Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Press] Telegraph : It’s a Wiki Wiki world!

[Srikanth Lakshmanan]

On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 21:54, CherianTinu Abraham wrote:

> Thank Srikanth, for sharing this.
>

:)


> The full text of the article :
>

I am not sure if that would violate copyright, always wondered if it was
right. Also just putting the link saves few megabytes across the mirroring
servers :D

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Press] Telegraph : It’s a Wiki Wiki world!

[Arun Ramarathnam]

Thanks for sharing this. Coverage of the article was good.

regards
Arun
.

On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 9:54 PM, CherianTinu Abraham
wrote:

> Thank Srikanth, for sharing this.
>
> The article can be viewed on epaper :
> http://epaper.telegraphindia.com/PUBLICATIONS/TT/TT/2011/09/11/index.shtml
>
> ( Nice to see Vibhi's photo and huge heading "Wiki Warriors:on the main
> page )
> Don't forget to full article on page 13 too.
>
>
> The full text of the article :
>
>  *Wikipedia, the world’s largest online encyclopaedia, has a vibrant
> community of editors and contributors in India. And on its 10th anniversary
> it is looking to enlarge its base in the country, says T.V. Jayan *
> * *
> *Vaibhav Jain, 13, looks like any other child. The Delhi resident is crazy
> about animated characters Pokémon and Shin-chan, and cheers for the Delhi
> Daredevils whenever his home team is playing at the IPL. But looks, as they
> say, can be deceptive. Vaibhav assumes a completely different persona when
> he is on the Web — that of a vigilant cop waging a war against vandalism.
> *
> *Vaibhav is one of the 4,200-odd “rollbackers” of Wikipedia — the world’s
> largest free and open online encyclopaedia. When he is not studying or
> playing, he scours Wikipedia articles for recent editorial changes that are
> suspect and reverts them to the original. Vaibhav, who set up his Wikipedia
> account earlier this year because he “got bored with social networking sites
> and online games”, has a Wiki user page that says it all: “This user reverts
> vandalism faster than Rajinikanth…” *
> * *
> *Seventy-three-year old G. Balachandran from Paravur, Kerala, has a
> different story to tell. Paralysed for nearly two decades, this retired
> junior commissioned officer of the Indian Army got a new lease of life,
> thanks to Wikipedia. When his son presented him with a laptop, Balachandran
> started contributing to Wikipedia in Malayalam. “Wikipedia not only helped
> me rediscover myself, but also gave me the strength to fight my condition,”
> says Balachandran, who has contributed nearly 100 articles to the Malayalam
> Wikipedia since 2008 and has more than 2,000 edits to his credit. *
> *Vaibhav and Balachandran belong to a vibrant global community of
> Wikipedians who contribute to the resource in one way or another. And there
> is a growing number of Indians among them — those who have taken it upon
> themselves to add, edit and improve Wikipedia in their spare time. *
> *
>
> INDIAN MOVERS: (From top) Vaibhav Jain, K. Ravichandar and G. Balachandran
> are part of the global community of Wikipedians *
> *
> From a little known resource on the Web 10 years ago, Wikipedia has grown
> into a mammoth, ever-expanding encyclopaedia with more than 19 million
> articles in 282 languages at last count. The English Wikipedia alone has
> 3.73 million articles, followed by German (1.28 million) and French (1.14
> million). According to Alexa.com, an Internet information company that
> tracks traffic to websites, wikipedia.org ranks fifth in terms of traffic.
> More than 14 per cent of global Internet users visit Wikipedia at least once
> a day. *
>
> *India too has been part of the phenomenon, so much so that Wikimedia
> Foundation, a non-profit body which manages Wikipedia’s affairs, has decided
> to set up its first office outside the US in New Delhi later this year.
> “India is our new focus area,” says Bishakha Datta, one of the global
> trustees of Wikimedia Foundation. “The experience that we gain from India
> will provide us with a blueprint to expand Wiki activities in other
> countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America.” *
> *Right now, Wikipedia is available in 20 Indian languages and 20 other
> language versions are under incubation. *
> * *
> *What sets Wikipedia apart from other encyclopaedia, which are written by
> renowned subject experts, is not just that it is free and accessible to
> everyone, but also its dynamic nature. Anybody can contribute a Wikipedia
> article. “You don’t even need to register to be able to edit 99 per cent of
> the pages on Wikipedia,” says Tinu Cherian Abraham, a software engineer
> with a Bangalore-based firm, who has been associated with Wikimedia
> activities since 2006. Abraham has so far contributed more than 2,000 Wiki
> articles and done more than 53,000 edits on the English Wikipedia. *
> * *
> *However, because of its free and open character, Wikipedia is also liable
> to abuse and misinformation being fed into it. And that is where feisty
> rollbackers like Vaibhav come into play. Recently, a Wiki article on Team
> Anna member Arvind Kejriwal was ambushed by a miscreant and his name was
> changed to Neelabh Kaushik. However, the watchful Vaibhav caught the fraud
> in no time and rolled it back. *
> * *
> *Developing events find their way to Wikipedia almost instantaneously,
> thanks to more than 1,40,000 registered editors around the world who
> contribute and edit Wiki articles free of charge. “Everyon

