Added the template in Tamil Wiki and created one pretty url for the article malayalam. For example see, http://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malayalam
Minor tweaking of template is required. We will help to fix it. Shiju On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 9:33 PM, Ravishankar <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Shiju. Should see if we can make sense from the malayalam page. > Else, an english tutorial will be appreciated :) > > Interestingly, the contributor profile for Ta Wiki is quite similar to ml > wiki > > > > http://toolserver.org/~junaid/tools/editcount.php?wproject=wiki&wlan=ml&show=users&max=50&offset=0<http://toolserver.org/%7Ejunaid/tools/editcount.php?wproject=wiki&wlan=ml&show=users&max=50&offset=0> > > Ravi > > > On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 8:56 PM, Shiju Alex <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Pretty URL is cool. Is the script available? >>> >> >> >> http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Prettyurl >> >> Please see the source code of that template. >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 8:50 PM, Ravishankar <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Hi Shiju, >>> >>> Good to know. I agree that until each wiki should become self-reliant >>> without the need to refer en wiki for everything. >>> >>> Pretty URL is cool. Is the script available? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Ravi >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 6:35 PM, Shiju Alex >>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Could the count be explained? May be because of good participation in >>>>> talk pages, collaborative articles, regular copy edits >>>>> >>>> >>>> Let me try to answer your query, eventhough we stopped projecting the >>>> depth parameter. Now we are concentrating more on parameters like * >>>> edits/article*, *bytes per article*, *number of active users*, and so >>>> on. >>>> >>>> - As you have mentioned above, depth shows the overall >>>> collaboration. Edits in articles, talkpages, portal pages, templates, >>>> images, and so on helped in increasing the article count. >>>> - We are away from increasing the article count by creating >>>> one-liners. Remove all junk one-liners and big articles with english >>>> only >>>> content from your wiki. Depth will surely increase. >>>> - Also the number edits are directly proportional to the number of >>>> active and dedicated users. We have at least *40 users* with number >>>> of edita more than 1000. >>>> >>>> http://toolserver.org/~junaid/tools/editcount.php?wproject=wiki&wlan=ml&show=users&max=50&offset=0<http://toolserver.org/%7Ejunaid/tools/editcount.php?wproject=wiki&wlan=ml&show=users&max=50&offset=0>Atleast >>>> 10 of them have number of edits more than 10,000. >>>> >>>> All these have contributed depth of the wiki. >>>> >>>> We are not allowing anyone to create one-liners just for the sake of >>>> increasing the article count. At least fundmental information is required >>>> in >>>> each and every article that is created in Malayalam Wikipedia. Because of >>>> that *our readers will not run to English wikipedia* to get the >>>> fundamental information about a topic. >>>> >>>> We are trying to attract readers to wiki. The CD project/book >>>> project/wikiacademies/wiki meetups are all part of the public outreach >>>> programs. We have many users *who only reads ml wikipedia*. *After all >>>> if no one reads what we write, all our efforts are in vain.* >>>> >>>> We give top priority to the usability part of the wiki. Because of >>>> that, you can see many things in Malayalam Wikipedia *that are not >>>> available in any other language wikipedia*. An example is *pretty url * >>>> itself. >>>> >>>> We are trying to reach the other language wikipedians to get to know >>>> about their best practices. We feel no shy in copying their best practices. >>>> >>>> There are more things. I will write about that some time later. >>>> >>>> As in Tamil Wikipedia, *we also have problem in getting local >>>> Wikipedians to edit the wiki*. I will write about that later. >>>> >>>> >>>> Shiju >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Ravishankar <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> Ramesh, >>>>> >>>>> That's quite a good number. The arrangements for the meetup were also >>>>> quite elaborate. well done. >>>>> >>>>> I am also curious about the depth of Malayalam Wiki. Could the count be >>>>> explained? May be because of good participation in talk pages, >>>>> collaborative >>>>> articles, regular copy edits?? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> >>>>> Ravi >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 10:18 PM, Ramesh N G <[email protected]>wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Ravi >>>>>> An apprx figures >>>>>> >>>>>> # The total attendance was nearly 80 in the ml wiki meetup which >>>>>> includes newcomers around 60% >>>>>> # Morning Session was scheduled for regular wikipedians, where the >>>>>> attendance was around 20 to 30 regular ml wikians >>>>>> >>>>>> regards >>>>>> Rameshng >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 7:13 PM, Ravishankar <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> > Hi all, >>>>>> > >>>>>> > The number of registrants found at http://bit.ly/c9voKu is >>>>>> interesting. >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Would like to know what percentage of them are regular contributors >>>>>> in >>>>>> > ml.wiki projects. >>>>>> > >>>>>> > One challenge we face in Tamil Wiki is that not many active >>>>>> contributors are >>>>>> > present locally (within Tamilnadu) to conduct offline activities. >>>>>> > >>>>>> > How is the situation for other Indic Wikis? >>>>>> > >>>>>> > It will be interesting to see a case study from ml.wiki like >>>>>> > http://bit.ly/a3AaCl . Especially, any lesson to learn on outreach >>>>>> and >>>>>> > increasing contributor activity. >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Regards, >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Ravi >>>>>> > >>>>>> > _______________________________________________ >>>>>> > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >>>>>> > [email protected] >>>>>> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 1 GB @ 10 USD per year web hosting. >>>>> >>>>> http://milkhost.com/ >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 1 GB @ 10 USD per year web hosting. >>> >>> http://milkhost.com/ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >> >> > > > -- > 1 GB @ 10 USD per year web hosting. > > http://milkhost.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > >
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