WikimediaIndia-l May 2015

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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, 2 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, 4 months

Phase 1 of Wiki Loves Food contest extended till May 7, 2015

by Ravishankar

Hi, Based on community feedback, phase 1 (pilot) of Wiki Loves Food contest is extended till May 7, 2015. There are few slots and community nominations available still . You can register at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Food#Phase_1:_April_1… Phase 2 will start from May 15, 2015. Please help us spread this update and encourage food photographers and bloggers you know to participate. Thanks, Ravi

8 years, 5 months

Scanner machine

by Tito Dutta

Hello, For a year or more I have been looking for an individual grant to buy a simple image scanner. My most recent application was at Ta Wikipedia <https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95…> >From that application:, I need a scanner regularly, so I would not be able to do all works in a particular period (for example, someone says, "take a scanner for two weeks and return after that) Can anyone give me oive me one?

8 years, 5 months

Report on WMIN activities and learnings at Wikimedia Conference 2015

by Yohann Thomas

Hello one and all Please find below the report from WMIN on the activities and learnings at Wikimedia Conference 2015 held in Berlin. Report on WMIN activities and learnings at Wikimedia Conference 2015 Yohann Varun Thomas and Ravishankar Ayyakkannu participated in the Wikimedia Conference 2015 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2015> on behalf of Wikimedia India. Jayanta Nath could not participate as he had health issues at the last moment. This is a joint report by Yohann and Ravi made regarding activities and learnings at the conference. Meeting with Wikimedians from Nepal and Bangladesh [image: wikimedia-saarc meeting.jpg] Wikimedians from Nepal User group and Bangladesh Chapter participated. It was agreed to form a a regional collaboration named Wikimedia SAARC including Nepal, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and other SAARC countries. This will follow a similar model like Wikimedia CEE <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Central_and_Eastern_Europe> (Central and Eastern Europe), Wikimedia Indaba <http://wikiindaba.net/index.php?title=Main_Page> (African countries collaboration) and Wikimedia Iberocoop <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Iberocoop:Portada> . Running a small article writing contest in July 2015 aiming to improve the quality of quantity of most important articles about each country was agreed upon as the first flagship program under this collaboration. Following were the meetings attended by WMIN during the conference - Monthly Meeting with WMF - Quarterly Meeting with CIS-A2K <https://docs.google.com/a/wikimedia.in/document/d/14HjPabUSuD9mHPLw5t9bhO5y…> Wiki Loves Food campaign [image: wlf-wall-poster-1.jpg] The international community was receptive to the theme of Wiki Loves Food. This shows potential for expanding this as an international program in the coming years. WMF ED Lila Tretikov mentioned Wiki Loves Food in her speech as a possible extension of photo contest themes. There was a candy exchange table which we used to promote wikilovesfood.org Learnings from the conference - Logic models <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation/Logic_models> for Program design and evaluation. - Global metrics <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Learning_%26_Evaluation/Global_metri…> - Wiki metrics <https://metrics.wmflabs.org/> - Survey design - Board governance - Communications best practices - Reporting & Storytelling Implementation of Best Practises within WMIN - Undertaking a Survey using the Qualtrics tool <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Learning_patterns/Qualtrics_survey_t…> - Usage of Global Metrics and other such tools for reporting - Usage of Program Toolkits for Projects - Taking Forward the Wikimedia SAARC collaboration and concentrating on Online Activities - Usage of Icons <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:PE%26D_Infographic_Icon_set> to improve our storytelling - Preparation of Board Handbook for new Board Members - Usage of Organizational effectiveness Tool <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Organizational_effectiveness/Tool> - Creating Postcards of Best Pictures from WLF (Open to discussion) - Usage of Best practises for Communications as put here <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_room> Other benefits Wikimedia India representatives took an active part in all discussions and social gatherings giving clear visibility and establishing the presence of a strong chapter from India. This is important in the context that everyone was curious to understand the presence of two organizations (i.e., CIS-A2K) in India and how they work together. Networking and rapport building with other chapter members, CIS-A2K and WMF staff will help in the longer run. Yohann Thomas yohannvt(a)gmail.com

