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Fwd: [Wikimediaindia-l] TTT2017 and MWT2017 : Frequently Asked Question
by Dhaval S. Vyas 24 Jan '17

24 Jan '17

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Tito Dutta" <trulytito(a)gmail.com> Date: 23 Jan 2017 19:01 Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] TTT2017 and MWT2017 : Frequently Asked Question To: "Wikimedia India Community list" <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Cc: Hello, Train-the-Trainer will be conducted between 20-22 February at Bangalore and MediaWiki Training will be conducted between 24-26 February (*these are two different workshops*, see FAQ 1 below). Thanks for showing interest to join. Here are a few questions we have received, we are sharing with you so that it may clarify some of your doubts. *Please promote these events among your communities, so that the most deserving editors can attend the workshops.* *FAQ* *Question 1:* I have applied for TTT2017 (20-22 Feb), is it going to be automatically included in MWT (24-26 February)? *Answer 1:* *No, you have to apply separately.* You participation at TTT does not ensure your participation at MWT. While we understand that some of you may be eligible for both the workshops, you must apply separately. See TTT event page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/Train_the_Trainer_Program/2017 See MWT event page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/MediaWiki_Training/2017 *Question 2:* Can someone from outside India apply? *Answer 3: *Yes, in our earlier editions of these program too people from outside India participated too. *But note*: a) this is mainly an Indian program, where people from *Indian subcontinent countries* who are working for Indian languages communities may also join, b) an international application is treated similar to an Indian application, and is assessed only based on its merit. *Question 3:* I don't have a laptop, can I attend the workshop? *Answer 3:* In a training workshop, a participant would require a laptop, We understand that some of you may not have a laptop. If you are selected, in such cases we would try to provide you a laptop for the event days so that you can work. You have to inform us before so that we can make arrangement. *Question 4:* I am a minor, I may not come alone. Can I bring my relative to the workshop? *Answer 4:* It is difficult. We won't be able to pay for your friend's/relative's travel (or visa, if applicable). Only in the most difficult situations, we may provide accommodation for your friend/relative only, But *you must inform us about such request in details before the event* *Question 5:* I won't be able to attend all the 3 days. Can I attend 1 or 2 day(s) of the workshop? *Answer 5:* No, partial attendance won't be accepted. Please see the event pages for more details. If you have any other question, please let us know *and please encourage the editors of your community to apply*. _______________________________________________ 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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Re: [Wikipedia-gu] ગુજરાતી ભાષા માટે નવા અક્ષરની જરૂરીયાત બાબત
by Nilesh Bandhiya 23 Jan '17

