Hello All
I have compiled the statistical information of the Indian language
Wikipedias for the month of *2010 February*. The report is available at
https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B4hBi4hJ-5mnZmMxYzFhNTYtZWU5Yy00ZTAwLT…
The data for this report is taken from the statistical analysis of all the
WikiMedia wikis prepared and maintained by Erik Zachte (Website:
http://infodisiac.com/). The statistics is available at
http://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/Sitemap.htm.
The data for this report is collected on the last day of the month. That is,
the statistical data for the month of 2010 January is collected at 2010
January 31 23:59 PM GMT.
The information of the following Indian language wikipedias is included in
this report.
- Assamese (http://as.wikipedia.org)
- Bengali (http://bn.wikipedia.org)
- Bhojpuri (http://bh.wikipedia.org)
- Bishnupriya Manipuri (http://bpy.wikipedia.org)
- Burmese (http://my.wikipedia.org)
- Gujarathi (http://gu.wikipedia.org)
- Hindi (http://hi.wikipedia.org)
- Kannada (http://kn.wikipedia.org)
- Kashmiri (http://ks.wikipedia.org)
- Malayalam (http://ml.wikipedia.org)
- Marathi (http://mr.wikipedia.org)
- Nepali (http://ne.wikipedia.org)
- Nepal Bhasha/Newari (http://new.wikipedia.org)
- Odia (Oriya) (http://or.wikipedia.org)
- Pali (http://pi.wikipedia.org)
- Punjabi (http://pa.wikipedia.org)
- Sanskrit (http://sa.wikipedia.org)
- Sindhi (http://sd.wikipedia.org)
- Sinhala (http://si.wikipedia.org)
- Tamil (http://ta.wikipedia.org)
- Telugu (http://te.wikipedia.org)
- Urdu (http://ur.wikipedia.org)
I know that some of the above languages are not spoken in present day India.
Even though my focus is on Indian language wikipedias, I have included all
the languages from Indian Sub continent. One of the main reason is that all
the above languages belong to the same language family (either Aryan or
Dravidian).
I have divided the report into two different sections.
1. Statistical report of Wikipedias
2. Localization status of Mediawiki software
Following are the different topics covered under each section.
Wikipedia Statistics
*Article statistics*
- Number of Articles
- Number of Edits
- Break up of edits
- Edits per article
- Average size of an article (bytes)
- Database size (in Mega Bytes)
- Percentage of articles with size greater than 500 bytes
- Percentage of articles with size greater than 2000 bytes (2 kilobytes)
*User Statistics*
- Number of active wikipedians
- Page views per month (All figures in Lakhs/month)
- MediaWiki Localization Statistics
Media Wiki Localization status (percentage)
This month onwards I am dividing the languages into 3 groups based on the
number of articles. Following are the groups and the languages that fall
under each group.
Group 1 (More than 10,000 articles)
- Nepal Bhasha/Newari
- Hindi
- Telugu
- Marathi
- Bishnupriya Manipuri
- Tamil
- Bengali
- Gujarathi
- Urdu
- Malayalam
Group 2 (More than 1,000 articles)
- Kannada
- Sanskrit
- Nepali
- Burmese
- Sinhala
- Pali
- Bhojpuri
- Punjabi
Group 3 (Less than 1,000 articles)
- Odia (Oriya)
- Kashmiri
- Sindhi
- Assamese
See the PDF at
https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B4hBi4hJ-5mnZmMxYzFhNTYtZWU5Yy00ZTAwLT…
details. You can make your own analysis and conclusions after going
through each topic in the PDF. I may publish my analysis in my blog after
some time. Last month's analysis is available here
http://shijualex.blogspot.com/2010/02/indian-language-wikipedias-statistics…
The question for this month is :
Question for 2010 February: *Which is the first Indian language Wikipedia
that has crossed 10,000 articles milestone?*
Support your answer with sufficient references.
Please reply to this mail so that we will have fruitful discussion regrading
this topic.
