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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Hi,
Please take this WikiConference India 2016 Programs survey
<http://goo.gl/forms/zPlDMsUXEKr1t0rr2> and help us learn more about WCI
2016 participants capabilities, needs, interests and expectations regarding
conference programs.
Ravi
Hi,
Greetings from Wiki Conference India 2016 Team.
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capabilities, needs, interests and expectations regarding conference
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You may find this interesting.
A.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Asaf Bartov <abartov(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 12:14 PM
Subject: Fresh data on the gender gap in content
To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Hullo everyone.
I was asked by a volunteer for help getting stats on the gender gap in
content on a certain Wikipedia, and came up with simple Wikidata Query
Service[1] queries that pulled the total number of articles on a given
Wikipedia about men and about women, to calculate *the proportion of
articles about women out of all articles about humans*.
Then I was curious about how that wiki compared to other wikis, so I ran
the queries on a bunch of languages, and gathered the results into a table,
here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ijon/Content_gap
(please see the *caveat* there.)
I don't have time to fully write-up everything I find interesting in those
results, but I will quickly point out the following:
1. The Nepali statistic is simply astonishing! There must be a story
there. I'm keen on learning more about this, if anyone can shed light.
2. Evidently, ~13%-17% seems like a robust average of the proportion of
articles about women among all biographies.
3. among the top 10 largest wikis, Japanese is the least imbalanced. Good
job, Japanese Wikipedians! I wonder if you have a good sense of what
drives this relatively better balance. (my instinctive guess is pop culture
coverage.)
4. among the top 10 largest wikis, Russian is the most imbalanced.
5. I intend to re-generate these stats every two months or so, to
eventually have some sense of trends and changes.
6. Your efforts, particularly on small-to-medium wikis, can really make a
dent in these numbers! For example, it seems I am personally
responsible[2] for almost 1% of the coverage of women on Hebrew Wikipedia!
:)
7. I encourage you to share these numbers with your communities. Perhaps
you'd like to overtake the wiki just above yours? :)
8. I'm happy to add additional languages to the table, by request. Or you
can do it yourself, too. :)
A.
[1] https://query.wikidata.org/
[2] Yay #100wikidays :) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/100wikidays
--
Asaf Bartov
Wikimedia Foundation <http://www.wikimediafoundation.org>
Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the
sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality!
https://donate.wikimedia.org
--
Asaf Bartov
Wikimedia Foundation <http://www.wikimediafoundation.org>
Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the
sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality!
https://donate.wikimedia.org
Greetings from Wikimedia India !!
Wikimedia India would like to share the monthly report of April and May
2016. Looking forward for your valuable feedback.
Events
*Affiliate-selected Board seats –*
Successful candidates were *Christophe Henner* and *Nataliia Tymkiv*. A
total of 40 affiliates (including 39 chapters and the sole Thematic
Organisation) voted.
For the last 10 years, Christophe Henner served as a board member and led a
successful Wikimedia France reorganization. In December 2012, Nataliia
Tymkiv joined Wikimedia Ukraine. She was shortly elected as a Board Member
and have been on Board of Wikimedia Ukraine ever since.
For more details, please visit -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2016/Results
*Hyderabad Meetup on 15th May –*
The Wikipedia Meetup Hyderabad9 was the ninth edition of
Wikipedia/Wikimedia Meetup in Hyderabad held on 15th of May, 2016.
The meetup was held as a part of a monthly get-together of Wikipedians
(contributors and users), predominantly Telugu Wikipedians- to meet up,
discuss ongoing projects, share experiences, reach out and advocate for
Wikipedia and Wikimedia
For more details, please visit -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Hyderabad/Hyderabad9
*Pune meetup on 21st May –*
The Wikipedia Meetup Pune was held on 21st May, 2016. The meetup is held as
a part of a series of regular get-togethers of Wikipedians (contributors
and users) - which majorly consist of Marathi contributors. The main agenda
was to discuss the ongoing projects, reach outs and experience sharing.
For more details, please visit -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Pune/Pune23
*WikiConference India Logo finalization –*
Logo Challenge competition was organized to create logo for WikiConference
India 2016. Competition details can be viewed at -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2016/Logo_Challenge
After voting by community, the result was published at - https://
<goog_265742021>
meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2016/Logo_Challenge#Selected_L…
The final selected logo was designed by Manoj, who is a design student and
FOSS enthusiast.. Final logo for WLE can be viewed at -
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wiki_conference_2016_logo_v2.png by
Manojopenworks
*Formation of Advisory Board –*
The chapter’s first in-office advisers are *Karthik Nadar, Satdeep Gill,
Yann Forget, Dhaval Vyas*. Wikimedia India takes immense pride in having
them on board.
