Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Mediawiki version upgrade

2012-05-11 Thread Swaroop Rao
Swaroop Rao (MikeLynch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MikeLynch) On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 7:24 AM, Arun Ganesh arun.plane...@gmail.comwrote: On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 11:47 PM, Dhaval S. Vyas dsv...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Arun, In fact I am sorry. Sorry for taking the real bunter so

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] My post to User:Prad2609

2012-03-28 Thread Swaroop Rao
, stronger and better. Give them have some time to cool off. I don't know why Pradeep decided to retire, and I do not intend to pry. I agree with Srikeit's opinions and observations; I hope Pradeep's retirement will only be temporary. Regards, Swaroop Rao (MikeLynch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] My post to User:Prad2609

2012-03-28 Thread Swaroop Rao
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IBAN . I appreciate you trying to learn, but do try and keep the mailing list threads on topic. I'll be happy to assist you on my talkpage, so you can post there! Thanks, Swaroop Rao (MikeLynch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MikeLynch) On Wed, Mar

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Ads Injected into Wikipedia?

2012-03-22 Thread Swaroop Rao
One can also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Readers#Why_do_I_see_commercial_ads_at_Wikipedia.3F for clarification. Swaroop Rao (MikeLynch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MikeLynch) On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 23:09, Anirudh Bhati anirudh...@gmail.com wrote: Business Insider

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Foundation-l] Bangla Wikipedia Unconference 2012 in Chittagong

2012-03-14 Thread Swaroop Rao
Hmm, I think there should be a Bangladesh mailing list? Perhaps we can know from that. Swaroop Rao (MikeLynch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MikeLynch) On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 10:59, Adethya Sudarsanan adethyas...@gmail.comwrote: Dear All, is there any means to know about the events

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Foundation-l] Bangla Wikipedia Unconference 2012 in Chittagong

2012-03-14 Thread Swaroop Rao
Most definitely, yes; it'd be a benefit for both communities. Swaroop Rao (MikeLynch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MikeLynch) On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 23:09, Adethya Sudarsanan adethyas...@gmail.comwrote: gud ..now we can use that list... moreover, we Indians can also let our neighbors

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Featured Wikimedian on the main page of the Chapter Web Portal

2012-03-08 Thread Swaroop Rao
Just add your name and a short profile here: http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Featured_Wikimedian . Sysops there can then later update it on the main page. Swaroop Rao (MikeLynch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MikeLynch) On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 22:21, Konarak Ratnakar konarak...@live.com wrote

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WMIN-Members] [Press] : Times of India : Sanskrit makes a comeback, thanks to Wikipedia community

2012-03-07 Thread Swaroop Rao
We got coverage from the enwiki Signpost as well. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-03-05/In_the_news Swaroop Rao (MikeLynch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MikeLynch) On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 03:26, Tinu Cherian tinucher...@wikimedia.in wrote: Any way to reach

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Live Search

2012-02-29 Thread Swaroop Rao
Just noticed that the Signpost also covered this in a line: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-02-27/Technology_report . Swaroop Rao (MikeLynch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MikeLynch) On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 15:48, Theo10011 de10...@gmail.com wrote

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Images in wikipedia

2012-02-27 Thread Swaroop Rao
I don't exactly get what you mean; something like Popups? ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Popups) Swaroop Rao (MikeLynch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MikeLynch) On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 14:24, nischay nahata nischay...@gmail.com wrote: When using wikipedia and clicking

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Images in wikipedia

2012-02-27 Thread Swaroop Rao
. Swaroop Rao (MikeLynch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MikeLynch) On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 20:09, Anirudh Bhati anirudh...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 7:02 PM, nischay nahata nischay...@gmail.comwrote: Like in sites like facebook and also in google image-search..on hover

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

2012-02-22 Thread Swaroop Rao
Swaroop Rao (MikeLynch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MikeLynch) On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 20:38, Noopur noopur.ra...@gmail.com wrote: Let me clear this confusion. Dear Srikanth R, *please* attempt to read the ENTIRE mail. I suggested recording in a popular format because converting

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Please sign up for WikiProject India if you are an English language Wikipedian (yes, English is an Indic language)

2012-02-19 Thread Swaroop Rao
Swaroop Rao (MikeLynch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MikeLynch) On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 20:29, Ashwin Baindur ashwin.bain...@gmail.comwrote: I think we need to contact dormant editors and ask them why they stopped editing. Here is something to think about - is there such a thing

