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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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
Hi,
This is to inform those interested that User:Prad2609 and I have written a report on WCI 2011 which is public on meta [1]. A warning on queries; we probably wont answer those since Prad2609 has unsubscribed from all Wikipedia mailing lists and retired and Iv got other priorities myself.
Once again, we thank all those involved with WCI 2011 and thank the Indian Community which responsible for making it a resounding success.
Signing off,
[1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:WM_IN/WikiConference_India_2011/Report
Dear Wikimedians,
Greetings !
I am glad to share with you about hiring Executive Manager for Wikimedia
India.
The job description is enclosed. (
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Job_Description_for_Executive_Manager)
I request you to share these details in your network and help in staffing
the position.
Thanks,
Naveen Francis
Secretary, Wikimedia India Chapter
******************************************************************
Job Description for Executive Manager
The candidate will be the first staff member of the organisation and will
have the exciting opportunity of growing the organisation to maximise its
impact. The staff size is expected to grow 5 people over 2-3 years.
The successful candidate will initially report to President of the
Wikimedia India or a designated Executive Committee(EC) member. Most
interactions will be with the EC and extended leadership team of the
Chapter, Members, Community and partner organizations. Hence the candidate
needs to be flexible about working hours. This position is based in
Bangalore, India. Salary will be commensurate with Qualification. More
details of work expected from the Candidate are given below.
1. Help develop short term and long term plans for the growth of
Wikimedia project readers and Editors
2. Support Wikimedia India events
3. Present about Chapter, Wikimedia Foundation and conduct basic
computer and Wiki literacy trainings.
4. Hire additional staff,interns as per plan
5. Develop Fund raising plan and execute with a goal of raising atleast
25% of budget locally in the first 2 years.
6. Prepare drafts of regular communication for Members, Community, WMF,
Press and communication after approval by leadership team
7. Maintenance of books of Accounts, membership and Donor
database:Preparation & maintenance of Vouchers, issue of Receipts, making
payments, preparation and issue of checks and making cash payments, TDS
etc.,
8. Preparation of Quarterly Financial statements.
9. Preparation of Annual Accounts,coordination with Consultants and
Auditor
10. Filing of Income Tax returns and matters related to it.
11. Filing of Annual return with audited Accounts with the Registrar of
Societies, Bangalore.
12. Liason with Consultants and Government Departments with regard to
Section 12A Registration, FCRA, Online membership/donation/voting for
Society etc.
Candidate
The following education, experience and skills are required:
Education
Masters degree in Commerce/Social Sciences/Science & engineering streams
Experience
Recently retired professionals with at least latest three years of
experience at Senior leadership level will be given preference. For other
candidates, 5-10 years over all experience with at least 3 years in
leadership role is required.
Skills
1. Excellent written and oral communication skills
2. Ability to work with minimal supervision
3. Experience of atleast three years with Office productivity software
for documentation, presentation, data analysis, financial management and
conferencing
How to Apply
- If you wish to apply please send a *CV with* *a one page essay(600-800
words) on "Strategies for maximising the impact of Wikimedia India and the
role for WMIN Staff"* to careers(a)wikimedia.in by Sep 8, 2012
- Only candidates shortlisted will be called for Interview at Bangalore
during Sep 15-Sep 23 and the selected candidate is expected to take up the
role from Oct 1, 2012.
- Outstation candidates will have to make their own arrangements for the
interviews at Bangalore.
Hi all,
greeting from Wiki Loves Monuments India core team.
We are happy and please to let you informed that the global photography
contest Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 (WLM) kicks off today, while India
participates along and competes with other 35 nations. On behalf of the
core team and Wikimedia India chapter, we are inviting you to participate
in the month long contest, which runs from *1st of September to 31st of
September*.
- List of monuments in India is now ready, which qualifies for the
contest.[1]
- All the images should be uploaded under a different upload campaign
created for WLM in India.[2]
- All the photos participating in the contest must be self taken. Images
can be old, but should be uploaded before 30th of September.
