[Wikimediaindia-l] Remembering Mr Mordern Bhatt

2023-04-28 Thread Abhinav srivastava
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Condition of a Wikimedian, arrested by UP Police

2021-05-08 Thread Abhinav srivastava
I pray for User:Sidheeq speedy recovery. Having known and worked with him. This is deeply concerning. On Sun, 9 May 2021, 01:36 praveenp, wrote: > Dear Indian Wikimedians, > > As many of you may have known, one of our fellow Wikimedian was arrested > by Uttar Pradesh Police in October 2020.

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fundraising in India - Launched

2020-08-16 Thread Abhinav srivastava
Dear WMF Functionaries, There is a lot of negativity happening around us in India. Be it print, digital or social media. Society is asking a lot many questions and safety remains a very important concern at the moment. Concerns were also raised during the fundraising test but it seems WMF denied

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WikiConference India 2020: Initial conversations

2019-10-01 Thread Abhinav srivastava
Hi Pawan, Thanks for leading this up. I would suggest that we float on idea for a SAARC conference, similar to North America conference etc. Also, with all due respect I have {{opposed}} the plan only to say we should have a bidding system. There are many more communities who may wish to host a

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Want to organize/participate in a Delhi photowalk

2019-10-01 Thread Abhinav srivastava
Hi, A list of Offline event which includes meetups and photo-walks can be found here . Feel free to use the discussion page to float an idea. Also, you may communicate on Delhi mailing list < wikimedia-in-...@lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Project Tiger 2.0 - call with community members

2019-09-07 Thread Abhinav srivastava
Hi, On Sat, 7 Sep 2019 at 22:19, Suswetha Kolluru wrote: > Hello all! > > You are aware that Project Tiger 2.0 has started. Thanks for your > involvement so far and hope to see enthusiastic participation from the > communities. > > In order to discuss different areas of Project Tiger 2.0 with

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Call for bids to host Wikisource Advance Training 2019

2019-09-04 Thread Abhinav srivastava
Hi, In consent with the opinion expressed by Balaji // *instead of training a two day editathon can be conducted with experts helping people who face problems while proofreading. *// I couldn't agree more. I myself face a lot many problem and such exercise could benefit. Similar to the

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Signing off from A2K team

2019-08-09 Thread Abhinav srivastava
Welcome Back In Your Hat as a Volunteer Pavan ! Always a pleasure to know your about work for The Telugu community. Best Wishes On Fri, 9 Aug 2019 at 18:23, pavan santhosh wrote: > Dear Wikimedian friends, > > I would like to share my decision to step down from Community advocate > position

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Support for our communities across India

2019-07-22 Thread Abhinav srivastava
/013991.html On Sun, 21 Jul 2019 at 21:40, Abhinav srivastava wrote: > Dear Anirudh And All, > > *Abhinav - I would also like to hear a collective response from the EC > regarding this situation and how they aim to work with the Foundation and > the community to correct it. * >

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Support for our communities across India

2019-07-21 Thread Abhinav srivastava
a Chapter member but by some one else, so I withdraw my remark about the >> title of the thread and apologize to Chris for the remark. >> >> On Sat, Jul 20, 2019, 7:11 PM Abhinav srivastava >> wrote: >> >>> Dear Ashwin Sir, >>> >>> Our only point

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Support for our communities across India

2019-07-20 Thread Abhinav srivastava
funds, nor the fact that it will > be derecognised by AffCom till it meets the various conditions. > > On Sat, Jul 20, 2019, 2:45 PM Abhinav srivastava > wrote: > >> Dear Ashwin Sir, >> >> With all due respect you are deviating from the topic. In my different >

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Support for our communities across India

2019-07-20 Thread Abhinav srivastava
Dear Ashwin Sir, With all due respect you are deviating from the topic. In my different capacities with different affiliates, I have been bestowed with the responsibility for communications. Please understand EC is *collectively* responsible to its members, your statement is undermining its

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Support for our communities across India

2019-07-18 Thread Abhinav srivastava
Hi, Please find response to this statement on Meta < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_India#Support_for_our_communities_across_India > Also cross-posting it here Thank You for your response. I will be happy to provide few clarifications and would also like to ask few questions.

