Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter - March 2016 Monthly Report

2016-04-13 Thread Sudhanwa Jogalekar
Hi, On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 12:56 PM, Ashwin Baindur wrote: > I second Sudhanwa's comments? Why the silence? If its bad news, let us all > know! > Sharing a bad news (if it is there) will help reduce stress. All of us can then try to find some solution to it. Moreover, there are many people l

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter - March 2016 Monthly Report

2016-04-13 Thread Arun Ramarathnam
Thanks Priyanka. Keep the coming on an ongoing basis. Look forward to see more initiatives and activities. Do not hesitate to reach out to ask for any help for the chapter. Regards Arun On 11 Apr 2016 00:29, "Priyanka Tiwari" wrote: > Greetings from Wikimedia India! > > Wikimedia India would

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter - March 2016 Monthly Report

2016-04-13 Thread Ashwin Baindur
I second Sudhanwa's comments? Why the silence? If its bad news, let us all know! On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 3:48 PM, Sudhanwa Jogalekar wrote: > Hi, > > Except for "Wikimedian for the month", there is hardly anything on the > activities of WMIN. > > What is the current status of EC members, what is

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter - March 2016 Monthly Report

2016-04-12 Thread Sudhanwa Jogalekar
Hi, Except for "Wikimedian for the month", there is hardly anything on the activities of WMIN. What is the current status of EC members, what is the fiancial situation, what are the projects being worked out?? Absolutely nothing is coming out from EC for the last few months.. rather for an year

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter - February 2016 Monthly Report

2016-03-13 Thread Sudhanwa Jogalekar
Thanks for the report Priyanka. Can the EC reply to my previous mails. Regards -Sudhanwa On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 12:18 AM, Priyanka Tiwari wrote: > Greetings from Wikimedia India! > > Wikimedia India would like to share the monthly report of February 2016. > Looking forward for your valuable

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter - January 2016 Monthly Report

2016-02-17 Thread Sudhanwa Jogalekar
You are missing out many more things. I had replied earlier to Yohan's mail. He has not replied to it. -Sudhanwa On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 9:30 PM, Priyanka wrote: > Apologies for missing out a key news. > > Our Program Director Mr. Ravishankar Ayyakkannu resigned. We all > appreciate his ende

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter - January 2016 Monthly Report

2016-02-17 Thread Priyanka
Apologies for missing out a key news. Our Program Director Mr. Ravishankar Ayyakkannu resigned. We all appreciate his endeavours and wish him all the best for his future. -Original Message- From: "Priyanka Tiwari" Sent: ‎16-‎02-‎2016 10:53 PM To: "Wikimedia India Community list" Subjec

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter Announcements:Executive Committee for 2014-15 takes charge

2014-12-17 Thread T.sripathy
Congratulations Sent via Micromax Asaf Bartov wrote: >CongratulationstothenewEC,andthankstotheoutgoingECmembers.  >WMFislookingforwardtocontinuethepositivemomentumofthepastfewmonths,andIlookforwardtosupportingWMINinitsupcomingactivities. >    >A.OnTue,Dec16,2014at11:24AM,JayantaNathjayanta@wik

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter Announcements:Executive Committee for 2014-15 takes charge

2014-12-17 Thread Asaf Bartov
Congratulations to the new EC, and thanks to the outgoing EC members. WMF is looking forward to continue the positive momentum of the past few months, and I look forward to supporting WMIN in its upcoming activities. A. On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 11:24 AM, Jayanta Nath wrote: > > Dear Wikimedia

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter Announcements:Executive Committee for 2014-15 takes charge

2014-12-16 Thread Vishnu
Thank you for the update, Jayanta. Congratulations to the new office bearers of WMIN! At CIS-A2K, we look forward to further strengthening our collaboration to grow the movement. Best wishes, Vishnu On 12/17/2014 12:54 AM, Jayanta Nath wrote: Dear Wikimedia India Chapter members and other i

