Is there any active Malayalam wiki member from Cherthala (Alappuzha) or near by?
I like to meet them directly.
Pl inform.
Regards,
Sandeep N Das,
+91 999 54 80 198
Sent from my iPad
cross-posting to reach pan-India; apologies if you have got it from other mailing lists.
Hi Folks,
A few months ago, the Foundation asked Tory Read to travel to India and listen and learn and write about the movement in India. The objective was to harvest experiences and learnings and to have an open discussion around what we could all do to further the movement.
This isn't in the form of a (possibly) long & boring report - but in the form of a story. (Tory's a professional researcher, writer and former journalist.) To put this together, Tory travelled for a couple of weeks across Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore and across towns in Kerala - attending community meet-ups and meeting up/speaking with a host of individual community members (in these cities and indeed beyond.)
Tory's tale is called, "The India Chronicles", and is available on Wikimedia Commons: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_India_Chronicles_(150dpi).pdf
Do have a read through and do share your views on it - positives and negatives - and do feel free to comment on any aspect of it. It would be wonderful to have an engaging conversation on this.
Warmest Regards,
hisham
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ലഭിച്ചിരുന്നോ..?
ഉണ്ടെങ്കില്‍ അതിന്റെ കോപ്പി അയച്ചു തന്നാല്‍ ഹൈക്കോടതിയില്‍ റിട്ട്
സമര്‍പ്പിക്കാനുള്ള നടപടികള്‍ നീക്കാം...
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Shiju Alex <shijualexonline(a)gmail.com>
> To: Malayalam wiki project mailing list <wikiml-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
> Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2011 17:21:38 +0530
> Subject: [Wikiml-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Israel report,
> September 2011
> വിവിധ സര്‍ക്കാര്‍ സരംഭങ്ങളുടെ ലൈസന്‍സ് സ്വതന്ത്രമാക്കുന്നതില്‍ ഹ്രീബ്രു
> വിക്കിപീഡിയര്‍ നടത്തുന്ന ശ്രമങ്ങളെ പറ്റിയും അതില്‍ ഇസ്രാരെല്‍ സര്‍ക്കാര്‍
> എത്രത്തൊളം സഹകരിക്കുന്നു എന്നും കാണിക്കുന്ന ഒരു മെയില്‍.
>
> ഇന്ത്യയില്‍ (കേരളത്തിലും) സര്‍ക്കാര്‍ സംരംഭങ്ങളുടെ ലൈസന്‍സ്
> സ്വതന്ത്രമാക്കുന്നതില്‍ നമ്മള്‍ വളരെ പിറകിലാണു് എന്ന് പറയട്ടെ. വിവിധ
> സര്‍ക്കാര്‍ പ്രതിനിധികളെ പലയിടത്തായി പലപ്പൊഴും കണ്ടെങ്കിലും സര്‍ക്കാരിന്റെ
> കൈയ്യിലുള്ളതൊക്കെ കുരച്ച് സരക്കാര്‍ ഉദ്യോഗസ്ഥരുടെ തറവാട്ടു വക ആണെന്ന
> വിധത്തിലാണു് പലരുടെയും പെരുമാറ്റം. ജനാധിപത്യസംവിധാനത്തില്‍ ഇതൊട്ടും ഭൂഷണമല്ല
> എന്ന് എന്റെ അഭിപ്രായം. ഒരു പൊതു താല്‍പര്യഹര്‍ജിയിലൂടെ ഇക്കാര്യത്തില്‍
> സമൂഹത്തില്‍ അല്‍പം ബൊധവല്‍ക്കരണം നടത്താന്‍ ശ്രമിക്കുന്നത് നന്നായിരിക്കും
> എന്ന് തോന്നുന്നു. ചുരുങ്ങിയ പക്ഷം കേരളത്തിലെങ്കിലും മാറ്റമുണ്ടാക്കാന്‍
> കഴിഞ്ഞാല്‍ ബാക്കി സംസ്ഥാനങ്ങള്‍ പിറകേ വന്നോളും
>
> ഷിജു
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Harel Cain <harel.cain(a)gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 4:24 PM
> Subject: [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Israel report, September 2011
> To: wikimediaannounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
>
>
> Dear all,
>
> Here is our activity report for September 2011.
>
> == IDF Spokesperson releases images under CC-BY-SA license ==
> The spokesperson unit of the Israel Defense Forces began publishing its
> photographs online (on its Flickr account) under a free Creative Commons
> license. This move follows a long and protracted process of legislation
> promoted by WMIL in discussions in the Science and Technology Committee of
> the Knesset, the Israeli parliament. While legislation meant to free any
> work created by the Israeli government of copyright has not yet been
> accepted, the move by the IDF is certainly motivated by it. Hundreds of IDF
> Spokesperson images are now in use on Wikimedia projects. WMIL released a
> widely circulated press release condoning the move by the IDF spokesperson.
