+1 to Ramesh's comment. Heartiest congratulations to Odia community on the
enormous effort, intensity and passion they have shown, Well done & please
keep up the great work. :)
Warm regards,
Ashwin Baindur
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On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 8:58 PM, Ramesh N G <rameshng(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Odia wikipedia is one of the shining example of how really active
> wikipedians can make the the growth of wikipedia.
> The outreach programs which they have conducted has shown the results in
> the last 15 months.
>
> User:Rameshng
>
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 11:54 AM, Shiju Alex <shiju(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
>> Dear All,
>>
>> Today I am sharing you the summary of discussions I had with Odia wiki (
>> http://or.wikipedia.org/) community. It is available here:
>> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_-_India_Programs/Indic_…
>>
>> Odia is a shining example of how a wiki project can be revived and build
>> a community around it, if few wonderful users with a vision for building
>> free knowledge in their mother language arrive in their mother language
>> wiki.
>>
>> Odia wikipedia was started in 2002. In fact it is one of the first Indic
>> language wikipedia. Nothing much had happened in Odia wiki till 2010
>> December. But the progress made by Odia wiki project (
>> http://or.wikipedia.org/) during the past one year is note worthy and it
>> is an example that can be replicated in some of the inactive Indic language
>> wikipedias. Odia was having just 600 articles (which were created over the
>> past 8 years) and no active users at the start of this year. Now 10 months
>> later, it has close to 1600 articles and 10 active users. The online and
>> offline outreach initiatives took by Odia wiki community for building the
>> community is showing positive result.
>>
>> I was actively involved in the community building for Odia wikipedia. I
>> still remember the day (2011 January 15) when I introducted Odia wikipedia
>> and Odia tying tool (developed by Junaid) to an Odia speaker (Ashuthosh
>> Kar) during Wiki X celebration at Bangalore. Through him very soon we got a
>> wonderful wikipedian (Subhashish) who is leading the efforts for Odia wiki
>> now. Initially Subhasish and I used to meet at my home and work on the
>> basic things for Odia wiki. I remember us working on the Odia wikipedia
>> logo, FAQ booklet, Translate wiki, and so on. Soon Odia got more members to
>> the team through the few Odia wiki workshops happened at Bangalore. Along
>> with workshops, Odia wikipedians translated the FAQ booklet to Odia and
>> took efforts to integrate the Odia typing solution to Odia wikipedia. Later
>> with the support of Dhanada Mishra (the chairman of Human Development
>> Foundation (http://www.hdf.org.in/)) and a young student Odia wikipedian
>> Srikanth Kedia a wiki workshop is conducted at Bhubaneshwar. Odia
>> wikipedians from Bangalore are doing an excellent job and now many of them
>> are participating in Wikimedia India chapter activities also.
>>
>> Odia wiki community is effectively making use of various social
>> networking sites to reach out to Odia speakers.
>>
>> Odia wiki project picked up not because Odia has got huge speaker base,
>> high literacy among Odia speakers, access to computers, or any thing else;
>> it become active only because it has receieved the right volunteers who
>> have passion and vision of developing a wikipedia in their mother language.
>> We need similar volunteers for each Indic language wikipedia.
>>
>>
>> Requesting you to place your comments on the talk page<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Foundation_-_India_Programs/I…>
>> .
>>
>>
>> Regards
>> Shiju
>>
>>
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Dear All,
Today I am sharing you the summary of discussions I had with Odia wiki (
http://or.wikipedia.org/) community. It is available here:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_-_India_Programs/Indic_…
Odia is a shining example of how a wiki project can be revived and build a
community around it, if few wonderful users with a vision for building free
knowledge in their mother language arrive in their mother language wiki.
Odia wikipedia was started in 2002. In fact it is one of the first Indic
language wikipedia. Nothing much had happened in Odia wiki till 2010
December. But the progress made by Odia wiki project (
http://or.wikipedia.org/) during the past one year is note worthy and it is
an example that can be replicated in some of the inactive Indic language
wikipedias. Odia was having just 600 articles (which were created over the
past 8 years) and no active users at the start of this year. Now 10 months
later, it has close to 1600 articles and 10 active users. The online and
offline outreach initiatives took by Odia wiki community for building the
community is showing positive result.
