Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India: Wikipedia Takes Ahmedabad, January 2012

2012-01-04 Thread Anirudh Bhati
Gerard Meijssen blogged about Wikipedia takes Ahmedabad: http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.com/2012/01/wikipedia-takes-ahmedabad.html anirudh On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 6:06 PM, Anirudh Bhati wrote: > Whoops! Link to category: > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ahmedabad_1 > > > On Tue,

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India: Wikipedia Takes Ahmedabad, January 2012

2012-01-04 Thread Sudhanwa Jogalekar
Well, On various other mailing lists, if a person is referred in some cross reference, it is usually welcome considering that some other like minded people are also involved in the activities. However, this is probably the only list where such cross references are taken as objectionable. eg. Lets

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India: Wikipedia Takes Ahmedabad, January 2012

2012-01-03 Thread Srikanth Lakshmanan
On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 12:46, Pradeep Mohandas wrote: > hi Vickram, > Pradeep/Vickram/Srikanth R, Please spare the list on debates which are not even tangential to the aim of the list. We are not here to discuss about "FOSS People" (Discussing about FOSS which might be related to and might inter

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India: Wikipedia Takes Ahmedabad, January 2012

2012-01-03 Thread Pradeep Mohandas
hi Vickram, It is awesome that Kartik is contributing to several open knowledge and open source projects. But, many conversations do take place without many professionals/amateurs stating what else they do. I'm not seeking to downplay the contributions of FOSS, per se. Pradeep Handheld On 04/

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India: Wikipedia Takes Ahmedabad, January 2012

2012-01-03 Thread Vickram Crishna
Pradeep: given the enthusiasm with which we encourage Wikimedians to proclaim and proselytise this facet of public service (ie, in fora other than this or related ones) it is odd to find you saying that 'these professionals' (as against, presumably, amateur FOSSers) do not talk about their work unn

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India: Wikipedia Takes Ahmedabad, January 2012

2012-01-03 Thread Vickram Crishna
And, just to nitpick: On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 1:16 AM, Sudhanwa Jogalekar wrote: > Hmmm > I don't know why people are so touchy about FOSS. > If I mention "photographer" or "security" or "Media" or "engineer" instead > of "FOSS", will the reaction be same? > > On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 12:49 AM, Srik

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India: Wikipedia Takes Ahmedabad, January 2012

2012-01-03 Thread Pradeep Mohandas
hi, Sudhanwa, Frankly, it is because these professionals do not bandy their professions/work around unnecessarily when not needed and not central to the conversation. Thanks Kartik, for the translation. I see you had some trouble getting pics of the station. This is strange since people take pics

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India: Wikipedia Takes Ahmedabad, January 2012

2012-01-03 Thread Kartik Mistry
On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 12:15 AM, Anirudh Bhati wrote: > કાર્તિકભાઈ, ટ્રાન્સલટે કરો ને? > > On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 12:00 AM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan wrote: >> Looks like someone beat Gerard in blogging about it eh --> >> http://kartikm.wordpress.com/2012/01/03/wtabd/ ... Do note it's in >> Gujarati.

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India: Wikipedia Takes Ahmedabad, January 2012

2012-01-03 Thread Sudhanwa Jogalekar
Hmmm I don't know why people are so touchy about FOSS. If I mention "photographer" or "security" or "Media" or "engineer" instead of "FOSS", will the reaction be same? On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 12:49 AM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan < parakara.gh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Can we stop dragging FOSS into every

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India: Wikipedia Takes Ahmedabad, January 2012

2012-01-03 Thread Arun Ganesh
Wow, great job guys! I feel bad I could not make it despite being in ahmedabad due to some other commitments. i managed to do my small bit by giving a talk to nid students encouraging them to upload their work to commons :) -- j.mp/ArunGanesh ___ Wikime

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India: Wikipedia Takes Ahmedabad, January 2012

2012-01-03 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
Can we stop dragging FOSS into every mail unless absolutely necessary? just to clarify. - Roads aren't designed with FOSS. - Camera firmware isn't FOSS. - Our brain doesn't have FOSS. - Bus ticketing isn't FOSS. No offence intended. -- Regards, Srikanth Ramakrishnan. Wikipedia Coimbatore Meetup o

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India: Wikipedia Takes Ahmedabad, January 2012

2012-01-03 Thread Sudhanwa Jogalekar
This is some great work!!! Nice to know that our good old FOSS friend "Kart" is also involved in Wikipedia activities!! Regards -Sudhanwa On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 12:00 AM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan < parakara.gh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Looks like someone beat Gerard in blogging about it eh --> > http:

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India: Wikipedia Takes Ahmedabad, January 2012

2012-01-03 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
A blogpost can only indicate Success if it comes up so early. If it was criticism or cribbing, it would come after a week or so. -- Regards, Srikanth Ramakrishnan. Wikipedia Coimbatore Meetup on February 12th. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Coimbatore Aliens invaded Tamil Nadu, left their

