Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India Programs Additional IRC: Thursday March 22nd @ 9pm IST(Open House) (#wikimedia-office)
+1 to WDD. Also, let us NOT mix Social Media with Wikipedia. I don't want people posing 'Wl u be mai frnd' on my Talk page. Social Media and Wikipedia, is a big NONO. I realised this back in 2010 when I was trying to use Twitter to get more Wikipedians. On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 12:05 PM, wheredevelsd...@hotmail.com wrote: You have hired someone who is paid for this very role. Let that person submit their plan of action on all these to the community for comments. Why are you posting all of this to us? -- From: his...@wikimedia.org Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 11:14:17 +0530 To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India Programs Additional IRC: Thursday March 22nd @ 9pm IST(Open House) (#wikimedia-office) On Mar 26, 2012, at 11:01 AM, Pradeep Mohandas wrote: Hi, The conversation is moving off topic. Perhaps the question to mull over is what to do next? 1. How do we move the predominance of media coverage beyond mainstream English print into local language print and other media channels such as radio and the Internet? 2. How do we encourage volunteers from as many Indic communities as possible to volunteer for communications activities so that as many languages are covered? 3. How do we ensure that news coverage is not all warm fuzzy stuff about Wikipedia - but also provides a call to action to potential newbies as well as links or contacts that they can reach out? 4. How do we build and expand our network of media contacts? 5. How do we build a toolkit for media/PR/social media such that community members are able to rapidly deploy to support specific initiatives such as Wikiprojects or to celebrate community or project milestones? 6. How can we use media to support specific community events such as meet-ups or outreach sessions? 7. Can we use media/PR to celebrate editing excellence - by showcasing select articles - and also sharing insights and invitations into the movement that is behind this content? 8. Can we acknowledge individual life / wiki stories of editors to promote editor retention and newbie attraction? 9. Can we build a digital outreach model that is effective? What will it take - in terms of resources such as online tutorials or videos or help pages or chat rooms? 10. How does a digital outreach model not duplicate existing efforts already underway or in advanced stages of planning? 11. Can we integrate community building into the digital outreach model? 12. How do we determine if a language community is able to manage the potential newbie load from such a digital outreach model? 13. How do we teach the media about the movement and community and projects - given relatively low levels of understanding within such an influential group? 14. How do we support a community initiative like Wikipatrika in a manner that it remains entirely owned by the individual community members - but we are still able to help them? How do we do this without taking away credit and also without building dependence? 15. How do we make the India Program monthly newsletters richer and more useful to community members? 16. Can we introduce story-telling as a effective means of sharing the work that is done by community members such that we are able to cross-pollinate ideas? 17. How can social media be used to drive not just attendance of events (such as photothons) but can be used to introduce newbies to Wikimedia policies? 18. How can we adapt the WikimediaIndia handle on facebook so that it expands in popularity - but remains relevant to newbies and more experienced community members? 19. How do we build the WikimediaIndia handle on twitter? 20. How do we constantly remain on top of trends in social media so that we are present and relevant in channels where potential newbies might be? 21. Do we need to localise swag and if so what do we do we need? 22. How do we work intimately with the Chapter's communications team - but remain accessible to non-Chapter members as well? 23. How do we ensure that everything we do on communications is rooted in community building and not marketing mumbo jumbo? 24. How do we measure results in communications? 25. How do we constantly ensure that everything done on communications - which will require the communications expertise - can be done in a manner where capability is transferred to interested community members? 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 ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WikiConference India 2012 - Bootstrap Team
