FYI.
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From: Gujarati Wikipedia <gu.wikipedia(a)gmail.com>
Date: 2012/2/24
Subject: [Wikipedia-gu] વિકિપીડિયા:ચોતરો
To: Wikipedia Gujarati <wikipedia-gu(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
મિત્રો,
ગુજરાતી અને અન્ય ભારતીય ભાષાઓમાં ટાઇપ કરવા માટેનું ટૂલ નારાયમ આપણા ગુજરાતી
વિકિપીડિયામાં ઇન્સ્ટોલ કરવા માટેનો એક પ્રસ્તાવ મુક્યો છે. તેના વિષે ચર્ચા
ચોતરા પર શરૂ કરવામાં આવી છે. આપ સૌને વિનંતી છે કે આપના વ્યસ્ત સમયમાંથિઇ
થોડી પળો કાઢીને વિકિપીડિયા:ચોતરો પર
મતદાન<http://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/વિકિપીડિયા:ચોતરો_(અન્ય)#Extension:Narayam_.E0.…>
ની
મુલાકાત લઈને આપનો મત જણાવશો તો આપનો આભારી રહીશ.
આભાર,
ધવલ
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Hi Friends,
For easy typing in Gujarati and other languages on wikipedia there is a
tool developed, which is called Narayam. I have proposed installation of
this tool on our gu.wiki and have started a discussion on
Wikipedia:Chotaro. I request you all to take a few moments out of your busy
schedule and please visit વિકિપીડિયા:ચોતરો
મતદાન<http://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/વિકિપીડિયા:ચોતરો_(અન્ય)#Extension:Narayam_.E0.…>and
vote there.
Thanks,
Dhaval
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Subject: [WMIN-Members] Wikimedia India Chapter : Jan 2012 Report
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:08:57 +0530
From: Naveen Francis <naveenpf(a)wikimedia.in>
Reply-To: wmin-members(a)googlegroups.com
To: Wikimedia India Community list
<wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, wmin-members
<wmin-members(a)googlegroups.com>
Dear all,
Greetings from Wikimedia India !!!
The Wikimedia Chapter (India) celebrated its first anniversary on 3rd
January 2012.
Organisational Updates
Formation of Task Forces:
The formation of the different task forces are still in progress. The
various task forces are a) Fundraising, b) Special Projects, c)
Administration, d) City and Language Special Interest Groups, and e)
Communications, PR & Media Relations.
We are seeking more volunteers for the task forces. If you are
interested, please feel free to contact the respective task force
stewards or find more information here [1]
Membership:
The Chapter membership stands at 196 members as of 31 January 2012. Six
new members were added to the chapter membership in this month. We
extend a very warm welcome to the family.
Donations:
Total donations received in Jan 2012 - INR 10700
Average donations in Jan 2012 - INR 3566
FCRA:
Our application for prior permission under the Foreign Contribution
(Regulation) Act FCRA 2010, with the Government of India is under
process. As the stated time for response is over recently, chapter will
be following up with the authorities. [ As we write this report, our
application was approved by the Government of India]
Internet Relay Chat(IRCs):
>From time to time, Wikimedia India conduct planned online IRC chat
sessions. The IRC on Jan 05, 2011 was anchored by Sudhanwa Jogalekar
with the focus on Chapter Specia Interest Groups (SIG) co-ordination
[2]. The IRC on Jan 07, 2010, anchored by Arun Ramarathnam discussed on
the Jan 15th Celebration plans, SIGs and GLAM projects. [3]
Board Meetings:
The Wikimedia Chapter Executive Committee had two tele-conference EC
meetings (dated 04 Jan and 18 Jan, 2012) in the month of January.The
Wikimedia India chapter and Wikimedia Foundation had one joint
co-ordination call on 25 Jan 2012, which was attended by Arjuna Rao
Chavala, Naveen Francis, Tinu Cherian and Hisham Mundol. The main
agenda of the call was on Chapter - Foundation India programs
Collaboration Framework .
