WikimediaIndia-l February 2012

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by Gerard Meijssen 02 Feb '12

02 Feb '12

Hoi, The Marathi Wikisource now exists as a Wiki. It is the kind of thing that makes us happy in the language committee. We were happy to move things along a bit by considering to expedite our approval. The full localisation was not done but promises were made and are kept to make sure that the Marathi localisation of MediaWiki will be in and remain in good shape. We also pushed WMF ops to do a good job for the Marathi Wikisource and I am really happy that Sam Reed helped us out. All in all we are pleased and we hope that all issues that need to be resolved for future projects will be resolved quickly and, that we consequently will have many more projects starts like the one of the Marathi Wikisource. I hope it will prosper and help us realise our aim of bringing all information to the people of the world. Thanks, Gerard

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[Press]: CS Monitor : "Wikipedia’s cultural mission in India"
by Tinu Cherian (Wikimedia India) 02 Feb '12

02 Feb '12

*CS Monitor : "Wikipedia’s cultural mission in India"* http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2012/0202/Wikipedia-s-cultural-m… /After moving to big cities, some preserve their culture through Wikipedia entries written in regional languages. When *Subhashish Panigrahi* moved to Bangalore, far from his hometown in Odisha in eastern India, it was Wikipedia that helped him keep in touch with his roots. He started writing articles on the arts, literature, food, and even tourist attractions in his home region on Odia Wikipedia, “odia” being the local language. Ditto for *Bala Sundara Raman*, from a southern Indian town, and his contribution to Tamil Wikipedia. Mr. Panigrahi and Mr. Raman are a small part of a community of Indian “Wikipedians” who are using the website to document their culture. As they live in cities and work at jobs that require them to speak English, Wikipedia keeps them connected to their first language. Wikipedians, all volunteers, also work to spread technical and scientific knowledge beyond the English-savvy minority of Internet users in India. Panigrahi recently joined the Wikimedia Foundation in New Delhi, the first Wikipedia office outside the United States, set up with the aim of increasing the quality and quantity of regional language content. “This is much better than blogging,” says Panigrahi. “Everything is teamwork, and I have been able to encourage other young Odias to pitch in with their efforts.”/ Regards Tinu Cherian press(a)wikimedia.in http://wiki.wikimedia.in/In_the_news Important Note : Non-commercial reproduction for informative purposes only. The publisher ( CSMonitor ) of the above news article owns the copyrights of the article / content.All copyrights are duly acknowledged.

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WMIN-Members] Wiki Academy at PSR Rengaswamy Engg College - a report
by BalaSundaraRaman 02 Feb '12

