Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia meetup - Oct 11

A linkedin Notice to the event can be found at http://events.linkedin.com/6th-Wikipedia-WikiMedia-Wikimeetup/pub/135107 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Bangalore/Bangalore6 I am planning to take a demo on AWB ( AutoWikiBrowser ) , an advanced wikipedia editing tool, on the same

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia / WikiMedia Bangalore WikiMeetup 7 - November 2009

Hi all, Thanks to all who had attended the last meetup in October. We definitely missed those who were unable to attend. The next edition of Bangalore Meetup in November is in planning state. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:MBL7 User:Ganeshk from US, is planning down to come to Bangalore

[Wikimediaindia-l] Kiran's talk on Querying Wikipedia with Python and Mediawiki at FOSS.in/2009

Hi, Kiran Jonnalagadda ( User:jackerhack / @jackerhack) presented a talk on Querying Wikipedia with Python and Mediawiki at the annual FOSS.in/2009 ( http://foss.in) , Bangalore. Some pictures uploaded : http://twitpic.com/siblf ( Kiren presenting) http://twitpic.com/sid4d ( On a case study )

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia donations in India

Can anybody clarify donations to Wikimedia foundation ( associated with recent funds raiser) attracts any income-tax benefits in INDIA ? Some folks are asking confirmations on this. Thanks Tinu Cherian ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WikiMeetup - Bangalore -12

Based on the request, I have created a poll at * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Meetup/Bangalore/Bangalore12*for both the dates. *Please vote before march 8th *so that the logistics and other stuff can be planned. Regards Tinu Cherian On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 5:13 PM, Srikanth

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Steward election 2010

Conratulations Jyothis. Well deserved Thanks Tinu Cherian On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 1:35 PM, BalaSundaraRaman sundarbe...@yahoo.comwrote: Congrats, Jyotis! Your knowledge of multiple Indian languages will come in handy. - Sundar That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter

their feedback and/or participate in the discussion? Regards Arjun 2010/3/11 CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.com Congratulations to all Indian Wikipedians on this milestone step. Btw when can we expect the chapter be officially constituted ? Regards Tinu Cherian On Wed, Mar 10

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter

/*Sorry, off topic */ Guru, I also miss many mails from the alias . Therefore I keep a track of this archive http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/ Thanks Tinu Cherian On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 6:59 PM, guru brahma wiki...@yahoo.co.in wrote: Hi, after sending this mail, I got

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WikiMeetup - Bangalore -12

Since there was no consensus, we are keeping the date as same on march 12 Please try to come. Regards Tinu Cherian On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 2:44 PM, CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.comwrote: Based on the request, I have created a poll at * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WikiMeetup - Bangalore -12

Oops. The correct date is* March 14th, Sunday. * Sorry for the confusion. Thanks Anirudh for pointing it out. Regards Tinu Cherian On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 10:03 PM, anirudhsbh (wiki) wrote: 10:03 PM anirudhsbh: Hi Tinu. Did you mean that the meet up would be on March 14, or March 12 (that

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter

Thatz a great idea. Let us talk ! Please try to attend both the IRC chat today and Bangalore Meetup tommorrow. The primary discussion will be regarding WikiMedia India chapter formation . Please maintain the etiquettes of the discussion. - Tinu Cherian On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 7:37 AM, Naveen

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Cricket articles on Marathi Wikipedia, other meaningless inflation of article counts

My 2 ( or more ) paisa on this ! IMHO, if articles are deleted just because it is a stub in wikipedia , it would have never grown ! Try to add more meaningful content to those articles, instead of recommending it to deletion. Improvement of any article, is everybody's responsibility, not only to

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Academy - Malayalam - Bangalore 21st March 2009

Hi Wikipedians, Wikipedia Academies are public outreach events aimed at engaging academics, other subject-matter experts and anyone else who are not familiar with Wikpedia/ wiki culture or online communities. In presentations and workshops, experienced Wikipedia authors teach the participants how

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Academy - Malayalam - Bangalore 21st March 2010

Typo in the subject line ! Read the date as *21st March 2010 * -TC On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 6:20 PM, CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.comwrote: Hi Wikipedians, Wikipedia Academies are public outreach events aimed at engaging academics, other subject-matter experts and anyone else who

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Bangalore Meet-up April 11, 2010

Thanq Nadig for uploading the images with CC By SA license, I will copy them to our commons too.. Btw there was a news column today onTimes of India newspaper regarding this meetup and Bishakha Datta. E-editions can found below.

