WikimediaIndia-l November 2014

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Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia Announcements] Your support is wanted: The WMF Board of Trustees is looking for a new Board member
by Srikanth Ramakrishnan 16 Nov '14

16 Nov '14

FYI ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "phoebe ayers" <phoebe.wiki(a)gmail.com> Date: 16-Nov-2014 11:12 pm Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia Announcements] Your support is wanted: The WMF Board of Trustees is looking for a new Board member To: "Wikimedia Mailing List" <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Cc: cross-post. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Maria Sefidari <msefidari(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 3:09 PM Subject: [Wikimedia Announcements] Your support is wanted: The WMF Board of Trustees is looking for a new Board member To: wikimediaannounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Dear all, The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees is currently looking for an additional appointed trustee to fill the seat currently held by Bishakha Datta, who has announced that she plans to step down at the end of her term in December 2014. The Board Governance Committee is leading the search to fill the position on behalf of the Board. Please spread the word to those you would like to see on the Board! The Board functions as a governance body that is ultimately responsible for the Wikimedia Foundation and its activities, supervises the disposition and solicitation of donations, and oversees the management of the organization. To find out more about the responsibilities and workings of the Board you can have a look at the Board handbook.[1] We are seeking a trustee who is a leader in their field and who is committed to Wikimedia's values.[2] We are also particularly looking for someone with technical experience, who can bring expertise with strategic development and technical organizations to the Board. As always, the Board values diversity in its members. Appointments are for a two-year term and involve 3-4 in-person meetings throughout the year, at least two in San Francisco, as well as online work and participation in a Board committee. If you would like to suggest a name or nominate someone, please contact Ewen McAlpine at emcalpine(a)wikimedia.org, who is handling initial contact for the committee. Kind regards, María Chair, Board Governance Committee [1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_Handbook [2] http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Values _______________________________________________ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l _______________________________________________ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list WikimediaAnnounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l -- * I use this address for lists; send personal messages to phoebe.ayers <at> gmail.com * _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>

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Fwd: [India-InfoSec] MHRD notice on use of FOSS for ICT education in schools
by Sudhanwa Jogalekar 14 Nov '14

14 Nov '14

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Denzil Correa Date: Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 11:56 PM Subject: MHRD notice on use of FOSS for ICT education in schools https://i.imgur.com/s1t1JuA.jpg --Regards, Denzil http://correa.in . __,_._,___ -- ~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~! web: www.sudhanwa.com blog: www.sudhanwa.in Twitter: sudhanwa Check on FB, Linkedin for more.

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(Announcement) Community help in selecting the CIS-A2K PO
by Vishnu 13 Nov '14

13 Nov '14

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Odia Wikisource goes live!
by Subhashish Panigrahi 11 Nov '14

11 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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(Announcement) Recruitment of Programme Officer, CIS-A2K
by Vishnu 11 Nov '14

11 Nov '14

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WORKS BY NIRANJANA TO BE RELEASED UNDER CC-BY-SA 4.0 LICENSE
by omshivaprakash＠gmail.com 07 Nov '14

