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Monthly Net Meeting-3rd June
by Dhaval S. Vyas 29 May '12

29 May '12

Friends, Next Sunday, 3rd June, we will be having our next net-meetup on our usual adda, gu.wikipedia@skype. We start gathering just before 11 AM IST. We will be discussing progress of our Substub Karyakarini, who is working hard on substubs. Hope to see you all there. Will appreciate if you could RSVP on gu.wiki page Goshthi. Thanks, Dhaval

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Updates on Social Media pilot
by Noopur Raval 28 May '12

28 May '12

Dear all, Greetings! Here's an update on the Social Media pilot program<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Program/Pilot_Designs/Social_Media>. Just a small recap before I go on to the numbers. *Why Facebook?* Why we decided to go with Facebook at all is because potential new editors are more comfortable and familiar with the channel. To illustrate, after outreach sessions, we tried staying in touch with around 100 participants using a combination of email and talk page messages and got just 3 responses. When we sent an invite to a Facebook page where they could get help and inputs on how to edit, we got 300 signed up in less than 3 days. Also, social media requires relatively lower investments of time and resources from our community and many Internet savvy people are comfortable using it. The Social Media program was started in order to effectively utilize platforms like Facebook and community groups there (like the Odia Wikipedia group, Kannada Wikipedia group) in order to engage more new editors and give them basic lessons on editing. However, running a Facebook group is very different from using Facebook for personal updates. That's why after observing how these groups work and interacting with a few editors who started these groups, we developed a systematic 19 point guide that looks at various aspects of how to do use Facebook effectively including aspects like discipline in messaging, structuring the interactions, tone of messaging, selecting articles, being cautious with Wikispeak etc. (Of course, it keeps in mind WP:NOTFACEBOOK.) Here's a sneak peek into what we've been doing on two different groups: 1) You can also write on Wikipedia<https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikipediasupport/> This group was primarily started to give lessons in English editing. Although all of us use social network sites, it is important to understand that the way we interact on Wikipedia is very different from Facebook. This is the gap we are trying to bridge through more deliberate messaging. As mentioned in the detailed program guide<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Program/Pilot_Designs/Social_Media#Pro…>, we try and do regular editing sessions with fun, interesting articles that have adequate space for improvement (therefore making it easier for new editors to make their first edits.) Through a series of 5 basic tasks like creating a username, correcting a spelling mistake, adding a line of information, adding a reference and adding an interwiki link, we try and get the user to make their first 5 edits in less than 10 minutes. Our initial experiments show promise and of the 400+ members right now, over 30 users have participated in these mini-editing sessions and have now edited for the very first time. (You can see their usernames in the doc<https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikipediasupport/doc/353268748054711/>on the group; do note that are the names of 7 existing editors also on that list, who are the mentors.) To cite examples, User: Zamsam<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Zamsam>(a young new editor) came to the group and wanted to create the article on cricketer Ajit Chandila <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajit_Chandila>. Once we helped him create the article, he started contributing to Chandila's article and moved on to another cricketer, Manvinder Bisla's<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manvinder_Bisla>article. Similarly, User:10gible <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/10gible>joined us to edit the article on Lalu Prasad Yadav <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lalu_Prasad_Yadav> while User:Neeasmaverick<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Neeasmaverick>edited the article on his college, Jawaharlal Nehru University <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru_University>, Vicky Donor <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicky_Donor> and Amul girl<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amul_girl>and User:Saranshkataria<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Saranshkataria>edited Aloo Chaat <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloo_Chaat> and Rasgulla<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasgulla>. This could not have been possible without a group of wonderful mentors like Debanjan, Karthik, Deepon, Sheel, Pratik and Harsh who volunteered and constantly keep helping new editors. We had Skype calls and regular chats just to ensure that we connect with new users in a way they find most comfortable. The first hurdle of getting new editors to do a set of basic tasks has been crossed for some. The challenge going forward will always be is to sustain the interest of these new editors and make them long term editors hopefully by multiple editing sessions. That still needs to be figured out. Any inputs, comments and help are welcome. 2) Odia Wikipedia group <https://www.facebook.com/groups/OdiaWiki/> This group caters to Odia Wikipedians as well as people who speak the language and might be interested in knowing about Wikipedia. We used similar techniques as above to expand the group conversations beyond existing Wikipedians and encourage new editors to participate. Once when an article on Handia <https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handia> (a local beverage) was posted, a new User:Swetapadma<https://or.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%E0%AC%AC%E0%AD%8D%E0%AD%9F%E0%A…>came forward to contribute images. Since then, she has been contributing to articles on Odia cuisine and adding images to articles on Tribes of Odisha. User:Hellohappy<https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AC%AC%E0%AD%8D%E0%AD%9F%E0%AC%AC%E0%AC%B9…>edited the article on Capital High School, Bhubaneswar<https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_High_School,_Bhubaneswar> . So far almost 10 new users have joined in and made their first few edits in the past month. Given the small size of Indic communities, this could be a very effective way of encouraging newbies. This also helps because it means that it filters in those who have Internet connectivity, are passionate about the language and (in most cases) are familiar with typing in Indic languages). Again, this was done with the help of existing Odia Wikipedians like Gorvachove, Mrutyunjay Kar, Gyanranjan Sahu, Suratha Parhi, Diptiman and others. *Challenges*: Now that we've figured out a way of engaging so many new editors and getting them to make their first 5 edits, the challenge is to integrate them into our community and make sure they continue editing. Also, it would be ideal to expand this initiative to other Indic and Wikipedia user groups. (I am already working with the Kannada community and I know that Wikipedia Club Pune has already been trying something similar). I would like to invite all community members interested to write to me ( noopur(a)wikimedia.org) and then we can have a brief skype call and figure how to implement it for your group. [1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Program/Pilot_Designs/Social_Media [2] https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikipediasupport/ [3] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Program/Pilot_Designs/Social_Media#Pro… [4] https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikipediasupport/doc/353268748054711/ [5] https://www.facebook.com/groups/OdiaWiki/ Regards, Noopur -- Noopur Raval -- Noopur Raval

