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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India Program: Community Building Pilot Update: Fantastic Story from Assam
by Anirudh Bhati 30 May '12

30 May '12

For those interested, the statistics are available here: http://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesWikipediaAS.htm The number of active users (ie. those with more than 5+ edits per month) was 31, and the number of very active editors (ie. those with more than 100+ edits per month) remained approximately the same during the period of intervention (briefly increasing from 3 to 6 in January 2012 and then going back to 3 in April 2012). There is a palpable jump in the number of redirects created (which adds to editing activity) by 273% in February 2012 and 609% in March 2012. The number of redirects have increased from 393 in January 2012 to ~10,000 in March 2012. Bisnu, Dipankar, Gitartha and other Assamese Wikipedians: I am curious to know if these are internal redirects or English to Assamese redirects? How would you judge the quality of contributions by the newly active users? Best regards On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 9:49 AM, Hisham <hisham(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: > Dear All > > I wanted to share with you an update on the work that Shiju<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Shiju>[1] is > doing on Indic languages<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Program/Indic_Languages>[2] > as part of India Program <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Program>.[3] > A guiding principle for the thinking and efforts of our team is that > community building should be the most essential aspect of all the work that > we do. In the context of small Indic communities, Shiju has been working > to try and identify the various elements that need to come together to > foster community building. This update is about the Community Building > pilot<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Program/Pilot_Designs/Basic_Community_…>[4] that > was run for the Assamese community. For context, community building means > different things to different people and in fact there was a very > interesting post<http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2011-December/005813.…>[5] > that Shiju put out that articulated his thinking on this and, hence, our > priorities. > > The results of these efforts have been outstanding > > - number of editors on Assamese Wikipedia has increased to 31 in April > 2012 (from 18 in December 2011 and just 10 in November 2011.) > - number of Wikiprojects increased to 6 (from a situation where there > were no reasonably active ones in December 2011- and including 5 > Wikiprojects independently conceptualised and managed by the community) > - average monthly edits on Assamese Wikipedia increased to about 5000 > in April 2012 from around 3000 in November 2011 > > There are 5 key factors that are responsible for this remarkable growth > > 1. *Strong communication*. This started with Shiju building personal > connections with Assamese editors and then encouraging them to communicate > with each other on-wiki, online and in meet--ups and outreach sessions. > 2. *Initial push*. Shiju visited Assam in January where he spent time > in 2 towns with 7 of the most active community members, who also conducted > 2 outreach sessions. This visit has proved to be really useful because it > helped to energise the community and also helped to establish a personal > relationship between Shiju and these editors (and also, amongst the editors > themselves.) > 3. *Encouraging collaboration*. Wikiprojects and outreach are really > useful to galvanise a community and helped build personal equations. It's > wonderful to see the increase in Wikiprojects and > 4. *Building capacity & confidence*. In all the work that has been > done for the Assamese community, the endeavour has been to build capacity. > For instance, support was given to get basic outreach material including > FAQs prepared and outreach sessions were guided by Shiju. It's inspiring > to see the Assamese community now take things to a whole new level and plan > out an ambitious 10th anniversary<http://blog.wikimedia.in/2012/05/16/ten-glorious-years-of-assamese-wikipedi…> > .