Shiju, Thanks for adding the template. I have notified the village pump about this.
Ravi On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 9:46 PM, Shiju Alex <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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/
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