Wikimedia-in-mum August 2013

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[Announcement] Monthly IRC (September 2013)
by Subhashish Panigrahi 06 Sep '13

06 Sep '13

Dear All, CIS-A2K would like to invite you to our first monthly IRC to receive feedback on our work. We are slowly rolling out the work-plans that we have developed with your collaboration and input. We have received some useful feedback from some of you on Meta specifically on two important aspects, which informed the agenda for this IRC. IRC details: Channel: #Wikimedia-in Date: September 5, 2013 (Thursday) Time: 8-9 pm Agenda: What more measures can CIS-A2K take to increase community participation? Pilot Projects - Discussion on possible topics, strategies of execution and community involvement. Any specific aspect of CIS-A2K's work that majority of the community members, present for IRC, would like to discuss. For those who are attending IRC for the first time please check this link to join: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IRC/Tutorial -- Best! Subhashish Panigrahi Programme Officer, Access To Knowledge Centre for Internet and Society @psubhashish

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Announcement: CIS-A2K's Train The Trainer Program
by Nitika Tandon 30 Aug '13

30 Aug '13

Dear All, CIS-A2K is organising a 4 day Train the Trainer (TTT) program in Bangalore during 1st week of October 2013. The idea of the program is to build capacity and enable community members to conduct outreach sessions independently or with minimal support to introduce Wikipedia to prospective editors in their respective Indian languages. By way of this program, CIS-A2K wants to support and enable community members who might be interested to conduct Wikipedia outreach sessions in their own cities/languages. The event is open to all Wikimedia volunteers from India who can and want to support outreach events in the coming year. CIS-A2K is calling for applicants for it's Train the Trainer Program. If you'd like to be part of this program please make sure that you meet the selection criterion [1] and submit Train the Trainer Program Application From [2] by 13th September, 2013. To know more about the program, rationale, overview, timeline etc. please check the attached document or visit the Meta page.[3] We look forward to hearing from you soon. For any further queries please mail at a2k(a)cis-india.org Thanks Nitika Tandon Program Manager Access to Knowledge The Centre for Internet & Society [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Events/TTT#Select… [2] http://bit.ly/A2Kttt [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Events/TTT

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Proposed advanced level editing workshop for women in Mumbai
by Rohini Lakshané 22 Aug '13

22 Aug '13

Hello everyone, I am taking a straw poll to know if any women in Mumbai, who already edit Wikipedia are interested in attending an advanced level editing workshop. If you are, please get in touch with me offlist. You could have participated in a previous, basic editing workshop or learnt the ropes by yourself. In case you know anyone who fits the bill, but isn't likely to be subscribed to this mailing list, please share this email with her. Regards, Rohini -- Chairperson (Special Interest Group), Gender gap, Wikimedia Chapter (India)

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New Programme Officer CIS-A2K (Announcement)
by Vishnu T 17 Aug '13

17 Aug '13

Dear All, I am happy to inform you about the selection of the new Programme Officer, who has joined the CIS-A2K Team on August 15, 2013. Please join me in welcoming Muzammiluddin Syed. Muzammiluddin Syed holds about 14 years of teaching experience. He is a recipient of Air India BOLT Award for Excellence in Teaching 2004 (Hyderabad District Runner-up). He received a Gold Medal for securing the first position in the Diploma in HIV & Family Education from the Indira Gandhi National Open University in 2011. Muzammil has contributed papers to various national and international conferences. As a netizen, he has contributed to a number of websites which include Content Writer ( www.contentwriter.in), Journal of Turkish Weekly (www.turkishweekly.net), Boloji Free Expressions Website (www.boloji.com), Cite HR (www.citehr.com), Hindi Nest Website (www.hindinest.com) and the oldest Urdu Website ( www.urdustan.com). However, his main online passion is the Wikimedia Foundation projects. He has been an active contributor on Wikimedia Commons, Hindi, English and Urdu Wikipedia. He goes by the User name <Hindustanilanguage> . Many of you may have met Muzammil in Wiki Conference India 2011 where he was a speaker. Apologies for cross-posting. Best regards, Vishnu

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Mumbai Meetup, August 2013
by Rohini Lakshané 16 Aug '13

16 Aug '13

Hello everyone, This month's meetup is scheduled for August 18, 2013, 4 P.M. at Bandra West. Details here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Mumbai/Mumbai22 Regards, Rohini http://about.me/rohini

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CIS-A2K Bulletin for June-July, 2013
by Subhashish Panigrahi 14 Aug '13