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Re: [Wikipedia-gu] Wikipedia-gu Digest, Vol 6, Issue 12
by Ashok Vaishnav 11 May '12

11 May '12

Congraqtulations for the publication Wikiparika. Indeed, all the efforts and pains that undergo such an exercise do show thier worth in the final outcome of this issue. Can this be enabled for a wider circulation, say,via blogaggregators like Indiblogger / Blogadda etc.? This can bring in much wider involvement of bloggers to the wikimedia and realated projects. WBR< Ashok Vaishnav >________________________________ > From: "wikipedia-gu-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org" <wikipedia-gu-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org> >To: wikipedia-gu(a)lists.wikimedia.org >Sent: Friday, May 11, 2012 5:30 PM >Subject: Wikipedia-gu Digest, Vol 6, Issue 12 > >----- Forwarded Message ----- > >Send Wikipedia-gu mailing list submissions to > wikipedia-gu(a)lists.wikimedia.org > >To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-gu >or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wikipedia-gu-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org > >You can reach the person managing the list at > wikipedia-gu-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org > >When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >than "Re: Contents of Wikipedia-gu digest..." > >Today's Topics: > > 1. [Wikipatrika]: Announcing the third issue of Wikipatrika! > (Noopur Raval) > >Dear all, > >I am very happy to tell you all that the third issue of Wikipatrika - the community newsletter is finally out! You can check it here: http://wiki.wikimedia.in/WikiPatrika/2012-05 > >First things first, a humble acknowledgement to all the editors who helped out with this issue of the newsletter. A special thanks to Gitartha (as), Debanjan (bn), Karthik (en and mr), Pratik (en), DS Vyas and Sushant (gu), Siddhartha (hi), Omshivaprakash (kn), Anoop, Kannan, Sreejith, Viswaprabha and Shiju (ml), Abhishek (mr), Rajesh and Saroj (ne), Mkar and Srikant Kedia (or), Abhiram (sa), Logicwiki and Shanmugam (ta), Arjuna and Rahimanuddin (te). In other contributions, thanks to Srikanth R for Commons, Logic, Santhosh, Achal for Free culture news and Tinu for Press news. >This entire venture could not have been possible without Tanvir's constant support with templates and tweaks. Forgive me if I have missed someone. > >So, what has changed from last time? Since all the Wikimeetups are listed on Wikipedia here and on the respective community pages, we've omitted the section on events and meetups. Instead, we've added a section onFeatured Interviews which has a GLAM interview this time and the EPOV column (Editor's point of view: INCOTM report). > >The idea is to make Wikipatrika a supplement to the mailing lists and village pumps and not replicate the same information in all places. Hopefully, by the next issue, with more featured interviews, insightful pieces from editors and free culture persons we will be able to achieve that. > >The way forward: > >It's a proud moment to see the amount of activity that all our language communities are involved in. We should definitely strive to make Wikipatrika regular and hopefully get more editors to contribute. This is one space where editors can express the dreams, visions and challenges that their Wikipedia community faces. If you have projects you want to publicize or successful projects that could be started in other communities, this is the space to express your opinion! From next time onward, we will coordinate Patrika on https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-newsletter mailing list. I welcome you all to join right away and we can discuss ideas for features, changing the format and more! > >-- >Noopur Raval > >_______________________________________________ >Wikipedia-gu mailing list >Wikipedia-gu(a)lists.wikimedia.org >https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-gu > > >

