Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Commons being blocked in most places.

[Srikanth Ramakrishnan]

Tanvir, thanks for the tip:
Handy for now.
Yuvi, we will have to find an alternate workaround.
Anirudh, this be it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Coat_Systems

On Sun, Dec 25, 2011 at 12:40 PM, Yuvi Panda  wrote:

> Nice trick, but do note that the secure.* service will be going away
> at some point in the future. There is native https for every project
> now.
>
> On Sun, Dec 25, 2011 at 12:18 PM, Tanvir Rahman 
> wrote:
> > Just a trick that might be useful, use Wikimedia's secure server.
> > Like https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/wiki/Main_Page
> >
> > Regards,
> > Tanvir Rahman
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Commons being blocked in most places.

[Yuvi Panda]

Nice trick, but do note that the secure.* service will be going away
at some point in the future. There is native https for every project
now.

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> Like https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/wiki/Main_Page
>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Commons being blocked in most places.

[Tanvir Rahman]

Just a trick that might be useful, use Wikimedia's secure server.
Like https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/wiki/Main_Page

Regards,
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Commons being blocked in most places.

[Anirudh Bhati]

What is the name of the filter software that was being used at the
establishments?

anirudh

On Sun, Dec 25, 2011 at 11:50 AM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <
rsrikant...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Heya all,
> Just wanted to pass this on:
> Most colleges, I've seen 3, and 9/10 cyber cafes I've visited over the
> last one month have blocked the Wikimedia Commons citing
> commons.wikimedia.org/ is blocked because it is currently categorized
> as:Reference Open Image / Media Search.
>
> Now, how do we convince these people to unblock it?
>
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> Srikanth Ramakrishnan,
>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Press] : The Economic Times : "Wikipedia enlists Indians to be the standard-bearers for its fund-raising efforts"

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

Great to hear this, Dr. Podhuvan's appeal has significantly boosted this
year's fundraising, India being one of foundation's prime focus will also
become one of the major donors. Dr. Podhuvan's appeal could made a global
appeal also considering the impact he has made, similarly, such inspiring
people, say Anirudh or Karthik who could inspire many people should also be
promoted by all of us to donate to WMF.

rgds
Subha

On 25 December 2011 11:22, CherianTinu Abraham wrote:

> *The Economic Times : "Wikipedia enlists Indians to be the
> standard-bearers for its fund-raising efforts"*
>
> http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/wikipedia-enlists-indians-to-be-the-standard-bearers-for-its-fund-raising-efforts/articleshow/11225652.cms
>
>
> Open any of the 20 million articles on Wikipedia and the face on the
> banner making an appeal for donations for the world's largest encyclopaedia
> will not be that of *Jimmy Wales *but *Sengai Podhuvan*.
>
> Podhuvan, 76, urges users to "consider pitching in Rs 100, Rs 200, Rs 300
> or whatever you can" to "keep Wikipedia free" in a
> tugging-at-the-heartstrings appeal that is the first of its kind by the
> US-based Wikimedia Foundation that runs the world's most popular source of
> general reference on the Net.
>
> This sort of appeal by a Wikipedia author is not standard practice:
> founder Wales is almost always the face of fund-raising. Moreover,
> Wikipedia has enlisted several Indians to be the standard-bearers for its
> fund-raising efforts for 2011-12. And for the first time, it is accepting
> donations in rupees. "When users see the faces they will realise that
> anyone from India can contribute, not necessarily money.
>
> But if it works and everything suggests it is working, next year will have
> many more," says *Hisham Mundol,* who leads the Wikimedia Foundation's
> operations in India.
>
> Wikipedia, which does not accept advertisements and is funded entirely by
> donations, describes itself as the fifth most popular website on the planet
> with more than one lakh contributors worldwide and 12 billion page views
> every month. From India, there are some 2,000 contributors and 227 million
> monthly page views.
>
> Another Indian contributor who is helping Wikipedia raise funds is *Karthik
> Nadar*, an 18-year-old student and part-time accountant from Mumbai.
>
> On the evening of the bombings of the city in July 2011 that killed 26
> people, he captured the horror on his phone and kept updating Wikipedia. In
> his nearly two years as a contributor, he has helped write 2,000 articles.
> "I get a kick out of being able to share information and learning," he
> says.
>
> Wikipedia's tactic of widening the base of its fund-raisers stems from a
> belief that Wales' appeal is waning. "In 2010, we began to see indicators
> of banner and Jimmy fatigue," the Wikimedia Foundation wrote in its 2011-12
> plan ending in June, for which it hopes to raise $30 million (Rs 150
> crore).
>
> The Indian touch, it seems, is paying off. Halfway through the
> fund-raising campaign, the foundation has raised Rs 1.1 crore from India.
> Comparatively, in the whole of last year, it raised less than Rs 1 crore
> from India.
>
> Regards
> Tinu Cherian
> pr...@wikimedia.in
> http://wiki.wikimedia.in/In_the_news
>
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Commons being blocked in most places.

