Wikimedia-in-mum January 2012

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Report on Mumbai Workshop 2
by wheredevelsdare＠hotmail.com 24 Feb '12

24 Feb '12

Moksh and I went to the Text100 office at Nariman Point on 6 January 2012. Aprox 25 people attended the Workshop in person which was webcast live to Text100 offices in Delhi and Bangalore. Through the 1 hour Workshop we covered the below and answered several questions raised by attendees. We covered the following: 1. Wikipedia Philosophy/5 Pillars (and that we do not have editorial control, that admins are nothing but editors with additional responsibilities. On what is done when there is an issue we explained the process upto Arbcom and that Jimbo has a veto which he has never used so far and has stated that he doesnt think he will). 2. Licensing (Explained Wikipedia is free licensed under CC-BY-SA) 3. What Wikipedia is NOT 4. NPOV/YESPOV 5. Be Bold and edit anything that is incorrect 6. Etiquette/AGF 7. Tutorial (Editing/Citations etc) 8. RS 9. CoI (Bell Pottinger affair) Moksh also gave a live editing example and we showed them how to sign on a page with 4 tides (the attendees had actually typed their names on the Wiki page for the workshop). One of the participants mentioned official company photos on Wikipedia articles. Explained that such photos on have been donated to Commons and suggested that Text100 could also donate their photo archives to Commons, which would be useful for several articles. They sounded positive on this aspect - will be following up with them on this.

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Global Development Midyear Report 2011-12
by Mandar Kulkarni 09 Feb '12

09 Feb '12

Here is the link if you have not seen - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMF_Global_Development_Midyear_report_2011-… With Regards, Mandar V. Kulkarni http://mr.wikipedia.org

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Fwd: Wikimania 2012 - scholarship applications, Deadline : 16 Feb 2012
by Tinu Cherian (Wikimedia India) 31 Jan '12

31 Jan '12

Cross-posting to other lists. Hi all, Wikimania is the annual international conference of Wikimedians , jointly hosted by the local team ( usually local chapter) and the Wikimedia Foundation. The previous conferences were held in Frankfurt, Germany (2005), Boston, USA (2006), Taipei, Taiwan (2007), Alexandria, Egypt (2008), Buenos Aires, Argentina (2009), Gdan'sk, Poland (2010), and Haifa, Israel (2011). This year, it is to be held in Washington DC, United States of America, on July 12-14 , 2012. http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page <http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page> I have attended the Wikimanias in Gdansk and Haifa, along with several other Wikipedians from India. http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Wikimania2011 <http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Wikimania2011> I highly recommend everyone to apply and attend Wikimania ! Like every year, The Wikimedia Foundation is offering a limited number of scholarships to offset the cost of select individuals' attendance at Wikimania. Both full and partial scholarships are available for Wikimania 2012: Full scholarships will award round trip travel, dorms accommodations and registration. Partial scholarships will subsidize up to 300EUR of travel expenses. Scholarship recipients have to bear themselves the additional costs of taxis, visa & travel agent charges etc. More Information : http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships <http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships> Apply here : https://secure.wikidc.org/wm/schols/ <https://secure.wikidc.org/wm/schols/> Deadline : *16 Feb 2012* Around 30 % of the scholarship are allocated to Asia & Pacific, so there are more chances of scholarship applications from India to be selected. :) Please note that the selection is mostly based on the merit of the applications. One of the common mistakes that Wikimedians in India make is that we aren't enough vocal of what we do. So please do write in detail about your Wikimedia activities. Please feel free to forward this to various language and city mailing lists and encourage other Wikimedians to apply. All the best wishes! Regards Tinu Cherian

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[Wikimediaindia-l] Report on Wikipedia Takes Mumbai II
by Anshuman Fotedar 30 Jan '12

