Just in: Someone from Marathi Wiki, likely Abhay Natu, will come online and participate in the language session.

- Sundar
 
"That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted."
- George Boole, quoted in Iverson's Turing Award Lecture


From: Arjuna Rao Chavala <arjunaraoc@googlemail.com>
To: Wikimedia India EC <wikimedia-in-exec@lists.wikimedia.org>
Cc: "Mailing list for Wikimedians / Wikipedians in Bangalore, India" <wikimedia-in-blr@lists.wikimedia.org>
Sent: Sat, January 15, 2011 5:23:32 AM
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-IN-Exec] Wikipedia 10 Bangalore event on Jan 15th (whole day event)

Update embedded

On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 4:34 AM, Arun Ramarathnam <arunram25@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear all,

Greetings for WP10 to all from India!

Happy to share with you all that Bangalore is having a whole day event to celebrate the Wikipedia 10th anniversary.

The program for the event is as follows:

Agenda

Main Auditorium, NIAS


Evening session: Main Public event

Time: 17:00 to 20:15 IST
Audience: Everyone is invited. (Every Wikipedian!)
Purpose: Communicate Wikipedia Mission, facts, showcase its coolness, reach out to public, share India focus, discussion.

  • 04:30 PM Coffee and Networking
  • 05:00 PM Welcome and Introductions by Gautam John
  • 05:15 PM Did you know (DYK) on Wikipedia & Wikipedia video snippets by Srikanth L.
  • 05:45 PM 06:00 PM "Namma Wikipedia" - Sharing of audience experience of using Wikipedia facilitated by Arjuna Rao.
  • 06:00 PM Invited Talk
    • Lawrence Liang - Legal researcher, lawyer and Author (more)
  • 06:30 PM "How I became a Wikipedian" - sharing of experiences by Wikipedia contributors by Sundar
  • 06:45 PM Live address by Jimmy Wales via skype
  • 07:00 PM Short Break
  • 07:10 PM Chapter update by Hari Prasad Nadig
    • What is chapter, need for it, Impact on public policy making towards open access, Call for support, Current status.
  • 07:20 PM Panel Discussion on Wikipedia by Arun Ramarathnam
    • Wikipedia, India and the opportunities ahead
    • Panelists
      • Prof. S. Sadagopan - Founder Director IIIT-B (more)
      • Dr. Madan Mohan Rao - Research Director AMIC, Consultant and Writer (more))
      • Achal Prabhala - Member, Advisory Board, Wikimedia Foundation (more)
      • Sunil Abraham - Executive Director, Centre for Internet and Society (more)
  • 08:00 PM Thank you video by Jimmy Wales


[edit]Forenoon session: Segment 1: Wikipedian Community

Time: 09:00 to 13:00 IST
Audience: Wikipedia editors (others welcome too)
Purpose: Share Updates, experiences and Best practices

  • 09:00-09:30: Welcome, Networking, Informal introductions by Sundar
  • 09:30-10:30: State of Wikimedia India-> reports from all Indian Wikipedia communities. (in person or remotely)
  • 10:30-11:30: Discussion: Expectations from the Chapter. Facilitated by Arun Ramarathnam.
  • 11:30-11:45: Tea Break
  • 11:45-13:00: Discussion: Plans for the Year 2011. Facilitated by Sundar
    • Outreach, India Wikimedia event, Wikimania, Coordination between cities, Translation initiatives, Offline CD


Updated the section by including focus on languages which is missed out by Arun

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Afternoon session: Segment 2: Connect with other city Special Interest Groups

Time: 14:00 to 16:30 IST
Audience: Wikipedians and SIG members (others welcome too)
Purpose: Discuss the Wikipedia status on the themes and explore possibilities of collaboration and strategies for 2011.

[edit] Language Groups

  • Kannada - HPN
  • Malayalam -Shiju
  • Tamil -Sundar
  • Telugu .. Arjuna
  • Others (tbd)

[edit] Photography

  • Photography and Wikipedia.

[edit] Technology

  • Mediawiki & Extensions
  • Hacking around Wikipedia
  • Offline & Mobile Wikipedia
  • Using bots for automated tasks with an emphasis on Pywikipediabot


Thanks

Arjuna Rao Chavala