Dear all, Hindi wiki *was *seen* *as the most desirable wiki for rapid upliftment of India's masses. But, sigh! Now Hindi wiki has really reached a point wherefrom only a miracle can save it. This is unfortunate. For example, the most judicious bureaucrat (user:Mayur) was rusticated in the name of performing unneeded admin actions, based purely on opinions from those users who never edited (and nor have read) Hindi Wikipedia. And now good editors are distracted by clear lack of judiciousness. Today's Hindi wiki's philosophy is- 'Delete *everything *so that there is no question of policy-violating content. Block *everybody *so that there is no question of vandalism.' Let us wait for some miracle... त्याज्यं न धैर्यं विधुरेऽपि काले.....।
- Hemant (user:Hemant wikikosh) On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 10:01 PM, Krant M.L.Verma <[email protected]>wrote: > Actually speaking I started contributing on wikipedia with an intention to > share whatever the knowlege I have. But I am sorry to say here that some of > the people could not digest my edits/contributions. > They started a conspiracy against Mayur, Me and some others. I have been > indefeinitely blocked on English Wikipedia and a notice against me have > also been posted on Hindi Wikipedia. Any one can very well see my User talk > page. No body came to shield me. In such an unhuman atmosphere I am really > frustrated. Hence I have stopped editting from February 2013 onward. > Please forgive me for god's sake. > Yours > Krantmlverma > Mobile No +919811851477 > On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 7:00 PM, noopur <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Dear all, > > > > Correction: There is a mistake in the newsletter in the > > Events Organized section. The Creative Commons event in Bangalore was > > not organized by A2K team. It was organized by members of the Wikimedia > > India Chapter and A2K team members, Nitika and Subhashish attended it > > and helped with documentation only. > > > > Apologies for the error. We are > > working to fix it in the main newsletter as well. > > > > Thank you, > > > > Noopur > > > > > > On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 12:18:39 +0500, noopur wrote: > > > > > Dear all, > > > > > > > > Here is the A2K newsletter for the month of February, 2013. > > > > > > > > Wikimedia Foundation, beginning from September 1, 2012, awarded the > > Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) a two-year grant of INR 26,000,000 > > to support and develop free knowledge in India. Consequently, Wikimedia > > Foundation's India Program became the Access to Knowledge (A2K) program > > [1] of CIS. In the second issue of our newsletter for 2013, we are glad > > to introduce you to our new programme officer, Dr. U.B. Pavanaja [2]. > > The A2K team [3] consists of four members based in Delhi: T. Vishnu > > Vardhan [4], Nitika Tandon [5], Subhashish Panigrahi [6] and Noopur > > Raval [7], and one new team member Dr. U.B. Pavanaja [8] who works from > > Bangalore office. Archives of our newsletters are here [9]. > > > > > > > > Wikipedians from various communities can request for outreach programs, > > technical bugs, logistics-merchandize and media, public relations and > > communications at http://bit.ly/TOcXId [10]. > > > > > > # New Team Member > > > > > > > > * Dr. U.B. Pavanaja [11] joined the A2K team as Programme Officer, > > India Language Initiatives on March 4, 2013. Dr. Pavanaja holds a > > Master's degree from Mysore University and Ph.D. from Mumbai University. > > He was a scientist at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, for about > > 15 years. He is one of the oldest editors of Kannada Wikipedia. He has > > to his credit many firsts, viz., first Kannada website, first Kannada > > online magazine, first Indian language (Kannada) website to receive > > Golden Web Award, first Indian language (Kannada) editor for Palm OS, > > first Indian language (Kannada) editor for WinCE device (HP Jornado > > 720), first Indian language version (Kannada) of universally popular > > Logo (programming language for children) software, etc. His Kannada logo > > won the Manthan Award for the year 2006. He was a member of the > > technical advisory committee setup by the Govt. of Karnataka for > > Standardization of Kannada on Computers (2000). He is also a member of > > the Kannada Software Committee of Govt. of Karnataka (2008-current). > > > > > > > > # Events Organised by CIS > > > > > > * Creative Commons comes to India > > [12] (Chitrakala Parishad, Bangalore, February 1, 2013). Meetings were > > held in Pune and Bangalore. The Access to Knowledge team participated in > > two meetings organized in Bangalore. > > > * Knowledge Sharing through GLAM > > at Bangalore [13](Karnataka Chitrakala Parishad, Kumara Krupa Road, > > Bangalore, February 25, 2013). Dr. U.B. Pavanaja, Nitika