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Open Letter to Affiliations Committee : Wikimedia India's Demand For A Fair And Transparent Hearing

2019-07-09 Thread Abhinav srivastava
>> more transparent, community-connected and accountable. The way it is now, >> I >> don't believe it is properly filling and complying with its role. >> >> I really hope things improve, and our Wikimedian brothers at WMIN - who I >> believe have made the right decision of

[Wikimediaindia-l] Featured Wikimedian Of The Month : July, 2019

2019-07-02 Thread Abhinav srivastava
Dear All, Wikimedia India is happy to report The Featured Wikimedian of The Month For July, 2019. Piyush Maurya with User Name :हिंदुस्थान वासी

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Co-option of New Executive Committee member to Wikimedia India

2019-06-15 Thread Abhinav srivastava
an arbitrary decision. So, by fixing my membership date, the EC denies > me the right to vote at all. > > What is your comment on this? > > On Sat, Jun 15, 2019, 1:26 PM Abhinav srivastava > wrote: > >> Dear Ashwin Sir, >> >> If your question concerns about me, I onl

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Co-option of New Executive Committee member to Wikimedia India

2019-06-15 Thread Abhinav srivastava
ho stand for Committee posts. In the past, a cut-off date was > used to decide who was eligible to vote for prospective candidates of > the community. Can you please clarify whether this will be the case > here? > > Regards, Ashwin > > On Sat, Jun 15, 2019 at 12:17 PM Abhinav sr

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Co-option of New Executive Committee member to Wikimedia India

2019-06-15 Thread Abhinav srivastava
Jun 2019 at 09:44, balaji wrote: > Hi > I too became member again recently. But I am not seeing any mails in the > chapter mailing list. > > Regards > J. Balaji > > On Sat, Jun 15, 2019, 8:17 AM Abhinav srivastava > wrote: > >> Dear Ashwin Sir, >> >&g

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Co-option of New Executive Committee member to Wikimedia India

2019-06-14 Thread Abhinav srivastava
miles. >> >> Subha >> >> >> On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 6:01 PM Abhinav srivastava >> wrote: >> >>> Dear Subhashish, >>> >>> Thanks for the wishes. I recollect my previous iteration with WMIN when >>> you were with CIS-A2K and w

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Response to Query by WMF Staff Member [User : Asaf(WMF)] on Wikimedia India

2019-06-14 Thread Abhinav srivastava
eful to learn what *the chapter* would like to do, given its national > mandate, and where it might need help from other groups. > > Cheers, > >A. > > On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 12:02 PM Abhinav srivastava > wrote: > >> Dear User : Asaf(WMF), >> >> Writing

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Co-option of New Executive Committee member to Wikimedia India

2019-06-14 Thread Abhinav srivastava
Is there any update on the state of the chapter, vis-a-vis its >>>> compliance difficulties? Or its activities? It would be good to keep the >>>> wider communities informed. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>>A. >>>> >>

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Co-option of New Executive Committee member to Wikimedia India

2019-06-14 Thread Abhinav srivastava
s? Or its activities? It would be good to keep the wider >> communities informed. >> >> Cheers, >> >>A. >> >> On Fri, Jun 14, 2019, 07:11 Yohann Thomas wrote: >> >>> Dear Community members >>> >>> With a current board

[Wikimediaindia-l] Response to Query by WMF Staff Member [User : Asaf(WMF)] on Wikimedia India

2019-06-14 Thread Abhinav srivastava
Dear User : Asaf(WMF), Writing as per [1], I am taking the discussion forward here to a separate thread. As stated before on this mailing thread [2], Wikimedia India (WMIN) has been undergoing activities and reporting them on quarterly basis. The subsequent quarterly results would be shared once

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Original calligraphic and illuminated version of the Constitution of India is now in Wikisource

2019-04-21 Thread Abhinav srivastava
This is a wonderful news. User:Hrishikes is a huge asset to Indian Wikisource community. Abhinav On Sun, 21 Apr 2019 at 19:38, Bodhisattwa Mandal < bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi > > This is for your information, that the original calligraphic and > illuminated version of the

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wiki Loves Women India Results

2019-04-03 Thread Abhinav srivastava
Thanks for sharing this. I have recently been recently observing (and would be happy to be learnt) that Assamese community has been doing remarkably better than many different Indian communities. Some days before, SVG Translation statistics was also shared and they had a good score. They had also

[Wikimediaindia-l] Pedagogy and the Language of Disciplines: A Classroom Experiment Using Wikipedia ::Ahmedabad Study

2019-03-16 Thread Abhinav srivastava
Hi, The Economic & Political Weekly recently came out of a commentary on Wikipedia as an application for Academia. This exercise was hosted at Ahmedabad University, Gujarat. https://www.epw.in/node/153886/pdf Abhinav ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Hindi Wikisource

