Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Own an Android phone, here comes Wikimedia Commons to your doorstep!

[Deepon Saha]

Cool!! Thanx Subhashish for the update..:-)
On Mar 4, 2013 5:57 PM, "Subhashish Panigrahi" 
wrote:

> Hey everyone,
>
> The Wikimedia Commons Android app for uploading photos is here with the
> stable version. Go, grab your app and keep uploading ;-)
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> *From: *Yuvi Panda 
> *Subject: **[WikimediaMobile] Android Commons app "Stable" and "Beta"
> channels*
> *Date: *4 March 2013 5:53:48 PM GMT+05:30
> *To: *mobile-l 
> *Reply-To: *yuvipa...@gmail.com
>
> Hello everyone!
>
> The Wikimedia Commons app on Android has been on play store([1]:
> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikimedia.commons) for
> a week now,. I just pushed out an update - the app will be updated every
> week. The app on the play store uploads directly to Commons and should be
> considered the 'release' channel.
>
> There is now also a 'beta' channel, available by installing the apk from
>
> http://bit.ly/commons-beta
>
> (expanded URL
> https://integration.mediawiki.org/nightly/mobile/android-commons/android-commons_latest.apk
> )
>
> This is very close to a nightly - will be updated every day or so. It also
> has a menu item 'Update App' which will blindly get you the latest version.
> This will *always* upload to testwiki, so you can feel free to upload
> whatever.
>
> This is to make sure that people who want to test the app (and hence
> testwiki) also have a way of actually uploading pictures to Commons! The
> iOS app has a 'toggle' in the app itself to fix this, but due to how the
> app is architected this is not possible in Android. Hence two apps.
>
> Test on!
>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Regarding my work in OPW (under Wikimedia)

[Deepon Saha]

Hello Priyanka,

Good to see you working on these topics (comparatively less explored in
local languages).

All the best!

Deepon
On Feb 10, 2013 5:02 PM, "priyanka nag"  wrote:

> Hi,
> I am Priyanka Nag. I am a student of Symbiosis Institute of Computer
> Studies and Research, doing my Masters in Computer Applications. I am an
> OPW intern and working under Wikimedia foundation, under the mentorship of
> Amir E. Aharoni. I was asked to keep the Indian community aware of the work
> I am presently doing and also about my progress. I am sharing my user page
> here. Details of my work can be found in the user page 
> here.
>
>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Featured Wikimedian profile on Wikimedia India Chapter wiki

[Deepon Saha]

Thats great Netha! These people deserve some recognition.. Thanks for the
support.

Happy new year to you & everyone in the group..:)

Best,

Deepon
On Jan 3, 2013 6:46 AM, "Anirudh Bhati"  wrote:

> Thanks, Netha, for your help and support!
>
> Kind Regards,
> Anirudh
>
> On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 5:31 AM, Dhaval S. Vyas  wrote:
> > Hi Netha,
> >
> > Very good initiative. I would suggest we have profiles of all the Indian
> > language wikimedians who were recognised as Noteworthy Wikimedian
> > Contributors during WCI last year. I haven't seen any significant credits
> > being given to them, nor have seen any central announcement regarding
> their
> > selections (apologies if there was any such communication that I missed).
> >
> > It will be a true recognition of their contributions if their profiles
> are
> > prepared.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Dhaval
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 7:10 PM, Netha Hussain 
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Dear all,
> >>
> >>  On a casual request, I was prompted to support some of the tasks
> the
> >> India Chapter and the India community would benefit together, and I
> decided
> >> to take up the responsibility of creating profiles for the 'Featured
> >> Wikimedian' section in the Wikimedia India Chapter wiki. This section
> aims
> >> to showcase the achievements of active Wikimedians who have contributed
> >> significantly to the Wikimedia projects in English and/or Indian
> languages.
> >> The featured profile for January is that of Mr. Balachandran G from
> >> Malayalam Wikipedia.
> >>
> >>  If you know an inspiring Wikimedian whose profile hasn't been featured
> >> yet, do let me know! Please also go through the profile of the featured
> >> Wikimedian of this month and send your suggestions and comments for
> >> improving this section.
> >>
> >> Happy new year!
> >>
> >> Regards
> >> User: Netha Hussain
> >>
> >> --
> >> Netha Hussain
> >> Student of Medicine and Surgery
> >> Govt. Medical College, Kozhikode
> >> Blogs : nethahussain.blogspot.com
> >> swethaambari.wordpress.com
> >>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] "Fast inverse square root" Wikipedia article blocked by DOT/ Vodafone India.

[Deepon Saha]

Just that particular article? strange indeed.. can't we contact someone
from Vodafone for an explanation?

Deepon
On Nov 16, 2012 11:53 AM, "CherianTinu Abraham" 
wrote:

> Strangely "Fast inverse square root" Wikipedia article is blocked by DOT/
> Vodafone India.
>
> https://twitter.com/mixdev/status/269306415229829120/photo/1
>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Farewell

[Deepon Saha]

Ashwin +1

Deepon
On Jul 31, 2012 6:24 PM, "Ashwin Baindur"  wrote:

> Abdul,
>
> You have not given of your time to Wikipedia and you have no moral right
> to criticise Hisham for anything he has done. I wonder why you are
> subscribed to this list at all. You are welcome to be a Wikipedian and if
> not, be an constructive member of the community even if you dont edit. We
> have such people. But your diatribe about someone you have not met and know
> nothing about first-hand is not at all appreciated and not the way to go.
>
> Ashwin Baindur
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 4:40 PM, Ram Shankar Yadav <
> ramshankarya...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Gautam +1
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 4:30 PM, Gautam John wrote:
>>
>>> Abdul, honesty is a rare character and it's good to strike a
>>> dissenting note. However, all said and done, a dissenting note based
>>> in fiction is a wasted thing because it lacks a factual basis in which
>>> to assess it.
>>>
>>> > Before i start, I am not a Wikipedia editor. Just someone who knows
>>> several
>>> > of them.
>>>
>>> Ah. The wonders of second hand information. Always notable.
>>>
>>> > None of you seem to be thinking, or else no thinker is replying.
>>>
>>> Perhaps. But your email doesn't seem to indicate that you were either.
>>>
>>> > Hisham is not some war hero that you have to praise him like this.
>>> > If there is anything he has done, it is not praiseworthy.
>>>
>>> Clearly the members who have replied on this list think otherwise.
>>> Myself included.
>>>
>>> > yes, we weill miss him. a lot. who else do we blame for failurs and
>>> all the
>>> > nonsense in the community?
>>>
>>> So you'll miss him because you have someone to blame? If that's the
>>> prism through which you view activity, then you biases are clear. For
>>> we all have clean hands and can cast the first stone.
>>>
>>> > Hisham has done nothing for the community that stands out. all that he
>>> has
>>> > done is what volunters do.
>>>
>>> Sure. Which is why volunteers have thanked him.
>>>
>>> > he runined th english wikipedia with his IEP crap.
>>> > the community is still trying to recover.
>>>
>>> But had the grace and courage to own up to his failures. We could all
>>> learn something from that.
>>>
>>> > Wer'e not happy that you are leaving, but sad, because we won't have
>>> anyone
>>> > to blame.
>>>
>>> Maybe it's time we looked inwards too rather than finding an easy
>>> outside mark to blame?
>>>
>>> I am sure there are more who hold dissenting views and this is a good
>>> time to air them. We can all learn from them.
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Farewell

[Deepon Saha]

I really don't know what to say, you never expect this kind of mail in the
inbox while simply doing a routine check at 8am.. Hisham has been very
supportive from each & every  aspect...Be it the education program/outreach
sessions/innovative ideas to promote Wikipedia. Many disagreed with his
viewpoint, but that never hampered the personal relationship they had with
Hisham.

