[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Blackout has started

hi, The English Wikipedia black out has started - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page A little while before that anon editing was also switched off, another creepy thing. warm regards, Pradeep -- Pradeep Mohandas How Pradeep uses email - http://goo.gl/6v1I9

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Foundation-l] Resolution:Developing Scenarios for future of fundraising

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Petition Response: Digitizing Federal Public Records

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Foundation-l] REMINDER: Wikimania 2013 - invitation to bid

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-del] [Foundation-l] REMINDER: Wikimania 2013 - invitation to bid

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-mum] Report on Wikipedia Takes Mumbai II

instead. Although we did get several good contributions from the >> participants in this group as well, I do recognise that it may have been >> nice if we could have joined in with the participants who uploaded >> together >> at HBCSE. I apologise. >> >> __

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [cultural-partners] Results of EU public consultation on scientific information in the digital age

hi, There had been some discussion here about what happened to publicly funded instruments. Here's from Europe. Pradeep Handheld -- Pradeep Mohandas How Pradeep uses email - http://goo.gl/6v1I9 ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediain

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [cultural-partners] Results of EU public consultation on scientific information in the digital age

ation (80 %); the quality and interoperability of repositories (78 %); and the lack of a harmonised approach to legal deposit (69 %). Regards, Aubrey -- Pradeep Mohandas How Pradeep uses email - http://goo.gl/6v1I9 ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikim

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Backup for Wikipedians

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Pure Fiction: Nichalp and Wifione

rev&action=view&target=Wifione > > [5] > en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Jimbo_Wales&oldid=295308358#Cash_for_spam > > [6] > en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee/Noticeboard&oldid=296240244#Nichalp > > [7] wikidashboard.appspot.com/enwiki/w

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Pure Fiction: Nichalp and Wifione

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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [datameet] National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy 2012 Approved

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Please add your name to the Geographical List of Indian Wikipedians

t; >>> >>> Just wanted to say thank you for starting this, and that a list like this >>> is extremely useful for WMF staff trying to talk with Indian Wikimedians, >>> whatever wiki they come from. >>> >>> Best regards, >>> >>> -- >>> St

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Please add your name to the Geographical List of Indian Wikipedians

hi, Apologies for getting Ashwin's name wrong in my previous email. Single finger typing on mobile devices is a pain, but is not an excuse. I'm sorry I got your name wrong, Ashwin. Pradeep Handheld (This is also typed on mobile only) On 17/02/2012, Pradeep Mohandas wrote: > hi,

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] The Great NITT fiasco ...

accept it as reality on Indian conditions. There is nothing to >> be >> ashamed / unpatriotic in accepting certain things as Indian reality. >> >> [1] >> http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2012-January/006554.html >> >> -- >&

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-en] Creating video of Indian Editors "We Edit Wikipedia"

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Announcing Noopur Raval as Consultant, Wikimedia Foundation (India Program, Communications)

Congratulations! Noopur. warm regards, Pradeep Mohandas On 05/03/2012, Sohan Maheshwar wrote: > Hey Noopur > > Congratulations! > > On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 8:14 PM, Ram Shankar Yadav > wrote: > >> Congrats Noopur :) >> >> >> On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 7:

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Implementation of QR Pedia in India

of one of my silliest ideas. >> Thanks to my Wiki-friend PhantomSteve, and real life buddy @aagan86 [from >> Twitter] who got me interested in QR codes. >> I kept this a secret, telling it partly to Pradeep Mohandas, and Nitika >> Tandon. [SBC-YPR knew it the whole ti

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Implementation of QR Pedia in India

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India Program: Community Monthly Report: Feb 2012

the discussion page, or on this mail trail, or offlist to me. > Many thanks. > > hisham > ___ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailm

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India Program: Community Monthly Report: Feb 2012

parency and accountability. warm regards, Pradeep -- Pradeep Mohandas 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 htt