2019-03-12 Thread Abhinav srivastava
, On Wed, 14 Nov 2018 at 21:11, Abhinav srivastava wrote: > Hi, > > As an organiser of the January 2019 conference and in concurrence with > Satdeep YES Hindi Wikisource is on the agenda and a specific slot would be > allocated on the last day. In addition to that, we intend (at p

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Bylaws of West Bengal Wikimedians User Group

2019-02-19 Thread Abhinav srivastava
Dear Bodhisattwa And Wikimedians From West Bengal User Group, Either it be the executive committee members at Wikimedia India or the staff at Access to knowledge team at CIS, the crux of the problem has been having no women Wikimedian having any representation, hence a larger void for the unheard

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Project tiger consultation community 2019

2019-02-14 Thread Abhinav srivastava
Hello Gopal, The final result of the Project Tiger has a highly volatile result, some communities have done remarkably well in terms of metrics while some haven’t. The idea of giving preference to women participants is a welcome step. However, why the idea of inviting jury? The role of jury in

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Train the trainer 2019

2019-01-29 Thread Abhinav srivastava
Dear Tito, Pavan and A2K Team, Happy to find that the community has started initiating their bids and maybe by the day's end there could be some more. Irrespective of whichever community gets to host the event, the entire process of promoting community-led initiatives needs to applauded. There

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Publication] Digital technology pedagogy through Hindi Wikipedia

2019-01-26 Thread Abhinav srivastava
Hi Ananth, This is a wonderful news. Just curious to know, Is this one amongst the series of working paper that the authors/institute intend to publish ? Abhinav On Saturday, 26 January 2019, Ananth Subray wrote: > Dear All, > > I am very happy to say that we have published an article in

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] IRC with pan-Indian community

2019-01-13 Thread Abhinav srivastava
Hi, Missed to attend this meet. Is there any IRC chat log? Abhinav On Wednesday, 2 January 2019, balaji wrote: > Thanks for the info > > Regards > J.Balaji > > On Wed, Jan 2, 2019, 12:08 PM Ananth Subray > wrote: > >> Dear All, >> >> Wish you a Happy New Year, I am writing this email to

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Event Notes - Project Tiger Training 2018 - Wikipedia

2018-12-24 Thread Abhinav srivastava
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Supporting_Indian_Language_Wikipedias_Program/Contest/Stats This Table has perhaps all the information. On Monday, 24 December 2018, Ashwin Baindur wrote: > Great news! Where can we find the article lists/category for the two > languages for the event? What's

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Bangalore Meetup on 12 December 2018 4pm to 6pm

2018-12-09 Thread Abhinav srivastava
Hi, Any possibility to join this via remote participation through video conference? Thanks, Abhinav On Thu, 6 Dec 2018 at 00:58, Tito Dutta wrote: > Hello, > Wikimedia Foundation Grants team is going to visit CIS Bengaluru for a > site visit this December. > > We would like to arrange a

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Affiliations Committee Call for Candidates

2018-11-15 Thread Abhinav srivastava
-- Forwarded message - From: Kirill Lokshin Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2018 at 07:54 Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Affiliations Committee Call for Candidates To: Wikimedia Mailing List , Wikimedia Movement Affiliates discussion list Hi everyone, The Affiliations Committee – the committee

[Wikimediaindia-l] Hindi Wikisource

2018-11-14 Thread Abhinav srivastava
Hi, As an organiser of the January 2019 conference and in concurrence with Satdeep YES Hindi Wikisource is on the agenda and a specific slot would be allocated on the last day. In addition to that, we intend (at planning stage not shared with wider community) to have online sessions on Wikisource

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Copyright and Free licenses web session on 28 October 2018 at 7:00 pm

2018-10-23 Thread Abhinav srivastava
Hi Tito, Thanks for sharing the good news. I have a small suggestion - BlueJeans has been a trouble during community calls. Let's not use it. Abhinav मंगल, 23 अक्तू॰ 2018 को 9:36 pm बजे को Tito Dutta ने लिखा: > Hello. > > An online workshop on Copyright and free licenses will be conducted on

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Introduction

2018-10-06 Thread Abhinav srivastava
Hello Japleen, Officially welcoming you to our ecosystem :) Delhi community members have been documenting our meetups and workshops here . You may like to create a sub-section or incorporate within your workshops and activities. The editors

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Bengali Wijkisource awareness campaign videos

2018-09-30 Thread Abhinav srivastava
Hi Bodhisattwa, Yes, I completely agree with views on the chat client. I personally don’t use that chat client for the very same reason :) I remember a particular Upper House(Rajya Sabha) debate chaired by Vice-President where IT Minister himself acknowledges issues with Whatsapp. My concerns

