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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Dear friends,
You may be aware that we (my family) have released a font family earlier.
Here is some background if you are not aware of it.
On the first death Anniversary of Yogini Joglekar(my aunt), our family
released AksharYogini (Normal) Font on 1st Nov. 2006. This font is
primarily for Marathi language but can also be used for Hindi (for any
language using Devanagari). It also has English support. Later on, on the
occasion of Gudhipadwa (Chaitra Shuddha 1, 1931; that is 27th March 2009) ,
we released the additional fonts to complete the "AksharYogini font
family". This font family was/is made available on the site
http://aksharyogini.sudhanwa.com for free usage/distribution/sharing.
Today, on the occasion of Eighth Death Anniversary of Yogini Joglekar, we
are now releasing an updated "AksharYogini font". This font is also
available on the same website http://aksharyogini.sudhanwa.com
This is an updated font and has support for the new (MS Windows) operating
systems where the internal mechanism for font rendering is changed. Also,
it has additional characters for the current Unicode standard and the Rupee
Sign is also included.
Most important is the licensing. The new release is under the Open Font
License. As such, all Linux distributions will be able to freely use it in
their packaging.
Please feel free to use, share, distribute the new font. You can download
it from http://aksharyogini.sudhanwa.com .
Give us feedback on my email id or the official id for the font "
aksharyogini at sudhanwa.com " You can also comment on the guestbook on the
website.
Do share this news and also the font.
Wishing you a Very Happy Diwali !!
Thanks and regards
-Sudhanwa
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web: www.sudhanwa.com blog: www.sudhanwa.in
Twitter: sudhanwa Check on FB, Linkedin for more.
Hello,
IEEE 1908.1 WG is pleased to release two draft virtual keyboard layouts for
Hindi and their Android apps for evaluation and feedback. The feedback is
required by 11 Dec 2013.
Please check the detailed press note (
https://mentor.ieee.org/1908.1/bp/CommunicationAboutDraftHindiKeyboardsNov2…)
for further information and share it in your circles and help the
initiative.
Sincerely
Arjuna Rao Chavala
1908.1 Working Group Chair
Hi all,
This is part of the replies of Vishnu four months ago.
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Me:
And also tell the community, who are all involved in the interview process
and selection process, and why?
Vishnu:
BEFORE EVEN PUBLISHING THE JOB ADVERTISEMENT WE HAD DECIDED TO PUBLISH A
BLOG POST/WRITE-UP ON THE SELECTION PROCESS AND SHARE IT WITH THE WIKIMEDIA
INDIA COMMUNITY AS PART OF OUR TRANSPARENCY MEASURE. ONCE THIS IS UP, WILL
SHARE THE LINK.
Me:
Please make available the job descriptions/roles for all the employees at
meta and share the same in the mailing list.
Vishnu:
YES WE ARE REWORKING THE PROFILES AS THE EARLIER ROLES ARE NO MORE
RELEVANT. WE WILL TAKE THIS UP ON PRIORITY AND PUT IT UP ON META. THE LINKS
TO A2K TEAM MEMBER PROFILES, SHARED EVERY MONTH IN A2K NEWSLETTERS, WILL IN
FUTURE BE LINKED TO THE META PAGES.
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If I've missed any updates on this from A2K, let me know.
What happened to the decision? When do you plan to share this, next year?
If so you should have told the community. Don't you think so?
Besides user pages (User pages don't have detailed information about the
job description) there is no proper work details of anybody on meta
officially
. I don't think there is any even off-wiki
. (Profiles at CIS site are not detailed enough to know their works)
We don't know who is responsible for which work!! Who is doing what?
Few more questions..
Why still *2* new recruits are missing even after several months, at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Team<http://bl-1.com/click/load/ADAAMlM2Um8Hb1w7CTw-b0231>
,
Why there is no *monthly reports* updated on meta,
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Reports<http://bl-1.com/click/load/VGRaaABlVmtQOFA3AjA-b0231>
Why there is no *community Mid-year reports* updated,
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Reports<http://bl-1.com/click/load/VmZZawdiAj9ROVUyBDc-b0231>
If there is any report available anywhere, when do you plan to update the
meta pages?
Why there is no response to this, Evaluation results after months? *How
long are your two weeks?*
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:India_Access_To_Knowledge/Work_plan_Ap…<http://bl-1.com/click/load/UGAKOFw5WmcCagZhV2c-b0231>
What about "*Quarterly Community Survey*" mentioned here,
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Work_plan_April_2…<http://bl-1.com/click/load/XW0PPQdiBzoFbVA3VGU-b0231>?