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India: Wikipedia Takes Ahmedabad, January 2012

2012-01-03 Thread Pradeep Mohandas
That translates as, 'Kartik, please do translate'. :) Pradeep Handheld On 04/01/2012, Anirudh Bhati wrote: > કાર્તિકભાઈ, ટ્રાન્સલટે કરો ને? > > On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 12:00 AM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan < > parakara.gh...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Looks like someone beat Gerard in blogging about it eh

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India: Wikipedia Takes Ahmedabad, January 2012

2012-01-03 Thread Anirudh Bhati
કાર્તિકભાઈ, ટ્રાન્સલટે કરો ને? On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 12:00 AM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan < parakara.gh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Looks like someone beat Gerard in blogging about it eh --> > http://kartikm.wordpress.com/2012/01/03/wtabd/ ... Do note it's in > Gujarati. Request someone to post it in Engl

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India: Wikipedia Takes Ahmedabad, January 2012

2012-01-03 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
Looks like someone beat Gerard in blogging about it eh --> http://kartikm.wordpress.com/2012/01/03/wtabd/ ... Do note it's in Gujarati. Request someone to post it in English so we can translate it to other languages and use this as a model for future events. :-) -- Regards, Srikanth Ramakrishnan.

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India: Wikipedia Takes Ahmedabad, January 2012

2012-01-03 Thread Ashwin Baindur
Hi guys, this is really awesome. As of now its 489 images. That is so good. Heartiest congratulations. Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur -- On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 8:19 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan < parakara.gh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hisham, thank yo

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India: Wikipedia Takes Ahmedabad, January 2012

2012-01-03 Thread Noopur
Hello all :) I have finally summoned the courage to go and check what my volunteers have done. It's delightful to see that they've followed our instructions and given their best. You guys should have seen how motivated they were and how much fun we had! I wish there was someone permanently availabl

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India: Wikipedia Takes Ahmedabad, January 2012

2012-01-03 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
Hisham, thank you for reminding me. Talking about the Dhokla, about a month back Noopur was looking for a free image of Dabeli. I hope you guys got it. :-) -- Regards, Srikanth Ramakrishnan. Wikipedia Coimbatore Meetup on February 12th. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Coimbatore Aliens inva

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India: Wikipedia Takes Ahmedabad, January 2012

2012-01-03 Thread Hisham
Thanks for sharing this, Anirudh. Thank you all - Noopur, Anirudh, Srikeit, Aviral, Khayal, Yash, Konarak, Smit, Karthik, Chirag, Arnav and the other members of the >75 gang (75??? WOW!!!). This is amazing. There's a treasure trove of stuff here from the pictures of Gandhi's room to Chaniya C

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India: Wikipedia Takes Ahmedabad, January 2012

2012-01-03 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
238 images for a Single Day event, not contest is splendid indeed. And if the figure is still increasing, then you guys deserve a round of applause. Congrats, especially Noopur. Your enthusiasm seems to have infected everyone. Also to Pradeep, who on New Years day was busy campaigning for this even

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India: Wikipedia Takes Ahmedabad, January 2012

2012-01-03 Thread Anshuman Fotedar
There are lovely pictures in there! 'Tis brilliant! :) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jama_Masjid_Ahmedabad_.JPG http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Step_Well.JPG http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adalaj_Vav_(2)_Ahmedabad_.JPG On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 6:27 PM, Pradeep Mohandas

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India: Wikipedia Takes Ahmedabad, January 2012

2012-01-03 Thread Arnav Sonara
Hello, 304+ images Thanks and congrats to you guys for organizing this. Also the participants were told about adding Category:Ahmedabad_1 to their images, there were quite a few who didn't add the categories. Thus a mess could have been created, but User:Me.aragorn and myself started adding

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India: Wikipedia Takes Ahmedabad, January 2012

2012-01-03 Thread Pradeep Mohandas
hey, This is great news! Congratulations to the organizers for pulling this off. Pradeep User:Prad2609 Handheld On 03/01/2012, Anirudh Bhati wrote: > Greetings! This is a short update on the January edition of Wikipedia > Takes Ahmedabad. From where I stand, the event has been a resounding >

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India: Wikipedia Takes Ahmedabad, January 2012

2012-01-03 Thread nikita belavate
Thats Amaazziingg Indeedd ! Congraats to All of you :) !! Warm Regards, Nikita. On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 6:06 PM, Anirudh Bhati wrote: > Greetings! This is a short update on the January edition of Wikipedia > Takes Ahmedabad. From where I stand, the event has been a resounding > success! Over

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India: Wikipedia Takes Ahmedabad, January 2012

2012-01-03 Thread Anirudh Bhati
Whoops! Link to category: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ahmedabad_1 On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 6:06 PM, Anirudh Bhati wrote: > Greetings! This is a short update on the January edition of Wikipedia > Takes Ahmedabad. From where I stand, the event has been a resounding > success! Over