23 Jan '17

અક્ષરનો ઉચ્ચાર બ્લોગ પર ઉમેરેલ છે. ઉપરાંત આ લીંક પરથી સાંભળી શકાશે.1. ઉચ્ચાર2. ઉદાહરણ આપ સૌના પ્રતિભાવની આવશ્યક્તા છે. આપણે સૌ વિકિપીડિયન ભેગા મળીને કંઇક નવું કરી શકીશું. આભાર. નિલેશ બંધીયા On Sunday, 22 January 2017 9:27 AM, sushant savla <sushant_savla(a)rediffmail.com> wrote: તે અક્સરનો ઉચ્ચાર રેકોર્ડિઁગ કરી ને બ્લોગમાઁ અટેચ કરો On Sat, 21 Jan 2017 16:06:31 +0530 Nilesh Bandhiya wrote > નમસ્તે,ઘણા સમય પછી હું આપ સૌને ઇ-મેઇલ કરી રહ્યો છું. મારી જોબની વ્યવસ્તતાને લઇને હું વિકિપીડિયા કે અન્ય કોઇ વિકિ પ્રોજેક્ટમાં યોગદાન આપી શકતો નથી. છેલ્લા કેટલાય સમયથી મને એક વિચાર આવી રહ્યો હતો કે આપણી ભાષામાં આપણે જે અક્ષરનો અવાર-નવાર ઉપયોગ કરીએ છીએ છતાં એને હજૂ આપણાં વ્યંજનમાં સ્થાન નથી મળ્યું. હું વાત કરી રહ્યો છું 'શ'માંથી અપભ્રંશ થયેલ અક્ષર કે જેનો ઉચ્ચાર આપણે શ અને હને વચ્ચેનો કરીએ છીએ તે. તો આના માટે આપણે બધાએ ભેગા થઇને યુનિકોડમાં શું દરખાસ્ત કરીવી જોઇએ કે? આપણાં સાહિત્યમાં કવિઓ તથા લેખકો દ્વારા પણ આ અક્ષરનો ઉપયોગ થાય છે પરંતુ તેનું અસ્તિત્વ ન હોવાના કારણે તેઓએે કાં તો 'સ', 'શ' કે છેલ્લે 'હ' નો ઉપયોગ કરવો પડે છે. આ બાબતે આપ સૌના પ્રતિભાગની આવશ્યકતા રહેલી છે. આપ મને ઇ-મેઇલ થી અથવા આ બાબત માટે લખેલ બ્લોગ (http://www.bharatvan.in/2017/01/blog-post.html) પર પ્રતિભાવ આપ વિનંતી છે. આપનો વિશ્વાસુ,નિલેશ બંધીયા _______________________________________________ Wikipedia-gu mailing list Wikipedia-gu(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-gu

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MediaWiki Training 2017: Invitation to participate
by Tito Dutta 22 Jan '17

22 Jan '17

Hello, MediaWiki Training or MWT 2017 is going to be conducted between 24-26 February 2017 at Bangalore. MWT is a residential training workshop that attempts to groom technical leadership skills among the Indian Wikimedia community members. We invite active Indian Wikimedia community members to participate in this workshop. Please find details about this event here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/MediaWiki_Training/2017 Please let us know if you have any question. Regards.

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ગુજરાતી ભાષા માટે નવા અક્ષરની જરૂરીયાત બાબત
by Nilesh Bandhiya 21 Jan '17

21 Jan '17

નમસ્તે,ઘણા સમય પછી હું આપ સૌને ઇ-મેઇલ કરી રહ્યો છું. મારી જોબની વ્યવસ્તતાને લઇને હું વિકિપીડિયા કે અન્ય કોઇ વિકિ પ્રોજેક્ટમાં યોગદાન આપી શકતો નથી. છેલ્લા કેટલાય સમયથી મને એક વિચાર આવી રહ્યો હતો કે આપણી ભાષામાં આપણે જે અક્ષરનો અવાર-નવાર ઉપયોગ કરીએ છીએ છતાં એને હજૂ આપણાં વ્યંજનમાં સ્થાન નથી મળ્યું. હું વાત કરી રહ્યો છું 'શ'માંથી અપભ્રંશ થયેલ અક્ષર કે જેનો ઉચ્ચાર આપણે શ અને હને વચ્ચેનો કરીએ છીએ તે. તો આના માટે આપણે બધાએ ભેગા થઇને યુનિકોડમાં શું દરખાસ્ત કરીવી જોઇએ કે? આપણાં સાહિત્યમાં કવિઓ તથા લેખકો દ્વારા પણ આ અક્ષરનો ઉપયોગ થાય છે પરંતુ તેનું અસ્તિત્વ ન હોવાના કારણે તેઓએે કાં તો 'સ', 'શ' કે છેલ્લે 'હ' નો ઉપયોગ કરવો પડે છે. આ બાબતે આપ સૌના પ્રતિભાગની આવશ્યકતા રહેલી છે. આપ મને ઇ-મેઇલ થી અથવા આ બાબત માટે લખેલ બ્લોગ (http://www.bharatvan.in/2017/01/blog-post.html) પર પ્રતિભાવ આપ વિનંતી છે. આપનો વિશ્વાસુ,નિલેશ બંધીયા

