The year 2013 would be observed as the centenary year of Indian Cinema.
Members of INCINE are expecting some celebrations or events to happen on
this occasion. We, in a collaborative manner could work towards the
improvement of articles relating to INCINE and thereby achieving our goals.
Members of the community have planned to get a few articles appear in the
main page on that day. Go through this link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Film/Indian_cinema_…
to
know what exactly is happening in the task force and post your
suggestions.
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Regards,
Venkatesh S
Thank you to everyone (around 25 at the last count!) who helped out on Patrika.
I was going through this again and 5 particular stories caught my attention - from the HUGE number of stories in Patrika[0]
a) The 10th anniversary plans of the Assamese community.[1] For a small community, you guys are breath-takingly ambitious and are going about realising your dreams in a wonderfully collaborative manner.
b) The section of "Why I do it" by User:BPositive[2] regarding the Collaboration of the Month at the bottom of the English page [3] is what IT is ALL about. Rock On, Pratik!
c) The Wikiproject Film [4] - quietly started by the Hindi community [5] - is fantastic. Check out the articles that they have been editing and join them on more!
d) To be honest, the Malayalam page [6] just blew my mind... Phew. So much has happened - but the best part for me was the "community interaction" section. That is the surest sign that there is so much more to come.
e) Isn't it amazing that there is actually an "Experiments" section on the Tamil page [7]. How cool is that! The trial of site notices and the use of that information for a planned redesign of the main page to try and attract new users is really interesting - and tips from the Tamil community would be useful across India, and indeed the world.
I did also want to (re)extend the invite from Kannada[8] Wikimedians for fellow lovers of Kannada to join in their Articles Enhancement Project.[9] The planning stage is complete - and the actual work has started but with about 1800 articles to work on, the workload is huge for a very small set of volunteers. If anyone can help them out, I'm sure they'd be most appreciative. (Some tasks can be done be be done quite comfortably by new editors - and some can even be done by non-Kannada speakers! Everyone is welcome!)
Best,
hisham
[0] http://wiki.wikimedia.in/WikiPatrika/2012-05
[1] http://wiki.wikimedia.in/WikiPatrika/2012-05/Community_News/as
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:BPositive
[3] http://wiki.wikimedia.in/WikiPatrika/2012-05/Community_News/en
[4] http://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%…
[5] http://wiki.wikimedia.in/WikiPatrika/2012-05/Community_News/hi
[6] http://wiki.wikimedia.in/WikiPatrika/2012-05/Community_News/ml
[7] http://wiki.wikimedia.in/WikiPatrika/2012-05/Community_News/ta
[8] http://wiki.wikimedia.in/WikiPatrika/2012-05/Community_News/kn
[9] http://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B5%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%AA%…
On May 10, 2012, at 10:03 PM, Noopur Raval wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I am very happy to tell you all that the third issue of Wikipatrika - the community newsletter is finally out! You can check it here: http://wiki.wikimedia.in/WikiPatrika/2012-05
>
> First things first, a humble acknowledgement to all the editors who helped out with this issue of the newsletter. A special thanks to Gitartha (as), Debanjan (bn), Karthik (en and mr), Pratik (en), DS Vyas and Sushant (gu), Siddhartha (hi), Omshivaprakash (kn), Anoop, Kannan, Sreejith, Viswaprabha and Shiju (ml), Abhishek (mr), Rajesh and Saroj (ne), Mkar and Srikant Kedia (or), Abhiram (sa), Logicwiki and Shanmugam (ta), Arjuna and Rahimanuddin (te). In other contributions, thanks to Srikanth R for Commons, Logic, Santhosh, Achal for Free culture news and Tinu for Press news.
> This entire venture could not have been possible without Tanvir's constant support with templates and tweaks. Forgive me if I have missed someone.
>
> So, what has changed from last time? Since all the Wikimeetups are listed on Wikipedia here and on the respective community pages, we've omitted the section on events and meetups. Instead, we've added a section on Featured Interviews which has a GLAM interview this time and the EPOV column (Editor's point of view: INCOTM report).
>
> The idea is to make Wikipatrika a supplement to the mailing lists and village pumps and not replicate the same information in all places. Hopefully, by the next issue, with more featured interviews, insightful pieces from editors and free culture persons we will be able to achieve that.
>
> The way forward:
>
> It's a proud moment to see the amount of activity that all our language communities are involved in. We should definitely strive to make Wikipatrika regular and hopefully get more editors to contribute. This is one space where editors can express the dreams, visions and challenges that their Wikipedia community faces. If you have projects you want to publicize or successful projects that could be started in other communities, this is the space to express your opinion! From next time onward, we will coordinate Patrika on https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-newsletter mailing list. I welcome you all to join right away and we can discuss ideas for features, changing the format and more! :)
>
> Regards,
> Noopur
>
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Hi all,
It's time to analyse the previous month's collaborations. Last month, President
of India <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_India> was chosen as
the COTM and Anil Kumble <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anil_Kumble> for
taking upto GA/FA status. Here's a brief account of how things went by.