30 Jan '12

Greetings! This is a short note on Wikipedia Takes Mumbai II. Forty people turned up near the Oval Maidan at Churchgate at 8 am yesterday. The landmarks that were photographed included the Babulnath Temple, Nehru Science Centre, Opera House, St Thomas Cathedral, INS Vikrant and Yazdani Bakery. After the photos had been clicked many of the participants proceeded to Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, TIFR where they were shown how to upload to Commons using both the usual upload process and by using the mediawiki-uploader mass upload script. Nikita Belavate and Karthik Nadar put in a lot of work into the event. They helped many people contribute to the Commons while having a good time, and they deserve praise for making all of this happen. Our heartfelt gratitude to Pranav Curumsey, Vickram Crishna, Dr Nagarjuna, Noopur Raval and Moksh Juneja for all the help and mentoring. Thanks to Shrinivasan T for mediawiki-uploader :) And apologies if I missed anyone out. Do visit our maintenance category WTM<http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:WTM>, specially created for the event. 313 pictures have been uploaded so far. Sincerely Anshuman Fotedar PS: 1. During the photowalk, some of the participants who were taking pictures of Bombay House were interrupted by private security personnel and asked to handover their cameras so that the pictures could be removed. Pranav and Aditya Sengupta, who were among them, peacefully put forth the fact that they were not not breaking any laws by photographing the structure from the outside since it was not a legally protected one. They were standing on the road, and not trespassing. To resolve the matter, Aditya, Pranav and Krutikaa Jawanjal accompanied the security personnel to the police station where they explained that they were within their rights to do what they did, and that citizens of the country need not take prior permission to take exterior photographs of private property that was not accorded legal protection. The PSI on duty made a noting in his station diary and informed us that Bombay House has security fears, which is why one should speak to their bosses before taking pictures, but agreed with them per se that there is no law that prohibits people from taking pictures there. 2. The group that went to Bombay House (and subsequently to Yazdani Bakery, St. Thomas Cathedral) and other places was delayed owing to the incident at Bombay House and discovered serendipitously that entry to INS Vikrant was open. Covering Vikrant took a while, adding to the delay. Consequently they (this includes me) never reached HBCSE but uploaded from home instead. Although we did get several good contributions from the participants in this group as well, I do recognise that it may have been nice if we could have joined in with the participants who uploaded together at HBCSE. I apologise.

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[Press] DNA : Wikipedians set out on mission to capture Mumbai landmarks
by Tinu Cherian (Wikimedia India) 30 Jan '12

30 Jan '12

DNA : Wikipedians set out on mission to capture Mumbai landmarks http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_wikipedians-set-out-on-mission-to-cap… Armed with cameras and the belief that some of the city’s landmarks deserve to be featured in cyberspace, a group of Wikipedia volunteers trudged along Mumbai’s streets on Sunday, identifying notable spots and capturing them on film. The photographs will be contributed to Wikimedia Commons, a repository for copyright-free images, sound and other media files. “Mumbai has several monuments and famous spots. But, some of them find little or no mention on Wikipedia,” said Anshuman Fotedar, a financial analyst and member of the group. The aim of the exercise was not just to put the city’s landmarks on the virtual map but also to increase awareness of Wikipedia and its culture in the city. Fotedar added that many people want to give something back to the vast online encyclopaedia but are unable to figure out how to start contributing. “The English-language Wikipedia has grown quite a lot over the years, thanks to the efforts of regular contributors. This exercise was meant to introduce new contributors to areas they can help with,” he said. The group, comprising mostly students and young professionals, was, however, stopped from taking pictures by security guards at the Bombay House. In the end, the authorities agreed that shooting the building was not prohibited. Besides the photowalk, the group took part in discussions on other projects that Wikipedia India volunteers are working on. “There is an initiative called GLAM through which Wikipedia collaborates with prominent art galleries and museums to help with articles related to culture,” Fotedar said. Another project focuses on promotion of Indian language Wikipedias. -- Regards Tinu Cherian press(a)wikimedia.in http://wiki.wikimedia.in/In_the_news Important Note : The publisher ( DNA ) of the above news article owns the copyrights of the article / content. Request to kindly not reproduce or circulate the content further. The information is only shared only with an internal community who have been featured on this article. All copyrights are duly acknowledged.

