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Wikipedia quoted in Indian Supreme court case
by CherianTinu Abraham 25 Oct '10

25 Oct '10

More stories on this Times of India : " Can Wikipedia be the basis of SC ruling? " http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Can-Wikipedia-be-the-basis-of-SC-r… Outlook India blog : http://blogs.outlookindia.com/default.aspx?ddm=10&pid=2358&eid=5 Thanks Tinu Cherian On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 4:20 PM, Anirudh Bhati <anirudhsbh(a)gmail.com> wrote: Hi, The judgment can be accessed here.[1] Please refer to para 33. There have been over 50 instances in the past where the courts of India (including the Supreme Court and High Courts) have cited Wikipedia in their judgments.[2] The Supreme Court of India has commented on Wikipedia as a source of information[3]: "Wikipedia, like all other external aids to construction, like dictionaries etc, is not an authentic source, although the same may be looked at for the purpose of gathering information. Where an express statutory definition of a word exists, a Wiki definition cannot be preferred. It cannot normally be used for the purpose of interpreting a taxing statute or classification of a product vis-a-vis an entry in statute. However, as a source of authority, Wikipedia is frequently cited by judges around the world. This is not restricted to India alone. The New York Times reports that beginning in 2004, more than 100 opinion in the States have cited Wikipedia, including 13 from federal appeals courts. Is this a good thing? There's a split of authority." As for the use of Wikipedia links and summaries in courts, this practice is not exclusive to India. US judges have been citing Wikipedia in their orders and judgements all over including up to the level of the Federal Circuit Courts.[4] Mention in liveMINT: Wikipedia Justice[5] Status on WORLD DOMINATION? Almost there. :) Anirudh Bhati 00 91 9328712208 Skype: anirudhsbh [1] http://indiankanoon.org/doc/1521881/ [2] http://www.indiankanoon.org/search/?formInput=wikipedia%20doctypes:%20judgm… [3] Supreme Court judgement in M/s Ponds India Ltd. vs Commissioner of Trade Tax (2008) http://www.indiankanoon.org/doc/1358324/ [4] http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/29/technology/29wikipedia.html [5] http://www.livemint.com/2010/10/22225322/Quick-Edit--Wikipedia-justice.html… On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 2:39 PM, Arun Ram <arunram25(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Dear all, The following media reports of wikipedia being quoted a recent Indian Supreme court case may be of interest to some of you. Supreme court Judge Justice Markandey Katju referred to some of the common tenets of the *Common Law Marriage*<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common-law_marriage> - quoting from a Wikipedia entry. The judgement turned controversial with the only woman Additional Solicitor-General attached to the Supreme Court, Indira Jaising, taking exception to the use of certain words to refer to women in the Supreme Court judgment. Links to media stories: http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article843120.ece http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/soutikbiswas/2010/10/indias_changin… References: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markandey_Katju http://www.supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/bio/sitting/mkatju.htm This is FYI. regards Arun > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > foundation-l mailing list > > foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > >

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Mumbai Meet up in the attendance of Jimmy Wales, Co-founder of Wikipedia
by Kundan Amitabh 22 Oct '10

22 Oct '10

Hi ! A Meet up has been organised on 31st Oct., 2010 at Mumbai. Alongwith others Jimmy Wales, Co-founder of Wikipedia will be attending the meet up. For details please visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Mumbai/Mumbai3<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Mumbai/Mumbai1> All are invited to attend. -- Best Regards. Kundan Amitabh Ang India Technologies, www.angindia.org CH-2/52, Kendriya Vihar, Sector-11, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai, Mumbai-410210, INDIA ====================== 9320255450 / 9869478444 ====================== "Let's Keep Our World Green for Our Children's Future! Please don't print this email unless it's really necessary"

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3 more Malayalam Wikipedia WikiAcademies this month - Kannur , Kottayam & Kasaragod
by CherianTinu Abraham 22 Oct '10

