[Wikimediaindia-l] B y t e s F o r A l l :: MAY-2023 :: Moving images from WikiConferenceIndia 2023

[Frederick Noronha]

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  A TECHIE WHO LOVES [FREE AND OPEN]
  DICTIONARIES: The intersection of Indic
  languages, open data and FOSS
    from Kailash.  Dictionaries too.
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxCUiFiEbH4

ANGIKA GETS ITS OWN WIKIPEDIA: Did you even know that
a language called Angika existed...  and was spoken
by so many?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHZF1hsM5J0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhEkqge3o2I

TECH SOLUTIONS FOR GARNERING INFORMATION:
Info-Farmer, a Tamil self-thought programmer and
Wikipedian, finding solutions to share information
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7I4v08iCzc

FROM TECHNOLOGY TO INFO: Kartik Mistry...  from the
FOSS movement to being a Wikipedian
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4uokEd97pI

TRIBAL LANGUAGES NEED ENCYCLOPEDIAS TOO: Gondi,
that's the newest Indian language to get a Wikipedia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=724sC0oLd5o

  COPYRIGHT-FREE BOOKS CAN BE DIGITISED:
  Digitising Marathi books and texts...  from
  near Poona/Pune
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1vTJq4KM2s

REMEMBERING HISTORY FROM THE FOSS WORLD: Down memory
lane...  the FOSS (Free/Open Source Software)
movement of the late 1990s and early 2000s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXz24wQmdOE

THESE WERE INDIAN TECH EXPERIMENTS OF THE PAST: Dr
Subbu Shastry...  on the NewsRack.in story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF9RrbhCR0g

REBUILDING NETWORKS -- FREE AND OPEN SOURCE IN INDIA:
FOSS United...  and attempt (growing fast) of
promoting Free and Open Source in India
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0K5j-mD9ZDo

A PIC IS WORTH  : Why sharing photos (on the
Wikimedia Commons) is important
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Va_4dwnN-A

REMINISCING THE PAST IN YOUNG INDIA'S TECH HISTORY:
Early days of the Wikipedia in India, Hindi editing
and more such stories...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GnFUFBuvls

THIS HELPS YOU TRAVEL: What is Wikivoyager all about
(incomplete)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MiSXeKoWVo

PICS TIPS: How to take better photos...  in four
quick steps!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnmlokJntH4

VISIONS OF SHARING INFORMATION: What's it like being
visually challenged...  and trying to edit the
Wikipedia?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTQXfQib3Ic

FROM KERALA TO SWEDEN, WITH WORDS AND IDEAS: A
radiologist in Sweden ...  a Wikipedian for Malayalam
(and English)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhXw074C5Z4

COMPUTING IN KERALA'S SCHOOLS, SOME BACKGROUND: Tony
Antony, promoting Free Software in schools...  and
going beyond that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJUSd4GL078

EDITING A CROWDSOURCED ENCYCLOPEDIA CAN BE FUN:
Abhinav619  cricket, books, volunteering on the
Wikipedia, creating shareable knowledge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUQWhVUT81Q

  GLOSSARIES AND DICTIONARIES FOR LANGUAGES
  YOU DIDN'T KNOW EXISTED: Building a
  glossary/dictionary for Arebhashe  in
  South India
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Nmu9J-AOfs

OLD BOOKS, NEW LIFE: Reviving Telugu books of another
era, another century...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzD2KaiQjME

  MINORITY CULTURES AND THEIR SOLUTIONS:
  Understanding the Deobandi Wikipedians'
  community in India...  and documenting its
  work.
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZAv7j5vWQU

WHEN TECHIES TAKE TO HELPING: Tech solutions from the
Villupuram GNU/Linux Users Group...  that make
knowledge sharing easier An encounter in April 2023.
This work makes it easier for everyone to share
information.  It struck me as a very practical use
for India's tech skills (which unfortunately seldom
get used to local needs, but largely go to earn the
export dollar).  Check out the presentation here:
Presentation about Spell4Wiki, SpotWikiEdit,
QuickWiktionary, Wiki-Bulky Tools
https://bit.ly/3NFA6RA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dn_7WT32tF8

This is what it takes to click a photo of 250-odd
Wikipedians
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFFzuId3e2M

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BytesForAll was launched circa July 1999, to focus on
how software, hardward and the Internet could play a
role in social development -- even before the ICT4D
debate became a "fashion".  Cofounded by Frederick
Noronha and Partha Sarkar.