WikiConference 2011
The Chapter and Mumbai Conference organisers are working closely for the
closure and audit of accounts related to WikiConference Mumbai 2011.
Community & Special Interest Groups.
SOPA and Wikipedia Blackout:
The global community of volunteers who edit the English Wikipedia
had decided to support the protest against the introduction of the
“Stop Online Piracy Act” (SOPA) in the US House of Representatives
and the “Protect IP Act” in the US Senate. To that end, the
English Wikipedia was blacked out globally for a period of 24
hours on 18 January 2012. The black out in India commenced at
10.30am IST on 18 January 2012.
The Press release and Communication to the members related to Wikipedia
Blackout can found here [4],[5].
Wikipedia eleventh anniversary :
Wikipedia turned eleven on the 15th of January 2012. The eleventh
anniversary of Wikipedia was celebrated in different parts of the
country [6]. More than 8 Indian cities and towns and over 200
Wikimedians & Wiki enthusiasts celebrated this occasion of Wikipedia
anniversary, around the nation.
Some of the meetups had a Wikipedia anniversary cake to celebrate the
occasion. Google Hangout was also conducted between different cities
celebrating at the same time.
The New Wikimedia India portal ( wikimedia.in <http://wikimedia.in> )
was launched on this day. It is designed to provide quick and rapid
access to Indic wikimedia projects - Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikisource,
Wikibooks, Wikinews, Wikiquote and Commons.
A full collection of images related to the celebrations, around the
nation, can be found here [7].
Events:
A round-up of Wikimedia events, academies and initiatives around the
nation is as follows.
Wikipedia Takes Ahmedabad (3 Jan 2012): Wikipedia Takes Ahmedabad [8] is
a scavenger hunt for free content photography in Ahmedabad, Gujarat,
organised by Noopur Raval , Anirudh Bhati and Srikeit Tadepalli. The
aim of this exercise is to encourage participants to compete to take
photographs of as many local sights and city specific objects of
cultural heritage as possible for Wikipedia articles. Over 75
participants attended and around 815 images were uploaded to the
Wikimedia Commons as a part of this initiative [9].
Wikipedia Takes Mumbai II ( 28 Jan 2012) : This is the second
photography drive in Mumbai. [10] The event was led by Nikita Belavate,
Anshuman Fotedar and Karthik Nadar and other members of the Mumbai
Community. Over 625 images were uploaded to the Wikimedia Commons as a
part of this initiative [11]
Wiki Academies/Workshops : Several Wiki Academies were held in different
parts of the nation , organised and conducted by the Chapter, its
members ,WMF India Programs and the Wikimedia community in India. .
a) Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi , Kerala (05-Jan) [12]
b) Workshop at Text100, Mumbai (webcast to Text100 Delhi and Bangalore)
(06-Jan) [13]
c) SSN College of Engineering, Chennai (11-Jan ) [14]
d) P S R Rengasamy college of engineering for women, Sivakasi, Tamil
Nadu. (20-Jan) [15]
e) Netaji Subhash Engineering College, Kolkata, West Bengal (25-Jan) [16]
f) Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal (25-Jan) [17]
g) Amrita School of Communication, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu (28-Jan) (18)
h) Jamia Millia Islamia, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Delhi
(30-Jan) [19]
i) Kerala Sahitya Academy, Trissur, Kerala (8-Jan) [20]
j) Jnana Prabodhini - Wikiacademy, Pune (15-Jan) [21]
A session on Commons was conducted for photography group called
‘Tassavurrati’. [22] They have successfully started uploading pictures
of their trips (most recent: Surajkund Mela) to the Wkimedia Commons.
Other News:
* Telugu SIG celebrated the Wikipedia day on 29 Jan 2012 at Hyderabad.
Top 10 contributors in the articles category and non article
category were recognised at the function. [23]
* Sanskrit Wikipedia saw an excellent editor growth (50%) compared to
last month, and a 234% increase in the number of edits.