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia in India:Past Present and the Future

[Ashwin Baindur]

Thanks Arjun, there needs to be a level of intellectual analysis of
Wikipedia for and by the educated Wikipedian. Then & then alone can we see
how to make things better for Wikipedia so that we make things better for
the world.

Warm regards,

Ashwin Baindur
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On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 3:41 PM, Arjuna Rao Chavala wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Please  visit the following url and download the document for several
> articles on Wikipedia research including the one titled
> Wikipedia in India:Past Present and the Future by Gautam K John.
>
>
> http://networkcultures.org/wpmu/cpov/lang/de/2011/05/10/critical-point-of-view-a-wikipedia-reader/
>
> Cheers
> Arjun
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Press] Telegraph : It’s a Wiki Wiki world!

[CherianTinu Abraham]

Thank Srikanth, for sharing this.

The article can be viewed on epaper :
http://epaper.telegraphindia.com/PUBLICATIONS/TT/TT/2011/09/11/index.shtml
( Nice to see Vibhi's photo and huge heading "Wiki Warriors:on the main page
)
Don't forget to full article on page 13 too.


The full text of the article :

 *Wikipedia, the world’s largest online encyclopaedia, has a vibrant
community of editors and contributors in India. And on its 10th anniversary
it is looking to enlarge its base in the country, says T.V. Jayan *
* *
*Vaibhav Jain, 13, looks like any other child. The Delhi resident is crazy
about animated characters Pokémon and Shin-chan, and cheers for the Delhi
Daredevils whenever his home team is playing at the IPL. But looks, as they
say, can be deceptive. Vaibhav assumes a completely different persona when
he is on the Web — that of a vigilant cop waging a war against vandalism. *
*Vaibhav is one of the 4,200-odd “rollbackers” of Wikipedia — the world’s
largest free and open online encyclopaedia. When he is not studying or
playing, he scours Wikipedia articles for recent editorial changes that are
suspect and reverts them to the original. Vaibhav, who set up his Wikipedia
account earlier this year because he “got bored with social networking sites
and online games”, has a Wiki user page that says it all: “This user reverts
vandalism faster than Rajinikanth…” *
* *
*Seventy-three-year old G. Balachandran from Paravur, Kerala, has a
different story to tell. Paralysed for nearly two decades, this retired
junior commissioned officer of the Indian Army got a new lease of life,
thanks to Wikipedia. When his son presented him with a laptop, Balachandran
started contributing to Wikipedia in Malayalam. “Wikipedia not only helped
me rediscover myself, but also gave me the strength to fight my condition,”
says Balachandran, who has contributed nearly 100 articles to the Malayalam
Wikipedia since 2008 and has more than 2,000 edits to his credit. *
*Vaibhav and Balachandran belong to a vibrant global community of
Wikipedians who contribute to the resource in one way or another. And there
is a growing number of Indians among them — those who have taken it upon
themselves to add, edit and improve Wikipedia in their spare time. *
*

INDIAN MOVERS: (From top) Vaibhav Jain, K. Ravichandar and G. Balachandran
are part of the global community of Wikipedians *
*
>From a little known resource on the Web 10 years ago, Wikipedia has grown
into a mammoth, ever-expanding encyclopaedia with more than 19 million
articles in 282 languages at last count. The English Wikipedia alone has
3.73 million articles, followed by German (1.28 million) and French (1.14
million). According to Alexa.com, an Internet information company that
tracks traffic to websites, wikipedia.org ranks fifth in terms of traffic.
More than 14 per cent of global Internet users visit Wikipedia at least once
a day. *

