FYI
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From: Barry Newstead <bnewstead(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 10:40 PM
Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Announcing Hisham Mundol as WMF consultant for
National Programs, India
To: India list <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Cc: hisham <hisham.mundol(a)gmail.com>
Dear colleagues, (please feel free to cross-post this to local lists within
India)
I am pleased to announce the appointment of Hisham Mundol as a consultant to
the Wikimedia Foundation to support us in our program initiatives in India.
As you know, the Wikimedia Foundation declared India to be a strategic
priority during the strategic planning process [1]. I announced our plans
for the formation of an office in August 2010 and the Wikimedia Foundation
Board of Trustees approved the creation of the Wikimedia India chapter in
June 2010. India is a priority for the Wikimedia movement as it has a strong
and growing community of Wikimedians building the Indic and English language
projects. It is a country where the Wikimedia movement can achieve our
mission and learn important lessons for achieving impact elsewhere. The
engagement of Hisham will enable the Wikimedia Foundation to pilot new
initiatives aimed at accelerating the growth of the community in India. I am
very happy we’ve now reached this point.
As I have mentioned in the past, we have a lot of momentum in India but we
have a long way to go to achieve our full potential as a movement. Indians
represent 4% of the world’s Internet users today (and this share is
growing), yet they only represent 1.5% of page edits on Wikipedia. We should
be able to rapidly increase this share - across all projects - and expand
readership in a corresponding fashion.
Hisham’s title will be Consultant, India National Programs. He will report
to me. His role will be to design and implement specific pilot programs
that encourage many more Indians to become contributors to our projects in
Indic languages as well as English. The National Programs initiative will
focus on the following areas in the first year:
-
Design and implement an India-wide program to increase Wikimedia’s
footprint on university and college campuses with students and faculty with
the aim of encouraging contributions to Wikimedia projects
-
Support the launch and implementation of community-initiated programs
that seek to increase the editor base for Wikimedia projects
-
Engage with the community and chapter to build a strong relationship
among these stakeholder groups and create communications forums that allow
for effective partnerships
As a newcomer to the Wikimedia movement, Hisham’s first task will be to
deepen his understanding of us: our history, goals, values, culture and
mission. To that end, he will be spending the coming weeks (not months!) in
learning mode: Hisham and I will be meeting with community members in
Mumbai, Pune and Bangalore on Feb 23-25 and then Hisham will join community
meetings across the country as they occur. Hisham will also spend time in
San Francisco with the staff of the Wikimedia Foundation, as well as with
other like-minded individuals and organizations and he will attend the
chapter conference in Berlin.
Hisham will be creating a workspace on strategy wiki where he will share
what he is learning and develop the core elements of the action plan going
forward. We encourage active community engagement on this wiki. We aim to
move to action quickly and welcome input and guidance from across the
community.
Hisham was most recently a consultant with the Public Health Foundation of
India (in a partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation). He
designed and implemented large-scale national programs on HIV/AIDS
prevention. He worked to understand the dynamics of hard-to-reach
communities by conducting in-depth, on-the-ground analysis (ask him to tell
you about his experience talking to drivers while sitting under their
trucks). The programs he designed and implemented sought to convince people
in large numbers - 400 million young people across the nation - to change
very personal behaviours. While we are not tackling issues of such an
intimate nature, we do aim to convince large numbers of people across the
country to contribute their personal time to Wikimedia projects. During
this assignment, Hisham worked closely with public, private and community
groups (local and international) to work through the details of the programs
and build partnerships for implementing them at scale. He did so in a manner
that used persuasion rather than power to build support to move things
forward. We think his experience navigating these varied groups position
him well to work in the Wikimedia community. His earlier career was in
marketing and business development with a number of well-known businesses:
Infosys, Accenture, Cadbury and Unilever. This experience positions him well
to engage with a movement and organization that is global in nature, in
particular to work with a team that is based halfway around the world.
We have scheduled an IRC chat with Hisham and myself for Thursday, February
17 at 22:00 India Standard Time (16:30 UTC).