> * Images uploaded to Commons:
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_taken_by_Israel_Defense_F…
> * A blogpost in Hebrew in WMIL's blog: http://blog.wikimedia.org.il/?p=255
>
> == Wikimedian-in-Residence in Israel Museum, Jerusalem ==
> On September 18th, Yair Talmor became the first ever
> Wikimedian-in-Residence in the Israel Museum and in Israel in general.
> Talmor, an art teacher with academic background in art, will be employed for
> a two months period at the museum, concentrating on tutoring museum staff on
> wiki editing, organizing events of public outreach such as editathons and
> backstage tours, uploading material from the museum's library and enhancing
> Wikipedia articles about prominent Israeli artists. His employment is funded
> in part by WMIL.
> While the focus of the project is in Hebrew, there's also some work on
> material in English.
> * Project page on English Wikipedia:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/IMJ
> * Blogposts in Hebrew in WMIL's blog:
> ** http://blog.wikimedia.org.il/?p=267
> ** http://blog.wikimedia.org.il/?p=237
>
> == Haifa University Faculty of the Humanities ==
> On September 22nd, a large meeting was held at Haifa University between
> members of staff from the Faculty of the Humanities and volunteers from
> Wikimedia Israel. This was a preparatory session for a large-scale project
> in which students in various courses will write Wikipedia articles as part
> of their academic assignments.
>
> == Training of Haifa Linux club ==
> On September 12th, Tomer Ashur gave a hands-on training session on
> Wikipedia editing to members of Haifa Linux club (Haifux). Eight people took
> part and five articles were written during the training session.
>
> == Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs ==
> WMIL representatives met with a Deputy Director of the Israeli Ministry of
> Foreign Affairs. They are very interested in releasing some of their
> material under free licenses and in receiving further training from WMIL
> about Wikipedia editing. A training session is planned for October 5th.
>
> == Israeli Ministry of Education ==
> Tomer Ashur, Deror Lin and Amir Aharoni met with the people responsible for
> Internet ethics and safety education in the Ministry of Education to start
> planning one-time experimental classes for elementary school pupils that
> will teach them to understand Wikipedia's background, to read it correctly
> and to understand the right conduct on talk pages. The lessons are scheduled
> for November and chapter members are preparing the detailed lesson plans.
>
> == Photoshooting excursion in Haifa ==
> As part of the "Elef Milim" project about 20 Wikimedians took part in an
> educational excursion in Haifa.
> *
> http://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%93%D7%99%D7%…
>
> == Thank-you event for Wikimania volunteers ==
> A thank-you picnic was held for the many volunteers that helped us make
> Wikimania 2011 succssful. The event was attended by about 50 volunteers.
>
> == Board Meeting ==
> The WMIL board met on September 13th in Ramat Gan. The Board approved and
> signed the Chapter's Agreement with the Foundation and decided to raise a
> few more questions about the Grants Agreement. The Board also approved the
> 2012 workplan with a couple of minor items on the plan reserved for future
> discussion. The workplan will be posted shortly on Meta.
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Harel Cain
> Secretary, Wikimedia Israel
>
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വിവിധ സർക്കാർ സരംഭങ്ങളുടെ ലൈസൻസ് സ്വതന്ത്രമാക്കുന്നതിൽ ഹ്രീബ്രു വിക്കിപീഡിയർ
നടത്തുന്ന ശ്രമങ്ങളെ പറ്റിയും അതിൽ ഇസ്രാരെൽ സർക്കാർ എത്രത്തൊളം സഹകരിക്കുന്നു
എന്നും കാണിക്കുന്ന ഒരു മെയിൽ.
ഇന്ത്യയിൽ (കേരളത്തിലും) സർക്കാർ സംരംഭങ്ങളുടെ ലൈസൻസ് സ്വതന്ത്രമാക്കുന്നതിൽ
നമ്മൾ വളരെ പിറകിലാണു് എന്ന് പറയട്ടെ. വിവിധ സർക്കാർ പ്രതിനിധികളെ പലയിടത്തായി
പലപ്പൊഴും കണ്ടെങ്കിലും സർക്കാരിന്റെ കൈയ്യിലുള്ളതൊക്കെ കുരച്ച് സരക്കാർ
ഉദ്യോഗസ്ഥരുടെ തറവാട്ടു വക ആണെന്ന വിധത്തിലാണു് പലരുടെയും പെരുമാറ്റം.