Tandon and > > Subhashish Panigrahi participated in the event. > > > * Fifty-fourth > > Bangalore Wikimedia Meet-up at IIM, Bangalore [14] (co-organized with > > Radhakrishna Arvapally, Special Interest Group, Solutions IQ and > > Wikimedia India Chapter, Indian Institute of Management, February 25, > > 2013). Vishnu Vardhan gave a talk on accessibility and knowledge. Noopur > > Raval participated in the event. > > > > > > # Event Participated > > > > > > * > > GNUnify 2013 [15] (organized by Pune Linux/Unix User Group and Symbiosis > > Institute of Computer Studies & Research, Pune, February 15 - 17, 2013). > > Subhashish Panigrahi participated in the event. > > > > > > # Education Program > > > > > > > > * Odia Wikipedia Community Brings Wikipedia Education Program to > > IIMC, Dhenkanal [16] (by Subhashish Panigrahi, February 28, 2013). > > > > > > > > # Event Reports > > > CIS organised one Wiki workshop in the month of > > February 2013, and also brings you the report from an event organised in > > the month of January: > > > > > > * Celebrating Odia Wikipedia's Ninth > > Anniversary [17] (organized by the Odia Wiki Community with support from > > CIS and Academy for Media Learning, January 29, 2013, Bhubaneswar). Few > > glimpses of the event are available as an audio podcast. > > > * Digital > > Literacy Workshop at Department of Arts, Delhi University [18] (by > > Nitika Tandon, February 5, 2013). > > > > > > # Media Coverage > > > > > > * ଓଡ଼ିଆ > > ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆର ନବମ ଜନ୍ମତିଥି ଅବସରରେ କର୍ମଶାଳା: ଇମିଡ଼ିଆରେ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଭାଷାର ପ୍ରୟୋଗ > > [19] (Odishan.com, February 4, 2013). > > > * ସମ୍ବାଦ:_ _ଲିପି ବ୍ୟାକରଣ ଓ ମାନକ > > ଭାଷାର ପ୍ରୟୋଗ ଜରୁରୀ [20]. (Sambad, February, 2013). > > > * Odisha: Workshop > > organized on 9th Anniversary of Odia language: Application of Odia > > language in e-media [21] (e India Bureau, March 2, 2013). > > > * Odia > > Wikipedia's 9th anniversary [22] (fullOrissa News, February 13, 2013). > > > > > * Odisha: Workshop organized on 9th Anniversary of Odia language: > > Application of Odia language in e-media [23] (India Education Diary.com, > > March 2, 2013). Subhashish Panigrahi is quoted. > > > * Odia language > > workshop organized on 9th Anniversary of Odia Wikipedia: Application of > > Odia language in e-media [24] (Odishaviews.com, February 5, 2013). > > Subhashish Panigrahi is quoted. > > > > > > # Ongoing Events > > > > > > * Wikipedia > > Workshop @ BITS Goa [25] (BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus, March 7, > > 2013, 5.30 p.m. to 8.00 p.m.). > > > * A Wikipedia Editing Workshop in Goa > > [26] (Nirmala Institute of Education, Goa, March 8, 2013, 3 p.m. to 5 > > p.m.). > > > > > > # Announcement > > > > > > * Sanskrit Wikiquote -- Now Available > > [27]!: The Access to Knowledge team at CIS is happy to announce the > > availability of Sanskrit Wikiquote. Shiju Alex, an ex-team member played > > an active role in bringing this out. For more info see > > http://bit.ly/Y9OY9R [28]. > > > > > > *About CIS [29]* > > > CIS was registered > > as a society in Bangalore in 2008. As an independent, non-profit > > research organisation, it runs different policy research programmes such > > as Accessibility, Access to Knowledge, Openness, Internet Governance, > > and Telecom. The policy research programmes have resulted in outputs > > such as the e-Accessibility Policy Handbook for Persons with > > Disabilities [30] with ITU and G3ict, and Digital Alternatives with a > > Cause? [31], Thinkathon Position Papers [32] and the Digital Natives > > with a Cause? Report [33] with Hivos, etc. We have conducted policy > > research for the Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, > > Ministry of Human Resource Development, Ministry of Personnel, Public > > Grievances and Pensions, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, > > etc., on WIPO Treaties [34], Copyright Bill [35], NIA Bill [36], etc. > > > > > > > > CIS is accredited as an observer at WIPO. CIS staff participates in > > the Standing Committee for Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) meetings > > regularly held in Geneva, and participate in the discussions and > > comments on them from a public interest perspective. Our Policy > > Director, Nirmita Narasimhan won the National Award for Empowerment of > > Persons with Disabilities [37] from the Government of India and also > > received the NIVH Excellence Award [38]. > > > > > > *Follow us elsewhere* > > > > > > > > * Get short, timely messages from us on Twitter [39] > > > * Join the CIS > > group on Facebook [40] > > > * Visit us at http://cis-india.org [41] > > > > > > > > *Support Us* > > > Please help us defend consumer / citizen rights on the > > Internet! Write a cheque in favour of 'The Centre for Internet and > > Society' and mail it to us at No. 194, 