recordings and make them available on the wikiproject platform. This will not only save the energies of community members in creating new audio articles but will also provide the CR stations and the rural communities they target a virtual space and also expand the wiki-India community. *

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Nee Davis &lt;davisnee(a)gmail.com&gt; To: Wikimedia India Community list &lt;wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org&gt; Cc: Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 10:24:36 +0530 Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Spoken Wikipedia Workshop - 16th December-2012 Pune. Hi Abhishek, It is a novel effort. Wish the event a big success. One suggestion. As many on the list may have heard about the growth of Community Radio in India. Probably it would be ideal if we tie up with some of these not for profit entities to tap into their recordings and make them available on the wikiproject platform. This will not only save the energies of community members in creating new audio articles but will also provide the CR stations and the rural communities they target a virtual space and also expand the wiki-India community. I would be more than happy to take a lead on this if the community finds it worthy. Best On 14 December 2012 00:00, Abhishek Suryawanshi < i.abhishek.suryawanshi(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Vickram Crishna &lt;vvcrishna(a)radiophony.com&gt; To: Wikimedia India Community list &lt;wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org&gt; Cc: Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 12:43:54 +0530 Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Spoken Wikipedia Workshop - 16th December-2012 Pune. I think this is a pretty good idea. Already, the stations have the need to deliver 6 month's recordings to the relevant Ministry, as part of the t&c of their licenses. We need to establish a 'chain' to each station, whereby an additional copy (presently, the stipulation mentions a cd or DVD) can be made for wikipedia. Actually, I see scope for a very big step forward, where the content is put up on wikipedia every month, for instance, or even at shorter intervals, and the Ministry be sent the links. This will considerably reduce the 'unofficial' pressure on the stations created by the need for monitoring content (presumably to prevent misuse; in reality, such misuse is inherent in the way that licenses are disbursed, but that is a topic for a different list). What I am suggesting, therefore, is cooperation from Wikimedia to make the content of cr stations available online as a practice. The stations would love it, because it will give them huge leverage in being able to get the Ministry off their backs. If the Chapter can get involved, and a framework established to make this online content available regularly at no cost to the stations (which work hand-to-mouth, the genuine ones, I mean) I think it will be a win-win situation. Even without making it a systemic practice, a lot can be done with individual stations, and in any case it is only respectful to approach each station that way. Still, I am pretty sure the existing cr bodies (there are two) will find this suggestion very welcome, and will put their weight behind getting a system in place. -- Vickram Fool On The Hill "The cameras were all around. We've got you taped; you're in the play. Here's your I.D. (Ideal for identifying one and all.) Invest your life in the memory bank; ours the interest and we thank you." Jethro Tull: A Passion Play (1973) On Dec 14, 2012 10:24 AM, "Nee Davis" &lt;davisnee(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Harsh Kothari &lt;harshkothari410(a)gmail.com&gt; To: Wikimedia developers &lt;wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org&gt;rg>, wikipedia-gu(a)lists.wikimedia.org, Wikimedia India Community list < wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org&gt;gt;, Wikimedia Ahmedabad < wikimedia-in-amd(a)lists.wikimedia.org&gt; Cc: Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:08:56 +0530 Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Proposal for India's First MediaWiki Group Ahmedabad *Dear friends, This is to inform you all about the creation of the first MediaWiki group in India. For the past several days, I’ve been speaking to Quim Gil, Sumana and Yuvi Panda. I was informed about the setting up of local groups in different countries for technical contributors. With encouragement from all of them and with help from Noopur I submitted a proposal for the formation of MediaWiki Group Ahmedabad. This proposal has been endorsed by 7 people so far. For those who might be interested in setting up similar groups, I think a Wikitech mailing list for India is being set up and personally, I would be happy to help you write a proposal for your community. I think it’s a great idea because with the help of this technical group we intend to make good technical infrastructure and editing environment for Gujarati Wikipedia easier to contribute to. I have already ported HotCat and Popups(on the way) on Gujarati Wikipedia. Please have a look at the areas we want to collaborate on: Areas of collaboration: - Localize Gadgets for Gujarati Wikipedia and Wikisource - Create New Gadgets and extensions - Bug solving for Gujarati Wikipedia and WikiSource and also other MediaWiki related Bug solving for all Indian languages - Translate into Gujarati Language, i.e http://translatewiki.net/ - Wikidata You can read the proposal here: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Groups/Proposals/Ahmedabad Your endorsements, improvements and feedback are welcome at the wiki page. Thank you! Harsh Kothari PS: see also http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Groups/Proposals * --- Harsh Kothari Research Fellow, Physical Research Laboratory(PRL). Ahmedabad. _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l