Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikisa-l] Sanskrit wikisource is created

2011-03-25 Thread Santhosh Thottingal
On Tue, March 22, 2011 8:28 pm, Shiju Alex wrote: Dear All, [...] finally the wiki is created on *2011 March 18* http://sa.wikisource.org/. It is available here: http://sa.wikisource.org Most of the text from Old Wikisource http://wikisource.org is already migrated to this new wikisource

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Odia and Odisha

2011-03-25 Thread BalaSundaraRaman
Just an example fi or Finnish is actually called Suomi in Finland :) Interesting. Some exonyms just stick, I suppose. :) - Sundar That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted. - George Boole, quoted in

[Wikimediaindia-l] Are you attending Wikimania 2011 at Haifa, Israel?

2011-03-25 Thread CherianTinu Abraham
Hi Wikipedians from India, Are you attending Wikimania 2011 at Haifa, Israel? Did you get scholarships from the Wikimedia Foundation for attending Wikimania this year? Please Add your name in this page so that others can know who all are travelling from India. It will help organize and

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Get access to my pictures and more

2011-03-25 Thread CherianTinu Abraham
Kindly avoid sending just invitations/spam to these mailing lists. Thnx. On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 8:05 PM, surya jois noreply+w29060...@netlogmail.com wrote: surya jois male - 55 years old Karnataka *4* friends*2* pictures Hi! I have created a Netlog profile and

[Wikimediaindia-l] 2nd Odia (Oriya) Wikipedia Academy/Workshop Bhubaneswar, 2011April03, 10 AM

2011-03-25 Thread Subhashish Panigrahi
Hi All, This is Subhashish from Odia (Oriya) Wikipedia. It is my pleasure to inform you all about the 2nd Odia (Oriya) Wikipedia Academy/Workshophttp://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiki_workshop/Bhubaneswar1 is going to be organized in Bhubaneswar on 2011April03 at 10 AM, Bharatiya Vidya

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Press] : The OPEN mag : Vernacular Wikipedia

2011-03-25 Thread Sankalp Dravid
... and I have yet to search for 'Bankimchandra Bose' :) BTW, I was startled to read that many of the Indian languages are *still* tagged as regional languages, (factually, they are official languages as far as Republic of India is concerned and some of them have official status across multiple

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Press] : The OPEN mag : Vernacular Wikipedia

2011-03-25 Thread Hisham Mundol
Hey Tinu I wouldn't worry too much about the errors. It's a good article because it talks about the range of languages as well as calling out a number of editors. Those are both strong messages. Thanks, as always, for doing a wonderful job with media. Hisham Mundol India Programs -