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Number of local Wikipedians

Natkeeran deleted it. Notifying him regarding this thread - Tinu Cherian On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 3:43 AM, Jyothis Edathoot j...@jyothis.net wrote: looks like that got deleted. Regards, Jyothis. http://www.Jyothis.net http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jyothis On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India lunch @ Wikimania

Hi Barry, Nice ! , looking fwd to have lunch with you and other Indian subcontinent wikipedians @ wikimania 2010 tmrw. And Hearty welcome to India ! Regards Tinu Cherian On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 3:59 PM, bnwikime...@gmail.com wrote: Hi everyone, I'm the new Chief Global Development Officer at

[Wikimediaindia-l] WIkimania Poland and Indian Wikipedias on newspapers

Some articles on Indian Wikipedias and WIkimania Poland on newspapers *Madness with a Message on Bangalore Mirror* Page12 ( 18July 2010, TODAY) article by Srinivas Gunta ( User:Gurubhrama ,Member, EC, Wikimedia India Chapter ) on Wikimania Poland and Indian language Wikipedias

[Wikimediaindia-l] The Wikipedia resource - in South Indian languages! - Mybangalore.com article

The Wikipedia resource - in South Indian languages! - Mybangalore.com article http://www.mybangalore.com/article/0810/the-wikipedia-resource-in-south-indian-languages.html Thanks Tinu Cherian ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Please help test geolocation

I tested it and the distance from the given co-ordinates from my actual location was around 15kms ( 9.3 miles) , but within the same city of Bangalore Regards Tinu Cherian On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 9:39 PM, Erik Moeller e...@wikimedia.org wrote: Hello all, we're experimenting with geolocation

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Please help test geolocation

Arun, Looks like both of us received the same co-ordinates from MaxMind :) Regards Tinu Cherian On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 10:18 PM, Arun Ram arunra...@gmail.com wrote: Eric, It seems to work with a 12 km diff. Meta page has been updated with the results. regards Arun On Tue, Aug 10,

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Sep 12- Bangalore Monthly wikipedia meetup - Announcing special talk

FYI -- Forwarded message -- From: Arun Ram arunra...@gmail.com Date: Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 8:28 AM Subject: [Wikimedia-in-blr] Bangalore Monthly wikipedia meetup - Announcing special talk To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, Mailing list for Wikimedians / Wikipedians in

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Media coverage

Nice..., Glad that wikipedia is getting lots of media coverage, these days. This is very important in our outreach point of view. Regards Tinu Cherian On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 4:04 PM, Bishakha Datta bishakhada...@gmail.comwrote:

[Wikimediaindia-l] Malayalam Wikipedia CD- mentioned in NewYork State University Blog

Malayalam Wikipedia CD- mentioned in NewYork State University Blog http://blogs.potsdam.edu/wikipediaoffline/2010/09/08/malayalam-wikipedia/ Regards Tinu Cherian ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-blr] Malayalam Wikipedia CD- mentioned in NewYork State University Blog

/10 11:31 PM, CherianTinu Abraham wrote: The efforts behind the Malayalam offline Wikipedia CD is really appreciable. It required a hardwork of 20+ Wikipedians for more than 2-3 months to make it a success. They also faced several technical / software hurdles which they successfully overcame

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-blr] Malayalam Wikipedia CD- mentioned in NewYork State University Blog

On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 12:12 PM, Bishakha Datta bishakhada...@gmail.comwrote: A superb effort - curious about the media controversy in Kerala and how that undermined this? Bishakha On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 12:01 PM, CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.com wrote: The efforts behind

[Wikimediaindia-l] Malayalam WIkipedia /Wikimedia Academy - Madurai , Tamil Nadu- 21 Sep 2010