I hope this initiative will improve the interaction between different Indian
Language Wikipedias and wikipedians. We (Malayalam Wikipedians -
http://ml.wikipedia.org) are maintaining a similar comparison study of the
major Indian Language wikipedias for the past two years. This study has
helped us to understand the status of Malayalam Wikipedia as compared to
other Indian Language Wikipedias. I hope this report will help other Indian
language wikipedias also.
Let me know in case there are any issues.
Regards
Shiju Alex
Oops. The correct date is* March 14th, Sunday. *
Sorry for the confusion.
Thanks Anirudh for pointing it out.
Regards
Tinu Cherian
On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 10:03 PM, anirudhsbh (wiki) wrote:
> 10:03 PM anirudhsbh: Hi Tinu. Did you mean that the meet up would be on
> March 14, or March 12 (that is, tomorrow)?
>
I wish to attend the meeting. What are the procedures for this? (Any registration needed)
Sainu
CEO
CYBROSYS Technologies
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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:38:11 +0530
From: CherianTinu Abraham <tinucherian(a)gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WikiMeetup - Bangalore -12
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Since there was no consensus, we are keeping the date as same on march 12
Please try to come.
Regards
Tinu Cherian
On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 2:44 PM, CherianTinu Abraham
<tinucherian(a)gmail.com>wrote:
> Based on the request, I have created a poll at *
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Meetup/Bangalore/Bangalore12*for both the dates.
> *Please vote before march 8th *so that the logistics and other stuff can
> be planned.
>
> Regards
> Tinu Cherian
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 5:13 PM, Srikanth Lakshmanan <srik.lak(a)gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> +1.
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 5:10 PM, Shiju Alex <shijualexonline(a)gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Bangalore/Bangalore12
>>>
>>> I suggest to reschedule this wiki meetup to* March 21*. The reason is, a
>>> long weekend is coming during the March second week since Ugadi<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugadi>is falling on March 16 (Tuesday).
>>>
>>> Many Wikians might travel to their home town during that time.
>>>
>>>
>>> Shiju
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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:14:41 +0530
From: CherianTinu Abraham <tinucherian(a)gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WikiMeetup - Bangalore -12
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Oops. The correct date is* March 14th, Sunday. *
Sorry for the confusion.
Thanks Anirudh for pointing it out.
Regards
Tinu Cherian
On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 10:03 PM, anirudhsbh (wiki) wrote:
> 10:03 PM anirudhsbh: Hi Tinu. Did you mean that the meet up would be on
> March 14, or March 12 (that is, tomorrow)?
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Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:26:05 +0530
From: "Kiruba @ Kiruba.com" <kiruba(a)kiruba.com>
Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Clarification, Apology and Plans.
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Hello team,
Its great to see that there has been some concrete efforts to establish the
Indian Chapter of Wikimedia Foundation. After many years of repeated
efforts, its good to see that we are close to fruitition. There is a strong
team with diverse background and rich involvement in Wikipedia working on
this. While I was initially part of this effort, I'm no longer involved
with the formation of the foundation. There are times I overran myself in
the assumption that Foundation formation time could happen sooner and
assumed I'd be part of the board and hence a Director (designate) without
realizing the really long gestation period it takes to set up the foudation
or the confusion it would cause. In this regard, I apologise to the entire
Wikipedia India community.
I will continue to be associated with helping out with Wikipedia outreach
and the concept of Open Knowledge on a personal level. This year, I'll help
in organizing Creative Commons Salon (bringing in artists who believe in
open creativity), Wikipedia Academy ( to teach people who interested in
contributing but dont know how) and WikiCamp (an unconference that will aim
to tap into the concept of collective wisdom using wikis, and not just
Wikipedia). I recently published a book 'Wikipedia : A beginners' Guide'
which is completely on a CC license. I seek help in translating this into
mulitple Indian languages and freely distribute this to school libraries in
towns and villages. Any help in this regard would be highly welcome. All
these activies are done as a volunteer without assuming any formal positions
and look forward to contributing actively. I can be reached at 98415 97744
and at Kiruba(a)Kiruba.com. Thanks in advance.