14 Aug '13

Dear all, Sincere apologies for delay in sending the bulletin. We have worked on changing the format of the Centre for Internet and Society’s Access To Knowledge (CIS-A2K) monthly bulletin. Please find below the details of our work in the last two months (i.e. June and July 2013) as a single bulletin. We would love to hear your feedback and suggestions on how we can improve the bulletin at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:India_Access_To_Knowledge Indian Language Wikipedia Statistics April to September 2013 (by T. Vishnu Vardhan; Nitika Tandon and Subhashish Panigrahi June 30, 2013): The Access to Knowledge team carried out quantitative analysis to identify trends and growth patterns in Indian Language Wikipedias over the time period from September 2012 to April 2013. Though it is difficult for the A2K programme to take direct credit for the growth or lack of it the programme's support has been one of the key factors in impacting the growth of the Wikimedia projects and communities in India since the commencement of the project. Primary focus areas of the statistics are: growth of articles, Active editors, Monthly growth of new editors, Monthly pageviews and New editors statistics from outreach events organized or supported by A2K programme. Link: http://cis-india.org/a2k/blog/indian-language-wikipedia-statistics ￭ Workshops ● Wikipedia editing workshop for participants from 10 civil society institutions from across India at the Institute of Internet and Society, Bangalore (Organized by the A2K team members T. Vishnu Vardhan and Subhashish Panigrahi, June 9, 2013) ● A 'Kannada' Wikipedia Workshop for Bloggers (organized by CIS-A2K Team, Suchitra, Bengaluru, June 23, 2013). Dr. U.B. Pavanaja conducted the workshop. Link: http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/kannada-wikipedia-workshop-bloggers ● Digital Humanities for Indian Higher Education (co-organised by HEIRA-CSCS, Tumkur University, CILHE-TISS and CCS, Indian Institute of Science, July 13, 2013). Link: http://cis-india.org/openness/events/digital-humanities-for-indian-higher-e… ● A Kannada Wikipedia Workshop (organized by CIS-A2K team, July 21, 2013, Hubli). Dr. U.B. Pavanaja gave training to the participants on Wikipedia. Leading newspapers like Times of India, Vijaya Karnataka, Deccan Herald, VijayaVani, Prajavani, Samyukta Karnataka and HosaDiganta covered the event. Scanned versions of the published articles can be viewed here (http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/hubli-workshop-press-coverage.zip). Link: http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/kannada-wikipedia-workshop-at-hubli ● Telugu Wikipedia Training Workshop (organized by CIS-A2K Team in collaboration with Telugu Jati Nava Nirmana Samstha, Hyderabad, July 21, 2013). Dr. Rajasekhar (Telugu WP admin) and T. Vishnu Vardhan conducted the workshop. Link: http://bit.ly/13Z00Ue ● A Kannada Wikipedia Workshop at Sagara (organized by CIS-A2K team, Sagara, July 28, 2013). Dr. U.B. Pavanaja gave a talk on Wikipedia and Kannada Wikipedia. Link: http://cis-india.org/openness/kannada-wiki-workshop-at-sagara ● Odia Wikipedia Training Workshop at the Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (Organized by Odia Wikipedian Gorvachove Pothal and supported by CIS-A2K programme, July 26, 2013). Event link: http://or.wikipedia.org/s/gqw ● Telugu Wiki Academy at Centre for Good Governance (co-organised by A2K team and Telugu Wikipedia community, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, April 9, 2013). T. Vishnu Vardhan was a speaker at this event. Link: http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/telegu-wiki-academy-at-centre-for-good-g… ￭ Meetups ● First Telugu Wiki Meetup @ CIS, Bangalore (co-organised by Telugu Wikipedia community and A2K on June 2, 2013). S.J. Veera conducted the meet-up. Link: http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/telegu-wiki-meet-up-at-cis-june-2-2013 ● Second monthly Telugu Wiki Meetup @ CIS, Bangalore (co-organized by Telugu Wikipedia community and A2K on July 13, 2013). Event link: http://goo.gl/zVueaO ● Telugu Wikipedia Meetup @ Theatre Outreach Unit, Hyderabad (co-organised by TE WP community, ToU and A2K on July 21, 2013). T. Vishnu Vardhan spoke on Copyright-Creative Commons and Wikipedia. Link: http://bit.ly/14ctSxr ￭ Upcoming / Ongoing Events ● A Workshop on Posting Articles in Kannada on Wikipedia (organised by the Centre for Proficiency Development Placement Service, University of Mysore, CPDPS premises, Manasagangotri, August 6, 2013). Dr. U.B. Pavanaja will conduct a workshop. The announcement (http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/stress-on-pos…) was made in an article by R. Krishna Kumar in the Hindu on August 2, 2013. Link: http://cis-india.org/news/hindu-r-krishna-kumar-august-2-2013-stress-on-pos… ● Wikipedia Training workshop for students at the St. Xavier College, Goa Wikipedia ● Training workshop for students from