Hi all,
I am glad to see the discussion on Wikimedia India list to the communication
about the constitution of the EC and election of office bearers. Let me
thank all those who responded and who extended their good wishes.
As the President of the Wikimedia Chapter, let me take this opportunity to
clarify some of the concerns expressed by the community.
Office bearers election:
Wikimedia Chapter is a registered society and we have to conduct the
proceedings as per the MoA. The elections were conducted post registration
as mandated by MoA.
Delay in communicating the result:
Due to the busy schedules, travel plans of some of the EC members the
paperwork following the first meeting of the EC was delayed. Without
paperwork, as an official entity we would be unable to send out a public
statement.
While the delay stays acknowledged, the EC should able to work together in
minimizing delays in future.
Communication:
The chapter got registered just around a month back. And the office bearers
have taken up their roles in the official capacity only recently.
Moving forward, we should be able to ensure that there is focus on better
communication with the community.
Next steps:
We are starting to get a bank account opened. Once it is ready, we will be
able to announce the opening of membership. Please do bear with us in case
of any delays in paper work.
Meanwhile, if anybody needs clarifications, please feel free to write to
wikimedia-in-exec(a)lists.wikimedia.org and we will do utmost to respond at
the earliest.
Thanks
Arjuna Rao Chavala
President, Wikimedia Chapter
I think the only option for me next is to unsubscribe due to recent decrease
in Signal to Noise ratio.Please be CIVIL. No, am not asking you to assume
good faith(you are free to raise questions, But just asking you to be
CIVIL).I expect some support from senior members in taking a pledging to be
CIVIL. Let me start, I will be CIVIL. #KThxBai
Regards
Srikanth.L
All,
As you know, we celebrated the WikiXDC on Jan 22nd, 2011 at the National
Archives and Records Administration in Washington DC, United States. We
would like to present a 3 hour event
video<http://www.mlwiki.in/videos/wikixdc.html> for
everyone to enjoy (and download to keep if you like) . Some sessions could
not be covered/covered at length due to technical difficulties. The event
video was not a part of the original plan, but we are glad that we could at
least this much.
We would like to thank everyone who helped us to make the event a success.
Thanks.
Regards,
Jyothis.
http://www.Jyothis.net
My Malayalam Wikipedia page <http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jyothis>
Metawiki page <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jyothis>
I am the first customer of http://www.netdotnet.com
My toolserver tools <http://toolserver.org/~jyothis>
woods are lovely dark and deep,
but i have promises to keep and
miles to go before i sleep and
*lines to go before I press sleep*
completion date = (start date + ((estimated effort x 3.1415926) / resources)
+ ((total coffee breaks x 0.25) / 24)) + Effort in meetings
Thanks Shrinivasan. I've copied the Wikimedia India mailing list for wider
reach.
I hope the top priority requirements for Wiki projects related to India will be
added to http://wiki.ilugc.in/index.php?title=Projects_List
- 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
----- Original Message ----
> From: Shrinivasan T <tshrinivasan(a)gmail.com>
> To: wikimedia-in-chn(a)lists.wikimedia.org
> Sent: Thu, February 10, 2011 10:57:57 PM
> Subject: [Wikimedia-in-chn] Thanks for the wikipedia session at MIT
>
> Friends.
>
> Last sunday, I attended the wikipedia session at MIT.
> Thanks for the session.
>
> I see a lot of interest and enthusiasm in contributing to the wikipedia.
>
> I am from Indian Linux Users Group, Chennai [ http://ilugc.in ]
>
> We are collecting the list of projects to do for the Free Open Source
>Software.
> Here is the list.
> http://wiki.ilugc.in/index.php?title=Projects_List
>
> If you want any projects to be done, please add the details here.
>
> We are spreading this link to many colleges so that any students can
> pick any project and finish it.
>
> Please add you in the mentor page too.
> http://wiki.ilugc.in/index.php?title=Projects_Mentors
>
> Thanks a lot.
>
> --
> Regards,
> T.Shrinivasan
>
>
> My Life with GNU/Linux : http://goinggnu.wordpress.com
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FYI. We noticed some issues (like some custom tools not working) related to this
in Tamil Wikipedia. Not sure whether all issues are resolved.
Please check if other wikis are affected by this.
- 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
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> Sent: Sat, February 12, 2011 3:23:58 PM
> Subject: [Wikipedia-l] [ResourceLoader] JavaScript may break on your wiki: Fix
>it before that happens
>
> Greetings,
>
> As you may know, the Wikimedia teach team has started to upgrade
> MediaWiki on some wikis. MediaWiki is the software that runs all
> Wikimedia wikis.
>
> The most visible change for Wikimedia users will be the deployment of
> ResourceLoader [1].
>
> ResourceLoader optimizes the use of JavaScript in MediaWiki, speeding up
> its delivery by compressing it sometimes, and cutting down on the amount
> of unused JavaScript that gets delivered to the browser in the first
> place.
>
> The installation of ResourceLoader may cause compatibility issues with
> existing JavaScript code.
>
> Trevor Parscal and Roan Kattouw, the main developers of ResourceLoader,
> will be available on IRC [2] on Monday, February 14th, at 18:00 (UTC)
> [3], to answer questions and help fix issues related to ResourceLoader.
>
> *If you maintain JavaScript code on your home wiki, please attend.*
> Don't wait until your wiki's JavaScript is all broken.
>
> Please spread this information as widely as possible; it's critical to
> reach as many local JavaScript maintainers as possible.
>
> Logs of the session will be published publicly.
>
> [1] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/ResourceLoader
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Dear Hari and Anirudh,
Further to my message below, could you help me understand why Praveen's
message does not appear in the archive for WikimediaIndia-l, even though
messages subsequent to it - like mine - do?
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2011-February/date.ht…
I'm sure there must be some simple technical reason for this, just
asking to understand better how moderation/ archiving works.
Best,
Achal
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Moderation policy on WikimediaIndia-l
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 17:14:50 +0530
From: Achal Prabhala <aprabhala(a)gmail.com>
To: Discussion list on Indian language projects of Wikimedia.
<wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Dear Hari and Anirudh,
As moderators of WikimediaIndia-l, could you describe the policy you
normally adopt towards moderation?
Do you only block obvious spam or other messages, and if so on what basis?
I am naturally curious since a message from Praveen that you only just
released seems to have been sent in 3 days ago.
Furthermore, I think we'd benefit from understanding how people may
apply to become administrators on this list.
In light of Anirudh's recent appointment to administrator of this list,
is there an open process by which other members might apply?
(Foundation-l seems to have three administrators, though I would imagine
that there is nothing stopping WikimediaIndia-l from having more than
three).
Please note that I don't ask with persecutory intent, but merely to
clear gaps in my own understanding, which might be a problem that other
people on this list face as well. Since WikimediaIndia-l is such an
important place for all kinds of conversations that cut across the
movement in India, it's in all our interests to know exactly how it is
managed.
Best regards,
Achal
