WikimediaIndia-l June 2011

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Number grouping for Indian Languages
by Praveen Prakash 21 Jun '11

21 Jun '11

Hi, FYI: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29495 I hope this is okay for ml, hi, sa, ta, kn, te, mr, ur, or, bn, pa, gu, bho, as, ks with exception of date, with own as well as English digits. [I thought Hindi's own digits are popular! ( https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29279) ] Praveen <http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Praveenp>

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Name of Annual National WikiConference in India and Meta Page
by wheredevelsdare＠hotmail.com 20 Jun '11

20 Jun '11

**Cross posted on India/Mumbai/Pune Lists - kindly forward to other Language/City lists that you may be a part of** Dear All, A tentative page for the WikiConference has been made on Meta and is available on this link: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2011 A discussion has been started for the name of the actual conference with people requested to vote/suggest titles within a week (by 1PM IST on Monday, 27 June 2011): http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:WikiConference_India_2011 Once the name is finalised we will request people to come up with a LOGO for the event. Inputs from all Community and Chapter members is requested. Kind Regards, User:AroundTheGlobe

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WikiConference India, 2011 - Proposed Venue (Any responses to be made within 72 hours of this email being sent)
by wheredevelsdare＠hotmail.com 20 Jun '11

20 Jun '11

**Cross posted on India/Mumbai/Pune lists - kindly forward to other Language/City lists you may be a part of** Dear All, Bishakha, Moksh, Pradeep and myself visited the Unviersity of Mumbai (Fort Campus) last week to consider it as a venue for the upcoming WikiConference in November 2011. We had a look at the facilites they had to offer and we were impressed. They are offering us use of: 1. Convocation Hall - A standalone building within the Campus a. Sir Cowasjee Jehangir Convocational Hall b. Viewing Gallery c. 1st floor balcony on both sides of the Viewing Gallery overlooking the lawns d. A small terrace over the porch and the lawns 2. 2 seminar sooms - A/c with capacity of 100 persons each (between 10am and 3.30pm on Friday - for the weekend we can get it upto 6pm if there are no classes scheduled). These are in the adjoining building and are literally 2 minutes walking from the Convocation Hall. 3. Use of Lawns 4. Parking for 20-25 cars within the premises Costs: Rs. 94,000/- for the 3 days for the Convocation Hall (discount possible if we complete certain paperwork) Rs. 3500/- for each Seminar room on weekdays and Rs.4500/- on weekends. Pictures (Picture Quality not the best - there was an event with Maharashtra CM as Chief Guest the same day so the place was being decked up): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Seminar_Room_28,_Ground_Floor_(1).jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Seminar_Room_28,_Ground_Floor_(2).jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Seminar_Room_144,_First_Floor_(1).jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Seminar_Room_144,_First_Floor_(1).jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Seminar_Room_144,_First_Floor_(3).jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Balcony_next_to_viewing_gallery,_Con… http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MU_Convocation_Hall_1.jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MU_Convocation_Hall_2.jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MU_Convocation_Hall_3.jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MU_Convocation_Hall_4.jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zodiac_Signs_in_Stained_Glass_at_Con… http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Convocation_Hall_view_from_viewing_g… http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MU_Lawns_1.jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MU_Lawns_2.jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MU_Lawns_3_(Behind_statue_of_Sir_Cow… http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Porch_of_Convocation_Hall_Building.j… http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Staircase_at_University_of_Mumbai.jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rajabai_Clock_Tower_from_Convocation… http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Staricase_to_Viewing_Gallery.jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Terrace_atop_porch_of_Convocation_Ha… http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Viewing_Gallery_at_the_Convocation_H… The Organising Team proposes to finalise the University of Mumbai (Fort Campus) as the event venue. Kindly revert with your thoughts - supporting (or objecting) to this choice of venue within 72 hours of this email being sent. If anyone has any other suggestions, kindly revert with the same, again within 72 hours of this email being sent. Kind Regards,

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WikiConference India - Minutes 18-6-2011
by wheredevelsdare＠hotmail.com 20 Jun '11

