Please see the below email about free access to online academic resources.
Do encourage deserving Wikimedians, whom you know, to apply.
Best,
Vishnu
-- Forwarded message --
From: Jake Orlowitz jorlow...@gmail.com
Date: Tuesday, 3 March 2015
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] New Free
+1 Srikanth.
Vishnu
On Sunday, 25 January 2015, Srikanth Ramakrishnan rsrikant...@gmail.com
wrote:
Would be great to see a few candidates. Better still would be to have
some stewards from the subcontinent.
On 25-Jan-2015 9:41 am, Jyothis E jyothi...@gmail.com wrote:
All,
2015 election for
Dear Srikanth,
We are exploring possibilities of holding this in other cities, taking
various factors into consideration.
We will update the location and venue on the Event page on Meta as soon as
we have decided.
Best,
Vishnu
On Wednesday, 14 January 2015, Srikanth Ramakrishnan
Dear Tito,
I would have given the same advice as Shyamal did.
One could also look at using a ssecond-hand Smartphone with 6MP and above
camera to do a decent image capture and then use scantailor for bulk
processing.
Viswa trained many Wikipedians including Jayanta on the use of scantailor
Dear Wikimedians,
Please see the below call for proposals for IEG.
Best,
Vishnu
-- Forwarded message --
From: Siko Bouterse sboute...@wikimedia.org
Date: Tuesday, 2 September 2014
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Open call for Individual Engagement Grant proposals
To:
Thank you, Asaf.
Looks like there was some problem with the email I had sent, which could be
because of the poor internet connection. Apologies!
You can read it on Meta too, from here:
A much needed edit-a-thon, Rohini. Will spread the word to individuals and
groups who could participate.
Best,
Vishnu
On Wednesday, 4 December 2013, Rohini Lakshané roh...@wikimedia.in wrote:
Breakthrough, a global human rights organisation that runs campaigns such
as Bell Bajao, and Wikimedia
Thanks Netha.
Congratulations to the Malayalam Wikimedia community for doing such
detailed planning! Inviting Wikimedians from across India is a wonderful
idea!! It's a new bench mark!!!
Wishing you all lots of fun filled learning.
With a belief that this will bring more energy to the Wikimedia
Awesome, Ravi! Congratulations to the diverse Tamil WP community!!
Loads of wishes for a wonderful wiki year ahead!
Hope to see you all during the 11th year Tamil Wiki celebrations :-)
Cheers,
Vishnu
On 24 November 2013 23:17, Ravishankar ravidre...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
October 2013
Dear Ansuman,
Thanks for flagging this. All the profiles of the CIS-A2K team members are
now updated. Please see [1].
Best,
Vishnu
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Team
On 28 October 2013 16:46, ansuman ansum...@gmail.com wrote:
Me:
Please make available the
Dear Ansuman,
On 28 October 2013 16:46, ansuman ansum...@gmail.com wrote:
Why still *2* new recruits are missing even after several months, at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Teamhttp://bl-1.com/click/load/ADAAMlM2Um8Hb1w7CTw-b0231
,
Why there is no *monthly
Dear Ansuman,
On 28 October 2013 16:46, ansuman ansum...@gmail.com wrote:
Why there is no response to this, Evaluation results after months? *How
long are your two weeks?*
Wow! Amazing pics!! Congratulations to all the winners.
+1 to Karthik and everyone else who were involved.
Cheers,
Vishnu
On Thursday, 21 November 2013, Karthik Nadar karthik...@wikimedia.in
wrote:
Dear all,
This year, we received 11,000 images if monuments in Wiki Loves Monuments
India
Dear Anivar,
Congratulations to you, others in the SMC team and officials who are behind
this initiative!! Hope to hear about the official order.
Let the Knowledge Go around :)
Best,
Vishnu
On 15 November 2013 18:33, Anivar Aravind anivar.arav...@gmail.com wrote:
Sorry for the typos**
Thanks Gerard! Will add this info on the project page too [1] and also on
the project pages on Indic Wikipedias.
