<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt">Cool. Great to know, Anoop.<br><br>- Sundar<br><div> </div>"That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted."<br>- George Boole, quoted in Iverson's Turing Award Lecture<div><br></div><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Anoop <anoop.ind@gmail.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Wikimedia India list <wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org><br><b><span style="font-weight:
bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wed, February 16, 2011 12:42:37 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia lesson in Maharashtra class 7 textbook<br></font><br>
There is a session about Wikipedia and Malayalam Wikipedia in 8th std IT text book, Kerala School Syllabus.<br><br><span>Here is the link : <a target="_blank" href="http://www.itschool.gov.in/icttextbook8.pdf">http://www.itschool.gov.in/icttextbook8.pdf</a> (Page 39)</span><br>
<br><br>Thanks<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 12:00 PM, BalaSundaraRaman <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:sundarbecse@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:sundarbecse@yahoo.com">sundarbecse@yahoo.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><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Delightful news. Sign that Wiki is becoming mainstream in India.<br><br>- Sundar<br><div> </div>"That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted."<br>
- George Boole, quoted in Iverson's Turing Award Lecture<div><br></div><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">
<br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Pradeep Mohandas <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:pradeep.mohandas@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:pradeep.mohandas@gmail.com">pradeep.mohandas@gmail.com</a>><br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Discussion list on Indian language projects of
Wikimedia. <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org">wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org</a>><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wed, February 16, 2011 10:25:42 AM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia lesson in Maharashtra class 7 textbook<br></font><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
hi,<div><br></div><div>Was very surprised to see a lesson on Wikipedia in my brother's 7th std text book today. </div><div><br></div><div><span><span>Picture - <a target="_blank" href="http://twitpic.com/40b7oj">http://twitpic.com/40b7oj</a></span></span></div>
<div><br></div><div>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.</div>
<div><br></div><div>It has the following sub-topics:</div><div>1. Introduction</div><div>2. What is an encyclopedia?</div><div>3. What is Wikipedia?</div><div>4. How is Wikipedia created?</div><div>5. sidebar: general info on Wikipedia wef September 2009</div>
<div>6. sidebar: How is Wikipedia different from an encyclopedia printed on paper?</div><div>7. vandalism</div><div>8. Wikipedia policy </div><div>9. Request an article</div><div><br></div><div>warm regards,</div><div>Pradeep</div>
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