Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] (no subject)

2010-04-07 Thread Gautam John
On 7 April 2010 19:32, Srikanth Ramakrishnan rsrikant...@gmail.com wrote: Also, where do I get the form to apply to be a member? I seriously want to get involved. Thanks Srikanth! Membership will only be open once we receive our local registration. Hopefully, in 6 to 8 weeks. Thank you.

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] (no subject)

2010-04-07 Thread Gautam John
On 7 April 2010 20:22, Srikanth Ramakrishnan rsrikant...@gmail.com wrote: Okay.. So  I guess Arunram can help me out right? We'll be sure to post a message when memberships are open and also how to go about it. Thank you. Best, Gautam http://social.prathambooks.org/

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] (no subject)

2010-04-07 Thread Gautam John
On 7 April 2010 21:36, Naveen Francis navee...@gmail.com wrote: a. The financial year i.e., the year commencing from 1st April to 31st March following, shall be the accounting year and the year ending 31st March 2010 shall be the first Accounting year. isn't it march 2011 ? Good catch

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indian flag standards

2010-04-16 Thread Gautam John
On 16 April 2010 12:17, Zachary Harden zharde...@yahoo.co.jp wrote: I though the BIS standards only laid out the manufacturing standards for Cotton/Khadi/Silk/Wool. I need the documents and amendments at http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v76/zscout370/Untitled.png.  But these manufacturing

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indian flag standards

2010-04-16 Thread Gautam John
On 16 April 2010 12:39, Zachary Harden zharde...@yahoo.co.jp wrote: To improve the accuracy on the sections dealing with the construction of the flag. Most importantly to me, the SVG file of the Indian flag will be corrected based on these documents. The files will not be hosted on Wikipedia

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indian flag standards

2010-04-16 Thread Gautam John
What I find particularly priceless is that this is the Bureau of Indian *STANDARDS*! :0 Thank you. Best, Gautam http://social.prathambooks.org/ ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimeetup Aug 2010 WPMBL16

2010-08-12 Thread Gautam John
On 12 August 2010 21:48, Arun Ram arunra...@gmail.com wrote: Anyone in the list who can help. We could probably use my office though I will have to check. Is the location a bother? https://sites.google.com/a/prathambooks.org/bangalore-location/ Thank you. Best, Gautam

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Tamil Wikipedia crosses the 25, 000 article mark

2010-10-05 Thread Gautam John
On 6 October 2010 11:11, BalaSundaraRaman sundarbe...@yahoo.com wrote: I'm pleased to inform you all that Tamil Wikipedia has crossed the 25,000 article milestone now. :-) Wow! Congratulations! Thank you. Best, Gautam http://social.prathambooks.org/

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] who is the director of wikimedia india

2010-10-06 Thread Gautam John
On 6 October 2010 15:21, Bharat Nedungadi bharatnedung...@yahoo.in wrote: has the wikimedia foundation already hired a national country director? i I am pretty sure they haven't. lots more as well. i am little confused. Kiruba was part of the India Chapter efforts but is no longer involved

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] creative commons superhero meets wikimedia india

2010-10-07 Thread Gautam John
Commons has just put out a list of people it considers 'superheroes' https://creativecommons.net/superheroes/ - and of the six people highlighted, one is our very own Gautam John, an initiator of the Wikimedia India chapter. Congrats, and let's hope some of that superhero super-dust falls on us

[Wikimediaindia-l] History of Wikipedia in India

2010-10-21 Thread Gautam John
So I was attempting to write a 2000 word piece on the history of Wikipedia in India. Any pointers you have will be most appreciated - historical stuff too. Sundar pointed me to this: http://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tamil_Wikipedia:_A_Case_Study What would be helpful is some sort of

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia quoted in Indian Supreme court case

2010-10-25 Thread Gautam John
On 25 October 2010 14:23, Srikanth Ramakrishnan rsrikant...@gmail.com wrote: Wikipedia can be quoted only if the text being quoted has been backed by a verified, reliable reference. Thus, the authenticity of the content depends on the reference. In this case, if the SC is referring to Wiki, it

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] mobile editing reading of Wikipedia

2010-10-25 Thread Gautam John
Arjuna makes a good point on language support. As for the data costs, don't some providers (I know MTS does) provide access to Wikipedia for free? Thank you. Best, Gautam http://social.prathambooks.org/ ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] mobile editing reading of Wikipedia

2010-10-26 Thread Gautam John
On 26 October 2010 11:30, Srikanth Lakshmanan srik@gmail.com wrote: Have you used MTS free Wikipedia? I have to confess, I have not. Only going by the ads. The other thing is lack of Unicode support. Andriod doesn't support Unicode, IIRC. Thank you. Best, Gautam

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] mobile editing reading of Wikipedia

2010-10-26 Thread Gautam John
On 26 October 2010 19:32, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijs...@gmail.com wrote: I doubt very much that Android does not support Unicode. It may not have the fonts that you need. Very possible I might be wrong but I did find this: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=5925 Thank you.