This is to inform that a Malayalam WIkipedia /Wikimedia Academy is planned @ Madurai , Tamil Nadu on 21 Sep 2010. Venue : Kamaraj University centre, Madurai http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:Madurai_wikipedia_Academy_1 Regards Tinu Cherian ___

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Malayalam WIkipedia /Wikimedia Academy - Madurai , Tamil Nadu- 21 Sep 2010

admitted. - George Boole, quoted in Iverson's Turing Award Lecture -- *From:* CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.com *To:* wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org *Sent:* Fri, September 17, 2010 1:46:30 PM *Subject:* [Wikimediaindia-l] Malayalam WIkipedia /Wikimedia

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wiki meetup at Pune - 2010 September 18

Please don't forget to upload the photos to commons too http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedian_meetups_in_India Regards Tinu Cherian On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 6:36 PM, Hari Prasad Nadig hpna...@gmail.comwrote: Quite nice to see Wiki meet-ups starting to happen all around. Great

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Uploading our own FlickR entries to Commons

For uploading from Flickr to commons, I use this tool http://toolserver.org/~bryan/flickr/upload It can help you to directly upload CC by SA images to commons. ( Sharing this for the benefit of us). Nichalp had a bulk upload from computer tool.

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wiki meetup at Mumbai - 2010 September 20

Some of the photos can be seen here http://www.flickr.com/photos/pradx/sets/72157624997707420/ The uploader has licensed to CC by SA , so i will uploading some of them to Wikimedia commons too. Regards Tinu Cherian On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 10:31 PM, CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.com

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Bangalore Mid-Day coverage

LOL... the Wiki-capital term was coined by the journo herself.. Anyways glad to see the buzz around the foundation office ... I had indeed told her it is upto Barry the Foundation to decide where to set up the Foundation office.. Ofcourse, journos like to ride on stories of speculations ...

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Bangalore Mid-Day coverage

Salmanji, Please don't take it personally either... we are not competing for the cities.. :) Do note that the journo is from a Bangalore edition newspaper, so obviously will highlight the Bangalore part. :) The journo asked about what are the chances for Bangalore, I said my personal opinions. She

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wiki meetup at Mumbai - 2010 September 20

Uploaded some of the Mumbai Wikimeetup photos to http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Mumbai_Meetup_Sep10 Regards Tinu Cherian On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 7:22 AM, CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.comwrote: Some of the photos can be seen here http://www.flickr.com/photos/pradx/sets

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wiki meetup 19 at Bangalore - 2010 September 24

Yes, the Ayodhya verdict has been postponed so we're all set for the community meeting on Sep 24 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Bangalore/Bangalore19 Regards Tinu Cherian On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 3:20 PM, Srikanth Lakshmanan srik@gmail.comwrote: So we shouldnt be having

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] More News articles on Barry's visit and Wikimedia

1 more : IndiaTechOnline http://www.indiatechonline.com/wikipedia-sets-up-india-chapter-328.php On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 7:50 AM, CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.comwrote: More News articles on Barry's visit and Wikimedia DNA http://epaper.dnaindia.com/dnabangalore/newsview.aspx?eddate

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] CWG Cost : Govt cites Wikipedia as source

This is really interesting.. Last heard was that a court used Wikipedia as a reference source. Regards Tinu Cherian On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Srikanth Lakshmanan srik@gmail.comwrote: Hi all, Came across this link Ministry of Tourism, Govt of India cites Wikipedia as the source

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] More News articles on Barry's visit and Wikimedia

at 11:33 AM, Bishakha Datta bishakhada...@gmail.comwrote: Great job on media coverage, guys! Bishakha On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 9:50 AM, CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.com wrote: 1 more : IndiaTechOnline http://www.indiatechonline.com/wikipedia-sets-up-india-chapter-328.php On Fri

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] More News articles on Barry's visit and Wikimedia

On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 7:40 PM, CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.com wrote: + more : PTI / The Hindu : http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/internet/article797083.ece The Hindu : http://www.hindu.com/2010/09/25/stories/2010092551100200.htm Indian Express : http

