Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wiki Sprint in Mumbai

[sushant savla]

Hi Abhinav



What needs to e done by the wikipedian?





Sushant



On Mon, 08 Jun 2015 17:18:57 +0530 Tito Dutta  wrote

>That sounds good. Best of luck. :)



On 8 June 2015 at 16:47, Abhinav Garule  wrote:

Dear Wikipedians,



We are planning to hold a Wiki Sprint at Studio X,Fort, Mumbai on theme 
(Hindustani Music and Performing Spaces in Mumbai) partnered with CILHE, TISS, 
Mumbai on 19th June 2015 and there is opportunity to attend musical event after 
Wiki Sprint.

We are looking for 4-5 Wikipedians preferably from Pune or Mumbai.Interested 
Wikipedians please contact me.







Thanks and Regards,





Abhinav Garule

+91 9404 9636 60





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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimediaindia-l Digest, Vol 987, Issue 1

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Here we are talking about the grant approval of Wikipedia treks Kalindi
khal and there in English Wikipedia, User:Shyamal is proposing deletion of
previous two Wikipedia treks mountains event pages along with all the
documentation.  I have to copy paste all the previous events into meta.
Such a waste of time and data.
On 23 Aug 2015 17:31,  wrote:

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>1. Re: Asking for endorsement for “Wikipedia Treks Kalindi
>   Khal” (sankarshan)
>2. Re: [CIS-A2K] July Newsletter (Ashwin Baindur)
>3. Re: Asking for endorsement for “Wikipedia Treks Kalindi
>   Khal” (Srikanth Ramakrishnan)
>4. Re: [CIS-A2K] July Newsletter (Subhashish Panigrahi)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2015 20:10:06 +0530
> From: sankarshan 
> To: Wikimedia India Community list
> 
> Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Asking for endorsement for
> “Wikipedia Treks Kalindi Khal”
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> On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 6:00 PM, Ashwin Baindur
>  wrote:
> > Request the views of more editors on this proposal. Guys, Santanu took
> > the trouble to give us a detailed proposal, at least lets do him the
> > courtesy of giving our views, whatever these may be.
>
> I went through the proposal in small chunks primarily to think through
> this. I am not an editor and so the views may or, may not be relevant.
> In no particular order, here are a few comments.
>
> [+] The proposal states "The main purpose of Wikipedia Treks Kalindi
> Khal is to increase the material related to Himalayan Range with a
> free license in Wikimedia Commons and improve the quality and increase
> the amount of articles about diversifying Garhwal Himalayan mountain
> range and other respective variety in different languages in
> Wikipedia. Also to raise awareness among various community chapters,
> motivate them to contribute to the Wikimedia projects and organize
> this kind of trekking expedition in future."
>
> This is in fact 3 specific objectives - (a) collect material on the
> region covered by this trek; (b) generate awareness within the
> chapters; (c) establish the feasibility of a similar activity by
> accruing more value than consumed
>
> [+] The proposal states "Currently this project is focused on Global
> south region which will Improve editor diversity by recruiting new
> editors from this particular target group."
>
> But doesn't specifically mention the target group or, the methodology
> of recruiting new editors
>
> [+] "Trekking or hiking is extremely well liked adventure sports
> through the globe and it will be enormously easier to find like-minded
> open source and free knowledge organizations and initiatives with whom
> we can collaborator with"
>
> A few examples of such organizations would have been a good thing to
> have at this point. Primarily to estimate the willingness of the said
> organizations to contribute to knowledge under a free (or, liberal)
> license. Anecdotal experience indicates that organizations have their
> own rationale and quirks when engaging in collaborative ventures and
> prior handshakes are required to ensure specific outcomes
>
> [+] "This Wikipedia Treks Kalindi Khal will be the first major public
> activity of its kind and will be pivotal in the increased uptake of
> Wikimedia projects by the populace of the extreme lands in India."
>
> The simplest question for this line of reasoning is "How?". "Extreme
> lands" would indicate a set of constraints that are unique and perhaps
> primary among those being the awareness of the utility value of
> Wikipedia itself. The proposal does not go on to elaborate how it is
> planned to be addressed
>
> [+] "This team of WTM comprises total nine members; among them three
> wikipedians and a female wikipedian volunteer is involved. We expect
> another three non wikipedian experienced trek member to be converted
> into volunteers.
> After the completion of trek, there will be three edit-a-thons, for
> new editors, where they will be educated with proper guidance,
> follow-up and mentorship."
>
> It would be nice to have a draft idea of what can be documented. This
> can be in the form of stub pages which can be filled out later during
> the edit-a-thons or, an assessment o

