Wikimedia-in-mum January 2011

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WTM 2 Photowalk
by wheredevelsdare＠hotmail.com 16 Jan '11

16 Jan '11

Hi, I know its a little late, however at yesterdays Wikipedia X celebrations in Mumbai we discussed Wikipedia Takes Mumbai 1 on that took place on 13/1/11 and decided it would be a good idea to conduct WTM 2 on Monday 17/1/11 at 7am starting Royal Opera House (Nearest Station is Charni Road on the Western Line). Hope to see a lot more of you tomorrow. Regards, User: AroundTheGlobe

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WTM 2
by wheredevelsdare＠hotmail.com 16 Jan '11

16 Jan '11

Hi, Understand a few people cant make it tomorrow. Can everyone please give their preferences for when to conduct WTM 2. On a seperate note, please upload WTM 1 pics to http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:WTM1 Regards, User: AroundTheGlobe

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Fwd: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia Chapter Registered
by Vivek Varghese Cherian 14 Jan '11

14 Jan '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sudhanwa Jogalekar <sudhanwa.com(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 4:15 PM Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia Chapter Registered To: "Discussion list on Indian language projects of Wikimedia." < wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Cc: Wikimedia India EC <wikimedia-in-exec(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Achal Prabhala <aprabhala(a)gmail.com>, sunil <sunil(a)cis-india.org> Congrats!! This is great news!! And on a perfect timing of the 10th Anniversary celebrations. -Sudhanwa On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 12:44 PM, Arjuna Rao Chavala <arjunaraoc(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > Hello all, > > We are very pleased to announce the successful registration of the > Wikimedia Chapter vide Registrar of Societies, Bangalore Urban District > Certificate No: SOR/BLU/DR/1137/10-11 dt 03 Jan 2011. > > We have become a formal entity due to the untiring efforts of Wikipedians > (in alphabetical order) Anirudh Bhati, Arjuna Rao Chavala, Arun Ramarathnam, > Balasundararaman, Gautam John, Hari Prasad Nadig, Srinivas Gunta for over > two long years with support from Achal Prabhala, Wikimedia Foundation > Advisory Board member, Bishakha Datta, Wikimedia Foundation Trustee and > Barry Newstead, Chief Global Development Officer, Wikimedia Foundation. > > We would like to place on record the support by Centre for Internet and > Society, Bangalore, specially its director, Sunil Abraham for extending > their office support for chapter and community meetings and registration > support by its auditor Mr MN Rao. The efforts of Gautam John and Arun > Ramarathnam in working with registration authorities are appreciated. > > We are delighted with this development, as Wikimedians all over world are > celebrating Wikipedia's Tenth anniversary this week. We have over 60 events > happening in India(http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:India). At this > juncture, we would like to commit ourselves to taking Wikimedia Movement to > greater heights by engaging with Wikimedia Foundation, Wikimedian community > in India and all Indians by working with special focus on all Indian > languages including English. > > With your active participation and support, Chapter can play a key role in > enabling access to free knowledge to everyone. In the next few weeks, you > will hear more actively from the Chapter on various initiatives. In the > mean time, for any questions, please send a mail to executive committee > mailing list wikimedia-in-exec(a)wikimedia.in > > Please do check Wikimedia India website http://wikimedia.in for further > updates. > > Cheers > > On behalf of > Wikimedia India Executive Committee, > > Arjuna Rao Chavala > PS: Please help reduce the noise on the mailing list to the minimum by not > sending your appreciation remarks to the entire list and placing the same > on wikimedia.in announcement discussion page > http://wikimedia.in/wiki/Chapter_Registration_accomplished > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > > -- ~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~! www.projects4students.com _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l -- Vivek Varghese Cherian (विवेक वर्गीस चेरियान) Senior System Administrator RHCSA #100-173-327 Member of USENIX,SAGE,LOPSA, FSF Associate. Website : http://www.vivekcherian.com Blog: http://www.vivekcherian.net Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/vivekvc Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/vivek.v.cherian IRC: Vivek and ViveKVC on both Freenode and OFTC GPG Key fingerprint = 1EB1 0647 9574 18A3 40B5 8D74 F842 576B 3C2B 8538

