WikimediaIndia-l January 2012

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Android ICS support for Tamil and Indic languages
by Ravishankar 09 Jul '12

09 Jul '12

Hi, I did some testing on how the recently released Android ICS supports Indic languages. *Tamil, Bengali, Marathi and Hindi are the only Indian languages supported for now*. Oh ya, it can also show English well without a problem ;) You can view the findings in details at http://microblog.ravidreams.net/2011/12/android-ics-support-for-tamil-indic… Screen shots with description can be found at https://picasaweb.google.com/115896376016313561916/AndroidICSSupportForIndi… I could not view the web fonts in Kannada, Telugu Wikipedias as Gerard has indicated at http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.com/2011/12/new-android.html Please let me know if I have to configure anything. One major To Do for all Indic Wiki projects: The mobile version homepage of most of the Indic Wikipedias is not showing anything except the search box. Please configure this well. You can see ta.m.wikipedia.org for example. Ravi

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Tamil Wiki Media Contest
by Srikanth Lakshmanan 06 Mar '12

06 Mar '12

Hello All, Tamil Wiki Community is currently organizing a 3 month long media contest[1][2] with the aim of increasing media files related to Tamil / Tamilians / Tamil culture to be used in Tamil Wiki Projects and encouraging non-text contributions from users who could contribute easily through pictures, sounds, videos. Total prize money of 850 USD is up for grabs. As such within a week of starting the contest, we have got over 350 images from participants in India and Srilanka. Apart from images which can be used on Wikipedia pages, pronunciation files are also being uploaded to be used in Wiktionary. Arrangements are on to get it widely publicized on print / radio / television media across places with Tamil population. Facebook[3] is also helping a lot in getting traction. Spread out the word, also do participate! [1] http://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contest/en [2] http://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contest [3] http://www.facebook.com/tawmc -- Regards Srikanth.L

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Report on Mumbai Workshop 2
by wheredevelsdare＠hotmail.com 24 Feb '12

24 Feb '12

Moksh and I went to the Text100 office at Nariman Point on 6 January 2012. Aprox 25 people attended the Workshop in person which was webcast live to Text100 offices in Delhi and Bangalore. Through the 1 hour Workshop we covered the below and answered several questions raised by attendees. We covered the following: 1. Wikipedia Philosophy/5 Pillars (and that we do not have editorial control, that admins are nothing but editors with additional responsibilities. On what is done when there is an issue we explained the process upto Arbcom and that Jimbo has a veto which he has never used so far and has stated that he doesnt think he will). 2. Licensing (Explained Wikipedia is free licensed under CC-BY-SA) 3. What Wikipedia is NOT 4. NPOV/YESPOV 5. Be Bold and edit anything that is incorrect 6. Etiquette/AGF 7. Tutorial (Editing/Citations etc) 8. RS 9. CoI (Bell Pottinger affair) Moksh also gave a live editing example and we showed them how to sign on a page with 4 tides (the attendees had actually typed their names on the Wiki page for the workshop). One of the participants mentioned official company photos on Wikipedia articles. Explained that such photos on have been donated to Commons and suggested that Text100 could also donate their photo archives to Commons, which would be useful for several articles. They sounded positive on this aspect - will be following up with them on this.

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Wikimania 2012 - scholarship applications, Deadline : 16 Feb 2012
by CherianTinu Abraham 16 Feb '12

16 Feb '12

Hi all, Wikimania is the annual international conference of Wikimedians , jointly hosted by the local team ( usually local chapter) and the Wikimedia Foundation. The previous conferences were held in Frankfurt, Germany (2005), Boston, USA (2006), Taipei, Taiwan (2007), Alexandria, Egypt (2008), Buenos Aires, Argentina (2009), Gdańsk, Poland (2010), and Haifa, Israel (2011). This year, it is to be held in Washington DC, United States of America, on July 12-14 , 2012. http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page I have attended the Wikimanias in Gdansk and Haifa, along with several other Wikipedians from India. http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Wikimania2011 I highly recommend everyone to apply and attend Wikimania ! Like every year, The Wikimedia Foundation is offering a limited number of scholarships to offset the cost of select individuals' attendance at Wikimania. Both full and partial scholarships are available for Wikimania 2012: Full scholarships will award round trip travel, dorms accommodations and registration. Partial scholarships will subsidize up to 300€ of travel expenses. Scholarship recipients have to bear themselves the additional costs of taxis, visa & travel agent charges etc. More Information : http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships Apply here : https://secure.wikidc.org/wm/schols/ Deadline : *16 Feb 2012* Around 30 % of the scholarship are allocated to Asia & Pacific, so there are more chances of scholarship applications from India to be selected. :) Please note that the selection is mostly based on the merit of the applications. One of the common mistakes that Wikimedians in India make is that we aren't enough vocal of what we do. So please do write in detail about your Wikimedia activities. Please feel free to forward this to various language and city mailing lists and encourage other Wikimedians to apply. All the best wishes! Regards Tinu Cherian On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 3:19 AM, Sumana Harihareswara <sumanah(a)wikimedia.org > wrote: > From wikimania-l : > > http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimania-l/2012-January/003272.html > > Greetings all and sundry! > > Scholarship applications are now being accepted for Wikimania 2012 in > Washington, D.C. The application window will be one month (through > February 16). To learn more about Wikimania scholarships, see > http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships > > To apply for a scholarship, you can fill out the application form > here: https://secure.wikidc.org/wm/schols/ > > Good luck! > > Sage Ross > Wikimedia DC > > > Forwarded by: > -- > Sumana Harihareswara > Volunteer Development Coordinator > Wikimedia Foundation > >

