Wikimedia-in-mum August 2011

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Next meetup venue discussion - Wikipedia Mumbai Meetup 13 - September meetup
by Pradeep Mohandas 21 Aug '11

21 Aug '11

hi, Pranav, Kundan and I have been having a hard time trying to find a venue for the monthly meetups that happen on the 3rd Saturday of every month. We want help in (suitably) getting an educational institution that can offer their place as venue for these meetups. We would also like to change the venues for the meetings. Also suggest that a few meetings be also held in open air situations - beach, national park, zoo etc. I understand that these are unconventional meeting points but it can also help us to take pictures and improve articles of these places on Wikipedia. It also gives us a change from malls and offices which we have to bear with anyway :). I brought this up very early so that we do not have to rush from pillar to post to get a venue in the last minute. warm regards, Pradeep -- Pradeep Mohandas How Pradeep uses email - http://goo.gl/6v1I9

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Minutes of the Wikipedia Mumbai Meetup 12
by Pradeep Mohandas 20 Aug '11

20 Aug '11

hi, We had the 12th Wikipedia meetup in Mumbai at Lower Parel. The minutes of the meeting are as below: 1. The meeting was held in the offices graciously provided by new community member Sahil and a member in the WikiConference teams. 2. The meeting began at 4:30 pm. 3. Eleven (11) people attended the meetup. 4. We had a round of introductions of the eleven people. 5. After the round of introductions, Hisham Mundol from the Wikimedia Foundation India office provided an update. 5. a. He said that two members were added to office staff - Nitika Tandon and Shiju Alex. Nitika would be working with the Pune Education Program. Shiju will join them in the end of October. 5. b. He said that the Educations Program was successful. They expected 250 students but have now got about 1000 students. They are working on how to manage this larger than expected outcome. One of the things they are considering is having more Campus Ambassadors in Pune. 5. c. The office is also (hopefully) to be registered as a public trust soon.Various options were considered before they reached this decision. They are also looking for premises in the National Capital Region. 5. d. Hisham introduced Nitika Tandon to the members present. 6. Nitika provided an update on the India Education Programme. 6. a. She said that she had recently taken up her work at posting in Pune. 6. b. She has also been talking to 2-3 colleges in Pune but they have been taking it slow since they have to manage the current student count. 7. Hisham suggested that one of the star students is user:basic.atari ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Basic.atari) who has been great and requested Mumbai community members to send him some wikilove. (How? - Once you log in, click on the heart in the top right of the user page to whom you want to send wikilove and be led through some steps to send people wikilove) 8. Achal gave a small talk on Oral Citations project. We were (Again) not able to show the video. 8. a. Achal said that the Wikipedia before ~2004 did not have citations and they grew as the Wikipedia project grew over the years. 8. b. He said citations currently was currently done from the publications industry which has stronger and wider presence in European and North American countries. 8. c. This combined with the limitations on what are rules on what could get cited, could be one of the reasons for decrease in the growth of new editors on Wikipedia. 8. d. The limitation on citation and deletion of articles without good citations turned off new Wikipedia users and also took away some of the revolutionary ideas around which Wikipedia was born. Other form of citations were thus to be considered. 8. e. Wikipedians in India and South Africa worked on the Oral Citations project - http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Oral_Citations 9. The meeting was concluded at 6 pm. -- Pradeep Mohandas How Pradeep uses email - http://goo.gl/6v1I9

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Mumbai Meetup XII on 20th August 2011
by wheredevelsdare＠hotmail.com 20 Aug '11

20 Aug '11

Hiya, This is to announce Mumbai Meetup XII will take place on Saturday 20th August 2011 at 4pm (Day After Tomorrow). Venue: ABC Paradigms - 311, 3rd Floor, Parvati Complex, Sun Mill Compound, Lower Parel (Opposite Phoenix Mills). Nearest Railway Station is Lower Parel (Western Line). Agenda: Introductions & General Discussions.Update on India Programs (including Education Programs) by Hisham Mundol, Coordinator India ProgramsIntroduction of Nikita Tandon, newly appointed Officer in Charge of Participation at Wikimedia India Programs (by Hisham Mundol, Coordinator India Programs)Updates on WikiConference India 2011 (scheduled to take place in November at Mumbai) Preview of Oral Citations Project Video (To be confirmed)GLAM update Despite extremely short notice we hope to see good attendance for this meet. Kind Regards,

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WCI Planning meet tomorrow, Mumbai Meetup Saturday
by wheredevelsdare＠hotmail.com 17 Aug '11

17 Aug '11

Hiya, The planning meeting for WCI 2011 will take place tomorrow (18 August 2011) at 10am. Venue: Gaylord, Churchgate. The Monthly Mumbai Meetup will take place on Saturday 20th August 2011 at 4pm. Kind Regards,

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by wheredevelsdare＠hotmail.com 16 Aug '11

