The Madurai Malayalam WikiAcademy on sep 21st 2010 was a success and was attended by atleast 61 people.
http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/wikipedia:Madurai_wikipedia_Academy_1 
 
The WikiAcademy was led by ML Wikipedians Habeeb, Abhishek Jacob & Biju Prasad , with also help from the Malayalam Department of Madurai Kamaraj University. An article on the University was also created in Malayalam Wikipedia on the occasion. Collabrative editing on the same article by many remote malayalam wikipedians , in real time during the class, was a good showcase of  the strength of Wikipedia.
 
Some images:
http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Maduraui_wiki_meet_preperations.JPG  ( ML volunteers with the University professors)
http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Maduraui_wiki_meet_class_by_habeeb.JPG  ( Habeeb introducing Wikipedia to the auidence)
http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Maduraui_wiki_meet_audiance.JPG  ( Audience)
http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Maduraui_wiki_meet_open_forum.JPG   ( Audience)
 
Congratulations and thanks to the volunteers for their hard work. The volunteers had travelled from Kerala to Madurai to conduct the classes. This is the fourth one of the series of Malayalam Wikiacademies in India , earlier ones at Bangalore (1,2) and Palaghat(3). The next one is scheduled for Oct17 @ Kozhikode ( Calicut), Kerala.
 
A Tamil WikiAcademy @ Madurai is also in pipeline and the tamil Wikipedians are working on this.
 
Thanks
Tinu Cherian
On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 6:05 PM, Arun Ram <arunram25@gmail.com> wrote:

I agree. This is quite an initiative. Malayalam Academy deep in Tamil land!!! :-)
ML wikipedians - You are really raising the bar!

Just curious was there a Tamil Wikipedia Academy in Madurai ever?

What next Malayalam wikipedians? 

A national roadshow of Malayalam Academies in every state?
With the enthusiasm and passion seen, I would n't be surprised!

Kudos, this is great stuff!

Regards
Arun

On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 3:04 PM, BalaSundaraRaman <sundarbecse@yahoo.com> wrote:
Tinu,

ML Wiki is going places! Can you also request them to display some slides from Tamil wiki, considering it happens in Madurai?

- Sundar
 
"That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted."
- George Boole, quoted in Iverson's Turing Award Lecture



From: CherianTinu Abraham <tinucherian@gmail.com>
To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Sent: Fri, September 17, 2010 1:46:30 PM
Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Malayalam WIkipedia /Wikimedia Academy - Madurai , Tamil Nadu- 21 Sep 2010

This is to inform that a Malayalam WIkipedia /Wikimedia Academy is planned @ Madurai , Tamil Nadu on 21 Sep 2010.
Venue : Kamaraj University centre, Madurai

http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:Madurai_wikipedia_Academy_1

Regards
Tinu Cherian

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