WikimediaIndia-l August 2013

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N A Nazeer's photographs
by L. Shyamal 31 Aug '13

31 Aug '13

I was told some years ago that a forest minister had passed a rule that no photography was to be allowed in any forest areas in Kerala. Any forest in that including Reserve Forests, in which one is *even* allowed to graze cattle, collect firewood and minor forest produce. I was just trying to look up this and found a newspaper article on the topic. That ban was apparently introduced because of a certain wildlife photographer refused to provide photographs to the Kerala Forest Deparment for their use. http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/wild-photography… Reading that news again with fresh insight suggests that the wildlife photographer in question was in fact N.A. Nazeer! Perhaps he or someone ought to inform the Kerala Forest Department of Wikimedia Commons.. best wishes Shyamal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Shyamal

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Licence violation
by BalaSundaraRaman 30 Aug '13

30 Aug '13

Hi, I came across: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/venpa-lambert-m-surhone/1028560188?ean=9783… recently. This e-book, effectively a collection of a few Wikipedia articles, sells for USD 41+. That's okay, but there's no mention of contributions by Wikipedia editors in the authorship details. Isn't this a violation of our licence? - Sundar "That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted." - George Boole, quoted in Iverson's Turing Award Lecture

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Invitation to connect on LinkedIn
by Niraj Suryawanshi 30 Aug '13

30 Aug '13

LinkedIn ------------ Bala, I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn. - Niraj Niraj Suryawanshi Spoken Wikipedia Development Intern at Wikipedia Pune Area, India Confirm that you know Niraj Suryawanshi: https://www.linkedin.com/e/wwtkjs-hkywiqtr-4a/isd/16166396273/DgcpEZRS/?hs=… -- You are receiving Invitation to Connect emails. Click to unsubscribe: http://www.linkedin.com/e/wwtkjs-hkywiqtr-4a/sUSewYH6CXjXbDopsMujr7_kAfBZ_m… (c) 2012 LinkedIn Corporation. 2029 Stierlin Ct, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. ----- Regards & Thanks, Niraj N. Suryawanshi Pune Institute of Computer Technology | Wikipedia Club Pune +91 814 992 0120 | niraj.suryawanshi(a)gmail.com -- View this message in context: http://wikimedia.7.x6.nabble.com/Invitation-to-connect-on-LinkedIn-tp501239… Sent from the WikiMedia India mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Invitation to connect on LinkedIn
by Niraj Suryawanshi 30 Aug '13

30 Aug '13

LinkedIn ------------ Noopur-2, I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn. - Niraj Niraj Suryawanshi Spoken Wikipedia Development Intern at Wikipedia Pune Area, India Confirm that you know Niraj Suryawanshi: https://www.linkedin.com/e/tpmiiz-hkywiqo9-4h/isd/16166396284/9yOxOcE7/?hs=… -- You are receiving Invitation to Connect emails. Click to unsubscribe: http://www.linkedin.com/e/tpmiiz-hkywiqo9-4h/X-oDrueQa9RVZmeaXOYgHr7STde67D… (c) 2012 LinkedIn Corporation. 2029 Stierlin Ct, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. ----- Regards & Thanks, Niraj N. Suryawanshi Pune Institute of Computer Technology | Wikipedia Club Pune +91 814 992 0120 | niraj.suryawanshi(a)gmail.com -- View this message in context: http://wikimedia.7.x6.nabble.com/Invitation-to-connect-on-LinkedIn-tp501239… Sent from the WikiMedia India mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Invitation to connect on LinkedIn
by Niraj Suryawanshi 30 Aug '13

30 Aug '13

LinkedIn ------------ Prashanth, I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn. - Niraj Niraj Suryawanshi Spoken Wikipedia Development Intern at Wikipedia Pune Area, India Confirm that you know Niraj Suryawanshi: https://www.linkedin.com/e/ugud38-hkywiqoo-2v/isd/16166396254/tdyAfMaS/?hs=… -- You are receiving Invitation to Connect emails. Click to unsubscribe: http://www.linkedin.com/e/ugud38-hkywiqoo-2v/RxavH5PwuNLLwfezRzcor7aLOlCaud… (c) 2012 LinkedIn Corporation. 2029 Stierlin Ct, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. ----- Regards & Thanks, Niraj N. Suryawanshi Pune Institute of Computer Technology | Wikipedia Club Pune +91 814 992 0120 | niraj.suryawanshi(a)gmail.com -- View this message in context: http://wikimedia.7.x6.nabble.com/Invitation-to-connect-on-LinkedIn-tp501239… Sent from the WikiMedia India mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Invitation to connect on LinkedIn
by Niraj Suryawanshi 30 Aug '13

