WikimediaIndia-l September 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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Wiki of functions naming contest
by Nick Wilson (Quiddity) 10 Nov '20

10 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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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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Wiki Loves Monuments 2020 in India starts tomorrow
by Bodhisattwa Mandal 15 Oct '20

15 Oct '20

Hello Wikimedians, We are very happy to announce that the Wiki Loves Monuments 2020 in India is starting from tomorrow and will continue for the entire month of September. 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. You do not have to go outside of your safe zone to photograph monuments. We are completely okay if you can upload old photographs taken by you. Please be safe first! We are also expecting lesser participation than previous years due to the restriction of movement due to the pandemic. So, to increase awareness about the competition, we have created a promotional video at the last moment (special thanks to Ananya and Rahul) and boosted it on Facebook. Thanks to CIS-A2K for sponsoring the promotion part. You can find the video on Commons here - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2020_in_India_… and on Facebook here - https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1616065545227639 Regarding the list of monuments, it will grow even during the competition as the data entry is a continuous work for us throughout the year. We heartily welcome Wikimedians from different parts of the country to work on monuments protected by different local agencies and inform us in the event talk page. We will find ways together to include them in the master list. Just like previous years, 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 competition, Regards, Bodhisattwa (On behalf of WLM India organizing team)

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Mahatma Gandhi mini-edit-a-thon 2020
by Nitesh Gill 01 Oct '20

01 Oct '20

Hello, Greetings from CIS-A2K, hope this email finds you well. On 2 and 3 October during Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary, we are planning to conduct a wiki-event. This is an edit-a-thon on Mahatma Gandhi and his works and the event is not restricted to any particular project. Please see the event page here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi_2020_edit-a-thon If you are interested to contribute please participate. You may also share the news and ask others to participate. Thank You Nitesh

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Wikidata WikiProject India Newsletter #4
by Bodhisattwa Mandal 30 Sep '20

30 Sep '20

Hi all, You can find the 5th issue of the Wikidata WikiProject India quarterly newsletter here <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_India/Newsletter/2020_10…>, where you can get a quick overview of the Wikidata activities related to India which happened over the last 3 months. To get timely notification in your talk page, you can subscribe here. <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_message_delivery/Targets/Wikidata_In…> Regards, Bodhisattwa WIkidata Co-ordinator, CIS-A2K

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Follow-up: Wikimedia India Chapter De-Recognition
by Affiliations Committee 26 Sep '20

26 Sep '20

Dear Wikimedians, The chapter agreement recognizing Wikimedia India ended on September 14, 2019 -- officially ending the chapter's status as a recognized Wikimedia movement affiliate. In this email, we are providing background information and suggestions about how to participate in active organizations supporting Wikimedia in India. Furthermore, the purpose of this communication is to notify the Indian communities about the status of the former Wikimedia India Chapter and to share brief background information to clarify the timeline of communications with the former affiliate. It has come to the Affiliation Committee’s (AffCom) attention that the formerly-recognized chapter in India has continued to operate using the Wikimedia name and trademarks. Recognition as a Wikimedia movement affiliate -a chapter, thematic organization, or user group- is a privilege that allows an independent group to officially use the Wikimedia trademarks to further the Wikimedia mission. While most affiliates adhere to the basic compliance standards set forth in their agreements with the Wikimedia Foundation, a protocol exists to address the exceptional cases when a Wikimedia affiliate fails to maintain the specified compliance standards and its continued recognition as a Wikimedia affiliate presents a risk to the Wikimedia movement [1]. On November 10, 2018, Wikimedia India was notified of its suspension as a Wikimedia affiliate due to long-standing non-compliance with reporting requirements. Along with the notice, the chapter was provided with an explicit list of tasks and deadlines as action items to return to compliance with its chapter agreement. The chapter could not manage, or failed, to take the corrective actions by the deadline of May 30, 2019, and was consequently notified in June that it would no longer be recognized as a Wikimedia chapter after the termination of their Chapter Agreement on September 14, 2019. Even though Wikimedia India is presently not a Wikimedia affiliated group, they are still obligated to abide by the guidelines and permitted trademark usage policy. For that reason, we once again ask that the group immediately ceases to use the Wikipedia trademarks while not an officially recognized Wikimedia affiliate organization. October 7, 2019, following some back and forth on the chapter’s meta talk page about specific criteria [2], the committee communicated via email to the Executive Committee to reaffirm that the September revocation was final and to remind the former chapter of required next steps for ending all use of “Wikimedia” wordmark, the Wikimedia logo, or any other Wikimedia trademarks as an organization. If you have questions about what this means for community members in the affected affiliates’ regions or languages, we have put together a very basic FAQ [3]. Feel free to ask additional questions on the Wikimedia India meta talk page [2]. For a list of affiliates and their compliance status, please consult the affiliate status page on Meta [4]; there is also a page linked from there that lists formerly-active affiliates. The Wikimedia Foundation remains committed to supporting volunteer editors, contributors, readers, and donors across India. We recognize that Wikimedia has a very engaged and growing community in India who together have created a significant and lasting impact within our global movement. We continue to support Indian community user groups who lead meet-ups, contests, and other local events. Wikimedia India was not the sole representative of the movement in India, and there are many other new and existing affiliates in the region. AffCom stands ready to support the remaining affiliate members and Indic communities in their continuing efforts to collaboratively grow the affiliate infrastructure of the movement in India. We are deeply grateful for the efforts of Indic communities to support Wikimedia’s free knowledge mission and we look forward to continuing this work together. Regards, AffCom [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_movement_affiliates/Protocol_for_… [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_India [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Wikimedia_India/FAQ [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_movement_affiliates/Affiliates_St…

