Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] mobile editing reading of Wikipedia

2010-10-26 Thread praveenp
On Tuesday 26 October 2010 10:09 PM, BalaSundaraRaman wrote: I'm able to read Tamil text on Opera Mini browser on my Nokia N72 (with some difficulty). From: Shiju Alexshijualexonl...@gmail.com Rendering of Malayalam script is very bad. Same might be the case with most of the other Indian

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Clarification Regarding Kiruba Shankar's Involvement

2010-12-14 Thread praveenp
Yours faithfully, Wikimedia India EC BTW, Who are in EC ? :-/ ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Clarification Regarding Kiruba Shankar's Involvement

2010-12-14 Thread praveenp
On Tuesday 14 December 2010 07:45 PM, Arun Ramarathnam wrote: Praveen, Please refer the MOA document published in Meta for details requested: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_India/MoA-ChapComVer I would also suggest you refer the India page for background information:

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Malayalam wikipedia crossed the 10 Lakh/1 million edits milestone

2011-01-27 Thread praveenp
On Thursday 27 January 2011 10:31 AM, Ravishankar wrote: Its not just about stubs. We have users in Tamil Wikipedia who bulk upload 100s of complete articles they wrote offline with just one edit per article. One great article can be uploaded in one click and one mediocre article can have

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter

2011-01-29 Thread praveenp
On 30 January 2011 07:57, CherianTinu Abrahamtinucher...@gmail.com wrote: Changed the subject line again.. ( Subject deviation again :) ) Hi Praveen, May I ask , what is not really clear about the chapter ? Wikimedia India chapter is registered now as a legal entity in India [1] in Jan 2010 ;

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter

2011-01-29 Thread praveenp
On Sunday 30 January 2011 11:27 AM, Gautam John wrote: Dear Praveen: In that case what was the urgency to such a premature creation? I don't quite understand - urgency? One can only find one's feet after the body is created, right? Sorry, I think a concrete foundation is necessary to create

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter

2011-01-30 Thread praveenp
On Sunday 30 January 2011 11:56 AM, jayanta nath wrote: Nos of edit is not criteria. The chapter created as society so there must be voting system. So not worry!! Then what was the criteria? On Sunday 30 January 2011 01:03 PM, Sudhanwa Jogalekar wrote: Can you please put up your ideas and

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Moderation policy on WikimediaIndia-l

2011-02-12 Thread praveenp
My last message has only 112 kb even with that embedded image. A 112 kb message is not bulky in these days. Some people told me that mail man will not block any message if there is nothing to load from outside. I remember once I used donate to wikipedia image in all my message, but never get

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Moderation policy on WikimediaIndia-l

2011-02-13 Thread praveenp
Hi, On Monday 14 February 2011 09:23 AM, Bala Jeyaraman wrote: Hari, As the situation has worsened to the levels that EC is now been accused of being here for swindling money (auctioning off membership) and selective moderation in the mailing list (unfairly in both counts IMO), please

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Top indic Administrators

2011-07-28 Thread praveenp
every (just exaggerating :)) extension available for mediawiki to Hindi Wikipedia and using Wikipedia as his test wiki. If someone can clarify what he is doing there, probably that will be a great help for admins from other wikies :) praveenp

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Top indic Administrators

2011-07-29 Thread praveenp
(pls note that I have not edited hi.wp, all my edits in hi.wp are from *imported images* from *commons*!!) and this http://translatewiki.net/wiki/Special:Contributions/Praveenp (Hindi doing this locally?, particularly by Mayur http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Top_Indic_Admins?! If so I like

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] FOSS and Wikipedia

2012-01-06 Thread praveenp
Please read mails in this thread. Counter acting first mail, some people forwarding the idea that one's contribution is relevant if only they are contributing through a free software. Which is totally wrong. Selecting a convenient software is user's option. And even sometimes they have no options

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Adding categories for multiple images in commons

2012-01-13 Thread praveenp
A tool named cat-a-lot is available for mass category manipulation. On 09/01/2012, Shrinivasan T tshriniva...@gmail.com wrote: -- Forwarded message -- From: Shrinivasan T tshriniva...@gmail.com Date: Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 4:57 PM Subject: Adding categories for multiple images in

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Blackout has started

2012-01-18 Thread praveenp
Or disable javascript :-) (told by U:Subeesh Balan) On 18/01/2012, wheredevelsd...@hotmail.com wheredevelsd...@hotmail.com wrote: or use the mobile site which is not blacked out: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/?useformat=mobile :) From: amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012