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Asking for endorsement for “Wikipedia Treks Kalindi Khal”

[Alex Wang]

Thanks for that suggestion, Srikanth! I agree, having these useful comments
on the discussion page of the request is very helpful for the rest of the
community.

Cheers,

Alex

On Sat, Aug 22, 2015 at 8:40 AM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <
rsrikant...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all, I request all of you to take the discussion to the Grant talk page
> on Meta where it would be more visible and useful for others going thru the
> proposal.
>
> --
> Srikanth.
> http://bestpedia.in
> On 22-Aug-2015 8:10 pm, "sankarshan"  wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 6:00 PM, Ashwin Baindur
>>  wrote:
>> > Request the views of more editors on this proposal. Guys, Santanu took
>> > the trouble to give us a detailed proposal, at least lets do him the
>> > courtesy of giving our views, whatever these may be.
>>
>> I went through the proposal in small chunks primarily to think through
>> this. I am not an editor and so the views may or, may not be relevant.
>> In no particular order, here are a few comments.
>>
>> [+] The proposal states "The main purpose of Wikipedia Treks Kalindi
>> Khal is to increase the material related to Himalayan Range with a
>> free license in Wikimedia Commons and improve the quality and increase
>> the amount of articles about diversifying Garhwal Himalayan mountain
>> range and other respective variety in different languages in
>> Wikipedia. Also to raise awareness among various community chapters,
>> motivate them to contribute to the Wikimedia projects and organize
>> this kind of trekking expedition in future."
>>
>> This is in fact 3 specific objectives - (a) collect material on the
>> region covered by this trek; (b) generate awareness within the
>> chapters; (c) establish the feasibility of a similar activity by
>> accruing more value than consumed
>>
>> [+] The proposal states "Currently this project is focused on Global
>> south region which will Improve editor diversity by recruiting new
>> editors from this particular target group."
>>
>> But doesn't specifically mention the target group or, the methodology
>> of recruiting new editors
>>
>> [+] "Trekking or hiking is extremely well liked adventure sports
>> through the globe and it will be enormously easier to find like-minded
>> open source and free knowledge organizations and initiatives with whom
>> we can collaborator with"
>>
>> A few examples of such organizations would have been a good thing to
>> have at this point. Primarily to estimate the willingness of the said
>> organizations to contribute to knowledge under a free (or, liberal)
>> license. Anecdotal experience indicates that organizations have their
>> own rationale and quirks when engaging in collaborative ventures and
>> prior handshakes are required to ensure specific outcomes
>>
>> [+] "This Wikipedia Treks Kalindi Khal will be the first major public
>> activity of its kind and will be pivotal in the increased uptake of
>> Wikimedia projects by the populace of the extreme lands in India."
>>
>> The simplest question for this line of reasoning is "How?". "Extreme
>> lands" would indicate a set of constraints that are unique and perhaps
>> primary among those being the awareness of the utility value of
>> Wikipedia itself. The proposal does not go on to elaborate how it is
>> planned to be addressed
>>
>> [+] "This team of WTM comprises total nine members; among them three
>> wikipedians and a female wikipedian volunteer is involved. We expect
>> another three non wikipedian experienced trek member to be converted
>> into volunteers.
>> After the completion of trek, there will be three edit-a-thons, for
>> new editors, where they will be educated with proper guidance,
>> follow-up and mentorship."
>>
>> It would be nice to have a draft idea of what can be documented. This
>> can be in the form of stub pages which can be filled out later during
>> the edit-a-thons or, an assessment of the gaps in the existing content
>> around the region to be covered by the trek thus creating a handy
>> guide to what needs to be added. This pre-expedition exercise could
>> also serve as a metric of success of such ventures
>>
>> [+] "Wikimedia Commons has an insignificant representation of
>> mountains and peaks along with the species, flora and fauna in the
>> complete Himalayan range. The available images are of moderate to
>> acceptable quality. Wikipedia Treks Kalindi Khal aims to improve the
>> coverage of the Himalayan range by encouraging people (including
>> professional photographers) to take and donate quality images under
>> free licenses to the Wikimedia Commons database."
>>
>> The proposal does not mention whether the current team does comprise
>> of individuals who are proficient in skills of photography and would
>> contribute (not 'donate') images of higher resolution and greater
>> variety to Commons
>>
>> [+] "Increasing Wikimedia's participation in the remotest places (Mana
>> Village, the last village of India) is one of the salient points of
>> Wikipedia Treks Kalindi Khal.

