[Wikimediaindia-l] Swarooprao (MikeLynch) is our newest admin on English Wikipedia
Congratulations, mate! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:MikeLynch#Congratulations Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur -- ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Petition Response: Digitizing Federal Public Records
Thanks for this post, wheredevelsdare. Its high time someone in India put up a PIL to the Supreme court challenging the relevant portions of CopyrightAct 1957 wherein government work from public funds remains in copyright. Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur -- On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 12:06 PM, Kevin Gorman kgor...@gmail.com wrote: As the petition response mentioned, the national archives do have a wikipedian in residence currently - dominic mcdevitt-parks (User:Dominic.) David Ferriero has also attended at least one Wikimedia related event himself - he spoke at the public policy initiative wrapup in boston this summer. --- Kevin Gorman User:kgorman-ucb On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 10:29 PM, wheredevelsd...@hotmail.com wrote: FYI - since we are looking to start GLAM in India, I thought this would make an interesting read. Answer to a petition for digitalising all Public Records in the US by a Wikimedian. -- *From:* The White House i...@messages.whitehouse.gov *Date:* January 20, 2012 6:27:44 PM EST *To:* filbe...@gmail.comfilbe...@gmail.com *Subject:* *Petition Response: Digitizing Federal Public Records* *Reply-To:* The White House i...@messages.whitehouse.gov [image: The White House] Digitizing Federal Public Records *By David Ferriero, the Archivist of the United States* Thank you for signing a petition asking the Obama Administration to digitize all public records. The Obama Administration believes increasing access to our collections by digitizing our records is a great idea. Our most recent efforts to do this ourselves as part of our OpenGovhttp://links.whitehouse.gov/track?type=clickenid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTIwMTIwLjUxMjg2MzEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTIwMTIwLjUxMjg2MzEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNjgxMjc2NSZlbWFpbGlkPWZpbGJlcnRrQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZ1c2VyaWQ9ZmlsYmVydGtAZ21haWwuY29tJmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=100http://www.archives.gov/open/initiative, include the Citizen Archivisthttp://links.whitehouse.gov/track?type=clickenid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTIwMTIwLjUxMjg2MzEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTIwMTIwLjUxMjg2MzEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNjgxMjc2NSZlbWFpbGlkPWZpbGJlcnRrQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZ1c2VyaWQ9ZmlsYmVydGtAZ21haWwuY29tJmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=101http://www.archives.gov/citizen-archivist/project, a Wikipedian in Residencehttp://links.whitehouse.gov/track?type=clickenid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTIwMTIwLjUxMjg2MzEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTIwMTIwLjUxMjg2MzEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNjgxMjc2NSZlbWFpbGlkPWZpbGJlcnRrQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZ1c2VyaWQ9ZmlsYmVydGtAZ21haWwuY29tJmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=102http://blogs.archives.gov/blog/2011/06/01/meet-our-wikipedian-in-residence-dominic-mcdevitt-parks/, Tag it Tuesdayshttp://links.whitehouse.gov/track?type=clickenid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTIwMTIwLjUxMjg2MzEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTIwMTIwLjUxMjg2MzEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNjgxMjc2NSZlbWFpbGlkPWZpbGJlcnRrQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZ1c2VyaWQ9ZmlsYmVydGtAZ21haWwuY29tJmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=103http://blogs.archives.gov/online-public-access/?cat=260, and Scanathonshttp://links.whitehouse.gov/track?type=clickenid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTIwMTIwLjUxMjg2MzEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTIwMTIwLjUxMjg2MzEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNjgxMjc2NSZlbWFpbGlkPWZpbGJlcnRrQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZ1c2VyaWQ9ZmlsYmVydGtAZ21haWwuY29tJmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=104http://blogs.archives.gov/online-public-access/?p=5819. We are also moving forward on implementing the President’s recent Memorandum on Managing Government Recordshttp://links.whitehouse.gov/track?type=clickenid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTIwMTIwLjUxMjg2MzEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTIwMTIwLjUxMjg2MzEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNjgxMjc2NSZlbWFpbGlkPWZpbGJlcnRrQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZ1c2VyaWQ9ZmlsYmVydGtAZ21haWwuY29tJmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=105http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/11/28/presidential-memorandum-managing-government-records, which focuses on the need to update policies and practices for the digital age. But all those things aren’t enough. Your petition, and the Yes We Scan effort broadly, calls for a national strategy, and even a Federal Scanning Commission, to figure out what it would take to digitize the holdings of many federal entities, from the Library of Congress to the Government Printing Office to the Smithsonian Institution. These ideas bring up a host of questions that still need to be answered: What should the National Archives’ priorities be? Do we focus on preserving deteriorating paper records, still bound with red ribbons from two centuries ago? Do we make digital copies of Vietnam Era film footage? Should we focus on preserving those older paper records while citizens volunteer to digitize more recent, and better preserved, records? The National Archives – which houses