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[Wikipatrika]: Announcing the third issue of Wikipatrika!
by Noopur Raval 10 May '12

10 May '12

Dear all, I am very happy to tell you all that the third issue of Wikipatrika - the community newsletter is finally out! You can check it here: http://wiki.wikimedia.in/WikiPatrika/2012-05 First things first, a humble acknowledgement to all the editors who helped out with this issue of the newsletter. A special thanks to Gitartha (as), Debanjan (bn), Karthik (en and mr), Pratik (en), DS Vyas and Sushant (gu), Siddhartha (hi), Omshivaprakash (kn), Anoop, Kannan, Sreejith, Viswaprabha and Shiju (ml), Abhishek (mr), Rajesh and Saroj (ne), Mkar and Srikant Kedia (or), Abhiram (sa), Logicwiki and Shanmugam (ta), Arjuna and Rahimanuddin (te). In other contributions, thanks to Srikanth R for Commons, Logic, Santhosh, Achal for Free culture news and Tinu for Press news. This entire venture could not have been possible without Tanvir's constant support with templates and tweaks. Forgive me if I have missed someone. So, what has changed from last time? Since all the Wikimeetups are listed on Wikipedia here and on the respective community pages, we've omitted the section on events and meetups. Instead, we've added a section on* Featured Interviews* which has a GLAM interview this time and the *EPOV* column (Editor's point of view: INCOTM report). The idea is to make Wikipatrika a supplement to the mailing lists and village pumps and not replicate the same information in all places. Hopefully, by the next issue, with more featured interviews, insightful pieces from editors and free culture persons we will be able to achieve that. *The way forward: * It's a proud moment to see the amount of activity that all our language communities are involved in. We should definitely strive to make Wikipatrika regular and hopefully get more editors to contribute. This is one space where editors can express the dreams, visions and challenges that their Wikipedia community faces. If you have projects you want to publicize or successful projects that could be started in other communities, this is the space to express your opinion! From next time onward, we will coordinate Patrika on https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-newsletter *mailing list*. I welcome you all to join right away and we can discuss ideas for features, changing the format and more! -- Noopur Raval

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[India Program]: Monthly report and updates
by Noopur Raval 08 May '12

08 May '12

Dear all, Time for monthly updates and reports. Here's the India Program report for the month of April: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Program/Reports/Community_Monthly_Repo… and, the proposed work plan for the month of May: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Program/Reports/Community_Monthly_Repo… Also, while I am sure the official report on the very successful WikiSangamolsavam is on it's way, here's a blog post by Barry Newstead who heads Global Development at the Wikimedia Foundation, on his experience of the conference: http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/05/04/focusing-on-90-percent-of-india/ Thank you, Regards -- Noopur Raval

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Re: [Wikipedia-gu] વેબ ગોષ્ઠિ ૫ (રવિવાર, ૬ મે) Web Meeting (Sunday, 6th May)
by Dhaval S. Vyas 07 May '12