07 Nov '14

Dear all, The Kannada Wikimedia community, in collaboration with CIS-A2K, is glad to share that almost all of the works by Niranjana will be re-licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0 on the occasion of Kannada Rajyotsava. Niranjana (1924-1992) was the pseudonym of Kulkund Shivarao, a prominent Kannada writer of the 20th century and a leading figure in the Progressive Writers' Movement. His prolific output, across nearly five decades, included novels, short stories, plays, biographies, political commentary, and translations. He was a regular columnist in the Kannada newspapers and magazines. Among his achievements as an editor are Jnana Gangotri, a 7-volume encyclopedia for young people, and a 25-volume compilation of the world's greatest short stories. A total of 55 Kannada books by Niranjana will be re-licensed. This could be the single largest and most comprehensive individual collection of a writer to be released under CC-BY-SA 4.0 in any of the Indian languages. We are planning to have a formal event to celebrate this, along with an orientation session on the importance of Creative Commons for growing open knowledge in Kannada and Kannada Wikisource during the first week of November 2014. The exact event details will be communicated shortly. The Kannada Wikimedia community and CIS-A2K would be very happy if you could be present for this event. We would like to acknowledge the great initiative shown by Dr. Tejaswini Niranjana (also Advisor to CIS-A2K) in getting the below works released under CC-BY-SA 4.0. NOVELS 1. Vimochane (1953) 2. Banashankari (1954) 3. Saubhagya (1954) 4. Abhaya (1954) 5. Rangammana Vathaara (1954) 6. Doorada Nakshatra (1954) 7. Navodaya (1956) 8. Paalige banda Panchaamruta (1955) 9. Ekangini (1955) 10. Chirasmarane (1955) 11. Koney Namaskara (1955) 12. Deekshe (1956) 13. Kalyanaswami (1956) 14. Minukuhula (1956) 15. Vilasini (1956) 16. Anjana (1957) 17. Vishalakshi (1958) 18. Hennagi Kaadithhu Maaye (1962) 19. Bangarada Jinke (1963) 20. Nandagokula (1964) 21. Swami Aparampaara (1967) 22. Novu (Nooru Juttu Mooru Jade) (1965) 23. Smaraneyonde Saaladey? (1971) 24. Mrityunjaya (1976) 25. Minchu (1987) SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS 1. INA! (1945) 2. Raktha Sarovara (1947) 3. Sandhikaala (1947) 4. Annapoorna (1952) 5. Koneya Giraaki (1953) 6. Vaarada Huduga (1957) 7. Kathyaayini (1957) 8. Onti Nakshatra Nakkithu (1960) 9. Yaava Janmada Shaapa? (1964) 10. Naastika Kotta Devaru (1965) 11. Kelavu Sanna Kathegalu (1986) PLAYS 1. Sangama Snaana (1961) 2. Aahvaana (1963) 3. Samraajni (1967) 4. Naavuu Manushyaru! (1985) COLLECTION OF ESSAYS 1. Buddhi, Bhaava, Baduku (1984) COLLECTION OF INTERVIEWS 1. Mukhatah (1985) COLLECTIONS OF NEWSPAPER COLUMNS 1. Aidu Nimisha (1953) 2. Kaalakshepa (1957) 3. Sadhana (1953) 4. Pushpahaara (1957) 5. Dinachariyinda (1972) 6. Rajadhaniyinda (1972) 7. Ankana (1972) 8. Nadey Chenna-Nudi Chenna (1986) POLITICAL WRITINGS 1. Himalayada Dalluri (1962) 2. Gandhi – Indu, Naale (1973) 3. Chirasmaraneya Kayyuru (1981) NIRANJANA READER 1. Pratidhwani (1987) LETTERS BY NIRANJANA 1. Naadi (1994) -- -- With Best Regards, Omshivaprakash.H.L | ಓಂ ಶಿವಪ್ರಕಾಶ್ ಎಚ್. ಎಲ್ | ॐ शिवप्रकाश् एच्. एल् http://platonic.techfiz.info http://blog.shivu.in Phone: 91- 9902026518 linuxaayana.net | kindarajogi.com | sanchaya.net

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Malafide filtering of emails to Wikimediaindia-l mailing list
by Srikanth Ramakrishnan 07 Nov '14

07 Nov '14

The Wikimedia India mailing list is totally different from the WMIN Members list. If you have any issues with the Members list please contact the Chapter directly. Please stop spamming the public list as well as BCC ing every one of us. Your actions construe spamming and harassment. On 07-Nov-2014 9:45 pm, "iactechs" <iactechs(a)gmail.com> wrote: > To: Moderators of Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > > We have noticed that our emails are being deliberately and malafidely > filtered from the mailing WMIN list. We have also stopped receiving > emails from the list. > > It is truly shocking to be told by the WMIN EC members that they will > not represent our > concerns to the WMF and global communities. > > If that be so what use are such bootlickers EC members to the community ? > > NB: If this situation persists, the membership of WIKIMEDIA XYZ > Editors Forum (India) Chapter shall erect their own mailing lists in > behalf of Wikipedia's Indian editors community. > > WIKIMEDIA XYZ EDITORS FORUM > (An "India Against Corruption" initiative) >

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Fwd: Google Groups: You've been added to wikimedia-india
by Srikanth Ramakrishnan 06 Nov '14