Personally, I am not going to miss Hisham, no, as I will still be in touch
with him & I am sure he will keep on editing in Wikipedia with the same
passion...:)  But yes, we will miss him on a professional level.

I think Viswaprabha expressed everything we all intend to say..
Here's wishing you all the best for your future endeavor!!! :) :)

Take care,

Deepon

On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 1:49 AM, Samuel Klein  wrote:

> Hisham,
>
> You will be dearly missed!
> Viswam, your note was most beautiful.
>
> Sam.
>
> On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 2:24 PM, ViswaPrabha (വിശ്വപ്രഭ) <
> viswapra...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> In the course of an epic, great men march in and march out.
>>
>> But some pages are made just for them. They would sit there within the
>> volumes, get scribbled and read by a few and turn first pale and then
>> golden over the time.
>>
>> Hisham, you have made a mark of your own.
>>
>> Time will recall you when the milestones get counted.
>>
>> And by then, have a great family life with the upcoming bonus bundle of
>> joy!
>>
>> :)
>>
>> From toddler to toddler, do you walk firm!
>> From Wikipedia (en-in... i.e.) to the blooming bud, do you march brave!
>>
>> -Viswam
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 11:39 PM, Theo10011  wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 4:11 PM, Hisham  wrote:
>>>
 Dear India Community

 I'm writing to inform you that I plan to leave my current role
 supporting Wikimedia in India.  I am going to be exploring opportunities
 and evaluating options that are closer to my career aspirations and my
 personal circumstances.  I will be working through to ensure that there is
 a smooth transition - and this is likely to take 2-3 months.  I am writing
 now because I felt it appropriate and opportune to inform you as early as
 possible.

 I want to start off by thanking the Wikimedia community and movement
 for giving me this extraordinary opportunity.  Working on something like
 India Program has been something that has been professionally enriching and
 personally fulfilling. Over the past 1 1/2 years, I have been supported by
 so many of you - and I want to thank you for everything you have done!  The
 passion and intellectual firepower of our community has been my constant
 source of drive and guidance.  There are so many examples of powerful
 stories from all over the country: the incredible efforts put in by the IEP
 Campus Ambassadors in Pune; the army of volunteers that drove the outreach
 push across the country in the first few months of this year; the beautiful
 stories of fantastic community initiatives from far and wide across the
 country and sub-continent, and indeed the world; the remarkable stories
 from so many communities - large, small and tiny ones!

 I want to thank the team that I have had the pleasure and privilege of
 working with - Nitika, Noopur, Shiju & Subha.  You guys have been
 wonderful.  The work that we are doing is experimental and we have been
 innovating every day, and I know the circumstances have not always been
 easy.  Take strength and inspiration from the large number of community
 members who have been touched by you and appreciate your efforts and value
 your work.

 I will send an actual "over and out" message later.  In the meantime, I
 will continue to work on everything that needs working on.

 Happy Editing!

 Warmest Regards,

 *hisham*
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>>> I am very surprised by this announcement. I wasn't expecting anything
>>> like this.
>>>
>>> What might seem surprising to learn is, I used to talk to Hisham since
>>> the beginning and we never really stopped talking in the last year. We
>>> would meet every month or so, for coffee or lunch. We disagreed about a lot
>>> of things, but absolutely none of it ever affected the personal
>>> relationship we had. I suppose we were capable of separating that. I
>>> certainly didn't make his job any easier, but I was always direct with my
>>> opinions. I hope he forgoes any transgressions.
>>>
>>> He would invite me to meet-ups, occasionally ask for help with
>>> something, and I helped when I could, sometimes even through our most
>>> strongest disagreements. I could disagree with him, criti

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-I] Report of 17th Wikipedia Community Meetup in Mumbai.

[Deepon Saha]

Thats good news Nikita, keeping in touch with the newbies is very
important..
Keep up the good work..:)


Best,

Deepon

On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 1:04 PM, nikita belavate  wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> We had the '17th Wikipedia Mumbai Community Meetup' on 14th July,Sat. at
> Flarepath office in Bandra, who were generous in providing us their place
> on the weekend.
> It started with informal introductions since there were new members
> attending Wiki-meetup for the very first time.
>
> There were 17 attendees in all, including members from Flarepath team, an
> Odia-Wiki contributor-Manoranjan Bahera (who also attended the meetup for
> the first time in Mumbai !),Vikram Crishna ji, Karthik, Vikram Vincent (
> from Banglore community), myself and some more new folks.
>
> We had planned for an editing session this time followed by a brief about
> Wiki Loves Monuments.The session was decided to progress depending on the
> understanding and knowledge of attendees about Wikipedia, and was focussed
> more on a basic level. Also the meetup was just the day after Eng.
> Wikipedia crossed the milestone of 4-million articles ! Alot of people
> present did not know about it, and so we made it an initiation point,
> further into,
>
>- How Wikipedia managed to gather so many articles?
>- Who create these articles(it was not a one day task)?
>- Anyone can do it and How?
>
> They did not have an account or had one but hardly used or edited. So, the
> basic question of why you should have an account as well as how wikipedia
> respects anonymity was discussed. It was interactive and people were very
> enthusiastic about getting first hand insights and begin editing. Also,
> there was discussion regarding how a 'company' page should be like in
> wikipedia which would not be speedily deleted ! Vikram Crishna ji was
> present and we got to hear from him as well !
> We also created an account for a new-comer and did few edits from her
> account.
>
> Then we discussed briefly about Wikimedia commons. We categorised some of
> the Mumbai Photowalk images using cat-a-lot. A brief about WLM was also
> made; they are willing to volunteer/help and wanted to know more. It was
> post 5pm by this time. Snacks and Coffee were sponsored by Flarepath, a Big
> Thanks to them !
>
> I want to Thank Ashwin (user:AshLin) here :)  for taking an editing sesson
> in WCI-2011, which was the first session I had attended, very organised
> wherein he had given each of the attendees a printout/handout explaining
> the basics of editing etc. We took some more printouts of that and
> distributed at the end as the summary of the past 2- 21/2 hours.
> Thank you Noopur for suggesting Flarepath as well as connecting us !
> Thanks to Abhishek Suryawanshi, who was going to come to Mumbai, only for
> the meetup, however owing to something urgent, he could not; However he
> and Srikanth Ramakrishnan did support offline. Thanks Alot !
> Few pictures of the meetup are 
> here !
> We hope to keep in touch with the newbies and make them regular editors and
> have regular gatherings !
>
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> Warm Regards,
> Nikita Belavate.
>
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>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India Program: Community Building Pilot Update: Fantastic Story from Assam

[Deepon Saha]

Thats great news Hisham!! congrats! The 5key factors mentioned are really
important... So much is happening in India program, facebook guidance is
also working smoothly & now the assamese community..

