I'm forwarding this to an acquaintance in Google, with a request to include
multilingual results as a link in regular searches.
On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 11:08 AM, Srikanth Lakshmanan srik@gmail.comwrote:
Great!! What more, this comes on Tamil New year !!
Agree with Sundar that Google must
Apologies for completely OT post.
I have a document in Marathi, from the Gazette of the GoM. Unfortunately, it
is a scan of a paper doc, hence it is not possible to reproduce any text
here. I can forward the document to anyone who can help translate it. The
complete document is quite lengthy,
On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 5:32 PM, Hisham Mundol hmun...@wikimedia.orgwrote:
Hi All (cross-posting to make sure I reach as much of India as possible),
As you're aware, we had invited applications for Campus Ambassadors for the
upcoming Pune Pilot of the India Campus Program.
The response has
Broadly speaking, any data collected with the use of public funds cannot be
restricted for use from any member of the public.
Having said that, even copyrighted information may be free to use, after all
that is precisely what copyleft is. However, the use of copyleft is not
commonly applied to
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
census data
on Wikipedia,
using the same data in whole or in combination with other data, can be
considered an infringement.
Thank you.
Best,
Gautam
http://social.prathambooks.org/
On 8 June 2011 05:17, Vickram Crishna vvcris...@radiophony.com wrote:
On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 1:13 AM
On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 8:47 PM, Gautam John gau...@prathambooks.org wrote:
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
, the copyright disclaimer on the Census webpage seems
completely invalid.
Regards
Abhi
On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 1:13 AM, Gautam John gau...@prathambooks.orgwrote:
On 8 June 2011 01:03, Vickram Crishna vvcris...@radiophony.com wrote:
OK. No offense taken. Your legal grounding is well established
On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 11:51 AM, Gautam John gau...@prathambooks.orgwrote:
On 15 June 2011 03:38, Vickram Crishna vvcris...@radiophony.com wrote:
In this light, the copyright disclaimer on the Census webpage seems
completely invalid.
Vickram - good catch but even the lack of a copyright
On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 4:42 PM, Pradeep Mohandas
pradeep.mohan...@gmail.com wrote:
hi,
I understand. But the question is that of access to the driver/guard bogey.
We can either be there or not be there at all. Another issue is that we can
use the video during daytime only.
It's an
Can somebody please set the mailing list to block such messages?
And in turn, can whoever uses services like this please change your settings
to accept mails from the list (we do hope we are /a priori/ a 'priority' for
you)? Although, of course, you won't see this message. As the subject line
It is fascinating, although I think I may not have understood the
classifications. Is there only one Indian Sign Language, for instance? I was
told by a user (in the UK) that several are in use in different parts of the
country. Still, perhaps the variants do not have sufficient numbers of users
Noopur, please clarify about the difference between a camera photograph and
a scanned photograph. I am not clear how a photograph automatically gains
the status of a work of art, unless this is a legal definition and is not
meant to be analysed from an 'artistic' point of view.
On Wed, Jun 29,
As members on this list are likely aware, a very limited set of
travel/boarding scholarships are available for the WikiConference in Mumbai
(November).
We have created a form in Googledocs. It is right now in English only, but
we have already asked for help in making it available in other
https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_USformkey=dGNxSzAxUndoOHRGamdDSTFMVGNrd3c6MA#gid=0
Applications are invited for
travel/boarding scholarships for WikiConference India 2011. There are a very
limited number of such scholarships, and it is also possible to apply for
partial
posted it). Can I know if the form was submitted successfully? Thanks!
Swaroop Rao
(MikeLynch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MikeLynch)
On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 00:36, Vickram Crishna
vvcris...@radiophony.comwrote:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl
On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 8:27 AM, Anirudh Bhati anirudh...@gmail.com wrote:
Thank you for posting this, Tinu.
Hisham, it is really heartening to know that we are making inroads into the
higher education system of India beginning with these institutes.
Can you tell us more about the agreement
With the very kind assistance and support of the Homi Bhabha Centre for
Science Education, we are holding a workshop from 10-6 on Saturday, 27
August, 2011 at the Gnowledge Labs.
We will be developing a routine to sort through the 7070 applications for
scholarships according to the rules set with
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 5:42 PM, Arjuna Rao Chavala arjunar...@gmail.comwrote:
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 2:44 PM, Shiju Alex shijualexonl...@gmail.comwrote:
By hosting a WikiSource outside of the US and in the jurisdiction of
the country.
