Delightful news. Sign that Wiki is becoming mainstream in India.
- 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: Pradeep Mohandas <pradeep.mohandas(a)gmail.com>
To: Discussion list on Indian language projects of Wikimedia.
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Sent: Wed, February 16, 2011 10:25:42 AM
Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia lesson in Maharashtra class 7 textbook
hi,
Was very surprised to see a lesson on Wikipedia in my brother's 7th std text
book today.
Picture -
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The content is concerning Wikipedia - compares it with an encyclopedia, details
about volunteers contributing to Wikipedia, talks about the presence of Indic
language Wikipedia, talks about vandalism.
It has the following sub-topics:
1. Introduction
2. What is an encyclopedia?
3. What is Wikipedia?
4. How is Wikipedia created?
5. sidebar: general info on Wikipedia wef September 2009
6. sidebar: How is Wikipedia different from an encyclopedia printed on paper?
7. vandalism
8. Wikipedia policy
9. Request an article
warm regards,
Pradeep