Is there any plan to do this ever?
And on this
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Forum/Archives/2013-08#Terms_.2F_…<http://bl-1.com/click/load/BDRcblQxATwFbQFmUmw-b0231>,
which Shyamal brought it up; I'd like to see something concrete from the
Foundation.
I don't know about off-wiki, but there hasn't been proper communication on
anything on-wiki. If there is a change in plans or updates on any event, we
don't get to see that! Why?
* Who is accountable for all these discrepancies??*
I request the foundation or whoever is responsible for this to make sure
everything goes as it planned or discussed, and let the community know what
is happening regularly on-wiki.
Thanks.
Regards,
Ansuman
On 3 Nov 2013 09:16, "Netha Hussain" <nethahussain(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > All information given on the profile is based on the answers given by
the interviewee at the time of interview. Vibhi gave me an e-mail interview
in October 2013.
> >
>
"Time is a jet plane, it moves too fast" ...
http://www.bobdylan.com/us/songs/youre-big-girl-now
Vickram
>
> > Netha
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 8:52 AM, Ashwin Baindur <ashwin.baindur(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> >>
> >> Is Vibhy still in Class 10? I think that was two years ago. Should be
class 12 now! Just saying...
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sat, Nov 2, 2013 at 11:55 PM, Netha Hussain <nethahussain(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hi everyone,
> >>>
> >>> The Featured Wikimedian for November is Vaibhav Jain, a class 10
student editing English Wikipedia. His profile can be viewed here :
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Main_Page
> >>>
> >>> Regards
> >>> Netha
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 10:51 PM, Netha Hussain <nethahussain(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Hi all,
> >>>>
> >>>> Apologies for the late mail. We have a mother-daughter duo for this
month!
> >>>>
> >>>> The featured Wikimedian of this month is Parvathisri from Tamil
Wikipedia. Her profile can be viewed here :
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Main_Page
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Regards
> >>>>
> >>>> Netha
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 9:50 AM, Vishnu T <visdaviva(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Splendid work Satish Patel and Jayam!
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Completely agree with Satish Patel who " thinks that everyone
should contribute to Wikimedia projects because it is our moral
responsibility to preserve knowledge for generations to come."
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks Netha and Harsh for introducing them.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Best,
> >>>>> Vishnu
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Thursday, 5 September 2013, Netha Hussain <nethahussain(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> >>>>> > Dear all,
> >>>>> > The Featured Wikimedians of September are Mr.Satish Patel and
his son Jayam from Gujrati Wikimedia projects. You can read their profile
here: http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Main_Page
> >>>>> > Sincere thanks to Harsh Kothari for sharing the wonderful story
of Satish and Jayam with me. If you know an active Wikimedian who you think
is eligible to be featured as the Wikimedian of the Month, please share
their name and contact details with me.
> >>>>> > Thanks
> >>>>> > Netha
> >>>>> >
> >>>>> >
> >>>>> >
> >>>>> >
> >>>>> > On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 12:40 AM, Netha Hussain <
nethahussain(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>> >>
> >>>>> >> 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. 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 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
> >>>>> >>
> >>>>> >
> >>>>> >
> >>>>> >
> >>>>> > --
> >>>>> > Netha Hussain
> >>>>> > Student of Medicine and Surgery
> >>>>> > Govt. Medical College, Kozhikode
> >>>>> > Blogs : nethahussain.blogspot.com
> >>>>> > swethaambari.wordpress.com
> >>>>> >
> >>>>> >
> >>>>>
> >>>>> _______________________________________________
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> >>>>> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Netha Hussain
> >>>> Student of Medicine and Surgery
> >>>> Govt. Medical College, Kozhikode
> >>>> Blogs : nethahussain.blogspot.com
> >>>> swethaambari.wordpress.com
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Netha Hussain
> >>> Student of Medicine and Surgery
> >>> Govt. Medical College, Kozhikode
> >>> Blogs : nethahussain.blogspot.com
> >>> swethaambari.wordpress.com
> >>>
> >>>
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> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Warm regards,
> >>
> >> Ashwin Baindur
> >> ------------------------------------------------------
> >>
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> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Netha Hussain
> > Student of Medicine and Surgery
> > Govt. Medical College, Kozhikode
> > Blogs : nethahussain.blogspot.com
> > swethaambari.wordpress.com
> >
> >
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Hi,
October 2013 stats for Tamil Wikipedia is out. We have crossed many
milestones in one jump coinciding with our Tenth Anniversary Celebrations!