--Vishnu
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Lilavati%27s_Daughters_Edit-a-thon
[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Lilavati%27s_Daughters_Edit-a-thon#Project_pages_on_Indic_Wikipedias
if I do this
incorrectly.
Vishnu T, What would be included in the program, and wouldn't English also
be an appropriate possible location for the same?
Yes. We could undertake a similar program also in English. However, given
the IEP experience we are careful to not hurry with such a program
Dear Sowmyan,
Thanks for the detailed account of the event. Are there any images of the
event available on Commons? If yes, would be great to have a link.
Cheers,
Vishnu
On 15 November 2013 00:29, Sowmyan Tirumurti tsowm...@wikimedia.in wrote:
The relaunch of the creative Commons India took
Hello,
Some of you may know that I was in Berlin, Germany attending the Wikimedia
Diversity Conference [1].
I presented on the language diversity in India and the kind of challenges
and opportunities it presents to the Wikimedia movement at large. Other
than reflecting on the work Wikimedia
One of the reasons I personally would want to push for more visibility on
the agreement terms is the spending that is being done on the salaries of
the people involved in the Indian program. There's not much disclosure on
these if I'm not mistaken. Or point me to it if there's any.
Dear
Greetings from the Centre for Internet and Society's(CIS) Access to
Knowledge (A2K) Program, India!
As many of you know that the Wikimedia Foundation approved a 22 month grant
to the CIS-A2K. The aim of the grant was to support the growth of Wikimedia
movement in India.
Please find the Grant
Kudos Sudhanwa! I couldn't help but repeat, what a wonderful gesture!
+1 to Ashwin.
Vishnu
On Sunday, 3 November 2013, Ashwin Baindur ashwin.bain...@gmail.com wrote:
What a wonderful gesture! If only everyone followed your lead in social
good instead of donating blidly to temples, bursting
Surely. We were looking to extend the date until November 5. Will be
sending a mail on this shortly.
Best,
Vishnu
On Thursday, 31 October 2013, Ravishankar ravidre...@gmail.com wrote:
Vishnu,
//The last date to receive the applications is November 1, 2013.
Applicants are requested to use the
Dear Ansuman,
On 28 October 2013 16:46, ansuman ansum...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all,
This is part of the replies of Vishnu four months ago.
---
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Me:
And also tell the community, who are all involved in the interview process
and
Dear Ansuman,
On 30 October 2013 00:45, ansuman ansum...@gmail.com wrote:
Good to see some movements at meta, it worked to an extent so far.
This is all you got to cover up; newsletters, and list of events at meta.
Except these, is there any page which is updated?
Newsletters, we knew
AFAIK Harriet is more thinking of the modalities of off line delivery of
Konkani Wikipedia (once live) through XO Tablets which has Sugar learning
environment. Would the current Kiwix easily interact with Sugar?
Any idea if the Kiwix UI is already available in Konkani?
Best,
Vishnu
On 30
Dear Ansuman,
Thanks for flagging your concerns pertaining to the Access to Knowledge
(A2K) program at the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS).
Most of these are in the pipe-line (or works in progress) and we will share
updates on each one of the queries you have posted, on the mailing lists
The Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K)
Program invites applications from experienced Wikimedia community members
for a short-term assignment as a 'Community Communications Consultant'. The
duration of this assignment is for 3 months. The consultant will work with
the
Greetings from CIS-A2K!
We request the pleasure of your company at the event 'Re-releasing Konkani
Vishwakosh Building Konkani Wikipedia' . The event will take place on the
26th September, Thursday,10am - 11am at the Conference Hall, Goa
University, Taleigao.
Upon CIS-A2K' explicit request, Goa
Dear All,
On behalf of CIS-A2K, I am glad to share with you that GOA University has
signed an MoU with CIS-A2K.
