Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Tamil Wiki Media Contest
Great Success ! Congrats ! On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 1:34 PM, Kevin Gorman kgor...@gmail.com wrote: Congratulations guys, this is an awesome result. Kevin Gorman user:kgorman-ucb On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 11:46 PM, wheredevelsd...@hotmail.com wrote: Many congratulations to the Tamil Community for the resounding success of this contest (as I understand the contributions are 5x the initial target and contributors are 3x the initial target). Sodabottle, Logic and team have worked really hard to pull this off, hats off to them! -- Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 13:13:20 +0530 From: shijualexonl...@gmail.com To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org; wikit...@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Tamil Wiki Media Contest The fact that 300 volunteers participated in this contest in really an exciting news. Hope the contest helped to attract many Tamil speakers to Tamil Wiki projects. Shiju On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 1:08 PM, Srikanth Lakshmanan srik@gmail.comwrote: Hello All, The contest is now closed. A total of 15217[1] (5 times our expectation[2]) files were uploaded by around 300 contributors. We are planning to announce the results by March 25th (Yes, selecting 9 prizes out of 15,000 entries is slightly tough task). A detailed report / statistics will be available soon. Thanks for your support. [1] http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:TamilWiki_Media_Contest [2] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Tamil_Wikimedians/TamilWiki_Media_Contest#Measures_of_success Regards, Srikanth 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 ___ 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 ___ 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] Tamil Wiki Media Contest
This is by far the greatest success in numbers we have achieved and shows what is possible. What is NOT apparent is the humungous work needed to carry out the Project. My earnest congratulations to all the participants and wishing this contest has a smooth, hassle-free, happy closure. Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur -- On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 1:40 PM, Saroj Dhakal lotusnagar...@gmail.comwrote: Great Success ! Congrats ! On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 1:34 PM, Kevin Gorman kgor...@gmail.com wrote: Congratulations guys, this is an awesome result. Kevin Gorman user:kgorman-ucb On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 11:46 PM, wheredevelsd...@hotmail.com wrote: Many congratulations to the Tamil Community for the resounding success of this contest (as I understand the contributions are 5x the initial target and contributors are 3x the initial target). Sodabottle, Logic and team have worked really hard to pull this off, hats off to them! -- Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 13:13:20 +0530 From: shijualexonl...@gmail.com To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org; wikit...@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Tamil Wiki Media Contest The fact that 300 volunteers participated in this contest in really an exciting news. Hope the contest helped to attract many Tamil speakers to Tamil Wiki projects. Shiju On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 1:08 PM, Srikanth Lakshmanan srik@gmail.comwrote: Hello All, The contest is now closed. A total of 15217[1] (5 times our expectation[2]) files were uploaded by around 300 contributors. We are planning to announce the results by March 25th (Yes, selecting 9 prizes out of 15,000 entries is slightly tough task). A detailed report / statistics will be available soon. Thanks for your support. [1] http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:TamilWiki_Media_Contest [2] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Tamil_Wikimedians/TamilWiki_Media_Contest#Measures_of_success Regards, Srikanth 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 ___ 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 ___ 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 ___ 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] Annual Report of Indic language wikipedias
Dear All, I wanted to share interesting examples of what two Indic communities are doing to reach out to speakers of respective language, record its editing history, improve communication, increase motivation, and inspire participation. Tamil and Malayalam communities prepare an annual community report. The 2011 report of Tamil and Malayalam communities are available here: - Tamil Community 2011 annual reporthttp://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BE:2011_%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B4%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BE_%E0%AE%86%E0%AE%A3%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%81_%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%B1%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%88/2011_Tamil_Wikipedia_Annual_Review - Malayalam community 2011 annual reporthttp://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%A1%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AF:%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BE%E0%B5%BC%E0%B4%B7%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95_%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8B%E0%B5%BC%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D/2011/All_projects (Malayalam community's report includes report of all Malayalam wiki projects (Wikipedia, Wikisource, Wiktionary, Wikiquotes, and Wikibooks) Tamil community is maintaining the annual report from the year 2005. Following are Tamil communiy's report of previous years - Tamil Community 2005 annual reporthttp://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BE:2005_%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B4%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BE_%E0%AE%86%E0%AE%A3%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%81_%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%B1%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%88/2005_Tamil_Wikipedia_Annual_Review - Tamil Community 2006 annual reporthttp://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BE:2006_%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B4%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BE_%E0%AE%86%E0%AE%A3%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%81_%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%B1%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%88/2006_Tamil_Wikipedia_Annual_Review - Tamil Community 2007annual reporthttp://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BE:2007_%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B4%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BE_%E0%AE%86%E0%AE%A3%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%81_%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%B1%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%88/2007_Tamil_Wikipedia_Annual_Review - Tamil Community 2008 annual reporthttp://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BE:2008_%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B4%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BE_%E0%AE%86%E0%AE%A3%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%81_%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%B1%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%88/2008_Tamil_Wikipedia_Annual_Review - Tamil Community 2009 annual reporthttp://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BE:2009_%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B4%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BE_%E0%AE%86%E0%AE%A3%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%81_%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%B1%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%88/2009_Tamil_Wikipedia_Annual_Review - Tamil Community 2010 annual reporthttp://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BE:2010_%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B4%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BE_%E0%AE%86%E0%AE%A3%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%81_%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%B1%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%88/2010_Tamil_Wikipedia_Annual_Review Malayalam community published previous years report in its mailing list. But from 2011 Malayalam community also started recording its annual editing history in wiki itself. (The above reports are not available in English since its aim was to communicate to the respective language speakers. It will be good if some volunteers translate it to English so that rest of the
[Wikimediaindia-l] Are you on this list but not comfortable editing Wikipedia and not sure who to ask? Want to learn?? SITTING AT HOME???
Hey Everyone, There are over 500 people on this mailing list - but I know quite a few folks who might not be too comfortable editing Wikipedia. I'm organising something where we can try and solve that - all while you are sitting in your cozy home corners and sipping on a hot cup of chai. Simply put, it's a virtual outreach session. Here's how it will work. It will run for 3 hours on a Sunday afternoon. It will be conducted as a Google+ Hangout. (If you are not familiar, this is a feature that allows for free video conferencing.) It will be a combination of a presentation, hands-on editing session and an open house to get queries solved. Agenda of the event 1. Introduction to Wikipedia 2. Overview of Core Wikipedia Policies, etc. (Neutral Point of View, Referencing, Notability, Writing Style, Avoiding CopyVio, Courtesy, Controlling Vandalism, etc.) 3. Basic Editing (creating user accounts user pages, understanding talk pages, adding content references, inserting links, using Wiki markups, etc.) 4. Community Citizenship (Understanding how we communicate with each other on Wikipedia and the protocols for this.) 5. QA Next Steps (Discuss what your first edits after the session might be: what kind of article? what kind of edit?) Medium of the event: Google+ Hangout. It is free and there's nothing to install. Do make sure you check your mic and speakers beforehand (and the screen also asks you to check your hair!) It allows everyone to see each other's video - making it a more human experience. Also, we'll be able to view each other's screens which will make it simpler to conduct this session. We can have a max of 10 people doing a hangout at any point in time. In case we have more than 10 interested participants, we will organize multiple sessions. Proposed date and time: 11th March, 3pm to 6pm. Participants/Volunteers/Facilitators: Do drop me an email at nit...@wikimedia.org. Also, if you are an experienced editor and interested in conducting the event, drop me an email. I'll then send you details of how this event wil be conducted. Do share this with anyone you know who might not be on this list but might be interested (friends, family, whoever!) Thanks Nitika ___ 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] Are you on this list but not comfortable editing Wikipedia and not sure who to ask? Want to learn?? SITTING AT HOME???
