Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] 1 user. 20 hours. 300 articles

2011-05-02 Thread Gerard Meijssen 
Hoi,
FYI http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.com/2011/05/unsung-wikipedia-heroes.html
Thanks,
   GerardM

On 28 April 2011 18:21, Ravishankar  wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Tamil Wikipedia added another 1,000+ articles in the last 3 weeks.
>
> Behind this is a remarkable story of 1 user who created 300 articles
> organically in 20 hours.
>
> P.M.Puniyameen ( http://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/user:P.M.Puniyameen ) from
> Srilanka is a retired academician, prolific writer and independent
> journalist. He started contributing to Tamil Wikipedia from November 2010.
> In the short span of 5 months he has added 2000+ articles.
>
> He set himself a target creating 200 articles on 20th April but ended up
> creating 300 articles in 20 hours. He was helped by his wife, daughter and
> two colleagues in typing the articles which were mainly info based articles
> on cricketers, small magazines. Earlier, he even created articles from his
> bed when he was in a medical rest.
>
> Thought of sharing this story as it is inspiring to see people working with
> so much dedication, mobilising people and resources for Wikipedia.
>
> Regards,
>
> Ravi
>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] 1 user. 20 hours. 300 articles

2011-05-02 Thread Steven Walling 
On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 12:57 AM, Gerard Meijssen
wrote:

> Hoi,
> FYI
> http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.com/2011/05/unsung-wikipedia-heroes.html
> Thanks,
>GerardM
>

Great post Gerard. :)

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[Wikimediaindia-l] About photo upload in Commons

2011-05-02 Thread Subhashish Panigrahi 
Hi All,

Here I am again with few queries about uploading pictures in Commons.

Problems:
1. There are many postage stamps available on eminent personalities which
are to be there in Wikipedia, but as post 1951 postage stamps are not in PD
there is no possible way to keep them in Commons, Any solutions for that?

2. There are many pictures available for eminent leaders, and many of them
are photographed before 1951, but the source is not available and so is the
date of issue. So, I was wondering if I can draw them by hand, scan and
using tool make little correction so that they won't violate the copyright.
Please suggest me if you have any better idea. I desperately want to see the
profile of the prominent people with their pictures. And how about uploading
pictures in Flikr? I have seen many pictures uploaded in Commons have the
Flikr link, and they are marked as Copyrighted in Flikr (By the same author,
I am confused, if it is in public domain or copyrighted)

3. If I have a newspaper cutting and I am not sure about the publication
date how can I find a better way than fair usage? Can I sketch by hand
seeing the published picture and upload in Commons instead of uploading in
regional Wiki?

4. If an image is uploaded is wrongly marked as Copyrighted even if the site
is not the actual source of a picture and the original picture is not
available what the picture will be called? PD/Copyrighted?

5. If some pictures are available by a State Government portal like
here
is that possible to add them commons?


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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] About photo upload in Commons

2011-05-02 Thread Shiju Alex 
>
> 5. If some pictures are available by a State Government portal like 
> here
> is that possible to add them commons?
>

Not possible as of now since the license of the site is not defined. The
story is same with all Central/State government websites (except few
government department sites of Kerala Government). For us to reuse images
from a site, the license of the site should be PD or some copyleft license.

Shiju

On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 1:10 PM, Subhashish Panigrahi
wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Here I am again with few queries about uploading pictures in Commons.
>
> Problems:
> 1. There are many postage stamps available on eminent personalities which
> are to be there in Wikipedia, but as post 1951 postage stamps are not in PD
> there is no possible way to keep them in Commons, Any solutions for that?
>
> 2. There are many pictures available for eminent leaders, and many of them
> are photographed before 1951, but the source is not available and so is the
> date of issue. So, I was wondering if I can draw them by hand, scan and
> using tool make little correction so that they won't violate the copyright.
> Please suggest me if you have any better idea. I desperately want to see the
> profile of the prominent people with their pictures. And how about uploading
> pictures in Flikr? I have seen many pictures uploaded in Commons have the
> Flikr link, and they are marked as Copyrighted in Flikr (By the same author,
> I am confused, if it is in public domain or copyrighted)
>
> 3. If I have a newspaper cutting and I am not sure about the publication
> date how can I find a better way than fair usage? Can I sketch by hand
> seeing the published picture and upload in Commons instead of uploading in
> regional Wiki?
>
> 4. If an image is uploaded is wrongly marked as Copyrighted even if the
> site is not the actual source of a picture and the original picture is not
> available what the picture will be called? PD/Copyrighted?
>
> 5. If some pictures are available by a State Government portal like 
> here
> is that possible to add them commons?
>
>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] About photo upload in Commons