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[Press] : Times of India : "Shooting city for web viewers"
by Tinu Cherian (Wikimedia India) 30 Jan '12

30 Jan '12

Times of India : "Shooting city for web viewers" http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-01-29/mumbai/30675607_1_wi… MUMBAI: On Saturday morning, a group of 40 Mumbaikars armed with cameras gathered outside the Oval Maidan before setting out on a photo-walk to ensure their city is well-represented in the realms of cyberspace where information can be accessed for free. Speaking about the popular free online encyclopaedia, Wikipedia, Nikita Belavate, a student, said, "Many Wikipedia articles on city landmarks do not have photos. We want to change that." Belavate was one of the organizers of the photo scavenger hunt, 'Wikipedia Takes Mumbai', which concluded in the afternoon. At the end of the shoot, the group uploaded over 200 pictures to Wikimedia Commons, the repository of free multimedia files that supplies photos to all Wiki sites. "We took over 800 photos and will soon upload the others," Belavate said. The landmarks photographed included Babulnath Temple, Nehru Science Centre and Bandra Talao. "We had a list of places like the mint and Arthur Road Jail," said Neeraj Pattath, a volunteer photographer. "For pictures that don't have a mention on the website yet, a new stub can be created with a few lines describing them," said Pranav Curumsey, a regular contributor to the site. Financial analyst Anshuman Fotedar, who took pictures of St Thomas Cathedral, INS Vikrant and Yazdani Bakery, said, "It was a way to learn more about the city and its cultural history." For civil engineer Milind Vedpathak, who photographed Kanheri, Mahakali and Mandapeshwar caves, it was a "campaign to promote a side of Mumbai that wasn't about slums and beggars". The event was also meant to spread awareness about "Wiki culture". "We helped people set up their Wiki user IDs and showed them how to use Commonist, a tool that lets users upload large number of images," said Karthik Nadar, a banking student. -- Regards Tinu Cherian press(a)wikimedia.in http://wiki.wikimedia.in/In_the_news Important Note : Non-commercial reproduction for informative purposes only. The publisher ( Times of India ) of the above news article owns the copyrights of the article / content.

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Article on Marathi Wikipedia in the second edition of Marathi e-Sahitya_Sammelan
by Mandar Kulkarni 29 Jan '12

29 Jan '12

Hi, > > >Article on Marathi wikipedia written by Mandar Kulkarni is published in the second edition of Marathi e-Sahitya_Sammelan. >Marathi e-Sahitya_Sammelan.was inaugurated by the famous Marathi poet "Grace" (http://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B8) on 28 Jan 2012. > >Please read it here: >http://uniquefeatures.in/e-sammelan-12/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A0… > >Marathi wikipedians are proud to be part of e-Sahitya_Sammelan!! > >Best regards >-Sudhanwa >-- > >~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~! >web: www.sudhanwa.com blog: www.sudhanwa.in >Twitter: sudhanwa Check on FB, Linkedin for more. > >_______________________________________________ >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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Wiki Takes Mumbai II !!!
by nikita belavate 27 Jan '12

27 Jan '12

Hello All, The *Photowalk* is just one day away. All Wikipedians from Mumbai, please do join tomorrow. Assembling at 8am at Oval maidan, Forte (the ground in front of Mumbai Uni). Also, HBCSE has agreed upon making their lab available to us for upload of images to Commons. Thanks to Vickram uncle and Dr.Nagarjuna :) Hope to see you all ! Wiki Page link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Takes_Mumbai_II#Participan… Warm Regards, Nikita Belavate.

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Wikimania 2013 bid
by Pradeep Mohandas 26 Jan '12

26 Jan '12

hi, Should the Mumbai community pursue the bid for Wikimania 2013 or withdraw it? Community input is welcome. pradeep Handheld -- Pradeep Mohandas How Pradeep uses email - http://goo.gl/6v1I9

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Opportunity to participate @ Technovanza
by Nitika 25 Jan '12

25 Jan '12

Hey All, We have the opportunity to participate in Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute tech fest Technovanza which is running from 3rd to 5th February. A "special thank you" note goes to Aditya Sengupta for helping us organise this. :-) For more details about the fest please visit: http://technovanza.org/. The organisers want us to hold a Wiki session on the 5th February, Sunday. Time is yet to be decided. I wanted to reach out to Mumbai folks and see if some of you can lead this session. Please let me know as soon as possible so that we can then confirm our participation to the organisers of the fest. Awaiting your replies. Thanks Nitika

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