hi,
Wikipedia and its sister projects do not exist in vacuum. It thrives in an environment. For it to succeed and blossom it needs help from various groups that share our interest in sharing human knowledge but also those that enable this sharing of knowledge.
It is not just about people who can sit down for certain number of hours and edit a page, share photographs, etc. like we all do but also much more.
Technology might make our work easier to do. We need help from techies and hackers who can work their way around code that can improve MediaWiki, the software that powers Wikipedia.
Law might make our work easier to do. We need help from lawyers so that we can make use, are aware of the licenses we use and ensure no Wikipedian is needlessly harrowed for contributing to our cause.
Having place to do a meetup, a hackathon or hold events.
And so much more. All this needs an ecosystem. I think we must think about where this ecosystem exists in Mumbai and in addition to trying and help grow Wikipedia must also try and nurture these ecosystems which are so essential for our own growth.
Just a thought,
Pradeep
Pradeep Mohandas
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hi,
This is an interesting initiative. FYI, if anyone is interested.
warm regards,
Pradeep
Pradeep Mohandas
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Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Proposal for India's First MediaWiki Group Ahmedabad
Dear friends,
This is to inform you all about the creation of the first MediaWiki group in India. For the past several days, I’ve been speaking to Quim Gil, Sumana and Yuvi Panda. I was informed about the setting up of local groups in different countries for technical contributors. With encouragement from all of them and with help from Noopur I submitted a proposal for the formation of MediaWiki Group Ahmedabad. This proposal has been endorsed by 7 people so far.
For those who might be interested in setting up similar groups, I think a Wikitech mailing list for India is being set up and personally, I would be happy to help you write a proposal for your community. I think it’s a great idea because with the help of this technical group we intend to make good technical infrastructure and editing environment for Gujarati Wikipedia easier to contribute to.
I have already ported HotCat and Popups(on the way) on Gujarati Wikipedia. Please have a look at the areas we want to collaborate on:
Areas of collaboration:
* Localize Gadgets for Gujarati Wikipedia and Wikisource
* Create New Gadgets and extensions
* Bug solving for Gujarati Wikipedia and WikiSource and also other MediaWiki related Bug solving for all Indian languages
* Translate into Gujarati Language, i.e http://translatewiki.net/
* Wikidata
You can read the proposal here: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Groups/Proposals/Ahmedabad
Your endorsements, improvements and feedback are welcome at the wiki
page. Thank you!
Harsh Kothari
PS: see also http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Groups/Proposals
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Yes I'll be glad to help! Jan 15 is the date for Wikipedia XII, right?
That's around the date when Wikivoyage will launch, so it'll all come
together beautifully.
On 16 December 2012 13:52, Ravikiran Rao <lists(a)ravikiran.com> wrote:
> Yes I'll be glad to help! Jan 15 is the date for Wikipedia XII, right?
> That's around the date when Wikivoyage will launch, so it'll all come
> together beautifully.
>
>
> On 16 December 2012 12:13, Arun Ramarathnam <arunram25(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Pradeep,
>>
>> Please stay in touch with Ravikiran Rao from Hyderabad.
>> He is one of the earlier contributors to Wikivoyage and an admin as well.
>>
>> We had invited him to speak at a recent Bangalore meetup.
>>
>> regards
>> Arun
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <
>> parakara.ghoda(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Sounds excellent Pradeep. I'm all for it.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 6:44 AM, Pradeep Mohandas <prad2609(a)yahoo.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> FYI. Perhaps something to add to Wikipedia XII?
>>>>
>>>> Pradeep
>>>>
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>>>> Hey All
>>>>
>>>> We are looking at Jan 15, 2013 as an official launch date for
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>>>> We are looking at options for both on wiki and off wiki media outreach.
>>>> There is still work to be done with respect to moving images over from
>>>> the
>>>> old site but hopefully things will be good enough. We are a wiki of
>>>> course
>>>> which means all are invited to fix any issues they see.
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Pradeep,
Please stay in touch with Ravikiran Rao from Hyderabad.
He is one of the earlier contributors to Wikivoyage and an admin as well.
We had invited him to speak at a recent Bangalore meetup.
regards
Arun
On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <
parakara.ghoda(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Sounds excellent Pradeep. I'm all for it.
>
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 6:44 AM, Pradeep Mohandas <prad2609(a)yahoo.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> FYI. Perhaps something to add to Wikipedia XII?
>>
>> Pradeep
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> * From: * James Heilman <jmh649(a)gmail.com>;
>> * To: * <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>; Erik Moeller <
>> eloquence(a)gmail.com>;
>> * Subject: * [Wikimedia-l] Official launch of Wikivoyage
>> * Sent: * Sat, Dec 15, 2012 7:57:09 PM
>>
>> Hey All
>>
>> We are looking at Jan 15, 2013 as an official launch date for Wikivoyage.
>> We are looking at options for both on wiki and off wiki media outreach.
>> There is still work to be done with respect to moving images over from the
>> old site but hopefully things will be good enough. We are a wiki of course
>> which means all are invited to fix any issues they see.
>>
>> --
>> James Heilman
>> MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian
>>
>> The Wikipedia Open Textbook of Medicine
>> www.opentextbookofmedicine.com
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I can offer CED Behind Regal ,Mumbai for the meet up on 17th or 18th, or
19th.
I am also keen on the 10th anniversary of CC licencing..
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> Hi,
>
> So, let's do a meetup on the evening of the 16th? Venue suggestions are welcome.
>
> Two agenda items I'd like to add are:
> 1. Should we do a MediaWiki hackathon follow up in Mumbai?
> 2. Celebrate the 10th anniversary of Creative Commons, the license that powers Wikimedia sites. More here - http://10.creativecommons.org/
>
> Warm regards,
> Pradeep
>
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>
>
Hi,
So, let's do a meetup on the evening of the 16th? Venue suggestions are welcome.
Two agenda items I'd like to add are:
1. Should we do a MediaWiki hackathon follow up in Mumbai?
2. Celebrate the 10th anniversary of Creative Commons, the license that powers Wikimedia sites. More here - http://10.creativecommons.org/
Warm regards,
Pradeep
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