Forwarding it again in case Ansuman's mail is still under moderation.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Adethya Sudarsanan <adethyasjce(a)gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 8:31 AM
Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedians from Chennai
To: Wikimedia India Community list <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Hello everyone,
Mr. Vishnu from CIS is planning to come down to Chennai on Feb 26, 27, 2013.
It would be great if Wikipedians from in & around Chennai (or anywhere) can
have an informal chat with him in person. . .
For this, I am trying to find Wikipedians in & around Chennai... I dont
know the exact mailing list for chennai.. so mailing our India list.
Please point me to the right list or reply back to me personally..
Thanks in advance,
Ade. S
_______________________________________________
Wikimediaindia-l mailing list
Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
--
Thanks and regards,
Karthik Nadar,
Secretary, Wikimedia India Chapter.
Cross posting to reach mass, apologies if you have already read this!
*
*
*Dear all,*
*
*
*On the second anniversary of the Chapter, we made public our intention of
running our first fundraiser. Going ahead with the first phase of this
plan, we will be running a central site notice on the chapter website for a
period of two calendar months starting 1 February, 2013. In the second
phase of this plan, we aim to approach high networth individuals and
corporates in the month of March 2013. This will be done using personal and
professional networks of current and past EC members, staff, volunteers
among others.*
*
Suggestions, help and support from the community on what we can do to
ensure success of this fundraiser are welcome. Every drop counts :)
Donations can be made by Online Bank Transfer (NEFT/RTGS) or by sending us
a Cheque through snail mail. We are unable to accept card payments at this
current time. Link to the donation page on our website:
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Donate
Thanking you,
Executive Committee,
Wikimedia India.
*Reasoning* (From our public statement on 4 January, 2013)
A lot of people may ask why the chapter needs a fundraiser when it has
access to WMF funding. The answer is, we are still ineligible for FDC of
WMF (we hope to be eligible for the second round of funding in 2013) and
would need to rely on grants, spending of which is restricted by the WMF.
Since formation, the chapter has relied heavily on the Executive Committee
to take on the burden of running the show. In an ideal world, the EC would
like to take on the role of guiding the chapter rather than actually be
responsible for operations after two years of incorporation, which should
be best done by professionals rather than volunteers in their spare time.
The chapter has hired an employee (Sowmyan Tirumurti, our Executive
Manager) as well as plans to lease its own office premises in Bangalore. We
will need the help of those volunteers who are in a position to support us.
It could be a small individual donation or in the form of a corporate
donation from an institution. A small token of support from you could go a
long way in helping us achieving our goals of furthering the movement in
India.*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*--*
*Thanks and regards,*
*Karthik Nadar,*
*Secretary, Wikimedia India Chapter.*
I get Error for page edit after installing SpamBlacklist extension
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SpamBlacklist
as
Warning: require(/home/shrini/public_html/mediawiki/extensions/SpamBlacklist/SpamBlacklistHooks.php)
[function.require]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory
in /home/shrini/public_html/mediawiki/includes/AutoLoader.php on line
1007
Fatal error: require() [function.require]: Failed opening required
'/home/shini/public_html/mediawiki/extensions/SpamBlacklist/SpamBlacklistHooks.php'
(include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in
/home/shrini/public_html/mediawiki/includes/Warning:
require(/home/ilugc/public_html/mediawiki/extensions/SpamBlacklist/SpamBlacklistHooks.php)
[function.require]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory
in /home/ilugc/public_html/mediawiki/includes/AutoLoader.php on line
1007
Fatal error: require() [function.require]: Failed opening required
'/home/ilugc/public_html/mediawiki/extensions/SpamBlacklist/SpamBlacklistHooks.php'
(include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in
/home/ilugc/public_html/mediawiki/includes/AutoLoader.php on line 1007
on line 1007
The file AutoLoader.php exists on same page and has permissions.
Is there any fix for this?
--
Regards,
T.Shrinivasan
My Life with GNU/Linux : http://goinggnu.wordpress.com
Free/Open Source Jobs : http://fossjobs.in
Get CollabNet Subversion Edge : http://www.collab.net/svnedge
Dear all,
Metawings, an organization that holds soft skills
training workshops for students across colleges in India has offered us
a day to hold a _free _Wikipedia workshop on 17th December at SRM
University near Chenna. Over 60 students have registered so far. Here
are the details of the event:
VENUE: SRM University, Kattankulathur
Campus, Kanchipuram District, Tamilnadu- 603203
DATE AND TIME: 1:30 pm
- 1:30 pm, 17th Dec, 2012
I will be conducting the workshop. Of
course, everyone from the community is welcome to join in! Please do
reply with your suggestions for the event.
After this workshop, I
would be going over to IIT, Madras to meet a bunch of students who have
been editing and want to informally meet up and see what they can do
around Wikipedia in their college. Yuvi would be joining me for both.
Thank you,
Best
Noopur Raval,
Programme Officer,
Centre for
Internet & Society, Bangalore
http://cis-india.org/
DigiKam 2.8 with kipi-plugins 2.8 comes with a feature to upload
images to any mediawiki directly.
We can add all the required metadata within DigiKam itself.
We can use it to upload the images to commons with a very simple workflow.
links to read: http://www.digikam.org/http://scribblesandsnaps.com/2012/06/25/export-photos-to-wikimedia-commons-…
In ubuntu linux, using the following commands, we can install the DigiKam 2.8
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:philip5/extra
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install digikam
Hope this will help us to upload our creations to commons with ease.
