Wikimedia-in-mum February 2012

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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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Requesting rotation of "sleeping" images of Mumbai photothon
by Ashwin Baindur 08 Feb '12

08 Feb '12

This is with regard to category:WTM on Wikimedia Commons. It is requested that rotations may be requested for all images which are in horizontal inclination. It is very easy to request rotation. On the source page of each Wikimedia image, a small link is found just below the image next to the size versions available. By pressing the link and choosing the rotation through degrees, a request can be made which will be acted upon by a bot in due course of time. Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur ------------------------------------------------------

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No. of edits increase by 199% on Marathi Wikipedia in Dec.
by Mandar Kulkarni 07 Feb '12

07 Feb '12

Dear All, We, the team of Marathi Wikipedia is putting lot of efforts in increasing the content and no. of edits. The participation from online editors, active contribution by bots and various out-reach activities including wiki-academies done in Pune and Mumbai are helping a lot. The edit percentage has increased by 199%in the month of December 2011 over the last month !!! Here is the snapshot for the confirmation.... The count of active Marathi Wikipedians is also increasing and the quality of edits is also improving. With this email, I want to congratulate all the Marathi Wikipedia contributers and request all of them to keep the good work.... With Regards, Mandar V. Kulkarni http://mr.wikipedia.org Pune SIG

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Re: [Wikimedia-in-mum] Wikimedia-in-mum Digest, Vol 16, Issue 3
by Ashwin Baindur 07 Feb '12

07 Feb '12

Excellent work, Moksh. Great going! Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur ------------------------------------------------------ On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 5:30 PM, <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. Report on the Technovanza, VJTI festival Wikipedia Workshop > (Moksh Juneja) > 2. Re: Report on the Technovanza, VJTI festival Wikipedia > Workshop (wheredevelsdare(a)hotmail.com) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 17:42:12 +0530 > From: Moksh Juneja <moksh.juneja(a)avignyata.com> > To: Mumbai List Wikimedia <wikimedia-in-mum(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, > Wikimedia India Community list <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: [Wikimedia-in-mum] Report on the Technovanza, VJTI festival > Wikipedia Workshop > Message-ID: > <CAKpxiKsUiM2OotCv8mWcQPSk3RC8x2mJVtbFxx9-Qo9SuySWhw(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Dear All, > > We were invited to have a workshop at Technovanza, > VJTI<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VJTI>festival. > > The total session strength was 15 students. The students were very curious > to know how the editing does take place. The session included > * Elaborate discussion on the > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Five_pillars > * Editing the actual Wiki page. The selection was based on interest in the > workshop > * Creating a new Wiki Page. Post explaining the modalities of creating the > page the selection was based on interest in the workshop > > Common Queries included > * How does Wikipedia run? > * Who manages and maintains the Wikipedia? > > At the same time, students who attended the session were completely new > editing, so they were very happy to know get a demonstration of editing an > article. Also at the end of the session they surely promised to try their > hand at editing on their favourite subjects. > > Was also given a small memento with the photograph of VJTI college in it, > thanking for the session. > > Thank you for the opportunity! I would encourage everyone on the list to > have these workshops, cause they are very enlightening for students who > were just copy pasting content from Wikipedia! > > Moksh Juneja >

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Creating video of Indian Editors "We Edit Wikipedia"
by Subhashish Panigrahi 07 Feb '12

07 Feb '12

Deal all, As a part of helping the community to reach out to more people apart from the presentations, handouts, FAQs and mailing list support we also have need for more visuals. Audio/Video clips containing Indian Wikipedians sharing their message "I EDIT WIKIPEDIA" or "I EDIT AN INDIAN LANGUAGE WIKIPEDIA" or "WIKIPEDIA IS HELPING ME DOCUMENTING MY HERITAGE" will create impact among people and motivate them to contribute to Wikipedia. Many people use Wikipedia in a daily basis without being aware of they can also [Edit] it, social media, Youtube, mails containing link to such a video can be used to reach this message to them. Moreover, such videos which are already there in Outreach (outreach.wikimedia.org) Bookshelf might make some people feel it's project being managed by some foreigners. Seeing some real Indians editing Wikipedia with the Main page of an Indian language background will definitely make this message clearer. If there is a fairly good no of community members located in anywhere in India (e.g Pune, Bangalore and Mumbai community) we can ask the community members say it altogether aloud apart from one/two community members speaking in their own language. I will be posting the details in the community village pumps, you are allowed to send as many people's footage as you can provided the video and audio quality are reasonable good. We will be collecting footage from all the communities and do a post production. Subha Community & Program Support, India Program Wikimedia Foundation

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Report on the Technovanza, VJTI festival Wikipedia Workshop
by Moksh Juneja 06 Feb '12

06 Feb '12

Dear All, We were invited to have a workshop at Technovanza, VJTI<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VJTI>festival. The total session strength was 15 students. The students were very curious to know how the editing does take place. The session included * Elaborate discussion on the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Five_pillars * Editing the actual Wiki page. The selection was based on interest in the workshop * Creating a new Wiki Page. Post explaining the modalities of creating the page the selection was based on interest in the workshop Common Queries included * How does Wikipedia run? * Who manages and maintains the Wikipedia? At the same time, students who attended the session were completely new editing, so they were very happy to know get a demonstration of editing an article. Also at the end of the session they surely promised to try their hand at editing on their favourite subjects. Was also given a small memento with the photograph of VJTI college in it, thanking for the session. Thank you for the opportunity! I would encourage everyone on the list to have these workshops, cause they are very enlightening for students who were just copy pasting content from Wikipedia! Moksh Juneja

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Marathi Wikisrot news
by Mandar Kulkarni 04 Feb '12

04 Feb '12

Dear All, Pls. read the news regarding Marathi Wikisrot in Sakal newspaper today http://esakal.com/eSakal/20120204/5108606744018172708.htm With Regards, Mandar V. Kulkarni http://mr.wikipedia.org

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Fw: [Wikimediaindia-l] Did you know - The Marathi Wikisource now exists !!!
by Mandar Kulkarni 02 Feb '12

02 Feb '12

The Marathi Wikisource now exists................!!! With Regards, Mandar V. Kulkarni http://mr.wikipedia.org ----- Forwarded Message ----- >From: Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen(a)gmail.com> >To: Wikimedia India <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> >Sent: Thursday, 2 February 2012, 21:32 >Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Did you know > > >Hoi, >The Marathi Wikisource now exists as a Wiki. It is the kind of thing that makes us happy in the language committee. We were happy to move things along a bit by considering to expedite our approval. The full localisation was not done but promises were made and are kept to make sure that the Marathi localisation of MediaWiki will be in and remain in good shape. > > >We also pushed WMF ops to do a good job for the Marathi Wikisource and I am really happy that Sam Reed helped us out. > > >All in all we are pleased and we hope that all issues that need to be resolved for future projects will be resolved quickly and, that we consequently will have many more projects starts like the one of the Marathi Wikisource. I hope it will prosper and help us realise our aim of bringing all information to the people of the world. >Thanks, > Gerard

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