Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Project Tiger 2.0 - Jury for hardware support

[Rohini Lakshané]

Is there a certain number of jury members you're looking for?

On 25 September 2019 19:36:41 GMT+05:30, Suswetha Kolluru 
 wrote:
>Dear all,
>
>The last date to apply for Jury for hardware support is extended till
>26
>September 2019 (tomorrow).
>If you are interested to be part of jury, please visit the Jury page[1]
>and
>apply soon.
>
>[1]
>https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Growing_Local_Language_Content_on_Wikipedia_(Project_Tiger_2.0)/Jury
>
>On Tue, Sep 17, 2019, 4:10 PM Suswetha Kolluru 
>wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> As you know, applications for Project Tiger 2.0's hardware support
>closed
>> on 14 September 2019 and we received 126 applications
>>
>
>> .
>> If you want to become a jury member for hardware support selection,
>please
>> visit this page
>>
>
>and
>> add the required details on or before 24 September 2019.
>>
>> --
>> *Best,*
>> *Suswetha Kolluru*,
>> *Project Tiger coordinator 2019*
>>
>>

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[Wikimediaindia-l] "Community toolkit for greater diversity" project seeks volunteers

[Rohini Lakshané]

Hello everyone,

We are currently looking for volunteers to help us expand our literature
survey for our project titled "Community toolkit for greater diversity".

Through this project we aim to design and develop a community toolkit for
diversity and inclusion. More details here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/
wiki/Grants:Project/Chinmayisk/Community_toolkit_for_Greater_Diversity

Please contact us off this list if you are interested.

-- The project team


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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Wikimedia-MR Digest, Vol 8, Issue 2

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Forwarding with permission from the original poster.


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Fellow Wikimedians,

This is regarding the recent activity notice on Marathi Wikipedia. An
Administrator (User:Mahitgar) has been removed out from Administrators
powers by Wikimedia Stewards' for *misusing administrative powers.*

The link for the discussion of the same can be found at <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards%27_noticeboard#
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The whole of community should take note of this recent changes of rights.

Thanking you,
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[Wikimediaindia-l] New project proposal: Community toolkit for greater diversity

[Rohini Lakshané]

Hello everyone,

Chinmayi S.K. and I have submitted a proposal titled "Community toolkit
for greater diversity" for the latest round of Project Grants.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Chinmayisk/Community_toolkit_for_Greater_Diversity

We would appreciate your comments and feedback on the proposal. Please
post them on the Discussion page:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:Project/Chinmayisk/Community_toolkit_for_Greater_Diversity

If you would like to volunteer with the project (thank you!), please
reply to this email off this list.

Thanks and regards,

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[Wikimediaindia-l] WikiWomen's Lunch at WikiConference India 2016

[Rohini Lakshané]

August 6, 2016 at conference lunch hour (1 p.m. to 2 p.m.)

Sign-up page:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2016/Meetups/WikiWomensLunch

Please share this with anyone who you think might be interested in
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Code of Conduct and Friendly Space Policy for WCI 2016

[Rohini Lakshané]

We have not received any offers to help with translation yet. I have set up
this page for co-ordinating translations:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2016/Code_of_Conduct/Translations



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2016-07-16 16:44 GMT+05:30 Rohini Lakshané :

> The Code of Conduct and Friendly Space Policy for WikiConference India are
> now closed for comments.
>
> The final version is available at:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2016/Code_of_Conduct
>
> We request all participants and members of the organising teams to
> familiarise themselves with the CoC and policy. This code of conduct
> applies to the main event, pre-conference and post-conference events,
> auxiliary tracks to the main event such as fireside chats, and online
> components of the conference such as video conferences, IRC rooms, and
> mailing lists.
>
> We also urgently need help with translating the document into different
> Indian languages before the start of WikiConference India.
>
> -- Rohini
> (On behalf of the WCI Diversity and Inclusion team)
>
>
> Rohini Lakshané
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Code of Conduct and Friendly Space Policy for WCI 2016

[Rohini Lakshané]

The Code of Conduct and Friendly Space Policy for WikiConference India are
now closed for comments.

The final version is available at:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2016/Code_of_Conduct

We request all participants and members of the organising teams to
familiarise themselves with the CoC and policy. This code of conduct
applies to the main event, pre-conference and post-conference events,
auxiliary tracks to the main event such as fireside chats, and online
components of the conference such as video conferences, IRC rooms, and
mailing lists.

