I think he deleted it because the title was in English. We should try pretty url on the real article on Malayalam. - Sundar from mobile
On Wed Apr 21st, 2010 8:56 AM IST CherianTinu Abraham wrote: > Natkeeran deleted it. Notifying him regarding this thread >- Tinu Cherian > >On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 3:43 AM, Jyothis Edathoot <[email protected]> wrote: > >> looks like that got deleted. >> >> Regards, >> Jyothis. >> >> http://www.Jyothis.net >> >> http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jyothis >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 12:16 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 >>>> >>>> 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=0Atleast >>>>>>> 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 . 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