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Wikipedia boom in Marathi, Malayalam and other desi languages (Was Fwd: [Wikiml-l] 'ദേശി' വിക്കിപ്പീഡിയകളെക്കുറിച്ചുള്ള ടൈംസ് ഓഫ് ഇന്ത്യാ വാർത്ത)
by Subhashish Panigrahi 01 Aug '13

01 Aug '13

Dear all, TOI has written about growth of Wikipedia with a focus on Indian languages. Begin forwarded message: > From: Georgekutty K.A. <jorjqt(a)live.com> > Subject: [Wikiml-l] 'ദേശി' വിക്കിപ്പീഡിയകളെക്കുറിച്ചുള്ള ടൈംസ് ഓഫ് ഇന്ത്യാ വാർത്ത > Date: 1 August 2013 6:42:30 AM GMT+05:30 > To: "wikiml-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org" <wikiml-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Reply-To: Malayalam Wikimedia Project Mailing list <wikiml-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > > > http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/internet/Wikipedia-boom-i… > > ജോർജുകുട്ടി > _______________________________________________ > Wikiml-l is the mailing list for Malayalam Wikimedia Projects > email: Wikiml-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > Website: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikiml-l > > To stop receiving messages from Wikiml-l please visit:https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/options/wikiml-l Subha

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Offtopic : Is Jimmy Wales an Internet Hero?
by Ashwin Baindur 16 Jul '13

16 Jul '13

http://6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/15/is-jimmy-wales-an-internet-her… -- Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur ------------------------------------------------------

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Article on Sharmila Rege
by Vishnu t 15 Jul '13

15 Jul '13

Dear Friends, Some of you may already know of the death of Dr. Sharmila Rege on July 13, 2013 [1]. For many people, especially in Pune and Maharashtra, who think of her as a hero, a mentor, and one of the strongest voices in Indian Dalit feminism theory and practice, it has been a great loss. From the CIS-A2K we were in active conversation with her to introduce Wikipedia as a pedagogic activity in her Department and in Pune University. The articles on Rege on English WP [2] and Marathi WP [3] are stubs. There are already some who are trying to expand the article on EN WP. Thought some of you would be interested in joining hands in expanding these articles. A Wikipedian's way of honouring a hero like Rege. Regards, Vishnu [1] http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/sociologist-who-studied-intersection-… [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharmila_Rege [3] http://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BF%…

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Re: [Wikimedia-IN-PUN] The Access to Knowledge Bulletin - May'13
by Vishnu t 27 Jun '13

27 Jun '13

Dear Sankarshan, > > <http://cis-india.org/openness/resources/access-to-knowledge-work-plan> > states that "The main objective of this document is to present a > detailed plan with projection of outcomes and expected impact of the > A2K programme activities." However, it does not indicate if the > document is a work-in-progress, a draft or, the final revision. And, > it does not provide a date by which the feedback should be provided, > should the document be anything other than the final revision. > > The plan is an almost final version. We are awaiting final feedback and approval from the WMF team. We were receiving feedback from the Community until end of May. We will indicate this once we get an official approval from the WMF team. > The same page also states "This plan is not set in stone and will be > periodically (right now quarterly) reviewed and revised. The intention > of this Work Plan is to continually ensure better design and better > engagement". But it does not mention the date of last revision and the > changesets. > > We are looking at the next quarterly review of the progress in September, based on which the plans will be revised. As per your suggestion, we will indicate this clearly on Meta. Also, your report does not specifically break out the language areas > and provides a very high level overview. Would you consider doing two > versions - one that is similar to the current one and, another where > you provide more granularity? > > We are working on getting more granularity to the plans while simultaneously rolling out the plan implementation, in addition to offering support to Community members, drafting report on Phase 1, recruitment of PO, etc. A very hectic time, which has made us to put this on the back-burner :( But we are definitely looking at achieving this granularity, almost to a week level break down of tasks using a matrix structure. This would break-down each key-task into smaller components; indicate planned timeline for each sub-acitivity; person/s responsible; and track the progress on a monthly basis. It is also proving difficult, especially, as many tasks have multiple stakeholders like institution/community/community member, which makes it difficult to give a decent projection of time. We will soon try and share drafts of these for feedback from you and other community members, to seek help in better designing this. More anon... Vishnu -- > sankarshan mukhopadhyay > <https://twitter.com/#!/sankarshan> > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-IN-PUN mailing list > Wikimedia-IN-PUN(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-pun > > > End of Wikimedia-IN-PUN Digest, Vol 28, Issue 3 > *********************************************** >

