WikimediaIndia-l January 2018

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Sir, I have been banned from wikimedia, for using multiple id names for editing.
by Holalkere Laxmivenkatesh 22 Mar '21

22 Mar '21

Sir, I have been editing in wikipedia and uploading pics on wikimedia. and use them for my articles. I'm an editor for kannada language wikipedia.(Radhatanaya) I'm an editor for english mediam wikipedia. (Ragakuvara) I have contributed more than 900+ articles for kannada. For english nearly 10-12 articles. all approved. This information I have given in my page. Why I have been banned. Please try to help me. I'm very hardworking and faithful person. I have not done any adverse work. I was a technical offier (Retired in 2004) in a reknowned Research organisation for cotton ! Please help me so that I can upload photos and fix them for the articles I write both in kannada & English Regards, -Holalkere rangarao laxmivenkatesh Mumbai-400084 M : 9004356819 M : 9867606819

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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 30 Jul '18

30 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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Supporting Indian Wikipedia Program resource distribution: Applications open
by Tito Dutta 12 Feb '18

12 Feb '18

Hello Indic WIkimedians, Hope this email will find you well. I want to inform you that Supporting Indian Wikipedia Program resource distribution. Please see details on the event page here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Supporting_Indian_Language_Wikipedias_Progr… and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Supporting_Indian_Language_Wikipedias_Progr… Please share this information with your community members. Thanks a lot for your support. Please feel free to ask questions. Thanks Tito Dutta Note: If I don't reply to your email in 2 days, please feel free to remind me over email or phone call.

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Tulu offline Wikipedia to schools
by Dr. U.B. Pavanaja 31 Jan '18

31 Jan '18

Dear All, Tulu language is being taught in schools of coastal Karnataka. The students don't have much encyclopedic books or content to read other than the textbooks. We at Karavali Wikimedians User Group have come out with a project plan to add articles to Tulu Wikipedia based on the school syllabus. The plan is to get enough number of articles in Tulu Wikipedia, create offline Tulu Wikipedia using Kiwix and then distribute them to schools. I have created a grant application for this project [1]. I request everyone to go through the grant application and provide useful suggestions in the talk page. Also please endorse the grant application once you are convinced that this project needs support. Notes: 1. Grant application - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Pavanaja/Tulu_offline_Wikiped ia_to_schools 2. For endorsing - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Pavanaja/Tulu_offline_Wikiped ia_to_schools#Endorsements 3. For discussions - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:Project/Pavanaja/Tulu_offline_Wi kipedia_to_schools Thanks and regards, Pavanaja

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Supporting Indian Language Wikipedias Program: Invitation for becoming a reviewing committee member
by Tito Dutta 26 Jan '18

26 Jan '18

Hello one and all, I hope this email will find you well. Earlier we informed you about the project Supporting Indian Language Wikipedias Program ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Supporting_Indian_ Language_Wikipedias_Program). Here we want to request you something. For proper and systematic distribution of the resource we'll make a committee who'll share and expertise to make the process and the selection better. If you are an experienced Indic Wikimedian, you are requested to show interest to join this review committee. If you are interested please write to us at tanveer(a)cis-india.org, tito(a)cis-india.org with your name, username, and a brief statement on why do you want to join this committee. Please send your response before 4 February . If you have questions, please contact us.

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IRC on 29 January 2018 at 9:00 pm, please join
by Tito Dutta 23 Jan '18

23 Jan '18

Hello one and all, An IRC discussion will be conducted on 29 January 2018 at 9:00 pm Indian Standard Time. Possible topics of discussions are but not limited to: a) Supporting Indian Language Wikipedias Program: Resource distribution and implementation (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Supporting_Indian_Language_ Wikipedias_Program <https://trulytito-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/Redirect?ukey=1DH7tjwn-Kc7-_jl…> ) b) Needs assessment and Focus Project Area (FPA) for APG 2018-2019 The channel will be #cis-a2k at Freenode, may be accessed from any chat client or using the web version: https://webchat.freenode.net/? channels=#cis-a2k <https://trulytito-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/Redirect?ukey=1DH7tjwn-Kc7-_jl…> Thanks Tito Dutta

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Wikigraphists Bootcamp Survey Reminder
by Krishna Chaitanya Velaga 22 Jan '18