This is not limited to Wikisource. Wikimedia
There must be an aphorism relating to people who won't help others, remain
unable to help themselves.
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 5:55 PM, Sudhanwa Jogalekar
sudhanwa@gmail.comwrote:
Hmmm
See the lines at the end of the mail you receive from the list.
Check those urls and help yourself.
On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 11:43 AM, Srikanth Lakshmanan srik@gmail.comwrote:
On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 22:20, Gautam John gau...@prathambooks.org wrote:
Not really a Wikipedia model, what?
Crying shame about the license.
Only valid concern is about license, but then if its about bridging
On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 1:21 PM, Gautam John gau...@prathambooks.org wrote:
Hi Yann:
Thanks much for this.
It's nice to know that ISPs are the same the world over and do more
than they are asked to do. *sigh*
More to the point, the kind of action initiated by Gallimard, exceeding the
http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Michael_S._Hart
A fine tribute to a great achiever and source of inspiration for the
progress of open knowledge.
--
Vickram
Fool On The Hill http://communicall.wordpress.com
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On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 10:10 AM, Subhashish Panigrahi
psubhash...@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks a lot Kaśyap for this great input.
It's very enlightening. Is there some way (perhaps a wikiproject) this
information can be tracked on an ongoing basis, so we can see at a glance
how user preferences
We will try and send the definitive list (sans Program team's suggested
names of Speakers, which is expected by month-end) by tonight to the
Conference list, from where it will be disseminated, together with
guidelines on how the scholarship awards will be effected. As I understand
it, several
Hello fellow Wikimedians
As you know, we received 7,070 applications for Scholarships. The
Scholarships Team have now finalised *100* *scholarship awards* on the basis
of merit according to the set criteria, and individual emails are now being
sent to the awardees. As you are probably aware, a
On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 12:29 AM, Akshay Agarwal akshay.leadin...@gmail.com
wrote:
Congratulations Naveen, Sudhanwa Tinu!
+1
On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 8:58 PM, Jayanta Nath jayanta...@gmail.comwrote:
Heartiest Congratulations to the all new board members, they should enrich
our
That is very interesting. Perhaps the WMF has some mechanism in place to go
to court?
On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan
rsrikant...@gmail.com wrote:
Arun, when has any Indian government ever credited us when flicking
our images? Even Doordarshan has aired photographs
I am sorry that my simple query did not include my reasoning. The purpose of
going to court is not to enforce rights per se for a particular photograph,
but to send a signal to the government that a right enjoyed by all cannot be
arbitrarily abstracted by the government, and that it amounts to
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Gautam John gau...@prathambooks.orgwrote:
Vickram:
I am not insisting that WMF or the Chapter take the lead in this matter -
there are plenty of NGOs and brave individuals out there fighting for the
preservation of our fundamental rights. But in this
With all due respect to the notion that many hands working can accomplish
more than one, the FOSS community has been working with ELCOT to ensure this
scheme was not hijacked by the proprietary vendor lobby (which nearly
happened even in this round of distribution), and at least at one point in
I think this instruction has been sent to this ID more than once.
What is the practice with WP mailing lists elsewhere in the world, when
listmembers persist in ignoring replies and continue to spam the list with
unsubscribe requests? Can the member (in this case, an anonymous functionary
of an
On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 1:42 PM, Gautam John gau...@prathambooks.org wrote:
On 4 October 2011 00:01, Pradeep Mohandas pradeep.mohan...@gmail.com
wrote:
We held our first WikiAcademy in Mumbai on October 1, 2011 at the Center
for
Education and Documentation, Colaba. The session was attended
On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 12:12 PM, Gautam John gau...@prathambooks.orgwrote:
On 6 October 2011 12:04, Nagarjuna G nagar...@gnowledge.org wrote:
This by itself may not be a problem, as long as it is copyrighted with an
appropriate CC clause.
Let us send a representation.
Will the Chapter
Outstanding! 3 words to change the world!
