Hey people if you all are wondering who the sick is Karthik Nadar on
fundraising appeal, it's non other then
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Karthikndr.
Happy editing!
Thanks and Regards,
Karthik Nadar.
Wikipedia Android app..
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From: Tomasz Finc <tfinc(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: 12 December 2011 11:50
Subject: [WikimediaMobile] First release candidate of Wikipedia Android app
To: mobile-l <mobile-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Greetings All,
After many check ins of hard work I'm happy to release RC1 of the
Wikipedia Android application. For those that just want to download
and test follow this link
http://dumps.wikimedia.org/android/WikipediaMobile-RC1.apk (MD5
58b541ff987888bf5a27ee55c1809608) or download the attachement on your
phone.
We need you to teset this extensively and file bugs under
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Wikimedia%20Mobile.
Hammer on these builds mercilessly so that we can get all the kinks
out before our market release. Our Global Development team is really
eager to get this app into our partners hands and we need to get all
the bugs out as quickly as possible.
Key points to test
* Browse as you would normally do on WIFI, 2G, 3G, & no connectivity
* Save an article that your on and then load it as a bookmark. Delete
that bookmark.
* Open your browsing history and load a previous page
* Tap 'near me' and browse articles. Move the map and tap 'redo search
in this area'
* Share a link with someone on twitter or facebook
* Changing your language preference in the Settings menu
* Use a phone that is in a non US local to test other languages like
Hebrew, Japanese, Arabic, etc
* .. and whatever else you may want try out
I've setup a quick wiki page for general feedback @
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mobile_Projects/WikipediaMobileAndroidFeedba…
(edit away)
There are bound to be bugs but don't think that someone will file them
for you. If you don't file it then chances are that we wont know its
an issue. If your not sure of wether its a bug or not then come join
us on #wikimedia-mobile (freenode) and we'll sort it out.
--tomasz
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Some of you might interested to have a early sneak peak of widely expected
feature on the rolls. Also share some love back by testing and reporting
bugs on bugzilla.
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From: Neil Kandalgaonkar <neilk(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 02:57
Subject: [Wikitech-l] Help us test the VisualEditor prototype
To: Wikimedia developers <wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Cc: Wikitext-l <wikitext-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Here's the demo, where you can edit some canned texts (but not actual
Wikipedia articles, yet):
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:VisualEditorSandbox
Post bugs here:
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=MediaWiki%20extensions…
And here's the blog post, which puts it more in context.
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2011/12/13/help-test-the-first-visual-editor-deve…
This new editor was mostly written by Trevor Parscal and Inez
Korczyński, although lots of others have contributed. I've sat a desk
away from them for a few months and I have to say I'm extremely
impressed with what they've put together. If you're expecting Google
Docs, we're not there yet. But the basics are starting to solidify, and
it's getting easier and easier to add cool features.
Hey MediaWiki developers, surely you're not going to let Trevor and Inez
have *all* the fun?
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Regards
Srikanth.L
hi,
We must encourage having resouce persons who can help us with various
things and who are networked. We need multiple people who are capable of
building the community using these resources.
Specifically, we need more people who can communicate with the media, with
social media (I know the sterling job that Tinu does in this area, but more
hands, do not hurt), with setting up internet infrastructure, having more
coders, having more people who are aware of the legal aspects, having more
people who are aware of copyright, who are aware of workings in the
Government and the Police. Such people may currently exist in each city
through personal networks currently, but it might help for a growing
community like Wikipedia's to have them in multiple places.
I am not sure if this makes sense, but in short, what I mean is that we
must now, as a community work towards infrastructure building that will
support the community.
warm regards,
Pradeep Mohandas
--
Pradeep Mohandas
How Pradeep uses email - http://goo.gl/6v1I9
Hi,
I just read from the IEP talk page in en wiki that IEP program has been
cancelled for the next term.
*
I'm also surprised that you think we are "ploughing ahead" -- we are not. We
canceled the program for the upcoming term so we could focus on fixing the
problems.* - LiAnna Davis, GEP communications manager, WMF [1]
In the same page, i see the first use of the "failure" word. from the
organisers. (* I don't feel that we can say we've involved the community in
determining why the Pune Pilot failed*). A page full of insights from
interviews conducted with people involved ruminating on why the program
failed has been added.[2] Looks finally we have gotten around to
plainspeak and learning from mistakes. (I believe these interviews are
separate from Tory Read's report, which is due on Jan 15.)
It would have better if we had been informed here too, instead of having to
dig through talk page discussions. Since IEP discussions have taken all
over the place, please take care to make important announcements like this
are made in all places where previous discussions have taken place - meta,
en wiki project page, india list and INT noticeboard in India.
==Links==
1.