[Srikanth Ramakrishnan]

Heya all,
Just wanted to pass this on:
Most colleges, I've seen 3, and 9/10 cyber cafes I've visited over the last
one month have blocked the Wikimedia Commons citing
commons.wikimedia.org/is blocked because it is currently categorized
as:Reference Open Image /
Media Search.

Now, how do we convince these people to unblock it?

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[Wikimediaindia-l] [Press] : The Economic Times : "Wikipedia enlists Indians to be the standard-bearers for its fund-raising efforts"

[CherianTinu Abraham]

*The Economic Times : "Wikipedia enlists Indians to be the standard-bearers
for its fund-raising efforts"*
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/wikipedia-enlists-indians-to-be-the-standard-bearers-for-its-fund-raising-efforts/articleshow/11225652.cms


Open any of the 20 million articles on Wikipedia and the face on the banner
making an appeal for donations for the world's largest encyclopaedia will
not be that of *Jimmy Wales *but *Sengai Podhuvan*.

Podhuvan, 76, urges users to "consider pitching in Rs 100, Rs 200, Rs 300
or whatever you can" to "keep Wikipedia free" in a
tugging-at-the-heartstrings appeal that is the first of its kind by the
US-based Wikimedia Foundation that runs the world's most popular source of
general reference on the Net.

This sort of appeal by a Wikipedia author is not standard practice: founder
Wales is almost always the face of fund-raising. Moreover, Wikipedia has
enlisted several Indians to be the standard-bearers for its fund-raising
efforts for 2011-12. And for the first time, it is accepting donations in
rupees. "When users see the faces they will realise that anyone from India
can contribute, not necessarily money.

But if it works and everything suggests it is working, next year will have
many more," says *Hisham Mundol,* who leads the Wikimedia Foundation's
operations in India.

Wikipedia, which does not accept advertisements and is funded entirely by
donations, describes itself as the fifth most popular website on the planet
with more than one lakh contributors worldwide and 12 billion page views
every month. From India, there are some 2,000 contributors and 227 million
monthly page views.

Another Indian contributor who is helping Wikipedia raise funds is *Karthik
Nadar*, an 18-year-old student and part-time accountant from Mumbai.

On the evening of the bombings of the city in July 2011 that killed 26
people, he captured the horror on his phone and kept updating Wikipedia. In
his nearly two years as a contributor, he has helped write 2,000 articles.
"I get a kick out of being able to share information and learning," he
says.

Wikipedia's tactic of widening the base of its fund-raisers stems from a
belief that Wales' appeal is waning. "In 2010, we began to see indicators
of banner and Jimmy fatigue," the Wikimedia Foundation wrote in its 2011-12
plan ending in June, for which it hopes to raise $30 million (Rs 150
crore).

The Indian touch, it seems, is paying off. Halfway through the fund-raising
campaign, the foundation has raised Rs 1.1 crore from India. Comparatively,
in the whole of last year, it raised less than Rs 1 crore from India.

Regards
Tinu Cherian
pr...@wikimedia.in
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/In_the_news

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Open Wiki GLAM of Serbia: Conference - Call for participation

[Adethya Sudarsanan]

Dear Srikanth, Tinu, Anirudh,

Thanks for your timely responses. I have sent mail to Mile Kish and
awaiting his positive response.

Regards,
Ade.