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] mobile editing reading of Wikipedia

2010-10-26 Thread Gautam John
On 26 October 2010 19:44, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijs...@gmail.com wrote: So Android uses Unicode fonts, fonts may not be available.. Just complain LOUDLY and PUBLICLY and together that not supporting fonts for Indic languages is not acceptable in India (and outside of India grin ). Thanks,

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Tamil Wiktionary now Top 10 globally

2010-11-14 Thread Gautam John
On 15 November 2010 00:17, Ravishankar ravidre...@gmail.com wrote: Tamil Wiktionarians added 70,000+ English words recently to make it the 9th biggest Wiktionary globally. Now, we have 1,90,000+ words. Wow! Thanks fantastic, Ravi! Congratulations to everyone who helped make this happen! Thank

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Wikimeetup @ Kolkata

2010-11-15 Thread Gautam John
What about Bombay? Thank you. Best, Gautam http://social.prathambooks.org -Original Message- From: Anirudh Bhati Sent: 15/11/2010 5:18:31 pm Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Wikimeetup @ Kolkata On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 5:16 PM, CherianTinu Abraham

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Letter from Gautam John, Creative Commons Superhero

2010-11-16 Thread Gautam John
On 17 November 2010 00:34, Anirudh Bhati anirudh...@gmail.com wrote: FYI.  Way to go, Gautam! Thanks, Anirudh. Thank you. Best, Gautam http://social.prathambooks.org/ ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] List of Indian language wiki projects

2010-11-17 Thread Gautam John
Thank you very much, guys. Best, Gautam http://social.prathambooks.org/ On 17 November 2010 17:06, Naveen Francis navee...@gmail.com wrote: Please help to update following pages also http://wikimedia.in/wiki/Support_from_the_Government

[Wikimediaindia-l] Speaking at GLOBALOCAL: The Forum for content

2010-11-22 Thread Gautam John
Hello! Achal and I are speaking at GLOBALOCAL: The Forum for content on 26 November 2010. http://www.newdelhi.gbo.org/en/events/ We will be speaking about the Commons as a resource and how Wikipedia is a stellar example of how collaborative material is being produced and published on the

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] indiawikipedia ?

2010-11-29 Thread Gautam John
On 30 November 2010 08:03, CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.com wrote: Please see this website http://www.indiawikipedia.com/ Do you think the website violates Wikipedia / WMF copyrights ? What an odd website. Thanks for pointing this out Tinu. I think it does violate WMF IP - copyrights

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Globalocal - Presentation

2010-12-09 Thread Gautam John
On 9 December 2010 14:14, Aditya Sengupta apsengu...@gmail.com wrote: Is a video of the talk available somewhere? They did take video - let me ask if they can share it. Thank you. Best, Gautam http://social.prathambooks.org/ ___

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia usage and contribution from Indian users

2010-12-14 Thread Gautam John
Hi Mahesh: I need to write about Wikipedia in India. Need to know about access and content creation with an Indian angle. Are Indian surfers using Wiki a lot? Any statistics would help (growth over past few years) Some places to start would be: http://stats.wikimedia.org/ and

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] One photo from this morning

2011-01-15 Thread Gautam John
Thanks, Hari! Naveen: These were from WMF Thank you. Best, Gautam http://social.prathambooks.org/ On 15 January 2011 22:42, Naveen M R joisnav...@gmail.com wrote: Greetings, Nice to see that cheer...  where did u got those T-shirts  from?? blue is gud.. On 15 January 2011

[Wikimediaindia-l] Following Up. [Was: Wikimedia Chapter Registered]

2011-01-21 Thread Gautam John
Hello Everyone: Just wanted to send an update of the next steps that are needed to get the Chapter operational. 1. We have applied for certified copy of the Kannada version and it is expected by this weekend. 2. We then need to get a notarized English translation and that should be available

