[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimediaindia-l Digest, Vol 37, Issue 42
surendra reddy
surenenstein at gmail.com
Sun Jul 31 10:44:55 UTC 2011
hey guys how do i can work on it?
and how far it takes to completely indulge in?
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> Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2011 20:18:34 +0530
> From: Hisham Mundol <hmundol at wikimedia.org>
> Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Welcome to the India Team! : Shiju &
> Nitika
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> Subha
>
> Your wonderful and warm story & comments are what make me so excited to
> have Shiju on board!
>
> Warmest Regards,
>
> Hisham Mundol
>
> Wikimedia India Programs
> skype : hisham.wikimedia
> gtalk : hmundol at wikimedia.org
> twitter : @mundol
>
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> On Jul 29, 2011, at 5:22 PM, Subhashish Panigrahi wrote:
>
> > Wow!
> >
> > I am so happy to see Shiju. Heartiest congratulations to both Shiju and
> Nikita.
> >
> > Shiju is the guy who initially invited me to his house to teach the
> basics in the month of February when I first joined Wikipedia as an Editor
> and kind of pushed me into organizing the first Workshop for Odia Wikipedia
> in Bangalore and 2nd in Bhubaneswar and handled almost everything. I am so
> overwhelmed to see him on-board. Name any Indic Wiki initiative and you'll
> find Shiju being the first guy to take initiative. A long time Malayalam
> Wikipedian, and being part of the outreach programs in Indic initiative,
> Wikipedia India could never have the great opportunity to get someone work
> for the foundation as a staff.
> >
> > Just came to know about Nikita from Hisham's mail, will look forward to
> meeting the new staff members in any Bangalore meetups.
> >
> > @Tinu, I would like to suggest we can have a small talk from Shiju in the
> coming meetup.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Subha
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> Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2011 13:19:07 +0530
> From: anuj doshi <anujndoshi at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimediaindia-l Digest, Vol 37, Issue
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> hey are we goin to have a age criteria box for the conference?
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> > 1. Oral citations project update: more articles + full English
> > subtitle track (Achal Prabhala)
> > 2. Re: Welcome to the India Team! : Shiju & Nitika (Erik Moeller)
> > 3. Re: Welcome to the India Team! : Shiju & Nitika
> > (Arjuna Rao Chavala)
> > 4. Re: Welcome to the India Team! : Shiju & Nitika (Bishakha Datta)
> > 5. Re: Welcome to the India Team! : Shiju & Nitika (Arun Ramarathnam)
> > 6. Re: Welcome to the India Team! : Shiju & Nitika (Hisham Mundol)
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> > Message: 1
> > Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2011 03:08:05 +0530
> > From: Achal Prabhala <aprabhala at gmail.com>
> > Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Oral citations project update: more
> > articles + full English subtitle track
> > To: "Discussion list on Indian language projects of Wikimedia."
> > <wikimediaindia-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
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> > *apologies for cross-posting*
> >
> > Dear friends,
> >
> > A quick update on the oral citations project.
> >
> > 1) We have now posted sample articles in all 3 project languages,
> > Malayalam, Sepedi and Hindi:
> >
> >
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Oral_Citations#Articles.2F_Discussions_.28in_development.29
> >
> > 2) A full English subtitle track for the film is now available on
> > Wikimedia Commons (the previous one only covered non-English speech):
> >
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/TimedText:People-are-Knowledge.ogv.en.srt
> >
> > ---
> >
> > There are a couple of things yet to come, some of which are
> > intrinsically linked to the suggestions and comments coming in from the
> > discussion on the previous thread. These are:
> >
> > a) A few more articles in development, which will be posted when done
> >
> > b) Transcripts of the audio interviews in Hindi, Sepedi and Malayalam,
> > each accompanied by an English transcript (in development)
> >
> > c) An FAQ, where we can begin thinking collaboratively about ways in
> > which an exercise like this could work/be made to work under existing
> > policies within the Wikimedia movement, and Wikipedia specifically; as
> > well as ways in which this project could be extended to think about
> > sources and citations generally.
> >
> > ---
> >
> > Lastly, if you haven't had a chance to see the work of the project, you
> > can do that here:
> > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Oral_Citations
> >
> > ...and if you would like to watch the film made during the course of the
> > project, please check it out:
> > on Commons:
> > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:People-are-Knowledge.ogv
> > or on Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/26469276
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Achal
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 2
> > Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2011 19:16:05 -0700
> > From: Erik Moeller <erik at wikimedia.org>
> > Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Welcome to the India Team! : Shiju &
> > Nitika
> > To: Wikimedia India Community list
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> > Fantastic news - a warm welcome to both of you. :-)
> >
> > A small team, with the help of our vast community of volunteers, can
> > make a huge difference. Really excited to see what you will come up
> > with.