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-en] New Volunteer joins WikiProject India team

2012-02-16 Thread Swaroop Rao
Ah, well, let's AGF a bit ;) . Nice to have you here Pratik! Swaroop Rao (MikeLynch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MikeLynch) On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 16:17, Srikanth Ramakrishnan parakara.gh...@gmail.com wrote: Ashwin, I understand what you mean. Perfectly, but I just want to point

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WMIN-Members] Re: Wikimania 2012 - scholarship applications, Deadline : 16 Feb 2012

2012-02-16 Thread Swaroop Rao
30% from Asia-Pacific I believe; that should be around 7-9 scholarships for India? Swaroop Rao (MikeLynch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MikeLynch) On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 16:19, Srikanth Ramakrishnan parakara.gh...@gmail.com wrote: I've been told that a lot of students especially

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Announcement: Building a new Legal and Community Advocacy Department Promotion of Philippe Beaudette

2012-02-10 Thread Swaroop Rao
Congrats to Philippe, I'm sure he'll be great in his new office, just as he was as Head of Reader Relations. Swaroop Rao (MikeLynch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MikeLynch) On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 16:59, Anirudh Bhati anirudh...@gmail.com wrote: There is an on-going discussion

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WMIN-Members] Account Creation Requests during Wiki Events

2012-02-04 Thread Swaroop Rao
Always better to have an accountcreator or an admin friend online so that all the requests are processed smoothly. Swaroop Rao (MikeLynch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MikeLynch) On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 02:34, ansuman ansum...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Was there a wiki session

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikikn-l (kannada wikipedia)] Global Vandalism through IP 212.121.219.1 on Indian territory info

2012-02-02 Thread Swaroop Rao
Yes, I wouldn't term it as vandalism, but more of a large scale POV pushing. Swaroop Rao (MikeLynch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MikeLynch) On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 13:44, CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.comwrote: Vandalism? Not necessarily. Point of View push? Probably yes

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Copyright Violation by aahwaan.com

2012-01-29 Thread Swaroop Rao
The Logo is certainly a copyvio, but the text and content gets off easier. Its a simple matter of asking them to license text under CC-BY-SA. Swaroop Rao (MikeLynch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MikeLynch) On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 19:31, Subhashish Panigrahi psubhash...@gmail.comwrote

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Copyright Violation by aahwaan.com

2012-01-29 Thread Swaroop Rao
Yes, Logo is copyrighted by WMF, but text is not. Swaroop Rao (MikeLynch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MikeLynch) On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 19:47, Subhashish Panigrahi psubhash...@gmail.comwrote: No Swaroop, the logo is a modification version of original Wikipedia Odia logo and can't

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Copyright Violation by aahwaan.com

2012-01-29 Thread Swaroop Rao
As I understand it, the text is not licensed to WMF, but we've definitely got a case with the logo. Swaroop Rao (MikeLynch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MikeLynch) On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 20:07, Srikant Kedia wikiodis...@gmail.com wrote: there is not only the matter of logo

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wiki academy/event at Pragyaan 12 - NIT Trichy

2012-01-19 Thread Swaroop Rao
I just got this mail from Rsrikanth05, who is handling an event at NIT Trichy. He has some important things to note about the event, awaiting some replies and help! Swaroop Rao (MikeLynch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MikeLynch) -- Forwarded message -- From: Srikanth

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wiki academy/event at Pragyaan 12 - NIT Trichy

2012-01-19 Thread Swaroop Rao
for this event. More ideas/suggestions are welcome. Thanks Nitika On 19-Jan-2012, at 2:59 PM, Swaroop Rao wrote: I just got this mail from Rsrikanth05, who is handling an event at NIT Trichy. He has some important things to note about the event, awaiting some replies and help

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: SOPA - Action

2012-01-16 Thread Swaroop Rao
Srikanth R (User:Rsrikanth05) requested me to forward this mail to the Wikimedia India list. Please do have a look. -- Forwarded message -- From: Srikanth Ramakrishnan rsrikant...@gmail.com Date: Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 6:27 PM Subject: SOPA To: Swaroop Rao swaroop...@wikimedia.in

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] What's in it for me?