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Malayalam wikipedia crossed the 10 Lakh/1 million edits milestone

2011-01-25 Thread Gautam John
Wow! That is awesome news! Congratulations to the community! Thank you. Best, Gautam http://social.prathambooks.org/ 2011/1/25 Shiju Alex shijualexonl...@gmail.com Sorry, missed Bengali wikipedia from the below list. Bengali wikipedia has *9,22,606* edits. It is placed in the

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Can we aggregate news related to wikipedia / wikimedia in India in one place

2011-01-29 Thread Gautam John
Hi Nikhil: Wouldn't it be great if there was a single wiki page where all such links and news could be posted by wikipedians? There is this: http://stats.wikimedia.org/EN_India/ReportCardIndia.htm Thank you. Best, Gautam http://social.prathambooks.org/

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter

2011-01-29 Thread Gautam John
Dear Tinu and Jayanta: Thank you very much for the ideas and suggestions. The minutes and resolutions should be part of the public record. As much as I think it would be nice to have an AGM this year, there is a good chance that we will get out PAN/Bank Account etc. too late for this to be

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter

2011-01-29 Thread Gautam John
On 30 January 2011 11:39, praveenp me.prav...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry, I think a concrete foundation is necessary to create a body. Well, that does exist in the aims and objective in the MoA that is up on Meta and while those are broad, direction-ary goals, it behooves upon us all to detail

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] History of Wikipedia in India

2011-02-02 Thread Gautam John
On 21 October 2010 16:38, Gautam John gau...@prathambooks.org wrote: So I was attempting to write a 2000 word piece on the history of Wikipedia in India. Any pointers you have will be most appreciated - historical stuff too. Thought I'd share this - http://gkjohn.posterous.com/thoughts

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Moderation policy on WikimediaIndia-l

2011-02-13 Thread Gautam John
Hello Everyone: I'm using Bala's email because I think he's done a great job of summarizing the various issues on this thread. 1) Why was the election held without informing others of the agenda (the EC answered that it was a required step to formalise the organisation per registration rules,

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-in-mum] Liam Wyatt's visit to Mumbai and GLAM meetup - a summary

2011-02-13 Thread Gautam John
On 14 February 2011 10:18, sankarshan foss.mailingli...@gmail.com wrote: Indic OCR, at least the bits that are available under an appropriate FOSS license, have an accuracy of around 80%. Considering the volume and fragility of what you will OCR, that's remarkably low. What ever became of the

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia lesson in Maharashtra class 7 textbook

2011-02-15 Thread Gautam John
On 16 February 2011 10:25, Pradeep Mohandas pradeep.mohan...@gmail.com wrote: Was very surprised to see a lesson on Wikipedia in my brother's 7th std text book today. Wow! That is awesome! Which syllabus is this? And thank you for sharing! Best, Gautam

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia lesson in Maharashtra class 7 textbook

2011-02-15 Thread Gautam John
On 16 February 2011 10:57, Pradeep Mohandas pradeep.mohan...@gmail.com wrote: This is in the Maharashtra State SSC syllabus. Brother tells me that it has come for the text books from this year onwards. Quite amazed, really! Thank you, Pradeep. Best, Gautam

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia.IN the news - Mumbai Hindustan Times, 13th Feb 2011

2011-02-16 Thread Gautam John
On 16 February 2011 14:15, Nikhil Sheth nikhil...@gmail.com wrote: http://epaper.hindustantimes.com/PUBLICATIONS/HT/HM/2011/02/13/ArticleHtmls/BEHIND-THE-SCENES-AT-WIKIPEDIAIN-13022011018002.shtml?Mode=1 Nikhil, thanks much for posting this. I must say it's one of the better articles I have

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia lesson in Maharashtra class 7 textbook

2011-02-16 Thread Gautam John
On 16 February 2011 12:42, Anoop anoop@gmail.com wrote: Here is the link : http://www.itschool.gov.in/icttextbook8.pdf  (Page 39) Correct me if I am wrong but most of the screenshots in the book look like they are from a GNOME based UI? Most impressive, if correct. Thank you. Best,

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia lesson in Maharashtra class 7 textbook

2011-02-16 Thread Gautam John
On 16 February 2011 18:35, Anoop anoop@gmail.com wrote: Yes. The complete syllabus is based on GNU/Linux . IT@school team has created a GNU/Linux distro with name it@school gnu-linux which is available to download at http://itschool.gov.in/downloads.php Thank you, Anup. Truly astounding.

