WikimediaIndia-l September 2016

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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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Fwd: [Karai-GLUG] இராமசாமி தமிழ்க் கல்லூரி - கட்டற்ற மின்னூலகம்
by Sibi Kanagaraj 01 Oct '16

01 Oct '16

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Sibi Kanagaraj" <commonssibi(a)gmail.com> Date: Sep 8, 2016 8:01 PM Subject: Fwd: [Karai-GLUG] இராமசாமி தமிழ்க் கல்லூரி - கட்டற்ற மின்னூலகம் To: "Announcement and Discussion mailing list" <mailinglist(a)fsftn.org>, < tamil(a)fsftn.org> Cc: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: lenin gurusamy <guruleninn(a)gmail.com> > Date: 2016-09-03 22:16 GMT+05:30 > Subject: [Karai-GLUG] இராமசாமி தமிழ்க் கல்லூரி - கட்டற்ற மின்னூலகம் > To: Karai(a)fsftn.org > > > > நாம் ஏற்கனவே அழகப்பா பல்கலைக்கழகம் பொது நூலகத்தில் கட்டற்ற மின்னூலகம் ஒன்றை ஏற்படுத்தினோம். அதை அறிந்த முனைவர். கீதா, உதவிப் பேராசியர் > இராமசாமி தமிழ்க் கல்லூரியில் இவ்வமைப்பை ஏற்படுத்த எங்களை தொடர்பு கொண்டார். > > > இராமசாமி தமிழ்க்கல்லூரி பற்றி ( கல்லூரி ஆண்டு புத்தகத்திலிருந்து ) > > உலகம் போற்றும் தமிழ்மொழியின் வளர்ச்சிக்குத் தொண்டாற்றும் எண்ணத்தில் காரைக்குடியில் செந்தமிழ்ச்செல்வர் அமரர் இராம.பெரி. பெரியகருப்பன் அவர்களால் 26-01-1964-இல் இந்தியப் பல்தமிழ்க் கழகம் என்ற அமைப்பு தொடங்கப் பெற்றது. இவ்வமைப்பு > 18-06-1967 -இல் இராமசாமி தமிழ்க்கல்லூரி என்ற பெயரில் தமிழக அரசின் அங்கீகாரத்துடன் மதுரைக் காமராசர் பல்கலைக் கழகத்தின் இணைவுக் கல்லூரியாக நான்காண்டு தமிழ்ப்புலவர் பட்டயப் படிப்பைத் தொடங்கியது. > பின்னர் நடுவணரசின் பல்கலைக்கழக நிதி நல்கைக் குழுவின் ஒப்புதலுடன் கலைக்கல்லூரியாகத் தரம் உயர்த்தப் பெற்று மூன்றாண்டு பி.லிட், பட்டப் படிப்பை 1976 முதல் நடத்தி வருகிறது. காரைக்குடி அழகப்பா பல்கலைக் கழகத்தின் இணைவுக் கல்லூரியாக 2003-ஆம் ஆண்டு முதல் செயல்பட்டு வருகிறது. 2016ஆம் ஆண்டில் பல்கலைக் கழக நிதி நல்கைக்குழுவின் 12/B, 2F பதிவும் பெற்றுள்ளது. > > > > எனவே நாங்கள் கீழ்க்கண்டவற்றை அங்கு அமைப்பது என்று முடிவு செய்தோம். > > > விக்கிபீடியா - 70GB > தமிழ் விக்கிபீடியா - 1.5 GB > தமிழ் விக்சனரி - 200 MB > > நாட்டுடமையாக்கப்பட்ட நூல்கள் 1500 + - 25GB > Freetamilebooks 250+ - 5GB > Project madurai 500+ - 900MB > > நூலகத்தில் உள்ள கணினியில் குனு/லினக்ஸ் இயங்குதளத்துடன், kiwix, calibre மென்பொருட்களை நிறுவினோம். > > நிறுவலின் போது முனைவர்.கீதா அவர்களுடன் உரையாட நேரம் கிடைத்தது. அவர்களிடம் தமிழ் விக்கிபீடியா திட்டங்கள் பற்றியும் குறிப்பாக > தமிழ் விக்சனரி, விக்கிமூலம், Freetamilebooks, மதுரை மின் இலக்கியத் திட்டம் பற்றியும் அவர்களிடம் எடுத்துக் கூறினோம். இத்திட்டங்களைப் பற்றி முன்பின் அறியாத அவர்கள் > மிகவும் ஆர்வமுடன் கேட்டறிந்தார். இம்முயற்சி அங்குள்ள மாணவர்கள் மூலம் மேற்கண்ட திட்டங்களுக்கு பங்களிக்க உதவும். வரும் வாரங்களில் அங்கு ஒரு சந்திப்புக்கு ஏற்பாடு செய்ய உள்ளோம். > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Karai mailing list > Karai(a)fsftn.org > http://mailman.fsftn.org/mailman/listinfo/karai_fsftn.org > > > -- > K.Sibi > Personal - Blog | Discuss | Twitter | Wiki | Git > FSFTN - Web | Discuss | Diaspora | Twitter >