This is a fabulous idea! This is the most convenient form editing session as well as a hands on experience... Way to go!! On 1 March 2012 20:59, Nitika ntan...@wikimedia.org wrote: Hey Everyone, There are over 500 people on this mailing list - but I know quite a few folks who might not be too comfortable editing Wikipedia. I'm organising something where we can try and solve that - all while you are sitting in your cozy home corners and sipping on a hot cup of chai. Simply put, it's a virtual outreach session. Here's how it will work. It will run for 3 hours on a Sunday afternoon. It will be conducted as a Google+ Hangout. (If you are not familiar, this is a feature that allows for free video conferencing.) It will be a combination of a presentation, hands-on editing session and an open house to get queries solved. Agenda of the event 1. Introduction to Wikipedia 2. Overview of Core Wikipedia Policies, etc. (Neutral Point of View, Referencing, Notability, Writing Style, Avoiding CopyVio, Courtesy, Controlling Vandalism, etc.) 3. Basic Editing (creating user accounts user pages, understanding talk pages, adding content references, inserting links, using Wiki markups, etc.) 4. Community Citizenship (Understanding how we communicate with each other on Wikipedia and the protocols for this.) 5. QA Next Steps (Discuss what your first edits after the session might be: what kind of article? what kind of edit?) Medium of the event: Google+ Hangout. It is free and there's nothing to install. Do make sure you check your mic and speakers beforehand (and the screen also asks you to check your hair!) It allows everyone to see each other's video - making it a more human experience. Also, we'll be able to view each other's screens which will make it simpler to conduct this session. We can have a max of 10 people doing a hangout at any point in time. In case we have more than 10 interested participants, we will organize multiple sessions. Proposed date and time: 11th March, 3pm to 6pm. Participants/Volunteers/Facilitators: Do drop me an email at nit...@wikimedia.org. Also, if you are an experienced editor and interested in conducting the event, drop me an email. I'll then send you details of how this event wil be conducted. Do share this with anyone you know who might not be on this list but might be interested (friends, family, whoever!) Thanks Nitika ___ 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] Are you on this list but not comfortable editing Wikipedia and not sure who to ask? Want to learn?? SITTING AT HOME???
I think thats a good initiative. ... I would love to see something like this happen On Mar 1, 2012 8:59 PM, Nitika ntan...@wikimedia.org wrote: Hey Everyone, There are over 500 people on this mailing list - but I know quite a few folks who might not be too comfortable editing Wikipedia. I'm organising something where we can try and solve that - all while you are sitting in your cozy home corners and sipping on a hot cup of chai. Simply put, it's a virtual outreach session. Here's how it will work. It will run for 3 hours on a Sunday afternoon. It will be conducted as a Google+ Hangout. (If you are not familiar, this is a feature that allows for free video conferencing.) It will be a combination of a presentation, hands-on editing session and an open house to get queries solved. Agenda of the event 1. Introduction to Wikipedia 2. Overview of Core Wikipedia Policies, etc. (Neutral Point of View, Referencing, Notability, Writing Style, Avoiding CopyVio, Courtesy, Controlling Vandalism, etc.) 3. Basic Editing (creating user accounts user pages, understanding talk pages, adding content references, inserting links, using Wiki markups, etc.) 4. Community Citizenship (Understanding how we communicate with each other on Wikipedia and the protocols for this.) 5. QA Next Steps (Discuss what your first edits after the session might be: what kind of article? what kind of edit?) Medium of the event: Google+ Hangout. It is free and there's nothing to install. Do make sure you check your mic and speakers beforehand (and the screen also asks you to check your hair!) It allows everyone to see each other's video - making it a more human experience. Also, we'll be able to view each other's screens which will make it simpler to conduct this session. We can have a max of 10 people doing a hangout at any point in time. In case we have more than 10 interested participants, we will organize multiple sessions. Proposed date and time: 11th March, 3pm to 6pm. Participants/Volunteers/Facilitators: Do drop me an email at nit...@wikimedia.org. Also, if you are an experienced editor and interested in conducting the event, drop me an email. I'll then send you details of how this event wil be conducted. Do share this with anyone you know who might not be on this list but might be interested (friends, family, whoever!) Thanks Nitika ___ 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] Experimenting with Virtual Outreach
Great idea.. Wat abt making it for all indic language? On Mar 1, 2012 8:58 PM, Nitika ntan...@wikimedia.org wrote: Hi Folks, I was thinking of experimenting conducting online outreach. I want to try out if we can do an effective outreach event using a google+ (video) hangout. Virtual outreach has a number of advantages: * No investment of time/effort/cost in travel * Personal attention to each participant (because of individual video/screenshare facilities.) * No complications of no laptops available at the venue or a limit on creating user names from a single IP address during the event * Lower dependency on institutions/college fests to organize an event for us. * Not limited by physical presence. Sitting in Kanyakumari, one can conduct outreach for interested folks in Kashmir! This is just a trial to test if online outreach is effective, doable and manageable. This could be one of the ways forward! (Potentially, we could have more community members doing more events with a more diverse audience.) I'm really excited. Fingers crossed! Thanks Nitika ___ 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] Are you on this list but not comfortable editing Wikipedia and not sure who to ask? Want to learn?? SITTING AT HOME???