> > --
> > Erik M?ller
> > Deputy Director, Wikimedia Foundation
> >
> > Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate
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> >
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> > Message: 3
> > Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2011 10:31:33 +0530
> > From: Arjuna Rao Chavala <arjunaraoc at gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Welcome to the India Team! : Shiju &
> > Nitika
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> > On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 12:41 PM, Hisham Mundol <hmundol at wikimedia.org
> > >wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Folks,
> > >
> > > I'm really pleased to send out this email welcoming the first 2 new
> > members
> > > of the India Programs team.
> > > --cut--
> > >
> > Shiju, Nitika,
> >
> > Congratualtions on your new roles.
> >
> > I am confident that your work will help growth of Wikimedia movement at
> a
> > rapid pace.
> >
> > Best wishes
> >
> > Arjun
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> > Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2011 10:31:44 +0530
> > From: Bishakha Datta <bishakhadatta at gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Welcome to the India Team! : Shiju &
> > Nitika
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> > Lovely news!
> >
> > Welcome aboard, and look forward to meeting you soon, Nitika, and you
> > Shiju,
> > now in this new avatar. :)
> >
> > Cheers
> > Bishakha
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> > Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2011 11:23:03 +0530
> > From: Arun Ramarathnam <arunram25 at gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Welcome to the India Team! : Shiju &
> > Nitika
> > To: Wikimedia India Community list
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> > This is great news.
> >
> > A warm welcome and best wishes to Shiju and Nitika in their new roles.
> >
> > Regards
> > Arun
> > On Jul 29, 2011 1:42 PM, "CherianTinu Abraham" <tinucherian at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > Congratulations to Shiju and Nitika.
> > >
> > > It has been great working along with Shiju, closely for years now and I
> > > don't have to tell that how much he deserves this. I wondered how he
> gets
> > > time to "really" work with ABB with all his wiki activities ;) and I am
> > sure
> > > that this position would help him concentrate on one thing he is really
> > > passionate about.
> > >
> > > Welcome on-board, Nitika ! Looking forward to work with you too.
> > >
> > > Best wishes again to both Shiju and Nitika !
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > Tinu Cherian
> > >
> > >
> > > On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 12:41 PM, Hisham Mundol <hmundol at wikimedia.org
> > >wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hi Folks,
> > >>
> > >> I'm really pleased to send out this email welcoming the first 2 new
> > members
> > >> of the India Programs team. Just before I introduce them, I thought
> I'd
> > >> share with you the background of their selection.
> > >>
> > >> *Context*
> > >>
> > >> As you might be aware, the Foundation had decided to undertake a
> > catalyst
> > >> operation in India to promote the growth of the community and projects
> > here.
> > >> The team is expected to be a small, nimble 5 person group. We had put
> > out
> > >> 2 job postings - for Indic Initiatives and for Participation. (Please
> > >> refer:
> > >>
> >
> http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2011-May/003007.html
> > )
> > >> We posted them on linkedin and on the Indian FOSS community list as
> well
> > >> as announcing them on various Facebook pages and Twitter feeds.
> > >>
> > >> The response was wonderful. >110 applications for Indic Initiatives
> and
> > >> nearly 175 applications for Participation. These were short-listed to
> 10
> > (3
> > >> for Indic Language and 7 for Participation.) These were a mix of
> > existing
> > &
> > >> previous Wikipedians, Wikipedia newbies and open source advocates.
> > >>
> > >> In June, the shortlisted 10 were interviewed and further down-selected
> > to
> > >> 4. These 4 were then further interviewed by a group of other staff
> > members
> > >> from the Foundation. I am pleased to inform the community of the final
> > >> selected 2.
> > >>
> > >> *Shiju Alex - Indic Initiatives*
> > >>
> > >> Most of you already know Shiju. For those who don't, Shiju is a
> > long-time
> > >> Wikipedian [User: shijualex] and is active on Malayalam Wikipedia,
> > English
> > >> wikiprojects and Wikimedia Commons, as well as Wikisource and offline.
> > He
> > >> has been passionately involved with the establishing and building of
> > Indic
> > >> language Wikipedias. He's participated in a series of outreach
> > activities
> > >> and is also (jointly) undertaking a grant from the Foundation for
> > outreach
> > >> across India. He's a regular member of the Bangalore community.
> > >>
> > >> Shiju is from Palakkad, Kerala and is married with a 2 year old baby.
> He
> > >> currently works as a Senior Technical Writer with ABB in Bangalore.
