Wouldnt it be a good idea to add this info in meta under the wikimedia india<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_India>page and provide a link in the main page?
just a thought. Regards, Jyothis. http://www.Jyothis.net http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jyothis woods are lovely dark and deep, but i have promises to keep and miles to go before i sleep and lines to go before I press sleep completion date = (start date + ((estimated effort x 3.1415926) / resources) + ((total coffee breaks x 0.25) / 24)) + Effort in meetings On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 11:28 AM, Shiju Alex <shijualexonl...@gmail.com>wrote: > <snip> > > Do you - or someone else - have any plans to add these at some point in > time? > </snip> > > I have added my views about the Indian Wikipedias statistics (2010 > January) in my blog. The link to the blog post is > http://shijualex.blogspot.com/2010/02/indian-language-wikipedias-statistics.html > > Please feel free to add your suggestions/analysis as comment to the post. I > encourage publishing your views/comment as separate blog post also. We can > also discuss about the same in the mailing list. > > I hope analyzing the statistics will benefit all the Indian language wikis. > I would like to emphasis one point regarding the localization of MediaWiki > messages. > > *Localization of the Wiki software is very important when we are trying to > reach to prospective Wikipedians in any language*. A website with the > interface and all system messages in your local language has edge over a > website with English only content among your language community. > > GerardM <http://translatewiki.net/wiki/User:GerardM> has been > enlightening us regarding this many times. He has also send mails regarding > this to the *wikimediaindia* mailing list a couple of times. I request the > respective community to give top priority to localize the Mediawiki messages > to your language. > > > Thank you > > Shiju Alex > > > > > On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 7:24 AM, Shiju Alex <shijualexonl...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> <snip> >> >> Do you - or someone else - have any plans to add these at some point in >> time? >> </snip> >> >> >> Yes very much. I am preparing a blog post based on these numbers. Infact >> for the past 1.5 years we are publishing an analysis based on these numbers >> in Malayalam wiki mailing list each month. >> >> I know the current information is not "analysis". But I hope it will >> improve as we move forward based on the valuable inputs from all of you. >> >> Siebrand, Erik, >> >> I have noticed that in all the statistics tables at different locations, >> *Bhojpuri language* is representented as *Bihari*. But Bhojupuri is one >> of the *Bihari languages (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bihari_languages)*. >> Other Bihari languages are : >> Angika<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angika_language> >> *·* Bhojpuri <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhojpuri> *·* Fiji >> Hindi<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiji_Hindi> >> *·* >> Kudmali<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kudmali&action=edit&redlink=1> >> *·* Magahi <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magahi> *·* >> Maithili<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maithili_language> >> *·* Majhi <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majhi_language> *·* >> Musasa<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musasa_language> >> *·* >> Panchpargania<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Panchpargania&action=edit&redlink=1> >> *·* Sadri <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadri_language> *·* Sadri, >> Oraon<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadri_language> >> *·* Sarnami Hindustani <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarnami> *·* >> Surajpuri<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Surajpuri&action=edit&redlink=1> >> *·* Vajjika <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vajjika_language> >> >> Please see whether this information needs to updated. >> >> >> Thank you >> >> Shiju >> >> >> >> On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 12:39 AM, Siebrand Mazeland <s.mazel...@xs4all.nl >> > wrote: >> >>> Hi Shiju Alex, >>> >>> *very* nice overview in numbers. >>> >>> You’re calling it an ‘analysis’. Usually I expect some prose with an >>> analysis – reasoning, assumptions and conclusions. >>> >>> Do you - or someone else - have any plans to add these at some point in >>> time? Currently each reader has to go through all the tables, make his own >>> observations, mix in some assumptions and distill conclusions from those. I >>> truly understand that commenting on numbers is probably even more work than >>> gathering them in the current format in the first place. >>> >>> It could however be very valuable – and a great discussion starter – if >>> someone would comment on the numbers say every 6 months. It would also allow >>> readers of the report to just read the words, and have the tables as an >>> annex. >>> >>> Next steps could be to add goals, strategies to archieve them, and assess >>> the goals and strategies later on, based on this type of report. >>> >>> Comments? >>> >>> Siebrand >>> >>> From: wikimediaindia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto: >>> wikimediaindia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Shiju Alex >>> Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 7:29 PM >>> To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>> Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indian language Wikipedias - Statistical >>> report - 2010 January >>> >>> Hello All >>> >>> Please see the PDF file available at the location >>> http://shijualexonline.googlepages.com/2010_01_january_en.pdf for a >>> detailed statistical analysis of the Indian language wikipedias for the >>> month of 2010 January. >>> >>> <snip> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > >
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