http://groups.google.com/group/bytesforall_readers
See a historical snapshot at
https://tinyurl.com/yjjoreya

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[Wikimediaindia-l] On Tuesday (tomorrow): Online event on Wikibase

[Frederick Noronha]

ONLINE-TOMORROW: Session ON WIKIBASE
Virtual Event
28 June @ 12:00 – 13:00
ONLINE SESSION ON WIKIBASE
An invite from Alan Ang, Georgina Burnett and team via the Wikipedians of
Goa User Group: 2022 marks the tenth birthday of Wikidata and Wikibase, the
software powering Wikidata. Join us, as we introduce la community to
Wikibase as well as our upcoming product, Wikibase.cloud, and learn how
they complement the Wikimedia movement’s Linked Open Data vision.

About Wikibase

Wikibase is an open-source software developed by Wikimedia Deutschland, the
German chapter of the international Wikimedia movement, for creating
customisable collaborative knowledge bases. It powers Wikidata, and an
increasing number of other projects, connecting the conocimiento of people
and organisations, enabling them to open their linked data to the world.

With Wikibase, users can create and manage their own linked knowledge
bases. Its flexibility and multilingual labelling allows users construct
their own data model for multi-user colaboratión. Like on Wikidata, users
can interact with their data using SPARQL, a powerful query language. It is
ideal for projects with máquina and human readable data.

Wikipedians of Goa User Group: Wikibase intro
When: Tue 28 Jun 2022 5:30pm-6:30pm India Standard Time (1200-1300 UTC)
Joining info: Join with Google Meet meet.google.com/cvh-bppr-sof

This event is open to all and free to join. Usual decorum expected of
participants.

Online
Primary Event Language
English https://diff.wikimedia.org/event/session-on-wikibase/

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[Wikimediaindia-l] June 28, 2022: Online session on Wikibase

[Frederick Noronha]

Sesión ON WIKIBASE
Virtual Event
28 June @ 12:00 – 13:00
ONLINE SESSION ON WIKIBASE
An invite from Alan Ang, Georgina Burnett and team via the Wikipedians of
Goa User Group: 2022 marks the tenth cumpleaños of Wikidata and Wikibase,
the software powering Wikidata. Join us, as we introduce la comunidad to
Wikibase as well as our upcoming product, Wikibase.cloud, and learn how
they complement the Wikimedia movement’s Linked Open Data vision.

About Wikibase

Wikibase is an open-source software developed by Wikimedia Deutschland, the
German chapter of the international Wikimedia movement, for creating
customisable collaborative knowledge bases. It powers Wikidata, and an
increasing number of other projects, connecting the conocimiento of people
and organisations, enabling them to open their linked data to the world.

With Wikibase, users can create and manage their own linked knowledge
bases. Its flexibility and multilingual labelling allows users construir
their own data model for multi-user colaboración. Like on Wikidata, users
can interact with their datos using SPARQL, a powerful query language. It
is ideal for projects with máquina and human readable data.

Wikipedians of Goa User Group: Wikibase intro
When: Tue 28 Jun 2022 5:30pm-6:30pm India Standard Time (1200-1300 UTC)
Joining info: Join with Google Meet meet.google.com/cvh-bppr-sof

This event is open to all and free to join. Usual decorum expected of
participants.

Online
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English https://diff.wikimedia.org/event/session-on-wikibase/

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[Wikimediaindia-l] Learn about Wikibase... online session, June 28

[Frederick Noronha]

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ONLINE SESSION ON WIKIBASE ... an invite from Alan Ang, Georgina Burnett
and team via the Wikipedians of Goa User Group: 2022 marks the tenth
birthday of Wikidata and Wikibase, the software powering Wikidata. Join us,
as we introduce the community to Wikibase as well as our upcoming product,
Wikibase.cloud, and learn how they complement the Wikimedia movement’s
Linked Open Data vision.

About Wikibase

Wikibase is an open-source software developed by Wikimedia Deutschland, the
German chapter of the international Wikimedia movement, for creating
customisable collaborative knowledge bases. It powers Wikidata, and an
increasing number of other projects, connecting the knowledge of people and
organisations, enabling them to open their linked data to the world.

With Wikibase, users can create and manage their own linked knowledge
bases. Its flexibility and multilingual labelling allows users to build
their own data model for multi-user collaboration. Like on Wikidata, users
can interact with their data using SPARQL, a powerful query language. It is
ideal for projects with machine and human readable data.