[6] > 5. *Healthy environment*. This is the last - but probably the most > essential point - and it is something I want to call out because it is what > will help or severely hinder the abilities of individual communities > realise their dreams and potential. The reason why the Assamese community > is making such wonderful steps forward is because there is > - a set of editors with the right level of initiative and motivation > - a strong sense of co-operation and good spirit amongst the editors > - an extremely welcoming approach to new editors > > None of this would have been possible without the efforts of every single > Assamese community members. In the early days when Shiju started off, he > was interacting with Bishnu, Dipankar, Gitartha, Jyoti & Prabhakar - who > helped organise the first meet-ups and outreach sessions. Thanks to their > efforts, a list of thank-yous would now be 31 strong! Thank you and > congratulations to all of you! > > To the Assamese community, I wish you the very best for your 10th > anniversary<http://blog.wikimedia.in/2012/05/16/ten-glorious-years-of-assamese-wikipedi…>.[6] > There are exciting plans including your photo contest and your article > contest and the meet-up and the outreach session. I know that you are > doing most of the event largely independently (with Noopur<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Noopur28>[7] providing > media assistance for the 10th anniversary and an India Chapter<http://wikimedia.in/> > [8] grant<http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Grants/Photo_and_Article_Competition_and_Wiki_Work…>[9] supporting > you.) This is the true signs of a community that is coming of age. There > are tremendous opportunities in outreach to get new editors, initiatives > like your article & photo contests to improve content and in proposed > projects like offline to make transformational changes in the community. > > With regard to the way forward for India Program, the pilot design page<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Program/Pilot_Designs/Basic_Community_…> > [4] on meta <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Program>[3] has now > been updated. The next steps are going to be to see how we can adapt or > build on these experiences with other communities, and as we move to other > communities, do them in a more scaleable manner. > > To all community members - across languages across India - if you did want > any help in any aspect of community building, please feel free to reach out > to Shiju <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Shiju>[1] at > shiju(a)wikimedia.org. Please also do add comments or ideas or suggestions > you might have to the Community Building Pilot's talk page<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:India_Program/Pilot_Designs/Basic_Commu…> > .[10] > > *hisham <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Hisham>[11] > * > Notes > [1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Shiju > [2] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Program/Indic_Languages > [3] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Program > [4] > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Program/Pilot_Designs/Basic_Community_… > [5] > http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2011-December/005813.… > [6] > http://blog.wikimedia.in/2012/05/16/ten-glorious-years-of-assamese-wikipedi… > [7] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Noopur28 > [8] http://wikimedia.in/ > [9] > http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Grants/Photo_and_Article_Competition_and_Wiki_Work… > [10] > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:India_Program/Pilot_Designs/Basic_Commu… > [11] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Hisham > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-in-blr mailing list > Wikimedia-in-blr(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-blr > >

