Dear All,
I am planning an event for Wikipedians or Wikimedians on the occasion of
Ramadan month. How is that, if we can arrange an Iftar for the Wikipedians?
I think that will be nice meetups for All of us, as well as great occasion
to discuss the future plans and arrangements about the Wikimedia Movement
in Bangladesh.
Please let me know your views, ideas and suggestions about the event.
Regards,
Belayet
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From: "Jay Walsh" <jwalsh(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Jul 25, 2013 10:26 AM
Subject: [Wikimedia Announcements] (press release) Aircel partners with
Wikimedia Foundation to offer free mobile Wikipedia access through
Wikipedia Zero
To: <wikimediaannounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Cc:
(This press release is also posted online at
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Aircel_partners_with_Wik…
)
Aircel partners with Wikimedia Foundation to offer free mobile
Wikipedia access through Wikipedia Zero
[Aircel subscribers to be the first in India to have free access to
Wikipedia on their mobile phones]
SAN FRANCISCO and NEW DELHI -- July 25, 2013: Aircel and the Wikimedia
Foundation today announced a partnership to offer Wikipedia on mobile
phones without any data charges to Aircel customers. The alliance is
aimed at making knowledge available on Wikipedia accessible to all
Aircel customers in both rural and urban areas for free. This is the
first service of its kind to formally launch in India.
This partnership is part of the Wikimedia Foundation's Wikipedia Zero
program, which focuses on reaching the billions of people around the
world whose primary opportunity to access the internet is via a mobile
device. The partnership will help provide Wikipedia to 60 million new
users in the region.
Anupam Vasudev, Chief Marketing Officer for Aircel, said, "Through our
alliance with the Wikimedia Foundation, Aircel is not only making
internet services reach a wider audience, but also helping to
encourage and enrich the lives of our customers by offering access to
knowledge and information free of cost. We are excited about this
partnership and hope this initiative will benefit all our customers
from various age groups."
"We hail Aircel’s commitment to enhancing and expanding access to free
knowledge for their mobile customers. With the partnership, we extend
our program to India where we potentially reach millions of people for
the first time." said Kul Takanao Wadhwa, Head of Mobile with the
Wikimedia Foundation. "Aircel is one of the operators across the globe
that has contributed towards expanding free access to Wikipedia Zero
to 470 million mobile users."
Aircel customers will be able to access versions of Wikipedia in
English, Hindi, Tamil, and 17 other Indic languages.
Aircel is a young, data led telecom player and has been continuously
innovating products and services to offer convenience to its young
customers. The company has recently introduced various noteworthy data
products like Pocket Internet Smart and the recent Pocket Internet 24,
which offers internet at less than 1 rupee a day. Therefore, Aircel
aims to empower and inspire the youth by enhancing their data
experience.
Questions and answers about this partnership can be found at:
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Mobile_partnerships#Aircel
About Aircel Limited
http://www.aircel.com
Aircel is one of India’s leading pan India operators. It won 3G
spectrum in 13 circles and BWA spectrum in 8 circles and has
successfully launched 3G services which is the fastest 3G roll out
ever in the Indian Telecom Space. Aircel has been constantly
innovating products and services and is credited with making 3G
affordable to masses by launching Pocket Internet Smart which offers
best value 3G packs. Aircel Pocket Internet Smart gave a boost to 3G
adoption in the country as it is a true value for money product that
allows consumers to access unlimited 3G data at extremely affordable
prices. Aircel has positioned itself as a data led telecom player and
has addressed the multi-functionality of a mobile phone in many
innovative ways which are Industry firsts, be it the Aircel Pocket
Internet, Pocket Internet Games and Facebook Voice Updates on Aircel.
Aircel is also a preferred telecom network to launch Apple iPhone 3GS,
iPhone 4, iPhone 4S and iPhone 5. For more information, please log on
to www.aircel.com.
About the Wikimedia Foundation
http://wikimediafoundation.orghttp://blog.wikimedia.org
The Wikimedia Foundation is the non-profit organization that operates
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. According to comScore Media Metrix,
Wikipedia and the other projects operated by the Wikimedia Foundation
receive more than 517 million unique visitors per month, making them
the fifth-most popular web property world-wide (comScore, April 2013).
Available in 285 languages, Wikipedia contains more than 25 million
articles contributed by a global volunteer community of roughly 80,000
people. Based in San Francisco, California, the Wikimedia Foundation
is an audited, 501(c)(3) charity that is funded primarily through
donations and grants.
Wikimedia Foundation media contact
Matthew Roth
Communications
+1 415-839-6885 ext 6635 (San Francisco)
mroth(at)wikimedia.org
Aircel media contact
Bhavya Suri
Corporate Communications
+ 91 8802999046 (India)
bhavya.suri(at)aircel.co.in
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Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2013 09:15:06 +0200
From: Michał Buczyński <sandbox(a)o2.pl>
To: wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Survey on Wikimedia Chapters
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Hello all the people involved in Chapters!
I would like to invite you to take a part in a survey on WM Chapters.
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Chapters_Association/Research/Surv…
As I briefly explained there, it is an effort agreed during WCA meetings,
taken to start gathering information about us and present it visibly. For
now, information about chapters is scattered, and often missing - and even
people wanting to highlight the chapters, build more bridges between them,
create some benchmarks and share solutions are lacking data about all the
local entities.
So, please help me in showing your Chapter and make sure your data are
there! :) The sooner, the better! :)
== Survey ==
For your convienience I set up two ways to respond: you can answer it
on-line using:
* MediaWiki: on a dedicated subpage on Meta
* Google Spreadsheet
Use whatever you find more suitable. If it is still not O.K. with you, you
can send me a spreadsheet via e-mail.
I know it is an additional work and the survey is far from being perfect,
but someone needed to start it. There is a talk page if you have any
comments.
== Outcome ==
First presentation will be given in Hong Kong. Further hopefully will come.
Thanks for your help!
Best Regards to everyone,
Michał "Aegis Maelstrom" Buczyński, Wikimedia Poland.
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Belayet Hossain
http://www.facebook.com/bellayethttp://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/user:bellayethttp://twitter.com/bellayethttp://bellayet.wordpress.com (Bangla)
Knowledge is universal
...so share it.
প্রিয় সবাই,
রাজশাহী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের ক্যারিয়ার ক্লাবের উদ্যোগে আগামী শনিবার (২০ জুলাই)
বিকেলে "বাংলা উইকিপিডিয়া" নিয়ে কর্মশালার আয়োজন করা হয়েছে।
আমি উক্ত কর্মশালাটি পরিচালনা করবো..আমার সাথে নাসির খান সৈকত যাওয়ার কথা ছিলো
কিন্তু বিশেষ কাজ পড়ে যাওয়ায় সে যেতে পারবে না..এখন আমার সাথে যাবে আমাদের
সক্রিয় উইকিপিডিয়ান জাহিদ হোসাইন খান..
এ আয়োজনে সহযোগী হিসেবে থাকছে ওপেন নলেজ ফাউন্ডেশন নেটওয়ার্ক বাংলাদেশ এবং
বাংলাদেশ ওপেন সোর্স নেটওয়ার্ক।
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Blog Editor | Prothom-Alo Blog <http://www.prothom-aloblog.com>
Assignment Reporter | The Daily Prothom-Alo <http://www.prothom-alo.com>
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Treasurer & Coordinator (PR) | Bangladesh Open Source Network
(BdOSN)<http://www.bdosn.org>
Coordinator (PR) | Society for the Popularization of Science, Bangladesh
(SPSB) <http://www.spsb.org>*
*Central Team MOVers | Bangladesh Mathematical Olympiad Committee
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