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: [Cross-posting] Wikimedia India Chapter : Jan 2012 Report
by Tinu Cherian (Wikimedia India) 23 Feb '12

23 Feb '12

Cross posting across India related lists. Kindly ignore if you have read this on another mailing list. -------- Original Message -------- 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

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New Wikimedia India Portals
by Tinu Cherian (Wikimedia India) 19 Feb '12

19 Feb '12

Cross-posting to other mailing lists. Kindly ignore if you have read this on another mailing list. Sorry for the inconvenience. Thanks Tinu Cherian Wikimedia India. -------- Original Message -------- 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

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Bangalore WikiMeetup 42 - A report !
by RadhaKrishna Arvapally 19 Feb '12

19 Feb '12

Dear all, The 42nd Bangalore Wikipedia Wikimeetup was held on 12 Feb 2012, at Wikimedia India Chapter office ( The Centre for Internet and Society), Domlur. [1] Five Wikimedians attended the meetup. This time, we introduced GeoNotice on English Wikipedia for announcing the meetup on the same morning in the Bangalore area [2]. A geonotice is a notice similar to a sitenotice, but it is displayed only to users who are physically located in some subset of the Earth. This is only a watchlist geonotice , appearing on the watchlist page of logged in users. May be we should try this at least a week ahead, next time, to catch enough attention of regular Wikipedians, and possibly on other Wikipedias too. Arun Ramaratnam gave a talk and demo on How QR codes work, How QRPedia (http://qrpedia.org/) <about:blank> used this technology in an innovative way. QRpedia is a mobile Web based system which uses QR codes to deliver Wikipedia articles to users, in their preferred language. When a user scans a QRpedia QR code on their mobile device, the device decodes the QR code into a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) using the domain name " qrwp.org" and whose path (final part) is the title of a Wikipedia article, and sends a request for the article specified in the URL to the QRpedia Web server. It also transmits the language setting of the device [3] The crowd discussed on the possible ways of implementing QRPedia in Indian contexts and museums in India. We discussed about the current limitations and how they can be improved. We discussed on how to take forward the Wiki Loves Monuments initiative in India [4]. Naveen Francis announced the registration of wikilovesmonuments.in We discussed about the MoU with National Handicrafts and Handlooms Museum, New Delhi . It was decided to follow up and close the loop in signing the MoU with the Museum. Radhakrishna Arvapally also discussed about a possible partnership with Brain Museum of NIMHANS, Bangalore (Only Brain Musium in India). Arun talked about his earlier interactions with the Government Museum of Bangalore [5]. We need to complete this list of Museums in India. [6] and identify volunteers to work with them. The Meetup was adjourned with the customary group photo sessions. You can find more photos here [6]. The next Bangalore Wikimeetup ( Meetup 43) is to be held on Sunday, 11-March-2012 Time: 3:00 PM IST. [8] Notes: 1) http://wiki.wikimedia.in/WikiMeetups/Bangalore/Bangalore42 2) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Geonotice#Bangalore_Meetup_42 3) Source : Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QRpedia 4) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2012/Timeline 5) http://www.bangaloreindia.org.uk/tourist-attractions/government-museum.html 6) http://wiki.wikimedia.in/List_of_Museums_in_India 7) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Bangalore_Meetup_February_2012 8) http://wiki.wikimedia.in/WikiMeetups/Bangalore/Bangalore43 Thanks to Tinu for help ! -- Thanks & Regards, RadhaKrishna http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Arkrishna

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Fwd: [తెలుగువికీ] Fwd: [Wikimedia-in-en] Please add your name to the Geographical List of Indian Wikipedians
by RadhaKrishna Arvapally 17 Feb '12

