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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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Wiki Loves Monuments 2016 in India
by Abhinav Srivastava 02 Apr '17

02 Apr '17

Dear Indian Community Members, We take immense pride in letting you know, Wiki Loves Monuments in India <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2016_in_Ind…> would once again happen in India after a span of 3 years. Earlier this year, Wikimedia India conducted Wiki Loves Green in India 2016 with over 32,000+ images uploaded for the competition <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_from_Wiki_Loves_Earth_20…> by 6,000+ Contributors, a phenomenal response. Wiki Loves Monuments <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2016> is a global photo competition that takes place generally in September. Wikimedia India would officially be organising this competition in India. The aim of the contest is to ask the general public—readers and users of Wikipedia, photographers, hobbyists, etc.—to take pictures of cultural heritage monuments and upload them to Wikimedia Commons for use on Wikipedia and its other sister projects. We request Indian community to help us make this event a grand success. Please sign up as volunteers here <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2016_in_Ind…> < https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2016_in_Ind… > We look forward to your ideas, suggestions and strategies. Thanks -- Srivastava Abhinav Executive Committee Member|Wikimedia India Ph - +91-9711739003|Skype: abhinavsrivastava619 Wiki Username - abhinav619

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Wiki Conference India 2016 (Chandigarh hackathon)
by Santosh Shingare 23 Jan '17

23 Jan '17

Hello all, I am happy to announce, chandigarh hackathon WCI2016, close with 7 application, which is useful to all community. *1)* *WikiSpeak with native language :* (Hindi) (*Web Application* + *Android Mobile application*). *2)* *Edit Tamil Wiktionary **(Tamil community request)** :* - (*Android application*) *3)* *Audio file upload to WikiData (Punjabi community request) :* (*Android application*) *4) Wikipedia articles on google map :* find wikipedia articles on google map (with latitude and longitude) as per city. *5) OCR (Native Application) *: Convert scanned book copy to Indian language text with google doc (Tested for Hindi and Malayalam). *6) Communication platform[WebRTC] (Web Application)* : Community used this to talk or conference (Audio/video web conferencing application) *7) Notification (Event based)* : showing popup on event eg (If recent changes happen, It will show popup which article was updated) Thank you all participant. who participate in hackathon and deliver a big success *Note : I will share code, links and other details very shortly.* Thank you *Santosh Shingare.* *User:cherishsantosh*

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Announcing Ravishankar Ayyakkannu as Manager, Strategic Partnerships - Asia
by Adele Vrana 04 Jan '17

04 Jan '17

Dear Wikimedia India community, I am thrilled to announce that Ravishankar Ayyakkannu is joining the Global Reach team as a Partnerships Manager Contractor for Asia for the Wikimedia Foundation. As many of you may already know, earlier Ravi served as the Program Director for the Wikimedia India Chapter. He played a significant role in two recent developments from the Indian region, namely, the WikiConference India 2016 and the Government of Tamil Nadu issuing an order releasing all its content in CC-BY-SA license. Ravi is also a proud Wikimedian contributing to many Tamil Wikimedia projects since 2005 and has a specific interest in community building. The Global Reach team will focus on growing Wikimedia projects along the themes of awareness, affordability and offline solutions in the Indian region. Working closely with Smriti Gupta who leads our work in the region, Ravi will strive to build strategic partnerships with government, non-profit, educational and private institutions to achieve this goal. He is very keen to evolve partnership models that ensure the active participation of Wikimedia communities and will appreciate your support on doing so. Please join me in congratulating Ravi! Warm regards, Adele -- *Adele Vrana* *Strategic Partnerships - Global Reach* Wikimedia Foundation +1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6773 avrana(a)wikimedia.org *Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment. Donate. <https://donate.wikimedia.org/>*

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Bengali Wikisource 10th Anniversary Contest
by Bodhisattwa Mandal 24 Dec '16

24 Dec '16

Hi, FYI, a 7-month long (January 1, 2017 - July 31, 2017). marathon proofreading contest has been organized on the occasion of 10th Anniversary of Bengali Wikisource. Event page - https://bn.wikisource.org/s/cal0 -- Bodhisattwa