+1 .Excellent idea Nitika ...keep it up.. :) Regards, Gaurav Pruthi On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 10:06 PM, Deepon Saha hideeponh...@gmail.com wrote: good idea..:) Deepon On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 10:03 PM, Ramesh N G rames...@gmail.com wrote: I think thats a good initiative. ... I would love to see something like this happen On Mar 1, 2012 8:59 PM, Nitika ntan...@wikimedia.org wrote: Hey Everyone, There are over 500 people on this mailing list - but I know quite a few folks who might not be too comfortable editing Wikipedia. I'm organising something where we can try and solve that - all while you are sitting in your cozy home corners and sipping on a hot cup of chai. Simply put, it's a virtual outreach session. Here's how it will work. It will run for 3 hours on a Sunday afternoon. It will be conducted as a Google+ Hangout. (If you are not familiar, this is a feature that allows for free video conferencing.) It will be a combination of a presentation, hands-on editing session and an open house to get queries solved. Agenda of the event 1. Introduction to Wikipedia 2. Overview of Core Wikipedia Policies, etc. (Neutral Point of View, Referencing, Notability, Writing Style, Avoiding CopyVio, Courtesy, Controlling Vandalism, etc.) 3. Basic Editing (creating user accounts user pages, understanding talk pages, adding content references, inserting links, using Wiki markups, etc.) 4. Community Citizenship (Understanding how we communicate with each other on Wikipedia and the protocols for this.) 5. QA Next Steps (Discuss what your first edits after the session might be: what kind of article? what kind of edit?) Medium of the event: Google+ Hangout. It is free and there's nothing to install. Do make sure you check your mic and speakers beforehand (and the screen also asks you to check your hair!) It allows everyone to see each other's video - making it a more human experience. Also, we'll be able to view each other's screens which will make it simpler to conduct this session. We can have a max of 10 people doing a hangout at any point in time. In case we have more than 10 interested participants, we will organize multiple sessions. Proposed date and time: 11th March, 3pm to 6pm. Participants/Volunteers/Facilitators: Do drop me an email at nit...@wikimedia.org. Also, if you are an experienced editor and interested in conducting the event, drop me an email. I'll then send you details of how this event wil be conducted. Do share this with anyone you know who might not be on this list but might be interested (friends, family, whoever!) Thanks Nitika ___ 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 ___ 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] Are you on this list but not comfortable editing Wikipedia and not sure who to ask? Want to learn?? SITTING AT HOME???
Great idea Nitika! Cheers and best wishes, Pratik Lahoti User:BPositive On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 8:59 PM, Nitika ntan...@wikimedia.org wrote: Hey Everyone, There are over 500 people on this mailing list - but I know quite a few folks who might not be too comfortable editing Wikipedia. I'm organising something where we can try and solve that - all while you are sitting in your cozy home corners and sipping on a hot cup of chai. Simply put, it's a virtual outreach session. Here's how it will work. It will run for 3 hours on a Sunday afternoon. It will be conducted as a Google+ Hangout. (If you are not familiar, this is a feature that allows for free video conferencing.) It will be a combination of a presentation, hands-on editing session and an open house to get queries solved. Agenda of the event 1. Introduction to Wikipedia 2. Overview of Core Wikipedia Policies, etc. (Neutral Point of View, Referencing, Notability, Writing Style, Avoiding CopyVio, Courtesy, Controlling Vandalism, etc.) 3. Basic Editing (creating user accounts user pages, understanding talk pages, adding content references, inserting links, using Wiki markups, etc.) 4. Community Citizenship (Understanding how we communicate with each other on Wikipedia and the protocols for this.) 5. QA Next Steps (Discuss what your first edits after the session might be: what kind of article? what kind of edit?) Medium of the event: Google+ Hangout. It is free and there's nothing to install. Do make sure you check your mic and speakers beforehand (and the screen also asks you to check your hair!) It allows everyone to see each other's video - making it a more human experience. Also, we'll be able to view each other's screens which will make it simpler to conduct this session. We can have a max of 10 people doing a hangout at any point in time. In case we have more than 10 interested participants, we will organize multiple sessions. Proposed date and time: 11th March, 3pm to 6pm. Participants/Volunteers/Facilitators: Do drop me an email at nit...@wikimedia.org. Also, if you are an experienced editor and interested in conducting the event, drop me an email. I'll then send you details of how this event wil be conducted. Do share this with anyone you know who might not be on this list but might be interested (friends, family, whoever!) Thanks Nitika ___ 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] Tamil Wiki Media Contest
