Dear all,
If you remember, we had a few discussions about whether India wants to
participate in Wiki Loves Monuments happening globally.
Here is the timeline for the global movement:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2012/Timeline
Here is a link to the dedicated mailing list for WLM-IN. You can subscribe
here:
http://lists.wmnederland.nl/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/wlm-in
Since this is a community decision and will definitely require the
Chapter's guidance and help, it would be great if we can get some
discussion going. Recently, we have organized many a successful photo walks
and meetups. Our participation levels have also gone up. Would it be useful
to participate and sustain this enthusiasm? I am in for it and I hope all
the GLAM guys also are up for it. Would love to hear what you all have to
say. :)
Thank you,
Warmly
Noopur
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Noopur Raval
Student
Arts and Aesthetics
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Ph: 9650567690
JMILUG organized Wikipedia Introductory session with the help of
CSIJMI<http://www.csijmi.com/>and Wikimedia-India-Delhi group. The
session was informative as well as
interactive. Nitika Tondon & Subhashish working as consultanst in Wikimedia
were speaker in the session.
In upcoming days JMILUG would be planning to have a *Wikipedia Editing
session* in JMI. Hope in future JMILUG would be successful in making *Wiki
Club in Jamia Millia Islamia*.
To see Photo Gallery Click
Here<http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.356725394340437&type=1>
Here is the source link: http://www.jmilug.org/cms/?q=node/30
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Dear all,
In Delhi we have been working on a collaboration with the National Crafts
Museum and the director has been helpful enough to accept our draft and
forward it to the Ministry of Culture. This is a copy of the final proposal
we sent her and may be used if you want to make your own proposals for the
future.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Crafts_Museum-Wikipedia_-_Proposal.p…
This may specially help Pranav and others trying to write one for MSA.
Thank you,
Warmly
Noopur
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Noopur Raval
Student
Arts and Aesthetics
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Ph: 9650567690
hi,
There had been some discussion here about what happened to publicly
funded instruments. Here's from Europe.
Pradeep
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From: Andrea Zanni <zanni.andrea84(a)gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:07:36 +0100
Subject: [cultural-partners] Results of EU public consultation on
scientific information in the digital age
To: Wikimedia & Libraries <libraries(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Wikimedia
Chapters cultural partners coordination
<cultural-partners(a)wikimedia.ch>, openaccess(a)wikimedia.it
Dear all,
few months ago th EU proposed a public consultation on scientific
information in the digital age.
Many Wikimedia chapters did reply to this survey, and results are available:
http://ec.europa.eu/research/science-society/document_library/pdf_06/survey…
Let me quote just the first results:
*Access to digital scientific information: scientific publications*
Respondents were asked if there is no access problem to scientific
publications in Europe: 84 % disagreed or disagreed strongly
with the statement. The high prices of journals/subscriptions (89 %) and
limited library budgets (85 %) were signalled as the
most important barriers to accessing scientific publications. More than 1
000 respondents (90 %) supported the idea that
publications resulting from publicly funded research should, as a matter of
principle, be in open access (OA) mode. An even
higher number of respondents (91 %) agreed or agreed strongly that OA
increased access to and dissemination of scientific
publications. Self-archiving (‘green OA’) or a combination of
self-archiving and OA publishing (‘gold OA’) were identified as
the preferred ways that public research policy should facilitate in order
to increase the number and share of scientific publications
available in OA. Respondents were asked, in the case of self-archiving
(‘green OA’), what the desirable embargo
period is (period of time during which publication is not yet open access):
a six-month period was favoured by 56 % of
respondents (although 25 % disagree with this option).
*Access to digital scientific information: research data*
As for the question of access to research data, the vast majority of
respondents (87 %) disagreed or disagreed strongly with
the statement that there is no access problem for research data in Europe.
