[Wikimediaindia-l] Aapka Apna Wikipedia

2010-10-16 Thread Bishakha Datta
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Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 05:47:43 -0600 (MDT)
From: Fred Bauder fredb...@fairpoint.net
Subject: [Foundation-l] Aapka Apna Wikipedia
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Delightful piece about the Tamil Wikipedia:

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Aapka-Apna-Wikipedia/698406

Fred
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Aapka Apna Wikipedia

2010-10-16 Thread BalaSundaraRaman
Thanks for sharing it, Bishakha. Journalists do love to mention anecdotes, it 
seems. :)
While there's a good coverage of Tamil Wikipedia like Fred says in his email, 
it's a good spotlight on all Indian Wikipedias in general.

- Sundar
 That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for 
the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted.
- George Boole, quoted in Iverson's Turing Award Lecture





From: Bishakha Datta bishakhada...@gmail.com
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Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Aapka Apna Wikipedia

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Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 05:47:43 -0600 (MDT)
From: Fred Bauder fredb...@fairpoint.net
Subject: [Foundation-l] Aapka Apna Wikipedia
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Delightful piece about the Tamil Wikipedia:

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Aapka-Apna-Wikipedia/698406

Fred
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Aapka Apna Wikipedia

2010-10-16 Thread Hari Prasad Nadig
On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 5:39 PM, Bishakha Datta bishakhada...@gmail.comwrote:

 Message: 4
 Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 05:47:43 -0600 (MDT)
 From: Fred Bauder fredb...@fairpoint.net
 Subject: [Foundation-l] Aapka Apna Wikipedia
 To: foundatio...@lists.wikimedia.org

 Delightful piece about the Tamil Wikipedia:

 http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Aapka-Apna-Wikipedia/698406

 Fred


Delightful indeed. Although I would have been more delighted had they
honored Creative Commons by adding appropriate credits. The photo was taken
from here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hpnadig/5017163497/in/set-72157624894416587/


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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Aapka Apna Wikipedia

2010-10-16 Thread CherianTinu Abraham
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 good coverage of Tamil Wikipedia like Fred says in his
 email, it's a good spotlight on all Indian Wikipedias in general.

 - Sundar

 That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium
 for the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted.
 - George Boole, quoted in Iverson's Turing Award Lecture


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 Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 05:47:43 -0600 (MDT)
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 Subject: [Foundation-l] Aapka Apna Wikipedia
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 Delightful piece about the Tamil Wikipedia:

 http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Aapka-Apna-Wikipedia/698406

 Fred

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Aapka Apna Wikipedia

2010-10-16 Thread Barry Newstead
Truly a delightful article and just the sort of media coverage of our 
projects that we should aspire to. This article does a great job sharing 
the power of Wikimedia projects and celebrating the truly inspiring work 
of contributors and the higher cause you all serve.


Warmest,
Barry

On 10/16/2010 05:09 AM, Bishakha Datta wrote:

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Delightful piece about the Tamil Wikipedia:

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Aapka-Apna-Wikipedia/698406

Fred


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