These are fantastic news! A tremendous contribution to our mission, fueled by volunteer passion! I applaud the Tamil community. We at the Foundation would love to work with the organizers on showcasing this in a post on the Wikimedia Blog; I realize your hands are full right now, but we can start discussing this (e-mail me) and preparing for a blog post to follow the announcement of the winners. Cheers, Asaf On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 12:37 AM, Ashwin Baindur ashwin.bain...@gmail.comwrote: This is by far the greatest success in numbers we have achieved and shows what is possible. What is NOT apparent is the humungous work needed to carry out the Project. My earnest congratulations to all the participants and wishing this contest has a smooth, hassle-free, happy closure. Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur -- On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 1:40 PM, Saroj Dhakal lotusnagar...@gmail.comwrote: Great Success ! Congrats ! On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 1:34 PM, Kevin Gorman kgor...@gmail.com wrote: Congratulations guys, this is an awesome result. Kevin Gorman user:kgorman-ucb On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 11:46 PM, wheredevelsd...@hotmail.com wrote: Many congratulations to the Tamil Community for the resounding success of this contest (as I understand the contributions are 5x the initial target and contributors are 3x the initial target). Sodabottle, Logic and team have worked really hard to pull this off, hats off to them! -- Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 13:13:20 +0530 From: shijualexonl...@gmail.com To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org; wikit...@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Tamil Wiki Media Contest The fact that 300 volunteers participated in this contest in really an exciting news. Hope the contest helped to attract many Tamil speakers to Tamil Wiki projects. Shiju On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 1:08 PM, Srikanth Lakshmanan srik@gmail.com wrote: Hello All, The contest is now closed. A total of 15217[1] (5 times our expectation[2]) files were uploaded by around 300 contributors. We are planning to announce the results by March 25th (Yes, selecting 9 prizes out of 15,000 entries is slightly tough task). A detailed report / statistics will be available soon. Thanks for your support. [1] http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:TamilWiki_Media_Contest [2] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Tamil_Wikimedians/TamilWiki_Media_Contest#Measures_of_success Regards, Srikanth 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 ___ 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 ___ 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 ___ 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 -- Asaf Bartov Wikimedia Foundation ___ 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] Tamil Wiki Media Contest
Thanks Asaf, Can we get back to you in three weeks time?. By then we would be finished with the datamining / statistics and the judging process and will be able to provide a complete picture for the blogpost. We will be submitting a full report with statistics and prize winner data for the grant process. So it would be easy for us work on the blogpost after we have all the data for report on hand. regards Bala On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 12:36 AM, Asaf Bartov abar...@wikimedia.org wrote: These are fantastic news! A tremendous contribution to our mission, fueled by volunteer passion! I applaud the Tamil community. We at the Foundation would love to work with the organizers on showcasing this in a post on the Wikimedia Blog; I realize your hands are full right now, but we can start discussing this (e-mail me) and preparing for a blog post to follow the announcement of the winners. Cheers, Asaf On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 12:37 AM, Ashwin Baindur ashwin.bain...@gmail.comwrote: This is by far the greatest success in numbers we have achieved and shows what is possible. What is NOT apparent is the humungous work needed to carry out the Project. My earnest congratulations to all the participants and wishing this contest has a smooth, hassle-free, happy closure. Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur -- On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 1:40 PM, Saroj Dhakal lotusnagar...@gmail.comwrote: Great Success ! Congrats ! On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 1:34 PM, Kevin Gorman kgor...@gmail.com wrote: Congratulations guys, this is an awesome result. Kevin Gorman user:kgorman-ucb On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 11:46 PM, wheredevelsd...@hotmail.com wrote: Many congratulations to the Tamil Community for the resounding success of this contest (as I understand the contributions are 5x the initial target and contributors are 3x the initial target). Sodabottle, Logic and team have worked really hard to pull this off, hats off to them! -- Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 13:13:20 +0530 From: shijualexonl...@gmail.com To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org; wikit...