Congrats again..:-)

Best,
Deepon
On May 30, 2012 9:49 AM, "Hisham"  wrote:

> Dear All
>
> I wanted to share with you an update on the work that 
> Shiju[1] is
> doing on Indic 
> languages[2]
> as part of India Program .[3]
>  A guiding principle for the thinking and efforts of our team is that
> community building should be the most essential aspect of all the work that
> we do.  In the context of small Indic communities, Shiju has been working
> to try and identify the various elements that need to come together to
> foster community building.  This update is about the Community Building
> pilot[4]
>  that
> was run for the Assamese community.  For context, community building means
> different things to different people and in fact there was a very
> interesting 
> post[5]
> that Shiju put out that articulated his thinking on this and, hence, our
> priorities.
>
> The results of these efforts have been outstanding
>
>- number of editors on Assamese Wikipedia has increased to 31 in April
>2012 (from 18 in December 2011 and just 10 in November 2011.)
>- number of Wikiprojects increased to 6 (from a situation where there
>were no reasonably active ones in December 2011- and including 5
>Wikiprojects independently conceptualised and managed by the community)
>- average monthly edits on Assamese Wikipedia increased to about 5000
>in April 2012 from around 3000 in November 2011
>
> There are 5 key factors that are responsible for this remarkable growth
>
>1. *Strong communication*.  This started with Shiju building personal
>connections with Assamese editors and then encouraging them to communicate
>with each other on-wiki, online and in meet--ups and outreach sessions.
>2. *Initial push*.  Shiju visited Assam in January where he spent time
>in 2 towns with 7 of the most active community members, who also conducted
>2 outreach sessions. This visit has proved to be really useful because it
>helped to energise the community and also helped to establish a personal
>relationship between Shiju and these editors (and also, amongst the editors
>themselves.)
>3. *Encouraging collaboration*.  Wikiprojects and outreach are really
>useful to galvanise a community and helped build personal equations. It's
>wonderful to see the increase in Wikiprojects and
>4. *Building capacity & confidence*.  In all the work that has been
>done for the Assamese community, the endeavour has been to build capacity.
> For instance, support was given to get basic outreach material including
>FAQs prepared and outreach sessions were guided by Shiju.  It's inspiring
>to see the Assamese community now take things to a whole new level and plan
>out an ambitious 10th 
> anniversary
>.[6]
>5. *Healthy environment*.  This is the last - but probably the most
>essential point - and it is something I want to call out because it is what
>will help or severely hinder the abilities of individual communities
>realise their dreams and potential.  The reason why the Assamese community
>is making such wonderful steps forward is because there is
>   - a set of editors with the right level of initiative and motivation
>   - a strong sense of co-operation and good spirit amongst the editors
>   - an extremely welcoming approach to new editors
>
> None of this would have been possible without the efforts of every single
> Assamese community members.  In the early days when Shiju started off, he
> was interacting with Bishnu, Dipankar, Gitartha, Jyoti & Prabhakar - who
> helped organise the first meet-ups and outreach sessions.  Thanks to their
> efforts, a list of thank-yous would now be 31 strong!  Thank you and
> congratulations to all of you!
>
> To the Assamese community, I wish you the very best for your 10th
> anniversary.[6]
> There are exciting plans including your photo contest and your article
> contest and the meet-up and the outreach session.  I know that you are
> doing most of the event largely independently (with 
> Noopur[7] providing
> media assistance for the 10th anniversary and an India 
> Chapter
> [8] 
> grant

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia UK] Welcome to the world’s first Wikipedia town

[Deepon Saha]

Thats really cool!!! Way to go!!!

Cheers,

Deepon

On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 12:29 AM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <
rsrikant...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks to Chris Keating of the UK Chapter for sharing this:
>
> http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2012/05/welcome-to-the-worlds-first-wikipedia-town/
> You’ve probably heard the saying, “In theory, Wikipedia shouldn’t work,
> but in practice it does.” Three of the things that contribute to make
> Wikipedia work are topic-specific WikiProjects (“let’s write about a town),
> Wikimedia chapters (“let’s organize throughout the United Kingdom”), and
> unique ideas (“let’s use QR codes to share content”). This week these three
> things successfully came together to create Monmouthpedia, “The World’s
> First Wikipedia Town” in Monmouth, Wales.
>
> The idea for Monmouthpedia began at a TEDx talk in Bristol when John
> Cummings, an occasional Wikipedia editor, suggested from the audience that
> the UK Chapter use QR codes to “do a whole town.” That challenge was handed
> to Cummings when the Wikimedia UK chapter backed the idea. He then moved to
> his home town of Monmouth where he assembled an ad hoc group of supporters
> who wanted to participate, including the local County Council.
>
> The project has taken six months of preparation, including a commitment by
> the town to install a free, town-wide wi-fi network (the first of its kind
> in Wales). On 19 May the entire town will be bedecked with banners
> declaring Monmouth as the first Wikipedia Town in the world.
>
> The Monmouthpedia project uses QRpedia to allow visitors to scan QR codes
> that link directly to the Wikipedia article in their own language. Because
> of Monmouth’s efforts to provide free wi-fi and implement QRpedia, the town
> is likely the only place where a visitor can tour in Hungarian, Hindi,
> Indonesian, Welsh, or numerous other Wikipedia languages using QR codes.
>
> Much of the success of Monmouthpedia comes from its ability to capture the
> imagination of the Wikipedia community, which has embraced the town
> virtually. Wikipedia volunteers have contributed nearly 500 new articles in
> over 25 languages, as well as videos on topics such as the historic
> Chartists movement.
>
> The project also has a long list of partners, including 200 businesses,
> several universities and nearly every school and community group in the
> area. Wikipedia has partnered with museums and other institutions before,
> as in Derby, but in Monmouth you will see over 1,000 QR codes on every
> school, every important building, and hundreds of shops. The County Council
> itself has a QRpedia code in its reception that takes you to their
> Wikipedia article.
>
> Lest you think this is a passing interest, the town of Monmouth is in it
> for the long haul. Many of the QRpedia codes are printed on ceramic plaques
> that should last for decades. The information in articles is backed by the
> Wikipedia community and will be continually improved and expanded. Physical
> guides and maps will become outdated, but the Wikipedia articles will
> always be able to be updated. This potential for on-site access to
> up-to-date information in any language is what makes the Monmouthpedia
> model so exciting.
>
> How long can Wikipedia defy the theory and continue to deliver free
> information to the planet in over 280 languages? We think the Monmouthpedia
> story provides a very optimistic outlook. If you want to find out more,
> visit the Monmouthpedia website and take a look at the associated articles
> on Wikipedia.
>
> *Post written by Roger Bamkin, Director of Wikimedia UK (Victuallers )*
>
> Barring the WiFi, something of this sort can be done on a smaller scale in
> India right?
>
>
> --
> Regards,
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> Sathyamangalam-Gobichettipalayam Star Gazers, Coimbatore.
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [OT] We have resolution!