07 May '12

મિત્રો, ફરી એક વખત યાદ કરાવી દઉં કે, રવિવારે સવારે ૧૧ વાગ્યે, સ્કાયપ પર આપણી આગામી વેબ ગોષ્ઠિ યોજાશે. Dear all, once again, would like to remind you about our next web meeting will be on skype this Sunday, 6th May at 11 am. See as many of you as possible there. એ આવજો (ખરા અર્થમાં 'આવજો હોં!) ધવલ 2012/4/29 Dhaval S. Vyas <dsvyas(a)gmail.com> > ભાઈઓ અને બહેનો, આવતા રવિવારે આપણી આગામી વેબ ગોષ્ઠિ યોજાશે. આપ સહુને અનુરોધ > છે કે શક્ય હોય તો રવિવાર ૫ મેની સવારે ભારતીય સમય મુજબ ૧૧ વાગ્યે સ્કાયપ પર > ઓનલાઈન થઈને આ વેબગોષ્ઠિમાં જોડાશો. આ ગોષ્ઠિની જાહેરાત વિકિપીડિયા:ગોષ્ઠિ<http://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/વિકિપીડિયા:ગોષ્ઠિ>પર પણ કરવામાં આવી છે. જો આપ ભાગ લેવાના હોવ તો ત્યાં જણાવશો અને તેમાં > ઉમેરેલા મુદ્દા સિવાયના કોઈ મુદ્દા આપ ચર્ચવા માગતા હોવ તો પણ ત્યાં જણાવવા > વિનંતિ. > > Dear all, next Sunday, 5th May, we will be having our next web meeting. If > possible, please join us on skype at 11 am IST. The same has been announced > on Gujarati Wikipeida's meetings page<http://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/વિકિપીડિયા:ગોષ્ઠિ>. > If you are attending, please let us know before hand. Also, if you have any > additional issues to discuss, apart from those listed there, pelase add > them there. > > શક્ય હોય તેટલા વધુ સભ્યોને મળવાની આશા સહ, > > ધવલ વ્યાસ > પ્રબંધક > વેબ ગોષ્ઠિ ૫ (રવિવાર, ૬ મે) > Web Meeting 5 > *When* > Sun, May 6, 11:00 – 12:00 GMT+01:00 > *Where* > on skype user id 'gu.wikipedia' > *Who* > • > Dhaval Vyas > • > Wikipedia Gujarati > • > Wikimedia Ahmedabad > >

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Re: [Wikipedia-gu] [Wikimediaindia-l] Autobiography of Mahatma Gandhiji is added to Gujarati Wikisource (Dhaval S. Vyas)
by Dhaval S. Vyas 07 May '12