[Wikimediaindia-l] Bengali Wijkisource awareness campaign videos

2018-09-30 Thread Abhinav srivastava
Hi Bodhisattwa, The hyperlinks have been clubbed for the same video. Please share them again. Not sure which video I was referring. Abhinav On Monday, October 1, 2018, Abhinav srivastava wrote: > Hi Bodhisattwa, > > I saw these videos last evening, they are actually very nicely do

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Press]: Lessons and tips on getting media coverage

2018-09-25 Thread Abhinav srivastava
Hello Anshuman, Not exactly able to understand your question? May I request you to be a more specific. If your question concerns press release, a small suggestion would be do visit Press Club in Guwahati. You can drop a note on Assamese Wikipedia and generally journalist from print media cover

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wiki Women for Women well-being

2018-09-15 Thread Abhinav srivastava
> Thank you for showing interest. Diptanshu from Wikimedia is helpings with > the list of articles. We will update the same by 25th September, 2018. > > Regards, > Manav > > On Sat, 15 Sep 2018 at 12:16 PM, Abhinav srivastava > wrote: > >> Hi Dr Manavpreet, >>

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wiki Women for Women well-being

2018-09-15 Thread Abhinav srivastava
Hi Dr Manavpreet, I remember your mail but forgot about it. Thanks for reminding, I have also signed up as a participant. I would request you to create a tentative list of articles to be created and expanded. I would like to contribute. Abhinav On Saturday, September 15, 2018, Dr. Manavpreet

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimania tour of Rahul Desmukh

2018-09-14 Thread Abhinav srivastava
e he needs to explain his actions to the community, which is the > constituency he is to serve. > > Cheers, > >A. > > On Thu, Sep 13, 2018, 20:44 Abhinav srivastava > wrote: > >> >> Perhaps it would be advisable to hear from Mr Asaf Bartov and if we can

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimania tour of Rahul Desmukh

2018-09-13 Thread Abhinav srivastava
est to all others). You are a Wikipedian and a former office bearer so > none knows about this better than you. > > Subhashish > > On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 11:14 PM, Abhinav srivastava > wrote: > >> >> Perhaps it would be advisable to hear from Mr Asaf Bartov and if we

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimania tour of Rahul Desmukh

2018-09-13 Thread Abhinav srivastava
Perhaps it would be advisable to hear from Mr Asaf Bartov and if we can throw some light. Whether best practices call for taking name publicly or should the concerned persons approach CIS and WMIN and get the details. Abhinav On Thursday, September 13, 2018, Abhinav srivastava wrote

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimania tour of Rahul Desmukh

2018-09-13 Thread Abhinav srivastava
> mail and hope you don't too. It's not necessary. > > Thanks > Srikar > > On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 10:19 PM Abhinav srivastava > wrote: > >> Comrade Satdeep, >> >> Respect one's personal privacy. You can approach CIS-A2K or Mr Deshmukh >> and WMIN and

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimania tour of Rahul Desmukh

2018-09-13 Thread Abhinav srivastava
Comrade Satdeep, Respect one's personal privacy. You can approach CIS-A2K or Mr Deshmukh and WMIN and know who invited. Rest, report and documentation has already been shared. You can also write on the discussion page on Meta where report has been shared and find out, if you really want an

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Appointing Community Advocate for Punjabi Wikimedians

2018-09-06 Thread Abhinav srivastava
Congratulations Satpal! This is a great news. Abhinav On Thu, Sep 6, 2018 at 12:24 PM Satdeep Gill wrote: > Hello everyone, > > Punjabi Wikimedians is collaborating with CIS-A2K for the growth of > Punjabi Wikisource as a focused project for the next fiscal year. We > received only one

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Regarding Uploading 700 photos of a single temple to commons

2018-09-05 Thread Abhinav srivastava
hisattwa > > > > On Wed, 5 Sep 2018, 21:00 Abhinav srivastava, > wrote: > >> I completely agree with Kiran. >> >> I have been sorting images in the previous two WLM. It is not only >> tedious it does not add much value. >> >> On W

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Regarding Uploading 700 photos of a single temple to commons

2018-09-05 Thread Abhinav srivastava
I completely agree with Kiran. I have been sorting images in the previous two WLM. It is not only tedious it does not add much value. On Wed 5 Sep, 2018, 8:43 PM Kiran Ravikumar, wrote: > Hi Shrinivasan & Bodhisattwa, > > The idea of uploading the images to Commons is good, but for WLM it’ll

