[Wikimedia-in-blr] IIIT-B PGDSD Wikipedia Week

[BalaSundaraRaman]

Hi Srikanta,

Excellent! I'm particularly proud of this effort as it comes from my alma mater. 
:)

> 3. Pick an English article and translate it to the [Kannada, Hindi, Telugu, 
>Tamil] and submit the articles to the respective wikis. 

Just register and add the articles to the wikis. I'm sure that's what you meant, 
but a casual onlooker could think there's a submission and approval process. :)

As for the student volunteers, since when will you be available in person? If we 
can meet on Friday, it would be great.

- Sundar
 "That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for 
the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted."
- George Boole, quoted in Iverson's Turing Award Lecture


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>From: Srikanta P <srikanta55 at yahoo.co.in>
>To: "Mailing list for Wikimedians / Wikipedians in & from Bangalore, India" 
><wikimedia-in-blr at lists.wikimedia.org>
>Sent: Tue, January 11, 2011 11:38:48 PM
>Subject: [Wikimedia-in-blr] IIIT-B PGDSD Wikipedia Week
>
>
>Hi everyone,
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>As part of the 10th anniversary of Wikipedia, we at IIIT-B are running an event 
>called "IIIT-B PGDSD Wikipedia Week" throughout this week. 
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>Objectives of this event
>1. Volunteer at the World Sanskrit Book fair and motivate people to contribute 
>articles in Sanskrit language. [3 students have volunteered]
>2. Volunteer and participate at the 10at anniversary celebration  [7 students 
>have registered]
>3. Pick an English article and translate it to the [Kannada, Hindi, Telugu, 
>Tamil] and submit the articles to the respective wikis. 
>
>
>Impact expected
>1. Motivate students to participate in the Wikipedia anniversary event and take 
>part in Bangalore chapter events
>2. Empower students to contribute not only in English but also in different 
>local languages
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>@Arun I have a group of 7 students who are ready to volunteer, We thought that, 
>we can take the responsibility of the logistics of Segment 1 and Segment 2 
>events. Let it be setting up the mike & speakers, wi-fi's, chairs, etc..  we 
>could deal with it. Also any new student volunteer who shows interest for 
>volunteering and sends a mail to the Bangalore wiki list could be integrated 
>into this team. If the number increases slightly we can carve out a small group 
>who will take care of front desk and registration too. So in this way there will 
>be more student volunteers like us running around on the event day. Meanwhile 
>you guys can concentrate on the main aspects of the event.
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>Let me know what you think on this. 
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>I was unable to join the telecon tday, i shall join tomorrow and provide any 
>clarifications in case you need it. 
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>Regards,
>Srikanta 
>Student, IIIT-B
>
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