We also urgently need help with translating the document into different
Indian languages before the start of WikiConference India.

-- Rohini
(On behalf of the WCI Diversity and Inclusion team)


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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Scholarship decision for WCI 2016 participation has been finalized

[Rohini Lakshané]

*//We have offered 103 scholarships covering 20 language communities and
five different Wikimedia projects. Among them, 25 recipients are women.*
Many thanks for following the recommendations of the Diversity and
Inclusion Team. We hope that this sets a precedent for future national and
regional conferences in India.




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2016-07-09 14:34 GMT+05:30 Ravishankar :

> Hi,
>
> Scholarship decision for WCI 2016 participation has been finalized.
>
> We have offered 103 scholarships covering 20 language communities and five
> different Wikimedia projects. Among them, 25 recipients are women.
>
> The recipients have been informed about the decision through email. Please
> check your email inbox (or even spam folder) and respond to it. We will
> publish a final list of scholarship recipients on 16th July 2016.
>
> Please visit
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2016/Scholarships
> for more details.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ravi
>
> WCI 2016 Team
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] A certain Jayantilal Kothari on this list

[Rohini Lakshané]

I agree with Srikanth, and urge the moderators to enforce a policy to deal
with ad homimen attacks on this list.

Kothari's problem seems to be with Srikanth's (and other former EC
members') past actions and not with the suggestions and comments Srikanth
has made about Wiki Loves Food. Bringing up a bona fide member's real or
perceived bad karma from the past only derails the conversation and does
not nothing constructive for the community.


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2015-04-18 18:19 GMT+05:30 Srikanth Ramakrishnan :

> There is  certain Jayantilal Kothari on this list, possibly a member of
> the Wikimedia Pune Club who is now spewing venom against me.
> As far as I know, this avcount ahs only been trolling in the past.
> The account says people like must NOT be entertained on this list.
> *MIGHT I REMIND YOU JAYANTILAL KOTHARI, THAT I HAVE BEEN A WIKIMEDIAN FOR
> 10 YEARS, HAVE THOUSANDS OF CONTRIBUTIONS BOTH ONLINE AND OFFLINE so I AM
> GOING TO ASK YOU TO PIPE DOWN.*
>
> I have not seen you contribute to Wiki, who are you to talk about me?
>
> I resigned from the chapter for multiple reasons, including dilly dallying
> during Ravi's hiring. Yes, I did send a mail about the minority EC, so that
> the GoK might have handled the situation which might have helped the
> chapter. You do not know me, or my contributions to the  movement, so YOU
> HAVE NO RIGHT TO TALK ABOUT ME AND MY INTEREST In the Chapter.
> I don't want to stoop to the level of saying Shut up, but should the
> matter escalate, I will do so.
>
> Yes, yes, thanks to certain people who saved the chapter. You have no clue
> what was happening then, so don't bother.
> PRanav and Moksh's stepping down was also for personal reasons there is no
> reason to drag all three of us into this.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Srikanth Ramakrishnan,
> What goes around, may not necessarily come around, it may simply bounce
> back.
>
> Please sign this petition for Volvo buses in Coimbatore:
>
> https://www.change.org/en-IN/petitions/the-transport-minister-tamil-nadu-introduction-of-volvo-city-buses-in-the-city-of-coimbatore
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WMIN-Members] Wikimania 2015 participants from India

[Rohini Lakshané]

Hi,

I checked with my travel agent; Indians need to visit the Mexican embassy
in New Delhi for recording biometrics for the visa.

Congrats to everyone who got the scholarship!