> > >>
> > >> Even those of you who know him might not know the following 2 things
> > that
> > I
> > >> was lucky to discover during the selection process. Shiju is an MSc in
> > >> Physics with a specialisation in Astronomy and Astrophysics - and he
> > retains
> > >> a deep interest in anything astronomical. Feel free to quiz him
> > vigorously
> > >> on this! He also enjoys trekking and misses his time in Pune where he
> > could
> > >> be up & close the gorgeous Sahyadri Hills.
> > >>
> > >> Shiju is going to lead our work on promoting Indic language projects
> > across
> > >> India. The challenges are enormous - from technical constraints to low
> > >> levels of awareness of these projects to vibrant but nascent
> > communities.
> > >> However, these only point to the massive size of the opportunity for
> > Indic
> > >> language projects - which is the joint top-2 strategic priority of the
> > >> movement in India. After he joins, he'll collaboratively put together
> a
> > >> plan for Indic language projects and work towards quality execution of
> > >> high-impact initiatives.
> > >>
> > >> Shiju is currently serving out his notice period so will be able to
> join
> > us
> > >> only around September - October.
> > >>
> > >> *Nitika Tandon - Participation*
> > >>
> > >> Nitika [User:nitika.t] is relatively newer to the community - and has
> > been
> > >> brushing up her editing. She's been immersing herself in the Wikimedia
> > >> world and attended community meet-ups as well as reviews of the
> > Wikipedia
> > >> India Education Program. She is from Delhi - and is currently based in
> > >> Mumbai - where she works as a Strategic Partnerships Manager with
> > Directi.
> > >> (If you're not aware, they are one of the most prominent internet
> domain
> > &
> > >> solutions providers in India.)
> > >>
> > >> Nitika has an MBA and has also worked on research analytics. A
> > fascinating
> > >> detail I discovered about a previous assignment of hers - and you must
> > ask
> > >> her about it - is how African drums can be used for management
> coaching!
> > >> She also reliably informs me that there are 7 Spanish dance forms and
> > she
> > >> instructs in all of them!
> > >>
> > >> Nitika is going to be working on Participation - which is primarily
> > >> focussed on increasing the contributor base of non-Indic language
> > projects,
> > >> primarily Wikipedia. One of her first tasks will be to expand the
> > >> Wikipedia India Education Program from the Pune pilot to a more
> national
> > >> footprint. She'll also work on other initiatives to promote
> > participation
> > -
> > >> and I can foresee Wikimedia Commons being a potential initiative.
> > >>
> > >> Nitika will join us on August 1st.
> > >>
> > >> *Introductions*
> > >>
> > >> I'm going to be scheduling the August Monthly India Programs IRC on
> > >> Thursday August 18th to introduce them both to you. Please do join us.
> > >> I'll send a reminder closer to the date. Also, needless to say,
> they'll
> > >> be attending a series of community meet-ups over the next months.
> > >>
> > >> In the meantime, please do join me in welcoming them onboard. I'm
> really
> > >> excited because this means that we will now have the capacity and
> > capability
> > >> to dramatically accelerate our activities in India.
> > >>
> > >> Warmest Regards,
> > >>
> > >> *Hisham Mundol*
> > >> *
> > >> *
> > >> ***
> > >>
> > >> Wikimedia <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home>
> > >>
> > >> India Programs<
> > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_-_India_Programs>
> > >> *
> > >> *
> > >>
> > >> skype : hisham.wikimedia
> > >> gtalk : hmundol at 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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> > Message: 6
> > Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2011 19:33:25 +0530
> > From: Hisham Mundol <hmundol at wikimedia.org>
> > Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Welcome to the India Team! : Shiju &
> > Nitika
> > To: gauraveventful at gmail.com, Wikimedia India Community list
> > <wikimediaindia-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
> > Cc: wikimedia-in-del at lists.wikimedia.org
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> > Yes we do, Gaurav!
> >
> > Someone from the community in Delhi will be in touch with you shortly!
> >
> > btw, if there's anyone else on the list in Delhi who's interested in
> > getting to know more about the movement and projects and the community,
> do
> > shout out! ...I'm marking the Delhi community list as well.
> >
> > Best
> >
> > Hisham Mundol
> >
> > Wikimedia India Programs
> > skype : hisham.wikimedia
> > gtalk : hmundol at 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!
> >
> > On Jul 29, 2011, at 6:10 PM, Gaurav Garg wrote:
> >
> > > Guys do u have any community members in Delhi to meet and learn from?
> > >
> > > Sent on my BlackBerry? from Vodafone
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Subhashish Panigrahi <psubhashish at gmail.com>
> > > Sender: wikimediaindia-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org
> > > Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2011 17:22:52
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