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01 Feb '12

Hello, Please see the site http://www.aahwaan.com/wiki/ , Here there is a copyright violation, as the content is used from Wikipedia.. So please take the appropriate action. -- Thanks & Regards, Srikant Kedia Odia (Oriya) Wiki Community <http://or.wikipedia.org> Mail ID - odiawiki(a)gmail.com Facebook- facebook.com/OdiaWiki Tweet @OdiaWiki

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] , [Wikimedia-in-mum] Report on Wikipedia Takes Mumbai II
by Sumana Harihareswara 31 Jan '12

31 Jan '12

Nikita, Thanks for your reply. Here's a list of the Wikimedia community's IRC channels: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC/Channels In the future, when you have a technical problem with Wikimedia sites, try visiting one of the IRC channels that the developers and system administrators use to coordinate their work, such as #wikimedia-tech . A few of our system administrators are volunteers. There's an incomplete and out-of-date list here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/System_administrators You asked: "How can I help?" If you have system administration skills, you can help by getting a Labs account https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/WMF_Projects/Wikimedia_Labs . Labs users talk via the #wikimedia-labs channel on IRC and the labs-l mailing list https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/labs-l . Tasks that new system administrators can take on are listed here: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/WMF_Projects/Wikimedia_Labs#Proposals and you can learn about the current architecture of Wikimedia's operations infrastructure at https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/ However, as I mentioned, the system is still under construction and so please don't feel discouraged if there's not much you can do yet. People without system administration skills can help in this particular situation by learning them, or by spreading the word about Wikimedia technical opportunities in general. Thanks! -- Sumana Harihareswara Volunteer Development Coordinator Wikimedia Foundation On 01/31/2012 07:00 AM, wikimediaindia-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org wrote: > Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:54:51 +0530 From: nikita belavate > <niki8891(a)gmail.com> To: Wikimedia India Community list > <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] > [Wikimedia-in-mum] Report on Wikipedia Takes Mumbai II Message-ID: > <CAPYgbuP3s=+1pdm-tZUwdSq3j4_nCL7pF69F8_DhWyPVKqWC6Q(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hii, Thanks for your > response. We tried at Wikimedia-in Channel ( wikimedia India). Thank you > for the information you mentioned. It will be very helpful to have > volunteer system administrations. How can i help? Warm Regards, Nikita > Belavate. > > On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 9:07 PM, Sumana Harihareswara > <sumanah(a)wikimedia.org >> > wrote: >> > On 01/30/2012 07:00 AM, wikimediaindia-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.orgwrote: >> > nikita belavate <niki8891(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> > > The major technical challenge started here while uploading the images. >> > The >>> > > system would not allow upload from many people simultaneously and only >> > one >>> > > person's images were uploaded at a time ! On informing this to Dr. >>> > > Nagarjuna, he mentioned about asking help from the IRC center but >>> > > unfortunately, none of the wikipedians were online at that time. We tried >>> > > calling few , but for some reason they cwere not available then. >> > >> > My sympathies and condolences on this problem! >> > >> > Quick question -- which IRC channels did you go into? If I know more >> > about that, I can help encourage better 24/7 coverage. >> > >> > In the long run, it'll be helpful for Wikimedia to have volunteer system >> > administrators around the world, to increase the chances that someone is >> > online and available and can help you. And maybe you can become a >> > sysadmin yourself! Wikimedia Labs >> > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/WMF_Projects/Wikimedia_Labs is an effort >> > to help grow the Wikimedia system administration community. Check it >> > out. It's in closed beta right now and it is still under construction, >> > but if you ask on the Talk/Discuss page for an invite, you can get one. >> > >> > -- >> > Sumana Harihareswara >> > Volunteer Development Coordinator >> > Wikimedia Foundation >> >

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Applying to ChapCom: Deadline 15 Feb
by Noopur 31 Jan '12

31 Jan '12

Dear all, the Chapter Committee (ChapCom) application deadline is February 15. For those interested in applying, here is the link: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chapters_Committee Members will selected and here is the procedure of selection: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chapters_committee/Resolutions/Amendment_of_… I would urge the chapter members to consider applying. :) Thank you, Warmly Noopur -- Noopur Raval Student Arts and Aesthetics Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi Ph: 9650567690

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Translation request : Wikimania 2012/CentralNotice
by Tinu Cherian (Wikimedia India) 31 Jan '12