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India Program: Community Monthly Report: Feb 2012

s, yes, but we also need to understand causality because there are >> significant amount of funds involved. We need to differentiate because >> there are different degrees of accountability involved both with the >> chapter, th

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India Program: Community Monthly Report: Feb 2012

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India Program: Community Monthly Report: Feb 2012

mething as, it would help a lot. The >>>> community staff at WMF usually keep 2 accounts to demarcate this >>>> clearly, >>>> on wiki. >>>> >>>> It might not be "practically separate whether we does something as a >>>>

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikisource-l] Fwd: A Digital Dawn - online today to celebrate IWD

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fw: India Program: Community Monthly Report: Feb 2012

media India Community list >>Sent: Thursday, 8 March 2012, 2:05 >>Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India Program: Community Monthly Report: >> Feb 2012 >> >>Hi, >> >>Let me take the focus of discussions back to the report/s where it all >> started. &

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Foundation-l] introduction (community communications for Wikidata)

Hi, For those of you not on the foundation-l and who are interested in data and its use and representation on Wikipedia. -- Forwarded message -- From: "Lydia Pintscher" Date: Mar 9, 2012 10:43 PM Subject: [Foundation-l] introduction (community communications for Wikidata) To: , ,

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] An Innovative Outreach effort

Perhaps something like street theatre? Pradeep Handheld On Mar 10, 2012 4:35 PM, "Amir E. Aharoni" wrote: > > I won't say it was very fruitful, or that I showed them any live demo or > > ppt. Rather I focused on a few crucial question which were on their > minds: > > If you DIDN'T show them a p

[Wikimediaindia-l] WikiWomen's History Month

hi, Sad to see not even one event organised in India - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiWomen%27s_History_Month for this. The only event in Asia is in Dubai, so far. Hope that changes soon. Pradeep -- How Pradeep uses email - http://goo.gl/6v1I9 __

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] RFC over hindi wiki bureaucrat actions

I hope to start editing in Hindi from today and hope to help the community! Pradeep On 12 March 2012 05:26, Jyothis E wrote: > There is a draft solution proposed, and Indic community is requested to > join the discussion. > > Regards, > Jyothis. > > http://www.Jyothis.net > [[User:Jyothis]]

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Lesson from the past: Photowalks and other events

Hi, I guess we need to do a photo categorization drive on Commons like the tag & assess drive we're doing for wikiproject India. Pradeep Handheld On Mar 13, 2012 7:15 PM, "Ashwin Baindur" wrote: > The problem is that the organisers end their activities with the upload of > hundreds of images. T

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India WikiWomen's Edit-a-Thon

Hi Netha, Great initiative! Wondering why you're limiting yourself to one article? Why not do multiple articles in small groups of 3 to 4 people? Also, why not do it across languages as well? It might get slightly messy but will be more fun and might foster some healthy competition between the g

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Lesson from the past: Photowalks and other events

Important lesson for WLM coming up later this year. Pradeep Handheld On Mar 13, 2012 11:25 PM, "Noopur" wrote: > Arrey no. Chill ya. You are our biggest success story of the photothon :P > This comment was generally regarding how too many images can make us all > lazy. > > On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 a

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India is country under Internet surveillance : Reporters without Boarders

Please mark such posts as off topic. Thank you for letting us know. Pradeep Handheld On Mar 14, 2012 11:01 AM, "Anivar Aravind" wrote: > Reporters Without Borders' annual list of "enemies of the Internet" > published > > India and Kazakhstan, new additions to the “under surveillance” category >

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Please help makes our grants program more accessible!