07 May '12

આભાર અશોકભાઈ, અને જોડાવા માટે તૈયાર છો તો કરો કંકુના. ભદ્રંભદ્ર પર સહકાર્ય ચાલુ જ છે. કુલ ૩૦ પ્રકરણોમાંથી ૧૩ની વહેંચણી થઈ ચુકી છે. ૮ પ્રકરણ પૂર્ણ થઈ ગયાં છે. જોડાઈ જાવ. http://gu.wikisource.org/wiki/ચર્ચા:ભદ્રંભદ્ર જોઈ જુઓ, અને ઈચ્છા થાય તો 'પરિયોજનામાં જોડાવા માટે' હેઠળ તમારું નામ લખી દો. અથવા અહિં જ ઉત્તર કરો, પરિયોજનાના સંચાલક વ્યોમભાઈ તમારો સંપર્ક કરશે. ફરી એક વખત અંત:કરણપૂર્વક આભાર સહ ધવલ On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 12:01 PM, Ashok Vaishnav <ashokmvaishnav(a)yahoo.com>wrote: > આ અભિનવ કક્ષાના યજ્ઞની સફળતાપૂર્વક પુર્ણાહુતિ બદલ સહુને હાર્દિક અભિનંદન. > > હવે પછીના આવા પ્રક્લ્પમાટે હું મારૂં યોગદાન આપવા તૈયાર છું. > > અશોક વૈષ્ણવ > > *From:* "wikipedia-gu-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org" < > wikipedia-gu-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > *To:* wikipedia-gu(a)lists.wikimedia.org > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 2, 2012 9:48 PM > *Subject:* Wikipedia-gu Digest, Vol 6, Issue 2 > > ----- Forwarded Message ----- > > Send Wikipedia-gu mailing list submissions to > wikipedia-gu(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-gu > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wikipedia-gu-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wikipedia-gu-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Wikipedia-gu digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Autobiography of Mahatma Gandhiji is added to Gujarati > Wikisource (Shiju Alex) > 2. Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Autobiography of Mahatma Gandhiji is > added to Gujarati Wikisource (Dhaval S. Vyas) > 3. Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Autobiography of Mahatma Gandhiji is > added to Gujarati Wikisource (Dhaval S. Vyas) > Dear All, > > On behalf the Gujarati community, I wanted to share a nice update. On > 22nd April, Gujarati Wikisource reached a major milestone with the > completion of " સત્યના પ્રયોગો અથવા આત્મકથા<http://gu.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%AA%B8%E0%AA%A4%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%AF%E0%AA%A8…>" > (Saty Naa Prayogo Athavaa Aatmakathaa) It is the Autobiography of Mahatma > Gandhi (The story of my experiments with truth<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_My_Experiments_with_Truth>). > This book has 454 pages in 169 chapters in 5 sections. > > The work to digitize this book was started less than 1 month before. > > The following Gujarati wiki librarians contributed to this project. > > 1. સુશાંત સાવલા (Sushant Savla) > 2. ધવલ વ્યાસ (Dhaval Vyas) > 3. vyom25 (Vyom) > 4. સતિષ પટેલ (Satish Chandra) > 5. જેઠાભાઇ ઓડેદરા (Jethabhai Odedara) > 6. અશોક મોઢવાડીયા (Ashok Modhavadia - Captain) > 7. jaishree > 8. Roopal Mehta > 9. સંજય બાલોતિયા (Sanjay Balotia) > 10. જીતેન્દ્રસિંહ (Jinedrasinh) > 11. નિલેશ બંધીયા (Nilesha Bandhia) > 12. Findjigar > 13. દેવેન્દ્રસિંહ ગોહિલ (Devendrasinh Gohil) > > To me, this is actually the biggest part of this story! *13 > wikilibrarians* from all over the world collaborated on this! That is > amazing for a relatively new community. > > I would like to acknowledge the contributions of Ashok Modhavadia from > Junagadh for managing the project, and for Sushant Savla and Dhaval Vyas > for being inspirations behind it. Incidentally, Ashok managed the scanning > of all the pages, the allotment of chapters, and all other aspects of > project management. > > For anyone interested in how to manage a Wikisource initiative, do look at > the discussions on this page > > [ > http://gu.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%AA%9A%E0%AA%B0%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%9A%E0%AA%BE… > ] > > Digitization of the next book will be managed by Vyom. > > There is an lovely quote I will close this mail with: આજ આનંદ મારા આંગણે > રે લોલ! (Aaj aanand maara aangane re lol!) which means "Today is a joyous > day for us!" > Congratulations to the Gujarati community. > > Wishing Gujarati wiki community all the best. > > Warmest Regards, > > Shiju Alex > Dear Shiju, > Thanks a million for sharing this with the wider community. > An update: > The next collaborative work is already started and in just a week's time, > it is almost 25% completed as well. > Kind Regards, > Dhaval > On 2 May 2012 16:11, "Shiju Alex" <shiju(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: > > Dear All, > > On behalf the Gujarati community, I wanted to share a nice update. On > 22nd April, Gujarati Wikisource reached a major milestone with the > completion of " સત્યના પ્રયોગો અથવા આત્મકથા<http://gu.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%AA%B8%E0%AA%A4%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%AF%E0%AA%A8…>" > (Saty Naa Prayogo Athavaa Aatmakathaa) It is the Autobiography of Mahatma > Gandhi (The story of my experiments with truth<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_My_Experiments_with_Truth>). > This book has 454 pages in 169 chapters in 5 sections. > > The work to digitize this book was started less than 1 month before. > > The following Gujarati wiki librarians contributed to this project. > > 1. સુશાંત સાવલા (Sushant Savla) > 2. ધવલ વ્યાસ (Dhaval Vyas) > 3. vyom25 (Vyom) > 4. સતિષ પટેલ (Satish Chandra) > 5. જેઠાભાઇ ઓડેદરા (Jethabhai Odedara) > 6. અશોક મોઢવાડીયા (Ashok Modhavadia - Captain) > 7. jaishree > 8. Roopal Mehta > 9. સંજય બાલોતિયા (Sanjay Balotia) > 10. જીતેન્દ્રસિંહ (Jinedrasinh) > 11. નિલેશ બંધીયા (Nilesha Bandhia) > 12. Findjigar > 13. દેવેન્દ્રસિંહ ગોહિલ (Devendrasinh Gohil) > > To me, this is actually the biggest part of this story! *13 > wikilibrarians* from all over the world collaborated on this! That is > amazing for a relatively new community. > > I would like to acknowledge the contributions of Ashok Modhavadia from > Junagadh for managing the project, and for Sushant Savla and Dhaval Vyas > for being inspirations behind it. Incidentally, Ashok managed the scanning > of all the pages, the allotment of chapters, and all other aspects of > project management. > > For anyone interested in how to manage a Wikisource initiative, do look at > the discussions on this page > > [ > http://gu.