22 Oct '10

Hi, Achal Prabhala had once casually but rightly asked , Are Malayalam Wikipedians "on steroids" ? I think I will have to agree with his remarks :) After the success of 5 Malayalam Wikiacademy this year, 3 more are planned for this month of October alone. The 5th WikiAcademy was held at Kozhikode (Calicut) on Oct 10, 2010. http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Calicut_wikipedia_Academy_1 This Wikipedia workshop was attended by over 76 Wiki enthusiasts. The upcoming Wikiacademies on this month of October are 6) Kannur ( Oct 30, 2010) http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Kannur_wikipedia_Academy_1 Venue : S.S.A Hall, Municipal Higher Secondary School, Kannur. 7) Kottayam ( Oct 30, 2010) http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Kottayam_wikipedia_Academy_1 Venue : Baker Memorial HSS Kottayam Auditorium 8) Kasaragod ( Oct 31, 2010) http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Kasargod_wikipedia_Academy_1 Venue :District Resource centre IT@School Project Kasaragod (DRC Kasaragod),Near Govt Guest House Kasaragod This will cover 6 of 14 districts of Kerala state. There are plans for Wiki Academies for the rest of the districts in the coming months. AFAIK, at least 3 more are in pipeline in November. Hearty congratulations & Best wishes for all the Wikipedians behind this hard work. Regards Tinu Cherian

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Wikipedia Wikimeetup @ Chennai
by CherianTinu Abraham 21 Oct '10

21 Oct '10

It has been a long time since Wikicamp 2007 Chennai... Planning for a Wikipedia Wikimeetup @ Chennai , possibly next month. Need volunteers. If you are interested , please send a personal mail to me . Regards Tinu Cherian

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Fw: [Wikipedia-l] International Forum on Access to Culture and Knowledge in the Digital Era: Barcelona 28 -31 October 2010
by BalaSundaraRaman 21 Oct '10