*India too has been part of the phenomenon, so much so that Wikimedia
Foundation, a non-profit body which manages Wikipedia’s affairs, has decided
to set up its first office outside the US in New Delhi later this year.
“India is our new focus area,” says Bishakha Datta, one of the global
trustees of Wikimedia Foundation. “The experience that we gain from India
will provide us with a blueprint to expand Wiki activities in other
countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America.” *
*Right now, Wikipedia is available in 20 Indian languages and 20 other
language versions are under incubation. *
* *
*What sets Wikipedia apart from other encyclopaedia, which are written by
renowned subject experts, is not just that it is free and accessible to
everyone, but also its dynamic nature. Anybody can contribute a Wikipedia
article. “You don’t even need to register to be able to edit 99 per cent of
the pages on Wikipedia,” says Tinu Cherian Abraham, a software engineer with
a Bangalore-based firm, who has been associated with Wikimedia activities
since 2006. Abraham has so far contributed more than 2,000 Wiki articles and
done more than 53,000 edits on the English Wikipedia. *
* *
*However, because of its free and open character, Wikipedia is also liable
to abuse and misinformation being fed into it. And that is where feisty
rollbackers like Vaibhav come into play. Recently, a Wiki article on Team
Anna member Arvind Kejriwal was ambushed by a miscreant and his name was
changed to Neelabh Kaushik. However, the watchful Vaibhav caught the fraud
in no time and rolled it back. *
* *
*Developing events find their way to Wikipedia almost instantaneously,
thanks to more than 1,40,000 registered editors around the world who
contribute and edit Wiki articles free of charge. “Everyone can be an editor
on Wikipedia,” quips Hisham Mundol, a consultant with Wikimedia Foundation,
who is slated to head its India operations. “We genuinely feel that with
inputs from various quarters, Wiki articles can be more rounded,” adds
Datta. *
* *
*The policy has paid off, with a growing number 

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Press] Telegraph : It’s a Wiki Wiki world!

[Vibhi Jain]

I just checked that. Thanks to all of you. This is a good way to tell people 
what Wikipedia has to offer..., it gives immense knowledge, helps you make 
friends, and gives you the right to spread your knowledge.



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To: Wikimedia India Community list ; 
Vibhijain 
Sent: Sunday, 11 September 2011 3:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Press] Telegraph : It’s a Wiki Wiki world!


I think this is good encouragement for the very young Vaibhav Jain. Good going!

Swaroop Rao
(MikeLynch)






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http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110911/jsp/7days/story_14492284.jsp
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Hi people (sorry for the cross posting)

We need to have the Registration
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Press] Telegraph : It’s a Wiki Wiki world!

[రహ్మానుద్దీన్ షేక్]

On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 13:06, Srikanth Lakshmanan wrote:
>>
>>> http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110911/jsp/7days/story_14492284.jsp
>>>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Press] Telegraph : It’s a Wiki Wiki world!

[Deepon Saha]

really great!! :) proud to be apart of it...

On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 3:40 PM, Swaroop Rao  wrote:

> I think this is good encouragement for the very young Vaibhav Jain. Good
> going!
>
> Swaroop Rao
> (MikeLynch )
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 13:06, Srikanth Lakshmanan wrote:
>
>> http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110911/jsp/7days/story_14492284.jsp
>>
>> --
>> Regards
>> Srikanth.L
>> http://wiki.wikimedia.in/In_the_news#Sep_2011
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Err ... Stuff that exists, citations, and problems that seem a few but are slowly cropping up in number ...

[Gautam John]

On 11 September 2011 15:45, Achal Prabhala  wrote:

> Speaking of which, there might be other things which merit an RTI
> response to use as a citation. Since government extends copyright over
> its communication, I doubt that RTI replies can go on Wikimedia Commons.
> Commercial and non-commercial hosts (the Internet Archive, Scribd, etc.)
> might be one solution. But perhaps the chapter - especially as it is not
> a 'Wikimedia' site - can step in and create a way to host such
> documents, that fall out of the purview of Commons because of licensing,
> but are nevertheless required for a citation, and are not online. If you
> think this is worth it...

The issue of Government Copyright over RTI responses is an unclear
area especially where the information requested is data because it's
pretty hard for raw data to pass the test of copyrightability.

That said, about the Chapter hosting stuff like this, it's an
interesting thought though one that ultimately has implications for
the WMF as well because their trademarks are associated with it.

Thank you.

Best,

Gautam

http://blog.prathambooks.org/p/social-media.html

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Err ... Stuff that exists, citations, and problems that seem a few but are slowly cropping up in number ...

[Achal Prabhala]

Hi Srikanth, I did a cursory search to list all concrete roads in India, 
and came up with some interesting results. There definitely seem to be 
reputable media reports that state the claim, i.e. there are concrete 
roads all over the country. Unfortunately, there seems to be no 
comprehensive list, which would mean that for each individual road or 
highway one is writing about, a distinct citation has to be found. The 
other way around this is to perhaps write to (or file an RTI request 
with) the Director General (Roads), Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport 
and Highways, Government of India - they must have this information. You 
could then host the scanned reply on Scribd, Webcitation or some other 
place that allows for non-freely-licensed but public information, and 
link to that as a citation.

