Hey all
Unfortunately, I might be out of India for a little while in December and
January, so I can't help with the physical planning. I can try getting some
media people I know to help with publicity though!
-Amog
Hi Srikanth,
It will be really nice to organise a function for 10Wiki on Tamil new year's
day. But I have recently moved to Chennai and I lack local contacts for
organising the event. If a local volunteer comes forward I can coordinate
with him.
Brief plan should be:
Introduction to Wikipedia
Ten years experience and growth of Indic wikipedias
Authors speech about Tamil Wikipedia book by Theni Subramani
Experience of a rural school with Tamil wikipedia (Pudukkottai school rep
could come, it would be great)
Workshop for contributing to Wiki in general and particular to Tamil
wikipedia
Regards,
Manian
14 டிசம்பர், 2010 9:35 am அன்று, Srikanth Lakshmanan
<srik.lak(a)gmail.com>எழுதியது:
> Hi Manian,
>
> Would be awesome. I would request you to go ahead and create a page in
> tenwiki. I could arrange the Thoughtworks same meetup venue / help with
> finding some other place in case we dont get that. However i may not be able
> to attend since I would in Bangalore. Some media buzz can be created or it
> can be a simple tamil wikipedia celebration. Once you have a plan, send out
> a mail to Steven to get free merchendise.
>
> Regards
> Srikanth.L
> http://srik.me
>
>
> 2010/12/14 மணியன் <manimalar.blog(a)gmail.com>
>
> Hi Sri,
>> Can we organise around Theni subramani's book... sort of release
>> function...may be his publisher interested..
>>
>> rgds
>>
>> 2010/12/14 Srikanth Lakshmanan <srik.lak(a)gmail.com>
>>
>>> Any takers in Chennai?
>>>
>>> Even a normal meetup of sort can help. But you guys just need to make
>>> sure of a plan and move out of home on Pongal :)
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Srikanth.L
>>> http://srik.me
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: Erik Moeller <erik(a)wikimedia.org>
>>> Date: Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 08:25
>>> Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [WikiX-l] 10th anniversary merchandise
>>> is ready to ship!
>>> To: wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
>>>
>>>
>>> Hello India Wikimedians!
>>>
>>> Time is getting short for organizing Wikipedia 10th anniversary
>>> events. January 15, 2011 will not come again - it's a
>>> once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be there as Wikipedia marks this big
>>> milestone. :-). If you manage to put together an event, you may still
>>> be able to get one of the 10th anniversary kits that Steven is talking
>>> about below. They include t-shirts and other goodies.
>>>
>>> See more at: http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
>>>
>>> So far, there are pages up for Bangalore, Mumbai and Hyderabad. Would
>>> be awesome to see even more India events :-)
>>>
>>> Erik
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: Steven Walling <swalling(a)wikimedia.org>
>>> Date: 2010/12/14
>>> Subject: [WikiX-l] 10th anniversary merchandise is ready to ship!
>>> To: Planning for WP 10th anniversary <wikix-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>> So with little more than a month to go before Wikipedia's anniversary,
>>> I'm pleased to say that the kits of special Wikipedia 10 merchandise
>>> we've talked about previously (on this list and at ten.wikipedia.org)
>>> are ready to be shipped. To reiterate:
>>>
>>> * This merchandise is free. The WMF is paying all shipping and production
>>> costs.
>>> * It's available to anyone that has confirmed publicly that they're
>>> holding an event that will celebrate Wikipedia's 10th anniversary. You
>>> don't have to be holding a particular size or type of event (we have
>>> conferences, film screenings, parties, plain old meet-ups etc.).
>>> * Everyone is getting the same kit.
>>> * Each box includes 50 t-shirts with a balance of sizes for men and
>>> women, as well as a mixed assortment of stickers and buttons. You can
>>> see mockups of the designs at Design/Merchandise on tenwiki. I'm going
>>> to get pictures of it all on Commons soon, under Category:Wikipedia
>>> 10.
>>>
>>> This means that if you're organizing one of the more than 60 events
>>> currently in the works, I need two things to be able to ship to you:
>>>
>>> 1. A public listing for your event on tenwiki. Just to be clear, this
>>> is merely a description and links to wherever you're organizing. If
>>> your wiki page exists but doesn't tell people the basics of
>>> who/what/when then please enrich it a little, so that logistically we
>>> can feel comfortable shipping a couple hundred dollars worth of
>>> merchandise to you. The New York City and Brasília events are good
>>> examples of the level of detail I'm talking about.
