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[Wikimediaindia-l] [Events] WikiCred Tech Demo Hour September 10, 12pm ET (9 pm IST)

2020-08-20 Thread Priyanka Tiwari

Greetings everyone.

Cross-posting WikiCred Tech Demo details on behalf of Ahmed Medien. Would
be glad to have Indian wikipedians joining in :) Hope to see you guys
there. Let us know if you have any questions.

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Announcement: September 10 Zoom Webinar

Wiki Credibility Tech Demo Hour

The WikiCred grants initiative was launched earlier this year with a focus
on information credibility/reliability and new tools on open-knowledge
platforms like Wikipedia and Wikidata.

 The Demo Hour will be held on September 10th at 12 pm EDT (9 pm IST) where
6 of our grantees will demo their Wikipedia projects. You can register for
the online event here

. 

WikiCred is a grants programme managed by the Credibility Coalition, Hacks
Hackers, members of Wikimedia DC, and other groups. We support research,
software projects, and Wikimedia events that explore information
reliability and credibility in the Wikimedia space and the overall online
information ecosystem.

So far, we have funded 12 projects over 3 rounds of funding. You can find a
full list of the projects here  or our own
blog . Projects range from
strengthening credible vaccine content on Wikipedia to automating the
additions of references to Wikidata.

6 grantees will join us to present their work for 5 mins each followed by a
Q from the attendees.

Let me know if you have any questions about the project or the event.

Ahmed & WikiCred Team
wikicred.org

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[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter Monthly Report - June

2016-07-10 Thread Priyanka Tiwari

s of the event :*

·  PEG request for WCI 2016
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/Community_of_Wikimedians_in_India/WikiConference_India_2016>
 has been approved.

·  Phase 1 filtering of scholarship applications has been done. Among 450+
applications, 200+ applications have been shortlisted for final review. We
are expecting to announce the results by July first week.

·  WCI 2016 has announced its Call for Participation
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2016/Call_for_Participation>
 to submit proposals for paper presentations, lightning talks, and
workshops.

·  WikiConference India organizers have started the Punjab edit-a-thon
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2016/Punjab_Edit-a-thon>.
It is a gift from all Indian language communities for the Punjabi community
which is hosting the conference. The community which will add most number
of bytes or words will be awarded a trophy.

·  WCI organizers are taking inputs from the community for the conference Code
of Conduct
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2016/Code_of_Conduct>.



*WMIN Blog*


·  How a Project united the Indian community
<http://blog.wikimedia.in/2016/06/23/how-a-project-united-the-indian-community/>





*OTHER ACTIVITIES*



*Upcoming Phone survey –*


Statement by WMF - "In order to better inform our projects and
partnerships, we are conducting phone surveys to help understand
Wikipedia’s usage in the regions we work on. We started with Ghana
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_Reach/Ghana_Survey>, followed by
Mexico <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_Reach/Mexico_Survey> and
Nigeria, and India is next. The survey will begin in the coming days, and
6000 people will be contacted on their mobile phones with the option of
answering the survey in the most commonly used languages in their state."



*WMF Completes its **New Readers research in Delhi & Chennai **–*



The aim is to -

• Increase engagement and retention in our current core markets of North
America and Western Europe.

• Increase our reach with New Readers in the developing countries



This initiative focuses on qualitative and quantitative research about the
readers.

For more details, please visit here
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Reading/Strategy/2016-2017_plan>.





*In the Media*


·  Local youth spreads Nalgonda fame globally
<http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Telangana/2016-06-25/Local-youth-spreads-Nalgonda-fame-globally/237438>-
Pranayraj Vangari(Telugu wp)- The Hans India, Jun 25,2016

·  Wikipedia founder thinks French attempt to extend EU privacy law could
stir global censorship-
<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/Wikipedia-founder-thinks-French-attempt-to-extend-EU-privacy-law-could-stir-global-censorship/articleshow/52692187.cms>
 Reuters  Jun 10

