Couldn't agree more, Ravi. Well done, folks! Hisham Mundol India Programs - Wikimedia Foundation
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_-_India_Programs skype: hisham.wikimedia gtalk: hmun...@wikimedia.org twitter: @mundol On Apr 8, 2011, at 10:52 AM, Ravishankar wrote: > Hi > > Someone should help create a template to keep congratulating ml wikimedians :) > > Ravi > > On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 7:06 AM, CherianTinu Abraham <tinucher...@gmail.com> > wrote: > The Hindu : "Malayalam Wiki all set to expand database" > http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/article1611002.ece > > The Malayalam Wiki is on a roll. After winning accolades for its innovative > endeavours, the Malayalam Wiki continues to hog the limelight with its latest > project titled, ‘Malayalam Wikimediayaye Snehikkunnu' (Malayalam loves > Wikimedia). > > Inspired by the resounding success of Wiki projects elsewhere—like ‘London > loves Wikimedia'—the new Malayalam Wiki project seeks to expand the Malayalam > Wiki repositories of free-to-access and use knowledge by adding > copyright-free news and feature photographs concerning Malayalam users. > “During the two-week project period between April 2 and April 17, we intend > to sensitise Malayalam Wiki contributors and users to enrich Malayalam Wiki > ventures by contributing free-to-use photographs. Despite boasting over > 17,000 articles on a variety of topics, the Malayalam Wiki can't claim to > have many copyright-free pictures. Hence the project,” maintains Shiju Alex, > Malayalam Wiki activist and coordinator. > > The timing of the project couldn't have been any better, given the > forthcoming assembly polls. “This is the time you get to photograph the > State's prominent political personalities. We have articles on many of them, > but most of their available photographs are copyrighted,” he says. Four days > into the project, over 400 free-to-use photographs have been generated by > Malayalam Wiki users across the globe and uploaded into > http://commons.wikimedia.org and http://ml.wikipedia.org. > > Besides political leaders, the project seeks to obtain copyright-free > photographs of places of historical significance; monuments; institutions of > governance including local bodies; noted personalities in the State's social > and cultural spheres as part of the project. “The two-week project period is > just a token observance. The exercise is sure to stay on further,” says Mr. > Alex. Contributors are encouraged to provide material besides additional > information pertaining to the photographs they upload. They have also been > asked to give, if possible, the geo-coding (on-map location coordinates) of > the photographs. An FAQ on the objectives and mode of implementation of the > project is available on the Malayalam Wiki page announcing it. A help mail, > h...@mlwiki.in, has also been set up to field queries. Wiki activists Rajesh > Odayanchal and Ajay Kuyiloor have designed a unique logo and advertisement > for the project. > > > Regards > Tinu Cherian > http://wikimedia.in/wiki/In_the_news > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
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