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Swarooprao (MikeLynch) is our newest admin on English Wikipedia
WOW !! Congrats Swaroop Rao !!! -Sudhanwa On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 8:43 PM, Ashwin Baindur ashwin.bain...@gmail.comwrote: Congratulations, mate! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:MikeLynch#Congratulations Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur -- ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l -- ~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~! web: www.sudhanwa.com blog: www.sudhanwa.in Twitter: sudhanwa Check on FB, Linkedin for more. ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Petition Response: Digitizing Federal Public Records
I think amendments for the current copyeight act are coming soon. However, there is hardly any chance that Govt. work will be released copyright free. Regards -Sudhanwa On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 10:46 PM, Ashwin Baindur ashwin.bain...@gmail.comwrote: Thanks for this post, wheredevelsdare. Its high time someone in India put up a PIL to the Supreme court challenging the relevant portions of CopyrightAct 1957 wherein government work from public funds remains in copyright. Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur -- On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 12:06 PM, Kevin Gorman kgor...@gmail.com wrote: As the petition response mentioned, the national archives do have a wikipedian in residence currently - dominic mcdevitt-parks (User:Dominic.) David Ferriero has also attended at least one Wikimedia related event himself - he spoke at the public policy initiative wrapup in boston this summer. --- Kevin Gorman User:kgorman-ucb On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 10:29 PM, wheredevelsd...@hotmail.com wrote: FYI - since we are looking to start GLAM in India, I thought this would make an interesting read. Answer to a petition for digitalising all Public Records in the US by a Wikimedian. -- *From:* The White House i...@messages.whitehouse.gov *Date:* January 20, 2012 6:27:44 PM EST *To:* filbe...@gmail.comfilbe...@gmail.com *Subject:* *Petition Response: Digitizing Federal Public Records* *Reply-To:* The White House i...@messages.whitehouse.gov [image: The White House] Digitizing Federal Public Records *By David Ferriero, the Archivist of the United States* Thank you for signing a petition asking the Obama Administration to digitize all public records. The Obama Administration believes increasing access to our collections by digitizing our records is a great idea. Our most recent efforts to do this ourselves as part of our OpenGovhttp://links.whitehouse.gov/track?type=clickenid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTIwMTIwLjUxMjg2MzEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTIwMTIwLjUxMjg2MzEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNjgxMjc2NSZlbWFpbGlkPWZpbGJlcnRrQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZ1c2VyaWQ9ZmlsYmVydGtAZ21haWwuY29tJmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=100http://www.archives.gov/open/initiative, include the Citizen Archivisthttp://links.whitehouse.gov/track?type=clickenid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTIwMTIwLjUxMjg2MzEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTIwMTIwLjUxMjg2MzEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNjgxMjc2NSZlbWFpbGlkPWZpbGJlcnRrQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZ1c2VyaWQ9ZmlsYmVydGtAZ21haWwuY29tJmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=101http://www.archives.gov/citizen-archivist/project, a Wikipedian in Residencehttp://links.whitehouse.gov/track?type=clickenid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTIwMTIwLjUxMjg2MzEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTIwMTIwLjUxMjg2MzEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNjgxMjc2NSZlbWFpbGlkPWZpbGJlcnRrQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZ1c2VyaWQ9ZmlsYmVydGtAZ21haWwuY29tJmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=102http://blogs.archives.gov/blog/2011/06/01/meet-our-wikipedian-in-residence-dominic-mcdevitt-parks/, Tag it Tuesdayshttp://links.whitehouse.gov/track?type=clickenid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTIwMTIwLjUxMjg2MzEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTIwMTIwLjUxMjg2MzEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNjgxMjc2NSZlbWFpbGlkPWZpbGJlcnRrQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZ1c2VyaWQ9ZmlsYmVydGtAZ21haWwuY29tJmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=103http://blogs.archives.gov/online-public-access/?cat=260, and