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

2013-08-16 Thread Tinu Cherian (Wikimedia India)
Congratulations to Muzammiluddin Syed and best wishes on the new role. It was a pleasure meeting you @ Wiki Conference India 2011. Regards Tinu Cherian On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 4:01 PM, Vishnu t visdav...@gmail.com wrote: Dear All, I am happy to inform you about the selection of the new

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Board(EC) Elections-2013 - Results

2013-08-16 Thread Tinu Cherian (Wikimedia India)
an email to wmin-members+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- Regards Tinu Cherian Wikimedia India Chapter pr...@wikimedia.in http://wiki.wikimedia.in ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list

[Wikimediaindia-l] [Press] : The Hindu : Tamil teacher to participate in Wikimania

2013-06-22 Thread Tinu Cherian (Wikimedia India)
*The Hindu : Tamil teacher to participate in Wikimania * http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/tamil-teacher-to-participate-in-wikimania/article4810118.ece *She will be one among the 10 persons selected from the country and one among the two persons selected from the State for

[Wikimediaindia-l] [Press] : The Hindu : Indian Wikipedians look forward to Hong Kong meet

2013-05-25 Thread Tinu Cherian (Wikimedia India)
*The Hindu :* *Indian Wikipedians look forward to Hong Kong meet * http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/indian-wikipedians-look-forward-to-hong-kong-meet/article4750808.ece * It sounds like a motley group — a septuagenarian from Chennai, a mother-daughter team from Salem, a computer engineer

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikipatrika]: Announcing the third issue of Wikipatrika!

2012-05-12 Thread Tinu Cherian (Wikimedia India)
Hi all, Glad to see that WikiPatrika is revived. Congratulations to all those have worked on this. Special appreciation to Noopur Raval for taking a lead co-coordinating on this.. and thank you for retaining it as a Community focused/driven newsletter :) Regards Tinu Cherian On Thu, May

[Wikimediaindia-l] [Press]: Times of India : Malayalam community to organize Wikisangamotsavam

2012-04-15 Thread Tinu Cherian (Wikimedia India)
*Times of India : Malayalam community to organize Wikisangamotsavam* http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/social-media/Malayalam-community-to-organize-Wikisangamotsavam/articleshow/12664850.cms *If you have an entry on Wikipedia, you have arrived, almost. If regional flavor is the true

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Outreach session at NIT, Agartala on 31st March

2012-03-27 Thread Tinu Cherian (Wikimedia India)
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 kalyan.sar...@gmail.comwrote: Hi Deepon, Great news from Agartala. Wish you all the best! Thanks and regards,

[Wikimediaindia-l] WikiConference India 2012 - Bootstrap Team

2012-03-25 Thread Tinu Cherian ( Wikimedia India)
Hi all, Greetings from Wikimedia India. In 2011, WikiConference India was held for the first time and turned out to be a landmark event. It was the largest Wikipedia conference in the world, ever held to date! Last year, the Mumbai Community led the way, playing host and inviting the rest of

[Wikimediaindia-l] Calling the Indian Diaspora

2012-03-22 Thread Tinu Cherian ( Wikimedia India)
Dear Wikipedians outside India, I'm writing this specifically to reach out to NRIs / PIOs / Indic language wikipedians outside India who might be on this mailing list. It would be a great idea if we could encourage meet-ups and maybe even outreach sessions in the many cities where we have

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter receives FCRA Prior Permission

2012-02-20 Thread Tinu Cherian (Wikimedia India)
to go ! But till then, Individuals and Organizations in India can help the chapter to grow forward :) http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Donate Regards Tinu Cherian Wikimedia India. On 2/20/2012 4:39 PM, Anirudh Bhati wrote: On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 4:23 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan parakara.gh...@gmail.com

[Wikimediaindia-l] [Press] : The Hindu : The struggles of keeping Kannada Wikipedia afloat

2012-02-19 Thread Tinu Cherian (Wikimedia India)
*The Hindu : The struggles of keeping Kannada Wikipedia afloat* http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article2909005.ece /In the world of online Kannada content, blogs may be thriving but Wikipedia is struggling. The reasons vary from technology barriers to lack of

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Regarding wiki academy at NITK

2012-02-15 Thread Tinu Cherian (Wikimedia India)
Cherian Wikimedia India On 2/16/2012 10:22 AM, Nitika wrote: On 15-Feb-2012, at 6:07 PM, nischay nahata wrote: Well I made a page for wiki academy at my college NITK. But I don't know how to proceed from here ..specifically how to get someone to give a speech on wikimedia, etc..Any advise

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

2012-02-15 Thread Tinu Cherian (Wikimedia India)
A gentle reminder of the Deadline of*TODAY* for the application of Wikimania Scholarships ! Regards Tinu Cherian Wikimedia India On 1/25/2012 5:19 PM, CherianTinu Abraham wrote: Hi all, Wikimania is the annual international conference of Wikimedians , jointly hosted by the local team

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Foundation-l] Movement roles letter, Feb 2012

2012-02-12 Thread Tinu Cherian (Wikimedia India)
FYI. Original Message Subject:[Foundation-l] Movement roles letter, Feb 2012 Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:09:11 +0100 From: Ting Chen tc...@wikimedia.org Reply-To: tc...@wikimedia.org, Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List foundatio...@lists.wikimedia.org To:

[Wikimediaindia-l] Malayalam Wikipedia Wiki academy -Bangalore - Feb 11, Saturday 2 PM.