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Wikidata 8th birthday events in India
by Bodhisattwa Mandal 15 Sep '20

15 Sep '20

Hello everyone, I am happy to inform you all that we are organizing a series of events on the occasion of the 8th birthday of Wikidata <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eighth_Birthday> on behalf of Wikidata WikiProject India <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_India> in the form of webinars, datathon and merchandise distribution. *Details of the events* can be found here - https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eighth_Birthday/India 1) *Webinars* - 3 sessions on 3 very interesting topics will be conducted as follows. The sessions will be open for all. 1. October 11 2020, 6 pm IST <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1602419427>:- Jane Darnell <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Jane023> will talk about Sum of all Paintings <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:SOAP>, describe and demonstrate the workflow on improving data about paintings on Wikidata. A data-thon on Indian paintings will follow for the next 16 days (See 2.1 below). 2. October 17 2020, 7 pm IST <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1602941421>:- Denny Vrandecic <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:DVrandecic_(WMF)> will be introducing the newest sister project of the Wikimedia universe, the Abstract Wikipedia and WikiLambda <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia> to the Indian community and how as a community, we need to be prepared for this upcoming exciting and ambitious project. 3. October 18 2020, 7 pm IST <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1603027843>:- Mahir Morshed <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Mahir256> will conduct a session on the Wikidata Lexeme <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Lexemes>. He will explain the importance of lexicographical data and demonstrate the workflow. 2) *Datathon* - - *October 12 to October 28, 2020*:- A 16-days long online datathon <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eighth_Birthday/India/Datathon/Sum_o…> will be conducted on Indian paintings. The output of the datathon will be given as a birthday gift <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eighth_Birthday/Presents> to WIkidata on October 29. 3) *Merchandise distribution*- - During the month of October, CIS-A2K <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K> will be sending Wikidata special merchandise to *Indian affiliates and communities* upon request as well as *active contributors* of Wikidata *residing in India*. - Details on how to request merchandise can be found here in *this link* - https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eighth_Birthday/India#Merchandise - Please note, due to COVID-19 pandemic or postal delay, merchandise might arrive late despite best efforts from CIS-A2K officials. The above mentioned activities are already finalised. If any of the Indian communities or affiliates are planning activities on the occasion of Wikidata's 8th birthday, please feel free to enlist them here <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eighth_Birthday/India>. Regards, Bodhisattwa Wikidata Co-ordinator, CIS-A2K

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Fwd: Wikimedia Clinic #009 digest (Abstract Wikipedia); #010 today at 13:00 UTC
by Asaf Bartov 15 Sep '20

15 Sep '20

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Asaf Bartov <abartov(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2020, 11:37 Subject: Wikimedia Clinic #009 digest (Abstract Wikipedia); #010 today at 13:00 UTC To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Dear Wikimedians, I have posted the digest for Wikimedia Clinic #009. [1] The topics discussed were: * Abstract Wikipedia * Translation of modules * Feedback on Abstract Wikipedia in various existing communities I encourage those of you interested in any of the above topics to read the digest. [1] Today (Sep 15th) at 13:00 UTC we will be hosting Wikimedia Clinic #010, with the scheduled segment again being Denny Vrandečić introducing Abstract Wikipedia (this time in an Asia-friendly time zone). As always, beyond this scheduled segment, there will be time to bring up any Wikimedia-related questions or topics other call attendees are interested in. The link to the call is: https://meet.google.com/dsd-rypz-xjf Cheers, A. [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinics/009 Asaf Bartov (he/him/his) Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! https://donate.wikimedia.org

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Fwd: Create Searchable Tamil PDF using PDF/A in libreoffice writer
by Shrinivasan T 10 Sep '20

10 Sep '20

---------- Forwarded message --------- அனுப்புநர்: Shrinivasan T <tshrinivasan(a)gmail.com> Date: வியா., 10 செப்., 2020, முற்பகல் 9:13 Subject: Create Searchable Tamil PDF using PDF/A in libreoffice writer To: <ilugc(a)freelists.org> Creating searchable Tamil PDF is a long time dream for Tamil People. For so many reasons like PDF standards, Unicode Issues with Tamil, Issues with rendering engines, etc, we could not copy/paste any tamil content from PDF files. We have a issue for this here https://github.com/KaniyamFoundation/ProjectIdeas/issues/78 Today morning, I was reading this issue and explored about PDF files. Found a PDF/A standard. It promised to give Unicode support. Is it means a PDF/A file in Tamil is searchable? YES. YES. YES. Tested this using Libreoffice Writer and yeah. It works. I can copy the tamil text as it is and even do a search within the PDF. Here is a demo video on this in Tamil. https://youtu.be/Ug7UM_da7m8 Read more about it here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDF/A https://www.pdf-tools.com/pdf20/en/resources/pdf-iso-standards/10-most-impo… https://www.pdfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/PDFA_in_a_Nutshell_211.pdf -- Regards, T.Shrinivasan My Life with GNU/Linux : http://goinggnu.wordpress.com Free E-Magazine on Free Open Source Software in Tamil : http://kaniyam.com Get Free Tamil Ebooks for Android, iOS, Kindle, Computer : http://FreeTamilEbooks.com

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