Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Newsletter?

Shiju, How are you going to host the newsletter. Are you going to link it to WIkipedia India project or will it be on meta? I suggest providing a simple wiki interface as well as pdf version. Regards Arjun On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 2:33 PM, Shiju Alex wrote: > However, I'm not clear about how this

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Newsletter?

On 9/3/10 11:16 AM, Bishakha Datta wrote: > > > On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 7:10 PM, Gautam John > wrote: > > Just my 2 paise/cents/pence on the issue: > > Though it would be nice if someone > from the Foundation could chime in and let us know if Wikimedia i

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Newsletter?

On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 7:10 PM, Gautam John wrote: > Just my 2 paise/cents/pence on the issue: > > Though it would be nice if someone > from the Foundation could chime in and let us know if Wikimedia is > fine to use. > Mike Godwin has clarified that as a noncommercial community effort this is f

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Newsletter?

On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 10:11 PM, Gerard Meijssen wrote: > Hoi, > I use Ubuntu and I have no problem reading PDF. There are many programs > that can help there. Also with GMAIL I can read PDFs. > Gerard, please read my earlier email. The PDF Shiju had sent me as a draft wasn't/isn't opening fine o

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Newsletter?

Hoi, I use Ubuntu and I have no problem reading PDF. There are many programs that can help there. Also with GMAIL I can read PDFs. Thanks, GerardM On 3 September 2010 18:33, Hari Prasad Nadig wrote: > On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 7:10 PM, Gautam John wrote: > >> Just my 2 paise/cents/pence on th

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Newsletter?

On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 7:10 PM, Gautam John wrote: > Just my 2 paise/cents/pence on the issue: > > 1. For the current version, let's please get it out rather than get it > right? We can refine the process and the tools as we go along. After > all, isn't that what's so great about the Wiki model?

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Newsletter?

Hoi, I a newsletter about India, lets have at least one great picture in the newsletter that is relevant to India. Pictures, DYK are as important as anything. The best thing would be for the Indian Wikipedias competing who produces the best imagery. I prefer a fierce competition without a clear win

[Wikimediaindia-l] Newsletter?

Hi Shiju, others - congrats on this newsletter idea...it is high time the community had something like this to go to when trying to figure out what is happening across a whole bunch of Indian language Wikipedias, incl. English. Look forward to seeing it! Warm wishes, Achal __

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Newsletter?

Just my 2 paise/cents/pence on the issue: 1. For the current version, let's please get it out rather than get it right? We can refine the process and the tools as we go along. After all, isn't that what's so great about the Wiki model? 2. On the name, if it is about Wikipedia and Wikipedians and i

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Newsletter?

I saw a reference to this newsletter in the latest edition of the Signpost. I am quoting from the Jimmy Wales Interview, "He announced plans for a quarterly newsletter to be published on more than 20 different Indian-language Wikipedias. Each Indian-language Wikipedia will contribute to the newsle

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Newsletter?

On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 11:38 AM, Hari Prasad Nadig wrote: > > > On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 2:33 PM, Shiju Alex > wrote: >>> >>> However, I'm not clear about how this should be shaped. Is this going to >>> be an official Wikimedia newsletter? (seeing that it is titled "Wikimedia >>> India Newsletter")

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Newsletter?

On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 2:33 PM, Shiju Alex wrote: > However, I'm not clear about how this should be shaped. Is this going to be >> an official Wikimedia newsletter? (seeing that it is titled "Wikimedia India >> Newsletter"). Given that Wikimedia official newsletters are brought in a >> slightly di

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Newsletter?

: Fri, 3 September, 2010 2:33:06 PM Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Newsletter? However, I'm not clear about how this should be shaped. Is this going to be an official Wikimedia newsletter? (seeing that it is titled "Wikimedia India Newsletter"). Given that Wikimedia official

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Newsletter?

> > However, I'm not clear about how this should be shaped. Is this going to be > an official Wikimedia newsletter? (seeing that it is titled "Wikimedia India > Newsletter"). Given that Wikimedia official newsletters are brought in a > slightly different manner ( > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wi

[Wikimediaindia-l] Newsletter?

Shiju had mailed me requesting to contribute a little piece covering the activities surrounding Kannada on Wikipedia and related projects. I have stuff to refer here written by volunteers from Malayalam and Tamil Wikipedia. However, I'm not clear about how this should be shaped. Is this going to b