[Wikimediaindia-l] (OT) On the importance of Unicode

2011-02-16 Thread Gautam John
Hey Everyone: This one isn't directly connected with Wikimedia projects but is, IMHO, one element of any Wikimedia project in India - Unicode. I'm trying to bring together some ideas as to why Unicode is important, what the upsides and downsides are. My initial thoughts: 1. While there are many

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] (OT) On the importance of Unicode

2011-02-16 Thread Gautam John
On 17 February 2011 11:29, Gautam John gau...@prathambooks.org wrote: I'm trying to bring together some ideas as to why Unicode is important, what the upsides and downsides are. My initial thoughts: A few other points that I read here: http://anandabazar-unicode.appspot.com/ Data usage: Use

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] (OT) On the importance of Unicode

2011-02-16 Thread Gautam John
On 17 February 2011 12:35, BalaSundaraRaman sundarbe...@yahoo.com wrote: I have some points to share, but got to go back to work now. Can I get back on this later? Sure, Sundar! No hurry. Thank you. Best, Gautam http://social.prathambooks.org/

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] (OT) On the importance of Unicode

2011-02-22 Thread Gautam John
On 22 February 2011 22:29, Santhosh Thottingal santhosh.thottin...@gmail.com wrote: I think you have some confusion on Unicode and Fonts. Let me try to clarify in simple words. Yes - I did! And thank you for such a detailed response. To see if I have understood this - there are three

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Notes on meeting of Mumbai Wikimedia community with Hisham Mundol

2011-02-23 Thread Gautam John
Thank you very much for this Pradeep. Best, Gautam http://social.prathambooks.org/ On 23 February 2011 23:07, Pradeep Mohandas pradeep.mohan...@gmail.com wrote: hi, We had a Wikipedia Mumbai Meetup today where the Mumbai Wikimedia community was introduced to Hisham Mundol who has

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] (OT) On the importance of Unicode

2011-02-23 Thread Gautam John
On 24 February 2011 09:15, Nikhil Sheth nikhil...@gmail.com wrote: Great discussion, but I wonder why I didn't see any real, easy, doable, inexpensive, quickfix solution put forth that every Indian on the internet can begin using immediately to get around the Unicode Vs custom Fonts issue.

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] (OT) On the importance of Unicode

2011-02-23 Thread Gautam John
On 24 February 2011 09:21, sankarshan foss.mailingli...@gmail.com wrote: And, looking at all this discussion I now wish that I submitted a 'state of Indic' paper at some conference happening currently ;) Oh but you should! I would learn much from it and I am sure everyone else will learn

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] (OT) On the importance of Unicode

2011-02-23 Thread Gautam John
Two things I meant to add: 1. The eGov standards body for India has recently notified Unicode 5.1.0 as the default standard for all eGov applications henceforth. (Sadly, their website is DoA - http://egovstandards.gov.in/) I am hopeful that this will be the start of some initiative within

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] (OT) On the importance of Unicode

2011-02-23 Thread Gautam John
On 24 February 2011 10:12, Shiju Alex shijualexonl...@gmail.com wrote: Even though Central Government has adopted Unicode as the encoding standard, the case is not the same with most State Governments. As far as I know only few state goverments (Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Kerala,...) had adopted

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] (OT) On the importance of Unicode

2011-02-23 Thread Gautam John
On 24 February 2011 11:36, Anivar Aravind anivar.arav...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for those links. I am aware about that. But not get enough time to read it yet. But are you sure, it specified unicode 5.1 . I am curious becuase new rupee symbol getting encoded only in unicode 6.1. Usually govt

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] The first legal threaten against Wikipedia India !

2011-02-25 Thread Gautam John
Hi Tinu: Thanks for posting this - yes, legal counsel and a risk assessment is something we are actively looking at doing - a question, would the community know if this has ever happened or threatened to happen earlier or is this the first example? Thank you. Best, Gautam

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Is it morally right for govts to support sanskrit wikipedia?