Hi, Can people now submit grant proposals in their own language? Pradeep Handheld On Mar 15, 2012 7:01 AM, "Asaf Bartov" wrote: > Dear colleagues, > > Please see below: > > -- Forwarded message -- > From: Asaf Bartov > Date: Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 6:30 PM > Subject: Please help m

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Report on online outreach event

Hi, Can we have a place where we can request certain ttopics of outreach events on google+, orc etc? Eg. Sessions on doing DYK, tagging, wikifying or editing Wikipedia in Indic languages, etc? These don't get time at regular meetups and are of interest to small groups best served by above apps. M

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India Programs-Fortnightly IRC: Thursday March 15th @ 9pm IST (Indic Languages) & Thursday March 29th @9pm IST (Outreach & Communication) (#wikimedia-office)

hi, I hope some of the IRC-veterans can pitch in here. Not everyone is comfortable with IRC. I think these sessions will be more helpful for all involved if we had a statement put up on a wiki or on the mailing list by individuals who want to make these statements and then have a round of questio

[Wikimediaindia-l] Please re-start Chapter-Community IRC

hi, I hope that the Chapter-India community IRCs also re-start after the brief lull in discussions. Pradeep -- How Pradeep uses email - http://goo.gl/6v1I9 ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India Programs-Fortnightly IRC: Thursday March 15th @ 9pm IST (Indic Languages) & Thursday March 29th @9pm IST (Outreach & Communication) (#wikimedia-office)

r mother-in-law was visiting, or something equally critical). > > > On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 10:17 PM, Pradeep Mohandas < > pradeep.mohan...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> hi, >> >> I hope some of the IRC-veterans can pitch in here. >> >> Not everyone is co

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Internal-l] Wiki Loves Monuments - will your country participate?

hi, Re: WLM-In The status of the archives has not been discussed yet. In fact, we're yet to move on this at all. So, not much has happened in terms of discussion on this list. As of now, I see no point in keeping the archives private. In the future, it might be depending on how comfortable people

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Internal-l] Wiki Loves Monuments - will your country participate?

hi, Going off on a tangent - the main concern now vis-a-vis the Indian Wiki Loves Monuments is that we don't have a good list of Monuments in India as of now. Any help pointing to a list of monuments would be great. warm regards, User:Prad2609 ___ Wikim

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India WikiWomen's Edit-a-Thon

------- >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 7:14 AM, CherianTinu Abraham < >>>>>> tinucher...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> "*Why shud gi

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Internal-l] Wiki Loves Monuments - will your country participate?

hi, Going through the Timeline for Wiki Loves Monuments 2012[1], I sent a mail to Lodewijk for what they meant by "start a heritage project on your local wikipedia and analyse if the community wants to join your project". To which he sent these two WikiProjects as examples[2][3]. I went to search

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Internal-l] Wiki Loves Monuments - will your country participate?

> our own state/district/city lists in the meantime and keep updating them as > we come across new information. Reliable information on this issue is > scarce. > > Warm regards, > > Ashwin Baindur > ------ > > > On Fri, M

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India Programs-Fortnightly IRC: Thursday March 15th @ 9pm IST (Indic Languages) & Thursday March 29th @9pm IST (Outreach & Communication) (#wikimedia-office)

To clarify: I have nothing against IRC. Just the way it was conducted on IRC. Please share best practices on how to do an IRC chat well! User:prad2609 Handheld On Mar 16, 2012 5:00 PM, "Srikanth Ramakrishnan" wrote: > Pradeep, while I haven't used Google Hangout, or done videocalls with > Skype,

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wiki Loves Monuments] Development of OSM-WLM integration tools

hi, I know that there are a few OpenStreetMappers on this list or you may know of some. Whilst the discussion on the basic monument list is still going on, just wanted to let you guys know and also see if there's a possibility of similar collaboration in India. warm regards, User:Prad2609 on Wiki

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India Programs Additional IRC: Thursday March 22nd @ 9pm IST(Open House) (#wikimedia-office)

Hi, A bunch of observations: 1. I've never seen such scrutiny of any Wikipedian's contributions. I'm disappointed also to see this scrutiny being done by only a section of the community. I think the Indian community needs to speak up on this - whether for or against such scrutiny even if being don