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter welcomes new grant requests and project proposals

2014-09-25 Thread Ravishankar Ayyakkannu
Shyamal, This is an excellent proposal ! May I request you to create a project page for this at http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Projects ? Then, we can discuss and develop the details of this idea in Meta (please suggest if there is another appropriate forum). Once we finalize the details, we can get

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter welcomes new grant requests and project proposals

2014-09-23 Thread Abhishek Suryawanshi
Nice initiative. Hope so 'tatkal' system works in smooth way ;) *Simple Pictorial Guide *might help new members. All the best. Regards, Abhishek Suryawanshi On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 4:49 AM, Ravishankar Ayyakkannu < ravidre...@wikimedia.in> wrote: > Hi, > > Wikimedia India Chapter welcomes

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter welcomes new grant requests and project proposals

2014-09-23 Thread Shyamal L.
Dear Ravi, Congratulations on your new role and kudos for opening up for ideas. I would like not to make a proposal but to throw an idea for further development. It is something that will be attractive to those with an interest in scholarly pursuit and I suspect, the kind of people who will be int

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter: Current state of affairs

2014-09-02 Thread Belayet Hossain
Congratulations Jayanta Da. Belayet On Sep 1, 2014 11:16 PM, "Jayanta Nath" wrote: > Dear Wikimedia India Chapter members and other interested stakeholders in > the list, > > Dear members, > > The Executive committee of Wikimedia India has held an emergency > teleconference on their official DSN

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter: Current state of affairs

2014-09-01 Thread Asaf Bartov
Thanks for this update! Let me know if there's any way I can help. A. On Sep 1, 2014 2:16 PM, "Jayanta Nath" wrote: > Dear Wikimedia India Chapter members and other interested stakeholders in > the list, > > Dear members, > > The Executive committee of Wikimedia India has held an emergency >

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter to bid to host Wikimedia Conference 2014

2013-09-26 Thread Karthik Nadar
Hi, Thank you very much for the prompt feedback. Anivar, thank you for alerting it to us. We will surely take care to find if everything is legal. Sankarshan, we need to do that when we apply for the grant. That is post (if) we win the bid! Regards, Karthik Nadar. Secretary, Wikimedia India Cha

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter to bid to host Wikimedia Conference 2014

2013-09-26 Thread sankarshan
On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 11:01 AM, Karthik Nadar wrote: > When we prepared the bid we looked at options in Bangalore, Chennai, Cochin, > Dharamsala, Goa, Mumbai, Srinagar/Gulmarg and Varanasi. Of these Goa was > found to be the best bet and we have prepared a bid available for viewing > at: > http:

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter to bid to host Wikimedia Conference 2014

2013-09-26 Thread Anivar Aravind
Goa is a good option. But just sharing a point of concern. It is extremely important to be careful in selecting Hotels in Goa for International Conferences .There are many Hotels violating many coastal regulation zones and environmental laws . 2 years back Tehelka Think Fest faced a similar troubl

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter: FDC Proposal Review Request

2013-09-24 Thread Pranav Curumsey
I am responding here this once, from now ahead please post your comments on the chapter wiki so we dont spam peoples inboxes. Abhijith, I think I answer most of your points here. The one about FCRA, we have prior permission upto $100k. Next Jan we complete 3 years and we can apply for a prior perm

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter: FDC Proposal Review Request

2013-09-24 Thread Abhijith Jayanthi
2013 1:00 PM Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter: FDC Proposal Review Request There is a very serious amount of money being spent on bureaucratic necessities & indeed very little on community activities. For example, why do 6 people need to go for Wikimania &

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter: FDC Proposal Review Request

2013-09-24 Thread Ashwin Baindur
There is a very serious amount of money being spent on bureaucratic necessities & indeed very little on community activities. For example, why do 6 people need to go for Wikimania & Chapters conference? You have asked for money for 3 regional & 1 national conference. Does anyone actually believe