--
Regards,
Kiruba Shankar
Cell: +91-0-98415 97744
Email: Kiruba(a)Kiruba.com
Personal Blog: http://Kiruba.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/kiruba
Linkedin: http://linkedin.com/in/kiruba
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Date: 12 Mar 2010 07:17:04 -0000
From: "Shahid Akhtar" <mohd.shahid_akhtar(a)rediffmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter
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On
Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 8:37 PM, Praveen Prakash <me.praveen(a)gmail.com> wrote;wrote:
K. Then who is Kiruba Shankar? What
was the election process & criteria? How many people involved in
that? Why all these process were hidden? Why even Hindi not informed?
This is what I'm wondering about too! I think this process should be more inclusive and transparent!
Who decided the list of founding members (Signatories) mentioned on this page http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_India/MoA#WIKIMEDIA_INDIA? And how was this list decided? How come Gautam K John (who is self-admittedly not involved with Wikipedia) was invited to be a founding member, but someone like User:Bhadani was not?
Why is some like HPN who has not made even 100 edits in 2009 and 2010 to
English,
Kannada and Sanskrit Wikipedias combined together is at the forefront of
this initiative, but some of the most important contributors from Indic
wikipedias are not even a part of this?
I'm all for a Wikimedia India chapter, but it should be a group of
all the people who are actually part of the Wikipedia community! It should not
be a bunch of politicians that want to be face of Wikipedia to the Indian media without having made any substantial contributions to Wikipedia.
Wikimedia India will receive thousands of rupees in donations. We need trusted people who are representative of the pan-India Wikipedia community to handle it.
If this is a group of people who are meeting in Bangalore for wining and dining, this should be named "Wikimedia Bangalore" chapter, not "Wikipedia INDIA" chapter!
Best regards
Shahid
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Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:04:20 +0530
From: Gautam John <gautam(a)prathambooks.org>
Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter
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Hello Shahid and Praveen:
> Who decided the list of founding members (Signatories) mentioned on this page http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_India/MoA#WIKIMEDIA_INDIA? And how was this list decided? How come Gautam K John (who is self-admittedly not involved with Wikipedia) was invited to be a founding member, but someone like User:Bhadani was not?
It's a fair point you raise. The group arose out of those who had
shown a previous communicated interest in being part of a local
chapter formation. It wasn't a secretly selected group but one that
came together basis a common and communicated cause. As for me, yes, I
am not a Wikipedian and I accept that criticism. However, if I may
make a point. An organization needs representation not just from
within its own community but also from those outside who share the
vision and the philosophy.
> I'm all for a Wikimedia India chapter, but it should be a group of all the people who are actually part of the Wikipedia community! It should not be a bunch of politicians that want to be face of Wikipedia to the Indian media without having made any substantial contributions to Wikipedia.
Would you say that of everyone who has been so kind as to spare
immense amounts of time and put in much effort to get it to this
stage?
> Wikimedia India will receive thousands of rupees in donations. We need trusted people who are representative of the pan-India Wikipedia community to handle it.
Yes. It will. Which is why we need you and everyone else in the
community to hold the organization accountable.
There have been previous efforts at getting this organization started
- the need of the hour was getting it up and running. I think it'd be
great if we could do that.
Thank you.
Best,
Gautam
________
http://social.prathambooks.org/
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Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:20:02 +0530
From: Srikanth Lakshmanan <srik.lak(a)gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter
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On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 12:47 PM, Shahid Akhtar <
mohd.shahid_akhtar(a)rediffmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 8:37 PM, Praveen Prakash <me.praveen(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> K. Then who is Kiruba Shankar? What was the election process & criteria?
>> How many people involved in that? Why all these process were hidden? Why
>> even Hindi not informed?