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%AA%9A%E0%AA%B0%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%9A%E0%AA%BE… > ] > > Digitization of the next book will be managed by Vyom. > > There is an lovely quote I will close this mail with: આજ આનંદ મારા આંગણે > રે લોલ! (Aaj aanand maara aangane re lol!) which means "Today is a joyous > day for us!" > Congratulations to the Gujarati community. > > Wishing Gujarati wiki community all the best. > > Warmest Regards, > > Shiju Alex > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > > Thanks Ashwin, > Not only this book, but the other one that is completed and the one > underway, are all proof read against original. These are all manually typed > and not OCR'd. Thanks to the lack of available OCR Tool/software for indic > scripts. > If you or anybody else here is aware of good and reliable tool for Indic, > especially Gujarati, script please share. That will help us upload book in > remarkably less time than it has taken. > Best, > Dhaval > On 2 May 2012 17:01, "Ashwin Baindur" <ashwin.baindur(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Dhaval, > > No doubt a great achievement and my very sincere congratulations. I > just wanted a clarification. This is very important! Have you checked > each word for correctness against the original text? Or is it OCR'd > text? > > Sincerely > > Ashwin > > On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 9:04 PM, Dhaval S. Vyas <dsvyas(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Dear Shiju, > > > > Thanks a million for sharing this with the wider community. > > > > An update: > > > > The next collaborative work is already started and in just a week's > time, it > > is almost 25% completed as well. > > > > Kind Regards, > > Dhaval > > > > On 2 May 2012 16:11, "Shiju Alex" <shiju(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: > >> > >> Dear All, > >> > >> On behalf the Gujarati community, I wanted to share a nice update. On > >> 22nd April, Gujarati Wikisource reached a major milestone with the > >> completion of " સત્યના પ્રયોગો અથવા આત્મકથા" (Saty Naa Prayogo Athavaa > >> Aatmakathaa) It is the Autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi (The story of my > >> experiments with truth). This book has 454 pages in 169 chapters in 5 > >> sections. > >> > >> The work to digitize this book was started less than 1 month before. > >> > >> The following Gujarati wiki librarians contributed to this project. > >> > >> સુશાંત સાવલા (Sushant Savla) > >> ધવલ વ્યાસ (Dhaval Vyas) > >> vyom25 (Vyom) > >> સતિષ પટેલ (Satish Chandra) > >> જેઠાભાઇ ઓડેદરા (Jethabhai Odedara) > >> અશોક મોઢવાડીયા (Ashok Modhavadia - Captain) > >> jaishree > >> Roopal Mehta > >> સંજય બાલોતિયા (Sanjay Balotia) > >> જીતેન્દ્રસિંહ (Jinedrasinh) > >> નિલેશ બંધીયા (Nilesha Bandhia) > >> Findjigar > >> દેવેન્દ્રસિંહ ગોહિલ (Devendrasinh Gohil) > >> > >> To me, this is actually the biggest part of this story! 13 > wikilibrarians > >> from all over the world collaborated on this! That is amazing for > >> a relatively new community. > >> > >> I would like to acknowledge the contributions of Ashok Modhavadia from > >> Junagadh for managing the project, and for Sushant Savla and Dhaval > Vyas for > >> being inspirations behind it. Incidentally, Ashok managed the scanning > of > >> all the pages, the allotment of chapters, and all other aspects of > project > >> management. > >> > >> For anyone interested in how to manage a Wikisource initiative, do look > at > >> the discussions on this page > >> > >> > >> [ > http://gu.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%AA%9A%E0%AA%B0%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%9A%E0%AA%BE… > ] > >> > >> Digitization of the next book will be managed by Vyom. > >> > >> There is an lovely quote I will close this mail with: આજ આનંદ મારા > આંગણે > >> રે લોલ! (Aaj aanand maara aangane re lol!) which means "Today is a > joyous > >> day for us!" > >> Congratulations to the Gujarati community. > >> > >> Wishing Gujarati wiki community all the best. > >> > >> Warmest Regards, > >> > >> Shiju Alex > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > >> Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > >> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > > Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > > > > > > -- > Warm regards, > > Ashwin Baindur > ------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikipedia-gu mailing list > Wikipedia-gu(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-gu > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikipedia-gu mailing list > Wikipedia-gu(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-gu > >