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India Programs Additional IRC: Thursday March 22nd @ 9pm IST(Open House) (#wikimedia-office)

hi Anirudh, My reply is in-line. On 25 March 2012 14:30, Anirudh Bhati wrote: > On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 12:54 AM, Pradeep Mohandas > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > A bunch of observations: > > 1. I've never seen such scrutiny of any Wikipedian's contribution

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India Programs Additional IRC: Thursday March 22nd @ 9pm IST(Open House) (#wikimedia-office)

ave experienced. There is no good faith, any longer. Regards, Pradeep On 25 March 2012 15:58, Pradeep Mohandas wrote: > hi Anirudh, > > My reply is in-line. > > On 25 March 2012 14:30, Anirudh Bhati wrote: > >> On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 12:54 AM, Pradeep Mohandas &

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India Programs Additional IRC: Thursday March 22nd @ 9pm IST(Open House) (#wikimedia-office)

hi, Thank you for clarifying that for me. Pradeep On 25 March 2012 16:56, Srikanth Lakshmanan wrote: > On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 15:58, Pradeep Mohandas < > pradeep.mohan...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Are Wikipedians scrutinised at all was my general question, above. >

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India Programs Additional IRC: Thursday March 22nd @ 9pm IST(Open House) (#wikimedia-office)

hi Srikanth, Reply inline. On 25 March 2012 17:31, Srikanth Ramakrishnan wrote: > Pradeep, your age on Wiki and edit count does not matter. I agree with you. > It's the > understanding of OUR policies and principles that matter. I agree with you. I say our as > it is Community centric.

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India Programs Additional IRC: Thursday March 22nd @ 9pm IST(Open House) (#wikimedia-office)

True. But in the absence of trust, good faith is all you have. It is the first step towards building that trust. When that first step does not exist, the building (trust) is not accessible. Pradeep On 25 March 2012 17:34, Srikanth Ramakrishnan wrote: > Pradeep, levels of trust be good faith are

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India Programs Additional IRC: Thursday March 22nd @ 9pm IST(Open House) (#wikimedia-office)

Hi, The conversation is moving off topic. Perhaps the question to mull over is what to do next? Pradeep Handheld On Mar 26, 2012 9:09 AM, "Srikanth Lakshmanan" wrote: > > > On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 06:51, CherianTinu Abraham > wrote: > >> To add up my thoughts here, the passion and joy of contr

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 wrote: > > > On Mar 26, 2012, at 11:01 AM, Pradeep Mohandas wrote: > > Hi, > > The conversation is moving off topic. Perhaps the

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WikiConference India 2012 - Bootstrap Team

ings 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, >&

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India Program: Pilot Designs

Hi Hisham, Could you also provide full links as reference like how Srikanth L suggested to Noopur yesterday? I cannot click through inline links when checking mails on my Nokia phone. The Story Telling and Wikipatrika initiatives that you list here as pilots were efforts undertaken by the Chapter

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India Program: Pilot Designs

Hi, I also think this idea of the community defining the framework must be extended to the Chapter as well. As long as Wikimedian organisations are not driven by what the community wants but sets the program themselves, there will be a disconnect. Pradeep Handheld On Mar 29, 2012 11:37 AM, wrot

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India Program: Pilot Designs

Hi, Both the members list and the AGM are venues open to members only. How will the community participate in this discussion? Not all community members are chapter members. I agree with wheredevelsdare, though in that the nAture of the incentives will change for Chapter. But the discussion should

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Leaving the Wikimedia Foundation

Hi Barry, There are a bunch of things to thank you for - the first Mumbai meetup, the Wikipedia 10 Celebrations, the WikiConference in 2011 and some of the work you did with the community as the India Programs was being setup. It was great to have interacted with you. Wish you all the best with

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia's gender gap

n any specific actions taken beyond that? warm regards,Pradeep Mohandas Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2012 21:23:28 +0530 From: nethahuss...@gmail.com To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia's gender gap Interesting. Only 9% of Wikipedia editors are females - The nu

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] what is a Monument?

