Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Project Tiger 2.0 - Jury for hardware support

2019-09-25 Thread Rohini Lakshané
Is there a certain number of jury members you're looking for? On 25 September 2019 19:36:41 GMT+05:30, Suswetha Kolluru wrote: >Dear all, > >The last date to apply for Jury for hardware support is extended till >26 >September 2019 (tomorrow). >If you are interested to be part of jury, please

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Wikimedia-MR Digest, Vol 8, Issue 2

2017-11-08 Thread Rohini Lakshané
Forwarding with permission from the original poster. Rohini Lakshané about.me/rohini [image: Rohini Lakshané on about.me] -- Forwarded message -- From: <wikimedia-mr-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org> Date: 2017-11-06 17:30 GMT+05:30 Subject: Wikimedia-MR Digest, Vol 8, I

[Wikimediaindia-l] New project proposal: Community toolkit for greater diversity

2017-09-26 Thread Rohini Lakshané
Hello everyone, Chinmayi S.K. and I have submitted a proposal titled "Community toolkit for greater diversity" for the latest round of Project Grants. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Chinmayisk/Community_toolkit_for_Greater_Diversity We would appreciate your comments and feedback

[Wikimediaindia-l] WikiWomen's Lunch at WikiConference India 2016

2016-07-26 Thread Rohini Lakshané
August 6, 2016 at conference lunch hour (1 p.m. to 2 p.m.) Sign-up page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2016/Meetups/WikiWomensLunch Please share this with anyone who you think might be interested in attending but isn't subscribed to this list. Rohini Lakshané about.me

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Code of Conduct and Friendly Space Policy for WCI 2016

2016-07-24 Thread Rohini Lakshané
We have not received any offers to help with translation yet. I have set up this page for co-ordinating translations: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2016/Code_of_Conduct/Translations Rohini Lakshané about.me/rohini [image: Rohini Lakshané on about.me] <http://about

[Wikimediaindia-l] Code of Conduct and Friendly Space Policy for WCI 2016

2016-07-16 Thread Rohini Lakshané
help with translating the document into different Indian languages before the start of WikiConference India. -- Rohini (On behalf of the WCI Diversity and Inclusion team) Rohini Lakshané about.me/rohini [image: Rohini Lakshané on about.me] <http://about.me/roh

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Scholarship decision for WCI 2016 participation has been finalized

2016-07-09 Thread Rohini Lakshané
conferences in India. Rohini Lakshané about.me/rohini [image: Rohini Lakshané on about.me] <http://about.me/rohini> 2016-07-09 14:34 GMT+05:30 Ravishankar <ravidre...@gmail.com>: > Hi, > > Scholarship decision for WCI 2016 participation has been finalized. > > We ha

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WMIN-Members] Wikimania 2015 participants from India

2015-04-14 Thread Rohini Lakshané
Hi, I checked with my travel agent; Indians need to visit the Mexican embassy in New Delhi for recording biometrics for the visa. Congrats to everyone who got the scholarship! Regards, Rohini On 13 Apr 2015 16:30, Ravishankar Ayyakkannu ravidre...@wikimedia.in wrote: Hi, I request Wikimania

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-blr] Women's History Month 2015 : Bangalore Edit-a-thon on March 7

2015-03-04 Thread Rohini Lakshané
I'll try to join the edit-a-thon online as I can't make it in person. Many thanks to you, Chinmayi, and the Chapter for stepping forth and organising this! Regards, Rohini Lakshané about.me/rohini [image: Rohini Lakshané on about.me] http://about.me/rohini 2015-03-04 19:24 GMT+05:30

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Farewell, Sowmyan !

2014-11-25 Thread Rohini Lakshané
Farewell Sowmyan! You will be missed. Thank you for everything. -- Rohini Rohini Lakshané about.me/rohini [image: Rohini Lakshané on about.me] http://about.me/rohini On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 2:16 PM, Ashwin Baindur ashwin.bain...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks, Sowmyan, your contributions have

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia edit-a-thons in Delhi and Bangalore for Women's History Month -- March 29

2014-03-27 Thread Rohini Lakshané
An edit-a-thon for Women's History Month takes place simultaneously in Delhi and Bangalore on Saturday, March 29, from 1 pm to 6pm. List of articles: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/International_Women%27s_Day,_India/To-do-list Details of the event:

[Wikimediaindia-l] Women's Day events and WikiWomen's History Month, 2014

2014-02-14 Thread Rohini Lakshané
Daughters edit-a-thon on women scientists could be taken up again during Women's History Month. Rohini Lakshané -- Chairperson (Special Interest Group), Gender gap, Wikimedia Chapter (India) Blog: WikipeDNA http://www.dnaindia.com/blogs/wikipeDNA Facebook: WikiWomen's Collaborative Indiahttps

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia edit-a-thon on Dec 7-8 in Delhi for articles on violence against women

2013-12-06 Thread Rohini Lakshané
that we can coordinate edit remotely? Regards Thanks *Niraj Suryawanshi* +91 8149 920 120 On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 2:00 PM, Rohini Lakshané roh...@wikimedia.inwrote: Breakthrough, a global human rights organisation that runs campaigns such as Bell Bajao, and Wikimedia Chapter (India

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia edit-a-thon on Dec 7-8 in Delhi for articles on violence against women

2013-12-04 Thread Rohini Lakshané
Breakthrough, a global human rights organisation that runs campaigns such as Bell Bajao, and Wikimedia Chapter (India) are conducting a Wikipedia edit-a-thon in Delhi on December 7 and 8 for editing articles pertaining to violence against women. Facebook page of the event:

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Winners of WLM India 2013

2013-11-20 Thread Rohini Lakshané
They are all breathtaking! Kudos to you and the WLM team. Congrats to all the winners. -- http://about.me/rohini On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 12:26 AM, Karthik Nadar karthik...@wikimedia.inwrote: Dear all, This year, we received 11,000 images if monuments in Wiki Loves Monuments India 2013.

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] FW: Tenth Anniversary Celebration of Kannada Wikipedia

2013-11-14 Thread Rohini Lakshané
Please share the event report in English and a few photos with me. I'll put them up with attribution on WikipeDNA. http://www.dnaindia.com/blogs/wikipedna -- http://about.me/rohini 2013/11/14 Pavanaja U B pavan...@vishvakannada.com Dear friends, Kannada Wikipedia has completed 10 years. The

[Wikimediaindia-l] Looking for scanning contractors

2013-10-11 Thread Rohini Lakshané
I am looking for scanning contractors in Mumbai for a large-scale digitisation project. Please contact me offlist if you are interested. Regards, Rohini -- Sent from my bright yellow Xperia go. Pardon the typos, if any. ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Gendergap] Free access to the Royal Society resources - creating articles about Women in Science

2013-10-10 Thread Rohini Lakshané
...@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap -- Forwarded message -- From: Rohini Lakshané roh...@wikimedia.in Date: Oct 11, 2013 12:37 AM Subject: Fwd: [Gendergap] Free access to the Royal Society resources - creating articles about Women in Science

[Wikimediaindia-l] WikiWomen's Collaborative India Facebook Group

2013-10-06 Thread Rohini Lakshané
The Closed Group is up at www.facebook.com/groups/gendergapindia Participants at workshops or newbie editors often ask for easy ways to seek help on Wikipedia and off it. Please share the URL with such participants. The Group could be used a discussion board and to publicise Gender gap related

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-mum] WikiWomen's Collaborative India Facebook Group

2013-10-06 Thread Rohini Lakshané
6, 2013 at 6:47 PM, sibi kanagaraj civil.si...@gmail.comwrote: Is the group intended to have only female members ? Or even male members who intend to narrow down the gender gap can get involved ? -Sibi On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 12:50 PM, Rohini Lakshané rohini.laksh...@gmail.com wrote

[Wikimediaindia-l] Gender gap work plan

2013-09-25 Thread Rohini Lakshané
Hello everyone, I have attempted to put together a work plan for Gender gap activities in India: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gender_gap_India_work_plan I request inputs, comments, and suggestions from everybody. Regards, Rohini -- Chairperson (Special Interest Group), Gender gap, Wikimedia

[Wikimediaindia-l] Proposed advanced level editing workshop for women in Mumbai

2013-08-22 Thread Rohini Lakshané
Hello everyone, I am taking a straw poll to know if any women in Mumbai, who already edit Wikipedia are interested in attending an advanced level editing workshop. If you are, please get in touch with me offlist. You could have participated in a previous, basic editing workshop or learnt the

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Lilavati's Daughters Edit-a-thon

2013-08-22 Thread Rohini Lakshané
I've added a few more ideas and also proposed dates. http://about.me/rohini On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 4:57 PM, Vishnu t visdav...@gmail.com wrote: Completely second Srikanth on the idea. Let's take the initiative of involving them as many of the Indian language Wikimedians may not be on the