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter: FDC Proposal Review Request

2013-09-23 Thread Ravishankar
Karthik, Except for allocation for Innovative projects, GLAM acdtivities and Digitisation (Budget items 3.5.1, 3.5.4, 3.5.5), I don't see any other budget item that directly sustains any measurable impact on the growth of language communities. Even this fund allocation will prove miniscule when di

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter IRC meetup

2013-02-11 Thread RadhaKrishna Arvapally
True. It is high time to do that. I have been trying to find a good replacement for last 2-3 months. Finally I found one of my colleague who is very excited to pursue. He is actively supporting me for the Feb event. After the Feb Event, I will be proposing his name and I will be withdrawing. we ca

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter IRC meetup

2013-02-11 Thread sankarshan
On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 9:16 AM, Subhashish Panigrahi wrote: > It is here: > http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Internet_Relay_Chats/February_11,_2013#Logs Thank you. As you'll note, these are the raw logs (probably off an IRC client). MeetBot uses a syntax that allows you to take notes, assign actions and

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter IRC meetup

2013-02-11 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
Don't worry sankarshan, the logs for any EC led Community IRC will be on the Chapter Wiki. It'll be put up either by Karthik, or me. Thank you for your suggestion, I will definitely look into it. On 2/12/13, sankarshan wrote: > On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 9:29 PM, Karthik Nadar > wrote: >> The new EC

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter IRC meetup

2013-02-11 Thread Subhashish Panigrahi
It is here: http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Internet_Relay_Chats/February_11,_2013#Logs Kathik has posted in last night ; On 12-Feb-2013, at 9:10 AM, sankarshan wrote: > On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 9:29 PM, Karthik Nadar wrote: >> The new EC incharge, so far had no communication with the community, and >> h

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter IRC meetup

2013-02-11 Thread Subhashish Panigrahi
It is here: http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Internet_Relay_Chats/February_11,_2013#Logs Kathik has posted it last night ;) On 12-Feb-2013, at 9:10 AM, sankarshan wrote: > On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 9:29 PM, Karthik Nadar wrote: >> The new EC incharge, so far had no communication with the community, and >>

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter IRC meetup

2013-02-11 Thread sankarshan
On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 9:29 PM, Karthik Nadar wrote: > The new EC incharge, so far had no communication with the community, and > hence this will be the first meet. Program plan for the year 2013-14 will be > the primary agenda, and so, your plans and suggestions are welcome. I am not sure whethe

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter receives FCRA Prior Permission

2012-02-20 Thread Tinu Cherian (Wikimedia India)
To clarity a little further : Each FCRA Prior permission application is for receiving a specific amount, for a specific purpose and from a specific donor. This is not a blanket permission for all donations/grants for anyone ( foreign entities). More Info : http://mha.nic.in/fcra.htm The next

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter : December 2011 Report

2012-01-17 Thread ansuman
Thanks Naveen for the detailed report :) On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 11:42 AM, Ramesh N G wrote: > Wonderful report. > Thanks for sharing Naveen > > > On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 10:39 AM, Naveen Francis wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> Greetings from Wikimedia India !!! >> >> We are delighted to present the

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter : December 2011 Report

2012-01-16 Thread Ramesh N G
Wonderful report. Thanks for sharing Naveen On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 10:39 AM, Naveen Francis wrote: > Dear all, > > Greetings from Wikimedia India !!! > > We are delighted to present the last monthly Wikimedia India report of the > year 2011, almost a year after the chapter received the formal r

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter : December 2011 Report

2012-01-16 Thread Ashwin Baindur
Aweome report and good progress, Naveen. Going great guns, I see. A few more months like this and all the old fears of the community will be forgotten. Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur -- On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 10:39 AM, Naveen Francis wrote: >