·  Wikipedia Founder Defends Wikipedia Zero
<http://www.cxotoday.com/story/wikipedia-founder-defends-wikipedia-zero/>
- CXOtoday
News Desk
<http://www.cxotoday.com/author-stories/by-line/CXOtoday%20News%20Desk/>Jun
01, 2016

·  Women and Wikipedia
<http://blogs.economictimes.indiatimes.com/et-citings/women-and-wikipedia/>
(Blog)
- ET Blog June 4, 2016

·  4 Easy Tips to Export Wikipedia for Offline Use
<http://www.gizbot.com/internet/features/how-export-wikipedia-offline-use-033298.html>
-
Gizbot 19 June





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[Wikimediaindia-l] Featured Wikimedian : July

2016-07-10 Thread Priyanka Tiwari

Greeting from Wikimedia India!!!

It gives me great pleasure to announce that the Featured Wikimedian for the
month of July is *Raju Suthar*.

Raju Suthar
<https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF:%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%81_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0>
is one of the most active Wikipedians on the Hindi Wikipedia. He started
editing in January 2015 & with help from senior Hindi wikipedians, within 2
months he reached an edit count of 3,000. Currently he has an edit count of
6,500+ with almost 750 articles created to his name.

The real story behind this truly inspiring Wikipedian lies in his humble
background. Rarely having any access to a laptop, almost all of his edits
have been done through a mobile phone (Samsung Galaxy S5610). Editing on
his phone whenever he gets time, Raju while sharing his experience has
confessed that editing through a mobile phone was very difficult, due to
which he regrets that the contributions which he has made to Wikipedia is
not enough and wants to do more for the community & his language. With
Hindi having one of the lowest Editors per million speakers, Raju says that
Hindi Wikipedia is not growing as fast as some of the other Indic
Languages, due to which his primary aim is to see that the community grows
to its full Potential. He likes writing articles on Topics related to
Cricket, his home state of Rajasthan & its history.

You can find the full excerpt on the home page of WMIN (
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Home).

If you know any Wikimedian whom you think should be featured , please feel
free to nominate them here.
Or if you want to mail us ,please feel to contact Yohann -
yohan...@wikimedia.in , or you can contact me - priyanka.tiw...@wikimedia.in
.

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[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter - April and May 2016 Monthly Reports

2016-06-15 Thread Priyanka Tiwari

later went
on to become a Featured Article.

Arnab was selected as one of the noteworthy contributors at the Wiki
Conference India 2011 and was also honored as part of the Wikipedia 10
celebrations. Arnab urges budding Wikipedians to stop chasing fame as
sincerity and hard work will automatically make one famous and respected.

*Featured Wikimedian for May month -*

Tulsi Bhagat
<https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE:Tulsi_Bhagat>
is a 15 year old Maithili and Nepali Wikimedian hailing from Rajbiraj,
Nepal. Having started contributing to Wikipedia in 2014 due to an outreach
program conducted by Biplab Anand & Bijay Chaurasia, Bhagat is now the
youngest and most prolific Wikimedian from Nepal with over 34,000 edits
spread across many projects.

He serves as an administrator in the Maithili and Nepali Wikipedias. Bhagat
says he loves contributing to his mother tongue Maithili where he has
authored more than 500 articles. In addition to this, he is a keen
vandalism fighter.

You can find the full excerpt on the home page of WMIN (
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Home).

*News*

- Net neutrality is complicated: Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/52507476.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest_medium=text_campaign=cppst

- Spread awareness through Malayalam Wikipedia: Gadgil

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/Spread-awareness-through-Malayalam-Wikipedia-Gadgil/articleshow/52117252.cms

- Sahapedia wants to be the Wikipedia for Indian culture

http://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/sahapedia-wants-to-be-the-wikipedia-for-indian-culture-116052701442_1.html

*Blog*

- E-Books and Wikipedia Are All the Rage in This Rural School in Bihar,
Thanks to This Graduate

http://www.thebetterindia.com/55782/digital-literacy-rural-bihar-sai-prasanna-sbi-fellowship/

*WMIN Blog*

- Equipment Lending and Community Support: How it retained long-term users
from declining activity

http://blog.wikimedia.in/2016/05/17/equipment-lending-and-community-support-how-it-retained-long-term-users-from-declining-activity/

In the Media

1.
<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/Wikimedia-art-database-breaks-copyright-law-Swedish-court/articleshow/51698369.cms>"Wikimedia
art database breaks copyright law: Swedish court"
<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/Wikimedia-art-database-breaks-copyright-law-Swedish-court/articleshow/51698369.cms>
. *The Times of India*. 5 April 2016.