[Deepon Saha]

lol..!! :P


Deepon

On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 9:52 AM, Ashwin Baindur wrote:

> rofl :)
>
> Ashwin
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 9:35 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <
> parakara.gh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Time to add it to an article.
>> --Re
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 8:46 PM, Anirudh Bhati wrote:
>>
>>> Finally!  This answers the long-standing question...
>>>
>>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/17769677
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> anirudh
>>>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Outreach session at NIT Agartala

[Deepon Saha]

Forgot to mention, Lots of students were enthusiastic about building a
community in Agartala. Since there prime language is bengali, I have asked
them to communicate with Jayantada (our Administrator) & Kalyanda.. It
would be nice if we can collaborate with them...:)

regards,

Deepon

On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 10:36 PM, Deepon Saha  wrote:

> Greetings everyone,
>
> I was in Agartala for an outreach session of Wikipedia. Here's a quick
> wrap around of my visit:
>
> My flight landed nearly at 5pm evening, a fine breeze was flowing and
> there was Nikhil, waiting for me outside. Nikhil & Aveek has been
> co-ordinating the whole event.
> The NIT campus was nearly 45-50mins journey via car (trust me its quite
> long, but you'll love the natural beauty you get to see even when the sun
> is falling down).
>
> The following day comprised of two events primarily, a lecture by Dr.
> D.Udaya Kumar, asst. Prof, IIT Guwahati* *(The man behind the Indian
> currency symbol)* *follwed by the Wiki workshop. I started off with the
> basic meaning of the term 'Wiki+pedia' then informed them about the
> Wikimedia Foundation & its projects. As the presentation moved forward,
> lots of queries started to pour in. It was nice to see that everyone did
> little bit of googling on Wikipedia before attending the workshop which
> made it easier for me to explain. Along with normal queries on pages
> created & the 'neutral point of view', the SOPA issue was also raised & I
> had to explain how its going to affect Wikipedia. I tried to be as clear as
> possible regarding the copyright vios as they have been an issue through
> out the India Education project. In the edit session we had lots of fun
> together editing, though the Wifi connection was troubling us, we
> managed to do quite a bit of editing.
>
> I have created a wikiacademy page on this (still updating the 53
> participants list..) :
> http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Wiki_Academy/National_Institute_of_Technology_Agartala
>
>
> *P.S: It was an honour having Dr. D. Udaya Kumar in the Workshop, he was
> very much interested in Wikipedia. He promised me to help us in organising
> a similar workshop in IIT Guwahati..:)*
>  *
> *
> *
> *
> *
> *
> Deepon
>
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Outreach session at NIT Agartala

[Deepon Saha]

Greetings everyone,

I was in Agartala for an outreach session of Wikipedia. Here's a quick wrap
around of my visit:

My flight landed nearly at 5pm evening, a fine breeze was flowing and there
was Nikhil, waiting for me outside. Nikhil & Aveek has been co-ordinating
the whole event.
The NIT campus was nearly 45-50mins journey via car (trust me its quite
long, but you'll love the natural beauty you get to see even when the sun
is falling down).

The following day comprised of two events primarily, a lecture by Dr.
D.Udaya Kumar, asst. Prof, IIT Guwahati* *(The man behind the Indian
currency symbol)* *follwed by the Wiki workshop. I started off with the
basic meaning of the term 'Wiki+pedia' then informed them about the
Wikimedia Foundation & its projects. As the presentation moved forward,
lots of queries started to pour in. It was nice to see that everyone did
little bit of googling on Wikipedia before attending the workshop which
made it easier for me to explain. Along with normal queries on pages
created & the 'neutral point of view', the SOPA issue was also raised & I
had to explain how its going to affect Wikipedia. I tried to be as clear as
possible regarding the copyright vios as they have been an issue through
out the India Education project. In the edit session we had lots of fun
together editing, though the Wifi connection was troubling us, we
managed to do quite a bit of editing.

I have created a wikiacademy page on this (still updating the 53
participants list..) :
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Wiki_Academy/National_Institute_of_Technology_Agartala


*P.S: It was an honour having Dr. D. Udaya Kumar in the Workshop, he was
very much interested in Wikipedia. He promised me to help us in organising
a similar workshop in IIT Guwahati..:)*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Deepon
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Outreach session at NIT, Agartala on 31st March

[Deepon Saha]

Sure Jayantada...:-) will call you.

Deepon
On Mar 27, 2012 9:01 PM, "Jayanta Nath"  wrote:

> Apart from ppt , If need any kind of help, please let me know. And sorry
> for late. And try to promote Bengali wikipedia too!
>
> Best of Luck...
>
> Jayanta
>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Outreach session at NIT, Agartala on 31st March

[Deepon Saha]

Thanks everyone...:)

On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 4:10 PM, Tinu Cherian (Wikimedia India) <
tinucher...@wikimedia.in> wrote:

> Deepon,
> Wishing you all the best wishes for one of first Wiki-Academies in Far
> Eastern part of the nation.
>
> Regards
> Tinu Cherian
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 4:03 PM, Kalyan Sarkar wrote:
>
>> Hi Deepon,
>>
>> Great news from Agartala. Wish you all the best!
>>
>> Thanks and regards,
>> Kalyan Sarkar
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 2:57 PM, Deepon Saha wrote:
>>
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>> I'm glad to inform you guys that *NIT, Agartala* has agreed to let us
>>> conduct a session during their Tech-Fest Ayaam'12. I will be more than
>>> happy to conduct such an outreach session..:)
>>> During the *3hr* session, alongside all the editing in English
>>> Wikipedia, I will also emphasize on Local Language editings *(Which is
>>> Bengali)*. The session is scheduled to be on 31st March. Lets hope for
>>> the best.
>>>
>>> The page :
>>> http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Wiki_Academy/National_Institute_of_Technology_Agartala
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Deepon
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Outreach session at NIT, Agartala on 31st March

[Deepon Saha]

Hi everyone,

I'm glad to inform you guys that *NIT, Agartala* has agreed to let us
conduct a session during their Tech-Fest Ayaam'12. I will be more than
happy to conduct such an outreach session..:)
During the *3hr* session, alongside all the editing in English Wikipedia, I
will also emphasize on Local Language editings *(Which is Bengali)*. The
session is scheduled to be on 31st March. Lets hope for the best.

