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Fwd: [Talk-in] savethemap.in planning meeting tomorrow May 11, 4pm - 6pm Bangalore

by Srikanth Lakshmanan

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sajjad Anwar <me(a)sajjad.in> Date: 10 May 2016 at 17:14 Subject: [Talk-in] savethemap.in planning meeting tomorrow May 11, 4pm - 6pm Bangalore To: talk-in <talk-in(a)openstreetmap.org> Hey everyone, In the light of the proposed Geospatial Information Regulation Bill, few of us are gathering at the Center for Internet and Society in Indiranagar from 4pm tomorrow (May 11) to plan our response and assess current situation. Do take part if you can and help us save the map. Cheers, Sajjad _______________________________________________ Talk-in mailing list Talk-in(a)openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in -- Regards Srikanth.L

8 years, 1 month

WMF's Langauge Engineering team on 20th April 2016.

by Ravishankar

Hi, Please join us for the next Bangalore meetup on 20th April 2016 6 PM. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Bangalore/Bangalore62 WMF's Langauge Engineering team is in Bangalore, and they are very keen to meet the community and receive our feedback. If you are not able to attend, you can join us virtually for a translathon during the same day :) Please also feel free to leave questions and comments for the team at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Bangalore/Bangalore62#Questi… Phabricator bugs that need priority, Community wishlist items related to Indian languages are good points to raise. Ravi

8 years, 2 months

Re: [Wikimedia-in-blr] Bangalore-based Train-a-Wikipedian and policy discussion meeting 17 April 2016

by Tito Dutta

Hello Wikimedians in and around Bangalore , You are invited to join our next Train-a-Wikipedian and policy discussion session Our immediate next mini Train-a-Wikipedian session is on: ** *Date and time:* 17 April 2016 4:00 pm to 6:30 pm ** *Venue: *CIS office, Bangalore (194, 2nd C Cross Road, Domlur II Stage, Bangalore) If you are in or around Bangalore you may join us. Please call Tito 09591295619 or reply to this thread or email tito(a)cis-india.org if needed . Regards.

8 years, 2 months

Next Bangalore meetup: Meet the WMF grants team

by Ravishankar Ayyakkannu

Hi, Join us for the next Bangalore meetup. *Date:* : Sunday, *31-January-2015* 4:00 PM IST *Venue:* Center for Internet and Society, No. 194, 2nd 'C' Cross, Domlur 2nd Stage, Bangalore - 560071 Katy Love and Winifred Olliff from the WMF grants team are here. This is a good opportunity to get familiar with the WMF grants program. More details can be seen at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Bangalore/Bangalore61 . Ravi

8 years, 4 months

Wikipedia 15 Celebrations in Indian cities

by Ravishankar Ayyakkannu

Hi, Wikipedia turns 15 on Jan 15, 2016. Wikimedia communities across various cities in Indias are celebrating this. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_15_events_in_India Please check https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_15 for details and to arrange an event in your city. Ravi

8 years, 5 months

Reviving Bangalore Wikimedia Community Meetups

by Ravishankar Ayyakkannu

Hi, We welcome you all to gather on December 13th for the next Bangalore Wikimedia community meetup. Asaf Bartov from the Wikimedia Foundation will be our guest for the meetup. It will be a good opportunity to meet all other Wikimedians after a long time and chart our plans for reviving the Bangalore Wikimedia community and activities. Please check https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Bangalore/Bangalore59 for details. Thanks, Ravi

8 years, 6 months

Hello from Sanjeev

by sanjeev koushik

Hi Team, This is Sanjeev, interested in the volunteer activities of wikimedia. Do include me on the email. Regards, Sanjeev