Scanathonshttp://links.whitehouse.gov/track?type=clickenid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTIwMTIwLjUxMjg2MzEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTIwMTIwLjUxMjg2MzEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNjgxMjc2NSZlbWFpbGlkPWZpbGJlcnRrQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZ1c2VyaWQ9ZmlsYmVydGtAZ21haWwuY29tJmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=104http://blogs.archives.gov/online-public-access/?p=5819. We are also moving forward on implementing the President’s recent Memorandum on Managing Government Recordshttp://links.whitehouse.gov/track?type=clickenid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTIwMTIwLjUxMjg2MzEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTIwMTIwLjUxMjg2MzEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNjgxMjc2NSZlbWFpbGlkPWZpbGJlcnRrQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZ1c2VyaWQ9ZmlsYmVydGtAZ21haWwuY29tJmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=105http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/11/28/presidential-memorandum-managing-government-records, which focuses on the need to update policies and practices for the digital age. But all those things aren’t enough. Your petition, and the Yes We Scan effort broadly, calls for a national strategy, and even a Federal Scanning Commission, to figure out what it would take to digitize the holdings of many federal entities, from the Library of Congress to the Government Printing Office to the Smithsonian Institution. These ideas bring up a host of questions that still need to be answered: What should the National Archives’ priorities be? Do we focus on preserving deteriorating paper records, still bound with red
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Swarooprao (MikeLynch) is our newest admin on English Wikipedia
Hey many Congrats :) Happy to see you as an admin. I din't know you were on RFA, missed the chance to convey my support :) Keep it up :) On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 11:22 PM, Sudhanwa Jogalekar sudhanwa@gmail.com wrote: WOW !! Congrats Swaroop Rao !!! -Sudhanwa On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 8:43 PM, Ashwin Baindur ashwin.bain...@gmail.comwrote: Congratulations, mate! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:MikeLynch#Congratulations Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur -- ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l -- ~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~! web: www.sudhanwa.com blog: www.sudhanwa.in Twitter: sudhanwa Check on FB, Linkedin for more. ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l -- * *Thanks n Regards Ansuman * ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ * http://twitter.com/smileyansu * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:ansumang * * ___ * * Wikipedia Odia (Oriya) mailing list wikipedia...@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-or facebook.com/OdiaWiki Tweet @OdiaWiki * ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Swarooprao (MikeLynch) is our newest admin on English Wikipedia
Ashwin, You seem to be the most omnipresent guy everywhere in Wikipedia as far as WikiProject India is concerned. I keep wondering how a single person can devote so much time to the cause of a project as vast as WP:India. Being at the helm of a very good one-fifth of all potential Wikipedia users, You really deserve to be an admin. However, if you are not prepared to be one that can share time between head-mastering a Colosseum and excelling as a shepherd of sorts, we should rather wait. We better need our shepherd. Just when you feel you are ready, we will be there to vote for you! :) -viswam [Congrats to Swaroop is automatic, in line] On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 00:17, ansuman ansum...@gmail.com wrote: Hey many Congrats :) Happy to see you as an admin. I din't know you were on RFA, missed the chance to convey my support :) Keep it up :) On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 11:22 PM, Sudhanwa Jogalekar sudhanwa@gmail.com wrote: WOW !! Congrats Swaroop Rao !!! -Sudhanwa On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 8:43 PM, Ashwin Baindur ashwin.bain...@gmail.com wrote: Congratulations, mate! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:MikeLynch#Congratulations Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur -- ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l -- ~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~! web: www.sudhanwa.com blog: www.sudhanwa.in Twitter: sudhanwa Check on FB, Linkedin for more. ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l -- * *Thanks n Regards Ansuman * ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ * http://twitter.com/smileyansu * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:ansumang * * ___ * * Wikipedia Odia (Oriya) mailing list wikipedia...@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-or facebook.com/OdiaWiki Tweet @OdiaWiki * ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-en] Swarooprao (MikeLynch) is our newest admin on English Wikipedia
