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
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 All,
As part of the community review team to distribute laptops and internet
stipends under Project Tiger, we would like to bring to your attention the
following:
* Applications are closed for the support program now. We have received 271
applications so far. No more applications are being accepted now.
* You may continue to endorse the applications.Also, you should encourage
others to do so.
* The applications are under review by the community review team. We plan
to publish the list of recipients by 4th March, 2018.
* Shortlisted applicants will be contacted via their talk pages and email
address.
Feel free to reach out to any of us if you need help or clarification.
Please follow https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Supporting_Indian_
Language_Wikipedias_Program/Support for more details and updates.
Thanks,
Dhaval S. Vyas
Yohann Thomas
Manavpreet Kaur
Hi,
As part of the program for Supporting Indian language Wikipedias, we are
glad to announce an article writing contest to address the content gap that
exists online. This contest has a special focus to create articles that are
most sought out by users online but not yet present in Indian language
Wikipedias.
* Each month three individual prizes will be awarded to each participating
community based on their contribution for the month. The prizes will be
worth 3,000 INR, 2000 INR, and 1,000 INR respectively.
* At the end of the three-month-long contest, the community with the
maximum number of articles expanded or created will win a community prize.
This will be an exclusive 3-day capacity training event for the winning
community.
To learn more and coordinate the contest on behalf of your community,
please visit the contest portal page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Supporting_Indian_Language_Wikipedias_Progr…>
.
Regards,
Partnerships & Global Reach Team, Wikimedia Foundation
The Center for Internet and Society - Access to Knowledge
Wikimedia India &
Indian language Wikimedia communities and User Groups
--
Regional Manager, Strategic Partnerships, Asia & Eastern Europe
Wikimedia Foundation
Mobile: +91-9986993336
Skype: ravidreams(a)gmail.com
Hello one and all,
Second IRC discussion of 2018 will be conducted on 22 February 2018 at 8:00
pm Indian Standard Time.
Possible topics of discussions are but not limited to:
a) Wiki Technical Training hosted by CIS-A2K
b) Needs assessment and Focus Project Area (FPA) for for CIS-A2K APG
2018-2019
c) Project Tiger progress
d) Wikimedia Conference (India): India-level conference
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
Thanks
Tito Dutta
Hi everyone,
As many of you already know that on the International Mother Language Day
(21 February) we've started a national level Wikidata editing campaign on
content related to India. The campaign ends on Open Data Day (3 March), and
now we're half-way to it. So I just thought of sharing the progress with
the community.
Till date;
- 132 users signed up on the Participants page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IMLD-ODD_2018_Wikidata_India_Edit-a-thon/Pa…>
- 65 new items were created (Source: Program and Events Dashboard
<https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/>, as of 1:27 pm IST)
- 2.16K items were improved (Source: Program and Events Dashboard
<https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/>, as of 1:27 pm IST)
- 5.29K edits were made for the improvements.
- Events as a part of the campaign
- Completed
- A training session on Wikidata was conducted for 30 students at
VVIT, Guntur on 17 February 2018
- A training session on Wikidata was conducted for 25 students at
MANIT, Bhopal on 21 February 2018
- Upcoming
- Wikidata Edit-a-thon in Bhopal on National Science Day (28
February 2018)
- Wikidata Edit-a-thon *(for new users) *in Hyderabad on 2 March
2018, being co-organized along with Swecha Foundation
<http://swecha.org/>.
- Wikidata Edit-a-thon in Patiala on Open Data Day (3 March 2018),
being organized by Punjabi Wikimedians User Group
If you're interested in organizing an edit-a-thon on or before 3 March
2018, please let me know.
Regards,
Krishna Chaitanya Velaga
Hi All,
As part of the community review team to distribute laptops and internet
stipends under Project Tiger, we would like to bring to your attention the
following:
* The last date for applying to get laptop and internet support is 25th Feb
Sunday 11:59 PM IST. Please spread the word in your communities. Encourage
and help users who need this support to apply.
* There are many applications still in draft form. Please see if you know
some of those applicants. Help them to complete their applications.
* There are many applications without endorsements. Please do endorse
applicants you know. Please note that the number of endorsements doesn't
ensure if someone gets support. However, it will help the review committee
to understand the applicant's need and merit.
Feel free to reach out to any of us if you need help or clarification.
See https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Supporting_Indian_
Language_Wikipedias_Program/Support for more details.
Thanks,
Dhaval S. Vyas
Yohann Thomas
Manavpreet Kaur
Dear Wikimedians!
Please do take a moment to read about the recently announced Bassel Khartabil
Memorial Fund and Fellowship:
https://creativecommons.org/2018/02/07/bassel-post/
These two separate programs invite applications from free culture activists,
researchers, artists, and much more to help carry on the incredible work
Bassel was involved in. Projects ranging from $1,000 USD to $10,000 USD
will be considered for the Memorial Fund, and the Fellowship provides a
$50,000 USD stipend as well as funds for other, related expenses.
To know more about the Memorial Fund:
https://creativecommons.org/bassel-khartabil-memorial-fund
To know more about the Fellowship:
https://creativecommons.org/bassel-khartabil-fellowship
Wikimedians are encouraged to apply and to spread the word. The last date
for review of applications is March 24, 2018.
Thanks in advance!
--
*For*
Jay Walsh
Creative Commons
Regards,
Krishna Chaitanya Velaga