02 Feb '12

Thanks Sohan. - 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 >________________________________ > From: Sohan Maheshwar <sohan.maheshwar(a)tarams.com> >To: wmin-members(a)googlegroups.com >Cc: "wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org" <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> >Sent: Thursday, February 2, 2012 4:00 PM >Subject: Re: [WMIN-Members] Wiki Academy at PSR Rengaswamy Engg College - a report > > >Hi Sundar > > >Most of the students preferred conversing in Tamil. i only mentioned the Tamil wiki and the url but couldn't talk about it in depth because of time restraints. But i'm sure they will be interested in participating in the Tamil wiki. > > >Cheers! > > >On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 3:35 PM, BalaSundaraRaman <sundarbecse(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >Good to know, Sohan. Thank you for volunteering for this academy. >>Was there any interest to know about Tamil Wiki projects too? >> >> >>- 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 >> >> >>>________________________________ >>> From: Sohan Maheshwar <sohan.maheshwar(a)tarams.com> >>>To: wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org; wmin-members(a)googlegroups.com; wikimedia-in-blr(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>>Sent: Thursday, February 2, 2012 2:16 PM >>>Subject: [WMIN-Members] Wiki Academy at PSR Rengaswamy Engg College - a report >>> >>> >>>Hello! >>>The first Wiki Academy in PSR Rengaswamy College of engineering for Women, Sivakasi was conducted on Jan 20th. An impressive total of 68 students, primarily consisting of 2nd and 3rd year engg students attended this workshop. The Principal of the college, Dr K Ramaswamy gave a short talk and welcomed the participants and the speaker. >>>The session started off with a small introduction on what Wikipedia is and the core values and philosophies behind Wikipedia, how it is edited by millions of people across the world and how all the content on the site is completely free. The 5 pillars of Wikipedia i.e the fundamental principles by which Wiki operates on were also explained. The students were initially a little hesitant to interact but soon were asking pertinent and valid questions about the topic. >>>Once the basics were covered, a short presentation on approaching Wikipedia as a reader was held. Editing of wikipedia was explained next followed by a hands-on session where the students were taught the basics of editing Wikipedia. The students were very responsive to this session. Small prizes like Wiki stickers were given out for mini-contests that were held during this session. A vast majority of the students seemed to quickly understand the intuitive UI especially considering that they were all familiar with formatting in MS Word. The students made minor edits to articles as the session drew to a close. >>>A google group has been setup for future correspondance. The students along with the help of the faculty coordinators who were present said they will work on improving the Sivakasi wiki page. >>>The feedback forms (i will collate the data from here and post it shortly) were collected and few photos from the event were taken. I'll post the pics on the wiki page for the academy soon as i don't have the camera with me currently. Brochures were handed out to all the participants. >>>Judging by the feedback received and the response from the students, i'd say the event was a success. It is important to carry forward this initiative and bring out an interest in participating in contributing to Wikipedia and i will make sure that this happens. I'd like to thank Ms Nitika Tandon, Mr Naveen PF and Mr Arjuna Rao Chavala for their help. This was my first Wiki Academy and i really profited from their help. Conducting the academy solo was quite a challenging but rewarding experience. >>>Also as a footnote i'd like to point that the session was delayed because the Wiki editor kept crashing IE 6. Sadly, the computers in the lab had no other browsers apart from IE 6. This wasn't a roadblock i expected and i think should be added to the list of preparations in this page. We managed to get an admin password for the computers and hastily installed Firefox so that the session could complete without any further hitches...and it did! >>>Looking forward to conducting more such academies in the future. >>>Thank you! >>>-Sohan Maheshwar -- >>>You received this message because you are subscribed to the Wikimedia Chapter, India Member's Group. >>>To post to this group, send email to wmin-members(a)googlegroups.com >>>To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>wmin-members+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com >>>For more options, visit this group at >>>http://groups.google.com/group/wmin-members?hl=en?hl=en >>> >>> >>> -- >>You received this message because you are subscribed to the Wikimedia Chapter, India Member's Group. >>To post to this group, send email to wmin-members(a)googlegroups.com >>To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>wmin-members+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com >>For more options, visit this group at >>http://groups.google.com/group/wmin-members?hl=en?hl=en >> > > > >-- > >Sohan Maheshwar >Software Engineer. >Tarams Software Technologies Pvt. 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Outreach event(s) at the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli.
by Srikanth Ramakrishnan 02 Feb '12

02 Feb '12

Oi, This is a quick update on the Tiruchirappalli front. 1. MoU. The final MoU has been drafted [I think] and Naveen, Arjuna and Tinu of the Chapter have agreed to sign it. 2. Participants. Suraj Kumar, of Trichy has agreed help out. I have forwarded his email address to Tinu, Naveen and Nitika. [Thank you Shrini for your help]. 3. Accommodation. I had sent across a requirement for accommodation for three people. I'm in, Tinu has indicated that he or someone from the Chapter will join, and there is Suraj. Since, Suraj is a local [I don't know how far he lives from the Institute], we may try for one more participant? 4. Wikipedia badge/pin for the VOLUNTEERS. I was given a suggestion by a UK Wikipedian [I'm on friendly terms with some of them] to help identify the Volunteers. I'm willing to pay for a bunch of them if needed. Please reply with your ideas, suggestions and other thoughts. -- Regards, Srikanth Ramakrishnan, Sathyamangalam-Gobichettipalayam Star Gazers, Coimbatore. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coimbatore_Bypass Coimbatore Bypass. Because my city has one. A mega one that too.

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WMIN-Members] Wiki Academy at PSR Rengaswamy Engg College - a report
by BalaSundaraRaman 02 Feb '12