21 Oct '10

----- Forwarded Message ---- > From: Mayo FM <lalilaroja(a)gmail.com> > To: Wikipedia mailing list <wikipedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Sent: Thu, October 21, 2010 4:55:39 PM > Subject: [Wikipedia-l] International Forum on Access to Culture and Knowledge >in the Digital Era: Barcelona 28 -31 October 2010 > > (English, Català, Castellano) > > ENGLISH > > Yes, oXcars (The biggest free/libre event ever) and International Forum on > Access to Culture and Knowledge in the Digital Era – Organization and > Action(FCForum) are back at Barcelona & online! > > 28 -31 October 2010: >http://www.fcforum.net/10<http://service.gmx.net/de/cgi/derefer?TYPE=3&DEST=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fcforum.…> >> > > Video trailer: >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiNJrkDa2gw<http://service.gmx.net/de/cgi/derefer?TYPE=3&DEST=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.…> > > > Artists, cultural creators, researchers and knowledge creators from all the > spheres of national and international culture participate in a full surprise > gala for demanding that culture stop being a merchandise of the cultural > copyright industries lobbies. In the name of the “artists” they put > obstacles on our access to knowledge even though artist don’t support them. > The civil society reclaim the lost profit to all knowledge that is being > retained and steal from the public use in the name of private benefits. We > don’t want to nurture generations of cultural parasites, we want a cultural > field, alive and productive. > > October 28th, 21ºº hrs.- Sala Apolo, Nou de la Rambla, 113, Barcelona Metro: > Paral.lel > > And, then… The FCForum 2010 > > Citizens will continue to work on the task of conceiving a digital era that > is sustainable and benefits everybody. The oXcars will be followed by the > 3-day FCForum, the 2nd International Forum on Access to Culture and > Knowledge in the Digital Era, which is organised by EXGAE together with the > international FCForum platform, in collaboration with Arts Santa Mònica. > > The FCForum 2010 will assemble the main organisations and active voices in > the world of Culture, free/libre knowledge and the new forms of cultural > production and distribution. > > The FCForum is a open space to all citizens, to everybody who is seriously > working towards achieving a legal and economically sustainable future. For > citizens, researchers and for artists. > > Check out the programe: >http://2010.fcforum.net/program/<http://service.gmx.net/de/cgi/derefer?TYPE=3&DEST=http%3A%2F%2F2010.fcforum…> >> > > See you there! > > How to join the Fcforum online? > OXCARS 2010: >http://oxcars10.exgae.net/en/<http://service.gmx.net/de/cgi/derefer?TYPE=3&DEST=http%3A%2F%2Foxcars10.exg…> > > FCForum 2010: >http://2010.fcforum.net/en<http://service.gmx.net/de/cgi/derefer?TYPE=3&DEST=http%3A%2F%2F2010.fcforum…> > > Contact: contact[a]exgae.net > > Live streaming: > oXcars: >http://oxcars10.exgae.net/en/live/<http://service.gmx.net/de/cgi/derefer?TYPE=3&DEST=http%3A%2F%2Foxcars10.exg…> > > Fcforum: >http://2010.fcforum.net/live/<http://service.gmx.net/de/cgi/derefer?TYPE=3&DEST=http%3A%2F%2F2010.fcforum…> > > > Microblogging: > Identi.ca at @fcforum > Twitter at @fcforum_net >http://twitter.com/exgae<http://service.gmx.net/de/cgi/derefer?TYPE=3&DEST=http%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%…> >> >Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/FcForum?ref=ts<http://service.gmx.net/de/cgi/derefer?TYPE=3&DEST=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook…> >> > > CATALA > > Sí, Tornen els Oxcars (el major esdeveniment de cultura lliure de tots els > temps) i el Fòrum internacional d’accés a la cultura i al coneixement en > l’era digital – Organització i Acció 2010 (FCFòrum)! > > Oxcars: 28 d’Octubre, 21ºº h – Sala Apolo, Nou de la Rambla, 113 Barcelona > Metro: Paral.lel > > Fcforum: 28 -31 d'Octubre, >http://www.fcforum.net/10<http://service.gmx.net/de/cgi/derefer?TYPE=3&DEST=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fcforum.…> >> > > Com cada any – i aquest any més que mai – EXGAE convida tothom a participar > en la 3ª edició dels oXcars, el major esdeveniment de cultura lliure de tots > els temps, en col·laboració amb Conservas i Telenoika, també membres > d’EXGAE, i, aquest any, amb l’ajuda de Red SOStenible i les xarxes socials, > com no! > > Artistes de tots els àmbit de la cultura nacional i internacional participen > en una gala plena de sorpreses per demanar que la cultura deixi de ser una > mercaderia en mans dels lobbies de les indústries. En nom dels “artistes”, > es posen traves al nostre accés al coneixement, però els artistes no els > donen suport. La societat civil reclama el lucre cessant de tot el > coneixement que s’està retenint i sostraient a l’ús públic en nom de > beneficis privats. No volem cultivar generacions de paràsits culturals, > volem un territori cultural viu i productiu. > > Artistes com l’escriptor