For more information and showcases, see Wikiba.se.
Wikipedians of Goa User Group: Wikibase intro
When: Tue 28 Jun 2022 5:30pm-6:30pm India Standard Time
Joining info: Join with Google Meet meet.google.com/cvh-bppr-sof
This event is open to all and free to join. Usual decorum expected of
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia - The pros and cons of the online encyclopedia | DW Documentary

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[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikiba.se

[Frederick Noronha]

*Georgina Burnett*  works in the software
development department at Wikimedia Deutschland, the German chapter of the
Wikimedia movement.

Together with some colleagues, she is looking to talk to user groups about
Wikibase.  She explains: "Wikibase is an open-source and free software that
we develop and maintain in our software development department. It was
originally developed to run Wikidata, but increasingly, it is being used by
institutions to manage, maintain and connect their own data. We'd love to
see Wikibase be used around the world, so we're keen to connect with local
Wikimedians in India to talk about the project."

She asked our Wikipedians of Goa User Group if they could deliver an
introductory presentation at one of our meetings or events, adding: "We'd
love to explore the project in more detail together with you, and answer
any questions you have."

The meeting is fixed for Thu 2 Jun 2022 5:30pm – 6:15pm (IST). If you'd
like to join, please get in touch.   fredericknoron...@gmail.com WhatsApp:
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Re: Fwd: [datameet] Digest for datam...@googlegroups.com - 1 update in 1 topic

[Frederick Noronha]

Indeed a serious issue.
Lots of politicization of India-related content on the Wikipedia, esp
English, which I'm familiar with.
Activists, environmental campaigners and Opposition figures seem to be
specially targeted.
Some of them have pages which read like "controversies about" pages.
All are technically superbly crafted, and those who are doing this know
what they are doing.
Shijith has done a good job with his data story, which makes the debate
less subjective. FN

On Wed, 22 Dec 2021 at 11:52, Shyamal Lakshminarayanan 
wrote:

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>- plug -- data story on wikipedia abuse in India
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> plug -- data story on wikipedia abuse in India
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> Shijith Kunhitty : Dec 21 12:37AM -0800
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> Hi, my name is Shijith, and I'm a freelance data journalist. (Worked
> previously at Hindustan Times and IndiaSpend, have also contributed to
> datameet.org in the past .)
>
> Just wanted to plug a data story I did recently about Wikipedia abuse in
> India. Such abuse is an old problem, but it's getting more media attention
> with users distorting facts on pages about the Delhi riots or farmer
> protests. Sometimes users engage in straight out vandalism where they
> delete whole sections from a page.
>
> I tried to determine which wikipedia pages faced the most abuse this year,
> and I also introduce a twitter account that allows people to track
> wikipedia abuse weekly.
>
> This is the link to the story:
> https://shijith.com/blog/wikipedia-page-abuse/
>
> This is the twitter account for tracking wikipedia abuse every week:
> http://twitter.com/abuse_checker
>
> And here's the python code I used for the project:
> https://github.com/shijithpk/wikipedia_abuse_checker
>
> (Am in the process of re-working the code. Right now it's querying the
> wikipedia API every week for the edit histories of over 150k articles, and
> the whole run is taking 2 days now. Discovered an API endpoint for recent
> changes that should make things more efficient.)
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> Have any questions or feedback, do let me know!
> Thanks, Shijith
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Goa/Konkani group meeting

[Frederick Noronha]

IT'S TOMORROW On Saturday, July 24 at 7 pm IST, Wikimedians of Goa User
Group meets online with Ashwin Baindur to discuss community issues
including making the Konkani Wikipedia initiatives inclusive to all scripts
and dialects in Goa and beyond, and WikiLambda lexeme preparations (which
offers a promising field of machine translation for the future). Ashwin is
also a candidate for the upcoming Wiki community seat elections. To get the
link to join please contact +91-9822122436 (Frederick) or join the
Wikipedians group at https://chat.whatsapp.com/G9iSiZjPNJv6UvECpP9Wsp
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[Wikimediaindia-l] One of Goa's most talented....

[Frederick Noronha]

One of Goa's most talented Western music musicians has shared one of his
lovely recordings via the Wikimedia Commons! Thank you Roque Lazarus... a
great day for music in Goa indeed!
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Relaxing_music_on_Nylon_Guitars_in_Stereo_44khz_16bit_wavefile.wav
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[Wikimediaindia-l] VIDEO: Share your Goa (and other) photos on the Wikimedia Commons ... a how-to and why-to

[Frederick Noronha]

Explaining why it makes sense to preserve your photos for posterity, and
make them available to all who need the same... and also how to do it. Via
the Wikimedia Commons. https://youtu.be/id71txtQgbk
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[Wikimediaindia-l] On the Wikimedia Commons...

