Hello, everyone.
I'm really excited to attend the Bangalore event tomorrow. I plan to
be there all day, so if you need my help with anything at all, please
let me know. I'm happy to help with whatever is needed.
See you tomorrow!
Moka
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Cheers,
Moka
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Dear all,
just a short note to let you know that WP X events at Indore went off very well
on 12th January, 2011. The agenda of the day was well
received (http://ten.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Indore&oldid=12187). The
highlight of the day was getting a call from Bangalore during the documentary
screening that the chapter registration is complete; I announced it in style at
the end of the screening to a loud round of applause. I will post a detailed
report in a few days' time - meanwhile, some photos of the event have been
posted at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_10_Indore. I
request all WP X celebrators to share the digital memories of their celebrations
at an appropriate sub-category of
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_10_India. Thanks and best
wishes for those celebrating WP X on 15th January and later.
Regards,
Srinivas.
Wikimedia handle: Gurubrahma
Hi all,
There's a new gift from Pulkit Gupta for Wikipedia's tenth birthday. A few days
back, he got in touch with me through a common friend.
As a regular reader of technical articles in English Wikipedia, Pulkit saw the
big shortage in the coverage of academicians in India.
He wanted to fix it and had ideas for collecting data about professors to create
articles. I pointed him to the relevant policy pages on notability etc., and
helped him create a Wikiproject
at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_MiniBiography_of_Indian_….
He has done a lot more groundwork forming a team of volunteers and enlisting
the support of his professor at IIT-B to objectively frame notability
guidelines.
Let us welcome Pulkit and please support the WikiProject and help them reach
100% coverage in the coming year.
Cheers,
Sundar
"That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for
the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted."
- George Boole, quoted in Iverson's Turing Award Lecture
[Press] : DNA : "Wikipedia India chapter to become a reality"
http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_wikipedia-india-chapter-to-become-…
Please note some of the factual errors with the article :
1) The 10th anniversary gathering is on Saturday , not Thursday
2) I will forgive the journo for writing as Tinu Cheriyan instead of Cherian
but perhaps not Hari Prasad Nadig as Nadek.
3) The Anniversary venue is NIAS ( National Institute of Advanced studies )
, an institution behind IISc and not IISc itself. NIAS is related to IISc,
I think.
4) It is Wikimedia India Chapter , NOT Wikipedia India Chapter.
Altough I wanted the article to emphasize on the anniversary event ( to
drive people to participate in the event) , somehow the article focus went
to chapter, which was still yet to be announced on its formation.
The journalist is not the regular one in DNA newspaper ,whom I am usually in
touch with for Wikimedia/Wikipedia news and had to be educated on our
history , still he made some serious errors.
I have already communicated the errors to the journalist and he promptly
apologized.
The *good thing* was that the article with emphasis on chapter came on the
exact day of announcement on its formation.
Regards
Tinu Cherian
Hi,
On January 15, 2011, Wikipedia will turn 10. Wikipedia communities
across the world will be celebrating the anniversary by organising
various events and activities to commemorate the tenth anniversary.
There will be celebrations in Pune also and you are all invited for the event.
Chief Global Development Officer of Wikimedia Foundation Mr Barry
Newstead will be present for the celebrations.
The meetup will be conducted on 15 January 2011 from 1830 - 2000 hrs,
at Symbiosis Institute of Computer Sciences and Research, Atur Centre,
Model Colony. Room No 707. 7th floor.
Please checkout the details of the event here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Pune/W10_Pune
Do join the celebrations!!
Best regards
-Sudhanwa Jogalekar
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From: Bishakha Datta <bishakhadatta(a)gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 9:41 AM
Dear Sudeshna,
It was wonderful waking up to this:
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110114/jsp/calcutta/story_13435445.jsp
The only casualty of the bad phone connection is the number of wikipedia
users - 410 million each month, not 10 million.
In any event, enjoyed the article and look forward to seeing you at the
celebrations,
Bishakha