ജനാധിപത്യസംവിധാനത്തിൽ ഇതൊട്ടും ഭൂഷണമല്ല എന്ന് എന്റെ അഭിപ്രായം. ഒരു പൊതു
താൽപര്യഹർജിയിലൂടെ ഇക്കാര്യത്തിൽ സമൂഹത്തിൽ അൽപം ബൊധവൽക്കരണം നടത്താൻ
ശ്രമിക്കുന്നത് നന്നായിരിക്കും എന്ന് തോന്നുന്നു. ചുരുങ്ങിയ പക്ഷം
കേരളത്തിലെങ്കിലും മാറ്റമുണ്ടാക്കാൻ കഴിഞ്ഞാൽ ബാക്കി സംസ്ഥാനങ്ങൾ പിറകേ
വന്നോളും
ഷിജു
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Harel Cain <harel.cain(a)gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 4:24 PM
Subject: [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Israel report, September 2011
To: wikimediaannounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Dear all,
Here is our activity report for September 2011.
== IDF Spokesperson releases images under CC-BY-SA license ==
The spokesperson unit of the Israel Defense Forces began publishing its
photographs online (on its Flickr account) under a free Creative Commons
license. This move follows a long and protracted process of legislation
promoted by WMIL in discussions in the Science and Technology Committee of
the Knesset, the Israeli parliament. While legislation meant to free any
work created by the Israeli government of copyright has not yet been
accepted, the move by the IDF is certainly motivated by it. Hundreds of IDF
Spokesperson images are now in use on Wikimedia projects. WMIL released a
widely circulated press release condoning the move by the IDF spokesperson.
* Images uploaded to Commons:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_taken_by_Israel_Defense_F…
* A blogpost in Hebrew in WMIL's blog: http://blog.wikimedia.org.il/?p=255
== Wikimedian-in-Residence in Israel Museum, Jerusalem ==
On September 18th, Yair Talmor became the first ever Wikimedian-in-Residence
in the Israel Museum and in Israel in general. Talmor, an art teacher with
academic background in art, will be employed for a two months period at the
museum, concentrating on tutoring museum staff on wiki editing, organizing
events of public outreach such as editathons and backstage tours, uploading
material from the museum's library and enhancing Wikipedia articles about
prominent Israeli artists. His employment is funded in part by WMIL.
While the focus of the project is in Hebrew, there's also some work on
material in English.
* Project page on English Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/IMJ
* Blogposts in Hebrew in WMIL's blog:
** http://blog.wikimedia.org.il/?p=267
** http://blog.wikimedia.org.il/?p=237
== Haifa University Faculty of the Humanities ==
On September 22nd, a large meeting was held at Haifa University between
members of staff from the Faculty of the Humanities and volunteers from
Wikimedia Israel. This was a preparatory session for a large-scale project
in which students in various courses will write Wikipedia articles as part
of their academic assignments.
== Training of Haifa Linux club ==
On September 12th, Tomer Ashur gave a hands-on training session on Wikipedia
editing to members of Haifa Linux club (Haifux). Eight people took part and
five articles were written during the training session.
== Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs ==
WMIL representatives met with a Deputy Director of the Israeli Ministry of
Foreign Affairs. They are very interested in releasing some of their
material under free licenses and in receiving further training from WMIL
about Wikipedia editing. A training session is planned for October 5th.
== Israeli Ministry of Education ==
Tomer Ashur, Deror Lin and Amir Aharoni met with the people responsible for
Internet ethics and safety education in the Ministry of Education to start
planning one-time experimental classes for elementary school pupils that
will teach them to understand Wikipedia's background, to read it correctly
and to understand the right conduct on talk pages. The lessons are scheduled
for November and chapter members are preparing the detailed lesson plans.
== Photoshooting excursion in Haifa ==
As part of the "Elef Milim" project about 20 Wikimedians took part in an
educational excursion in Haifa.
*
http://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%93%D7%99%D7%…
== Thank-you event for Wikimania volunteers ==
A thank-you picnic was held for the many volunteers that helped us make
Wikimania 2011 succssful. The event was attended by about 50 volunteers.
== Board Meeting ==
The WMIL board met on September 13th in Ramat Gan. The Board approved and
signed the Chapter's Agreement with the Foundation and decided to raise a
few more questions about the Grants Agreement. The Board also approved the
2012 workplan with a couple of minor items on the plan reserved for future
discussion. The workplan will be posted shortly on Meta.
Sincerely,
Harel Cain
Secretary, Wikimedia Israel
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Dear All
As I had mentioned in a previous posting (and as was so touchingly welcomed by so many of of you), Shiju Alex is joining us to lead our Indic Languages initiatives. In this mail (http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2011-July/003845.html), I had indicated that he would join around September-October.
I'm really pleased to inform you that he has now joined India Programs (on September 24th.)
Indic Languages is an important priority for us - and Shiju intends to start work on this urgently. He'll be in touch shortly on this matter.
Welcome aboard, Shiju!
Warmest Regards,
hisham