WikimediaIndia-l October 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 31 Jul '18

31 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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Odia Wikisource goes live!
by Subhashish Panigrahi 12 Nov '14

12 Nov '14

Dear all, Odia Wikisource went live yesterday and is available at: https://or.wikisource.org. It was in the main Wikisource for about 1.9 years and has an active community consisting 8 contributors. So far almost 3 books have been digitized. Recently a few new contributors joined and are digitizing Odia Bhagabata. CIS-A2K congratulates the community and thank all the contributors, Wikimedia Language Committee, Wikimedia Foundation Board and all the Wikimedians who have helped to set up the wiki. A brief post on this: http://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/10/21/more-than-40-million-people-await-the-… -- Best! Subhashish Panigrahi Programme Officer, Access To Knowledge (CIS-A2K) Centre for Internet and Society @psubhashish

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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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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WMIN Elections 2014] Final Slate of Candidates
by Anivar Aravind 31 Oct '14

31 Oct '14

Ravi, Still New user account creation has been disabled temporarily. Contact membership at wikimedia dot in if you need one. please remove this restriction till election is over . *WMIN wiki is a public wiki and not a members wiki . Most of our members does not have a chapter wiki account This restriction is affecting election Q&A *participation Election Q& A is initiated in larger interest of the movement and not for members alone ~ regards Anivar On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 9:54 PM, Anivar Aravind <anivar.aravind(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Just noticed Ravi put up a sitenotice on WMIN wiki have a sitenotice > mentioning "New user account creation has been disabled temporarily. > Contact membership at wikimedia dot in if you need one." > > Please re-enable this because Q&A with candidates is going on > http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Elections2014/Nominations/Q%26A > > Also requesting to put up a sitenotice with Q&A Page link > > Anivar > > On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 10:32 AM, Anivar Aravind <anivar.aravind(a)gmail.com > > wrote: > >> Dear WMIN Members and Wikimedia Community, >> >> As there were no withdrawals, the draft slate is confirmed as the final >> slate. >> We have 13 candidates . >> You can find profiles at a glance at >> http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Elections2014/ProfilesAtAGlance >> >> We are in working in coordination with Sowmyan to send postal ballots as >> early as possible >> This will be dispatched by Nov 1st . >> >> Public Question and Answer page with candidates is now Open >> http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Elections2014/Nominations/Q%26A >> We request wikimedia community , members and candidates to make use of >> this page >> The suggested time line for adding questions is Nov 10, 2014 and the >> discussions is Nov 15, 2014 >> >> For Elecom >> Anivar Aravind >> Returning Officer >> WMIN Elections 2014 >> >> >> >> >

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CIS-A2K revised plan for July 2014 to June 2015
by Vishnu 30 Oct '14

30 Oct '14

Dear Wikimedians, Based on the feedback and suggestions given by the community and FDC and based on participation in the India Community Consultation (organized by the Wikimedia Foundation), we have revised the work plans[1] and budget that will guide our work until June 2015. You are encouraged to share your feedback on the discussion pages on Meta. We look forward to your continuous engagement in our collective dream of further growing the Wikimedia and open knowledge movement in India. Best, Vishnu CIS-A2K [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Work_plan_July_20…

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CIS-A2K revised plan for July 2014 to June 2015
by Vishnu 30 Oct '14

30 Oct '14

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[WMIN Elections 2014] Final Slate of Candidates
by Anivar Aravind 30 Oct '14

30 Oct '14

Dear WMIN Members and Wikimedia Community, As there were no withdrawals, the draft slate is confirmed as the final slate. We have 13 candidates . You can find profiles at a glance at http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Elections2014/ProfilesAtAGlance We are in working in coordination with Sowmyan to send postal ballots as early as possible This will be dispatched by Nov 1st . Public Question and Answer page with candidates is now Open http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Elections2014/Nominations/Q%26A We request wikimedia community , members and candidates to make use of this page The suggested time line for adding questions is Nov 10, 2014 and the discussions is Nov 15, 2014 For Elecom Anivar Aravind Returning Officer WMIN Elections 2014

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WMIN is looking for a FEMALE representative for AdaCamp Bangalore
by Ravishankar Ayyakkannu 29 Oct '14

29 Oct '14

Hi, Wikimedia India is looking for a FEMALE representative to participate in AdaCamp Bangalore <http://bangalore.adacamp.org>. The representative - Need not be a chapter member. But, we would like you to become a member in future and take an active role in our Gender Gap SIG <http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Gender_gap>. - Shall submit a report to the chapter about the event and participation. - Shall fulfill the expecatations of AdaCamp's usual selection process <http://bangalore.adacamp.org/how-we-select-attendees/>. - Shall avail travel scholarship from the chapter. Please apply before 31st October 05:00 PM IST at http://wiki.wikimedia.in/AdaCamp_Bangalore Ravi

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Support to Community participation - Wikipedia at Swatantra 2014
by Vishnu 28 Oct '14

28 Oct '14

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