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[Wikipatrika]: A quick update
by Noopur Raval 07 May '12

07 May '12

Dear all, A quick update on Wikipatrika. Here's the current draft of the next issue http://wiki.wikimedia.in/WikiPatrika/2012-05/Community_News As you can see, most of the sections have been updated with information on events, meetups and Wikipedia news of our various language communities. This time, we've also added an interview of a community member (Bpositive's report on INCOTM) and an external interview (interview with a GLAM Director) to make Patrika more informative and interesting. Quite a few of you may already have contributed to this draft. The pages for as, bn, gu, hi, en, kn, ne, or, sa, te and ta have already been translated from the respective languages. There is also a Commons tab where we can add information on various photo walks. The reason why I'm sharing this update is for everyone else to add material that may have been left out or any other details. Do remember that we are planning to release this on May 10th so please do add your edits / sections by May 9th. Also, going forward, we hope to coordinate the issue on the Wikipatrika mailing list. So, I invite all those interested to join the Wikipatrika mailing list here: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-newsletter Regards Noopur -- Noopur Raval

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Re: [Wikipedia-gu] [Wikimediaindia-l] Autobiography of Mahatma Gandhiji is added to Gujarati Wikisource
by Dhaval S. Vyas 04 May '12

04 May '12

Thanks once again Ashwin, I have been considering to release the books officially, but unfortunately, PDF conversion is not working with Gujarati. The bug is filed a while ago, and I have been told that it may get quite a long time to fix the issue. Without having capability of exporting the page as PDF or preparing a book, I won't really feel to rush for the book release. Regards, Dhaval On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 6:54 PM, Ashwin Baindur <ashwin.baindur(a)gmail.com>wrote: > Hi Dhaval, > > That is really very good to hear. We must maintain the highest > standards in all things WikiSource. Unlike Wikipedia, errors cannot be > allowed to co-exist. Well done to all Gujarati Wiki-Source-ians. Keep > yup your great work. > > I request that this book may be please be got "officially" released to > gain publicity and attention to Gujarati WikiSource & the community. > > Ashwin > > On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 9:56 PM, Dhaval S. Vyas <dsvyas(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks Ashwin, > > > > Not only this book, but the other one that is completed and the one > > underway, are all proof read against original. These are all manually > typed > > and not OCR'd. Thanks to the lack of available OCR Tool/software for > indic > > scripts. > > > > If you or anybody else here is aware of good and reliable tool for Indic, > > especially Gujarati, script please share. That will help us upload book > in > > remarkably less time than it has taken. > > > > Best, > > Dhaval > > > > On 2 May 2012 17:01, "Ashwin Baindur" <ashwin.baindur(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> Hi Dhaval, > >> > >> No doubt a great achievement and my very sincere congratulations. I > >> just wanted a clarification. This is very important! Have you checked > >> each word for correctness against the original text? Or is it OCR'd > >> text? > >> > >> Sincerely > >> > >> Ashwin > >> > >> On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 9:04 PM, Dhaval S. Vyas <dsvyas(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > Dear Shiju, > >> > > >> > Thanks a million for sharing this with the wider community. > >> > > >> > An update: > >> > > >> > The next collaborative work is already started and in just a week's > >> > time, it > >> > is almost 25% completed as well. > >> > > >> > Kind Regards, > >> > Dhaval > >> > > >> > On 2 May 2012 16:11, "Shiju