8 years, 6 months

[CIS-A2K] October 2015 Newsletter

by Subhashish Panigrahi

Dear all, Centre for Internet and Society' Access To Knowledge (CIS-A2K) program would like to share with you the newsletter below for the month of October 2015. We look forward to hear any feedback or input you might have. == 1000 Marathi books by Marathi-language non-profit to come online on Marathi Wikisource with Open Access == As the Maharashtra Granthottejak Sanstha (MGS), a non-profit organization working for the preservation of the "Peshwa" culture in Maharashtra, and based in Pune, India, celebrated its 121st anniversary recently, the organization relicensed 1000 books for Marathi Wikisource under CC-by-SA 4.0 license so that the books could be digitized and be made available for millions of Marathi readers. Avinash Chaphekar from the organization signed a document permitting Wikimedians to digitize the books on the Wikisource. On this special occasion of the anniversary, a three-day book exhibition was organized starting October 30. Answering our question "Could you please share with us your ideas of opening these invaluable books for Wikisource? How they are going to be useful for the online readers to learn about the Peshwas?", Mr Chaphekar says: “These books are of historical importance and cover topics that are rarely covered well anywhere else. This information should reach to more people. Right after our Prime Minister Narendra Modi recommended to read the autobiography of Benjamin Franklin as it contains a lot of messages for a common man, a lady walked to us once and asked if she can read this Marathi. Such books that were published by the Sanstha should not be kept closed as a lot many readers are searching for such books. We might not have a very great presence in the media or the Internet. How does any reader who does not know us buy a book? If these books are available online they could at least find and read them”. == Event organized/participated == (CIS-A2K events page: <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events>https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events) ⬤ Konkani-language books from Konkani-language culture center Mannd Sobhaann to enrich Konkani Wikipedia: (<http://cis-india.org/openness/konkani-language-books-from-konkani-language-…>http://cis-india.org/openness/konkani-language-books-from-konkani-language-…) Mannd Sobhaann (http://www.manddsobhann.org/), a private organization working for unification of Konkani people around the world, preservation and promotion of Konkani language and culture, has recently relicensed 3 of their published books under a CC-by-SA 4.0 (<https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) license. Erik Ozario, founder of the organization has kindly permitted to open these books under free license so they get digitized on Konkani Wikisource (<https://wikisource.org/wiki/Main_Page/Konkani>https://wikisource.org/wiki/Main_Page/Konkani) and contribute in enriching the Goan Konkani Wikipedia (<https://goo.gl/780B6r>https://goo.gl/780B6r). Thanks to our friend Harriet Vidyasagar (<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Outofindia>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Outofindia) for helping in acquiring these books. ⬤ Odia Wikisource 1st anniversary celebration: (<https://goo.gl/nXRmvr>https://goo.gl/nXRmvr) Odia Wikimedia community celebrated Odia Wikisource's first anniversary at the Institute on Management of Agricultural Extension (IMAGE), Siripur, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. Jeeban Panda and Puspashree Pattnaik from Bhubaneswar based non-profit Srujanika presented the organization's journey in digitizing over 150K folios of many Odia-language books. They also announced relicensing Srujanika’s entire publication (over 700 books) under a free license and digitizing them Wikisource. These books include various science publications by the organization over last two decades. In a panel discussion about the "need for digital platforms for Odia books", participated noted linguist Debi Prasanna Pattnaik, Professor Jatin Nayak, Sudhir Pattnaik, Editor, Samadrusti and Anil Pradhan, Editor, Sikhya Sandhan. The community also had a day long discussion about setting priorities and goals for the project in the coordination of the project's administrator Mrutyunjaya Kar (https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/or:User:MKar). There was a survey made where Wikimedians reflected their views on various activities. ⬤ Wikipedia Workshop at Sinhgad Institute of Technology and Sciences: (<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Workshop_in_Sinhgad_Institute_of_…>https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Workshop_in_Sinhgad_Institute_of_…) This workshop was aimed at introducing Wikipedia to the engineering undergraduate students use the Marathi Wikipedia to disseminate what they are learning in Marathi-language. About 11 students took part and learned input in Marathi and Wikipedia in various topics of their interest. == Upcoming events: Train-a-Wikipedian == CIS-A2K is going to start a new project Train-a-Wikipedian (TAW, https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Train-a-Wikipedian). In February and June this year, CIS-A2K conducted Train the Trainer (TTT, https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/Train_the_Trainer_Program) and MediaWiki Train the Trainer (MWTTT, <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MWTTT>https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MWTTT). After conducting these two events, and communicating with the participants the need to start a training program on regular basis was felt and designing the "Train-a-Wikipedian" program was initiated. Initially, the focus would be on five Focus Language Areas (FLAs); a) Kannada, b) Konkani, c) Marathi, d) Odia, and e) Telugu, and the program might be scaled up slowly based on its first pilot implementation. The TAW page on Meta-wiki (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/TAW), a number of topics are listed that are going to be discussed. As not everything could be imparted to every single participant, almost all the training sessions are going to be custom-made where the learners will be independently selecting topics of their own interest. Suggestions and inputs on this program are welcome! == Blog posts == ⬤ Panigrahi, Subhashish. WikipediansSpeak: Telugu-language library catalog project helps Wikipedia grow,(<http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/wikimedia-blog-october-9-2015-subhashish-pan…>http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/wikimedia-blog-october-9-2015-subhashish-pan…) 11 October 2015; ⬤ Panigrahi, Subhashish. Odia Wikisource to Celebrate Its First Anniversary in Bhubaneswar, (<http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/mybhubaneswar-october-25-2015-subhashish-pan…>http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/mybhubaneswar-october-25-2015-subhashish-pan…) 24 October 2015; ⬤ Agarwal, Shirish. Hamara Linux at Wikipedia workshop. Hamaralinux.org, 27 October 2015; == Media coverage == 1. How to do Guerilla GLAM (<https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/openotago/2015/10/06/how-to-do-guerilla-glam/>https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/openotago/2015/10/06/how-to-do-guerilla-glam/), University of Otago, 6 October 2015; 2. ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପାଠାଗାରର ଆବଶ୍ୟକତା ସମାଜ (<http://www.fullodisha.com/odia-wikiource-to-celebrate-its-first-anniversary…>http://www.fullodisha.com/odia-wikiource-to-celebrate-its-first-anniversary…) Full Odisha, 24 October 2015; 3. Odia Wikisource to Celebrate Its First Anniversary in Bhubaneswar (<http://mybhubaneswar.com/odia-wikisource-anniversary/>http://mybhubaneswar.com/odia-wikisource-anniversary/) Mybhubaneswar.com, 24 October 2015 4. Odia Wikisource celebrates 1st anniversary this 25th October (<http://www.bhubaneswarbuzz.com/events/odia-wikisource-celebrates-1st-annive…>http://www.bhubaneswarbuzz.com/events/odia-wikisource-celebrates-1st-annive…) Bhubaneswar Buzz, 24 October 2015, 5. "महाराष्ट्र ग्रंथोत्तेजक" होणार लोकाभिमुख, महाराष्ट्र टाईम्स, Maharashtra Times, 24 October 2015; 6. Odia Wikisource to Celebrate Its 1st Birth Anniversary Today At IMAGE, Bhubaneswar (<http://www.odiaportal.in/2015/10/odia-wikisource-to-celebrate-its-1st.html>http://www.odiaportal.in/2015/10/odia-wikisource-to-celebrate-its-1st.html) Odiaportal.in, 25 October 2015; 7. ଭୁବନେଶ୍ୱରରେ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପାଠାଗାରର ପ୍ରଥମ ଜନ୍ମତିଥି ପାଳନ (<http://goo.gl/WiC5hS>http://goo.gl/WiC5hS) Odia Pua, 25 October 2015; 8. Odia Wikisource to celebrate its first anniversary tomorrow! (<http://odishasuntimes.com/2015/10/25/odia-wikisource-to-celebrate-its-first…>http://odishasuntimes.com/2015/10/25/odia-wikisource-to-celebrate-its-first…), Odisha Sun Times, 25 October 2015; 9. Odia language classics could now be read from phones, tablets and of course from computers!, (<http://www.orissadiary.com/CurrentNews.asp?id=62374>http://www.orissadiary.com/CurrentNews.asp?id=62374) Orissa Diary, 25 October 2015; 10. Odia Wikisource to Hold 1st Anniversary (<http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/bhubaneswar/odia-wikisource-to-h…>http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/bhubaneswar/odia-wikisource-to-h…), The pioneer, 26 October 2015; 11. Otago Southland are the Coolest (<http://www.lianza.org.nz/article/otago-southland-are-coolest>http://www.lianza.org.nz/article/otago-southland-are-coolest), Library and Information Association of New Zealand, 26 October 2015; 12. Open Access Week round up (<https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/openotago/>https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/openotago/), University of Otago, 27 October 2015; 13. मराठी पुस्तके 'विकिस्रोत'ला, सकाळ, Sakaal, 28 October 2015; 14. महाराष्ट्र ग्रंथोत्तेजक संस्थेमधील एक हजार ग्रंथ ऑनलाइन, सामना Saamna, 28 October 2015; 15. India & France to digitise manuscripts, artworks & archives (<http://www.medianama.com/2015/10/223-india-france-manuscript-digitisation/>http://www.medianama.com/2015/10/223-india-france-manuscript-digitisation/), Medianama, 29 October 2015; 16. एक हजार ग्रंथ ऑनलाइन, महाराष्ट्र टाईम्स, Maharashtra Times, 30 October 2015; == Op-eds == ⬤ Panigrahi, Subhashish. ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପାଠାଗାରର ଆବଶ୍ୟକତା (Need for an Odia-language Wikisource) (<http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/samaja-october-25-2015-subhashish-pa…>http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/samaja-october-25-2015-subhashish-pa…), Samaja, 25 October 2015; This newsletter is also available on Meta at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Reports/Newsletter/October_2015 -- Best! Subhashish Panigrahi Programme Officer, Access To Knowledge Centre for Internet and Society @subhapa / https://cis-india.org