Regards,
Rohini
On 13 Apr 2015 16:30, "Ravishankar Ayyakkannu" 
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I request Wikimania 2015 participants from India to register at
>
> http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Wikimania_2015#Participants
>
> Please correct me if I am wrong, but it looks like Indian citizens will
> have to personally appear for an interview at the Mexico Embassy in New
> Delhi. For people far away from New Delhi, to and fro flight charges plus a
> day's stay plus Visa fee can easily come around 25,000 INR.
>
> Since 14th April is the last day for accepting scholarships from WMF,
> please be aware of this additional expense and inform Wikimania Scholarship
> committee if you need additional funding to meet this expense.
>
> We can discuss and summarize more such details at
>
> http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Wikimania_2015
>
> Ravi
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [PRESS] : Scroll.in : "Wikipedia bans editor for consistent bias in favour of Arindam Chaudhuri's IIPM"

[Rohini Lakshané]

I can recall this thread from 2011:
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2011-May/003209.html


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2015-03-25 14:16 GMT+05:30 Srikanth Ramakrishnan :

> Seems like the longest Indian controversy on Wikipedia has finally come to
> an end.
> On 25-Mar-2015 2:03 pm, "CherianTinu Abraham" 
> wrote:
>
>> *Scroll.in : Wikipedia bans editor for consistent bias in favour of
>> Arindam Chaudhuri's IIPM*
>>
>> http://scroll.in/article/714291/Wikipedia-bans-editor-for-consistent-bias-in-favour-of-Arindam-Chaudhuri's-IIPM
>>
>> *Wikipedia has **banned *
>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Wifione>*a
>> user from editing entries on the English version of its site for
>> consistently making changes in favour of the controversial New
>> Delhi-headquartered Indian Institute of Planning and Management.*
>>
>> *A user called Wifione repeatedly added positive statements to and
>> removed critical ones from the Wikipedia pages of the institute and its
>> dean, Arindam Chaudhuri, an arbitration committee of the free collaborative
>> online encyclopaedia found on February 13. At the same time, Wifione added
>> negative material to and removed positive content from the pages of Amity
>> University, its dean Ashok Chauhan, and the Indian School of Business in
>> Hyderbad, the committee found.  Wifione might also have been managed by an
>> older user who was banned in 2009, it added.*
>>
>> *“Wifione edited…in a manner consistent with attempts to optimise search
>> engine results [for the institute],” said the report of the committee,
>> whose members are elected by the community of Wikipedia editors, which
>> includes all those who have made at least 600 content changes and have been
>> active in the six months before the election.*
>>
>> *Wifione is the user id of an anonymous person who had been editing
>> articles about the institute since 2009. Wifione was also an administrator,
>> a user whom the Wikipedia community believes can be trusted with
>> adjudicating contentious changes and mediating discussions. These are
>> voluntary positions. Wifione gave up administrator privileges just three
>> days before the committee decided to take them away.*
>>
>> *The Indian Institute of Planning and Management has been at the centre
>> of several controversies. The University Grants Commission does not
>> recognise its degrees, but it has nevertheless sued news organisations for
>> pointing this out. In September, the Delhi High Court rapped the institute
>> for misleading students and restrained it from applying the terms MBA, BBA,
>> management course, management school, business school and B-school to its
>> course offerings.*
>>
>> *Arindam Chaudhuri, the institute’s dean and owner, did not reply to an
>> email that Scroll.in sent him. There is no evidence that Chauhuri or IIPM
>> were associated with Wifione.*
>>
>> *Years of complaints*
>>
>> *Anyone can insert Wikipedia entries or make changes to existing ones as
>> long as the person maintains neutrality, the online encyclopedia's main
>> founding principle. But bias is not always easy to determine.*
>>
>> *If bias is hard to prove, the reasons for it, such as conflicts of
>> interest or commissions, are even harder to establish. Indeed, Wikipedia
>> focuses on ensuring its entries are neutral and does not usually delve into
>> the causes of bias.*
>>
>> *“The basis for an investigation is only the evidence online on
>> Wikipedia,” said Tinu Cherian Abraham, a Wikipedia administrator in
>> Bangalore. “So whitewashing may be visible but personal motivations are
>> hard to prove.”*
>>
>> *For years, many users have been questioning Wifione’s editing of the
>> institute’s entry. Several people had even confronted Wifione on talk
>> pages, which are pages associated with entries on which the public can
>> discuss editorial changes. Many users attempted to restore what they
>> thought was balance, but several administrators, including Wifione, did not
>> allow them to do so.*
>>
>> *In 2011, for example, Utkarshraj Atmaram, another administrator, pointed
>> out biases in Wifione’s editing, and lobbied for changes. But other editors
>> accused Atmaram, who was then a student at the competing SP Jain Institute
>> of Management and Research in Mumbai, of also being biased. Atmaram, who
>> uses his real name on the website, then withdrew from the editorial

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-blr] Women's History Month 2015 : Bangalore Edit-a-thon on March 7

[Rohini Lakshané]

I'll try to join the edit-a-thon online as I can't make it in person. Many
thanks to you, Chinmayi, and the Chapter for stepping forth and organising
this!