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] CIS-A2K : Transparency and Other Issues

2018-09-03 Thread Abhinav srivastava
would be undertaken to provide reports by the end of August, hasn't happened. We are now in the 37th week of the year. The clarity on how the public money is being spent by CIS-A2K still remains unclear. Abhinav On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 11:15 PM Abhinav srivastava wrote: > Those are

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Thank You :-)

2018-08-31 Thread Abhinav srivastava
Thank You Tanveer. Wish you the very best for your days ahead with The Wikimedia Foundation. ABHINAV On Sat 1 Sep, 2018, 8:47 AM Tanveer Hasan, wrote: > Dear Wikimedians and Friends, > > I would like to thank all of you for your support and wishes. I do not > wish to crowd the mailing list

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Thank You :-)

2018-08-26 Thread Abhinav srivastava
Congratulations Tanveer on competing this wonderful journey. Wishing you the very best for future endeavours. Additional Comments : I request you to address the responses as on Friday, 10th August at 4.57pm on 'CIS-A2K : Transparency and Other Issues' on the other thread. On Sun 26 Aug,

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] CIS-A2K : Transparency and Other Issues

2018-08-10 Thread Abhinav srivastava
t > activities but don't publicize it much and nor do they write blogposts > about the same. I believe this is something where we need some support from > each other. > > @Abhinav srivastava I believe everyone who was > going to Berlin was invited to attend the event in Bangalo

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] New Indian partner now available through The Wikipedia Library

2018-08-10 Thread Abhinav srivastava
, law, medical, science etc. The list of > all the partners can be seen at: > https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/partners/, and quick view is > available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:TWLJ. Please make > the best use of these resources. > > For this EPW partnership, many tha

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] CIS-A2K : Transparency and Other Issues

2018-08-10 Thread Abhinav srivastava
that Tito and others at > A2K had created during the two-day meeting, sharing that with the community > was enough. We indeed had a discussion and Sailesh who works at A2K and > other colleagues at our user group can share more about the same. > > Subhashish > > > On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 5:20

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] CIS-A2K : Transparency and Other Issues

2018-08-10 Thread Abhinav srivastava
xclusively an India-related topic. I did not > represent any affiliate from India, either. > > The complete list of participants who attended WMCON 18 can be found here > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2018/Participants%27_List> > . > > Regards >

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] CIS-A2K : Transparency and Other Issues

2018-08-10 Thread Abhinav srivastava
that neutrality has somewhere been disturbed at your end. A personal freindly suggestion. Abhinav On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 3:11 PM Subhashish Panigrahi wrote: > Thanks Tanveer for this frank clarification. > > @Abhinav srivastava , I didn't check earlier that > there is a point concerning me. So

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimania tour of Rahul Desmukh

2018-08-05 Thread Abhinav srivastava
Hi Dr Manavpreet, It is unfortunate that you couldn’t present. Yes ! Transparency and effective messaging that one can approach affiliates for grants, in cases has been lacking in our community. It is not about any office bearer, I am sure CIS would have been neutral in making this judgement.

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimania tour of Rahul Desmukh

2018-08-05 Thread Abhinav srivastava
> wrote: > >> >> >> Subhashish >> >> On Aug 5, 2018, at 7:06 PM, Abhinav srivastava >> wrote: >> >> Hello Subhashish, >> >> I would put a few of my reflections. Responses in line. >> >> On Sun, Aug 5, 2018 at 6:15 PM S

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimania tour of Rahul Desmukh

2018-08-05 Thread Abhinav srivastava
..@gmail.com> wrote: > > I was expecting a reply from WMIN. > > Thanks, > Bodhisattwa > > On Sun, 5 Aug 2018, 14:25 Abhinav srivastava, > wrote: > >> Hello Bodhisattva, >> >> Please allow me to respond to your confusions. Responses in line. >> &g

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimania tour of Rahul Desmukh

2018-08-05 Thread Abhinav srivastava
Hello Bodhisattva, Please allow me to respond to your confusions. Responses in line. Again, as stated in my first mail on the thread, you are making too many value-judgments with un-friendly tone. On Sun, Aug 5, 2018 at 12:27 PM Bodhisattwa Mandal < bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] CIS-A2K : Transparency and Other Issues

2018-08-04 Thread Abhinav srivastava
Thanks > Tito Dutta > Note: If I don't reply to your email in 2 days, please feel free to remind > me over email or phone call. > > > On Fri, 3 Aug 2018 at 13:47, Abhinav srivastava > wrote: > >> Dear Friends From CIS-A2K, >> >> >> >> I am b

