Natkeeran deleted it. Notifying him regarding this thread - Tinu Cherian On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 3:43 AM, Jyothis Edathoot <je(a)jyothis.net> wrote: > looks like that got deleted. > > Regards, > Jyothis. > > http://www.Jyothis.net > > http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jyothis > > > > > On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 12:16 PM, Shiju Alex <shijualexonline(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote: > >> Added the template in Tamil Wiki and created one pretty url for the >> article malayalam. For example see, >> http://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malayalam >> >> Minor tweaking of template is required. We will help to fix it. >> >> Shiju >> >> >> On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 9:33 PM, Ravishankar <ravidreams(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote: >> >>> Thanks Shiju. Should see if we can make sense from the malayalam page. >>> Else, an english tutorial will be appreciated :) >>> >>> Interestingly, the contributor profile for Ta Wiki is quite similar to ml >>> wiki >>> >>> >>> >>> http://toolserver.org/~junaid/tools/editcount.php?wproject=wiki&wlan=ml… >>> >>> Ravi >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 8:56 PM, Shiju Alex <shijualexonline(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote: >>> >>>> Pretty URL is cool. Is the script available? >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Prettyurl >>>> >>>> Please see the source code of that template. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 8:50 PM, Ravishankar <ravidreams(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Shiju, >>>>> >>>>> Good to know. I agree that until each wiki should become self-reliant >>>>> without the need to refer en wiki for everything. >>>>> >>>>> Pretty URL is cool. Is the script available? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> >>>>> Ravi >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 6:35 PM, Shiju Alex <shijualexonline(a)gmail.com >>>>> > wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Could the count be explained? May be because of good participation >>>>>>> in talk pages, collaborative articles, regular copy edits >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Let me try to answer your query, eventhough we stopped projecting the >>>>>> depth parameter. Now we are concentrating more on parameters like * >>>>>> edits/article*, *bytes per article*, *number of active users*, and so >>>>>> on. >>>>>> >>>>>> - As you have mentioned above, depth shows the overall >>>>>> collaboration. Edits in articles, talkpages, portal pages, templates, >>>>>> images, and so on helped in increasing the article count. >>>>>> - We are away from increasing the article count by creating >>>>>> one-liners. Remove all junk one-liners and big articles with english only >>>>>> content from your wiki. Depth will surely increase. >>>>>> - Also the number edits are directly proportional to the number of >>>>>> active and dedicated users. We have at least *40 users* with >>>>>> number of edita more than 1000. >>>>>> http://toolserver.org/~junaid/tools/editcount.php?wproject=wiki&wlan=ml… 10 of them have number of edits more than 10,000. >>>>>> >>>>>> All these have contributed depth of the wiki. >>>>>> >>>>>> We are not allowing anyone to create one-liners just for the sake of >>>>>> increasing the article count. At least fundmental information is required in >>>>>> each and every article that is created in Malayalam Wikipedia. Because of >>>>>> that *our readers will not run to English wikipedia* to get the >>>>>> fundamental information about a topic. >>>>>> >>>>>> We are trying to attract readers to wiki. The CD project/book >>>>>> project/wikiacademies/wiki meetups are all part of the public outreach >>>>>> programs. We have many users *who only reads ml wikipedia*. *After >>>>>> all if no one reads what we write, all our efforts are in vain.* >>>>>> >>>>>> We give top priority to the usability part of the wiki. Because of >>>>>> that, you can see many things in Malayalam Wikipedia *that are not >>>>>> available in any other language wikipedia*. An example is *pretty url >>>>>> *itself. >>>>>> >>>>>> We are trying to reach the other language wikipedians to get to know >>>>>> about their best practices. We feel no shy in copying their best practices. >>>>>> >>>>>> There are more things. I will write about that some time later. >>>>>> >>>>>> As in Tamil Wikipedia, *we also have problem in getting local >>>>>> Wikipedians to edit the wiki*. I will write about that later. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Shiju >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Ravishankar <ravidreams(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Ramesh, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> That's quite a good number. The arrangements for the meetup were also >>>>>>> quite elaborate. well done. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I am also curious about the depth of Malayalam Wiki. Could the count >>>>>>> be explained? May be because of good participation in talk pages, >>>>>>> collaborative articles, regular copy edits?? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Ravi >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 10:18 PM, Ramesh N G <rameshng(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Ravi >>>>>>>> An apprx figures >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> # The total attendance was nearly 80 in the ml wiki meetup which >>>>>>>> includes newcomers around 60% >>>>>>>> # Morning Session was scheduled for regular wikipedians, where the >>>>>>>> attendance was around 20 to 30 regular ml wikians >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> regards >>>>>>>> Rameshng >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 7:13 PM, Ravishankar <ravidreams(a)gmail.com> >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> > Hi all, >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > The number of registrants found at http://bit.ly/c9voKu is >>>>>>>> interesting. >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > Would like to know what percentage of them are regular >>>>>>>> contributors in >>>>>>>> > ml.wiki projects. >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > One challenge we face in Tamil Wiki is that not many active >>>>>>>> contributors are >>>>>>>> > present locally (within Tamilnadu) to conduct offline activities. >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > How is the situation for other Indic Wikis? >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > It will be interesting to see a case study from ml.wiki like >>>>>>>> > http://bit.ly/a3AaCl . 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