Hi,
my thoughts below....
1) On-spot *India Chapter membership* for visitors if they wish.
2) Distribute Chapter Brochures, Welcome to Wikipedia Brochure.
3) Distribute Bengali Wikipedia Brochures.
4) Need 3/4 dedicated volunteers for 12 days 1PM-8PM
5) Contiguous running videos regarding Wikipedia ( Jimmy speech,
Wikimania/WCI event images, and many more)
6) Display all banner and etc
7) Need one hired staff for collecting Cash and etc and work for India
Chapter membership. ( if possible)
8) Short Quiz contest for visitors.
9) Q&A for visitor (Need 3/4 dedicated volunteers for 12 days 1PM-8PM)
anything new thought/feedback/suggestions are welcome.
On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 2:13 PM, Naveen Francis <naveenpf(a)wikimedia.in>wrote:
> Hi Jayanta,
>
> Can you please co-ordinate this helping Tuhin Khanrah ?
> I can send you Chapter Brochures, Welcome to Wikipedia Brochure and few
> swags.
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 2:03 PM, Tuhin Khanrah <tuhin.khanrah(a)gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > Dear all,
> > I also support the proposal. I think this will be a big
> > showcase to 15 lac people.
> > Regards,
> > Tuhin Khnarah.
> >
> > On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 1:11 PM, Bishakha Datta <bishakhadatta(a)gmail.com
> >wrote:
> >
> >> When is the book fair? And can someone please forward this to the
> chapter?
> >>
> >> Bishakha
> >>
> >> On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Kalyan Sarkar <
> kalyan.sarkar(a)gmail.com
> >> >wrote:
> >>
> >> > I support the proposal.
> >> >
> >> > I think Wikimedia India chapter should earnestly consider showcasing
> the
> >> > success in the Indic language projects, the campus ambassador programs
> >> and
> >> > Wiki Conference India 2011 at the Kolkata Book Fair 2012. This would
> be
> >> a
> >> > major outreach program, that would boost the growth of Wikimedia
> >> projects
> >> > in India, eastern India and the North East in particular.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks and regards,
> >> > Kalyan Sarkar
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 11:34 PM, Debanjan Bandyopadhyay <
> >> > debastein(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > +1
> >> > > Even I agree. This will be a major outreach in terms of Wikimedia
> >> India
> >> > > Chapter and the Wikipedia Kolkata Community.
> >> > >
> >> > > Not necessary to promote only bengali Wikipedia but even english
> >> > Wikipedia
> >> > > can be promoted. This is a major outreach and the Chapter really
> >> needs to
> >> > > look into it.
> >> > >
> >> > > --
> >> > > Regards,
> >> > > Debanjan*
> >> > >
> >> > > - Lets make this world a better and more informative place*
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 9:52 PM, Biswarup Ganguly <
> >> > > gangulybiswarup(a)gmail.com
> >> > > > wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > > > Dear Sir,
> >> > > >
> >> > > > The 'Kolkata Book Fair' has been organized by the 'Publishers &
> >> > > > Booksellers Guild' is one of the most prestigious and active
> >> cultural
> >> > > > event in India for last thirty five years. It is the world's
> largest
> >> > > > non-trade book fair, Asia's largest book fair and the most
> attended
> >> > > > book fair in the world. Other than books it houses television,
> radio
> >> > > > and other multimedia companies as well.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > I think that, the presence of Wikipedia in physically to the
> coming
> >> > > > 'Kolkata Book Fair 2012' will be a most valuable way to reach a
> very
> >> > > > large number of well learned persons to increase it's user growth.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > It is learned from a verbal reliable source that in 2010 the stall
> >> > > > charge was about Rs. 500/- per squire feet. The minimum space
> >> allotted
> >> > > > of 100 sqft. Apart from the fair space there will be other costs
> >> (viz.
> >> > > > decorations, lights, projector & computers with mobile broadband
> >> etc)
> >> > > > involved to have the exhibition successfully.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > I propose for consideration to make a twelve day show to the
> >> > > > 'Wikimedia India Chapter' for the exhibition. The detail of the
> >> guild
> >> > > > is placed below:
> >> > > >
> >> > > > ***********************
> >> > > > GUILD HOUSE
> >> > > > 2B Jhama Pukur Lane, Kolkata 700 009
> >> > > > West Bengal, India
> >> > > > Telephone: +91-33-2360 4588, 2354 4417
> >> > > > Fax: +91-33-2360 4566
> >> > > > E-mail: guild@cal2.vsnl.net.in,pbguild@vsnl.net
> >> > > > http://www.kolkatabookfaironline.com/index.php
> >> > > > ***********************
> >> > > > With regards.