8 years, 6 months

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Content Translation beta-feature coming soon for more Indic languages

by Kartik Mistry

On Sat, 30 May 2015 09:54:31 Manoj Khurana <hello(a)manojkhurana.com> wrote: > Hi Kartik. > We are thankful to you for your efforts in installation of this utility on > hiwiki. However, please note that translation part is not working over > there. Kindly check. Hi Manoj, If you mean 'Machine Translation' - currently no support of Machine Translation available for Indic languages (except Hindi <-> Urdu, which is yet to deploy!). However, you can use the tool to 'translate' from any languages (all available Wikipedia) with lots of features like, - Automated links, images, references adaption - Automated categories adaption (If category exists in target wiki. Please make sure to link categories in Wikidata for your language!) - Ability to save translation and work on it later. - Upcoming: Better link adaption support, automatic wikidata link adaption, better reference support etc... Many languages we deployed has no Machine Translation support, and they have created articles already :) We're open to any feedback, bugs, feature request and criticism. Please let us know! -- Kartik Mistry/કાર્તિક મિસ્ત્રી | IRC: kart_ {kartikm, 0x1f1f}.wordpress.com

8 years, 6 months

Content Translation beta-feature coming soon for more Indic languages

by Kartik Mistry

[Sending this on behalf of Runa here, it is stuck in moderation/somewhere] Hello, A few months ago the Content Translation extension[1], was made available as a beta-feature on the Punjabi, Kannada and Gujarati Wikipedias for logged-in users. Recently, it was also enabled on the Bhojpuri and Hindi Wikipedias. We are now ready to have Content Translation on more Indic language Wikipedias and in the next month we expect to make it available on Assamese (as), Odia (or), Malayalam (ml), Bengali (bn), Nepali (ne), Sanskrit (sa), Marathi (mr), Newar/Nepal Bhasa (new), Telugu (te), Pali (pi), Bishnupriya Manipuri (bpy), Urdu (ur), Tamil (ta) Maithili (mai) and Sinhalese (si) Wikipedias. This will be done in multiple stages beginning 4th June 2015. Please note, this tool will only be available for logged-in users who will choose to enable it from their preferences. As you may recall, Content Translation is an extension that has been developed by the WMF Language Engineering team that allows creation of new articles from an existing article in another language. Presently, Content Translation is being used in more than 100 Wikipedias[2] as an opt-in beta-feature for logged-in users. More than 4000 new articles have already been created using this tool. Content Translation also provides machine translation through Apertium, where available. From the above list only Hindi and Urdu are currently supported in a limited way on Apertium. You can read more about Content Translation, its usage and user stories at: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Content_translation/Documentation/User_guide http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/04/08/the-new-content-translation-tool/ http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/04/06/content-translation-improved-my-edits/ The tentative availability schedule and progress for all the languages can be tracked on phabricator -https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T100621 . We will be making further announcements (through Village Pumps and mailing lists) as we approach the dates mentioned in the ticket. Please feel free to let us know your comments, suggestions and other feedback through this phabricator ticket (or its sub-tasks for individual languages) or on the talk page[2] of the project. Thanks Runa [1] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Content_translation [2] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Content_translation/Languages#Available_langu… [3] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Content_translation -- Kartik Mistry/કાર્તિક મિસ્ત્રી | IRC: kart_ {kartikm, 0x1f1f}.wordpress.com

