WikimediaIndia-l October 2019

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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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Wiki Loves Monuments 2019 in India winners declared
by Bodhisattwa Mandal 17 Feb '20

17 Feb '20

Hi all, We are happy to inform you that, we have declared top 10 winners of Wiki Loves Monuments 2019 in India here <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2019_in_Ind…>, as per the respected jury decision. The following list includes, the URLs, title of the images and the usernames of the uploaders. 1. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aguada_Fort_Top_View,_North_Goa.jpg - Aguada Fort Top View, North Goa.jpg - User:Rupeshsarkar 2. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Attractive_Red_wall_of_the_Junagarh… - Attractive Red wall of the Junagarh Fort.jpg - User:Sharvarism 3. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sidi_Saiyyed_Mosque_Ahmedabad_Gujar… - Sidi Saiyyed Mosque Ahmedabad Gujarat - Jali Work.jpg - User:Saket.lakhia 4. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rani_ki_vav_-_Patan_-_Gujarat_-_Wal… - Rani ki vav - Patan - Gujarat - Wall Decorations.jpg - User:Vijay B. Barot 5. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_wall_carving_near_Zenana_Mosque.j… - A wall carving near Zenana Mosque.jpg - User:IM3847 6. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Neela_Gumbad_Dome_From_Inside.jpg - Neela Gumbad Dome From Inside.jpg - User:Mohit Jhanjhotia 7. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sanchi_Stupa-_Sanchi-_Madhya_Prades… - Sanchi Stupa- Sanchi- Madhya Pradesh- East Gateway.jpg - User:Biswas purba 8. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rock_Cut_Sculpture,_Representing_Th… - Rock Cut Sculpture, Representing The Group Of Elephants, Monkey And Peacock - Mamallapuram - Tamilnadu.jpg - User:Sharathchandrapk 9. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Samania_Gate,_Patiala_03.jpg - Samania Gate, Patiala 03.jpg - User:Satdeep Gill 10. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RajaRaniTemple_Bhubaneswar_Odisha_1… - RajaRaniTemple Bhubaneswar Odisha 1.jpg - User:রবিরশ্মি রায় These 10 photographs have been sent for international competition, as per WLM procedure. Next step of sending these winners national prizes will be started very soon, with help from CIS-A2K. You can find winners from each participating countries here <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2019_winners>. Thanks to the photographers who have uploaded for the competition and the supporting contributors who have silently worked on image maintenance. Thanks to User:Sumitsurai for leading the organizing team and my incredible colleagues there, without whom, it would have not been possible to complete everything within deadline just like previous year. Heartiest thanks to the 3 jury members <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2019_in_Ind…>, for their fair and unbiased judgement, delivered within deadline. Regards, Bodhisattwa On behalf of WLM India 2019 organizing team

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Newbie biting in Kannada and Tulu Wikipedias
by Dhanalakshmi K. T. 02 Nov '19

02 Nov '19

Hi all, We are all aware of Newbie biting. One editor by User name Lokesha kunchadka <https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%A6%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AF…> who is indulging in Newbie biting in Kannada and Tulu Wikipedias from almost last 2-3 months. He was issued a warning by the admin in Kannada Wikipedia, link is here <https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%A6%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AF…> . I have been conducting Diversity Editathons from last 3 months. One of the major aims of these editathons is to bring more women editors. Before the new editor completes the article this person jumps in and adds templates to imply the article is not of good quality. The new editors, especially the women editors, are scared to continue editing because of this newbie biting. Apart from this I had written an article on 13th October 2019 with the template Under constriction for which he commented saying there is no such topic. I was planning to complete the article with reference to the title today. I would like to hear suggestions from experienced people on how do deal with this kind of situation. Regards, Dhanalakshmi K T

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5th InternationalConference on Software Engineering and Applications (SOFEA-2019) December 14-15, 2019, Chennai, India Announcements
by IJESA Journal 30 Oct '19

30 Oct '19

Dear all, Please Join us at SOFEA 2019.Mail your queries to conference secretary. 5th International Conference on Software Engineering and Applications (SOFEA-2019) *December 14-15, 2019, Chennai, India* *https://csen2019.org/sofea/index.html* <https://csen2019.org/sofea/index.html> *Scope & Topics* 5th International Conference on Software Engineering and Applications (SOFEA-2019) is a forum for presenting new advances and research results in the fields of Software Engineering and Applications. The conference will bring together leading researchers, engineers and scientists in the domain of interest from around the world in these areas. Authors are solicited to contribute to the conference by submitting articles that illustrate research results, projects, surveying works and industrial experiences that describe significant advances in the areas of Software Engineering and Applications. *Topics of interest* · Advances in Software Engineering · Knowledge-based Systems and Formal Methods · Languages and Formal Methods · Managing Software Projects · Multimedia and Visual Software Engineering · Quality Management · Search Engines and Information Retrieval · Software Engineering Decision Making · Software Engineering Practice · Software Maintenance and Testing · Software Process · Web Engineering · Web-based Education Systems and Learning Applications *Paper Submission* Authors are invited to submit papers through the Submission <https://csen2019.org/submission/index.php>system *Contact Us* Here’s where you can reach us : sofeaconfe(a)yahoo.com or sofea(a)csen2019.org Regards, Sudharsanam

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WAM 2019 and WWWW 2019 collaboration with Project Tiger 2019
by Suswetha Kolluru 28 Oct '19