[Wikimediaindia-l] CIS-A2K : Transparency and Other Issues

2018-08-03 Thread Abhinav srivastava
Dear Friends From CIS-A2K, I am bringing up a discussion based on few of the concerns expressed on the other mail thread. I would like to acknowledge on record, the past few years CIS-A2K has reached out to communities (besides Focussed Language Area) much more effectively. I may be the first

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimania tour of Rahul Desmukh

2018-08-03 Thread Abhinav srivastava
t;> >> >> On Fri, 3 Aug 2018 at 10:00, Asaf Bartov wrote: >> >>> Certainly, we can wait. But please understand I did not assert WMIN (or >>> anyone) needs to apologize. Please reread and you'll find I posed it in a >>> conditional, as *one* possible

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimania tour of Rahul Desmukh

2018-08-02 Thread Abhinav srivastava
read, and > let us be fair and honest and avoid manipulative arguments and insinuations. > > Warmly, > > Asaf > > [1] may I humble offer an essay I once wrote on the power of apologies for > our movement? it is here: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/So_you%27ve_made_a_

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimania tour of Rahul Desmukh

2018-08-02 Thread Abhinav srivastava
Hello Bodhisattwa, The first line of the mail which at 12:02 by Indian Standard Time, you stated, "I understand you are felling bad with my toneI am sorry" . Apologies for getting this statement wrong, If I have. I would say, let us first address the point 1 which concerns response from

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimania tour of Rahul Desmukh

2018-08-02 Thread Abhinav srivastava
) Abhinav On Thu, Aug 2, 2018 at 12:02 PM Bodhisattwa Mandal < bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Abhinav, > > Thanks for your mail. > > > On Thu, 2 Aug 2018, 11:13 Abhinav srivastava, > wrote: > >> Hello Satdeep, Bodhisattwa and All, >> &g

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

2018-07-30 Thread Abhinav srivastava
Hi, While the discussion on the mailing list is being undertaken. This page on Geographical List of Wikipedians also requires attention. This list if updated again would be very helpful for workshops and events. Abhinav On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 9:47 PM Ashwin Baindur wrote: > Hello friends,

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India community mailing list admins

2018-07-30 Thread Abhinav srivastava
Hey Subha, Delhi mailing list is dead for a very long time. Every time I request Theo to approve the mails but I receive no response. Anyways, the issue here is regional mailing list also need moderators. If I can float a suggestion - We should revamp all mailing list that require attention at

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India community mailing list admins

2018-07-30 Thread Abhinav srivastava
This is a good suggestion Satdeep. In addition to this, I would also like to nominate User: Naveenpf and either User :Atudu or User :Manavpreet Kaur. A suggestion is to have a female admin. Abhinav On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 6:20 PM Satdeep Gill wrote: > I am okay with this. If Shyamal and

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India community mailing list admins

2018-07-30 Thread Abhinav srivastava
Yes Krishna ! This is required. Also, reflections made by Yohann should be followed. Abhinav On Monday, July 30, 2018, Yohann Thomas wrote: > I would prefer the new admin selectec to not have any connection with > WMIN/CIS/WMF... For him to remain as neutral as possible (personal >

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Awareness Campaign In India : Advertisement Video on Hindi Wikipedia

2018-04-17 Thread Abhinav srivastava
g/wiki/File:Wikipedia_ektara_video_ad_excerpt.gif *We look forward to your crucial feedbacks on the video and also suggestions on how to reach the potential audience. Your direction is key. * Thanks, Abhinav Srivastava ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimed

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Project Tiger]: Stats update - Punjabi leads the contest!

2018-04-16 Thread Abhinav srivastava
Thanks Ravi for sharing this. Are there also statistics for smaller language community such as Sindhi, Tulu, Urdu, Sanskrit etc ? Thanks, Abhinav On Sunday, April 15, 2018, Ravishankar wrote: > Hi, > > After 45 days (11:41, 15 April 2018 (UTC)) since the Project Tiger

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] IRC on 29 January 2018 at 9:00 pm, please join

2018-01-23 Thread Abhinav srivastava
Thanks Tito for sharing. 29th is Monday. How about having it on Friday or weekend? Just a random thought. Abhinav On 23-Jan-2018 5:31 PM, "Tito Dutta" wrote: > Hello one and all, > An IRC discussion will be conducted on 29 January 2018 at 9:00 pm Indian > Standard Time.

