Wikipedia-OR September 2011

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Indic Languages: Shiju Alex
by Hisham 29 Sep '11

29 Sep '11

Dear All As I had mentioned in a previous posting (and as was so touchingly welcomed by so many of of you), Shiju Alex is joining us to lead our Indic Languages initiatives. In this mail ( http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2011-July/003845.html), I had indicated that he would join around September-October. I'm really pleased to inform you that he has now joined India Programs (on September 24th.) Indic Languages is an important priority for us - and Shiju intends to start work on this urgently. He'll be in touch shortly on this matter. Welcome aboard, Shiju! Warmest Regards, *hisham*

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About A Wiki Academy on 09-10-11
by Subhashish Panigrahi 19 Sep '11

19 Sep '11

Hi All, I will be in Odisha for few days in the first week of October. So, if we can organize an Wiki Academy either in Cuttack or in Bhubaneswar then it would be great. And along side the Academy I am planning to gather people from both Literary and Technical background. Localization of digitally available content and archiving language and literary content is a very important aspect in this time. Odia, being one of the ancient language of the subcontinent has a limited no of Unicode users and the media is completely unaware or reluctant of using this technology to digitally archive and distribution of knowledge. As government initiatives are lacking we need to educate the masses about the usability and importance of use of computer in Odia. There are few main agendas which I need to discuss with you and need your input and support for this. - Outreach campaigns for Computer usage in Odia language. - *How to read & write in Unicode Odia<http://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AC%89%E0%AC%87%E0%AC%95%E0%AC%BF%E0%AC%AA%…> * - Odia Wikimedia projects and further developments<http://or.wikipedia.org> - Bringing an active community for Ubuntu<https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/lucid/+lang/or>and GNU localization <http://oriya.sarovar.org> projects. - Usage of Computers in Odia for Schools - UTF-8 and ASCII Font mapping and Unicode conversion Apart from these all main agendas I also need people involved in different mass literacy, documentation, computer education, literary digitization and such projects. So, please revert with your valuable feedback as well as support for space allocation and necessary amenities. 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 _______________________________________________ Wikipedia Odia (Oriya) mailing list wikipedia-or(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-or facebook.com/OdiaWiki Tweet @OdiaWiki *

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September 2011 Translation Rally results on translatewiki
by ansuman 17 Sep '11

17 Sep '11

HiYa All.. Just an update on the September 2011 Translation Rally on translatewiki.net 24 users have made it among them One user from India Psubhashish (Subhashish Panigrahi aka. Subha Pa) and another from Nepal, Saroj Kumar. Any newbie out there interested in such competition, keep looking :) :) Details can be found @ http://translatewiki.net/wiki/Thread:Project_talk:Rally-2011-09/translatewi… Sorry, If I'm spamming ;) :D cheers... Srikanth Ramakrishnan Ansuman Giri * _______________________________________________ Wikipedia Odia (Oriya) mailing list wikipedia-or(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-or facebook.com/OdiaWiki Tweet @OdiaWiki *

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Fwd: Press Coverage: Request for Voices & Faces!
by Hisham Mundol 12 Sep '11

12 Sep '11

cross-posting to reach pan-India; apologies if you have got it from other mailing lists. hisham Begin forwarded message: > From: Hisham Mundol <hmundol(a)wikimedia.org> > Subject: Press Coverage: Request for Voices & Faces! > Date: September 12, 2011 3:38:04 PM GMT+05:30 > To: Wikimedia India Community list <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Cc: CherianTinu Abraham <tinucherian(a)gmail.com>, Moka Pantages <mpantages(a)wikimedia.org> > > Hi Folks > > In the last couple of days, we've had a couple of really insightful, well-written articles on Wikipedia and you, the community. > http://www.timescrest.com/life/you-cant-copypaste-this-homework-6226 > > http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110911/jsp/7days/story_14492284.jsp > > I want to acknowledge the behind-the-scenes work of Tinu and Moka. (Most of you know Tinu - who's a community member based out of Bangalore. For those of you who don't know, Moka handles Global Communications for the Wikimedia Foundation.) They have worked on making sure that we convey the right messages as well as making the articles as inclusive of as many community members as possible - by covering the stories of as wide a range of editors as possible. The result of their work is the high-quality articles I've referenced above. > > We will continue to get requests from the press and I'd love to have them tell the tales of an even larger and more varied group of community members. It'll help to convey the diversity and magic of the community. Can I request you let Tinu and I know (offlist please) if you are willing to be interviewed by journalists in future? Every one of your stories will add emotion to an article - no matter how simple or otherwise your story is. > > Also, a practical issue that we are facing is that we don't have enough print-quality images of community meet ups. Can you please add as many high-resolution images of as many community meet ups, outreach events, etc. as you can to Commons (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page) so that the press can access it more easily - and they can celebrate the human face of Wikipedia in newspapers and magazines? > > Many thanks. > > Warm Regards, > > hisham >