On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 9:05 PM, Achal Prabhala aprabh...@gmail.com wrote:
A friend of mine in South Africa, Isabel Hofmeyr, passed on this image
of the first page of the first edition of the English translation of
Gandhi's Hind Swaraj - or Indian
On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 5:42 PM, Vickram Crishna
vvcris...@radiophony.comwrote:
On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 12:12 PM, Gautam John gau...@prathambooks.orgwrote:
On 6 October 2011 12:04, Nagarjuna G nagar...@gnowledge.org wrote:
This by itself may not be a problem, as long as it is copyrighted
:
Is it possible to get one of these to test the Kiwix offline Wikipedia on?
Would be interesting to do some usability testing during the India
Hackathon.
On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 2:39 AM, Vickram Crishna vvcris...@radiophony.com
wrote:
Aakash is probably great value for money
On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 7:39 AM, Gautam John gau...@prathambooks.orgwrote:
On 18 October 2011 17:16, Sudhanwa Jogalekar sudhanwa@gmail.com
wrote:
Overall, for just 3K , it seems worth buying considering its
functionality like internet connectivity, phone calling, various apps
etc..
http://www.sunday-guardian.com/young-restless/seven-wonders-of-the-post-modern-world
What are the Seven Wonders of the Post-Modern World?
...
Here is a revised list:
*1. Wikipedia:* The sum of all human knowledge. This is only a starting
point to our greater quest in constructing the
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/11/st_essay_wikipediawonders/
Essentially a critique of standards being adopted (mainly by UNESCO) to
classify human endeavour as worthy of being noted as 'heritage', the
article points to Wikipedia as the logical embodiment of a heritage worth
revering:
On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 8:04 AM, CherianTinu Abraham
tinucher...@gmail.comwrote:
Do notice that we had intentionally named it as Noteworthy Wikimedian
and not Best Wikimedian !
So what could you and everyone do ? Find them, nominate and recognize
them.
+1
On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at
On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 1:08 PM, Erik Moeller e...@wikimedia.org wrote:
And - to stay with the sandbox metaphor from another thread - if the
majority of contributors to a university-based program in India can
reach won't be able to contribute at an acceptable quality in WP
proper, then
I am not familiar with the online availability of pharmaceutical
information of drugs made in India. Do websites of manufacturers not list
the drugs they make? Is there any issue with citing the manufacturer's list
of drugs?
What about online pharmacopeia? Do Indian associations not list the
On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 12:11 AM, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijs...@gmail.com
wrote:
Hoi,
I do not know exactly how Braille works but if a character in a
standard script can be represented by Braille characters in stead,
then all it seems to need is a method for us to replace the existing
that Braille is a physically read language. It
is read by feeling the raised dots on a surface. Eg: On elevator buttons, a
series of dots on each button.
I fail to understand how a touch screen display can work here.
Regards,
Srikanth
On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 9:17 AM, Vickram Crishna vvcris
the article and view the video, otherwise we might as well
be on two different planets :-)
And please don't just take my word for it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braille
--Regards,
On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 4:04 PM, Vickram Crishna vvcris...@radiophony.com
wrote:
Hello
The article
On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 2:58 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan
parakara.gh...@gmail.com wrote:
WhereDevilsDare,
As Bala pointed out, pages have to be neutral.
Example:Look at any Politician's page, it's always Pro-them, rarely is it
balanced.
We need to have things neutral.
If these guys get to
Assuming this question is not restricted for WMF outreachers only:
On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 5:01 PM, sankarshan foss.mailingli...@gmail.comwrote:
On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 4:51 PM, Nitika ntan...@wikimedia.org wrote:
How many students edited articles outside of their in-class assignments?
On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 8:16 PM, Ashwin Baindur ashwin.bain...@gmail.comwrote:
Thanks Srikanth, but I'm surprised you come across it at all. Brian
Horrocks was a British general, from the British Army (not from British
Indian Arny), did not serve in India, not involved in any campaign where
Relax, Pradeep. The confusion/noise is only from the fact that OSM has been
a longstanding acronym for Open Street Maps, which is an important facet of
Open Knowledge Culture. To be very frank, I was completely unaware of the
term OSM for Open Source Movement, and also read Tory's acronym as Open
I don't know whether a discussion on social networking is really directly
on-topic for this list, but the reality is that the provisions of the law
as it stands right now are certainly of dire portent for a free and
fearlessly neutral Wikipedia and its associated projects. What Mr Sibal
appears to
Oh, the mention of 'idiot' on that page is vandalism (no, I haven't done it
- yet)? I thought we had a very interesting discussion about current
affairs at WikiConf where there seemed to be a consensus that presenting
every side of the picture is important.