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia story on CNN-IBN

Wikipedia story on CNN-IBN http://ibnlive.in.com/news/wikipedia-all-set-to-open-office-in-india/131876-11.html Dont forget to see the video.. featuring Salmaan, Anirudh, Kiran, HPN, me etc :) Regards Tinu Cherian ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimeetup @ Hyderabad

Hi folks, I am in touch with a few folks and Wikipedians in Hyderabad for a Wikimeetup @Hyd. Please* drop me a personal mail *to tinucherian ( at) gmail ( dot) com , if you are interested, so that I can keep you also in loop. Date Venue is still being discussed. Regards Tinu Cherian

[Wikimediaindia-l] Malayalam WikiAcademy 4 : Kozhikode , Kerala on Oct10, 2010

Hi Wikipedians, The next Malayalam Wiki Academy is scheduled for Oct 10, 2010 at Kozhikode ( Calicut) . http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/wp:Calicut_wikipedia_Academy_1 This is the fourth of series of Malayalam WikiAcademies in India and the first one @ Kozhikode. Venue: St.

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] who is the director of wikimedia india

Hi Bharath, I understand your concerns , IMHO but it is time to move on. Kiruba was associated with the chapter creation efforts in the initial stages. He also helped in several Wikimedia /Wikipedia outreach programmes that happened in chennai earlier. He was the one of organisers

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [mr-wiki] Minutes of Pune Wikipedia Meetup 18th Sept. 2010

The photos of the Pune Wikimeetup2 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Pune_Meetup_Sep10 Regards Tinu Cherian On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 3:51 PM, Sudhanwa Jogalekar sudhanwa@gmail.comwrote: Some photos were taken at the end of the Pune meeting. Can someone post those pictures please.

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimeetup @ Hyderabad

the best wishes for the first Hyderabad Wiki meetup . Regards Tinu Cherian On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 5:46 PM, CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.comwrote: The first Hyderabad Wiki meetup is planned for Oct 10, Sunday 3 PM http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Hyderabad/Hyderabad1 Please

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] creative commons superhero meets wikimedia india

Wow.. Congrats GKJohn :) Regards Tinu Cherian On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 6:51 PM, Achal Prabhala aprabh...@gmail.com wrote: Creative Commons has just put out a list of people it considers 'superheroes' https://creativecommons.net/superheroes/ - and of the six people highlighted, one is our very

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimeetup @ Hyderabad

appreciation to Lakshman Prasad ( User:Scorpion032 ) , Mspraveen , Veeven all the others who made it a big success. Regards Tinu Cherian On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 6:22 PM, CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.comwrote: Please note that the time of the Hyderabad wikimeetup is changed to 10 AM , Oct 10

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Proposal: Wiki Marathon

Nice idea.. I was thinking the same for some time .. I was planning to call it Shut up Edit :) Bangalore meetups happens second sunday of every month. So the next one will be November 14. How about a theme like 2010 Commonwealth games ? We will create articles for all Indian medal winners in

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Media coverage

http://wikimedia.in/wiki/In_the_news Can one of the site admins link the Press Kit In the News pages on the side bar ? Regards Tinu Cherian On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 8:31 PM, Bishakha Datta bishakhada...@gmail.comwrote: from yesterday's Times of India at

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Proposal: Wiki Marathon

1. Agree..Wiki-thon is nice 2. Tired of seeing media in every meetup in Bangalore :( (Ok..Ok.. don't blame me :P ) 3. No theme for now :) 4. No problems Regards Tinu Cherian On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 4:49 PM, Ravishankar ravidre...@gmail.com wrote: 1. Any name is fine. 2. Should we bring media

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] WMF Staff Addition: Mani Pande as Senior Research Analyst, Global Development

Hi Mani Pande, Welcome to the Wikimedia family. Don't forget to attend one of our Wikimeetups , when in India :) Regards Tinu Cherian On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 4:23 AM, Barry Newstead bnewst...@wikimedia.orgwrote: It is my pleasure to welcome Mani Pande to the Wikimedia

