The celebration ceremony of 10th anniversary of Assamese Wikipedia was held at the historic “Sudmersen Hall” of Cotton College Guwahati on 10th June 2012. The prizes of the Article and Photography
competition were also distributed on the event. Besides of a Wikimeet it was basically an workshop and an outreach program to attract more
Assamese netizens towards Wikipedia. More than 60 people attend the event including the media persons.
Here are the minutes of the meeting
1:00 PM : Jyoti Prakash Nath the guests with reading the agenda of the workshop.
1:10 PM : Dr. Kulendu Pathak (Retired VC of Dibrugarh University) and Kamrupratna Jatin Giswami (Former Vice President of “Asom Sahity Sabha”, Researcher on Assamese language and script ) inaugurated the workshop
by lightening the earthen lamp. (It was for the celebration of 10th
anniversary of Assamese Wikipedia).
1:25 PM : Introduction of Noopur Raval and felicitated with a “Eri Chadar” by Anjana Tamuli.
1:30 PM : Gitartha Bordoloi gives a presentation about Wikipedia. His topic was “What is Assamese Wikipedia”.
1:50 PM : Questions from the guests. Answered by Gitartha Bordoloi.
2:00 PM : Banajit Pathak gives a presentation about Assamese typing
tools. His topic was ”Unicode and various Assamese typing tools” .
2:20 PM : Questions from the guests. Answered by Banajit Pathak.
2:30 PM : Uddip Talukdar gives a presentation about necessity of Assamese wikipedia and his
topic was “The necessity of Assamese wikipedia and its current state”.
2:50 PM : Questions from the guests. Answered by Uddip Talukdar.
3:00 PM : Bishnu Saikia gives a presentation about how to contribute to the Wikipedia. His
topic was “How to contribute to Assamese Wikipedia”. Meanwhile a winner
of the article competition Indranil Gayan edits his article (produced
offline) Gunamala.
3:25 PM : The new “Betupat” (Main Page) of Assamese Wikipedia released by Bishnu Saikia and Gitartho Bordoloi.
3:30 PM : Dr. Kulendu Pathak and Shri Jatin Goswami shares their views about the outreach program and Assamese Wikipedia.
3:40 PM : Light Snacks served.
3:50 PM: Tridip Baruah (Designer of Inscript Assamese Keyboard Ramdhenu) speaks about “The future of Assamese typing tools”.
4:00 PM: The name of the winners of the Photography and Article
competition declared and prizes are distributed by Kushol Kumar Rabha
(Chief photographer of Indian Railway NFR) and Ananta Mohan Sharma
(Professor, Botany, Bajali College, Pathsala) respectively.
4:15 PM : Noopur Raval gives a presentation about Wikimedia
Foundation and talks about the policies of uploading media to Commons.
4:30 PM : Jyoti Prakash Nath give a small speech about conducting the event and declares the end of the workshop cum meetup and celebration
ceremony of the 10th anniversary of Assamese Wikipedia.
Winners of the Photography Competition
1. First : Mauchumi Bordoloi for the article "Malita" (Offline).
2. Second : Indranil Gayan for the article "Gunamala" (Offline).
3. Third : Upama Kalita for the article "Mising Lokageet" (Offline).
4. Special: Manjil Kownar for maximum number of articles (Online)
Winners of the Article Competition
1. First : Akashdip Goswami for this Picture
2. Second : Jugal Bharali for this Picture
3. Third : Anirudha Burhagohain for this Picture
4. Special: Nitul Bora for maximum number of photos.
Regards
Jyoti Prakash Nath
Published in HT City, New Delhi
June 8, 2012
Wiki meet for Delhi tomorrow
If you think Wikipedia doesn’t have the real good stuff on Delhi or
just doesn’t get the city right, tomorrow is your chance to change
that. The open source knowledge website is holding a meet-up in Hauz
Khas on Sunday, and everyone is welcome to pump up the information on
the Capital in there. And not just the boring stuff. The
representatives say they’re looking for bright, young people to join
them in adding up more on the city’s cultural hubs, new landmarks,
hangouts and historical hotspots.