Is reporting the fact that major
Pardon my intrusion on this thread, but within reason*, if any college or
other educational institution chooses to be 'proprietary only' (never mind
antediluvian - IE6? really? or is that an XP issue?) FOSSers are prepared
to take it up 'officially' with them, reminding them of the nation's
will come with tangible efficiency
benefits.
--
On 12/13/11, Amir E. Aharoni amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il wrote:
2011/12/14 Vickram Crishna vvcris...@radiophony.com:
Pardon my intrusion on this thread, but within reason*, if any college
or
other educational institution chooses
.
--
On 12/13/11, Amir E. Aharoni amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il wrote:
2011/12/14 Vickram Crishna vvcris...@radiophony.com:
Pardon my intrusion on this thread, but within reason*, if any college
or
other educational institution chooses to be 'proprietary only' (never
mind
antediluvian
On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 11:26 AM, Sudhanwa Jogalekar sudhanwa@gmail.com
wrote:
Probably some bot mechanism will work better.
People may not know the IP address from the venue before they start
working.
Just setup a page where such IPs can be put up and a bot checks them
every 1-2 hours
And, just to nitpick:
On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 1:16 AM, Sudhanwa Jogalekar
sudhanwa@gmail.comwrote:
Hmmm
I don't know why people are so touchy about FOSS.
If I mention photographer or security or Media or engineer instead
of FOSS, will the reaction be same?
On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 12:49
On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 4:01 PM, Ashwin Baindur ashwin.bain...@gmail.comwrote:
So I request that we may all simmer down a bit. If this continues then I
would like to join them since I cant beat them. This I shall do by getting
upset about the abhorrent word *baingan.
*I dont like the taste of
Hi Pranav
On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 10:21 PM, wheredevelsd...@hotmail.com wrote:
Minutes of Wikipedia Mumbai Meetup 14:
Coincidentally, 14 people attended the 14th Mumbai Meetup held at Coffee
Bean and Tea Leaf, Bandra earlier today :)
*Wikipedia Takes Mumbai 2*
*...
Wikimania 2013
Who wants copyright free? We want the right to reproduce and distribute
freely, since we have already paid for it.
The amendments on the way are a mess, designed to reinforce the rights of
restrictive copyright holders. It is understandable, since the political
leadership of the nation (of all
To be utterly frank, we cannot continue to think that we must follow the
example of the west. As Wikimedians in India, we have a particular point of
view about copyright, in this case of works created using public money.
Whether or not the USA decides to prevent similar works from being openly
As discussed with Nikita and Dr Nagarjuna, the HBCSE has kindly offered the
use of the Gnowledge Labs at Deonar on Saturday 28 Jan afternoon (2pm
onwards; the request was for a couple of hours) for the conclusion of the
planned Photowalk, in order to complete uploading/tagging/captioning etc of
On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 2:55 PM, nikita belavate niki8...@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks to Vickram uncle and Dr.Nagarjuna :)
Hope some 'uncles' will be part of the Photowalk too!
--
Vickram
Fool On The Hill http://communicall.wordpress.com
___
Failure to make the system work efficiently is also a learning exercise.
Given that we are hoping to make such events happen more frequently and at
many historically important places across the country, we must work to see
that wikimedians are enabled to upload images meaningfully, ie with proper
which, the 'we' who solve the issues work within a commonly
agreed framework, to avoid chaos and wandering down blind alleys. This list
is not part of that framework, it is the place (within this context) where
non-geeky people share their geeky needs.
On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 12:05 PM, Vickram
, for it is not even necessary
that every photosession be a PhotoWalk.
On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 12:44 PM, Vickram Crishna
vvcris...@radiophony.com wrote:
On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 12:16 PM, Noopur noopur.ra...@gmail.com wrote:
IMHO, the point of the photo walk is not just to get pictures but, also
to ask
of work into the event.
They helped many people contribute to the Commons while having a good time,
and they deserve praise for making all of this happen.
Our heartfelt gratitude to Pranav Curumsey, Vickram Crishna, Dr
Nagarjuna, Noopur Raval and Moksh Juneja for all the help and mentoring
I think this is a great suggestion. I know that amateur and even
professional photographers (non-Press persons) face endless nuisance simply
due the lack of an official looking card.