here is in a much broader context than the competition, in reference to which you ask this question. warm regards,Pradeep Mohandas > From: tshriniva...@gmail.com > Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 23:25:55 +0530 > To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] what i

[Wikimediaindia-l] Events invited for 10th Wikipedia anniversary

hi, The 10th Anniversary of Wikipedia is coming up on January 15, 2011. Events are invited. See: http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_10 warm regards, Pradeep ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-mum] Wikipedia 10th year celebrations

hi, Wikipedia now has a brand new page for its 10th anniversary celebrations: http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page and also has a new mailing list for the same - https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikix-l You'll have to create a login to access the wiki. I have posted a note on the

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [mr-wiki] Press coverage Marathi wikipedia

hi, Good and to the point article. Also provides links to the Marathi Wikipedia. Marathi is not written like this. Lots of improvement needed in rendering Marathi in a better way, especially in joint letters. warm regards, Pradeep Mohandas User:prad2609 On 1 December 2010 16:37, Bishakha Datta

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [WikiX-l] Fwd: [Internal-l] Wikipedia 10th Anniversary Commemorative Postmark

hi, Some good news from Israel. warm regards, Pradeep User:prad2609 -- Forwarded message -- From: Itzik Edri Date: 13 December 2010 00:51 Subject: [WikiX-l] Fwd: [Internal-l] Wikipedia 10th Anniversary Commemorative Postmark To: wiki...@lists.wikimedia.org Cc: Asaf Bartov -

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [WikiX-l] W10: Communications Toolkit Phase I

hi, The central Wikipedia Ten page has rolled out phase of its communication toolkit. It has a wider 10-year what we've accomplished scenario. Any idea on who was the first Wikipedian from India? Any way to find out?? warm regards, Pradeep Mohandas -- Forwarded message --

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimeetup 3 Pune photos

hi, Thanks for the write-up. Why are these meetings happening in classrooms? The Mumbai one also happened in a lecture hall complete with green board and chalks! There was even a rickety unbalanced table up front that the speakers unconsciously wanted to lean against! I see that Pune has at least

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimeetup 3 Pune photos

hi, That was meant to be humorous but I guess no one got the point :). Nothing serious. Pradeep On 14 December 2010 22:56, sankarshan wrote: > On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 10:48 PM, Pradeep Mohandas > wrote: > > > Thanks for the write-up. Why are these meetings happening in cl

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimeetup 3 Pune photos

> > > Actually I depend on the Wikimedia list and WikiProject India/Portal for > news of meetups. I'm sure there are others like me. Could all who have > blogged/posted/placed images about meetups please reflect them on this list > besides other social media such as FB, twitter, identi.ca etc. > H

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [WikiX-l] Truth in numbers

hi, For those interested in screening The Truth in Numbers. warm regards, Pradeep -- Forwarded message -- From: Samuel Klein Date: 16 December 2010 01:37 Subject: Re: [WikiX-l] Truth in numbers To: wiki...@lists.wikimedia.org An update for people interested in previewing or sc

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [WikiX-l] Truth in numbers

-- Forwarded message -- From: Jimmy Wales Date: 16 December 2010 18:24 Subject: Re: [WikiX-l] Truth in numbers To: Planning for WP 10th anniversary I would just like to repeat that I think that this film should *not* be screened at Wikimedia 10th events. Many Wikipedians were o

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

> > Wikimedia_India_Community_Newsletter_2010_September.pdf > > Gautam, sorry for jumping on the thread. hmmm tried the newsletter > to know more about the community one but doesn't open, it says needs

[Wikimediaindia-l] Collation for the Assamese language Wikipedia

hi, Gerard Meijjsen has written about a request posted on translatewiki.net on collation for the Assamese language wikipedia - http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.com/2010/12/please-danese-help-assamese-to-get.html Wonder if anyone on this list could help? warm regards, Pradeep _

[Wikimediaindia-l] International Year of Chemistry - 2011 - Improve Chemistry articles on Wikipedia

us know ideas for how we can also encourage IYC-2011. warm regards, Pradeep Mohandas ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [WikiX-l] Jimmy Wales Wikipedia 10 video address now posted!

