WikimediaIndia-l October 2020

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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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Indic Wikisource Proofreadthon II 2020
by Jayanta Nath 15 Nov '20

15 Nov '20

Hello Indic Wikisource proofreaders, We are very happy to announce that the Indic Wikisource Proofreadthon II 2020 [1] is starting from tomorrow and will continue up to 15 November. As this year, we are facing devastating effects of COVID-19, we urge you to stay inside your home to avoid exposure to the deadly virus. We are also expecting higher participation than previous contest We heartily welcome new Wikimedians from different parts of the country to work on restoring our literary heritage to digital era. Just like previous contest held on May 2020, we again promising to wrap up everything within the expected timeline after the competition ends and we are going to keep our promise again. :-) Welcome you all in the contest. Regards, Jayanta Nath 1) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Indic_Wikisource_Proofreadthon_2020

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Wiki of functions naming contest
by Nick Wilson (Quiddity) 11 Nov '20

11 Nov '20

Hello all, Please help pick a name for the new Wikimedia wiki project. This project will be a wiki where the community can work together on a library of functions.[1] The community can create new functions, read about them, discuss them, and share them. Some of these functions will be used to help create language-independent Wikipedia articles that can be displayed in any language, as part of the Abstract Wikipedia project. But functions will also be usable in many other situations. There will be two rounds of voting, each followed by legal review of candidates, with broad voting beginning on 29 September and 27 October. Our goal is to have a final project name selected on 8 December. If you would like to participate, then please learn more and vote now at meta-wiki: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Abstract_Wikipedia/Wiki_… Thank you. Nick / Quiddity [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia/Wiki_of_functions_naming… -- Nick "Quiddity" Wilson (he/him) Community Relations Specialist Wikimedia Foundation

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WIRED story about Wikipedia in India | Request
by Krishna Chaitanya Velaga 06 Nov '20

06 Nov '20

Hello everyone, A journalist from Wired <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wired_(magazine)>[1], Omer Benjakob reached out, as he is working on a story related to Wikipedia in India. He is interested in talking to a few editors working on Wikipedia specifically. The story is mostly related to on-Wiki content focused around disinformation and how political tensions pan out on Wikipedia, in the context of India. If anyone is interested, please email him directly at omerbj[at]gmail.com or send a direct message at https://www.facebook.com/omerbj/, before Saturday. Thank you, KC.

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New Wikipedia mobile app now available for KaiOS phones
by Runa Bhattacharjee 05 Nov '20

05 Nov '20

Hi everyone, There is now an additional way to browse Wikipedia in India! We are happy to confirm that the Wikipedia app is available on the top 3 mobile phone operating system platforms in India - Android, iOS and newly KaiOS, which is provided through Jiophones [1]. Jiophone users can download and install the Wikipedia app on the JioStore. This first release is focused on how to make it easier to read Wikipedia on a phone that does not have a touch screen. The platform supports over 100 languages for reading, and we appreciate that volunteers have fully translated the Wikipedia app user interface into five Indian languages so far: Bangla, Gujarati, Hindi, Odia, and Punjabi. The app will continue to have updates and reach more countries over time. If you (or someone you know) own a Jiophone, please give the app a try by downloading it from the JioStore. We would like to hear about your experience with it. Let us know about issues or bugs through the in-app feedback feature, through the project talk page [2], or through Phabricator [3]. To enable the app to reach readers in even more Indian languages, we would greatly appreciate additional translations of the user interface on Translatewiki.net [4]. To know more about the app and our work, and why we believe this project is so important to help us reach new users, you can see the main page for the app [5] and the Questions and Answers page [6]. We welcome your comments, suggestions, and feedback on the related talk page [2]. Lastly, please, do share this message on other venues of interest for community members in India. Kind regards, Angie Muigai, Lead Product Manager Runa Bhattacharjee, Engineering Director (on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation Inuka team[7]) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jio#JioPhone [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Wikipedia_for_KaiOS [3] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/task/edit/form/1/?tags=kaios-wi… [4] https://translatewiki.net/w/i.php?title=Special:MessageGroupStats&group=wik… [5] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikipedia_for_KaiOS [6] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikipedia_for_KaiOS/FAQ [7] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Inuka_team -- best regards, Runa Bhattacharjee (she/her) Director Engineering, Language and Inuka Wikimedia Foundation

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Reminder: call Friday October 30 @ 7:30pm IST
by Mehrdad Pourzaki 30 Oct '20

