Hi,
These are the sessions happening in the Wikipedia track in GNUnify.
Do join us for these sessions and also for the other talks/workshops.
Friday, 11th Feb:
"Powering the worlds favourite wiki:- Wikipedia" by Tomasz Finc
time: 10:00 am – 11:00 am room no: 407
"Introduction to hacking Mediawiki" by Arthur Richards 11:15 am -
12:15 pm room no 407
"Drupal + CiviCRM + Wikimedia foundation= AWESOME !! " by Arthur
Richards Time: 3:45pm - 4:45 pm room no 407
Wikipedia contributing sessions will go on simulteniously between
12:30 pm to 5:30 pm in room no. 703 (Lab)
Saturday, 12th Feb:
"Introduction to Wikipedia" by Anirudha Bhati time: 10:30 am – 11:30
am room no: 704
"Wikipedia in schools project" by Nikhil Sheth time: 11:45 am – 12:45
pm room no: 704
"Wikipedia Mobile: Past, present and Future" by Tomasz Finc time: 1:30
pm to 2:30 pm room no. 704
"Wikipedia in Indic Languages" by Mandar Kulkarni, Ashwin Baindur Time
2:45pm - 3:45 room no. 704
Wikipedia contributing sessions will go on simulteniously between 1:30
pm to 5:30 pm in room no. 703 (Lab)
For further details, please visit the website www.gnunify.in
Regards
-Sudhanwa
Dear all,
Just wanted to remind everyone about the upcoming Mumbai meetup on
Sunday,February 13, 2011 at 4:00 pm tentatively at VJTI (venue to be
confirmed),details of which are at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Mumbai/Mumbai7
Liam Wyatt <http://www.wittylama.com/>, a longstanding wikipedian who is
visiting India for a week, will be the featured speaker at this meetup.
More about Liam in his own words:
"I am the Wikimedia Foundation’s Cultural Partnerships
Fellow<http://bit.ly/GLAMfellow>(aka GLAM fellow), based in Sydney. My
username everywhere is “Witty lama”
- an anagram. I speak French and Swedish, have three highly prized yellow
shirts <http://www.arc.unsw.edu.au/Yellow-Shirts-53.aspx>, a bachelors in
Globalisation Studies and one highly prized university
medal<http://wittylama.com/thesis>.
In former lives I have been Vice President of Wikimedia
Australia<http://wikimedia.org.au/>and the “Wikipedian
in Residence <http://www.wittylama.com/2010/03/the-british-museum-and-me/>”
at the British Museum. Also, a project officer at
Austlii<http://www.austlii.edu.au/austlii/>and multimedia coordinator
at the Dictionary
of Sydney <http://www.dictionaryofsydney.org/www/html/51-project-teams.asp>, a
historian, podcaster <http://wikipediaweekly.org/>,
fire-twirler<http://www.circusoc.com/>,
museuophile, snowboarder, förman <http://www.ostgota.nu/>, bartender and
backpacker."
Liam's visit to India is intended to support wikimedia communities to
explore the possibilities of collaborating with Galleries, Libraries,
Archives and Museums (GLAM) in strengthening articles/image collections on
wikipedia/wikimedia commons. From Mumbai, he moves on to Delhi and
Bangalore.
At the meetup, Sanjay Bhangar will also do a short presentation on the
Public Access Digital Media Archive (http://pad.ma) - which is an open
source video archive. His presentation will touch on a technical overview,
licencing, uploading video etc.
Look forward to your presence and active participation at this meetup. Liam
is really keen to meet as many fellow wikimedians as possible, so it would
be great if you could be there.
Best
Bishakha
Dear friends,
Tomasz Finc has already informed about their sessions in GNUnify.
Being part of the organising team, sending some more information about
the conference and wikipedia track there. (Could not send this info
earlier as things were getting crystalised a bit late for this track.)
GNUnify (www.gnunify.in) is a FOSS (Free/open source software)
conference happening annually in Pune. It is conducted by PLUG (Pune
Linux Users Group www.plug.org.in) and SICSR (Symbiosis Institue of
Computer Studies and Research www.symbiosiscomputers.com )
This is the 9th year of GNUnify. The conference is sponsored by
Mozilla Corporation. It will be held on 11th and 12th February, 2011,
from 9:30am to 5:30pm, at SICSR, Model Colony, Pune.
This year, for the first time, we are going to have a track on Wikipedia !!!
Tomasz Finc and Arthur Richards from the technical team of WMF are
coming from US for the conference.
Also, we will have some more sessions on understanding what Wikipedia
is, editing, commons, wikipedia in schools, Indic language editing;
their problems and solutions and other QA sessions.
All further details of this track will be published soon on the
website gnunify.in
You are all invited to join the conference. (Not just for the
Wikipedia related sessions but for all other sessions too.)
The conference is free for all. There are no registration fees.
Delegate registration is already on. Please register on the website
and join us in the conference !!!
