Wikimedia-in-hyd June 2011

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WikifyIndia
by Sohel Bohra 22 Jun '11

22 Jun '11

[[This is a lengthy mail and is cross-posted on all mailing lists. Kindly bear]] Dear Wikimedians, We interact with the government on multiple occasions. The problems are all too familiar - complex systems, official apathy, corruption - just to name a few. Some trivia and stats to qualify these claims: * Entrepreneurs identified increasing the speed and ease of issuing permits; lowering taxes; and reducing the time it takes to start a business as key issues. (Note - All issues relate to government interactions; Source - Legatum Institute) * In Mumbai, there are 37 procedural hoops to jump through to gain approval to build a warehouse. (Source : World Bank) * On the Corruption Perception Index (2010), India ranks 87th of 178 countries * Indians are highest ranked in volume of search for terms such as government rules, passport and registration (Source - Google Trends) Here's where WikifyIndia - a wiki of government procedures - kicks in. If Wikipedia is the Thinkers Encyclopedia, WikifyIndia is the Doer's Encyclopedia We (the founders) are ardent believers of the Wikipedia model and want to apply it to government procedures. Our belief is that ordinary citizens suffer for two reasons – the process is complex and accurate information is unavailable. WikifyIndia addresses the latter. Agents distort information to suit themselves. Officials are rarely friendly. The best solution has always been to ask someone who has ‘been through the grind’. WikifyIndia does it on a national level. The scope of the Project is wide ranging. From getting into the armed forces to filing a Right To Information request, from complaining about a broken traffic signal to opening a restaurant, from changing your name to adopting a child, from applying for euthanasia to marrying in court, from getting a gun permit to filing your taxes, from getting a permit to climb peaks to getting a gas connection, it will all be there. www.wikifyindia.com Every article is expected to have a short intro, requirements/eligibility, procedure, list of documents, timings, fees, application form, sample certificate among other details. Unlike Wikipedia, WikifyIndia is also a forum. There is merit in aggregating experiences (for ex. visa experiences can be quite varied). Current approaches on the internet are inadequate. Information is retrieved from Q&A forums, blog posts, agent or government sites. It is incomplete and outdated. Wikipedia has proved that a bottom approach is far more suitable in some areas than any top down approach (where a group is formally trying to organise information). Even if someone did a good job, they wouldn't be able to distribute it for free. WikifyIndia complements Wikipedia. The article on Civil Marriage in Wikipedia is written differently from the same article on WikifyIndia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_marriage http://www.wikifyindia.com/wiki/Civil_Marriage When WikifyIndia has adequate accurate content, it will reduce what economists call 'transaction costs'. Any tool to improve productivity of citizens, entrepreneurs and organisations will be directly contributing to the Indian economy. To the best of our knowledge, there is no other site with a similar approach in any other country. We urge you to jump in and make a difference. WikifyIndia is a non-profit initiative free of advertising and is being run by a small fund created by the Founders. We (the founders) have cribbed about a @#$% and rotten system for far too long. WikifyIndia is our way of doing something about it. We ask for your complete support in adding content, sharing experiences, creating templates and technical support. The goal is for every government procedure to be available in every Indian language with complete and accurate guidelines. If a farmer's wife in Manipur wants to get employed under Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, she should have all the information and forms on the site in her language. Thank you for your time and patience, Anish and Sohel [User:Sbohra]

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Name and Logo of National Conference
by wheredevelsdare＠hotmail.com 22 Jun '11

22 Jun '11

**Cross posted on various Indian Mailing Lists** As per Community consensus, the annual national conference of Wikipedians in India will be titled WikiConference India. We now need a special Logo for the event. This logo will be used not only this year, but annually for the national conference. Community members are requested to come up with designs and post them on the talk page of the event on meta latest by 1PM, Monday 27 June 2011. Thereafter we will have a 48 hour window for the other community members to vote for the design they like. **Kindly note, we expect the designers to assign unconditionally all rights to the logo design to Wikimedia Chapter (India) under whose jurisdiction this conference comes without any remuneration or other considerations. You will be recognised as the designer of the logo.** Weblink for the Event Talk Page on Meta: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:WikiConference_India_2011#Logo Looking forward to seeing some brilliant designs. Kind Regards, User:AroundTheGlobe