*Wiki Loves Earth –*
Wiki Loves Earth (WLE) is an annual international photographic competition
that will commence in June, organized worldwide by the Wikipedia community
members with the help of local Wikimedia affiliates across the globe. Wikimedia
India is conducting this competition in India. Participants will take
pictures of local natural heritage and scenic landscape in their countries,
and upload them to Wikimedia Commons.
The aim of event is to highlight the conservation areas of the
participating countries with the goal to encourage people to capture
pictures of these sights, and to put them under a free licence which can
then be re-used not only in Wikipedia but everywhere by everyone.
1st phase of Wiki Loves Earth started with full swing. 20 countries have
started their national level version of the competition -
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Earth_2016
*Upcoming Wikimedia Foundation’s New Readers research in India -*
WMF team will be in India from June 13 to 27. The research will focus on:
· Urban, semi-urban, and rural internet users.
· in Hindi, Tamil, and English languages.
· From education, technology, and rural industry backgrounds.
· Around the Delhi (including nearby Noida and Gurgaon) and Chennai areas.
*PEG Draft for WCI2016 in April Month –*
WikiConference India 2016 is India's national Wikimedia event that will
provide a common platform for all Indic Wikimedians to meet and share their
views, tell about their works and activities in a national-level event and
discuss the challenges they are facing to execute their projects and
exchange useful tips, best practices and other information.
The PEG Draft for WikiConference India 2016 was live and available for
vetting and consideration by the Grant approval committee in the month of
April. For more details, please visit -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2016/PEG_Draft
*Featured Wikimedian for April month -*
Arnab Dutta
<https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B9…>
is one of the most profilic and energetic Bengali Wikimedians from India.
He has been editing since April 2008 and has over 34,000 edits till date.
He has created more than 1400 articles on a wide range of subjects
including Hinduism, Buddhism and West Bengal. Arnab says his first article,
a Bengali literature piece was copied from his class notes but later went
on to become a Featured Article.
Arnab was selected as one of the noteworthy contributors at the Wiki
Conference India 2011 and was also honored as part of the Wikipedia 10
celebrations. Arnab urges budding Wikipedians to stop chasing fame as
sincerity and hard work will automatically make one famous and respected.
*Featured Wikimedian for May month -*
Tulsi Bhagat
<https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8…>
is a 15 year old Maithili and Nepali Wikimedian hailing from Rajbiraj,
Nepal. Having started contributing to Wikipedia in 2014 due to an outreach
program conducted by Biplab Anand & Bijay Chaurasia, Bhagat is now the
youngest and most prolific Wikimedian from Nepal with over 34,000 edits
spread across many projects.
He serves as an administrator in the Maithili and Nepali Wikipedias. Bhagat
says he loves contributing to his mother tongue Maithili where he has
authored more than 500 articles. In addition to this, he is a keen
vandalism fighter.
You can find the full excerpt on the home page of WMIN (
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Home).
*News*
- Net neutrality is complicated: Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/52507476.cms?utm_source=con…
- Spread awareness through Malayalam Wikipedia: Gadgil
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/Spread-awareness…
- Sahapedia wants to be the Wikipedia for Indian culture
http://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/sahapedia-wants-to…
*Blog*
- E-Books and Wikipedia Are All the Rage in This Rural School in Bihar,
Thanks to This Graduate
http://www.thebetterindia.com/55782/digital-literacy-rural-bihar-sai-prasan…
*WMIN Blog*
- Equipment Lending and Community Support: How it retained long-term users
from declining activity
http://blog.wikimedia.in/2016/05/17/equipment-lending-and-community-support…
In the Media
1.
<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/Wikimedia-art-database-br…>"Wikimedia
art database breaks copyright law: Swedish court"
<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/Wikimedia-art-database-br…>
. *The Times of India*. 5 April 2016.
2. Caitlin Dewey (7 April 2016). "What Happens When A Convicted
Murderer Edits Wikipedia"
<http://www.ndtv.com/world-news/what-happens-when-a-convicted-murderer-edits…>
. *NDTV*.
3. "Traffic to Wikipedia terrorism entries plunged after Edward
Snowdenrevelations: New study"
<http://www.dnaindia.com/world/report-traffic-to-wikipedia-terrorism-entries…>
. *DNA*. 27 April 2016.
4.
