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From: Subhashish Panigrahi <psubhashish(a)gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 2:41 PM
Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] 3rd Bangalore Odia Wiki Meetup- Odia Wikipedia
reaches 1500 articles
To: Wikimedia India Community list <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Hi folks,
Good morning from Odia Wiki Community.
Yesterday we had a small meetup to celebrate the *"1500 articles
Celebration" *attended by 6 old and 1 new Wikipedians.
Agenda:
*Current status:* The substantial growth and the initiatives taken to
improve the status of Odia Wikipedia was discussed. Odia Wikipedia was
dormant for almost 8 years which just started reviving itself in the
beginning of this year and made a leap of almost 1000 well written articles
in this short span with the bandwidth of a small community with less active
members. Bangalore was the stepping stone for the revival of Odia
Wikipedia<http://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AC%89%E0%AC%87%E0%AC%95%E0%AC%BF%E0%AC%AA%…>and
in the 3rd
Bangalore Wikipedia
Meetup<http://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AC%89%E0%AC%87%E0%AC%95%E0%AC%BF%E0%AC%AA%…>we
have celebrated 1500 articles.
*
Projects:*
Discussion regarding 2 ongoing projects.
*Odia loves Wikipedia<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Odia_loves_Wikipedia>
:* An event in Commons to bring out media files uploaded by Odia Wikians.
This event has reached 351 media files.
*Wikipedia for Odia Literature:* An event which is created to uplift the
presence of Odia language and literature in Wikipedia, chronological
documentations and media files collection. This is running in both in the
Wikipedia as well as Commons. Under this event Odia Wikipedia has attained 131
articles in Odia Wikipedia <http://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odia_sahitya> and 37
images in Commons.<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Odia_literature>
*Further plans:*
The next target was set up with attaining 500 more articles to beat
Gurumukhi Wikipedia which presently has 2003 articles as both of these
Wikipedias took birth in the same time.
We also have discussed to discourage creation of stubs without taking care
of them for further expansion, creation and used of templates, categories,
good citaions.
Plans for more outreach programs by collaborating the Odia literature
departments of several known colleges and universities was also talked of.
Wikipedians debated how Wikipedia could be a fair and reliable source and at
times how much beneficial it'd be when most of today's generation are moving
out of books and internet has become a repository of unending knowledge and
its regional context when an ancient language like Odia is considered,
whether or not it is needed to work for Wikipedia, or find any better
alternative.
Thank you all for reading. Expecting your valuable feedback and comments
*
ସୁଭପାSubhashishPanigrahi
ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ
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Begin forwarded message:
> From: Hisham Mundol <hmundol(a)wikimedia.org>
> Date: August 24, 2011 8:49:42 AM GMT+05:30
> To: Wikimedia India Community list <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
> Subject: India Programs-Monthly IRC: Welcoming Nitika & Shiju - Thursday August 25th @ 9pm IST (#wikimedia-office)
>
> Hi Folks
>
> As I mentioned earlier, we're scheduling the Monthly IRC of India Programs tomorrow (Thursday August 25th) at 9pm IST. This will be on the #wikimedia-office channel. (For those who are not familiar with IRC, it is an Internet messaging system similar to a regular chat room. It's very simple to use and you can join in by clicking on the following link: http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#wikimedia-office)
>
> The main agenda items are to give an update on India Programs - and also for Nitika and Shiju to introduce themselves, and for you to get to know them better. For those who missed the earlier mail exchanges on this, Nitika Tandon and Shiju Alex have joined the Wikimedia Foundation's team in India. (Nitika has already started and Shiju will be starting shortly.) I'm really excited about the additions to the team and I invite you to come join us tomorrow night to welcome them aboard!
>
> Hope to see many, many of you tomorrow.
>
> Best
>
> Hisham Mundol
>
> Wikimedia India Programs
> skype : hisham.wikimedia
> gtalk : hmundol(a)wikimedia.org
> twitter : @mundol
>
> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality!
>
ଆଜ୍ଞା ଜୁହାର,
ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ ୩ୟ ବେଙ୍ଗାଳୁରୁ ମେଳଣରେ ଯୋଗଦାନ କରି ଆମ୍ଭ ଭାଷାର ଏହି ଚଳନ୍ତି
ଜ୍ଞାନକୋଷର ବିକାଶ କରିବାରେ ସହଯୋଗ କରିବା ହୁଅନ୍ତୁ ।
ଜାଗା: ଡମଳୁରୁ
ବେଳା: ଦିବା ୩ ଘଟିକା, ୨୮ ଅଗଷ୍ଟ ୨୦୧୧ ।
ଅଧିକ ଜାଣିବା ନିମନ୍ତେ http://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:WPOMBLR3 ଦେଖନ୍ତୁ ।
ଶୁଭକାମନା
ସିରି ସୁଭାସିସ ପା
<http://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:WPOMBLR3>Agyan Juhara,
Odia Wikipedia is organizing the 3rd Bangalore Odia Wiki Meetup at Center
for Internet and Society.
Please visit http://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:WPOMBLR3 for more details and
registration.
Please do come here and take part in the growth of our language.
regards*
ସୁଭପା**SubhashishPanigrahi*
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Dear All,
The Call for Participation for WikiConference India 2011 is open now.
Details are available here: *
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2011/Call_for_Participa…
*
Few guidelines that you need to keep in mind before submitting the proposal
are available on this page. The guidelines are only meant as a pointer to
help speakers and is not expected to be exhaustive. You can submit talks
within all aspects of Wikimedia even if the topic is not specifically
included on that page. ''' Be Bold.'''
Few wikimedians had provided their wish list regarding WikiConference India
2011 here:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:WikiConference_India_2011/Programs You
can use that also as reference while submitting the proposal.
*Important: *Please forward this mail to all the relevant mailing lists, in
case I missed any list.
Regards
Shiju Alex
For WikiConference India 2011, Program Commitee