WikimediaIndia-l April 2013

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Have some laughter
by Nischay Nahata 05 Apr '13

05 Apr '13

Hi, Sometimes it's a funny thing to read a Wikipedia article. For instance, read the "Tanu Weds Manu" [1]. Quote: Upon release, the film performed well at the box office particularly in Delhi <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delhi>, Indore<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indore> , Bhopal <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal>, Kanpur<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanpur> , Lucknow <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucknow> and East Punjab<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Punjab> ,[6]<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tanu_Weds_Manu&oldid=548180707#ci…> hence was dubbed in German <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language> titled *Tanu Und Manu Trauen Sich*. Also look for "Music by" in the infobox and you will know the reason behind the Divine Music I hope someone will edit that page soon, but that was really funny. [1]http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tanu_Weds_Manu&oldid=548180707 -- Nischay Nahata

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Fwd: [Video] WMMX Puebla's Edit-a-thon
by Srikanth Ramakrishnan 04 Apr '13

04 Apr '13

FYI, a lovely video ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Salvador A Date: Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 1:30 AM Subject:[Video] WMMX Puebla's Edit-a-thon To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Hi folks! I just wanna share with you a nice video made by one of our cultural partners (Atrolabio). Is about our chapter last Edit-a-thon in Mexico, the first in the city of Puebla. You can watch our chapter president Iván Martínez and two board members: Carmen Alcazar and Gustavo Sandoval giving the talks. It's a musical clip, then it's no needed to know spanish to enjoy it. http://vimeo.com/63202555 Best regards! -- *Salvador Alcántar Morán salvador_alc Wikimedia México* mx.wikimedia.org -- Srikanth Ramakrishnan Treasurer, Wikimedia Chapter [India] Donate to the Wikimedia India Chapter today<http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Donations>

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Event in Bhopal
by Sowmyan Tirumurti 04 Apr '13

04 Apr '13

Thanks to all those who responded. The Bhopal institution has deferred the plan to July. Regards, Sowmyan

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Fwd: "दशकपूर्ती " मराठी विकिपीडियाची - सकाळ वृत्तसेवा (सुधारित)
by Sudhanwa Jogalekar 03 Apr '13

03 Apr '13

There is a media coverage in Marathi newspaper "Sakal", Mumbai edition about 10 years of Marathi Wikipedia. Please check out. -Sudhanwa ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Date: 2013/3/31 Subject: "दशकपूर्ती " मराठी विकिपीडियाची - सकाळ वृत्तसेवा (सुधारित) To: मराठी विकिपिडीयाच्या १० वर्षाच्या वाटचालीचा सकाळ ने आजच्या पुरवणीत आढावा घेवून दशकपूर्ती ची सुरुवात करून दिली आहे. आपल्या माहितीसाठी लिंक देत आहे. - मराठी विकिपीडिया http://epaper.esakal.com/Sakal/31Mar2013/Normal/Mumbai/MumbaiToday/page4.htm -- ~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~! President, Wikimedia India www.wikimedia.in web: www.sudhanwa.com blog: www.sudhanwa.in Twitter: sudhanwa Check on FB, Linkedin for more.

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Call for volunteer support to conduct a workshop in Bhopal
by Siddharth Goenka 03 Apr '13

03 Apr '13

Hey Karthik, Please provide me more info for the presentation of 6th April. How is gonna conduct it ? What the presentation is gonna be about ? And what will be the volunteer's work ? Cheer's Sid Goenka siddharth_goenka(a)live.com 9422959865 Cheer's Sid -----Original Message----- From: Karthik Nadar <karthikndr(a)wikimedia.in> Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2013 14:07:35 To: <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>; <wikimedia-in-en(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Call for volunteer support to conduct a workshop in Bhopal Dear Wikipedians, there has been request from an university team to conduct a workshop in Bhopal. If you're interested (staying in Bhopal, or somewhere nearby) or, please do mail me. Accommodations will be provided by the organising team. Thanks! -- Regards, Karthik Nadar. (Secretary, Wikimedia India Chapter).

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Creative Commons Licenses for Wikimedia projects
by Subhashish Panigrahi 02 Apr '13

02 Apr '13

Dear all, Shiju has put up a blog on Licenses that are used for Wikipedia and other sister Wikimedia projects. Read more at: http://shijualex.in/creative-commons-licenses-and-wikimedia/ -- Best! Subhashish Panigrahi

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[OT] All Things GW Editathon
by Srikanth Ramakrishnan 02 Apr '13

02 Apr '13

Hi all, Not really India specific, but.. Wikimedia DC is organising an Editathon on 20th April. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/All_Things_GW >From the meetup page: *The All Things GW Editathon is a rare chance to go behind the scenes in the University Archives<http://library.gwu.edu/Collections/SCRC/Collections/University-Archives>of the GW Libraries <http://library.gwu.edu/> and use their unique resources to research and update Wikipedia pages related to The George Washington University <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_washington_university> and the Foggy Bottom <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foggy_Bottom> neighborhood. * *This event includes: a behind-the-scenes tour of the University Archives and a show and tell of some of its most interesting treasures, snacks, and the edit-a-thon <http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Editathon>.* I was wondering, one day, can we have such an event in India? Wikipedians can also join in remotely. I plan to do so. Please do share the news. -- Srikanth Ramakrishnan Treasurer, Wikimedia Chapter [India] Donate to the Wikimedia India Chapter today<http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Donations>