>>
>
> This is what I'm wondering about too! I think this process should be more
> inclusive and transparent!
>
> I'm all for a Wikimedia India chapter, but it should be a group of all the
> people who are actually part of the Wikipedia community! It should not be a
> bunch of politicians that want to be face of Wikipedia to the Indian media
> without having made any substantial contributions to Wikipedia.
>
> Wikimedia India will receive thousands of rupees in donations. We need
> trusted people who are representative of the pan-India Wikipedia community
> to handle it.
>
> If this is a group of people who are meeting in Bangalore for wining and
> dining, this should be named "Wikimedia Bangalore" chapter, not "Wikipedia
> INDIA" chapter!
>
*My Few paisas.*
As to my understanding after reading the MoA, there are no special
privileges to founding members apart from not requiring to "apply for
membership".[Authors can clarify if my understanding is not right] I suppose
there would be an election after the formation and only the elected persons
will have additional privileges than a normal member. So in that sense, who
starts it really doesn't matter.
I dont know why people are cribbing its secret / closed group when meta was
up all the while. Did anyone make a point to edit any of the meta pages and
was it left undiscussed / discarded? No one stopped anyone from doing that.
Trust is not measured in terms of edit count.Showing up on the day and
commitment in real world is also required and I guess the people who signed
the MoA did that. I agree with pan-India comment but again elections would
happen I guess and as i already mentioned "founding members" dont get any
extra privileges. Probably some clause can be added to include regional /
linugual EC members.I would add that right away to discussion page.
Sorry i take the wine and dine comment too seriously.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:MBL
is not about wine and dine. Please go through the pages to see what was
going on the meetings.
--
Regards
Srikanth.L
http://j.mp/SrikanthL
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Brother Shahid, thanks for your comments, but for the record (and for
any other Indian Wikipedians who want to get things off their chest like
he did) please direct your criticism at me in the future, not the folks
who have worked incredibly hard over the last year to fashion the
bye-laws you see on Meta.
I've been on the Advisory Board of the Wikimedia Foundation since its
inception, towards the end of 2006. Like you, I'm an admirer and
supporter of the mission of Wikipedia, and of the work of the Wikimedia
Foundation. Over time, and with much subsequent interest from various
people within Wikimedia, it became clear that the lack of an Indian
chapter was an obstacle. An obstacle for Wikipedians like you; an
obstacle that prevented people in India from doing everything they could
to help Wikipedia grow. As there were several Wikipedians who wanted to
form a chapter but were seemingly unable to, between 2008 and 2009, I
contacted anyone who had previously expressed an interest in setting up
an Indian chapter. These are people who had interacted here on
WikimediaIndia-l, and also on meta, or who had written in to Cary Bass
at the Wikimedia Foundation in his capacity as volunteer coordinator.
The folks whose names you now see on the Indian chapter bye-laws are
those who stepped up from among a vast list to give roughly one year of
their time - a couple of hours a day, several hours a week, to make this
happen.
Was the process perfect? No. But was it a fair process, given the
options and constraints? Yes. Is the group of people that drafted the
MoA perfectly representative of the Indian Wikipedian community? No. But
are they as representative as was possible? Yes. Personally (and
everyone who has been associated with the Indian chapter will agree) I
don't believe we have enough Wikipedians from North India, or North-East
India; I also don't believe we have enough female Indian Wikipedians on
board. This is a pity; but this is also an opportunity, as long as it's
stated upfront - as I have in several emails to this list before - for
both increasing membership to the chapter from specific regions and from
women, and for reconstituting the legally required stewards of this
process from time to time with appropriately representative members. I
appreciate you pointing out the flaws. But I don't appreciate you
assuming that no one had considered these flaws before. And I would
appreciate you participating in a manner that can correct the imbalances
that exist in the ensuing Wikimedia India chapter, now and later.