As part of this MoU Goa University and CIS-A2K will work together to
digitize “Konkani Vishwakosh” under Creative Common license and build a
Digital Knowledge Partnership in order to
Enjoy Hacker School, Sumana! Best.
Vishnu
On Thursday, 19 September 2013, Sumana Harihareswara suma...@wikimedia.org
wrote:
Hi folks. Just wanted to let you know I'm unsubscribing in advance of
the start of my sabbatical - more info at
Brilliant news!!
Congratulations to the Malayalam Wikimedia community for their excellent
efforts.
Best,
Vishnu
On 18 September 2013 09:43, CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.comwrote:
Hi all,
Some of you would have already heard about the recent partnership
between Malayalam
Hi Shyamal,
Thanks for sharing the deck and for stating the importance of Information
literacy and research techniques. Could not agree any more about their
importance. However, as you have rightly noted the focus is more on doing a
successful outreach. Would try to incorporate some of these
Dear Ashwin,
The program will have an array of activities, which are still being
finalized. The following will be covered.
1) Public Speaking and Engaging the audience
2) Presentation Skill and Body language
3) Basic Video editing skills
4) Leveraging mainstream and social media
5) Basics of
Thanks for the good suggestion Shyamal.
Most certainly.
Vishnu
Sent from a handheld device. Excuse my brevity.
On Thursday, 5 September 2013, L. Shyamal lshya...@gmail.com wrote:
A good question. I hope the trainers will have experience working on at
least one FA class articles or a GA class
Splendid work Satish Patel and Jayam!
Completely agree with Satish Patel who thinks that everyone should
contribute to Wikimedia projects because it is our moral responsibility to
preserve knowledge for generations to come.
Thanks Netha and Harsh for introducing them.
Best,
Vishnu
On
Hi Karthik,
On 23 August 2013 09:59, Karthik Nadar karthik...@wikimedia.in wrote:
Hello Vishnu,
if you feel CIS-A2K can help with any of the above, or even with anything
more than that, you are always welcome.
CIS-A2K could chip in with these.
* Designing flyers (Please send the designs;
Excellent news Manoj! Glad you have used OTRS and overcome the Copyright
impediment. Could I request you or other Ml Wikipedians to do a blog story
of this, if not done already, also in English, so that it could trigger
such similar efforts? Others could benefit from this success story. It will
Hi Karthik,
Thanks for the updates. If there is anything that CIS-A2K could chip in
with, let know. Will be more than glad to help.
Cheers,
Vishnu
On Tuesday, 20 August 2013, Karthik Nadar karthik...@wikimedia.in wrote:
Hello guys,
greeting. Wiki Loves Monuments contest is not more than two
There is no need for an Either-Or approach, I think. While development of
effective OCR for Indian languages, (Sankarshan has given a comprehensive
overview of the developments on this post earlier), should be encouraged;
for the immediate need typing is still an effective option.
I read cheaper
A brief account about the Workshop as a participant.
The workshop was meant as a DIY digitization without having to invest in a
scanner and to use a simple digital camera for effective digitization of
books and documents.
The following were covered during the Workshop by Viswaprabha, who mainly
Dear All,
I am happy to inform you about the selection of the new Programme Officer,
who has joined the CIS-A2K Team on August 15, 2013. Please join me in
welcoming Muzammiluddin Syed.
Muzammiluddin Syed holds about 14 years of teaching experience. He is a
recipient of Air India BOLT Award for
Dear Rohini and Jayanta,
Yes. Very much! We plan to cover at least the important cities across
India. Will keep you all updated.
Best,
Vishnu
On 16 August 2013 13:30, Jayanta Nath jayanta...@gmail.com wrote:
Same question to Subha!
On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 9:21 PM, Rohini Lakshané
Congratulations Jayanta and Moksh!! Look forward to continued
collaboration.