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FW: Update, Examples & Request: Wikipedia India Education Program
by Nitika Tandon 06 Sep '11

06 Sep '11

Cross-posting to reach pan-India Thanks Nitika From: Nitika Tandon [mailto:ntandon@wikimedia.org] Sent: 05 September 2011 16:40 To: 'wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org' Subject: Update, Examples & Request: Wikipedia India Education Program Hi Folks, I thought I’ll share an update with you’ll on the Wikipedia India Education Program. It's running majorly in 2 colleges in Pune (Symbiosis School of Economics and College of Engineering Pune). We already have over 1000 students enrolled from just these 2 colleges. Most of these students have gone through one or more out of a total of 35 introductory, basic editing and refresher sessions conducted by Campus Ambassadors. It’s good to see big numbers but I thought I’ll also share with you some articles that the students have been working on. It’s really inspiring to see their progress! J User: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Abhilasha369> Abhilasha369 started a new article: Robinson Crusoe Economy <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robinson_Crusoe_Economy> User: basic.atari <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Basic.atari> is working on article Human capital <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_capital> User: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/SaurabhKB> SaurabhKB is editing <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-organizing_list> Self-organizing list ‎ User: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Aishani_Sharma> Aishani Sharma on Social preferences <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_preferences> User: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Jinchurikidan> Jinchurikidan has been actively editing the article on Animation studio <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animation_studio> These is still some way to go on these articles but I think they are fantastic starts! The 5 users and articles above are just illustrative. You can also track progress of the entire program here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:INDIAEDU Please do reach out to the students (not just the one's listed above) and offer help and encouragement. Please do help them out on their articles as well. While they have been trained, they're going to need a lot of support because they are almost entirely newbies. Please do also leave kind words for the Campus Ambassadors. They've been doing amazing work! Thanks Nitika Tandon

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FW: Want to Help Newbie Editor Students of the India Education Program?: Inviting Online Ambassadors!
by Nitika Tandon 06 Sep '11

06 Sep '11

Cross-posting to reach pan-India Thanks Nitika From: Nitika Tandon [mailto:ntandon@wikimedia.org] Sent: 06 September 2011 20:59 To: 'wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org' Subject: Want to Help Newbie Editor Students of the India Education Program?: Inviting Online Ambassadors! Greetings, As many of you are aware, the Wikipedia India Education Program works with teachers and students to encourage Wikipedia in the classroom. The basic idea is that teachers ask their students to edit Wikipedia articles instead of submitting traditional reports, assignments, etc. Students and teachers are trained and supported and motivated by Wikipedia Campus Ambassadors - who are volunteers. We currently have 1,000 students in the pilot we are running in Pune; the response has been amazing! There are huge challenges also. Most of the students have already been taught the basics of Wikipedia by their Campus Ambassadors. However, they need more help. The workload on Campus Ambassadors is already massive (as there are hardly 20 Campus Ambassadors for 1,000 students). It is going to keep increasing as more and more of the students start editing as we are now in the 2nd half of their semesters - and therefore closer to the last dates for their articles. We are already increasing Campus Ambassadors numbers by 15 in the next few days - but that still won't be enough. We're separately building a team of passionate and helpful folks - with good mentoring and teaching skills - to be Wikipedia Online Ambassadors. Online Ambassadors will help these students by providing online support and hand-holding so that the students can make high-quality contributions. Online Ambassadors can be based anywhere in India (or indeed the world) since their interaction with students will be over the internet. I am reaching out to you to see whether you would be interested in helping students and teachers and becoming a Wikipedia Online Ambassador. We have two different Online Ambassador roles: Level 1 and Level 2. . Level 1 is open to everyone - including people who have never edited Wikipedia before - and will support students on really basic Wikipedia questions. (They will be given specific training on this.) . Level 2 is open to experienced Wikipedians and will support students on more advanced Wikipedia questions. Both Level 1 and Level 2 roles will be provided orientation sessions. Currently, all the students are working on English wikipedia. Passion for helping others and the ability to help newbies are the most essential qualities for both levels. For more information about these roles and what is expected of them, please see this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:India_Education_Program/Online_Ambass adors/Description. The time commitment is 3-5 hours per week on average throughout the semester (or academic term.) I warmly invite and highly encourage you to apply to become a Wikipedia Online Ambassador! To apply, please go to: https://docs.google.com/a/wikimedia.org/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEdtdG5 ObU9mMm5oZno3MExDc3lEZHc6MA - by Monday, September 12th (earlier is better), and we will be in touch very soon about next steps. If you have any questions, please do reach out to me either on this mailing list or offlist. Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! Thank you so very much! I look forward to your application. Sincerely, Nitika Tandon