“People still have the wrong notion that Wikipedia has a set of
permanent editors who put all the information there. Everything in
there is written by users, and the more people we have from Delhi, the
better a knowledge bank we’ll have on the city. Abroad, they have a
page on each street and every good place,” says Abhishek Suryawanshi,
Wiki ambassador. So, existing editors — ordinary users, that is, will
guide the new editors who wish to debut at the meet. The informal
session, which will be held at Wikipedia’s Delhi office — the only one
in the world outside of the United States — will also see an open
debate and discussion on what needs to be done to make Delhi look up
on the website. “For example, we recently had a meet in Ahmedabad and
discovered that there are not too many pictures of the city on the
site. Within a week of the session, we had over a thousand photos up
there!” says Suryawanshi.
For all the questions on the credibility of the information on the
encyclopedia, Suryawanshi has one answer. “Wikipedia is just a
collection of quality references. We go ahead and put a fact in there
irrespective of the contributor, as long as there’s a citable,
reliable reference to go back to. Students and other users often say
they’ve checked this or that on Wiki, but Wikipedia should not be
quoted that way. It’s a start point to any research, not the end
point,” he says.
Catch it here
What: Delhi Wikipedia Meetup
When: June 10
Timings: 3pm - 6pm
Entry: Free
Where: Top floor, G-15, behind Hauz Khas G-Block Mkt (NOT the main
Hauz Khas market)
Nearest Metro Station: Hauz Khas on Yellow Line
http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/Print/867948.aspx
The following is the minutes of 3rd Assamese Wikipedia Wikimeetup.
==================================================
The celebration ceremony of 10th anniversary of Assamese Wikipedia was held
at the historic “Sudmersen Hall” of Cotton
College<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_College> Guwahati
on 10th June 2012. The prizes of the Article and Photography competition
were also distributed on the event. Besides of a Wikimeet it was basically
an workshop and an outreach program to attract more Assamese
netizens<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netizens> towards
Wikipedia. More than 60 people attend the event including the media persons.
Here are the minutes of the meeting
1:00 PM : Jyoti Prakash
Nath<http://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF:…>
the
guests with reading the agenda of the workshop.
1:10 PM : Dr. Kulendu Pathak (Retired VC of Dibrugarh University) and
Kamrupratna Jatin Giswami (Former Vice President of “Asom Sahity
Sabha”<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asam_Sahitya_Sabha>,
Researcher on Assamese language and script ) inaugurated the workshop by
lightening the earthen lamp. (It was for the celebration of 10th
anniversary of Assamese Wikipedia).
1:25 PM : Introduction of Noopur
Raval<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Noopur28> and
felicitated with a “Eri Chadar” by Anjana Tamuli.
1:30 PM : Gitartha
Bordoloi<http://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF:…>
gives
a presentation about Wikipedia. His topic was “What is Assamese Wikipedia”.
1:50 PM : Questions from the guests. Answered by Gitartha Bordoloi.
2:00 PM : Banajit Pathak gives a presentation about Assamese typing tools.
His topic was ”Unicode and various Assamese typing tools” .
2:20 PM : Questions from the guests. Answered by Banajit Pathak.
2:30 PM : Uddip
Talukdar<http://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF:…>
gives
a presentation about necessity of Assamese wikipedia and his topic was “The
necessity of Assamese wikipedia and its current state”.
2:50 PM : Questions from the guests. Answered by Uddip Talukdar.
3:00 PM : Bishnu
Saikia<http://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF:…>
gives
a presentation about how to contribute to the Wikipedia. His topic was “How
to contribute to Assamese Wikipedia”. Meanwhile a winner of the article
competition Indranil Gayan edits his article (produced offline)
Gunamala<http://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A3%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%…>
.
3:25 PM : The new
“Betupat<http://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%AA%…>”
(Main Page) of Assamese Wikipedia released by Bishnu Saikia and Gitartho
Bordoloi.
3:30 PM : Dr. Kulendu Pathak and Shri Jatin Goswami shares their views
about the outreach program and Assamese Wikipedia.
3:40 PM : Light Snacks served.
3:50 PM: Tridip Baruah (Designer of Inscript Assamese Keyboard Ramdhenu)
speaks about “The future of Assamese typing tools”.
4:00 PM: The name of the winners of the Photography and Article competition
declared and prizes are distributed by Kushol Kumar Rabha (Chief
photographer of Indian Railway NFR) and Ananta Mohan Sharma (Professor,
Botany, Bajali College, Pathsala) respectively.
4:15 PM : Noopur Raval gives a presentation about Wikimedia Foundation and
talks about the policies of uploading media to Commons.