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > > --
> >> > > > Biswarup Ganguly
> >> > > > Phones:
> >> > > > +919830022449
> >> > > > +919433005886
> >> > > >
> >> > > > _______________________________________________
> >> > > > Wikimedia-in-WB mailing list
> >> > > > Wikimedia-in-WB(a)lists.wikimedia.org
> >> > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-wb
> >> > > >
> >> > >
Dear Wikimedians,
On behalf of the jury for the NWR 2011 <http://wiki.wikimedia.in/NWR_2011>,
thank you all for you active participation and your nominations of
contributing Wikimedians for the recognition.
We shared the details during Day 3 of the WikiConference India. The updated
deck is shared for your reference,
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/NWR_2011_and_Jury_mentio…
Let us applaud all the 41
nominations<http://wiki.wikimedia.in/NWR_2011#Nominations>. They
are fantastic contributors and a great inspiration. We salute their passion
and commitment to contribute and develop educational content under a free
license <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:free_content>. We should
celebrate everyone of them.
I would like to thank the entire Jury
<http://wiki.wikimedia.in/NWR_2011#The_Jury> personally for their time and
efforts toward the NWR 2011 exercise.
This is the first year for the NWR 2011 and we have tried our best to make
this exercise participative. Next year we hope to do even better. We
welcome everyone's inputs to make this even process better next year.
The intention of this exercise was to Discover, Document, Recognize and
Share the contributions of prolific Wikimedians. As you will appreciate
this is an ongoing process. We hope we taken a small step in that direction.
Thank you.
regards
Arun
On behalf the NWR 2011 Jury <http://wiki.wikimedia.in/NWR_2011#The_Jury>
Hi
There are few announcements from Hyderabad.
1. We are planning for a Wikipedia Academy, open to all on Dec 23, 2011
Details can be had from here :
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Wiki_Academy/OUCIP,_Hyderabad
This will emphasize on contribution to English Wikipedia
and also encourage other institutions around Andhra Pradesh to take
up Wikipedia academies at their places.
2. Also we have book fairs at
Hyderabad<http://hyderabadbookfair.com/?p=504>(from December 1 to 11)
and at Vijayawada (from January 1 to 11).
At Hyderabad book fair <http://hyderabadbookfair.com/?p=504>, etelugu stall
can be availed to promote Telugu Wikipedia. I request the volunteers who
are interested to join.
And also, we can call for a small session over stage at Vijayawada book
fair, if not a full fledged stall.
The main focus at both these places is to encourage people to contribute
to Wikipedia
as well as other potential projects such as Wikisource, Wiktionary, etc
that may help Telugu language gain its erstwhile glory.
3. I request members to come up with a proposal/suggestion for a permanent
venue and day of month for our monthly meet-ups.
--
Rahimanuddin Shaik
నాని
Hi,
Wikmedia India Overview presentation is available at
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WikimediaIndiaOverview.pdf
NWR presentation is available at
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/NWR_2011_and_Jury_mentio…
Thanks to everyone associated with NWR process and the Jury for all the
hard work. We sincerely appreciate all the nominees for their contributions
and nominators for taking time out for this.
Congratulations to all the recognition recipients. I am sure your work will
inspire many more to contribute to wiki projects and help in a new era for
our wiki projects.
Cheers
Arjuna Rao Chavala
President, Wikimedia India.
Hi,
I had already talked with Hishum regarding *Kolkata Bookfair 2012 *would be
held in end of January 2012 around 12 days. For Stall booking we have to
booked space .
I shall give your all the details after contact with organizer of book
fair PUBLISHERS & BOOKSELLERS GUILD within due course. Some of our
on-ground Wikipedians eager to help this event.
http://www.kolkatabookfaironline.com/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolkata_Book_Fairhttp://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=236674796360135http://www.kolkatabookfaironline.com/application_form.php
On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 1:11 PM, Bishakha Datta <bishakhadatta(a)gmail.com>wrote:
> When is the book fair? And can someone please forward this to the chapter?
>
> Bishakha
>
> On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Kalyan Sarkar <kalyan.sarkar(a)gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > I support the proposal.
> >
> > I think Wikimedia India chapter should earnestly consider showcasing the
> > success in the Indic language projects, the campus ambassador programs
> and
> > Wiki Conference India 2011 at the Kolkata Book Fair 2012. This would be a
> > major outreach program, that would boost the growth of Wikimedia projects
> > in India, eastern India and the North East in particular.