Library Science Department at the Goa University, Goa Wikipedia ● Training workshop for students from Konkani language Department at the Goa University, Goa ￭ Events Participated ● Free Software (organized by Free Software Movement of Karnataka in partnership with Jnana Vikas Institute of Technology, Bidadi, July 24, 2013). Dr. U.B. Pavanaja presented about Wikipedia in this event. Link: http://cis-india.org/news/free-software ● Institute of Internet and Society, Bangalore (participated by A2K team, T. Vishnu Vardhan presented about “Building Knowledge Bases and Platforms via Mass Collaboration on the Internet” Presentation Link: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Building_Knowledge_Bases_and_Platfor…, Event Link: http://cis-india.org/telecom/knowledge-repository-on-internet-access/instit… ￭ Media Coverage (including videos) ● A Feature on Wikipedia and Telugu Wikipedians (HMTV, May 30-31, 2013). Watch the video: http://cis-india.org/news/hmtv-may-30-2013-wikipedia-and-telegu-wikipedians ● Wikipedia Live Phone-in Programme (HMTV, June 1, 2013). T. Vishnu Vardhan took part in a one hour live phone-in programme on Wikipedia. Video: http://cis-india.org/news/wikipedia-live-phone-in-programme ● Wiki donors (by Akhila Seetharaman, TimeOut Bengaluru, June 21, 2013). T. Vishnu Vardhan and Dr. U.B. Pavanaja are quoted. Link: http://cis-india.org/news/timeout-bengaluru-akhila-seetharaman-june-21-2013… ● Kannada Wikipedia Workshop at Hasan (Prajavani, June 5, 2013). Dr. U.B. Pavanaja conducted the workshop on June 4, 2013. Link: http://cis-india.org/news/prajavani-june-5-2013-kannada-wikipedia-workshop-… ● Kannada Wikipedia Workshop at Hasan (Samyukta Karnataka, June 5, 2013). Dr. U.B.Pavanaja conducted the workshop on June 4, 2013. Link: http://cis-india.org/news/samyukta-karnataka-june-5-2013-kannada-wikipedia-… ● Kannada Wikipedia Workshop at Hasan (Vijaya Karnataka, June 5, 2013). Dr. U.B.Pavanaja conducted the workshop on June 4, 2013. Link: http://cis-india.org/news/vijaya-karnataka-june-5-2013-report-of-kannada-wi… ● Wiki Rahasya: Panel Discussion (Suvarna News, June 13, 2013). Dr. U.B.Pavanaja participated in a panel discussion around Wikipedia in general and about Kannada Wikipedia in specific. Link: http://cis-india.org/news/suvarna-news-june-13-2013-wiki-rahasya-panel-disc… ￭ Blog Entry ● Wikipedia Visual Editor (by Nitika Tandon, June 27, 2013). Link: http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/visual-editor.pdf/view ● My First Wikipedia Training Workshop – Theatre Outreach Unit, University of Hyderabad (Organized by A2K team, attended by T. Vishnu Vardhan) Link: http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/my-first-wikipedia-training-workshop Wikimedia Foundation has funded A2K to anchor the growth of Wikimedia movement in India. The A2K team consists of three members based in Bangalore: T. Vishnu Vardhan, Dr. U.B. Pavanaja and Subhashish Panigrahi and one member Nitika Tandon in Delhi. Archives of our newsletters can be accessed here (http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters). Wikipedians from various communities can request for outreach programs, technical bugs, logistics-merchandize and media, public relations and communications at http://bit.ly/TOcXId. ￭ About CIS The Centre for Internet and Society is a non-profit research organization that works on policy issues relating to freedom of expression, privacy, accessibility for persons with disabilities, access to knowledge and IPR reform, and openness (including open government, FOSS, open standards, etc.), and engages in academic research on digital natives and digital humanities. ￭ Follow us elsewhere ● Twitter: https://twitter.com/CISA2K ● CIS group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/cis.india ● Visit us at: https://cis-india.org ￭ Support Us Please help us defend consumer / citizen rights on the Internet! Write a cheque in favour of ‘The Centre for Internet and Society’ and mail it to us at No. 194, 2nd ‘C’ Cross, Domlur, 2nd Stage, Bengaluru – 5600 71. ● Request for Collaboration: We invite researchers, practitioners, and theoreticians, both organisationally and as individuals, to collaboratively engage with Internet and society and improve our understanding of this new field. To discuss the research collaborations, write to Sunil Abraham, Executive Director, at sunil(a)cis-india.org or Nishant Shah, Director – Research, at nishant(a)cis-india.org. To discuss collaborations on Indic language wikipedia, write to T. Vishnu Vardhan, Programme Director, A2K, at vishnu(a)cis-india.org CIS is grateful to its donors, Wikimedia Foundation, Ford Foundation, Privacy International, UK, Hans Foundation and the Kusuma Trust which was founded by Anurag Dikshit and Soma Pujari, philanthropists of Indian origin, for its core funding and support for most of its projects. -- Best! Subhashish Panigrahi Programme Officer, Access To Knowledge Centre for Internet and Society https://bitly.com/CISA2K