4:30 PM : Jyoti Prakash Nath give a small speech about conducting the event
and declares the end of the workshop cum meetup and celebration ceremony of
the 10th anniversary of Assamese Wikipedia.
Winners of the Article Competition
1. First : Mauchumi Bordoloi for the article "Malita" (Offline).
2. Second : Indranil Gayan for the article "Gunamala" (Offline).
3. Third : Upama Kalita for the article "Mising Lokageet" (Offline).
4. Special: Manjil Kownar for maximum number of articles (Online)
Winners of the Photography Competition
1. First : Akashdip Goswami for this
Picture<http://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A7%B0:…>
2. Second : Jugal Bharali for this
Picture<http://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A7%B0:…>
3. Third : Anirudha Burhagohain for this
Picture<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gargaon%27r_Kareng_Ghor_Side_View.JPG>
4. Special: Nitul
Bora<http://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF:…>
for
maximum number of photos.
Press release
Growing and sharing together: Kannada Wikipedia turns 9 years old
(Bangalore, May 29 2012): Kannada Wikipedia
(*kn<http://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/ಮುಖ್ಯ_ಪುಟ>
. <http://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/ಮುಖ್ಯ_ಪುಟ>wikipedia<http://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/ಮುಖ್ಯ_ಪುಟ>
. <http://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/ಮುಖ್ಯ_ಪುಟ>org<http://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/ಮುಖ್ಯ_ಪುಟ>
*), the Kannada version of the free online encyclopedia Wikipedia is all
set to complete 9 years on 12th June. A meet up of Wikipedians will be held
to celebrate this landmark day.
Wikipedia is the free online encyclopedia with almost 40 lakh articles on
different subjects – and is read by 48.9 crore people, which makes it the 5
th most visited website in the world. It also exists in 20 major Indian
languages including Kannada. Kannada Wikipedia has over 12,000 articles and
has 11.5 lakh page views per month. A lesser known fact about Wikipedia is
that all the content is contributed by volunteers. Currently, 27 volunteers
from all over the world contribute to the content on Kannada Wikipedia.
In this community members collaborate with each other to add and enhance
content on a wide variety of topics. Depending on their interests, they
edit articles on Kannada cuisine, culture, traditions, music and much more.
Some write about physics, biology, chemistry, medicine and other subjects
so that fellow Kannadigas don't have to learn English to know more about
any subject in the world!
However, the journey has only just begun. Omshivaprakash HL, an active
member of the project explains, “In order to cover the incredibly diverse
and rich culture in Karnataka from *Dharwad peda* to Bandipur forests to
Coorg coffee estates, we welcome as many fellow lovers of Kannada to our
project. All you need to know is how to read and write Kannada – and follow
some basic principles such as writing about notable subjects, writing from
a neutral point of view and adding references for any facts that you
include. You can start by clicking the 'edit' (ಸಂಪಾದಿಸಿ) button you see on
any article and start adding useful information on that topic. You can
reference content from newspapers, journals or books.”
To celebrate their 9th anniversary, the Kannada Wikipedia Community has
planned a get together at Center for Internet & Society, Bangalore on
17thJune 2012 at 10 AM. They will explore ways in which Kannada
Wikipedia can
be improved and also plan to teach new folks on how they can add content.
All those passionate about sharing knowledge and who want to celebrate
Kannadiga heritage are invited to join in - students, professionals,
housewives, etc. As Tejas Jain, another Wikipedian from Bangalore puts it,
“There is nothing more satisfying than sharing knowledge for free, that too
in your mother tongue. So many of the nearly 5 crore Kannada speakers can
gain from these efforts! ”
Hisham Mundol, who heads the Wikimedia Foundation’s India Program (which is
the initiaitive to support Wikipedia in India) adds, “Wikipedia’s dream is
to make all knowledge available to everyone for free. We invite Kannadigas
to join the small but wonderful community of Kannada Wikipedians so that
this is realised to benefit crores of people whose mother tongue is
Kannada.”
To know more about the 9th anniversary celebrations and to attend, you can
join them on Facebook (*https<https://www.facebook.com/groups/kannadawikipedia/>
:// <https://www.facebook.com/groups/kannadawikipedia/>www<https://www.facebook.com/groups/kannadawikipedia/>
. <https://www.facebook.com/groups/kannadawikipedia/>facebook<https://www.facebook.com/groups/kannadawikipedia/>
. <https://www.facebook.com/groups/kannadawikipedia/>com<https://www.facebook.com/groups/kannadawikipedia/>
/ <https://www.facebook.com/groups/kannadawikipedia/>groups<https://www.facebook.com/groups/kannadawikipedia/>
/ <https://www.facebook.com/groups/kannadawikipedia/>kannadawikipedia<https://www.facebook.com/groups/kannadawikipedia/>
/ <https://www.facebook.com/groups/kannadawikipedia/>*) or write to
wikikn-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org.