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter IRC meetup

2011-10-30 Thread Naveen Francis
Hi all, link is updated with the IRC chat http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Internet_Relay_Chats/Oct_29,2011* *Thanks a lot, for all volunteers who participated in the IRC. * *Thanks, Naveen Francis* * On 29 October 2011 10:20, Naveen Francis wrote: > Hi all, > > Gentle reminder on IRC. > It is tonite

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter IRC meetup

2011-10-29 Thread Naveen Francis
Hi all, Gentle reminder on IRC. It is tonite 9:00 pm Thanks, Naveen Francis On 21 October 2011 18:46, Naveen Francis wrote: > Hi friends, > > We will have our IRC meetup on Oct 29, 2011, from 9:00 pm to 10:00 pm > > http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Internet_Relay_Chats/Oct_29,2011 > > We from Wikimedi

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter IRC meetup

2011-10-29 Thread Naveen Francis
Thanks Bishakha On 22 October 2011 12:41, Bishakha Datta wrote: > That's great, Naveen and chapter board. Am so happy to see this happen. > This is the first Wikimedia India chapter public IRC, right? > > Will be travelling, but will join in on a future one. > > Good luck and hope it goes w

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter IRC meetup

2011-10-22 Thread Bishakha Datta
That's great, Naveen and chapter board. Am so happy to see this happen. This is the first Wikimedia India chapter public IRC, right? Will be travelling, but will join in on a future one. Good luck and hope it goes well, Bishakha On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 6:46 PM, Naveen Francis wrote: > Hi frien

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter IRC meetup

2011-10-22 Thread Subhashish Panigrahi
If we could possibly discuss about the monthly Bangalore meetups and adding more traction to it then it'd be good too. On 21 October 2011 18:46, Naveen Francis wrote: > Hi friends, > > > We will have our IRC meetup on Oct 29, 2011, from 9:00 pm to 10:00 pm > > http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Internet_R

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter - Executive Committee Elections 2011

2011-08-27 Thread Arjuna Rao Chavala
On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 1:05 PM, Adethya Sudarsanan wrote: > Arjun, > > Thanks for sharing that information. But where should I find the membership > form ? The link specified in the previous mail shows a pdf containing forms > pertaining to Government of Karnataka > > Here is the link http://wiki

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter - Executive Committee Elections 2011

2011-08-27 Thread wheredevelsdare
From: hpna...@gmail.com To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter - Executive Committee Elections 2011 Agree with Theo on this. The notification was sent just earlier this week. There should be an extension. Although I'm with the appe

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter - Executive Committee Elections 2011

2011-08-27 Thread Hari Prasad Nadig
Agree with Theo on this. The notification was sent just earlier this week. There should be an extension. Although I'm with the appeal to long time Wikipedians in requesting them to nominate themselves, I wouldn't go overboard thinking that the response is either disappointing or concerning for the

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter - Executive Committee Elections 2011

2011-08-27 Thread wheredevelsdare
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/File:WikimediaChapterMembershipFormIndividual.pdf Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2011 13:05:30 +0530 From: adethyas...@gmail.com To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter - Executive Committee Elections 2011 Arjun, Thanks for

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter - Executive Committee Elections 2011

2011-08-27 Thread Adethya Sudarsanan
Arjun, Thanks for sharing that information. But where should I find the membership form ? The link specified in the previous mail shows a pdf containing forms pertaining to Government of Karnataka Thanks, Adethya On 27 August 2011 12:17, Arjuna Rao Chavala wrote: > > > On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter - Executive Committee Elections 2011

2011-08-26 Thread Arjuna Rao Chavala
On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 12:11 PM, Adethya Sudarsanan wrote: > Hi fellow wiki'ers, > > Can you please how to nominate myself for the posts.. > This is open only for Chapter members. If you have become wikimedia chapter member, you would have received the call for nominations with instructions. In

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter - Executive Committee Elections 2011