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Announcing Ravishankar Ayyakkannu as Manager, Strategic Partnerships - Asia
by Ansuman 22 Dec '16

22 Dec '16

Congratulations Ravi. My best wishes. On Dec 22, 2016 15:36, "omshivaprakash(a)gmail.com" <omshivaprakash(a)gmail.com> wrote: Awesome, Congratulations Ravi. On 22-Dec-2016 3:05 PM, "Dhaval S. Vyas" <dsvyas(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Very good news, > > Congratulations Ravi, > > Kind Regards, > Dhaval > > On 22 Dec 2016 5:14 am, "Adele Vrana" <avrana(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: > >> Dear Wikimedia India community, >> >> I am thrilled to announce that Ravishankar Ayyakkannu is joining the >> Global Reach team as a Partnerships Manager Contractor for Asia for the >> Wikimedia Foundation. >> >> As many of you may already know, earlier Ravi served as the Program >> Director for the Wikimedia India Chapter. He played a significant role in >> two recent developments from the Indian region, namely, the WikiConference >> India 2016 and the Government of Tamil Nadu issuing an order releasing all >> its content in CC-BY-SA license. Ravi is also a proud Wikimedian >> contributing to many Tamil Wikimedia projects since 2005 and has a specific >> interest in community building. >> >> The Global Reach team will focus on growing Wikimedia projects along the >> themes of awareness, affordability and offline solutions in the Indian >> region. Working closely with Smriti Gupta who leads our work in the region, >> Ravi will strive to build strategic partnerships with government, >> non-profit, educational and private institutions to achieve this goal. He >> is very keen to evolve partnership models that ensure the active >> participation of Wikimedia communities and will appreciate your support on >> doing so. >> >> Please join me in congratulating Ravi! >> >> Warm regards, >> Adele >> >> -- >> *Adele Vrana* >> *Strategic Partnerships - Global Reach* >> Wikimedia Foundation >> +1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6773 <(415)%20839-6885> >> avrana(a)wikimedia.org >> >> *Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in >> the sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment. Donate. >> <https://donate.wikimedia.org/>* >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > _______________________________________________ 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

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimediaindia-l Digest, Vol 1213, Issue 1
by Sailesh Patnaik 22 Dec '16

22 Dec '16

Congratulations, Ravi :) On Thu, 22 Dec 2016 at 5:31 PM, < wikimediaindia-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > Send Wikimediaindia-l mailing list submissions to > > wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > > wikimediaindia-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > wikimediaindia-l-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > > than "Re: Contents of Wikimediaindia-l digest..." > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. Announcing Ravishankar Ayyakkannu as Manager, Strategic > > Partnerships - Asia (Adele Vrana) > > 2. Re: Announcing Ravishankar Ayyakkannu as Manager, Strategic > > Partnerships - Asia (Adethya Sudarsanan) > > 3. Re: Announcing Ravishankar Ayyakkannu as Manager, Strategic > > Partnerships - Asia (Tito Dutta) > > 4. Re: Announcing Ravishankar Ayyakkannu as Manager, Strategic > > Partnerships - Asia (Manoj Khurana) > > 5. Re: Announcing Ravishankar Ayyakkannu as Manager, Strategic > > Partnerships - Asia (Ashwin Baindur) > > 6. Re: Announcing Ravishankar Ayyakkannu as Manager, Strategic > > Partnerships - Asia (N C Hasive) > > 7. Re: Announcing Ravishankar Ayyakkannu as Manager, Strategic > > Partnerships - Asia (Masssly) > > 8. Re: Announcing Ravishankar Ayyakkannu as Manager, Strategic > > Partnerships - Asia (Subhashish Panigrahi) > > 9. Re: Announcing Ravishankar Ayyakkannu as Manager, Strategic > > Partnerships - Asia (Dhaval S. Vyas) > > 10. Re: Announcing Ravishankar Ayyakkannu as Manager, Strategic > > Partnerships - Asia (omshivaprakash(a)gmail.com) > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2016 14:47:33 -0800 > > From: Adele Vrana <avrana(a)wikimedia.org> > > To: wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Announcing Ravishankar Ayyakkannu as > > Manager, Strategic Partnerships - Asia > > Message-ID: > > <CABqphtdRJ7oTe7y1eUL+q+kWaEA_wMKBvzR0SdFZ= > E0YPxaVkg(a)mail.gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > > Dear Wikimedia India community, > > > > I am thrilled to announce that Ravishankar Ayyakkannu is joining the Global > > Reach team as a Partnerships Manager Contractor for Asia for the Wikimedia > > Foundation. > > > > As many of you may already know, earlier Ravi served as the Program > > Director for the Wikimedia India Chapter. He played a significant role in > > two recent developments from the Indian region, namely, the WikiConference > > India 2016 and the Government of Tamil Nadu issuing an order releasing all > > its content in CC-BY-SA license. Ravi is also a proud Wikimedian > > contributing to many Tamil Wikimedia projects since 2005 and has a specific > > interest in community building. > > > > The Global Reach team will focus on growing Wikimedia projects along the > > themes of awareness, affordability and offline solutions in the Indian > > region. Working closely with Smriti Gupta who leads our work in the region, > > Ravi will strive to build strategic partnerships with government, > > non-profit, educational and private institutions to achieve this goal. He > > is very keen to evolve partnership models that ensure the active > > participation of Wikimedia communities and will appreciate your support on > > doing so. > > > > Please join me in congratulating Ravi! > > > > Warm regards, > > Adele > > > > -- > > *Adele Vrana* > > *Strategic Partnerships - Global Reach* > > Wikimedia Foundation > > +1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6773 > > avrana(a)wikimedia.org > > > > *Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the > > sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment. Donate. > > <https://donate.wikimedia.org/>* > >

