WikimediaIndia-l November 2012

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[Press]: Lessons and tips on getting media coverage
by Noopur Raval 25 Sep '18

25 Sep '18

Dear all, Over the past one month, we've been working with community members from Assamese, Kannada Malayalam and Nepali communities to get maximum possible media coverage and press support in order to highlight their community and events and hopefully get new editors for our movement. In all cases, I help prepare the press release<http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%…>(as, kn, ml, ne), then community members translate it and then we work together to try and reach out to the widest possible audience. Here are a few links to the press releases and newspaper articles. There are a few in local language papers that are not online. Also, all these reports are due to the collaborative effort and very important follow up by community members like Jyoti, Bishnu, Gitartha, Omshivaprakash, Anoop, Ramesh, Kannan, Sujith, Saroj and Ganesh for the communities respectively. Assamese: http://www.northeasttoday.in/our-states/assam/assamese-wikipedia-celebrates… http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=765639 http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/info-tech/article3… http://www.sify.com/news/assamese-wikipedia-completes-10-years-of-existence… http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/assamese-wikipedia-completes-10-… http://issuu.com/assamese/docs/ghy_13062012?mode=window&backgroundColor#222… http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120611/jsp/northeast/story_15594299.jsp http://sevensisterspost.com/?p=17895 http://amarasom.glpublications.in/Details.aspx?id=9509&boxid=103211609 Kannada: http://epaper.udayavani.com/Display.aspx?Pg=H&Edn=MN&DispDate=6/18/2012 http://allevents.in/Bangalore/483961428297721 Malayalam: http://www.efytimes.com/e1/fullnews.asp?edid=82424 http://keralaitnews.com/state-scan/other-cities/4717-kollam-to-host-malayal… http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/article3351423.e… http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-14/social-media/3134186… http://www.techgoss.com/Story/557S12-Wiki-Malayalam-Meet-held-at-Kerala.aspx http://article.wn.com/view/2012/04/28/Malayalam_wiki_most_innovative/ http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/sci-tech/hitech/malayalam-wiki-most… http://ibnlive.in.com/news/malayalam-wikipedia-could-be-emulated/253196-60-… http://newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/article390787.ece Nepali: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/34914418/Nagarik_Article.png https://dl.dropbox.com/u/34914418/karobar_article.png Radio Sagarmatha broadcasted an interview with a Wikipedian Ganesh Paudel... Radio Nepal Bani Broadcasted an interview with Wikipedians located in Kathmandu (Mr. Ganesh Paudel and Mr. Saroj Dhakal) Just thought I'd share a few pointers based on what went right and what could have been better on my part. This may help you in the future if you too are looking to get media attention for your community and events. A few lessons: *Planning:* - Database of contacts: We have put in place a fairly comprehensive database of English as well as local press, television and radio contacts. I'd be happy to share them with anyone who needs to get in touch with journalists. - In case of local language newspapers, calling a journalist/newspaper office or personally visiting them to give the press brief always works better than e-mailing. Most local language newspapers still prefer a hard copy of the brief or even ask for a fax sometimes. - For the Assamese anniversary celebrations, we had an agenda well in advance and we (the community members and I) made sure the press release was ready in English as well as in Assamese so we could send it out to newspapers, television channels and radio stations. - Regarding English language newspapers, it is always advisable to call first and then e-mail the brief to a senior editor as well as a staff reporter (at least two people within the organization) to ensure the story receives due attention. Attaching a few photographs of your past meetups is a good idea. - It is advisable to translate the press release and attach both versions while sending it to the journalist. - If you are planning to have an event on the weekend, make sure you call and e-mail much earlier during the week. *Event:* - Always make sure to invite the journalists to your event. This will not only help in getting a comprehensive story but will also encourage them to take up editing. - Dealing with news channels and radio stations: While DY 365 channel covered the Assamese meetup, other channels did not bother to follow up. For radio, it *only* works if you speak to them in local language. *Other tips:* - It is a *must* to put in a contact number of preferably an email ID at the end of a press release. Maybe all communities should have either a chapter email ID (like bengali(a)wikimedia.in) or a gmail ID run by an active community member. This can be super useful and will avoid giving out personal details. - Building a quote pool: How about we keep a few quotes from different community members on the basics - (examples: why I edit, how I edit, what is your message to fellow Marathi/Tamil/Gujarati speakers) ? Of course, quotes from people are crucial and must not be misused but, this can help the Chapter communications team too - Getting the article right: Spelling mistakes, misquoted information, erroneous figures are a common problem with Wikipedia stories. Although it may not always be possible, do request the journalist to show you the article before publishing it. - Targeting news agencies: After the Assamese press experience, I realized having one PTI press release ensures that the story reaches at least 4-5 newspapers. This is a very effective way of maximizing media coverage. I might have missed out on a few lessons and invite community members and the chapter communication team to contribute with more inputs. Maybe we can even document this on Meta for future reference. Thank you, Best Noopur -- Noopur Raval