For registration and more information about the tracks and schedules,
please visit the event website www.gnunify.in
Best regards,
-Sudhanwa
On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 7:12 AM, Tomasz Finc <tfinc(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Greetings all,
>
> I just wanted to give you guys a heads up that both Arthur Richards and I are going to be speaking at http://gnunify.in/ this week in Pune. We have a couple of presentations lined up including
>
> Title: Powering the world’s favorite wiki - Wikipedia
> Abstract: Mr. Finc will talk about the Wikimedia movement, its history,
> growth and chapters. He will also talk about Wikimedia’s technical
> infrastructure and how this top 5 website is run. He will also provide
> an overview about the software that Wikipedia uses for its websites -
> Mediawiki.
>
> Talk Title: Mobile@Wikipedia
> Talk Abstract: An introduction to Wikimedia Mobile Engineering efforts
> past, present, and future. This talk will cover the current state of
> Wikipedia mobile development, what’s upcoming and where Wikimedia
> Foundation is looking for you to contribute.
>
> Talk Title: Hacking Mediawiki
> Abstract: This talk will provide an introduction on how to write
> Mediawiki extensions and participate in Mediawiki’s developer
> community. The session will talk about the essentials of hacking - the
> inspiration, software, community. It will also walkthrough an overview
> of Mediawiki, an introduction to features, best-practices in security
> and scalability of Mediawiki, documentation, and various ways to extend
> the software. Open Source communities are key to the success of any
> project. The talk will also discuss various aspects of working in
> Mediawiki’s open source community successfully - how to communicate,
> who and where to engage, getting your code accepted, and accessing the
> right resources.
>
> Talk Title: Drupal + CiviCRM + Wikimedia Foundation = Awesome
> Talk Abstract: This talk will provide an overview of Drupal, CiviCRM
> using Wikimedia websites as the case-study. It will cover how Drupal
> and CiviCRM play an important role at Wikimedia foundation as a CMS and
> CRM, why these projects are cool, how Wikimedia uses these tools, and
> contributing back to the open source projects.
>
> The schedule is still coming together so its best to check the website for all updates.
>
> GNUnify will actually have a lot of Wikimedia discussions this year as it is one of their tracks.
>
> For those of you that might not be familiar with Arthur and my own work, we were part of the core team that was responsible for the fundraising infrastructure at Wikimedia. When not fundraising I concentrate on both both mobile and offline Wikimedia projects. Arthur focuses on backend infrastructure and drupal based projects.
>
> We'd love to see any Wikimedians come by! And if you can't certainly feel free to catch me on irc or in email to say hello.
>
> --tomasz
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Hi Tomasz / Arthur,
Welcome to India!
I am also adding Pune and Mumbai Wikimedians to the loop ...
Regards
Tinu Cherian
On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 7:12 AM, Tomasz Finc <tfinc(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Greetings all,
>
> I just wanted to give you guys a heads up that both Arthur Richards and I
> are going to be speaking at http://gnunify.in/ this week in Pune. We have
> a couple of presentations lined up including
>
> Title: Powering the world’s favorite wiki - Wikipedia
> Abstract: Mr. Finc will talk about the Wikimedia movement, its history,
> growth and chapters. He will also talk about Wikimedia’s technical
> infrastructure and how this top 5 website is run. He will also provide
> an overview about the software that Wikipedia uses for its websites -
> Mediawiki.
>
> Talk Title: Mobile@Wikipedia
> Talk Abstract: An introduction to Wikimedia Mobile Engineering efforts
> past, present, and future. This talk will cover the current state of
> Wikipedia mobile development, what’s upcoming and where Wikimedia
> Foundation is looking for you to contribute.
>
> Talk Title: Hacking Mediawiki
> Abstract: This talk will provide an introduction on how to write
> Mediawiki extensions and participate in Mediawiki’s developer
> community. The session will talk about the essentials of hacking - the
> inspiration, software, community. It will also walkthrough an overview
> of Mediawiki, an introduction to features, best-practices in security
> and scalability of Mediawiki, documentation, and various ways to extend
> the software. Open Source communities are key to the success of any
> project. The talk will also discuss various aspects of working in
> Mediawiki’s open source community successfully - how to communicate,
> who and where to engage, getting your code accepted, and accessing the
> right resources.
>
> Talk Title: Drupal + CiviCRM + Wikimedia Foundation = Awesome
> Talk Abstract: This talk will provide an overview of Drupal, CiviCRM
> using Wikimedia websites as the case-study. It will cover how Drupal
> and CiviCRM play an important role at Wikimedia foundation as a CMS and
> CRM, why these projects are cool, how Wikimedia uses these tools, and
> contributing back to the open source projects.
>
> The schedule is still coming together so its best to check the website for
> all updates.
>
> GNUnify will actually have a lot of Wikimedia discussions this year as it
> is one of their tracks.