Best,
Vishnu
On 16 August 2013 15:01, ansuman ansum...@gmail.com wrote:
Congrats! Moksh and Jayanta.
Thanks to all the members participated. Thanks to EC and EC.
Regards,
Ansuman http://twitter.com/an5um*
*
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
list.
Vishnu
On 14 August 2013 13:41, Srikanth Ramakrishnan srik.r...@wikimedia.inwrote:
Request all Indian language Wikipedians to have a look at
This is excellent!! Many congratulations for all those behind this. I am
very sure that this will trigger other players too and will push the Open
Knowledge movement, particularly OER, in India.
Kudos to WMI Chapter, Pranav, Savithri and others who made this happen. I
see this as an important
Congrats Om and Pavithra!!
Vishnu
On Monday, 5 August 2013, Arun Ramarathnam arunra...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 2:20 AM, Netha Hussain nethahuss...@gmail.com
wrote:
Dear all,
Yay, we have a featured Wikimedian couple this month! Pavanaja and
Omsivaprakash are Wikimedians
Dear Tinu and Ramesh,
Here is the blog [1].
Thanks,
Vishnu
[1] http://cis-india.org/a2k/blog/indian-language-wikipedia-statistics
On 1 August 2013 13:36, CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks Ramesh.
May be Vishnu ( A2K-CIS) can help.
I wanted to feature a few Indic
Yes Bishakha. Konkani is one of the few languages in India that has the
Script controversy. In fact it also makes it a huge challenge to develop
Konkani Wikipedia.
We have discussed some of these aspects in our Konkani Wikipedia work-plan
[1]. Also recently during our (CISA2K) visit to Goa
Very sad. Condolences to his family.
RIP Atul.
Regards,
Vishnu
On 3 June 2013 14:46, Srikanth Ramakrishnan srik.r...@wikimedia.in wrote:
This is a big blow to the Bangalore, FOSS and Wiki community.
Atul Chitnis was a big time evangelist who supported the Wiki community
thru FOSS.In
I
Congratulations Srikar! Keep up your amazing work.
Cheers,
Vishnu
On 3 June 2013 22:37, Netha Hussain nethahuss...@gmail.com wrote:
Dear all,
The featured Wikimedian of this month is *Srikar Kashyap Pulipaka. *Srikar
is the youngest ever person to be a featured Wikimedian. His profile can
Dear All,
During interactions with many Wikipedians, it has been realized that many
are looking for data, that is otherwise not available in the public domain,
which could be used for enhancing quality of articles/projects on
Wikipedia. Please let us know if anyone of you requires help in filing
Great news! Ashwin, wish what you've said comes true.
Cheers,
Vishnu
On Wednesday, 22 May 2013, Ashwin Baindur ashwin.bain...@gmail.com wrote:
This is really something to cheer about! A state level article is a
Featured Article on Main Page too! If only all our state articles
became FAs.
Dear Karthik,
On 17 May 2013 13:42, Karthik Nadar karthik...@gmail.com wrote:
Dear all,
I suggest we have an announcement mailing list.
I second others who have suggested against another Announcement list.
I sometimes see certain mails flooding too mailing list, and it really
spams the
Dear Ansuman
On 17 May 2013 15:30, ansuman ansum...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi
Why there was no consensus made to schedule a suitable time for the IRC?
And it was informed just before one day! and there was no reminder.
Henceforth, we will ensure that a sufficient notice period is given and
Dear All,
The Centre for Internet Society (CIS) is celebrating 5 years of its
existence with an exhibition showcasing its activities and accomplishments.
The exhibition will be held at its offices in Bangalore and Delhi from May
20 to 23, 2013. The Access to Knowledge (A2K) programme work will
Dear Ravi,
Thank you for sharing this very useful update. When I tried meeting some of
the active Tamil Wikipedians, I pleasantly realized that many are in
Srilanka and the Tamil diaspora. It was in fact a learning for me and quite
contrary to my presumptions about Tamil Wiki Community.