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-blr] India Program: Community Building Pilot Update: Fantastic Story from Assam
by Gautam John 30 May '12

30 May '12

On 30 May 2012 09:49, Hisham <hisham(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: > on Indic languages[2] as part of India Program.[3] A guiding principle for > the thinking and efforts of our team is that community building should be > the most essential aspect of all the work that we do. Thank you for the update, Hisham. And more power to Shiju, you and the rest of the team. It's nice to see that the work you are all doing is showing up in actual editor numbers. It's also really super to see the different organisations working together as well. Am so very happy that the Chapter stepped forward too to support the 10th Anniversary (and, it appears, in two days between submission and confirmation!). It's nice to know that much of the furore our lists have seen are not an indicator of the excellent work occurring in the larger picture. Good luck, all of you. Thank you. Best, Gautam ________ http://blog.prathambooks.org/p/social-media.html

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by ram bhise 30 May '12

30 May '12

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India Program: Community Building Pilot Update: Fantastic Story from Assam
by Hisham 30 May '12

30 May '12

Dear All I wanted to share with you an update on the work that Shiju[1] is doing on Indic languages[2] as part of India Program.[3] A guiding principle for the thinking and efforts of our team is that community building should be the most essential aspect of all the work that we do. In the context of small Indic communities, Shiju has been working to try and identify the various elements that need to come together to foster community building. This update is about the Community Building pilot[4] that was run for the Assamese community. For context, community building means different things to different people and in fact there was a very interesting post[5] that Shiju put out that articulated his thinking on this and, hence, our priorities. The results of these efforts have been outstanding number of editors on Assamese Wikipedia has increased to 31 in April 2012 (from 18 in December 2011 and just 10 in November 2011.) number of Wikiprojects increased to 6 (from a situation where there were no reasonably active ones in December 2011- and including 5 Wikiprojects independently conceptualised and managed by the community) average monthly edits on Assamese Wikipedia increased to about 5000 in April 2012 from around 3000 in November 2011 There are 5 key factors that are responsible for this remarkable growth Strong communication. This started with Shiju building personal connections with Assamese editors and then encouraging them to communicate with each other on-wiki, online and in meet--ups and outreach sessions. Initial push. Shiju visited Assam in January where he spent time in 2 towns with 7 of the most active community members, who also conducted 2 outreach sessions. This visit has proved to be really useful because it helped to energise the community and also helped to establish a personal relationship between Shiju and these editors (and also, amongst the editors themselves.) Encouraging collaboration. Wikiprojects and outreach are really useful to galvanise a community and helped build personal equations. It's wonderful to see the increase in Wikiprojects and Building capacity & confidence. In all the work that has been done for the Assamese community, the endeavour has been to build capacity. For instance, support was given to get basic outreach material including FAQs prepared and outreach sessions were guided by Shiju. It's inspiring to see the Assamese community now take things to a whole new level and plan out an ambitious 10th anniversary.[6] Healthy environment. This is the last - but probably the most essential point - and it is something I want to call out because it is what will help or severely hinder the abilities of individual communities realise their dreams and potential. The reason why the Assamese community is making such wonderful steps forward is because there is a set of editors with the right level of initiative and motivation a strong sense of co-operation and good spirit amongst the editors an extremely welcoming approach to new editors None of this would have been possible without the efforts of every single Assamese community members. In the early days when Shiju started off, he was interacting with Bishnu, Dipankar, Gitartha, Jyoti & Prabhakar - who helped organise the first meet-ups and outreach sessions. Thanks to their efforts, a list of thank-yous would now be 31 strong! Thank you and congratulations to all of you! To the Assamese community, I wish you the very best for your 10th anniversary.[6] There are exciting plans including your photo contest and your article contest and the meet-up and the outreach session. I know that you are doing most of the event largely independently (with Noopur[7] providing media assistance for the 10th anniversary and an India Chapter[8] grant[9] supporting you.) This is the true signs of a community that is coming of age. There are tremendous opportunities in outreach to get new editors, initiatives like your article & photo contests to improve content and in proposed projects like offline to make transformational changes in the community. With regard to the way forward for India Program, the pilot design page[4] on meta[3] has now been updated. The next steps are going to be to see how we can adapt or build on these experiences with other communities, and as we move to other communities, do them in a more scaleable manner. To all community members - across languages across India - if you did want any help in any aspect of community building, please feel free to reach out to Shiju[1] at shiju(a)wikimedia.org. Please also do add comments or ideas or suggestions you might have to the Community Building Pilot's talk page.[10] hisham[11] Notes [1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Shiju [2] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Program/Indic_Languages [3] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Program [4] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Program/Pilot_Designs/Basic_Community_… [5] http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2011-December/005813.… [6] http://blog.wikimedia.in/2012/05/16/ten-glorious-years-of-assamese-wikipedi… [7] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Noopur28 [8] http://wikimedia.in/ [9] http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Grants/Photo_and_Article_Competition_and_Wiki_Work… [10] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:India_Program/Pilot_Designs/Basic_Commu… [11] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Hisham

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For Netha Re: Wikimediaindia-l Digest, Vol 179, Issue 1
by Outofindia 29 May '12

