Dear all,
Here is the link to the blog post by Sajjad Anwar and
Sumandro Chattopadhyay on the visualization of the growth of Indic
Wikipedias:
http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/indic-wikipedia-visualisation-project-vi…
The data obtained is for the period from January 2001 to December
2012 and has been visualized into motion charts and calendar charts. The
parameters used have also been listed chart wise.
I am not sure if
Sajjad and Sumandro are on the mailing lists but I would be happy to
connect you with them or take the community responses to them if any.
Best,
Noopur
Dera Anunad,
Sorry for this slight delay in replying to your mail. I am Vishnu and I
head the programme Access to Knowledge (funded by WMF) at CIS.
Your proposal is very interesting and we would like to consider supporting
this. Would like few more details before that.
1) Which will be these 5000 articles? (assuming that these will be from the
Hindi Wikipedia)
2) Will you or friends from the Hindi Wiki community be able to curate this?
3) Do you have a clear understanding of where you would like to distribute
this DVD?
4) Is it possible to capture (at least in couple of locations) the
'multiplying effect' you mentioned?
5) How shall we take this idea forward?
Would be happy to hear your other friends thoughts on this. Should you
prefer to speak to me, please feel free to directly call me on
+91-9845207308.
Look forward to hearing from you.
Warmly,
Vishnu
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> Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 14:11:58 +0530
> From: Anunad Singh <anunad(a)gmail.com>
> To: Hindi Wikipedia <wikihi-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
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> It is a happy news that Wikimedia has granted some fund for development of
> Indian language wikis.
>
> You might be thinking how best to spend this money. I would like to mention
> one such venue. It is this: Let us make 1000 o 5000 DVDs of Indian language
> wikis which have more than 5000 articles in Kiwix format. let us distribute
> it for Rs 20/- in different cities/towns/villages.
>
> This will have a multiplying effect on development of wikis. people will
> see wikis in action and understand their importance. Thus many new people
> will join creation and development of these wikis.
>
> We can also include some other language softwares with it such as
> Dictionaries, IMEs, language editors, open source word processors, font
> converters, font files etc.
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Dear all,
Here is the A2K newsletter for the month of February,
2013.
Wikimedia Foundation, beginning from September 1, 2012, awarded
the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) a two-year grant of INR
26,000,000 to support and develop free knowledge in India. Consequently,
Wikimedia Foundation's India Program became the Access to Knowledge
(A2K) program [1] of CIS. In the second issue of our newsletter for
2013, we are glad to introduce you to our new programme officer, Dr.
U.B. Pavanaja [2]. The A2K team [3] consists of four members based in
Delhi: T. Vishnu Vardhan [4], Nitika Tandon [5], Subhashish Panigrahi
[6] and Noopur Raval [7], and one new team member Dr. U.B. Pavanaja [8]
who works from Bangalore office. Archives of our newsletters are here
[9].
Wikipedians from various communities can request for outreach
programs, technical bugs, logistics-merchandize and media, public
relations and communications at http://bit.ly/TOcXId [10].
# New Team
Member
* Dr. U.B. Pavanaja [11] joined the A2K team as Programme
Officer, India Language Initiatives on March 4, 2013. Dr. Pavanaja holds
a Master's degree from Mysore University and Ph.D. from Mumbai
University. He was a scientist at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai,
for about 15 years. He is one of the oldest editors of Kannada
Wikipedia. He has to his credit many firsts, viz., first Kannada
website, first Kannada online magazine, first Indian language (Kannada)
website to receive Golden Web Award, first Indian language (Kannada)
editor for Palm OS, first Indian language (Kannada) editor for WinCE
device (HP Jornado 720), first Indian language version (Kannada) of
universally popular Logo (programming language for children) software,
etc. His Kannada logo won the Manthan Award for the year 2006. He was a
member of the technical advisory committee setup by the Govt. of
Karnataka for Standardization of Kannada on Computers (2000). He is also
a member of the Kannada Software Committee of Govt. of Karnataka
(2008-current).