Could I
Dear Ravi,
You can check the report A case study on Tamil Wikipedia presented in
Wikimani 2009 at
http://ta.wikipedia.org/s/bs8
Thanks for sharing this. This is simple and superb!! A good model.
While a lot of things said there still holds good, a lot has happened over
the last four
Dear All,
In our effort to increase transparency with the working of CIS-A2K
programme, we are sharing with you the A2K Programme Budget along with the
Utilization for the period Sept. 2012 to February 2013 [1]. We intended to
share this with you by mid April, but it got delayed, as we felt the
Dear All,
CIS-A2K Team would like to share with you it's draft Work Plan (2013-2014)
for Indian language Wikimedia projects. The detailed work plan can be found
here. [1] The main objective of this document is to present a detailed
plan with projection of outcomes and expected impact of the A2K
Dear Friends,
This is in continuation to the below mail from Noopur and to give it a
better perspective. CIS-A2K has given a small consultancy to Sajjad Anwar
and Sumandro Chattopadhyay towards visualisation of the rich data offered
by the Indic Wikipedia eco-system. As part of this assignment
Wonderful initiative, Rohini!!
Warmly,
Vishnu
On 14 March 2013 17:42, 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/wikipedna
This is the first blog
Dear Sankarshan,
Thank you for your wishes. Pavanaja has joined the CIS-A2K team as the
Programme Officer, which was left vacant by Shiju Alex few months ago. He
will be a key point of contact for the expansion and growth of Kannada
Wikipedia within the team. We are glad to have his huge network
Dear Pradeep,
Thank you for your wishes. We are indeed happy to have Pavanaja join the
CIS-A2K team.
I was just curious to know if there was an ad for recruitment for this
post on the list for this position or not. I could not find the ad herein.
If someone who has a link to that post,
Dear Sankarshan,
On 10 March 2013 17:41, sankarshan foss.mailingli...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 5:36 PM, Vishnu t visdav...@gmail.com wrote:
• Assist WMF in rolling out and training the Online
Ambassadors for Indic language Wikipedia.
Can I impose
--
*From:* Vishnu t visdav...@gmail.com
*To:* Pradeep Mohandas prad2...@yahoo.com; Wikimedia India Community
list wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
*Cc:* wikimedia-in-e...@lists.wikimedia.org
wikimedia-in-e...@lists.wikimedia.org
*Sent:* Sunday, 10 March 2013 5:47 PM
*Subject:* Re
Dear Arun,
On 10 March 2013 18:10, Arun Ramarathnam arunra...@gmail.com wrote:
Dear Vishnu,
Is there any further hiring planned for the A2K team?
Right now all the positions are filled as per the the contract CIS has with
WMF. Unless and until any one of us leaves the A2K team, we will not
or on any of the local mailing
lists.
Thanks,
Anirudh
On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 1:17 PM, Vishnu t visdav...@gmail.com wrote:
Dear Pradeep,
Thank you for your wishes. We are indeed happy to have Pavanaja join the
CIS-A2K team.
I was just curious to know if there was an ad for recruitment
Dear Santhosh,
Thank you for sharing this very useful link. Will touch base with you,
offline, for more help on this. Thanks.
Warmly,
Vishnu
On 11 March 2013 10:05, Santhosh Thottingal
santhosh.thottin...@gmail.comwrote:
On Monday, March 11, 2013, Tejaswini Niranjana wrote:
Dear
How long a haul this could be? Asking out of curiosity.
On 11 March 2013 10:17, sankarshan foss.mailingli...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 10:11 AM, Tejaswini Niranjana t...@cscs.res.in
wrote:
That last utopian comment needs to be made a reality.
I wouldn't call it utopian, but
Congratulations, Rohini!
Best,
Vishnu
On 9 March 2013 11:45, Bishakha Datta bishakhada...@gmail.com wrote:
Nice! Congratulations, Rohini, and look forward to more wiki women
workshops and other related stuff.