The barriers to access research data considered
very important or important by respondents were: lack of funding to develop
and maintain the necessary infrastructures
(80 %); the insufficient credit given to researchers for making research
data available (80 %); and insufficient national/regional
strategies/policies (79 %). There was strong support (90 % of responses)
for research data that is publicly available and results
from public funding to be, as a matter of principle, available for reuse
and free of charge on the Internet. Lower support (72 %
of responses) was given for data resulting from partly publicly and partly
privately funded research.
*Preservation of digital scientific information
*Responding to the question asking whether preservation of scientific
information is at present sufficiently addressed,
64 % of the respondents disagreed or disagreed strongly. The main barriers
signalled in this area were: uncertainty as
to who is responsible for preserving scientific information (80 %); the
quality and interoperability of repositories (78 %);
and the lack of a harmonised approach to legal deposit (69 %).
Regards,
Aubrey
--
Pradeep Mohandas
How Pradeep uses email - http://goo.gl/6v1I9
hi,
There had been some discussion here about what happened to publicly
funded instruments. Here's from Europe.
Pradeep
Handheld
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Pradeep Mohandas
How Pradeep uses email - http://goo.gl/6v1I9
Greetings! This is a short note on Wikipedia Takes Mumbai II. Forty
people turned up near the Oval Maidan at Churchgate at 8 am yesterday. The
landmarks that were photographed included the Babulnath Temple, Nehru
Science Centre, Opera House, St Thomas Cathedral, INS Vikrant and Yazdani
Bakery. After the photos had been clicked many of the participants
proceeded to Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, TIFR where they were
shown how to upload to Commons using both the usual upload process and by
using the mediawiki-uploader mass upload script.
Nikita Belavate and Karthik Nadar put in a lot of work into the event. They
helped many people contribute to the Commons while having a good time, and
they deserve praise for making all of this happen.
Our heartfelt gratitude to Pranav Curumsey, Vickram Crishna, Dr
Nagarjuna, Noopur Raval and Moksh Juneja for all the help and mentoring.
Thanks to Shrinivasan T for mediawiki-uploader :) And apologies if I missed
anyone out.
Do visit our maintenance category
WTM<http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:WTM>,
specially created for the event. 313 pictures have been uploaded so far.
Sincerely
Anshuman Fotedar
PS:
1.
During the photowalk, some of the participants who were taking pictures of
Bombay House were interrupted by private security personnel and asked to
handover their cameras so that the pictures could be removed. Pranav
and Aditya Sengupta, who were among them, peacefully put forth the fact
that they were not not breaking any laws by photographing the structure
from the outside since it was not a legally protected one. They were
standing on the road, and not trespassing. To resolve the matter, Aditya,
Pranav and Krutikaa Jawanjal accompanied the security personnel to the
police station where they explained that they were within their rights to
do what they did, and that citizens of the country need not take prior
permission to take exterior photographs of private property that was not
accorded legal protection. The PSI on duty made a noting in his station
diary and informed us that Bombay House has security fears, which is why
one should speak to their bosses before taking pictures, but agreed with
them per se that there is no law that prohibits people from taking pictures
there.
2.
The group that went to Bombay House (and subsequently to Yazdani Bakery,
St. Thomas Cathedral) and other places was delayed owing to the incident
at Bombay House and discovered serendipitously that entry to INS Vikrant
was open. Covering Vikrant took a while, adding to the delay. Consequently
they (this includes me) never reached HBCSE but uploaded from home instead.
Although we did get several good contributions from the participants in
this group as well, I do recognise that it may have been nice if we could
have joined in with the participants who uploaded together at HBCSE. I
apologise.
Times of India : "Shooting city for web viewers"
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-01-29/mumbai/30675607_1_wi…
MUMBAI: On Saturday morning, a group of 40 Mumbaikars armed with cameras
gathered outside the Oval Maidan before setting out on a photo-walk to
ensure their city is well-represented in the realms of cyberspace where
information can be accessed for free.
Speaking about the popular free online encyclopaedia, Wikipedia, Nikita
Belavate, a student, said, "Many Wikipedia articles on city landmarks do
not have photos. We want to change that." Belavate was one of the
organizers of the photo scavenger hunt, 'Wikipedia Takes Mumbai', which
concluded in the afternoon.