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Vacancy for a Programme Officer for the Access to Knowledge programme (CIS-A2K)
by Subhashish Panigrahi 30 Sep '16

30 Sep '16

Dear friends, First of all, apologies if this mail is not in your native language. This to share with you all that we have published on the jobs section of the CIS website [0] for the position of Programme Officer of the Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) programme. We would really appreciate if you can share with interested friends, colleagues and communities. Please let us know if there is any kind of changes needed. We will love to address any concerns or inputs. Best, Subhashish ---------- The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) is seeking applications from prospective candidates who identify themselves as female, for the position of Programme Officer (Communications) , to support its Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) Programme. The job application is open to women only because we feel that a woman communications person will contribute more towards bridging the gender gap in the Wikimedia movement by emphasising on gender-sensitive communication apart from contributing internally for bringing a gender balance in the team. The position is full time and will be based in CIS’ Bengaluru office. Programme Officer will work closely with CIS-A2K Team (hereinafter Team) and would report to the Executive Director/any supervisor in Team. Position Summary: As a Programme Officer, your job will be to support the Team’s larger goals — growth of Indian-language Wikipedias and other Wikimedia projects (hereinafter Wikimedia projects), and the contributor communities (hereinafter Community). Your primary responsibility will be to support the Programme Associates — that spearhead our on-ground programmatic activities -- with regular communications with the community and the world outside. Characteristics of the Programme Officer: * High level of commitment: The Programme Officer should believe in the values of CIS and Wikimedia projects, exude enthusiasm for the mission and can powerfully embody and communicate the mission. * Intellectual curiosity and flexibility: Must enjoy tackling difficult, ambiguous problems and able to incorporate new knowledge into how one approaches situations and generates solutions, loves learning from others while expanding intellectual horizons. * Open and transparent: Have a high level of integrity and be comfortable working in a highly transparent fashion, open to input and feedback, a proactive and candid communicator who wants people to know what s/he is doing and isn't afraid to bring others in when things are off-track or when you need help and should able to handle criticism in a mature fashion. * Community builder: It is essential that the Programme Officer sees herself/himself as a partner to and supporter of the Wikimedians who have and will continue to be the leaders in building the Wikimedia projects. The Programme Officer must be willing and able to work with a diverse array of people, many of whom come from non-traditional backgrounds and have a fervent commitment to Wikimedia movement’s community-led nature. * Strong cultural competency: Able to navigate in a global movement and on a global team in addition to navigating the complexity of India. * Partnership developer: Able to initiate, negotiate and operate partnerships that advance the Wikimedia mission in Indic languages and English (as relevant to India) with a wide range of institutions across the public, NGO, universities, philanthropic and private sector. * Willing to travel: The Programme Officer must regularly travel within India to engage with Wikimedia communities and partner with institutions. Responsibilities: * You will be responsible for the overall communications of Team that include storytelling in the form of interviews, blogs, opinion pieces in newspaper/other platforms, regular coverage in both Indian language and English media, and anything beyond. * You will be exploring widely from conventional to new media to spread the stories of the hundreds and thousands of volunteers that make the Indian-language Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects such great knowledge repositories. * Creating original stories of challenges and learning, and successes of Wikimedia community in general and the ones that we closely work with in particular. * Function as an interface between A2K team and the community, and help the team better work collaboratively with the community. * Sharing the work of the community and A2k team in a regular basis in the monthly newsletters and other places. * Providing training on effective communications to the communities in a need basis, and supporting them to independently tell their own stories in their own languages. * Announcement of programmatic activities in the form of announcements, blogs and reports, and microblogging (social media, etc.). * Interviewing Wikimedians under the ambit of the WikipediansSpeak [*] project and beyond, and share the story of