Actually, 'on the spot' was deliberately chosen following earlier walks,
where it was noticed that not everyone who participated actually uploaded
the content later, or partially uploaded with no captions or details. This
makes extra work for other people later.
Maybe this is an assumption? We tho
On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 12:16 PM, Noopur wrote:
> IMHO, the point of the photo walk is not just to get pictures but, also to
> ask people to log on to Commons and check it out by themselves so that they
> continue uploading pictures etc.
> This thread seems so complex that a participant must have
IMHO, the point of the photo walk is not just to get pictures but, also to
ask people to log on to Commons and check it out by themselves so that they
continue uploading pictures etc.
This thread seems so complex that a participant must have felt crippled and
left thinking that Wikipedia (and Commo
Hello,
It seems that the DNS server of BSNL was hacked.
It looks strange that only Wikipedia was affected.
The issue is fixed now.
Regards,
Yann
2012/1/28 Anirudh Bhati :
> I think this is likely a temporary issue, and I suspect that the security of
> the BSNL servers may have been compromised.
Do keep in mind that BSNL is a government-backed entity. It's parent
ministry is the one which proposed screening of content.
On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 3:00 PM, Anirudh Bhati wrote:
> I think this is likely a temporary issue, and I suspect that the security
> of the BSNL servers may have been comp
Failure to make the system work efficiently is also a learning exercise.
Given that we are hoping to make such events happen more frequently and at
many historically important places across the country, we must work to see
that wikimedians are enabled to upload images meaningfully, ie with proper
d
Upload on only one single PC was possible at a time. We tried reaching IRC
center, but there was no one online at the IRC center for support.Due to
time constraints, we skipped adding descriptions that could be uploaded
successfully on their second try. On the first through,Commonist tool, the
met
Hii,
Its not any problem with the tool.
On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 10:53 AM, Shrinivasan T wrote:
> did you use gthumb to add title and description?
> On Jan 29, 2012 10:07 AM, wrote:
>
>> Thanks for this GN/Srinivasan.
>>
>> Point to note - none of the files uploaded using this script have a
>> de
did you use gthumb to add title and description?
On Jan 29, 2012 10:07 AM, wrote:
> Thanks for this GN/Srinivasan.
>
> Point to note - none of the files uploaded using this script have a
> description.
>
> --
> Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:57:14 +0530
> From: tshriniva..
Thanks for this GN/Srinivasan.
Point to note - none of the files uploaded using this script have a description.
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:57:14 +0530
From: tshriniva...@gmail.com
To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Takes Mumbai 2012
happy to know t
Hi,
Article on Marathi wikipedia is published in the second edition of Marathi
e-Sahitya_Sammelan.
Marathi e-Sahitya_Sammelan.was inaugurated by the famous Marathi poet
"Grace" (
http://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B8)
on 28 Jan 2012.
Please read it here:
http:
happy to know that it is useful.
the install and readme files explain solving these issues.
edit the file to change the default category too.
please share if you need any enhancements.
thanks.
On Jan 28, 2012 8:41 PM, "Nagarjuna G" wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 10:37 AM, Shrinivasan T wrot
On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 10:37 AM, Shrinivasan T wrote:
> open the Python file and fill the login details and url for commons.
>
> copy the script to the folder where you have the images.
>
> run the following command.
>
> python mediawiki-uploader.py
>
> mail me if you have any issues.
>
We trie
I think this is likely a temporary issue, and I suspect that the security
of the BSNL servers may have been compromised. Yann is of the same
opinion. If the issue persists for a longer-term, then we can pursue it
with the ISP.
anirudh
On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 2:32 PM, Srikanth Lakshmanan wrote:
Hi,
Yannf posted this on IRC (#wikimedia-in) when I was away,
==
in my new DSL connection with BSNL, *.wikipedia.org is blocked
any idea?
I get a page of advertising about web hosting
http://commons.wikimedia.org works
==
My guess is BSNL DNS is playing some game here (IIRC they have loc
Here is the link if you have not seen -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMF_Global_Development_Midyear_report_2011-12#Global_Development_core_activity_review
With Regards,
Mandar V. Kulkarni
http://mr.wikipedia.org___
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