1. Report - Pradeep has covered that. Lets not link this to wci 12. 2. Video - We got the dvds in Jan but had some trouble converting/uploading to Youtube, we are working on this and hope to close this asap. Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:41:25 +0530 From: parakara.gh...@gmail.com To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WikiConference India 2012 - Bootstrap Team It has been 5 months since the event. Not just the report, nothing else, the promised footage, details, nothing hs been made public. As Bala said, (I know i wont volunteer again unless things change a lot). I agree. Participants maybe deterred by the sheer amount of effort required to get something on such a scale up and running. On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 10:57 AM, Pradeep Mohandas pradeep.mohan...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Both of us have submitted parts of the Report to WMF. We're working on a combined Report that will be made public. Pradeep Handheld On Mar 26, 2012 9:39 AM, Bala Jeyaraman sodabot...@gmail.com wrote: Tinu, Yes, WCI 1 has had a positive impact on the communities. But any call for WCI 2 is premature without thoroughly analysing WCI 1. We had a lot of short comings in the planning, organising and conduction of the event. Without doing some thorough analysis of what went wrong, what could have been done better and what should be avoided in the future. Lets please have a report and analyse how things could have been done better before we start talking about the next event. The first event was possible because of full time organisors and people pitching in because of the have to make the first indian event a success factor. I dont think that would happen next time. (I know i wont volunteer again unless things change a lot). So lets have the WCI i report published and analysed here before we start thinking about WCI 2. - Bala On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 8:56 AM, Srikanth Lakshmanan srik@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 06:32, Tinu Cherian ( Wikimedia India) tinucher...@wikimedia.in wrote: In 2011, WikiConference India was held for the first time and turned out to be a landmark event. It was the largest Wikipedia conference in the world, ever held to date! Can we keep niceties aside and look at how the event was run / challenges faced by organizers (Includes chapter-OC coordination and a semi-public spat) and do a thorough discussion on the conference list before talking of any next steps for WCI 2012. Also there has been no report that has been made available public for the community. It is for the community's own good health, issues are ironed out even before there is *any* discussion on next WCI. It might be good for the chapter / IP to keep having a conference every year and showcase India story, but volunteers(including the bootstrap team) who are interested in organizing must know what are the pain points in making a conference happen and the kind of support they would be getting from chapter / IP. Pranav / Pradeep,Can we have your conference OC report any sooner? -- 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 -- Regards, Srikanth Ramakrishnan. ___ 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] India Programs Additional IRC: Thursday March 22nd @ 9pm IST(Open House) (#wikimedia-office)
On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 14:37, Srikanth Ramakrishnan parakara.gh...@gmail.com wrote: Also, let us NOT mix Social Media with Wikipedia. I don't want people posing 'Wl u be mai frnd' on my Talk page. Social Media and Wikipedia, is a big NONO. I realised this back in 2010 when I was trying to use Twitter to get more Wikipedians. Perhaps you could enlighten the rest of us about how you went about trying to get more Wikipedians through Twitter? I suspect that would help the rest of these guys who are trying to use social media to recruit more Wikipedians determine whether all of social media is used only by a bunch of douchebags (who, on finding how awesomely incredible the community scene is here, will flock to your (and all of our) Talk pages and post fraandsheep requests (when they find no Wikifraand button)) so they can quit all their social media efforts OR that could perhaps help them determine what they should _not_ do, should they decide that there are indeed _some_ people who are not douchebags using social media who have the potential to be recruited to the Wikiverse (I know- how unlikely)? Just a thought. ___ 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] India Programs Additional IRC: Thursday March 22nd @ 9pm IST(Open House) (#wikimedia-office)
