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Hindu dharma fund raising campaign
by Vikram maharaj 15 Jul '12

15 Jul '12

The Vishnu Ramakrishna c6s foundation is needy of funds for building of hindu hospitals and temples to aid in the protection and propagation of hindu dharma. Help save Hinduism and our religion, help God protect us and grant us moksha, in Hindu Light. Jai Hind, Yuv Hindustaan Karamchand Bank name : nedbank Country : south africa Account number : 1305692535 Branch code : 130526 Swift code : NEDSZAJJ Account name : v maharaj

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4 community meet-ups; 40 participants; 15 new editors; 10 articles; ONE WEEKEND!
by Subhashish Panigrahi 09 Jul '12

09 Jul '12

Hi All, I wanted to share an update of a fantastic weekend in Delhi. Saturday morning, 8 community members (3 existing and 5 new editors) on Hindi Wikipedia met up at Crafts Museum to meet each other and collaborate on Crafts GLAM project. The meeting started with a round of introductions, including short talks from the existing editors of how they got introduced to Wikipedia and what keeps them motivated to edit and what kind of articles they edit. There's a separate blog post about the Crafts Museum GLAM project that's coming out shortly - but a quick summary of the meet up. 4 of the 5 new editors edited. They improved the articles on a type of sari, a kind of metal handicraft, a class of textile and added content to the Crafts museum page on Hindi Wikipedia! Pictures are uploaded here<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:GLAM_Crafts_Museum,_New_Delhi_7_…>. User: अनिरुद्ध, User:Siddhartha_Ghai and User:Roboture inspired and guided the new editors. User:Anilbhardwajnoida, a Museum staff member, was specially congratulated for his really good contributions (after starting to edit only a couple of months ago.) Saturday afternoon, 17 community members (2 existing and 15 new editors) on English Wikipedia met up at the British Council. This was the meeting of the British Council Wikipedia Club members and this was a follow-up session to the initial Wikipedia introduction sessions conducted a little while earlier. 10 of the new editors edited - including creating a new article of a locality in Delhi and Indian chewing gum brand, improving the articles of a famous Delhi landmark and a Delhi school as well as building on the articles of an Indian architectural element and a kind of darshan dating back to Akbar's time! They also added content on a couple of local food items and a couple of pictures on Commons! User:Theo10011 & User:Hisham helped new editors on a whole host of queries they had. Sunday morning, 5 community members (2 existing and 3 new editors) on Odia Wikipedia met up at Hauz Khas. A WikiWorkship was conducted. A journalist who attended covered it in the The Political and Business Daily. Additional WikiWorkshops and press coverage were planned in Delhi. Pictures are uploaded here<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Delhi_Odia_Workshop_2012Jan29>. A new editor created an article about a traditional Odia food. User:Rashmirparida and User:Psubhashish conducted the session. Sunday afternoon, 14 community members (2 existing and 12 new editors) on Malayalam Wikipedia met up at Hauz Khas. A WikiWorkshop was conducted for the participants who included 3 women, 1 school student and 1 retired person. They also discussed a potential partnership with the Malayalam Mission in New Delhi, as well as follow-up outreach session. This meet-up was covered in the leading Malayalam newspapers, Malayalam Manorama and Mathrubhumi. Pictures are uploaded here<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Delhi_Malayalam_Workshop_2012Jul…>. User:Subeesh Balan and User:Shijualex conducted the workshop. I hope there are more meet-ups in more languages in Delhi and other cities. -- *Subha* *Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality!*

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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
by Karthik Nadar 04 Jul '12

04 Jul '12

Hi all, Past INCOTM A. P. J. Abdul Kalam<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._P._J._Abdul_Kalam> is under a GA review at this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:A._P._J._Abdul_Kalam/GA1, which is on hold as of now. The article strictly needs some copy-editing which might take it to GA status. I need someone's help over there. Thanks in advance! Cya you'll over there. -- Thanks and regards, (User:Karthikndr <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Karthikndr>) *Karthik Nadar.* (Ph- 9773608862)

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[INCOTM] - Report of June 2012
by Pratik Lahoti 01 Jul '12