Alex" <shiju(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: > >> >> > >> >> Dear All, > >> >> > >> >> On behalf the Gujarati community, I wanted to share a nice update. > On > >> >> 22nd April, Gujarati Wikisource reached a major milestone with the > >> >> completion of " સત્યના પ્રયોગો અથવા આત્મકથા" (Saty Naa Prayogo > Athavaa > >> >> Aatmakathaa) It is the Autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi (The story of > >> >> my > >> >> experiments with truth). This book has 454 pages in 169 chapters in > 5 > >> >> sections. > >> >> > >> >> The work to digitize this book was started less than 1 month before. > >> >> > >> >> The following Gujarati wiki librarians contributed to this project. > >> >> > >> >> સુશાંત સાવલા (Sushant Savla) > >> >> ધવલ વ્યાસ (Dhaval Vyas) > >> >> vyom25 (Vyom) > >> >> સતિષ પટેલ (Satish Chandra) > >> >> જેઠાભાઇ ઓડેદરા (Jethabhai Odedara) > >> >> અશોક મોઢવાડીયા (Ashok Modhavadia - Captain) > >> >> jaishree > >> >> Roopal Mehta > >> >> સંજય બાલોતિયા (Sanjay Balotia) > >> >> જીતેન્દ્રસિંહ (Jinedrasinh) > >> >> નિલેશ બંધીયા (Nilesha Bandhia) > >> >> Findjigar > >> >> દેવેન્દ્રસિંહ ગોહિલ (Devendrasinh Gohil) > >> >> > >> >> To me, this is actually the biggest part of this story! 13 > >> >> wikilibrarians > >> >> from all over the world collaborated on this! That is amazing for > >> >> a relatively new community. > >> >> > >> >> I would like to acknowledge the contributions of Ashok Modhavadia > from > >> >> Junagadh for managing the project, and for Sushant Savla and Dhaval > >> >> Vyas for > >> >> being inspirations behind it. Incidentally, Ashok managed the > scanning > >> >> of > >> >> all the pages, the allotment of chapters, and all other aspects of > >> >> project > >> >> management. > >> >> > >> >> For anyone interested in how to manage a Wikisource initiative, do > look > >> >> at > >> >> the discussions on this page > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> [ > http://gu.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%AA%9A%E0%AA%B0%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%9A%E0%AA%BE… > ] > >> >> > >> >> Digitization of the next book will be managed by Vyom. > >> >> > >> >> There is an lovely quote I will close this mail with: આજ આનંદ મારા > >> >> આંગણે > >> >> રે લોલ! (Aaj aanand maara aangane re lol!) which means "Today is a > >> >> joyous > >> >> day for us!" > >> >> Congratulations to the Gujarati community. > >> >> > >> >> Wishing Gujarati wiki community all the best. > >> >> > >> >> Warmest Regards, > >> >> > >> >> Shiju Alex > >> >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ > >> >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > >> >> Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > >> >> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > >> >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > >> >> > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > >> > Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > >> > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > >> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Warm regards, > >> > >> Ashwin Baindur > >> ------------------------------------------------------ > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > >> Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > >> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > > Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > > > > > > -- > Warm regards, > > Ashwin Baindur > ------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >

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વીકીસ્ત્રોત માટે અમુક ચોપડીયો
by Noopur Raval 04 May '12

04 May '12

ગુજરાતી વીકી સમુદાય ના વ્હાલા મિત્રો, ગાંધીજી ની આત્મકથા ના પ્રોજેક્ટ ની પુર્ણાહુતી બદલ ખૂબ ખૂબ અભિનંદન! મેં એમ પણ સાંભળ્યું કે વ્યોમ આની પછી નો પ્રોજેક્ટ સંભાળશે. મને પણ આમાં જોડાવું છે તો તેની માહિતી ક્યાં મળી શકે? અને હું કૈક શોધી રહી હતી ત્યારે મને આ સાઈટ દેખાઈ. કદાચ તમને મદદરૂપ થાયે: http://pustakalay.com/sahitya.htm અભાર, નૂપુર -- Noopur Raval

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