Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indian DYK (trivia) from Wikipedia on twitter.

2010-08-21 Thread Srikanth Lakshmanan
On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 11:16 AM, guru brahma wrote: > Dear Srikanth, > > good to see this initiative. I used to be among the most active Indian > contributors to DYK in 2005-06. > Hi Srinivas, This is possible only because of efforts of DYK contributors like you. I know how tough it is since i

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indian DYK (trivia) from Wikipedia on twitter.

2010-08-20 Thread guru brahma
@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Tue, 17 August, 2010 2:24:59 AM Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indian DYK (trivia) from Wikipedia on twitter. Hi all, We launched this one in #WPMBL17. The twitter account is @DYKIndia. Thanks Sundar for the handle suggestion, this seems short and crisp :) Twitter :- http://twitter.com

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indian DYK (trivia) from Wikipedia on twitter.

2010-08-16 Thread BalaSundaraRaman
ression of thought, is a truth generally admitted." - George Boole, quoted in Iverson's Turing Award Lecture From: Srikanth Lakshmanan To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Tue, August 17, 2010 2:24:59 AM Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indi

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indian DYK (trivia) from Wikipedia on twitter.

2010-08-16 Thread Srikanth Lakshmanan
Hi all, We launched this one in #WPMBL17. The twitter account is @DYKIndia. Thanks Sundar for the handle suggestion, this seems short and crisp :) Twitter :- http://twitter.com/DYKIndia GDocs Tweet Queue :- http://j.mp/a4ayc3 Repository :- http://github.com/srikanthlogic/WikipediaDYKTweeter Bot

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indian DYK (trivia) from Wikipedia on twitter.

2010-08-08 Thread Srikanth Lakshmanan
Hi, I have created a shared document from where hooks will be read by the script. Currently it has 574 hooks, i would relook the scrapper script and would keep adding more to the hook preparation area. The spreadsheet is open to edit and please feel free to help. GDocs Link :- http://j.mp/a4ayc3

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indian DYK (trivia) from Wikipedia on twitter.

2010-08-07 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
wikimedia.org > *Sent:* Sat, August 7, 2010 2:37:58 PM > *Subject:* [Wikimediaindia-l] Indian DYK (trivia) from Wikipedia on > twitter. > > Hi all, > > I am planning to start a twitter account posting one DYK fact related to > India everyday and a link to the article using

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indian DYK (trivia) from Wikipedia on twitter.

2010-08-07 Thread BalaSundaraRaman
;s Turing Award Lecture From: Srikanth Lakshmanan To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Sat, August 7, 2010 2:37:58 PM Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indian DYK (trivia) from Wikipedia on twitter. Hi all, I am planning to start a twitter account posting one D

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indian DYK (trivia) from Wikipedia on twitter.

2010-08-07 Thread Srikanth Lakshmanan
On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 3:18 PM, Gerard Meijssen wrote: > Hoi, > Submit the text using Twitterfeed. It will automatically include a "bit.ly" > url at the end. I use it when I post my blog to include a tweet. > I actually thought of this first (So that there is not need to format the hook to 120 ch

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indian DYK (trivia) from Wikipedia on twitter.

2010-08-07 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, Submit the text using Twitterfeed. It will automatically include a "bit.ly" url at the end. I use it when I post my blog to include a tweet. Thanks, GerardM PS Nice idea :) On 7 August 2010 11:07, Srikanth Lakshmanan wrote: > Hi all, > > I am planning to start a twitter account posti

[Wikimediaindia-l] Indian DYK (trivia) from Wikipedia on twitter.

2010-08-07 Thread Srikanth Lakshmanan
Hi all, I am planning to start a twitter account posting one DYK fact related to India everyday and a link to the article using a script.There are currently 1200+ DYK articles related to India and i have wrote a script to parse the talk pages and got around 800+ DYK hooks (my script's regex can be