01 Jul '12

Hello fellow Wikipedians! Time again to analyse the previous month's collaborations. Last month, Mary Kom <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Kom>was chosen for the normal COTM and Indian cuisine <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_cuisine> for taking upto GA status. Here's a report of how things went by. *Mary Kom <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Kom>* - Collaboration of the Month - The article didn't see much collaboration this time. - Only the lead section was improved and some other sections saw a bit of copyediting. - The "Achievements" section was converted into a table and looks better now. - References were added, but their reliability still remains a question. - The article is messed with copyright violations. Sadly, those were detected last night. Someone should have checked this before. - No images were added. The article lacks one. Could not find on Flickr as well. Statistics - Total number of edits 96 Number of participants 15 Increase in number of words 132<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:INCOTM/INCOTM_Reports#cite_note-0> Number of references added 20 - Major contributors during the period under question were User:Jobin RV<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jobin_RV>, myself, User:Bill william compton<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Bill_william_compton>and User:Vyom25 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Vyom25>. *The Boxing Barnstar* has been awarded to them. - Still, the article requires cleanup and we should not leave this article in this state. We need to work together on this and remove all the issues. - Overall collaboration - ✗ *Fail* ------------------------------ *Indian cuisine <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_cuisine>* - for taking upto GA/FA status - Contrary to what happened at Mary Kom, Indian cuisine saw great activity right from the start. - The article was long enough and most of the content was present. - What needed to be worked upon was verifying the existing info and some general clean-up. - The article looks as colourful as it was before the start of collaboration, though some images were removed due to overcrowding! Image allignment was worked upon as per the GA standards. - The lead section was expanded and split into three paras. - One new section on "Dietary restrictions" was added. Statistics - Total number of edits 411 Number of participants 50 Increase in number of words 534 Number of references added 109 - Major contributors on this article were User:Barkha dhamechai<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Barkha_dhamechai>, myself, User:Joyson Prabhu<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Joyson_Prabhu>and User:Karthikndr <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Karthikndr>. - Also, contributions by User:Écrivain<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:%C3%89crivain>, User:Noopur28 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Noopur28>, User:Madhurirv <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Madhurirv> vere significant and *The Vada Pav WikiLove* was sent to them ;-) - I shall be waiting for another week or so, until the article is completely copy-edited (most of which is already done by Joyson Prabhu) and the ref-check is done. Will nominate then. - Overall collaboration - ✓ *Pass* That's all for this month. See you all editing hard on the next month's COTM's - Clothing in India <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clothing_in_India>and Mumbai <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumbai>. Happy editing, happy collaborating! [image: Collaboration logo.svg]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Collaboration_logo.svg> Links 1. Mary Kom diff<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mary_Kom&diff=500088906&oldid=494…> 2. Mary Kom Contributors<http://toolserver.org/%7Edaniel/WikiSense/Contributors.php?wikilang=en&wiki…> 3. Mary Kom Duplication Detector<http://toolserver.org/%7Edcoetzee/duplicationdetector/compare.php?url1=http…> 4. Indian Cuisine diff<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Indian_cuisine&diff=500083609&old…> 5. Indian Cuisine Contributors<http://toolserver.org/%7Edaniel/WikiSense/Contributors.php?wikilang=en&wiki…> Regards, Pratik Lahoti User:BPositive *(This report was orignally posted at the reports page<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:INCOTM/INCOTM_Reports#June_2012_-_Ma…>of the WikiProject) *

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INCOTM Results for July 2012
by Pratik Lahoti 30 Jun '12

30 Jun '12

Hi all, As per the voting which took place on the nominations page<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:INCOTMNOM>, the articles selected for collaboration of the month<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:INCOTM>for July 2012 are - - Clothing in India <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clothing_in_India> - for the normal COTM. - Mumbai <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumbai> - for taking upto FA status (as it is a GA already) I hope you all will join in and help in shaping up these articles. See you all over there. Happy editing, happy collaborating! Regards, Pratik Lahoti User:BPositive

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[INCOTM] Nominations for July 2012
by Pratik Lahoti 28 Jun '12

28 Jun '12

Hi, Hope you all are having a good time. It's time to nominate/vote for the next months (July 2012) COTM's. Please do the same on the nominations page<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_India/Collaborations_of_…>. One point which I would like to reiterate is that we should go for articles which can be edited by all, and are fun to work upon. Also, please work on the current COTM's - Indian Cuisine<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_cuisine>and Mary Kom <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Kom>. Much more improvement can be done on both of them. Do chip in; some barnstars up for grabs! Regards, Pratik Lahoti User:BPositive

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Wiki Loves Monuments India 2012
by Karthik Nadar 27 Jun '12

27 Jun '12

Sorry if you have already read it. Cross posting to reach the mass. Hi, hope all fine :) This is to inform you about Wiki Loves Monuments (WLM) 2012, a global public photo contest around monuments, organized by Wikimedia chapters and groups. WLM was first organised in Netherlands in 2010, while 18 European countries participated in 2011. In total, more than *165,000* pictures of European monuments were uploaded in 2011. Happy to inform you that, this year, Indian community is confirmed to participate in the international contest<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2012>. Photo contests and events have been organised in India till 2011, however in different cities at different period of time. In an attempt to organise the contest nationally, we will need some dedicated volunteers who can assist us in following ways: - Helping to prepare the list of monuments - Coordinating in your own city - Online support, especially from Wikimedia Commons users while pre, during and post the contest for categorization, OTRS team, and many more stuff's Anyone interested are welcome to sign-up at the volunteers section! [1] Do use Commons event talk page for discussion. 1. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2012_in_India 2. Official website <http://www.wikilovesmonuments.in/> 3. Wiki Loves Monuments India mailing list<https://lists.wmnederland.nl/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/wlm-in> (wlm-in(a)lists.wmnederland.nl<https://lists.wmnederland.nl/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/wlm-in> ) 4. One minute fact sheet about Wiki Loves Monuments<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_Fact_Sheet.pdf> -- Thanks and regards, (User:Karthikndr <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Karthikndr>) *Karthik Nadar.*

