Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia in TN text books

On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 12:16 PM, Gautam John wrote: > On 29 September 2011 12:13, Vickram Crishna < > vvcris...@radiophony.com> wrote: > > > That is very interesting. Perhaps the WMF has some mechanism in place to > go > > to court? > > Court? that's a bit extreme. This opportunity can be leverag

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia in TN text books

On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 1:46 PM, Gautam John wrote: > > On 29 September 2011 12:13, Vickram Crishna wrote: > > > That is very interesting. Perhaps the WMF has some mechanism in place to go > > to court? > > Perhaps a letter from the Chapter would be more appropriate? I would like to think that t

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] or.wiktionary.org

Good news .. While inviting for WCI 2011 there were no active wikimedian's for Bengali, Diveh i , Gujaratiand Pali

[Wikimediaindia-l] WCI 2011 : Scholarship

Hi all, Wikimedians who have received scholarship please accept(reject) your scholarship by senting a mail to wikiconferencein...@gmail.com asap. So that we can work on the second round scholarship list. Thanks, For Scholarship Team, WCI 2011. ___ Wikim

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia in TN text books

On 29 September 2011 14:21, Anirudh Bhati wrote: > I would like to think that the general idea behind free-licensing > creative work is the defensive protection of intellectual property, > and not to enforce rights in courts of law. Well, and to ease the use of it while clearly marking it as suc

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia in TN text books

Gautam, PB is a CG body, you might want to draft a letter in Hindi or for that matter, in all 22 languages enjoying official status. I think our course of action, now is not to draft letters or go to court, but since we now know that media from the Commons is being used in education, bring more awa

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia in TN text books

PB is what?! CG? Thank you. Best, Gautam http://blog.prathambooks.org/p/social-media.html On 29 September 2011 15:48, Srikanth Ramakrishnan wrote: > Gautam, PB is a CG body, you might want to draft a letter in Hindi or > for that matter, in all 22 languages enjoying official status

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia in TN text books

Central Government, I think. :) warm regards, Pradeep On 29 September 2011 15:52, Gautam John wrote: > PB is what?! CG? > > Thank you. > > Best, > > Gautam > > http://blog.prathambooks.org/p/social-media.html > > > > > On 29 September 2011 15:48, Srikanth Ramakrishnan > wrote: > > Gau

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia in TN text books

On 29 September 2011 15:56, Pradeep Mohandas wrote: > Central Government, I think. :) Oh! Pratham Books is most certainly not a Central Government body! Thank you. Best, Gautam http://blog.prathambooks.org/p/social-media.html ___ Wikimedia

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia in TN text books

Gautam, I meant Prasar Bharathi. The parent company of Doordarshan. It is a Central Government entity. Re,+ SR, CBE. On 29/09/2011, Srikanth Ramakrishnan wrote: > Gautam, PB is a CG body, you might want to draft a letter in Hindi or > for that matter, in all 22 languages enjoying official status.

[Wikimediaindia-l] Indic Languages: Shiju Alex

cross-posting to reach pan-India; apologies if you have got it from other mailing lists. Dear All As I had mentioned in a previous posting (and as was so touchingly welcomed by so many of of you), Shiju Alex is joining us to lead our Indic Languages initiatives. In this mail (http://lists.wi

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indic Languages: Shiju Alex

On 30 September 2011 07:24, Hisham wrote: > I'm really pleased to inform you that he has now joined India Programs (on > September 24th.) Good luck Shiju! Thank you. Best, Gautam http://blog.prathambooks.org/p/social-media.html ___ Wikimed

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indic Languages: Shiju Alex

Welcome on board, Shiju! Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur -- On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 8:10 AM, Gautam John wrote: > On 30 September 2011 07:24, Hisham wrote: > > > I'm really pleased to inform you that he has now joined India Programs > (on > > S

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indic Languages: Shiju Alex

Hoi, I could not be more happy. Shiju we must talk. Thanks, GerardM On 29 September 2011 20:14, Ashwin Baindur wrote: > Welcome on board, Shiju! > > Warm regards, > > Ashwin Baindur > -- > > > > On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 8:10 AM, Gautam Joh

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia in TN text books

I am sorry that my simple query did not include my reasoning. The purpose of going to court is not to enforce rights per se for a particular photograph, but to send a signal to the government that a right enjoyed by all cannot be arbitrarily abstracted by the government, and that it amounts to inte

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia in TN text books

Vickram: > I am not insisting that WMF or the Chapter take the lead in this matter - > there are plenty of NGOs and brave individuals out there fighting for the > preservation of our fundamental rights. But in this case, it is precisely > WMF (or if you please, the Chapter, although I don't really

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia in TN text books

On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Gautam John wrote: > Vickram: > > > I am not insisting that WMF or the Chapter take the lead in this matter - > > there are plenty of NGOs and brave individuals out there fighting for the > > preservation of our fundamental rights. But in this case, it is precisel

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia in TN text books

On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 11:29, Vickram Crishna wrote: > > In this particular case, doubtless Arun Ganesh is specifically aggrieved, > since it was his picture the Government has acquired al la Singur (but > without the comforting legislative sanction such actions normally need), but > WMF's abilit