Dear all,
After some talking, online, and offline with people, from Coimbatore, Erode,
Salem, Chennai et al, I wish to send this message out:
The date for the FIRST Coimbatore meetup has been chosen as December 10,
2011, the second saturday of the month.
This date has been chosen keeping in mind examinations of students studying
in TN schools and students of TNAU/TNOU/IGNOU, Bharathiar University, and
Anna University.
We have also got confirmation for the venue on the said date..
So here goes my question:
Should I lock the date?
Time and Venue will be announced on confirmation.
The venue is near Saravanampatti.
If anybody has any problems, do reply here, I will try to adjust
accordingly.
Hoping to hear from you soon, and ultimately see you there too.
--Regards, On behalf of the Kovai gang,
SR.
--
Regards,
Srikanth Ramakrishnan,
Sathyamangalam-Gobichettipalayam Star Gazers Gang, Coimbatore.
My Commons uploads, now exceeding 75.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles/Rsrikanth05
*DNA : Want to display your photos? Donate them to Wikipedia*
http://epaper.dnaindia.com/epaperpdf/17102011/16main%20edition-pg8-0.pdfhttp://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_want-to-display-your-photos-donate-th…
*Kannan Shanmugam's grandfather was the first man to set up a photo studio
in south Kerala at Kollam, giving the locals one of their first tastes of
technology.Around 100 years later, Kannan is hoping to continue his legacy
in a way that could be just as revolutionary in today's world — the act of
giving something away, for free.*
*
*
*Kannan is an active contributor to Wikimedia Commons, an online repository
of free-use images, sound and other media files primarily used to supplement
other Wikimedia projects, Wikipedia being the most popular.*
*
*
*The project, which began in 2006 and to which anybody can contribute, has
amassed over 11 million media files in five years. *
*With the fast-growing interest in Indian topics on English Wikipedia and 20
Indian language Wikipedias already in existence, there is a dire need for
images from India. In the run-up to WikiConference 2011 to be held in Mumbai
in November, the India Loves Wikipedia initiative has been launched to
encourage people to donate their photos for India-related articles.*
*
*
*Kannan has been one of the biggest contributors in the initiative which has
amassed 3,359 photos, but feels it is difficult convincing professional
photographers to contribute their photos.*
*
*
*"Photography equipment is costly. You don't get any returns from uploading
images on Commons. Only those who share this idea of free information are
willing to do it," said Kannan, a former press photographer.*
*
*
*Tinu Cherian, executive committee member of the Wikimedia India Chapter,
agreed. "Releasing images for free use isn't a popular concept in India. And
once your image is in the public domain, you are allowing people to use,
share, alter the images (provided it is attributed) for both free and
commercial purposes."*
*However, Wikimedians (contributors to Wikimedia projects) insist you don't
have to be a professional to submit your images.*
*
*
*Vaishak Kallore from Kannur in Kerala believes it is amateur photographers
in remote villages and towns in India who can be the most useful and
generous contributors. "Professionals might not see it worth their while to
take photos of seemingly mundane things. But there is a desperate need for
such images to substantiate and inspire articles on India."*
*
*
*From images of panoramas tostructures on the verge of extinction, almost
nothing lies beyond the scope of Commons. *
*And being a free repository, the images can be picked up for use by news
publications, portals and blogs. However, Kannan said, Indian media
companies often tend to use these images without giving credit to the
photographers. "There is a need for greater awareness about free licensing.
If there is proper attribution, more people will be encouraged to donate
their photos."*
*
*
*Explaining how government bodies in the US, especially NASA, release images
into the public domain (including Commons) for free public education and
use, Cherian said: "The biggest goldmine for Commons from India is actually
the government. We haven't approached them officially yet, but we should be
lobbying with them to come up with a similar policy." Want to donate your
photos to Wikipedia? Visit www.commons.wikimedia.org*
Regards
Tinu Cherian
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/In_the_news
*
*
*Important Note : *The publisher ( DNA / Dainik Bhaskar ) of the above news
article owns the copyrights of the article / content. Request to not kindly
reproduce or circulate the content further. The information is only shared
only with an internal community who is been featured on this article. All
copyrights are duly acknowledged.
