As someone who created many of the Indian maps on wikipedia, this is a
serious issue which needs a decision as it has been in the gray for quite a
while. I have stopped my contribution of Indian maps ever since i realized
that my work could have legal repercussions. For now, all the maps come with
The root of this problem is very similar to the Section 377 case (refer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_377_of_the_Indian_Penal_Code)
The laws and attitudes in place regarding this case are ancient and in
present circumstances, wrong. They do the country more harm than good. Going
by these
arun.plane...@gmail.com
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As someone who created many of the Indian maps on wikipedia, this is a serious
issue which needs a decision as it has
in Iverson's Turing Award Lecture
From: Arun Ganesh arun.plane...@gmail.com
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Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India map and indian laws
As someone who created many of the Indian maps on wikipedia
On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 1:29 PM, Gautam John gau...@prathambooks.org wrote:
On 15 February 2011 23:57, Ragib Hasan ragibha...@gmail.com wrote:
responsible for any wikipedia content. I believe that German wikipedia
has a similar issue regarding the display of some nazi symbols (which
is
Hi,
A simpler technical solution will be to show the map that is correct
in the India context for all the IP addresses originating from India
and for all other IPs, the current one ( I think that is the one
recognised by UN)
This should give a right solution to all the users.
Additionally, on
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
Hi all,
There is a discussion going on at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:India#Map
about compliance to indian laws about representation of India in maps.
According to Indian law it is illegal to show a map that differs from the
official map (which includes, Pakistan controlled Kashmir and the