Thanks ViswaPrabha. This is turning to be a real love-fest. :) Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur -- 2012/1/23 ViswaPrabha (വിശ്വപ്രഭ) viswapra...@gmail.com: Ashwin, You seem to be the most omnipresent guy everywhere in Wikipedia as far as WikiProject India is concerned. I keep wondering how a single person can devote so much time to the cause of a project as vast as WP:India. Being at the helm of a very good one-fifth of all potential Wikipedia users, You really deserve to be an admin. However, if you are not prepared to be one that can share time between head-mastering a Colosseum and excelling as a shepherd of sorts, we should rather wait. We better need our shepherd. Just when you feel you are ready, we will be there to vote for you! :) -viswam [Congrats to Swaroop is automatic, in line] On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 00:17, ansuman ansum...@gmail.com wrote: Hey many Congrats :) Happy to see you as an admin. I din't know you were on RFA, missed the chance to convey my support :) Keep it up :) On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 11:22 PM, Sudhanwa Jogalekar sudhanwa@gmail.com wrote: WOW !! Congrats Swaroop Rao !!! -Sudhanwa On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 8:43 PM, Ashwin Baindur ashwin.bain...@gmail.com wrote: Congratulations, mate! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:MikeLynch#Congratulations Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur -- ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l -- ~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~! web: www.sudhanwa.com blog: www.sudhanwa.in Twitter: sudhanwa Check on FB, Linkedin for more. ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l -- Thanks n Regards Ansuman ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ http://twitter.com/smileyansu http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:ansumang ___ Wikipedia Odia (Oriya) mailing list wikipedia...@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-or facebook.com/OdiaWiki Tweet @OdiaWiki ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimedia-in-en mailing list wikimedia-in...@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-en ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] W11 Pune Meet up.
Hi, Correcting some typos in the previous mail. Instead of Jnyan Prabodhini it is Jnana Prabodhini. Also, Official website of the school is http://prashala.jnanaprabodhini.org/ And wikipage of Jnana Prabodhini organisation is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jnana_Prabodhini Regards -Sudhanwa On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 1:42 AM, Sudhanwa Jogalekar sudhanwa@gmail.com wrote: Hi Everyone, *Update on Wiki11 Pune Meet up:* On behalf of Pune Community and Pune chapter, we celebrated the 11th Anniversary of Wikipedia and the 1st Anniversary of India Chapter at Jnyan Prabodhini, Pune. We started the session with the introduction by Chapter Marathi SIG (Special Interest Group) followed by Chapter briefing by EC Member Sudhanwa Jogalekar. Pune SIG lead Mandar Kulkarni shared a presentation of Marathi Wikipedia which included the history and the journey of Marathi Wikipedia. The presentation also explained the common mistakes made by users during editing. The details statistics of no. of pages, no. of users, no. of articles since last 6 years and where we stand now was explained in details. Being Makar Sankranti, as per the Indian tradition we gave Til Gul (sweets made of sesame jaggery) to all the participants including the refreshments. (Please note that for next many decades, Makar Sankranti is going to be on 15th January only and we will have same opportunity to celebrate the Wikipedia Anniversary on the day of Makar Sakranti.) The next session was handled by senior editors of Wikipedia by coaching the members in actual wiki academy in the lab. All the new users created their login accounts and started editing in the articles. This was very interesting as many members were new to this would and finding some challenges in tying in Marathi. Some of the members created new articles and also linked them to English Wikipedia. Overall, it was a great learning experience for all of us. *Next Steps:* 1. In the coming months, we have planned number of wiki academies in English and in Marathi at various places all over Pune. 2. We are also proposing to have one interesting session during our monthly meet on every 2nd Saturday. Best regards, Mandar Kulkarni and other Wikipuneris. ~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~! web: www.sudhanwa.com blog: www.sudhanwa.in Twitter: sudhanwa Check on FB, Linkedin for more. -- ~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~! web: www.sudhanwa.com blog: www.sudhanwa.in Twitter: sudhanwa Check on FB, Linkedin for more. ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Analysis of IEP: Quantitative Analysis Tory Read's Report
On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 10:10 AM, Hisham his...@wikimedia.org wrote: Two reports have just been released as the analysis of IEP Pune Pilot. An quantitative analysis has been prepared and is available at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:India_Education_Program/Analysis/Quantitative_Analysis Tory Read's report is available at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:India_Education_Program/Analysis/Independent_Report_from_Tory_Read Is the planned schedule/calendar for the IEP available ? One that puts dates to specific phases of the exercise. -- sankarshan mukhopadhyay http://sankarshan.randomink.org/blog ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Petition Response: Digitizing Federal Public Records