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The Access to Knowledge Bulletin - May'13
by Nitika Tandon 26 Jun '13

26 Jun '13

Dear all, Here is the A2K newsletter for the month of May, 2013. Apologies for the delay. Wikimedia Foundation, beginning from September 1, 2012, awarded the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) a two-year grant of INR 26,000,000 to support and develop free knowledge in India. Consequently, Wikimedia Foundation’s India Program became the Access to Knowledge (A2K) program of CIS. In this newsletter, we are pleased to bring you updates about the recently concluded exhibition organised in our offices in Bangalore and Delhi and share with you the feedback to the Access to Knowledge work plan from the wikipedia community. 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. Noopur Raval, Programme Officer left the organisation on April 24, 2013. Archives of our newsletters arehere. Wikipedians from various communities can request for outreach programs, technical bugs, logistics-merchandize and media, public relations and communications at http://bit.ly/TOcXId. Celebrating 5 Years of CIS CIS is now 5 years old and we recently celebrated this by holding an open exhibition in our offices in Bangalore and Delhi from May 20 to 23, showcasing our work and accomplishments over the five year period. We had about 170 visitors coming in to our office. Renowned artists like Tara Kelton, Kiran Subbaiah, Navin Thomas, Abhishek Hazra and Sharath Chandra Ram exhibited their work. The four-day event attracted press coverage: Bangalore Mirror (May 18, 2013), DNA (May 19, 2013), Hindu (May 22, 2013), Prajavani (May 23, 2013), Udayavani (May 25, 2013) and Bangalore Mirror (May 31, 2013). Download all the posters that were part of the exhibition here. # Announcements Access to Knowledge Work Plan (April 2013 - June 2014): CIS has announced its detailed plan with projection of outcomes and expected impact of the A2K programme activities. The document has been made in consultation with various stakeholders and keeping in mind the objectives, opportunities and challenges faced by each of the Indian language Wikimedia projects. Feel free to share any feedback. WMF-A2K Revised Budget (draft) and Utilization (September 2012 - February 2013): In our effort to increase transparency with the working of CIS-A2K programme, we aresharing with you the A2K Programme Budget along with the utilization for the above period. The proposed revisions to the budget along with some notes are here. CIS Signs MOU with TISS, Mumbai: has signed a MoU with TISS as part of which we will collaboratively work towards building Digital Knowledge Partnerships with select higher education institutions. India Access to Knowledge IRC can be accessed here: May 13, 2013 (All Language Discussion) and May 26, 2013 (Odia Language Discussion). # Blog Entries Odia Wikipedia: Needs Assessment (by Subhashish Panigrahi, May 11, 2013). Access to Knowledge Work Plan: Synopsis of Feedback by Wikipedians (by Nitika Tandon, May 20, 2013). Wikipedia Introductory Session organized for Data and India portal consultants (by Subhashish Panigrahi, May 30, 2013). My First Wikipedia Training Workshop – Theatre Outreach Unit, University of Hyderabad (by T. Vishnu Vardhan, June 19, 2013). # Event Organised Kannada Wikipedia Workshop (April 29, 2013, Govinda Pai Research Centre, MGM College Udupi). Dr. U.B. Pavanaja led the workshop and gave a talk on Kannada Wikipedia # Event Participated Kannada IRC Meet (organised by the Wikipedia Community, May 7, 2013). Dr. U.B.Pavanaja participated in this. # Upcoming Event Digital Humanities for Indian Higher Education (co-organised in collaboration with HEIRA-CSCS, Tumkur University, CILHE-TISS and CCS (IISc), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, July 13, 2013). # Press Coverage Report on CIS 5 Years Celebration (Prajavani, May 23, 2013). Prajavani published a report of Dr. U.B. Pavanja’s talk “From Palm Leaf to Tablet – Journey of Kannada”. Report on CIS 5 Years Celebration (Udayavani, May 25, 2013). Udayavani published a report of the evening programme hosted as part of the Centre for Internet and Society's 5 year celebrations in its Bangalore edition. A Feature on Wikipedia and Telegu Wikipedians (HMTV, May 30 – 31, 2013). T. Vishnu Vardhan is quoted in this half an hour feature on Wikipedia and Telugu Wikipedians. Wikipedia Live Phone-in Programme (HMTV, June 1, 2013). T. Vishnu Vardhan speaks about Telegu Wikipedia in the discussion that was telecasted live. *About CIS* CIS was registered as a society in Bangalore in 2008. As an independent, non-profit research organisation, it runs different policy research programmes such as Accessibility, Access to Knowledge, Openness, Internet Governance, and Telecom. The policy research programmes have resulted in outputs such as the e-Accessibility Policy Handbook for Persons with Disabilities with ITU and G3ict, and Digital Alternatives with a Cause?, Thinkathon Position Papers and the Digital Natives with a Cause? Report with Hivos, etc. We have conducted policy research for the Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, etc., on WIPO Treaties, Copyright Bill, NIA Bill, etc. CIS is accredited as an observer at WIPO. CIS staff participates in the Standing Committee for Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) meetings regularly held in Geneva, and participate in the discussions and comments on them from a public interest perspective. Our Policy Director, Nirmita Narasimhan won the National Award for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities from the Government of India and also received the NIVH Excellence Award. *Follow us elsewhere* Get short, timely messages from us on Twitter Join the CIS group on Facebook Visit us at http://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 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. Thanks Nitika Tandon Program Manager Access to Knowledge The Centre for Internet & Society

