Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-blr] Wiki meetup 19 at Bangalore - 2010 September 24

2010-09-23 Thread Srikanth Lakshmanan
So we shouldnt be having any problems now. http://www.indianexpress.com/news/SC-defers-verdict-on-Ayodhya-title-suit-till-Sept-29/686611 Looking forward for the meetup. On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 22:39, Ra

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [mr-wiki] Minutes of Pune Wikipedia Meetup 18th Sept. 2010

2010-09-23 Thread Sudhanwa Jogalekar
Some photos were taken at the end of the Pune meeting. Can someone post those pictures please. Regards -Sudhanwa On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 12:01 PM, Mahitgar from Marathi Wikipedia < mahit...@yahoo.co.in> wrote: > > > Dear Wikimedians , > > Thank you all for the overwhelming response to the 2010

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wiki meetup 19 at Bangalore - 2010 September 24

2010-09-23 Thread CherianTinu Abraham
Yes, the Ayodhya verdict has been postponed so we're all set for the community meeting on Sep 24 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Bangalore/Bangalore19 Regards Tinu Cherian On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 3:20 PM, Srikanth Lakshmanan wrote: > So we shouldnt be having any problems now. >

[Wikimediaindia-l] Question for Hindi Wikipedians

2010-09-23 Thread Frank Schulenburg
Hi All, I just gathered the data for the Tamil Wikipedia: * In August 2010, 807 people created a new user account on the Tamil Wikipedia. That's an average of 26 new user accounts per day. * Out of these 807 new user accounts, 82 have made an edit within the first 10 days after account creation (

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Question for Hindi Wikipedians

2010-09-23 Thread Sudhanwa Jogalekar
I think locationwise analysis will also be interesting to see in this case. My guess is Hindi users will be primarily from India and US/CA/UK whereas Tamil users will be from India, SriLanka, Singapore, Malasia etc. -Sudhanwa On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 7:51 PM, Frank Schulenburg wrote: > Hi All,

[Wikimediaindia-l] More News articles on Barry's visit and Wikimedia

2010-09-23 Thread CherianTinu Abraham
More News articles on Barry's visit and Wikimedia DNA http://epaper.dnaindia.com/dnabangalore/newsview.aspx?eddate=9/24/2010&pageno=3&edition=9&prntid=19385&bxid=28049060&pgno=3 Business Standard http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/wikimedia-adds-india-chapter/408933/ Daink Bhaskar http:

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wiki meetup 19 at Bangalore - 2010 September 24

2010-09-23 Thread CherianTinu Abraham
A gentle reminder of today evening's Wikimeetup19 @Bangalore http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Bangalore/Bangalore19 Regards Tinu Cherian On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 4:31 PM, CherianTinu Abraham wrote: > > Yes, > the A

[Wikimediaindia-l] Meet the creatures that created Wikipedia

2010-09-23 Thread Shiju Alex
An interesting article about wiki editors. :) http://getahead.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/sep/23/slide-show-1-gadgets-and-gaming-creatures-that-created-wikipedia.htm ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wiki

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] More News articles on Barry's visit and Wikimedia

2010-09-23 Thread CherianTinu Abraham
1 more : IndiaTechOnline http://www.indiatechonline.com/wikipedia-sets-up-india-chapter-328.php On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 7:50 AM, CherianTinu Abraham wrote: > More News articles on Barry's visit and Wikimedia > > DNA > http://epaper.dnaindia.com/dnabangalore/newsview.aspx?eddate=9/24/2010&pageno=

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Malayalam WIkipedia /Wikimedia Academy - Madurai , Tamil Nadu- 21 Sep 2010

2010-09-23 Thread CherianTinu Abraham
The Madurai Malayalam WikiAcademy on sep 21st 2010 was a success and was attended by atleast 61 people. http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/wikipedia:Madurai_wikipedia_Academy_1 The WikiAcademy was led by ML Wikipedians Habeeb, Abhishek Jacob & Biju Prasad , with also help from the Malayalam Department o

[Wikimediaindia-l] CWG Cost : Govt cites Wikipedia as source

2010-09-23 Thread Srikanth Lakshmanan
Hi all, Came across this link Ministry of Tourism, Govt of India cites Wikipedia as the source for CWG cost. http://www.deccanherald.com/content/97131/govt-draws-blank-cwg-cost.html . We probably need more focus on articles related to govt projects with a closer eye. Probably a work group would h

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] More News articles on Barry's visit and Wikimedia

2010-09-23 Thread Bishakha Datta
Great job on media coverage, guys! Bishakha On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 9:50 AM, CherianTinu Abraham wrote: > 1 more : > IndiaTechOnline > http://www.indiatechonline.com/wikipedia-sets-up-india-chapter-328.php > > On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 7:50 AM, CherianTinu Abraham < > tinucher...@gmail.com> wrote:

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] CWG Cost : Govt cites Wikipedia as source

2010-09-23 Thread CherianTinu Abraham
This is really interesting.. Last heard was that a court used Wikipedia as a reference source. Regards Tinu Cherian On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Srikanth Lakshmanan wrote: > Hi all, > > Came across this link > > Ministry of Tourism, Govt of India cites Wikipedia as the source for CWG > cost.

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] CWG Cost : Govt cites Wikipedia as source

2010-09-23 Thread Gautam John
On 24 September 2010 11:49, CherianTinu Abraham wrote: > This is really interesting.. Last heard was that a court used Wikipedia as a > reference source. At least 46 times. http://www.indiankanoon.org/search/?formInput=wikipedia+doctypes:judgments Thank you. Best, Gautam http://soci

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Delhi Meetup

2010-09-23 Thread Bishakha Datta
Sounds great - it's really a big step, holding the first meet-up in a city. Congratulations! Bishakha On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 12:28 PM, theo10011 wrote: > Hi all > > The first Wikipedia Delhi Meet was organized yesterday, despite a constant > downpour and some Venue issues 14 Delhi-hites braved

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Question for Hindi Wikipedians

2010-09-23 Thread BalaSundaraRaman
Thanks a lot for pulling up the data so fast, Frank. So, it appears that, Tamil Wiki has a similar percentage as the Hindi Wiki. Just wanted a minor clarification: does this take the automatically-created global accounts into account? - Sundar "That language is an instrument of human reason,

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Question for Hindi Wikipedians

2010-09-23 Thread BalaSundaraRaman
Sudhanwa, Anecdotally speaking, active editors to Tamil Wikipedia come from India, Sri Lanka, Canada, Australia, the US, and Europe. Not many from Malaysia and Singapore as much as we would wish. I agree that data analysis would help. - Sundar "That language is an instrument of human reason

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Malayalam WIkipedia /Wikimedia Academy - Madurai , Tamil Nadu- 21 Sep 2010

2010-09-23 Thread Habeeb | ഹബീബ്
a minor typo in tinu's mail. next malayalam wiki meet in on 10th October (not on 17th) @ Devagiri , Calicut regards Habeeb On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 11:08 AM, CherianTinu Abraham wrote: > The Madurai Malayalam WikiAcademy on sep 21st 2010 was a success and was > attended by atleast 61 people. >