Btw when can we expect the chapter be officially constituted ?

Tinu, Can you explore having a Sabsebolo conf id (free version limits 10 callers) and an IRC chat/tweet session during the Bangalore meet up, so that people could participate from where ever they may be to give their feedback and/or participate in the discussion? Regards Arjun 2010/3/11 CherianTinu Abraham <tinucherian(a)gmail.com> Congratulations to all Indian Wikipedians on this milestone step. _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l

I request all the current committee members to *at least create a user page* in MetaWiki (http://meta.wikimedia.org). If you could mention your home wiki and your contributions to WikiMedia foundation wiki projects (both inside and *outside wiki*) there, that will enlighten many of us.

They already have their user pages on meta wiki, *don't they? * Yes, I could see red links. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_India/MoA Shiju On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 11:48 AM, Hari Prasad Nadig <hpnadig(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote: > On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 3:55 PM, Shiju Alex <shijualexonline(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote: >> I request all the current committee members to *at least create a user >> page* in MetaWiki (http://meta.wikimedia.org). If you could mention your >> home wiki and your contributions to WikiMedia foundation wiki projects (both >> inside and *outside wiki*) there, that will enlighten many of us. > They already have their user pages on meta wiki, don't they? If you track > closely the edits, you'll get to their user pages. > Cheers, > -- > Hari Prasad Nadig > http://hpnadig.net | http://twitter.com/hpnadig > http://flickr.com/hpnadig > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l

But I wonder why all these activities taken so hidden? We are a community (or a community of communities), we've an active mailing list, but I didn't hear anything about such an active effort (may be i missed). Is there any separate communication medium? Or is this a special chapter for wikimedia English projects?

Dear Praveen,

Since I'm one of the people involved, let me introduce myself: I'm an editor at English and Tamil Wikipedias for around 6 years, though recently I'm mainly active in Tamil Wikipedia alone. My username on either wikis is 'Sundar'. I am a bureaucrat in Tamil Wiki and an admin in the English Wiki. My edit contributions are at http://toolserver.org/~interiot/cgi-bin/count_edits?user=sundar&dbname=… <http://toolserver.org/%7Einteriot/cgi-bin/count_edits?user=sundar&dbname=tawiki_p> and http://toolserver.org/~interiot/cgi-bin/count_edits?user=sundar&dbname=… <http://toolserver.org/%7Einteriot/cgi-bin/count_edits?user=sundar&dbname=enwiki_p> Besides these, I wrote a bot for exporting over 1 lakh dictionary entries to Tamil Wiktionary and ran it with the help of Ravishankar. I have also participated in several outreach efforts and volunteered with MediaWiki localisation. I presented a paper at Wikimania 2009. ( http://wikimania2009.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proceedings:217 ) As for your other concerns, we'll send out a separate email outlining the process. For now, you can check the post by HPN at http://hpnadig.net/blog/2010/03/08/wikimedia-india/563 Regards, 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:* Praveen Prakash &lt;me.praveen(a)gmail.com&gt; *To:* wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org *Sent:* Thu, March 11, 2010 3:24:53 PM *Subject:* Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter I am very happy and proud to hear that we got a wikimedia indic chapter. But I wonder why all these activities taken so hidden? We are a community (or a community of communities), we've an active mailing list, but I didn't hear anything about such an active effort (may be i missed). Is there any separate communication medium? Or is this a special chapter for wikimedia English projects? I recently learned someone as wikimedia indic chapter director from linkedin (http://in.linkedin.com/in/kiruba). He is also being CEO, Founder, Co-Founder, Director of many other initiatives (Actually I don't have any problem about that). I am thinking about that election process and members. I am sorry but frankly I don't know any of other guys also. If possible introduce them, and their home wiki. I wish, an informed community about any further steps. If someone can clarify my thoughts originated from poor knowledge, I'll be more happy. PraveenP Hari Prasad Nadig wrote: -- -- Wikipedia Affiliate Button <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Support_Wikipedia/en> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l

2010/3/11 Praveen Prakash &lt;me.praveen(a)gmail.com&gt; I have given linkedin profile, as that is the most comprehensive  page available for me accessible to all. I provided the same in the spirit of full disclosure. If you have specific questions, I will be happy to respond.

Dear Praveen, Since I'm one of the people involved, let me introduce myself: I'm an editor at English and Tamil Wikipedias for around 6 years, though recently I'm mainly active in Tamil Wikipedia alone. My username on either wikis is 'Sundar'. I am a bureaucrat in Tamil Wiki and an admin in the English Wiki. My edit contributions are at http://toolserver.org/~interiot/cgi-bin/count_edits?user=sundar&dbname=… http://toolserver.org/~interiot/cgi-bin/count_edits?user=sundar&dbname=… these, I wrote a bot for exporting over 1 lakh dictionary entries to Tamil Wiktionary and ran it with the help of Ravishankar. I have also participated in several outreach efforts and volunteered with MediaWiki localisation. I presented a paper at Wikimania 2009. ( http://wikimania2009.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proceedings:217 ) As for your other concerns, we'll send out a separate email outlining the process. For now, you can check the post by HPN at http://hpnadig.net/blog/2010/03/08/wikimedia-india/563 Regards, 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:* Praveen Prakash &lt;me.praveen(a)gmail.com&gt; *To:* wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org *Sent:* Thu, March 11, 2010 3:24:53 PM *Subject:* Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter I am very happy and proud to hear that we got a wikimedia indic chapter. But I wonder why all these activities taken so hidden? We are a community (or a community of communities), we've an active mailing list, but I didn't hear anything about such an active effort (may be i missed). Is there any separate communication medium? Or is this a special chapter for wikimedia English projects? I recently learned someone as wikimedia indic chapter director from linkedin (http://in.linkedin.com/in/kiruba). He is also being CEO, Founder, Co-Founder, Director of many other initiatives (Actually I don't have any problem about that). I am thinking about that election process and members. I am sorry but frankly I don't know any of other guys also. If possible introduce them, and their home wiki. I wish, an informed community about any further steps. If someone can clarify my thoughts originated from poor knowledge, I'll be more happy. PraveenP Hari Prasad Nadig wrote: Dear all, As Srikanth has already noticed in an earlier e-mail, the draft Memoranda of Association for the proposed Wikimedia India Chapter has been put up on Meta here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_India/MoA Even as the team working on the current draft has spent the better part of a year working on it, I am sure that there would be scope for improvement. Please provide your invaluable comments and suggestions on the relevant talk page: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_India/MoA. However, given the time we have spent on the document, it is important that we proceed quickly and hence, I suggest that the comments be made on or before this Saturday, the 13th of March 2010. Let us maintain the Wiki-etiquette expected out of us during the discussion. People curious about the earlier and the current efforts at forming the India chapter may find my blog post on it, http://hpnadig.net/blog/2010/03/08/wikimedia-india/563 a complimenting read. More on Wikimedia India chapter can be seen on http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_India. Let us look forward to a great response in discussing and debating the MoA of the proposed Wikimedia India chapter. -- Hari Prasad Nadig http://hpnadig.net | http://twitter.com/hpnadig http://flickr.com/hpnadig _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.orghttps://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l -- -- [image: Wikipedia Affiliate Button]<http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Support_Wikipedia/en> _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l

It will be good if all the other committee members introduce themselves to *Indic language* wiki community.