2011-02-26 Thread Gautam John
Hi Basavaraj (and welcome to the list!): Arguendo, that Sanskti is socially irrelevant, why should a Wikipedia in that language not exist by force of action given that one already exists and is active? Would that not be a morally egregious position - to state that it should *not* exist? In my

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimediaindia-l Digest, Vol 32, Issue 113

2011-02-26 Thread Gautam John
On 26 February 2011 18:58, Basavaraj Itnal basavarajit...@yahoo.com wrote: i just recieved the digest and it mostly contains only replies to the issues i raised. most of my mails are missing. or is there a glitch? We seem to have received all of your emails. Thank you. Best, Gautam

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Social Relevance of Wikipedia

2011-02-26 Thread Gautam John
On 26 February 2011 19:22, Basavaraj Itnal basavarajit...@yahoo.com wrote: sometime ago i asked where wikipedians discuss social relevance of what they are doing. does anyone know? This might be a good place: http://networkcultures.org/wpmu/cpov/lang/de/mailinglist/ Thank you. Best, Gautam

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indian language wikipedias – 2010 statistical report

2011-02-27 Thread Gautam John
Dear Santosh and Shiju: Thanks so much for putting this together. I have learned much from it. Thank you. Best, Gautam http://social.prathambooks.org/ On 27 February 2011 17:55, Santhosh Thottingal santhosh.thottin...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Shiju Alex have prepared a very detailed

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] A tale of two workshops

2011-03-08 Thread Gautam John
Thank you, Bala. The best way to grab their attention is to switch off/use sparingly the powerpoint presentation and talk to them about the articles they understand. Really interesting - I would have thought that an slidedeck introduction would work but your point is something I shall

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India Government plans to regulate blogs and user generated content.

2011-03-08 Thread Gautam John
A few additional data points: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/bloggers-call-content-regulation-a-gag-on-freedom/articleshow/7659593.cms And CIS's RTI on the ban last week: http://www.cis-india.org/advocacy/igov/blog/rtis-on-website-blocking A question: Should/could we as a

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Thank you for the hospitality in India

2011-03-09 Thread Gautam John
From Liam. Dear Wikimedians in India (especially Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore), Thank you for your hospitality last month on my quick trip around to talk with local GLAM institutions and to discuss with many of you how we might have closer integration between the Wikimedia Community and the Indian

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] National Museum in Delhi

2011-03-09 Thread Gautam John
Hi Yann and Liam: I'm trying to figure out a way to check on this but being based in Bangalore is a little bit of a limitation. I might be in Delhi early next week and am happy to drop by the Museum and speak with them. Unless, of course, there is someone in Delhi who can help as well, please?

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India Government plans to regulate blogs and user generated content.

2011-03-10 Thread Gautam John
-966-583-1250 Pune, India Teach For India Fellow, 2011-13 www.nikhilsheth.tk Find me on: Twitter | Facebook | LinkedIn | Google | RangDe Join me on: Pune Documentary Club | Let's Do it Pune | Toastmasters in Pune | Wikipedia For Schools project On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 12:50 PM, Gautam John

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [OT] Broadband growth in India

2011-03-17 Thread Gautam John
On 18 March 2011 08:04, Srikanth Lakshmanan srik@gmail.com wrote: [1] http://www.medianama.com/2011/03/223-statewise-broadband-subscribers-in-india-31st-november-2010/ Helpfully, the PIB site which is the source is down: http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=71124 AFAIK, the urban

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: National Flag of India

2011-03-22 Thread Gautam John
To add to it: The lede of the Act is An Act to prevent the improper use of certain emblems and names for professional and commercial purposes which is not the case here. THE EMBLEMS AND NAMES (PREVENTION OF IMPROPER USE) ACT, 1950 Section 3. Rule 8. Do not apply because of it relates to

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: National Flag of India

2011-03-28 Thread Gautam John
Arun, Realised I had not replied. Naveen Jindal's case is an excellent read for some general gyaan on the area: http://www.indiankanoon.org/doc/1834588/ The authorship, production, publication, exhibition or transmission by any medium for academic, artistic, biographical, cultural,

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Buzz ...

2011-03-28 Thread Gautam John
Very impressed with the attention to detail. Thank you. Best, Gautam http://social.prathambooks.org/ On 29 March 2011 09:14, Naveen Francis navee...@gmail.com wrote: One month back GoK published an advt with the photo of singer K J Yesudas. The photo was taken from wikipedia

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Press]: Angry with Wikileaks, Indian Union minister for law and justice Veerappa Moily lashes against Wikipedia

2011-03-30 Thread Gautam John
On 30 March 2011 11:49, Srikanth Lakshmanan srik@gmail.com wrote: Getting sick of this popular urban legand. Why dont we run a site notice banner for atleast India alone for 2 months. Please Note :- Wikipedia and Wikileaks are 2 different things and link to a detailed note. Srikanth, to

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Press]: Angry with Wikileaks, Indian Union minister for law and justice Veerappa Moily lashes against Wikipedia

2011-03-31 Thread Gautam John
On 31 March 2011 13:40, Srikanth Ramakrishnan rsrikant...@gmail.com wrote: The other day I was wearing the Wikipedia 10 T-shirt on MG Road in Bangalore and got a yelling in Kannada from a Police Inspector. I didn't exactly understand what he said, but I know he said Wikipedia, Sarkar, Danger.