2011-12-16 Thread Swaroop Rao
their Hometown, or upload pictures of it. Geography is one of the easier things to work on. Swaroop Rao (MikeLynch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MikeLynch) On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 22:31, Srikanth Ramakrishnan parakara.gh...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry guys, looks like Google chopped off the bottom of my

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Please add Sanskrit 2003 web font to Sanskrit Wikipedia

2011-12-15 Thread Swaroop Rao
-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l Swaroop Rao (MikeLynch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MikeLynch) ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Karthik Nadar is in the banners!

2011-12-03 Thread Swaroop Rao
He's User:Karthikndr on enwiki. Swaroop Rao (MikeLynch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MikeLynch) On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 01:22, Theo10011 de10...@gmail.com wrote: Just out of curiosity, Who is Karthik? Anyone from Mumbai community aware? a username perhaps? Regards Theo On Fri

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Karthik Nadar is in the banners!

2011-12-02 Thread Swaroop Rao
BTW, I forgot to update; Patricia (from the fundraising team I suppose) just told me that they're working on Debit card and other means of payment for INR this year. Swaroop Rao (MikeLynch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MikeLynch) On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 10:44, Subhashish Panigrahi

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Creation of mailing list for co-ordination of Indian Wikipedians on English Wikipedia.

2011-11-30 Thread Swaroop Rao
Agree with Tinu; What's in a name? ...as long as the list has some proper name, its ok. Also, traffic in the new list might pick up once it is actually started. However, I don't think that this should be used as a substitute for onwiki discussions. Swaroop Rao (MikeLynch http://en.wikipedia.org

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [[Brian Horrocks]] not an Indian FA

2011-11-29 Thread Swaroop Rao
Good idea, but then, shouldn't we be using WT:INhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:INfor these? :) Swaroop Rao (MikeLynch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MikeLynch) On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 21:47, Shiju Alex shijualexonl...@gmail.com wrote: I think what Srikanth meant

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikisa-l] Sharing insights and experiences from Indian language wikipedias - Sanskrit

2011-11-25 Thread Swaroop Rao
Thanks Shiju for the compilation. I've made my notes on the talk page. Thanks, Swaroop Rao (MikeLynch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MikeLynch) On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 23:29, Shiju Alex sh...@wikimedia.org wrote: Dear All, As mentioned in the last two mails, as part of the Indic

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Death and Post-mortem of Indian Education Program pilot -- #DelayedMail

2011-11-13 Thread Swaroop Rao
I couldn't have said it better Bala. Swaroop Rao (MikeLynch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MikeLynch) On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 16:39, Bala Jeyaraman sodabot...@gmail.com wrote: *That's one way of looking at it. Another way would be that an editor (in this case who happened

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

2011-11-12 Thread Swaroop Rao
Glad to hear that, will definitely help programs in India. Swaroop Rao (MikeLynch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MikeLynch) Steering committee, United States Education Program On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 10:24, Deepon Saha hideeponh...@gmail.com wrote: Congrats Hisham, Looking forward

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Death and Post-mortem of Indian Education Program pilot -- #DelayedMail

2011-11-12 Thread Swaroop Rao
. ___ 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 Swaroop Rao Steering Committee member, United States Education Program

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Death and Post-mortem of Indian Education Program pilot -- #DelayedMail

2011-11-12 Thread Swaroop Rao
students editing about Intellectual Property Rights (I know the irony we'll have in case we have copyvios out of that). And the course structuring in other colleges are a bit different, so they could accommodate programs like the Wikimedia education programs much easier. Swaroop Rao (MikeLynch http

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Transliteration tool for Sanskrit wiki

2011-10-18 Thread Swaroop Rao
The sitenotice is already live on Sanskrit Wikipedia (it is written in Sanskrit, and it reads: How to type Unicode Devanagari). But it doesn't contain screenshots or anything of that sort, just basic help. Swaroop Rao (MikeLynch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MikeLynch) On Tue, Oct 18

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Press] Telegraph : It’s a Wiki Wiki world!