The process, as you will understand, is complicated and there have been
several ups and downs. ChapCom (the Chapters Committee) has stringent
requirements; Indian tax law is complicated and rigorous to say the
least. This process also required money to host people from various
different cities in one place for a meeting, to hire an accountant, to
get constant legal and tax advice - and the organisation that stepped up
to fill this gap is a new and vibrant non-profit called the Centre for
Internet and Society (www.cis-india.org). We're now at that lucky stage
when our rules comply with everyone concerned. What the rules need,
however, is your input.
Now, while I appreciate your concern and criticism, can I ask you in
turn, why it is so easy to lash out with no restraint and so hard to
actually contribute positively? I don't see your input on the India
strategy (http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Task_force/India). I can't
see your input on meta
(http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_India/MoA). And this is
despite numerous messages, announcements and entreaties for
contribution. Everything I've written here in this email, I've written
before to WikimediaIndia-l, so this is not new, but you don't seem to
have been reading your messages. And you must start doing so.
There are several thousands of Wikipedians in India who want to help,
and not all of them are prolific editors, indeed some of them help in
other ways, and we should welcome them all, while realising the
invaluable role that editors play in making this thing we love. You are
scaring them away - and I am pointing this out because I don't think you
want to; you wouldn't be on this list if you didn't want to help make
Wikimedia better.
I ask that you please join us in this exciting new phase for Wikimedia
in India. Like you, I plan to apply for membership of the society as
soon as the India chapter commences, and like you - I hope - I plan to
submit my ideas on what the India chapter should do. Perhaps we will
even meet in person. I'm actually very fond of wining and dining, and it
would be my pleasure to show you some hospitality in the Wikimedia way:
I promise to buy you a plate of idlis and a glass of water the next time
we're in the same city.
Best wishes,
Achal
Hello team,
Its great to see that there has been some concrete efforts to establish the
Indian Chapter of Wikimedia Foundation. After many years of repeated
efforts, its good to see that we are close to fruitition. There is a strong
team with diverse background and rich involvement in Wikipedia working on
this. While I was initially part of this effort, I'm no longer involved
with the formation of the foundation. There are times I overran myself in
the assumption that Foundation formation time could happen sooner and
assumed I'd be part of the board and hence a Director (designate) without
realizing the really long gestation period it takes to set up the foudation
or the confusion it would cause. In this regard, I apologise to the entire
Wikipedia India community.
I will continue to be associated with helping out with Wikipedia outreach
and the concept of Open Knowledge on a personal level. This year, I'll help
in organizing Creative Commons Salon (bringing in artists who believe in
open creativity), Wikipedia Academy ( to teach people who interested in
contributing but dont know how) and WikiCamp (an unconference that will aim
to tap into the concept of collective wisdom using wikis, and not just
Wikipedia). I recently published a book 'Wikipedia : A beginners' Guide'
which is completely on a CC license. I seek help in translating this into
mulitple Indian languages and freely distribute this to school libraries in
towns and villages. Any help in this regard would be highly welcome. All
these activies are done as a volunteer without assuming any formal positions
and look forward to contributing actively. I can be reached at 98415 97744
and at Kiruba(a)Kiruba.com. Thanks in advance.
--
Regards,
Kiruba Shankar
Cell: +91-0-98415 97744
Email: Kiruba(a)Kiruba.com
Personal Blog: http://Kiruba.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/kiruba
Linkedin: http://linkedin.com/in/kiruba
Dear all,
As Srikanth has already noticed in an earlier e-mail, the draft
Memoranda of Association for the proposed Wikimedia India Chapter has
been put up on Meta here:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_India/MoA
Even as the team working on the current draft has spent the better
part of a year working on it, I am sure that there would be scope for
improvement. Please provide your invaluable comments and suggestions
on the relevant talk page:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_India/MoA.
However, given the time we have spent on the document, it is important
that we proceed quickly and hence, I suggest that the comments be made
on or before this Saturday, the 13th of March 2010. Let us maintain
the Wiki-etiquette expected out of us during the discussion.