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Telugu Wikipedia Mahotsavam 2013 Celebrations
by Rahmanuddin Shaik 02 Apr '13

02 Apr '13

Hi Telugu Wikipedia Community, in association with Telugu SIG of Wikimedia India Chapter, CIS-A2K <http://cis-india.org/> program and University of Hyderabad's Theater Outreach Unit <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Hyderabad#Theatre_Outreach_Unit>are jointly organising Telugu Wikipedia Mahotsavam 2013. This event is planned to celebrate the completion of 9 years of Telugu Wikipedia and bring together major contributors of Telugu Wikipedia together to plan for future tewiki activities, including collaborative projects. One part of event will be to organise wikiacademies at media houses. The event page is here : Telugu Wikipedia Mahotsavam 2013<http://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%AA%…> . On behalf of Telugu Wikipedia Community, I invite you to the event and make it a grand success. With thanks & regards *Rahimanuddin Shaik* నాని *తెలుగువారికి సాంకేతిక సహాయం - http://techsetu.com*

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[Report] International Women's day events in India
by Netha Hussain 01 Apr '13

01 Apr '13

Dear all, The Women's History Month events<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/International_Women's_Day,_India>, which ran during the month of March in India, has concluded. The event happened in Malayalam, English, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi language Wikipedias. *Events:* The inagural event of the Women's day celebrations happened in Nirmala Institute of Education, Goa. The workshop was led by Nitika Tandon<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Nitika.t>and Rohini Lakshane <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Rohini>and arranged by Harriet Vidyasagar. Two online edit-a-thons were conducted on English Wikipedia during the second and third weekends of March. 14 users participated in the first edit-a-thon and 5 users in the second. A Wikipedia workshop for women<http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%…>was conducted in Ernakulam, Kerala to familiarize women with Malayalam Wikipedia. The workshop was conducted by Ernakulam Wikimedians and led by Ditty Mathew<http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%89%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%95%…> . Free Software Movement of Karnataka conducted a workshop for women<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiki_Women%27s_Workshop_by_FSMK_and_…>in Jyothi Nivas College, Bangalore on 9th March 2013. Eight volunteers and 26 participants signed up for the event. Nine new articles were created as a part of the workshop. Led by Pavithra <http://wiki.wikimedia.in/User:Pavithra>, Wikimedians from Bangalore organized a Wikipedia Workshop for Women<http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Wikipedia_Women%27s_Workshop_Bangalore_2013>at ServeLots Infotech. 14 participants registered for the event, and 9 of them participated. A women for Wikipedia<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Women%27s_Workshop_by_FSFTN_and_WMIN>event was conducted in IIT-M, Chennai by FSFTN and Wikimedia India on 31 March 2013. The event was coordinated by Anupama Srinivas<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Anupama_Srinivas>and Bala <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sodabottle>. Three new articles were created during the hands-on-workshop conducted as part of this event. Outcomes: In Malayalam Wikipedia, 26 users signed up for the event<http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%…>. 107 new articles were created and 13 articles were significantly expanded. 14 users participated in the event in English Wikipedia, 19 new English articles were created and one article was expanded. Two users signed up on Telugu Wikipedia for the event<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/te:%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%…> . Press: The women's day events were given good coverage by the media. Links to the articles on various newspapers are given below: 1. Times of India: http://goo.gl/t3E8d 2. Times of India Crest: http://www.timescrest.com/society/world-wide-wiki-womens-web-dot-com-9981 3. Prajavani (kn): http://goo.gl/NSssJ 4. Loksatta (mr): http://www.loksatta.com/mumbai-news/wikipedia-celebrate-international-women… 5. Kannada Prabha (kn) : http://archives.kannadaprabha.com/pdf/1032013/3.pdf Led by Srijana Timsina<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%A8%E0%A…>, Nepali Wikiwomen are conducting Women's day edit-a-thon<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/International_Women%27s_Day_2…>in English and Nepali language Wikipedias. Articles which are primarily of importance to Nepali women will be created during the edit-a-thon. Thanks to all Wikimedians who helped us to make this event a grant success. All of you who created or significantly expanded articles would soon receive barnstars from us! In WikiLove 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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volunteers required for making a overview presentation at Bhopal on 6th April 2013
by Sowmyan Tirumurti 01 Apr '13

01 Apr '13

Friends, We are looking for volunteers to present about Wikimedia.org and Wikimedia India Chapter at an educational institution at Bhopal. The event is on Saturday 6th April 2013. The requirement is NOT for training them in editing. It is for giving an overview presentation on the organization. Kindly contact me ASAP. Regards, Sowmyan tsowmyan(at)wikimedia(dot)in +91 96329 11650 Executive Manager, Wikimedia Chapter, Bangalore.

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