I want to thank everyone who helped in the selection process that identified
Hisham. It was a five month process in which we made an open call for
consultants (using my visit in September to drum up interest via
conversations with the community and the media) in India and around the
world. We had 197 applicants from a wide range of professional backgrounds.
Egon Zehnder’s India office, part of a leading global executive search
firm, helped screen candidates and manage the process. Egon Zehnder
conducted indepth interviews with 25 candidates based on the inputs from
Bishakha and I who helped shortlist. I interviewed 12 candidates via Skype
in the first round and then I had the help of Bishakha Datta and Achal
Prabhala to interview the top seven in person in Bangalore. Our top two
candidates met with Sue and Erik in Delhi and then Hisham met with the
entire WMF leadership team and a broad group of staff members in San
Francisco.
We are very happy with the selection of Hisham. We recognize that we did not
manage to hire someone from inside the Wikimedia community or the open
source community. We did look for people with this background and one of
our finalists was a long time open source advocate. We also engaged with a
long time Wikimedian for a role, though he ultimately decided to withdraw
for personal reasons. We are committed to seeing Hisham integrate himself
into the community quickly and to seeing him add people to his team from the
community. We hope that the community will engage actively with him to
bring him into the fold. Hisham will most definitely bring fresh
perspectives to the movement that will help us grow and change for the
better.
Please join me in welcoming Hisham to the Wikimedia movement.
Note: An FAQ will follow shortly.
Best,
Barry
[1] *http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Plan/Role_of_the_WMF*<http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Plan/Role_of_the_WMF>
[2] *
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2010-August/000850.ht…
*<http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2010-August/000850.ht…>
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Barry Newstead
Chief Global Development Officer
Wikimedia Foundation
Tel: +1-415-839-6885 x. 6634
Skype: barry.wikimedia
Twitter: @bazanews
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Anoop
ജുബ്ബാധാരികൾ ആരെങ്കിലുമുണ്ടോ? :)
2011/2/15 Sreejith K. <sreejithk2000(a)gmail.com>
> Even when Jubba is such a common dress in Kerala, we still do not have an
> image of it. Can someone please upload one instead of the following image
> which has been nominated for copyright violation?
>
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jubba.jpg
>
> - Sreejith K.
>
>
>
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With Regards,
Anoop
FYI
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From: Santhosh Thottingal <santhosh.thottingal(a)gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 10:36 PM
Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] PDF rendering of Indian language wiki pages
To: "Discussion list on Indian language projects of Wikimedia." <
wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Hi,
We are working on a Complex script PDF rendering library named
PyPDFLib(https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/pypdflib/). One of its
test case (or use case) is to render a wiki page in complex script(any
Indian Language) to PDF. Currently PDF export feature is not
available(not working) for Indian language wiki projects because of
technical incapability of Python Reportlab library.
Just wanted to give an early preview of this software library through
an online interface : http://silpa.smc.org.in/Render
You can try with a Wikipedia page in your language and verify the generated
PDF.
You can also access this using this URL
http://silpa.smc.org.in/Render?wiki=http://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/இலங்கை
(replace that wiki URL with other page addresses too - any Ianguage -
not limited to Indian languages)
There are lot of items not implemented, but your feedback is requested
on the current version.
The library uses Pango for text rendering and Cairo for graphics and
PDF features.
ps: Don't get surprised if you get a 500 Error page for the random
page you are trying. Just try another wiki page ;)
Thanks
Santhosh Thottingal
http://thottingal.in
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എറണാകുളത്ത് ഈ ശനിയാഴ്ച നടക്കുന്ന പഠനശിബിരത്തിന്റെ പത്രക്കുറിപ്പ് ഇതോടൊപ്പം
അയക്കുന്നു. ഈ വാർത്ത പരമാവധി ജനങ്ങളിലേക്കെത്തിക്കാനും, സമാന സ്വഭാവമുള്ള
മറ്റു മെയിലിങ്ങ് ലിസ്റ്റുകളിലേക്ക് അയക്കുവാനും താല്പര്യപ്പെടുന്നു.*
*
*
*
*മലയാളം വിക്കി പഠനശിബിരം, എറണാകുളം 1 - പത്രക്കുറിപ്പ്*
മലയാളം വിക്കി സംരംഭങ്ങളെക്കുറിച്ച് മനസ്സിലാക്കാനും താല്പര്യമുള്ളവര്ക്ക്
വിക്കിയിൽ പ്രവര്ത്തനം തുടങ്ങുവാനും സഹായിക്കുന്ന മലയാളം വിക്കി പഠന ശിബിരം
2011 ഫെബ്രുവരി 19-നു് ശനിയാഴ്ച കൊച്ചി, വൈറ്റിലയിലുള്ള ടോക് എച്ച് പബ്ലിക്
സ്കൂളിൽ (Toc H Public School, Vyttila, Ernakulam ) വെച്ച് നടത്തും.