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2015-03-04 19:24 GMT+05:30 Parul :

> Hi All,
>
>
>
> We, at Wikimedia India community are happy to announce an edit-a-thon
> on Women’s History Month on *7th March* and celebrate International
> Women’s Day with fellow Wikipedians.
>
>
> This will be a day-long event (10 am to 4 pm) which will consist of
> encouraging new women editors to learn editing and also creating/expanding
> some new articles in order to increase women specific content on Wikipedia.
> Apart from creating articles, you could also help us by
> identifying/correcting or expanding existing ones.
>
>
>
> Here is a little more information for your reference:
>  <http://goog_1624597231/>
>
>
>1.  Event Page
>
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_History_Month,_India-2015/Events/Women%27s_Day,_Bangalore>
>2.  Facebook Page
><https://www.facebook.com/events/430016040489156/>
>
> We would love for those of you in Bangalore on March 7th to join us and
> help make this event a success. Feel free to join remotely or help us in
> adding/choosing articles to improve or write.
>
>
>
> If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to Chinmayi
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Chinmayisk> or me
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:ParulThakur>.
>
>
> Thanks!
>
> Parul
>
> My Professional Profile <http://in.linkedin.com/in/parulthakur>
> My Blog <http://happinessandfood.wordpress.com/>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WMIN-Members] Concerns regarding a user's Wikimedia activities and use of movement funds

[Rohini Lakshané]

This is truly appalling!

Sibi, the way you have phrased this and supported your claims is
commendable. These mailing lists have often seen serious matters reduced to
mud-slinging and personal remarks.



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2015-03-03 16:20 GMT+05:30 sibi kanagaraj :

> Hi all ,
>
> This is to bring to the attention of the larger Wikimedia Community about
> concerns regarding Abhishek Surywanshi’s ( User profile -
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ACentralAuth&target=AbhiSuryawanshi
> )  wikimedia activities and use of movement funds.
>
> While edit counts are not the only way to assess the value of a
> contributor and people are encourage to do outreach, I am seeing a clear
> pattern that he has been *very active consistently only in offline
> activities that involve large scale funds.*
>
> *History of programs or events where he has used or applied to use
> movement funds:*
>
> 1)A Travel and Participation grant request for travel to US from India for
> Wikimedia Outreach in US -
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:TPS/AbhiSuryawanshi/NASA_LARSS_program
> . The community and EC members of Wikimedia India disapproved of this grant
> request.
>
> 2)Wikipedia Summit Pune -
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Summit_Pune . How much
> was spent and how? Where is the expenses report? Following failure to abide
> by terms regarding financial transactions, *Wikimedia India banned
> supporting him financially and passed a resolution regarding this.* ( As
> per http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Talk:Grants/WikiConnect_Pilot_-_January_2015
> )
>
> 3)Various (mostly flight) travel and stay to many different conferences /
> meetups across India in the recent past. Community approval for these are
> not clearly seen.
>*Swatantra conference 2014
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Requests/Swatantra_2014/Participation#Request_for_Support
> (On behalf of which community?)
> *India Community Consultation 201 4 -
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Community_Consultation_2014#Hindi
> (Self-nomination (?) on behalf of Hindi Community where he has made 425
> edits.
> Bengali Wikipedia 10 years celebration in Kolkatta during Jan 2015 (On
> behalf of which community?)
>
>
> Following are some of his proposed activities that will need a  grant made
> in near future:
>
> 1)Wikipedia Summit India in Pune during 2015  -
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/WikipediaSummitIndia
>
> 2)Travel and participation grant request for 1125 US dollars for round
> trip travel from Pune to United States for conducting Indic outreach in
> United states -
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:TPS/Harvard_India_Conference_and_Wiki_Workshop
>
> 3)WikiConnect - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiConnect - No
> idea about the budget. The pilot he is doing in Nashik *needs 6100 INR
> for a cake itself *and reimbursement for 15 days of his stay and food.
>
> 4)Further outreach in US -
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Indic_Language_Wikipedia_Outreach_in_United_States
>
>
> Some of the concerns:
>
> 1.He is using and proposes to keep using movement funds in large scale
> with questionable impact which are against the learnings already documented
> at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation
>
> 2.He is *using fictitious and misleading titles like Ambassador,
> Wikipedia* to establish non-transparent relationships with numerous
> organizations in and outside India - 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiConnect/Pilot_Project#mediaviewer/File:Wikipedia_Nashik_Workshop_Participants_January_2015.jpg
> . This has the risk of damaging goodwill and brand name for Wikipedia.
>
> 4)When a current GAC member and former Wikimedia India EC member seeks
> details regarding his grant request and reminds the current EC about the
> ban, he is hinting legal action against chapter (As per
> http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Talk:Grants/WikiConnect_Pilot_-_January_2015 )
>
> As a community member, I request the funding agencies in the movement to
> take stock of this situation and implement intense scrutiny for funding
> requests with proper evaluation of program design and due process for
> having community approval by experienced Wikimedians.
>
> Please donot proceed ahead without community discussion or approval.
>
> Executive decisions circumventing community approval will never help the
> movement.
>
>
> -Sibi Kanagaraj
> User:Commons Sibi ( 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ACentralAuth&target=Commons+sibi
> )
>
>
>  --
> 