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Fwd: [Wikimediaindia-l] Train-the-Trainer 2017: Event details and invitation to participate
by Dhaval S. Vyas 17 Jan '17

17 Jan '17

આપ સૌની જાણ સારુ.... ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Tito Dutta" <trulytito(a)gmail.com> Date: 17 Jan 2017 05:39 Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Train-the-Trainer 2017: Event details and invitation to participate To: "Wikimedia India Community list" <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Cc: Hello, > It gives us great pleasure to inform that the Train-the-Trainer (TTT) 2017 > programme organised by CIS-A2K is going to be held from 20-22 February 2017. > > *What is TTT?* > Train the Trainer or TTT is a residential training program. The program > attempts to groom leadership skills among the Indian Wikimedia community > members. Earlier TTT have been conducted in 2013, 2015 and 2016. > > > *Who should join?* > Any active Wikimedian contributing to any Indic language Wikimedia project > is eligible to apply. > An editor must have 500+ edits. > Anyone who have already participated in an earlier iteration of TTT, can > not apply. > > Please see more about this program and apply to participate or encourage > the deserving candidates from your community to do so: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/Train_the_Tra > iner_Program/2017 > > If you have any question, please let us know. > Regards > > _______________________________________________ > 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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Wikimedia India Monthly report for November & December
by Yohann Thomas 17 Jan '17