22 Jan '18

Greetings, As it has already been notified about Wikigraphists Bootcamp in India, for training related to creation drawings, illustrations, diagrams, maps, graphs, bar charts etc. and to tune the images to meet the QI and FP criteria, *please fill the survey form at: * https://goo.gl/forms/JeyW7vDzGnYohdyv2*. *It'll help the organizers to assess the needs of the community, and plan accordingly. Please ignore if already done. For more information, please visit: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikigraphists_Bootcamp_(2018_India) Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga

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Fwd: Let's map capacities! (Announcing the CCM)
by Asaf Bartov 15 Jan '18

15 Jan '18

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Asaf Bartov <abartov(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 1:59 PM Subject: Let's map capacities! (Announcing the CCM) To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Dear Wikimedians, *How many Wikimedia communities have embraced advanced Wikidata use? How many have active social media accounts, and are there geographic or cultural patterns to which groups have and have not? Which groups have a written, current strategy? What are the most common gaps in capacity in Latin America? or in Eastern Europe? What kind of investment in capacity building would be likely to bring the most value?* To answer these questions and more, we invite all of you to participate in the new *Community Capacity Map (CCM)*: a *self-assessment exercise* for communities, groups (whether formally recognized user groups or not), thematic organizations, and chapters, to *map capacities* across the movement, with a view to identifying *existing gaps* as well as *opportunities for capacity-building*. The CCM is here on Meta: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Capacity_Map The context for this work, as well as "likely-asked questions, with answers" ("LAQ"?), are explained here, including an answer to "*why should I take the time to read all this?*" -- https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Capacity_Map/About (and also pasted at the bottom of this e-mail, for your convenience.) The self-assessment is to be done based on the detailed *Guidelines* provided here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Capacity_Map/Guidelines I am looking forward to learning more about your groups' and orgs' capacities and gaps, and to do my best to play matchmaker between those needs and our available resources and opportunities. While I encourage you to begin contributing straightaway, *there is no deadline *-- this is envisioned to be a long-term, ongoing, and tracked-over-time tool -- so contribute if and when your group is able to make the time. (don't forget to scroll down to the LAQ!) Warmly, Asaf Bartov Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities ========================================== Likely-asked questions, with answers this exists with working links and [modest] formatting here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Capacity_Map/About#Likely-asked_q… Why do this at all? The Community Resources team is doing this to attempt a more *comprehensive* view of capacities and gaps across the movement, to enhance our existing, anecdotal and ad-hoc, impressions of only some of the communities and affiliates. See the goal statement above. Why now? The CCM experiment is an implementation of one of the recommendations made at the conclusion of the Community Capacity Development pilot year <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Capacity_Development/Overall_pilo…> . Why should I spend the time to read through it or go through the self-assessment? There are a couple of reasons you may want to put in the time: First, by self-assessing your group/organization's capacities and gaps, you are giving WMF and other potential investors in community capacity a chance to provide your group/org with resources and opportunities to *build up* those capacities. Secondly, self-assessing according to the Guidelines page <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Capacity_Map/Guidelines> may be in itself a worthwhile exercise and discussion-starter for your group/org, pointing at potential areas for proactive work by *your org/group itself*, for example in your next annual plan. Finally, self-assessing (at least some) capacities today would enable you to review and re-assess in six months, or two years, and see how your group/org has developed (or not) in each of these aspects. So does WMF expect all groups and organizations to do this? No. This is an opportunity and a tool. Like all other tools, you are free to use it or not, and we certainly understand that it would take time and that you may have more pressing priorities in your group/org. We *hope* as many groups, organizations, and communities eventually take the time to self-assess, at least on some capacities, but it is not mandatory, and there would be no penalty for not participating. Would we have to provide self-assessments for *all* of the capacities? No. Feel free to self-assess on as many or as few capacities as you are able to, interested in, or find relevant. You can also add assessments gradually, as your group/org finds time to discuss and agree on assessments. Should I assess capacities in the context of my wiki community, my user-group/chapter, or what? It depends. It may make sense to do separate assessments, or just one. For example, while the English community has plenty of bot builders and technical experts, you may belong to a small community contributing in English in a country with little or no bot-building expertise, such as Wikimedians in Uganda. In this case, it would make sense to describe the capacities of the Ugandan group you're part of, and not of the whole English Wikipedia community. On the other hand, it is possible that there is a very high degree of overlap between the Estonian community's capacities and the Estonian chapter's capacities, and in that case, it may be most useful to assess just once, for the Estonian community *or* Wikimedia Estonia, or possibly once for the community for on-wiki capacities, and separately for Wikimedia Estonia only for the organizational and off-wiki capacities. See the Guidelines <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Capacity_Map/Guidelines> page for more details. Okay, and suppose we did put in the time and provided some assessments. What can we expect next? You can expect, at the very least, one program officer at Community Resources paying attention to your contribution, and possibly, depending on each specific capacity and assessment, that officer may have resources or opportunities to suggest to your community/group/org. *The more groups provide assessments, the better-informed WMF would be*, and the more likely it would be that *WMF could allocate resources and create training opportunities* for your group. Shared needs in a region would increase the likelihood of WMF acting even further, as it would allow economizing on the investment by training/supporting several groups/communities at once. Are you saying if X number of communities demonstrate need Y, WMF is *guaranteed* to allocate resources to fill that need? I'm afraid not. But it does make it *more likely*, in that it demonstrates the need, making it easier to argue for it in internal budgeting and allocation discussions, and to marshal internal WMF resources (such as borrowing the time of subject experts at WMF to conduct training or mentor groups). Okay, so how would WMF decide which communities to offer resources to? There's no simple deterministic algorithm, but WMF would prioritize emerging communities <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Engagement/Defining_Emerging_Comm…> over other communities, larger groups serving larger populations over smaller ones, and at least at first, would probably prioritize "low-hanging fruit" -- lower-cost/lower-risk investments, as we learn and improve this program's use of resources. Wouldn't the fact these are self-assessments mean we'd be comparing apples to oranges, given some groups would overestimate or underestimate their own capacities? No. We do understand there are some cultural tendencies (some cultures are more self-critical than others, or have rosier or more pessimistic views of future prospects and current capabilities). However, we think the fairly coarse granularity of the assessments (none/low/medium/high), coupled with *the Guidelines <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Capacity_Map/Guidelines>* for self-assessing, would lead most groups to make reasonably comparable assessments. Ultimately, these would remain subjective and unscientific assessments; but they would certainly at least indicate a group/org's *own* perception of their capacity. And before WMF (or others interested in investing in capacity building) make a decision to tackle a particular capacity with a particular community/group/org/region, we would be sure to take into consideration *all the relevant context* we have, i.e. not just the aggregate of the self-assessments in the CCM, but also all the accumulated experience, context, and history we are aware of at WMF, regarding that community/group/org/region. Okay, this may not be *the worst* idea ever to come from WMF We're glad you think so. :) What if none of this turns out the way you hope? Then we'll archive these pages and look for other ways to do effective capacity building. The CCM is an experiment, based on observed needs and an expectation that it would be useful. But we are ready to learn that it may not, and to change course if necessary. Let's give it a shot, though! What if I have another question? Use the talk page! :)