Do we actually have an 'office'? If so, its address on the card would help.
Only thing is since probably the
Further to Theo's suggestion (inline below)
On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 7:15 AM, Theo10011 de10...@gmail.com wrote:
Great suggestion Fae.
As Srikanth correctly pointed it out, such an ID would be under the
content scope, which neither the chapter or the WMF India operations have
any jurisdiction
What is rather odd is that the 'story' is written as a defense of
Nichalp/Wifione/Wikifone. Possibly some people may have known him
personally and therefore the tone of the article.
I find the statement They don't realize that, in the long run, editors
cannot be expected to devote their time to
+1
On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 1:09 AM, Aditya Sengupta apsengu...@gmail.comwrote:
Ignore any or all of the above advice if you are being physically harmed.
Focus on personal safety first.
--
Vickram
Fool On The Hill http://communicall.wordpress.com
On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 1:42 PM, Ashwin Baindur ashwin.bain...@gmail.comwrote:
I was told by someone that Wikipeding was a
voluntary activity so high standards should not be expected in
competence. If that is true, then we should not suddenly start
witch-hunting on the basis of principle when
On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 4:32 PM, Deepon Saha hideeponh...@gmail.com wrote:
Good Idea Srikanth..
Deepon
On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 4:09 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan
parakara.gh...@gmail.com wrote:
It isn't easy to stand ground when you are outnumbered.
It also isn't god when the cop reels out a
Top posting: yes, *sensitive* spots, not spots of possible connection with
*national security*. The police take an active interest wherever money can
be sniffed, not only where the government may or may not have an interest.
In the former kind of places, one can very often discern an extra-legal
It would be absolutely fantastic if we can organise ongoing training and
sensitisation sessions for government departments in order to assist them
to streamline timely uploading of public information.
These may also be conducted at universities where scientific research is
published, for the
On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 7:48 AM, Anirudh Bhati anirudh...@gmail.com wrote:
FYI.
-- Forwarded message --
From: Ashwin Baindur ashwin.bain...@gmail.com
Date: Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 7:45 AM
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-IN-PUN] [Wikimedia-in-en] GLAM-India: Wikipedia
and NHHM
On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 12:18 PM, Swaroop Rao raul.swar...@gmail.comwrote:
Swaroop Rao
(MikeLynch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MikeLynch)
On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 20:29, Ashwin Baindur ashwin.bain...@gmail.comwrote:
I think we need to contact dormant editors and ask them why they
On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 4:25 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan
parakara.gh...@gmail.com wrote:
Agree with Ashwin. That feeling of nostalgia is very powerful.
Vickram, the case of Nichalp is a one of case. It doesn't happen with
EVERYONE.
:-) Thank goodness, too!
But this commercialisation aspect
As the old military expression goes, the impossible just takes a little
longer. Choose one script/dialect combination (organically, not by diktat),
develop it to a starting point, and I venture to suggest that enthusiasts
will come forward to support developing the variants.
On Sun, Feb 26, 2012
This is super.
Nitika may find this tremendously helpful for her proposed online outreach
sessions. We can also crowdsource video shorts: tips and tricks for various
aspects of Wikimedia stuff, in multiple languages.
On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 8:53 AM, Shrinivasan T tshriniva...@gmail.comwrote:
we
On Mar 14, 2012 11:51 AM, Pradeep Mohandas pradeep.mohan...@gmail.com
wrote:
Please mark such posts as off topic.
That depends on how OT is defined. We already face internal restrictions
defining content, we face 'security' restrictions finding content (re our
discussions on photographing
Just to chime in with some observations (empirical, possibly OT) about
means of communication. IRC is one of those elegant solutions that just
aren't everyone's cup of tea, but sometimes because they haven't tried.
Actually, it is the nearest thing to a physical meeting, with the same
rules of
On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 10:21 AM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan
parakara.gh...@gmail.com wrote:
Hisham, you say you're conducted 22+ sessions. How would you rate the
relative success of each of them? Four people editing on the day isn't
good enough. Long term editors should be used to measure
Not at all OT (unless the rules of this list say otherwise)
On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 3:48 PM, Srikanth Lakshmanan srik@gmail.comwrote:
-- Forwarded message --
Date: Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 17:52
Subject: [ilugb] Parliament - Say no to Internet Censorship
Parliament - Say no
On Aug 5, 2012 3:05 PM, Yuvi Panda yuvipa...@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 2:41 PM, Sunil Abraham su...@mahiti.org wrote:
Simply out of curiosity, what would constitute 'sufficient' managerial
experience?