* 1017 Total contributors . We have crossed the 1000 milestone after
Malayalam Wikipedia. Next in line is Hindi Wikipedia with 988 total
contributors.
* 118 active editors who edit 5 times a month. Highest in ten years and the
first time we crossed 100.
* 27 new editors joined this month. This is the second highest enrollment
in ten years after the 2010 June state wide essay contest time.
* 25 very active editors who edit 100 times a month. Highest in ten years.
* We went from 1 to 2 contributors for every one million Tamil speaking
population now.
* Registered 8.5m million page views. That is 2,83,000 per day. Highest in
ten years.
We hope to sustain this activity through various initiatives.
Thanks,
Ravi
References:
1. http://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesWikipediaTA.htm
2. http://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/SummaryTA.htm
3. http://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesPageViewsMonthlyCombined.htm
*The Hindu : "Panoramic shot of Brihadeeswara wins Wiki India contest"*
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/panoramic-shot-of-brihadee…https://twitter.com/tinucherian/status/404881360113782785/photo/1/large
A panoramic photo of the Brihadeeswara temple in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu,
has won the first prize at the ‘Wiki Loves Monuments India 2013’ contest.
Ten photographs were nominated from a pool of 11,786 images for the award.
The results were announced on Wednesday.
*Karthik Nadar*, Secretary, Wikimedia India, organiser of Wiki Loves
Monuments (WLM) India, and member, WLM International team, told The Hindu
that the photo of the temple was taken by Mugilkv (username). The second
prize was of Itimad-ud-Daula’s Tomb, Agra, taken by Amaninder, and the
third prize was for Ibrahim Roza, clicked by Aanand.
The other seven winning photos at the national contest are of Mehtab Bagh
facing Taj Mahal by G. Kaustav (fourth); Pushkarni tank opposite Krishna
Temple, Hampi, by Dey.sandip (fifth); Jama Masjid Champaner by Hriya
(sixth); Lakshmi Vilas Palace, Vadodara, by Birsa Murmu (seventh); Jal
Mahal at Jaipur by Sameer6303 (eighth); a row of saints by Zain Hashmy
(ninth); and Sun Temple by Prayash Giria (10th). The website had only the
usernames because it was yet to contact the winners.
Wikimania
Apart from getting awards, these photographs will be nominated at the
international level, which has another jury. The main prize winner will get
to attend Wikimania, the annual meeting where Wikimedians from all over the
world meet, to be held in London in July or August 2014.
*Kiran*, jury member in 2012 and jury head in 2013 for WLM, said this year
the jury reviewed 11,786 images, looking for photo quality and seeing if
these were rare photographs. In case of a much-photographed subject, a
different shot (for example, a shot of the gardens behind Taj Mahal), got
importance. Emphasis was given to places that were not prominent.
Participation
A higher number of countries participated this year compared to last year
(when Indians had participated for the first time and won the first and
sixth places). *Naveen Francis*, former Secretary, Wikimedia India,
organiser of WLM India 2012 and 2013, said 36 countries participated last
year and 52 countries this year. This year the competition received photos,
for the first time, from Antarctica.
In terms of number of photos uploaded, India is ninth this year with 11,786
entries from 1,485 people. Russia is 7th with 18,897 photos, U.K. is 8th
(11,995 photos), Austria is 10th (11,074 photos) and the U.S. is 11th
(10,191 photos). Poland tops the list with 49,976 photos and Ukraine is
second with 35,674 photos.
Mr. Nadar said Wikipedians in Sri Lanka and Pakistan said they would
organise similar competitions in their countries next year. He said Google
had partnered with the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) for photos for
Google Maps but Wikipedia photos are different as they are not copyrighted
and anybody can use them. Also, those participating in WLM are volunteers.
He said this year, the competition has a parallel Asia-level contest with
nine countries participating: India, Nepal, China, Thailand, Taiwan,
Philippines and Hong Kong. The results will be out on November 30 this year.