# Events Organised by CIS
* Creative Commons comes
to India [12] (Chitrakala Parishad, Bangalore, February 1, 2013).
Meetings were held in Pune and Bangalore. The Access to Knowledge team
participated in two meetings organized in Bangalore.
* Knowledge
Sharing through GLAM at Bangalore [13](Karnataka Chitrakala Parishad,
Kumara Krupa Road, Bangalore, February 25, 2013). Dr. U.B. Pavanaja,
Nitika Tandon and Subhashish Panigrahi participated in the event.
*
Fifty-fourth Bangalore Wikimedia Meet-up at IIM, Bangalore [14]
(co-organized with Radhakrishna Arvapally, Special Interest Group,
Solutions IQ and Wikimedia India Chapter, Indian Institute of
Management, February 25, 2013). Vishnu Vardhan gave a talk on
accessibility and knowledge. Noopur Raval participated in the event.
#
Event Participated
* GNUnify 2013 [15] (organized by Pune Linux/Unix
User Group and Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies & Research, Pune,
February 15 - 17, 2013). Subhashish Panigrahi participated in the
event.
# Education Program
* Odia Wikipedia Community Brings
Wikipedia Education Program to IIMC, Dhenkanal [16] (by Subhashish
Panigrahi, February 28, 2013).
# Event Reports
CIS organised one Wiki
workshop in the month of February 2013, and also brings you the report
from an event organised in the month of January:
* Celebrating Odia
Wikipedia's Ninth Anniversary [17] (organized by the Odia Wiki Community
with support from CIS and Academy for Media Learning, January 29, 2013,
Bhubaneswar). Few glimpses of the event are available as an audio
podcast.
* Digital Literacy Workshop at Department of Arts, Delhi
University [18] (by Nitika Tandon, February 5, 2013).
# Media Coverage
* ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆର ନବମ ଜନ୍ମତିଥି ଅବସରରେ କର୍ମଶାଳା: ଇମିଡ଼ିଆରେ ଓଡ଼ିଆ
ଭାଷାର ପ୍ରୟୋଗ [19] (Odishan.com, February 4, 2013).
* ସମ୍ବାଦ:_ _ଲିପି
ବ୍ୟାକରଣ ଓ ମାନକ ଭାଷାର ପ୍ରୟୋଗ ଜରୁରୀ [20]. (Sambad, February, 2013).
*
Odisha: Workshop organized on 9th Anniversary of Odia language:
Application of Odia language in e-media [21] (e India Bureau, March 2,
2013).
* Odia Wikipedia's 9th anniversary [22] (fullOrissa News,
February 13, 2013).
* Odisha: Workshop organized on 9th Anniversary of
Odia language: Application of Odia language in e-media [23] (India
Education Diary.com, March 2, 2013). Subhashish Panigrahi is quoted.
*
Odia language workshop organized on 9th Anniversary of Odia Wikipedia:
Application of Odia language in e-media [24] (Odishaviews.com, February
5, 2013). Subhashish Panigrahi is quoted.
# Ongoing Events
*
Wikipedia Workshop @ BITS Goa [25] (BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus,
March 7, 2013, 5.30 p.m. to 8.00 p.m.).
* A Wikipedia Editing Workshop
in Goa [26] (Nirmala Institute of Education, Goa, March 8, 2013, 3 p.m.
to 5 p.m.).
# Announcement
* Sanskrit Wikiquote -- Now Available
[27]!: The Access to Knowledge team at CIS is happy to announce the
availability of Sanskrit Wikiquote. Shiju Alex, an ex-team member played
an active role in bringing this out. For more info see
http://bit.ly/Y9OY9R [28].
