[Wikimediaindia-l] seeking help with Hindi projects in Wikisource...
Hello, Can anyone here refer me to someone who is active in making Hindi-language contributions to Wikisource? I wish to meet someone with experience in that language and project. Otherwise, can anyone suggest to me which Indic languages in Wikisource seem to be most active? Is anyone able to make a recommendation for any OCR software for converting scanned Hindi language documents to digital text? Does anyone know anything about in-Wikisource support for OCR in Hindi language? Does it exist? Is there documentation? Thanks for anything anyone can share. yours, -- Lane Rasberry user:bluerasberry on Wikipedia 206.801.0814 l...@bluerasberry.com ___ 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] Wiki loves expensive expeditions (Was: Re: Chapter public communication requirements)
Hello, I am happy to see that this project has been funded. < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:PEG/Sujay25/Wikipedia_Treks_Kalindi_Khal#Notes_on_approval > Shyamal, your criticism is all valid, but I feel that it misses an important point. That point is that the Wikimedia community owes India 1/6 of all community funds (India is 1/6 of world population) and very little of the money owed actually goes to India. As someone in the United States I feel continually concerned about why Wikimedia contributors in India argue about portions of the money available without making plans to take all of what is owed. Whatever happens in the future with Wikimedia community grants in India in the future, I hope that more people look to apply for more funds. I think this one was funded because the money was available for India and this was the best available proposal. Some people may feel that this is not the best project - those people should write better grants and propose better projects. I would like to see more regional user groups in India be founded. It only takes 3 people, and user groups will be treated by the Wikimedia community as equal to the Wikimedia India chapter. If anyone feels that the chapter does not represent them, then they can start a user group or even a second Wikimedia India chapter. Whatever happens - please more grant requests from India! I think this project is good, but also I recognize that few proposals come from India. Request more, make more plans, make plans over time, and please more people start thinking about what you will do with your 1/6 allotment when Wikimedia community organizers are mature enough as a collective to manage it. In business India has some of the best management infrastructure in the world. In the NGO sector... I regret that very often development is difficult and argumentative in India. I wish for more collaboration in India because money is there to support. yours, On Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 7:31 AM, Yohann Thomas <yohan...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Shyamal > > I have responded to your questions/doubts on the PEG page. But this being > the last, lets keep the PEG page discussion different & mailing list > discussion different. Don't want to unnecessary spam inboxes for those not > interested in our discussion. Those interested can always read our fruitful > discussions on the grant page. > > Thanks, > Yohann Thomas > yohan...@gmail.com > > PS - FYI Eastern Ghats Highest point is Arma Konda *1680 m/5512 ft* & > Garhwal Himalayas Highest point is Kalindi Khal pass *5968 mts /19578 > ft * > > > ___ > 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 > > -- Lane Rasberry user:bluerasberry on Wikipedia 206.801.0814 l...@bluerasberry.com ___ 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] Attn: Wikisource communities - Don't waste your time typing text. Get paid.
Hello Dhaval and others, I have no affiliation with the WMF and the WMF speaks for itself. I am a member of Wikimedia New York City but cannot speak on behalf of any organization. Of course Dhaval is joking a bit. I do encourage the Gujarati and all Indian Wikimedia communities to apply for more grants, and if anyone does this, feel free to email me or message my bluerasberry meta or English page and I will comment on the proposal. I am not sure of the best way to build community in India but I do wish that contributors in India would do more to reach out to Wikipedians in other countries. Poor Asaf has to manage the entire world and of course there is no way he is able to read everything and respond to everyone. He can answer you as he wishes but I feel that Wikipedians everywhere should try to take their concerns to other volunteers and especially other chapters, and not entirely to the WMF. If Indian projects get the approval of other Wikimedia chapters then I assure you that will make those projects more persuasive to grant reviewing committees, and in general, the more friends anyone has in more community volunteer groups the more luck you will have. Also, if anyone wants to talk to me by phone or Skype feel free to email me and make an appointment. I live in New York and will make arrangements to talk in during Indian day time as I can. yours, On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 4:15 PM, Dhaval S. Vyas dsv...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you Ravi for making us aware that WMF is happily funding content generation (or in nicer term Content upload) as Asaf from WMF and User Blue Rasberry have suggested. This is a great news for my Gujarati wikisource community, whom I am including in this reply. Dear Gujarati Wiki Community, Please visit the link in below email, where Wikimedia Foundation (shortly known as WMF) is suggesting that they are funding (in simpler term paying) for content upload. This is the task that we all are doing free of cost so far. Because you have uploaded hundreds (may be thousands) of pages so far as we have created 50+ books on gu.wikisource, all our efforts will be paid now by WMF (in fact should have been paid so far as well). If you have any doubt, reach out to User:Bluerasberry and User:Ijon on meta ( meta.wikimedia.org). Asaf (User:Ijon) clearly suggests that Bots are under the paid activity considered by WMF. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/The_Centre_for_Internet_and_Society/Proposal_form#Q2c Get as much benefit you get of WMF's this offer. Hi Asaf, Can the community claim back the money that would have hypothetically been paid to if they applied for the grant before they started uploading the content of rare literature? On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 12:37 PM, Ravishankar ravidre...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Poor volunteers of the global Wikisource communities, Don't waste your time typing text. Get paid or hire staff to do the work. For more details, see https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/The_Centre_for_Internet_and_Society/Proposal_form#Q2c Ravi ___ 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 -- Lane Rasberry user:bluerasberry on Wikipedia 206.801.0814 l...@bluerasberry.com ___ 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