30 Aug '13

LinkedIn ------------ Subhashish, I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn. - Niraj Niraj Suryawanshi Spoken Wikipedia Development Intern at Wikipedia Pune Area, India Confirm that you know Niraj Suryawanshi: https://www.linkedin.com/e/aqa4qw-hkywiq2h-5e/isd/16166396091/JdfjaXNi/?hs=… -- You are receiving Invitation to Connect emails. Click to unsubscribe: http://www.linkedin.com/e/aqa4qw-hkywiq2h-5e/VO3WW_dTVp0c8BmJV-dsMqRwChSRkz… (c) 2012 LinkedIn Corporation. 2029 Stierlin Ct, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. ----- Regards & Thanks, Niraj N. Suryawanshi Pune Institute of Computer Technology | Wikipedia Club Pune +91 814 992 0120 | niraj.suryawanshi(a)gmail.com -- View this message in context: http://wikimedia.7.x6.nabble.com/Invitation-to-connect-on-LinkedIn-tp501239… Sent from the WikiMedia India mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Samkshepa Vedartham, first book printed in Malayalam goes online
by Subhashish Panigrahi 29 Aug '13

29 Aug '13

Dear all, This is a great success to share the effort of Shiju and other Malayalam Wikimedians to bring Samkshepa Vedartham, the first Malayalam book online. This is a news article which has come on The Times of India and copyrighted.[1] THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: From a college library in Bangalore, a fragile copy of the first book printed in Malayalam -- SampkshepaVedartham -- has made a leap to eternity. Thanks to efforts by MalayalamWikipedians, the book printed in 1772 and kept in Dharmaram College in Bangalore is now available free on the internet, without any copyright restriction. The scanned copy of 'Sampkshepa Vedartham or Nasranikal Okkeyum Ariyendunna Sampkshepa Vedartham' will be a major source of information for those interested in the history and development of Malayalam script. The book by Italian priest Clement Peanices is in the form of Christian religious teaching in question-answer format. The first edition of the book was printed using Malayalam types in Rome in 1772 and was brought to the state in 1774. A scanned copy of 'Albhabetum Grandonico Malabaricum', the first book to use Malayalam types, is already available for public use. It is believed that the Malayalam portion of this Latin book was printed using the movable types made to print 'Sampkshepa Vedartham'. Shiju Alex, an active Wikipedian, had taken the initiative to bring out 'Sampkshepa Vedartham' on the internet with the support of other members of Malayalam Wikipedia. Ironically, one of the oldest copies of the book is housed in the Kerala university library. Though it was digitized using the state grant, it is not available for public use. "Sampkshepa Vedartham was printed almost 241 years ago. The book gives insights into the old type of Malayalam numerals. No space is left between words. Also signs, such as full stops, are not used between sentences," Alex said. He said the scanned copy of the book has been uploaded on archives.org, where interested people can read it online or download the PDF format. "We have begun steps to upload it in Wikipedia commons (an online repository of media files). A digitized version will also be available in Malayalam Wikisource," he added. 1. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/First-book-print… -- Best! Subhashish Panigrahi Programme Officer, Access To Knowledge Centre for Internet and Society @psubhashish

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Tamil Wikipedia 10 years celebrations at Chennai on 29th September
by Ravishankar 27 Aug '13

27 Aug '13

Hi, Tamil Wikipedia will be celebrating its 10 years with an event at Chennai on 29th September. Please have your calendar marked and travel tickets ready. More details will be announced soon. This is the first International Tamil Wiki meetup where we expect around 40 core Tamil Wikipedians from countries including Sri Lanka, UAE and Canada to participate. If you are interested in meeting Tamil Wikipedians and share stories with us, this is the right opportunity. So, please consider this as an open invitation for all members of global and Indian languages wiki community. Thanks, Ravi

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Featured picture of Chandiroor Divakaran
by Sumana Harihareswara 27 Aug '13

27 Aug '13

Malayalam speakers, here's some happy news! https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chandiroor_Divakaran_New_DSW.JPG Augustus Binu (User:Mydreamsparrow) took a photograph of poet and folk-song writer Kalathil Makki Divakaran (commonly known as Chandiroor Divakaran), a Malayalam writer from Kerala. I found out about it because it's a new featured image on English Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-08-21/Featu… I don't read Malayalam and thus couldn't figure out whether there's a ml.wikipedia.org page about Chandiroor Divakaran -- could someone check, and add an interwiki link to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandiroor_Divakaran ? Anyway - thanks to all involved in this, including User:Mydreamsparrow. :) -- Sumana Harihareswara Engineering Community Manager Wikimedia Foundation

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Wiki Loves Earth - India edition?
by Pradeep Mohandas 26 Aug '13

26 Aug '13

Hi, Any scope for doing a competition like Wiki Loves Earth in India? Anybody interested in putting it together?? Warm regards, Pradeep Sent from Yahoo! Mail for iPhone

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