*About CIS [29]*
CIS was registered as a
society in Bangalore in 2008. As an independent, non-profit research
organisation, it runs different policy research programmes such as
Accessibility, Access to Knowledge, Openness, Internet Governance, and
Telecom. The policy research programmes have resulted in outputs such as
the e-Accessibility Policy Handbook for Persons with Disabilities [30]
with ITU and G3ict, and Digital Alternatives with a Cause? [31],
Thinkathon Position Papers [32] and the Digital Natives with a Cause?
Report [33] with Hivos, etc. We have conducted policy research for the
Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, Ministry of Human
Resource Development, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and
Pensions, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, etc., on WIPO
Treaties [34], Copyright Bill [35], NIA Bill [36], etc.
CIS is
accredited as an observer at WIPO. CIS staff participates in the
Standing Committee for Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) meetings
regularly held in Geneva, and participate in the discussions and
comments on them from a public interest perspective. Our Policy
Director, Nirmita Narasimhan won the National Award for Empowerment of
Persons with Disabilities [37] from the Government of India and also
received the NIVH Excellence Award [38].
*Follow us elsewhere*
*
Get short, timely messages from us on Twitter [39]
* Join the CIS
group on Facebook [40]
* Visit us at http://cis-india.org [41]
*Support Us*
Please help us defend consumer / citizen rights on the
Internet! Write a cheque in favour of 'The Centre for Internet and
Society' and mail it to us at No. 194, 2nd 'C' Cross, Domlur, 2nd Stage,
Bengaluru - 5600 71.
*Request for Collaboration*
We invite
researchers, practitioners, and theoreticians, both organisationally and
as individuals, to collaboratively engage with Internet and society and
improve our understanding of this new field. To discuss the research
collaborations, write to Sunil Abraham, Executive Director, at
sunil(a)cis-india.org [42] or Nishant Shah, Director - Research, at
nishant(a)cis-india.org [43]
_CIS is grateful to its donors, Wikimedia
Foundation, Ford Foundation, Privacy International, UK, Hans Foundation
and the Kusuma Trust which was founded by Anurag Dikshit and Soma
Pujari, philanthropists of Indian origin, for its core funding and
support for most of its projects._
Thank you,
Noopur Raval __
Links:
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[1]
http://cis-india.org/a2k/access-to-knowledge-program-plan
[2]
http://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team
[3]
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Access_To_Knowledge/Team
[4]
http://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team
[5]
http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/people/our-team
[6]
http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/people/our-team
[7]
http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/people/our-team
[8]
http://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team
[9]
http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters
[10] http://bit.ly/TOcXId
[11]
http://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team
[12]
http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/creative-commons-comes-to-india
[13]
http://cis-india.org/openness/events/knowledge-sharing-through-glam
[14]
http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/fifty-fourth-bangalore-wikimedia-meetup
[15]
http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/foss-wikimedia-under-one-roof-gnunify
[16]
http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/odia-wikipedia-education-program-iimc-dh…
[17]
http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/celebrating-odia-wikipedias-ninth-annive…
[18]
http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/digital-literacy-workshop
[19]
http://odishan.com/?p=2534
[20]
http://sambadepaper.com/Details.aspx?id=36615|+|amp|+|boxid=23625437
[21]
http://www.eindiadiary.com/content/odisha-workshop-organized-9th-anniversar…
[22]
http://news.fullorissa.com/odia-wikipedias-9th-anniversary/
[23]
http://indiaeducationdiary.in/Orissa/Shownews.asp?newsid=19485
[24]
http://www.odishaviews.com/odia-language-workshop-organized-on-9th-annivers…
[25]
http://cis-india.org/openness/events/wikipedia-workshop-bits-goa
[26]
http://cis-india.org/openness/events/wikipedia-editing-workshop-in-goa
[27]
http://cis-india.org/news/sanskrit-wikiquote
[28]
http://bit.ly/Y9OY9R
[29] http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/
[30]
http://cis-india.org/about/advocacy/accessibility/blog/e-accessibility-hand…
[31]
http://cis-india.org/about/digital-natives/front-page/blog/dnbook
[32]
http://cis-india.org/about/digital-natives/front-page/blog/position-papers
[33]
http://cis-india.org/about/digital-natives/front-page/blog/digital-natives-…
[34]
http://cis-india.org/about/a2k/blog/cis-analysis-july2011-treaty-print-disa…
[35]
http://cis-india.org/about/a2k/blog/analysis-copyright-amendment-bill-2012
[36]
http://cis-india.org/about/internet-governance/front-page/blog/cis-feedback…
[37]
http://cis-india.org/about/accessibility/blog/national-award
[38]
http://cis-india.org/about/news/nirmita-nivh-award
[39]
https://twitter.com/cis_india
[40]
http://www.facebook.com/groups/28535315687/
[41]
http://cis-india.org
[42] mailto:sunil@cis-india.org
[43]
mailto:nishant@cis-india.org
Dear all,
I take immense pleasure in (re)introducing Dr. U.B
Pavanaja to the entire Wikimedia community! Dr. Pavanaja has joined the
Access to Knowledge team at CIS as a consultant from March 4 onward.