I'd send it privately as a mil to you alone. I did it as a volunteer. Remember, the WMF has hired someone to do the same. They may have more 'working' ideas. On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 3:12 PM, Aditya Sengupta apsengu...@gmail.comwrote: On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 14:37, Srikanth Ramakrishnan parakara.gh...@gmail.com wrote: Also, let us NOT mix Social Media with Wikipedia. I don't want people posing 'Wl u be mai frnd' on my Talk page. Social Media and Wikipedia, is a big NONO. I realised this back in 2010 when I was trying to use Twitter to get more Wikipedians. Perhaps you could enlighten the rest of us about how you went about trying to get more Wikipedians through Twitter? I suspect that would help the rest of these guys who are trying to use social media to recruit more Wikipedians determine whether all of social media is used only by a bunch of douchebags (who, on finding how awesomely incredible the community scene is here, will flock to your (and all of our) Talk pages and post fraandsheep requests (when they find no Wikifraand button)) so they can quit all their social media efforts OR that could perhaps help them determine what they should _not_ do, should they decide that there are indeed _some_ people who are not douchebags using social media who have the potential to be recruited to the Wikiverse (I know- how unlikely)? Just a thought. ___ 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 -- Regards, Srikanth Ramakrishnan. ___ 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] India Programs Additional IRC: Thursday March 22nd @ 9pm IST(Open House) (#wikimedia-office)
On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 15:14, Srikanth Ramakrishnan parakara.gh...@gmail.com wrote: I'd send it privately as a mil to you alone. I did it as a volunteer. Remember, the WMF has hired someone to do the same. They may have more 'working' ideas. Of course. Of course. But perhaps an explanation of your very valuable experience on this matter might help save everyone who is 'working' on these things some time and effort, no? It would be so helpful of you to do this, so that everyone involved can say that it is pointless to work on social media efforts because of such and such reasons; instead of because Srikanth Ramakrishnan said so (I'm sure you are correct, nonetheless). I beg you send the email to the list for everyone's welfare. So that I am not alone in learning how to use (or not to use) this Twitter thingy. In the spirit of Wikipedia and sharing knowledge and all that. ___ 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] WikiConference India 2012 - Bootstrap Team
On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 14:53, wheredevelsd...@hotmail.com wrote: 1. Report - Pradeep has covered that. Lets not link this to wci 12. Or perhaps there could be a rain check on WCI-12 till the report is out? So that whoever is working on WCI-12 can learn from past mistakes? And get stuff correct right at the conception stage? ___ 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] Invitation for 2nd Bhubaneswar Meetup
Dear All, The 2nd Bhubaneswar meetup (http://goo.gl/AccU6) is planned for Sunday 1st April 2012 (Odisha day), from 1030 to 1230 hrs at Webrains Solutions Private Limited, Infocity, Near Gulf Club, Bhubaneswar by Odia Wiki Community. One community meetup between the existing Odia Wikipedians is also planned to be held on the same day from 1500 to 1630 hrs. If you're interested to join in the meet up on Sunday, 1st April Please register at: http://goo.gl/Qrznv Two more Wiki WorkShops at Angul (30th March) and Cuttack (31st March ) are also under consideration (Not confirmed till now). -- Cheers ମୃତ୍ୟୁଞ୍ଜୟ କର 2nd BBSR Odia Wikipedia Workshop on 1st April 2012. https://www.facebook.com/events/366609686703867 ___ 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] India Programs Additional IRC: Thursday March 22nd @ 9pm IST(Open House) (#wikimedia-office)
On 26 March 2012 14:37, Srikanth Ramakrishnan parakara.gh...@gmail.com wrote: Also, let us NOT mix Social Media with Wikipedia. I don't want people posing 'Wl u be mai frnd' on my Talk page. Social Media and Wikipedia, is a big NONO. I'm curious. Why do you say, so? What are the other paths to get new editors in to the fold? Thank you. Best, Gautam http://blog.prathambooks.org/p/social-media.html ___ 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] Invitation for 2nd Bhubaneswar Meetup
All the very best guys, Hope we will get new editors and remember I am always there to assist newbies. Let them and me know :-) On 26 March 2012 16:27, Mrutyunjaya Kar mkr...@gmail.com wrote: Dear All, The 2nd Bhubaneswar meetup (http://goo.gl/AccU6) is planned for Sunday 1st April 2012 (Odisha day), from 1030 to 1230 hrs at Webrains Solutions Private Limited, Infocity, Near Gulf Club, Bhubaneswar by Odia Wiki Community. One community meetup between the existing Odia Wikipedians is also planned to be held on the same day from 1500 to 1630 hrs. If you're interested to join in the meet up on Sunday, 1st April Please register at: http://goo.gl/Qrznv Two more Wiki WorkShops at Angul (30th March) and Cuttack (31st March ) are also under consideration (Not confirmed till now). -- Cheers ମୃତ୍ୟୁଞ୍ଜୟ କର 2nd BBSR Odia Wikipedia Workshop on 1st April 2012. https://www.facebook.com/events/366609686703867 ___ 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 -- Kind Regards ansuman smileyansu http://twitter.com/smileyansu *ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ http://or.wikipedia.org/* ___ 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] WikiConference India 2012 - Bootstrap Team