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Please add your name to the Geographical List of Indian Wikipedians
by Ashwin Baindur 31 Jul '18

31 Jul '18

Hello friends, This is a link I recommend you to bookmark. http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Geographical_distribution_of_Indian_Wikipedians This list is useful for outreach & also whenever someone needs Wiki-Help in a particular city. It would be great if Wikipedians could update this list.:) We have the following completely unrepresented states/UTs: * Andaman & Nicobar Islands * Arunachal Pradesh * Assam * Chandigarh * Chhattisgarh * Dadra, Nagar & Haveli * Daman & Diu * Goa * Himachal Pradesh * Jammu & Kashmir * Jharkhand (AngPradesh is in Mumbai) * Lakshadweep * Manipur * Meghalaya * Mizoram * Puducherry * Punjab (oye, ye ki hoya!) * Nagaland * Uttar Pradesh * Uttarakhand Okay, all you admins, please update your status (Mikey my boy, that means you too)! Abroad, we dont have Indic Wikipedians listed for: * Africa * Australia * Asia (other than India) * Middle East * North America * South America Unless you would like to stay off list, of course that's acceptable too. May I also request Tinu / list admins to please forward it all the Indic language & city Wikimedia lists. We need this resource to be as comprehensible as possible. Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur ------------------------------------------------------

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Mobile sites of Indic Wikipedias
by Srikanth Lakshmanan 28 Feb '13

28 Feb '13

Hi all, Needless to repeat the <India-Indic-Mobile-Growth> story. But I was surprised even with that, many Indic wikipedias do not have a mobile site(or some have gone dead since they failed to update for MobileFrontend[1] changes), even the ones that had weren't very much usable. Lets not cite, mobile phones do not have fonts, no one uses Indic on mobile, we all know lot of people do use Opera-mini with complex script rendering support. * Please visit <yourlanguage>.m.wikpedia.org and see if there is a page. If it has nothing but 'search, license, and action control' links, here[2] are the steps that an admin need to do to get a mobile site running with content. If you have problem in doing those, come and ask at #wikimedia-tech (or #mediawiki {?}). * When I visited Tamil wikipedia mobile site, I was restricted to content that was put on mainpage, the links in it. Since my Symbian phone doesnt have Indic input system, I cant search anything. The solution to this is to have a list of articles in alphabetical order *and* display it in mobile front page, like Assamese wikipedians have done[3]. Many Indic wikis have this template, but few show it on main page. This might be incredibly useful on mobile versions. More thoughts on improving Mobile sites welcome :) Mobile sites are important since, 1. Lot of people will be using this. 2. The Wikipedia app uses this(?) [Correct me if am wrong] [1] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:MobileFrontend [2] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mobile_Projects/Mobile_Gateway#Mobile_homepa… [3] http://as.m.wikipedia.org/ -- Regards Srikanth.L

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Wiki Loves Monuments Winners from India
by Karthik Nadar 22 Jan '13

22 Jan '13

Hi all, post contest, we had a jury round for the contest Wiki Loves Monuments, for which the India received more that 16,500 files from various states of various monuments. 2,340 participated for the contest, for which India ranked number one in participants. Thanks to all the Jury members and Wikipedians, who have helped with us for Jury; on behalf of me and Naveen Francis (core team members), and also on behalf of the whole of India Community. Reviewing thousands of file has been a tough job. The Jury members included: - *Arun Ganesh* - *Gauri Gill* - *Kiran Ravikumar* - *Ryan Lobo* - *Sreejith K* *Special thanks to Arnav Sonara*, for filtering thousands of images for Jury round 1. Winners were declared as per rating, with quality, creativity and importance to Wikipedia. *The winners are as follows:* First :http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rear_side_of_Tajmahal.jpg Second :http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Inside_the_caves.jpg Third : http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_9_Stupas.jpg Fourth : http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Etmatuddaula_N-UP-A12.jpg Fifth : http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gateway_of_India_at_night.jpg Sixth - Tenth http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bedse_Caves.jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bhutanatha_group_of_temple_on_the_ea… http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sis_Mahal.jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tomb_of_Safdarjung,_New_Delhi.jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mehrangarh_Fort-1.jpg Very special thanks to: - *Achal Prabhala* - *Konarak Ratnakar* - *Kothari Harsh* - *Sreejith K* - *Yuvi Panda* * * Detailed report will be soon made penned. P.S: I'm sorry if I have missed anyone. -- Karthik Nadar. Secretary, Wikimedia India Chapter. (Ph: +91-9773608862)