17 Jan '17

Dear one & all Please find below Monthly Report of Wikimedia India You can find this report along with our other monthly reports here - http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Reports#2016-17 EventsWiki Loves Monuments 2016 Results <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2016_in_Ind…> After going through more than 37,000 images, the results for Wiki Loves Monuments have finally been announced. To summarise, we received 37,000+ images images in this edition from 1784 participants. 1500+ participants contributed to the movement for the first time during the contest. From the 37,000+ images we received, 1300 images are already been used in Wikipedia and it sister projects. Inspite of the contest ending, the flow of knowledge doesn’t end here, there are plenty of unused ASI monument images which is now available to utilize them across the movement. The WLM India core team which comprised of Abhinav Srivastava,Kiran RaviKumar,Karthik Nadar,Naveen Francis,Sanket Oswal,Santosh Shringare and Yohann Thomas show their gratitude to the jury members, the volunteers & the participants who made this successful. Also, the organizers want to thank Wikimedia Foundation for funding, Wikimedia India Chapter for joining hands and WLM International team for the support received throughout the competition. You can find the winners here- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2016_in_Ind… Upgradation of Wikimedia India Server Wikimedia India's website layout has remained the same since its inception in 2011 With an outdated server & firmware, and the website facing downtime with periodic snags, a decision was made to upgrade the server & also the interface of the Wikimedia India website In the months of October & November, the software was upgraded & migrated to the new software. With a new interface & updated layout, the website of Wikimedia India is now better than ever. Wikimedia India would want to thank Naveen Francis & Ranjith Siji for all their help in this exercise. Wikipedia Asian Month 2016 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Asian_Month> With the 2016's iteration of the online edit-a-thon,taking place in November 2016, the purpose of Asian Month on the English Wikipedia is to improve the quantity and quality of articles relating to Asian countries. Last year, over 7,000 articles were contributed in 43 languages in Wikipedia Asian Month. This year too, more than 500 users have enrolled themselves to contribute to this online edit-a-thon. As a symbol of friendship between Wikipedia's Asian communities, each participant who creates at least four (4) articles that fulfill the criteria will receive a specially designed Wikipedia postcard from other participating countries. Wikipedians who create the most articles on each Wikipedia will be honored as "Wikipedia Asian Ambassadors". Other newsWikiSangamotsavam`2016 Wikisangamotsavam-2016, the fifth annual gathering of users and well wishers of Malayalam Wikimedia projects, will take place from 26,27,28 December, 2016 in Kanjangad,Kasargod Kerala. Wikimedia India helped the organizers of WikiSangamotsavam`2016 to apply for a Rapid grant <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/ML_Wikipedia/WikiSanga…> to the WMF which was successfully approved. Raju Suthar Infrastructure Scholarship Wikimedia India helped Raju Suthar to apply for a Rapid grant <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/Raju_Suthar/Laptop> to the WMF which was successfully approved. Raju Suthar is one of the most active Wikipedians on the Hindi Wikipedia with almost 750+ articles to his name. In July 2016, he was also featured on the Wikimedia India website as the Featured Wikimedian <http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Featured_Wikimedian/Archive/2016> of the month. Featured Wikimedia of the Month for November Dr.Vishwanatha Badikana <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Vishwanatha_Badikana> is a Kannada Professor at the Prestigious St. Aloysius College <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Aloysius_College_(Mangalore)> in Mangalore.He started editing Kannada Wikipedia in Septmeber,2014 & Tulu in January,2015 as part of Wikipedia Education Programme run in his Institute. He was part of a small team of editors who worked & finally brought Tulu Wikipedia out of incubator recently. Dr Vishwanatha mainly write articles on folklore & has written close to 100+ articles in Tulu Wikipedia. He currently working on a unique project where he is writing articles on all the Alphabets of Tulu. Since Tulu is spoken over a small region of across Karnataka & Kerala,he believes that these articles will be useful for students to learn & speak Tulu which will lead to growth of the language. Other Wikimedia news in IndiaOpen Con 2016 Ranchi The OpenCon 2016 Ranchi was hosted at Dept. of Zoology, Ranchi University was jointly organized by the Open Access India and the Dept. of Zoology, Ranchi University in partnership with OpenCon on 12 November 2016 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. The OpenCon is a conference for the next generation to learn about Open Access, Open Education, and Open Data, develop critical skills, and catalyze action towards a more open system of research and education organized by SPARC, the Right to Research Coalition, and a Organizing Committee of students and early career academic professionals from around the world. The OpenCon 2016 Ranchi is a satellite event of the main OpenCon 2016 which was hosted for the first time in Ranchi, Jharkhand and is the only second satellite event to be held in India this year. First being the OpenCon 2016 Chandigarh which was organized as a parallel event along side of the Wiki Conference India held at Chandigarh in August 2016. Previously OpenCon 2015 Kolkata satellite event was organized in December 2015 at Kolkata by the Open Access India community of practice consisting of students, researchers, librarians, professors advocating for Open Access, Open Data, and Open Education in India. Approximately 2000 people have attended various satellite events around the world in the past 2014 and 2015. Indic Wikisource Update After the implementation of the Google OCR script to all the Indic Wikisource projects, there is an accelerated increase in the statitics.The Wikisource community has published the following updates for Indic Wikisource - November <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2016-November/012752…> - December <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2016-December/012782…> Regards, Yohann Thomas Wikimedia India

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Fwd: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2017 scholarship applications open
by Dhaval S. Vyas 12 Jan '17

12 Jan '17

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Martin Rulsch" <rulschmartin(a)gmail.com> Date: 12 Jan 2017 00:24 Subject: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2017 scholarship applications open To: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)" < wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Cc: Hi all, Scholarship applications for Wikimania 2017 which is being held in Montréal, Canada on August 11–13, 2017 are now being accepted. Applications are open until Monday, 20 February 2017 23:59 UTC. Applicants will be able to apply for a partial or full scholarship. A full scholarship will cover the cost of an individual's round-trip travel, shared accommodation, and conference registration fees as arranged by the Wikimedia Foundation. A partial scholarship will cover conference registration fees and shared accommodation. Applicants will be rated using a pre-determined selection process and selection criteria established by the Scholarship Committee and the Wikimedia Foundation, who will determine which applications are successful. To learn more about Wikimania 2017 scholarships, please visit: https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships To apply for a scholarship, fill out the multi-language application form on: https://scholarships.wikimedia.org/apply It is highly recommended that applicants review all the material on the Scholarships page and the associated FAQ ( https://wikimania2017. wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships/FAQ ) before submitting an application. If you have any questions, please contact: <wikimania-scholarships at wikimedia.org <wikimania-scholarships(a)wikimedia.org>> or leave a message at: https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Scholarships Please help us spread the word! Best regards, for the Scholarship Committee https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarship_committee _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l