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mumbai media contact
by Bishakha Datta 13 Jan '11

13 Jan '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sowmya Rajaram <sowmya82(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 12:06 PM Subject: vacation Re: Fwd: Kala Ghoda 2011 Introduction To: bishakhadatta(a)gmail.com Hi I'm on leave till February. Until Jan 14, please forward all emails, press releases, story ideas and questions to my colleague Kasmin Fernandes at kasmin.fernandes(a)gmail.com. After that, to Sunday Mid Day editor Tinaz Nooshian at tinaz.nooshian(a)gmail.com. If this can wait until February, email me and I'll get back to you once I resume work. Thanks -- Sowmya Rajaram Sunday Mid Day, Mid Day Infomedia Ltd, Peninsula Centre, Dr SS Rao Road, Opposite Mahatma Gandhi Hospital, Parel (East), Mumbai 400012 Phone: 67017188

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Re: [Wikimedia-in-mum] Wikipedia 10th Anniversary celebration Mumbai photo walk
by wheredevelsdare＠hotmail.com 12 Jan '11

12 Jan '11

Hi, Great list Vivek. You might want to add pictures from: The Pearl of the Orient (Revolving restaurant on top of the Ambassador Hotel) The Queens Neclace in the evening from one of the buildings at Nariman Point (Air India Building or The Oberoi Hotel would probably give you the best result from Nariman Point and from Chowpatty you could get Nariman Point from Mafatlal Bath Club or Thackers Restaurant). Cooperage Ground, Oval, Cross and Azad Maidans, Colaba Causeway, Bombay Stock Exchange Building (Dalal Street), Bhuleshwar (With its host of temples! 70 odd I think), Royal Opera House, Town Hall (Asiatic Library), Lions Gate, Old Custom House INS Vikrant (I think its currently at Oysters Rock), Tata and Amersons Garden at Breach Candy (next to American Embassy and Breach Candy Hospital), Host of foreign Embassies across Malabar Hill, Altamount Road and Carmichael Road Antilia (Mukesh Ambani's Residence) Priyadarshini Park (Napeansea Road), Raj Bhavan and Varsha (CMs Bungalow on Napeansea Road) Ruparel College, Jaihind, KC, HR, St, Xaviers College, Cathedral, J.B. Petit, Campion Schools (and a long list of others - however you may be quicker getting students from Schools/Colleges uploading pics of their own campus), The Holy Name Cathedral at Colaba (I think that is the seat of the Archbishop of Bombay), Afghan Church, R.C. Church, The Cotton Exchange Building, World Trade Centre (Cuffe Parade) Bombay High Court Koli Stadium and other installations in Navy Nagar, Colaba (You will probably need Armed forces permission for this) Hindu Gym, Islam Gym, Parsi Gym, Wilson Gym, Police Gym (Marine Drive) Churchgate and Bombay Central Stations Taraporewala Aquarium Ranibaug Zoo Gwalia Tank Maidan (from where the 1942 Quit India Movement was launched) Juhu Airport/Sahar Airport when your doing Juhu Beach Mantralaya and Vidhan Bhavan David Sasoon Library and Sasoon Docks The list goes on - but Im sure you can get an idea from the above. Regards, User: AroundTheGlobe Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 12:47:29 +0530 From: vivekcherian(a)gmail.com To: wikimedia-in-mum(a)lists.wikimedia.org CC: mahafreed.irani(a)gmail.com Subject: [Wikimedia-in-mum] Wikipedia 10th Anniversary celebration Mumbai photo walk Hi, I would like to know the places we should cover during the Wikipedia Mumbai photo walk. From my limited knowledge of Mumbai I propose the following places. (In no particular order) 1) Mumbai CST 2) BMC 3) Flora Fountain 4) Gateway of India 5) Hotel Taj 6) Kaala Ghoda 7) Jehangir Art Gallery 8) Brabourne Stadium 9) The Wankhede Stadium 10) TIFR 11) Prince of Wales Museum. 12) Mani Bhavan 14) Marine Drive 15) Hanging Gardens. 16) Kamla Nehru Park 17) Chowpatty 18) Juhu Beach 17) Haji Ali Mosque 18) Tower of Silence 19) Chor Bazar 20) Sanjay Gandhi National Park 21) Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Market (Crawford Market) 22) Malabar Hill. 23) Nariman Point. 24) Elephanta Caves 25) Raja Bhai Clock Tower Please propose any more places that should be added to this list. I fully understand that all these places cannot be covered within the 2 days 12th and 13th suggested for the photo walk, so let us choose some for the photo walk and maybe start a Wikipedia Mumbai project which will attempt to cover all these places over a small period of time after the 10th Anniversary celebrations. We will also collect information on these places so that the overall quality and number of articles on Mumbai will increase. All this can be done over a small period of time. Regards, -- Vivek Varghese Cherian (विवेक वर्गीस चेरियान) Senior System Administrator RHCSA #100-173-327 Member of USENIX,SAGE,LOPSA, FSF Associate. Website : http://www.vivekcherian.com Blog: http://www.vivekcherian.net Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/vivekvc Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/vivek.v.cherian IRC: Vivek and ViveKVC on both Freenode and OFTC GPG Key fingerprint = 1EB1 0647 9574 18A3 40B5 8D74 F842 576B 3C2B 8538 _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-in-mum mailing list Wikimedia-in-mum(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-mum

