Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Takes Mumbai 2012

2012-01-24 Thread Ashwin Baindur
For those going around the large Maidan in front of Mumbai University (where WikiConference was held) - Fort is littered with memorials and busts. Choose a large telephoto lens where cops and others are sticky to allow photography of statues in public panorama, such as Bombay High Court. Please c

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Building the Assamese Wiki Community - Outreach programs during next week

2012-01-24 Thread Ashwin Baindur
Wonderful news, Assamese Wikipedians. A heartiest congratulations and good wishes to you on behalf of all Indian Wikipedians editing in English. please contact me if I can help you. Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur -- On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 4:57

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-WB] Proposal: Wikipedia participation at 'Kolkata Book Fair 2012'

2012-01-24 Thread Ashwin Baindur
My dear friends from Kolkata, So sorry to hear that your book fair plans could not come through! Many times hard work goes for a six for banal reasons. Never mind, do not lose hope. Keep fighting the good fight! I enclose a virtual Mishti Doi for each of you with this email (my favourite Bangali

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Design for Wikipdia India sites

2012-01-24 Thread Naveen Francis
Done On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 8:44 PM, Srikanth Lakshmanan wrote: > Irrespective of this happening, Can some remove the Marquee from the > current website (wikimedia.in) soonish? > > 0. Marquee is deprecated,non standard element [1] > New to me !!! What should be done to notify important events ?

[Wikimediaindia-l] JMILUG Organizing Wikipedia Introductory Session on 30.01.2012

2012-01-24 Thread Sheel Sindhu Manohar
Hello Friends, Time & Date : 1pm to 2pm on 30.01.2012 Venue : Room No. 305 , 3rd Floor , Faculty Of Engg. & Technology, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi-110025 Your Contribution to it : = If you really want to be a contributor, editor or help community in any way you would love t

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Foundation-l] REMINDER: Wikimania 2013 - invitation to bid

2012-01-24 Thread Ravishankar
Hi, I appreciate the wise decision from Indian Wikipedia community to opt out of Wikimania bid until next few years. Even Wikiconference India need not be an annual event considering the amount of human and financial resources spent on it. What we need is strengthening local communities in each l

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Foundation-l] REMINDER: Wikimania 2013 - invitation to bid

2012-01-24 Thread BĂ©ria Lima
Not of my business what you do in India, but here is my 2 cents. I think that a nacional Conference for India is a HUGE job (Comming for a country that is equaly huge, I can imagine the several logistic problems to deslocate people from one city to another). So my suggestion is to make several "m

[Wikimediaindia-l] Opportunity to participate @ Technovanza

2012-01-24 Thread Nitika
Hey All, We have the opportunity to participate in Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute tech fest Technovanza which is running from 3rd to 5th February. A "special thank you" note goes to Aditya Sengupta for helping us organise this. :-) For more details about the fest please visit: http:

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WCI 2012 (Was: REMINDER: Wikimania 2013 - invitation to bid)

2012-01-24 Thread wheredevelsdare
Agree and disagree. Though WCI takes a lot of effort, yes, the results are for all of us to see. A new incubator has been initiated (Ahirani), there is talk of revival of other Indic pedias such as Kashmiri, several Photowalks, hackathons, Workshops and Academies have been held (or are being

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WCI 2012 (Was: REMINDER: Wikimania 2013 - invitation to bid)

2012-01-24 Thread Ashwin Baindur
+1 to Pranav. Pranav's text serves to remind us why an annual WikiConference India is a good idea. Now that we are mostly no longer thinking of Wikimania 2013, it is time to begin thinking of WikiConference 2012. Can cities other than Mumbai & Pune please start considering on this issue as to whe

[Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikipedia-gu] Report on small meetup in Ahmedabad

2012-01-24 Thread Arnav Sonara
Hello everyone, On 24th January 2012, a small meetup was organized in L.D. College of Engineering Ahmedabad, I thank Kothari Harsh and Shah Smit from the college to organize this on such short notice (less than 24 hours). After the successful photo walk and a small Wiki 11 celebration, I thought t