@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Tamil Wiki Media Contest The fact that 300 volunteers participated in this contest in really an exciting news. Hope the contest helped to attract many Tamil speakers to Tamil Wiki projects. Shiju On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 1:08 PM, Srikanth Lakshmanan srik@gmail.com wrote: Hello All, The contest is now closed. A total of 15217[1] (5 times our expectation[2]) files were uploaded by around 300 contributors. We are planning to announce the results by March 25th (Yes, selecting 9 prizes out of 15,000 entries is slightly tough task). A detailed report / statistics will be available soon. Thanks for your support. [1] http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:TamilWiki_Media_Contest [2] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Tamil_Wikimedians/TamilWiki_Media_Contest#Measures_of_success Regards, Srikanth 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 ___ 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 ___ 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 ___ 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 -- Asaf Bartov Wikimedia Foundation ___ 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
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Experimenting with Virtual Outreach
Great idea, Nitika! Are you going to post some sort of evaluation on how it goes?? On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 8:36 AM, Ramesh N G rames...@gmail.com wrote: Great idea.. Wat abt making it for all indic language? On Mar 1, 2012 8:58 PM, Nitika ntan...@wikimedia.org wrote: Hi Folks, I was thinking of experimenting conducting online outreach. I want to try out if we can do an effective outreach event using a google+ (video) hangout. Virtual outreach has a number of advantages: * No investment of time/effort/cost in travel * Personal attention to each participant (because of individual video/screenshare facilities.) * No complications of no laptops available at the venue or a limit on creating user names from a single IP address during the event * Lower dependency on institutions/college fests to organize an event for us. * Not limited by physical presence. Sitting in Kanyakumari, one can conduct outreach for interested folks in Kashmir! This is just a trial to test if online outreach is effective, doable and manageable. This could be one of the ways forward! (Potentially, we could have more community members doing more events with a more diverse audience.) I'm really excited. Fingers crossed! Thanks Nitika ___ 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 -- *Jessie Wild Global Development, Manager Wikimedia Foundation * ___ 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] Fwd: eidete - a nice screencaster for gnu/linux
we can use this to create videos in all languages to teach how to contribute for wikipedia. -- Forwarded message -- From: Shrinivasan T tshriniva...@gmail.com Date: Mar 1, 2012 7:21 PM Subject: eidete - a nice screencaster for gnu/linux To: ILUG-C il...@ae.iitm.ac.in Found a nice screencasting application for ubuntu - eidete Though the gnome 3 has its inbuilt screen recording app using crtl+alt+shift+r it can record only video, not the audio. I was looking for a decent screenrecorder with voice. gtk-recordmydesktop is good. But, we have to configure the parameters to get video without any scattering effects. Tried eidete. It is so good. Video is stored as webm format. video/audio quality is fine. Check more about it here: https://launchpad.net/eidete http://www.ubuntubuzz.com/2012/01/record-your-screen-activity-with-eidete.html Recorded a sample screencast - intro to gnome 3 in Tamil. check it here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eg5h1-YgoJI Now, you can create screencasts easily with Eidete. -- Regards, T.Shrinivasan My Life with GNU/Linux : http://goinggnu.wordpress.com Free/Open Source Jobs : http://fossjobs.in Get CollabNet Subversion Edge : http://www.collab.net/svnedge ___ 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: eidete - a nice screencaster for gnu/linux
This is super. Nitika may find this tremendously helpful for her proposed online outreach sessions. We can also crowdsource video shorts: tips and tricks for various aspects of Wikimedia stuff, in multiple languages. On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 8:53 AM, Shrinivasan T tshriniva...@gmail.comwrote: we can use this to create videos in all languages to teach how to contribute for wikipedia. -- Forwarded message -- From: Shrinivasan T tshriniva...@gmail.com Date: Mar 1, 2012 7:21 PM Subject: eidete - a nice screencaster for gnu/linux To: ILUG-C il...@ae.iitm.ac.in Found a nice screencasting application for ubuntu - eidete Though the gnome 3 has its inbuilt screen recording app using crtl+alt+shift+r it can record only video, not the audio. I was looking for a decent screenrecorder with voice. gtk-recordmydesktop is good. But, we have to configure the parameters to get video without any scattering effects. Tried eidete. It is so good. Video is stored as webm format. video/audio quality is fine. Check more about it here: https://launchpad.net/eidete http://www.ubuntubuzz.com/2012/01/record-your-screen-activity-with-eidete.html Recorded a sample screencast - intro to gnome 3 in Tamil. check it here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eg5h1-YgoJI Now, you can create screencasts easily with Eidete. -- Regards, T.Shrinivasan My Life with GNU/Linux : http://goinggnu.wordpress.com Free/Open Source Jobs : http://fossjobs.in Get CollabNet Subversion Edge : http://www.collab.net/svnedge ___ 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