Who wants copyright free? We want the right to reproduce and distribute freely, since we have already paid for it. The amendments on the way are a mess, designed to reinforce the rights of restrictive copyright holders. It is understandable, since the political leadership of the nation (of all hues) conflates ownership with monetisation, but hardly sensible. On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 11:45 PM, Sudhanwa Jogalekar sudhanwa@gmail.com wrote: I think amendments for the current copyeight act are coming soon. However, there is hardly any chance that Govt. work will be released copyright free. Regards -Sudhanwa On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 10:46 PM, Ashwin Baindur ashwin.bain...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for this post, wheredevelsdare. Its high time someone in India put up a PIL to the Supreme court challenging the relevant portions of CopyrightAct 1957 wherein government work from public funds remains in copyright. Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur -- On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 12:06 PM, Kevin Gorman kgor...@gmail.com wrote: As the petition response mentioned, the national archives do have a wikipedian in residence currently - dominic mcdevitt-parks (User:Dominic.) David Ferriero has also attended at least one Wikimedia related event himself - he spoke at the public policy initiative wrapup in boston this summer. --- Kevin Gorman User:kgorman-ucb On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 10:29 PM, wheredevelsd...@hotmail.com wrote: FYI - since we are looking to start GLAM in India, I thought this would make an interesting read. Answer to a petition for digitalising all Public Records in the US by a Wikimedian. -- *From:* The White House i...@messages.whitehouse.gov *Date:* January 20, 2012 6:27:44 PM EST *To:* filbe...@gmail.comfilbe...@gmail.com *Subject:* *Petition Response: Digitizing Federal Public Records* *Reply-To:* The White House i...@messages.whitehouse.gov [image: The White House] Digitizing Federal Public Records *By David Ferriero, the Archivist of the United States* Thank you for signing a petition asking the Obama Administration to digitize all public records. The Obama Administration believes increasing access to our collections by digitizing our records is a great idea. Our most recent efforts to do this ourselves as part of our OpenGovhttp://links.whitehouse.gov/track?type=clickenid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTIwMTIwLjUxMjg2MzEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTIwMTIwLjUxMjg2MzEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNjgxMjc2NSZlbWFpbGlkPWZpbGJlcnRrQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZ1c2VyaWQ9ZmlsYmVydGtAZ21haWwuY29tJmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=100http://www.archives.gov/open/initiative, include the Citizen Archivisthttp://links.whitehouse.gov/track?type=clickenid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTIwMTIwLjUxMjg2MzEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTIwMTIwLjUxMjg2MzEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNjgxMjc2NSZlbWFpbGlkPWZpbGJlcnRrQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZ1c2VyaWQ9ZmlsYmVydGtAZ21haWwuY29tJmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=101http://www.archives.gov/citizen-archivist/project, a Wikipedian in Residencehttp://links.whitehouse.gov/track?type=clickenid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTIwMTIwLjUxMjg2MzEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTIwMTIwLjUxMjg2MzEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNjgxMjc2NSZlbWFpbGlkPWZpbGJlcnRrQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZ1c2VyaWQ9ZmlsYmVydGtAZ21haWwuY29tJmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=102http://blogs.archives.gov/blog/2011/06/01/meet-our-wikipedian-in-residence-dominic-mcdevitt-parks/, Tag it Tuesdayshttp://links.whitehouse.gov/track?type=clickenid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTIwMTIwLjUxMjg2MzEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTIwMTIwLjUxMjg2MzEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNjgxMjc2NSZlbWFpbGlkPWZpbGJlcnRrQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZ1c2VyaWQ9ZmlsYmVydGtAZ21haWwuY29tJmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=103http://blogs.archives.gov/online-public-access/?cat=260, and Scanathonshttp://links.whitehouse.gov/track?type=clickenid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTIwMTIwLjUxMjg2MzEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTIwMTIwLjUxMjg2MzEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNjgxMjc2NSZlbWFpbGlkPWZpbGJlcnRrQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZ1c2VyaWQ9ZmlsYmVydGtAZ21haWwuY29tJmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=104http://blogs.archives.gov/online-public-access/?p=5819. We are also moving forward on implementing the President’s recent Memorandum on Managing Government Recordshttp://links.whitehouse.gov/track?type=clickenid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTIwMTIwLjUxMjg2MzEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTIwMTIwLjUxMjg2MzEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNjgxMjc2NSZlbWFpbGlkPWZpbGJlcnRrQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZ1c2VyaWQ9ZmlsYmVydGtAZ21haWwuY29tJmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=105http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/11/28/presidential-memorandum-managing-government-records, which focuses on the need to update policies and practices for the digital age. But all those things aren’t enough. Your petition, and the Yes We Scan effort