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Aapka Apna Wikipedia

Nice coverage of Indian Wikipedias Regards Tinu Cherian Added link to http://wikimedia.in/wiki/In_the_news On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 7:17 PM, BalaSundaraRaman sundarbe...@yahoo.comwrote: Thanks for sharing it, Bishakha. Journalists do love to mention anecdotes, it seems. :) While there's a

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Wikimeetup @ Chennai

It has been a long time since Wikicamp 2007 Chennai... Planning for a Wikipedia Wikimeetup @ Chennai , possibly next month. Need volunteers. If you are interested , please send a personal mail to me . Regards Tinu Cherian ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Wikimeetup @ Chennai

at the earliest , if you are willing to lend a hand. Thanks in advance. Regards Tinu Cherian On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 12:26 PM, CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.com wrote: It has been a long time since Wikicamp 2007 Chennai... Planning for a Wikipedia Wikimeetup @ Chennai , possibly next

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia quoted in Indian Supreme court case

More stories on this Times of India : Can Wikipedia be the basis of SC ruling? http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Can-Wikipedia-be-the-basis-of-SC-ruling/articleshow/6806187.cms Outlook India blog : http://blogs.outlookindia.com/default.aspx?ddm=10pid=2358eid=5 Thanks Tinu Cherian On

[Wikimediaindia-l] Mediareport : CIOL : Wikimedia to open India operation, soon

Wikimedia to open India operation, soon http://www.ciol.com/News/News/News-Reports/Wikimedia-to-open-India-operation-soon/142832/0/ If you come across any Wikimedia /Wikimedia India related news, please add it to http://www.wikimedia.in/wiki/In_the_news Regards Tinu Cherian

[Wikimediaindia-l] Mediareport : DNA : Meet Wikipedia founder in Mumbai next Sunday

DNA : Meet Wikipedia founder in Mumbai next Sunday http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_meet-wikipedia-founder-in-mumbai-next-sunday_1458685 Regards Tinu Cherian ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org

[Wikimediaindia-l] Mediareport : Media Mughals : Wikipedia to establish operations in India

Media Mughals : Wikipedia to establish operations in India http://www.mediamughals.com/News/1/4/Article/6427/Wikipedia_to_establish_operations_in_India.htm Regards Tinu Cherian ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org

[Wikimediaindia-l] [Media]: Forbes India : Veni, Vidi, Wiki: Wikipedia in Courts

Forbes India : Veni, Vidi, Wiki: Wikipedia in Courts http://business.in.com/article/breakpoint/veni-vidi-wiki-wikipedia-in-courts/18612/1 ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Wikimeetup @ Chennai /Bangalore Nov 14

On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 9:25 PM, CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.comwrote: A wikimeetup @ Chennai is planned for Nov 14 , 2010. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Chennai/Chennai2 The venue agenda is currently under discussion . We need some more local help from Wikimedians

[Wikimediaindia-l] The Hindu : What creature crowds can teach us Wikipedia

The Hindu : What creature crowds can teach us Wikipedia http://www.thehindu.com/arts/books/article881856.ece Regards Tinu Cherian ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Wikimeetup @ Chennai /Bangalore Nov 14

, 2010 at 5:52 PM, CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.comwrote: Just a reminder of the upcoming Wikimeetups in Chennai and Bangalore on Nov 14 , this weekend http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Chennai/Chennai2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Bangalore/Bangalore21

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Wikimeetup @ Chennai /Bangalore Nov 14

Photos of the Wikimarathon : http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Chennai_Meetup_Nov2010 On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 11:57 AM, CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.com wrote: Wikipedia Wikimarathon @ Chennai happening right now.. You can see the updates on twitter by searching #WPMCH2

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Tamil Wiktionary now Top 10 globally

Also glad to see an indic langugae on the main page of a Wikimedia project http://www.wiktionary.org/ Congratulations to all who made this happen. Would love to see atleast one Indic language on top 10 of every Wikimedia project in next 5 years. Regards Tinu Cherian On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Wikimeetup @ Kolkata

Hi Wikipedians, We are planning for Wikipedia Wikimeetup @ Kolkata in near future. If you are from the city or can help in Wikimeetup or interested to attend the same, please drop me a personal mail. If you would like to see a Wikimeetup @ also in your town /city and can

