Apologies for the picture attachment. Here is the blog post link to the meet up: http://blog.wikimedia.in/2012/08/06/wikimania-2012-india-nepal-community-meet-up/
Thank you, Best, Noopur On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 12:13 PM, Noopur Raval <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > > While at Wikimania, we all had a small India - Nepal team meet up. Here is > a brief summary of what we discussed. All the Indian and Nepali Wikimedians > were enthusiastically gathered by Malayalee Wikipedian Viswa Prabha in the > ballroom at Wikimania. > > Since it was an informal meet up, we had the opportunity to discuss > anything and everything! It was awesome to see Wikipedians of all ages, > from various places in India and Nepal, all coming together to discuss the > stuff they were doing! Actually, the first team meet happened on the plane > itself - somewhere above Russia I was told :-) > > From mobile to Indic languages, GLAM, outreach in states of India, OCR for > Indian languages to some ideas that could make communication between > communities and entities easier as well as IEP, we truly learned the best > practices that have been tried and tested by fellow community members. > > *OCR for Indic languages:* > Kul, Viswa Prabha, Dr Rajasekhar and Ganesh from the Nepali community had > discussions on whether OCR could be integrated and functional for Indic > language Wikiprojects since that would make the work a lot easier for many > editors. Viswa Prabha is currently working on something and his energy is > really infectious. :-) > Anyone interested can take lead for their communities as well. This would > also help the Malayalam education program in its next phase to get more > student editors on Wikisource. > > *Reviving Offline/CD project:* > Harriet, who has been involved with OLPC was also present and asked > questions about the offline/CD initiative and whether the project had an > India specific section. It was suggested that although there is no scalable > tech solution to filter content appropriate for children depending on their > age groups, it could be done manually depending on the age group we're > looking at. > > *Announcement page:* > By this time we all agreed that there are so many small and big projects > are happening across communities! Bishakha suggested there should be a more > central place to list out new announcements and more importantly contact > details of people who can help out with various activities. This could be > done on Meta ideally. > * > Using social media to keep vandals at bay!* > There was a brief discussion on how social media can be utilized more > effectively. Viswa Prabha weighed in saying how these social network > platforms could be avenues to deal with vandalism as well as diverse > discussions while keeping Wikipedia related discussions focused on talk > pages. > > *GLAM national coordinator:* > Wikimania had a panel discussion on GLAM coordinators following which it > was also discussed whether India community or chapter should have such a > position in order to guide and coordinate and help out new folks who want > to start GLAM projects. Similarly, for WLM or such photo events, I do > recall there being a talk for valid press cards that could be given to SIGs > to help folks out in case of police trouble. > * > Outreach:* > > Last but not the least, Yuvi suggested how hackathons could be an > excellent way of outreach (citing the Bangalore and Chennai examples). > Nitika also gave an update on the British Council Wikiclubs. > User:Rangilo_Gujarati who was also present there has volunteered to help > with the British Council in Pune. > > It was heartbreaking to see that a lot of our fellow members could not > make it due to visa problems but hopefully, we'll have bigger meetups soon! > Attaching a photo of the meetup (photo curtsy: Rangilo_Gujarati) and a > special mention to Viswa Prabha for winning the Raffles! > > Thank you, > Best, > Noopur > > > -- > Noopur Raval > > -- Noopur Raval
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