WikimediaIndia-l March 2014

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[Press]: Lessons and tips on getting media coverage

by Noopur Raval

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

5 years, 7 months

Please add your name to the Geographical List of Indian Wikipedians

by Ashwin Baindur

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 ------------------------------------------------------

5 years, 8 months

Updated Aksharyogini font release in Open Font License

by Sudhanwa Jogalekar

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.

9 years, 5 months

Reports on WMF grants team visit

by Ravishankar

Hey, Any reports from Wikimedia India chapter / CIS - A2K regarding the plans after WMF grants' team visit? Thanks, Ravi

10 years

CIS-A2K Work Plan for July 14-June 15

by Vishnu

10 years

Fwd: Re: Gujarati Wikisource - completes 50 books

by Vishnu

Please see the below email from Sushant Savla. Congratulations to Sushant and other Gujarati Wikimedians for their efforts in achieving this milestone!! Best, Vishnu -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Gujarati Wikisource - completes 50 books Date: 27 Mar 2014 15:01:24 -0000 From: sushant savla <sushant_savla(a)rediffmail.com> To: <vishnu(a)cis-india.org> Dear Vishnu, this is in continuation to our telecon regarding i am not able to get my name registered in Wikimedia India list hence writing this email to you. Gujarati Wikisource has achieved yet another milestone on its second birthday (29.03.2014) completed uploading full 50 books which has come in public domain. The collection of these 50 books includes well known Gujarati literary creations in the form of Autobiography, Novels, Plays, Collection of Poems, Essays, Moral Stories etc. This includes works of prominent writers such as Mahatma Gandhi, Zaverchand Meghani, Kavi Nhanalal, Surasinhji Gohil, Educationist Gijubhai Badheka, Kavi Dalapatram, Ramanlal Nilkanth etc. This feat was achieved in 2 years time. As OCR is not available, volunteers of Gujarati wiki Community have typed this books. The community proceeds in a planned manner. A book is selected and its announcement is made at common platform on source. Volunteer interested joins the project. Chapters are distributed among the particants and proof reading is done. Once completed, another book is undertaken. Kindly inform this on Indian Community List Regards Sushant

10 years

తెలుగు నూతన సంవత్సర వేడుకలు : హైదరాబాద్ లో సమావేశం

by Ranjith Raj Vasam

నమస్కారం, తెలుగు వికీ సభ్యులందరికీ నమస్కారం !!! ముందుగా తెలుగు నూతన సంవత్సర శుభాకాంక్షలు. ఈ తెలుగు నూతన సంవత్సర శుభదినాన మన తెలుగు భాష ప్రేమికులు మరియు తెలుగు వికీ సభ్యులు అందరు కలిసి నూతన సంవత్సర సంబరాలు మరియు తెలుగు భాష & తెలుగు వికీ అభివృద్దికి సంబంధించి చర్చలు జరిపితే మన తెలుగు వికీ & భాష రెండింటికీ తోడ్పాటు అందించినవారము అవుతాము సమయం & వేదిక : సభ్యులందరితో చర్చించి నిర్ణయించడం జరుగుతుంది. ఈ సమావేశంలో పాల్గొనేందుకు ఆసక్తి కల వారు అందరూ, మీ అభిప్రాయాల్ని తెలియజెయగలరు. -by Ranjith Raj . Vasam ( 9533 589 259 /gmail(a)ranjithraj.com ) [image: Facebook] <https://www.facebook.com/ranjithraj.vasam> [image: Twitter] <https://www.twitter.com/ranjithrajvasam> [image: LinkedIn]<http://in.linkedin.com/in/ranjithrajvasam> [image: about.me] <http://about.me/ranjithraj.vasam> [image: goodreads]<http://www.goodreads.com/ranjithraj> [image: Google Plus] <https://plus.google.com/u/0/114999509940718317272/> [image: pinterest] <http://pinterest.com/ranjithrajvasam/> [image: StumbleUpon]<http://www.stumbleupon.com/stumbler/ranjithrajvasam/>