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by Luciano_Italia 05 Sep '11

05 Sep '11

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Fwd: India Programs Team: Starting Selection Process for New Team Members
by Hisham Mundol 02 Sep '11

02 Sep '11

cross-posting to reach pan-India; apologies if you have got it from other mailing lists. hisham Begin forwarded message: > From: Hisham Mundol <hmundol(a)wikimedia.org> > Subject: India Programs Team: Starting Selection Process for New Team Members > Date: September 2, 2011 3:32:04 PM GMT+05:30 > To: "Discussion list on Indian language projects of Wikimedia." <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > > Hi Folks > > I'm writing to update you that the selection process of 2 more team members of the India Programs team has commenced. (As I mentioned a few weeks ago, we've selected Shiju & Nitika for our efforts on Indic languages and Participation.) The 2 positions I'm referring to in this mail are the remaining members of the team: > > Communications. This person will manage all communications, public relations/media, social media & digital outreach. > Team Support. This person will manage all the backend (but essential) operations of the team - such as office administration and basic accounting and personnel management. > > Details on the positions as well as the application process are available on the Wikimedia Foundation site :- > > http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/RFP/Consultant,_Communications_-_India_… > > http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/RFP/Consultant,_Team_Support_-_India_Pr… > > Similar to the process that we followed for the earlier selections, these have been posted on linkedin. (I'll be cross posting this mail on local wikimedia mailing lists, as well as the main FOSS India mailing list.) > > Can I request the following from as many of you as possible: > > We'd love to have existing Wikimedians on board. Please do apply if you're interested! > Please share this mail with anyone you know who might be interested. > Pls broadcast these links on your social networks, mailing lists, bulletin boards, etc. > > fyi, last date is 10 September. > > Please do not hesitate to contact me for any clarifications. > > Many thanks. > > 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! >

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Fwd: India Programs Team: Starting Selection Process for New Team Members
by Hisham Mundol 01 Sep '11

01 Sep '11

cross-posting to reach pan-India; apologies if you have got it from other mailing lists. hisham Begin forwarded message: > From: Hisham Mundol <hmundol(a)wikimedia.org> > Subject: India Programs Team: Starting Selection Process for New Team Members > Date: September 2, 2011 7:44:26 AM GMT+05:30 > To: "Discussion list on Indian language projects of Wikimedia." <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > > Hi Folks > > I'm writing to update you that the selection process of 2 more team members of the India Programs team has commenced. (As I mentioned a few weeks ago, we've selected Shiju & Nitika for our efforts on Indic languages and Participation.) The 2 positions I'm referring to in this mail are the remaining members of the team: > > Communications. This person will manage all communications, public relations/media, social media & digital outreach. > Team Support. This person will manage all the backend (but essential) operations of the team - such as office administration and basic accounting and personnel management. > > Details on the positions as well as the application process are available on the Wikimedia Foundation site :- > > http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/RFP/Consultant,_Communications_-_India_… > > http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/RFP/Consultant,_Team_Support_-_India_Pr… > > Similar to the process that we followed for the earlier selections, these have been posted on linkedin. (I'll be cross posting this mail on local wikimedia mailing lists, as well as the main FOSS India mailing list. > > Can I request the following from as many of you as possible: > > We'd love to have existing Wikimedians on board. Please do apply if you're interested! > Please share this mail with anyone you know who might be interested. > Pls broadcast these links on your social networks, mailing lists, bulletin boards, etc. > > Please do not hesitate to contact me for any clarifications. > > Many thanks. > > 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! >

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