hi,
My points:
1. I tried this in the morning and evening. It was much slower in the evening. 2. It cost me Rs. 1.20 (which I think is because it was an out of Mumbai number) 3. It only shows up the first few lines in a Wikipedia article. Perhaps, the introduction paragraph. 4. The service uses a bunch of alphabets (A, B, C etc) for links in the introduction paragraph. Perhaps this can be used for linking to the sub-sections below the introductory paragraph (A. History B. Geography C. Demographics and so on). eg. for the India article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India "*ndia* ([image: Listen]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/En-us-India.ogg i http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:En-us-India.ogg /http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English ˈ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Keyɪhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Key n http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Keydhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Key i http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Keyəhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Key / http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English), officially the *Republic of India* (Hindi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindi_language: भारत गणराज्य *Bhārat Gaṇarājya*; see also official names of Indiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Official_names_of_India), is a country in South http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Asia Asiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia. It is the seventh-largesthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_outlying_territories_by_total_area country by geographical area, the second-most populoushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_population country with over 1.2 billion peoplehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_India, and the most populous democracy in the world.[16]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India#cite_note-largestdem2-15 " It has A, B, C next to the links - South Asia, seventh-largest etc. It might be a good idea to say A - Etymology, B - History C. Geography and so on. 5. The option to show more by replying is a good one too. 6. I will try doing a search for an article which does not match with a title in Wikipedia. Curious to know what it will return. Will test that tomorrow.
warm regards, Pradeep Mohandas
On 2 February 2011 17:54, Sudhanwa Jogalekar sudhanwa.com@gmail.com wrote:
Well, who owns that number? Wikipedia or some service provider?
What is the assurance from the service provider that the senders number will not be used for spam or any other malicious purpose? Has anyone considered privacy, security related issues?
Regards, -Sudhanwa
On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 6:09 AM, Barry Newstead bnewstead@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi all,
We just had a demo of an interesting SMS application called txtweb. It is
a
beta platform that allows content developers to publish their content
using
an apps model. It was developed by some engineers at Intuit as a side project a few months back.
They have developed an app for English Wikipedia that has been rolled out
in
India. The whole platform is India only for now.
How it works: Type: @wikipedia<space><article name> e.g., @wikipedia mumbai gets you
the
Mumbai article. Send the SMS to 92433-42000 Links have a letter associated with it e.g., (B)Maharashtra. If you reply (B) it will send you that article.
It would be great if folks tried out the service and provided feedback to
us
(and we'll pass it on). I've set up a page on Strategy Wiki for people to add comments: http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Txtweb_feedback
I'm particularly interested in how folks use such a service and whether
the
limited length of the message delivers a decent user experience. Also,
how
would you improve the UI.
Feel free to pass this on to other lists or groups.
Best, Barry
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