28 Oct '19

Greetings! We have exciting news to share with you all. CIS-A2K is going to collaborate with WWWW 2019 and Wikipedia Asian Month 2019. Most of the Indic communities took part in these events in the previous iterations. Fortunately this year, all three contests are happening at the same time. Wikipedia Asian Month (WAM) is being held every year since 2015. Its agenda is to increase Asian content on Wikipedia. There is no requirement for selecting an article from the list provided. Any topic related to Asia can be chosen to write. This contest runs from 1 November till 30 November. For more rules and guidelines, you can follow the event page on Meta or local Wikis. WWWW (Wiki Women for Women Wellbeing) started in 2018 with an aim to increase content related to women's health issues on Indic language Wikipedias. WWWW 2019 will start from 1 November 2019 and will continue till 10 January 2020. A common list of articles will be provided to write on. Everyone is encouraged to participate in these contests. Articles created under any of these events can be submitted to the fountain tool of Project Tiger 2.0. Article creation rule will remain the same which is 300 words and 6,000 bytes for all languages except for Urdu which requires 3000 bytes. Happy editing :D Important links: https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Asian_Month_2019 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Women_for_Women_Wellbeing_2019 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Growing_Local_Language_Content_on_Wikipedia… -- *Best,* *Suswetha Kolluru*, *Project Tiger coordinator 2019*

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Wikidata Seventh Birthday data-thon (India) starts 31 October 2019
by Tito Dutta 28 Oct '19

28 Oct '19

Hello, A Wikidata data-thon (india) will be conducted between 31 October 2019 and 3 November 2019 to celebrate the Seventh Birthday of the project. Please have a look at the event page and please consider joining if you are interested: Event page: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_India/Events/Wikidata_Se… Add your name as a participant (and contribute): https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_India/Events/Wikidata_Se… Thanks Tito Dutta

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News from WikidataCon
by Bodhisattwa Mandal 26 Oct '19

26 Oct '19

Hi, I am happy to inform you all that Wikidata WikiProject India has won the Wikidata Award for Community Building this year. The award was declared during WikidataCon 2019 in Berlin. Thanks to the power users and regular contributors from all over India participating in the project in different ways, without whom this would have not been possible. Special thanks to Asaf, Mahir and Tito, who have played extremely crucial roles in development of this project. Link of the project - https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_India Regards, Bodhisattwa

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Project Tiger 2.0 - Hardware support update
by Suswetha Kolluru 23 Oct '19

23 Oct '19

Hello all, As you know, Google and Wikimedia Foundation collaborated to work on bridging the knowledge gap, and support the growth of Indic language Wikipedias through Project Tiger. The effort started in 2018, with the first Tiger pilot, and continues with running the current Tiger 2.0. As part of Project Tiger 1.0 pilot, 50 Chromebooks, and internet stipends, were given as support to experienced and deserving Wikimedians, in order to help eliminate any obstacles that editors may face due to technology or resources. As part of the community consultation carried out to evaluate the Tiger pilot, and to better inform the planning of Tiger 2.0, one community feedback was about Chromebooks and their usability, and the fact that using laptop machines, would have been a better option. As per community feedback, Chromebooks haven't been the most efficient or most familiar to communities, and so exploring the purchase of laptop devices has been considered, as an adaptation and localization, for Tiger 2.0. The India pilot consultation informed the decision of hardware support for Tiger 2.0 in India, and was also inspiring to focus on local community preferences and adaptations in different countries where the overall project GLOW <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Project_GLOW> is running. Hence this year, Wikimedians selected for support, (which was initially named Chromebook support) will get ACER laptops, to help them quickly start editing, instead of investing time, while onboarding a new device.We hope it will be more efficient for Wikipedians. Moving forward, we will get more effective feedback or suggestions from communities about important aspects. Communities’ responses are most important for growing a movement. As mentioned, different countries and communities running GLOW, are as well making their localized decisions about the best hardware support to provide to the community, so that GLOW support is more relevant. Our sincere apologies as the process is getting late but the hardware support will be provided soon.

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India Fundraising - October Pre-test
by Joseph Seddon 21 Oct '19

21 Oct '19

Hey all, Tomorrow on October 22, we will be running another brief three-hour test. Our work on improving our infrastructure is ongoing but we've made a number of technical fixes and improvements behind the scenes. During each test, we also aim to test content as we look to adapt our international messaging to India. As we move towards the campaign next year, we will be looking for ideas to test in our messaging so keep a lookout for future opportunities to give feedback. For tomorrows test: * If you need to report a bug or technical issue, please create a phabricator ticket [ https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/task/edit/form/1/?template=1188… ]. * If you see a donor on a talk page, OTRS or social media having difficulties in donating, please refer them to donate(a)wikimedia.org. * If you have specific ideas to share, please feel invited to add them to our fundraising ideas page [ https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising/2019-20_Fundraising_ideas]. Many Thanks Seddon

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IRC Log of WikiConference India 2020 Initial conversations
by Krishna Chaitanya Velaga 21 Oct '19

21 Oct '19

Hello everyone, Firstly, sorry for the late reminders yesterday. Both Pavan's and my emails about the reminder didn't get through, and there was a lag with the mailing list. The IRC conversation went well, at peak stage, 28 people attended the chat. The log can be seen on Meta-Wiki at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2020:_Initial_conversa… or WCommons (PDF) at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WCI_2020_Intial_Conversations_IRC_L… We will give you further updates soon. Thank you, Krishna Chaitanya PS: If you want to receive updates regarding WCI 2020, please add yourself to https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_message_delivery/Targets/WCI2020, also subscribe to WCI exclusive mailing list https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikiconference-india.

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