Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Event Support Request
Hi I can help with the following •Press and Media coordination Deciding on a path for media promotion of event, giving interviews, inviting media and taking care of them during the event •Promotion and Advertisement There will be a promotion budget which will have to be judiciously used for maximum benefit - again person with experience or qualification preferred. -- Moksh Juneja Social Media Catalyst Avignyata Inc. http://www.facebook.com/mokshjuneja http://www.linkedin.com/in/mokshjuneja http://twitter.com/mokshjuneja http://mokshjuneja.blogspot.com Mobile: +91 9322121170 Blackberry PIN 21922C20 On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 22:28, wheredevelsd...@hotmail.com wrote: Cross posting on India/Mumbai/Pune mailing lists Just to follow up on the minutes of Mumbai X - we would like to invite members of the national wikicommunity to come and support WikiConference 2011, Mumbai/Pune. It was felt important that to move forward we need an Event Organising Committee (OC) for the WikiConference and sub-committee members. Kindly note we are not looking for people who just lend their names but people who will actually come forward and put in time and effort in the entire 6 month preceding period. Sub-Committees suggested: •Conference Programming (Includes Themes, Tracks, Keynote Speakers and Scheduling) Deciding the direction this meet should take. •Finance (Includes both budgeting, raising finances and scholarships) People who are either qualified or have experience preferred. Handling finance of such an event •Conference Venue and Catering Coordination of venue and catering booking to helping things move on the floor during the event •Major Events (Attendee Party/Mega Event) Undertaking responsibility of any major events other than actual conference •Press and Media coordination Deciding on a path for media promotion of event, giving interviews, inviting media and taking care of them during the event •Accommodation and Registration Reserving the accommodation, picking people up and making sure they find their accommodation, registering people on the event day. •Promotion and Advertisement There will be a promotion budget which will have to be judiciously used for maximum benefit - again person with experience or qualification preferred. •Technical and IT Running the event site, setting up wifi and other electronic goods, webcast of the event online for those who cannot make it in person •Volunteer On ground. Running around during the event Whoever is interested in being on the OC or any of the sub-committees, kindly write to the Mumbai list (*wikimedia-in-...@lists.wikimedia.org*). Kind Regards, User:AroundTheGlobe ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] A Malayalam short film Wikipedia
On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 12:12 PM, CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.com wrote: A short Malayalam film based on Wikipedia was internet released recently. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIWKKMp5HSU The film is also named Wikipedia and is dedicated to Wikipedians. The short film is directed by Joshi Koottungal. The film talks about the dependency of internet Wikipedia for anything and everything. It depicts the life of a writer named C.K. on changing times of reading and getting knowledge behaviors. I think, the English subtitle is not really complete and some of the dialogues are missing. The film has a bit of anti-climax which may be mistaken as real by some audience :) Nice film. Enjoyed it. Use of Malayalam wiki in the screen would have helped in getting the message of indic language wikimedias, Cheers Arjun ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
[Wikimediaindia-l] Google shutting down translate and transliterate APIS
Google shutting down translate and transliterate APIS. Many Indic websites applications will now be affected Read more here: http://googlecode.blogspot.com/2011/05/spring-cleaning-for-some-of-our-apis.html Looks like this is the right time for WMF tech team to create their own APIs --Sudhanwa ~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~! web: www.sudhanwa.com blog: www.sudhanwa.in Twitter: sudhanwa Check on FB, Linkedin for more. ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Google shutting down translate and transliterate APIS
Just noticed, Google is replacing the Translation API with Google Web Elements, available at http://www.google.com/webelements/#!/translate Do have a look and see, if you can make anything of it. I can't find anything from Google to replace the Transliteration API, I won't be surprised if they ask us to use the Translator toolkit. Microsoft Translator : http://www.microsofttranslator.com/ On 28 May 2011 00:07, Srikanth Ramakrishnan rsrikant...@gmail.com wrote: While this may sound bad, it really isn't all that bad. There are plenty of other transliterators. I personally prefer Bing to Google. You also have Quillpad and Baraha. Apart from this, I use a tool called Keymmanweb on the English wikipedia which works as an on screen indic keypad. There are plenty of alternatives to Google. Just as we don't use Google Maps for locations, but use all providers including OSM, we can try something new this time. Regards, Rsrikanth05 On May 27, 2011 11:35 PM, Sudhanwa Jogalekar sudhanwa@gmail.com wrote: Google shutting down translate and transliterate APIS. Many Indic websites applications will now be affected Read more here: http://googlecode.blogspot.com/2011/05/spring-cleaning-for-some-of-our-apis.html Looks like this is the right time for WMF tech team to create their own APIs --Sudhanwa ~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~! web: www.sudhanwa.com blog: www.sudhanwa.in Twitter: sudhanwa Check on FB, Linkedin for more. ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l -- Regards, ME. Wear a Lungi, Support the Movement My infrastructure invasion... plus other images too.. on Wikimedia Commons. http://bit.ly/d50SIq ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] A Malayalam short film Wikipedia
Hey, Does anyone knows the director or reach him? Is he a Wikipedian ? He might like to change is the opening subtitles. It says the short is dedicated to Wikipedians and they would literally be nonexistent without Wikipedia. But most likely he meant the other way around. Another one is that he may show a small disclaimer that Wikipedia will continue for free and will not be blocked. Could have got these things changed,if we could reach him. Anyone? Regards Tinu Cherian On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 12:12 PM, CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.com wrote: A short Malayalam film based on Wikipedia was internet released recently. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIWKKMp5HSU The film is also named Wikipedia and is dedicated to Wikipedians. The short film is directed by Joshi Koottungal. The film talks about the dependency of internet Wikipedia for anything and everything. It depicts the life of a writer named C.K. on changing times of reading and getting knowledge behaviors. I think, the English subtitle is not really complete and some of the dialogues are missing. The film has a bit of anti-climax which may be mistaken as real by some audience :) Regards Tinu Cherian ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Google shutting down translate and transliterate APIS
There is major problem in depending upon Non-FOSS solutions. It seems google used api's for collecting crowd sourced input for improving their database now shutting it down. Input methods such as Tranlitration does not need online services . It can be easily done without google or microsoft. And popularise extensions such as Narayam existing on mediawiki is the best way to move forward. In addition, it will be good if Indic wikipediam's can develop a stylebook for correct usage and link it with extensions such as narayam. Then the possibility of typing errors can also be reduced. In my pinion Translation Service its api of google for indic is not that great anyway , and usable for wikimedia projects . So i believe it will not make much issues in wikimedia indic projects Anivar ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