*President of India <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_India>* -
Collaboration of the Month
- The article saw healthy collaboration in the first three weeks. Most
of the work which could have been done was done during this period and
hence there was slightly less activity in the last week. Nevertheless, the
collaboration, as the trend continues, was a successful one.
- Statistics -
Total number of edits 207 Number of participants 32 Increase in number
of words 92 Number of references added 59
- Number of words increasing merely by 92 was no surprise, the article
being a general topic and most of the *info* was already present.
- One new sub-section "Pardoning Powers" was added and others saw some
addition of info wherever required.
- An article of this importance had only 11 references. The editors
focused on the referencing part and amazing things happened! 59 references
were added which gave strength to the article and improved its quality.
INCOTM continues its trend of improving and increasing the citations.
- Having said that, this time no new images were added and there were
only 3 editors doing the actual collaboration –
User:Karthikndr<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Karthikndr>,
User:Barkha dhamechai<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Barkha_dhamechai>and
User:Ansumang <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ansumang>. *Satyamev
Jayte barnstars* have been awarded to them for their rigorous and
tireless work.
------------------------------
*Anil Kumble <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anil_Kumble>* - GA/FA of the
month
- Anil Kumble, was again a successful collaboration. The article has
shaped up quite nicely and most of the GA criteria have been worked upon. I
got some folks from WikiProject
Cricket<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cricket>for this
article and we had a great time! The article has already been
nominated
for GA <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Anil_Kumble>.
- Statistics -
Total number of edits 279 Number of participants 18 Increase in number
of words - 241 Number of references added 57
- Again, over here the number of words decreased owing to some cleanup
initially and copyediting. Much info was not added. There was movement of
info from one section to another and everything is now in its proper place.
The article was restructured.
- Referencing improved significantly!
- One new image of him with his family members was added.
- The list of his Man of the Series awards, Test wicket milestones and
Captaincy record were formatted as per the MoS.
- Major contributors on this article were during the period of
collaboration were
User:TheSpecialUser<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:TheSpecialUser>,
User:Vyom25 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Vyom25>,
User:Vensatry<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Vensatry>and myself.
*The Googly barnstar* has been awarded to them for their efforts.
While concluding, I would like to mention that getting some friends from
WikiProject Cricket has increased the member strength. They are ready to
contribute in the forthcoming collaborations as well. This idea seems to be
working good, of course keeping it going is a challenge. For June, my
target will be WikiProject:Food and
drink<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Food_and_Drink>.
Will try to get some folks to edit Indian
Cuisine<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Cuisine>
.
That's all for now. Happy editing, happy collaborating!
Regards,
Pratik Lahoti
User:BPositive
Dear Wikimedians,
Wikimedia Commons is happy to announce that the 2011 Picture of the Year
competition is now open at last. We're interested in your opinion as to
which images qualify to be the Picture of the Year for 2011 (not for 2012).
Any user registered at Commons or a Wikimedia wiki SUL-related to Commons
with more than 75 edits before 1 April 2012 (UTC) is welcome to vote. Check
your eligibility
now<http://toolserver.org/%7Epathoschild/accounteligibility/?user=&wiki=&event=…>
! If you meet the criteria, you are eligible to vote.
Nearly 600 images that have been rated Featured Pictures by the
international Wikimedia Commons community in the past year are all entered
in this competition. From professional animal and plant shots to
breathtaking panoramas and skylines, restorations of historically relevant
images, images portraying the world's best architecture, maps, emblems,
diagrams created with the most modern technology, and impressive human
portraits, Commons features pictures of all flavors.
For your convenience, we have sorted the images into topic categories. Two
rounds of voting will be held: In the first round, you can vote for as many
images as you like. The first round the top 32 images , by number of votes,
from any category will go to the final round - the categories are
irrelevant when it comes to counting the votes. If no picture of one topic
category is not in the top 32s, that will be also promoted to the Final to
guarantee a diverse final. In the final round, when a limited number of
images are left, you must decide on the one image that you want to become
the Picture of the Year.
To see the candidate images just go to:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2011/Galleries
Wikimedia Commons is interested in hearing your opinions on our featured
images of 2011. The deadline for first round voting is 2012-06-04 at 23:59
(UTC).
Thanks,
Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year committee
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:POTY/2011
Dear All
I wanted to share with you an update on the work that Shiju[1] is doing on Indic languages[2] as part of India Program.[3] A guiding principle for the thinking and efforts of our team is that community building should be the most essential aspect of all the work that we do. In the context of small Indic communities, Shiju has been working to try and identify the various elements that need to come together to foster community building. This update is about the Community Building pilot[4] that was run for the Assamese community. For context, community building means different things to different people and in fact there was a very interesting post[5] that Shiju put out that articulated his thinking on this and, hence, our priorities.
