. Can you share where you have spotted this? We're not planning to have a twitter account, just a hashtag - #wci11. This is also being used on identi.ca by a few users and we encourage this. We'd like to correct the error. warm regards, Pradeep Mohand

[Wikimediaindia-l] You can't copy-paste this homework

You can't copy-paste this homework Padmaparna Ghosh | September 10, 2011 http://www.timescrest.com/life/you-cant-copypaste-this-homework-6226 http://www.timescrest.com/timthumb.php?src=http://www.timescrest.com/media/content/2011/Sep/img_6226_19431_Pc0080400.jpg&w=500&zc=1 The students of the