Tehelka Report on TN freebie laptops and it politics
Relevant in the context of wikipedia offline plans in TN laptops
http://www.tehelka.com/story_main50.asp?filename=Ws101011MICROSOFT.asp
Anivar
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"[It is not] possible to distinguish between 'numerical' and
'nonnumerical' algorithms, as if numbers were somehow different from
other kinds of precise information." - Donald Knuth
Hi
I have been in the mailing list, but still clueless about how can I
contribute to wikimedia, as I am located in both the places, Bokaro Steel
City and Ranchi, Jharkhand.
Regards
Sutapa
friends.
this is project time for students.
instead of buying projects from project centers, let us help them to
contribute to any open source software.
need your help on listing the wikipedia projects for contributions.
please collect a list so that we can ask the students to contribute.
thanks.
Today published this news popular bangla newspaper The Daily
Prothom-Alo..see this link..
http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2011-10-16/news/194082
On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 11:27 PM, Ranadipam Basu <ranadipam(a)gmail.com>wrote:
> Congrats...!
> Ranadipam Basu
>
> On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Sabila Enun <sabila(a)bdosn.org> wrote:
>
>> Congratulations
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 12:28 AM, mak <mahayalamkhan(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> This is a good news. Congrats to all behind the effort. Hope the Chapter
>>> will facilitate in developing the Bangladesh Wikimedia community.
>>>
>>> kudos to you all.
>>>
>>> regards
>>> mak_
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 7:04 PM, Nurunnaby Hasive <nhasive(a)bdosn.org>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Congratulations to all who r involve this process..
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 2:43 PM, Munir Hasan <munir.hasan(a)bdosn.org>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Thank you Tinu, Jayanta and others.
>>>>>
>>>>> Your inspiration will guide us to walk together.
>>>>>
>>>>> Wish we could go a better in future.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards
>>>>>
>>>>> Munir Hasan
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 12:19 PM, CherianTinu Abraham <
>>>>> tinucherian(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Congratulations and best wishes to the newly approved Wikimedia
>>>>>> Bangladesh.
>>>>>> Very glad to see the formation of the second national chapter from the
>>>>>> Indian Subcontinent. Hoping to see more from this part of the world.
>>>>>> Warms regards from India chapter and hoping to collaborate and work
>>>>>> together for the growth of Wikimedia movement in the Indian Subcontinent.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>> Tinu Cherian
>>>>>>
>>>>>> P.S. Do include wikimedia-BD(a)lists.wikimedia.org mail id too for your
>>>>>> appreciation mails, as not all BD wikipedians are on India list.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 12:25 AM, Bishakha Datta <
>>>>>> bishakhadatta(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Cross-posting since it may be of interest to this list.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Cheers
>>>>>>> Bishakha
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>>>>> From: phoebe ayers <phoebe.wiki(a)gmail.com>
>>>>>>> Date: Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 8:16 PM
>>>>>>> Subject: [Internal-l] Recognition of Wikimedia Bangladesh
>>>>>>> To: "Local Chapters, board and officers coordination (closed
>>>>>>> subscription)" <internal-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Dear friends,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Congratulations to Wikimedia Bangladesh, our newest chapter!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Recognition_of_Wikimedia_Ban…
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -- Phoebe
>>>>>>> Board Secretary, 2011-12
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>> _______________________________________________
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Munir Hasan
>>>>> Consultant, Ministry of Science and ICT,
>>>>> Government of Bangladesh.