On 24 December 2011 14:51, Anirudh Bhati  wrote:

> Thanks, Tinu.  Ade, please write to Mile directly.
>
> Yours sincerely,
>
> Anirudh Bhati
>
> +855 975 529 803
> Skype: anirudhsbh
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 24, 2011 at 11:09 AM, CherianTinu Abraham <
> tinucher...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> There is some problem with the id   g...@vikimedija.org
>>
>> Meanwhile you can write to Mile Kish directly at m.mi...@gmail.com or
>> mil...@vikimedija.org  ( Note that it is vikimedija.org )
>>
>> Regards
>> Tinu Cherian
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Dec 24, 2011 at 7:53 AM, Adethya Sudarsanan <
>> adethyas...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Anirudh,
>>>
>>> the link present is not valid i guess... mails sent to "You can send
>>> your applications at g...@vikimedija.org" fails. I tried sending it to "
>>> g...@wikimedia.org" and there was no failure notice.
>>>
>>> Am i doing the right thing? Pls advice. I want to participate in GLAM,
>>> Serbia.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>> Ade.
>>>
>>> On 22 December 2011 18:02, Anirudh Bhati  wrote:
>>>
 For those interested in GLAM.

 Yours sincerely,

 Anirudh Bhati

 +855 975 529 803
 Skype: anirudhsbh


 -- Forwarded message --
 From: Mile Kiš 
 Date: Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 4:01 AM
 Subject: [Internal-l] Open Wiki GLAM of Serbia: Conference - Call for
 participation
 To: "Local Chapters, board and officers coordination (closed
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 Dear friends,

 I wish to share my happiness with you regarding the GLAM conference in
 Belgrade.

 I would like to use this opportunity to invite you to participate as
 speakers and share your experiences with our glammers.
 In the following month send us your applications. If you need funds for
 expenditures, we'll try to make your travel possible in cooperation with
 WMF.

 The conference is divided into the following thematic parts:
 * Ways of protecting intellectual property on the Internet and Creative
 Commons licenses
 * Importance of having cultural heritage on the Internet and ways of
 their presentation
 * Wikimedia projects as a platform for dissemination of free content
 and information
 * Wikimedia projects as a means of communication, information and
 education
 * Success stories and models implemented with GLAM institutions +
 technology of QR codes and their application in GLAM institutions

 We would also like to invite all other interested people to come and
 participate in our conference and have a nice time with us after it. If you
 want WMRS to help you with your travel and accommodation arrangements,
 please inform us as soon as possible, so that we could make cheap bookings.

 You can send your applications at g...@vikimedija.org

 With regards,

 Mile Kish,

 Secretary-General

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Summary and perspectives from Discussions with Indic language wikimedians - 2011

[Ashwin Baindur]

No, this is an important topic. Please discuss on-list being discreet to
avoid naming people or making accusations. We need to know the kind of
issues involved. Cooperation with English Wikipedia is one of the fastest
ways Indic language communities can grow their articles and add quality.

Warm regards,

Ashwin Baindur
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On Sat, Dec 24, 2011 at 8:03 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <
parakara.gh...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Ravi, this is exactly what I was talking about. I try to translate an
> article from English and I'm told that the community can do it
> themselves and don't need our help. The same editors refuse to help us
> when we need content from Indic projects on English. If need be, we
> could have an offlist discussion about this. I don't want to make too
> much noise on the list.
>
> On 12/24/11, Ravishankar  wrote:
> > HI Srikanth R,
> >
> > On Sat, Dec 24, 2011 at 3:50 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <
> > parakara.gh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Ravi, while the idea of having English editors help out on Indic wikis
> >> sounds good, it isn't feasible. Most Indic editors distrust us English
> >> editors and remain aloof from us.
> >
> >
> > Indic communities don't need "help" but active "contribution" from people
> > familiar with en wiki. So, you have to think, act and become like a
> native
> > community member except for the fact that you are already aware of wiki
> > ways.
> >
> > I am not aware of happenings in other wikis. But, I can give you many
> > examples of contributions in Tamil Wikipedia where the editor came from
> > English Wikipedia. If you faced specific problems, please feel free to
> post
> > in our village pump and I am sure the community will take the steps
> needed.
> >
> > Ravi
> >
>
>
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> Wikipedia Coimbatore Meetup on December 10th.
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Android ICS support for Tamil and Indic languages

[ePandit | ई-पण्डित]

I don't think it has to do something with ICS or google has implemented
this. Even before ICS, I have seen this behavior.

