WikimediaIndia-l January 2014

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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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Updated Aksharyogini font release in Open Font License
by Sudhanwa Jogalekar 01 Nov '14

01 Nov '14

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 -- ~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~! web: www.sudhanwa.com blog: www.sudhanwa.in Twitter: sudhanwa Check on FB, Linkedin for more.

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Membership
by Yann Forget 31 Jan '14

31 Jan '14

Hello, I read that Wikimedia India does not accept member who are not Indian nationals. This comes as a big surprise, and I don't see any reason for it. As far as I know, membership in a non-profit in India is not limited to Indian nationals. A change whould be most welcomed. Thanks, Yann Forget, from Ahmedabad

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-WB] Kolkata Bookfair wikipedia stall PTI report
by Nurunnaby Chowdhury 30 Jan '14

30 Jan '14

[sorry for cross posting] Hi All, Happy to know this nice initiative. Specially i am proud & Honor of this because my 2nd written book *Bangla Wikipedia Ke Abong Keno (বাংলা উইকিপিডিয়া কী এবং কেন)* available at Kalkata Book Fair Wikipedia stall. Specially thanks to Jayanta da for give me this opportunity. I write this book last year & this book published last year Ekushey Book Fair [1]. In this book basically i show the how to work in Bengali Wikipedia, involvement process of Wikimedia activities, how to contribute commons etc. This is the first book of Bengali Wikipedia published in Bangladesh. For more about this book you may Rokomari.com [2]. Thanks you all. Hope to get feedback from reader. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekushey_Book_Fair [2] http://www.rokomari.com/book/62905 -- *Nurunnaby Chowdhury Hasive* Administrator | Bangla Wikipedia <http://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/user:nhasive> Social Media Interaction Expert & Assignment Reporter | The Daily Prothom-Alo <http://www.prothom-alo.com> Bangladesh Ambassador | Open Knowledge Foundation Network <http://www.okfn.org> Treasurer | Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN) <http://www.bdosn.org> fb.com/nhasive | @nhasive <http://www.twitter.com/nhasive> | Skype: nhasive | www.nhasive.com

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-WB] Kolkata Bookfair wikipedia stall PTI report
by Belayet Hossain 30 Jan '14

30 Jan '14

জয়ন্তদাকে অভিনন্দন!! "Banglapedia has less than 200 editors of which more than 150 are from Bangladesh, while only ten are from West Bengal." তবে এ লেখাটাতেও বাংলাপিডিয়া এবং বাংলা উইকিপিডিয়া গুলিয়ে ফেলা হয়েছে যা দুঃখজনক। আশা করি এ বিষয়টি পরবর্তী নিউজগুলোতে খেয়াল রাখবেন। ধন্যবাদান্তে, বেলায়েত On 30 January 2014 11:43, Nurunnaby Chowdhury <nh(a)nhasive.com> wrote: > Hi All, > Happy to know this nice initiative. Specially i am proud & Honor of this > because my 2nd written book *Bangla Wikipedia Ke Abong Keno (বাংলা > উইকিপিডিয়া কী এবং কেন)* available at Kalkata Book Fair Wikipedia stall. > Specially thanks to Jayanta da for give me this opportunity. > > I write this book last year & this book published last year Ekushey Book > Fair [1]. In this book basically i show the how to work in Bengali > Wikipedia, involvement process of Wikimedia activities, how to contribute > commons etc. This is the first book of Bengali Wikipedia published in > Bangladesh. For more about this book you may Rokomari.com [2]. > > Thanks you all. Hope to get feedback from reader. > > > [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekushey_Book_Fair > [2] http://www.rokomari.com/book/62905 > > > On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 8:54 AM, Subhashish Panigrahi < > subhashish(a)cis-india.org> wrote: > > > Congratulations Jayantada and all of the organising committee! You all > > have done a fabulous job. Hope this spreads a word about Bangla Wikimedia > > projects. And now the nation demands a blog on Wikimedia global blog from > > you :-) > > > > Best! > > Subha > > > > > On 30-Jan-2014, at 1:21 am, Jayanta Nath <jayantanth(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Dear all, > > > > > > Please find the below link of PTI report about our Kolkata Bookfair > > > wikipedia stall. > > > > > > > > > http://tech.firstpost.com/news-analysis/kolkata-book-fair-wikipedia-puts-st… > > > > > > Regards, > > > Jayanta Nath > > >