30 Oct '20

Hi everyone, I hope this email finds each and everyone of you well. This is a cordial reminder for the regional South Asia call <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/South_Asia_Movement_Strategy_Call> happening this *Friday October 30 at 19:30 IST. * The purpose for the call is to discuss how communities in South Asia and Indian Wikimedians can shape the future of our movement and be involved in implementing the Movement Strategy recommendations <https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/Wikimedia_Movement_Stra…>. Katherine Maher, the CEO and Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation, and Ryan Merkley, Chief of Staff and former CEO of Creative Commons, will both be present as special guests to say hello and to hear directly from you. Sunil Abraham will facilitate this community-led event. Many thanks to the excellent organizers. We look forward to welcoming you on Friday. In the meantime, please don't hesitate if you have any questions or comments. Regards, Mehrdad *Mehrdad Pourzaki* Community Relations and Communications Movement Strategy 2030.wikimedia.org *"By 2030, Wikimedia will become the essential infrastructure of the ecosystem of free knowledge, and anyone who shares our vision will be able to join us." *

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Wiki Loves Monuments 2020 in India winners
by Bodhisattwa Mandal 28 Oct '20

28 Oct '20

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Wikidata 8th birthday online datathon in India
by Jinoy Tom Jacob 25 Oct '20

25 Oct '20

Greetings to all, The celebration of the 8th birthday of Wikidata has already started and as part of it several events are currently happening online and offline across the world. As part of it, a 5 days long data-thon is planned to improve India-specific Wikidata Properties and celebrate Wikidata's Birthday by contributing to the free open data movement. The primary objective of this "data-thon" is to add / improve the usage of Wikidata Properties related to India in Wikidata. Currently there are 76 India-specific properties available in Wikidata. But most of the properties are used less in numbers in the statements. So this data-thon is organised to improve the usage of those properties in items and improve the structured data in Wikidata. We hope to encourage participation from other Wikidata communities. Please have a look at the event page[1] and please consider joining the editathon. Event Link - https://w.wiki/iUa Start time - October 25, 2020, 00:00 IST End time - October 29, 2020 23:59 IST Regards, *Jinoy* User:Gnoeee *Please don’t print this e-mail unless you really need to.Every 3000 sheets consume a tree. Conserve Trees for a better tomorrow!*

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Tanaji Halarnkar
by Frederick Noronha 20 Oct '20