the Wikimedia community widely in the media. Required Skills: * Graduate or masters in journalism/other media studies, law, or any other discipline with at least two-three years of professional experience with a strong track record of success in high performance organisations, preferably in non-profits. * Experience could be during studies or after, primarily in blogging, writing organisation reports, managing social media for organisations, interviewing and covering people’s stories in mainstream media. * Prior experience of working in a collaborative community, preferably and open one like Wikipedia and in online. * Good understanding of the basics of organisational programme design and management. * Strong understanding of the Internet and the forces that underpin the success of Wikipedia. Active participation as a Wikimedia volunteer would be an asset, though not a prerequisite (must be prepared to demonstrate knowledge of how Wikipedia works in interviews). * Experience working in a global, multicultural and diverse team environment will be preferred. * Must be fluent in English and at least in one Indian language. * A good understanding of the cultural and knowledge universe of the Indian language communities. * Ability to integrate and understand the complexity of the Indian language communities. Pluses: * Support India-focused initiatives to improve quality of India-relevant content and number of editors on Indian-language Wikimedia projects. * Support the growth of Indian-language Wikimedia communities and projects by designing and implementing community collaborations and partnerships projects – detailing rationale, aim and objective, execution, evaluation, timeline, resource investment, etc. * Spearhead CIS-A2K’s pilot projects.Identify institutions/groups that have ready-made content/archived material and aggregate available material in respective languages. * Create a network of state institutions, university departments, non-government organisations, academics, artists, researchers and Wikipedia community members that will work towards creating a repository of knowledge on specific themes by using Wikimedia projects as a platform. * Conduct initial meetings with the principal investigators from each of the shortlisted institutions and share project ideas. * Facilitate Wikimedia community involvement with the core network of institutions and principal investigators to collaboratively participate on specific content/area modules. * Create social media platforms for visibility of these projects and facilitate need-based technical and online support. * Conduct a series of Wikimedia outreach sessions for various nodes within the network. * Conduct periodic monitoring and evaluation of the pilot projects in progress. * Generate and document lessons from programme activities that can inform the work of Indian communities and similar programmes in other countries. * Provide ad hoc support to the Wikipedia community on all aspects of Indian languages as may be deemed necessary. Context of the CIS-A2K programme: As an affiliate of the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit behind Wikipedia and Wikipedia’s sister project, we design and implement different projects with an aim to create high quality content and cultivate new contributors to Wikimedia projects. The projects will be premised on themes and seek to create a multilingual repository of knowledge using Wikimedia projects as a knowledge platform. You are encouraged to deeply engage with the CIS-A2K work plan before making the application. You will work cohesively with the Wikimedia community and the Wikimedia India Chapter to meet specific goals of each language community in India. You will be a part of a small team of 5 to 10 doing high visibility and high impact work. Please note that we, at CIS, do not have any distinction,exclusion, or preference that is based on the basis of race, colour, sex, religion, political opinion, national extraction, social origin, which has the effect of nullifying or impairing equality of opportunity and treatment in employment. (adapted from Declaration ILO Geneva [3]) Location: The position is based out of the CIS’s Bangalore office. Remuneration: Compensation structure will be determined by the level of expertise, experience and current remuneration. To apply, please send your resume along with a covering letter and at least three references to Tanveer Hasan (tanveer(a)cis-india.org) by October 20, 2016. Notes: 0. http://cis-india.org/jobs/cis-a2k-programme-officer 1. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Reports/Newsletter 2. WikipediansSpeak is an initiative to bring the voices of Wikipedians to the world and include interviews in various media, both multimedia and text-based narratives and beyond. More in the project page <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikipediansSpeak> 3. http://www.ilo.org/public/portugue/region/eurpro/lisbon/pdf/agender_jun06.p… Thanks, Subhashish Panigrahi Programme Officer, Access To Knowledge Centre for Internet and Society @subhapa / https://cis-india.org

