WikimediaIndia-l March 2014

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GLAM 2013-14 Summary
by Pradeep Mohandas 22 Mar '14

22 Mar '14

hi, I had suggested a list of activities at the beginning of my term as GLAM SIG here - http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Talk:GLAM_India. I've had to resign as GLAM SIG Chair mid-term. However, I thought that I should at least provide a summary of the efforts in India here for the benefit of the members. However, I believe now to be a good time to begin crafting a GLAM policy for India for the WMIN Chapter. I understand that many of the Chapter members have approached various GLAMs in their individual capacity with the intention of getting the knowledge on Wikimedia projects. You may have been met with varied levels of responses - from a straight no to an expression of interest to a willingness to try this out and perhaps an embrace of the concept. One of the highlights of the GLAM projects in India this year that was communicated on this list and elsewhere was the BNHS project in Mumbai [short report here - http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/August_2013/Contents/Ind… the project at the National Museum at New Delhi [page here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/NM]. I hope the volunteers who participated in the project were able to appreciate the issues faced and the problems encountered while undertaking the project. There are small efforts undertaken by individuals who connect with GLAM personally using their personal contacts and are working towards getting the same on Wikimedia at their own pace. Let me take this opportunity to appreciate their efforts and their dedication. warm regards, Pradeep Mohandas How Pradeep uses email? - http://goo.gl/6v1I9

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wikipediawehaveaproblem
by Nikhil Sheth 22 Mar '14

22 Mar '14

Have you seen this? http://wikipediawehaveaproblem.com/ Activist editors game Wikipedia, a case study This entire case study is a detailed summary with evidence provided in links which shows how Wikipedia’s own guidelines, notice boards and committees are gamed by activist editors. It shows how personal attacks are leveraged by experienced editors and admins. It is suggested by this study that this may be a symptom of an increasingly shrinking and increasingly insular community who may be blind to its own toxicity to its core principle of neutrality. -- Cheers, Nikhil Sheth +91-966-583-1250 Udaipur/Pune, India Self-designed learner at Swaraj University <http://www.swarajuniversity.org> http://www.nikhilsheth.tk http://www.facebook.com/nikjs

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Women Scientists edit-a-thon: March 15-16
by Parul 18 Mar '14

18 Mar '14

Dear all, India has a lot of successful women scientists who have made a mark in their respective fields. However, it is unfortunate that these women still do not have an existence on Wikipedia. Read this blog post<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/13/celebrating-womens-day-the-wiki-way/>to know a little more. We are organizing a Women Scientists<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/International_Women%27s_Day,…>edit-a-thon tomorrow and day after. Join us by editing as many articles as possible during these the two days. Apart from creating articles, you could also help us by correcting or expanding existing ones. Adding names to the existing list of scientists would go a long way too. Find more details about the event here<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/International_Women%27s_Day,…>. Please add your name as a participant and feel free to start editing over a cup of coffee :-) There is an opt in<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/17_YMl1bLV0ove3Dsn-LhNQkNNiszWpUag0Ko01tm_k…>we would like you to fill up so that we can understand editor behavior better. Please fill up this form if you are participating in the edit-a-thon. In case you have questions, do write to Netha<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Netha_Hussain>, Parul <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:ParulThakur> or Jeph<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jeph_paul> ! Thanks! Parul http://in.linkedin.com/in/parulthakur http://happinessandfood.wordpress.com/

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Join the Grant Advisory Committee!
by Alex Wang 14 Mar '14

14 Mar '14

Hello Everyone! We could use some fresh volunteers in the Grant Advisory Committee (GAC)! As you may know, the GAC are community volunteers who are explicitly invited[1] to review and evaluate grant proposals made in the Wikimedia Foundation Project and Event Grants Program[2], and offer advice to both grant applicants and the Foundation. Read all about it on the Candidates page[3]. New members will be inducted by the end of March 2014, so be sure to step forward before then. Please help this message reach as many people as possible, by relaying it to appropriate lists and village pumps. And many thanks to our current and former GAC members! Cheers, Alex [1] _everyone_ is implicitly invited! [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grant_Advisory_Committee/Candidates -- Alex Wang Program Officer Project & Event Grants Wikimedia Foundation <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home> +1 415-839-6885 Skype: alexvwang

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CIS-A2K's Quarterly Reports
by Nitika Tandon 14 Mar '14

14 Mar '14

Dear All, CIS-A2K would like to share with you Quarterly Report 1 for the time period Jul - Sep 2013[1] and Quarterly Report 2 for the time period of Oct - Dec 2014. The report provides a brief overview of the programs executed and examines impact and outcomes. Feedback can be given on main talk page of the Quarterly Report or respective language talk pages. We're extremely sorry for the delay in publishing these reports. Thanks Nitika [1 ]https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Reports/CIS-A2K_Quarterly_Report_1 [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Reports/CIS-A2K_Q…

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Women's Day edit-a-thons: March
by Netha Hussain 07 Mar '14