2. Caitlin Dewey (7 April 2016). "What Happens When A Convicted
Murderer Edits Wikipedia"
<http://www.ndtv.com/world-news/what-happens-when-a-convicted-murderer-edits-wikipedia-1339633>
. *NDTV*.

3. "Traffic to Wikipedia terrorism entries plunged after Edward
Snowdenrevelations: New study"
<http://www.dnaindia.com/world/report-traffic-to-wikipedia-terrorism-entries-plunged-after-snowden-revelations-study-finds-2206644>
. *DNA*. 27 April 2016.

4.
<http://www.dnaindia.com/scitech/report-wikipedia-gap-finder-filling-in-the-language-holes-2207264>"Wikipedia
Gap Finder: filling in the language holes"
<http://www.dnaindia.com/scitech/report-wikipedia-gap-finder-filling-in-the-language-holes-2207264>
. *DNA*. 28 April 2016.

5. "MRA attack: You won’t believe what’s on the Wikipedia page
onGender Discrimination in India"
<http://www.thenewsminute.com/article/mra-attack-you-wont-believe-whats-wikipedia-page-gender-discrimination-india-41621>
. *The News Minute*. 15 April 2016

[Wikimediaindia-l] Featured Wikipedian : June

2016-06-11 Thread Priyanka Tiwari

Greeting from Wikimedia India!!!

It gives me great pleasure to announce that the Featured Wikimedian for the
month of June is *Kartik Mistry*.

Kartik Mistry is the most prolific Wikipedian on Gujarati Wikipedia in
recent times. He has 10,000+ edits on Gujarati Wikipedia, 1,000 on English
Wikipedia, 5,000+ on Wikidata. He has uploaded 100 pics on Commons. He is
member of Language Team of Wikimedia Foundation.

Kartik was highly instrumental in creating Language Input Tool which made
editing in vernacular languages easier. Kartik is now currently working
with Language Team which has created a very useful Content Translation
Tool. This tool is one of the most useful tools ever created in recent
times. This Content Translation Tool was used to translate more than 80,000
articles in a span of 1.5 years.

You can find the full excerpt on the home page of WMIN (http://wiki.
wikimedia.in/Home).

If you know any Wikimedian whom you think should be featured , please feel
free to nominate them here.

Or if you want to mail us ,please feel to contact Yohann - yohannvt@
wikimedia.in , or you can contact me - priyanka.tiw...@wikimedia.in.


Thanks

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[Wikimediaindia-l] Featured Wikimedian : May

2016-05-02 Thread Priyanka Tiwari

Bonjour!

It gives me immense pleasure to announce that the Featured Wikimedian for
the month of April is *Tulsi Bhagat*.

Tulsi Bhagat is a 15 year old Maithili and Nepali Wikimedian hailing from
Rajbiraj, Nepal. Having started contributing to Wikipedia in 2014 during an
outreach program conducted by Biplab Anand & Bijay Chaurasia, Bhagat is now
the youngest and most prolific Wikimedian from Nepal with over 34,000 edits
spread across many projects.

He serves as an administrator in the Maithili and Nepali Wikipedias. Bhagat
loves contributing to his mother tongue Maithili where he has authored more
than 500 articles.

You can find the full excerpt on the home page of WMIN here
<http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Home>.

If you know any Wikimedian whom you think should be featured , please feel
free to nominate them here
<http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Featured_Wikimedian/Nominations>.