Speaking of which, there might be other things which merit an RTI 
response to use as a citation. Since government extends copyright over 
its communication, I doubt that RTI replies can go on Wikimedia Commons. 
Commercial and non-commercial hosts (the Internet Archive, Scribd, etc.) 
might be one solution. But perhaps the chapter - especially as it is not 
a 'Wikimedia' site - can step in and create a way to host such 
documents, that fall out of the purview of Commons because of licensing, 
but are nevertheless required for a citation, and are not online. If you 
think this is worth it...

Cheers,
Achal

On Sunday 11 September 2011 03:30 PM, Gautam John wrote:
> Srikanth - if I can enlarge the scope of this problem:
>
> 1. Wikipedia has errors
> 2. These errors are because of the sources cited
> 3. The sources cited are factually wrong
> 4. There are no sources online to offer a counter or have a limitation
> of copyright.
>
> Does that some it up?
>
> Assuming there are pictures that hold a differing view, why can't
> those be linked to to get around the issue of copyright? Similarly, if
> there are articles online, why can't they be linked to?
>
> Of course, if there are no references online, then we do have a
> problem but has that ever been the case? Where there are *no*
> references online?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Best,
>
> Gautam
> 
> http://blog.prathambooks.org/p/social-media.html
>
>
>
>
> On 11 September 2011 14:52, Srikanth Ramakrishnan  
> wrote:
>> Dear All,
>> I have had this problem for over two years and I belive that this
>> problem is unseen in most cases and will remain so untill addressed.
>> There are many cases where incorrect facts are shown with references.
>> This is purely due to lack of sources. I noticed this back in 2009
>> when I found that according to all available sources, the only
>> concrete trunk road in India is the Mumbai Pune Expressway. This I
>> know is not true. The East Coast Arm of the Golden Quadrilateral has a
>> few concrete sections, confirmed with photographs on the websites of
>> the National Highways Authority of India and the Nagarjuna
>> Construction Company. Apart from this, I personally have seen that the
>> Hubli Belgaum Toll Road Private Limited, Pune Satara Toll Road are
>> also made of concrete. Now since I couldn't use these pictures as
>> sources, mainly due to copyright issues and that I wasn't into
>> photographs at that time, I ignored it. Recently I thought I could try
>> and use the Oral Citations on this little issue and see, but after a
>> chat with Achal yesterday I dropped the idea as it would need to be
>> authoritative or in short I'd need a government official to talk. This
>> as I've experienced earlier, isn't an easy task. Therefore, I place a
>> request here for people to suggest something, as this problem is
>> rising unchecked ...
>>
>> --
>> Sent from my mobile device
>>
>> Regards,
>> ME.
>> Wear a Lungi, Support the Movement
>>   My infrastructure invasion... plus other images
>> too.. on Wikimedia Commons. http://bit.ly/d50SIq
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia in India:Past Present and the Future

[Arjuna Rao Chavala]

Hi,

Please  visit the following url and download the document for several
articles on Wikipedia research including the one titled
Wikipedia in India:Past Present and the Future by Gautam K John.

http://networkcultures.org/wpmu/cpov/lang/de/2011/05/10/critical-point-of-view-a-wikipedia-reader/

Cheers
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Press] Telegraph : It’s a Wiki Wiki world!

[Swaroop Rao]

I think this is good encouragement for the very young Vaibhav Jain. Good
going!

Swaroop Rao
(MikeLynch )





On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 13:06, Srikanth Lakshmanan wrote:

> http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110911/jsp/7days/story_14492284.jsp
>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Err ... Stuff that exists, citations, and problems that seem a few but are slowly cropping up in number ...

[wheredevelsdare]

+1. Iv found the press getting many facts wrong as well.

> Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 14:52:22 +0530
> From: rsrikant...@gmail.com
> To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Err ... Stuff that exists, citations, and 
> problems that seem a few but are slowly cropping up in number ...
> 
> Dear All,
> I have had this problem for over two years and I belive that this
> problem is unseen in most cases and will remain so untill addressed.
> There are many cases where incorrect facts are shown with references.
> This is purely due to lack of sources. I noticed this back in 2009
> when I found that according to all available sources, the only
> concrete trunk road in India is the Mumbai Pune Expressway. This I
> know is not true. The East Coast Arm of the Golden Quadrilateral has a
> few concrete sections, confirmed with photographs on the websites of
> the National Highways Authority of India and the Nagarjuna
> Construction Company. Apart from this, I personally have seen that the
> Hubli Belgaum Toll Road Private Limited, Pune Satara Toll Road are
> also made of concrete. Now since I couldn't use these pictures as
> sources, mainly due to copyright issues and that I wasn't into
> photographs at that time, I ignored it. Recently I thought I could try
> and use the Oral Citations on this little issue and see, but after a
> chat with Achal yesterday I dropped the idea as it would need to be
> authoritative or in short I'd need a government official to talk. This
> as I've experienced earlier, isn't an easy task. Therefore, I place a
> request here for people to suggest something, as this problem is
> rising unchecked ...
> 
> -- 
> Sent from my mobile device
> 
> Regards,
> ME.
> Wear a Lungi, Support the Movement
>  My infrastructure invasion... plus other images
> too.. on Wikimedia Commons. http://bit.ly/d50SIq
> 
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Err ... Stuff that exists, citations, and problems that seem a few but are slowly cropping up in number ...

[Gautam John]

Srikanth - if I can enlarge the scope of this problem:

1. Wikipedia has errors
2. These errors are because of the sources cited
3. The sources cited are factually wrong
4. There are no sources online to offer a counter or have a limitation
of copyright.

Does that some it up?

Assuming there are pictures that hold a differing view, why can't
those be linked to to get around the issue of copyright? Similarly, if
there are articles online, why can't they be linked to?

Of course, if there are no references online, then we do have a
problem but has that ever been the case? Where there are *no*
references online?

Thank you.

Best,

Gautam

http://blog.prathambooks.org/p/social-media.html




On 11 September 2011 14:52, Srikanth Ramakrishnan  wrote:
> Dear All,
> I have had this problem for over two years and I belive that this
> problem is unseen in most cases and will remain so untill addressed.
> There are many cases where incorrect facts are shown with references.
> This is purely due to lack of sources. I noticed this back in 2009
> when I found that according to all available sources, the only
> concrete trunk road in India is the Mumbai Pune Expressway. This I
> know is not true. The East Coast Arm of the Golden Quadrilateral has a
> few concrete sections, confirmed with photographs on the websites of
> the National Highways Authority of India and the Nagarjuna
> Construction Company. Apart from this, I personally have seen that the
> Hubli Belgaum Toll Road Private Limited, Pune Satara Toll Road are
> also made of concrete. Now since I couldn't use these pictures as
> sources, mainly due to copyright issues and that I wasn't into
> photographs at that time, I ignored it. Recently I thought I could try
> and use the Oral Citations on this little issue and see, but after a
> chat with Achal yesterday I dropped the idea as it would need to be
> authoritative or in short I'd need a government official to talk. This
> as I've experienced earlier, isn't an easy task. Therefore, I place a
> request here for people to suggest something, as this problem is
> rising unchecked ...
>
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> Regards,
> ME.
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Err ... Stuff that exists, citations, and problems that seem a few but are slowly cropping up in number ...

[Srikanth Ramakrishnan]

Dear All,
I have had this problem for over two years and I belive that this
problem is unseen in most cases and will remain so untill addressed.
There are many cases where incorrect facts are shown with references.
This is purely due to lack of sources. I noticed this back in 2009
when I found that according to all available sources, the only
concrete trunk road in India is the Mumbai Pune Expressway. This I
know is not true. The East Coast Arm of the Golden Quadrilateral has a
few concrete sections, confirmed with photographs on the websites of
the National Highways Authority of India and the Nagarjuna
Construction Company. Apart from this, I personally have seen that the
Hubli Belgaum Toll Road Private Limited, Pune Satara Toll Road are
also made of concrete. Now since I couldn't use these pictures as
sources, mainly due to copyright issues and that I wasn't into
photographs at that time, I ignored it. Recently I thought I could try
and use the Oral Citations on this little issue and see, but after a
chat with Achal yesterday I dropped the idea as it would need to be
authoritative or in short I'd need a government official to talk. This
as I've experienced earlier, isn't an easy task. Therefore, I place a
request here for people to suggest something, as this problem is
rising unchecked ...

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Regards,
ME.
Wear a Lungi, Support the Movement
 My infrastructure invasion... plus other images
too.. on Wikimedia Commons. http://bit.ly/d50SIq

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[Wikimediaindia-l] [Press] Telegraph : It’s a Wiki Wiki world!

[Srikanth Lakshmanan]

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110911/jsp/7days/story_14492284.jsp

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