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Farewell, Sowmyan !

[Rohini Lakshané]

Farewell Sowmyan! You will be missed. Thank you for everything.

-- Rohini


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On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 2:16 PM, Ashwin Baindur 
wrote:

> Thanks, Sowmyan, your contributions have gone largely unsung.
>
> Ashwin
>
> On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 2:14 PM, Anwar Hussain 
> wrote:
>
>> Had the chance to meet him during the course of a Wiki-GLAM at National
>> Museum New Delhi.In fact he is the person who introduced me to this mailing
>> list in the first place. A very humble person he is indeed. Wish him all
>> the very best. :)
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 1:53 AM, Ravishankar Ayyakkannu <
>> ravidre...@wikimedia.in> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Please join me in wishing a fond farewell for Sowmyan as he is getting
>>> relieved from his role as an Executive Manager for Wikimedia India
>>> <http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Staff>.
>>>
>>> His 40 years of experience and wisdom served the movement well when we
>>> were going through a crucial phase. Those who were closely involved with
>>> the chapter operations know that he went many miles beyond the call of his
>>> duty.
>>>
>>> Sowmyan has promised to serve the movement as a community member and I
>>> greatly look forward to it.
>>>
>>> Ravi
>>>
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>>
>>
>> --
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>
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>
> Ashwin Baindur
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia edit-a-thons in Delhi and Bangalore for Women's History Month -- March 29

[Rohini Lakshané]

An edit-a-thon for Women's History Month takes place simultaneously in
Delhi and Bangalore on Saturday, March 29, from 1 pm to 6pm.

List of articles:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/International_Women%27s_Day,_India/To-do-list

Details of the event: https://www.facebook.com/events/285700978254131/

Please contact me offlist if you are interested in volunteering for this.

Regards,
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Women's Day events and WikiWomen's History Month, 2014

[Rohini Lakshané]

The project page for coordinating online and offline events for
International Women's Day (March 8) and Women's History Month has been
published on Meta at:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_History_Month,_India-2014

I urge Indian language editors to add lists of articles to create and
expand as a part of the edit-a-thon:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_History_Month,_India-2014/To_do_list

The theme of the edit-a-thon this year on the English Wikipedia is Women
Parliamentarians. The articles listed for creation, expansion and
improvement as a part of the Lilavati's Daughters edit-a-thon on women
scientists could be taken up again during Women's History Month.

Rohini Lakshané
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia edit-a-thon on Dec 7-8 in Delhi for articles on violence against women

[Rohini Lakshané]

Thank you all for your good wishes and words of praise.

For those who wish to participate remotely, an IRC channel #hack4change has
been created on Freenode. The edit-a-thon takes place in New Delhi. I am
joining via Skype from Mumbai.

This is the list of articles: (There are 7, not 10 as announced earlier)
*Vina Mazumdar
*Vishakha Guidelines
*Urvashi Butalia
 *Mathura Rape case
*Kamla Bhasin (no article yet, it will be created)
 *Flavia Agnes
*Agnes Kharshiing

Suggestions and inputs are welcome.