[Frederick Noronha]

Recently completed a thousand photo uploads to the Wikimedia Commons
(mainly photos from Goa, but a few from elsewhere too). Do view my
collection and add some more of Goa's diversity to that please!
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3AListFiles%2FFredericknoronha
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Weekends... some suggestions

[Frederick Noronha]

Sunday's (April 25, 2020) Wikipedia Weekends* session organized by the
Wikimedians of Goa User Group (WGUG) was a good one, with fair
participation, and quite a few first-time volunteers participating. We
could try to keep the momentum on this interesting series of events. May I
suggest some suitable topics which volunteers could consider taking up?

* Photography in the Goa I knew (1960s-1980s): Lui Godinho
* Konkani Wiktionary: an overview: Denzil Simoes
* Konkani Wikipedia, the road ahead: Denzil-Fr Luis & team
* Villages of Bardez: what needs to be done: group discussion
* Villages of Ponda: the road ahead
* Women on the Wikipedia: Aliya, group discussion
* Kannada-script Konkani issues on the Wikipedia; Anup Shanbhag
* Building Goa-related photo content on the Wikimedia commons
* Wikipedia in Goa's non-English, non-Konkani languages (M, H, P...)
* Getting started on the Wikipedia (talk for newbies)
* Making small edits on the Wikipedia (practical session)
* Where I got stuck on the Wikipedia (Q&A session), etc.
* Suggest your topic here... and resubmit the list

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[Wikimediaindia-l] Online session... Wikipedia Content Translation tool

[Frederick Noronha]

Are you fluent in more than one language? Are you learning some more
languages? Join this evening's webinar on Wikipedia's Content Translation
tool [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Content_translation] Today SUNDAY
APRIL 25, 2021 from 7-8 pm. Contact by WhatsApp 9822122436 with JOIN
TRANSLATION SESSION in your message. Link for this session
https://meet.google.com/dvy-yfqo-mhg

Frederick Noronha
Wikipedians of Goa User Group

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[Wikimediaindia-l] KaiOS

[Frederick Noronha]

QUOTE FROM A DISCUSSION:

I have been contacted by a WMF employee requesting that Wikipedia KaiOS app
interface be translated into Konkani. They say there is high use of KaiOS
in India and it will be useful to have Konkani interface translated to it.

Anyone who knows Devanagari and Romi Konkani (preferably standard dialect)
can help. You can find the link here -
https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Special:MessageGroupStats?group=wikimedia-mobile-wikipedia-kaios-strings&suppressempty=1&language=de&x=D

MY VIEW:

*If someone wants to promote a particular player in the market, they should
pay and get the work done. I believe in supporting technology that is open,
free and vendor-neutral. --FN *

BACKGROUND

India-based telecom operator Reliance Jio also invested $7 million for a
16% stake in the company. In May 2019, KaiOS raised an additional US$50
million from Cathay Innovation, and previous investors Google and TCL
Holdings.
In market share study results announced in May 2018, KaiOS beat Apple's iOS
for second place in India,[16] while Android dominates with 71%, albeit
down by 9%. KaiOS growth is being largely attributed to the popularity of
the competitively-priced Jio phone. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KaiOS
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikipedia-l] Can't access Wikipedia in India...

[Frederick Noronha]

Shortly after I wrote that, it won't go through even with 1.1.1.1
Some complaints coming up on Twitter.
https://www.reddit.com/r/india/comments/hokfww/wikipedia_not_working/
The error that's coming through is
This site can’t be reached

*en.wikipedia.org <http://en.wikipedia.org>* took too long to respond.

