WikimediaIndia-l January 2013

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

25 Sep '18

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

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Please add your name to the Geographical List of Indian Wikipedians
by Ashwin Baindur 30 Jul '18

30 Jul '18

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

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Featured Wikimedian profile on Wikimedia India Chapter wiki
by Netha Hussain 02 Nov '13

02 Nov '13

Dear all, On a casual request, I was prompted to support some of the tasks the India Chapter and the India community would benefit together, and I decided to take up the responsibility of creating profiles for the 'Featured Wikimedian' section in the Wikimedia India Chapter wiki<http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Main_Page>. This section aims to showcase the achievements of active Wikimedians who have contributed significantly to the Wikimedia projects in English and/or Indian languages. The featured profile for January is that of Mr. Balachandran G <http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Featured_Wikimedian/Archive/2013//January> from Malayalam Wikipedia. If you know an inspiring Wikimedian whose profile hasn't been featured yet, do let me know! Please also go through the profile of the featured Wikimedian of this month and send your suggestions and comments for improving this section. Happy new year! Regards User: Netha Hussain -- Netha Hussain Student of Medicine and Surgery Govt. Medical College, Kozhikode Blogs : *nethahussain.blogspot.com swethaambari.wordpress.com*

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

28 Feb '13

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

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Republic Day - Marathi Wikipedia Workshop : Report
by Niraj Suryawanshi 11 Feb '13

11 Feb '13

Wikipedia Club Pune The Republic Day Workshop 26th January 2013 Theme/ Agenda: Creating & Editing existing articles on the Indian War Heroes (post Independence) in Marathi, as a homage to them. The Workshop was carried out successfully on the 64th Republic Day of India. Keeping in mind the theme/ agenda as to pay homage to these great men who gave their lives serving the motherland. The workshop was organized in Pune’s most sought after & leading learning institution Janana Prabodini, with the consent of the principal of the institution Mr. Milind Naik. A seminar hall “Prabodh” and two computer labs were engaged. Volunteers from the institution in coordination with the members of the club assisted and helped for the smooth execution of the workshop. Volunteer Coordinators from the institution Miss Priyanka Bhalerao & Mr. Hrushikesh Pathak were of great help as they helped with the permissions for the workshop and the bookings of the seminar hall and the computer labs which were needed prior to the workshop and were in constant touch of the Wikipedia Club Pune’s members. We thank them for their enthusiasm and dedication for the same. The club members on the day of the seminar helped in setting up the venue, giving a very comfortable yet professional outlook to the seminar & seminar venue. The Introductory Seminar was conducted by Mr. Abhishek Suryawanshi wherein the students were given information regarding Wikimedia & its sister project Wikipedia, precisely concentrating on Marathi Wikipedia. Knowledge about creating and editing the articles was given through a live demonstration over the projector projections. The students enjoyed the presentation which was followed by a very interactive session where Mr. Suryawanshi was able to solve the queries upto the mark. The attendees specially belonged to student category, besides these the principal himself and many other teaches were present for the same. A very special attendee Mrs. Sulabha Marathe was present who works for the blind and is engaged in recording audios, so that the blind could gain knowledge through audible medium. She is currently on a project wherein the audio recordings of the syllabus is done and is provided to the blind for learning purposes. After the informative seminar the students with the special attendees were escorted to the respective labs for the creation and edition of the articles. The workshop started with creation of the User Accounts and then creation/editing. We the members of the club were overwhelmed with the response of the budding Wikipedia Editors of the future! Many articles on martyrs were undertaken the list is as follows: Major Rajesh Singh Adhikari, Cap. Vikram batra, Manoj Kumar Pandey, Ashok Kamte, Constable Tukaram Omble, Hemant Karkare, Lalit Rai etc. The workshop ended with an interactive feedback session where basic queries and complex questions were solved. Following is the list of the club members and volunteer coordinators Abhishek Suryawanshi, Nikhil Kawale, Sanket Oswal, Abhinav Garule, Laskhy Gontla, Ravati Joshi, Saylai Borade, Niraj Suryawanshi, Priyanka Bhalerao, Hrushikesh Pathak. We appreciate and are very much thankful to the volunteer coordinators and the staff of the Janana Prabodini for the help provided. Also we are thankful to the club members who gave their precious time for the workshop, who helped it become a grand success. ----- Regards & Thanks, Niraj Suryawanshi on behalf of Wikipedia Club Pune +91 8149920120 | niraj.suryawanshi(a)gmail.com -- View this message in context: http://wikimedia.7.n6.nabble.com/Republic-Day-Marathi-Wikipedia-Workshop-Re… Sent from the WikiMedia India mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Wikimedia India activity report: Oct-Dec 2012
by Karthik Nadar 05 Feb '13