--
Omshivaprakash H L | ಓಂಶಿವಪ್ರಕಾಶ್ ಎಚ್.ಎಲ್ | ॐ शिवप्रकाश् एच्. एल्
Kannada SIG
Wikimedia India Chapter
[image: File:Wikimedia India logo.svg] <http://wiki.wikimedia.in/>
*Press release*
Growing and sharing together: Kannada Wikipedia turns 9 years old
(Bangalore, May 29 2012): Kannada Wikipedia
(*kn<http://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/ಮುಖ್ಯ_ಪುಟ>
. <http://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/ಮುಖ್ಯ_ಪುಟ>wikipedia<http://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/ಮುಖ್ಯ_ಪುಟ>
. <http://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/ಮುಖ್ಯ_ಪುಟ>org<http://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/ಮುಖ್ಯ_ಪುಟ>
*), the Kannada version of the free online encyclopedia Wikipedia is all
set to complete 9 years on 12th June. A meet up of Wikipedians will be held
to celebrate this landmark day.
Wikipedia is the free online encyclopedia with almost 40 lakh articles on
different subjects – and is read by 48.9 crore people, which makes it the 5
th most visited website in the world. It also exists in 20 major Indian
languages including Kannada. Kannada Wikipedia has over 12,000 articles and
has 11.5 lakh page views per month. A lesser known fact about Wikipedia is
that all the content is contributed by volunteers. Currently, 27 volunteers
from all over the world contribute to the content on Kannada Wikipedia.
In this community members collaborate with each other to add and enhance
content on a wide variety of topics. Depending on their interests, they
edit articles on Kannada cuisine, culture, traditions, music and much more.
Some write about physics, biology, chemistry, medicine and other subjects
so that fellow Kannadigas don't have to learn English to know more about
any subject in the world!
However, the journey has only just begun. Omshivaprakash HL, an active
member of the project explains, “In order to cover the incredibly diverse
and rich culture in Karnataka from *Dharwad peda* to Bandipur forests to
Coorg coffee estates, we welcome as many fellow lovers of Kannada to our
project. All you need to know is how to read and write Kannada – and follow
some basic principles such as writing about notable subjects, writing from
a neutral point of view and adding references for any facts that you
include. You can start by clicking the 'edit' (ಸಂಪಾದಿಸಿ) button you see on
any article and start adding useful information on that topic. You can
reference content from newspapers, journals or books.”
To celebrate their 9th anniversary, the Kannada Wikipedia Community has
planned a get together at XXX on 9th June 2012 at XX pm. They will explore
ways in which Kannada Wikipedia can be improved and also plan to teach new
folks on how they can add content. All those passionate about sharing
knowledge and who want to celebrate Kannadiga heritage are invited to join
in - students, professionals, housewives, etc. As Tejas Jain, another
Wikipedian from Bangalore puts it, “There is nothing more satisfying than
sharing knowledge for free, that too in your mother tongue. So many of the
nearly 5 crore Kannada speakers can gain from these efforts! ”
Hisham Mundol, who heads the Wikimedia Foundation’s India Program (which is
the initiaitive to support Wikipedia in India) adds, “Wikipedia’s dream is
to make all knowledge available to everyone for free. We invite Kannadigas
to join the small but wonderful community of Kannada Wikipedians so that
this is realised to benefit crores of people whose mother tongue is
Kannada.”
To know more about the 9th anniversary celebrations and to attend, you can
join them on Facebook (*https<https://www.facebook.com/groups/kannadawikipedia/>
:// <https://www.facebook.com/groups/kannadawikipedia/>www<https://www.facebook.com/groups/kannadawikipedia/>
. <https://www.facebook.com/groups/kannadawikipedia/>facebook<https://www.facebook.com/groups/kannadawikipedia/>
. <https://www.facebook.com/groups/kannadawikipedia/>com<https://www.facebook.com/groups/kannadawikipedia/>
/ <https://www.facebook.com/groups/kannadawikipedia/>groups<https://www.facebook.com/groups/kannadawikipedia/>
/ <https://www.facebook.com/groups/kannadawikipedia/>kannadawikipedia<https://www.facebook.com/groups/kannadawikipedia/>
/ <https://www.facebook.com/groups/kannadawikipedia/>*) or write to
wikikn-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org.