2nd 'C' Cross, Domlur, 2nd Stage, > > Bengaluru - 5600 71. > > > > > > *Request for Collaboration* > > > We invite > > researchers, practitioners, and theoreticians, both organisationally and > > as individuals, to collaboratively engage with Internet and society and > > improve our understanding of this new field. To discuss the research > > collaborations, write to Sunil Abraham, Executive Director, at > > [email protected] [42] or Nishant Shah, Director - Research, at > > [email protected] [43] > > > > > > _CIS is grateful to its donors, > > Wikimedia Foundation, Ford Foundation, Privacy International, UK, Hans > > Foundation and the Kusuma Trust which was founded by Anurag Dikshit and > > Soma Pujari, philanthropists of Indian origin, for its core funding and > > support for most of its projects._ > > > > > > Thank you, > > > > > > Noopur Raval > > __ > > > > > > > > Links: > > ------ > > [1] > > http://cis-india.org/a2k/access-to-knowledge-program-plan > > [2] > > http://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team > > [3] > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Access_To_Knowledge/Team > > [4] > > http://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team > > [5] > > http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/people/our-team > > [6] > > http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/people/our-team > > [7] > > http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/people/our-team > > [8] > > http://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team > > [9] > > http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters > > [10] http://bit.ly/TOcXId > > [11] > > http://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team > > [12] > > http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/creative-commons-comes-to-india > > [13] > > http://cis-india.org/openness/events/knowledge-sharing-through-glam > > [14] > > > http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/fifty-fourth-bangalore-wikimedia-meetup > > [15] > > http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/foss-wikimedia-under-one-roof-gnunify > > [16] > > > > > http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/odia-wikipedia-education-program-iimc-dhenkanal > > [17] > > > > > http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/celebrating-odia-wikipedias-ninth-anniversary > > [18] > > http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/digital-literacy-workshop > > [19] > > http://odishan.com/?p=2534 > > [20] > > http://sambadepaper.com/Details.aspx?id=36615|+|amp|+|boxid=23625437<http://sambadepaper.com/Details.aspx?id=36615%7C+%7Camp%7C+%7Cboxid=23625437> > < > http://sambadepaper.com/Details.aspx?id=36615%7C+%7Camp%7C+%7Cboxid=23625437 > > > > [21] > > > > > http://www.eindiadiary.com/content/odisha-workshop-organized-9th-anniversary-odia-language-application-odia-language-e-media > > [22] > > http://news.fullorissa.com/odia-wikipedias-9th-anniversary/ > > [23] > > http://indiaeducationdiary.in/Orissa/Shownews.asp?newsid=19485 > > [24] > > > > > http://www.odishaviews.com/odia-language-workshop-organized-on-9th-anniversary-of-odia-wikipedia-application-of-odia-language-in-e-media/ > > [25] > > http://cis-india.org/openness/events/wikipedia-workshop-bits-goa > > [26] > > http://cis-india.org/openness/events/wikipedia-editing-workshop-in-goa > > [27] > > http://cis-india.org/news/sanskrit-wikiquote > > [28] > > http://bit.ly/Y9OY9R > > [29] http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/ > > [30] > > > > > http://cis-india.org/about/advocacy/accessibility/blog/e-accessibility-handbook > > [31] > > http://cis-india.org/about/digital-natives/front-page/blog/dnbook > > [32] > > > http://cis-india.org/about/digital-natives/front-page/blog/position-papers > > [33] > > > > > http://cis-india.org/about/digital-natives/front-page/blog/digital-natives-with-a-cause-a-report > > [34] > > > > > http://cis-india.org/about/a2k/blog/cis-analysis-july2011-treaty-print-disabilities > > [35] > > > http://cis-india.org/about/a2k/blog/analysis-copyright-amendment-bill-2012 > > [36] > > > > > http://cis-india.org/about/internet-governance/front-page/blog/cis-feedback-to-nia-bill > > [37] > > http://cis-india.org/about/accessibility/blog/national-award > > [38] > > http://cis-india.org/about/news/nirmita-nivh-award > > [39] > > https://twitter.com/cis_india > > [40] > > http://www.facebook.com/groups/28535315687/ > > [41] > > http://cis-india.org > > [42] mailto:[email protected] > > [43] > > mailto:[email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikihi-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikihi-l > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikihi-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikihi-l > _______________________________________________ Wikihi-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikihi-l