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Help with RTIs
by Vishnu t 03 Jun '13

03 Jun '13

Dear All, During interactions with many Wikipedians, it has been realized that many are looking for data, that is otherwise not available in the public domain, which could be used for enhancing quality of articles/projects on Wikipedia. Please let us know if anyone of you requires help in filing RTIs. CIS-A2K could file RTIs for any particular data on your behalf. Apologies for cross posting Best regards, Vishnu

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Access to Knowledge - Bulletin - April '13
by Nitika Tandon 17 May '13

17 May '13

Dear all, Here is the A2K newsletter for the month of April, 2013. Wikimedia Foundation, beginning from September 1, 2012, awarded the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) a two-year grant of INR 26,000,000 to support and develop free knowledge in India. Consequently, Wikimedia Foundation’s India Program became the Access to Knowledge (A2K) program of CIS. In the third issue of our newsletter for 2013, we are pleased to bring you updates from the Indic Wikipedia Visualisation project, reports of events organised in Goa, and press coverage of the Kannada Wikipedia Workshop held in Mysore. The A2K team consists of three members based in Delhi: T. Vishnu Vardhan, Nitika Tandon and Subhashish Panigrahiand one member Dr. U.B. Pavanaja who is working from Bangalore office. Noopur Raval, Programme Officer (Access to Knowledge) has resigned. April 24, 2013 was her last working day. Archives of our newsletters are here. Wikipedians from various communities can request for outreach programs, technical bugs, logistics-merchandize and media, public relations and communications athttp://bit.ly/TOcXId. # Indic Wikipedia Visualisation Project Indic Wikipedia Visualisation Project #2: Visualising Page Views and Project Pages. # Blog Entries Indian WikiWomen celebrate Women’s History Month (by Netha Hussain, April 29, 2013). Analysis of Konkani Wikipedia: Facts & Challenges (by Nitika Tandon, April 30, 2013). Odia Wikipedia: Needs Assessment (by Subhashish Panigrahi, April 30, 2013). # Event Organised Kannada Wikipedia Workshop (April 29, 2013, Govinda Pai Research Centre, MGM College Udupi). Dr. U.B. Pavanaja led the workshop and gave a talk on Kannada Wikipedia. # Events Co-organised The following events were organised in the month of March but reports were written during the month of April. Vishnu Vardhan and Subhashish Panigrahi held meetings with wikipedians: Kolkata Wiki Community Meetup (organised by CIS and Kolkata Wiki Community, March 14, 2013). Odia Wikipedia - Cuttack Community Meetup (organised by CIS and Odia Wiki Community, Cuttack, March 16, 2013). Odia Wikipedia – Bhubaneswar Community Meetup (organised by CIS and Odia Wiki Community, Bhubaneswar, March 17, 2013). The following event was organised in the month of April. We will be publishing the report soon: Telugu Wiki Mahotsavam 2013 (organised by Telugu Wikipedia Community and CIS, Hyderabad, April 9 – 11, 2013). Vishnu Vardhan was one of the trainers at the Wikipedia Academy at Centre for Good Governance on April 9, 2013. Vishnu Vardhan spoke about the Access to Knowledge work in one of the sessions of Wikimedia Meeting with Media Heads on April 10, 2013. Vishnu Vardhan