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New Readers presentation tomorrow
by Joe Sutherland 27 Sep '16

27 Sep '16

Hello! Please join us *this evening Indian time*[1] for a review of New Readers research findings <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/New_Readers>. Come learn about internet users in Mexico, India, and Nigeria and how they search for information online. We will share discoveries from more than 5 months of research, including phone surveys in 13 languages, and more than 150 interviews. Specifically we will discuss: - Information seeking habits - Internet use, devices, and general knowledge patterns - Wikipedia awareness and usage - User personas developed from findings - Potential next steps and opportunities to better serve New Readers in Asia, Africa, and Latin America More details on the project can be found at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/New_Readers See you at 9:30 PM IST![1] YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYymUXRzpU4 Blue Jeans link: https://bluejeans.com/354618595 best, Joe Sutherland Wikimedia Foundation [1] This time in your timezone: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20160928T09&p1=22… -- *Joe Sutherland* Community Advocate Wikimedia Foundation

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Tulu Wikipedia goes live after 8 years in Incubator; and more in CIS-A2K's August newsletter
by Subhashish Panigrahi 22 Sep '16

22 Sep '16

Dear friends, We are happy to share the consolidated newsletter for August. Community digest: Tulu Wikipedia goes live after eight years in Incubator; news in brief: Eight years after being created in the Wikimedia Incubator, the Tulu-language Wikipedia is now live as the 23rd Indic language. Available at https://tcy.wikipedia.org, the project has a total of 1285 articles contributed by 198 editors. Other news in brief: * Ongoing India At Rio Olympics 2016 Edit-a-thon (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMIN/events/India_At_Rio_Olympics_2016_Edit…) promises to plant one tree for every 20 new articles created * Wiki Loves Monuments (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2016_in_Ind…) returns to India after three years * WikiConference India 2016 (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2016) , the largest Wikimedia community gathering of the year in South Asia comes to an end * Ashutosh Sarangi (https://or.wikisource.org/wiki/User:Ashusarangi) , the youngest Wikimedian from the oldest Indian-language Wikipedia community . . . Read more on Blog (https://https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/08/24/digest-tulu-wikipedia/) Community digest: Konkani language speakers are separated by scripts but unite by Wikipedia; news in brief: This post shares learning from a Goan Konkani Wikipedian User:The Discoverer. The discussion spans around the topics of how [Goan Konkani] Wikipedia is playing the role of a binding factor for native speakers that are currently dispersed in many states, speak in different variations of the same language, and write in different scripts. Other news in brief: * WikiConference India 2016 to be held at Chandigarh during August 5–7 * Punjab edit-a-thon * Campaign for relicensing copyrighted books under Creative Commons licenses * Train-the-trainer and Mediawiki training program for capacity building of community leaders from Indian subcontinent * Indian women in Science edit-a-thon * Indigenous South-Asian language Santali gets a new open Unicode font . . . Read more on Blog (https://https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/08/24/digest-tulu-wikipedia/) Programme reports == Outreach, education programme and community engagement programme reports == * A workshop to improve Telugu Wikipedia articles on Nobel laureates (http://cis-india.org/openness/a-workshop-to-improve-telugu-wikipedia-articl…) (Pavan Santhosh S; August 31, 2016) Many articles about Nobel laureates are missing in the Telugu Wikipedia. Recently undergraduate students from four different disciplines of the Andhra Loyola College (ALC), Vijayawada gathered to create and improve articles related to Nobel laureates. * Campaign for relicensing copyrighted books under Creative Commons licenses (http://cis-india.org/openness/campaign-for-relicensing-copyrighted-books-un…) . (Pavan Santhosh S and Subhashish Panigrahi; August 30) A campaign has been started to relicense Telugu-language books of several noted authors from "all rights reserved" to Creative Commons Share-Alike (CC-BY-SA) license. This campaign was started on June 19 and copyright migration process is complete for 17 books so far. Once the copyright migration is over the books—ranging from historical figures and popular personalities to regional history—are going to be digitised on Wikisource. * Wikiwomen’s Meetup at St. Agnes College Explores Potentials and Plans of Women Editors in Mangalore, Karnataka (http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/wikiwomen2019s-meetup-at-st-agnes-college-ex…) (Ting-Yi Chang, August 27, 2016) Karnataka is known for its diverse linguistic cultures. Aside from Kannada, many are native speakers of Konkani, Tulu, and other languages. A small Wikiwomen's meetup was held on Saturday, August 27th at St. Agnes College, Mangalore, to invite female Wikipedians from the region. Many of them were new to the online encyclopedia but demonstrated strong interest in learning and contributing more Indic language content online. == Participation in events and the ongoing events == * Focus on India—WikiConference