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] CIS-A2K Newsletter: August and September

2017-11-02 Thread Abhinav srivastava
Hi, Thanks for sharing this report. I have a suggestions. Please share relevant links of the event pages in the report. I could only find one for Ismailsaheb Mulla Law College, Satara however the attendees haven't signed up under 'Participants'. Thanks, Abhinav On Thursday, November 2, 2017,

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Bhubaneswar Heritage Edit-a-thon 2017

2017-10-03 Thread Abhinav srivastava
Very Nice ! I find that the tentative list of articles have lot to do with Monuments. Good platform to use WLM images, update quality and latest images from the competition. Thanks Abhinav On Tuesday, October 3, 2017, Sailesh Patnaik wrote: > Hello Wikimedians, >

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wiki Loves Monuments 2017 in India

2017-08-22 Thread Abhinav srivastava
Good to see this coming ! All the best On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 10:37 PM, Suyash Dwivedi wrote: > Dear Indian Community Members, > > I take immense pride in letting you know, Wiki Loves Monuments in > India would take place once again this year in India. > > Wiki Loves

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikinews-l] English Wikinews ArbCom election

2017-07-18 Thread Abhinav Srivastava
Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: > From: pi zero > Date: 19 July 2017 at 2:56:58 AM IST > To: Wikinews mailing list > Subject: [Wikinews-l] English Wikinews ArbCom election > Reply-To: Wikinews mailing list

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Tamil Wikipedian T. Shrinivasan wins Tamil Computing award

2017-06-02 Thread Abhinav srivastava
Congrats Shrinivasan ! On 2 Jun 2017 17:46, "Ravishankar" wrote: > Hi, > > T. Shrinivasan , a Tamil Wikipedian, > wins 2016 Sundara Ramaswamy award for Tamil Computing for his contributions > to Free Tamil Ebooks and Indian language

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [WMIN-Members] Rescheduling of Wikimedia India elections to 30th April 2017

2017-04-11 Thread Abhinav srivastava
Hi Vishwa, Just for the information sake, could you let me know where is it mentioned. Secondly, chapter is registered under Karnataka Societies Registration Act 1960. It has nothing to do with Companies Act 1956 or 2013( with amendments) considering it is not a for profit organisation. I tried

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wiki Loves Monuments 2016 in India

2017-03-31 Thread Abhinav Srivastava
i >> _Loves_Monuments_2016_India#Endorsements. >> >> >> >> Regards from Mumbai, >> Karthik Nadar. >> >> On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 10:27 AM, Abhinav Srivastava < >> abhinav.srivast...@wikimedia.in> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>&g

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] New members in CIS-A2K

2017-01-31 Thread Abhinav srivastava
Congratulations & Best wishes to both of them. On 18 Jan 2017 15:41, "Tito Dutta" wrote: > Hello, > We are delighted to inform you that 2 new members have joined CIS-A2K team. > > Manasa Rao: Manasa is CIS-A2K new Program Officer, and will be in charge > of communication.

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Announcing Ravishankar Ayyakkannu as Manager, Strategic Partnerships - Asia

2016-12-24 Thread Abhinav srivastava
Congratulations ! On 22 Dec 2016 15:36, "omshivaprak...@gmail.com" wrote: > Awesome, Congratulations Ravi. > > On 22-Dec-2016 3:05 PM, "Dhaval S. Vyas" wrote: > >> Very good news, >> >> Congratulations Ravi, >> >> Kind Regards, >> Dhaval >> >> On 22

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Nibhish Technologies :: Offline, Online and Form filling Data Processing

2016-12-18 Thread Abhinav srivastava
Who is the admin for this mailing list? Abhinav On 16 Dec 2016 18:58, "Dhaval S. Vyas" wrote: > H, > > What has this got to do with Wikimedia movement? > > Is this group moderated? > > Thanks, > > On 16 Dec 2016 08:17, "Sunil papaiah568" > wrote: >

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Jimmy Wales travelling to India

2016-12-16 Thread Abhinav srivastava
t;> wikimediaindia-l-ow...@lists.wikimedia.org >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of Wikimediaindia-l digest..." >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >>1. Jimmy Wales Travelling To

[Wikimediaindia-l] Jimmy Wales Travelling To India ?

