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On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 4:34 AM, Arun Ramarathnam <arunram25(a)gmail.com>wrote;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.
http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangalore
The program for the event is as follows:
Agenda
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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<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Liang>
)
- 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<http://ssadagopan.com/about.htm>
)
- Dr. Madan Mohan Rao - Research Director AMIC, Consultant and
Writer (more) <http://www.isim.ac.in/pdf/Modan%27s_bio.pdf>)
- Achal Prabhala - Member, Advisory Board, Wikimedia Foundation (
more<http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Advisory_Board#Achal_Prabhala&g…
)
- Sunil Abraham - Executive Director, Centre for Internet and
Society (more <http://www.cis-india.org/publications/cis/sunil>)
- 08:00 PM Thank you video by Jimmy Wales
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]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<http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sundar>
- 09:30-10:30: State of Wikimedia India-> reports from all Indian
Wikipedia communities. (in person or remotely)
- Wikipedias - Tamil (
Sundar<http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sundar>)r>),
Bengali (Bellayet <http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Bellayet>),
Kannada (HP Nadig <http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:HPN>),
Malayalam (Shiju Alex <http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Shijualex>),
Telugu (Arjuna Rao <http://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Arjunaraoc>),
Marathi Mahitgar <http://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mahitgar>,
Sanskrit (Arunram <http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Arunram>, and
English (Tinu
Cherian<http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Tinucherian>
).
- 10:30-11:30: Discussion: Expectations from the Chapter. Facilitated
by Arun Ramarathnam. <http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Arunram>
- 11:30-11:45: Tea Break
- 11:45-13:00: Discussion: Plans for the Year 2011. Facilitated by
Sundar <http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/User: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
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.
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] Language Groups
- Kannada - HPN
- Malayalam -Shiju
- Tamil -Sundar
- Telugu .. Arjuna
- Others (tbd)
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] Photography
- Photography and Wikipedia.
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] Technology
- Mediawiki & Extensions
- Hacking around Wikipedia
- Offline & Mobile Wikipedia
- Using bots for automated tasks with an emphasis on Pywikipediabot
Thanks