gave a talk on A2K’s plans for the growth of Telegu Wikipedia in 2013-14 at the Telegu Wikipedia general meeting on April 11, 2013. Vishnu Vardhan also gave a talk about Access to Knowledge in the digital era at the Wiki Chaitanya Vedika on April 11, 2013. *About CIS* CIS was registered as a society in Bangalore in 2008. As an independent, non-profit research organisation, it runs different policy research programmes such as Accessibility, Access to Knowledge, Openness, Internet Governance, and Telecom. The policy research programmes have resulted in outputs such as the e-Accessibility Policy Handbook for Persons with Disabilitieswith ITU and G3ict, and Digital Alternatives with a Cause?,Thinkathon Position Papers and the Digital Natives with a Cause? Report with Hivos, etc. We have conducted policy research for the Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, etc., on WIPO Treaties, Copyright Bill, NIA Bill, etc. CIS is accredited as an observer at WIPO. CIS staff participates in the Standing Committee for Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) meetings regularly held in Geneva, and participate in the discussions and comments on them from a public interest perspective. Our Policy Director, Nirmita Narasimhan won the National Award for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities from the Government of India and also received the NIVH Excellence Award. *Follow us elsewhere* · Get short, timely messages from us on Twitter · Join the CIS group on Facebook · Visit us at http://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 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. Thanks Nitika Tandon Program Manager Access to Knowledge The Centre for Internet & Society

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Two days left to apply: Program Evaluation & Design Workshop in Budapest, June 22-23
by Sarah Stierch 15 May '13

15 May '13

[pardon the cross-post and English-only post at this time] Hello everyone, *This is a reminder that there are 2 days left to apply to attend the first Program Evaluation & Design Workshop, which will take place in Budapest, June 22-23. Applications close at 12 AM PST May 17.* Please review this recent blog announcing the event: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/05/09/program-evaluation-workshop-budapest/ *Wikimedia community members, chapter staff/volunteers, solitary volunteers - anyone who is a program leader is encouraged to apply. Please note, we have only 20 slots available and limited funding to support attendees. If you do apply, you must email me at sarah(a)wikimedia.org if you are requesting funding before/after you apply. * We will be filming our workshop, so don't fret if you cannot attend this first one, or aren't accepted to attend this time. *You can get a better taste for the event through our evolving Meta Event page: * http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Program_Evaluation_and_Design/June_2013_Work… Thank you Wikimedia Magyarország for your support and assistance. -Sarah -- *Sarah Stierch** Wikimedia Foundation Program Evaluation & Design Community Coordinator *Donate<http://wikimediafoundation.org/w/index.php?title=Donate/en&utm_source=&utm_…> today and keep it free! Visit me on Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:SarahStierch>!