The page :
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Wiki_Academy/National_Institute_of_Technology_Agartala


Cheers,

Deepon
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] 1 Lakh articles on English Wikipedia

[Deepon Saha]

Agree with Srikanth. It really does..:)

regards,
Deepon

On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 7:19 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <
parakara.gh...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Gives us English editors an immense feeling of pride.
>
> --
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Report on online outreach event

[Deepon Saha]

Thanks swaroop, you really have done a brilliant job.. Lets hope next time
we get more participants..:)

Deepon

On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 7:19 PM, Swaroop Rao  wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
>
> You've probably heard about the online "Wikiacademy" that Nitika announced
> around a week ago; we recently conducted that session on Saturday (10 March
> 2012) on Google+ Hangout.
>
> Six participants signed up  - one informed day before about her absence,
> two did not show up at all, one could not log into Google hangout, one was
> able to attend the first part of the session but then lost his internet
> connection and eventually we had only one participant who attended the
> entire session. That's what happened at the online outreach event organised
> last Saturday, 10th March.
>
> It wasn't particularly an impressive session in terms of turnout - we were
> expecting all six guys to show up and take part. But even if these 2
> participants show interest and edit on regular basis I'd call this event a
> success - a success rate of 33%.
>
> I'd like to discuss few things that we should definitely keep in mind
> before we organize similar events:
>
> 1. Request only those people to register who are sure to have a stable
> internet connection. Some students were trying to log in for the session
> but their hostel/school connections was extremely unstable. Im not sure if
> there is a way for making sure that they have stable connections but it is
> really important. (I can also see where this might be difficult, because
> not many can give any guarantees on the reliability of their net
> connections)
>
> 2. Invariably we'll have few people who'll drop out at the last moment or
> are not able to join leaving room for someone else to join in. Hence for
> such events we should probable overbook a session. If one drops out,
> another one could attend the session instead. This will make sure that
> we're utilizing our resources and time to the fullest.
>
> 3. Ask the participants to do a test google hangout a day or two before
> the actual event. This will make sure that the participants are not facing
> any technical issues and can attend the session seamlessly.
>
> 4. Maybe at the time of registration we need to ask participants for their
> phone numbers. We sent reminders to the participants by way of email but
> yet 2 of them did not show up. It could be that the didn't not read the
> mails well in time. If we had their phone numbers we could have
> messaged/called to send them a gentle reminder.
>
> 5. We could also send across some useful links and videos for the
> participants to go through before the session. This way participants will
> be warmed up and more informed for the session. It will also give the
> participants enough time to jot down all their queries and get them
> clarified during the session.
>
> From my personal opinion, online outreach is something that can definitely
> work. Sitting in Bangalore I was able to train guys from Nepal & Mangalore.
> I'm hoping that they'll become active editors in English and in their
> respective native languages. Im really happy to note that at least one of
> them has already edited several articles in the medical space - which is
> his field of study.
>
> I'd also like to thank Deepon - he'd put in a lot of time and effort for
> helping us conduct this session.
>
> Many thanks of course to Nitika, who requested me to conduct the session,
> and who was omnipresent throughout the session, and took over from me
> whenever my net connection gave way (Another point: we need to somehow make
> sure that the instructors themselves have a good net connection).
>
> Hoping to conduct more sessions like these.
>
> Thanks
>
> Swaroop Rao
> (MikeLynch )
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Report: Wiki workshop @ IIT Delhi

[Deepon Saha]

I too think we should conc. more on quality than quantity. If we get 4/5
interested students from a session (be it only 5% or 10%) then we should
take good care to support them & keep them motivated.. Good point..:-)

Deepon
On Mar 12, 2012 11:04 PM, "Nitika"  wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> Kritharth is a student at IIT and has been actively involved in Wikipedia
> monthly meet-ups in Delhi. It was through him that we got in touch with the
> organisers at Tryst - annual tech fest organized by IIT-Delhi. I'd really
> like to thank him for helping us organise this session and a big thank you
> to Noopur, Rajesh and Piyush for all their help.
>
> Two Wikipedia 
> sessions 
> were
> conducted at IIT Delhi during their tech fest Tryst 2012. The underlying
> idea was to explain the basics of Wikipedia, 5 Pillars, few policies,
> anatomy of an article and provide some hands-on training on basic Wikipedia
> editing. Two sessions were conducted in a slight different manner since we
> wanted to test effectiveness of different methods. My mail will explain
> different approaches that were adopted for each of these sessions and
> outcomes of the same.
>
>
>- First session on March 3rd, Saturday:
>
> About 50 attendees participated in a 3 hour long session. There were IIT
> students, students from other engineering colleges in NCR and some working
> fellows amongst the participants. 
> User:Hisham started
> the session by introducing Wikipedia, who edits Wikipedia, 5 pillars, few
> Wikipedia policies. We then moved on to actual hands on editing and taught
> them basic Wikipedia editing. Some students raised really intelligent
> questions about referencing and NPOV. Though, we noticed that a lot of
> students lost interest and focus when we spoke about Wikipedia Policies in
> detail which took over half an hour. During the session we demonstrated by
> editing articles on Tryst - IIT 
> Delhi
>  and IIT 
> Delhi
> .
>
> Just the fact that the participants willingly sat through such a long
> session and had several questions shows their genuine interest in learning
> more about Wikipedia. About 6 students (12%)  created their usernames after
> the session and 2 (4%) have attempted to make minor edits after the
> session. A big thank you to 
> User:Piyush.Aggarwal
>  and User:RajeshPandey  for
> all their help and support.
>
>
>- Second session on March 5th, Monday:
>
> There were about 40 participants. Once again, there was mix of IIT and
> non-IIT students. We organised the session a bit differently - after giving
> a brief introduction about Wikipedia and showing some basic editing we
> invited the uninterested participants to feel free to leave the session and
> requested only the interested lot to stay back for the remaining session.
> The participants were informed that in the second half of the session we'll
> be talking in greater detail about Wikipedia policies and do more hands-on
> editing training hence it made sense only for those students to stay back
> who'd like to get deeper knowledge about Wikipedia. Eventually we were left
> with 8 participants but in my opinion that's was the beginning point of a
> more interactive and interesting session. Each of these 8 participants were
> more involved when discussing about Wikipedia policies, they wanted to do
> more hands on editing and we were also able to provide them individual
> attention because of limited numbers. During the session we edited the
> article on Chacha Chowdhary and
> one of the participants started an article on tunde ke 
> kabab
> .
>
> 11 participants (27.5%) created their usernames and 2 (5%) have made few
> edits post the session.
>
>
> It's great that we're able to get more people involved in Wikipedia
> activities - participants who were students outside of IIT also want to
> conduct similar Wikipedia sessions in their campus, 4 of the participants
> also joined us for the Delhi 7 meet-up. However, I want to focus on few who
> have shown interest in Wikipedia editing - provide them editing support and
> keep them motivated. I'm also thinking of a "Buddy System" to keep these
> interested participants going and providing them support. If you haven't
> already guessed what I mean by the name "Buddy System" please stay tuned,
> I'll soon send another mail about it - I need your ideas and thoughts
> (needless to say your support too :-)
>
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> Nitika
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Are you on this list but not comfortable editing Wikipedia and not sure who to ask? Want to learn?? SITTING AT HOME???