05 Feb '13

*Wikimedia India activity report: October 2012 to December 2012*Admin & LegalTraining and induction of new EC After the elections in September, a common meeting of the outgoing and incoming Executive Council members was conducted. This had outdoor group activities, induction training and also interaction with our consultant. New office bearers were decided and roles and responsibilities of the new EC members were defined. Our Executive Manager was also present and participated in the activities. Capacity *Membership:* Membership as of December 31, 2012 is 185. *Donations:* Amount of donations received during Oct-Dec 2012 was Nil. *Appointments:* Abhijit Jayanti was appointed as Hyderabad SIG chair. Technology & Cultural UpdatesWiki Loves Monuments - WLM India results were announced on November 3, 2012. lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2012-November/008779.html - WLM Global results were announced in December 2012. First and Sixth prizes were won by Indian entries. lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2012-December/008921.html Grant UsageApproved Grants - Wikimeetup Bangalore 50 - 13 October, 2012 - INR 19,100 - Wikipedia Workshop for Women, Mumbai - November 4, 2012 - INR 10,000 - Wikipedia Workshop for Women, participation grant for Netha Hussain - November 4, 2012 - INR 8329 - Wiki Vana-Vignana Yatra Event - December 8-9, 2012 - INR 17,600 EventsOctober 1. Bangalore meetup #50 was organised at TERI. The keynote speaker was WMF board member Bishakha Datta. It was a milestone event for the Bangalore Wikimedia community. City SIG chair Radhakrishna and other wikipedians were involved in its organisation. 2. A Wiki Academy was organised in IIT Chennai on October 6, 2012. Speakers/Facilitators were Arjuna Rao Chavala and T. Sujatha (Telugu Wikipedian). Executive Manager of WMIN Sowmyan Trimurthi also attended. November 1. The Wikipedia Workshop for Women took place on November 4, 2012 in Vidyalankar Institute of Technology (VIT), Wadala. More than 70 female participants attended the workshop. The people who volunteered in organizing this workshop were Bishakha Datta, Moksh Juneja, Karthik Nadar, Pranav Curumsey, Pradeep Mohandas, Anshuman Fotedar, Aditi Juneja, Harriet Vidyasagar, Nikita Belavate, Netra Parikh, Noopur Raval, Netha Hussain, Rohini Lakshane. A detailed report on the community mailing list is available at lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2012-November/008782.html 2. Kannada Wiki Meetup - 6<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KN:%E0%B2%B5%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%…> 3. Wikipedia Bangalore Meetup 51 - November 18, 2012 December 1. Wiki Vana vignana yatra was organised by the Malyalam Wikipedians on December 8-9, 2012. A public report is available [here<http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%…> ] 2. Wikipedia Bangalore Meetup 52 - December 2, 2012 Thanks and regards, Karthik Nadar, Secretary, Wikimedia India Chapter.

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Results of the Programme Director hiring for CIS's A2K programme
by Jadine Lannon 29 Jan '13

29 Jan '13

Hello, We are pleased to announce the results of the hiring of Programme Director for CIS's A2K programme. After a lengthy four month process, Mr. Vishnu Vardhan, who posted his essay onto the mailing list under the alias Nee Davis, was offered the position on January 13th, 2013, which he has accepted. He will be taking on the responsibilities of Programme Director in early February, 2013, and he hopes to be fully transitioned into this position by the end of February. The entire CIS team and Mr. Vardhan would like to thank the Wikimedia community for their interaction and input, particularly during the public stage of the hiring. We look forwards to working with you all as the A2K project continues. Thank you, Jadine