8 years, 7 months

OSM Mapping party this Sunday

by Arun Ganesh

Hey all, as part of geography awareness week, we're having an OpenStreetMap mapping party on Sunday to get together, hack on map ideas and also do some open mapping. OSM is where all the Wikimedia maps are generated from: https://maps.wikimedia.org/#14/12.9739/77.5905 If you are curious to meet the OSM community, learn how to make maps, tools used and discuss map ideas for Wikimedia, join us. Details: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/India/Events/Bengaluru_Mapping_Party_3_-… Feel free to share with other open source/data lists. -- Arun Ganesh (planemad) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Planemad> <http://j.mp/ArunGanesh>

8 years, 7 months

Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest

by Subhashish Panigrahi

Dear all, Though we added this announcement in our September newsletter, it has not delivered in most mailing lists. So, I am sharing this again. CIS-A2K invites applications from Indian and Indic Wikimedians for the upcoming Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest.[1] The event, happening during December 15-17 in New Delhi, is the most significant event on the calendar for scholars and policy advocates working on intellectual property from a public interest perspective. The last date of application is 27 October. Indian and Indic Wikipedians are welcome to apply in the /event page[2]/ to apply. /1. https://goo.gl/1uOJ3E/ 2. https://goo.gl/kAVkrM -- Best! Subhashish Panigrahi Programme Officer, Access To Knowledge Centre for Internet and Society @subhapa / https://cis-india.org

8 years, 8 months

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