2011-08-26 Thread Adethya Sudarsanan
Hi fellow wiki'ers, Can you please how to nominate myself for the posts.. Thanks in advance, Adethya. S On 27 August 2011 11:28, Arjuna Rao Chavala wrote: > > > On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 9:23 AM, CherianTinu Abraham < > tinucher...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I have also requested the election commit

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter - Executive Committee Elections 2011

2011-08-26 Thread Arjuna Rao Chavala
On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 9:23 AM, CherianTinu Abraham wrote: > I have also requested the election committee and the current Exec team to > also publish the electoral roll too on the members wiki . This might help to > well wishers to appeal to the good candidates to stand for the elections and > he

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter - Executive Committee Elections 2011

2011-08-26 Thread CherianTinu Abraham
I have also requested the election committee and the current Exec team to also publish the electoral roll too on the members wiki . This might help to well wishers to appeal to the good candidates to stand for the elections and help lead the Wikimedia movement. -TC On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 9:11 AM

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter - Executive Committee Elections 2011

2011-08-26 Thread Theo10011
Gautam and the organizing committee for the election, it might make sense in extending the last date for nomination. The window for nomination hasn't been open for long, it might make sense in extending it for a while so more Wikimedians can hear about it. Regards Theo On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 8:

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter Report, 03 January 2011 - 16 March 2011

2011-03-18 Thread Anirudh Bhati
On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 8:16 AM, Srikanth Lakshmanan wrote: > Thanks a lot Anirudh / others behind it for a detailed report. IMHO Posting > a page on wikimedia.in and mailing the link is better and talk pages can > serve better for discussions instead of lists alone. Probably can be done > from n

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter Report, 03 January 2011 - 16 March 2011

2011-03-17 Thread Gautam John
On 18 March 2011 08:16, Srikanth Lakshmanan wrote: > Thanks a lot Anirudh / others behind it for a detailed report. IMHO Posting > a page on wikimedia.in and mailing the link is better and talk pages can > serve better for discussions instead of lists alone. Probably can be done > from next time.

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter Report, 03 January 2011 - 16 March 2011

2011-03-17 Thread CherianTinu Abraham
I beg to differ, Srikanth. IMHO it was a good idea to send the detailed report to the India mailing list. Throughly enjoyed reading the complete report although it missed the meetups and workshops in Trichy and Kerala. Regards Tinu Cherian On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 8:16 AM, Srikanth Lakshmanan wrot

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter Report, 03 January 2011 - 16 March 2011

2011-03-17 Thread Srikanth Lakshmanan
Thanks a lot Anirudh / others behind it for a detailed report. IMHO Posting a page on wikimedia.in and mailing the link is better and talk pages can serve better for discussions instead of lists alone. Probably can be done from next time. Regards Srikanth.L

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter

2011-02-02 Thread CherianTinu Abraham
Meijssen < >>>> gerard.meijs...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hoi, >>>>> Enabling the use of images on Commons is just a small configuration >>>>> away. I am sure and know that there are competent people who can hel

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter

2011-02-01 Thread Jyothis Edathoot
gt;>>> On 1 February 2011 07:59, BalaSundaraRaman wrote: >>>> >>>>> Thank you, Sue. >>>>> Once the technical issue of file upload (pointed out by Tinu) is >>>>> resolved by >>>>> moving to Wikimedia servers, we'll

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter

2011-02-01 Thread CherianTinu Abraham
;> >>> On 1 February 2011 07:59, BalaSundaraRaman wrote: >>> >>>> Thank you, Sue. >>>> Once the technical issue of file upload (pointed out by Tinu) is >>>> resolved by >>>> moving to Wikimedia servers, we'll certainly add mu

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter

2011-02-01 Thread Jyothis Edathoot
of the EC >>> members. >>> >>> - 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, qu

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter

2011-02-01 Thread Shiju Alex
expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted." >> - George Boole, quoted in Iverson's Turing Award Lecture >> >> >> >> - Original Message >> > From: Sue Gardner >> > To: Discussion list on Indian language projects of Wikimedia.

