Dear all,
Maybe this is not the right time to share this. But the w:Software Freedom
Day (SFD) is just around the corner and I was wondering if we could gather,
celebrate the day and also get to meet the Bengaluru community members.
This might be a small gesture to come together with solidarity and stand
against the odds of hatred and anger that we all have been witnessing since
last two weeks in both the states.
SFD is celebrated globally on the third Saturday of September, and this
year it is falling on the 17th of this month. A few topics we can discuss
can be:
* the philosophy of software freedom in our lives
* how free and open source software can make a difference in one's life and
work
* how you can promote FOSS/FLOSS among people around you
*And we will try to keep the event as open as possible to discuss anything
more that is related to openness, open licensing and software freedom.
Please do share here/offlist if you are interested to join. I will be
sharing the link to the public wiki soon once at least five-ten people show
interest.
Best,
Subhashish
Hello,
The proposed Bangalore meetup is tomorrow. Here are the details:
*Date:* : Sunday, *21 August 2016* 3:00 pm IST
*Venue:*
CIS office, No. 194, 2nd C Cross, Domlur 2nd stage
See or add your name in the event page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Bangalore/Bangalore63
Hello all,
I am happy to announce, chandigarh hackathon WCI2016, close with 7
application, which is useful to all community.
*1)* *WikiSpeak with native language :* (Hindi) (*Web Application* + *Android
Mobile application*).
*2)* *Edit Tamil Wiktionary **(Tamil community request)** :* - (*Android
application*)
*3)* *Audio file upload to WikiData (Punjabi community request) :* (*Android
application*)
*4) Wikipedia articles on google map :* find wikipedia articles on google
map (with latitude and longitude) as per city.
*5) OCR (Native Application) *: Convert scanned book copy to Indian
language text with google doc (Tested for Hindi and Malayalam).
*6) Communication platform[WebRTC] (Web Application)* : Community used this
to talk or conference (Audio/video web conferencing application)
*7) Notification (Event based)* : showing popup on event eg (If recent
changes happen, It will show popup which article was updated)
Thank you all participant. who participate in hackathon and deliver a big
success
*Note : I will share code, links and other details very shortly.*
Thank you
*Santosh Shingare.*
*User:cherishsantosh*
Hello,
On 14 August 2016, a Bangalore Wikipedians' meetup is proposed. If you are
in/around Bangalore, you are requested to attend this meetup. An important
agenda of this meetup is sharing learnings and experiences of
Wikiconference India 2016.
Please see the meetup page and add your name here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Bangalore/Bangalore63
Please share this email with anyone who many be interested to join, but not
on this mailing list.
Thank you.
Forwarding.
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From: Rohini Lakshané <rohini.lakshane(a)gmail.com>
Date: 2016-07-27 0:18 GMT+05:30
Subject: WikiWomen's Lunch at WikiConference India 2016
To: Wikimedia India mailing list <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>,
"Wikimedians working on India related content on English Wikipedia &
related projects." <wikimedia-in-en(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
August 6, 2016 at conference lunch hour (1 p.m. to 2 p.m.)
Sign-up page:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2016/Meetups/WikiWomen…
Please share this with anyone who you think might be interested in
attending but isn't subscribed to this list.
Rohini Lakshané
about.me/rohini
[image: Rohini Lakshané on about.me]
<http://about.me/rohini>
Hello all,
In the upcoming Wiki conference India 2016, a hackathon session will be
conducted. The aim of the hackathon is to attempt to provide technical
support to Indic Wikimedia communities.
Please spend 2 minutes and fill this form and share with your community so
that we can learn your and community’s need:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1EIgOuTjwzHqqR94m1GhDnbyKFkDG9HCXH-t17k8hZV…
*Note : Scheduling hangout regarding hackathon on Tuesday 19 July 2016 @
2100Hr.*
Thank you
Santosh Shingare.
Forwarding
Rohini Lakshané
about.me/rohini
[image: Rohini Lakshané on about.me]
<http://about.me/rohini>
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From: Rohini Lakshané <rohini.lakshane(a)gmail.com>
Date: 2016-07-16 16:44 GMT+05:30
Subject: Code of Conduct and Friendly Space Policy for WCI 2016
To: Wikimedia India mailing list <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
The Code of Conduct and Friendly Space Policy for WikiConference India are
now closed for comments.
The final version is available at:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2016/Code_of_Conduct
We request all participants and members of the organising teams to
familiarise themselves with the CoC and policy. This code of conduct
applies to the main event, pre-conference and post-conference events,
auxiliary tracks to the main event such as fireside chats, and online
components of the conference such as video conferences, IRC rooms, and
mailing lists.
We also urgently need help with translating the document into different
Indian languages before the start of WikiConference India.
-- Rohini
(On behalf of the WCI Diversity and Inclusion team)
Rohini Lakshané
about.me/rohini
[image: Rohini Lakshané on about.me]
<http://about.me/rohini>
Hey everyone,
I wanted to invite all of you to the OpenStreetMap hackweekend on July 2
and 3 in Bangalore being hosted at the Mapbox office. We will spend two
full days working on projects like iD, openstreetmap-website, JOSM etc.
You can see all the projects and ideas in the wiki
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Bengaluru_Hack_weekend_July_2016. Pick
one or propose your own.
If you are in town and want to contribute to OpenStreetMap, this is a great
opportunity to get started alongside expert developers on the open mapping
stack! Wikimedia projects have already started integrating maps from OSM
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Maps and this can be a useful space to begin
work on ideas for greater collaboration between the communities.
Please RSVP (https://osmhackweekend.splashthat.com/) and let me know if you
have any questions.
Read more: https://www.mapbox.com/blog/osm-hackweekend/
Looking forward!
Cheers,
Jinal Foflia
Greetings from CIS-A2K,
It gives us great pleasure to inform that the Train-the-Trainer 2016
programme
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/Train_the_Trainer_Program/20…>
organised by CIS-A2K is going to be held from 17-19 June, Bangalore.
Train-the-Trainer programme was conceptualised in order to bridge the gap
between wiki volunteers/enthusiasts who would like to conduct off reach
activities and have been discouraged due to non availability of resources
and support. The three day residential event will include presentations by
the participants regarding a plan to improve their wiki-projects, expert
sessions about conducting effective outreach activities, best practices
from the global wiki communities, revised grant structure of WMF,
activities to understand WMF strategy and vision, understanding global
metrics and coming up with a concrete plan by participants in association
with A2K to improve their wiki-projects.
A2K invites Wikimedians to apply for this programme. Participants will be
selected based on their on wiki and off wiki activities and their responses
to the questions asked in the Google form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1AmbA609Foy5gNLRw1SgK4r0YF8yFwcLLhNdvvrpC1z…
Selected participants are required to finish pre-work assigned to them
without fail. Please fill the Google form given below and write to us at
tanveer(a)cis-india.org, tito(a)cis-india.org and rahim(a)cis-india.org for more
details.
Regards,