ഉച്ചയ്ക്ക് 2 മണി മുതൽ വൈകുന്നേരം 5 മണി വരെ നീളുന്ന പഠനക്ലാസ്സിലേക്ക്
പ്രവേശനം സൗജന്യമാണ്. മലയാളം വിക്കിപീഡിയ പ്രവർത്തകർ പഠനക്ലാസ് നയിക്കും.
വിക്കിപീഡിയ പദ്ധതികളെക്കുറിച്ച് സംശയനിവൃത്തി വരുത്താനുള്ള സൌകര്യവുമുണ്ട്.
ലോകമെമ്പാടുമുള്ള മലയാളികളുടെ സഹകരണത്തോടെ വികസിച്ച മലയാളം വിക്കിപീഡിയയിൽ
നിലവിൽ 16,500-ൽ പരം ലേഖനങ്ങൾ ഉണ്ട്. സ്വതന്ത്ര ഓണ്ലൈൻ പുസ്തകശേഖരമായ
വിക്കിഗ്രന്ഥശാലയും മറ്റും വരുംതലമുറയ്ക്ക് വിജ്ഞാനം പകരുന്ന പ്രധാന
സ്രോതസ്സായി മാറാനിടയുള്ള പദ്ധതികളാണ്. നിലവിൽ കേരളത്തിനുപുറത്തുള്ള
മലയാളികളാണ് പ്രധാനമായും വിക്കിപീഡിയ സംരംഭങ്ങളിലേക്ക് ഉള്ളടക്കം പ്രദാനം
ചെയ്യുന്നത്.
പഠനശിബിരത്തിൽ പങ്കെടുക്കാനാഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നവർ പേര് രജിസ്റ്റർ ചെയ്യാൻ
9895938674 എന്ന നമ്പറിൽ ബന്ധപ്പെടുകയോ help(a)mlwiki.in എന്ന മെയിൽ വിലാസത്തിൽ
ഇ മെയിൽ അയക്കുകയോ ചെയ്യുക.
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With Regards,
Anoop
All,
As you know, we celebrated the WikiXDC on Jan 22nd, 2011 at the National
Archives and Records Administration in Washington DC, United States. We
would like to present a 3 hour event
video<http://www.mlwiki.in/videos/wikixdc.html> for
everyone to enjoy (and download to keep if you like) . Some sessions could
not be covered/covered at length due to technical difficulties. The event
video was not a part of the original plan, but we are glad that we could at
least this much.
We would like to thank everyone who helped us to make the event a success.
Thanks.
Regards,
Jyothis.
http://www.Jyothis.net
My Malayalam Wikipedia page <http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jyothis>
Metawiki page <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jyothis>
I am the first customer of http://www.netdotnet.com
My toolserver tools <http://toolserver.org/~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
വിക്കിപീഡിയ:വിക്കിപഠനശിബിരം/എറണാകുളം 1 -
വിക്കിപീഡിയ<http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%…>
എറണാകുളം ജില്ലയിൽ നിന്നുള്ളവരുടെ ദീർഘനാളായുള്ള ആവശ്യം ആയിരുന്നു എറണാകുളത്ത്
ഒരു മലയാളം വിക്കിപഠനശിബിരം സംഘടിപ്പിക്കണം എന്നത്. ആ ആഗ്രഹം ഇതാ നിറവേറുന്നു.