Apart from the formal report, we still have not received the VDOs which were been promised in Nov. and nobody in the mailing list is commenting on that. Who owns that responsibility? If no body can take the ownership of that, why you cannot declare that we will not publish the VDOs or those will not be made available ever. There are many such open points/pain area which needs to be taken care in the next conference. With Regards, Mandar V. Kulkarni http://mr.wikipedia.org http://mr.wikisource.org http://live.wikimedia.in From: Srikanth Lakshmanan srik@gmail.com To: Wikimedia India Community list wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Monday, 26 March 2012, 8:56 Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WikiConference India 2012 - Bootstrap Team On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 06:32, Tinu Cherian ( Wikimedia India) tinucher...@wikimedia.in wrote: In 2011, WikiConference India was held for the first time and turned out to be a landmark event. It was the largest Wikipedia conference in the world, ever held to date! Can we keep niceties aside and look at how the event was run / challenges faced by organizers (Includes chapter-OC coordination and a semi-public spat) and do a thorough discussion on the conference list before talking of any next steps for WCI 2012. Also there has been no report that has been made available public for the community. It is for the community's own good health, issues are ironed out even before there is *any* discussion on next WCI. It might be good for the chapter / IP to keep having a conference every year and showcase India story, but volunteers(including the bootstrap team) who are interested in organizing must know what are the pain points in making a conference happen and the kind of support they would be getting from chapter / IP. Pranav / Pradeep, Can we have your conference OC report any sooner? -- 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
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WikiConference India 2012 - Bootstrap Team
Hi Mandar, I guess you are referring to the Videos of the 2011 Conference. It was answered earlier in this thread earlier http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2012-March/007738.html Btw I am not sure if all bold large fonts are considered the same way as all capital letters. :) -TC On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 5:05 PM, Mandar Kulkarni mvkulkarn...@yahoo.co.ukwrote: Apart from the formal report, we still have not received the VDOs which were been promised in Nov. and nobody in the mailing list is commenting on that. Who owns that responsibility? If no body can take the ownership of that, why you cannot declare that we will not publish the VDOs or those will not be made available ever. There are many such open points/pain area which needs to be taken care in the next conference. With Regards, Mandar V. Kulkarni http://mr.wikipedia.org http://mr.wikisource.org http://live.wikimedia.in *From:* Srikanth Lakshmanan srik@gmail.com *To:* Wikimedia India Community list wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org *Sent:* Monday, 26 March 2012, 8:56 *Subject:* Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WikiConference India 2012 - Bootstrap Team On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 06:32, Tinu Cherian ( Wikimedia India) tinucher...@wikimedia.in wrote: In 2011, WikiConference India was held for the first time and turned out to be a landmark event. It was the largest Wikipedia conference in the world, ever held to date! Can we keep niceties aside and look at how the event was run / challenges faced by organizers (Includes chapter-OC coordination and a semi-public spat) and do a thorough discussion on the conference list before talking of any next steps for WCI 2012. Also there has been no report that has been made available public for the community. It is for the community's own good health, issues are ironed out even before there is *any* discussion on next WCI. It might be good for the chapter / IP to keep having a conference every year and showcase India story, but volunteers(including the bootstrap team) who are interested in organizing must know what are the pain points in making a conference happen and the kind of support they would be getting from chapter / IP. Pranav / Pradeep, Can we have your conference OC report any sooner? -- 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] Membership Drive for year 2012-13
Hi all, Greetings from the Wikimedia India ! We are pleased to announce that Wikimedia India chapter ( Registered Name: Wikimedia Chapter) membership applications for the year 2012-’13 has been started. You can find most of the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about the membership here http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Membership-FAQ . Wikimedians / Wikipedians in India, who are interested to become the member of the Wikimedia India need to fill the membership form and send themembership applicationhttp://wiki.wikimedia.in/images/9/9c/WikimediaChapterMembershipFormIndividual.pdfto the chapter office address http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Contact_Us (it is statutory requirement). Payment of membership fee can be via NEFT or DD/Cheque. Please do not send cash or outstation cheques . If you have any queries, please do email us at members...@wikimedia.in Thanks, On behalf of Wikimedia India Chapter. Naveen Francis, Secretary . ___ 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] India WikiWomen's Edit-a-Thon
