[Wikimediaindia-l] Bangalore meetup #51

2012-11-15 Thread Arun Ramarathnam
Dear Wikimedians, The next Bangalore Wikipedia community meetup is this weekeend (*Meetup #51* ).. The primary focus of the meeting is a Wikivoyage talk and discussions around new initiatives of Wiki Project Karnataka. We would also like to take this opportunity to welcome Ravikiran Rao, an

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Spoken Wikipedia for Indic Languages

2012-11-15 Thread sankarshan
On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 9:21 PM, Theo10011 de10...@gmail.com wrote: Heh, I didn't know you became a cultural authority on what words were wrong, from the last few visit(s) to India. :P Anyway, It would be any linguist's folly to presume the cultural context of words, without knowing the

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Spoken Wikipedia for Indic Languages

2012-11-15 Thread ஆமாச்சு
On Friday 16 November 2012 08:54 AM, sankarshan wrote: Indo-European languages comprising Sanskrit and the modern Indian languages that are its descendants. barring Tamil :-) ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Spoken Wikipedia for Indic Languages

2012-11-15 Thread sankarshan
On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 9:03 AM, ஆமாச்சு ama...@amachu.net wrote: On Friday 16 November 2012 08:54 AM, sankarshan wrote: Indo-European languages comprising Sanskrit and the modern Indian languages that are its descendants. barring Tamil :-) The Wikipedia seems to use Indic and Brahmic

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Spoken Wikipedia for Indic Languages

2012-11-15 Thread ஆமாச்சு
On Friday 16 November 2012 09:13 AM, sankarshan wrote: The Wikipedia seems to use Indic and Brahmic scripts as synonyms of each other. Does your contention hold in that case ? well, my opinion is that these have evolved in a complimentary/ collaborative environment certainly Tamil couldn't

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Spoken Wikipedia for Indic Languages

2012-11-15 Thread Vickram Crishna
As far as this discussion is concerned, it does not seem that we need to be much bothered about the history and background. What we need to focus on is the word in its current context, so, Indic and Indian languages, with particular reference to display standards, and therefore the direction of

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fast inverse square root Wikipedia article blocked by DOT/ Vodafone India.

2012-11-15 Thread CherianTinu Abraham
Strangely Fast inverse square root Wikipedia article is blocked by DOT/ Vodafone India. https://twitter.com/mixdev/status/269306415229829120/photo/1 Regards Tinu Cherian ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fast inverse square root Wikipedia article blocked by DOT/ Vodafone India.

2012-11-15 Thread Deepon Saha
Just that particular article? strange indeed.. can't we contact someone from Vodafone for an explanation? Deepon On Nov 16, 2012 11:53 AM, CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.com wrote: Strangely Fast inverse square root Wikipedia article is blocked by DOT/ Vodafone India.

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fast inverse square root Wikipedia article blocked by DOT/ Vodafone India.

2012-11-15 Thread Gaurav Pruthi
Use Airtel Broadbandits opening with that :). -Gaurav On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 11:52 AM, CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.com wrote: Strangely Fast inverse square root Wikipedia article is blocked by DOT/ Vodafone India. https://twitter.com/mixdev/status/269306415229829120/photo/1

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fast inverse square root Wikipedia article blocked by DOT/ Vodafone India.

2012-11-15 Thread CherianTinu Abraham
Yes, it was working with Reliance and Airtel. What I find iweird is the nature of this article ! What is potentially a national threat/defamatory on this article ? -TC On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 12:07 PM, Gaurav Pruthi gaurav.pruth...@gmail.comwrote: Use Airtel Broadbandits opening with that