* The 1st Delhi Odia Wikimeetup and Academy was conducted on 29 Jan
2012 by Odia SIG Chair and WMF India Programs Consultant ,
Subhashish Panigraphi. [24]
* One of the first Assamese Wikipedia community meetup and Wikipedia
Workshop was held on Jan 29 at Guwahati University, Guwahati, Assam [25]
Milestones & Anniversaries
January 2012
24
* TheSanskrit Wiktionary <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sa:>has
reached 200 entries with the addition of over a dozen entries all
apparently meaning "sun".
20
* TheDivehi Wikipedia
<http://wiki.wikimedia.in/index.php?title=Dv:&action=edit&redlink=1>has
reached 100,000 page edits.
* TheAssamese Wikipedia
<http://wiki.wikimedia.in/index.php?title=As:&action=edit&redlink=1>has
reached 500 uploaded files.
17
* TheBengali Wikipedia
<http://wiki.wikimedia.in/index.php?title=Bn:&action=edit&redlink=1>has
reached 1,000 uploaded files.
* TheOriya Wikipedia
<http://wiki.wikimedia.in/index.php?title=Or:&action=edit&redlink=1>has
reached 2,000 articles.
15
* TheBengali Wikipedia
<http://wiki.wikimedia.in/index.php?title=Bn:&action=edit&redlink=1>has
reached 1,000 uploaded files.
* TheUrdu Wiktionary <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ur:>has reached
10,000 entries.
13
* Wikimedia Commons <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/>has reached
12,000,000 files.
* TheTamil Wikibooks
<http://wiki.wikimedia.in/index.php?title=B:ta:&action=edit&redlink=1>has
reached 10,000 page edits.
10
* TheEnglish Wikibooks
<http://wiki.wikimedia.in/index.php?title=B:&action=edit&redlink=1>has
reached 40,000 book modules.
7
* TheMarathi Wikipedia
<http://wiki.wikimedia.in/index.php?title=Mr:&action=edit&redlink=1>has
reached 100,000 total pages.
* TheAssamese Wikipedia
<http://wiki.wikimedia.in/index.php?title=As:&action=edit&redlink=1>has
reached 1,000 articles.
Media Coverage
There was a huge coverage for Wikipedia on Indian media in this month,
mainly related to Wikipedia Blackout. A comprehensive list of the
coverage can be found here [24]
We look forward to your continued support and active participation.
Report compiled by Executive members,SIG chairs and The Communications team.
Best,
On behalf of Wikimedia Chapter (India)
Naveen Francis
Secretary
Notes:
1) http://members.wikimedia.in/Main_Page#Task_forces
2) http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Internet_Relay_Chats/Jan_05,2012
3) http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Internet_Relay_Chats/Jan_07,2012
4)
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Press_Releases/2012/_English_Wikipedia_to_go_dark_…
5)
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Announcements/Communication_regarding_SOPA_and_Wik…
6) http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Eleven
7) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_11_in_India
8) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Takes_Ahmedabad
9) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ahmedabad_1
10) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Takes_Mumbai_II
11) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_Takes_Mumbai_2
12)
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Wiki_Academy/Cochin_University_of_Science_and_Tech…
13) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Workshop/Mumbai_Workshop_2
14)
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Wiki_Academy/SSN_College_of_Engineering,_Chennai
15)
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/P_S_R_Rengasamy_college_of_engineering_for_women,_…
16) http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Wiki_Academy/Netaji_Subhash_Engineering_College
17) http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Wiki_Academy/Jadavpur_University
18)
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Wiki_Academy/Amrita_School_of_Communication,_Coimb…
19) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:MDHJMI1
20) http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:WATSR2
21)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Pune/W11_celebration_Pune_wit…
22) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tassavurrati_1.jpg
23)
http://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%AA%…
24) http://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:MDEL1
25)
http://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A7%B1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AA%…
24) http://wiki.wikimedia.in/In_the_news#Jan_2012
Hi everyone, The 3rd Wikipedia Ahmedabad Meetup was arranged on 19th February 2012, at Seva Cafe Navarangpura.[1] Total 5 wikipedians attended the meetup(excluding a volunteer from the venue who also joined us, I've led him to Facebook Mumbai Wikipedia group, he might attend future meetups there.)