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Petition Response: Digitizing Federal Public Records
hi, It would be best for the content to be placed in public domain. However, with attribution would also be okay. The public has already paid for it's production and also for the creation of its physical copy (by any means). Some arms of the government do charge for use by foriegners or for a certain resolution/quality of the physical copy. This must also be done away with, in my opinion. Pradeep Handheld On 23/01/2012, Vickram Crishna vvcris...@radiophony.com wrote: Who wants copyright free? We want the right to reproduce and distribute freely, since we have already paid for it. The amendments on the way are a mess, designed to reinforce the rights of restrictive copyright holders. It is understandable, since the political leadership of the nation (of all hues) conflates ownership with monetisation, but hardly sensible. On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 11:45 PM, Sudhanwa Jogalekar sudhanwa@gmail.com wrote: I think amendments for the current copyeight act are coming soon. However, there is hardly any chance that Govt. work will be released copyright free. Regards -Sudhanwa On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 10:46 PM, Ashwin Baindur ashwin.bain...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for this post, wheredevelsdare. Its high time someone in India put up a PIL to the Supreme court challenging the relevant portions of CopyrightAct 1957 wherein government work from public funds remains in copyright. Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur -- On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 12:06 PM, Kevin Gorman kgor...@gmail.com wrote: As the petition response mentioned, the national archives do have a wikipedian in residence currently - dominic mcdevitt-parks (User:Dominic.) David Ferriero has also attended at least one Wikimedia related event himself - he spoke at the public policy initiative wrapup in boston this summer. --- Kevin Gorman User:kgorman-ucb On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 10:29 PM, wheredevelsd...@hotmail.com wrote: FYI - since we are looking to start GLAM in India, I thought this would make an interesting read. Answer to a petition for digitalising all Public Records in the US by a Wikimedian. -- *From:* The White House i...@messages.whitehouse.gov *Date:* January 20, 2012 6:27:44 PM EST *To:* filbe...@gmail.comfilbe...@gmail.com *Subject:* *Petition Response: Digitizing Federal Public Records* *Reply-To:* The White House i...@messages.whitehouse.gov [image: The White House] Digitizing Federal Public Records *By David Ferriero, the Archivist of the United States* Thank you for signing a petition asking the Obama Administration to digitize all public records. The Obama Administration believes increasing access to our collections by digitizing our records is a great idea. Our most recent efforts to do this ourselves as part of our OpenGovhttp://links.whitehouse.gov/track?type=clickenid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTIwMTIwLjUxMjg2MzEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTIwMTIwLjUxMjg2MzEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNjgxMjc2NSZlbWFpbGlkPWZpbGJlcnRrQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZ1c2VyaWQ9ZmlsYmVydGtAZ21haWwuY29tJmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=100http://www.archives.gov/open/initiative, include the Citizen Archivisthttp://links.whitehouse.gov/track?type=clickenid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTIwMTIwLjUxMjg2MzEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTIwMTIwLjUxMjg2MzEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNjgxMjc2NSZlbWFpbGlkPWZpbGJlcnRrQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZ1c2VyaWQ9ZmlsYmVydGtAZ21haWwuY29tJmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=101http://www.archives.gov/citizen-archivist/project, a Wikipedian in Residencehttp://links.whitehouse.gov/track?type=clickenid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTIwMTIwLjUxMjg2MzEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTIwMTIwLjUxMjg2MzEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNjgxMjc2NSZlbWFpbGlkPWZpbGJlcnRrQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZ1c2VyaWQ9ZmlsYmVydGtAZ21haWwuY29tJmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=102http://blogs.archives.gov/blog/2011/06/01/meet-our-wikipedian-in-residence-dominic-mcdevitt-parks/, Tag it Tuesdayshttp://links.whitehouse.gov/track?type=clickenid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTIwMTIwLjUxMjg2MzEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTIwMTIwLjUxMjg2MzEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNjgxMjc2NSZlbWFpbGlkPWZpbGJlcnRrQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZ1c2VyaWQ9ZmlsYmVydGtAZ21haWwuY29tJmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=103http://blogs.archives.gov/online-public-access/?cat=260, and Scanathonshttp://links.whitehouse.gov/track?type=clickenid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTIwMTIwLjUxMjg2MzEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTIwMTIwLjUxMjg2MzEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNjgxMjc2NSZlbWFpbGlkPWZpbGJlcnRrQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZ1c2VyaWQ9ZmlsYmVydGtAZ21haWwuY29tJmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=104http://blogs.archives.gov/online-public-access/?p=5819. We are also moving forward on implementing the President’s recent Memorandum on Managing Government