എറണാകുളം ജില്ലയിൽ നിന്ന് മലയാളം വിക്കി സംരംഭങ്ങളിൽ പ്രവർത്തിക്കുവാൻ
താല്പര്യമുള്ളവർക്കായി *2011 ഫെബ്രുവരി 19-നു് ഉച്ച കഴിഞ്ഞ് 2:00 മണി മുതൽ മുതൽ
വൈകുന്നേരം 5:00 വരെ* വിക്കിപഠനശിബിരം നടത്തുന്നു.
*പരിപാടി:* മലയാളം വിക്കി പഠനശിബിരം
*സ്ഥലം:* ടോക് എച്ച് പബ്ലിക് സ്കൂൾ, കൊച്ചി
*തീയതി:* 2011 ഫെബ്രുവരി 19
*സമയം:* ഉച്ചക്ക് 2.00 മണി മുതൽ വൈകുന്നേരം 5:00 വരെ
*ആർക്കൊക്കെ പങ്കെടുക്കാം?* മലയാളം വിക്കിസംരംഭങ്ങളിൽ താല്പര്യമുള്ള ആർക്കും
പങ്കെടുക്കാം.
*കാര്യപരിപാടികൾ*
* മലയാളം വിക്കി സംരംഭങ്ങളെ പരിചയപ്പെടുത്തുക,
*എങ്ങനെയാണു് വിക്കി സംരംഭങ്ങളുടെ പ്രവർത്തനങ്ങളിൽ പങ്കെടുക്കുക?
* മലയാളം വിക്കികളിൽ എങ്ങനെ മലയാളത്തിൽ ടൈപ്പ് ചെയ്യാം?
തുടങ്ങി പുതുമുഖങ്ങൾക്ക് മലയാളം വിക്കികളെകുറിച്ചു് അറിയാൻ താല്പര്യമുള്ള എല്ലാ
വിഷയങ്ങളും ഇതിൽ കൈകാര്യം ചെയ്യും. മലയാളം വിക്കിസംരംഭങ്ങളെ സംബന്ധിച്ചുള്ള
നിങ്ങളുടെ ചോദ്യങ്ങൾക്ക് മലയാളം വിക്കി പ്രവർത്തകർ മറുപടി തരാൻ ശ്രമിക്കും.
താല്പര്യമുള്ളവർ ദയവായി
വിക്കിയിൽ<http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%…>രെജിസ്റ്റർ
ചെയ്യുകയോ
help(a)mlwiki.in എന്ന വിലാസത്തിലേക്ക് ഇ-മെയിൽ അയക്കുകയോ ചെയ്യുക.
ഷിജു അലക്സ്
" *Should we not have ...Malayalam-based (there is a lot of talk nowadays
in having Wikipedia growing in India), etc. captchas ?* "
Looks like Malayalam Wikipedia creating lots of buzz in the global Wikipedia
movement :D
- Tinu Cherian
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From: Teofilo <teofilowiki(a)gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 9:27 AM
Subject: [Wikitech-l] Captchas and non-English speakers
To: wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
I've just opened a new account on the Danish Wikipedia.
I was asked to read the following Captcha :
http://da.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Speciel:Captcha/image&wpCaptchaId…
I provided the following answer : "shipsneeds" and it was accepted.
But I must confess that reading the second "e" and the "d" was
difficult for me.
I was anguished, because I feared that if I answered a wrong answer, I
would not be given a second chance for some time.
I don't see why both "e"s should have a different look. Because they
looked different, I was puzzled during a long time before eventually
choosing to type a second "e". The vertical bar of the "d" being
extremely short in comparison with that of the "h" and that of the
"p", I was wondering if the last character could not be a square
looking "o" or a manual script "a".
I had all these difficulties although I am among the advanced readers
and speakers of English. I Know that "ee" is an often found character
combination in English. I could also recognize the words "ships" and
"needs".
What about non-English speakers ?
Should we not have Japanese-based, Malayalam-based (there is a lot of
talk nowadays in having Wikipedia growing in India), etc. captchas ?
For the time being, while the captcha is English-based, how about
adding a button with "let me try another captcha" for people
experiencing a captcha that is very difficult to read ?
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