2011-09-11 Thread Swaroop Rao
I think this is good encouragement for the very young Vaibhav Jain. Good going! Swaroop Rao (MikeLynch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MikeLynch) On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 13:06, Srikanth Lakshmanan srik@gmail.comwrote: http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110911/jsp/7days/story_14492284.jsp

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] You can't copy-paste this homework

2011-09-10 Thread Swaroop Rao
The subject of the mail is a bit ironic actually ;) Anyway, I guess the copyvios should be ironed out once Online Ambassadors step in. Swaroop Rao (MikeLynch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MikeLynch) On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 14:44, Srikanth Lakshmanan srik@gmail.comwrote: Good

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: WCI invitation to Indic active Wikipedians

2011-08-11 Thread Swaroop Rao
Regards, Swaroop Rao (MikeLynch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MikeLynch) On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 07:57, Naveen Francis navee...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Can any administrators of Hindi and Sanskrit wikipedia help ? Naveen Francis Signature powered by http://www.wisestamp.com/email

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WikiConference India 2011 - Scholarships

2011-07-23 Thread Swaroop Rao
Hi Vickram, I filled out the scholarship form early this morning (an hour after you posted it). Can I know if the form was submitted successfully? Thanks! Swaroop Rao (MikeLynch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MikeLynch) On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 00:36, Vickram Crishna vvcris

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimediaindia-l Digest, Vol 36, Issue 19

2011-06-05 Thread Swaroop Rao
know what oversight rights are. I do not mean or intend to undermine your contributions or enthusiasm, but I think we'd all appreciate it if you could keep personal comments offlist. Swaroop Rao (MikeLynch) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MikeLynch On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 22:35, Vibhi Jain

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Support from Karnataka Gov. and Samskrita Bharati

2011-05-14 Thread Swaroop Rao
I was involved in the discussion thread as well; I am in touch with the people from Samskrita Bharati. The last I heard from them was around 2 months ago, and they seemed to say that the grants are to be approved by the cabinet. Since interest in this grant has renewed among editors, I will ask

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indian language wikipedias – 2010 statistical report

2011-02-27 Thread Swaroop Rao
Good one! Swaroop G Rao (MikeLynch) https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/User:MikeLynch On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 17:55, Santhosh Thottingal santhosh.thottin...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Shiju Alex have prepared a very detailed and informative report based on the statistics of Indian

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

2011-02-15 Thread Swaroop Rao
Great to see! On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 10:32, Achal Prabhala aprabh...@gmail.com wrote: This is awesome :) On Wednesday 16 February 2011 10:25 AM, Pradeep Mohandas wrote: hi, Was very surprised to see a lesson on Wikipedia in my brother's 7th std text book today. Picture -

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] unified log-in not happening in hindi wikipedia for some reason

2011-02-14 Thread Swaroop Rao
Using Google Chrome and Windows 7. Unified login on Hindi works for me. Swaroop G Rao 2011/2/14 shirish शिरीष shirisha...@gmail.com In-line :- On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 02:38, Theo10011 de10...@gmail.com wrote: Unified Login or SUL (Single User Login) is a mechanism which allows users to

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India map and indian laws

2011-02-14 Thread Swaroop Rao
I think that such a measure would only complicate matters, and would present the wrong information to the Indian user. Swaroop G Rao On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 19:02, Sudhanwa Jogalekar sudhanwa@gmail.comwrote: Hi, A simpler technical solution will be to show the map that is correct in

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Malayalam wikipedia crossed the 10 Lakh/1 million edits milestone

2011-01-25 Thread Swaroop Rao
Many congratulations to the Malayalam Wiki community! Swaroop Rao 2011/1/25 Asaf Bartov asaf.bar...@gmail.com That's fantastic news! It's very inspiring for all newer Wikipedias. Asaf 2011/1/25 Shiju Alex shijualexonl...@gmail.com Dear All, I am happy to announce that Malayalam

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia presence at the 77th All-India Kannada Sahitya Sammelan.

2011-01-24 Thread Swaroop Rao
I can probably make it on saturday or sunday. Just let me know the exact place and time, and I will confirm. I can, of course, speak kannada, and I don't know what you mean by programming language..if it is html, then I can manage that. Swaroop G Rao On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 10:02, Hari Prasad

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia presence at the 77th All-India Kannada Sahitya Sammelan.

2011-01-24 Thread Swaroop Rao
I can probably make it on saturday or sunday. Just let me know the exact place and time, and I will confirm. I can, of course, speak kannada, and I don't know what you mean by programming language..if it is html, then I can manage that. Swaroop G Rao On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 11:58, Arun