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Fwd: Update on Wikipedia India Education Program: Report & Project Page
by Hisham Mundol 21 Jun '11

21 Jun '11

cross-posting pan India (apologies if you have got this through other mailing lists.) Hisham Mundol Wikimedia India Programs skype : hisham.wikimedia gtalk : hmundol(a)wikimedia.org twitter : @mundol Begin forwarded message: > From: Hisham Mundol <hmundol(a)wikimedia.org> > Date: June 21, 2011 5:00:50 PM GMT+05:30 > To: India Mailing list for Wikimedians in Pune <wikimedia-in-pun(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Wikimedia India Community list <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Cc: Wikipedia Ambassadors India <wikipedia-ambassadors-india(a)googlegroups.com> > Subject: Update on Wikipedia India Education Program: Report & Project Page > > Hi Folks > > Here's a report on the Wikipedia India Education Program: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_-_India_Programs/India_… > > In (very) short summary, it's been an action packed 4-5 weeks, the team has done a huge amount of groundwork - and there appears to be significant potential. Do go through the report for further details. > > ...I've tried to make the report as interesting to read as possible - and focus on the learnings and implications for a national roll-out (instead of making it a random list summarising various activities.) > > Do let me have your views on the mailing lists or the Talk Page. > > (A project page has also been set up at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pune but I hasten to add that it is in early stages of construction. ...but do keep visiting it. Finger crossed, it's going to get very busy, very soon!) > > I'd like to thank everyone from the community who have helped out so amazingly! > > Best > > Hisham Mundol > > Wikimedia India Programs > skype : hisham.wikimedia > gtalk : hmundol(a)wikimedia.org > twitter : @mundol >

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Wikipedia 5th meetup
by రహ్మానుద్దీన్ షేక్ 15 Jun '11

15 Jun '11

Hi, Lets have a Wikipedia meetup, this sunday from 4 to 5 pm at Lamakaan, Banjara hills. The main agenda will be to have membership for Wikimedia India chapter and a brief discussion on workshops to be taken up in near future. Those of you who want to take up the membership, please carry the membership amount of Rs.100/- -- Rahimanuddin Shaik నాని ॥రామానుజార్య దివ్యాజ్ఞాం వర్ధతామభివర్ధతాం॥

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Fwd: [Wikimediaindia-l] Invitation to join Chapter as Member by 23 June 2011 to participate in EC elections during AGM
by రహ్మానుద్దీన్ షేక్ 15 Jun '11

15 Jun '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Arjuna Rao Chavala <arjunaraoc(a)googlemail.com> Date: Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 9:58 AM Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Invitation to join Chapter as Member by 23 June 2011 to participate in EC elections during AGM To: "Discussion list on Indian language projects of Wikimedia." < wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Hi Wikimedians, The Chapter has a statutory requirement that we have our first Annual General Body meeting before the end of September 2011. We plan on holding this, in Bangalore, on 24 Sep 2011. (Note: We had earlier mentioned the date as 17 Sep 2011 but this was changed based on unforeseen changes in the schedules of EC members and to give more time for members to join in.) Filling vacancies in the EC will be one major item on the agenda of AGM. That said, only people who have become members at least three months prior to the date of the AGM are eligible to stand and to vote. Please remember that there is allowance for those members not in Bangalore to vote as well. What we will do in the next 2 weeks is to begin a draft nomination process and send it for your feedback and inputs. Hence we urge you to join Wikimedia Chapter by 23 June 2011, if you have not yet applied for membership. Please spread this message with your fellow wikimedians and encourage them to apply for membership immediately. The Individual membership form<http://wiki.wikimedia.in/File:WikimediaChapterMembershipFormIndividual.pdf> along with either Cheque/DD payable at par at Bangalore should be received by 23 June 2011 at Chapter's office. If you are using online transfer, please send a scanned copy of your membership form before 23 June 2011 to membership(a)wikimedia.in along with your online payment details and ensure that your physical membership form reaches chapter office before 30 June 2011. We are really looking forward to an active and strong interest in the Chapter from the Community. Sincerely, Arjuna Rao Chavala President, Wikimedia Chapter _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l -- Rahimanuddin Shaik నాని ॥రామానుజార్య దివ్యాజ్ఞాం వర్ధతామభివర్ధతాం॥

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