[Wikimediaindia-l] Bangalore 22nd Wikimeetup on Dec 18 , with Erik / Danese / Alolita

Hi all, I am extremely pleased to announce the 22nd Wikipedia /Wikimedia Wikimeetup , Bangalore on *Dec 18, Satuday* with *Erik Möller *( Deputy Director , Wikimedia Foundation) , * Danese Cooper* ( Chief Technical Officer, Wikimedia Foundation) and* Alolita Sharma* (Engineering Programs

[Wikimediaindia-l] Press : Times of India: If Wikipedia is to be believed ..

Times of India : If Wikipedia is to be believed .. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/sunday-toi/book-mark/Cyber-galaxies-make-the-world-go-round/articleshow/7002642.cms Interesting thought... So how many of you think that Media houses believe Wikipedia ? We have seen lots of news articles

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Wikimeetup @ Kolkata

, CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.comwrote: Hi Wikipedians, We are planning for Wikipedia Wikimeetup @ Kolkata in near future. If you are from the city or can help in Wikimeetup or interested to attend the same, please drop me a personal mail. If you would like to see

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia tech fact-finding visit to India

Welcome to India :) Regards Tinu Cherian On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 9:42 AM, Erik Moeller e...@wikimedia.org wrote: Hi all, this is just to update you all on an upcoming visit to India by Danese Cooper, Alolita Sharma, and myself. Danese is our Chief Technical Officer, and Alolita

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] indiawikipedia ?

://wikipediaart.org/legal/032309-Isenberg.jpg Regards Tinu Cherian On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 2:48 PM, Anirudh Bhati anirudh...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 8:03 AM, CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.com wrote: Please see this website http://www.indiawikipedia.com/ Do you think the website

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Bangalore 23rd Wikimeetup on Dec 18 , with Erik / Danese / Alolita

, Wikimedia Foundation) , Danese Cooper ( Chief Technical Officer, Wikimedia Foundation) and Alolita Sharma (Engineering Programs Manager, Wikimedia Foundation). Regards Tinu Cherian On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 3:48 PM, CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.comwrote: Hi all, I am extremely pleased

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Wikimeetup @ Kolkata - Dec 11, 2010 Saturday

... Regards Tinu Chefrian On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 5:01 PM, CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.comwrote: Please find the venue details for the first Kolkata Wikimeetup. *Venue:* The Computer Society of India (CSI) 5, Lala Lajpat Rai Sarani (Elgin Road), 4th Floor Kolkata, West Bengal

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Sharing Presentations

I am re-using your presentation for Kolkata meetup today... Regards Tinu Cherian On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 9:10 AM, Srikanth Lakshmanan srik@gmail.comwrote: Hi all, More and more presentations are being made at meetups which have become frequent in various parts of the country and talks

[Wikimediaindia-l] URI oceanography students target Wikipedia entries

Interesting news..Thought to share ... Wish if we could get this Wikiculture to India , among our students academia ... *URI oceanography students target Wikipedia entries* http://www.boston.com/news/local/rhode_island/articles/2010/12/12/uri_oceanography_students_target_wikipedia_entries/

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Media : Mid-day: Loads of potential in India: Wikipedia

resemblance to anything I actually said :-). But it's not too bad, except for the staff checking things round the clock part ;-) Erik 2010/12/13 CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.com: Mid-day: Loads of potential in India: Wikipedia http://www.mid-day.com/news/2010/dec/131210-Erik-Moller

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-mum] Fwd: [WikiX-l] Fwd: [Internal-l] Wikipedia 10th Anniversary Commemorative Postmark

Excellant ! On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 1:00 AM, Srikanth Lakshmanan srik@gmail.comwrote: Hi, I had posted this tweet [1] and got a positive response by DM. Dear Srikath, forwarded yr proposal to concerned Division (i.e. Philately). You can follow-up with them directly, if send yr postal

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Media : Mid-day: Loads of potential in India: Wikipedia

