Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] A tale of two workshops

2011-03-08 Thread Bala Jeyaraman
Hisham and Gautam, The following are my conclusions from my limited (3 workshop) experience: The best way to grab their attention is to switch off/use sparingly the powerpoint presentation and talk to them about the articles they understand. I have to make it clear upfront, i am not a faculty/sta

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] A tale of two workshops

2011-03-08 Thread Gautam John
Thank you, Bala. > The best way to grab their attention is to switch off/use sparingly the > powerpoint presentation and talk to them about the articles they understand. Really interesting - I would have thought that an slidedeck introduction would work but your point is something I shall incorpo

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia rises on mobile usage in India

2011-03-08 Thread CherianTinu Abraham
Wikipedia Rises on mobile usage in India >> See http://www.medianama.com/2011/03/223-opera-jan-2011-wikipedia-rises-mobile2day-emerges-getjar-zedge-decline/ ".. Wikipedia has been the highest gainer, up three positions from last time.." Regards Tinu Cherian

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia rises on mobile usage in India

2011-03-08 Thread Santhosh Thottingal
On Tue, March 8, 2011 2:33 pm, CherianTinu Abraham wrote: > Wikipedia Rises on mobile usage in India >> See > > http://www.medianama.com/2011/03/223-opera-jan-2011-wikipedia-rises-mobile2day-emerges-getjar-zedge-decline/ > > > ".. Wikipedia has been the highest gainer, up three positions from last

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia rises on mobile usage in India

2011-03-08 Thread Santhosh Thottingal
On Tue, March 8, 2011 2:33 pm, CherianTinu Abraham wrote: > Wikipedia Rises on mobile usage in India >> See > > http://www.medianama.com/2011/03/223-opera-jan-2011-wikipedia-rises-mobile2day-emerges-getjar-zedge-decline/ > > > ".. Wikipedia has been the highest gainer, up three positions from last

[Wikimediaindia-l] India Government plans to "regulate" blogs and user generated content.

2011-03-08 Thread CherianTinu Abraham
Heard lots of news of Government of India planning to "regulate" blogs and user generated content. http://www.medianama.com/2011/02/223-indias-draft-blogger-guidelines/ It will interesting to read this in the light of Wikipedia also works on user generated content. "Objectionable content" ? Anyth

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India Government plans to "regulate" blogs and user generated content.

2011-03-08 Thread Gautam John
On 8 March 2011 15:15, CherianTinu Abraham wrote: >  "Objectionable content" ? Anything like PoK, Indian maps, Indo-Pak wars > should easily fall into this for the government. It's something that I worry about Tinu - it's incredibly broad. Pranesh's comments are well worth reading. http://www.

[Wikimediaindia-l] Next meetup of Pune Wikipedians - 12 March 2011

2011-03-08 Thread Ashwin Baindur
The next meetup of Pune wikipedians, WikiPuneri, is planned for Saturday 12 Mar 2011, from 1830 to 1930 hrs at Symbiosis Institue of Computer Science and Research, Atur Centre, Model Colony (near Om Supermarket), 7th Floor, Room Room No 704. The intended purpose of the meetup is: to set up a long-

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia rises on mobile usage in India

2011-03-08 Thread Ravishankar
SETT browser for Android can display Tamil and Sinhalese Unicode pages well. Someone can try it for all indic languages http://code.google.com/p/sett-browser/ ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia

[Wikimediaindia-l] [Press] : Malayala Manorama : " Santhosh Thottingal Wikimedia Bhasha Commitiyil " ( malayalam)

2011-03-08 Thread CherianTinu Abraham
*Malayala Manorama :* " Santhosh Thottingal Wikimedia Bhasha Commitiyil " ( malayalam) http://silpa.smc.org.in/wiki/Santhosh?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=Santhosh_News.jpg Malayala Manorama is the largest regional language newspaper in India , also the newspaper in Malayalam with the largest c

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] A tale of two workshops

2011-03-08 Thread Ravishankar
I completely agree with Bala's views. I have done around 5 Wiki workshops and intentionally never used any Powerpoint presentation or handout though resource material were available in plenty. People get frozen with these resources and do not connect to the speaker well. I have seen anecdotes, sto

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [fcf_discussion] Why don’t more scientists contribute to Wikipedia?: Survey to find out

2011-03-08 Thread Nagarjuna G
-- Forwarded message -- From: Fuster, Mayo Date: Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 10:34 PM Subject: [fcf_discussion] Why don’t more scientists contribute to Wikipedia?: Survey to find out To: "fcforum_discuss...@list.fcforum.net" Why don’t more scientists contribute to Wikipedia? The Wikime

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] A tale of two workshops

2011-03-08 Thread Jessie Wild
Really interesting to read, Bala - thanks for taking the time to write this up! On 3/7/2011 11:05 PM, BalaSundaraRaman wrote: > Let's please document such reports at > http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page and/or wikimedia.in apart > from emailing to the list. In terms of documentation,

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [fcf_discussion] Why don’t more scientists contribute to Wikipedia?: Survey to find out

2011-03-08 Thread Samuel Klein
I loved that email of Mayo's also. I wonder if the same trends will hold in India... --SJ On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 12:28 PM, Nagarjuna G wrote: > -- Forwarded message -- > From: Fuster, Mayo > Date: Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 10:34 PM > Subject: [fcf_discussion] Why don’t more scientist

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India Government plans to "regulate" blogs and user generated content.

2011-03-08 Thread Gautam John
A few additional data points: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/bloggers-call-content-regulation-a-gag-on-freedom/articleshow/7659593.cms And CIS's RTI on the ban last week: http://www.cis-india.org/advocacy/igov/blog/rtis-on-website-blocking A question: Should/could we as a comm