20 Jun '11

*Minutes of the Planning Meet which took place on 18-6-2011 (Saturday) in Mumbai* **Cross posted on India/Mumbai/Pune lists - please forward to other City or Language lists that you may be a part of** 1. Name of conference - there were 3 suggestions. There was an idea that these could be put up for a week on Meta - asking people to vote for their choice (or make other suggestions): a. '''Wikimela''' Advantage: English/Hindi Fusion Possible issue: Mela has different meanings (could be miscontrued for a carnival!) b. '''Wiki Conference India''' Advantage: Simplicity Possible Issue: A bit to generic. c. '''WikiMania India''' Advantage: Global image of the name Possible Issue: Could be confused with the global meet 2. All Documents to be posted on meta where a dedicated page will be made on meta. 3. Coordination among OC - Mail, Sabse bolo (Telepone) - minutes to be taken and calls to be moderated to ensure everyone has their say. 4. Master list - cross postings! A seperate mailing list to be made for the OC 5. Logo for the event - request for design to be posted on India list. 6. 3 office bearers. Chairperson/President of the event from Mumbai , Secretary in Pune and Tresurer from Mumbai. These 3 will be on the ground and will have visiting cards and letterheads made specifically for this event only. 7. Advisory committee - Hisham, Bishaka, Arjun, Achal 8. Working groups and functional team: Everyone to choose sub-committees they want to be part of - Based on functionality. The OC as it stands at the moment will be redone - everyone part of sub-committees except office bearers and advisors who will be part of everything/advise everyone. 9. Venue - University of Mumbai (South Campus) was the unanimous choice. Again, will be put up on the India list - with a 72 hour deadline for people to respond (Similarly all other major decisions to be put on mailing list before execution). 10. Accommodation: 4 on the table thus far. YWCA, Astoria, Chateau Windsor and Sea Green - all within 5-15 minutes walking of the venue, Ensuite, Airconditioned rooms. YWCA, Chateau Windor, Sea Green all on par so can be offered to people with 100% scholarships. Astoria is equivalent to a 3 star so can be offered to those with 75% or 90% scholarship. Another few hotels are due to be checked out this week. 11. Teams: Finance / Audit Sponsorship Scholarship Media and pr Volunteer Speaker management Program Community communication Venue Logistics IT team Conference planning Party plans 12. Finance: Joint accounts to be created 4 signatories (2 from Mumbai, 2 from Chapter). New A/c will be in Chapter name and will be for Conference purpose. At the end of the year Mumbai reps will be replaced with reps from next host and money rolled over for next conference (any overflow). Everyone to pitch in with Sponsors. Sponsors could be in cash or kind. Eg. Looking for airline sponsor to get people to Mumbai or just cash which can be used for the conference. 13. Party: Royal Bombay Yatch Club to be asked for a quote as well as Bombay Presidency Radio Club 14. Decisions to be made on Consensus or by Simple Majority if consensus not possible. 15. Time limits: Time limits to be set for everything so that everything goes on time. Kind Regards,

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Creative Commons talk - Shishir Jha - June 18, 2011
by Pradeep Mohandas 20 Jun '11

20 Jun '11

hi, Just a small little note to let everyone know that the Mumbai community hosted the Creative Commons workshop yesterday. We had with us IIT-B Associate Professor and Creative Commons Project Lead (India), Shishir Jha. We had a nice mix of audience - people interested and active in copyright issues, film makers, librarians, publishers, etc. of up to 30 people. Shishir Jha began his talk with an explanation of the digital economy and then showed a 10 min intro (to give you an idea - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BESbnMJg9M; if you know where a copy exists outside of YouTube, please do share!) to Creative Commons after talking about the various Creative Commons licenses. Ashwin Baindur was present from the Pune community and gave us an insight into Wikimedia Commons. He also explained why Wikimedia used the CC licenses it did and illustrated it with an example. Gautam John, from the Wikimedia Chapter was also present at the meeting. He presented a brief about the Wikimedia chapter and invited members to join the chapter. He also spoke about Pratham Books' experiment with the use of Creative Commons. We had a fine and diverse audience who were people who had worked on the ground. They had faced some of the problems related to copyrights and raised good questions. The project (pad.ma - you can find them at http://pad.ma/) have taken video of the talk which will be released to Wikimedia Commons. We will also upload slides from Shishir's talk if he sends it to us - we have made a request. The Mumbai community has sponsored the membership for Shishir Jha to the Wikimedia Chapter as a token of our appreciation. warm regards, Pradeep Mohandas

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Fwd: [cultural-partners] Hurtigruta - another strange video project from Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation
by Pradeep Mohandas 20 Jun '11