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End of the GLAM pilot project at BNHS
by Pradeep Mohandas 11 Aug '13

11 Aug '13

hi, It was announced earlier that a Wikipedian from Mumbai, Rohini Lakshane was working with the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) on a GLAM pilot project. I am happy to inform you that this is now completed. A short note on the pilot was posted here -http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/July_2013/Contents/India_report It will be great to do similar projects in other cultural and/or scientific institutions in your city. If you need help from the Chapter in doing this, please feel free to contact me on this email id. warm regards, Pradeep Mohandas Pradeep Mohandas How Pradeep uses email? - http://goo.gl/6v1I9

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Volunteer needed to conduct Wikipedia workshop at TISS, Mumbai on Aug 16, 2013
by Pavanaja U B 09 Aug '13

09 Aug '13

Hi, TISS is organising Indian Language Mela in Sept 2013. As part of this event they are running a contest of adding content on Indian language Wikipedias. Their students have to be trained on editing Wikipedia with specific focus on editing in Indian language(s). The workshop is fixed for Aug 16, 2013, 4pm at TISS, Mumbai. We need some active Wikipedian to conduct this workshop. The travel expenses will be reimbursed. Please send me an email indicating your willingness (do not spam the mailing list). Thanks and regards, Pavanaja U.B. Pavanaja, MSc, PhD Programme Officer <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pavanaja> - Indian languages, Access to Knowledge program The Centre for Internet & Society pavanaja(a)cis-india.org +91.9902633113

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Re: [Wikimedia-in-mum] [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia editing session for journalism students at Sophia College, Mumbai
by Rohini Lakshané 01 Aug '13

01 Aug '13

This is an unedited report of the lecture-cum-demo written by one of the students who attended it. *Wikipedia: Democratic Ritual of Knowledge Transfer * What can I say about Wikipedia? Ok, let me ask, can you imagine a world without Wikipedia? I always wonder who wrote, reviewed, edited, curated and moderated 30 million articles in 286 languages. Answer is you and me and us! Wikipedia, world’s largest and the most referenced work on Internet, has been ranked at seventh position globally on Alexa as of June 2013. It has, estimated, 365 million readers worldwide. Though numbers are impressive enough to boggle one’s mind, what truly electrifies the spinal cord is the way Wikipedia functions. Anyone from any corner of the world (Now, you can ask if earth is round or square? Go to Wikipedia, you will get interlinked references from Heliocentricism to Geocentrism, from Copernicus to Galileo, from Copernican Revolution to Renaissance, and thus traverse the complete circle of knowledge!) can write an article. Then some other volunteers keep the wheel rolling by editing and validating the existing article and by adding required citation, views and counterviews. This invisible chain-reaction keeps flourishing Wikipedia just like an unnoticed food chain of natural ecosystem. On Saturday, 13th July 2013, workshop on Wikipedia was organized by volunteers of Wikimedia Foundation, in association with SCM, Sophia Polytechnic, Mumbai. The workshop was conducted by Bishakha Datta and Rohini Lakshane from Wikimedia Foundation, Mumbai. After giving the brief on history of Wikipedia, how Wikipedia functions and how one can become a part of this knowledge thriving community, instructors and volunteers facilitated SCM students to create articles on Wikipedia. SCM students successfully created two articles on Dina Vakil, the first woman resident editor of The Times of India<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Times_of_India>'s Bombay edition and Ritu Menon, the co-founder, writer and publisher of India's first feminist publishing house, *Kali for Women*<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali_for_Women>. The workshop truly helped students to realize that how the power of technology, information and collaborative effort can drive people towards the informed and knowledge-intensive society. After attending the workshop I couldn’t stop myself and posted the following note dedicated to my all friends: · Do you think 30 million articles in 286 languages is too loud a figure? If you are sceptical, then that’s great. Go and investigate further. Provide the correct figure (if the given figure is erroneous) and yeah provide the reference/citation as well. Bingo! That’s how the whole Wikipedia has been erected, by sharing and contributing knowledge. Contribute about your locality, personalities, culture, tradition, etc. · Believe in good faith. Knowledge is a path not the signboard. Be in good faith, put information, views and counter-views with reference, and don’t be judgmental. Neutrality is the nature of Wikipedia. · Acknowledge the effort. Not only when you write a research paper or contribute to Wikipedia, but also when you receive help, love and care of someone, do acknowledge. Democracy cannot exist without thankfulness and compassion. Wikipedia is truly democratic way of knowledge transfer - for the people, of the people, by the people. - Parth Vyas (22nd July 2013, Mumbai) On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 5:35 PM, Abhijeet Safai <abhijeet.safai(a)gmail.com>wrote: > Great! > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > >

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