[Wikimediaindia-l] A webfonts discussion

2012-01-30 Thread praveenp
For those who interested : http://aharoni.wordpress.com/2012/01/29/web-fonts-and-web-browsers-why-firefox-is-the-best-choice-for-most-people-who-dont-read-in-the-latin-alphabet/ -- With love Praveen http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Praveenp:talkhttp://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Praveenp

[Wikimediaindia-l] Reordering interwiki list

2012-02-02 Thread praveenp
Hi, currently interwiki list is in english alphabetical order. A customizable (both wiki level and user level) interwiki list Will be an added advantage for closly related wiki like ours. There is a very old bug: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2867 i hope adding your inputs, and

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Reordering interwiki list

2012-02-04 Thread praveenp
that there are NO links to any Indian language wikipedia's on the left. Cheers, On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 8:12 PM, praveenp me.prav...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, currently interwiki list is in english alphabetical order. A customizable (both wiki level and user level) interwiki list Will be an added

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Letters of authority or press cards (was: Backup for Wikipedians)

2012-02-07 Thread praveenp
If this get implemented with enough background check with rigid criteria like credible 300 uploads/3000 edits +1 yr active participation in any indian lang wiki project so as active users can get full advantage, it will be great. Such a criteria will help to keep self proclaimed or self appointed

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Pure Fiction: Nichalp and Wifione

2012-02-08 Thread praveenp
I feel no sympathy for Nichalp or any such users. Per this discussion, he chose his path which is clearly against the aims of wikipedia. Somebody stated here that Nichalp himself appeared in this thread, so i assume, he has no intention to stop what he is doing. Why we should sympathize to hin?

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Announcing live search for the Wikimedia projects

2012-02-23 Thread praveenp
Like the work, probably except that tiny all rights reserved part. ;-) i hope developers will add some features to go directly to required site+lang+im without using select options (using query strings or something like ?project=wplang=mlim=tr). Just thinking loud because i have seen in similar

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Konkani Wikipedia.

2012-02-24 Thread praveenp
Probable offtopic: i read once that konkani use atleast 3 scripts (devanagiri, kannada, malayalam). If webfonts can switch appropriate font according to a user, while keeping one encoding as base (devanagiri?) , may help new generation people, who are now part of other states, and living under

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Images in wikipedia

2012-02-27 Thread praveenp
By user level customization it is possible. I think providing such a feature by default, in wiki level, in projects like wikipedia is a bad idea because each file page contains much more data than a pop up layer can afford. Unlike facebook or google plus, only relevant and properly licensed

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Sanskrit, scripts and Wikisource

2012-03-05 Thread praveenp
Hi, Is it possible to select other scripts other than devnagiri or brahmi on user level? I know some sanskrit but i'm more comfortable with malayalam script :-). Such an option will be an added advantage for many people like me. I've seen many sanskrit texts (usually with malayalam translation

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Sanskrit, scripts and Wikisource

2012-03-07 Thread praveenp
needs more work and when the software has been tried and tested it still needs to be implemented in MediaWiki. So the answer is: please help us code this functionality :) Thanks, Gerard http://silpa.org.in/Transliterate On 5 March 2012 17:33, praveenp me.prav...@gmail.com wrote: Hi

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Ads Injected into Wikipedia?

2012-05-18 Thread praveenp
And this also: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/05/17/wikipedia_click_fraud_malware_warning/ On Tuesday 15 May 2012 12:47:13 PM IST, Srikeit wrote: Thanks! Already spreading the word :) Regards On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 1:26 AM, Erik Moeller e...@wikimedia.org mailto:e...@wikimedia.org wrote:

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indic languages (was Re: Spoken Wikipedia for Indic Languages)

2012-11-13 Thread praveenp
On Wednesday 14 November 2012 09:31 AM, Anirudh Bhati wrote: The word Indic refers generally to the Indo-Aryan family of languages, which does not include Dravidian languages prevalent in Southern India. [citation needed] Then Why don't they just called Indic language, other than Indo-Aryan

[Wikimediaindia-l] Universal Language Selector

2012-11-14 Thread praveenp
urge others to check ULS and report problems find by you. Doing so, it is possible to make it atleast usable. :-) praveenp ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] (no subject)

2012-11-16 Thread praveenp
ഇങ്ങനത്തെ സ്ക്രീൻഷോട്ടൂകൾ കാണുമ്പോഴെ phishing - fishing ആയത് അറിയത്തൊള്ളു. ചുമ്മാ അടിച്ചു വിടുകയല്ലേ ;-) On Friday 16 November 2012 07:40:08 PM IST, Sheel Sindhu Manohar wrote: Sorry My account may be hacked sorry for this spam link On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 4:29 PM, praveenp me.prav