>
> For those of you that might not be familiar with Arthur and my own work, we
> were part of the core team that was responsible for the fundraising
> infrastructure at Wikimedia. When not fundraising I concentrate on both both
> mobile and offline Wikimedia projects. Arthur focuses on backend
> infrastructure and drupal based projects.
>
> We'd love to see any Wikimedians come by! And if you can't certainly feel
> free to catch me on irc or in email to say hello.
>
> --tomasz
> _______________________________________________
> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list
> Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
>
And create a "How To" page for the city Wikimeetups in future :)
( Like this for Bangalore )
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Bangalore/Howtodo
Regards
Tinu Cherian
On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 6:34 PM, Theo10011 <de10011(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Great Pradeep, Keep up the great work.
>
> A couple of small points for future reference that might be helpful, when
> you link to a redirect like WP:MMU7 you need to create a redirect at that
> page like this:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:MMU7&redirect=no
>
> Also, I saw you use <br> tags and HTML tags which might just be personal
> preference, which is absolutely alright, but you can also simplify it with
> Wiki markups and transcluding templates to keep it much cleaner.
>
> Besides those two minor things, everything looks great.
>
>
> Have a great Meetup.
>
>
> Regards
>
>
> Salmaan
> User:Theo10011
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 6:26 PM, CherianTinu Abraham <tinucherian(a)gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> I meant, *That is perfectly fine* ...need to enable spell checker on my
>> brain while sending a mail :)
>>
>> -TC
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 6:18 PM, CherianTinu Abraham <
>> tinucherian(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> That is perfecting fine, IMHO.
>>> [[WP:MBL25]] was a regular meetup in Bangalore , [[WP:MBL26]] was our
>>> Wikpedia Ten celeb, [[WP:MBL27]] is our upcoming regular Wiki-meetup.
>>> Having said that, these numbering of events is just for documentation and
>>> tracking of events and nothing more.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Tinu Cherian
>>>
>>> On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 6:12 PM, Pradeep Mohandas <
>>> pradeep.mohandas(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> hi,
>>>>
>>>> The next meetup of Mumbai Wikipedians is on February 13, 2011 at 4:00 pm
>>>> tentatively scheduled to be held at VJTI, Matunga. We have decided to create
>>>> a page so that you have time to spread the word. Requesting people who are
>>>> attending to sign up here -
>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Mumbai/Mumbai7.
>>>>
>>>> I have called the event as Meetup 7 although the last such numbered
>>>> meetup was 5. This is because the meetup 6 was Wikipedia Day 2011 meeting.
>>>> Have commented accordingly. Hope someone more experienced at such page
>>>> creations can have a look through to see if I did anything wrong :).
>>>>
>>>> Feel free to discuss/edit before the meeting any concerns you may have.
>>>> Liam Wyatt is coming to Mumbai during this meeting and hence this meeting is
>>>> expected to largely focussed on Gallery, Library, Archives and Museums
>>>> (GLAM) issues.
>>>>
>>>> warm regards,
>>>> Pradeep Mohandas
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
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>>>> Wikimedia-in-mum(a)lists.wikimedia.org
>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-mum
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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>
>
hi,
The next meetup of Mumbai Wikipedians is on February 13, 2011 at 4:00 pm
tentatively scheduled to be held at VJTI, Matunga. We have decided to create
a page so that you have time to spread the word. Requesting people who are
attending to sign up here -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Mumbai/Mumbai7.
I have called the event as Meetup 7 although the last such numbered meetup
was 5. This is because the meetup 6 was Wikipedia Day 2011 meeting. Have
commented accordingly. Hope someone more experienced at such page creations
can have a look through to see if I did anything wrong :).
Feel free to discuss/edit before the meeting any concerns you may have. Liam
Wyatt is coming to Mumbai during this meeting and hence this meeting is
expected to largely focussed on Gallery, Library, Archives and Museums
(GLAM) issues.
warm regards,
Pradeep Mohandas
We have a lecture by Bishakha on the Uncommon and Innovative uses of
Wikipedia, the details of which are below.
Please contact me on ankitdaf(a)gmail.com in case of queries
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Technovanza is proud to announce a lecture by *Bishakha Datta*, who is the
first Indian on the Wikimedia board of trustees. Bishakha is a journalist
and film maker and is best known for her work documenting the role of women
in different aspects of Indian society.
Bishakha received an MA in Communications from Stanford University, as well
as an MA in English Literature and BA in Economics from Mumbai University.
Bishakha has tremendous experience supporting non-profit organizations
around the world, particularly in India.As a documentary-maker and writer,
Bishakha also has a strong commitment to the values Wikipedia shares with
quality journalism: the importance of neutrality, freedom from censorship,
and editorial independence.
Day : 5th February, Saturday 2011
Time : 1pm - 3pm
Place : VJTI Auditorium
Topic : Wikipedia: Uncommon,Innovative, Media, Challenges
Link : bit.ly/wikitechno
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