Thanks Nitika for the update,
I went through the link that you have provided.
Regarding language selection criteria, one of the point out of four given
points, is:
>>*Willingness of that particular language community to interact and engage
with the A2K team.* Though we tried approaching other language communities,
>>we were given to understand that they would like to consider engaging
with us at a later point. We have respected the community's decision and
are open to
>>work with a couple of language areas later in time.
Did you approach Gujarati Wikipedia in similar manner? I have kept two
admins of Guj. wiki. so that they also come to know about my question.
*>>Familiarity of the A2K team members with the language.* Each of us are
editors/can edit in most of the above language Wikipedias.
>>This will give us an insider's perspective of what is happening in that
particular language community and the Wikimedia projects.
that is mentioned as the last point, it sounds like this was the only
criterion that worked towards selection of languages. and I feel it is nice
way to say that "these are the languages that we like and hence we started
working on it.
Awaiting some lights on this.
Best regards,
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> Dear All,
>
> CIS-A2K had a two day meeting with WMF & FDC visiting team in its
> Bangalore office on 11th & 12th Feb 2014. The main agenda of the meeting
> was:
> Understanding current state of A2K -- basic facts (finance snapshot,
> organizational context within CIS)
> Financial review of CIS-A2K, per grant agreement
> Reflection on past year - successes and challenges in activities
> Reflection on past year - spending vs. plan
> Discussion of the preparation for funding via the FDC process; Q&A
> Reflection on relationship with various communities - successes;
> obstacles; gaps
> Discussion of A2K's current resources: staff, funds, engaged volunteers;
> discuss actual plans; discuss path according to roadmap
> Meeting minutes can be found here.[1]
>
> Thanks
> Nitika
>
> [1]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Meetings/Minutes_…
>
>
Dear All,
CIS-A2K had a two day meeting with WMF & FDC visiting team in its Bangalore office on 11th & 12th Feb 2014. The main agenda of the meeting was:
Understanding current state of A2K -- basic facts (finance snapshot, organizational context within CIS)
Financial review of CIS-A2K, per grant agreement
Reflection on past year - successes and challenges in activities
Reflection on past year - spending vs. plan
Discussion of the preparation for funding via the FDC process; Q&A
Reflection on relationship with various communities - successes; obstacles; gaps
Discussion of A2K's current resources: staff, funds, engaged volunteers; discuss actual plans; discuss path according to roadmap
Meeting minutes can be found here.[1]
Thanks
Nitika
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Meetings/Minutes_…
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Hello,
Have never visited Urdu Wikipedia myself, but from the face of data shared
by user dvyas, this sounds like a gross manipulation.
23000 articles in just two months? and how many users contributed? Even if
we assume that 100 users contributed everyday, this comes to approx 4 new
articles everyday...
Do they have so many users available? Otherwise this sounds like GROSS
MANIPULATION.
*Wikipedia in any languages should exist to serve Knowledge. and Knowledge
is better represented by the quality of articles and not by numbers.*
Any automated process can generate lot many pages. For example, Using
LibreOffice on Linux, anyone can generate thousands of articles with very
little knowledge about computer programming. My point here is that even BOT
is not required to generate pages.
Lots many pages can be generated by using latest version of LibreOffice and
a small amount of Linux Programming. and the fun part if that it would look
like pages created by legitimate users.
So let us stay away from NUMBER GAME. If we really really want to increase
no of pages, it MUST be by using legitimate users and legitimate content.
Thats all.
Regards,
>Good News Muzammil,
>But I have seen questions raised for you regarding this number. People have
>found out that till mid February there were only around 27 thousand pages,
>how did Urdu wikipedia reach 50,000 mark in 2 months? Someone also found
>that most of the recent activity is due to Bot operation and 90% of pages
>are less than 20kb in size, which means they are nearly substubs.
>Can you please clarify all these?
>Thanks,
>User: Dsvyas
>On 24 Apr 2014 18:04, "muzammil" <muzammil(a)cis-india.org> wrote:
>> Dear friends,
>>
>> I am pleased to inform you that today the Urdu Wikipedia has crossed the
>> 50,000 articles mark.