> >
> > Thanks and regards,
> > Kalyan Sarkar
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 11:34 PM, Debanjan Bandyopadhyay <
> > debastein(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > +1
> > > Even I agree. This will be a major outreach in terms of Wikimedia India
> > > Chapter and the Wikipedia Kolkata Community.
> > >
> > > Not necessary to promote only bengali Wikipedia but even english
> > Wikipedia
> > > can be promoted. This is a major outreach and the Chapter really needs
> to
> > > look into it.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Regards,
> > > Debanjan*
> > >
> > > - Lets make this world a better and more informative place*
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 9:52 PM, Biswarup Ganguly <
> > > gangulybiswarup(a)gmail.com
> > > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Dear Sir,
> > > >
> > > > The 'Kolkata Book Fair' has been organized by the 'Publishers &
> > > > Booksellers Guild' is one of the most prestigious and active cultural
> > > > event in India for last thirty five years. It is the world's largest
> > > > non-trade book fair, Asia's largest book fair and the most attended
> > > > book fair in the world. Other than books it houses television, radio
> > > > and other multimedia companies as well.
> > > >
> > > > I think that, the presence of Wikipedia in physically to the coming
> > > > 'Kolkata Book Fair 2012' will be a most valuable way to reach a very
> > > > large number of well learned persons to increase it's user growth.
> > > >
> > > > It is learned from a verbal reliable source that in 2010 the stall
> > > > charge was about Rs. 500/- per squire feet. The minimum space
> allotted
> > > > of 100 sqft. Apart from the fair space there will be other costs
> (viz.
> > > > decorations, lights, projector & computers with mobile broadband etc)
> > > > involved to have the exhibition successfully.
> > > >
> > > > I propose for consideration to make a twelve day show to the
> > > > 'Wikimedia India Chapter' for the exhibition. The detail of the guild
> > > > is placed below:
> > > >
> > > > ***********************
> > > > GUILD HOUSE
> > > > 2B Jhama Pukur Lane, Kolkata 700 009
> > > > West Bengal, India
> > > > Telephone: +91-33-2360 4588, 2354 4417
> > > > Fax: +91-33-2360 4566
> > > > E-mail: guild@cal2.vsnl.net.in,pbguild@vsnl.net
> > > > http://www.kolkatabookfaironline.com/index.php
> > > > ***********************
> > > > With regards.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Biswarup Ganguly
> > > > Phones:
> > > > +919830022449
> > > > +919433005886
> > > >
> > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > Wikimedia-in-WB mailing list
> > > > Wikimedia-in-WB(a)lists.wikimedia.org
> > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-wb
> > > >
> > >
Thought it would be a good idea to share this news here as well.
From: liamwyatt(a)gmail.com
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 13:23:51 +0000
To: cultural-partners(a)wikimedia.ch; commons-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
CC: bilal.randeree(a)aljazeera.net; bwesolowski(a)ict.gov.qa
Subject: [cultural-partners] Al Jazeera in Flickr goes cc-by-sa
Dear Cultural-patners-l and Commons-l,
As some of you know I'm currently in Qatar at the invitation of CreativeCommons Qatar talking to various GLAMs. We met with the good folks from Al Jazeera English the other day and discussed various ways that we could work together in the future - based on the great early work of the Al Jazeera CC portal: http://cc.aljazeera.net/ (copied in to this email is Bilal from Al Jazeera and Brian from CC.Qatar). One of the specific questions that they asked me was about why does Wikipedia use screenshots from those videos rather that using their still images from flickr directly. The reason is, as we know, was that the Al Jazeera photostream on Flickr was licensed as cc-by-ND.
So... It is now my pleasure to pass on a message from Bilal:
Hi Liam - I've updated our Flickr account and all images are now available under the CC share-alike option.
EXCELLENT! :-) Everyone, have a look at some of the gorgeous photos available here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aljazeeraenglish/sets/ they cover topics from Hajj to the Gaza War, and many different countries involved in the "Arab Spring". Not only are these beautiful pictures with great provenance they are also extremely encyclopedic and impossible to replace. They are all taken by Al Jazeera journalists in the field. Furthermore, this is an amazingly fast turnaround time for changing a large institution's copyright policy :-)
Let's start getting these across to Wikimedia Commons in the Category "files from Al Jazeera" http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Files_from_Al_Jazeera and start integrating them into various WP articles!
Is there someone who can dedicate a bot to sucking these across to Flickr straight away?
Perhaps we can also create a nice "partnership template" too? http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Partnership_templates
Sincerely,
-Liam
wittylama.com/blog
Peace, love & metadata
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