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વિકિસ્રોત પર નવું સહકાર્ય : પરિયોજના ક્રમાંક ૭૬ - ૨૫૦૦ વર્ષ પૂર્વેનું હિન્દુસ્તાન (ભૂલશુદ્ધિ)
by sushant savla 05 Jan '17

05 Jan '17

મિત્રો, વિકિસ્રોત પર સહકાર્ય પરિયોજના - "સૌરાષ્ટ્રની રસધાર ૩" ની ભૂલશુદ્ધિનું કાર્ય પૂર્ણ થયું છે. આ સાથે પરિયોજના ક્રમાંક ૭૬ હેઠળ નારાયણ વિશનજી ઠક્કુર રચિત ચંદ્રગુપ્ત અને ચાણક્ય આધારિત ઐતિહાસિક નવલ કથા '૨૫૦૦ વર્ષ પૂર્વેનું હિન્દુસ્તાન'ને સ્રોત પર ચડાવવાનું કાર્ય હાથમાં લઈએ છીએ. ગુજરાતી ભાષાની આ સુંદર કૃતિને સ્રોત પર ચઢાવવાના કાર્યમાં જોડાવા માટે આપ નીચેની કડી પર જઈ વધુ માહિતી મેળવી શકશો. https://gu.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%AA%B8%E0%AB%82%E0%AA%9A%E0%AA%BF_%E0%AA%… આભાર સુશાંત સાવલા

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વિકિસ્રોત પરિયોજના ૭૫ - ઝવેરચંદ મેઘાણી રચિત "સૌરષ્ટ્રની રસધાર" (પૂર્ણ)
by sushant savla 05 Jan '17

05 Jan '17

મિત્રો, સહભાગી મિત્રોના સહકાર્યને કારણે વિકિસ્રોત પર શ્રી ઇચ્છારામ દેસાઈ રચિત નવલકથા "સૌરષ્ટ્રની રસધાર" ચઢાવાનું કાર્ય પૂર્ણ થયું છે. આ પરિયોજના ૨૩-૧૧-૨૦૧૬ ના દિવસે ચાલુ થઈ અને ૦૩-૦૧-૨૦૧૭ ના દિવસે તે પૂર્ણ થઈ છે. આ પરિયોજનામાં અશોકભાઈ વૈષ્ણવ (અમદાવાદ), કૃષ્ણકાંતભાઈ ઠાકર (અમરેલી), વ્યોમ (જુનાગઢ), પૃત્વી વલ્લભ અને સુશાંત (મુંબઈ)એ ભાગ લીધો હતો. પોતાના સમયનો ભોગ આપીને આ કૃતિને વિકિસ્રોત પર ચડાવવા બદ્દલ વિકિસ્રોત આપના સહભાગની સરાહના કરે છે તે સૌરાષ્ટ્રના ભાતીગળ રજવાડી ઇતિહાસ અને પ્રાચીન સમયના લોકજીવનને નાની નાની લોક કથાઓ દ્વારા આ પુસ્તકમાંવર્ણવાઈ છે. વિકિસ્રોત પરની આ પુસ્તકની કડી:https://gu.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%AA%B8%E0%AB%8C%E0%AA%B0%E0%AA%BE%E0%… આભાર. સુશાંત સાવલા

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Fw: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indic Wikisource Update December 2016
by sushant savla 07 Dec '16

07 Dec '16

Note: Forwarded message attached -- Original Message -- From: Jayanta Nath jayantanth(a)gmail.com To: "discussion list for Wikisource, the free library" wikisource-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org, "Discussion list on Indian language projects of Wikimedia." wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indic Wikisource Update December 2016

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