2011-05-02 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan 
2. There are many pictures available for eminent leaders, and many of them
are photographed before 1951, but the source is not available and so is the
date of issue. So, I was wondering if I can draw them by hand, scan and
using tool make little correction so that they won't violate the copyright.
Please suggest me if you have any better idea. I desperately want to see the
profile of the prominent people with their pictures. And how about uploading
pictures in Flikr? I have seen many pictures uploaded in Commons have the
Flikr link, and they are marked as Copyrighted in Flikr (By the same author,
I am confused, if it is in public domain or copyrighted)
A> If there is ANY proof at all that they were Pre-1951, then it is fine.
B> The date doesn't matter if it is NOT Government property. It depends on
the photographer. Whether she/he released it under PD, or not.
-- Regards,
Srikanth.

On 2 May 2011 16:48, Shiju Alex  wrote:

> 5. If some pictures are available by a State Government portal like 
> here
>> is that possible to add them commons?
>>
>
> Not possible as of now since the license of the site is not defined. The
> story is same with all Central/State government websites (except few
> government department sites of Kerala Government). For us to reuse images
> from a site, the license of the site should be PD or some copyleft license.
>
> Shiju
>
> On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 1:10 PM, Subhashish Panigrahi <
> psubhash...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Here I am again with few queries about uploading pictures in Commons.
>>
>> Problems:
>> 1. There are many postage stamps available on eminent personalities which
>> are to be there in Wikipedia, but as post 1951 postage stamps are not in PD
>> there is no possible way to keep them in Commons, Any solutions for that?
>>
>> 2. There are many pictures available for eminent leaders, and many of them
>> are photographed before 1951, but the source is not available and so is the
>> date of issue. So, I was wondering if I can draw them by hand, scan and
>> using tool make little correction so that they won't violate the copyright.
>> Please suggest me if you have any better idea. I desperately want to see the
>> profile of the prominent people with their pictures. And how about uploading
>> pictures in Flikr? I have seen many pictures uploaded in Commons have the
>> Flikr link, and they are marked as Copyrighted in Flikr (By the same author,
>> I am confused, if it is in public domain or copyrighted)
>>
>> 3. If I have a newspaper cutting and I am not sure about the publication
>> date how can I find a better way than fair usage? Can I sketch by hand
>> seeing the published picture and upload in Commons instead of uploading in
>> regional Wiki?
>>
>> 4. If an image is uploaded is wrongly marked as Copyrighted even if the
>> site is not the actual source of a picture and the original picture is not
>> available what the picture will be called? PD/Copyrighted?
>>
>> 5. If some pictures are available by a State Government portal like 
>> here
>> is that possible to add them commons?
>>
>>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] The Marathi language Wikipedia has reached 33, 333 articles

2011-05-02 Thread Mahitgar from Marathi Wikipedia 
Dear all ,

Thanks for compliments to Marathi Wikipedia . The reason for delay for response 
from Marathi Wikipedians is currently no body at mr-wiki is counting article 
count meter , people seem to be simply busy with routine edits, In fact Marathi 
Wikipedia anniversary falls on 1st of May and we are 8 years young now :), but 
still at this moment  some how mr-wikipedians are silent about . 


After being with mr-wiki for about  five years , am I pleased with where mr 
-wiki is today, no not at all; effective difference between say en wiki 
establishment and mr-wiki  is just less than two and half year and the 
difference is too glaring. 


When the whole world is in a make believe situation that tomorrow's every human 
being is going to be English speaking , for indic wikipedians swimming against 
tide is not a easy game.   

   
The woodsare lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.

that is for now and best wishes and regards to all

-Mahitgar 






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Congratulations to all Marathi Wikipedians for this grand success. We have a
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Hoi,
FYI http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.com/2011/05/unsung-wikipedia-heroes.html
Thanks,
   GerardM

On 28 April 2011 18:21, Ravishankar  wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Tamil Wikipedia added another 1,000+ articles in the last 3 weeks.
>
> Behind this is a remarkable story of 1 user who created 300 articles
> organically in 20 hours.
>
> P.M.Puniyameen ( http://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/user:P.M.Puniyameen ) from
> Srilanka is a retired academician, prolific writer and independent
> journalist. He started contributing to Tamil Wikipedia from November 2010.
> In the short span of 5 months he

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Internal-l] Fwd: 2011 Board Elections: candidate submissions are open

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[Wikimediaindia-l] Malayalam loves Wikimedia event – report card

2011-05-02 Thread CherianTinu Abraham 
Shiju Alex blogs the report card of "Malayalam loves Wikimedia" event :

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