José Luis Sampedro, membre de la RAE, l´escriptora > Belén Gopegui, el cèlebre gastrobloguer Txaber Allué, a més a més d’At > Versaris; Kate Madison; Akram Khan; Reactable; Ploomba; Koulomek i altres > sorpreses que no anem a contar-vos, com l’aparició eXtel·lar de Pinkertones > brillaran en aquesta edició. > > > 28 d’Octubre, 21ºº h – Sala Apolo, Nou de la Rambla, 113 Metro: Paral.lel > > Ja a la venda el bonus d’ajuda per als oXcars Venda online (3,55€): >http://www.codetickets.com/sala-apolo/es/sala-apolo.com/566/<http://service.gmx.net/de/cgi/derefer?TYPE=3&DEST=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.codetick…>Venda >a > en mà (3 euros): Carrer Sant Pau 58 Baixos – Barcelona – De dilluns a > divendres de 10h a14h i de 17h a 20h – tel 933020630 > > Y, a continuació…Fcfòrum 2010 > > Des de la ciutadania continuarem treballant per plantejar junts una era > digital sostenible i profitosa per tots. Després dels oXcars comencen els > tres dies de l’FCFòrum, el Fòrum internacional d’accés a la cultura i al > coneixement en l’era digital en la seva segona edició – que EXGAE realitza > conjuntament amb la plataforma internacional FcFòrum i en col·laboració amb > Arts Santa Mònica. > > L’FcFòrum 2010 té com títol aquest any “Nous models de sostenibilitat en > l’era digital” i congregarà les principals organitzacions i veus actives en > el món de la cultura, el coneixement lliure i les noves formes de producció > i distribució de la cultura. > > Entre els més de 50 participants voldríem destacar el treball de Johanna > Blakley, investigadora sobre la cultura de l’entreteniment, qui sosté la > tesi que l’èxit de la indústria de la moda radique en l’absència de > propietat intel·lectual. > > Vindran destacables exemples de Nous Empresaris Culturals, com els > estatunidencs // Nordamericans dels EUA// Kickstarter, els quals operen > sobre un model de negoci basat en ser facilitadors entre l’artista, els fans > i els productors. El seu recent prodigi comercial: aconseguir 30.000 dòlars > en tres dies per a la producció del documental sobre el llegendari portal de > descàrregues The Pirate Bay. > > A més, comptarem amb els creadors originals de The Pirate Bay: Magnus > Eriksson i Peter Sunde, el qual ha creat Flattr.com, una empresa de > microcrèdits per descarregar continguts com un pot de propines en > l’Internet. > > Estaran presents també els alemanys de Freibank, els quals després de > l’experiència del mític grup Einstürzende Neubauten, muntaren una > cooperativa de distribució dels drets d’autor. > > Comptarem amb Peter Jenner, cèlebre manager de Pink Floyd, qui ha > representat també a artistes com T Rex, Ian Dury, Roy Harper i The Clash. > > L’FcFórum és un espai obert a tota la ciutadania, a tots els agents els > quals s’estan platejant seriosament un futur legal i econòmicament > sostenible. Tant per ciutadans, com per artistes. > > Ens veiem allà! > > Tota la informació i com participar des de la xarxa: > > OXCARS 2010: >http://oxcars10.exgae.net/ca<http://service.gmx.net/de/cgi/derefer?TYPE=3&DEST=http%3A%2F%2Foxcars10.exg…> > > FCForum 2010: >http://2010.fcforum.net/ca/<http://service.gmx.net/de/cgi/derefer?TYPE=3&DEST=http%3A%2F%2F2010.fcforum…> > > Contacte: contact[a]exgae.net > > Retransmisió en viu: > oXcars: >http://oxcars10.exgae.net/en/live/<http://service.gmx.net/de/cgi/derefer?TYPE=3&DEST=http%3A%2F%2Foxcars10.exg…> > > Fcforum: >http://2010.fcforum.net/live/<http://service.gmx.net/de/cgi/derefer?TYPE=3&DEST=http%3A%2F%2F2010.fcforum…> > > > Microblogging: > Identi.ca at @fcforum > Twitter at @fcforum_net >http://twitter.com/exgae<http://service.gmx.net/de/cgi/derefer?TYPE=3&DEST=http%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%…> >> >Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/FcForum?ref=ts<http://service.gmx.net/de/cgi/derefer?TYPE=3&DEST=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook…> >> > > > CASTELLANO > > Sí, ¡Vuelven la Gran Gala de los oXcars y el FCForum: Foro Internacional de > Acceso a la Cultura y el Conocimiento en la Era Digital – Organización y > Acción 2010 (FCForum)! > > Como cada año – y este año más que nunca – EXGAE invita a todo el mundo a > participar en la 3ª edición de los oXcars, el mayor evento de cultura libre > de todos los tiempos, en colaboración con Conservas y Telenoika, también > miembros de EXGAE, y, este año, con la ayuda de Red SOStenible y de las > redes sociales ¡Cómo no!. > > Artistas de todos los ámbitos de la cultura nacional e internacional > participan en una gala llena de sorpresas para pedir que la cultura deje de > ser una mercancía en manos de los lobbies de las industrias culturales. En > nombre de los “artistas”, se ponen trabas a nuestro acceso al conocimiento, > pero los artistas no las respaldan. La sociedad civil reclama el lucro > cesante de todo el conocimiento que se esta reteniendo y sustrayendo al uso > público en nombre de beneficios privados. No queremos cultivar generaciones > de parásitos culturales, queremos un territorio cultural vivo y productivo. > > Artistas como el escritor José Luis Sampedro, miembro de la RAE, la > escritora Belén Gopegui, el célebre gastrobloguer Txaber Allué, además de > At Versaris; Kate Madison; Akram Khan; Reactable; Ploomba; Koulomek y otras > sorpresas que no os vamos a contar como la aparición eXtelar de Pinkertones > brillarán en esta edición. > > 28 de Octubre, 21ºº hrs.