17 Feb '12

Please update your Geo Location too ! -RK ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Arjuna Rao Chavala <arjunaraoc(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 8:27 AM Subject: [తెలుగువికీ] Fwd: [Wikimedia-in-en] Please add your name to the Geographical List of Indian Wikipedians To: teluguwiki(a)googlegroups.com ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ashwin Baindur <ashwin.baindur(a)gmail.com> Date: 2012/2/16 Subject: [Wikimedia-in-en] Please add your name to the Geographical List of Indian Wikipedians To: WikiProject India mailing list <wikimedia-in-en(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Cc: Wikimedia Ahmedabad <wikimedia-in-amd(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, wikimediaindia-l <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Marathi Wikimedia < mr-wiki(a)yahoogroups.com>, Wikipedia Club Pune <wcp_team(a)googlegroups.com>, "Mailing list for Wikimedians in Pune, India" < wikimedia-in-pun(a)lists.wikimedia.org> 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 ------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-in-en mailing list Wikimedia-in-en(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-en -- "తెలుగువికీ" గుంపులో మీకు సభ్యత్వం ఉంది కాబట్టి మీకీ మెయిలు వచ్చింది. ఈ గుంపుకు పోస్టు చేసేందుకు, teluguwiki(a)googlegroups.com కు మెయిలు పంపండి. ఈ గుంపు నుండి తప్పుకునేందుకు, teluguwiki-unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com కు మెయిలు పంపండి. మరిన్ని వికల్పాల కోసం, ఈ గుంపును http://groups.google.com/group/teluguwiki?hl=te వద్ద చూడండి -- Thanks & Regards, A.Radha Krishna http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Arkrishna

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Fwd: Improving outreach efforts in India
by Nitika 13 Feb '12

13 Feb '12

Cross posting. Begin forwarded message: > From: Nitika <ntandon(a)wikimedia.org> > Subject: Improving outreach efforts in India > Date: 13 February 2012 5:12:49 PM GMT+05:30 > To: Wikimedia India Community list <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > > Dear All, > > The following is a post I've put up on the India Program page on meta regarding outreach (Please see:http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:India_Program/Outreach_Programs). Please do comment on the page itself; I'm posting it on this mailing list only to make sure it doesn't slip your attention. > > We have conducted over 13 outreach sessions in the past one month and have many more events scheduled to participate in over the coming weeks. (Please see: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Program/Outreach_Programs/Outreach_Ses…). It's amazing that we're doing so many outreach events all over the country to create awareness about Wikipedia, motivate attendees to learn about editing and training newbies to contribute to Wikipedia in their own special way. > > The single biggest challenge is that we don't know the actual outcome of these efforts in most cases, and the results are weak when we have the data. I think most of us agree that outreach can be made to work better. (For example, 2 outreach sessions conducted recently by the Assamese community had about 80 participants, and 8 active editors emerged - which is a hit rate of 10% - which is FANTASTIC!) For most other sessions, the results have been closer to 1-2% or even lower - which is depressing. What makes outreach work? How can outreach work better? Is there anything you need from me? > > Over the past 3 months, I have been working on building a handbook for Outreach (Please see: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Program/Outreach_Programs/Handbook) where you can get presentation material and tips. Please do go through it and help me build it. > > My post consists of 5 (deliberately) provocative statements on the day of and the days after an outreach session. These are framed with the objective of generating debate and suggestions. > > THE DAY OF > > Hypthesis 1: Don't Shoot the Puppy: Outreach is not being done effectively and we aren't adequately introspecting on what we can do better; instead choosing to lose faith in attendees > > Should we discontinue general introduction sessions completely and just convert everything into Wiki workshops? Every second of volunteer time is precious and we need to make sure that every second is made to count. The good sessions appear to be those where people are actually shown how to edit - rather than just doing a song-and-dance about Wikipedia. > The best sessions are those where people have actual hands-on editing opportunity. Shall we limit the intro session on Wikipedia to just 15 minutes and then spend 45 minute on basic editing, 30 minutes on hand-on editing and leave 30 minutes for Q&A? > Not everyone is a natural presenter and might need help on basic outreach skills. Is there value and interest in a capacity building roadshow where we help existing editors who want to improve their outreach and presentation skills? Is it useful to pair up a good presenter with a not-so-confident presenter when we are doing outreach? > THE DAY AFTER > > Hypothesis #2: Staying in Touch: We assume the job is complete after the outreach session when in fact the journey has only just begun > > Can we gather (basic) information about attendees (e.g., names, usernames & email IDs?) so that we can stay in touch with them after sessions? > Can we get feedback on sessions (duration, level of detail, quality of presenters, etc.?) so that we can all improve? Do we need some sort of CRM solution for this or will something like Google Docs suffice? > How do we get more folks to actually provide their contact details and feedback? Which of the following will get higher response rates: asking for these just before the end, immediately after the end or the day after a session? > Hypothesis #3: Nudge-Nudge: Newbies struggle with the most basic things - including which article to select > > Should we send links to useful wiki pages and tutorial videos where they can read up more about how Wikipedia works and how to edit Wikipedia? Can we leave handouts on basic editing after all sessions? Can we send them links to the actual presentations made at the session. > Can we suggest / elicit potential articles that individual newbies will work on after the workshop? Can we give them individual pointers on what they can do with each article by reviewing them there-and-then during the session? > Can we schedule a follow-up session (even if virtually using google+ hangout) to clarify any doubts about Wikipedia editing or otherwise - maybe 2 weeks after a session? > Hypothesis #4: Loneliness - Newbies feel alone and the only time they sense the community is when their edits get reverted > > Should we not encourage them to join project pages (such as the WP:INDIA) and/or the India mailing list and/or their city/language mailing list to get involved with the community? > Can we involve them in COTM or conduct specific editathons for them? > Can we celebrate their successes and get newbies to talk to other newbies about how they learnt stuff? > Hyptothesis #5: Black Hole: No one has a clue about the actual results of outreach > > Can we regularly monitor number & % of active editors after 1 and 3 months of conducting all events? Can we figure out % of mainspace edits from these newbies after 1 and 3 months? Can this be analysed to provide recommendations on how we can do things better? > Can we actively reach out to those who look like they are struggling? Do we need a CRM tool for something like this? > Is it useful to track and attempt to co-relate age / profession / subject (if student) / sex of participants to figure out what is likely to give greatest results? > I have been working to see how can we overcome these challenges and make our outreach efforts far more effective. I'd love to hear from on the above. Some of you have been actively involved in outreach sessions (attending or conducting or planning) an I'd like to know your thoughts and suggestions which might serve as solutions for this set of very real challenges. > > Thanks > > Nitika > >