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [india-gii] Fwd: Informing wiki users about Cert-In notice

2011-03-31 Thread Gautam John
ba...@webindia.com Date: Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 12:54 AM To: india-...@lists.cpsr.org No wonder phishing is such a big business Best regards bala -- From: Gautam John gkj...@gmail.com Date: Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 7:10 AM To: india-...@lists.cpsr.org Hehe. Also, if it's from Wikimedia India

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] URLs in 7 Indian languages

2011-04-11 Thread Gautam John
On 7 April 2011 19:23, Srikanth Ramakrishnan rsrikant...@gmail.com wrote: I think we need to bring this to the notice of Arun and/or Gautham. Regards, A thought around this, I assume we want to capture wikimedia/wikipedia under these new Indic URLs, right? Or do you think we should cover *all*

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] URLs in 7 Indian languages

2011-04-11 Thread Gautam John
On 11 April 2011 20:03, Srikanth Ramakrishnan rsrikant...@gmail.com wrote: Gautam, I think, all Indic versions of ALL wikimedia properties should be left to the Foundation while the Indian ones should be handled by the chapter. I think that makes sense, Srikanth. A request - if anyone hears

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WikiConference

2011-04-14 Thread Gautam John
+1 and hope it happens. A couple of questions: 1. If something like this did happen in India, what kind of format would you think works? 2. What kind of event would work? 3. What kind of outcomes would we expect? Would be great to hear from you! Thank you. Best, Gautam

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Regarding Postage Stamps uploaded in Commons - Correct picture

2011-04-28 Thread Gautam John
Hi Ashwin: So it is completely incorrect to add any images of Indian stamps printed later than 1951 to Commons. Fair use rationale is not applicable under Indian law to the best of my knowledge, anyway with that it cant be loaded to Commons only concerned Wikipedia. And unless the article is

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Regarding SEO of the article

2011-05-01 Thread Gautam John
It's the second link when I search on Google for it. Thank you. Best, Gautam http://social.prathambooks.org/ On 1 May 2011 11:58, Srikanth Ramakrishnan rsrikant...@gmail.com wrote: Garuav, For an article created on the 25th of April, Youthsat

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Report on Wikipedia Meetup 4 at Hyderabad on 15th May

2011-05-18 Thread Gautam John
Thank you, Ravi. Esperanto?! That has to be a first! Best, Gautam http://social.prathambooks.org/ On 18 May 2011 21:34, Ravishankar ravidre...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, On 15th May, we had the 4th Wikimedia meetup at Hyderabad as planned. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:MHB4

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Individual membership of Wikimedia Chapter is now open.

2011-05-19 Thread Gautam John
Hi Rohini: Give us around 4 weeks to send you the membership related stuff, please? We might be able to do it faster but right now, have limited bandwidth to do this so will process it as fast as we can. Thank you. Best, Gautam http://social.prathambooks.org/ On 19 May 2011 13:14,

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Individual membership of Wikimedia Chapter is now open.

2011-05-20 Thread Gautam John
Please send us a scanned copy at the email address mentioned along with the transfer details but please do send us the paper form too for our statutory records. Thank you. Best, Gautam http://social.prathambooks.org/ On 20 May 2011 21:57, vivek r vividvi...@gmail.com wrote: Should

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Individual membership of Wikimedia Chapter is now open.

2011-05-20 Thread Gautam John
On 20 May 2011 22:08, vivek r vividvi...@gmail.com wrote: should I have to send the hard copy to chapter at Bangalore. Yes, please. Thank you. Best, Gautam http://social.prathambooks.org/ ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Google's Indic Wikipedia translation project closing down

2011-06-05 Thread Gautam John
Thanks for sending this, Ravi. I am wondering how much this has to do with them also shutting down their translation and transliteration APIs as recently announced and how much this has to do with them having achieved what they set out to do - not as far as Wikipedia is concerned but their

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Google's Indic Wikipedia translation project closing down

2011-06-06 Thread Gautam John
Thank you, Ravi. The mutual benefit is something, as you have pointed out, is really important. Best, Gautam http://social.prathambooks.org/ On 6 June 2011 12:53, Ravishankar ravidre...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Gautam, I am not sure if this is related with them closing down other

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Administrative maps of India and states.

