Hi,<br/><br/>I am unsure if this was brought up on this list. I apologise if this is repetitive.<br/><br/>Plans are afoot for a Wiki Loves Earth 2014 competition here - https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Earth_2014.<br/><br/>Seems quite similar to Wiki Loves Monuments. If you're interested, you should consider putting together a team for India, perhaps? <br/><br/>Warm regards,<br/>Pradeep<a href="http://overview.mail.yahoo.com?.src=iOS"><br/><br/>Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone</a>
Dear all,
Wikimania 2014 is now accepting scholarships. Please have a look at the
below email for more instructions. Wishing you all the best!
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Hi all,
Scholarship applications for Wikimania 2014 in London are now being
accepted. Applications are open until the end of the day UTC on 17 February.
Wikimania 2014 scholarships is an award given to an individual to enable
them to attend Wikimania in London from 6-10 August, 2014.
Only a single type of scholarship will be available from the Wikimedia
Foundation for Wikimania 2014. A Wikimedia Foundation scholarship will
cover the cost of an individual's round-trip travel costs as arranged by
the Wikimedia Foundation travel agency, shared accommodation as arranged by
the Wikimedia Foundation, and registration for Wikimania.
Applicants will be rated using a pre-determined selection process and
selection criteria by the Scholarship Committee, who will determine which
are successful. To learn more about Wikimania 2014 scholarships, please
visit <https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships>.
To apply for a scholarship, fill out the application form on <
http://scholarships.wikimedia.org/apply>. It is highly recommended that
applicants review all of the material on the Scholarships page and the
associated FAQ before submitting an application.
If you have any question, please contact <wikimania-scholarships@
wikimedia.org> or leave a message on <https://wikimania2014.
wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Scholarships>.
Katie Chan
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Hi all,
Scholarship applications for Wikimania 2014 in London are now being
accepted. Applications are open until the end of the day UTC on 17 February.
Wikimania 2014 scholarships is an award given to an individual to enable
them to attend Wikimania in London from 6-10 August, 2014.
Only a single type of scholarship will be available from the Wikimedia
Foundation for Wikimania 2014. A Wikimedia Foundation scholarship will
cover the cost of an individual's round-trip travel costs as arranged by
the Wikimedia Foundation travel agency, shared accommodation as arranged by
the Wikimedia Foundation, and registration for Wikimania.
Applicants will be rated using a pre-determined selection process and
selection criteria by the Scholarship Committee, who will determine which
are successful. To learn more about Wikimania 2014 scholarships, please
visit <https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships>.
To apply for a scholarship, fill out the application form on <
http://scholarships.wikimedia.org/apply>. It is highly recommended that
applicants review all of the material on the Scholarships page and the
associated FAQ before submitting an application.
If you have any question, please contact <wikimania-scholarships@
wikimedia.org> or leave a message on <https://wikimania2014.
wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Scholarships>.
Katie Chan
Chair, Scholarship Committee
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Hoi,
I am looking for people who are willing to spend 2 hours adding labels to
wikidata in the languages of India and, in their own language. For several
languages it will be possible to add 1% more labels in that time.
Typically every Wikipedia article has a link to Wikidata. What I want to
learn is if you find it easy to have Wikidata work for you in YOUR
language.
When you go to a Wikidata item, you will find that both "properties" and
"qualifiers" may show up as numbers. They need a label in your language.
Once a label has been added, it will be available everywhere.
What I like to know is if you recognise that this is happening.
Once you have added all the labels for one "item" or article, have a look
at what Wikidata knows about an article about a similar subject.
Have a look at what is in the news [1] change the "en" into the language
code for your language. Please add some labels ... What I am particularly
interested in is, if there are sequences where the labels can be
automatically added. (for instance numbers representing years).
Wikidata is used by the Tamil Wikipedia to extend search. I know that for
some people this works well while for others it does not. This is a bug
that is being looked after.
With one percent more labels that are related to the information that
exists and to what is in the news, Wikidata will provide better
information.
When these labels refer to horse [2] or any other subject that has a
category in Commons, you will be able to find pictures by searching in YOUR
language.
Please let me/us know if and how this works for you. We want to learn how
we can get to the tipping point where Wikidata is actually useful [3]. We
want to learn what is needed to make Wikidata useful for you.
Thanks,
GerardM
[1]
http://tools.wmflabs.org/wikidata-todo/cloudy_concept.php?q=4597488&lang=en
[2] https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q726
[3]
http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.nl/2013/12/wikidata-how-to-reach-its-tippin…
PS if you add the #babel template on your user page, Wikidata itself will
become easier for you to use.
Friends,
We signed off 2013 and welcomed 2014 in style with a classic GLAM program
at the National Museum in New Delhi. This is the best program I had seen
till date.
Join me in applauding Arun Ram, LShyamal, Konarak Ratnakar, and Swapnil for
their contribution in making this event a success.
Andrew Gray (WMUK) contributed to the first session related to this program
with a personal address to the Museum folks on 23rd Dec 2013. We concluded
the workshop on 5th Jan 2014. We still have some time to go before the 71
articles pilot is completed. That could take about 6 months.
About 20 people have been trained and teams of about 4 members jointly
worked on an article, and they were helped through till the publication of
their first article. None of these are stubs. About 5 articles were
published and their QRcode posted at the Museum.
The enthusiasm of the participants was excellent. The support from the
partner institution was great. We look forward to a great time for GLAM
activities in India.
Regards,
Sowmyan
Dear Wikimedians,
After many weeks of effort, CISA2K is happy to share with you
#HindiWikipedia <https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/hindiwikipedia>
tutorial videos released under #CC
<https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/cc>-BY-SA 4.0. The entire training
module was produced in collaboration with the Christ University
students, faculty and staff, as part of the
Wikipedia-in-the-UG-Language-Classroom program. CISA2K is grateful to
the wholehearted supported extended by the Christ University towards
this endeavour. A total of 10 videos are thoughtfully produced to teach
anyone how to edit Hindi Wikipedia and are being uploaded here on
Commons
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Learn_to_edit_Hindi_Wikipedia
All the videos can also be streamed on YouTube here
http://bitly.com/hindiwiki
CISA2K will be happy to share the entire module in HD on a disk upon
request.
Video tutorials on Kannada Wikipedia will follow soon.
Best,
Vishnu
Most interesting image - never seen this before. Congratulations, Biswarup.
Bishakha
On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 11:33 AM, Biswarup Ganguly <gangulybiswarup(a)gmail.com
> wrote:
> Dear Vishnu,
> Well, the white eggshell has been removed by dipping a normal chicken egg
> into vinegar for 48 hrs, then very carefully taken near a large window, a
> white paper reflector was used.
> Regards,
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 11:18 AM, Jayanta Nath <jayantanth(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Dear All,
> >
> > Please have a look Today's main page in English Wikipedia at Featured
> > pictures, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page, The egg [1] which
> > uploaded by our
> > Our active contributor, Biswarup Gamguly.
> >
> > 1)
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chicken_Egg_without_Eggshell_5859.jpg
> >
> > Jayanta
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Biswarup Ganguly
> Phones:
> +919830022449
> +919433005886
>
