We've been trying for a while to kick off a Wikipedia Takes Bangalore ... On 6 February 2010 01:13, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijs...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hoi, > We are uploading pictures from the "Geograph" project. This is a British > project that aims to have pictures from all of the United Kingdom and > Ireland. It is great software, they are great people and if you are > interested, we could look into localising the software into Indian > languages, we could look into a default license and uploading straight into > Commons. > > PS I do realise that India covers a much bigger territory but it does not > need to be concluded next year or the year after .. > PS We could look into combining it with functionality of OpenStreetMap > Thanks, > GerardM > > > On 5 February 2010 19:01, Ganesh Krishnamurthy <ganeshkmur...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> We have to make it easier for participants to upload the photos and >> release them under CC. Commons upload tool is too complicated for a >> novice. Flickr copyrights photos by default. People forget to set the >> copyright to CC or tag them correctly. >> >> My suggestion would be to setup a Facebook fan page and allow user >> uploads. We can add a text on the page mentioning all uploads will be >> automatically treated as CC. This is similar to text that appears >> below Wikipedia edit box. >> >> Regards, >> Ganesh >> >> >> On Feb 5, 2010, at 11:28 AM, Utkarshraj Atmaram <utcur...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> > On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 9:45 PM, Abhi <abhishekjacob...@gmail.com> >> > wrote: >> >> Count me in! But coordinating something like this at the national >> >> level wont >> >> be easy. Ahh, this is exciting :) >> >> >> > >> > Hi Abhi, >> > >> > While emulating Britain Loves Wikipedia and involving museums and >> > cultural institutions will be a huge task, using online social media >> > will be much easier. >> > >> > Articles on famous colleges like NMIMS, popular dishes like Dal Baati >> > and notable companies like Indian Express Group don't have a >> > photograph! There are a number of young Indian internet users on >> > Facebook and Twitter. We just want them to catch a snap of their >> > college, company, the food they eat... That shouldn't be difficult. >> > >> > All we need to do is reach out to them. This can be done through >> > Facebook, Twitter, Orkut, blogs and other media. >> > >> > Utkarshraj Atmaram >> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Utcursch >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > > -- Regards, Your friend in time, Srikanth/R/
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