produces new apps; state government adopts free licenses (http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/the-signpost-august-18-2016-pete-forsyth-and-…) (Organized by by the Community of Wikimedians in India, supported by Wikimedia India and CIS; August 5 - 7, 2016; Chandigarh; CIS-A2K team participated, and some of the members were part of organising the event and some presented talks and conducted workshops) == Articles, opinion/analysis pieces and event talk submissions == * 3 Copyright Tips for Students and Educators (http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/3-copyright-tips-for-students-and-educators) (Subhashish Panigrahi; Opensource.com; August 16, 2016). * ଓଡ଼ିଆ ପାଇଁ ଓସିଆର: ଛପା ଲେଖାର ଛବିରୁ ଡିଇଟାଲ ଲେଖା (http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/samaja-subhashish-panigrahi-august-21-2016-o…) (Subhashish Panigrahi; Samaja; August 21, 2016). * Preserving Languages and Cultures in India: The Birth of the Tulu Wikipedia (http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/preserving-languages-and-cultures-in-india-t…) (Subhashish Panigrahi; August 26, 2016). * Meet the Newly Born Tulu Wikipedia, the 23rd in a South Asian Language! (http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/global-voices-august-28-2016-subhashish-pani…) (Subhashish Panigrahi; August 28, 2016). * WikiConference India 2016 Submission: How to better tell your Wikimedia Community Story using Media as a Tool (http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/wikiconference-india-2016-submission-how-to-…) (Subhashish Panigrahi; August 17, 2016). * WikiConference India 2016 Submission: We, Men, Women: Collective Learning in Bridging Indic Wikipedia Gender Gaps (http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/wikiconference-india-2016-submission-we-men-…) (Ting-Yi Chang; August 17, 2016). * WikiConference India 2016 Submission: Gender Gap in Indian Language Wikipedias – Projects, Outreach and Outcome (http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/wikiconference-india-2016-submission-gender-…) (Dr. U.B. Pavanaja; August 17, 2016). * Community Digest: Tulu Wikipedia Goes Live after Eight Years in Incubator; News in Brief (http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/community-digest-tulu-wikipedia-goes-live-af…) (Subhashish Panigrahi and Ting-Yi Chang; August 24, 2016). * Wikiwomen’s Meetup at St. Agnes College Explores Potentials and Plans of Women Editors in Mangalore, Karnataka (http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/wikiwomen2019s-meetup-at-st-agnes-college-ex…) (Ting-Yi Chang; August 31, 2016). == Media coverage == Events and activities that we have organised or participated in: * WikiConference India 2016 Starts Friday in Chandigarh (http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/indo-asian-news-service-ndtv-august-4-2016-wi…) (Indo Asian News Service and NDTV; August 4, 2016). * Tulu Wikipedia Goes 'Live' (http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/tulu-wikipedia-goes-live) (Wikimedia Blog; August 5, 2016). * India's 23rd regional Wikipedia, in Tulu, goes live (http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/business-standard-august-6-2016-india-23-regi…) (IANS and Business Standard; August 6, 2016). * After eight years, Tulu Wikipedia goes live (http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/hindu-raviprasad-kamila-august-7-2016-after-e…) (Raviprasad Kamila; Hindu; August 7, 2016). * In Tulu, India's 23rd Regional Wikipedia Goes Live (http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/huffington-post-august-7-2016-naina-chaturved…) (Naina Chaturvedi; Huffington Post; August 7, 2016) * India's 23rd Regional Wikipedia Launches (http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/ccm-august-8-2016-ranu-p-india-23-regional-wi…) (CMM.net; August 8, 2016). * Wikipedia launches in Tulu, its 23rd Indic language (http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/medianama-august-9-2016-vivek-pai-wikipedia-l…) (Vivek Pai; Medianama; August 9, 2016). * Telugu Wikipedians create Articles on Punjab in Telugu Wikipedia (http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/telugu-wikipedia-articles-on-punjab-media-cov…) (Sakshi; August 11, 2016). * Telugu Wikipedians create Articles on Punjab in Telugu Wikipedia (http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/telugu-wikipedia-articles-on-punjab-media-cov…) (Eenadu; August 11, 2016). * Tulu gets official Wikipedia page, but Mumbai linguists say more is needed (http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/mid-day-anju-maskeri-august-21-2016-tulu-gets…) (Anju Maskeri; Mid-Day; August 21, 2016). * Punjab edit-a-thon & Telugu Wikipedia success (http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/press-coverage-about-punjab-edit-a-thon-telug…) (Andhra Jyothi; August 26, 2016). * Data Xgen launches paid Hindi email service (http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/data-xgen-launches-paid-hindi-email-service) (Sneha Johari; Medianama; August 29, 2016). If you want to receive news from this program, please sign-up here (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Reports/Newsletter/Subscribe) . This newsletter is also available on Meta-wiki at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Reports/Newsletter/August_2016 Best! Subhashish Panigrahi Programme Officer, Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) Centre for Internet and Society Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cisa2k/ Follow us on Twitter at @CISA2K