That headline might have actually ended up getting readers to read the news article and help in publicizing in some way. I agree to that. As some PR folks says, there is nothing like bad or good publicity . The article anyways attracted lots of eye balls , that helped in our outreach. - Tinu

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimeetup 3 Pune photos

Please find Wikimeetup 3 Pune photos at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Pune_Meetup_13Dec2010 Thanks to Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay http://flickr.com/people/24574...@n00for uploading to flickr with CC license. I have cross uploaded to commons. Regards Tinu Cherian

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Wikimeetup1 @ Kolkata, Dec 2010 Photos

Wikipedia Wikimeetup1 @ Kolkata, Dec 2010 Photos http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Kolkata_Meetup_Dec2010 There were around 18+ attendees for the first Wikimeetup @Kolkata . I would like to express my sincere thanks to Jayanata Nath, Indranil Das Gupta Shiju Alex for all the efforts in

[Wikimediaindia-l] Media : Hindustan Times : Making Wikipedia popular, in Bengali

Hindustan Times : Making Wikipedia popular, in Bengali - article of first Kolkata Wikimeetup on last saturday. http://twitpic.com/3g294a ( click on full size if needed ) The web link is not available yet, I will send it across one I get it. Regards Tinu Cherian

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia-in-WB created.

Hi all, A new mailing list Wikimedia-in-WB was created to co-ordinate Wikipedia/Wikimedia activities primarly in West Bengal also Bengali Wikipedia in India. Please feel free to join the list, if you are interested. https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-wb If you are

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Calling interested Indore-wallas and folks from near-by

There were 2 Indore guys whom I meet at the Bangalore meetup yesterday. They were very keen in helping a meetup at Indore. I will forward their contact ids to you on a private email. Regards Tinu Cherian On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 4:41 PM, guru brahma wiki...@yahoo.co.in wrote: Hi all, I have

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Wikimeetup1 @ Kolkata, Dec 2010 Photos

Boole, quoted in Iverson's Turing Award Lecture *From:* CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.com *To:* wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org *Sent:* Sun, December 19, 2010 5:41:32 PM *Subject:* Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Wikimeetup1 @ Kolkata, Dec 2010 Photos Hi Srinivas ( et all

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Bangalore Wiki-meetup 23

Blog post by BGMahesh ( one india) on the 23rd meetup. http://www.mahesh.com/2010/12/18/wikimedia-meetup-in-bangalore-my-first-one Regards Tinu Cherian On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 11:18 AM, CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.com wrote: Just a gentle reminder regarding the Bangalore

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Bangalore Wiki-meetup 23

Please find the photos of the Wikimeetup Bangalore 23 @ http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Bangalore_Meetup_18Dec2010 Regards Tinu Cherian Correction: Please read as B. G. Mahesh ( oneindia.in ) below On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 12:55 PM, CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.com wrote

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Bangalore Wiki-meetup 23

+1 http://cis-india.org/advocacy/openness/blog/wikipedia-meet-up-bangalore -TC On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 5:52 PM, CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.comwrote: Please find the photos of the Wikimeetup Bangalore 23 @ http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Bangalore_Meetup_18Dec2010

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Project and volunteer directories

Sundar, Can't say more that we think alike so much. :) I was just setting up another page at the same time .. http://wikimedia.in/wiki/Geographical_distribution_of_Indian_Wikipedians One of main problems we saw that is that we don't know who is where to contact .. folks, Please let us

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-blr] Kannada Wikipedia meet-up on 25th, Saturday in Bangalore

A mirror page on English WIkipedia also created here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Bangalore/Bangalore24 Already pre-event coverage on media : http://thatskannada.oneindia.in/news/2010/12/21/kannada-wikipedia-meet-up-wiki-community-bengaluru.html Regards Tinu Cherian On Tue,

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Community Newsletter

The breakdown budget of the grants usage is explained in the same link. The grant is approved as of now and pending payment. Regards Tinu Cherian On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 9:14 AM, Hari Prasad Nadig hpna...@gmail.comwrote: I contributed to the Kannada section of the newsletter last time and

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Community Newsletter

at 9:39 AM, CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.com wrote: The breakdown budget of the grants usage is explained in the same link. The grant is approved as of now and pending payment. Observed one thing on the grants page though: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:WM_IN

[Wikimediaindia-l] Contribute to Kannada Wikipedia to strengthen namma Kannada

Contribute to Kannada Wikipedia to strengthen namma Kannada http://www.mahesh.com/2010/12/26/column-contribute-to-kannada-wikipedia-to-strengthen-namma-kannada Regards Tinu Cherian ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org

[Wikimediaindia-l] Happy new year...