10 years

eduladder

by arun vm

hi members i am doing a project. eduladder.com it is an openlearning system which i designed by one and half years of design now it is almost ready i am enquring some of the wikipeedians can help to generate content for this project welcomed pls reply if somebody is intrested On 3/30/14, Dhaval S. Vyas <dsvyas(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Arjuna, > > Thank you for visiting gu.ws and browsing through. > > The community there work differently and we use templates instead of > proofread extension. It is the way we, as a community, have adopted. > > Regards, > Dhaval > On 30 Mar 2014 05:27, "Arjuna Rao Chavala" <arjunaraoc(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Sushant, >> >> Congratulations to the Gujarati Wikisource contributors on this important >> milestone. Based on a brief visit to the site and also from Proofread >> page stats <http://toolserver.org/~phe/statistics.php>, I found that >> Proofread >> extension <https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Help:ProofreadPage_extension>has >> not been used for this. I had the experience of setting up and using >> the same on Telugu Wikisource. I think it will be useful and improve the >> productivity of the team and would like to suggest the team to try it. >> >> Cheers >> Arjuna >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 9:52 PM, Vishnu <visdaviva(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Please see the below email from Sushant Savla. >>> >>> Congratulations to Sushant and other Gujarati Wikimedians for their >>> efforts in achieving this milestone!! >>> >>> Best, >>> Vishnu >>> >>> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Gujarati Wikisource - >>> completes 50 books Date: 27 Mar 2014 15:01:24 -0000 From: sushant >>> savla <sushant_savla(a)rediffmail.com> <sushant_savla(a)rediffmail.com> To: >>> <vishnu(a)cis-india.org> <vishnu(a)cis-india.org> >>> >>> >>> Dear Vishnu, >>> >>> this is in continuation to our telecon regarding i am not able to get my >>> name registered in Wikimedia India list hence writing this email to you. >>> >>> Gujarati Wikisource has achieved yet another milestone on its second >>> birthday (29.03.2014) completed uploading full 50 books which has come >>> in >>> public domain. >>> >>> The collection of these 50 books includes well known Gujarati literary >>> creations in the form of Autobiography, Novels, Plays, Collection of >>> Poems, >>> Essays, Moral Stories etc. This includes works of prominent writers such >>> as >>> Mahatma Gandhi, Zaverchand Meghani, Kavi Nhanalal, Surasinhji Gohil, >>> Educationist Gijubhai Badheka, Kavi Dalapatram, Ramanlal Nilkanth etc. >>> >>> This feat was achieved in 2 years time. >>> >>> As OCR is not available, volunteers of Gujarati wiki Community have >>> typed >>> this books. The community proceeds in a planned manner. A book is >>> selected >>> and its announcement is made at common platform on source. Volunteer >>> interested joins the project. Chapters are distributed among the >>> particants >>> and proof reading is done. Once completed, another book is undertaken. >>> >>> Kindly inform this on Indian Community List >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> Sushant >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >>> Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >> >> >

10 years

Wikipedia edit-a-thons in Delhi and Bangalore for Women's History Month -- March 29

by Rohini Lakshané

An edit-a-thon for Women's History Month takes place simultaneously in Delhi and Bangalore on Saturday, March 29, from 1 pm to 6pm. List of articles: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/International_Women%27s_Day,_… Details of the event: https://www.facebook.com/events/285700978254131/ Please contact me offlist if you are interested in volunteering for this. Regards, Rohini -- Chairperson (Special Interest Group), Gender gap, Wikimedia Chapter (India) Blog: WikipeDNA <http://www.dnaindia.com/blogs/wikipeDNA> Facebook: WikiWomen's Collaborative India<https://www.facebook.com/groups/gendergapindia/>

10 years

by Yann Forget

Hello, There is a discussion on Commons about the copyright law of India, precisely whether pictures taken prior 1957 should apply the new law or the old law. I believe it is the later, but Carl Lindberg, says there is a uncertainty. Could WM India ask a lawyer for a confirmation. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:PD-India#Before_1958 Regards, Yann

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