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Analysis of IEP: Quantitative Analysis Tory Read's Report
On Jan 23, 2012, at 8:10 AM, sankarshan wrote: Is the planned schedule/calendar for the IEP available ? One that puts dates to specific phases of the exercise. Not currently, Sankarshan. Once we start the work of designing a new pilot - taking into account the learnings from the Pune Pilot. This will have detailed schedule calendar. hisham___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-WB] Seminar at Jadavpur University, Kolkata
@Indra, You can attend at Jadavpur, but we need you at our next program * * Kolkata Wikimedia *Hackathon, *which planning is going on*.* ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
[Wikimediaindia-l] Supreme Court Says Congress May Re-Copyright Public Domain Works
hi all, May be re-post, Plz look the below link http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/01/scotus-re-copyright-decision/ -- With Warm Regards, *Jayanta Nath* Calcutta,West Bengal ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Supreme Court Says Congress May Re-Copyright Public Domain Works
FYI: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump#URAA_affirmed_by_US_Supreme_Court_-_deletion_request_opened Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:50:36 +0530 From: jayanta...@gmail.com To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Supreme Court Says Congress May Re-Copyright Public Domain Works hi all, May be re-post, Plz look the below link http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/01/scotus-re-copyright-decision/ -- With Warm Regards, Jayanta Nath Calcutta,West Bengal ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Supreme Court Says Congress May Re-Copyright Public Domain Works
This is not good. On one side we are thinking for lobbying for Government works to be moved to public domain in India.. on another side this is happening... -TC On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 12:57 PM, wheredevelsd...@hotmail.com wrote: FYI: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump#URAA_affirmed_by_US_Supreme_Court_-_deletion_request_opened -- Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:50:36 +0530 From: jayanta...@gmail.com To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Supreme Court Says Congress May Re-Copyright Public Domain Works hi all, May be re-post, Plz look the below link http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/01/scotus-re-copyright-decision/ -- With Warm Regards, *Jayanta Nath* Calcutta,West Bengal __ ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Supreme Court Says Congress May Re-Copyright Public Domain Works
To be utterly frank, we cannot continue to think that we must follow the example of the west. As Wikimedians in India, we have a particular point of view about copyright, in this case of works created using public money. Whether or not the USA decides to prevent similar works from being openly available, kowtowing to the ceaseless lobbying of proprietary content purveyors, is only incidental to our own attitude. Also note that this is a Supreme Court decision, the same court that kept persons of a particular colour in bondage for centuries. It cannot be said to be the democratic view of the US people. We must continue to make every effort to see our own country does not fall into this trap, at a time when the possibility of widespread knowledge dissemination in the country is just becoming truly feasible. To the extent that this involves taking on the proprietary knowledge (an oxymoron if there ever was one) lobby, so be it. On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 1:06 PM, CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.comwrote: This is not good. On one side we are thinking for lobbying for Government works to be moved to public domain in India.. on another side this is happening... -TC On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 12:57 PM, wheredevelsd...@hotmail.com wrote: FYI: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump#URAA_affirmed_by_US_Supreme_Court_-_deletion_request_opened -- Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:50:36 +0530 From: jayanta...@gmail.com To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Supreme Court Says Congress May Re-Copyright Public Domain Works hi all, May be re-post, Plz look the below link http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/01/scotus-re-copyright-decision/ -- With Warm Regards, *Jayanta Nath* Calcutta,West Bengal __ ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l -- Vickram Fool On The Hill http://communicall.wordpress.com ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
