Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WMFIndiaIssues-l] India-l
WOW, a list dedicated for WMF just for discussing India-related issues - Incredible India! Wondering how many other countries have the privilege of a dedicated country-issue WMF discussion list? Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2012 08:57:48 -0800 From: bnewst...@wikimedia.org To: indi...@lists.wikimedia.org CC: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WMFIndiaIssues-l] India-l This list was created for WMF senior staff only for information sharing of India-related issues that might arise from time to time. It is intended to be a private list and the settings will be changed. On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 3:29 AM, Theo10011 de10...@gmail.com wrote: Hi I was looking through the mailing lists, and I saw this list called India-l. It seems to have only staff members subscribed. This was created recently by Melanie Brown, so I am assuming good faith and asking if I missed the announcement or it is forthcoming? Can someone clarify-* If the list is private for the India staff? if so, you might want to consider changing the archive and access settings to private.* If the list is indeed for India issues, like it says, in the description, I think its existence should at least be made public to the Indian community? and have more than 2 Indians on it. Regards Theo ___ India-l mailing list indi...@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/india-l -- Barry NewsteadChief Global Development OfficerWikimedia Foundation Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
[Wikimediaindia-l] Sanskrit, scripts and Wikisource
Hoi, Today the Sanskrit Wikisource will get WebFonts support. The Sanskrit Wikipedia already has it for some time and it works well for them. What will be different is that in the Wikisource, it will be possible to have original texts in the script as it was of at the time of first publication. According to the English language Wikipedia article and according to the Omniglot website Sanskrit is written in many scripts. When you google for the Brahmi script, you will find several fonts that are freely available. What is needed for us to use it in the Wikimedia Foundation is that these fonts are freely licensed and, that they pass the technical requirements of the Localisation team. Obviously when a font is available in WebFonts, it is available in any wiki that has WebFonts enabled. Thanks, Gerard http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.com/2012/03/sanskrit-sources-and-scripts.html http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.com/2012/03/sanskrit-wikisource-will-get-webfonts.html PS from my blogposts you will appreciate that there is an evolution in the awareness of what WebFonts can do for you :) ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Sanskrit, scripts and Wikisource
Thank you so much Gerard, for making the fonts available. The logo of the Sanskrit Wikisource was ready quite long ago but its been fixed y'day and its a great day for Sanskrit Wikisource to have a logo in its own language. Thanks a lot for the WMF and Wiki WebFont Department. On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 11:01 AM, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijs...@gmail.comwrote: Hoi, Today the Sanskrit Wikisource will get WebFonts support. The Sanskrit Wikipedia already has it for some time and it works well for them. What will be different is that in the Wikisource, it will be possible to have original texts in the script as it was of at the time of first publication. According to the English language Wikipedia article and according to the Omniglot website Sanskrit is written in many scripts. When you google for the Brahmi script, you will find several fonts that are freely available. What is needed for us to use it in the Wikimedia Foundation is that these fonts are freely licensed and, that they pass the technical requirements of the Localisation team. Obviously when a font is available in WebFonts, it is available in any wiki that has WebFonts enabled. Thanks, Gerard http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.com/2012/03/sanskrit-sources-and-scripts.html http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.com/2012/03/sanskrit-wikisource-will-get-webfonts.html PS from my blogposts you will appreciate that there is an evolution in the awareness of what WebFonts can do for you :) ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l -- Regards, Abhiram ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