16 Aug '11

Hiya, Patiricia Sauthoff, a WMF fellow is in Mumbai. For those wishing to meet her, we have arranged an informal meet at the Cafe inside Westside (Kala Ghoda) at 3pm tomorrow (17 August 2011). Forwarding an email herewith below on her work. Kind Regards, Pranav From: 249292(a)soas.ac.uk Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 22:49:26 +0100 To: wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia Foundation research Dear Indian-language Wikipedians, I've been tasked with studying the history of the Hindi-language Wikipedia this summer for the Wikimedia Foundation. We're trying to find out what makes this Wikipedia unique. To do this I am also looking at the culture of other Indian-language Wikipedias to compare and contrast them with the Hindi Wikipedia. (This Wikipedia was chosen by the Foundation because the fellow -- me -- is a student of Hindi and Urdu rather than another Indian language.) I'll be traveling to India in July and August and would love to meet with some of you one-on-one. I'd also like to conduct email and/or skype interviews with anyone interested in this project. My aim to get the stories about why you do this, why you think it's important, and what your experience has been. The more people I talk to the more complete the final project, which will be published (in English) online will be. You can read more about the project here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:WikiHistories_fellowship and, because this is Wikipedia, you're more than welcome to help edit the information on the charts herein. I'm just starting to learn my way around the Hindi Wikipedia (I've been a sometimes editor on the English Wikipedia for quite some time) so any nudges in the correct direction are more than appreciated. Thanks! I look forward to talking to some of you in the very near future. Patricia aka Cloudmessenger http://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/सदस्य:Cloudmessenger

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URGENT - See right away
by wheredevelsdare＠hotmail.com 15 Aug '11

15 Aug '11

Please note. Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 21:28:56 +0530 From: ashwin.baindur(a)gmail.com To: misradha(a)gmail.com; sudhanwa.com(a)gmail.com; sohelbohra(a)gmail.com; sonara.arnav(a)gmail.com; i.abhishek.suryawanshi(a)gmail.com; pjtabit(a)gmail.com; tatiraju.rishabh(a)gmail.com; nikhil.js(a)gmail.com; srikeit(a)gmail.com; ashok.bagade(a)gmail.com; prasad.vaidya(a)gmail.com; shirishag75(a)gmail.com; anupamsaraph(a)gmail.com; suyogaerospace(a)gmail.com; Wiki_India_Nature(a)googlegroups.com; wikimedia-in-pun(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimedia-IN-PUN] URGENT - See right away The Scholarship form's last day for application is tonight midnight - please apply for it whether you would like to or not. No matter whether you are campus ambassador, WikiPuneri, admin, outreach, speaker, volunteer, working group or any appointment, last chance for applying is in next few hours. https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&formkey=dGNxS… I have lost my tele numbers in transfer of SIM so please call me as I have nobody's number anymore. 9923454462 Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur ------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-IN-PUN mailing list Wikimedia-IN-PUN(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-pun

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WikiConference India 2011 - Call for Participation
by Shiju Alex 14 Aug '11

14 Aug '11

Dear All, The Call for Participation for WikiConference India 2011 is open now. Details are available here: * http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2011/Call_for_Participa… * Few guidelines that you need to keep in mind before submitting the proposal are available on this page. The guidelines are only meant as a pointer to help speakers and is not expected to be exhaustive. You can submit talks within all aspects of Wikimedia even if the topic is not specifically included on that page. ''' Be Bold.''' Few wikimedians had provided their wish list regarding WikiConference India 2011 here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:WikiConference_India_2011/Programs You can use that also as reference while submitting the proposal. *Important: *Please forward this mail to all the relevant mailing lists, in case I missed any list. Regards Shiju Alex For WikiConference India 2011, Program Commitee

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URGENT - Both Working Group members and Speakers need to apply for scholarships.
by Ashwin Baindur 11 Aug '11

11 Aug '11

Hi, There was a query regarding whether Working Group Members and Speakers need to apply for a scholarship or not? The answer is yes! You need to. So if you are a speaker or a working group member, please apply right now if you think you would need a scholarship. The last date and time is midnight 15 August 2011 when the clock roles over to 0001 hours on 16 Aug 2011. Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur ------------------------------------------------------

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WikiOutreach
by wheredevelsdare＠hotmail.com 10 Aug '11

10 Aug '11

Hiya, I have been requested by the WikiOutreach Team (Organising Committee, WikiConference India) to announce the beginning of the 100 days WikiOutreach Program that will run from today until the opening of WikiConference India 2011 in Mumbai. This project which aims at promoting the event online and spreading awareness of the same will entail: India Loves Wikipedia 100 days of photos collecting online event (for Commons) Creative Commons 100 days of creating awareness of creative commons licenses Adopt-an-ArticleWP:IND initiatives on English Wikipedia We request everyone to come together and partake in these activities. Kind Regards, User:AroundTheGlobe

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Wikipedia in Mumbai: August Meetup
by wheredevelsdare＠hotmail.com 10 Aug '11

10 Aug '11

Hiya, The Mumbai Wikimeet for August is scheduled for the 20th (As per decision to hold the Monthly Meet on the 3rd Saturday of every month). Venue will be announced soon - if you have any suggestions, do revert. Since the last couple of meets took place at the Conference Room, Inorbit Malad (Western Suburbs), it might be a good idea to hold this one in another part of the city. Kind Regards,

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