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Kolkata Bookfair wikipedia stall PTI report
by Jayanta Nath 29 Jan '14

29 Jan '14

Dear all, Please find the below link of PTI report about our Kolkata Bookfair wikipedia stall. http://tech.firstpost.com/news-analysis/kolkata-book-fair-wikipedia-puts-st… Regards, Jayanta Nath

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimediaindia-l Digest, Vol 662, Issue 1
by Aadil Azis Khan 27 Jan '14

27 Jan '14

Hi, My name is Aadil. I was a participant at the Wiki session in Startup Village. I would like to appreciate both Jeph and Netha for their efforts in conducting the session here. It was really informative and both of them did a commendable job, introducing the basics of Wikipedia and editing to us. Really looking forward to more such sessions. Thanks, Aadil On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 5:31 PM, < wikimediaindia-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > 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: Fwd: [WMIN-Members] Thank you (Ravishankar) > 2. Testing (jeph) > 3. Wikipedia workshop at Startup Village (jeph) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 19:05:42 +0530 > From: Ravishankar <ravidreams(a)gmail.com> > To: Wikimedia India Community list > <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [WMIN-Members] Thank you > Message-ID: > < > CAF2QyrDoWji2YCbjbQ6nCHdLvZcEBUsazjj3zOdymmhrDRkeTQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Dear Sowmyan, > > Thank you for the great contribution to Wikimedia India community. It is > very hard to find a qualified and yet passionate person next. So, we are > really sad to see you go. > > You have only done good for the movement going beyond the requirements of > your part-time commitment. So, please don't take any blame on yourself. > > Looking forward to your contribution as community member henceforth. > > Ravi >

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Wikipedia workshop at Startup Village
by jeph 25 Jan '14

25 Jan '14

Hi, Last saturday Netha Hussain and I had an interesting experience conducting a Wikipedia workshop at Startup Village <http://www.startupvillage.in/>. Startup Village is a private-public not-for-profit business incubator at Ernakulam, Kerala. They wanted to help us in spreading the word about Wikipedia and editing it. The event page can be viewed here<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Workshop/Kochi_Workshop_1> . The workshop was an eye opener of sorts for us. It started half an hour later than planned, as most of the participants took longer to make it to the venue. We had the usual hiccups like microphones not being available and the internet connectivity being too slow. The connectivity affected the pace of the workshop. We found it difficult to demonstrate the examples we had. The biggest challenge was not technical but connecting with the audience. We had tailored our content for a crowd with a programming background. We had even conducted a mock session over phone in order to be sure of the roles the two of us should assume. However, the audience turned out to be diverse and largely not technical. Most of the participants did not have a mobile device, so the hands-on session was not as fruitful as we had anticipated it to be. We ended up lecturing more and demonstrating less. The workshop was structured into two halves. The first half was an introduction to wikipedia and the wiki markup. The second half was a gentle introduction to the mediawiki API or how to write programs using javascript to access content from wikipedia. When we broke up for lunch after the first half of the session, around half of the audience left. The second half had too few takers, there were people who had come back but we doubt if it had any tangible impact. Our biggest learning from the exercise was that it is very important to know the audience well in advance and structure the content accordingly. On the brighter side, we had interesting queries from a few participants who were already acquainted with editing Wikipedia. Startup Village has invited us to conduct similar workshops in future. A couple of participants and the organizers wrote to us, thanking us for volunteering. Thanks Jeph

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Wikipedia workshop at Startup Village
by jeph 25 Jan '14

25 Jan '14

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