>>>
>>> 2. Contact information and your shipping address, plus an estimate of
>>> the size of your event so that we know how many boxes to send you. You
>>> can email this to me privately.
>>>
>>> The shipping takes roughly a week depending on location (of course),
>>> so the sooner you can send me your event information the better. We're
>>> hoping to get as many kits as possible sent before January 1.
>>>
>>> For those of you who've already done all of the above, thank you. I
>>> will contact you this week before we ship anything to you.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Steven Walling
>>> Fellow at Wikimedia Foundation
>>> wikimediafoundation.org
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> WikiX-l mailing list
>>> WikiX-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikix-l
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Erik Möller
>>> Deputy Director, Wikimedia Foundation
>>>
>>> Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
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>>>
>>>
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>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-chn
>>>
>>>
>>
>
Hi all,
I have created this page on X Wiki for Chennai.
http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennai
Please reply to this mail so that other interested people on the list can
know whom to contact and coordinate. Once you are firm on the plan, we can
go ahead and book a venue. Thanks
Regards
Srikanth.L
http://srik.me
Sounds brilliant Erik! What do you suggest, Srikanth?
-Amog
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Erik Moeller <erik(a)wikimedia.org>
> Date: Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 08:25
> Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [WikiX-l] 10th anniversary merchandise is
> ready to ship!
> To: wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
>
>
> Hello India Wikimedians!
>
> Time is getting short for organizing Wikipedia 10th anniversary
> events. January 15, 2011 will not come again - it's a
> once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be there as Wikipedia marks this big
> milestone. :-). If you manage to put together an event, you may still
> be able to get one of the 10th anniversary kits that Steven is talking
> about below. They include t-shirts and other goodies.
>
> See more at: http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
>
> So far, there are pages up for Bangalore, Mumbai and Hyderabad. Would
> be awesome to see even more India events :-)
>
> Erik
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Steven Walling <swalling(a)wikimedia.org>
> Date: 2010/12/14
> Subject: [WikiX-l] 10th anniversary merchandise is ready to ship!
> To: Planning for WP 10th anniversary <wikix-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
>
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> So with little more than a month to go before Wikipedia's anniversary,
> I'm pleased to say that the kits of special Wikipedia 10 merchandise
> we've talked about previously (on this list and at ten.wikipedia.org)
> are ready to be shipped. To reiterate:
>
> * This merchandise is free. The WMF is paying all shipping and production
> costs.
> * It's available to anyone that has confirmed publicly that they're
> holding an event that will celebrate Wikipedia's 10th anniversary. You
> don't have to be holding a particular size or type of event (we have
> conferences, film screenings, parties, plain old meet-ups etc.).
> * Everyone is getting the same kit.
> * Each box includes 50 t-shirts with a balance of sizes for men and
> women, as well as a mixed assortment of stickers and buttons. You can
> see mockups of the designs at Design/Merchandise on tenwiki. I'm going
> to get pictures of it all on Commons soon, under Category:Wikipedia
> 10.
>
> This means that if you're organizing one of the more than 60 events
> currently in the works, I need two things to be able to ship to you:
>
> 1. A public listing for your event on tenwiki. Just to be clear, this
> is merely a description and links to wherever you're organizing. If
> your wiki page exists but doesn't tell people the basics of
> who/what/when then please enrich it a little, so that logistically we
> can feel comfortable shipping a couple hundred dollars worth of
> merchandise to you. The New York City and Bras?lia events are good
> examples of the level of detail I'm talking about.
>
> 2. Contact information and your shipping address, plus an estimate of
> the size of your event so that we know how many boxes to send you. You
> can email this to me privately.
>
> The shipping takes roughly a week depending on location (of course),
> so the sooner you can send me your event information the better. We're
> hoping to get as many kits as possible sent before January 1.
>
> For those of you who've already done all of the above, thank you. I
> will contact you this week before we ship anything to you.
>
> --
> Steven Walling
> Fellow at Wikimedia Foundation
> wikimediafoundation.org
> _______________________________________________
> WikiX-l mailing list
> WikiX-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikix-l
>
>
>
>
> --
> Erik M?ller
> Deputy Director, Wikimedia Foundation
>
> Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate
>
> _______________________________________________
> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list
> Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
>
Any takers in Chennai?
Even a normal meetup of sort can help. But you guys just need to make sure
of a plan and move out of home on Pongal :)
Regards
Srikanth.L
http://srik.me
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Erik Moeller <erik(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 08:25
Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [WikiX-l] 10th anniversary merchandise is
ready to ship!