>>>>> General Secretary, Bangladesh Open Source Network
>>>>> General Secretary, Bangladesh Mathematical Olympiad Committee
>>>>> Blog : http://www.somewhereinblog.net/blog/munirhasan
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> _______________________________________________
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>>>>> Wikimedia-BD(a)lists.wikimedia.org
>>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-bd
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Best Regards,
>>>> *Nurunnaby Hasive | নুরুন্নবী হাছিব |*
>>>> Public Relation Coordinator
>>>> *Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN)*
>>>> Jamil Sarwar Trust | 278/3 Elephant Road (3rd Floor) | Dhaka
>>>> BdOSN <http://www.bdosn.org>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> With Regards
>> *
>> **Sabila Enun*
>>
>> *Core Member | Volunteer Trainer
>> *
>> *Bangladesh Open Source Network*
>>
>> Jamil Sarwar Trust | 278/3 Elephant Road| Katabon, Dhaka-1205, Bangladesh
>>
>> info(a)bdosn.org| http://bdosn.org | SMS info TYPE : *info* space *BDOSN*send it to 7171
>>
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>
>
> --
> Ranadipam Basu
> http://www.google.com/profiles/ranadipam
>
> _______________________________________________
> Wikimedia-BD mailing list
> Wikimedia-BD(a)lists.wikimedia.org
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-bd
>
>
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Best Regards,
*Nurunnaby Hasive | নুরুন্নবী হাছিব |*
*Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN)*
Jamil Sarwar Trust | 278/3 Elephant Road (3rd Floor) | Dhaka
BdOSN <http://www.bdosn.org>
Cross-posting since it may be of interest to this list.
Cheers
Bishakha
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: phoebe ayers <phoebe.wiki(a)gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 8:16 PM
Subject: [Internal-l] Recognition of Wikimedia Bangladesh
To: "Local Chapters, board and officers coordination (closed subscription)"
<internal-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Dear friends,
Congratulations to Wikimedia Bangladesh, our newest chapter!
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Recognition_of_Wikimedia_Ban…
-- Phoebe
Board Secretary, 2011-12
FYI
>From Foundation List
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: James Heilman <jmh649(a)gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 9:44 PM
Subject: [Foundation-l] New Delhi, India
To: foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Wikimedia Canada in collaboration with Wikimedia India and the University of
New Delhi is organizing a half day in New Delhi India. Anyone in the area is
invited to attend.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Medicine/Delhi_2012
--
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MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian
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"[It is not] possible to distinguish between 'numerical' and
'nonnumerical' algorithms, as if numbers were somehow different from
other kinds of precise information." - Donald Knuth
Hello all!
Please note that registration for the India Hackathon, taking place
adjacent to the WikiConference India, is now open. We do not require
payment, but we may need to limit attendance, so please tell us why
you'd like to come and what you'd like to work on :-)
The form is on Google Docs and linked from:
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/India_Hackathon_2011#Registration
Thanks!
Erik
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Erik Möller
VP of Engineering and Product Development, Wikimedia Foundation
Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate
Thank you for the interest, Srikanth. Hope someone's able to do something along these lines (yes, "suitable" interwiki link surfaced in a banner will do) during the hackathon. Topical cues can be taken up later, but we should pluck the low-hanging fruits first. :)
- 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
>________________________________
>From: Srikanth Lakshmanan <srik.lak(a)gmail.com>
>To: BalaSundaraRaman <sundarbecse(a)yahoo.com>; Wikimedia India Community list <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
>Sent: Monday, October 10, 2011 8:27 PM
>Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] IP-based channelling of editors
>
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>
>
>On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 16:14, BalaSundaraRaman <sundarbecse(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>Hi all,
>>
>>
>>[Apologies if a similar thing has been proposed earlier, I haven't been able to read much of the recent discussions.]
>>
>>
>>I had a thought of channelling readers and editors of English Wikipedia (and similar projects) to other Indian language wikis based on their IP addresses and the topic being read. I've put down the proposal at http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposal:Funneling_multilingual_readers_… as it is applicable elsewhere too than just India. Please read and discuss the proposal. It'll be great if some of us can take the lead and do a pilot with two or three Wikis. Personally, I'll not be able to commit much time these days, but can support if somebody takes the lead. I suggest that we can put up a project page (specific to Indian wikis) at http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Projects:2011-12 if there is enough support
>
>
>Good idea Sundar. I have something in mind just to bring in interwiki links on sitenotice banner dynamically, so we can run a "dynamic" campaign. Geo-based banners would be good. Am not sure how easy would it be to include categories into the picture. But one more thing to work at India Hackathon. Thanks!
>
>
>-- Regards
>Srikanth.L
>
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