Most Samsung Galaxy series running Froyo or Gingerbread support Hindi
display. In these phones Hindi is displayed properly in stock Android
browser but not in Opera Mobile.

2011/12/24 apvr 

> Android ICS does not natively support rendering of Tamil, Devanagiri
> and Bengali scripts. It just supports the fonts. Rendering depends on
> individual apps. This is a clever move from Google to increase the
> native browser usage. They've implemented font rendering in the
> stock browser; firefox still shows the compound characters wrongly.
> Facebook app renders correctly too.
>
> Vijay
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Christmas 2011 translatewiki.net Translation Rally

[Srikanth Ramakrishnan]

Heya, since I don't have internet access, I'll find a cyber cafe or
something where I'll work on this tomorrow. While I will in no way
reach 500 In Hindi, I shall do my best to reach atleast 50.

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Christmas 2011 translatewiki.net Translation Rally

[Sudhanwa Jogalekar]

Dear Gerard,

When can we expect a report about the Sprint in Pune on 26th Nov?

How many translations done. languages used, no of people in the sprint etc
etc.

Most importantly, when can we expect the translation work to reflect on the
live systems.

>From my side, I have yet to upload the pictures. Need some time for
processing/converting them.

Regards
-Sudhanwa

On Sun, Dec 25, 2011 at 12:05 AM, Gerard Meijssen  wrote:

> Hoi,
> One thing I was really happy with last time was that Santhosh facilitated
> the payment of people in India. The consequence was that no bank transfer
> costs reduced the bounty for our Indian localisers who qualified. :)
>
> The localisation of MediaWiki is the most effective usability improvement
> possible. It is you, the members of our community at translatewiki.netwho we 
> need to realise this. We are really happy to expand the size of our
> community for any language so please give it a try..
> Thanks,
>Gerard
>
>
> On 24 December 2011 17:56, Santhosh Thottingal <
> santhosh.thottin...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Translatewiki.net is is conducting a Translation Rally between 23
>> December 2011 12:00 UTC and 3 January 2012 24:00 UTC.. Among all users
>> contributing 500 or more new translations to Wikipedia Mobile, Kiwix,
>> MediaWiki core and MediaWiki extension used by Wikimedia,
>> translatwiki.net  will divide 1,000 Euro (approximately 1,308 US
>> Dollar). The money comes from a grant by Wikimedia Nederland, the
>> Dutch Wikimedia chapter and is facilitated by Stichting Open Progress.
>>
>> There were many winners from Indic languages last time.
>>
>> For  more details please visit:
>> http://translatewiki.net/wiki/Project:Rally-2011-12
>>
>> -Santhosh
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Christmas 2011 translatewiki.net Translation Rally

[Gerard Meijssen]

Hoi,
One thing I was really happy with last time was that Santhosh facilitated
the payment of people in India. The consequence was that no bank transfer
costs reduced the bounty for our Indian localisers who qualified. :)

The localisation of MediaWiki is the most effective usability improvement
possible. It is you, the members of our community at translatewiki.net who
we need to realise this. We are really happy to expand the size of our
community for any language so please give it a try..
Thanks,
   Gerard

On 24 December 2011 17:56, Santhosh Thottingal <
santhosh.thottin...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Translatewiki.net is is conducting a Translation Rally between 23
> December 2011 12:00 UTC and 3 January 2012 24:00 UTC.. Among all users
> contributing 500 or more new translations to Wikipedia Mobile, Kiwix,
> MediaWiki core and MediaWiki extension used by Wikimedia,
> translatwiki.net  will divide 1,000 Euro (approximately 1,308 US
> Dollar). The money comes from a grant by Wikimedia Nederland, the
> Dutch Wikimedia chapter and is facilitated by Stichting Open Progress.
>
> There were many winners from Indic languages last time.
>
> For  more details please visit:
> http://translatewiki.net/wiki/Project:Rally-2011-12
>
> -Santhosh
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Christmas 2011 translatewiki.net Translation Rally

[Santhosh Thottingal]

Translatewiki.net is is conducting a Translation Rally between 23
December 2011 12:00 UTC and 3 January 2012 24:00 UTC.. Among all users
contributing 500 or more new translations to Wikipedia Mobile, Kiwix,
MediaWiki core and MediaWiki extension used by Wikimedia,
translatwiki.net  will divide 1,000 Euro (approximately 1,308 US
Dollar). The money comes from a grant by Wikimedia Nederland, the
Dutch Wikimedia chapter and is facilitated by Stichting Open Progress.

