Wikipedia-OR February 2013

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Wikipedia-OR Letter, 27.2.13
by RABI KANUNGO 27 Feb '13

27 Feb '13

We will be touch with you. Thank you. Rabi Kanungo

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Re: [Wikipedia-OR] Letter
by Subhashish Panigrahi 27 Feb '13

27 Feb '13

Dear Mr. Kanungo, It is great to see you here. Odia Wikipedia is growing its content by the contribution of numerous voluntary contributors across the world. The content of Odia Wikipedia is free to access, edit and reproduce. Many a times volunteers face problems for finding photos as copyrighted photos are not allowed to be used in Wikipedia. Suryaprabha has created a broad sphere of photos, news archive of many important people and places. It would be really great if the community could request you to donate the photographs which have already been used in the print edition of Suryaprabha o Prabha Sarjana. We will upload them on WikiCommons (http://commons.wikimedia.org) with due credit under CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-* sa*/*3.0*). Do let us know your views. These photos will be used across all the 290 + world language wikipedias. On 26 February 2013 19:24, RABI KANUNGO <rabikanungo(a)rediffmail.com> wrote: > Thank you. I am the Editor of a popular Odia daily newspaper Suryaprava, > and also of an Odia monthly literary magazine Prabha Sarjana, published > from Bhubaneswar. You may keep in touch with us and hope, our mutual > cooperation may help our language. > Rabi Kanungo > > <http://sigads.rediff.com/RealMedia/ads/click_nx.ads/www.rediffmail.com/sign…> > Catch India as it happens with the *Rediff News App*. To download it for > FREE, click here<http://track.rediff.com/click?url=___http://www.rediff.com/newsapp___&lnk=s…> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikipedia-OR mailing list > Wikipedia-OR(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-or > > -- Best! Subhashish Panigrahi

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Letter
by RABI KANUNGO 26 Feb '13

26 Feb '13

Thank you. I am the Editor of a popular Odia daily newspaper Suryaprava, and also of an Odia monthly literary magazine Prabha Sarjana, published from Bhubaneswar. You may keep in touch with us and hope, our mutual cooperation may help our language. Rabi Kanungo

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Fwd: [Wikimediaindia-l] Deadlines for some upcoming opportunities (GSoC, Wikimania & other conferences)
by ansuman 15 Feb '13

15 Feb '13

So let me spread the word now about some other upcoming deadlines: The scholarship deadline for Wikimania 2013 (Hong Kong, 7-11 August) is in one week: 22 February 2013 23:59 UTC <https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships>. The talk proposal deadline is 30 April <https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions>. I also want to draw your attention to Open Source Bridge, Allied Media Conference, and the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing. These are conferences that are interested in empowering everyone, using technology, and have a focus on diversity and social justice. If you lead a session at one of these conferences, you are eligible to apply for Wikimedia Foundation's Participation Support subsidies for travel <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Participation:Support>. Last year, the open source and Wikipedia sessions at Grace Hopper and Open Source Bridge were very well-attended. Allied Media Conference: 20-23 June, Detroit, Michigan, USA. Call for proposals deadline: 8 March. http://alliedmedia.org/news/2013/02/01/its-time-propose-session-amc2013-rea… Open Source Bridge: 18-21 June, Portland, Oregon, USA. Call for proposals deadline: 9 March. http://opensourcebridge.org/blog/2013/01/2013-call-for-proposals-now-open/ Grace Hopper: 2-5 October, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Call for proposals deadline: 15 March. http://gracehopper.org/2013/participate/call-for-participation/ Go ahead and submit stuff! And remember, it's okay to submit multiple proposals per conference. MediaWiki is going to apply to participate in Google Summer of Code again this year as a mentoring organization. Students aiming to participate should look at this timeline: https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/events/google/gsoc2013 and remember that their applications will be due on 3 May. In GSoC, college and graduate students work on open source projects remotely, mentored by skilled developers. Students who successfully complete the program receive USD5000 in total. And finally, if you're interested in attending AdaCamp in San Francisco 8-9 June 2013 (to work on supporting women in open technology and open culture), please fill out http://adainitiative.org/2013/01/interested-in-attending-an-adacamp-in-san-… and indicate whether you would need travel assistance. "...this is not a full application to attend AdaCamp San Francisco, just a way to gauge interest. We will contact you with application details when applications open." Please feel free to forward! -- Sumana Harihareswara Engineering Community Manager Wikimedia Foundation > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG#ieg-applying > > "Individual Engagement Grants support Wikimedians to complete projects > that benefit the Wikimedia movement, lead to online impact, or otherwise > serve our mission, community, and strategic priorities. > > "We fund individuals or small teams to build, organize, pilot, create, > improve, research or facilitate something that enhances the work of > Wikimedia's volunteers and helps us achieve our vision of a world in > which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all > knowledge." > > The deadline for the current round is Feb 15 24:00 UTC, which is about > 26 hours from when I send this. Proposals for the next round will open > in August. > > Please also consider helping discuss current proposals between now and > 22 February: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG#ieg-reviewing > > "Open discussion and evaluation of proposals is intended to encourage > diversity and innovation in the grants made, by bringing multiple > perspectives to the selection process. Funding limits the amount of > Individual Engagement Grants we are able to make in each round, and > proposals are carefully evaluated and selected according to > pre-determined criteria > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG#ieg-criteria>." > > Hope this is of interest! > > -- Sumana Harihareswara Engineering Community Manager Wikimedia > Foundation _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list _______________________________________________ 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 Regards, Ansuman <http://twitter.com/an5um> *ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ <http://or.wikipedia.org/>*

