I think it's especially great that two other Indian languages are reusing the software b/c we don't want people to unnecessarily duplicate their efforts. How did they find out about the Malayalam CD? Is there any dialogue coordination among/between the dev groups?
Kul On 9/12/10 11:31 PM, CherianTinu Abraham wrote: > The efforts behind the Malayalam offline Wikipedia CD is really > appreciable. It required a hardwork of 20+ Wikipedians for more than 2-3 > months to make it a success. They also faced several technical / > software hurdles which they successfully overcame later. Atleast 2 other > Indian languages are now re-using this software to make their Wikipedia > CDs.. > > But unfortunately media in Kerala state created a silly controversy > about it and thereby undermining the efforts of these self-less people. > Glad to know that atleast the rest of the world recognizes the true > value of their efforts. > > Regards > Tinu Cherian > > On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 10:41 AM, Kul Takanao Wadhwa > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Sorry, I meant Shiju not Shinju. ;) > > On 9/12/10 8:57 PM, Kul Takanao Wadhwa wrote: > > This is a great post by Martin, who's been an advocate for offline > > Wikipedia for many years. I also like the link to Shinju's post. I'll > > work on getting more offline related posts to the Foundation blog as > > well to highlight the great work by the Malayalam Wikipedians. > > > > --Kul > > > > On 9/12/10 7:42 PM, Arun Ram wrote: > >> Thanks for sharing Tinu. > >> > >> This good work by the Malayalam wikipedians requires all the > visibility > >> it deserves. There surely would be other wikipedias that would > be keen > >> to replicate this. > >> > >> regards > >> Arun > >> > >> > >> > >> On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 10:08 PM, CherianTinu Abraham > >> <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]><mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: > >> > >> Malayalam Wikipedia CD- mentioned in NewYork State > University Blog > >> > >> > http://blogs.potsdam.edu/wikipediaoffline/2010/09/08/malayalam-wikipedia/ > >> > >> > >> > >> Regards > >> Tinu Cherian > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Wikimedia-in-blr mailing list > >> [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > >> <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-blr > >> > >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > >> [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-in-blr mailing list > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-blr > > _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