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Fwd: [Wikikn-l (kannada wikipedia)] Global Vandalism through IP 212.121.219.1 on Indian territory info
by Harish 30 Dec '12

30 Dec '12

This has been observed and reverted in Kannada wikipedia. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Tejas jain <teju2friends(a)gmail.com> Date: 2012/2/2 Subject: [Wikikn-l (kannada wikipedia)] Global Vandalism through IP 212.121.219.1 on Indian territory info To: wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org, wikikn-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Some one has done global vandalism through IP 212.121.219.1< http://toolserver.org/%7Eluxo/contributions/contributions.php?user=212.121.… >on Indian territory info. User's edit list: http://toolserver.org/~luxo/contributions/contributions.php?user=212.121.21… Arunachal pradesh <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arunachal_Pradesh> and Jammu_and_Kashmir <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir> are hatched as disputed. Was there any discussion before these changes? All the edits on Kannada wiki <http://kn.wikipedia.org/> have been reverted because of following reasons, 1. No discussion prior to the changes 2. No references were made 3. Changes done anonymously 4. No change log message 5. No such changes are done on English wiki If it is sure case of vandalism, changes have to be reverted globally. Thanks, Tejas jain < http://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%A6%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AF:… > _______________________________________________ Wikikn-l mailing list Wikikn-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikikn-l -- Harish 9740069624

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wiki Academy in Goa in Dec
by Pradeep Nair 10 Dec '12

10 Dec '12

Hi, Thanks, Nitika. It might also be a good idea to ask participants to get their dongles as backup. Also, please keep us informed on the GLAM discussions, as this may be of interest to some of us on this list, like me. :) Pradeep Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android

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Impact of wikipedia video (subtitle translation)
by Joseph Seddon 30 Nov '12

30 Nov '12

Hey guys, I was wondering if I could ask for some help. Victor Grigas, a storyteller with the fundraising team at the wikimedia foundation has produced a fantastic video featuring wikipedia editors and about them, where and why they edit and the impact they feel their work has. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Impact_Of_Wikipedia.webm We would really like to get the subtitle translated into as many languages as possible with one of our focuses be languages that belong to the Indian subcontinent and we were wondering if people would be able to help us out. If you would like to help you can translate the messages from the following page by selecting your language: http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Translate&taction=trans… Also could you relay this relay to the regional and associated language mailing lists to spread the word? The more languages we can get this in the better :) Thanks for you help guys -- -- Joseph Seddon Fundraiser Translation Coordinator Wikimedia Foundation

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Wiki Bangalore Meetup 52
by RadhaKrishna Arvapally 30 Nov '12

30 Nov '12

Dear wikimedians, You are invited to join this month Meetup on 2nd Dec 2012. Please register @ http://wiki.wikimedia.in/WP:MBLN or http://wiki.wikimedia.in/WP:MBL52 or https://www.facebook.com/events/507158672635778/ *Venue:* The Centre for Internet and Society <http://cis-india.org/> No. 194, 2nd 'C' Cross, 4th Main Domlur 2nd Stage, (Opposite to Domlur Club Bangalore 560 071, Karnataka Agenda <http://wiki.wikimedia.in/File:Wikidata-logo-en.svg> <http://wiki.wikimedia.in/File:Wikidata-logo-en.svg> Wikidata <http://wiki.wikimedia.in/File:Seal_of_Karnataka.svg> <http://wiki.wikimedia.in/File:Seal_of_Karnataka.svg> Wikiproject Karnataka<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Karnataka> - *Talks* - Wikidata project <http://www.wikidata.org/> by Lydia Pintscher<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:LydiaPintscher> - *Talk coverage:* - History of Wikidata project - State of the project - Wikidata India opportunities - *Updates* - Wiki Project Karnataka<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Karnataka> plan draft - Collaboration between Kannada Wikipedia & English Wikipedia. - Arunram <http://wiki.wikimedia.in/User:Arunram>, Omshivaprakash<http://wiki.wikimedia.in/User:Omshivaprakash> - DevCamp experience<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Bangalore_DevCamp_November_2012> - Pavithra <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pavithrah> - Sanskrit Wikipedia<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/sa:%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%96%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%…> updates - Dr. Sumana Koundinya <http://wiki.wikimedia.in/User:SumanaKoundinya> -- Thanks & Regards, RadhaKrishna B <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Arkrishna>angalore SIG

