WikimediaIndia-l November 2010

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Gyanpad (Knowledge kiosk) web app: Easy interface to search Wikipedia and sister sites in Indian languages
by arjuna rao chavala 26 Aug '11

26 Aug '11

I am happy to share a tiny web application to help people get started with using Indian languages on Computers in public places, using wiki sites. Check it out http://gyanpad.appspot.com/ Cheers Arjun

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History of Wikipedia in India
by Gautam John 02 Feb '11

02 Feb '11

So I was attempting to write a 2000 word piece on the history of Wikipedia in India. Any pointers you have will be most appreciated - historical stuff too. Sundar pointed me to this: http://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tamil_Wikipedia:_A_Case_Study What would be helpful is some sort of chronology on the history of of Indic language Wikipedias and Indian involvement with Wikimedia projects. Thank you. Best, Gautam ________ http://social.prathambooks.org/

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indiawikipedia ?
by CherianTinu Abraham 30 Nov '10

30 Nov '10

Please see this website http://www.indiawikipedia.com/ Do you think the website violates Wikipedia / WMF copyrights ? The site has nothing to do with Wikipedia or its cause too. Just bringing into the attention of all. Now that Mike is away, who is the next in charge for legal affairs ? Regards Tinu Cherian

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[OT] BOLT Mobile browser
by Anoop 30 Nov '10

30 Nov '10

BOLT is a java based mobile browser which supports Indian languages Hindi, Bengali, Gurumukhi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Gujarati, Malayalam and Oriya. http://www.intomobile.com/2010/11/29/bolt-browser-indic-language-support/ -- With Regards, Anoop

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Wikimedia tech fact-finding visit to India
by Erik Moeller 29 Nov '10

29 Nov '10

Hi all, this is just to update you all on an upcoming visit to India by Danese Cooper, Alolita Sharma, and myself. Danese is our Chief Technical Officer, and Alolita program-manages the features development team. I'm the Deputy Director and also responsible for our product strategy. The purpose of our visit is fact-finding and outreach to India's engineering and open source community. The key questions we're hoping to explore include: localization issues concerning Indic languages, other MediaWiki improvements that would make our sites more useful in India, improvements to our mobile gateway, potential partners in developing and deploying offline versions of Wikimedia content. We will, of course, also seek to meet with Wikimedians in the different cities we're visiting, including the chapter. We have a very packed schedule of community meetups, presentations, and one-on-ones, but don't hesitate to let us know about people we should meet. Our itinerary is currently as follows: Arrival in Delhi 12/6 Mumbai 12/9 Pune 12/12 Bangalore 12/14 Hope to see some of you in December :-) All best, Erik -- Erik Möller Deputy Director, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-mum] Wikipedia 10th year celebrations
by Pradeep Mohandas 29 Nov '10

29 Nov '10

hi, Wikipedia now has a brand new page for its 10th anniversary celebrations: http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page and also has a new mailing list for the same - https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikix-l You'll have to create a login to access the wiki. I have posted a note on the Wikiproject Mumbai today pointing to both Wikimedia X anniversary celebration as well as the Wikimedia Mumbai mailing list. warm regards, Pradeep User:Prad2609

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Malayalam WIkipedia /Wikimedia Academy - Madurai , Tamil Nadu- 21 Sep 2010
by CherianTinu Abraham 29 Nov '10

29 Nov '10

This is to inform that a Malayalam WIkipedia /Wikimedia Academy is planned @ Madurai , Tamil Nadu on 21 Sep 2010. Venue : Kamaraj University centre, Madurai http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:Madurai_wikipedia_Academy_1 Regards Tinu Cherian

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Wikipedia Wikimeetup @ Kolkata
by CherianTinu Abraham 29 Nov '10

29 Nov '10

Hi Wikipedians, We are planning for Wikipedia Wikimeetup @ Kolkata in near future. If you are from the city or can help in Wikimeetup or interested to attend the same, please drop me a personal mail. If you would like to see a Wikimeetup @ also in your town /city and can possibly help us seting it up , feel free to contact me. Regards Tinu Cherian

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Press : Times of India: " If Wikipedia is to be believed .."
by CherianTinu Abraham 29 Nov '10

29 Nov '10

Times of India : " If Wikipedia is to be believed .." http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/sunday-toi/book-mark/Cyber-galaxies… Interesting thought... So how many of you think that Media houses believe Wikipedia ? We have seen lots of news articles "copied" from Wikipedia without attribution :) Regards Tinu Cherian

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Press: Mid-Day : "Come, give Wikipedia a hand"
by CherianTinu Abraham 29 Nov '10

29 Nov '10

Mid-Day : "Come, give Wikipedia a hand" http://www.mid-day.com/specials/2010/nov/281110-wikipedia-monthly-meeting.h… Nice photo, Kundan Amitabh :) Small correction: Wikipedia is available in 20 Indic languages and another 20 are in incubation . Thanks to Shiju Alex , who recently enlightened me with this fact .. Regards Tinu Cherian

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