Try:

   - Checking the connection
   - Checking the proxy and the firewall

ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT
This is odd, as it's very unusual for WIkipedia to go down for such a long
time. Or for only one site not to work and the others go through smoothly.
FN


On Fri, 27 Nov 2020 at 21:28, Frederick Noronha 
wrote:

> It worked after a techie friend advised me:
> Change your DNS in your router. Use 1.1.1.1
>
> Some 3-4 others on Twitter were also saying they could not access
> Wikipedia at the same time.
>
> Now sorted out. FN
>
> So, here's the rundown. *DNS* servers translate human-friendly domain
> names to machine-friendly IP addresses. *You're* probably using a *DNS* server
> supplied by *your* ISP, one whose quality is unknown. *Switching* to a
> third-party *DNS* service can both speed *your* internet activity and
> protect against tricky *DNS*-based attacks.May 17, 2019
>
>
> 1.1.1.1 — the Internet's Fastest, Privacy-First DNS ... - Cloudflare
> 1.1.1.1 › dns
> <https://1.1.1.1/dns/>
>
> <https://www.google.com/search?q=dns+1.1.1.1&oq=dns+1.1.1.1&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l7.2789j0j1&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#>
>
>1.
>
> <https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:aEdgrQIsYqkJ:https://1.1.1.1/dns/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=in>
>
> The independent DNS monitor DNSPerf ranks 1.1.1.1 the fastest DNS service
> in the world. Since nearly everything you do on the Internet starts with a
> DNS request ...
>
>
>
> On Fri, 27 Nov 2020 at 10:32,  wrote:
>
>> Working for me in ACT, Jio (mobile) & BSNL (mobile). I am in Bengaluru.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Pavanaja
>>
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Wikipedia-l  On Behalf Of
>> Frederick Noronha
>> Sent: Friday, November 27, 2020 10:19 AM
>> To: Wikipedia mailing list 
>> Subject: Re: [Wikipedia-l] Can't access Wikipedia in India...
>>
>> Some on BSNL in the Bangalore-western Indian, are reporting this on
>> Twitter,
>> https://twitter.com/shirishag75/status/1332125122929467392
>>
>> On Fri, 27 Nov 2020 at 10:08, Tito Dutta  wrote:
>>
>> > It works fine for me. Kolkata, Jio internet. Any error message?
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> > Tito Dutta
>> >
>> >
>> > শুক্র, ২৭ নভেম্বর, ২০২০ তারিখে ১০:০২ AM টায় এ Frederick Noronha <
>> > fredericknoro...@gmail.com> লিখেছেন:
>> >
>> > > ...is there some problem? FN
>> > > --
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikipedia-l] Can't access Wikipedia in India...

[Frederick Noronha]

It worked after a techie friend advised me:
Change your DNS in your router. Use 1.1.1.1

Some 3-4 others on Twitter were also saying they could not access Wikipedia
at the same time.

Now sorted out. FN

So, here's the rundown. *DNS* servers translate human-friendly domain names
to machine-friendly IP addresses. *You're* probably using a *DNS* server
supplied by *your* ISP, one whose quality is unknown. *Switching* to a
third-party *DNS* service can both speed *your* internet activity and
protect against tricky *DNS*-based attacks.May 17, 2019


1.1.1.1 — the Internet's Fastest, Privacy-First DNS ... - Cloudflare
1.1.1.1 › dns
<https://1.1.1.1/dns/>
<https://www.google.com/search?q=dns+1.1.1.1&oq=dns+1.1.1.1&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l7.2789j0j1&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#>

   1.
   
<https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:aEdgrQIsYqkJ:https://1.1.1.1/dns/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=in>

The independent DNS monitor DNSPerf ranks 1.1.1.1 the fastest DNS service
in the world. Since nearly everything you do on the Internet starts with a
DNS request ...



On Fri, 27 Nov 2020 at 10:32,  wrote:

> Working for me in ACT, Jio (mobile) & BSNL (mobile). I am in Bengaluru.
>
> Regards,
> Pavanaja
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Wikipedia-l  On Behalf Of
> Frederick Noronha
> Sent: Friday, November 27, 2020 10:19 AM
> To: Wikipedia mailing list 
> Subject: Re: [Wikipedia-l] Can't access Wikipedia in India...
>
> Some on BSNL in the Bangalore-western Indian, are reporting this on
> Twitter,
> https://twitter.com/shirishag75/status/1332125122929467392
>
> On Fri, 27 Nov 2020 at 10:08, Tito Dutta  wrote:
>
> > It works fine for me. Kolkata, Jio internet. Any error message?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Tito Dutta
> >
> >
> > শুক্র, ২৭ নভেম্বর, ২০২০ তারিখে ১০:০২ AM টায় এ Frederick Noronha <
> > fredericknoro...@gmail.com> লিখেছেন:
> >
> > > ...is there some problem? FN
> > > --
> > > FN* फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا‎ +91-9822122436
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Tanaji Halarnkar

[Frederick Noronha]