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Wikigraphists Bootcamp (2018 India)
by Krishna Chaitanya Velaga 14 Jan '18

14 Jan '18

Greetings, I am planning for Wikigraphists Bootcamp in India, please fill out the survey form to help the organizers. Your responses will help organizers understand what level of demand there is for the event (how many people in your community think it is important that the event happens). Survey form: https://goo.gl/forms/JeyW7vDzGnYohdyv2 To start with, English Wikipedia has a dedicated team of editors to work on computer generated images, illustrations, and maps. The platform is referred as the Graphics Lab <https://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Wikipedia:Graphics_Lab>, and the contributors are called Wikigraphists. Wikigraphists work to improve the quality of the images that have been proposed by the community. This involves work such as extracting key elements from photos, improving the color of images or emphasizing the main subject, stitching multiple images together and often vectorizing images — converting to Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG). They also create new drawings, diagrams and maps when requests are made to do so. The Graphics lab functions as Illustration workshop, Photography workshop, and Maps workshop, depending upon the type of request by a user. However, the use of SVG format, and other above mentioned graphic techniques are not seen much seen in practice among the Indian community. The plan is to organize a bootcamp for 3–4 days to train the participants on the above said. The workshop will emphasize on the "Graphics lab" of Wikipedia, and the technicalities and image parameters of Quality images (QI) and Featured pictures (FP), on Wikimedia Commons. At the end of the day, the participants will turn out to have knowledge to create drawings, illustrations, diagrams, maps, graphs, bar charts etc. and get to know to how to tune the images to meet the QI and FP criteria. Survey form: https://goo.gl/forms/JeyW7vDzGnYohdyv2 Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga

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