The project brought in more than 1000 free images to Wikimedia Commons in 10 days. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Malayalam_loves_Wikimedia_event_-_2011_April
<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Malayalam_loves_Wikimedia_event_-_2011_April> Regards Tinu Cherian 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 >
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