The efforts behind the Malayalam offline Wikipedia CD is really appreciable. It required a hardwork of 20+ Wikipedians for more than 2-3 months to make it a success. They also faced several technical / software hurdles which they successfully overcame later. Atleast 2 other Indian languages are now re-using this software to make their Wikipedia CDs..
But unfortunately media in Kerala state created a silly controversy about it and thereby undermining the efforts of these self-less people. Glad to know that atleast the rest of the world recognizes the true value of their efforts.
Regards
Tinu CherianOn Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 10:41 AM, Kul Takanao Wadhwa <kwadhwa@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Sorry, I meant Shiju not Shinju. ;)
On 9/12/10 8:57 PM, Kul Takanao Wadhwa wrote:
> This is a great post by Martin, who's been an advocate for offline
> Wikipedia for many years. I also like the link to Shinju's post. I'll
> work on getting more offline related posts to the Foundation blog as
> well to highlight the great work by the Malayalam Wikipedians.
>
> --Kul
>
> On 9/12/10 7:42 PM, Arun Ram wrote:
>> Thanks for sharing Tinu.
>>
>> This good work by the Malayalam wikipedians requires all the visibility
>> it deserves. There surely would be other wikipedias that would be keen
>> to replicate this.
>>
>> regards
>> Arun
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 10:08 PM, CherianTinu Abraham
>> <tinucherian@gmail.com<mailto:tinucherian@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Malayalam Wikipedia CD- mentioned in NewYork State University Blog
>>
>> http://blogs.potsdam.edu/wikipediaoffline/2010/09/08/malayalam-wikipedia/
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards
>> Tinu Cherian
>>
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