Dear all,
Greetings for WP10 to all from India!
Happy to share with you all that Bangalore is having a whole day event to celebrate the Wikipedia 10th anniversary. http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangalore
The program for the event is as follows:
Agenda http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NIAS_Bangalore_MainAudi.jpg http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NIAS_Bangalore_MainAudi.jpg Main Auditorium, NIAS
Evening session: Main Public event
Time: 17:00 to 20:15 IST Audience: Everyone is invited. (Every Wikipedian!) Purpose: Communicate Wikipedia Mission, facts, showcase its coolness, reach out to public, share India focus, discussion.
- 04:30 PM Coffee and Networking - 05:00 PM Welcome and Introductions by Gautam John - 05:15 PM Did you know (DYK) on Wikipedia & Wikipedia video snippets by Srikanth L. - 05:45 PM 06:00 PM *"Namma Wikipedia"* - Sharing of audience experience of using Wikipedia facilitated by Arjuna Rao. - *06:00 PM Invited Talk* - Lawrence Liang - Legal researcher, lawyer and Author (morehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Liang ) - 06:30 PM *"How I became a Wikipedian"* - sharing of experiences by Wikipedia contributors by Sundar - *06:45 PM Live address by Jimmy Wales via skype* - 07:00 PM Short Break - 07:10 PM Chapter update by Hari Prasad Nadig - What is chapter, need for it, Impact on public policy making towards open access, Call for support, Current status. - *07:20 PM Panel Discussion on Wikipedia* by Arun Ramarathnam - Wikipedia, India and the opportunities ahead - *Panelists* - Prof. S. Sadagopan - Founder Director IIIT-B (morehttp://ssadagopan.com/about.htm ) - Dr. Madan Mohan Rao - Research Director AMIC, Consultant and Writer (more) http://www.isim.ac.in/pdf/Modan's_bio.pdf) - Achal Prabhala - Member, Advisory Board, Wikimedia Foundation ( morehttp://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Advisory_Board#Achal_Prabhala ) - Sunil Abraham - Executive Director, Centre for Internet and Society (more http://www.cis-india.org/publications/cis/sunil) - 08:00 PM Thank you video by Jimmy Wales
[edithttp://ten.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bangalore&action=edit§ion=3 ]Forenoon session: Segment 1: Wikipedian Community
Time: 09:00 to 13:00 IST Audience: Wikipedia editors (others welcome too) Purpose: Share Updates, experiences and Best practices
- 09:00-09:30: Welcome, Networking, Informal introductions by Sundarhttp://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sundar - 09:30-10:30: State of Wikimedia India-> reports from all Indian Wikipedia communities. (in person or remotely) - Wikipedias - Tamil (Sundarhttp://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sundar), Bengali (Bellayet http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Bellayet), Kannada (HP Nadig http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:HPN), Malayalam (Shiju Alex http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Shijualex), Telugu (Arjuna Rao http://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Arjunaraoc), Marathi Mahitgarhttp://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mahitgar, Sanskrit (Arunram http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Arunram, and English (Tinu Cherian http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Tinucherian ). - 10:30-11:30: Discussion: Expectations from the Chapter. Facilitated by Arun Ramarathnam. http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Arunram - 11:30-11:45: Tea Break - 11:45-13:00: Discussion: Plans for the Year 2011. Facilitated by Sundarhttp://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sundar - Outreach, India Wikimedia event, Wikimania, Coordination between cities, Translation initiatives, Offline CD
[edithttp://ten.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bangalore&action=edit§ion=4 ]Afternoon session: Segment 2: Connect with other city Special Interest Groups
Time: 14:00 to 16:30 IST Audience: Wikipedians and SIG members (others welcome too) Purpose: Explore possibilities of working together and collaboration. Identify common projects. [edithttp://ten.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bangalore&action=edit§ion=5 ]Photography
- Photography and Wikipedia.
[edithttp://ten.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bangalore&action=edit§ion=6 ]Technology
- Mediawiki & Extensions - Hacking around Wikipedia - Offline & Mobile Wikipedia - Using bots for automated tasks with an emphasis on Pywikipediabot
regards Arun
Bangalore, India www.twitter.com/arunram