<http://www.dnaindia.com/scitech/report-wikipedia-gap-finder-filling-in-the-…>"Wikipedia
Gap Finder: filling in the language holes"
<http://www.dnaindia.com/scitech/report-wikipedia-gap-finder-filling-in-the-…>
. *DNA*. 28 April 2016.
5. "MRA attack: You won’t believe what’s on the Wikipedia page
onGender Discrimination in India"
<http://www.thenewsminute.com/article/mra-attack-you-wont-believe-whats-wiki…>
. *The News Minute*. 15 April 2016
Regards,
Priyanka Tiwari
Greeting from Wikimedia India!!!
It gives me great pleasure to announce that the Featured Wikimedian for the
month of June is *Kartik Mistry*.
Kartik Mistry is the most prolific Wikipedian on Gujarati Wikipedia in
recent times. He has 10,000+ edits on Gujarati Wikipedia, 1,000 on English
Wikipedia, 5,000+ on Wikidata. He has uploaded 100 pics on Commons. He is
member of Language Team of Wikimedia Foundation.
Kartik was highly instrumental in creating Language Input Tool which made
editing in vernacular languages easier. Kartik is now currently working
with Language Team which has created a very useful Content Translation
Tool. This tool is one of the most useful tools ever created in recent
times. This Content Translation Tool was used to translate more than 80,000
articles in a span of 1.5 years.
You can find the full excerpt on the home page of WMIN (http://wiki.
wikimedia.in/Home).
If you know any Wikimedian whom you think should be featured , please feel
free to nominate them here.
Or if you want to mail us ,please feel to contact Yohann - yohannvt@
wikimedia.in , or you can contact me - priyanka.tiwari(a)wikimedia.in.
Thanks
Priyanka Tiwari
Forwarded for anyone interested,
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Toshant Kamble" <toshant.kamble(a)ktj.in>
Date: Jun 10, 2016 8:00 AM
Subject: Association with IIT Kharagpur
To: <bodhisattwa.rgkmc(a)gmail.com>
Cc:
Dear Sir,
Greetings from Team Kshitij!
Kshitij is the annual techno-management symposium of IIT Kharagpur. Since
its inception in 2004 it has grown exponentially and has become the *largest
symposium of its kind in Asia*.
Kshitij comprises a diverse array of highly competitive technical and
managerial events which attract the participation of the best brains of the
leading engineering and management institutes from all across the country
and even from abroad.
*Statistics:*
· *Largest techno-management symposium in Asia.*
· More than *70,000 participants* from all over India annually.
· More than *65 lacs* of prize money.
· *1,40,000+* followers on social media.
· Over *100 Million clicks* on our official website (www.ktj.in).
· *13 glorious years* of India's leading college fest.
· Patronage from *UNESCO, SAYEN & CEE*.
Hence we believe association with *Kshitij* will help* Wikimedia* to strike
a chord with the student fraternity and also build a strong
relationship with IIT Kharagpur.
*14th edition of Kshitij* is scheduled from* 26th December-29th December,
2016*. As the stage gets set for the next edition of our techno-management
fest, we, the students and the faculty of IIT Kharagpur look forward to
your co-operation and support in making our endeavour a huge success.
*Our immense presence amongst the youth, developed in the previous decade
helps us to provide various endorsement opportunities for corporates.*
Referring the *MOTACHASHMA *(
http://www.motachashma.com/scholarships/wiki-loves-earth-india.php), we
came to know about the photography competition that you conduct every
year (*Wiki
loves earth)*. In Kshitij, we have an event on photography by name
'SNAPPIT'. We associate with different companies and organisations for the
topic for the photography. This year we would like you to give the topic
for the same and let the finalists participate in your event in its next
edition.
Kindly inform me for any further clarifications, suggestions and
requirements.
Hoping for a warm reply!
*--*
Best regards,
*Toshant Kamble*
Core Organizing Team Head, Events, Kshitij(www.ktj.in)
Technology Students' Gymkhana
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
*(+91)7699087550*
*(+91)7093408505*
Kshitij 2016 Teaser <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x4kXu2otEo>
Kshitij on Facebook <http:///>
Kshitij Photo Album <https://picasaweb.google.com/114583647199851376987>
ᐧ
Hi,
Regarding the upcoming Wikipedia zero campaign in India, I hope, the issue
of net neutrality will be taken care of seriously. I hope, WMF understands
the gravity of the situation considering the recent government ban of
Facebook zero aka Internet.org aka aka Free Basics.
As far as I know, many Wikimedians in Indian community, will oppose the
idea of WP0 if it hampers net neutrality.
Regards,
--
Bodhisattwa