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter

2011-02-01 Thread Gerard Meijssen
ally admitted." > - George Boole, quoted in Iverson's Turing Award Lecture > > > > - Original Message > > From: Sue Gardner > > To: Discussion list on Indian language projects of Wikimedia. > > > > Sent: Tue, February 1, 2011 5:44:17 AM

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter

2011-01-31 Thread BalaSundaraRaman
ught, is a truth generally admitted." - George Boole, quoted in Iverson's Turing Award Lecture - Original Message > From: Sue Gardner > To: Discussion list on Indian language projects of Wikimedia. > > Sent: Tue, February 1, 2011 5:44:17 AM > Subject: Re: [Wikime

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter

2011-01-31 Thread jayanta nath
yes we need to move ASAP to Wikimedia server to use commons images. On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 8:00 AM, CherianTinu Abraham wrote: > That is an excellent idea, Sue. > > But I believe the site , as of now, doesn't allow file uploads. > Time to move to Wikimedia servers, so that commons images can be r

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter

2011-01-31 Thread CherianTinu Abraham
That is an excellent idea, Sue. But I believe the site , as of now, doesn't allow file uploads. Time to move to Wikimedia servers, so that commons images can be reused directly? Will also help if we are hosting our future India newsletters on wikimedia.in ... I have also added the office positio

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter

2011-01-31 Thread Sue Gardner
On 30 January 2011 03:04, BalaSundaraRaman wrote: > Following is a list of activities (compiled by ArunRam for an internal > discussion) of the chapter prior to registration (which itself turned out to > be > a huge exercise): Hi Sundar, Thanks so much for sending that list, and thanks to ArunR

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter

2011-01-30 Thread BalaSundaraRaman
projects of Wikimedia. > > Sent: Sun, January 30, 2011 3:36:41 PM > Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter > > 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 vo

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter

2011-01-30 Thread BalaSundaraRaman
ecture - Original Message > From: praveenp > To: Discussion list on Indian language projects of Wikimedia. > > Sent: Sun, January 30, 2011 3:36:41 PM > Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter > > On Sunday 30 January 2011 11:56 AM, jayanta nath

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 g

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter

2011-01-29 Thread Sudhanwa Jogalekar
Dear Praveen, I think I am missing some of the points here. Can you please put up your ideas and give some examples so that people here will get some more clarity. As you mentioned, things are "fair but not enough" please put up your ideas so that things will be "enough and more" All of us can

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter

2011-01-29 Thread jayanta nath
@Praveen,Chapter just now created. So in future there must be openness for all issue. Anyone can join our advocacy programme without edit wikimedia. Nos of edit is not criteria. The chapter created as society so there must be voting system. So not worry!! On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Gautam J

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter

2011-01-29 Thread Gautam John
On 30 January 2011 11:39, praveenp wrote: > Sorry, I think a concrete foundation is necessary to create a body. Well, that does exist in the aims and objective in the MoA that is up on Meta and while those are broad, direction-ary goals, it behooves upon us all to detail them. > Fair, But I thi

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 cr

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter

2011-01-29 Thread Gautam John
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? > I believe I am clear above. May I know how you are connected wikimedia > communities? I don't understand that how a

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter

2011-01-29 Thread Gautam John
Dear Tinu and Jayanta: Thank you very much for the ideas and suggestions. The minutes and resolutions should be part of the public record. As much as I think it would be nice to have an AGM this year, there is a good chance that we will get out PAN/Bank Account etc. too late for this to be possi

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter

2011-01-29 Thread praveenp
On 30 January 2011 07:57, CherianTinu Abraham 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 ; there is an Executive

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter

2011-01-29 Thread jayanta nath
I am from Kolkata West Bengal ( Bengali Wikipedia). I would like to know what kind of support want from me and vice versa regarding membership. On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 9:26 AM, Gautam John wrote: > Thank you, Tinu. > > Praveen, we probably have been less than ideal in our communication > and we s