Wishing all Wikipedians in India from India , a very happy prosperous new year ... Regards Tinu Cherian ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l

[Wikimediaindia-l] [Press] The Economic Times : 20 there, 20 more: Wikipedias in local language to bloom

The Economic Times : 20 there, 20 more: Wikipedias in local language to bloom http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/20-there-20-more-wikipedias-in-local-language-to-bloom/articleshow/7213598.cms Regards Tinu Cherian ___ Wikimediaindia-l

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Press] : SiliconIndia : Wikipedia aims to expand reach through local languages

SiliconIndia : Wikipedia aims to expand reach through local languages http://www.siliconindia.com/shownews/Wikipedia_aims_to_expand_reach_through_local_languages-nid-76706.html Regards Tinu Cherian ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list

[Wikimediaindia-l] [[Press]] : Oneindia.in : Wikipedia celebrating its tenth anniversary [Telugu]

Oneindia.in : Wikipedia celebrating its tenth anniversary [Telugu] http://thatstelugu.oneindia.in/news/2011/01/07/wikipedia-celebrating-its-tenth-anniversary-070111.html Can somebody help in a little translation ? :) Regards Tinu Cherian ___

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-hyd] [[Press]] : Oneindia.in : Wikipedia celebrating its tenth anniversary [Telugu]

Yes, please :) -TC 2011/1/7 రహ్మానుద్దీన్ షేక్ nani1o...@gmail.com want it in english? i'll do it. if you want On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 4:01 PM, CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.com wrote: Oneindia.in : Wikipedia celebrating its tenth anniversary [Telugu] http

[Wikimediaindia-l] [Press] : MyBangalore.com : Wikipedia to celebrate 10th anniversary with a meet-up in Bangalore

[Press] : MyBangalore.com : Wikipedia to celebrate 10th anniversary with a meet-up in Bangalore http://www.mybangalore.com/article/0111/wikipedia-to-celebrate-10th-anniversary-with-a-meet-up-in-bangalore.html Regards Tinu Cherian ___ Wikimediaindia-l

[Wikimediaindia-l] [Press]: The Hindu : Happy Birthday, Wikipedia!

The Hindu : Happy Birthday, Wikipedia! http://hindu.com/2011/01/09/stories/2011010952311000.htm Regards Tinu Cherian ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l

[Wikimediaindia-l] [Press] : OneIndia.in : Wik ipedia Anniversary commons photo walk Bangalore ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ ಮುಕ್ ತ ಚಿತ್ರ ಖಜಾನೆಗಾ ಗಿ ನಡಿಗೆ ( Kannada)

OneIndia.in : Wikipedia Anniversary commons photo walk Bangalore http://thatskannada.oneindia.in/news/2011/01/09/wikipedia-anniversary-commons-photo-walk-bangalore.html Short Summary : Bangalore is one of the active hubs for Wikipedians in India. As a run-up to 10th Anniversary of Wikipedia on

[Wikimediaindia-l] OneIndia.in : Malayalam Wikipedi a 8th anniversary in Kannur : മലയാ ളം വിക്കി 8-‍ാം വ ാര്‍ഷീകം കണ്ണൂ രില്‍ ( Malayalam )

OneIndia.in : Malayalam Wikipedia 8th anniversary in Kannur : മലയാളം വിക്കി 8-‍ാം വാര്‍ഷീകം കണ്ണൂരില്‍ ( Malayalam ) http://thatsmalayalam.oneindia.in/news/2011/01/10/kerala-wikipedia-anniversary-in-kannur.html Brief Translation: Kannur celebrates the 8th anniversary of Malayalam Wikipedia

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