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Wikipedia takes Mumbai photo walk 1
by Vivek Varghese Cherian 11 Jan '11

11 Jan '11

Hi, The Wikipedia takes Mumbai photo walk 1 will take place on 13/1/2011 starting from the Mumbai CST local terminus ticket counter. Event: Wikipedia takes Mumbai photo walk 1. Timings: 7.00 AM to 10.00 AM Starting point: Mumbai CST. Equipment: Please bring your cameras along. We will be visiting a few historic places in South Mumbai and will take photographs of them. These photographs will be uploaded to the Wikimedia commons on January 15th. These photographs will be licensed under the creative commons permitting commercial use. In case of any further assistance please call: Pradeep Mohandas/8976253586 Vivek Varghese Cherian/9987676274 Regards, -- Vivek Varghese Cherian (विवेक वर्गीस चेरियान) Senior System Administrator RHCSA #100-173-327 Member of USENIX,SAGE,LOPSA, FSF Associate. Website : http://www.vivekcherian.com Blog: http://www.vivekcherian.net Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/vivekvc Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/vivek.v.cherian IRC: Vivek and ViveKVC on both Freenode and OFTC GPG Key fingerprint = 1EB1 0647 9574 18A3 40B5 8D74 F842 576B 3C2B 8538

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Re: [Wikimedia-in-mum] Wikipedia-X anniversary pre-event meetup
by Mahafreed Irani 11 Jan '11

