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
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
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
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> 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!
>
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>Noopur Raval
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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
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
>
>
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
>
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> 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
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>
> 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
> >>
> >
> > _______________________________________________
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> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Warm regards,
>
> Ashwin Baindur
> ------------------------------------------------------
>
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>
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
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
> >> ------------------------------------------------------
> >>
> >> _______________________________________________
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> >> Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
> >> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit
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> >
> >
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>
>
>
> --
> Warm regards,
>
> Ashwin Baindur
> ------------------------------------------------------
>
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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