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indian language Wikipedias as on June 30, 2013

2013-08-17 Thread Rohini Lakshané
@Pradeep: I can guess what you trying to say, but can you flesh out your thoughts/response for everyone's benefit? http://about.me/rohini On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 2:50 PM, ansuman ansum...@gmail.com wrote: Please read the Odi*y*a language as Odia language. On 15 August 2013 21:51, Pradeep

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] New Programme Officer CIS-A2K (Announcement)

2013-08-16 Thread Rohini Lakshané
Congrats and best wishes, Muzammiluddin. -- Rohini -- Sent from my bright yellow Xperia go. Pardon the typos, if any. On Aug 16, 2013 4:38 PM, Arjuna Rao Chavala arjunar...@gmail.com wrote: 2013/8/16 Vishnu t visdav...@gmail.com Dear All, I am happy to inform you about the selection of

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Digitization workshop for Indic WikiSource enthusiasts

2013-08-15 Thread Rohini Lakshané
Are similar workshops likely to be held in other parts of the country? http://about.me/rohini On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 9:15 PM, Subhashish Panigrahi subhash...@cis-india.org wrote: Dear Wikimedians, Wikimedia India in collaboration with the Centre for Internet and Society is organizing a

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Regarding the involvement of WMIN Chapter in Wikipedia Club Pune's Independence Day Workshop.

2013-08-12 Thread Rohini Lakshané
Maybe we should switch to Lojban, at least on the mailing list. ;-) http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lojban -- Sent from my bright yellow Xperia go. Pardon the typos, if any. On Aug 12, 2013 6:47 AM, Ashwin Baindur ashwin.bain...@gmail.com wrote: This is a bit like this link, to be on the lighter

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-mum] [WMIN-Members] Re: End of the GLAM pilot project at BNHS

2013-08-11 Thread Rohini Lakshané
Hi Ashwin, Thank you for your appreciation and all your help and support during the project and thereafter. I shall keep in mind these suggestions when negotiating further with the BNHS. Regards, Rohini ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WMIN-Members] Re: [Wikimedia-in-mum] End of the GLAM pilot project at BNHS

2013-08-10 Thread Rohini Lakshané
Hi Srikanth, While my work on the pilot project is over, the BNHS is still taking a look at it. The BNHS is yet to convey its decision about forming a partnership with the Wikimedia community. I shall soon write at length about transferable lessons and experiences from the pilot project and I

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia editing session for journalism students at Sophia College, Mumbai

2013-08-01 Thread Rohini Lakshané
This is an unedited report of the lecture-cum-demo written by one of the students who attended it. *Wikipedia: Democratic Ritual of Knowledge Transfer * What can I say about Wikipedia? Ok, let me ask, can you imagine a world without Wikipedia? I always wonder who wrote, reviewed, edited, curated

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia editing session for journalism students at Sophia College, Mumbai

2013-07-19 Thread Rohini Lakshané
=a.485361131545134.1073741829.141404175940833 Best, Rohini Lakshané ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Vacancy for Programme Officer, Pilot Projects (Access to Knowledge)

2013-04-21 Thread Rohini Lakshané
@Theo: I believe, by the word post, Srikanth is referring to the job vacancy, not the email posting. On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 11:07 PM, Theo10011 de10...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 5:31 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan srik.r...@wikimedia.in wrote: Hi Nitika, I was just curious: !

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WMIN-Members] Wikipedia Blog on DNA

2013-03-18 Thread Rohini Lakshané
on this. Good see a blog on wikipedia on newspaper site. best wishes Arun On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 5:42 PM, Rohini Lakshané rohini.laksh...@gmail.com wrote: WikipeDNA, a community blog on topics pertaining to Wikipedia and other projects, is now live on DNA Blogs. http://www.dnaindia.com/blogs

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WMIN-Members] Wikipedia Blog on DNA

2013-03-15 Thread Rohini Lakshané
http://twitter.com/an5um* * On 14 March 2013 22:58, Arun Ramarathnam arunra...@gmail.com wrote: Congrats on this. Good see a blog on wikipedia on newspaper site. best wishes Arun On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 5:42 PM, Rohini Lakshané rohini.laksh...@gmail.com wrote: WikipeDNA, a community