>>
>> I am honoured to be a humble contributor of this Wikipedia which has
>> reached a dream milestone which is yet to be covered by many other
>> Wikipedias.
>>
>> The focus, as the community feels, will now shift on referencing and
>> elaborating many of the existing articles to satisfactory levels.
>>
>> Also, the next target is to cross the 1,00,000 articles mark.
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Muzammil.
>>
Dear Vyas,
>
> Thank you for your quick reply dear Muzammil,
>
> Bot generated pages should not really be counted for credit, as wiki
> is volunteer driven project, it is not a competition.
>
I agree. These numbers are not for credit. They only highlight that
some new information is brought forward in the language.
>
> Reason I said this is, a bot can generate pages, but the content won't
> get updated until real person works on it.
>
That what we are there for.
> All the best for the growth of Urdu Wikipedia.
>
>
Thanks for your best wishes and hope the same for Gujarati Wikipedia.
Regards,
Muzammil
Dear friends,
I am pleased to inform you that today the Urdu Wikipedia has crossed the
50,000 articles mark.
I am honoured to be a humble contributor of this Wikipedia which has
reached a dream milestone which is yet to be covered by many other
Wikipedias.
The focus, as the community feels, will now shift on referencing and
elaborating many of the existing articles to satisfactory levels.
Also, the next target is to cross the 1,00,000 articles mark.
Regards,
Muzammil.
મિત્રો,
સહભાગી મિત્રોના સહકાર્યને કારણે વિકિસ્રોત પર શ્રી. અરદેશર ફરામજી ખબરદાર રચિત દેશભક્તિ કાવ્ય સંગ્રહ "રાષ્ટ્રિકા" ચઢાવાનું કાર્ય પૂર્ણ થયું છે. ગુજરાત, ભારત , ગાંધીજી અને પ્રાચીન ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યકારોને અંજલિ આપતાં ૭૨ કાવ્યોનો આ સંગ્રહ છે. આ પરિયોજના ૦૧-૦૪-૨૦૧૪ ના દિવસે ચાલુ થઈ અને ૧૮-૦૪-૨૦૧૪ ના દિવસે તે પૂર્ણ થઈ છે.
આ પરિયોજનામાં અશોકભાઈ વૈષ્ણવ (અમદાવાદ), સતિષચંદ્રભાઈ પટેલ અને જયમ પટેલ(ભરૂચ), આર્નવ સોનારા (રંગીલો ગુજરાતી), ધવલભાઈ ભાવસાર (બારડોલી) અને સુશાંત (મુંબઈ)એ ભાગ લીધો હતો. સૌ મિત્રોનો ખૂબ ખૂબ આભાર.
શ્રી. અરદેશર ખબરદારની આ રસપ્રદ કૃતિઓને વાંચવા ને માણવા સૌને આમંત્રણ છે. વિકિસ્રોત પરની આ પુસ્તકની કડી:
https://gu.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%AA%B0%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%B7%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%9…
સુશાંત સાવલા
Dear All,
It’s with deep regret that we announce the exit of Muzammiluddin Syed as Programme Officer CIS-A2K due to his personal reasons. Muzammil has been a great asset to the A2K team. CIS would like to thank him for all his valuable contributions to the Wikimedia movement and particularly helping grow Hindi and Urdu Wikimedia projects and community. During his stint at CIS Muzammil also put in concerted efforts to grow the partnership at Christ University. We're hoping that he'll continue to be a part of the movement as a treasured volunteer and we wish him the best in life.
In another context, CIS is happy to share that Rahimanuddin Shaik who was brought on board to work as Community Communications Consultant at CIS-A2K for 3 months will now continue as Programme Officer in lieu of Muzammil. Hence no separate hiring process will be undertaken for this position. In a short period of time Rahim has done some amazing work including building Telugu Wikipedia work plan for next year. Please join us in congratulating him and wishing him success in his new role.
Thanks
Nitika