Regards,
Rohini

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On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 9:07 AM, Jayanta Nath  wrote:

> Great Rohini!!
>
> Keep it up!!
>
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 12:40 AM, Niraj Suryawanshi <
> niraj.suryawan...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Rohini, Great job! As Vishnu said a much needed one!! Will be unable to
>> join you, but can do my part here from Pune. Is there any possibility that
>> we can coordinate & edit remotely?
>>
>> Regards & Thanks
>>
>> *Niraj Suryawanshi*
>> +91 8149 920 120
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 2:00 PM, Rohini Lakshané wrote:
>>
>>> Breakthrough, a global human rights organisation that runs campaigns
>>> such as Bell Bajao, and Wikimedia Chapter (India) are conducting a
>>> Wikipedia edit-a-thon in Delhi on December 7 and 8 for editing articles
>>> pertaining to violence against women. Facebook page of the event:
>>> http://www.facebook.com/events/181325168737101
>>>
>>> *Basic idea behind this session*:  A crucial problem with several
>>> Wikipedia articles on sexual violence, especially in the Indian context, is
>>> that often there are no articles or that articles have been deleted). It
>>> would be a knowledge advocacy session to increase gender sensitive editing
>>> in Wikipedia.
>>>
>>> The session will involve editing of articles pertaining to various
>>> aspects of violence against women in India. A list of about 10 Wikipedia
>>> articles has been drawn up for editing.  The session will be live-blogged.
>>> Remote participation will be enabled through IRC channels.
>>>
>>> The edit-a-thon is a part of the "16 days of activism against gender
>>> based violence" starting 25th November (International Day for the
>>> Elimination of Violence against Women) to 10 December (International Human
>>> Rights Day). This is a global campaign that aims at raising awareness about
>>> gender-based violence as a human rights issue. This hackathon will be
>>> mainly focussed towards data visualisation and several organisations are
>>> providing us with statistical datasets and other kinds of data including
>>> audio and video.
>>> --
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>>> Wikimedia Chapter (India)
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia edit-a-thon on Dec 7-8 in Delhi for articles on violence against women

[Rohini Lakshané]

Breakthrough, a global human rights organisation that runs campaigns such
as Bell Bajao, and Wikimedia Chapter (India) are conducting a Wikipedia
edit-a-thon in Delhi on December 7 and 8 for editing articles pertaining to
violence against women. Facebook page of the event:
http://www.facebook.com/events/181325168737101

*Basic idea behind this session*:  A crucial problem with several Wikipedia
articles on sexual violence, especially in the Indian context, is that
often there are no articles or that articles have been deleted). It would
be a knowledge advocacy session to increase gender sensitive editing in
Wikipedia.

The session will involve editing of articles pertaining to various aspects
of violence against women in India. A list of about 10 Wikipedia articles
has been drawn up for editing.  The session will be live-blogged. Remote
participation will be enabled through IRC channels.

The edit-a-thon is a part of the "16 days of activism against gender based
violence" starting 25th November (International Day for the Elimination of
Violence against Women) to 10 December (International Human Rights Day).
This is a global campaign that aims at raising awareness about gender-based
violence as a human rights issue. This hackathon will be mainly focussed
towards data visualisation and several organisations are providing us with
statistical datasets and other kinds of data including audio and video.
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Winners of WLM India 2013

[Rohini Lakshané]

They are all breathtaking! Kudos to you and the WLM team. Congrats to all
the winners.

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On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 12:26 AM, Karthik Nadar wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> This year, we received 11,000 images if monuments in Wiki Loves Monuments
> India 2013. Over a month, the jury team has been working on to select and
> nominate best images for the WLM international contest and thus also
> selecting the winning images of India contest. Here are they: 
> http://www.wikilovesmonuments.in/here-are-the-winners-of-the-wiki-loves-monuments-2013-india-contest/
>
>
>
> I would like to take a moment to thank all those who helped to make this
> happen. Thank you Naveen and Kiran Ravikumar for sharing your shoulders.
> Thanks to jury  for sending their
> valuable time in reviewing images. Also thanks to Pavithra, Arun Ganesh and
> Manoranjan for been part of special jury. Never to forget the international
> team for their kind help at all the times!
>
> Thanks to Wikimedia India for funding the contest, to INTACH for
> partnering it for the first time. Apologies if I have missed anyone, but
> you shall also owe a thousand of thanks from the WLM team.
>
>
> *PS: *Could you help us spread the work through media, get in touch with
> me or Naveen or Kiran!!
>
>
>
> Regards,
> Karthik Nadar.
> On behalf of WLM India team.
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] FW: Tenth Anniversary Celebration of Kannada Wikipedia