According to their website, WLM has been certified as the largest photo
competition in the world by Guinness World Records. It says: “More than
15,000 photographers around the world participated in the 2012 edition of
Wiki Loves Monuments, uploading over 350,000 freely-licensed images of
historic buildings, monuments and cultural heritage sites in 35 countries
to Wikimedia Commons.” The website also said, “More than 15,000 photos were
uploaded from India in WLM 2012. In WLM 2012, 2,230 participants from
India, making our country rank number one in number of participants.”
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 (The Hindu ) of the above news article owns the copyrights of
the article / content. All copyrights are duly acknowledged.
Dear all,
*WikiSangamotsavam 2013
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiSangamotsavam-2013>*, the annual
gathering of users and well wishers of Malayalam Wikimedia projects, will
take place from 21-23 December, 2013 in YMCA
Alappuzha<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alappuzha>,
Kerala <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala>. Please click *here
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiSangamotsavam-2013>* to go to the
official page to see more details. .
WikiSangamotsavam - 2013 is our first attempt to invite and host selected
members from other Indian Wikipedia communities. We are planning to invite
our friends and well-wishers from 14 different language wiki communities
in India to this most auspicious occasion hosted by Malayalam wiki
community! We are also planning to arrange few scholarships for
non-Malayalam Wikimedians who are interested in participating in this
event. With all these, we expect this year’s conference shall become the
largest outreach program any Indian wiki community have ever attempted.
As a part of WikiSangamotsavam-2013, we are organizing edit-a-thons,
WikiVidyarthiSangamam (a conference of students interested in Wikimedia
projects), WikiYuvaSangamam (a meetup of youth interested in Wikimedia
projects), a computer training session for the differently-abled, a
digitization drive to digitize the information regarding wetlands in Kerala
and WikiJalaYathra, a wiki voyage through Vembanadu backwaters.
We cordially invite you to participate in WikiSangamotsavam-2013 to share
your experiences, to connect with your peers and create partnerships
thereby strengthening the Indian Wikimedia community.
To participate in WikiSangamotsavam, please register
*here*<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiSangamotsavam-2013/Registration>
Looking forward to meeting you in Alappuzha from 21-23 December, 2013!
On behalf of Malayalam Wikimedia Community,
Netha Hussain
User: Netha Hussain on Wikimedia projects
--
Netha Hussain
Student of Medicine and Surgery
Govt. Medical College, Kozhikode
Blogs :
*nethahussain.blogspot.com <http://nethahussain.blogspot.com>
swethaambari.wordpress.com <http://swethaambari.wordpress.com>*
Dear all,
*WikiSangamotsavam 2013
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiSangamotsavam-2013>*, the annual
gathering of users and well wishers of Malayalam Wikimedia projects, will
take place from 21-23 December, 2013 in YMCA
Alappuzha<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alappuzha>,
Kerala <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala>. Please click *here
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiSangamotsavam-2013>* to go to the
official page to see more details. .
WikiSangamotsavam - 2013 is our first attempt to invite and host selected
members from other Indian Wikipedia communities. We are planning to invite
our friends and well-wishers from 14 different language wiki communities
in India to this most auspicious occasion hosted by Malayalam wiki
community! We are also planning to arrange few scholarships for
non-Malayalam Wikimedians who are interested in participating in this
event. With all these, we expect this year’s conference shall become the
largest outreach program any Indian wiki community have ever attempted.
As a part of WikiSangamotsavam-2013, we are organizing edit-a-thons,
WikiVidyarthiSangamam (a conference of students interested in Wikimedia
projects), WikiYuvaSangamam (a meetup of youth interested in Wikimedia
projects), a computer training session for the differently-abled, a
digitization drive to digitize the information regarding wetlands in Kerala
and WikiJalaYathra, a wiki voyage through Vembanadu backwaters.
We cordially invite you to participate in WikiSangamotsavam-2013 to share
your experiences, to connect with your peers and create partnerships
thereby strengthening the Indian Wikimedia community.
To participate in WikiSangamotsavam, please register
*here*<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiSangamotsavam-2013/Registration>
Looking forward to meeting you in Alappuzha from 21-23 December, 2013!
On behalf of Malayalam Wikimedia Community,
Netha Hussain
User: Netha Hussain on Wikimedia projects
--
Netha Hussain
Student of Medicine and Surgery
Govt. Medical College, Kozhikode
Blogs :
*nethahussain.blogspot.com
<http://nethahussain.blogspot.com>swethaambari.wordpress.com
<http://swethaambari.wordpress.com>*