31 Jan '12

Open translation request : Wikimania 2012/CentralNotice Needs help ! http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2012/CentralNotice -- Regards Tinu Cherian Wikimedia India Chapter http://wiki.wikimedia.in

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[Press] Odia Wikipedia turns 8!
by Subhashish Panigrahi 31 Jan '12

31 Jan '12

Here is a story published in OrissaPost (http://www.orissapost.com) about the Odia Wikipedia (http://or.wikipedia.org) on 29 January 2012: https://docs.google.com/open?id=13lbkcKU55a2PW8QUtzQBdhDKrP02LYgKl_0zkFvXdh… *KNOWLEDGE PORTAL* Report by Payal Bhut Wikipedia, the biggest online encyclopaedia, still draws a million hits every day. In order to popularise it in India the Wikimedia Foundation, a voluntary organisation based in San Francisco, had initiated a broad-based project in India some years back. Today, Wikipedia comes in more than 270 lan- guages across the world. In India, the online dictionary is available in 20 regional languages, of which 11 are active while nine have taken a backseat. Orissa is rich in culture and heritage and there is no dearth of talented people in the state. Purportedly to give the Oriya language a new dimension, Oriya Wikipedia was created by a group of like-minded volunteers in 2002. It was the largest available online encyclopaedia in the Oriya language. It contained articles written by the public as well as experts. The encyclopaedia encouraged voluntary contributions – the contributors were not offered remu- nerations of any kind. By end-2004, the Oriya Wikipedia was a well-stuffed collection of pages with nu- merous entries trickling in every day. It was managed by a handful of volunteers. However, contributions started drying up soon after. Till 2011, a mere 560 articles were available in the site. “Due to shortage of volunteers and lack of awareness, only a handful of articles were available. Even these articles were not up to the mark,” says Subhasis Panigrahi, Communication and Programme Support, India Programme, Wikimedia Foundation. It so happened that at a function in Bangalore, an enthusiast Ashutosh Kar who knew about the encyclopaedia took the initiative to revive it and make it more accessible. Today, the Oriya Wikipedia has 15-odd volunteers and the number of articles has risen to 2,030 dealing with topics like the physical and life sciences, art, humanities, culture as well as Orissa- related articles. “Though many people refer to Wikipedia for academic purposes they seldom care to reflect on how the articles are written. Being a non-profit or- ganisation, Wikimedia Foundation, the organisation which hosts Wikipedia, relies on voluntary contributions. Wikipedia ed- itors, also called Wikipedians, who write the content are all unpaid volunteers,” adds Panigrahi. The organisation banks on collaborative writing and the content is not bound by copyright laws. The texts, pictures, or other contents can be shared, dis- tributed and modified, provided attribution is specified, without paying Wikimedia Foundation. Now and then, these young volunteers of Oriya Wikipedia Ashutosh Kar, Jnanaranjana Sahu, Jyotiprakash, Satyakam Das, Kamalakanta Nayak, Krupasindhu Muduli, Mrutyunjaya Kar and Srikant Kedia organise workshops and seminars in Bangalore, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and Balasore in order to raise awareness about the free Oriya encyclopaedia and solicit contributions. “In the workshops, the main focus is to train people on how to create and expand articles,” says Krupasindhu Muduli. Besides workshops, the other tools Wikimedia uses to create awareness are various online and offline programmes. It sends out messages through emails, Facebook, Orkut and other social net- working sites. The group aims to make Oriya Wikipedia a household name in the state. Oriya Wikipedia is celebrating its eighth birthday 29 January in Cuttack. The website can be accessed at http://or.wikipedia.org Important Note : The publisher ( OrissaPost ) of the above news article owns the copyrights of the article / content. Request to kindly not reproduce or circulate the content further. The information is only shared only with an internal community who have been featured on this article. All copyrights are duly acknowledged. Best Subha _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-Odia mailing list wikipedia-or(a)lists.wikimedia.org <Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> To subscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-or

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-mum] Report on Wikipedia Takes Mumbai II
by Sumana Harihareswara 31 Jan '12

31 Jan '12

On 01/30/2012 07:00 AM, wikimediaindia-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org wrote: nikita belavate <niki8891(a)gmail.com> wrote: > The major technical challenge started here while uploading the images. The > system would not allow upload from many people simultaneously and only one > person's images were uploaded at a time ! On informing this to Dr. > Nagarjuna, he mentioned about asking help from the IRC center but > unfortunately, none of the wikipedians were online at that time. We tried > calling few , but for some reason they cwere not available then. My sympathies and condolences on this problem! Quick question -- which IRC channels did you go into? If I know more about that, I can help encourage better 24/7 coverage. In the long run, it'll be helpful for Wikimedia to have volunteer system administrators around the world, to increase the chances that someone is online and available and can help you. And maybe you can become a sysadmin yourself! Wikimedia Labs https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/WMF_Projects/Wikimedia_Labs is an effort to help grow the Wikimedia system administration community. Check it out. It's in closed beta right now and it is still under construction, but if you ask on the Talk/Discuss page for an invite, you can get one. -- Sumana Harihareswara Volunteer Development Coordinator Wikimedia Foundation

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