hi, These are a few resources shared for the Wikipedia X events. Pradeep -- Forwarded message -- From: Jay Walsh Date: 4 January 2011 11:21 Subject: [WikiX-l] Jimmy Wales Wikipedia 10 video address now posted! To: Planning for WP 10th anniversary Hi folks, In late 2010 we as

[Wikimediaindia-l] International Year of Forests 2011

hi, 2011 is the International Year of Forests as well. The idea is "to raise awareness on sustainable management, conservation and sustainable development of all types of forests". I guess the first step is to add information about forests. On Wikipedia, the entry on "forest" is part of a Wikipro

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Tenth Anniversary Celebrations - Mumbai

ss by Barry Newstead (Chief Global Development Officer, Wikimedia Foundation) 2. Talk on Indic Wikipedia by Kundan Amitabh (Wikipedia Ang Wiki Administrator) 3. Cake Cutting Party Hope to see you there! warm regards, Pradeep Mohandas, on behalf of the Wikipedians in M

[Wikimediaindia-l] Indian Astronomical Observatory article on Wikipedia

hi, In 2009, being the International Year of Astronomy, I began adding a list of Indian Observatories and luminaries into Wikipedia. The time required for such an effort was too long and frankly, I was overwhelmed with information on Indian observatories. On the other hand, I did not have any blue

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [WikiX-l] W10: Embargoed Press Release

hi, Please note this embargoed press release text. -- Forwarded message -- From: Moka Pantages Date: 10 January 2011 00:49 Subject: [WikiX-l] W10: Embargoed Press Release To: Planning for WP 10th anniversary Hi, all. In addition to the advisory here: We wanted to provide you

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indian Astronomical Observatory article on Wikipedia

hi Ashwin, There are 12 operational observatories - 2 are near Pune. Here are the 2 observatories near Pune - 1. GMRT - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GMRT Contact information - GMRT Project, P. B. No. 6, Narayangoan,Tal - Junnar, Dist - Pune. State - Maharashtra, INDIA, PIN - 410 504. Phone : +91-2

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Takes Mumbai page created

hi, Can you just take a look at this - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Takes_Mumbai warm regards, Pradeep ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Volunteer Meetup with Liam Wyatt

hi Ashwin, We've not finalized a meetup time yet. We've also not frozen a location for the venue. Arun Ram created this page: http://wikimedia.in/wiki/Projects:GLAM_2011/Mumbai_Feb2011. There are similar pages created for Delhi and Bangalore as well. We've started listing the institutions in Mum

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] SMS WIkipedia app in India

B, C next to the links - South Asia, seventh-largest etc. It might be a good idea to say A - Etymology, B - History C. Geography and so on. 5. The option to show more by replying is a good one too. 6. I will try doing a search for an article which does not match with a title in Wikipedia. Cur

[Wikimediaindia-l] Free public domain music library

hi, Gerard M posted this on his blog today - http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.com/2011/02/imslp-would-fit-in-with-wmf-projects.html While we are discussing GLAM, it might be worth looking at the wealth of Indian music and whether these could be archived under such a project as well. Any idea on Ca

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Meetup Mumbai 7 - Feb 13, 2011 - GLAM

wrong :). Feel free to discuss/edit before the meeting any concerns you may have. Liam Wyatt is coming to Mumbai during this meeting and hence this meeting is expected to largely focussed on Gallery, Library, Archives and Museums (GLAM) issues. warm regards, Pradeep Mohandas

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-mum] Wikipedia Meetup Mumbai 7 - Feb 13, 2011 - GLAM

t; >>>> That is perfecting fine, IMHO. >>>> [[WP:MBL25]] was a regular meetup in Bangalore , [[WP:MBL26]] was our >>>> Wikpedia Ten celeb, [[WP:MBL27]] is our upcoming regular Wiki-meetup. >>>> Having said that, these numbering of events is just for docum