Report of the First India WikiWomen's Edit-a-Thon : The India WikiWomen Edit-a-Thon was held on 25th of March, 2012 from 11 30 to 14 00 IST. Eight people signed up for the event, but only four editors turned up for the event. The editors who participated in the Edit-a-thon were User: Nitika.t, User: Nicke.me, User: Karthikndr and myself. The Edit-a-Thon began with the IRC hangout at 11 30 am IST where the participants introduced each other and discussed about the necessary changes to be made on the [[Sarojini Naidu]] article. We started editing at 12. 1. We added about 20 references in the article. 2. we added sections and content under Naidu's early life, married life, career and famous poems. (8397 bytes of data) 3. We added pictures from Commons. It great that we were able to substantially improve the article by adding content, citations, inline references and images. The Edit-a-Thon continued till 14 00 IST. We had fun! :) Thanks to all participants for joining the event. On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 12:01 AM, nikita belavate niki8...@gmail.comwrote: That's great ! Would be fun working !! :) Cheers, Nikita. On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 11:50 PM, Netha Hussain nethahuss...@gmail.comwrote: The Edit-a-thon will be held on tomorrow, 25th March from 1200 IST to 1400 IST. The article to be worked on during the event is [[Sarojini Naidu]] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarojini_Naidu. There will be an IRC meet for half an hour starting at 11 30 am IST for the participants of the Edit-a-thon. To join the IRC, all you have to do is go to: http://webchat.freenode.net/ and enter a nickname and enter #wikimedia-office as the channel name. Hoping to see you all at the Edit-a-thon! Cheers Netha. On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 9:39 PM, Netha Hussain nethahuss...@gmail.comwrote: A gentle remainder : The WikiWomen Edit-a-thon is scheduled to be held from 1200 to 1400 IST on 25th of March 2012 (Sunday). There will be a google hangout (or an IRC meet, depending on the convenience of the participants) from 1100 to 1200 IST. Please vote for the article of your choice herehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/India_WikiWomen%27s_Edit-a-Thon. If you are interested in joining the Edit-a-thon, but have not registered your names yet, please register herehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/India_WikiWomen%27s_Edit-a-Thon . Thanks! On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 1:09 PM, Pradeep Mohandas pradeep.mohan...@gmail.com wrote: hi, I was looking at the nominations page and can see no nominations relating to women who played a role in India's history. The edit-a-thon has been organised in honour of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiWomen%27s_History_Month and aims to contribute articles on women in history, While it is great that some of the names have come up from contemporary names and the group can select a name, it would greatly help to work on articles from women in history. warm regards, User:Prad2609 On 14 March 2012 19:56, Noopur noopur.ra...@gmail.com wrote: Okay, will hang out with the 'wikichix' and tell you :P On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 7:55 PM, Ashwin Baindur ashwin.bain...@gmail.com wrote: Noopur, thanks for understanding and your kind note. I would request you to discuss with other women editors during the Wiki-Edit-a-thon and come up with a recommendation. I think it is best that you decide for yourselves. Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur -- On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 7:50 PM, Noopur noopur.ra...@gmail.comwrote: Hey Ashwin! I don't think anyone who is active on this list will misunderstand your mail. :) We've had discussions before on how a lot of positions cause confusion and I also want someone who can dedicate enough time and attention to work on this project. So, no hard feelings on my part. I also saw your Wikipatrika Meta suggestion (going OT here). Since I will be taking that up, my hands are really full anyway. Anyway, I'd want to be the backup in case you need any short term help. I am grateful for your considerate explanation though :) In the meanwhile, we have a list of women Wikipedians. Naveen can suggest a name or two that can be approached? Regards Noopur On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 7:42 PM, Ashwin Baindur ashwin.bain...@gmail.com wrote: I would like to publicly say that I have erred in naming Noopur here. I did not mean to cast any aspersion on her and her good work and track record. I thought that since she is a publicly known figure with responsibilities and good work done in so many spheres - GLAM, Delhi community and now in India Programs, that it would be an example of an already dedicated person whereas I preferred someone new who was not already committed. I now see that I was wrong to name a specific person. The text can be misconstrued as a negative by those who dont know Noopur or her qualities. Also Noopur never aspired