The meetup started with the discussion on Wikipedians in Ahmedabad. There aren't many people from the city (even Gujarat) who actually edit wikipedia regularly, so we discussed the ideas on getting people aware of what Wikipedia is. Inspired by Bangalore Meetup 42 I'm planning to post a GeoNotice to Wikipedians from Ahmedabad, so if there are users that edit but aren't in active in the community, can come forward. The other ideas that we put on table included a proposal to Smit Shah, a student from LD college of Engineering to lead WikiAcademy in the same college in March or April and as part of GLAM project, try getting information on obtainable and/or given permissions in the Museums in Ahmedabad.[2]
Afterwards Kartik Mistry talked about the Gujarati Wikipedia interface translation (on Translatewiki.net). He and another user translated about 1500 interface files to Gujarati, couple of weeks before the meetup.
I introduced them to some major details of Wikipedia's Policies and Guidelines and Citing sources, some gadgets that can help them in editing Wikipedia more efficiently, the google books and JSTOR citation tool (which Ashwin Baindur posted on the mailing list some time ago).[3]
Finally we had off project discussion about Raspberry Pi and Linux community and stuff like that, and a photo session of course.[4]
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Ahmedabad/Ahmedabad3
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Museums_in_Ahmedabad[3]http://reftag.appspot.com/
[4] http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ahmedabad_Meetup_Feb2012
I would like to thank the Wikimedia India Chapter for their help and guidance with organizing the event,On behalf of Wikimedia Ahmedabad Community,
--Konarak Ratnakar | kondi
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this on another mailing list.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
Thanks
Tinu Cherian
Wikimedia India.
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Subject: [WMIN-Members] New Wikimedia India Portals
Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 08:18:34 +0530
From: Naveen Francis <naveenpf(a)wikimedia.in>
Reply-To: wmin-members(a)googlegroups.com
To: Wikimedia India Community list
<wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, wmin-members
<wmin-members(a)googlegroups.com>
Hi all,
We are pleased to formally announce the launch of the following new
Wikimedia India Portals:
http://wikimedia.in/- The new landing page will be the gateway to the
various Project pages and Wikis.
http://wiki.wikimedia.in <http://wiki.wikimedia.in/>The public wiki is
now revamped with an all-new look and lots of information. Feel free to
add more information to the wikis.
http://members.wikimedia.in <http://members.wikimedia.in/>Wiki for India
Chapter Members
http://blog.wikimedia.in/Wikimedia India Blog - to post a blog, contact
Arjuna Rao Chavala or Tinu Cherian
We are pleased to introduce the following new Wikimedia Project gateways
for the various Indic languages:
http://wikisource.in<http://wikisource.in/>
http://wikiquote.in<http://wikiquote.in/>
http://wikibooks.in<http://wikibooks.in/>
http://wikinews.in<http://wikinews.in/>
http://wikibooks.org.in<http://wikibooks.org.in/>
http://wikisource.org.in<http://wikisource.org.in/>
http://wiktionary.org.in<http://wiktionary.org.in/>
The planned landing page for http://wikipedia.in is available here
<http://wikimedia.in/wikipedia.html>.
Efforts are currently underway to obtain control of a few more important
domains and announcements will be made as and when we get them. We
sincerely believe this initiative will help drive more traffic to Indic
language Wikimedia Projects.
We would like to express our sincere gratitude to the Wikimedia CH /
Switzerland Chapter and Manuel Schneider (Wikimedia CH / Switzerland)
for hosting our websites and portals at no cost.
A number of people need to be thanked, who helped in the this initiative.
Rajesh K Oayanchal who designed the portals and Jyothis E who gave his
webspace for the testing purposes. Anirudh, Noopur Raval, ,Surya,
Radhakrishna, Omshivaprakash, Debanjan, Saroj, Swaroop, Abhishek
Suryawanshi and others have helped in translations .
Tanvir Rahman , Tinu Cherian and Arun Ram helped in revamping the public
wiki.