People curious about the earlier and the current efforts at forming
the India chapter may find my blog post on it,
http://hpnadig.net/blog/2010/03/08/wikimedia-india/563 a complimenting
read. More on Wikimedia India chapter can be seen on
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_India.
Let us look forward to a great response in discussing and debating the
MoA of the proposed Wikimedia India chapter.
--
Hari Prasad Nadig
http://hpnadig.net | http://twitter.com/hpnadighttp://flickr.com/hpnadig
Hi,
after sending this mail, I got the mails that I said were missing except the original mail by Praveen Prakash. Strange that newer mails come into the inbox before the older mails.
Cheers,
Srinivas Gunta.
Unified login across all Wikimedia projects: Gurubrahma
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From: guru brahma <wikibra(a)yahoo.co.in>
To: wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Sent: Thu, 11 March, 2010 6:56:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter
Hi,
I haven't received some of the mails on this mailing list and I had to check back on the mail server to see those mails - the two mails by Praveen Prakash and the reply to one of them from Sundar and two mails from Shiju Alex are the ones I can recall quickly. I had to go back to the server as I missed the continuity. Does it have to do with some code in the messages? - I could not find them even in my bulk/ spam/ trash folders.
Anyway, given that Meta is the coordination project for all Wikimedia projects, may I suggest that all the queries be directed at the relevant talkpages on Meta? The advantage is that it is easier to search, identify and track through history pages and the entire discussion is centralised at one place instead of multiple locations like this mailing list, IRC or telephone chats. Another advantage is that a user's comments stay there till perpetuity - letting us know his/ her perspectives and viewpoints over the years and the evolution therein. Hence, I suggest we start discussing the Wikimedia India Chapter at either of http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_India/MoA or http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_India. I, for one, would answer all the questions put forth to me on that forum.
Thanks for all the support and encouragement.
Cheers,
Srinivas Gunta.
Unified login across all Wikimedia projects: Gurubrahma
P.S. It may not be a bad idea for all of us using the mailing list to give our primary wikispace or unified login at the end of each message we send - I shd probably make it my signature.
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From: Hari Prasad Nadig <hpnadig(a)gmail.com>
To: wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Sent: Thu, 11 March, 2010 5:31:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter
On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 5:06 PM, Shiju Alex <shijualexonline(a)gmail.com> wrote:
It will be good if all the other committee members introduce themselves to Indic language wiki community.
Shiju,
Most of the members have user pages on the respective Wikipedias and sister projects and their work speaks for themselves. I don't think there is a necessity for all committee members to separately introduce themselves here on this mailing list unless ofcourse they themselves like to.
I'm also quite surprised at the constant 'bold' or 'highlight' on words on emails exchanged this list.
Nevertheless, people who've not known me till now, can find more about me at:
http://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:HPNadighttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:HPNhttp://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:HPN
More about me is here:
http://hpnadig.net/about
And I also happen to be the moderator of this list.
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Hari Prasad Nadig
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Dear Praveen,
I help the Wikimedia Foundation through it's advisory board, and just
wanted to say that I'm both grateful for your interest and glad that
Nadig, Sundar, and others have been able to clarify the situation. If
you look at meta, and particularly at the MoA, the process that has
unfolded over the last few years is clearly outlined, and the names of
Wikipedians associated with chapter efforts at different stages,
including currently, are clearly listed. Any suggestions you have for
Indian Wikipedians in general, and the chapter efforts in particular,
need to be taken seriously - and they will be.
Dear Kiruba,
Thank you for your message of clarification. As you agreed to some time
ago, could you please remove all the "Wikimedia India" references in
connection with yourself, on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, etc.? As you
have just explained, you are not involved in the set-up effort
currently. Therefore, removing references that connect you to the
ensuing Wikimedia India chapter would prevent the kind of
miscommunication that Praveen's message highlights. I appreciate your
urgent attention to this matter.
Cheers,
Achal