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter

2011-01-29 Thread CherianTinu Abraham
Thanks Gautam , Would it be a good idea to record the Agenda & MoM of the EC meetings ( & hopefully previous ones, if there are ) ? That may possibly help the community to be in sync with what the chapter is thinking & planning.. and important decisions that are taken. Thoughts ? Not sure, whether

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter

2011-01-29 Thread Gautam John
Thank you, Tinu. Praveen, we probably have been less than ideal in our communication and we still trying to find our feet here. Suggestions are welcome, please. As for membership, as soon as we have our bank account which should happen in four weeks or so. Best, Gautam http://social.pr

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter

2011-01-29 Thread CherianTinu Abraham
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 ; there is an Executive committee with 7 members , the office bearers are [2] Ar

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter

2010-03-13 Thread CherianTinu Abraham
Friends, Let us avoid this mud-slinging of each other on the mailing list. I think we all agree for one thing - Wikimedia India Chapter has to be formed. As Achal said, the "so called founding members" have no extra privileges, they just volunteered to set up the chapter after all the pr

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter

2010-03-12 Thread BalaSundaraRaman
>>Srinivas Gunta. >>Unified login across all Wikimedia projects: Gurubrahma >> >> >> >> ________ From: CherianTinu Abraham >> >>To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>Sent: Sat, 13 March, 2010 8:45:45 AM >> >>

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter

2010-03-12 Thread arjuna rao chavala
gt;> Regards, >> 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 >> >> >

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter

2010-03-12 Thread Naveen Francis
Wikimedia projects: Gurubrahma >> >> ---------- >> *From:* CherianTinu Abraham >> >> *To:* wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> *Sent:* Sat, 13 March, 2010 8:45:45 AM >> >> *Subject:* Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter

2010-03-12 Thread Hari Prasad Nadig
On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 12:47 PM, Shahid Akhtar < mohd.shahid_akh...@rediffmail.com> wrote: > Why is some like HPN who has not made even 100 edits in 2009 and 2010 to > English, Kannada and Sanskrit Wikipedias combined together is at the > forefront of this initiative, but some of the most importa

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter

2010-03-12 Thread Naveen Francis
> *From:* CherianTinu Abraham > > *To:* wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > *Sent:* Sat, 13 March, 2010 8:45:45 AM > > *Subject:* Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter > > Thatz a great idea. Let us talk ! Please try to attend both the IRC chat > today and Ban

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter

2010-03-12 Thread BalaSundaraRaman
verson's Turing Award Lecture From: Naveen Francis To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Sat, March 13, 2010 7:37:44 AM Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter Can we have a IRC on this topic ? Proposed time : Today, 8 pm (March

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter

2010-03-12 Thread guru brahma
today. Cheers, Srinivas Gunta. Unified login across all Wikimedia projects: Gurubrahma From: CherianTinu Abraham To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Sat, 13 March, 2010 8:45:45 AM Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter Thatz a great

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter

2010-03-12 Thread CherianTinu Abraham
Thatz a great idea. Let us talk ! Please try to attend both the IRC chat today and Bangalore Meetup tommorrow. The primary discussion will be regarding WikiMedia India chapter formation . Please maintain the etiquettes of the discussion. - Tinu Cherian On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 7:37 AM, Naveen Fra

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter

2010-03-12 Thread Naveen Francis
nts. > > > Regards, > 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 > > > -

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter

2010-03-12 Thread BalaSundaraRaman
t, is a truth generally admitted." - George Boole, quoted in Iverson's Turing Award Lecture From: Shahid Akhtar To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Fri, March 12, 2010 12:47:04 PM Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter On