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India Programs Additional IRC: Thursday March 22nd @ 9pm IST(Open House) (#wikimedia-office)
Is there a prize for answering these questions? These questions look odd without context/clarification. Pradeep On 26 March 2012 11:14, Hisham his...@wikimedia.org wrote: On Mar 26, 2012, at 11:01 AM, Pradeep Mohandas wrote: Hi, The conversation is moving off topic. Perhaps the question to mull over is what to do next? 1. How do we move the predominance of media coverage beyond mainstream English print into local language print and other media channels such as radio and the Internet? 2. How do we encourage volunteers from as many Indic communities as possible to volunteer for communications activities so that as many languages are covered? 3. How do we ensure that news coverage is not all warm fuzzy stuff about Wikipedia - but also provides a call to action to potential newbies as well as links or contacts that they can reach out? 4. How do we build and expand our network of media contacts? 5. How do we build a toolkit for media/PR/social media such that community members are able to rapidly deploy to support specific initiatives such as Wikiprojects or to celebrate community or project milestones? 6. How can we use media to support specific community events such as meet-ups or outreach sessions? 7. Can we use media/PR to celebrate editing excellence - by showcasing select articles - and also sharing insights and invitations into the movement that is behind this content? 8. Can we acknowledge individual life / wiki stories of editors to promote editor retention and newbie attraction? 9. Can we build a digital outreach model that is effective? What will it take - in terms of resources such as online tutorials or videos or help pages or chat rooms? 10. How does a digital outreach model not duplicate existing efforts already underway or in advanced stages of planning? 11. Can we integrate community building into the digital outreach model? 12. How do we determine if a language community is able to manage the potential newbie load from such a digital outreach model? 13. How do we teach the media about the movement and community and projects - given relatively low levels of understanding within such an influential group? 14. How do we support a community initiative like Wikipatrika in a manner that it remains entirely owned by the individual community members - but we are still able to help them? How do we do this without taking away credit and also without building dependence? 15. How do we make the India Program monthly newsletters richer and more useful to community members? 16. Can we introduce story-telling as a effective means of sharing the work that is done by community members such that we are able to cross-pollinate ideas? 17. How can social media be used to drive not just attendance of events (such as photothons) but can be used to introduce newbies to Wikimedia policies? 18. How can we adapt the WikimediaIndia handle on facebook so that it expands in popularity - but remains relevant to newbies and more experienced community members? 19. How do we build the WikimediaIndia handle on twitter? 20. How do we constantly remain on top of trends in social media so that we are present and relevant in channels where potential newbies might be? 21. Do we need to localise swag and if so what do we do we need? 22. How do we work intimately with the Chapter's communications team - but remain accessible to non-Chapter members as well? 23. How do we ensure that everything we do on communications is rooted in community building and not marketing mumbo jumbo? 24. How do we measure results in communications? 25. How do we constantly ensure that everything done on communications - which will require the communications expertise - can be done in a manner where capability is transferred to interested community members? 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 -- How Pradeep uses email - http://goo.gl/6v1I9 ___ 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] WikiConference India 2012 - Bootstrap Team
Tinu, whether the videos and reports are out or not, the fact of the matter is that not many of those who didn't attend last time know what happened and this may result in noone volunteering. -- Regards, Srikanth Ramakrishnan. ___ 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] Invitation for 2nd Bhubaneswar Meetup
All the very best to the Odisha team. May all your efforts be very successful. -- Regards, Srikanth Ramakrishnan. ___ 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] India WikiWomen's Edit-a-Thon