2011-06-07 Thread Gautam John
Sadly, the issue of Government copyright exists and is real. There is no getting around it. Thank you. Best, Gautam http://social.prathambooks.org/ On 7 June 2011 23:22, Vickram Crishna vvcris...@radiophony.com wrote: Broadly speaking, any data collected with the use of public

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Administrative maps of India and states.

2011-06-07 Thread Gautam John
On 8 June 2011 01:03, Vickram Crishna vvcris...@radiophony.com wrote: OK. No offense taken. Your legal grounding is well established, as we all know. Oh sorry - none meant! Apologies if it sounded otherwise. Can anyone please point me to the relevant link (for the census data, because the

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Administrative maps of India and states.

2011-06-07 Thread Gautam John
...@radiophony.com wrote: On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 1:13 AM, Gautam John gau...@prathambooks.org wrote: On 8 June 2011 01:03, Vickram Crishna vvcris...@radiophony.com wrote: My reading is that the Census Authority is very much a part of government. A question that I have been thinking about is whether

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Administrative maps of India and states.

2011-06-08 Thread Gautam John
to be bold and use things for larger good. Governments have many other jobs than suing us everyday ! Ravi On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 10:48 AM, Gautam John gau...@prathambooks.orgwrote: Vickram, in my opinion and that of a friend, asking for a voluntary license (18,19,30A) along with the fact

[Wikimediaindia-l] Clarification from the Chapter

2011-06-08 Thread Gautam John
Hey All: We realise that the WikiConference Framework has caused some confusion and we wanted to clarify this. The Chapter EC would like to indicate intent of the following: - The Chapter indicates its intent to take the responsibility of working with various stakeholders to have this

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WikiPatrika is now released - Volume 2 , Issue 1 - 2011 June

2011-06-08 Thread Gautam John
Totally blown away by this - really really amazing and comprehensive. Thank you. Best, Gautam http://social.prathambooks.org/ On 8 June 2011 18:59, WikiPatrika Newsletter wikipatr...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Wikipedians, The first community newsletter from the

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Administrative maps of India and states.

2011-06-08 Thread Gautam John
So here's an idea. The Government has promised some open data and maps next month: http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-06-04/news/29620789_1_national-data-spatial-data-access Maybe, what we can all do, is to collect examples of how and where openly licensed content helps and we

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Clarification from the Chapter

2011-06-08 Thread Gautam John
On 8 June 2011 18:51, Theo10011 de10...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for this well-needed clarification, Gautum. Thanks, Salmaan. I would like to know the purpose of this framework? does this imply that chapter approval/support would be needed for any future events? This current framework is

[Wikimediaindia-l] WikiConference - Other Cities [Was: Community-Chapter Relations]

2011-06-09 Thread Gautam John
Hey All: Expanding on what Achal had mentioned: 1) The 2011 WikiConference: are there other communities with proposals or is the Mumbai/Pune proposal the only feasible one on the table? The EC would like to know whether we can expect any bids or expressions of interest from other

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WikiConference - Other Cities [Was: Community-Chapter Relations]

2011-06-09 Thread Gautam John
On 9 June 2011 14:37, sankarshan foss.mailingli...@gmail.com wrote: This may just be a bit off-topic but I wanted to share this bit. The Fedora Project, when considering venues for the FUDCon, uses http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon_bid_process A similar process/flow could probably be handy

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia Outreach Activities in Gujarat

2011-06-09 Thread Gautam John
Hey Arnav: Welcome to the list and it's great to hear that you want to do outreach work. There are three usual methods: 1. A Wikipedia meet up. For example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/India 2. A Wikipedia academy. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Academy/India 3. A

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Announcement: Selected Books from Malayalam Wikisource on CD released

2011-06-11 Thread Gautam John
Hey Jyothis: This is really exciting news. Congratulations! Thank you. Best, Gautam http://social.prathambooks.org/ On 11 June 2011 22:31, Jyothis E jyothi...@gmail.com wrote: Dear fellow Wikimedians, With great pleasure, Malayalam Wikimedia Community announced its 2011 CD