29 May '12

Netha Awesome to hear from you! Like the others, will wait to hear the details. Count me in for any WikiWomenCamp India! Mangalore is close enough and if anyone wants to organise anything here..I will be happy to coordinate and organise. Harriet Harriet Vidyasagar www.outofindia.net www.womenofindia.net INDIA: 91-99011 66276 USA: 1-301-649-2240 On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 5:30 PM, < wikimediaindia-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > Send Wikimediaindia-l mailing list submissions to > wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wikimediaindia-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wikimediaindia-l-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Wikimediaindia-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. WikiWomenCamp and WikiGenero-Buenos Aires, Participation > (Netha Hussain) > 2. Re: WikiWomenCamp and WikiGenero-Buenos Aires, Participation > (Bishakha Datta) > 3. Re: on WCI, the report, and more (Bishakha Datta) > 4. Re: WikiWomenCamp and WikiGenero-Buenos Aires, Participation > (Anirudh Bhati) > 5. Re: WikiWomenCamp and WikiGenero-Buenos Aires, Participation > (Netha Hussain) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 26 May 2012 19:56:22 -0300 > From: Netha Hussain <nethahussain(a)gmail.com> > To: Wikimedia India Community list > <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] WikiWomenCamp and WikiGenero-Buenos Aires, > Participation > Message-ID: > <CACP3XfpPwCSL0ar5vrgCf30=2LJa53kmJ3au00uZ+YsqLiMrwQ(a)mail.gmail.com > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hola! > > Greetings from Buenos Aires! > > I am User: Netha Hussain (1), writing from Buenos Aires, Argentina. I was > lucky to represent India in the WikiWomenCamp (2) and WikiGenero held here > from 23-26 May 2012. My travel and accommodation were sponsored by > Wikimedia Germany and Wikimedia Austria. The past four days had been > fabulous, and I enjoyed being in the company of amazing women from > different parts of the world. > > The conference was held in open space format with no agenda. Open space > technology is called the 'wiki-way' of conducting conference as ideas are > created by the way of discussing in groups and accepting contributions from > all participants. I loved this, and I think we must try and use this > methodology in Indian conferences too. We discussed about many issues which > are primarily of concern to women, including mapping gender issues, > edit-wars, GLAM, attracting women to Wikiprojects etc (3). We learned about > the many projects launched in different countries for the increasing the > participation of women in administration. > > I could present the Indian perspective of issues at the conference. Most > participants were amazed to know about the diversity of Indian languages. I > also spoke about the WikiConf-Mumbai 2011 and the results of the gendergap > session organized in the conference. The working of the chapter was also > explained, but it was disappointing to reveal that we did not have had any > women member in the chapter ever since. > > We created a private mailing list for women to get support when dealing > with harassment, took steps to create WikiChix, decided to print books on > perspectives of women in various countries and discussed about conducting a > WikiWomencamp with more participants the coming year. > > At WikiGenero which happened on 26th May, Sue Gardner delivered a keynote > address which was very inspiring. The news about the camp was published in > local newspapers. The notes are available on meta and photos on commons(4). > At the conference, I could build contacts with many women from different > parts of the world. I could learn many new things could also share my > knowledge. It was a highly rewarding experience. > > (1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Netha_Hussain > (2) http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiWomenCamp > (3) http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiWomenCamp/Agenda > (4) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:WikiWomenCamp_2012 > > Gracias! > > > Sincerely > > Netha Hussain > > > > -- > Netha Hussain > Student of Medicine and Surgery > Govt. Medical College, Kozhikode > Blogs : *nethahussain.blogspot.com > swethaambari.wordpress.com* >

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With Due Regrets
by Adethya Sudarsanan 29 May '12

29 May '12

Dear list members, I am Adethya, from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. I sent an important e-mail to a few members of this community. I don't wanna name them, but I am telling this with deep regret that I have not received any replies from them so far. The issue I specified in that e-mail was VERY SENSITIVE. Sensitive enough to raise a few eye brows in the world. But I feel so bad, that not even one person to whom I e-mailed replied back. Not to mention, I sent the mails to those who are very active in the list. Somehow I feel that they din't have time to reply back to my e-mail, but I find their e-mails floating in every mail chain so far. I even personally mailed one member leaving my contact details, just in case he needs them, but there was no response from him, either. It is so disheartening, guys. I may not be a regular "contributor" to the list's e-mails, but I take time to read through every mail and get to know whats happening. I am so updated about the happenings, if they were posted in the list e-mails, But when it comes to an SUPER IMPORTANT issue, there seems no replies. With Regrets, Ade. S

