On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 7:32 AM, Naveen Francis &lt;naveenpf(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: If that is possible, it would be a great idea! It could be like the portals of Switzerland <http://wikipedia.ch>, Germany <http://wikipedia.de/>, and the Netherlands <http://wikipedia.nl/>. -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023

Wikipedia.org.in Whois Record Registrant Name:anjan bhushan Registrant Organization:- Registrant Street1:7 Tulip dr., Apt# 1g Registrant Street2: Registrant Street3: Registrant City:fords Registrant State/Province:NJ Registrant Postal Code:08863 Registrant Country:US Registrant Phone:+1.8482035774 Registrant Phone Ext.: Registrant FAX:+1.8482035774 Registrant FAX Ext.: Registrant Email:anjan.bhushan@gmail.com &lt;Email%3Aanjan.bhushan(a)gmail.com&gt; Regards, Jyothis. http://www.Jyothis.net http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jyothis woods are lovely dark and deep, but i have promises to keep and miles to go before i sleep and lines to go before I press sleep completion date = (start date + ((estimated effort x 3.1415926) / resources) + ((total coffee breaks x 0.25) / 24)) + Effort in meetings On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 1:35 PM, Naveen Francis &lt;naveenpf(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 1:35 PM, Naveen Francis &lt;naveenpf(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: [snip] It looks like there's a Nepali Wikipedia <http://ne.wikipedia.org> too. It might a good idea to list the "test Wikipedias" on Incubator so that people can contribute to their developing Wikipedia project too: * Bodo: <http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/brx> * Dogri: <http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/dgo> * Konkani: <http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/gom> * Maithili: <http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/mai> * Meitei: <http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/mni> * Santali: <http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/sat> On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 1:39 PM, Jyothis Edathoot &lt;je(a)jyothis.net&gt; wrote: On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 1:42 PM, Naveen Francis &lt;naveenpf(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: Hmmm. Well, you guys could try to e-mail the people who own the domains and ask them if they'd consider transferring ownership to the Wikimedia Foundation. If they say no or don't respond, we could try to see if the Foundation could talk INRegistry. -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023

On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 2:10 PM, Jyothis Edathoot &lt;je(a)jyothis.net&gt; wrote: I just asked Mike about this. He said that informal discussions with the owners (by you guys) would be a good first step and then, if that doesn't work, to talk to the registrar (INRegistry). <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INRegistry> If none of that works, *then* we would have to see if the Foundation could do anything (they might not be able to). -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023

Naveen and all, There may be more on this list. I could notice Bishnupriya Manipuri missing here. bpy.wikipedia.org Regards Arun Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel -----Original Message----- From: Naveen Francis &lt;naveenpf(a)gmail.com&gt; Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:05:35 To: &lt;wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org&gt; Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] wikipedia.org.in _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l

Hi All, I have called Jitendra over the mobile. He is interested in making wikipedia.in as homepage for indian language wikipedias. But his condition is that his name must be there in that page. Is it possible for us to give the credit on that page ? Naveen Francis 2010/1/18 Naveen Francis &lt;naveenpf(a)gmail.com&gt;

On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 10:25 PM, Naveen Francis &lt;naveenpf(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: Uhhh ? Why would his name be on there, because he registered the domain first? It doesn't make sense to me... -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023

On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 10:46 PM, Jyothis Edathoot &lt;je(a)jyothis.net&gt; wrote: trademarks, domain names, etc. It's hard for the Foundation to get involved until there's some kind of organization or chapter setup in India. It gets a lot more complex if the Foundation has to come in, which is why it's best to work informally with the registrar/owners first. Maybe you guys could try asking InRegistrar about this and see how far that goes? Maybe they already have a process setup for this. -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023

I don't think http://wikipedia.in/ is registered by any one. Kindly verify. But, do we actullay require this site? What is its purpose? Is it just for listing link to Indic languages wikis. *NOTE:* Some Indic languages like Tamil, Bengali, and Urdu are the official languages in more than one country. Shiju On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 4:53 AM, Casey Brown &lt;lists(a)caseybrown.org&gt; wrote:

On a related note, wikimedia.in is parked by User:Omshivaprakash . We could also use this. Though i agree that we must get wikipedia.in from the cybersquatter. On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 6:29 PM, Naveen Francis &lt;naveenpf(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: -- Regards Srikanth.L http://j.mp/SrikanthL

Hi Shiju, wikipedia.in is owned by Jitendra Jain. but he has not put up anything. I guess, finding an indic language wikipedia is difficult from http://wikipedia.org/ from a users perspective. Thanks, Naveen Francis 2010/1/18 Shiju Alex &lt;shijualexonline(a)gmail.com&gt; -- Naveen Francis

Can pressure tactics be employed? Thanks, Anirban From: wikimediaindia-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimediaindia-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Shiju Alex Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 6:52 PM To: wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] wikipedia.org.in He is interested in making wikipedia.in<http://wikipedia.in/> as homepage for indian language wikipedias. But his condition is that his name must be there in that page. Is it possible for us to give the credit on that page ? I don't think Wikipedians will accept that idea. If that is the case, it is better to go with the current system. Shiju On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 2:12 PM, Naveen Francis <naveenpf@gmail.com<mailto:naveenpf@gmail.com>> wrote: Hi Shiju, wikipedia.in<http://wikipedia.in> is owned by Jitendra Jain. but he has not put up anything. I guess, finding an indic language wikipedia is difficult from http://wikipedia.org/ from a users perspective. Thanks, Naveen Francis 2010/1/18 Shiju Alex <shijualexonline@gmail.com<mailto:shijualexonline@gmail.com>> I don't think http://wikipedia.in/ is registered by any one. Kindly verify. But, do we actullay require this site? What is its purpose? Is it just for listing link to Indic languages wikis. NOTE: Some Indic languages like Tamil, Bengali, and Urdu are the official languages in more than one country. Shiju On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 4:53 AM, Casey Brown <lists@caseybrown.org<mailto:lists@caseybrown.org>> wrote: On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 10:46 PM, Jyothis Edathoot <je@jyothis.net<mailto:je@jyothis.net>> wrote: From what Mike told me, it depends on how India works with foreign trademarks, domain names, etc. It's hard for the Foundation to get involved until there's some kind of organization or chapter setup in India. It gets a lot more complex if the Foundation has to come in, which is why it's best to work informally with the registrar/owners first. Maybe you guys could try asking InRegistrar about this and see how far that goes? Maybe they already have a process setup for this. -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023 _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org<mailto:Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org<mailto:Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l -- Naveen Francis _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org<mailto:Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l

Gerard, That is a good suggestion. I believe that is what we should attempt. Regards Arun Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel -----Original Message----- From: Gerard Meijssen &lt;gerard.meijssen(a)gmail.com&gt; Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:12:04 To: wikimediaindia-l&lt;wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org&gt; Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] wikipedia.org.in _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l

He kept it this far and had not made a porn site using that url, thats great ;-), that means he has interest over wikipedia. Giving him a single line thanks may be not a big issue. I think some of you people can remember old firefox.com. This is a public list, please dont call him a squatter atleast until we reach somewhere. AGF. For some people it may be interesting. If possible include isolated indic language wikipedias such as Sinhala (Sreelankan) Divehi (Maldives), Nepali, Dzongkha(Bhutan) also to the site. Main thing is that this site may be not essential, but if we make such a site and get some super publicity (through other medias, or a launch event, or by (mis)using a well known one to inaugurate ;-)) we can reach more people. -- Wikipedia Affiliate Button <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Support_Wikipedia/en>