We hope that you will find these portals useful and informative.
Please do get back to us with your feedback and suggestions.
Regards,
Naveen Francis
Wikimedia India Chapter
Dear friends,
WikiProject Gujarat is one of the many Task Forces/daughter
WikiProjects of WikiProject India on English Wikipedia,
I am happy to report that we have new blood and fresh activity in
WikiProject Gujarat for last few weeks. The participants of the last
photothon are continuing to maintain the momentum gained from that
event and we are seeing both results and new initiatives. Senior
editors from Gujarat are doing their bit and mentoring the young folk.
In this backdrop, it is my privilege to introduce Konarak Ratnakar,
(User:Kondicherry) to the community. Konarak has been very active in
Ahmedabad meetups and has agreed to promote WikiProject Gujarat on
English Wikipedia as a volunteer coordinator.
I request you all to join me in welcoming him and also to support him
as he goes around reviving the WikiProject.
Please note that WikiProject Gujarat, on English Wikipedia is not to
be confused with the similar sounding Gujarati Wikipedia.
With this, the number of volunteer coordinators on English Wikipedia
goes up to three - self, BPositive, and now Kondicherry. The actual
requirement is almost one hundred, that is how many
departments/TFs/daughter WikiProjects we have!
So if anybody would like the stewardship of any function in the
WikiProject, be assured there is lots of opportunity and so please
step forth and volunteer.
Warm regards,
Ashwin Baindur
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Hi,
The next Wikipedia meetup in Ahmedabad is being scheduled for Sunday, 19
February 2012. The time and venue is still to be discussed. Please join
in and contribute!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Ahmedabad/Ahmedabad3
Yours sincerely,
Anirudh Bhati
+91 9328712208
Skype: anirudhsbh
I suddenly realised that amongst the guys who signed up for WikiProject
India in Jan-Feb are such hardcore Wikipedians as RSrikanth05, Joyson
Prabhu, Karthikndr & Sitush.
Which brings me to the corollary - there are oodles of established Indian
editors who are not yet members of WikiProject India!
Gosh, guys please sign up!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_India/Members
Warm regards,
Ashwin Baindur
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Hello friends,
This is a link I recommend you to bookmark.
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Geographical_distribution_of_Indian_Wikipedians
This list is useful for outreach & also whenever someone needs Wiki-Help in
a particular city. It would be great if Wikipedians could update this
list.:)
We have the following completely unrepresented states/UTs:
* Andaman & Nicobar Islands
* Arunachal Pradesh
* Assam
* Chandigarh
* Chhattisgarh
* Dadra, Nagar & Haveli
* Daman & Diu
* Goa
* Himachal Pradesh
* Jammu & Kashmir
* Jharkhand (AngPradesh is in Mumbai)
* Lakshadweep
* Manipur
* Meghalaya
* Mizoram
* Puducherry
* Punjab (oye, ye ki hoya!)
* Nagaland
* Uttar Pradesh
* Uttarakhand
Okay, all you admins, please update your status (Mikey my boy, that means
you too)!
Abroad, we dont have Indic Wikipedians listed for:
* Africa
* Australia
* Asia (other than India)
* Middle East
* North America
* South America
Unless you would like to stay off list, of course that's acceptable too.
May I also request Tinu / list admins to please forward it all the Indic
language & city Wikimedia lists. We need this resource to be as
comprehensible as possible.
Warm regards,
Ashwin Baindur
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Calling every Gujarati,
The WikiProject Gujarat has been dead for quite a time now. There are lots of articles related to Gujarat that are messed up. I with help from Anirudh am trying to revive this project. If you are interested in helping leave a message on talk page [[User Talk:Kondicherry]] or just email me.--Konarak Ratnakar
Hey guys,I created List of Pols in Ahmedabad, and got a great support from Kartik Mistry and Abhishek Joshi, but unfortunately someone nominated it for an AFD. A discussion is taking place at Talk:List of Pols in Ahmedabad, If you know names of pols please add them on the page and support the article.Thank you.Konarak Ratnakar