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Fwd: Fwd: Test mail for Spam filtering of domain names. Please ignore the mail.
by Tinu Cherian (Wikimedia India) 13 Feb '12

13 Feb '12

Test 4 -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Test mail for Spam filtering of domain names. Please ignore the mail. Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:03:57 +0530 From: Tinu Cherian (Wikimedia India) <tinucherian(a)wikimedia.in> Organization: Wikimedia India To: wikimedia-in-blr(a)lists.wikimedia.org Test mail for Spam filtering of domain names. Please ignore the mail.

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Bangalore Meetup 42
by RadhaKrishna Arvapally 10 Feb '12

10 Feb '12

Hi All, Bangalore Meetup 42 is being organized on Feb 12th sunday. Those who are in bangalore, please join. More details @ http://wiki.wikimedia.in/WP:MBL42 -- Thanks & Regards, RadhaKrishna http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Arkrishna

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Malayalam Wikipedia Wiki academy -Bangalore - Feb 11, Saturday 2 PM.
by Tinu Cherian (Wikimedia India) 10 Feb '12

10 Feb '12

Hi all, The Malayalam Wikipedia Community is organizing a Wiki Academy in Bangalore on 11 Feb 2011, Saturday. Time : 2-5 PM . Venue: Centre for Internet & Society ( Wikimedia India Chapter office) Domlur, Bangalore More details can be found here. http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:Bangalore_Wikipedia_Academy_4 <http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:Bangalore_Wikipedia_Academy_4> This is fourth of the series of Malayalam Wiki Academies in Bangalore. This WikiAcademy is lead by Anoop N, Ramesh N G, Rajesh Odayanchal, Sreejith K. Malayalam newspapers like Malayala Manorama & Marthubhumi have published pre-event articles. http://twitpic.com/8h4qco/full http://images.mathrubhumi.com/flashpaper/2012/Feb/10/2012-Feb-10_17_Dai_282… http://www.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/malayalamConte… http://www.mathrubhumi.com/story.php?id=250656 If you are interested in contributing to Malayalam Wiki Projects, please do attend. If you have any of your friends or relatives who might be possibly interested, please inform them. Please help spread the word. Regards Tinu Cherian