There were many winners from Indic languages last time.

For  more details please visit:
http://translatewiki.net/wiki/Project:Rally-2011-12

-Santhosh

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Summary and perspectives from Discussions with Indic language wikimedians - 2011

[Srikanth Ramakrishnan]

Ravi, this is exactly what I was talking about. I try to translate an
article from English and I'm told that the community can do it
themselves and don't need our help. The same editors refuse to help us
when we need content from Indic projects on English. If need be, we
could have an offlist discussion about this. I don't want to make too
much noise on the list.

On 12/24/11, Ravishankar  wrote:
> HI Srikanth R,
>
> On Sat, Dec 24, 2011 at 3:50 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <
> parakara.gh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Ravi, while the idea of having English editors help out on Indic wikis
>> sounds good, it isn't feasible. Most Indic editors distrust us English
>> editors and remain aloof from us.
>
>
> Indic communities don't need "help" but active "contribution" from people
> familiar with en wiki. So, you have to think, act and become like a native
> community member except for the fact that you are already aware of wiki
> ways.
>
> I am not aware of happenings in other wikis. But, I can give you many
> examples of contributions in Tamil Wikipedia where the editor came from
> English Wikipedia. If you faced specific problems, please feel free to post
> in our village pump and I am sure the community will take the steps needed.
>
> Ravi
>


-- 
Regards,
Srikanth Ramakrishnan.
Wikipedia Coimbatore Meetup on December 10th.
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Coimbatore

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Summary and perspectives from Discussions with Indic language wikimedians - 2011

[Ravishankar]

HI Srikanth R,

On Sat, Dec 24, 2011 at 3:50 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <
parakara.gh...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Ravi, while the idea of having English editors help out on Indic wikis
> sounds good, it isn't feasible. Most Indic editors distrust us English
> editors and remain aloof from us.


Indic communities don't need "help" but active "contribution" from people
familiar with en wiki. So, you have to think, act and become like a native
community member except for the fact that you are already aware of wiki
ways.

I am not aware of happenings in other wikis. But, I can give you many
examples of contributions in Tamil Wikipedia where the editor came from
English Wikipedia. If you faced specific problems, please feel free to post
in our village pump and I am sure the community will take the steps needed.

Ravi
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Summary and perspectives from Discussions with Indic language wikimedians - 2011

[Srikanth Ramakrishnan]

Ravi, while the idea of having English editors help out on Indic wikis
sounds good, it isn't feasible. Most Indic editors distrust us English
editors and remain aloof from us. This has happened with me on the
Hindi wiki and with community members of Tamil.

-- 
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Srikanth Ramakrishnan.
Wikipedia Coimbatore Meetup on December 10th.
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Coimbatore

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Summary and perspectives from Discussions with Indic language wikimedians - 2011

[Ravishankar]

Hi Shiju,

Thanks for the excellent analysis on Indic Wikipedia communities.


>  When I consider community building, I think of 5 broad aspects:
>
>1. Editor retention
>2. Attracting newbies
>3. Community communication
>4. Community collaboration and
>5. Community celebration
>
> Based on Tamil Wiki experience, I would like to add few more key points
that can make a difference:

*1. Active participation of Wikipedians having English Wikipedia experience.
*

While small communities should not enforce all en wiki practices and rules
as such, active participation of people having English Wikipedia experience
is a great plus. They can help implement the best practices, clarify on
wiki procedures, help in technical aspects and act as ambassadors for the
local wiki. Throughout Tamil Wikipedia's growth, we have had such
contributors who made immense difference to the project. It is this
context, I emphasize that awareness about Indic Wiki for people visiting en
wiki should be increased.
*
2. Developing friends of Wikipedia network.*

Not everyone can contribute to Wikipedia directly even if they know how to
do it. But they can still support the cause of Wiki. Efforts should be made
in getting friends in blogosphere, technosphere, media, academia and the
Government (if possible). These people can be of great help in outreach and
other logistical help.