[Wikimediaindia-l] Workshop for Women in Wikipedia (WWW) idea

omen editors on Wikipedia who need help. I think we do this anyway but the very bad gender skew means we have to do it more often. This has just been posted as a starting point for conversations. Ideas, suggestions etc are all welcome. warm regards, Prade

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

hi, Thanks Arun for posting it here. I was really tired when I posted this yesterday to the Mumbai mailing list. It does seem more or less accurate. A few additions from what I missed out yesterday night. 1. With The Museum ( Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalay - CSMVS), we spoke with t

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

hi, At the discussion yesterday, we were told that the OCR did not work at all in case of many Indian languages. Also, as a person who does not understand OCR at all, can any one help me with what they mean by a 80% successful OCR? The other end of the process is the digitisation machine needed t

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

lease under an open copyright (do correct me if I am wrong with terminology). warm regards, Pradeep On 14 February 2011 11:29, Pradeep Mohandas wrote: > hi, > > At the discussion yesterday, we were told that the OCR did not work at all > in case of many Indian languages. Also, a

[Wikimediaindia-l] GLAM project page on Mumbai

is page updated. Request all Wikipedians interested to sign up and spread the word. warm regards, Pradeep Mohandas User:Prad2609 ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimediaindia-l Digest, Vol 32, Issue 67

egards, Pradeep Mohandas On 15 February 2011 13:37, Ashwin Baindur wrote: > Pradeep Mohandas wrote... > > > hi, > > > > We've created a start-up project page under GLAM for co-ordinating > > activities among Wikipedians interested in working with GLAM institution

[Wikimediaindia-l] GLAM India page

hi, Apologies for repeatedly posting similar information to the list. We've decided to have one single page for all the GLAM projects in India on a single page. Link - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/India For now, we'll have one page. So, I hope Wikipedians from Ahmedabad, Pune, Mum

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

hi, Was very surprised to see a lesson on Wikipedia in my brother's 7th std text book today. Picture - http://twitpic.com/40b7oj The content is concerning Wikipedia - compares it with an encyclopedia, details about volunteers contributing to Wikipedia, talks about the presence of Indic language

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

hi, This is in the Maharashtra State SSC syllabus. Brother tells me that it has come for the text books from this year onwards. Pradeep On 16 February 2011 10:51, Gautam John wrote: > On 16 February 2011 10:25, Pradeep Mohandas > wrote: > > > Was very surprised to see a less

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

overage we got in the media - especially the print media. warm regards, Pradeep Mohandas On 20 February 2011 01:32, Nikhil Sheth wrote: > I'll agree in part; at the same time as being very grateful for the whole > article - they say a bird in the hand is better than two in the bush

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

meetup could be told something concrete about there being an academy where they could learn how to participate. warm regards, Pradeep Mohandas user:Prad2609 ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India Programs IRC: Today 8pm IST (#wikimedia-office)

hi, That is 2:30 pm in GMT. warm regards, Pradeep On 3 March 2011 10:54, Gerard Meijssen wrote: > Hoi, > What time is that in GMT ? > Thanks, > GerardM > > On 3 March 2011 05:03, hisham mundol wrote: > >> >> Just thought I'd drop you a quick reminder invite to the IRC today >> (Thursday

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India Programs Update: Draft India Plan (WIP)

"One of the biggest constraints on existing outreach efforts is the availability of volunteer time. It is therefore imperative *that every mine invested* by the community in outreach has the maximum possible impact" Sounds like a terrorist plot! :) warm regards, Pradeep Mohandas O

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Press] : The OPEN mag : Vernacular Wikipedia

it'll be interesting to see if this article can be used as references in a Wikipedia article :) warm regards, Pradeep Mohandas. :) - means I intend humorous intent. On 25 March 2011 15:51, CherianTinu Abraham wrote: > + more.. > * Shiju and me are referred as Tamil Wikipedians. &g

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