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Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] AffCom call for new members
by Asaf Bartov 17 Dec '16

17 Dec '16

FYI. A. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Maor Malul <maor_x(a)zoho.com> Date: Sat, Dec 17, 2016 at 8:44 AM Subject: [Wikimedia-l] AffCom call for new members To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Affiliates discussion list <affiliates(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, < wikimediaannounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Dear all, The Affiliations Committee – the committee responsible for guiding volunteers in establishing Wikimedia chapters, thematic organizations, and user groups – is looking for new members! If you are interested in joining us, please submit an application by 31 December 2016. Based on the successful experience of last call, this one will include too a public review and comment period. All applications will be posted on Meta, and all members of the community are invited to provide comments and feedback about each candidate, always keeping a friendly tone. The full call for candidates, which contains more information on the committee's work, membership criteria, and instructions for how to apply, can be found on Meta at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/MassMessages/Call_fo… We invite all community members to consider to apply or invite those members that you think could make it cool as AffCom members. We make a special call to women since AffCom is worried to keep or increase its women quota among its members. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me or any other member of the committee. Regards, M -- "*Jülüjain wane mmakat* ein kapülain tü alijunakalirua jee wayuukanairua junain ekerolaa alümüin supüshuwayale etijaanaka. Ayatashi waya junain." Maor Malul Socio, A.C. Wikimedia Venezuela | RIF J-40129321-2 | www.wikimedia.org.ve <http://wikimedia.org.ve> Member, Wikimedia Israel | www.wikimedia.org.il <http://wikimedia.org.il> Chair, Wikimedia Foundation Affiliations Committee Phone: +972-52-4869915 <+972%2052-486-9915> Twitter: @maor_x _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: 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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Nibhish Technologies :: Offline, Online and Form filling Data Processing
by Sunil papaiah568 16 Dec '16

16 Dec '16

Hi, Hope all of you are doing well. I have started the New firm called Nibhish Technologies primarily focusing on Offline, Online and Form filling Data Processing projects. Please advice if there is any opportunity where it will help all of us in sharing the work. Have fair and healthy business. *Over view of Nibhish Technologies:* This is pertaining to Data processing business opportunity in public and private sector departments. India is rapidly developing in Information technology by computerizing all the sectors and their sub departments under Digital India program. As a startup company, we are looking for a business opportunity to create an employment opportunity to our skilled resources and contribution to our economic growth.

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