[Rohini Lakshané]

Please share the event report in English and a few photos with me. I'll put
them up with attribution on WikipeDNA.
http://www.dnaindia.com/blogs/wikipedna

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2013/11/14 Pavanaja U B 

> Dear friends,
>
> Kannada Wikipedia has completed 10 years. The Kannada Wikipedia community
> will be celebrating the tenth anniversary of Kannada Wikpedia on Nov 17,
> 2013 from 9:30 am to 1:30 pm at H N Multimedia Hall, National College,
> Basavanagudi, Bangalore. The guests of honour will be Dr. U R
> Ananthamurthy, Prof G Venkatasubbiah and Ravi Hegde. There will be speeches
> by the chief guests from 10:00 to 11:00am. That will be followed by talk by
> some Kannada Wikipedians. At the end there will be a edit-a-thon where
> Wikipedians will add some articles to Kannada Wikipedia.
>
> Registration page - http://bit.ly/KNWP10
>
> Thanks and regards,
> Pavanaja
>
> -Original Message-
> From: wikikn-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:
> wikikn-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Kiran Ravikumar
> Sent: 13 November 2013 17:53
> To: wikik...@lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: [Wikikn-l (kannada wikipedia)] ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ ದಶಮಾನೋತ್ಸವ ಆಚರಣೆ
> -ನವಂಬರ್ ೧೭, ೨೦೧೩ ಭಾನುವಾರ
>
> ಎಲ್ಲರಿಗೂ ಈಗಾಗಲೆ ತಿಳಿದಿರುವಂತೆ, ಅರಳಿಕಟ್ಟೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹಾಗೂ ಸಮ್ಮಿಲನ ಪುಟದಲ್ಲಿ
> ಘೋಷಿಸಿರುವಂತೆ ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯದ ದಶಮಾನೋತ್ಸವ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮವನ್ನು ನವಂಬರ್ ೧೭ರಂದು
> ಹಮ್ಮಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲಾಗಿದೆ.
>
>
>
> ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮ ವಿವರ:-
>
> · ೯:೩೦-೧೦:೦೦ ನೋಂದಣಿ
>
> · ೧೦:೦೦ ರಿಂದ ೧೧:೦೦ ಸಭಾ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮ
>
> o   ಸ್ವಾಗತ ಗೀತೆ – ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಿ ಚೈತನ್ಯ
>
> o   ಸ್ವಾಗತ ಮತ್ತು ನಿರ್ವಹಣೆ – ಡಾ. ಎ. ಸತ್ಯನಾರಾಯಣ
>
> o   ಪ್ರಸ್ತಾವನೆ – ಡಾ. ಯು. ಬಿ. ಪವನಜ
>
> o   ಮುಖ್ಯ ಅತಿಥಿಗಳ ಮಾತು
>
> §  ಡಾ. ಯು. ಆರ್. ಅನಂತಮೂರ್ತಿ, ಜ್ಞಾನಪೀಠ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿ ಪುರಸ್ಕೃತರು
>
> §  ನಾಡೋಜ ಪ್ರೊ. ಜಿ. ವೆಂಕಟಸುಬ್ಬಯ್ಯ
>
> §  ರವಿ ಹೆಗಡೆ, ಸಮೂಹ ಸಂಪಾದಕ, ಉದಯವಾಣಿ
>
> §  ಹತ್ತು ವರ್ಷದಲ್ಲಿ ಉತ್ತಮ ಕೆಲಸ ಮಾಡಿದ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯನ್ನರುಗಳಿಗೆ ಮತ್ತು
> ನಿರ್ವಾಹಕರುಗಳಿಗೆ ಸ್ಮರಣಿಕೆ ನೀಡಿಕೆ
>
> o   ಧನ್ಯವಾದ ಸಮರ್ಪಣೆ
>
> · ೧೧:೦೦ – ೧೧:೧೫ – ಚಹಾ
>
> · ೧೧:