Those associated with Indian language computing and especially that in
Kannada may know him already for having started the first Kannada
website: Vishvakannada.com, the first Kannada online magazine, the first
Indian language (Kannada) website to receive Golden Web Award, the first
Indian language (Kannada) editor for Palm OS and many more firsts.
Dr.
Pavanaja holds a Master's degree from Mysore University and Ph.D. from
Mumbai University. He was a scientist at the Bhabha Atomic Research
Centre, Mumbai, for about 15 years and has done advanced research in
Taiwan. He resigned from BARC in 1997 and dedicated himself fully for
the cause of Computer and Indian languages. You could read more about
his contributions here [1]. Prior to this he has also worked at
Microsoft Research Labs and has been a long time contributor to Kannada
Wikipedia.
We are very fortunate to have him on board. You can reach
him at pavanaja [at] cis-india [dot] org. Please join me in welcoming
him to our community :)
Thank you,
Noopur
Links:
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[1]
http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/pavanaja-profile.pdf
Cross posting to reach mass, apologies if you have already read this!
*
*
*Dear all,*
*
*
*On the second anniversary of the Chapter, we made public our intention of
running our first fundraiser. Going ahead with the first phase of this
plan, we will be running a central site notice on the chapter website for a
period of two calendar months starting 1 February, 2013. In the second
phase of this plan, we aim to approach high networth individuals and
corporates in the month of March 2013. This will be done using personal and
professional networks of current and past EC members, staff, volunteers
among others.*
*
Suggestions, help and support from the community on what we can do to
ensure success of this fundraiser are welcome. Every drop counts :)
Donations can be made by Online Bank Transfer (NEFT/RTGS) or by sending us
a Cheque through snail mail. We are unable to accept card payments at this
current time. Link to the donation page on our website:
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Donate
Thanking you,
Executive Committee,
Wikimedia India.
*Reasoning* (From our public statement on 4 January, 2013)
A lot of people may ask why the chapter needs a fundraiser when it has
access to WMF funding. The answer is, we are still ineligible for FDC of
WMF (we hope to be eligible for the second round of funding in 2013) and
would need to rely on grants, spending of which is restricted by the WMF.
Since formation, the chapter has relied heavily on the Executive Committee
to take on the burden of running the show. In an ideal world, the EC would
like to take on the role of guiding the chapter rather than actually be
responsible for operations after two years of incorporation, which should
be best done by professionals rather than volunteers in their spare time.
The chapter has hired an employee (Sowmyan Tirumurti, our Executive
Manager) as well as plans to lease its own office premises in Bangalore. We
will need the help of those volunteers who are in a position to support us.
It could be a small individual donation or in the form of a corporate
donation from an institution. A small token of support from you could go a
long way in helping us achieving our goals of furthering the movement in
India.*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*--*
*Thanks and regards,*
*Karthik Nadar,*
*Secretary, Wikimedia India Chapter.*
Cross posting to reach mass, apologies if you have already read this!