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More than 20000 plant photos to Wikimedia Commons
by manoj k 21 Sep '16

21 Sep '16

More than 20000 plant photos to Wikimedia Commons: =========================================== We know Sri. Dinesh Valke <https://www.facebook.com/dinesh.valke> is an ardent nature lover. He has been taking photos of plants for the last 12 years. Once he finds the correct identification he uploads it to Flickr. He is on a mission to find out the local name of the species in various languages. A continuous effort spanning all these years. As we know Flickr is a private company owned by Yahoo. It can decide the fate of images stored in its servers. Due to license restrictions nobody would be saving it to other places. Now Sri. Valke ji has decided that all his life long efforts are not a thing to be decided by a company's policy in the US. He has changed the licenses and ALL his plant photos, more than 20000, and ALL of them are now available at Wikimedia Commons which will eventually be used in Wikipedia articles in around 300 languages. Since Wikipedia is free anyone can download and store the images which means scores of Universities and Scholars will be storing them, in effect they are safe and nothing can destroy them. via Vinaya Raj V R <https://www.facebook.com/vinayrajvr> <https://www.facebook.com/vinayrajvr> Thanks Sreejith Kulamgarath <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Sreejithk2000> for the helps in wikimedia commons. You can see the images https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=Dinesh+Valke <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Sreejithk2000> Manoj Karingamadathil www.manojkmohan.com

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Wikipedia Workshop in BPHC
by Soni 18 Sep '16

18 Sep '16

Hello all, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus recently hosted a workshop on Wikipedia editing for the English Wikipedia. About 20-30 new accounts were registered during this session and relevant basics from each topic were covered. The full overview and images can be found at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Workshop/BPHC_Workshop_1 Regards, Soni User:Soni, English Wikipedia

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