It will be good if all the other committee members introduce themselves to *Indic language* wiki community.
Shiju On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 12:15 PM, BalaSundaraRaman <sundarbe...@yahoo.com>wrote: > Dear Praveen, > > Since I'm one of the people involved, let me introduce myself: > > I'm an editor at English and Tamil Wikipedias for around 6 years, though > recently I'm mainly active in Tamil Wikipedia alone. My username on either > wikis is 'Sundar'. I am a bureaucrat in Tamil Wiki and an admin in the > English Wiki. My edit contributions are at > http://toolserver.org/~interiot/cgi-bin/count_edits?user=sundar&dbname=tawiki_p<http://toolserver.org/%7Einteriot/cgi-bin/count_edits?user=sundar&dbname=tawiki_p>and > http://toolserver.org/~interiot/cgi-bin/count_edits?user=sundar&dbname=enwiki_p<http://toolserver.org/%7Einteriot/cgi-bin/count_edits?user=sundar&dbname=enwiki_p>Besides > these, I wrote a bot for exporting over 1 lakh dictionary entries to > Tamil Wiktionary and ran it with the help of Ravishankar. I have also > participated in several outreach efforts and volunteered with MediaWiki > localisation. I presented a paper at Wikimania 2009. ( > http://wikimania2009.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proceedings:217 ) > > As for your other concerns, we'll send out a separate email outlining the > process. For now, you can check the post by HPN at > http://hpnadig.net/blog/2010/03/08/wikimedia-india/563 > > 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 > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Praveen Prakash <me.prav...@gmail.com> > > *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. > > But I wonder why all these activities taken so hidden? We are a community > (or a community of communities), we've an active mailing list, but I didn't > hear anything about such an active effort (may be i missed). Is there any > separate communication medium? Or is this a special chapter for wikimedia > English projects? > > I recently learned someone as wikimedia indic chapter director from > linkedin (http://in.linkedin.com/in/kiruba). He is also being CEO, > Founder, Co-Founder, Director of many other initiatives (Actually I don't > have any problem about that). I am thinking about that election process and > members. I am sorry but frankly I don't know any of other guys also. If > possible introduce them, and their home wiki. I wish, an informed community > about any further steps. > > If someone can clarify my thoughts originated from poor knowledge, I'll be > more happy. > > PraveenP > > Hari Prasad Nadig wrote: > > Dear all, > > As Srikanth has already noticed in an earlier e-mail, the draft > Memoranda of Association for the proposed Wikimedia India Chapter has > been put up on Meta here: > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_India/MoA > > Even as the team working on the current draft has spent the better > part of a year working on it, I am sure that there would be scope for > improvement. Please provide your invaluable comments and suggestions > on the relevant talk page: > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_India/MoA. > > However, given the time we have spent on the document, it is important > that we proceed quickly and hence, I suggest that the comments be made > on or before this Saturday, the 13th of March 2010. Let us > maintain > the Wiki-etiquette expected out of us during the discussion. > > People curious about the earlier and the current efforts at forming > the India chapter may find my blog post on it, > http://hpnadig.net/blog/2010/03/08/wikimedia-india/563 a complimenting > read. More on Wikimedia India chapter can be seen on > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_India. > > Let us look forward to a great response in discussing and debating the > MoA of the proposed Wikimedia India chapter. > -- > Hari Prasad Nadig > http://hpnadig.net | http://twitter.com/hpnadig > http://flickr.com/hpnadig > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > wikimediaindi...@lists.wikimedia.orghttps://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > > -- > > -- > [image: Wikipedia Affiliate > Button]<http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Support_Wikipedia/en> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > >
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