<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">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 <pradeep.mohandas@gmail.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Discussion list on Indian language projects of
Wikimedia. <wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org><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><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>Picture - <a target="_blank" href="http://twitpic.com/40b7oj">http://twitpic.com/40b7oj</a></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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