- Sala Apolo, Nou de la Rambla, 113, Barcelona. > Metro: Paral.lel > > Ya a la venta el bono de ayuda para los oXCARs (3,55€) > > Venta online: >http://www.codetickets.com/sala-apolo/es/sala-apolo.com/566/<http://service.gmx.net/de/cgi/derefer?TYPE=3&DEST=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.codetick…> > > Venta en mano (3 euros): Calle Sant Pau 58 Bajos – Barcelona – De lunes a > viernes de 10h a 14h y de 17h a 20h – tel 933020630 > > Y, a continuación… FCForum 2010 > > Desde la ciudadanía seguiremos trabajando para plantear juntos una era > digital sostenible y provechosa para todos. Después de los oXcars comienzan > los tres días del FCForum, el Foro Internacional de Acceso a la Cultura y el > Conocimiento en la Era Digital en su segunda edición, que EXGAE realiza > conjuntamente con la plataforma internacional FCForum y en colaboración con > Arts Santa Mònica. > > El FCforum 2010 tiene como título este año “Nuevos modelos de sostenibilidad > en la era digital” y congregará las principales organizaciones y voces > activas en el mundo de la cultura, del conocimiento libre y de las nuevas > formas de producción y distribución de la cultura. > > De entre los más de 50 participantes querríamos destacar el trabajo de > Johanna Blakley, investigadora sobre la cultura del entretenimiento, quien > abraza la tesis de que el éxito de la industria de la moda radica en la > ausencia de propiedad intelectual. > > Vendrán notables ejemplos de Nuevos Empresarios Culturales, como los > americanos Kickstarter, cuyo modelo de negocios se basa en ser facilitadores > entre el artista, sus fans y los productores. Su prodigio comercial más > reciente: conseguir 30.000 dólares en tres días para la producción del > documental sobre el legendario portal de descargas The Pirate Bay. > > Además contaremos con los creadores originales de The Pirate Bay: Magnus > Eriksson y Peter Sunde, quien ha creado Flattr.com, una empresa de > microcréditos para descargar contenidos que funciona como un bote de > propinas en internet. > > Estarán presentes también, los alemanes de Freibank, que tras la experiencia > del mítico grupo Einstürzende Neubauten, montaron una cooperativa de > distribución de los derechos de autor. > > Contaremos con la presencia de Peter Jenner, célebre manager de Pink Floyd > que ha representado también a artistas como T Rex, Ian Dury, Roy Harper y > The Clash. > > El FCForum es un espacio abierto a toda la ciudadanía, a todos los agentes > que seriamente se están planteando un futuro legal y económicamente > sostenible. Tanto para ciudadanos como artistas. > > Nos vemos allí! > > Toda la información y como participar desde la red: > OXCARS 2010: >http://oxcars10.exgae.net/<http://service.gmx.net/de/cgi/derefer?TYPE=3&DEST=http%3A%2F%2Foxcars10.exg…> > > FCForum 2010: >http://2010.fcforum.net/es/<http://service.gmx.net/de/cgi/derefer?TYPE=3&DEST=http%3A%2F%2F2010.fcforum…> > > Contacto: contact[a]exgae.net > > Retransmisión en vivo: > oXcars: >http://oxcars10.exgae.net/en/live/<http://service.gmx.net/de/cgi/derefer?TYPE=3&DEST=http%3A%2F%2Foxcars10.exg…> > > Fcforum: >http://2010.fcforum.net/live/<http://service.gmx.net/de/cgi/derefer?TYPE=3&DEST=http%3A%2F%2F2010.fcforum…> > > > Microblogging: > Identi.ca at @fcforum > Twitter at @fcforum_net >http://twitter.com/exgae<http://service.gmx.net/de/cgi/derefer?TYPE=3&DEST=http%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%…> >> >Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/FcForum?ref=ts<http://service.gmx.net/de/cgi/derefer?TYPE=3&DEST=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook…> >> > > > «·´`·.(*·.¸(`·.¸ ¸.·´)¸.·*).·´`·» > «·´¨*·¸¸« Mayo Fuster Morell ».¸.·*¨`·» > «·´`·.(¸.·´(¸.·* *·.¸)`·.¸).·´`·» > > Research Digital Commons Governance: >http://www.onlinecreation.info<http://service.gmx.net/de/cgi/derefer?TYPE=3&DEST=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onlinecr…> >> > > Ph.D European University Institute > Research collaborator. Institute of Govern and Public Policies. Autonomous > University of Barcelona. > Visiting researcher. School of information. University of California, > Berkeley. > > Phone Italy: 0039-3312805010 or 0039-0558409982 > Phone Spanish State: 0034-648877748 > E-mail: >mayo.fuster(a)eui.eu<http://service.gmx.net/de/cgi/g.fcgi/mail/new?CUSTOMERNO=12020976&t=es11310…> > > Skype: mayoneti > Postal address: EUI - Badia Fiesolana > Via dei Roccettini 9, I-50014 San Domenico di Fiesole (FI) - Italy > _______________________________________________ > Wikipedia-l mailing list > Wikipedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-l >