07 Mar '14

Dear all, Forwarded mail from Parul, the organizer of Women's Day Edit-a-thon. Please join and spread the word! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Parul <sri.parul(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 11:59 PM Subject: Women's Day edit-a-thons: March To: wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Dear all, We are celebrating International Women's Day by organising edit a thons on the 8th & 9th of March, tomorrow and the day after. We are focusing on Women Parliamentarians<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/International_Women%27s_Day,…>in India this time around. Join us by editing as many articles as possible during these the days. We want to cover all of them. Apart from creating articles, you could also help us by correcting or expanding existing ones. Adding names to the existing list of parliamentarians would go a long way too. Find more details about the event here<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/International_Women%27s_Day,…>. Please add your name as a participant and feel free to start editing over a cup of coffee :-) A second edit-a-thon on Indian women scientists is scheduled for the 15th and 16th of March,. Sign up for this event on the event page in advance here<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/International_Women%27s_Day,…> ! There is an opt in<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/17_YMl1bLV0ove3Dsn-LhNQkNNiszWpUag0Ko01tm_k…>we would like you to fill up so that we can understand editor behaviour better. Please fill up this form if you are participating in the edit-a-thons. In case you have questions, do write to Netha<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Netha_Hussain>, Parul <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:ParulThakur> or Jeph<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jeph_paul> ! Thanks! Parul http://in.linkedin.com/in/parulthakur http://happinessandfood.wordpress.com/ -- Thanks! Parul # 80951 15924 http://in.linkedin.com/in/parulthakur http://happinessandfood.wordpress.com/ -- Netha Hussain Student of Medicine and Surgery Govt. Medical College, Kozhikode Blogs : *nethahussain.blogspot.com <http://nethahussain.blogspot.com>swethaambari.wordpress.com <http://swethaambari.wordpress.com>*

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Women's Day edit-a-thons: March
by Parul 07 Mar '14

07 Mar '14

Dear all, We are celebrating International Women's Day by organising edit a thons on the 8th & 9th of March, tomorrow and the day after. We are focusing on Women Parliamentarians<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/International_Women%27s_Day,…>in India this time around. Join us by editing as many articles as possible during these the days. We want to cover all of them. Apart from creating articles, you could also help us by correcting or expanding existing ones. Adding names to the existing list of parliamentarians would go a long way too. Find more details about the event here<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/International_Women%27s_Day,…>. Please add your name as a participant and feel free to start editing over a cup of coffee :-) A second edit-a-thon on Indian women scientists is scheduled for the 15th and 16th of March,. Sign up for this event on the event page in advance here<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/International_Women%27s_Day,…> ! There is an opt in<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/17_YMl1bLV0ove3Dsn-LhNQkNNiszWpUag0Ko01tm_k…>we would like you to fill up so that we can understand editor behaviour better. Please fill up this form if you are participating in the edit-a-thons. In case you have questions, do write to Netha<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Netha_Hussain>, Parul <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:ParulThakur> or Jeph<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jeph_paul> ! Thanks! Parul http://in.linkedin.com/in/parulthakur http://happinessandfood.wordpress.com/

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Wikipedia Meetup & Edit-a-thon in Hyderabad on March 8th.
by Ranjith Raj Vasam 06 Mar '14

06 Mar '14

Hello Wikimedians, I'm glad to announce that, we'r organizing a BIG meetup in CBIT<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaitanya_Bharathi_Institute_of_Technology>, Hyderabad. We'r expecting participants about 200+ wikipedians. We'r also organising an edit-a-thon & Talks on 'Gender Gap in Wikipedia' Event Details - Date: Saturday March 8, 2014 - Time: 10:00-1:30 pm - Location: CBIT Campus, Hyderabad - Event: Wikipedia Demonstration Workshop & Celebrating Wiki Women's Day - Entry: Open for everyone(All colleges/Branches/Years) - Registration fee : FREE ! For more details visit https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Events/Wiki_Women… We would be very happy, if you join us in this grand meetup and make it successful. Thanking you in advance. -by Ranjith Raj . Vasam (gmail(a)ranjithraj.com [or] +91 9533 589 259) [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/>

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Vimla Varma
by Gerard Meijssen 04 Mar '14

04 Mar '14

Hoi, I noticed that an article was written for Vimla Varma. As it was in English, it was not that hard to find relevant facts about her and add them to Wikidata. You can see the result here [1]. As I am a sucker for awards, I have added a Wikidata item for the Vidhan Kirti award [2]. The point being that it is bes to share the accomplishment of people. Getting an award is one visible way to recognise accomplishments. I obviously know only about Mrs Varma as a recipient of this award. You may know others. PS It will take you at most 10 minutes to translate all the labels and properties in your language. Everywhere where an item is used, your label will be seen. It is truly an effective way to make information available. Thanks, GerardM [1] http://tools.wmflabs.org/reasonator/?q=Q15730355 [2] http://tools.wmflabs.org/reasonator/?&q=15891266

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Urdu Wikipedia Workshop Announcement
by muzammil 01 Mar '14

01 Mar '14

Dear friends, CIS-A2K will be holding a one day Urdu Wikipedia Workshop at Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad on March 4, 2014. Timings: 10 -5. Regards, Syed Muzammiluddin Programme Officer Access to Knowledge Centre for Internet and Society Bangalore

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