[Deepon Saha]

good idea..:)

Deepon

On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 10:03 PM, Ramesh N G  wrote:

> I think thats a good initiative. ... I would love to see something like
> this happen
>
> On Mar 1, 2012 8:59 PM, "Nitika"  wrote:
>
>>  Hey Everyone,
>>
>> There are over 500 people on this mailing list - but I know quite a few
>> folks who might not be too comfortable editing Wikipedia.
>>
>> I'm organising something where we can try and solve that - all while you
>> are sitting in your cozy home corners and sipping on a hot cup of chai.
>> Simply put, it's a virtual outreach session.
>>
>> Here's how it will work. It will run for 3 hours on a Sunday afternoon.
>>  It will be conducted as a Google+ Hangout.  (If you are not familiar, this
>> is a feature that allows for free video conferencing.)  It will be a
>> combination of a presentation, hands-on editing session and an open house
>> to get queries solved.
>>
>> Agenda of the event
>> 1. Introduction to Wikipedia
>> 2. Overview of Core Wikipedia Policies, etc. (Neutral Point of View,
>> Referencing, Notability, Writing Style, Avoiding CopyVio, Courtesy,
>> Controlling Vandalism, etc.)
>> 3. Basic Editing (creating user accounts & user pages, understanding talk
>> pages, adding content & references, inserting links, using Wiki markups,
>> etc.)
>> 4. Community Citizenship (Understanding how we communicate with each
>> other on Wikipedia and the protocols for this.)
>> 5. Q&A & Next Steps (Discuss what your first edits after the session
>> might be: what kind of article?  what kind of edit?)
>>
>> Medium of the event: Google+ Hangout.
>> It is free and there's nothing to install.  Do make sure you check your
>> mic and speakers beforehand (and the screen also asks you to check your
>> hair!)  It allows everyone to see each other's video - making it a more
>> human experience.  Also, we'll be able to view each other's screens which
>> will make it simpler to conduct this session.  We can have a max of 10
>> people doing a hangout at any point in time.  In case we have more than 10
>> interested participants, we will organize multiple sessions.
>>
>> Proposed date and time: 11th March, 3pm to 6pm.
>>
>> Participants/Volunteers/Facilitators: Do drop me an email at
>> nit...@wikimedia.org.  Also, if you are an experienced editor and
>> interested in conducting the event, drop me an email. I'll then send you
>> details of how this event wil be conducted.
>>
>> Do share this with anyone you know who might not be on this list but
>> might be interested (friends, family, whoever!)
>>
>> Thanks
>> Nitika
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Please sign up for WikiProject India if you are an English language Wikipedian (yes, English is an Indic language)

[Deepon Saha]

Thanks Ashwin, added my name..:)

Deepon

On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 9:20 AM, Ashwin Baindur wrote:

> I suddenly realised that amongst the guys who signed up for WikiProject
> India in Jan-Feb are such hardcore Wikipedians as RSrikanth05, Joyson
> Prabhu, Karthikndr & Sitush.
>
> Which brings me to the corollary - there are oodles of established Indian
> editors who are not yet members of WikiProject India!
>
> Gosh, guys please sign up!
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_India/Members
>
> Warm regards,
>
> Ashwin Baindur
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Backup for Wikipedians

[Deepon Saha]

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 law which you've never heard of.
> I said, I'd look up the law over the Internet on my phone.
> Saying so, perhaps, we could all create a page with all local laws on such
> matters and put it up on either Meta or Wikimedia.in ???
> For instant reference?
> --Re,
>
> On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 7:30 PM, Vickram Crishna 
> wrote:
>
>> +1
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 1:09 AM, Aditya Sengupta wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Ignore any or all of the above advice if you are being physically
>>> harmed. Focus on personal safety first.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> --
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>> Fool On The Hill 
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Backup for Wikipedians

[Deepon Saha]

Good Points by Bishakha.. We need to be prepared and organised if anything
happens again..

Deepon

On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 11:25 PM, Bishakha Datta wrote:

>
>
> On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 4:25 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <
> parakara.gh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I agree with you completely. While I've never been dragged to a Police
>> station, the Coimbatore Police made me delete ALL my photos on the camera,
>> and the Bangalore Police took away my memory card.
>>
>
> This is really a shame. Did they specify under what law they were doing
> this?
>
> Since these situations are cropping up on photo walks, here are some
> ground-level suggestions for individual volunteers or groups embarking on
> these:
>
> 1)Familiarize yourself with 'photo restrictions' in your city/state: These
> may differ, and none of us know all the restrictions in each state - maybe
> a news photographer or someone could be asked in advance, since we seem to
> have good media contacts in India in general? (Tinu or anyone else: do you
> think there is someone who could help provide this info? We are all
> ignorant here. Individuals would feel more confident if they knew whether
> or not what they are doing is illegal.)
>
> 2)Stand your ground to the extent possible: Keep asking which law is being
> applied if any police action - charging with a case, arrest, confiscation -
> is brought up. I know this is very very hard to do when faced with police
> personnel, but still. The police are less likely to bully someone who can
> firmly ask questions - and who does not get intimidated by the law.
>
> 3)Create a chain of 'help': Call another wikipedian for help - if there
> are 2-3 or more wikipedians present, divide up tasks, so that one-two
> people can engage the cops while another makes phone calls. When Pranav
> called me, I in turn called lawyer friends who clarified that P&Co were not
> breaking the law. I then felt more confident to ask them to 'stand their
> ground'.
>
> 4)Cultivate contacts with media, including photographers, who may have
> this information or lawyers in your city who can help with this information
> (including legal students).
>
> This is not meant to imply that no larger help is needed - it's not an
> either/or, and institutional support may be needed in some cases. These are
> just small suggestions to empower individual on the spot.
>
> Best
> Bishakha
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] 8th Birthday of Bengali Wikipedia

[Deepon Saha]

Happy Birthday...:) :)

Deepon

On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 10:49 PM, ansuman  wrote:

> Happy Birthday bn.wikipedia :) Wish you lacs of new users and articles :)
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 9:54 PM, Ashwin Baindur 
> wrote:
>
>> Happy birthday to all Bengali Wikipedians!
>>
>> From English wikipedians working on India articles.
>>
>> Warm regards,
>>
>> Ashwin Baindur
>> --
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 9:01 PM, Kalyan Sarkar 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Congrats to Ragib, Bellayet, Tanvir, Nasir and everyone!!!
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 8:07 PM, Nasir Khan  wrote:
>>>
 Congratulations to all who are involve  :)

 regards
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  On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 7:10 PM, Belayet Hossain 
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> Dear All,
> Today 27 January  is 8th
> Birthday of Bengali Wikipedia . I wish a
> very Happy Birthday to Bengali Wikipedia.
>
> Belayet (User:bellayet )
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-WB] Kolkata Photo Walk (Esplanade & Dalhousie)

[Deepon Saha]

missed it..:(

On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 9:05 PM,  wrote:

>  Thanks for the report Kalyan, the first Kolkata Photowalk was a
> resounding success from what I gather. What is the Commons Category under
> which your uploading these pictures? Would love to see them.
>
> --
> Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:01:47 +0530
> From: kalyan.sar...@gmail.com
> To: wikimedia-in...@lists.wikimedia.org
> CC: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-WB] Kolkata Photo Walk
> (Esplanade & Dalhousie)
>
>
>
> We met at the foot of Shahid Minar at 7AM in the morning. It was a bit
> foggy and chilly. We are enjoying an early winter chill and record low
> temperatures in Kolkata this year. After enjoying a steaming cup of tea at
> the CSTC Canteen and began our walk.
>
> ROUTE
> We crossed the J.L.Nehru Road and Lenin Sarani crossing and took Bentinck
> Street. Then we took left along the Waterloo Street, reaching the Great
> Eastern Hotel, we took right along the Hemanta Basu Sarani to B.B.D.Bagh
> Square. Then we proceeded along B.B.D.Bagh Sarani and took left turn to Red
> Cross Place to reach the entrance of Raj Bhawan. From there we proceeded
> along the Government Place to St John's Church and took right along Council
> House Street and Netaji Subhash Road and ended at the  Writers Buildings.
>
> MONUMENTS
> We covered the following monuments.
> 1. Shahid Minar
> 2. Metropolitan Building
> 3. Tipu Sultan Mosque
> 4. Victoria House
> 5. Statesman House
> 6. Aaykar Bhawan
> 7. Great Eastern Hotel
> 8. Central Telegraph Office
> 9. National Assurance Building
> 10. Junior Staff Quarters of the Governor
> 11. Raj Bhawan
> 12. St. John's Church
> 13. General Post Office
> 14. Kolkata Collectorate
> 15. Writers' Building
> 16. St. Andrews Chapel
>
> STATUES
> 1. Lenin
> 2. Asutosh Mookerjee
> 3. Prafulla Chaki
> 4. Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy
> 5. Binay Badal Dinesh
>
> Please correct me if I missed out something.
>
> Thanks and regards,
> Kalyan Sarkar
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 5:24 PM, Jayanta Nath wrote:
>
> Congratulation to all for our first step of success. Please anyone tell
> what we cover
>
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> *Jayanta Nath*
> Calcutta,West Bengal
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] What's in it for me?

[Deepon Saha]

Nice...:)

Deepon

On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 10:25 PM, Nitika  wrote:

> Hi Srikanth & everyone else,
>
> This is a really good question and one that I've been thinking about and
> working on as we look at outreach in general.
>
> From my discussions with various editors and my observing and
> participating in outreach sessions, I think the biggest challenge when we
> do outreach is "why to contribute".  Of course, "how to edit" is essential
> - but unless someone believes there is a strong enough reason to
> participate, it's unlikely they're going to get involved or stay involved
> after a couple of exploratory edits.  From my conversations and readings,
> the motivators of existing editors are any or a combination (or variants)
> of "promoting free knowledge" or "sharing knowledge in general" or
> "improving education" or "passion for their languages" or "interest in a
> particular subject (e.g. astronomy or railways or butterflies.)  However,
> my opinion is that it is relatively complex to convey these in an initial
> outreach session.  It's best to motivate and train and support potential
> newbies to join the movement and community - and allow them to discover for
> themselves what is the inspiration for them (especially because it is
> likely to be unique to that individual.)
>
> Personally, i think there are a number of really compelling answers to the
> "What's in it for me?" question - and I do want to share my take on it.
> I'm dividing my answer into students and faculty/institutions.  (The tone
> I'm using is what can be used when actually answering the question.)  These
> answers are a little clinical and conceptual but I've found they work - and
> I believe they will provide an adequate incentive to try and learn a little
> bit more about editing and to hopefully become regular editors.
>
> * Academia - Students*
>
>
>1. It improves your *writing skills*.  Writing skills are essential
>when you move ahead in life either to do further studies or to work.  Our
>education system (unfortunately) doesn't adequately teach writing skills
>and we all struggle when we have to write a formal report or research
>paper.  When you move into the working world, you'll find that you can be
>as good as you are at your work but unless you are able to write those
>written reports properly, you'll always find it hard to succeed.
>2. It will help your *critical thinking*.  Concepts like Neutral Point
>of View (which you will sometimes see in Wikipedia being referred to as
>NPOV) help you see all sides of a story.  In your future careers, you need
>to consider the pros and cons of anything - because only that way will you
>be a better professional.  If you're into software, look at the article on
>waterfall development model and how it looks at pros and cons.  If you're
>in economics, look at the article on the Euro bailout and see how it looks
>at all the multiple complex issues involved.  Very little in life is purely
>good or totally evil; we need to be neutral and consider all sides.  You
>will find this incredibly useful in both your personal and professional
>lives. This thinking will help you decide who to vote for in elections or
>which version of Lok Pal you support or which IPL team to follow!  This
>thinking will help you understand your subjects even better.
>3. It'll strengthen your *research skills.*  Editing a wikipedia
>article requires you to do a lot of referencing (or what wikipedia
>sometimes calls "citations".)  This means you need to look beyond just the
>wikipedia article and research online references and also go into that
>forgotten room called the library and look up books or journal.  This is a
>skill you cannot live without if you are writing a thesis or working on a
>research project.
>4. It teaches you how to *collaborate*!   Editing wikipedia is
>magical.  You add some content and someone from some other part of the
>class or school or town or country or somewhere else in the world adds a
>little bit more and makes your contribution that much better.  The days of
>sitting alone under a tree and having an apple fall on your head and
>discovering gravity are over.  In today's world, we will need to
>collaborate to achieve anything.  If you're into biotechnology, you might
>be based in Hyderabad but the team you are part of might have someone in
>Scotland or Brazil- from a different culture and with a different accent -
>but you need to work together.  Wikipedia helps you learn how to
>collaborate!
>5. It gives you a *global audience of - literally, thousands! * If you
>submit a class report, the maximum audience is 2; 1 being you and 1 being
>your teacher.  After your paper is marked, it will normally be thrown
>away.  If you edit a wikipedia article, it is there *forever* and the
>audience can be any number from the

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Kolkata Bookfair 2012-Application submitted

[Deepon Saha]

Will be there...:)

On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 1:44 PM, Surya Prakash wrote:

> Great efforts Jayanta.
>
> All the very best for your efforts. :)
>
>
> *$U®¥∩*
> http://goo.gl/RoMyo.com 
> http://about.me/suryaceg
>
>
>
> On 9 December 2011 10:31, Jayanta Nath  wrote:
>
>> Dear All,
>> Yesterday, 8 December 2011, the application was submitted (attached the
>> receipt copy) by Mr Biswarup Ganguly, they mentioned as 'Late Receipt'. The
>> application contained;
>>
>> 1. The cover letter.
>> 2. Print out registration certificate.
>> 3. en copy of the certificate.
>> 3. Main page of Wikimedia Foundation site.
>> 4. Main page of en. wikipedia
>> 5. Main page of bn. wikipedia.
>> 6. Main page of hi. wikipedia
>> 7. Main page of Wikimedia Chapter.
>>
>> It is known that the will call a meeting for finalizing the contract at
>> late December, 2011.
>>
>> With regards.
>>
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>> *Jayanta Nath*
>> Calcutta,West Bengal
>>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] New site for easy navigation of Wikipedia

[Deepon Saha]

Just saw it!! Awsum, quite easy & handy!! congrats & cheers to Deepanshu..:)