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Wikipedia Academy session by Tech Marathi Pune
by Mahitgar from Marathi Wikipedia 20 Oct '10

20 Oct '10

Dear all Wikipedia admirers, On coming Saturday,23 October 2010,5.30 PM ,Tech Marathi has arranged for a Wikipedia Academy session at Symbiosis Institute Of Comp. Studies & Research(SICSR) Pune, अतुर सेंटर, गोखले क्रॉस रोड, मॉडेल कॉलनी, पुणे. Subject is benefits of Marathi Wikipedia to its users and how to use the same. Tech Marathi is a Pune based movement is dedicated to supporting technological aspects for the benefit of Marathi language. मराठी विकीपिडीयाचा वापर/फायदे प्रत्यक्ष मार्गदर्शन,(टेक मराठी सभेत) शनिवार २३,ऑक्टोबर २०१० , सायंकाळी ठिक ०५.३० स्थळ: Symbiosis Institute Of Comp. Studies & Research(SICSR), अतुर सेंटर, गोखले क्रॉस रोड, मॉडेल कॉलनी, पुणे. गूगल मॅप सभेस कोण कोण येत आहे ? Thanks and Regards Mahitgar from Marathi WIkipedia

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WikiBhasha Mediawiki extension
by Srikanth Lakshmanan 18 Oct '10

18 Oct '10

Hi all, Just read "Microsoft India research team open sources WikiBhasha - http://goo.gl/sKlA ". From the README file, I understand WikiBhasha is a media wiki extension "aimed at enabling user communities in creating multilingual content in Wikipedia". Can someone who know more explain about this extension. Does any Indic wiki use this at the moment? Regards Srikanth.L Google Profile <http://j.mp/SrikanthL>

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Aapka Apna Wikipedia
by Bishakha Datta 16 Oct '10

16 Oct '10

Message: 4 Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 05:47:43 -0600 (MDT) From: "Fred Bauder" <fredbaud(a)fairpoint.net> Subject: [Foundation-l] Aapka Apna Wikipedia To: foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Delightful piece about the Tamil Wikipedia: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Aapka-Apna-Wikipedia/698406 Fred

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Aapka Apna Wikipedia
by Achal Prabhala 16 Oct '10

16 Oct '10

This is really well written...nice to read a journalist who is interested in the right story, and gets it right too.

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] WMF Staff Addition: Mani Pande as Senior Research Analyst, Global Development
by CherianTinu Abraham 16 Oct '10

16 Oct '10

Hi Mani Pande, Welcome to the Wikimedia family. Don't forget to attend one of our Wikimeetups , when in India :) Regards Tinu Cherian On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 4:23 AM, Barry Newstead <bnewstead(a)wikimedia.org>wrote: > It is my pleasure to welcome Mani Pande to the Wikimedia team. > > Mani joins as the Senior Research Analyst, Global Development. In this > role, Mani will work across the Global Development team and the organization > as a whole to design and lead research work that helps us make good > strategic decisions and evaluate the results of the work that we do (to make > even better decisions). In addition, Mani will help to design and deploy > metrics for key Global Development areas so that we can monitor our > performance against the strategic plan. > > A native of New Delhi, Mani brings a global perspective to our work. Her > passion lies in understanding how consumers use technology to map > opportunity spaces for new product strategies and industry growth. She has a > special interest in the transformative technology experiences brought about > through the use of mobile devices by emerging market consumers. She has also > extensively studied the growth of open source movement. > > Mani is an accomplished quantitative researcher & has conducted surveys > studying technology usage, sustainability and health in US, India and China. > Mani is an experienced ethnographer having conducted work in India, Brazil, > Russia and China on technology usage and studying women in the software > industry. Mani worked for the Institute for the Future, a forecasting > research organization based in Palo Alto, for over 5 years. She has a PhD > in Sociology from Kansas State University and an MA and MPhil in Sociology > from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Before moving to the US to > pursue her PhD, Mani worked as a reporter-cum-sub-editor for The Times of > India. Her beats were media (favorite assignments covering a Cindy Crawford > press conference & Yanni's show at the Taj Mahal) & crime (no favorites > here, just saw a lot of gross stuff). > > Mani loves to cook. Her specialties, Thai red curry, enchiladas in mole > sauce (from scratch) & chicken biryani. She posts pics of food that she > cooks on Twitter. You can see some of the pics (@manipande on Twitter). > > Welcome Mani! > > -- > Barry Newstead > Chief Global Development Officer > Wikimedia Foundation > Tel: +1-415-839-6885 x. 634 > Skype: barry.wikimedia > Twitter: @bazanews > > > _______________________________________________ > Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately > directed to Foundation-L, the public mailing list about the Wikimedia > Foundation and its projects. For more information about Foundation-L: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ > WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list > WikimediaAnnounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l > >

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