[Wikimediaindia-l] Towards improving infrastructure or resource people on Wikipedia

[Noopur]

*raises hand* ME! :) And, I spoke to Srikeit a couple of days ago. He has
fine pagemaking and presentation skills. We could collaborate and do our
bits.

On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 1:47 PM, Pradeep Mohandas <
pradeep.mohandas at gmail.com> wrote:

> hi Noopur,
>
> We already have Wikipatrika. Would any student be interested on
> working on it to help Tinu?
>
> Pradeep
> Handheld
>
> On 13/12/2011, Noopur <noopur.raval at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Why are we discussing it on different threads and not doing it then! :)
> > Let's have a press team and let's have a newsletter for the internal
> > communication purpose!
> >
> > 2011/12/13 ViswaPrabha (വിശ്വപ്രഭ) <viswaprabha at gmail.com>
> >
> >> I would like to stress again that what we need first is to interconnect
> >> ourselves.
> >>
> >> We, at various Indic Wikipedias, are still working very much on our own
> >> home islands!
> >>
> >> Images, references, PR personnel, media - Among various Indic
> Wikipedias,
> >> we have a lot that can be shared together.
> >>
> >> Beyond the singular difference of native language, our needs, ends and
> >> means are mostly same.
> >>
> >> [Not to mention that (in.en.wiki*)  is automatically a subset of
> >> (in.wiki*)]
> >>
> >> So,
> >>
> >> let us think aloud how to interconnect ourselves more systematically and
> >> collectively.
> >>
> >> Though many may have reservations in using social networking as a tool,
> we
> >> at Malayalam Wikipedia have been using Facebook, Blogs, Google
> Buzz/Plus/
> >> Docs/Maps/Calendar etc. somewhat effectively to improve and accelerate
> >> content and quality of ml.wiki*.
> >>
> >> (As an example, see this spreadsheet  (Geodesic Coords for
> >> ml.wikipedia)<
> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?hl=en_US&hl=en_US&key=0AkzufXP7aCjEdGxvdmw5U2VwTThiUFVLZjVVWVY0dUE&output=html
> >,
> >> It has been just created today as an upcoming collaboration tool for
> >> GeoTagging our articles in a massive way. We envisage that the same data
> >> can be later shared with other Wikipedias in some automated way. If only
> >> we
> >> had a larger national network, we could achieve this much faster and
> >> wider!!!!!!)
> >>
> >> *What if we setup some similar acts for Inter-Indic Wiki friendship
> >> circles (Where every in.wiki user can join and share their problems,
> >> solutions and ideas)?*
> >>
> >>
> >> Viswam <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Viswaprabha>
> >>
> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Viswaprabha
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 23:20, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <
> >> parakara.ghoda at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Interestingly this was what you and I spoke about over the phone
> >>> today. I think this should be of the highest priority. If the chapter
> >>> and foundation are unable to focus on this it becomes the
> >>> responsibility of the community aka us, to take forward such an
> >>> initiative. We shall talk more on this soon Pradeep. What you have
> >>> said could very well accelerate the growth of the movement in India,
> >>> organically.
> >>>
> >>> On 12/12/11, Pradeep Mohandas <pradeep.mohandas at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> > hi,
> >>> >
> >>> > We must encourage having resouce persons who can help us with various
> >>> > things and who are networked. We need multiple people who are capable
> >>> > of
> >>> > building the community using these resources.
> >>> >
> >>> > Specifically, we need more people who can communicate with the media,
> >>> with
> >>> > social media (I know the sterling job that Tinu does in this area,
> but
> >>> more
> >>> > hands, do not hurt), with setting up internet infrastructure, having
> >>> more
> >>> > coders, having more people who are aware of the legal aspects, having
> >>> more
> >>> > people who are aware of copyright, who are aware of workings in the
> >>> > Government and the Police. Such people may currently exist in each
> city
> >>> > through personal networks currently, but it might help for a growing
> >>> > community like Wikipedia's to have them in multiple places.
> >>> >
> >>> > I am not sure if this makes sense, but in short, what I mean is that
> we
> >>> > must now, as a community work towards infrastructure building that
> will
> >>> > support the community.
> >>> >
> >>> > warm regards,
> >>> > Pradeep Mohandas
> >>> >
> >>> > --
> >>> > Pradeep Mohandas
> >>> > How Pradeep uses email - http://goo.gl/6v1I9
> >>> >
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Regards,
> >>> Srikanth Ramakrishnan.
> >>> Wikipedia Coimbatore Meetup on December 10th.
> >>> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Coimbatore
> >>>
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> > Noopur Raval
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> > Arts and Aesthetics
> > Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
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> Pradeep Mohandas
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Noopur Raval
Student
Arts and Aesthetics
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Ph: 9650567690
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