2012-02-10 Thread Tinu Cherian (Wikimedia India)
Hi all, The Malayalam Wikipedia Community is organizing a Wiki Academy in Bangalore on 11 Feb 2011, Saturday. Time : 2-5 PM . Venue: Centre for Internet Society ( Wikimedia India Chapter office) Domlur, Bangalore More details can be found here.

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Malayalam Wikipedia Wiki academy -Bangalore - Feb 11, Saturday 2 PM.

2012-02-10 Thread Tinu Cherian (Wikimedia India)
News on Oneindia.in in ( Malayalam) http://malayalam.oneindia.in/news/2012/02/10/india-wikipedia-bangalore-workshop-saturday-aid0178.html Regards Tinu Cherian On 2/10/2012 2:07 PM, Tinu Cherian (Wikimedia India) wrote: Hi all, The Malayalam Wikipedia Community is organizing a Wiki Academy

[Wikimediaindia-l] [Press]: Education Times/ Times of India : Knowledge Unbounded

2012-02-09 Thread Tinu Cherian (Wikimedia India)
*Education Times/ Times of India : Knowledge Unbounded* http://educationtimes.com/educationTimes/CMSD/Newsroom/1/2012020920120209132850885eb9e9de1/Knowledge-Unbounded.html / Netaji Subhash Engineering College, Kolkata along with Wikimedia Foundation hosted the first WikiAcademy Conference in

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [datameet] National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy 2012 Approved

2012-02-09 Thread Tinu Cherian (Wikimedia India)
This is excellent news ! We need to explore if they are sharing data in the licenses that enable us to re-use on Wikipedia and other Wikimedia Projects. Regards Tinu Cherian Wikimedia India Chapter. On 2/10/2012 12:27 PM, Pradeep Mohandas wrote: hi, I believe that this is relevant here

[Wikimediaindia-l] [Press] : First Post : Good News: Indians most willing to donate to Wikipedia

2012-02-06 Thread Tinu Cherian (Wikimedia India)
*First Post : Good News: Indians most willing to donate to Wikipedia* http://www.firstpost.com/tech/good-news-indians-most-willing-to-donate-to-wikipedia-204429.html /Wikipedia recently concluded its annual fundraiser, which was quite successful with the online encyclopedia collecting nearly

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikipedia-AS] Minutes of the First Assamese Wikipedia Meetup Guwahati on 29/01/12

2012-02-03 Thread Tinu Cherian (Wikimedia India)
Thanks Jyothi Prakash for sharing. Congratulations to the all organizers. Do share us some pics if they were taken. Best wishes for all the future efforts for Assamese Wikipedia ! Regards Tinu Cherian Wikimedia India Chapter. On 2/3/2012 12:11 PM, JyotiPrakash Nath wrote: Dear all Wikipedians

[Wikimediaindia-l] [Press]: CS Monitor : Wikipedia’s cultural mission in India

2012-02-02 Thread Tinu Cherian (Wikimedia India)
*CS Monitor : Wikipedia’s cultural mission in India* http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2012/0202/Wikipedia-s-cultural-mission-in-India /After moving to big cities, some preserve their culture through Wikipedia entries written in regional languages. When *Subhashish Panigrahi*

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WMIN-Members] New Wikimedia India Portals

2012-02-02 Thread Tinu Cherian (Wikimedia India)
efforts in getting this work done is really applaudable. Thank you, Naveen everyone. We sincerely hope that you will find these portals useful and informative. Regards Tinu Cherian Wikimedia India Chapter http://wiki.wikimedia.in On 2/3/2012 8:18 AM, Naveen Francis wrote: Hi all, We are pleased

[Wikimediaindia-l] Translation request : Wikimania 2012/CentralNotice

2012-01-31 Thread Tinu Cherian (Wikimedia India)
Open translation request : Wikimania 2012/CentralNotice Needs help ! http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2012/CentralNotice -- Regards Tinu Cherian Wikimedia India Chapter http://wiki.wikimedia.in ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list

[Wikimediaindia-l] [Press] DNA : Wikipedians set out on mission to capture Mumbai landmarks

2012-01-29 Thread Tinu Cherian (Wikimedia India)
DNA : Wikipedians set out on mission to capture Mumbai landmarks http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_wikipedians-set-out-on-mission-to-capture-mumbai-landmarks_1643625 Armed with cameras and the belief that some of the city’s landmarks deserve to be featured in cyberspace, a group of

[Wikimediaindia-l] [Press] : Times of India : Shooting city for web viewers

2012-01-29 Thread Tinu Cherian (Wikimedia India)
Times of India : Shooting city for web viewers http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-01-29/mumbai/30675607_1_wikipedia-wikimedia-commons-photos MUMBAI: On Saturday morning, a group of 40 Mumbaikars armed with cameras gathered outside the Oval Maidan before setting out on a

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikipedia-BN] 8th Birthday of Bengali Wikipedia

2012-01-27 Thread Tinu Cherian ( Wikimedia India)
Congratulations, Bengali Wikipedia its contributors. Regards Tinu Cherian Wikimedia India Chapter. On 1/27/2012 6:40 PM, Belayet Hossain wrote: Dear All, Today 27 January http://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/?diff=6 is 8th Birthday of Bengali Wikipedia http://bn.wikipedia.org. I wish a very Happy