*3. Developing the sister projects.*

For small communities, developing Wikipedia to a useful stage ( 100K
articles of decent quality) is a very long term and intensive process. But,
with some meticulous planning, the sister projects like Wiktionary,
Wikisource can be scaled with less effort. When these projects grow, they
in turn bring visitors and contributors for Wikipedia. They will also serve
as a reference source for citations and vocabulary. This is one solution
for the chicken and egg problem of building content to get contributors Vs
having contributors to build content. This is also one are where formal
entities like WMF and the chapter can help the community to network with
academic and government institutions and secure the content in appropriate
license.

Ravi
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Open Wiki GLAM of Serbia: Conference - Call for participation

[Anirudh Bhati]

Thanks, Tinu.  Ade, please write to Mile directly.

Yours sincerely,

Anirudh Bhati

+855 975 529 803
Skype: anirudhsbh


On Sat, Dec 24, 2011 at 11:09 AM, CherianTinu Abraham  wrote:

> There is some problem with the id   g...@vikimedija.org
>
> Meanwhile you can write to Mile Kish directly at m.mi...@gmail.com or
> mil...@vikimedija.org  ( Note that it is vikimedija.org )
>
> Regards
> Tinu Cherian
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 24, 2011 at 7:53 AM, Adethya Sudarsanan  > wrote:
>
>> Anirudh,
>>
>> the link present is not valid i guess... mails sent to "You can send
>> your applications at g...@vikimedija.org" fails. I tried sending it to "
>> g...@wikimedia.org" and there was no failure notice.
>>
>> Am i doing the right thing? Pls advice. I want to participate in GLAM,
>> Serbia.
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Ade.
>>
>> On 22 December 2011 18:02, Anirudh Bhati  wrote:
>>
>>> For those interested in GLAM.
>>>
>>> Yours sincerely,
>>>
>>> Anirudh Bhati
>>>
>>> +855 975 529 803
>>> Skype: anirudhsbh
>>>
>>>
>>> -- Forwarded message --
>>> From: Mile Kiš 
>>> Date: Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 4:01 AM
>>> Subject: [Internal-l] Open Wiki GLAM of Serbia: Conference - Call for
>>> participation
>>> To: "Local Chapters, board and officers coordination (closed
>>> subscription)" 
>>>
>>>
>>> Dear friends,
>>>
>>> I wish to share my happiness with you regarding the GLAM conference in
>>> Belgrade.
>>>
>>> I would like to use this opportunity to invite you to participate as
>>> speakers and share your experiences with our glammers.
>>> In the following month send us your applications. If you need funds for
>>> expenditures, we'll try to make your travel possible in cooperation with
>>> WMF.
>>>
>>> The conference is divided into the following thematic parts:
>>> * Ways of protecting intellectual property on the Internet and Creative
>>> Commons licenses
>>> * Importance of having cultural heritage on the Internet and ways of
>>> their presentation
>>> * Wikimedia projects as a platform for dissemination of free content and
>>> information
>>> * Wikimedia projects as a means of communication, information and
>>> education
>>> * Success stories and models implemented with GLAM institutions +
>>> technology of QR codes and their application in GLAM institutions
>>>
>>> We would also like to invite all other interested people to come and
>>> participate in our conference and have a nice time with us after it. If you
>>> want WMRS to help you with your travel and accommodation arrangements,
>>> please inform us as soon as possible, so that we could make cheap bookings.
>>>
>>> You can send your applications at g...@vikimedija.org
>>>
>>> With regards,
>>>
>>> Mile Kish,
>>>
>>> Secretary-General
>>>
>>> Wikimedia Serbia
>>>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] NDTV stealing photographs off the internet.

[Gautam John]

Here's a piece that broadly covers the area.

http://www.mylaw.net/Article/Fair_use_and_reporting_news/

Thank you.

Best,

Gautam
(handheld)
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