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] (no subject)

2012-11-16 Thread praveenp
On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 9:54 PM, praveenp me.prav...@gmail.com wrote: ഇങ്ങനത്തെ സ്ക്രീൻഷോട്ടൂകൾ കാണുമ്പോഴെ phishing - fishing ആയത് അറിയത്തൊള്ളു. ചുമ്മാ അടിച്ചു വിടുകയല്ലേ ;-) Sorry, I was replying someone else :( ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Press] : Times of India : Wikipedia will go ‘secure’ to beat NSA surveillance

2013-08-13 Thread praveenp
Infact, now NSA can directly ask for keys :-). But more security is always good. see also: http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/wikitech/378940 On Wednesday 14 August 2013 07:17:48 AM IST, CherianTinu Abraham wrote: *Times of India : Wikipedia will go ‘secure’ to beat NSA surveillance*

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Mediawiki-i18n] beta testing mobile webfonts

2013-12-19 Thread praveenp
FYI: Original Message Subject:[Mediawiki-i18n] beta testing mobile webfonts Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 13:03:45 -0800 From: Ryan Kaldari rkald...@wikimedia.org Reply-To: MediaWiki internationalisation mediawiki-i...@lists.wikimedia.org To:

[Wikimediaindia-l] Proposed interwiki prefix c:

2014-02-15 Thread praveenp
/show_bug.cgi?id=29940 praveenp ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Proposed interwiki prefix c:

2014-02-16 Thread praveenp
Hi, Great! The bug popped up in my inbox filter after Mayur's reply. Didn't see any links to community notification there. :-) regards, PraveenP On Sunday 16 February 2014 03:14:27 PM IST, ansuman wrote: Hi, Looks like there is no issue. Just need to file another bug to change

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WMIN Executive committee elections 2014 announcement

2014-10-14 Thread praveenp
Hi Anivar, I wish to know about the procedure of the selection of Election committee and Returning officer. I know you've membership in all the available mailing lists, you used to keep Activist phrase in all your email signatures, and I know that you are a great propaganda pusher (Mostly your

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WMIN Executive committee elections 2014 announcement

2014-10-14 Thread praveenp
his baseless allegations and abuses If you believe my mail is baseless, you could have ask me reference other than using this escapism again and again. :-) Since this is a response to Election committee mail , I am responding inline On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 7:29 PM, praveenp me.prav

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WMIN Executive committee elections 2014 announcement

2014-10-16 Thread praveenp
Dear fellow Wikimedians and Chapter Members, This is a bad situation. Anivar Aravind is not ready to answer any questions or concern about him. Everytime somebody ask him some explanations, he either attack user(s) who try to get some clarifications claiming that they have some agendas or

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WMIN Executive committee elections 2014 announcement

2014-10-20 Thread praveenp
titles like returning officer without any real activity or contributions. And I know because of my past experience that probably he will do it again and agian, escaping any answering anywhere. On 14 October 2014 22:18, praveenp me.prav...@gmail.com wrote: On 14/10/2014, Anivar Aravind

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fix the length of edit summary the non-Latin languages can use (2016 Community Wishlist Survey)

2016-12-05 Thread praveenp
Hi, Since these guys are too stubborn, don't expect much. But atleast we could share our requirement (...again): https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2016_Community_Wishlist_Survey/Categories/Miscellaneous#Fix_the_length_of_edit_summary_the_non-Latin_languages_can_use Regards, praveen

[Wikimediaindia-l] Condition of a Wikimedian, arrested by UP Police

2021-05-08 Thread praveenp
Dear Indian Wikimedians, As many of you may have known, one of our fellow Wikimedian was arrested by Uttar Pradesh Police in October 2020. His name is Siddique Kappan (His wikimedia username is User:Sidheeq). He is from Kerala, and he was active in Wikimedia projects (mainly in Malayalam

[Wikimediaindia-l] Re: Condition of a Wikimedian, arrested by UP Police

2022-09-09 Thread praveenp
FINALLY! The Supreme court granted Bail to Kappen. He was imprisoned since October 2020 under UAPA while reporting the Gang rape and murder or 19 year old Dalit woman from Hathras, Uttar Pradesh. Everybody in India can be so proud of this entire saga. I hope Kappen (wanna be Kappens too) learned

[Wikimediaindia-l] Re: Wikipedia Blocked in Pakistan

2023-02-04 Thread praveenp
Feeling heartbroken over the news of Wikipedia being banned in Pakistan by Shehbaz Sharif led Pakistan Government. Knowledge should be freely accessible to all, not limited by censorship. Authoritarian governments disconnect Internet to disengage people from Politics. It would be difficult to