Best
Bishakha
On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 12:39 AM, Sudhanwa Jogalekar
Dear Friends,
@Abhijith - Thank you for succinctly sharing the key points of our meeting.
It was amazing to see the energy all of you guys and gals have. It was a
very useful discussion we had. We will surely ensure that we meet these
plans one by one.
To give an update... We have been
Dear Rahim and Kashyap,
Glad to know about this event. All the best.
Look forward to updates on this.
Regards,
Vishnu
On 16 February 2013 13:14, Kaśyap కశ్యప్ kasya...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
You can add me for this event,
P.Krupal Kasyap
9396533666
2013/2/16 Rahmanuddin Shaik
Dear Tejaswini and Friends,
It is an interesting and pertinent issue. I do completely concur with
Tejaswini on the problem of 'using philological classifications and
terminology'. However, it will be interesting to track the history of how
we have ended up with the term 'Indic', in the computing
Dear Sudhanwa,
Thanks for sharing this. Very interesting mix of titles. We should ensure
to record them and put up on CC. As these can be very good source for the
Community.
All the best with GNUnify and I am very excited to be there.
Best,
Vishnu
On 14 February 2013 02:16, Sudhanwa Jogalekar
Thanks Dhaval and Harsh.
We have done outreach sessions at Ahmedabad, Rajkot etc. Also done one
essay writing competition for student and in that there were 300
participation. and the most important thing is that the growth rate of
Gujarati WIkipedia is 150% that is due to dedicated efforts
Dear Dr. Sumana, Shiju and all others behind Wiki-Sukthi ( *विकिसूक्तिः*),
Wonderful achievement! We should celebrate this!! Many congratulations and
keep it going.
Best,
Vishnu
On 10 February 2013 11:55, Karthik Nadar karthik...@wikimedia.in wrote:
This is an awesome news.
Congratulations
Dear Kalyan,
All the very best. Please let know if we could chip in with any help.
'The Walls of Kolkata' are so rich and diverse, but are increasingly being
painted on. Some of the graduate students at Media Lab, Jadavpur University
had done Video documentation called 'Project Wall'. Probably
Dear Ashwin and friends,
Nominating, Subha, who will be at the Pune and Bangalore events to post the
key points at the end of the day to the List. He will also live tweet the
event as much as possible and try to be present on the IRC.
We are also exploring of video streaming. Will confirm this
Dear Dhaval,
Thank you for sharing this. Excellent work Satishchandra, Devendrasinh
Gohil and Jayam Patel. Mainly because the way in which you have dovetailed
the Gujarati Wiki outreach event at the primary education level. I feel
this is a useful and more organic model of doing Education
Dear Pradeep,
If I may come-in on this.
*From: * Pradeep Mohandas prad2...@yahoo.com;
* To: * noopur noo...@cis-india.org;
* Subject: * Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [A2K]: The Access to Knowledge -
Bulletin - January '13
* Sent: * Thu, Feb 7, 2013 8:05:53 AM
Hi,
Thank you for the update,
Dear Sudhanwa,
Thanks for this. The list of speakers and the topics looks impressive.
Will join you.
Regards,
Vishnu
On 8 February 2013 00:37, Sudhanwa Jogalekar sudhanwa@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
Gnunify 2013 is just a week away from now. Speakers are being
finalised and schedules will
Dear Srikanth,
On 8 February 2013 18:56, Srikanth Ramakrishnan parakara.gh...@gmail.comwrote:
Vishnu, thanks for responding. Would you or someone from CIS help me
understand the rationale for selecting two individuals affiliated with
CSCS which is also affiliated with CIS?
First about my
Kudos to Abhishek and Niraj Suryawanshi and others at Wikipedia Club Pune!
Best,
Vishnu
On 22 January 2013 11:02, Subhashish Panigrahi subhash...@cis-india.orgwrote:
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