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[A2K]: The Access to Knowledge - Bulletin - January '13
by noopur 07 Feb '13

07 Feb '13

Dear all, Wikimedia Foundation, beginning from September 1, 2012, awarded the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) a two-year grant of INR 26,000,000 to support and develop free knowledge in India. Consequently, Wikimedia Foundation's India Program became the Access to Knowledge (A2K) program [1] of CIS. In the first issue of our newsletter for 2013, we are glad to introduce you to our new programme director, Vishnu Vardhan, provide you an update of the Access to Knowledge (September to December 2012) Report, the Indic Languages Wikipedia Statistical Report 2012 and reports of the events organised in Goa in the month of December 2012. Archives of our newsletters are here [2]. Wikipedians from various communities can reqDeuest for outreach programs, technical bugs, logistics-merchandize and media, public relations and communications at http://bit.ly/TOcXId [3]. # CIS Office in Delhi * The A2K team [4] consists of four members: T. Vishnu Vardhan [5], Nitika Tandon [6], Subhashish Panigrahi [7] and Noopur Raval [8]. # New Project Director for Wikipedia Project * T. Vishnu Vardhan [9] is the new Programme Director-Access to Knowledge at CIS. Vishnu has over the last 11 years worked in various capacities as researcher, grant manager, teacher, project consultant, information architect and translator. Vishnu managed the Art, Crafts and Culture [10] portfolio of Sir Ratan Tata Trust [11] and also worked as Research Coordinator at the Centre for the Study of Culture and Society [12] in Bangalore. # Distinguished Fellow * Tejaswini Niranjana [13], a Senior Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Culture and Society (CSCS), Bangalore, and Visiting Professor at Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai is joining our team as an Adviser to the 'Access to Knowledge' programme. She will guide the A2K team in expanding the Indian language Wikipedias and in increasing the number of active editors through strategic partnerships with Higher Education institutions across India. # Events Organised by CIS: Note: The events in Goa were organized in the month of December 2012. However, reports were published the following month. * Two-day Wiki Workshop in Goa University: An Introduction [14] (by Nitika Tandon, January 15, 2013). * Wikipedia in St. Xavier's College, Mapusa, Goa [15] (by Nitika Tandon, January 19, 2013). * Promoting GLAM in Goa [16] (by Nitika Tandon, January 24, 2013). * Konkani in Wikipedia Incubator -- Taking it to the Next Level [17] (by Nitika Tandon, January 25, 2013). * A Wiki Workshop at Raj Kumar Goel Institute of Technology, Ghaziabad [18] (RKGIT, Ghaziabad, January 17, 2013). * Odia Education Program [19] (Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Dhenkanal, Orissa, January 26, 2013). * Odia Wikipedia 9th Anniversary Celebration [20] (Academy of Media Learning, Samantha Vihar, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, January 29, 2013). # Meeting * Bringing Konkani Encyclopedia in Public Domain [21] (by Nitika Tandon, January 22, 2013). # Event Participated * Celebrating the success of Wikipedia in Wikipedia Summit Pune 2013 [22] (organized by Wikipedia Club, Pune, January 12 - 13, 2013). # Media Coverage * First Odia Wikipedia Education Program concludes at IIMC, Dhenkanal [23] (Odisha Diary Bureau, Dhenkanal, January 27, 2013). * Odia Wikipedia's 9th Anniversary and Workshop on Application of Odia in Media [24] (Sambad, January 30, 2013). *About CIS [25]* CIS was registered as a society in Bangalore in 2008. As an independent, non-profit research organisation, it runs different policy research programmes such as Accessibility, Access to Knowledge, Openness, Internet Governance, and Telecom. The policy research programmes have resulted in outputs such as the e-Accessibility Policy Handbook for Persons with Disabilities [26] with ITU and G3ict, and Digital Alternatives with a Cause? [27], Thinkathon Position Papers [28] and the Digital Natives with a Cause? Report [29] with Hivos, etc. We have conducted policy research for the Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, etc., on WIPO Treaties [30], Copyright Bill [31], NIA Bill [32], etc. CIS is accredited as an observer at WIPO. CIS staff participates in the Standing Committee for Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) meetings regularly held in Geneva, and participate in the discussions and comments on them from a public interest perspective. Our Policy Director, Nirmita Narasimhan won the National Award for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities [33] from the Government of India and also received the NIVH Excellence Award [34]. *Follow us elsewhere* * Get short, timely messages from us on Twitter [35] * Join the CIS group on Facebook [36] * Visit us at http://cis-india.org [37] *Support Us* Please help us defend consumer / citizen rights on the Internet! Write a cheque in favour of 'The Centre for Internet and Society' and mail it to us at No. 194, 2nd 'C' Cross, Domlur, 2nd Stage, Bengaluru - 5600 71. *Request for Collaboration* We invite researchers, practitioners, and theoreticians, both organisationally and as individuals, to collaboratively engage with Internet and society and improve our understanding of this new field. To discuss the research collaborations, write to Sunil Abraham, Executive Director, at sunil(a)cis-india.org [38] or Nishant Shah, Director - Research, at nishant(a)cis-india.org [39] _CIS is grateful to its donors, Wikimedia Foundation, Ford Foundation, Privacy International, UK, Hans Foundation and the Kusuma Trust which was founded by Anurag Dikshit and Soma Pujari, philanthropists of Indian origin, for its core funding and support for most of its projects._ Links: ------ [1] http://cis-india.org/a2k/access-to-knowledge-program-plan [2] http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters [3] http://bit.ly/TOcXId [4] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Access_To_Knowledge/Team [5] http://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team [6] http://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team [7] http://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team [8] http://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team [9] http://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team [10] http://www.srtt.org/institutional_grants/arts_culture/overview.htm [11] http://www.srtt.org [12] http://www.cscs.res.in [13] http://cis-india.org/about/people/distinguished-fellows [14] http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/two-day-wiki-workshop-in-goa-university [15] http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/wikipedia-in-st-xaviers-college-goa [16] http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/promoting-glam-in-goa [17] http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/konkani-in-wikipedia-incubator [18] http://cis-india.org/openness/wikipedia-workshop-at-rkgit-ghaziabad [19] http://cis-india.org/openness/events/odia-education-program-at-iimc-dhenkan… [20] http://cis-india.org/openness/events/odia-wikipedia-9th-anniversary-celebra… [21] http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/bringing-konkani-encyclopedia-in-public-… [22] http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/celebrating-the-success-of-wikipedia-in-… [23] http://cis-india.org/news/orissa-diary-january-27-2013-first-odia-wikipedia… [24] http://cis-india.org/news/sambad-e-paper-january-30-2013-odia-wikipedia-wor… [25] http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/ [26] http://cis-india.org/about/advocacy/accessibility/blog/e-accessibility-hand… [27] http://cis-india.org/about/digital-natives/front-page/blog/dnbook [28] http://cis-india.org/about/digital-natives/front-page/blog/position-papers [29] http://cis-india.org/about/digital-natives/front-page/blog/digital-natives-… [30] http://cis-india.org/about/a2k/blog/cis-analysis-july2011-treaty-print-disa… [31] http://cis-india.org/about/a2k/blog/analysis-copyright-amendment-bill-2012 [32] http://cis-india.org/about/internet-governance/front-page/blog/cis-feedback… [33] http://cis-india.org/about/accessibility/blog/national-award [34] http://cis-india.org/about/news/nirmita-nivh-award [35] https://twitter.com/cis_india [36] http://www.facebook.com/groups/28535315687/ [37] http://cis-india.org [38] mailto:sunil@cis-india.org [39] mailto:nishant@cis-india.org