Or if you want to mail us ,please feel to contact me -
priyanka.tiw...@wikimedia.in, or you can contact Srikar Kashyap -
srikar.kash...@gmail.com


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[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter - March 2016 Monthly Report

2016-04-10 Thread Priyanka Tiwari

ch 2016). "Wikipedia – Is it ReallyIndependent?
<http://myvoice.opindia.com/2016/03/wikipedia-is-it-really-independent/>".
The Times of India.


3. Biz Carson (13 March 2016). "The first words on Wikipedia were a nerdy
programmer in-joke". The Business Insider.


4. "Wikipedia developing speech engine for users
<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/Wikipedia-developing-speech-engine-for-users/articleshow/51382468.cms>".
The Times of India. 13 March 2016.


5. Himanshi Dhawan (10 March 2016). "MP tells Lok Sabha Wikipedia killed
her, assassinated character".The Times of India.


6. Namrata Sahoo (5 March 2016). "A Bot That Gets Wiki Content to Your
Phone". The New Indian Express



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[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter - February 2016 Monthly Report

2016-03-13 Thread Priyanka Tiwari

Greetings from Wikimedia India!

Wikimedia India would like to share the monthly report of February 2016.
Looking forward for your valuable feedback.

*News and Events*

1) Recognition of Maithili Wikimedians User Group (
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Maithili_User_Group/)

Quick Introduction -

*Maithili* is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in Nepal and northern India by
34.7 million people as of 2000, of which 2.8 million were resident in
Nepal. It is written in the Devanagari script. It is recognized as one of
the largest languages in India and is the second most widely used language
in Nepal.

Maithili Wikimedians User Group is a group of Wikimedians who work on
various wiki projects related to Maithili language. Their mission is to
support Maithili Wikimedians in their Wikimedia-related endeavors and to
partner with local organizations in their use of Wikimedia projects. For
more details, please visit -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Maithili_Wikimedians_User_Group

2) Meeting between Yohann Thomas (WMIN) & Gaurav Jhammat in Chandigarh on
planning of WCI 2016 (7th February 2016)

Here are the key discussion points summarized -

a. Creation of new email for Organizers of WCI-
wikiconferencein...@wikimedia.in

b. Discussions on possibility of hiring event manager to ease work load on
Organizers.

c. Discussions on Schedule of the event & possible timeline to the event.

d. Team creation & management of the event.

e. The meeting ended on a positive note with WMIN promising to support
the event wholeheartedly till the end.

3) IRC for planning of WCI 2016 to be held in Chandigarh (25th and 27th
February 2016)

Venue currently decided is CGC, Landran (Mohali). For more details, please
visit -

http://bots.wmflabs.org/~wm-bot/logs/%23wikiconferenceindia/

4) Wikimedia India Executive Member Noopur Raval resigned with the
following reason provided -

*I have been caught up in other professional duties and the time difference
makes it impossible for me to stay up*

5) Wikimedia Foundation Stewards elections concluded on 28 February with
two users getting elected – Masti
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Masti> and NahidSultan
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:NahidSultan>.

6) Team Roles for WikiConference India 2016 opens up. Please sign up here (
https://goo.gl/6zxGTe)

7) WMIN interns Rudra Pratap Sinha and Srikar Kashyap take charge
effective 1 February.

*In the Media... *

1."Wikipedia starts working on Google-like search engine project worth $2.5
million"
<http://www.ibnlive.com/news/tech/wikipedia-starts-working-on-google-like-search-engine-project-worth-2-5-million-1203347.html>.
*IBN Live*. 15 February 2016.

2.*Rob Price *(26 February 2016). "The executive director of the
organisation behind Wikipedia just resigned"
<http://www.businessinsider.in/The-executive-director-of-the-organisation-behind-Wikipedia-just-resigned/articleshow/51155951.cms>.
*Business Insider India*

3.*Anshuman U Shastry* (17 February 2016). "7 Lakh Users Keep Kannada Wiki
Going"
<http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/7-Lakh-Users-Keep-Kannada-Wiki-Going/2016/02/17/article3280848.ece>.
*The* *New Indian Expressz*

4.TOI Tech (9 February 2016). "IAMAI suggests ways to spread internet
across India"
<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/IAMAI-suggests-ways-to-spread-internet-across-India/articleshow/50914401.cms>.
*The Times of India*