11 Jan '11

Hey all, I'm glad that y'all finally have a place. May not be able to make it today but I am game for the photo walk. Vivek has been in touch with me and he said there should be a photo marathon + editing marathon. The photographer who uploads the most number of Mumbai photos to Commons, and editor who edits the most Mumbai related articles can get a clap. Decide the day, could be Wednesday/Thursday and keep me posted. Cheers, Mahafreed. On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 10:00 AM, < wikimedia-in-mum-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > Send Wikimedia-in-mum mailing list submissions to > wikimedia-in-mum(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-mum > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wikimedia-in-mum-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wikimedia-in-mum-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Wikimedia-in-mum digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Wikipedia-X anniversary pre-event meetup (Utkarshraj Atmaram) > 2. Re: Wikipedia-X anniversary pre-event meetup > (rudolphfurtado(a)indiatimes.com) > 3. Re: Wikipedia-X anniversary pre-event meetup > (Vivek Varghese Cherian) > 4. Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Banner designers required > (Vivek Varghese Cherian) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2011 00:48:49 +0530 > From: Utkarshraj Atmaram <utcursch(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-in-mum] Wikipedia-X anniversary pre-event > meetup > To: Pradeep Mohandas <pradeep.mohandas(a)gmail.com> > Cc: wikimedia-in-mum(a)lists.wikimedia.org > Message-ID: > <AANLkTim9Q23_Zqc3No=b3sbXYcBU-cPA3s6OM6PRHwQM(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I might not be able to attend tomorrow's meet due to my academic schedule, > but here's a suggestion. > > While finalizing the agenda, please ensure that during one of the talks, > people are informed about how they can contribute photographs to Wikipedia. > A lot of Mumbai-related articles don't have any photographs. Even the > Wikipedia article on the venue (VJTI) doesn't have any pics other than the > logo! I've added around 150 articles to this category today alone: < > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_requested_photographs_in_Mu… > >, > and there are many more wall-of-text articles. > > The Bangalore Wikipedians are already planning a session on photography: < > http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangalore#Photography> They are also > organizing a photo walk tomorrow to promote addition of Bangalore-related > photographs. I don't think we have time to organize a photo-walk before the > 15th, but we can at least attract some attention to the need for > photographs. Several newbie contributors I've interacted with during the > past meetups don't understand the concepts like CC licenses or the > difference between Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons. Things can be made > easier for them with a 5-minute quick introduction to the topic. > > Also, nearly 60 people have registered for the event with one week to go > for > the event. I guess this number will rise by a good margin in the coming > days? Do we enough volunteers? Maybe we can create a page similar to < > http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangalore#Volunteers>. > > -- > Utkarshraj Atmaram > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Utcursch > > > On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 4:46 PM, Pradeep Mohandas < > pradeep.mohandas(a)gmail.com > > wrote: > > > hi, > > > > We're planning to have a Wikipedia tenth anniversary pre-event meetup on > > January 9, 2011 at 6 pm at Barista, Chembur. Anyone who is interested in > the > > organisation details of the meetup and who has ideas is welcome to come > and > > attend the pre-event meetup. > > > > If you have trouble coming for the meetup because of time, you are also > > free to submit suggestions here on the mailing list. > > > > Do feel free to call me if you have any problems vis-a-vis the venue. > > > > warm regards, > > Pradeep Mohandas, > > +91-897-625-3586 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-in-mum mailing list > > Wikimedia-in-mum(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-mum > > > > >

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Fwd: [WikiX-l] W10: Embargoed Press Release
by Pradeep Mohandas 10 Jan '11