20 Oct '20

Tanaji Halarnkar >From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanaji_Halarnkar#mw-head>Jump to search <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanaji_Halarnkar#searchInput> *Tanaji Halarnkar* (? – October 19, 2020) was a Konkani <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konkani> scholar, columnist and former editor of the *Konkani Encyclopedia* (Konknni Vishwakosh <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Konknni_Vishwakosh&action=edit&r…>). Halarnkar played a prominent role in the pro-Konkani <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konkani> language agitation in the Goa of the 1980s, and also in the wider movement for the promotion of the Konkani language in Goa and other parts of western coastal India <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India>.[1] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanaji_Halarnkar#cite_note-ToI-1> Contents - 1Contribution <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanaji_Halarnkar#Contribution> - 2Konkani *Vishwakosh* (Encyclopedia) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanaji_Halarnkar#Konkani_Vishwakosh_(Encyclop…> - 3Personal life <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanaji_Halarnkar#Personal_life> - 4Honours, achievements <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanaji_Halarnkar#Honours,_achievements> - 5References <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanaji_Halarnkar#References> Contribution[edit source <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tanaji_Halarnkar&section=1&veact…> ] Following his death in October 2020, the *Times of India* credited him with having spent "12 years of his life in [the] preparation of the Konkani encyclopedia".[1] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanaji_Halarnkar#cite_note-ToI-1> The Konkani Encyclopedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Konkani_Encyclopedia&action=edit…> was later donated to the public domain under a Creative Commons license by the Goa University <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goa_University>.[2] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanaji_Halarnkar#cite_note-Vishwakkosh-2> It was published in four volumes, and is now available online too. The *Times of India* commented: If he had to dedicate the same amount of time to his own writings, Halarnkar would have had several awards of the like of [the] Sahitya Akademi to boast of. However, he felt it was more important for the future of Konkani to create scientific, legal and technical terminology.[1] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanaji_Halarnkar#cite_note-ToI-1> Halarnkar also helped develop scientific and technical terminology in the Konkani language, a task undertaken by the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development's Administrative Terminology Commission.[1] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanaji_Halarnkar#cite_note-ToI-1> This was seen as particularly important after Konkani in the Devanagari script was granted official-language status in Goa and speedily needed to cope with the challenging demands of being used in the administration. Konkani *Vishwakosh* (Encyclopedia)[edit source <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tanaji_Halarnkar&section=2&veact…> ] Wikimedia notes that the *Konkani Vishwakosh* is a four-volume hard copy encyclopedia—totalling in all 3632 pages—that has been published by the Goa University <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goa_University>.[2] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanaji_Halarnkar#cite_note-Vishwakkosh-2> The work took some 14 years to complete.[2] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanaji_Halarnkar#cite_note-Vishwakkosh-2> It encompasses the world's information in a nutshell with special emphasis and detailed information on Goa, Konkani, Goan culture, folklore, history, geography etc. The encyclopedia is written in Konkani <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konkani>[2] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanaji_Halarnkar#cite_note-Vishwakkosh-2>. The *Vishwakosh* has served "as a primary source of information and one of the most important documented texts for a community of nearly 2.5 million Konkani speakers spread across India and worldwide".[2] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanaji_Halarnkar#cite_note-Vishwakkosh-2> It has also been used as the base for many articles in the Konkani Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konkani_Wikipedia>.[3] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanaji_Halarnkar#cite_note-V2-3> The Konkani *Vishwakosh* was initiated by the poet-laureate and former Goa University <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goa_University> professor ManoharRai SarDessai <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ManoharRai_SarDessai&action=edit…>. Following his passing, the initiative was lead by Tanaji Halarnkar. Goa University staff Ranjan Naik, Kalpana Naik, Kanchan Mordekar, Surekha Naik, Mukesh Thali and Shailendra Mehta also contributed to the compilation process of this encyclopedia.[3] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanaji_Halarnkar#cite_note-V2-3> Personal life[edit source <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tanaji_Halarnkar&section=3&veact…> ] He died on October 19, 2020 in Goa <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goa>, at the age of 77. Honours, achievements[edit source <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tanaji_Halarnkar&section=4&veact…> ] He was also the president of the twenty-third session (*adhiveshan*) of the All India Konkani Parishad <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_India_Konkani_Parishad> held in Mangalore <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangalore> in April 2002. References[edit source <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tanaji_Halarnkar&section=5&veact…> ] 1. ^ Jump up to:*a* <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanaji_Halarnkar#cite_ref-ToI_1-0> *b* <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanaji_Halarnkar#cite_ref-ToI_1-1> *c* <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanaji_Halarnkar#cite_ref-ToI_1-2> *d* <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanaji_Halarnkar#cite_ref-ToI_1-3> Oct 20, Gauree Malkarnekar / TNN /; 2020; Ist, 04:13. "Tanaji Halarnkar, man who dedicated 12 years to Konkani encyclopedia, dies at 77 | Goa News - Times of India" <https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/tanaji-halarnkar-man-who-dedic…> . *The Times of India*. Retrieved 2020-10-20. 2. ^ Jump up to:*a* <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanaji_Halarnkar#cite_ref-Vishwakkosh_2-0> *b* <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanaji_Halarnkar#cite_ref-Vishwakkosh_2-1> *c* <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanaji_Halarnkar#cite_ref-Vishwakkosh_2-2> *d* <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanaji_Halarnkar#cite_ref-Vishwakkosh_2-3> *e* <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanaji_Halarnkar#cite_ref-Vishwakkosh_2-4> T, Nitika; on (2013-11-27). "Konkani Vishkawosh encyclopedia released under free license" <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2013/11/26/konkani-vishkawosh-free-license/> . *Diff*. Retrieved 2020-10-20. 3. ^ Jump up to:*a* <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanaji_Halarnkar#cite_ref-V2_3-0> *b* <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanaji_Halarnkar#cite_ref-V2_3-1> "Konkani Wikipedia from Goa University in 6 months - Times of India" <https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/Konkani-Wikipedia-f…> . *The Times of India*. Retrieved 2020-10-20. [image: Stub icon] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Homeros_Naples_5113_copy_MFA_Munich.jpg> *This article about a Classical scholar is a stub <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Stub>. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tanaji_Halarnkar&action=edit>.*

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A2K: Programme Director update
by Tito Dutta 19 Oct '20

19 Oct '20

Hello, Hope this email finds you well and safe. Here is an update from the Access to Knowledge (A2K) team. Currently Mr. Amber Sinha is the Programme Director of the Access to Knowledge team for this programme year. He is also the the current executive director (ED) of the Centre for Internet and Internet and Society (CIS). Amber Sinha has been associated with CIS for a few years now. He is a free-knowledge enthusiast and eager to serve the Wikimedia movement in India. To know more about him please see: https://cis-india.org/about/people/cis-team-members#Amber%20Sinha and writings: https://cis-india.org/author/amber We wanted to send this email earlier, but this update is a little delayed for various reasons. Once on-ground Wiki-events resume he will be attending Wiki-events so that the community can talk to him in person. He can be reached at: amber(a)cis-india.org and on Meta-wiki with Wikimedia username: Amber (CIS-A2K). Regards, Tito Dutta Acceess to Knowledge tito(a)cis-india.org

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