5."India blocks Zuckerberg's free net app"
<http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35522899>.* BBC*. 8 February 2016

6.*Madhav Gadgil *(6 February 2016). "Why aren’t Indians using Wikipedia to
hold the government to account?"
<http://scroll.in/article/801302/why-arent-indians-using-wikipedia-to-hold-their-government-to-account>*.
Scroll*

This report is also available at:
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Reports/Feb_2016

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter - January 2016 Monthly Report

2016-02-16 Thread Priyanka Tiwari

Greetings from Wikimedia India!

Wikimedia India would like to share the monthly report of January 2016.
Looking forward for your valuable feedback.

== EVENTS HELD ==

EVENT – Wikipedia’s 15th Anniversary celebration in Hyderabad (
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Events/15th_Wikipedia_Anniversary_Celebration_Hyderabad
)
SYNOPSIS –
Agenda of the event included the following keynote activities:
- 'Introduction to Wikipedia, How to utilize & How to contribute' – by
Wikipedia contributors.
- Panel discussions on Wikipedia and the Wiki communities led by Wikipedia
contributors and academicians.

EVENT – Workshop organized by Osmania University (OU) on 11th January 2016
at NERTU Conference Hall (
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Events/Librarians_Workshop)
SYNOPSIS –
Agenda of the event included the following activities:
- Fifteen Library and Information Science Professionals were identified to
participate who are serious researchers and proactive users of latest tools
and technologies and are invited as resource persons as they are experts in
their field.
- Uploading Images/Photos, Copyright issues, Creative Commons were also
discussed. Three Telugu Wikipedians also attended the event and lent their
expertise to the event. It was a learning event as all the participants did
a collaborative effort "List of LIS Journals in India" available at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_LIS_Journals_in_India.

EVENT – Wikipedia Takes Kolkata (on January 24) (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Takes_Kolkata_V)
SYNOPSIS –
Wikipedia Takes Kolkata is a planned photo scavenger hunt in the spirit of
Wikipedia Takes the City held in Kolkata. This event is aimed at increasing
the coverage of free photographs involving the city of Kolkata so that they
can be used in Wikipedia articles which need pictures, as well as promoting
awareness of Wikipedia.

== NEWS ==

- IRC Discussions was held on 10th January 2016 for the bidders of
WikiConference India to take questions from fellow Wikipedians on the
organization of the event.
(IRC Chat at http://goo.gl/5w7OZs ).
- Hosting city for WikiConference India 2016 is Chandigarh as per IRC
Discussions by 18 January.
- Wikimedia India hires two admin interns – User:Jim Carter (Rudra Pratap
Sinha) and User:Strike Eagle (Srikar Kashyap Pulipaka) to help in the
functioning of the chapter.
- Wikimedia India hires one HR Intern - Ms Ashmita Bose in an attempt to
make the organization more robust and well structured.

== IN THE MEDIA ==
1. Wikimedia Foundation distances itself from Free Basics, Hindustan Times (
http://goo.gl/OIzqo7)
2. This multilingual edit-a-thon wants to improve Indian content on
Wikipedia, DNA (http://goo.gl/uR49Kf)
3. Wiki turns 15, free libraries a bonanza, The Times of India (
http://goo.gl/WVF2U4)
4. Wikipedia initiative Celebrating legacy of Bangalore Blue grapes online (
http://goo.gl/FOAHKl)
5. Why It's Essential To Grow IndianLanguage Wikipedias, The Huffington
Post (http://goo.gl/NviKKX)
6. Kannada Wikipedia not on top of the charts, The Hindu (
http://goo.gl/xuQdmY)

I would like to take this opportunity to thank Mr. Srikar Kashyap for all
his endeavours.

This report is also available at:
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Reports/Jan_2016
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Photography event on Indian food

2013-03-26 Thread Priyanka Tiwari

It's a great idea concerning the variety of indian food and its fusion. It
will be of great use for everyone to know about indian cuisines and its
origin also.
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