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WikiWomenCamp and WikiGenero-Buenos Aires, Participation
by Netha Hussain 28 May '12

28 May '12

Hola! Greetings from Buenos Aires! I am User: Netha Hussain (1), writing from Buenos Aires, Argentina. I was lucky to represent India in the WikiWomenCamp (2) and WikiGenero held here from 23-26 May 2012. My travel and accommodation were sponsored by Wikimedia Germany and Wikimedia Austria. The past four days had been fabulous, and I enjoyed being in the company of amazing women from different parts of the world. The conference was held in open space format with no agenda. Open space technology is called the 'wiki-way' of conducting conference as ideas are created by the way of discussing in groups and accepting contributions from all participants. I loved this, and I think we must try and use this methodology in Indian conferences too. We discussed about many issues which are primarily of concern to women, including mapping gender issues, edit-wars, GLAM, attracting women to Wikiprojects etc (3). We learned about the many projects launched in different countries for the increasing the participation of women in administration. I could present the Indian perspective of issues at the conference. Most participants were amazed to know about the diversity of Indian languages. I also spoke about the WikiConf-Mumbai 2011 and the results of the gendergap session organized in the conference. The working of the chapter was also explained, but it was disappointing to reveal that we did not have had any women member in the chapter ever since. We created a private mailing list for women to get support when dealing with harassment, took steps to create WikiChix, decided to print books on perspectives of women in various countries and discussed about conducting a WikiWomencamp with more participants the coming year. At WikiGenero which happened on 26th May, Sue Gardner delivered a keynote address which was very inspiring. The news about the camp was published in local newspapers. The notes are available on meta and photos on commons(4). At the conference, I could build contacts with many women from different parts of the world. I could learn many new things could also share my knowledge. It was a highly rewarding experience. (1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Netha_Hussain (2) http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiWomenCamp (3) http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiWomenCamp/Agenda (4) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:WikiWomenCamp_2012 Gracias! Sincerely Netha Hussain -- Netha Hussain Student of Medicine and Surgery Govt. Medical College, Kozhikode Blogs : *nethahussain.blogspot.com swethaambari.wordpress.com*

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on WCI, the report, and more
by Achal Prabhala 27 May '12

27 May '12

Pradeep maintains a personal blog and wrote up his thoughts on the WCI report earlier shared with this list: http://pradx.me/2012/05/22/wikiconference-india-2011-report-more-personal-t… This is in the context of: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:WM_IN/WikiConference_India_2011/Report I appreciate his perspective very much, and I believe it's worth thinking about seriously - Pradeep confirmed that he doesn't mind me sending the link to this list. More than just providing a fuller perspective on the WCI report, I am particularly moved and distressed by the fact that his decision to retire (I hope temporarily) is based on the harsh politics he encountered while working in the movement; a situation that is far from ideal and surely something that is affecting more people than just him. There's a lot to reflect upon and learn from here. Best, Achal

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Sanskrit special interest group
by Naveen Francis 25 May '12

25 May '12

Hi all, Swaroop Rao <http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Past_Language_SIG_Chairs#Sanskrit>has decided to resign from Sanskrit special interest group chairperson. He has been volunteering as the Sanskrit SIG from July 2011. Thanks Swaroop for all contributions as Sanskrit SIG chair of Wikimedia India. Thanks, naveenpf

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Non-free content
by Sreejith K. 23 May '12

23 May '12

Hi all, It looks like the meta page which hold information about the non-free image policy of different Wikimedia projects does not have information about most of our indic language projects. Request you to please take initiative and fill in the details for the projects in which you are confortable with the local policies regarding non-free images and free images. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Non-free_content When in doubt, please ask. Happy to help. Thanks, - Sreejith K.

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