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Wiki Loves Monuments IRC on Jun 21 at 09:00PM
by Naveen Francis 20 Jun '12

20 Jun '12

The link English Wiki is @ WLM Project page on English Wikipedia<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_India/Wiki_Loves_Monumen…> Hi all, Wiki Loves Monuments is a global public photo contest around monuments, organized by Wikimedia chapters and groups. This year’s contest is planned for September, 2012. Wikimedia India chapter is organising Wiki Loves Monuments(WLM) with India focus. You can read more about this in the following linksr - Wikimedia India's WLM page on Chapter Wiki <http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Wiki_Loves_Monuments>(Please sign up as a volunteer) <http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Wiki_Loves_Monuments> - WIkimedia Common's page<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2012_in_India> - www.wikilovesmonuments.in/ - WLM Project page on English Wikipedia<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_India/Wiki_Loves_Monumen…> Join the mailing list:- http://lists.wmnederland.nl/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/wlm-in <http://www.wikilovesmonuments.in/> The planning for the event is being kicked off with an IRC session on 21,June,2012 <http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Internet_Relay_Chats/June_21,2012> at 9:00pm IST <http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Internet_Relay_Chats>. All interested are invited to join the IRC session. Thanks, Arjuna Rao Chavala President, Wikimedia India

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by shettihally shylajamma 18 Jun '12

18 Jun '12

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Fwd: [Gendergap] Wikinews for Australian Wikipedians: Online meetup and training
by Netha Hussain 10 Jun '12

10 Jun '12

Hi all, The Australian Wikimedians are organizing a meetup at their IRC on 17th and 24th of June 2012. Those of you who are curious about knowing how Wikinews works are more than welcome to sign up. The facilitator, Laura Hale, would help you in making your way towards becoming an accredited reporter. If you are well-versed with Wikinews and has been working with it, here is a good opportunity to teach and support others. More details and links in the forwarded mail. Thanks! Sincerely, Netha Hussain ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Laura Hale <laura(a)fanhistory.com> Date: Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 6:49 AM Subject: [Gendergap] Wikinews for Australian Wikipedians: Online meetup and training To: Increasing female participation in Wikimedia projects < gendergap(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Wikimedia Chapters cultural partners coordination <cultural-partners(a)wikimedia.ch> Hi. I just thought I would inform people here about an online workshop we'll be having. It is aimed at Australian Wikimedians but if you're interested in the topic, you're more than welcome to attend. It would be great to see more people writing about women's related topics, cultural sector related topics or learning how to review articles on the project. :) Please sign up on wiki. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Australia#Wikinews_for_Austra… http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Meetup/Australia This will be an IRC based meetup where participants are encouraged to set up remote locations to get together with other Wikipedians. The purpose of these meet-ups is support work being done by members of Wikimedia Australia, Wikinews contributors and the HOPAU participants with writing news articles for Wikinews. If you are a Wikipedian or a Commons user who wants to learn how to use Wikinews and work towards becoming an accredited reporter, this is your chance to learn. Please note: Non-Australians are allowed to attend our online training sessions but time zone wise, it is set up to support ongoing Australian activities. Location IRC: #wikimedia-au connect Canberra: LauraHale's house in Gungahlin. Please e-mail LauraHale for directions if you would like to attend in person. Date and time Dates: 17 June, and 24 June Time: 6:00:00 PM EST (UTC+10 hours) in Canberra, Sydney and Melbourne. 5:30:00 PM CST UTC+9:30 hours in Adelaide. 4:00:00 PM WST UTC+8 hours in Perth. 8:00:00 PM NZST UTC+12 hours in Auckland. 9:00:00 AM BST (UTC+1 hour) in London. 4:00:00 AM EDT UTC-4 hours in New York City. Preparation Prior to the workshop, please read Writing an article on Wikinews and think of a topic you may want to write about that is currently in the news. If you want to try original research, please read original reporting. Ideas of topics to write about include the AFL or NRL, Australian Olympic and Paralympic preparations, Australian politics, Australian weather, or Australian television news. If you are thinking about doing original research, consider attending a sporting event on Friday, Saturday or Sunday to report on. Consider interviewing some one about a topic you think is important. If you want to create your own article, you need to have an idea of what you want to write about. If you want to participate by supporting others, you're also welcome to attend! Sincerely, Laura Hale -- twitter: purplepopple blog: ozziesport.com _______________________________________________ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap -- Netha Hussain Student of Medicine and Surgery Govt. Medical College, Kozhikode Blogs : *nethahussain.blogspot.com swethaambari.wordpress.com*

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