WikimediaIndia-l November 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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Wikimania tour of Rahul Desmukh
by Bodhisattwa Mandal 25 Mar '19

25 Mar '19

Hi, WMIN chapter president Rahul Deshmukh attended Wikimania 2018 in Cape Town without being selected for any type of scholarship. My question is why was he sent to the conference depriving other community members from India who were in the waiting list. He spoke in the informal chairpersons' meetup for few minutes. The meeting doesn't require president of the organization's presence, and already there were 2 EC member of WMIN present, who could have attended the meeting. To me, this is utter misuse of power and abuse of donation money. Thanks, Bodhisattwa

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Hindi Wikisource
by Yann Forget 13 Mar '19

13 Mar '19

Hi, Help needed here https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Language_committee#Hindi_Wikisource Best regards, Yann Forget

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[TWL Con - 2019 India] Call for Applications
by Krishna Chaitanya Velaga 19 Dec '18

19 Dec '18

Dear all, I am happy to announce that the applications for "TWL Con (2019 India)"[1], a mini-conference around The Wikipedia Library (TWL)[2] and library outreach for Wikimedia projects in India are now open. Due to limited time, we're not able to spare much time for responses, kindly accept my apologies. The application period is 19–25 November 2018. In brief about the event: TWL helps active editors access reliable sources to improve Wikipedia. Among several other programs, it also helps knowledge professionals share their collections with the public. TWLCon (2019 India) is an upcoming conference to increase awareness about TWL to Wikimedians in India and discuss strategising TWL activities in India. This event has been primarily designed to understand the needs and document the insights from experienced Wikimedians about libraries/sources (references) in India. More about the event may be referred from the event page. The application form is at: https://goo.gl/forms/NvwYttEeCFfl30rG3; last date 25 November 2018. The event is to be held in the first or second weeks of Jan 2019 (tentative); Venue will be informed later. The eligibility guidelines are applicable as mentioned here [3]. Kindly let me know if you have further questions. Thanks User:KCVelaga [1]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/TWLC19IN [2]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/TWLCon_(2019_India)#Eligibility_and_guideli… [3]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library

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Wikidata Advanced Training 2018, India 15 and 16 December
by Tito Dutta 03 Dec '18

03 Dec '18

{{Q|12068060}} {{Q|17297777}}** An advanced Wikidata training will take place on 15-16 December 2018 in Mumbai (most possibly). Asaf Bartov will be the primary trainer of this workshop. Background and objectives In India a few Wikidata trainings took place in recent years, notably User:Asaf (WMF)/2017 Technical trainings in India <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Asaf_(WMF)/2017_Technical_trainings_in…>. After this training of Asaf, we saw several Wikidata developments in India including the formation of WikiProject India, a few label-a-thons, and Indian Independence label-a-thon. Now, we are trying to take the Wikidata experience in India to the next level. The plan is: Wikimedians in India who are - actively working on Wikidata and - aware of basic Wikidata editing will attend the training to - learn more about advanced Wikidata editing - plan future Wikidata activities in India Please learn more about this workshop: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/Advanced_Wikidata_Training_2… The link above hopefully covers required details about the event, and, if you have questions, please let me know. Kindly spread the words to deserving Wikimedians. Footnote ** Q12068060 is "Hello" and "Q17297777" is "friend" on Wikidata :-) Thanks Tito Dutta

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Women's World Boxing Championship 2018
by Japleen Pasricha 01 Dec '18

01 Dec '18

Hello, I recently saw an email from Odia Wikimedia that they are organising month long editathons for Men's Hockey World Cup. This is a great initiative! And also gave me the idea to do something similar in November. As many of you may know Delhi <https://www.firstpost.com/sports/womens-world-boxing-championships-to-start…> will host the Women's World Boxing Championship from 15 - 24 November. Could we all hold online and offline events around this topic editing and creating pages of women boxers etc across several Indic languages. I will definitely organise one Wikipedia editathon in Delhi in November on this topic and would love if other people can join us and/or organise their own in their language communities. Tito/CIS, can we get some help for this? Let me know your thoughts. Best, Japleen -- Japleen Pasricha Feminist Activist Founder & Editor-in-chief of Feminism in India <http://feminisminindia.com/> Personal Blog <http://japleenpasricha.wordpress.com/>| Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/japleen.pasricha> | Twitter <https://twitter.com/japna_p>

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Last day to vote for Community wishlist survey-2019
by Yohann Thomas 29 Nov '18

29 Nov '18

Hello everyone Today is the last day to vote for the Community wish list survey. If you have not voted on them yet, please do vote by the end of the day - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist_Survey_2019 Regards, Yohann Thomas yohannvt(a)gmail.com

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Wikisource OCR tool
by Tito Dutta 29 Nov '18

29 Nov '18

Hello, We just completed Indic Wikisource consultation 2018, and one of the most important part of the consultation was the Wikisource tech needs-assessment We have got a few tools and scripts suggestion which Indic TechCom may work on. Meanwhile, please have a look at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Indic-TechCom/Tools/IndicOCR or the tool link directly https://tools.wmflabs.org/jayprakashbot/ This is a web OCR tool. Currently Google OCR does not support the following languages and it will help there 1. Malayalam Wikisource 2. Telugu Wikisource 3. Odiaa Wikisource 4. Gujarati Wikisource 5. Kannada Wikisource 6. Punjabi Wikisource I'll keep the list informed about further development. 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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IISc, Bangalore organizing Photography Contest in collaboration with WMIN
by Yohann Thomas 28 Nov '18

28 Nov '18

Hello one & all, Wikimedia India (WMIN) is partnering with IISc Bangalore to organise a Wikimedia commons based photography contest as a part of IISc’s annual science and cultural festival, Pravega 2019. To participate in this competition, you are required to upload your images on Wikimedia commons and submit image links on event portal on Pravega 2019 website. You can submit a maximum of five images. Pravega webpage: https://www.pravega.org/ Event page: https://www.pravega.org/events/wikimediaphotography/ Pravega Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/PravegaIISc/ The Last date to submit is December 10th, 2018. Please refer to the event page for more information. Regards, Yohann Thomas yohannvt(a)gmail.com

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Community Wishlist Survey- Tool for easy science editing using linked dictionary
by Dr. Manavpreet Kaur 23 Nov '18

23 Nov '18

Hi everyone, The community wishlist survey is on- https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist_Survey_2019 I have submitted a proposal regarding *Tool for easy science editing using a linked dictionary. * During WWWW, a lot of editors were having issues with finding appropriate medical terms in their native language as it is difficult and time-consuming. Also, the different terms are used in different languages for one subject matter, which leads to confusion. So, in order to facilitate the editors to create content and also to standardize the terminology being used, it will be better if we have some linked system of providing translated names (for the desired language) for the standard medical terms (in English)in a single command. I have proposed to run the pilot on one language and depending upon the outcome, it may later be provided to other languages. *The link to the proposal is- * *https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist_Survey_2019/Editing/Tool_for_easy_science_editing_using_linked_dictionary <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist_Survey_2019/Editing/Tool…>* If you feel the need is genuine and the tool might prove assistive in uncomplicated content writing, please support the proposal. Regards, Manavpreet Kaur

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