06 Nov '14

I hope Wikipedia editors I'm General are aware of this new nonsense that is going on. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "iac.y...(a)gmail.com (Google Groups)" < wikimedia-india+noreply(a)googlegroups.com> Date: 06-Nov-2014 3:39 pm Subject: Google Groups: You've been added to wikimedia-india To: <srik.ramk(a)wikimedia.in> Cc: Goal of Wikimedia XYZ editors forum IAC's goal is to empower adults in the XYZ nation in order to create trusted content in the public domain, and to disseminate it effectively to people throughout XYZ and around the world. A priority is developing the Wikimedia.XYZ Editors Forum for increased editor participation, and to resist censorship. About this group: Group for Wikimedia project editors from India The owner of the group has set your subscription type as "Email", meaning that you'll receive a copy of every message posted to the group as they are posted. Visit This Group <http://groups.google.co.uk/d/forum/wikimedia-india?hl=en> [image: Visit Google Groups] <https://groups.google.co.uk/?hl=en> Start your own group <http://groups.google.co.uk/d/creategroup?hl=en>, unsubscribe from this group <http://groups.google.co.uk/d/forum/wikimedia-india/unsubscribe/pElNLhQAAAAk…>, or stop invitations like this <http://groups.google.co.uk/d/optout?hl=en>. or report spam <http://groups.google.co.uk/d/abuse/YQAAAOgydUU5AAAA7FUO2agAAAAaa24-x0m9xtMF…>.

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WMIN-Members] Fwd: Grossly Obscene pornographic images on WIKIMEDIA.IN
by Anivar Aravind 06 Nov '14

06 Nov '14

On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 2:42 PM, 'Yogesh Khandke' via wmin-members < wmin-members(a)googlegroups.com> wrote: > As regards to "Same with Elecom. > We are volunteers for conducting election process, > We depends on legal advice from WMIN . So get in touch with WMIN office > for any more clarification " > > You said there is a rule that debars participation of the community, I > request you to provide evidence, I don't understand why that is so > difficult. > I pointed chapter MoA and asked you to read that . All needed documents are public and linked at http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Elections2014 Read that and if you think it is not correct, point the the provision to open election process to non members of a society . As a volunteer body for conducting elections, we depends upon legal opinion from WMIN in this regard as official . You can check the same with WMIN if needed . If you have any more questions ask it in http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Talk:Elections2014 page. This is my last response here . Anivar

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Fwd: Re: [WMIN-Members] Fwd: Grossly Obscene pornographic images on WIKIMEDIA.IN
by Srikanth Ramakrishnan 05 Nov '14

05 Nov '14

I'm still getting these mails. Jayanta da, please look into the allegations made by this anonymous account. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "IAC techs" <iac.techs(a)gmail.com> Date: 06-Nov-2014 11:29 am Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WMIN-Members] Fwd: Grossly Obscene pornographic images on WIKIMEDIA.IN To: <ravidreams(a)wikimedia.in> Cc: QUOTE: "A member informed Anivar and informed that non-members of a society must not interfere with its election process as per the Karnataka Society rules " Please cite the rule. Otherwise explain why the "COMMUNITY" was invited to pose queries to candidates till 15.Nov.2014. It has always been clearly understood that "community" refers to "Wikipedia users community" and Wikimedia "India" is known as "Chapter". Is it your case that candidates for WMIN should not reply to queries from the community ? Do you have anything to hide ? All these files of pornography, child pornography and LGBT pornography which is being distributed from your filthy website ? Who is packing WMIN EC with LGBT activists ? Why do you have so many fake members that most votes are invariably cast through postal ballots ? Insofar as WMIN Chapter is concerned, it is essentially restricted in its operations to state of Karnataka. If you want to operate pan-India register yourself under a central enactment like the 1860 Act or Multi States Co-op Act. Until then call yourself Wikimedia Chapter or Wikimedia Chapter (Karnataka) and do not publish your obscene pornography outside the state of Karnataka. On 11/6/14, Ravishankar Ayyakkannu <ravidreams(a)wikimedia.in> wrote: > Hi, > > Since this is being discussed in open lists, > > I request community members not to engage with this issue directly. Doing > so will only complicate the issue further. Any community member getting > such mails can forward them to chapter at wikimedia dot in . > > Wikimedia Chapter (India) is well informed of this issue and will take care > of this in a formal way. > > Thanks, > > Ravi >

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