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Wikimedia India needs your support: Our First Fundraiser
by Karthik Nadar 01 Feb '13

01 Feb '13

Cross posting to reach mass, apologies if you have already read this! * * *Dear all,* * * *On the second anniversary of the Chapter, we made public our intention of running our first fundraiser. Going ahead with the first phase of this plan, we will be running a central site notice on the chapter website for a period of two calendar months starting 1 February, 2013. In the second phase of this plan, we aim to approach high networth individuals and corporates in the month of March 2013. This will be done using personal and professional networks of current and past EC members, staff, volunteers among others.* * Suggestions, help and support from the community on what we can do to ensure success of this fundraiser are welcome. Every drop counts :) Donations can be made by Online Bank Transfer (NEFT/RTGS) or by sending us a Cheque through snail mail. We are unable to accept card payments at this current time. Link to the donation page on our website: http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Donate Thanking you, Executive Committee, Wikimedia India. *Reasoning* (From our public statement on 4 January, 2013) A lot of people may ask why the chapter needs a fundraiser when it has access to WMF funding. The answer is, we are still ineligible for FDC of WMF (we hope to be eligible for the second round of funding in 2013) and would need to rely on grants, spending of which is restricted by the WMF. Since formation, the chapter has relied heavily on the Executive Committee to take on the burden of running the show. In an ideal world, the EC would like to take on the role of guiding the chapter rather than actually be responsible for operations after two years of incorporation, which should be best done by professionals rather than volunteers in their spare time. The chapter has hired an employee (Sowmyan Tirumurti, our Executive Manager) as well as plans to lease its own office premises in Bangalore. We will need the help of those volunteers who are in a position to support us. It could be a small individual donation or in the form of a corporate donation from an institution. A small token of support from you could go a long way in helping us achieving our goals of furthering the movement in India.* * * * * * * *--* *Thanks and regards,* *Karthik Nadar,* *Secretary, Wikimedia India Chapter.*

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Wikimedia India needs your support: Our First Fundraiser
by Karthik Nadar 01 Feb '13

01 Feb '13

Cross posting to reach mass, apologies if you have already read this! * * *Dear members,* * * *On the second anniversary of the Chapter, we made public our intention of running our first fundraiser. Going ahead with the first phase of this plan, we will be running a central site notice on the chapter website for a period of two calendar months starting 1 February, 2013. In the second phase of this plan, we aim to approach high networth individuals and corporates in the month of March 2013. This will be done using personal and professional networks of current and past EC members, staff, volunteers among others.* * Suggestions, help and support from the community on what we can do to ensure success of this fundraiser are welcome. Every drop counts :) Donations can be made by Online Bank Transfer (NEFT/RTGS) or by sending us a Cheque through snail mail. We are unable to accept card payments at this current time. Link to the donation page on our website: http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Donate Thanking you, Executive Committee, Wikimedia India. *Reasoning* (From our public statement on 4 January, 2013) A lot of people may ask why the chapter needs a fundraiser when it has access to WMF funding. The answer is, we are still ineligible for FDC of WMF (we hope to be eligible for the second round of funding in 2013) and would need to rely on grants, spending of which is restricted by the WMF. Since formation, the chapter has relied heavily on the Executive Committee to take on the burden of running the show. In an ideal world, the EC would like to take on the role of guiding the chapter rather than actually be responsible for operations after two years of incorporation, which should be best done by professionals rather than volunteers in their spare time. The chapter has hired an employee (Sowmyan Tirumurti, our Executive Manager) as well as plans to lease its own office premises in Bangalore. We will need the help of those volunteers who are in a position to support us. It could be a small individual donation or in the form of a corporate donation from an institution. A small token of support from you could go a long way in helping us achieving our goals of furthering the movement in India.* * * * * * * *--* *Thanks and regards,* *Karthik Nadar,* *Secretary, Wikimedia India Chapter.*

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