--
Omshivaprakash H L | ಓಂಶಿವಪ್ರಕಾಶ್ ಎಚ್.ಎಲ್ | ॐ शिवप्रकाश् एच्. एल्
Kannada SIG
Wikimedia India Chapter
[image: File:Wikimedia India logo.svg] <http://wiki.wikimedia.in/>
This article in today's Times of India left me puzzled. This is not related
to the Urdu wikipedia is it?
excerpt:
Mooted by the National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language (NCPUL),
> instituted by the human resource development ministry, the project is
> likely to be up and running in June.
>
> "We want to the young generation to be interested in Urdu literature and
> culture," Khwaja Mohammed Ekramuddin, NCPUL director, said.
>
> The council will initially upload nine volumes of the Urdu encyclopedia
> that covers subjects ranging from arts, science, politics and culture. It
> also plans to place a team of people to edit and update comments posted on
> the Urdu Wiki.
Article:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/Urdu-Wikipedia-to-be…
--
j.mp/ArunGanesh <http://j.mp/ArunGanesh>
Hey folks,
Hisham <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Hisham> had posted an update
on the community
building<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Program/Pilot_Designs/Basic_Community_…>pilot
Shiju <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Shiju> ran as part of India
Program. This pilot was run in Assam but there are tips and pointers and
suggestions from this pilot that are relevant for all Indic communities. As
part of the India Programs IRCs, we propose the first monthly IRC of June
to be on this topic. We'd like to discuss how to build and support
communities by increasing the number of editors, assessing progress on
Wikiprojects as well as fostering possibilities of new collaborations.
Please join us on *7th June* at *09:30 p.m* IST using this link:
http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#wikimedia-office.
Thank you,
Best,
Noopur
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]
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Noopur Raval
The year 2013 would be observed as the centenary year of Indian Cinema.
Members of INCINE are expecting some celebrations or events to happen on
this occasion. We, in a collaborative manner could work towards the
improvement of articles relating to INCINE and thereby achieving our goals.
Members of the community have planned to get a few articles appear in the
main page on that day. Go through this link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Film/Indian_cinema_…
to
know what exactly is happening in the task force and post your
suggestions.
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Regards,
Venkatesh S
Hello all,
Most of know the "Download as PDF" feature is not usable on Indic wikis
with Collection Extension due to issues in PDF generation with complex
scripts. While we hope this gets fixed, in the meantime, we can provide
something that's more usable to users. Aamaachu, a Tamil Wikipedia reader
and free software contributor suggested[1] instead of showing "Download as
PDF" (which downloads an unusable PDF), the link could be "Download as ODT"
and people who want to take content offline could atleast read them
properly. (MS Office 2007 supports opening ODT files as well). I had filed
a bug[2] for the same and all Tamil Wiki projects now show "Download as
ODT" on the portlet. Please consider filing similar bugs for your Indic
Wiki project making the experience more "usable". Of Course once complex
script rendering in PDF is supported, we can always change / add one more
option to list PDF.
Thank you.
[1] http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikita-l/2012-May/000107.html
[2] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/37154
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Regards
Srikanth.L
Dear colleagues,
A few months ago, I wrote to this list (and to translators-l) asking for
help in translating the information page about the Wikimedia Grants program
into Indic languages. This is important in order to make this information
about an important tool and opportunity for community-level initiative
available to those who would have a hard time digesting that information in
English.
While there has been a good response in translating into other
languages[1], very little progress was made on the Indic languages:
So far, only one Tamil speaker volunteered some time (thank you,
User:Shanmugamp7!), but much more help is needed (including in Tamil, which
is 10% translated).
I ask that you consider taking some time to help with this, or to reach out
to your personal contacts whom you know to be interested in helping in this
way, to help us make the program more accessible throughout India.
The page is here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Index and you can
use the "Translate this page" link at the top to begin translating.
Many thanks in advance,
Asaf
[1] as of this writing, Arabic, Catalan, Spanish, French, Hebrew, Japanese,
Macedonian, Dutch, and Swahili are 100% translated.
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Asaf Bartov
Wikimedia Foundation <http://www.wikimediafoundation.org>