Great job! I hope in Future, we can have more users and can span multiple languages. -- Regards, Srikanth Ramakrishnan. ___ 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] My post to User:Prad2609
*[Something I posted as a message to Pradeep's talk page on his decision to retire from Wikipedia. But I think may make sense to many of you. Please ignore if you think I'm caballing]* * * *Why retire from here?* Remember the good old days? When we used to edit in our own cocoons? The only communication between two editors was through talk pages and the occasional use of [[Special:Emailuser]]. And we had fun. That fun is why we're still here. We moved on to more communication, more outreach. All good. We need to spread the word. We're evangelists of the noblest of causes. It's all good. Now there are mailing lists. And IRC. And meetups. And Chat. Chain mails and more chain mails. Each more frustrating than the other. We're all in cabals. If not voluntarily, we're slotted into them by force of opinion. As this message is being read by others visiting this page, I'm being slotted into one. You have to be pro-someone and anti-someone else. And we fight till our teeth come loose. And then some more. Politics is fun now. Wikipedia, not so much. And if this lack of AGF, too much BITE, BATTLE and blah is too much, retire. But not from Wikipedia. Retire from the mailing lists, the meetups, the cabals and the works. If you're considering quitting Wikipedia, quit those instead. Wikipedia can still be fun. Edit the articles on astronomy and India space projects again. India-related patrolling. Contribute to Commons. Only respond to messages on your talk page. And that occasional email. As an experienced editor who's largely inactive, I've considered retiring often rather than staying in limbo. Time and again, I've decided not to. I may not be able to contribute regularly, but I can step in that one time when all the experience probably counts for something. Because Wikipedia was there for me when I really needed it and I will be there when it really needs me. We've been struggling with editor retention and that's understandable. People quitting Wikipedia because it's now a battleground is understandable. Valuable, experienced editors quitting because the mailing lists are suffocating, is NOT. You can edit. Always. Cheers ___ 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] My post to User:Prad2609
Don't worry Srikeit , That is a temporary phase. IIRC, he was out of the mailing list/s also some weeks/months back. :-) Let him take some wikiholidays and come back afresh. Regards -Sudhanwa On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 1:10 AM, Srikeit srik...@gmail.com wrote: [Something I posted as a message to Pradeep's talk page on his decision to retire from Wikipedia. But I think may make sense to many of you. Please ignore if you think I'm caballing] Why retire from here? Remember the good old days? When we used to edit in our own cocoons? The only communication between two editors was through talk pages and the occasional use of [[Special:Emailuser]]. And we had fun. That fun is why we're still here. We moved on to more communication, more outreach. All good. We need to spread the word. We're evangelists of the noblest of causes. It's all good. [snip] ___ 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] My post to User:Prad2609
Srikeit, I agree with you. Personally, my edits in 2009 dipped heavily after I joined the list and I started going to offline meets. I myself had disabled deliveries from this list, only to create a new account for it. Sad. As for retirement, don't worry. I'd give him some time to think over it. It took me five months to think, realise and take that retired banner off my userpage. Let's hope Pradeep thinks faster than me. -- Regards, Srikanth Ramakrishnan. ___ 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] WikiConference India 2012 - Bootstrap Team
I didn't know the passion for continued volunteering for the Wikimedia movement was dependent on the availability of the videos of the WikiConference :P ( We should definitely add that as one of the key expectations for next Conference) The fact that those who didn't attend last time was their own personal choice again. No one can predict they will attend next Conference , not even all those who attended the conference last year. BTW Personally I would love to see the videos soon. I couldn't attend all the sessions :D -TC On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 12:11 AM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan parakara.gh...@gmail.com wrote: Tinu, whether the videos and reports are out or not, the fact of the matter is that not many of those who didn't attend last time know what happened and this may result in noone volunteering. -- Regards, Srikanth Ramakrishnan. ___ 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] Malayalam Wiktionary reached 1 lakh mile stone!