The rest of us were hoping ;-) you would explain.
On Aug 6, 2012 12:19 PM, Sunil Abraham su...@mahiti.org wrote:
Dear Yuvi and Vickram,
On Sun, Aug 5, 2012 at 3:50 PM, Vickram Crishna
vvcris...@radiophony.com wrote:
On Aug 5, 2012 3:05 PM, Yuvi Panda yuvipa...@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 2:41 PM, Sunil Abraham su
On Aug 13, 2012 11:51 PM, Pradeep Mohandas pr...@outlook.com wrote:
Quite a philosophical question this no?
Apparently, India has an act that defines what are monuments. It goes
by the rather descriptive name, Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites
and Remains Act, 1958. You can
The founder of Sugar labs, Walter Bender, will be in India from about 21-29
August (i.e. now) and will speak at HBCSE in Mumbai on 28 August, 4-6 pm,
for those interested in furthering the importance of good quality primary
education. It is an open, public, meeting.
Sugar is the platform
Well done! You seem to have had an amazing session over two days!
On Aug 28, 2012 8:24 AM, Piyush Aggarwal me.piyushaggar...@gmail.com
wrote:
Greetings Everyone,
I am back from Chandigarh after attending one of the two amazing sessions
at British library. The session on day 1 (24 August) was
Judging from this clarification, it seems that a position is being created
that the Indus valley civilisation was the sole active player in the
separation of Dravidian from non-Dravidian communities, and that we should
shun any attempt to use the word Indic, as that might show unnecessary
respect
As far as this discussion is concerned, it does not seem that we need to be
much bothered about the history and background. What we need to focus on is
the word in its current context, so, Indic and Indian languages, with
particular reference to display standards, and therefore the direction of
I think this is a pretty good idea. Already, the stations have the need to
deliver 6 month's recordings to the relevant Ministry, as part of the tc
of their licenses. We need to establish a 'chain' to each station, whereby
an additional copy (presently, the stipulation mentions a cd or DVD) can be
On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 2:18 PM, Gautam John gau...@prathambooks.org
wrote:
On 25 December 2012 09:17, Rohini Lakshané rohini.laksh...@gmail.com
wrote:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/13/wikimedia_coo_convicted_felon
It's more than a few years old, what?
I think it is very important
The period for clearance of permission to receive funds from abroad in the
form of donation or grant (as against earnings) is unknowable, but has been
getting extensive over the past few years since the rule was instituted.
Afaik, there is no obvious reason why it should take long or be considered
the interest and we thank you.
Jethro Tull: A Passion Play (1973)
On Feb 8, 2013 9:54 PM, Ashwin Baindur ashwin.bain...@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 6:13 PM, Vickram Crishna
vvcris...@radiophony.comwrote:
. I had the privilege of attending a workshop session she conducted in
Mumbai
I don't know Vishnu, and I have only followed the recruitment process by
email windowshopping, no direct participation. I have also enjoyed and
admired the hard work being done by other enthusiastic Wikimedians, now in
this debate, over the years.
But the questions being asked came across to me
While broadly concurring with Ravi, I have been informed by several
Wikimedians that the office also had to deal with a plethora of well-meant
queries and initiatives from external sources, ie outside India. I don't
think any of us should be afraid to raise doubts, but equally, I don't
think any
I am also not a Chapter member, but for some reason, I am not particularly
perturbed about reports, activities and so on. I think Tejas' suggestions
are excellent, and made in the positive spirit of building a sense of
community amongst Wikimedians in India, be they chapter, foundation, user,
Noise. Troll. Cease and desist, unless you have something positive to
contribute.
fyi, since you don't seem to have the time to regularly follow Wikimedia
activities in India, many Wikimedians took part in the global Wikimedia
Loves Monuments event, without any funding offers, with terrific
This has happened even with contract-linked editing of information sources,
such as the old encyclopedias.
As a philosophy, managing information the wikipedia way has many things to
offer, but omniscience isn't one of them. Actually, perfection can only be
a goal, not a promise. The good thing
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