02 Feb '12

Good to know, Sohan. Thank you for volunteering for this academy. Was there any interest to know about Tamil Wiki projects too? - 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 >________________________________ > From: Sohan Maheshwar <sohan.maheshwar(a)tarams.com> >To: wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org; wmin-members(a)googlegroups.com; wikimedia-in-blr(a)lists.wikimedia.org >Sent: Thursday, February 2, 2012 2:16 PM >Subject: [WMIN-Members] Wiki Academy at PSR Rengaswamy Engg College - a report > > >Hello! >The first Wiki Academy in PSR Rengaswamy College of engineering for Women, Sivakasi was conducted on Jan 20th. An impressive total of 68 students, primarily consisting of 2nd and 3rd year engg students attended this workshop. The Principal of the college, Dr K Ramaswamy gave a short talk and welcomed the participants and the speaker. >The session started off with a small introduction on what Wikipedia is and the core values and philosophies behind Wikipedia, how it is edited by millions of people across the world and how all the content on the site is completely free. The 5 pillars of Wikipedia i.e the fundamental principles by which Wiki operates on were also explained. The students were initially a little hesitant to interact but soon were asking pertinent and valid questions about the topic. >Once the basics were covered, a short presentation on approaching Wikipedia as a reader was held. Editing of wikipedia was explained next followed by a hands-on session where the students were taught the basics of editing Wikipedia. The students were very responsive to this session. Small prizes like Wiki stickers were given out for mini-contests that were held during this session. A vast majority of the students seemed to quickly understand the intuitive UI especially considering that they were all familiar with formatting in MS Word. The students made minor edits to articles as the session drew to a close. >A google group has been setup for future correspondance. The students along with the help of the faculty coordinators who were present said they will work on improving the Sivakasi wiki page. >The feedback forms (i will collate the data from here and post it shortly) were collected and few photos from the event were taken. I'll post the pics on the wiki page for the academy soon as i don't have the camera with me currently. Brochures were handed out to all the participants. >Judging by the feedback received and the response from the students, i'd say the event was a success. It is important to carry forward this initiative and bring out an interest in participating in contributing to Wikipedia and i will make sure that this happens. I'd like to thank Ms Nitika Tandon, Mr Naveen PF and Mr Arjuna Rao Chavala for their help. This was my first Wiki Academy and i really profited from their help. Conducting the academy solo was quite a challenging but rewarding experience. >Also as a footnote i'd like to point that the session was delayed because the Wiki editor kept crashing IE 6. Sadly, the computers in the lab had no other browsers apart from IE 6. This wasn't a roadblock i expected and i think should be added to the list of preparations in this page. We managed to get an admin password for the computers and hastily installed Firefox so that the session could complete without any further hitches...and it did! >Looking forward to conducting more such academies in the future. >Thank you! >-Sohan Maheshwar -- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Wikimedia Chapter, India Member's Group. >To post to this group, send email to wmin-members(a)googlegroups.com >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >wmin-members+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/wmin-members?hl=en?hl=en > > >

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[Translators-l] Please help translate Wikimania banners
by Tanvir Rahman 01 Feb '12

01 Feb '12

For your information. :-) Regards, Tanvir Rahman Wikitanvir on Wikimedia ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: aude <aude.wiki(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 06:18 Subject: [Translators-l] Please help translate Wikimania banners To: translators-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Scholarship applications for Wikimania 2012 are open and the call for participation is out now. We will be running central notice banners (logged-in only) in the next week(s) to get the word out about these. We plan to do Wikimania registration banners sometime later... maybe March or April. A list of phrases that would be helpful to translate are here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2012/CentralNotice <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2012_translations> We are usually on IRC in #wikimania-2012 or #wikimania if you have questions for me (or harej). Your help with translations is greatly appreciated. Cheers, Katie -- President, Wikimedia District of Columbia http://wikimediadc.org @wikimediadc / @wikimania2012 _______________________________________________ Translators-l mailing list Translators-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/translators-l

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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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Wiki Birthday Celebration 2012: Hyderabad Meeting Held
by cbrao 01 Feb '12