Deepon

On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 11:37 AM, Subhashish Panigrahi  wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> A new prototype site http://wikilive.in/ has been developed by an Indian
> student Deepanshu Mehndiratta, a second year engineering student at
> BITS-Pilani KK Birla Goa Campus has come up with a real time live search
> srvice for Wikipedia. As of now it works only for English Wikipedia
> (Probably the team might not be aware of the other language Wikipedias, esp
> Indic Wikipedias), but it has potentials to be a useful tool, especially
> live preview of multiple pages from Wikipedia at a time without opening
> them in multiple windows. In fact if you are logged in to Wikipedia then
> it'll be just like opening any Wikipedia page under one header. My personal
> opinion about this site is good overall though there are many more features
> could be added. First of all, the no of article names it shows is just 5/6
> (which is very less). Hope, the developers get some feedback from
> Wikipedians to enhance their site.
>
> regards
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Death and Post-mortem of Indian Education Program pilot

[Deepon Saha]

I second you bisakha.. I don't know what went wrong, whether extreme
pressure caused the students to take those shortcuts & just copy paste
or there was some kind of misscommunication. We OAs tried our best to
edit the copyvios as far as possible. But things were even worse & the
CAs who had higher experience of handling them had to interven.

Regards,
Deepon

On 11/13/11, Bishakha Datta  wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 5:58 AM, Shiju Alex
> wrote:
>
>> Another strategy that we can adopt while doing this program in India is,
>> about the selection of articles for editing. We can ask students to
>> contribute to articles that they are interested in, rather than of all of
>> them editing the articles on the same topic.
>>
>> This is related to something I've been thinking about.
>
> As conceived, the IEP and its parent the PPP (pardon the acronyms), were
> about contributing to wikipedia, about learning how to contribute, and
> about having fun while learning.
>
> In practice, did it remain like that? Going by what I read, it sounded like
> many of the students were under high stress to turn in these wikipedia
> assignments to their teachers - and used every possible shortcut in the
> book. (Exactly what I would have done in my student days).
>
> I may be totally off-base on this, but am curious, so would appreciate some
> info.
>
> My question is: if this becomes a high stress exam type situ, is the
> student likely to a)either see it as fun b)go back to it later for fun? In
> which case, is this student likely to become a prospective wikipedia
> editor, or is this student going to treat this as a one-time thing and
> never want to do this ever again? (Given relationship with stress, exams,
> teachers, marks)?
>
> Also - larger related qs: is the aim of the India Ed program to increase
> article content on wp (which can be done short-term) or to increase the
> number of editors? Or both?
>
> Cheers,
> Bishakha
>

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Foundation-l] Fwd: Wikimedia India Program Trust

[Deepon Saha]

Congrats Hisham, Looking forward to the new programs... :)

Deepon

On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 5:12 AM, Erik Moeller  wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 9:11 PM, Hisham  wrote:
> > Announcement of Wikimedia India Program Trust
>
> Congratulations, Hisham. I know this has been a lot of work for you
> and the team over the last few months. I look forward to seeing the
> programs that the trust and the chapter develop together.
>
> There's tons of work to do. :-)
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WCI 2011 Registrations: SBI maestro payment not accepted

[Deepon Saha]

How many of you got selected fot the full scholarship?


Deepon

On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 1:35 AM, Abhilash S Unni wrote:

> Maestro card if I am not requires a PIN entry for each Merchant POS
> transaction. That might be the reason the transaction is failing for you.
>
> Regards, Abhi
>
> Sent from my Hand Phone. Please excuse brevity and mistakes.
> On Sep 23, 2011 1:26 AM, "Arun Ganesh"  wrote:
> > Is anyone facing an issue paying with maestro SBI debit card?
> > I left the expiry date and cvv numbers blank (since SBI cards do not have
> > them) and transaction was rejected. Can someone confirm that it is a real
> > problem?
> >
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Press] Telegraph : It’s a Wiki Wiki world!

[Deepon Saha]

really great!! :) proud to be apart of it...

On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 3:40 PM, Swaroop Rao  wrote:

> I think this is good encouragement for the very young Vaibhav Jain. Good
> going!
>
> Swaroop Rao
> (MikeLynch )
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 13:06, Srikanth Lakshmanan wrote:
>
>> http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110911/jsp/7days/story_14492284.jsp
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Online Volunteers needed for "India Loves Wikipedia" - Outreach

[Deepon Saha]

I am a masters student of Jadavpur University and an active member of
Wikipedia. I have contributed & edited quite a few articles. I love
photography, and willing to submit in Wikimedia commons.



Deepon Saha
M.Tech Student,
ETCE Department,
Jadavpur University,
Kolkata

On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 12:38 AM, Mandar Kulkarni
wrote:

> The correct category on commons is [[Category:India loves Wikipedia-
> 2011]]. This is been posted for easy search in commons.
>
> With Regards,
>
> Mandar V. Kulkarni
>
>   *From:* ramkishan bhise 
> *To:* Wikimedia India Community list  >
> *Sent:* Sunday, 28 August 2011, 9:41
> *Subject:* Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Online Volunteers needed for "India
> Loves Wikipedia" - Outreach
>
>  Respected Sir/Madam,
> Greetings from Wikimedia India Chapter. We are pleased to let you know we
> can arrange a talk/lecture on Wikipedia at your college if you could arrange
> a lab for 3 hours with some students. Below is the sample call for program
> and we can structure the agenda based on the below one. We could also
> include specific areas within Wikipedia in the agenda which your students
> might be interested in.(Ex:- Wikipedia as media resource for journalism
> students / Technical talk on Wikipedia for Computer Science students) We
> could send a local Wikipedian to talk about Wikipedia and how students can
> benefit out of it by knowing more than just a site to get assignment notes.
> Please let us know if you are interested.we are interested please tell us
> what to do
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 8:50 AM, Ashwin Baindur 
> wrote:
>
> This is relevant to all those who have written to the various lists and
> asked how one can participate. volunteer or help in any way.
>
> We need people to upload images to Wikimedia Commons.
>
>- We face a problem in that photographers are willing to go out & shoot
>and donate images. But they are unfamiliar with Commons and do not upload 
> it
>there. However, we find that they know Flickr and are willing to upload it
>under a suitable Creative Commons license.
>- There are hundreds of free images on the net, we can show you how to
>locate them. These can be uploaded to Commons. We are at this point of time
>interested in images pertaining to India only.
>
> It is a job requiring patience, care for details and intelligence as the
> images need to be categorised also. Where relevant we would like to add them
> to articles too.
>
> We need a small TEAM of three to five - people, age, sex, religion, etc,
> etc, no bar, except that they should have:
> * Knowledge of uploading images to Commons
> * know how to categorise
> * know how to load images into Wikipedia
> * Possess good judgement.
> * Possess an abiding love for Wikipedia and willing to contribute to it.
>
> If you are interested, let us know. This is a serious commitment under the
> "India Loves Wikipedia" initiative. Dont apply if just for "time paas".
>
> Helpers will be awarded barnstars at a suitable date after the project is
> done.
>
> Warm regards,
>
> Ashwin Baindur
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