20 Jun '11

hi, I wonder if anybody in the Indian Railways or cruise ships would be interested in such a project. warm regards, Pradeep Mohandas ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: John Erling Blad <jeblad(a)gmail.com> Date: 17 June 2011 03:04 Subject: [cultural-partners] Hurtigruta - another strange video project from Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation To: Wikimedia Chapters cultural partners coordination < cultural-partners(a)wikimedia.ch> In 2010 the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation made a strange video production «Bergenbanen» (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergen_Line), a five hour contineous video streamed live from the train. Now they are making «Hurtigruta» (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurtigruten), a five day contineous video from the ships travelling along the Norwegian coastline. The stream should be available worlwide (http://www.nrk.no/hurtigruten/). The previous stream about Bergensbanen is made available under a creative commons license and is also available at commons (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bergensbanen_1280x720.ogv). This kind of documentary video should be possible in other contexts too. What about the steamboat «Skibladner» (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skibladner) at lake Mjøsa? Or the boats travelling Göta Kanal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6ta_Canal)? In general, what if we could build a rig to make such documentary videos? Just an idea. John _______________________________________________ cultural-partners mailing list cultural-partners(a)wikimedia.ch http://lists.wikimedia.ch/listinfo/cultural-partners

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Fwd: [cultural-partners] from Creative Commons: 4 Stars for Metadata: an Open Ranking System for Library, Archive, and Museum Collection Metadata
by Pradeep Mohandas 20 Jun '11

20 Jun '11

hi, I thought that at least a few of you might be interested in this. warm regards, Pradeep Mohandas --- To: Wikimedia Chapters cultural partners coordination < cultural-partners(a)wikimedia.ch> https://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/27859 Interesting proposal about a rating system for metadata in GLAMs (or LAMs as they say). -Sarah -- GLAMWIKI Partnership Ambassador for the Wikimedia Foundation<http://www.glamwiki.org> Wikipedian-in-Residence, Archives of American Art<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:SarahStierch> and Sarah Stierch Consulting *Historical, cultural & artistic research & advising.* ------------------------------------------------------ http://www.sarahstierch.com/ _______________________________________________ cultural-partners mailing list cultural-partners(a)wikimedia.ch http://lists.wikimedia.ch/listinfo/cultural-partners

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Announcement: Selected Books from Malayalam Wikisource on CD released
by Jyothis E 19 Jun '11

19 Jun '11

Dear fellow Wikimedians, With great pleasure, Malayalam Wikimedia Community announced its 2011 CD project "Selected Books from Malayalam Wikisource on CD - 1.0" at the 4th annual Wiki Meetup in Kannur, Kerala. This is by far the biggest digital collection of free books in Malayalam language available on CD for offline use. This is an important milestone, as majority of the households in Kerala does not have internet or does not have an always on connection and this will enable them to access these books as an offline content. Contents: Selected Poems by * Kumaranasan * Cherusseri * Changampuzha Krishna Pillai * Kalakkaththu Kunchan Nambiar * Irayimman Thampi * Ramapurathu Warrier Malayalam Grammer * Kerala Panineeyam by AR Rajaraja Varma Legends/Folklore * Aithihyamala Novels * Indulekha Religious * Bhagavad Gita * Adhyatma Ramayanam Kilippaatu * Harinama Keerthanam * Geetha Govindam * Sathya Veda Pusthakam (Malayalam Bible) * Quran * Works of Sree Narayana Guru * Devotional songs for Christian, Hindu and Islamic religions Native Art Form * Parichamuttukali pattukal Philosophy (Political) * Communist Manifesto * Principles of Communism (Friedrich Engels) The CD also contains the commons collections of images on food, plants, birds, maps and celebrations from Kerala. The CD is made available for download in iso format as well as browsing at our community website - http://www.mlwiki.in. For those who are interested in the technical challenges and aspects of the background work may read Santhosh's blog post<http://thottingal.in/blog/2011/06/11/malayalam-wikisource-offline-version/>about it. We thank every one who participated in the effort. Comments and questions are welcome. Thanks and Regards, Malayalam Wikimedia Community.

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Administrative maps of India and states.
by Naveen Francis 19 Jun '11

19 Jun '11

Hi all, New maps for respective states can be created with following base. *Census Maps* http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/maps/maps2011.html http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/maps/administrative_maps/admmaps20… Kerala administrative maps already created by Rajeshodayanchal<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Rajeshodayanchal>as part of Malayalam Wikipedia Map Project<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Malayalam_Wikipedia_Map_Project> . Please help us to translate the map to other indic languages via following tool http://toolserver.org/~jarry/svgtranslate/ http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kerala-administrative-divisions-map-… (Kerala administrative maps in ml) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kerala-administrative-divisions-map-… (Kerala administrative maps in en) Thanks, Naveen Francis

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Wikimedia board election is going on...
by Naveen Francis 18 Jun '11

18 Jun '11

Please check out... Board elections/2011/en - Meta<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board_elections/2011> -- Naveen Francis

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