Congratulations editors :) Cheers, Rajesh User:RajeshPandey On Mar 25, 2012 12:58 PM, ansuman ansum...@gmail.com wrote: Congratulations :-) ya please share more ! On 25 March 2012 10:07, Jobin Raju jobin...@gmail.com wrote: Congratulations to all! With regards, Jobin Raju User: Jobin RV On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 8:35 AM, CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Anoopan for sharing this good news. Congratulations all those who contributes to Malayalam Wiktionary. If possible, can someone also share with some stats growth of Malayalam Wiktionary , especially on earlier key milestones ike when 25k, 50k,etc happened. And who are the key contributors for the growth ... What are the best practices? Did Malayalam Wiktionary get data from any Government Dictionary projects etc. It would certainly help other language Wiktionary projects. Regards Tinu Cherian On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 9:02 PM, Anoop anoop@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, I am happy to inform you that Malayalam Wiktionaryhttp://ml.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%A7%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A8_%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BE%E0%B5%BEhas completed 1 lakh entrieshttp://ml.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%82:%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%82today. Please join me to congratulate Malayalam Wikitionary team for achieving this milestone. -- With Regards, Anoop ___ 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 -- Kind Regards ansuman smileyansu http://twitter.com/smileyansu *ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ http://or.wikipedia.org/* ___ 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] Malayalam Wiktionary reached 1 lakh mile stone!
Congrats ! Great news indeed ! On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 9:25 AM, Rajesh Pandey pandey.pan...@gmail.comwrote: Congratulations editors :) Cheers, Rajesh User:RajeshPandey On Mar 25, 2012 12:58 PM, ansuman ansum...@gmail.com wrote: Congratulations :-) ya please share more ! On 25 March 2012 10:07, Jobin Raju jobin...@gmail.com wrote: Congratulations to all! With regards, Jobin Raju User: Jobin RV On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 8:35 AM, CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Anoopan for sharing this good news. Congratulations all those who contributes to Malayalam Wiktionary. If possible, can someone also share with some stats growth of Malayalam Wiktionary , especially on earlier key milestones ike when 25k, 50k,etc happened. And who are the key contributors for the growth ... What are the best practices? Did Malayalam Wiktionary get data from any Government Dictionary projects etc. It would certainly help other language Wiktionary projects. Regards Tinu Cherian On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 9:02 PM, Anoop anoop@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, I am happy to inform you that Malayalam Wiktionaryhttp://ml.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%A7%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A8_%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BE%E0%B5%BEhas completed 1 lakh entrieshttp://ml.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%82:%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%82today. Please join me to congratulate Malayalam Wikitionary team for achieving this milestone. -- With Regards, Anoop ___ 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 -- Kind Regards ansuman smileyansu http://twitter.com/smileyansu *ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ http://or.wikipedia.org/* ___ 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] My post to User:Prad2609
Please dont underestimate things - they are far more serious than they were in the past. Srikeit: The issues are far too serious to leave aside. There so much involved and things look so dark, I myself am at wits end. The question is does one have the time and energy to take them up or does one just given up and leave. From: sudhanwa@gmail.com Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 01:29:52 +0530 To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] My post to User:Prad2609 Don't worry Srikeit , That is a temporary phase. IIRC, he was out of the mailing list/s also some weeks/months back. :-) Let him take some wikiholidays and come back afresh. Regards -Sudhanwa On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 1:10 AM, Srikeit srik...@gmail.com wrote: [Something I posted as a message to Pradeep's talk page on his decision to retire from Wikipedia. But I think may make sense to many of you. Please ignore if you think I'm caballing] Why retire from here? Remember the good old days? When we used to edit in our own cocoons? The only communication between two editors was through talk pages and the occasional use of [[Special:Emailuser]]. And we had fun. That fun is why we're still here. We moved on to more communication, more outreach. All good. We need to spread the word. We're evangelists of the noblest of causes. It's all good. [snip] ___ 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