Tanaji Halarnkar
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*Tanaji Halarnkar* (? – October 19, 2020) was a Konkani
 scholar, columnist and former
editor of the *Konkani Encyclopedia* (Konknni Vishwakosh
).
Halarnkar played a prominent role in the pro-Konkani
 language agitation in the Goa of
the 1980s, and also in the wider movement for the promotion of the Konkani
language in Goa and other parts of western coastal India
.[1]

Contents

   - 1Contribution
   
   - 2Konkani *Vishwakosh* (Encyclopedia)
   

   - 3Personal life
   
   - 4Honours, achievements
   
   - 5References 

Contribution[edit source

]

Following his death in October 2020, the *Times of India* credited him with
having spent "12 years of his life in [the] preparation of the Konkani
encyclopedia".[1]
 The Konkani
Encyclopedia

was
later donated to the public domain under a Creative Commons license by the Goa
University .[2]
 It
was published in four volumes, and is now available online too.

The *Times of India* commented:

If he had to dedicate the same amount of time to his own writings,
Halarnkar would have had several awards of the like of [the] Sahitya
Akademi to boast of. However, he felt it was more important for the future
of Konkani to create scientific, legal and technical terminology.[1]



Halarnkar also helped develop scientific and technical terminology in the
Konkani language, a task undertaken by the Union Ministry of Human Resource
Development's Administrative Terminology Commission.[1]
 This was
seen as particularly important after Konkani in the Devanagari script was
granted official-language status in Goa and speedily needed to cope with
the challenging demands of being used in the administration.
Konkani *Vishwakosh* (Encyclopedia)[edit source

]

Wikimedia notes that the *Konkani Vishwakosh* is a four-volume hard copy
encyclopedia—totalling in all 3632 pages—that has been published by the Goa
University .[2]
 The
work took some 14 years to complete.[2]
 It
encompasses the world's information in a nutshell with special emphasis and
detailed information on Goa, Konkani, Goan culture, folklore, history,
geography etc. The encyclopedia is written in Konkani
[2]
.
The *Vishwakosh* has served "as a primary source of information and one of
the most important documented texts for a community of nearly 2.5 million
Konkani speakers spread across India and worldwide".[2]
 It
has also been used as the base for many articles in the Konkani Wikipedia
.[3]


The Konkani *Vishwakosh* was initiated by the poet-laureate and former Goa
University  professor ManoharRai
SarDessai
.
Following his passing, the initiative was lead by Tanaji Halarnkar. Goa
University staff Ranjan Naik, Kalpana Naik, Kanchan Mordekar, Surekha Naik,
Mukesh Thali and Shailendra Mehta also contributed to the compilation
process of this encyclopedia.[3]

Personal life[edit source

]

He died on October 19, 2020 in Go

[Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia Space] Wikipedians of Goa User Group (WGUG) meet at Panjim, at Broadway Book Centre

[Frederick Noronha]

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WMF complying to court orders.

[Frederick Noronha]

Hi Sudhanwa,

This is a complex case, with legal (and perhaps technological)
implications, so I'm not surprised by the lack of response.

Law and technology seem to be moving in different directions here.

(1) I am familiar with the journalistic/legal argument that the repetition
of a defamatory statement is, in itself, defamation too.

(2) On the other hand, the Wikipedia believes that all the edit histories
should be retained, for convincing and sound reasons.

But what happens if some defamatory statement gets 'embedded' in those
histories?

This is why I see a kind of conflict between law and the way technology
(Wikis, in this case) seem to be evolving

In some cases at least, the Wikipedia should challenge the rulings of the
courts. (This one seemed to offer little time to do this.) I'm sure a
number of pro bono lawyers will support such an important cause. FN

On Thu, 2 May 2019 at 00:48, Sudhanwa Jogalekar 
wrote:

> Dear Indian Wikimedians,
>
> I had sent this mail earlier also and was expecting some comments on it.
> Somehow not a single person has replied to this mail.
> We talk so much on the list on many insignificant things. Many times WMF
> people also add their comments/views in it. But for such an important
> topic, that too of national interest, there is complete silence !! I am
> surprised and saddened.
>
> This was the original mail I sent on April 12th.
> ---
>
> Please check out this news from WMF.
>
>
> https://wikimediafoundation.org/2019/04/11/a-german-court-forced-us-to-remove-part-of-a-wikipedia-articles-history-heres-what-that-means/
>
> This means WMF accepts court rulings across the world and take action
> accordingly. What can happen in the case of India maps? Your views please.
>
> Regards
> ---
> --Sudhanwa
>
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