At the end of the shoot, the group uploaded over 200 pictures to
Wikimedia Commons, the repository of free multimedia files that supplies
photos to all Wiki sites. "We took over 800 photos and will soon upload
the others," Belavate said.
The landmarks photographed included Babulnath Temple, Nehru Science
Centre and Bandra Talao. "We had a list of places like the mint and
Arthur Road Jail," said Neeraj Pattath, a volunteer photographer. "For
pictures that don't have a mention on the website yet, a new stub can be
created with a few lines describing them," said Pranav Curumsey, a
regular contributor to the site.
Financial analyst Anshuman Fotedar, who took pictures of St Thomas
Cathedral, INS Vikrant and Yazdani Bakery, said, "It was a way to learn
more about the city and its cultural history." For civil engineer Milind
Vedpathak, who photographed Kanheri, Mahakali and Mandapeshwar caves, it
was a "campaign to promote a side of Mumbai that wasn't about slums and
beggars".
The event was also meant to spread awareness about "Wiki culture". "We
helped people set up their Wiki user IDs and showed them how to use
Commonist, a tool that lets users upload large number of images," said
Karthik Nadar, a banking student.
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Regards
Tinu Cherian
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http://wiki.wikimedia.in/In_the_news
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DNA : Wikipedians set out on mission to capture Mumbai landmarks
http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_wikipedians-set-out-on-mission-to-cap…
Armed with cameras and the belief that some of the city’s landmarks
deserve to be featured in cyberspace, a group of Wikipedia volunteers
trudged along Mumbai’s streets on Sunday, identifying notable spots and
capturing them on film.
The photographs will be contributed to Wikimedia Commons, a repository
for copyright-free images, sound and other media files.
“Mumbai has several monuments and famous spots. But, some of them find
little or no mention on Wikipedia,” said Anshuman Fotedar, a financial
analyst and member of the group.
The aim of the exercise was not just to put the city’s landmarks on the
virtual map but also to increase awareness of Wikipedia and its culture
in the city.
Fotedar added that many people want to give something back to the vast
online encyclopaedia but are unable to figure out how to start
contributing. “The English-language Wikipedia has grown quite a lot over
the years, thanks to the efforts of regular contributors. This exercise
was meant to introduce new contributors to areas they can help with,” he
said.
The group, comprising mostly students and young professionals, was,
however, stopped from taking pictures by security guards at the Bombay
House. In the end, the authorities agreed that shooting the building was
not prohibited.
Besides the photowalk, the group took part in discussions on other
projects that Wikipedia India volunteers are working on.
“There is an initiative called GLAM through which Wikipedia collaborates
with prominent art galleries and museums to help with articles related
to culture,” Fotedar said. Another project focuses on promotion of
Indian language Wikipedias.
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Regards
Tinu Cherian
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http://wiki.wikimedia.in/In_the_news
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Hi all,
I just wrote an appreciation for the Mumbai photowalk, but in reading
through the whole list I noted that there has been a large increase in
activities in the community as a whole over the past few weeks. Some of
this is probably attributable to the 11th anniversary of Wikipedia, but it
is mostly attributable to the growing efforts of all of you to build our
community in India, Bangledash (noting the 8th birthday of Bengali WP!).
Congrats on all the events - this is the way we build a community.
I'd like to add that your efforts are working, though the data I have is a
bit imperfect and has some reliability issues. I measured the share of
total edits to all Wikipedia projects from India in July 2010 (in
preparation for my first trip to India in September 2010). The share was
1.3% of total. Our most recent analysis shows we have grown to 1.7% of
edits. That is a 31% increase in share. It is even more impressive to note
that this implies that total edits from India increased by 42.5% in a time
period when edits worldwide increased 9%.
CONGRATS team India!
Warmest regards,
Barry
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Barry Newstead
Chief Global Development Officer
Wikimedia Foundation
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