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Creating video of Indian Editors "We Edit Wikipedia"
by Subhashish Panigrahi 07 Feb '12

07 Feb '12

Deal all, As a part of helping the community to reach out to more people apart from the presentations, handouts, FAQs and mailing list support we also have need for more visuals. Audio/Video clips containing Indian Wikipedians sharing their message "I EDIT WIKIPEDIA" or "I EDIT AN INDIAN LANGUAGE WIKIPEDIA" or "WIKIPEDIA IS HELPING ME DOCUMENTING MY HERITAGE" will create impact among people and motivate them to contribute to Wikipedia. Many people use Wikipedia in a daily basis without being aware of they can also [Edit] it, social media, Youtube, mails containing link to such a video can be used to reach this message to them. Moreover, such videos which are already there in Outreach (outreach.wikimedia.org) Bookshelf might make some people feel it's project being managed by some foreigners. Seeing some real Indians editing Wikipedia with the Main page of an Indian language background will definitely make this message clearer. If there is a fairly good no of community members located in anywhere in India (e.g Pune, Bangalore and Mumbai community) we can ask the community members say it altogether aloud apart from one/two community members speaking in their own language. I will be posting the details in the community village pumps, you are allowed to send as many people's footage as you can provided the video and audio quality are reasonable good. We will be collecting footage from all the communities and do a post production. Subha Community & Program Support, India Program Wikimedia Foundation

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Bangalore Wikimeetup 41 / Wiki Eleven Celebrations
by Tinu Cherian (Wikimedia India) 06 Feb '12

06 Feb '12

Hi all, Apologies for much delay for the report on Bangalore Wikimeetup 41 / Wiki Eleven Celebrations. The Bangalore Wikimeetup 41 / Wiki Eleven Celebrations was held at the office of The Centre for Internet & Society, Domlur , Bangalore ( also the India chapter official office) on 15 Jan 2012, Sunday 4-6 PM. [1] The regular second Sunday Bangalore meetup of January was postponed to the third Sunday, to coincide with the Wikipedia 11th anniversary. The Bangalore Meetup banner which we had used for a whole year, got a small promotion this year. [2] :) Only 11 people attended the meetup, thanks to popular festivals like Pongal and Sankranthi falling on the same weekend. You may compare this with attendance of 250+ participants for the 10 the anniversary celebrations in Bangalore, a year ago. [3] The participants introduced themselves, after which Arun Ramaratnam led the meetup with an introduction to Bangalore Meetups and Wikipedia 11th anniversary. We also experimented Google hangout with other cities in India, who were conducting similar events [4]. Unfortunately, the audio-video quality wasn't very good, probably due to the low internet bandwidth. Nevertheless, It was great to see the live celebrations happening in the different parts of India. The Wikimedia India chapter also completed its first anniversary of official operations. The Chapter President, Arjuna Rao Chavala explained the history of the chapter and its future plans. Naveen P Francis announced the launch of the revamped Wikimedia India Portals and the project gateways. The Kannada SIG Chair, Omshiva Prakash briefed about the recent Kannada Wikipedia 9th Anniversary celebrations, held in Bangalore, earlier that week. The crowd discussed on how to intensify the outreach work around Bangalore and in India. The last, but not the least, was the most awaited part - Wiki 11 celebrations cake cutting ! [5] . The meetup concluded with the customary group photo sessions [6]. A full collection of meetup photos can be found here [7] We thank everyone who attended the meetup and celebrations. Regards Tinu Cherian Notes: 1) http://wiki.wikimedia.in/WikiMeetups/Bangalore/Bangalore41 2) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bangalore_W11_Meetup_Jan2012_16.03.2… 3) http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangalore 4) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bangalore_W11_Meetup_Jan2012_16.50.3… 5) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bangalore_W11_Meetup_Jan2012_16.10.5… 6) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WikiEleven_Blore_the_group.jpg 7) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Bangalore_Meetup_January_2012

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