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Honorable mentions by Jimmy Wales In WIkimania Mexico 2015

[Saqib Qayyum]

Congrats from Pakistan.
Saqib


Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 19:33:43 +0530
From: omshivaprak...@wikimedia.in
To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
CC: wmin...@googlegroups.com; satdeep_g...@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Honorable mentions by Jimmy Wales In WIkimania 
Mexico 2015

Congratulations Babu and Satdeep! Keep inspiring more!
On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 4:58 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan  
wrote:
Excellent work by Babu and Satdeep!
Congratulations. Your efforts will not be forgotten.

On 24 July 2015 at 14:55,   wrote:
Jimbo also mentioned Malayalam Wikimedian Babu G whose historic contribution to 
the Wikimedia movement is never to be forgotten. Babu is no more with us and 
let's also hold him close to our heart.

Satdeep brings youthfulness and actions to the Punjabi Wikipedia and the 
Wikimedia community. He is also responsible for bringing Punjabi Wikipedia's 
topmost contributor Charan Gill who is father.

Babu and Satdeep, congratulations to you! Satdeep, there is more expectation 
from you now.

From: "ansuman" 
To: "Wikimedia India Community list" 
Cc: wmin...@googlegroups.com, "satdeep gill" 
Sent: Friday, July 24, 2015 7:48:09 AM
Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Honorable mentions by Jimmy Wales In WIkimania 
Mexico 2015

Good to know, well done Satdeep, keep it UP. :-)
On 24-Jul-2015 9:45 am, "Yohann Thomas"  wrote:
Hello One and all
Just wanted to inform the community that during Wikimania 2015 - Mexico, while 
announcing the Wikipedian of the year, Jimmy wales made two honorable mentions.
One of them was to Satdeep Gill for his contributions & Promotion of Punjabi 
Wikipedia.
I would like to Congratulate Satdeep for all his Hard work & dedication to the 
cause leading to the recognition of it on the Global stage!! Kudos!!
Yohann Thomas
yohan...@gmail.com


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[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia workshop @ Enginerds 2K15

[Kalyan Sarkar]

Hello everyone,

We are going to conduct a Wikipedia workshop at the Govt. College of
Engineering & Leather Technology  on 5 September
2015 as a part of their tech fest Enginerds 2K15 .

The details are given below:

Venue: Government College of Engg & Leather Technology, Block LB, Sector
III, Salt Lake (near Chingrihata)

Date & Time: 5 Sep 2015 (Saturday) 11 AM - 1 PM

Attendees: 30 - 40, will be asked to bring laptops

Facilities: Projector, WiFi & LAN (100Mbps)

Contact Person: Koustuv Dutta

Workshop will be conducted by Rangan Datta & Indrajit Das.

Thanks and regards,
Kalyan Sarkar
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