Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-mum] [Wikimedia-IN-PUN] Wiki India Conference

2011-06-16 Thread Ramesh N G
Why dont we make a DVD in the INdia related article from the [[:en:Wikipedia:WikiProject India]] regards On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 2:30 PM, Naveen Francis wrote: > Hi Shiju, > > My personal opinion is even if we fail to release a CD/DVD; i think should > try make one. > It will help to improve th

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-mum] [Wikimedia-IN-PUN] Wiki India Conference

2011-06-16 Thread Naveen Francis
Hi Shiju, My personal opinion is even if we fail to release a CD/DVD; i think should try make one. It will help to improve the quality of wikipedias. I think ultimate aim 'Wikipedia India Conference' is to improve the quality of contents in wikimedia projects. Other 'Wikipedia India Conference'

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-mum] [Wikimedia-IN-PUN] Wiki India Conference

2011-06-15 Thread Shiju Alex
> > How viable is to release a DVD in 60 days in all languages ? > Not a good idea unless few language communities (at least 6-7) are ready for the selection, proof reading, verifying image licenses, and so on. Selection and creation of offline content is not at all a small task. Much effort is re

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-mum] [Wikimedia-IN-PUN] Wiki India Conference

2011-06-15 Thread Anivar Aravind
On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 4:36 PM, Ashwin Baindur wrote: > That is such a good idea. First of all we would need to see how many > featured articles exist in each language and if they would fit in a DVD. > OpenZIM would probably be the way to go. Do we have a list of sysops or > pointsmen for each la

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-mum] [Wikimedia-IN-PUN] Wiki India Conference

2011-06-15 Thread wheredevelsdare
Maybe Nikhil Sheth (Schools project) can help - he was one of those who was behind the offline release I think. Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 16:36:10 +0530 From: ashwin.bain...@gmail.com To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-mum] [Wikimedia-IN-PUN

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-mum] [Wikimedia-IN-PUN] Wiki India Conference

2011-06-15 Thread Ashwin Baindur
That is such a good idea. First of all we would need to see how many featured articles exist in each language and if they would fit in a DVD. OpenZIM would probably be the way to go. Do we have a list of sysops or pointsmen for each language Wikipedia? I think chapter was assembling this detail. W

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-mum] [Wikimedia-IN-PUN] Wiki India Conference

2011-06-14 Thread Naveen Francis
Hi all, Is there any plan for a DVD of featured articles in all indic languages and articles by WP:IND (english wiki) ? Releasing DVD will help to increase quality of content in the wiki. Shiju/Santhosh, How viable is to release a DVD in 60 days in all languages ? On 12 June 2011 17:35, Outof

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-mum] [Wikimedia-IN-PUN] Wiki India Conference

2011-06-12 Thread Outofindia
Thanks. Sure! Let's have a small core Fund Raising team that discusses the options for fund raisingand we post updates to all others once we agree on something. Would like to know: 1. Is there a budget already? 2. Will this be fully or partially funded by anyone. 3. Are we raising funds for