--
Regards,
T.Shrinivasan
My Life with GNU/Linux : http://goinggnu.wordpress.com
Free/Open Source Jobs : http://fossjobs.in
Get CollabNet Subversion Edge : http://www.collab.net/svnedge
*FYI*
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Sunil Abraham <sunil(a)mahiti.org>
Date: Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 2:54 PM
Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Vacancy for Programme Director - Access to
Knowledge
To: Wikimedia India Community list <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Dear Wikimedians,
This is the announcement that we have published on the jobs sections
of the CIS website for the Director of the Access to Knowledge
Programme. Please share with interested friends, colleagues and
communities.
Please send me feedback if any, I am happy to make some incremental
changes to the announcement.
Best wishes,
Sunil
--
Vacancy for Programme Director (Access to Knowledge)
http://cis-india.org/jobs/vacancy-for-programme-director
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) is seeking applications for
the post of Programme Director (Access to Knowledge) for its New Delhi
office. The Access to Knowledge Programme Director would report to the
Executive Director, Centre for Internet & Society, Bangalore.
Position summary
The Programme Director will manage CIS’s Access to Knowledge programme
which is funded by the Wikimedia Foundation, to support the growth of
Wikipedia and its sister projects and to advance access to free
knowledge in India. The Programme Director will partner with the large
Wikimedia community in India to focus on Indic and English languages
and will manage a team of four staff members.
Responsibilities
Support the growth of Indic language communities and projects by
designing community collaborations and partnerships that recruit and
cultivate new editors, tackle technical challenges and explore
innovative approaches to building the projects, e.g., donations of
state encyclopedias, education partnerships, galleries, libraries,
archives, and museums (GLAM) institution partnerships.
Support India-focused initiatives to improve the quality of
India-relevant content on English Wikimedia projects such as,
university outreach, GLAM institution partnerships, India-relevant
thematic contribution campaigns, etc.
Support expanded access to free knowledge across India by
developing technology-based solutions like Wikipedia (mobile) and
Wikipedia (offline).
Help the Indian community share experiences and tell its story to
the wider Indian and global communities through traditional and social
media.
Generate and document lessons from programme activities that can
inform the work of Indian communities and similar programmes in other
countries.
Manage the team and grant resources effectively; manage the
programme in an open and transparent fashion with ongoing
communications and reporting to the Wikimedia community and the
Wikimedia Foundation.
Serve as a spokesperson for the Access to Knowledge programme and
build ties with the Wikimedia India chapter and other free knowledge
communities and movements in India such as Free/Open Source Software,
Open Access, Open Data, Open Educational Resources, Indic-computing,
etc.
Characteristics of the Director
High level of commitment: The Programme Director should be
strongly committed to CIS and Wikimedia movement missions and
objectives of the programme and deeply believe in the values of CIS
and Wikimedia projects in the Indian context, exude enthusiasm for the
mission and can powerfully embody and communicate the mission.
Intellectual curiosity and flexibility: Must enjoy tackling
difficult, ambiguous problems and able to incorporate new knowledge
into how one approaches situations and generates solutions, loves
learning from others while expanding intellectual horizons.
Open and transparent: Have a high level of integrity and be
comfortable working in a highly transparent fashion, open to input and
feedback, a proactive and candid communicator who wants people to know
what she/he is doing and isn't afraid to bring others in when things
are off-track or when you need help and able to handle criticism in a
mature fashion.
Community builder: It is essential that the leader sees himself as
a partner to and supporter of the Wikipedians who have and will
continue to be the leaders in building the Wikimedia projects. The
Programme Director must be willing and able to work with a diverse
array of people, many of whom come from non-traditional backgrounds
and have a fervent commitment to Wikipedia’s community-led nature.
Strong cultural competency: Able to navigate in a global movement
and on a global team in addition to navigating the complexity of
India.
Proficient manager: Able to design and execute on a range of
initiatives; organize and manage a team of people and responsible in
use of resources (financial and human).
Data-driven: Should be well versed about the Indic and English
projects, subject his/her own approaches and activities as well as
those of the team to rigorous analysis and willing to stop doing
things that prove to be ineffective based on the data.
Partnership developer: Able to initiate, negotiate and operate
partnerships that advance the Wikimedia mission in Indic languages and
English (as relevant to India) with a wide range of institutions
across the public, NGO, philanthropic and private sector.
Willing to travel: The Programme Director must regularly travel
within India to engage with Wikimedia communities and conduct outreach
activities. Periodic global travel would be 4 trips per year.
Willing to flex schedule to operate within a global team: Must be
available for a limited number of conference calls or email exchange
some evenings on a weekly basis.
Candidate background:
At least seven years of professional experience with a strong
track record of success in high performance organizations.
Experience as a manager in a collaborative community (ideally
online) or organizational setting.
Strong academic results from highly-regarded university.
Strong understanding of the Internet and the forces that underpin
the success of Wikipedia.
Active participation as a Wikimedia volunteer would be an asset,
though not a prerequisite (must be prepared to demonstrate knowledge
of how Wikipedia works in interviews).
Demonstrated experience working in a global, multi-cultural team
environment.
Strong writer in Indic languages and English and must be fluent in
at least one Indic language and English.
Women are strongly encouraged to apply.
Remuneration: Commensurate with experience and aligned with senior
compensation at CIS.
_______________________________________________
Wikimediaindia-l mailing list
Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
--
Noopur Raval
--
Noopur Raval