Just in: Someone from Marathi Wiki, likely Abhay Natu, will come online and
participate in the language session.
- Sundar
"That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for
the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted."
- George Boole, quoted in Iverson's Turing Award Lecture
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From: Arjuna Rao Chavala <arjunaraoc(a)googlemail.com>
To: Wikimedia India EC <wikimedia-in-exec(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Cc: "Mailing list for Wikimedians / Wikipedians in Bangalore, India"
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Sent: Sat, January 15, 2011 5:23:32 AM
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-IN-Exec] Wikipedia 10 Bangalore event on Jan 15th (whole
day event)
Update embedded
On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 4:34 AM, Arun Ramarathnam <arunram25(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Dear all,
Greetings for WP10 to all from India!
Happy to share with you all that Bangalore is having a whole day event to
celebrate the Wikipedia 10th anniversary.
http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangalore
The program for the event is as follows:
Agenda
Main Auditorium, NIAS
Evening session: Main Public event
Time: 17:00 to 20:15 IST
Audience: Everyone is invited. (Every Wikipedian!)
Purpose: Communicate Wikipedia Mission, facts, showcase its coolness, reach out
to public, share India focus, discussion.
* 04:30 PM Coffee and Networking
* 05:00 PM Welcome and Introductions by Gautam John
* 05:15 PM Did you know (DYK) on Wikipedia & Wikipedia video snippets by
Srikanth L.
* 05:45 PM 06:00 PM "Namma Wikipedia" - Sharing of audience experience of using
Wikipedia facilitated by Arjuna Rao.
* 06:00 PM Invited Talk
* Lawrence Liang - Legal researcher, lawyer and Author (more)
* 06:30 PM "How I became a Wikipedian" - sharing of experiences by Wikipedia
contributors by Sundar
* 06:45 PM Live address by Jimmy Wales via skype
* 07:00 PM Short Break
* 07:10 PM Chapter update by Hari Prasad Nadig
* What is chapter, need for it, Impact on public policy making towards open
access, Call for support, Current status.
* 07:20 PM Panel Discussion on Wikipedia by Arun Ramarathnam
* Wikipedia, India and the opportunities ahead
* Panelists
* Prof. S. Sadagopan - Founder Director IIIT-B (more)
* Dr. Madan Mohan Rao - Research Director AMIC, Consultant and Writer (more))
* Achal Prabhala - Member, Advisory Board, Wikimedia Foundation (more)
* Sunil Abraham - Executive Director, Centre for Internet and Society (more)
* 08:00 PM Thank you video by Jimmy Wales
[edit]Forenoon session: Segment 1: Wikipedian Community
Time: 09:00 to 13:00 IST
Audience: Wikipedia editors (others welcome too)
Purpose: Share Updates, experiences and Best practices
* 09:00-09:30: Welcome, Networking, Informal introductions by Sundar
* 09:30-10:30: State of Wikimedia India-> reports from all Indian Wikipedia
communities. (in person or remotely)
* Wikipedias - Tamil (Sundar), Bengali (Bellayet), Kannada (HP Nadig),
Malayalam (Shiju Alex), Telugu (Arjuna Rao), Marathi Mahitgar, Sanskrit
(Arunram, and English (Tinu Cherian).
* 10:30-11:30: Discussion: Expectations from the Chapter. Facilitated by Arun
Ramarathnam.
* 11:30-11:45: Tea Break
* 11:45-13:00: Discussion: Plans for the Year 2011. Facilitated by Sundar
* Outreach, India Wikimedia event, Wikimania, Coordination between cities,
Translation initiatives, Offline CD
Updated the section by including focus on languages which is missed out by Arun
[edit]
Afternoon session: Segment 2: Connect with other city Special Interest Groups
Time: 14:00 to 16:30 IST
Audience: Wikipedians and SIG members (others welcome too)
Purpose: Discuss the Wikipedia status on the themes and explore possibilities
of collaboration and strategies for 2011.
[edit] Language Groups
* Kannada - HPN
* Malayalam -Shiju
* Tamil -Sundar
* Telugu .. Arjuna
* Others (tbd)
[edit] Photography
* Photography and Wikipedia.
[edit] Technology
* Mediawiki & Extensions
* Hacking around Wikipedia
* Offline & Mobile Wikipedia
* Using bots for automated tasks with an emphasis on Pywikipediabot
Thanks
Arjuna Rao Chavala