*
*
*Dear members,*
*
*
*On the second anniversary of the Chapter, we made public our intention of
running our first fundraiser. Going ahead with the first phase of this
plan, we will be running a central site notice on the chapter website for a
period of two calendar months starting 1 February, 2013. In the second
phase of this plan, we aim to approach high networth individuals and
corporates in the month of March 2013. This will be done using personal and
professional networks of current and past EC members, staff, volunteers
among others.*
*
Suggestions, help and support from the community on what we can do to
ensure success of this fundraiser are welcome. Every drop counts :)
Donations can be made by Online Bank Transfer (NEFT/RTGS) or by sending us
a Cheque through snail mail. We are unable to accept card payments at this
current time. Link to the donation page on our website:
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Donate
Thanking you,
Executive Committee,
Wikimedia India.
*Reasoning* (From our public statement on 4 January, 2013)
A lot of people may ask why the chapter needs a fundraiser when it has
access to WMF funding. The answer is, we are still ineligible for FDC of
WMF (we hope to be eligible for the second round of funding in 2013) and
would need to rely on grants, spending of which is restricted by the WMF.
Since formation, the chapter has relied heavily on the Executive Committee
to take on the burden of running the show. In an ideal world, the EC would
like to take on the role of guiding the chapter rather than actually be
responsible for operations after two years of incorporation, which should
be best done by professionals rather than volunteers in their spare time.
The chapter has hired an employee (Sowmyan Tirumurti, our Executive
Manager) as well as plans to lease its own office premises in Bangalore. We
will need the help of those volunteers who are in a position to support us.
It could be a small individual donation or in the form of a corporate
donation from an institution. A small token of support from you could go a
long way in helping us achieving our goals of furthering the movement in
India.*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*--*
*Thanks and regards,*
*Karthik Nadar,*
*Secretary, Wikimedia India Chapter.*
Dear Hindi Wikipedia Community,
We would like to get assistance from you about recording important health
related articles from Hindi Wikipedia.
P.S :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Club_Pune/Spoken_Wikipedia…
Feel free to leave your comments on Talk Page.
Dhanyawaad.
-Abhishek Suryawanshi,
On Behalf of Wikipedia Club Pune.
Dear Hindi Wikipedia Community,
Namaste and Greetings.
We are planning to develop Dengue article on all Indian Languages.
Wikipedia Club Pune is organizing dedicated workshop on 16th December 2012.
We would like to invite you participate in Workshop (online or offline as
per your convenience)
Article of Dengue will be edited through collaborative editing session, and
it will be recorded later on as part of Spoken
Wikipedia.<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spoken_Wikipedia/Indic_L…>
*FAQ : *
*1)Why Dengue Article : *
A: Dengue fever is common in this session, so it will be helpful to many
people.
*2)What about other diseases? *
A: We will be covering major diseases one by one in upcoming Sunday
workshops.
*3)What is Spoken Wikipedia for Indian Languages? *
The **<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spoken_Wikipedia/Indic_L…>
*WikiProject Spoken Indian Language Wikipedia* is a project undertaken by
Wikipedia Club Pune to give a voice to the Indian community and to create a
knowledge domain of information related to India and Indian languages
through audio recordings of the articles (in various native languages).
P.S :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spoken_Wikipedia/Indic_L…
*4)Why (Only) health related articles? *
As of now - Our first priority is Health related articles on Indian
Language Wikipedia. After recording articles, we are planning to circulate
these articles in underprivileged community.
*5)How I can help? *
Please add your name to Workshop page to help us.
Register :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Club_Pune/Spoken_Wikipedia…
Kindly do let us know if you have any doubts/queries or suggestions!
Keep Supporting, Keep Inspiring! :-)
Best Regards,
Abhishek Suryawanshi,
User:AbhiSuryawanshi, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:AbhiSuryawanshi>
On Behalf of Wikipedia Club Pune