2016-12-13 Thread Abhinav srivastava
Hi, I just came across this tweet on twitter < https://twitter.com/BT_India/status/806087620719558656> Does anybody have more information about this? Is he travelling to India or is it a virtual talk from abroad. Abhinav

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Art+Feminism is Hiring: Program Coordinator Wanted

2016-11-27 Thread Abhinav Srivastava
Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: > From: "Art + Feminism" > Date: 28 November 2016 at 3:03:07 AM IST > To: abhinav.srivast...@wikimedia.in > Subject: Art+Feminism is Hiring: Program Coordinator Wanted > > Dear Art+Feminism organizer, > > We are writing to

[Wikimediaindia-l] Signing Off as Executive Committee Member at Wikimedia India

2016-10-21 Thread Abhinav Srivastava
Dear All, This might come as a surprise but I am officially leaving the Wikimedia India Chapter. I was elected as the Executive Committee Member last year, November 2015. As understood, the chapter was undergoing financial crisis, working in its attempt to resolve it has affected my private life

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikipedia-BN] Kolkata Wikipedia Meetup 19

2016-09-11 Thread Abhinav Srivastava
Hi, Please let us know if there is something to be noted for the Indian Community in particular. Some of us our unable to follow the Bengali script. Thanks Sent from my iPad > On 11-Sep-2016, at 3:52 PM, Tito Dutta wrote: > > শান্তনু দা' > ইমেজম্যাপের কোডটা সাধারণত

[Wikimediaindia-l] Indian Institute of Management(IIM), Shillong + Wikimedia India : Collaboration

2016-09-02 Thread Abhinav Srivastava
Fellow Wikimedians, We take immense pleasure in letting you all know, Wikimedia India would be expanding the outreach of Wikimedia Projects to Indian Institute of Management, Shillong (IIM-S). Wikimedia India has also recently received an official invitation to hold an interactive session with

[Wikimediaindia-l] SAARC Mailing List

2016-08-23 Thread Abhinav Srivastava
Hi, During WikiConference India 2016, the chapter and user-group representatives from South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) held a short meeting on 6th August evening. One of the outcomes of the meetings was to create a SAARC mailing list. SAARC mailing is the first attempt

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wiki Loves Monuments 2016 in India

2016-08-21 Thread Abhinav Srivastava
Hi, Please subscribe to the mailing list here https://lists.wmnederland.nl/mailman/listinfo/wlm-in Thanks On 21 August 2016 at 12:13, Abhinav Srivastava < abhinav.srivast...@wikimedia.in> wrote: > Dear Indian Community Members, > > We take immense pride in letting you k

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wiki Loves Monuments 2016 in India

2016-08-21 Thread Abhinav Srivastava
Dear Indian Community Members, We take immense pride in letting you know, Wiki Loves Monuments in India would once again happen in India after a span of 3 years. Earlier this year, Wikimedia India conducted Wiki Loves

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Upcoming Edit-a-ton : Rio Olympics 2016

2016-08-18 Thread Abhinav Srivastava
at 16:47, Abhinav Srivastava <abhinav.srivast...@wikimedia.in > wrote: > Dear All, > > As you all remain aware the world's biggest sporting event 'The Olympics' > is set to knock the door, this August. At present, 111 athletes from India > have qualified, the largest eve

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: WMF Executive Director Katherine Maher's Visit to External Partners in New Delhi

2016-08-10 Thread Abhinav Srivastava
along with Wikimedia India EC's (Yohann Thomas, Sanket Oswal, Abhinav Srivastava). 2.) DIETY Meeting : At 1 AM, Wikimedians met Mr. Rajiv Bansal, Joint Secretary. Government of India, Department of Electronics and Information Technology at this office in Delhi. The talks centered around bringing

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [WMIN-Exec 17841] Joint Statement from WMIN and A2K regarding WCI 2016

2016-07-08 Thread Abhinav Srivastava
Hello, The mail delivered few minutes back was sent some days ago. I am amused how it got delivered right now. I regret for the inconvenience. Thanks Sent from my iPad > On 06-Jul-2016, at 10:54 AM, Abhinav Srivastava > <abhinav.srivast...@wikimedia.in> wrote: > > Dea

[Wikimediaindia-l] Upcoming Edit-a-ton : Rio Olympics 2016

2016-07-08 Thread Abhinav Srivastava
Dear All, As you all remain aware the world's biggest sporting event 'The Olympics' is set to knock the door, this August. At present, 111 athletes from India have qualified, the largest ever contingent. More than 311 National Coaching Camps have been held across India as a part of their

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [WMIN-Exec 17841] Joint Statement from WMIN and A2K regarding WCI 2016

2016-07-05 Thread Abhinav Srivastava
Dear All, This is to bring you in notice, WMIN and CIS-A2K has recently issued a joint statement to the Wikiconference India Team. WMIN and CIS-A2K have together prepared a joint statement which comprises views and concerns of some of the community members regarding the upcoming conference. We

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