I was actively involved in the community building for Odia wikipedia. I
still remember the day (2011 January 15) when I introducted Odia wikipedia
and Odia tying tool (developed by Junaid) to an Odia speaker (Ashuthosh
Kar) during Wiki X celebration at Bangalore. Through him very soon we got a
wonderful wikipedian (Subhashish) who is leading the efforts for Odia wiki
now. Initially Subhasish and I used to meet at my home and work on the
basic things for Odia wiki. I remember us working on the Odia wikipedia
logo, FAQ booklet, Translate wiki, and so on. Soon Odia got more members to
the team through the few Odia wiki workshops happened at Bangalore. Along
with workshops, Odia wikipedians translated the FAQ booklet to Odia and
took efforts to integrate the Odia typing solution to Odia wikipedia. Later
with the support of Dhanada Mishra (the chairman of Human Development
Foundation (http://www.hdf.org.in/)) and a young student Odia wikipedian
Srikanth Kedia a wiki workshop is conducted at Bhubaneshwar. Odia
wikipedians from Bangalore are doing an excellent job and now many of them
are participating in Wikimedia India chapter activities also.
Odia wiki community is effectively making use of various social networking
sites to reach out to Odia speakers.
Odia wiki project picked up not because Odia has got huge speaker base,
high literacy among Odia speakers, access to computers, or any thing else;
it become active only because it has receieved the right volunteers who
have passion and vision of developing a wikipedia in their mother language.
We need similar volunteers for each Indic language wikipedia.
Requesting you to place your comments on the talk
page<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Foundation_-_India_Programs/I…>
.
Regards
Shiju
ଆଜ୍ଞା ଓଳିଗି!
୧. ୪ର୍ଥ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ ମେଳଣ ପାଇଁ ଡକରା!
http://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:WPOMBLR4
ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ ମେଳଣ ଦେଇ ଆମେ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆକୁ ଅଧିକ ଲୋକଙ୍କ ପାଖରେ ପହଞ୍ଚେଇବାର
ଚେଷ୍ଟା କରିଥାଉ, ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ ଉପରେ ନାନା ଆଲୋଚନା କରିଥାଉ ଓ ଆଗକୁ ବଢାଇବାର ବାଟ
ତିଆରି କରିଥାଉ । ଯଦି ଆପଣ ଓଡ଼ିଶା ଓ ଓଡ଼ିଶା ବାହାରେ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ ଓ ବାକି
ଉଇକିମିଡ଼ିଆ ପ୍ରକଳ୍ପସବୁର ବିକାଶ ପାଇଁ ଇଛୁକ ତେବେ ଏଥିରେ ଭାଗ ନିଅନ୍ତୁ । ଏଇ ମେଳଣଟି
ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆକୁ ଅଧିକ ଲୋକଙ୍କ ପାଖରେ ପହଞ୍ଚାଇବାକୁ ଓ ଏହାର ବିକାଶ କରିବା ପାଇଁ
ଆରମ୍ଭ କରାଯାଇଛି । ଏହା [[ବେଙ୍ଗାଳୁରୁ]]ର ୪ର୍ଥ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ
ମେଳଣ, ତେଣୁ ସବୁ ଓଡ଼ିଆମାନଙ୍କୁ ଏଠାକୁ ଆସିବାକୁ ଅନୁରୋଧ ।
Please [Help] Odia by taking part in the 4th Odia Wiki event in Bengaluru
on 27 November, Sunday at CIS, Domlur, Bengaluru.
Please [Help] Odia by taking part in the 4th Odia Wiki event in Bengaluru
on 27 November, Sunday at CIS, Domlur, Bengaluru.
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୨. ଲେଖନୀ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଟାଇପ କରିବା ଉପକରଣ / Lekhani Odia typing tool
*
http://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:Lekhani
*Lekhani* is a proposed new standard keyboard layout for
Narayam<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Extension:Narayam>
in Odia language <http://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odia_language>. This is a
test phase project and now can be tested
atTranslatewiki.net<http://translatewiki.net/wiki/Main_Page>.
All the bugs/proposed changes can be reported
*here*<http://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AC%89%E0%AC%87%E0%AC%95%E0%AC%BF%E0%AC%AA%…>
which
will be changed and made available in the Wikipedia.
ଶୁଭାଶିଷ ସହ--
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ସୁ ଭା ସି ସ ପା ଣି ଗା ହି
**
S u b h a s i s a P a n i g a h i
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ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ
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From: Arjuna Rao Chavala <arjunaraoc(a)gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 7:45 AM
Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Noteworthy Wikimedian Recognition
To: "Discussion list on Indian language projects of Wikimedia." <
wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Dear Wikimedians,
The traction for Wikimedia projects and content in Indian languages (and
Indian content in English) has been growing over the last decade thanks to
the passion and tireless contributions of several Wikimedians. We are
getting set for WikiConference India 2011 which is around the corner. The
Wikimedia Chapter Executive Committee (EC) and the Conference organising
team thought it is appropriate to recognize the most noteworthy
contributors to Indian language projects and Indian content in English
during the conference.
Arun Ramarathnam and Naveen Francis from the EC are leading this
initiative. The process for the recognition has been prepared and a well
diversified Jury is identified. Details of the process and the Jury are
enclosed for your perusal.