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3AIndia_Education_…
2.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:India_Education_Program/Analysis/WMF…
Dear All,
As part of my discussions with Indic language Wikipedians I spoke with few
members of Bengali wiki community.They have shared their editing
experiences, their vision about Bengali wiki projects, and other related
topics. I have summarized the discussion in meta wiki. It is available
here:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_-_India_Programs/Indic_…
As you know most of the current active editors of Bengali Wikipedia is from
Bangladesh. Bengali wikipedia has close to 50 active editors as on 2011
October<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2011/12/12/indian-language-wikipedia-statistics-…>
. Over the years I got opportunity to work closely with Bengali wikipedians
for various programs (Newsletter, developing typing solution, and so on are
some of them). I remember Tinu and I closely worked with Jayantha to
conduct a wiki workshop in Kolkata.
There are a couple of very interesting features I noticed about Bengali
community. First of all, even though it is a small community, it is very
evident from the tone and content of the discussions that it is a very warm
and welcoming community. The second aspect I noticed is that there are
frequent community meet ups (though in fairness, there are many more
happening in Bangladesh than in India) and there is a reasonably good
response to these meet ups. Meet ups are a really useful way of community
building because it helps people connect and collaborate. Common to all
Indic languages, there is a strong gap of awareness about the existence of
Bengali projects and the need is felt to get media & press coverage to
promote this.
In the context of the Kolkata Book Fair, one very interesting point that I
found about Tanvir is, he cam to know about Wikipedia at a similar book
fair in Dhaka! I wish West Bengal wikipedians all the very best in the
Book Fair so that we can introduce and invite newbies to the Bengali
wikipedia. We need to figure out a practical way of improving the
collaboration between Bengali wikipedians in Bangladesh and in India. I
felt very sorry when Tanvir couldn't attend WikiConference due to some VISA
issues.
Read the discussion at:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_-_India_Programs/Indic_…
Shiju
Hi Friends,
Indic languages have an opportunity to gain their rightful place in the
computing and communications world on par with English or other languages,
with the availability of smart phones and tablet computers with touch user
interface at lower price points.
I have been involved in leading a study group on this topic for the last
one year to develop the project proposal for virtual keyboard standard. I
am glad to report that the project for development of standard has been
approved by IEEE-SA on Dec 8, 2011.
More details on this initiative are available at
https://mentor.ieee.org/stds-india/bp/Indic_Virtual_Keyboards
I seek your support and participation in this initiative.
Cheers
Arjuna Rao Chavala
WG Chair, P1908.1 Virtual keyboard standard for Indic languages
Twitter id: @arjunaraoc <http://twitter.com/#%21/arjunaraoc>
Dear All,
As part of my discussion with Indic language Wikipedians I spoke with few
Kannada wikipedians. I have summarized the discussion in meta wiki. It is
here:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_-_India_Programs/Indic_…
Kannada with more than 4 crore speakers and is one of the 22 scheduled
languages of india. Kannada is primarily spoken in the Indian state
Karnataka.
Kannada Wikipedia has a very interesting heritage. This is the community
that started Wiki outreach programs in India. In fact, the first Indic
wiki workshop that I am aware of was organized by HPN way back in 2004! A lot
of interesting things happened for a while and there was a time when Kannda
has a vibrant 40+ strong community.
However, off late, things appear to have slowed down and the number of
active editors is on a relative decline. Having said that, the seeds have
already been sown in this community and I am confident that with a little
nurturing, we can see activism in Kannada wikipedia coming back. I am
basing my optimism on Kananda Wiktionary -where the community has taken it
to the 2nd largest wiktionary in the country. There is much activism
happening around kannada wiktionary. In Kannada wikipedia I got opportunity
to interact with high prolific editors like User:Radhatanaya who is
silently doing wonderful job.
Kannada wikipedia has more than 11,000 articles now and kannada wiktionary
has whopping 1,50,000 entries (making it the second biggest Wiktionary
among Indic language wiktionaries).
Kindly read the experience of Kannada Wikimedians at:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_-_India_Programs/Indic_…
Regards
Shiju
Dear All,
As part of my discussions with Indic language Wikipedians I spoke with
Dhaval Vyas from Gujarati wikipedia. Dhaval has shared his editing
experiences, his vision about Gujarati wiki projects, and other related
topics. I have summarized the discussion in meta wiki. It is available
here:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_-_India_Programs/Indic_…
Gujarati wikipedia has more than 21,000 articles now. Gujarati wiki
community is slowly making its presence among Indic wiki communities. Though
the current community strength is small (15 active users), veteran users
like Dhaval have started conducting various outreach programs to spread the
message about Gujarati wiki among Gujarati speakers. Community is working
on to enable Narayam in Gujarati wikipedia and soon community will have
their own mailing list also. Hope all these efforts will bring in more
active users to Gujarati wikipedia.
Kindly read the experience of Dhaval at:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_-_India_Programs/Indic_…
Regards
Shiju