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Global Fund raising Support to Indian Currency

2011-06-14 Thread Gautam John
Srikanth - we've been working on it but there are *several* complications due to Indian foreign exchange and tax laws that are slowing quick progress. Thank you. Best, Gautam http://social.prathambooks.org/ On 14 June 2011 11:11, Srikanth Lakshmanan srik@gmail.com wrote: On

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] 34th Bangalore Wiki Meetup, Sunday 12June2011

2011-06-14 Thread Gautam John
Thank you so much Subhashish for the round-up. Best, Gautam http://social.prathambooks.org/ On 14 June 2011 13:26, Subhashish Panigrahi psubhash...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Folks, This is again a good news to inform you that 34th Bangalore Wiki Meetup is just over! Bangalore Wiki

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Global Fund raising Support to Indian Currency

2011-06-14 Thread Gautam John
Hi Moksh: That would be great! Thank you very much for the offer. Thank you. Best, Gautam http://social.prathambooks.org/ On 14 June 2011 10:36, Moksh Juneja moksh.jun...@avignyata.com wrote: Similar to justgiving.com in UK, we have something closer home giveindia.org. We can

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Invitation to join Chapter as Member by 23 June 2011 to participate in EC elections during AGM

2011-06-15 Thread Gautam John
On 15 June 2011 12:02, Shiju Alex shijualexonl...@gmail.com wrote: Does this means that existing 5 members will continue for ever unless they themselves decides to step down. This is a major concern for community since  all the existing/resigned members are self appointed. No no, Shiju! The

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Administrative maps of India and states.

2011-06-15 Thread Gautam John
you suggest ? not use that pdf ? Discussion is not reaching anywhere On 15 June 2011 11:51, Gautam John gau...@prathambooks.org wrote: On 15 June 2011 03:38, Vickram Crishna vvcris...@radiophony.com wrote: In this light, the copyright disclaimer on the Census webpage seems completely

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Invitation to join Chapter as Member by 23 June 2011 to participate in EC elections during AGM

2011-06-15 Thread Gautam John
On 15 June 2011 12:38, Srikeit srik...@gmail.com wrote: Alternatively, some confirmation of membership (individually sent) would be great. This will go out by this weekend, for sure. Thank you. Best, Gautam http://social.prathambooks.org/

[Wikimediaindia-l] Technical Help Needed

2011-06-15 Thread Gautam John
Hey: I was wondering is anyone here could offer some help to the Chapter to set up a system to process membership forms etc. Essentially, what we need is: 1. A front end for the applicant enter form details. 2. A way to update these details with payment information, etc. as and when received.

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Technical Help Needed

2011-06-15 Thread Gautam John
On 15 June 2011 14:21, Anivar Aravind anivar.arav...@gmail.com wrote: Seems like CiviCRM is best suited for your needs in long term . You may need some customizations as well for 3.2- 3.5 http://civicrm.org/ Using Hasgeek Job Board may be helpful for you to get someone , after defining the

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Massive increase in copyright term for photographs

2011-06-18 Thread Gautam John
Pranesh: Do you have a form letter we could use, please? Something that we could each sign, individually, and send? To whom? By when? Thank you. Best, Gautam http://social.prathambooks.org/ On 18 June 2011 23:05, Pranesh Prakash pran...@cis-india.org wrote: Dear all, I am well

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Massive increase in copyright term for photographs

2011-06-19 Thread Gautam John
, can we create a Petition about this ? --Regards, On 18 June 2011 23:23, Gautam John gau...@prathambooks.org wrote: Pranesh: Do you have a form letter we could use, please? Something that we could each sign, individually, and send? To whom? By when? Thank you. Best, Gautam

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Creative Commons talk - Shishir Jha - June 18, 2011

2011-06-19 Thread Gautam John
!)  to Creative Commons after talking about the various Creative Commons licenses. Ashwin Baindur was present from the Pune community and gave us an insight into Wikimedia Commons. He also explained why Wikimedia used the CC licenses it did and illustrated  it with an example. Gautam John, from

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Massive increase in copyright term for photographs

2011-06-19 Thread Gautam John
On 19 June 2011 21:57, Pranesh Prakash pran...@cis-india.org wrote: If one of you could help me draft the letter (I'm looking at you, Gautam), that would be appreciated. For sure. Will work on this offline and post it here for further action. Thank you. Best, Gautam

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