I would like to appeal to all of you to spare few minutes to think of
fellow wikimedians who made a significant difference over the first decade
of Wikimedia movement and nominate them for the recognition.
Further communication on the wiki based nomination form would follow from
the Jury. Please spread this communication across other relevant lists and
participate enthusiastically and help make this initiative, the first
collective effort to appreciate stellar contributions from the community a
success.
Cheers
Arjuna Rao Chavala
President, Wikimedia India
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Noteworthy Wikimedian Recognition
The Recognition
Wikimedia projects have been active in India for a few years and the
journey has been exciting (Wikimedia Chapter First Annual
report<http://wiki.wikimedia.in/File:WMIN-AnnualReport2010-11.pdf>,
Gautam John's article<http://gkjohn.posterous.com/thoughts-on-wikipedia-in-india>and
Wikimedia
Foundation article<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_India_Chronicles_%28150dpi%29.pdf>).
This has been made possible by the contributions of hundreds of Wikimedians
across various Wikimedia projects. WikiConference India 2011 is the first
conference and largest congregation of Wikimedians in India across
Wikimedia projects. The Wikimedia India chapter Executive committee
believes it would be befitting to use this opportunity to recognize
noteworthy contributions of some of the best contributors to our projects.
The objective of this recognition is to appreciate Wikimedians
(contributing to India focused projects) from across Wikimedia projects and
languages for their contributions.
The nomination process
- Any Wikimedian can nominate any other wikimedian of their choice for
the recognition (preferred). Self nominations are also allowed.
- Nominees for the Recognition should have made significant
contributions to Wikimedia India projects or the movement. Contributions
include content, Outreach and contributions in any other form.
- Nominations should be through a filled Nomination form on the Wikimedia
India wiki <http://wiki.wikimedia.in/>.
- Incomplete nominations will not be considered.
- The jury's decision would be final.
Eligibility Criterion
Any wikimedian other than current Members of the Wikimedia India Executive
committee, members of the Jury, Wiki Conference India Office bearers,
staff/contractors of the Wikimedia foundation or anyone paid directly for
their time/effort by Wikimedia organisations are eligible for these
recognitions.
The Jury
Jury constitution
The chapter has constituted a Jury with members from the Chapter Executive
committee, Wikimedia Foundation India office, Conference organisers and
Community and other key stakeholders.
Jury composition
1. Achal Prabhala
2. Arun Ramarathnam
3. Ashwin Baindur
4. Bishaka Datta
5. Hisham Mundol
6. Jayanta Nath
7. Naveen Francis
8. Pradeep Mohandas
9. Shiju Alex
Jury's role and responsibility
The role of the jury will be to select Wikimedians for the recognition from
the nominations made.
Key dates
- Announcement of call for nominations to community: 9th Nov 2011,
Wednesday.
- Last date for nomination submission:13th Nov 2011, Sunday
- Finalisation of Jury decision:17th Nov 2011, Thursday
The Recognition ceremony
The Chapter Executive committee will conduct a formal recognition ceremony
in the WikiConference 2011 to recognise the winners. The winners would be
given a certificate/citation.
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With Warm Regards,
*Jayanta Nath*
Calcutta,West Bengal
Hi friends,
We will have our IRC meetup on Oct 29, 2011, from 9:00 pm to 10:00 pm
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Internet_Relay_Chats/Oct_29,2011
We from Wikimedia India Chapter invites you all to take part in the IRC
meetup.
On behalf of Wikimedia India Chapter
Thanks,
Subhashish Panigrahi
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Hi All,
A IRC discussion forum is scheduled today for Odia
Wikipedia<http://or.wikipedia.org/> today
at 1730 hours IST. The main agenda of this discussion:
1. "Brief intro of all the Odia Wikimedia projects."
2. "How to go about WikiAcademy in Odia ?".
3. "Community Expansion, Hurdles and how to surpass them".
The wechat channel is #wikimedia-in, Please visit
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Internet_Relay_Chats/Nov_06,2011 for more details.
Procedure for IRC (Internet Web Chat):
Open http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=wikimedia-in
Give your full name in "Nick: "
The Channel name should be #wikimedia-in (by default)
TYPE Displayed CAPTCHA
Press connect.
Now it will connect you to Internet Web Chat (IRC). Type in the bottom box
just like normal chat and press "ENTER" to post your comment.
User:Naveenpf <http://wiki.wikimedia.in/User:Naveenpf> (Naveen Francis),
User:Arjunaraoc <http://wiki.wikimedia.in/User:Arjunaraoc> (Arjuna Rao
Chavala) and myself from Wikimedia India Chapter will be joining thi IRC.
regards
ସୁ ଭା ସି ସ ପା ଣି ଗା ହି
S u b h a s i s a P a n i g a h i
ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ
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