The results of these efforts have been outstanding
number of editors on Assamese Wikipedia has increased to 31 in April 2012 (from 18 in December 2011 and just 10 in November 2011.)
number of Wikiprojects increased to 6 (from a situation where there were no reasonably active ones in December 2011- and including 5 Wikiprojects independently conceptualised and managed by the community)
average monthly edits on Assamese Wikipedia increased to about 5000 in April 2012 from around 3000 in November 2011
There are 5 key factors that are responsible for this remarkable growth
Strong communication. This started with Shiju building personal connections with Assamese editors and then encouraging them to communicate with each other on-wiki, online and in meet--ups and outreach sessions.
Initial push. Shiju visited Assam in January where he spent time in 2 towns with 7 of the most active community members, who also conducted 2 outreach sessions. This visit has proved to be really useful because it helped to energise the community and also helped to establish a personal relationship between Shiju and these editors (and also, amongst the editors themselves.)
Encouraging collaboration. Wikiprojects and outreach are really useful to galvanise a community and helped build personal equations. It's wonderful to see the increase in Wikiprojects and
Building capacity & confidence. In all the work that has been done for the Assamese community, the endeavour has been to build capacity. For instance, support was given to get basic outreach material including FAQs prepared and outreach sessions were guided by Shiju. It's inspiring to see the Assamese community now take things to a whole new level and plan out an ambitious 10th anniversary.[6]
Healthy environment. This is the last - but probably the most essential point - and it is something I want to call out because it is what will help or severely hinder the abilities of individual communities realise their dreams and potential. The reason why the Assamese community is making such wonderful steps forward is because there is
a set of editors with the right level of initiative and motivation
a strong sense of co-operation and good spirit amongst the editors
an extremely welcoming approach to new editors
None of this would have been possible without the efforts of every single Assamese community members. In the early days when Shiju started off, he was interacting with Bishnu, Dipankar, Gitartha, Jyoti & Prabhakar - who helped organise the first meet-ups and outreach sessions. Thanks to their efforts, a list of thank-yous would now be 31 strong! Thank you and congratulations to all of you!
To the Assamese community, I wish you the very best for your 10th anniversary.[6] There are exciting plans including your photo contest and your article contest and the meet-up and the outreach session. I know that you are doing most of the event largely independently (with Noopur[7] providing media assistance for the 10th anniversary and an India Chapter[8] grant[9] supporting you.) This is the true signs of a community that is coming of age. There are tremendous opportunities in outreach to get new editors, initiatives like your article & photo contests to improve content and in proposed projects like offline to make transformational changes in the community.
With regard to the way forward for India Program, the pilot design page[4] on meta[3] has now been updated. The next steps are going to be to see how we can adapt or build on these experiences with other communities, and as we move to other communities, do them in a more scaleable manner.
To all community members - across languages across India - if you did want any help in any aspect of community building, please feel free to reach out to Shiju[1] at shiju(a)wikimedia.org. Please also do add comments or ideas or suggestions you might have to the Community Building Pilot's talk page.[10]
hisham[11]
Notes
[1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Shiju
[2] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Program/Indic_Languages
[3] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Program
[4] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Program/Pilot_Designs/Basic_Community_…
[5] http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2011-December/005813.…
[6] http://blog.wikimedia.in/2012/05/16/ten-glorious-years-of-assamese-wikipedi…
[7] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Noopur28
[8] http://wikimedia.in/
[9] http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Grants/Photo_and_Article_Competition_and_Wiki_Work…
[10] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:India_Program/Pilot_Designs/Basic_Commu…
[11] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Hisham
Hi,
This is to inform those interested that User:Prad2609 and I have written a report on WCI 2011 which is public on meta [1]. A warning on queries; we probably wont answer those since Prad2609 has unsubscribed from all Wikipedia mailing lists and retired and Iv got other priorities myself.
Once again, we thank all those involved with WCI 2011 and thank the Indian Community which responsible for making it a resounding success.
Signing off,
[1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:WM_IN/WikiConference_India_2011/Report
Why do some articles on the English Wikipedia have a "Rate this Page" tool,
while a few others have "Help Improve This Article" (e.g. [[Barack Obama]]
and [[Wikipedia]])?
anirudh
Forwarding to the english list.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Amir E. Aharoni <amir.aharoni(a)mail.huji.ac.il>
Date: Wed, May 16, 2012 at 4:32 PM
Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] [[Telugu language]] article in the English
Wikipedia
To: Wikimedia India Community list <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
The English Wikipedia article about Telugu, one of the most important
languages in India, is not so great. It has many grammar mistakes and
confusing sentences such as "Etymology is Telugu language originated
in Rajamahendri now Rajahmundry. First telugu poet Nannayya gave
Telugu a script, which made it a language."
It also suffered from some revert wars recently, which were not
properly resolved.
Is there anybody here who knows Telugu well and can improve that article?
Thank you!
(Of course, improvements in articles about other languages of India
are just as welcome. I just noticed this one by coincidence.)
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http://aharoni.wordpress.com
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I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore
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