To: wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Hello India Wikimedians!
Time is getting short for organizing Wikipedia 10th anniversary
events. January 15, 2011 will not come again - it's a
once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be there as Wikipedia marks this big
milestone. :-). If you manage to put together an event, you may still
be able to get one of the 10th anniversary kits that Steven is talking
about below. They include t-shirts and other goodies.
See more at: http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
So far, there are pages up for Bangalore, Mumbai and Hyderabad. Would
be awesome to see even more India events :-)
Erik
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Steven Walling <swalling(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: 2010/12/14
Subject: [WikiX-l] 10th anniversary merchandise is ready to ship!
To: Planning for WP 10th anniversary <wikix-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Hi everyone,
So with little more than a month to go before Wikipedia's anniversary,
I'm pleased to say that the kits of special Wikipedia 10 merchandise
we've talked about previously (on this list and at ten.wikipedia.org)
are ready to be shipped. To reiterate:
* This merchandise is free. The WMF is paying all shipping and production
costs.
* It's available to anyone that has confirmed publicly that they're
holding an event that will celebrate Wikipedia's 10th anniversary. You
don't have to be holding a particular size or type of event (we have
conferences, film screenings, parties, plain old meet-ups etc.).
* Everyone is getting the same kit.
* Each box includes 50 t-shirts with a balance of sizes for men and
women, as well as a mixed assortment of stickers and buttons. You can
see mockups of the designs at Design/Merchandise on tenwiki. I'm going
to get pictures of it all on Commons soon, under Category:Wikipedia
10.
This means that if you're organizing one of the more than 60 events
currently in the works, I need two things to be able to ship to you:
1. A public listing for your event on tenwiki. Just to be clear, this
is merely a description and links to wherever you're organizing. If
your wiki page exists but doesn't tell people the basics of
who/what/when then please enrich it a little, so that logistically we
can feel comfortable shipping a couple hundred dollars worth of
merchandise to you. The New York City and Brasília events are good
examples of the level of detail I'm talking about.
2. Contact information and your shipping address, plus an estimate of
the size of your event so that we know how many boxes to send you. You
can email this to me privately.
The shipping takes roughly a week depending on location (of course),
so the sooner you can send me your event information the better. We're
hoping to get as many kits as possible sent before January 1.
For those of you who've already done all of the above, thank you. I
will contact you this week before we ship anything to you.
--
Steven Walling
Fellow at Wikimedia Foundation
wikimediafoundation.org
_______________________________________________
WikiX-l mailing list
WikiX-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikix-l
--
Erik Möller
Deputy Director, Wikimedia Foundation
Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate
_______________________________________________
Wikimediaindia-l mailing list
Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Greetings,
We had a fairly successful meetup in November and wish its just the
begining. The purpose of the mailing list is to get together and discuss on
wikimedia activities around Chennai. To start with, it would be great if
there is a regular meetup among wikimedians in the city. Meetups need not
necessarily be like the one that happened with 40 people turning out. It
could be even meeting of 3-4 Wikipedians and share something. As always
there would be another 3-4 newbies attending the meetups and getting to know
more about wikipedia / wikimedia.
Can one of you take a lead(Mahir / Manian / Amog / SuryaPrakash only
currently reside in the city i guess) in helping out and making this happen
regularly. As such we dont have a problem with venue, just that we need to
book in advance with Thoughtworks. If you have a better place to meet and
suits best for attendees, its fine too!. It could be even Marina beach /
some other open space, but a hall with projector helps in sharing what
people have done. Bangalore meetups typically have 1 or 2 talks every month
by one of us on what we do in Wikipedia / How we do. This knowledge sharing
helps in getting to know what can be done / how it can be done and also get
updates across languages.
Meetups also help in creating a community bonding which would definitely
help in outreach activities. We could do something for 10th birthday of
wikipedia / say put a stall at Chennai book fair. While it might be too late
for us this time, having the meetups will help not miss
these opportunities in reaching out to larger public in creating awareness.
Looks like we lost the list of email addresses we collected on the day of
meetup, If you know anyone who would be interested, please pass on the email
ID to me / ask them to subscribe at
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-chn
Looking forward to see an active Wiki community in Chennai.
PS: Am currently residing in Bangalore, might be able attend some meetups if
they concur with my travel plans to Chennai.
Regards
Srikanth.L
http://srik.me