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Blog on DNA

2013-03-14 Thread Rohini Lakshané
WikipeDNA, a community blog on topics pertaining to Wikipedia and other projects, is now live on DNA Blogs. http://www.dnaindia.com/blogs/wikipedna This is the first blog post: http://www.dnaindia.com/blogs/post_wikipedia-celebrates-women-s-history-month-with-edit-a-thons-and-workshops_1811125

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WMIN-Members] Appointment of new SIG chair

2013-03-08 Thread Rohini Lakshané
Thank you everyone for giving me this opportunity -- those who voted for me, Krutikaa and Netha who nominated me, and the members of the EC who conducted the election process. On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 12:40 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan srik.r...@wikimedia.in wrote: Heya, this is inform you that

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WMIN-Members] Appointment of new SIG chair

2013-03-08 Thread Rohini Lakshané
Also, thanks for the contest, Pavithra. On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 12:40 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan srik.r...@wikimedia.in wrote: Heya, this is inform you that Rohini Lakshane has been appointed as the chair of the Gender-gap SIG. This was the first nomination for an SIG chair where there were

[Wikimediaindia-l] Women's Day events in India, March 8

2013-03-04 Thread Rohini Lakshané
A few online and offline events are being conducted in on the occasion of International Women's Day on March 8. The events continue thereafter too as March has been declared as Women's History Month. There is a Wikipedia editing workshop in Goa on March 8 at Nirmala Institute of Education from 3

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WMIN-Members] Appointment of new office bearer

2013-02-27 Thread Rohini Lakshané
Congratulations, Srikanth. All the best for your new role. On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 8:46 PM, Karthik Nadar karthik...@wikimedia.inwrote: Dear all, at the F2F meeting held previous week, your Executive Committee has appointed a new Treasurer to fill in the position previously help by Anirudh

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WMIN-Members] Creative Commons Event - Mumbai

2013-02-18 Thread Rohini Lakshané
Hello , Photos from the workshop can be found at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Creative_Commons_Workshop,_Mumbai_2013 Regards, Rohini On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 7:14 PM, Pradeep Mohandas prad2...@yahoo.comwrote: hi, Today, we had the Mumbai event of Creative Commons. They are in

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] why to donate

2013-02-14 Thread Rohini Lakshané
Abhishek, I have been on-board several Wiki mailing lists and closed emailing groups for a few years now, but this is the first time I have been piqued to respond to such a 'discussion'. Your efforts to prove what you are trying to prove are outstanding. I won't be surprised if Doctor Hakim (I

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Samskrit Wikiquote ( Wiki SuktayaH)

2013-02-11 Thread Rohini Lakshané
Suvaartaa asti. Great news. On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 11:53 AM, Abhiram C abhivasish...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Wikipedians, A new way to contribute to Samskrit is here The Samskrit Wikiquote is officially open for contributions. Thanks to all the people who have striven hard to make it

[Wikimediaindia-l] 20th Wikipedia Meet-up Mumbai

2013-01-13 Thread Rohini Lakshané
Hello everyone, Wikipedia turns 12 on January 15. As a part of Wikipedia Day celebrations worldwide, the Mumbai community is meeting on Sunday, Jan 13. January 15 is a weekday and we believe Sunday would be convenient for everyone to attend the celebrations. Apologies for the short notice.

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia COO was convicted felon

2013-01-05 Thread Rohini Lakshané
-than-required On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 2:18 PM, Gautam John gau...@prathambooks.orgwrote: On 25 December 2012 09:17, Rohini Lakshané rohini.laksh...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/13/wikimedia_coo_convicted_felon It's more than a few years old, what

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia COO was convicted felon

2012-12-30 Thread Rohini Lakshané
Something I stumbled upon Wikipedia COO was convicted felon: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/13/wikimedia_coo_convicted_felon Regards, Rohini ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list /

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikidata: Summing the sum of human knowledge

2012-12-09 Thread Rohini Lakshané
. Thanks! -- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com ‪“We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore‬ 2012/12/8 Srikanth Ramakrishnan rsrikant...@gmail.com *Wikidata: Summing the sum of human knowledge* *By Rohini Lakshané* Have

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-mum] [WCI11] Best wishes and a request.

2011-11-08 Thread Rohini Lakshané
That's great. Please share the link to the channel here. :) On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 4:52 PM, wheredevelsd...@hotmail.com wrote: Srikanth, Ansuman all others unable to make it for the conference, We have partnered with Youtube who will be lve streaming the event from the Convocation Hall,