<div dir="ltr">*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. <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 1:47 PM, Pradeep Mohandas <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pradeep.mohandas@gmail.com">pradeep.mohandas@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">hi Noopur,<br>
<br>
We already have Wikipatrika. Would any student be interested on<br>
working on it to help Tinu?<br>
<br>
Pradeep<br>
Handheld<br>
<div class="im"><br>
On 13/12/2011, Noopur <<a href="mailto:noopur.raval@gmail.com">noopur.raval@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Why are we discussing it on different threads and not doing it then! :)<br>
> Let's have a press team and let's have a newsletter for the internal<br>
> communication purpose!<br>
><br>
> 2011/12/13 ViswaPrabha (വിശ്വപ്രഭ) <<a href="mailto:viswaprabha@gmail.com">viswaprabha@gmail.com</a>><br>
><br>
>> I would like to stress again that what we need first is to interconnect<br>
>> ourselves.<br>
>><br>
>> We, at various Indic Wikipedias, are still working very much on our own<br>
>> home islands!<br>
>><br>
>> Images, references, PR personnel, media - Among various Indic Wikipedias,<br>
>> we have a lot that can be shared together.<br>
>><br>
>> Beyond the singular difference of native language, our needs, ends and<br>
>> means are mostly same.<br>
>><br>
>> [Not to mention that (in.en.wiki*) is automatically a subset of<br>
>> (in.wiki*)]<br>
>><br>
>> So,<br>
>><br>
>> let us think aloud how to interconnect ourselves more systematically and<br>
>> collectively.<br>
>><br>
>> Though many may have reservations in using social networking as a tool, we<br>
>> at Malayalam Wikipedia have been using Facebook, Blogs, Google Buzz/Plus/<br>
>> Docs/Maps/Calendar etc. somewhat effectively to improve and accelerate<br>
>> content and quality of ml.wiki*.<br>
>><br>
>> (As an example, see this spreadsheet (Geodesic Coords for<br>
</div>>> ml.wikipedia)<<a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?hl=en_US&hl=en_US&key=0AkzufXP7aCjEdGxvdmw5U2VwTThiUFVLZjVVWVY0dUE&output=html" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?hl=en_US&hl=en_US&key=0AkzufXP7aCjEdGxvdmw5U2VwTThiUFVLZjVVWVY0dUE&output=html</a>>,<br>
<div class="im">>> It has been just created today as an upcoming collaboration tool for<br>
>> GeoTagging our articles in a massive way. We envisage that the same data<br>
>> can be later shared with other Wikipedias in some automated way. If only<br>
>> we<br>
>> had a larger national network, we could achieve this much faster and<br>
>> wider!!!!!!)<br>
>><br>
</div>>> *What if we setup some similar acts for Inter-Indic Wiki friendship<br>
<div class="im">>> circles (Where every in.wiki user can join and share their problems,<br>
</div>>> solutions and ideas)?*<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Viswam <<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Viswaprabha" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Viswaprabha</a>><br>
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">>><br>
>> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Viswaprabha" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Viswaprabha</a><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 23:20, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <<br>
>> <a href="mailto:parakara.ghoda@gmail.com">parakara.ghoda@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>> Interestingly this was what you and I spoke about over the phone<br>
>>> today. I think this should be of the highest priority. If the chapter<br>
>>> and foundation are unable to focus on this it becomes the<br>
>>> responsibility of the community aka us, to take forward such an<br>
>>> initiative. We shall talk more on this soon Pradeep. What you have<br>
>>> said could very well accelerate the growth of the movement in India,<br>
>>> organically.<br>
>>><br>
>>> On 12/12/11, Pradeep Mohandas <<a href="mailto:pradeep.mohandas@gmail.com">pradeep.mohandas@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>> > hi,<br>
>>> ><br>
>>> > We must encourage having resouce persons who can help us with various<br>
>>> > things and who are networked. We need multiple people who are capable<br>
>>> > of<br>
>>> > building the community using these resources.<br>
>>> ><br>
>>> > Specifically, we need more people who can communicate with the media,<br>
>>> with<br>
>>> > social media (I know the sterling job that Tinu does in this area, but<br>
>>> more<br>
>>> > hands, do not hurt), with setting up internet infrastructure, having<br>
>>> more<br>
>>> > coders, having more people who are aware of the legal aspects, having<br>
>>> more<br>
>>> > people who are aware of copyright, who are aware of workings in the<br>
>>> > Government and the Police. Such people may currently exist in each city<br>
>>> > through personal networks currently, but it might help for a growing<br>
>>> > community like Wikipedia's to have them in multiple places.<br>
>>> ><br>
>>> > I am not sure if this makes sense, but in short, what I mean is that we<br>
>>> > must now, as a community work towards infrastructure building that will<br>
>>> > support the community.<br>
>>> ><br>
>>> > warm regards,<br>
>>> > Pradeep Mohandas<br>
>>> ><br>
>>> > --<br>
>>> > Pradeep Mohandas<br>
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>>> ><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> --<br>
>>> Regards,<br>
>>> Srikanth Ramakrishnan.<br>
>>> Wikipedia Coimbatore Meetup on December 10th.<br>
>>> <a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Coimbatore" target="_blank">http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Coimbatore</a><br>
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