[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikipedia-gu] Fwd: Gujarati ane Computer: 17th August

2012-08-13 Thread Noopur Raval
*FYI. *Kartik Mistry, Konarak and Harsh, three Gujarati Wikipedians speaking at the Gujarati Sahitya Parishad workshop on Gujarati and computers. They will be covering a number of topics including Gujarati typing and Wikipedia. Please spread the word and do attend if you are in Ahmedabad. Thanks f

[Wikimediaindia-l] what is a Monument?

2012-08-13 Thread Shrinivasan T
Hi, Thanks for the nice contents. Need some guidance on what is a Monument? Shall I take photos of roads, nature, scenary, buildings, statues, malls, shops, people, materials, etc? Please explain in detail in what is accepted as Monument and what is not? Thanks. -- Regards, T.Shrinivasan M

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] what is a Monument?

2012-08-13 Thread Karthik Nadar
Hi Shrinivasan, according to a definition in Wikipedia, a Monument is a type of structure either explicitly created to commemorate a person or important event or which has become important to a social group as a part of their remembrance of historic times or cultural heritage, or simply as an exa

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] what is a Monument?

2012-08-13 Thread Shrinivasan T
> > Roads, nature, scenery, people, shops, people materials does not qualify for > the contest, while heritage monuments like Thiruvalluvar Statue, Gateway of > India, India gate, etc are the few examples of monuments. Hope the temples come under monuments. Do any one know the places in chennai

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] what is a Monument?

2012-08-13 Thread Karthik Nadar
Even I was confused regarding temples. IMO, Meenakshi Temple should fall under heritage monument. This list must help you a little-bit: http://asi.nic.in/asi_monu_alphalist_tamilnadu.asp, though you are welcome to add the list of monuments you know here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiki

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] what is a Monument?

2012-08-13 Thread Karthik Nadar
Just to confirm, heritage temple is part of monument. On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 10:52 PM, Karthik Nadar wrote: > Even I was confused regarding temples. IMO, Meenakshi Temple should fall > under heritage monument. > > This list must help you a little-bit: > http://asi.nic.in/asi_monu_alphalist_tamil

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] what is a Monument?

2012-08-13 Thread Shrinivasan T
On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 11:10 PM, Karthik Nadar wrote: > Just to confirm, heritage temple is part of monument. > Thanks. I hope churches, mosques also come under monument. please confirm. -- Regards, T.Shrinivasan My Life with GNU/Linux : http://goinggnu.wordpress.com Free/Open Source Jobs :

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] what is a Monument?

2012-08-13 Thread Pradeep Mohandas
Quite a philosophical question this no? Apparently, India has an act that defines what are monuments. It goes by the rather descriptive name, Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958. You can read this act here - http://www.asi.nic.in/asi_monuments.asp My answer to you

[Wikimediaindia-l] Funds Dissemination Committee

2012-08-13 Thread Karthik Nadar
Hi all, just to let you know what we are spotting in central banners currently! The Wikimedia movement raises a significant amount of money in its annual fundraiser. They are now changing how non-core money is allocated across movement entities, and you may be part of a new Funds Dissemination Com