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Fwd: [WikimediaMobile] Wikimedia Commons android app nightlies available
by Subhashish Panigrahi 28 Jan '13

28 Jan '13

Anyone interested for uploading pictures on WikiCommons using your Android phone? Some updates below: Begin forwarded message: > From: Yuvi Panda <yuvipanda(a)gmail.com> > Date: 28 January 2013 1:46:21 AM IST > To: mobile-l <mobile-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: [WikimediaMobile] Wikimedia Commons android app nightlies available > Reply-To: yuvipanda(a)gmail.com > > Hello everyone! > > As you might be aware, there has been ongoing work on a Commons application for Android[1]. Hashar was awesome enough to set up automated builds of it on Jenkins - you can download the latest from: > > https://integration.mediawiki.org/nightly/mobile/android-commons/ > > It is currently at a state where you can upload fine (goes to testwiki), but has minor issues on pre-4.0 devices. Expect rapid work on it over the coming weeks! > > [1]: https://github.com/wikimedia/android-commons > > -- > Yuvi Panda T > http://yuvi.in/blog > _______________________________________________ > Mobile-l mailing list > Mobile-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimediaindia-l Digest, Vol 32, Issue 111
by Basavaraj Itnal 28 Jan '13

28 Jan '13

Could this be useful to the article on Garuda Mall? BBMP has worked hard to give away 15 acres of its land in Koramangala in bangalore, for free to a dubious company and in the process sacrifice the welfare of 1600 families. read my article below. http://www.talkmag.in/cms/mauled Basavaraj N Itnal ----- Original Message ----- From: "wikimediaindia-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org" <wikimediaindia-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org> To: wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Cc: Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2011 1:19 AM Subject: Wikimediaindia-l Digest, Vol 32, Issue 111 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. Re: The first legal threaten against Wikipedia India ! (Bishakha Datta) 2. Re: The first legal threaten against Wikipedia India ! (Yann Forget) 3. Re: The first legal threaten against Wikipedia India ! (Srikanth Ramakrishnan) 4. Re: The first legal threaten against Wikipedia India ! (CherianTinu Abraham) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2011 12:29:05 +0530 From: Bishakha Datta <bishakhadatta(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] The first legal threaten against Wikipedia India ! To: Wikimedia India Community list <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Message-ID: <AANLkTi=F6894DWxYDb231KnXN2GfZ_WpgwFzrbEZPYQ7(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 12:26 PM, Theo10011 <de10011(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Ask any OTRS volunteer about threats like these, this is nothing compared > to the threats we get on a daily basis. > > What are the kinds of threats OTRS volunteers get? Just curious. Bishakha

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Proposal for India's First MediaWiki Group Ahmedabad
by Harsh Kothari 27 Jan '13

27 Jan '13

Dear friends, This is to inform you all about the creation of the first MediaWiki group in India. For the past several days, I’ve been speaking to Quim Gil, Sumana and Yuvi Panda. I was informed about the setting up of local groups in different countries for technical contributors. With encouragement from all of them and with help from Noopur I submitted a proposal for the formation of MediaWiki Group Ahmedabad. This proposal has been endorsed by 7 people so far. For those who might be interested in setting up similar groups, I think a Wikitech mailing list for India is being set up and personally, I would be happy to help you write a proposal for your community. I think it’s a great idea because with the help of this technical group we intend to make good technical infrastructure and editing environment for Gujarati Wikipedia easier to contribute to. I have already ported HotCat and Popups(on the way) on Gujarati Wikipedia. Please have a look at the areas we want to collaborate on: Areas of collaboration: Localize Gadgets for Gujarati Wikipedia and Wikisource Create New Gadgets and extensions Bug solving for Gujarati Wikipedia and WikiSource and also other MediaWiki related Bug solving for all Indian languages Translate into Gujarati Language, i.e http://translatewiki.net/ Wikidata You can read the proposal here: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Groups/Proposals/Ahmedabad Your endorsements, improvements and feedback are welcome at the wiki page. Thank you! Harsh Kothari PS: see also http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Groups/Proposals --- Harsh Kothari Research Fellow, Physical Research Laboratory(PRL). Ahmedabad.

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