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wiki Academy in Goa in Dec
by Pradeep Nair 30 Nov '12

30 Nov '12

Hi, Which also makes me wonder if there are other Wikipedians not on this list? Might be a good idea to leave a note on WikiProject Goa. Pradeep Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android

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Wiki Academy in Goa in Dec : Re: [Wikimedia-in-mum] Wikipedia Women Workshop Report
by Outofindia 30 Nov '12

30 Nov '12

+1 A wiki Academy at Goa University was being discussed for mid December. Nitika will take that call. It is the height of the tourist season so we need to think through accommodation options for out of state folk. Warm regards Harriet Harriet Vidyasagar www.outofindia.net www.womenofindia.net INDIA: 91-99011 66276 USA: 1-301-649-2240 On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 12:13 AM, Sudhanwa Jogalekar <sudhanwa.com(a)gmail.com>wrote: > Great work !! > And a nice report too!! > > Is it possible to have some followup events for this activity. Some > women meetup every 2-3 months will be a good way to keep everyone in > touch and to have better interaction. > > Congrats to all the volunteers, co-ordinators and participants for a > successful event. > Keep up the good work!! > > Regards > -Sudhanwa > > > On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 4:05 PM, Krutikaa Jawanjal <krutikaa05(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > A Day Spent well. > > > > The Wikipedia Women Workshop which took place on November, 4th 2012 in > > Vidyalankar Institute of Technology (VIT), Wadala was indeed a > > success. > > > > The people who volunteered in organizing this workshop were Bishakha > > Datta, Moksh Juneja, Karthik Nadar, Pranav Curumsey, Pradeep Mohandas, > > Anshuman Fotedar, Aditi Juneja, Harriet Vidyasagar, Nikita Belavate, > > Netra Parikh, Noopur Raval, Netha Hussain. All discussions and > > planning done while organizing this workshop for women paid off. In > > all, 70+ women participants attended the workshop. > > > > The workshop started with a short introduction after which, wasting no > > time, the women participants moved on to learning how to edit > > Wikipedia which was though by the present on ground volunteers. The > > participants were were divided in groups and every group had to create > > a new article which wasn't already available on Wikipedia. In the > > process, women interacted with the volunteers, asked question > > regarding Wikipedia. Every group at least had added introduction to > > the new article. > > > > Having done with the basic editing, a general presentation on > > Wikipedia was given by some of the volunteers. This was followed by > > question and answers regarding the same. By this time, it was already > > 1.30pm, so the lunch was announced. After having lunch, the > > participants got back to their seats. Pretty much everybody stayed > > back post lunch. Moksh continued with teaching how to edit Wikipedia. > > This time it wasn't it in groups though. "References" and "Notability" > > were the main topics that were covered in this session. > > > > Anshuman and Karthik then proceeded with teaching photo uploads on > > Wikipedia. Quiz was conducted towards the end and Wikipedia-Tshirts > > were given as prizes for giving right answers. Karthik, then also > > showcased the winning images of Wiki Loves Momunents 2012 India. The > > long day came to an end with an overwhelming response and a call for > > organizing many such activities. The feedback received was positive. > > The participants enjoyed the workshop. > > > > We are thankful to everybody who made this event a great one. Thanks > > to all the volunteers. Special thanks to Moksh and Karthik who went > > out of the way to get everything arranged before hand at the venue, to > > Netha and Noopur for making it to the workshop and for working hand in > > hand with the Mumbai Community, to Srikanth Ramakrishnan who > > constantly stayed in touch for online help. > > > > Special thanks to whole Vidyalankar team. Vishwas Deshpande, Founder > > of Vidyalankar, who gave us an opportunity to to do the Mumbai's first > > Wiki Workshop for Women at Vidyalankar. Milind Tadvalkar (Director) > > and Seema Shah (Principal), Jayprakash Kurmi and Vivek and the > > complete IT Team at VIT, Mahesh from Canteen for an awesome Pav Bhaji > > for Lunch. Another thanks to Netra Parikh, for giving us enough place > > at her office, Pinstorm, for all out pre-meetings. Thanks to all. > > > > > > Regards, > > Krutikaa Jawanjal > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > > Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > > > > -- > > ~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~! > web: www.sudhanwa.com blog: www.sudhanwa.in > Twitter: sudhanwa Check on FB, Linkedin for more. > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-in-mum mailing list > Wikimedia-in-mum(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-mum >

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