- Participants must have their email-id enabled in Wikimedia Commons to
be eligible for prizes
- Creativity, natural, and importance to Wikipedia will be given prime
importance by Jury
- The default license will be CC-BY-SA 3.0
- Remember, this is a contest, hence *prizes are to be won*.
- We also have a Facebook group[3] and a Facebook page[4]
Do participate and share among your friends to make the contest big in
India. It will be our pride, if we showcase our heritage globally, being
very much patriotic :) All the best to all.
1.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_India/Wiki_Loves_Monumen…
2.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:UploadWizard&campaig…
3. https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikilovesmonumentsindia/
4. https://www.facebook.com/WikiLovesMonumentsIndia
--
Thanks and regards,
(User:Karthikndr <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Karthikndr>)
*Karthik Nadar.*
(Ph: 91-9773608862)
Dear Wikimedians,
Sub: Invitation for the AGM of the Chapter on 23 Sep 2012 and ballot form
(if applicable) for EC Election.
Notice is hereby given that the second Annual General Body meeting of the
members of Wikimedia Chapter will be held on 23 September 2012 at No.194, 2
nd C Cross, Dommaluru 2nd stage, Bangalore-560071, from 03:00 PM to 05:30PM
to transact the following business:
Agenda:
1.
Welcome
2.
Reading of notice convening the meeting
3.
Approval of previous AGM minutes (enclosed)
4.
Consideration and approval of the report of the activities of Wikimedia
chapter for 2011-12
5.
Consideration and approval of the audited accounts and the report of the
auditors thereon for the year ended 31st March 2012. (enclosed)
6.
Election of the members of Executive Committee 2012-2014
7.
Draft budget for the year 2012-13
8.
Appointment of auditors
9.
Any other subjects with the permission of the Chair
10.
President's address
If you are enrolled as a member on or before 22 June 2012, please find
enclosed a ballot form with its own envelope along with a postage stamped
envelope to return the ballot form envelope. *Please return the ballots so
as to reach on or before 22 Sep 2012*. If you are able to attend the AGM,
you will have an option to vote during the AGM as well. Please bring this
notice or membership card for the meeting.
Yours sincerely,
Naveen Francis
*Secretary*
most of the photographers i know are lazy or busy enough to upload the
photos to commons.
they feel that commons does not give a neat way to showcase their work.
some are comfortable with flickr.com.
is it ok to them to upload the photos and use flickrbot to import them to
commons.
hope this Will be a easier work flow and solves the showcase issue.
can anyone document on how to achieve this as a layman?
Kartik and andNilkita
Was good to see you in Mumbai at the Sugar presentation by Walter Bender at
the HBCSE.
Am in Guwahati IIT today and am meeting the photography club members today
to get them to participate in WLM from Guwahati.
Maybe able to send some pictures from here on the 1st morning!
Also reaching out to women editors on campus.
Warm regards
Harriet
Harriet Vidyasagar
www.outofindia.netwww.womenofindia.net
INDIA: 91-99011 66276
USA: 1-301-649-2240
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> Shrinivasan,
> As stated by Yann, it needs to have educational value.
> Like we do with images on Flickr, we can get the images [properly licenced]
> as when required. -
>
> On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 2:51 PM, Yann Forget <yannfo(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > 2012/8/28 Shrinivasan T <tshrinivasan(a)gmail.com>:
> > > Now instagram enables CC for its photos.
> > >
> > > http://i-am-cc.org
> > >
> > > http://www.wired.com/design/2012/08/i-am-cc/
> > >
> > > Is it worth do a program to copy the CCed photos to commons from the
> > > site http://i-am-cc.org?
> >
> > First, all images there might not have an educational value. Then
> > there are a lot of issues with copyright on architecture. Otherwise, I
> > would say yes.
> >
> > > --
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> > > T.Shrinivasan
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Yann
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