10 Jan '11

hi, Please note this embargoed press release text. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Moka Pantages <mpantages(a)wikimedia.org> Date: 10 January 2011 00:49 Subject: [WikiX-l] W10: Embargoed Press Release To: Planning for WP 10th anniversary <wikix-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Hi, all. In addition to the advisory here: We wanted to provide you with a draft of the press release we will send to press on January 13 630PM UTC. We will send an updated version which will include quotes form Sue and Jimmy then. Like the advisory, you are free to use however you like. You can add local information, take out information or use it as it is. How to use it: I think the best thing to do is start translating it now. Then, when we send you the final with Jimmy and Sue's quotes on January 13, it will allow you to translate those quickly and send to press then. To localize it further, you can include how many events are happening in your region and include details about them. If you participated in the fundraiser this year, you can insert information about how much you raised locally. If you have questions about how to localize, let me know and we can work on it together. -- Cheers, Moka Moka Pantages San Francisco, January 15, 2011 -- On this day ten years ago, a website with a funny name invited people everywhere to come together to create a free encyclopedia. The initial results were underwhelming. The article "Astronomer" simply said: "Scientist whose area of Research is Astronomy." Sweden: "Country in Northern Europe. Inhabitants are called Swedes. Language spoken is Swedish. Capital is Stockholm." Physics: "Physics is a very broad subject." Following these humble beginnings, Wikipedia grew quickly, and 1,000 articles were written in less than a month. Over the next five years, many new language versions were launched, and Wikipedia began to surpass traditional reference sources in breadth and depth. The secret to its success: anyone can edit any article. In January 2006, Wikipedia volunteer Gareth Owen wrote on his user page: "The problem with Wikipedia is that it only works in practice. In theory, it's a total disaster." Wikipedia is now consulted by more than 400 million people every month. It provides instant access to high quality and in-depth information, free of charge and free of advertising. In the last decade, a vast and unique global volunteer community has come together to create more than 17 million articles in 270 languages, advancing the cause of free knowledge for every person on the planet. Today, January 15, the Wikipedia community is coming together in almost 300 locations all over the planet to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the free encyclopedia. From a conference in New York to a concert in Prague, from the launch of a new school project in Nairobi to a museum bootcamp in Amsterdam, from a beer-meet in Bucharest to a film screening in Tel Aviv, the events are organized by volunteers and Wikimedia chapters, as well as independent supporters. The events are open to participation by anyone and reflect the diversity of the community. Wikipedia is operated by the Wikimedia Foundation, a charitable non-profit organization established by Wales in 2003. It is entirely supported by donations, and just completed the most successful fundraiser in its history, with more than 500,000 individual donations totaling more than $16 million. 415.839.6885 x 635 @moka _______________________________________________ WikiX-l mailing list WikiX-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikix-l

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Re: [Wikimedia-in-mum] Wikimedia-in-mum Digest, Vol 4, Issue 8
by Ankit Daftery 10 Jan '11

10 Jan '11

Hello I would like to add that it be mentioned in the press release that the Mumbai event is held in association with/with support from Technovanza, VJTI's annual technical festival, as I have already suggested to Vivek. Please let me know how this will be done. Cheers, Ankit Blog : http://ankiit.blogspot.com Twitter : http://twitter.com/ankitdaf

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Wikipedia 10th Anniversary celebration Mumbai photo walk
by Vivek Varghese Cherian 10 Jan '11

10 Jan '11

Hi, I would like to know the places we should cover during the Wikipedia Mumbai photo walk. >From my limited knowledge of Mumbai I propose the following places. (In no particular order) 1) Mumbai CST 2) BMC 3) Flora Fountain 4) Gateway of India 5) Hotel Taj 6) Kaala Ghoda 7) Jehangir Art Gallery 8) Brabourne **Stadium 9) The Wankhede Stadium 10) TIFR 11) Prince of Wales Museum. 12) Mani Bhavan 14) Marine Drive 15) Hanging Gardens. 16) Kamla Nehru Park 17) Chowpatty 18) Juhu Beach 17) Haji Ali Mosque 18) Tower of Silence 19) Chor Bazar 20) Sanjay Gandhi National Park 21) Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Market (Crawford Market) 22) Malabar Hill. 23) Nariman Point. 24) Elephanta Caves 25) Raja Bhai Clock Tower Please propose any more places that should be added to this list. I fully understand that all these places cannot be covered within the 2 days 12th and 13th suggested for the photo walk, so let us choose some for the photo walk and maybe start a Wikipedia Mumbai project which will attempt to cover all these places over a small period of time after the 10th Anniversary celebrations. We will also collect information on these places so that the overall quality and number of articles on Mumbai will increase. All this can be done over a small period of time. * *Regards, -- Vivek Varghese Cherian (विवेक वर्गीस चेरियान) Senior System Administrator RHCSA #100-173-327 Member of USENIX,SAGE,LOPSA, FSF Associate. Website : http://www.vivekcherian.com Blog: http://www.vivekcherian.net Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/vivekvc Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/vivek.v.cherian IRC: Vivek and ViveKVC on both Freenode and OFTC GPG Key fingerprint = 1EB1 0647 9574 18A3 40B5 8D74 F842 576B 3C2B 8538

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