01 Feb '12

On the eve of 11 years of sharing the sum of all knowledge with world netizens, Hyderabad Wikipedians celebrated 11th birthday of Wikipedia at the office of Wikipedian Rajasekhar in Domalguda, Hyderabad. CBRAo who presided the meeting said that while Encyclopaedia of Britannica is a paid service, Wikipedia with it's vast knowledge pages is totally free to all the citizens of the world and one should encourage such institutions. CBRao told the audience that Wikipedia gives quick, vast amount of knowledge which is mostly reliable that is written and verified by several Wikipedians. Rahimanuddin explained about the objectives of Wiki and also the contents of first page of Wiki. Another Wikipedian Veeven told about search techniques to extract info from Wiki; how to register for wiki; what can be written in Wiki and which is not a material for wiki. He further demonstrated how Telugu can be seen and used in mobile phones. Though Wikipedia Wikimedia foundation application software could not be demonstrated, it's use in Android based phones was explained. The advantages which an user gets were well presented by Veeven. On this occassion a call centre for direct help in using wikipedia was declared opened by Wikipedian rajasekhar. Any one needing help or any clarification regarding use of, how to write in Wikipedia can contact him through his Cell no: 9246376622. Latter the names of wikipedians who did highest number of edits either to articles or non articles in Telugu were announced. The complete list can be seen at http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/Telugu_Wikipedia_-_Overv… Rajasekhar stood highest with 12411 edits of Wiki articles during the year 2011. Wikipedians Veeven and CBRao stood in top 10 non article editors. These three Wikipedians were presented gift coupons for e-books which were sponsored by kinige.com. Outstation, outstanding Wikipedians will be presented gift coupons for their valuable service through e-mail.Wikipedian CBRao announced a programme "Wiki loves monuments" for amatuer photographers. Historical monuments abound Hyderabad and Secunderabad. He further said that a photo tour to these historical monuments will be conducted to amatuer photogrphers and after a photo evaluation by judges prizes will be given to best photos and selected photos will be uploaded to Wikipedia. Veeven replied to the several questions regarding use of Wikipedia that are posed by audience. Rajasekhar and Rahimanuddin helped those people who are desiorous of registering in Wikipedia.How editors are encouraged by Tamil Wikipedia? This was explained clearly by Tamil Wikipedian Ravishankar, who further told some of the highlights of Tamil Wiki. Rahimanuddin proposed vote of thanks. Another highlight of the meeting is virtual participation of Wikimedia India President Arjunarao C from Bengaluru and another outstanding Wikipedian T.Sujatha from Chennai, in the meeting. The photos of the event can be seen at the link given below. https://picasaweb.google.com/115779731434350218592/WikiBirthdayCelebration2… cbrao Hyderabad. -- This mail might have been sent to you in Telugu language. If you are unable to see Telugu, Go to VIEW---> select ENCODING--->click UNICODE (UTF-8). For writing in Telugu, use http://lekhini.org/index.html Follow me on twitter at http://twitter.com/cbraoin My blogs in Telugu at http://paradarsi.wordpress.com/ http://deeptidhaara.blogspot.com/

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] , [Wikimedia-in-mum] Report on Wikipedia Takes Mumbai II
by Sumana Harihareswara 01 Feb '12

01 Feb '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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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Call for nominations: chapter-appointed seats on the WMF Board of Trustees
by Béria Lima 01 Feb '12

01 Feb '12

Cross posting _____ *Béria Lima* <http://wikimedia.pt/>(351) 925 171 484 *Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. Ajude-nos a construir esse sonho. <http://wikimedia.pt/Donativos>* On 31 January 2012 22:05, Béria Lima <berialima(a)gmail.com> wrote: > The Wikimedia chapters are seeking to appoint two candidates to sit on the > Wikimedia Foundation's Board of Trustees for two years, starting 1 July > 2012. The two new members of the board will help to decide the future > direction of the world’s leading non-profit website. Wikimedia project are > constructed by hundreds of thousands of volunteers worldwide, supported by > a growing number of staff and an international network of chapters. Board > membership is unpaid. > > The chapters wish to appoint two excellent board members and believe this > can best be achieved by selecting from a large number of varied and skilled > candidates. Therefore, the chapters call for nominations by everyone who > believes they or someone they know would be suitable. The chapters ask that > this call for candidates be distributed as widely as possible through such > forums as mailing lists, village pumps, and blogs. > > The successful candidates will be committed to the Wikimedia mission and > willing and able to engage constructively with the stakeholders of the > movement, including the volunteers and the chapters that provide it with > essential support. The successful candidates will have: > > - The ability to provide expertise to the board in its goal of > implementing a coherent vision on how the projects’ communities, the > foundation, the chapters, and other affiliated groups work together; > > > - Sensitivity to complex issues surrounding the multiplicity of > languages, cultures, and jurisdictions served by the foundation’s projects; > > > - Knowledge and understanding of the governance of international > non-profit organizations, balancing autonomy and subsidiarity; > > > - The ability to think strategically and to work both as part of a > team and independently; > > > - A good standard of written and oral English (fluency in additional > language would be well regarded); > > > - Sufficient time to devote to the role of board member, and the > ability and willingness to travel. > > Increasing the geographical diversity of current board membership would be > an advantage. > > The selection process is set out here:http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chapter-selected_Board_seats > > Nominations must be sent to the moderator Béria Lima (Wikimedia Portugal) > and deputy moderators Milos Rancic (Wikimedia Serbia) and Mardetanha > (Wikimedia steward from Iran) by 23:59 UTC, 29 February. If you would like > to nominate yourself or someone else, please see the instructions here: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chapter-selected_Board_seats/2012/Nominate > > *Béria Lima*, > Moderator >

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