Update embedded<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 4:34 AM, Arun Ramarathnam <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:arunram25@gmail.com">arunram25@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse: collapse;">Dear all,</span></font></div>
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<div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse: collapse;">Greetings for WP10 to all from India!<br>
<br></span></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse: collapse;">Happy to share with you all that Bangalore is having a whole day event to celebrate the Wikipedia 10th anniversary.</span></font></div>
<div><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; border-collapse: collapse;"><a href="http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangalore" target="_blank">http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangalore</a></span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; border-collapse: collapse;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; border-collapse: collapse;">The program for the event is as follows:</span></div>
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<span>Agenda</span></h2><div style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; border-style: solid; border-color: white; width: auto; background-color: transparent; clear: right; float: right; border-width: 0.5em 0px 0.8em 1.4em;">
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Main Auditorium, NIAS</div></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; border-style: solid; border-color: white; width: auto; background-color: transparent; clear: right; float: right; border-width: 0.5em 0px 0.8em 1.4em;">
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<span><br>Evening session: Main Public event</span></h3><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;">
Time: 17:00 to 20:15 IST<br>Audience: Everyone is invited. (Every Wikipedian!)<br>Purpose: Communicate Wikipedia Mission, facts, showcase its coolness, reach out to public, share India focus, discussion.<br><br></p><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px;">
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">04:30 PM Coffee and Networking</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">05:00 PM Welcome and Introductions by Gautam John</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">05:15 PM Did you know (DYK) on Wikipedia & Wikipedia video snippets by Srikanth L.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">05:45 PM 06:00 PM <i>"<b>Namma Wikipedia</b>"</i> - Sharing of audience experience of using Wikipedia facilitated by Arjuna Rao.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><b>06:00 PM Invited Talk</b><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px;">
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Lawrence Liang - Legal researcher, lawyer and Author (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Liang" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51, 102, 187); padding: 0px 13px 0px 0px;" target="_blank">more</a>)</li>
</ul></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">06:30 PM <i>"How I became a Wikipedian"</i> - sharing of experiences by Wikipedia contributors by Sundar</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><b>06:45 PM Live address by Jimmy Wales via skype</b></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">07:00 PM Short Break</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">07:10 PM Chapter update by Hari Prasad Nadig<ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px;">
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">What is chapter, need for it, Impact on public policy making towards open access, Call for support, Current status.</li></ul></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><b>07:20 PM Panel Discussion on Wikipedia</b> by Arun Ramarathnam<ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px;">
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Wikipedia, India and the opportunities ahead</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><i>Panelists</i><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px;">
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Prof. S. Sadagopan - Founder Director IIIT-B (<a href="http://ssadagopan.com/about.htm" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51, 102, 187); padding: 0px 13px 0px 0px;" target="_blank">more</a>)</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Dr. Madan Mohan Rao - Research Director AMIC, Consultant and Writer (<a href="http://www.isim.ac.in/pdf/Modan%27s_bio.pdf" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51, 102, 187); padding: 0px 13px 0px 0px;" target="_blank">more)</a>)</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Achal Prabhala - Member, Advisory Board, Wikimedia Foundation (<a href="http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Advisory_Board#Achal_Prabhala" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51, 102, 187); padding: 0px 13px 0px 0px;" target="_blank">more</a>)</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Sunil Abraham - Executive Director, Centre for Internet and Society (<a href="http://www.cis-india.org/publications/cis/sunil" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51, 102, 187); padding: 0px 13px 0px 0px;" target="_blank">more</a>)</li>
</ul></li></ul></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">08:00 PM Thank you video by Jimmy Wales</li></ul><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;"><br></p>
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<span style="float: right; margin-left: 5px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal;">[<a href="http://ten.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bangalore&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Forenoon session: Segment 1: Wikipedian Community" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173);" target="_blank">edit</a>]</span><span>Forenoon session: Segment 1: Wikipedian Community</span></h3>
<p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;">Time: 09:00 to 13:00 IST<br>Audience: Wikipedia editors (others welcome too)<br>Purpose: Share Updates, experiences and Best practices<br>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">09:00-09:30: Welcome, Networking, Informal introductions by <a href="http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sundar" title="User:Sundar" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173);" target="_blank">Sundar</a></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">09:30-10:30: State of Wikimedia India-> reports from all Indian Wikipedia communities. (in person or remotely)<ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px;">
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Wikipedias - Tamil (<a href="http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sundar" title="User:Sundar" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173);" target="_blank">Sundar</a>), Bengali (<a href="http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Bellayet" title="User:Bellayet" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173);" target="_blank">Bellayet</a>), Kannada (<a href="http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:HPN" title="User:HPN" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173);" target="_blank">HP Nadig</a>), Malayalam (<a href="http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Shijualex" title="User:Shijualex" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173);" target="_blank">Shiju Alex</a>), Telugu (<a href="http://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Arjunaraoc" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51, 102, 187); padding: 0px 13px 0px 0px;" target="_blank">Arjuna Rao</a>), Marathi <a href="http://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mahitgar" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51, 102, 187); padding: 0px 13px 0px 0px;" target="_blank">Mahitgar</a>, Sanskrit (<a href="http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Arunram" title="User:Arunram" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173);" target="_blank">Arunram</a>, and English (<a href="http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Tinucherian" title="User:Tinucherian" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173);" target="_blank">Tinu Cherian</a>).</li>
</ul></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">10:30-11:30: Discussion: Expectations from the Chapter. Facilitated by <a href="http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Arunram" title="User:Arunram" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173);" target="_blank">Arun Ramarathnam.</a></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">11:30-11:45: Tea Break</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">11:45-13:00: Discussion: Plans for the Year 2011. Facilitated by <a href="http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sundar" title="User:Sundar" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173);" target="_blank">Sundar</a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px;">
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Outreach, India Wikimedia event, Wikimania, Coordination between cities, Translation initiatives, Offline CD</li></ul></li></ul><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;">
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<div>Updated the section by including focus on languages which is missed out by Arun <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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<span style="float: right; margin-left: 5px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal;">[<a href="http://ten.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bangalore&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Afternoon session: Segment 2: Connect with other city Special Interest Groups" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173);" target="_blank">edit</a>]</span><span></span></h3>
</span></span></font></div></blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Afternoon_session:_Segment_2:_Connect_with_other_city_Special_Interest_Groups">Afternoon
session: Segment 2: Connect with other city Special Interest Groups</span></h3>
<p>Time: 14:00 to 16:30 IST<br>
Audience: Wikipedians and SIG members (others welcome too)<br>
Purpose: Discuss the Wikipedia status on the themes and explore
possibilities of collaboration and strategies for 2011.</p>
<h4><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://ten.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bangalore&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Language Groups">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Language_Groups">Language Groups</span></h4>
<ul><li>Kannada - HPN</li><li>Malayalam -Shiju</li><li>Tamil -Sundar</li><li>Telugu .. Arjuna</li><li>Others (tbd)</li></ul>
<h4><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://ten.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bangalore&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Photography">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Photography">Photography</span></h4>
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<ul><li>Photography and Wikipedia.</li></ul>
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<h4><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://ten.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bangalore&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Technology">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Technology">Technology</span></h4>
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<ul><li>Mediawiki & Extensions</li><li>Hacking around Wikipedia</li><li>Offline & Mobile Wikipedia</li><li>Using bots for automated tasks with an emphasis on Pywikipediabot</li></ul>
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</span></font></div><br></blockquote></div>Thanks<br><br>Arjuna Rao Chavala<br><br><br>