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IRC office hours with CIS-A2K Team
by Nitika Tandon 12 May '13

12 May '13

Dear All, The A2K team is organising an IRC on 13th May 2012, Monday from 8.30pm - 9.30 pm on: http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#wikimedia-in. The main agenda for IRC is to discuss the A2K Work Plan for the year 2013-2014 [1] that we had shared with you earlier. We'd like to hear comments/suggestions from as many of you as possible. This mail is to invite each one of you to join us for this IRC and help improvise our work plan. Just incase you'd like to join but cannot due to prior commitments please drop me a private message and we'll arrange a call with your separately. Looking forward to see you tomorrow at IRC! Thanks Nitika Tandon Program Manager Access to Knowledge The Centre for Internet & Society [1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Work_plan_April_20…

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Free Software Movement Maharashtra - Outcome of preparatory meeting
by Vikram Vincent 07 May '13

07 May '13

Free Software Movement Maharashtra - Outcome of preparatory meeting The preparatory meeting for formation of 'Free Software Movement Maharashtra' was a success. The meeting was held at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay on 4th May 2013. 44 people participated in it. The agenda of the meeting was: 1. Discussion on the importance free software and knowledge as a commons 2. Discussion about the need for a movement in the free software domain 3. Forming an organising team to take forward activities in Maharashtra 4. Listing and approving of action items for the next few months The participants were welcomed by Vikram Vincent, Member, General Council, FSMI and Prof. Puru Kulkarni moderated the session. Prof. Kannan Moudgalya inaugurated the first agenda point by talking about the FOSS initiatives at IITB and the efforts to connect with the teachers and students from all over the country. Prof. D.B. Phatak explained about the role of Aakash and the need for large scale efforts to localise knowledge. He raised several points of importance, two of which are the need to create strong business ecosystems in the FOSS domain and the need for the end users to have the freedom to choose the products and services they want. Dr. T. Jayaraman of TISS highlighted the efforts of TISS in opening up knowledge and the challenges that arise out of such initiatives. He extended support both from himself personally and also of his colleagues at TISS for furthering the free software movement. Dr. Vivek Monteiro spoke a few words on the universalisation of knowledge. Venkatesh Hariharan of Knowledge Commons intervened in the discussions and provided the theoretical framework for knowledge as a commons. Kiran Chandra, General Secretary of FSMI, detailed the need for a strong people’s movement in the free software domain. He emphasised on the guiding principles of FSMI which allowed it to take up issues of human concern and society. The recent mandate of AICTE (to all its institutes) to implement Microsoft's Office365 suite of collaboration tools was discussed. A link to AICTE's announcement is here: http://www.aicte-india.org/downloads/AICTE_notice%20_3_.pdf Kiran Chandra pointed out FSMI's response to this, which is available at the following link: http://fsmi.in/content/fsmi-representation-aicte-against-deal-microsoft The possible effects of the implementation of the mandate to use Office 365 were discussed and there was unanimous agreement towards demanding reasons for the same from AICTE, through legal means and using RTIs etc., along with an agreement to oppose such an initiative. The meeting then called for volunteers to form a core team who would drive the activities for the next few months towards initiating the Free Software Movement Maharashtra. A team of 18 members was created, and Dr. Puru and Vikram will coordinate the same. The members of the organising team are Dr. T. Jayaraman, Mrunmayee Tayade, Rajesh Kumar, Nikita Belavate, Rahul Maganti, Deepak Pacha, Arun Khan, Siji Sunny, Kiran Eranki, Prof. Shishir Jha, Dinesh Jain, Rahul Muttu, Pradeep Mohandas, Krutikaa Jawanjal, Karthik Nadar, one for ERP-next. The meeting had representation from several organisations such as IITB, TISS, FSMI, Wikipedia, Knowledge Commons, DA-IICT, ILUG-BOM, Somaiya and other colleges. The ‘Free Software Movement Maharashtra' with the domain name of http://fsmm.in was declared functional. The following points were chosen as action points in near future: 1. FOSS sessions in colleges and schools 2. GNOME Marathi popularisation and supporting respective groups already working in this domain. 3. Office 365 4. Any other that may be feasible as and when opportunity arises. Photographs of the meeting. Courtesy of Venky https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/116931769998801651977/albums/58745079553…

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