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter

2010-03-11 Thread Srikanth Lakshmanan
On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 12:47 PM, Shahid Akhtar < mohd.shahid_akh...@rediffmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 8:37 PM, Praveen Prakash > wrote: > > K. Then who is Kiruba Shankar? What was the election process & criteria? >> How many people involved in that? Why all these process were hid

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter

2010-03-11 Thread Gautam John
Hello Shahid and Praveen: > Who decided the list of founding members (Signatories) mentioned on this page > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_India/MoA#WIKIMEDIA_INDIA? And how > was this list decided? How come Gautam K John (who is self-admittedly not > involved with Wikipedia) was invi

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter

2010-03-11 Thread Shahid Akhtar
On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 8:37 PM, Praveen Prakash  wrote: K. Then who is Kiruba Shankar?  What was the election process & criteria? How many people involved in that? Why all these process were hidden? Why even Hindi not informed? This is what I'm wondering about too

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter

2010-03-11 Thread Praveen Prakash
arjuna rao chavala wrote: 2010/3/11 Praveen Prakash I don't consider members or membership. I am not devaluing commitment or hardwork. I am thinking about lack of openness. You guys must know (may know well) the level of Indic language involvement in meta. Wh

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter

2010-03-11 Thread CherianTinu Abraham
> *From:* guru brahma > > *To:* wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > *Sent:* Thu, 11 March, 2010 6:56:05 PM > > *Subject:* Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter > > Hi, > > I haven't received some of the mails on this mailing list and I had to > check b

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter

2010-03-11 Thread guru brahma
From: guru brahma To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Thu, 11 March, 2010 6:56:05 PM Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter Hi, I haven't received some of the mails on this mailing list and I had to check back on the mail server to see those mails - th

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter

2010-03-11 Thread guru brahma
kispace or unified login at the end of each message we send - I shd probably make it my signature. From: Hari Prasad Nadig To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Thu, 11 March, 2010 5:31:52 PM Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter On T

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter

2010-03-11 Thread Anirudh Bhati
Hi, I am a student of law and an editor on the English Wikipedia since 2006. You can find me here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Sir_Nicholas_de_Mimsy-Porpington Yours sincerely, Anirudh Singh Bhati Student of Law, Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar, India. Handphone: +919328

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter

2010-03-11 Thread Hari Prasad Nadig
On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 5:06 PM, Shiju Alex wrote: > It will be good if all the other committee members introduce themselves to > *Indic language* wiki community. Shiju, Most of the members have user pages on the respective Wikipedias and sister projects and their work speaks for themselves. I

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter

2010-03-11 Thread Hari Prasad Nadig
On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 5:14 PM, arjuna rao chavala wrote: > 2010/3/11 Praveen Prakash >> >> I don't consider members or membership. I am not devaluing commitment or >> hardwork. I am thinking about lack of openness. You guys must know (may know >> well) the level of Indic language involvement in

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter

2010-03-11 Thread Gautam John
On 11 March 2010 17:06, Shiju Alex wrote: > It will be good if all the other committee members introduce themselves to > Indic language wiki community. Hello! My name is Gautam John. I am not an active Wikipedian but share in the philosophical passion behind the community - of access, and open

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter

2010-03-11 Thread arjuna rao chavala
2010/3/11 Praveen Prakash > I don't consider members or membership. I am not devaluing commitment or > hardwork. I am thinking about lack of openness. You guys must know (may know > well) the level of Indic language involvement in meta. Why didn't this list? > besides I've not seen any comment a

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter

2010-03-11 Thread Shiju Alex
---------- > *From:* Praveen Prakash > > *To:* wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > *Sent:* Thu, March 11, 2010 3:24:53 PM > > *Subject:* Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter > > > I am very happy and proud to hear that we got a wikimedia indic chap

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter

2010-03-11 Thread Praveen Prakash
le, quoted in Iverson's Turing Award Lecture From: Praveen Prakash To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Thu, March 11, 2010 3:24:53 PM Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter I am very happy and proud to hear that we got a wikimedia indic chapter

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