8 years, 6 months

Content Translation beta-feature coming soon for more Indic languages

by Runa Bhattacharjee

Hello, A few months ago the Content Translation extension[1], was made available as a beta-feature on the Punjabi, Kannada and Gujarati Wikipedias for logged-in users. Recently, it was also enabled on the Bhojpuri and Hindi Wikipedias. We are now ready to have Content Translation on more Indic language Wikipedias and in the next month we expect to make it available on Assamese (as), Odia (or), Malayalam (ml), Bengali (bn), Nepali (ne), Sanskrit (sa), Marathi (mr), Newar/Nepal Bhasa (new), Telugu (te), Pali (pi), Bishnupriya Manipuri (bpy), Urdu (ur), Tamil (ta) Maithili (mai) and Sinhalese (si) Wikipedias. This will be done in multiple stages beginning 4th June 2015. *Please note, this tool will only be available for logged-in users who will choose to enable it from their preferences.* As you may recall, Content Translation is an extension that has been developed by the WMF Language Engineering team that allows creation of new articles from an existing article in another language. Presently, Content Translation is being used in more than 100 Wikipedias[2] as an *opt-in beta-feature for logged-in users*. More than 4000 new articles have already been created using this tool. Content Translation also provides machine translation through Apertium, where available. From the above list only Hindi and Urdu are currently supported in a limited way on Apertium. You can read more about Content Translation, its usage and user stories at: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Content_translation/Documentation/User_guide http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/04/08/the-new-content-translation-tool/ http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/04/06/content-translation-improved-my-edits/ The tentative availability schedule and progress for all the languages can be tracked on phabricator -https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T100621 . We will be making further announcements (through Village Pumps and mailing lists) as we approach the dates mentioned in the ticket. Please feel free to let us know your comments, suggestions and other feedback through this phabricator ticket (or its sub-tasks for individual languages) or on the talk page[2] of the project. Thanks Runa [1] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Content_translation [2] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Content_translation/Languages#Available_langu… [3] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Content_translation -- Language Engineering - Outreach and QA Coordinator Wikimedia Foundation

8 years, 6 months

Fwd: [smc-discuss] Indic Keyboard v2.0

by manoj k

Indic Keyboard version 2.0 is out ! http://blog.smc.org.in/indic-keyboard-version-2-0-is-out/ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Jishnu" <jishnu7(a)gmail.com> Date: 28 May 2015 16:14 Subject: [smc-discuss] Indic Keyboard v2.0 To: "Discussion list of Swathanthra Malayalam Computing" < discuss(a)lists.smc.org.in> Cc: Hi, > Indic Keyboard ന്റെ പുതിയ പതിപ്പ് v2.0 ഇന്ന് പുറത്തിറക്കി. 23 ഭാഷകളും 54 > ലെയൗട്ടുകളും ഉള്‍പ്പെടെ വളരെയധികം മെച്ചപ്പെടുത്തലുകല്‍ ഇതിലുണ്ട്. > > കൂടുതല്‍ വിവരങ്ങള്‍ക്ക് - > http://blog.smc.org.in/indic-keyboard-version-2-0-is-out/ > > -- > Regards, > Jishnu > > http://j15h.nu > > _______________________________________________ > Swathanthra Malayalam Computing discuss Mailing List > Project: https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/smc > Web: http://smc.org.in | IRC : #smc-project @ freenode > discuss(a)lists.smc.org.in > http://lists.smc.org.in/listinfo.cgi/discuss-smc.org.in > > >

8 years, 6 months

ContentTranslation in languages of India (and prizes)

by Amir E. Aharoni

Hi, TL;DR: It would be great if you could complete the localization of the UI of the ContentTranslation extension. Select your language here: https://translatewiki.net/w/i.php?title=Special%3AMessageGroupStats&x=D&gro… In detail: ContentTranslation is a MediaWiki extension developed by the Language Engineering team in Wikimedia. This extension helps Wikipedia editors create new articles by typing their translation from other languages comfortably. For more information about the extension see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Content_translation The plan is to deploy this extension in Wikipedias in all languages of India before the end of June. To make it more comfortable to all editors, please translate the extension's own user interface by selecting your language at the following list: https://translatewiki.net/w/i.php?title=Special%3AMessageGroupStats&x=D&gro… If you don't have a translatewiki account already, you need to create one at http://translatewiki.net . Now it also happens to be a very good time for doing this, because until May 26 translatewiki is holding a rally, and prizes will be given to people who make at least 500 translations. Localizing ContentTranslation's messages counts towards the rally. For more information about the rally see https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Project:Rally-2015-05 Please reach out to me if you have any issues. Thank you for your help, and good luck! -- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com ‪“We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore‬

8 years, 6 months

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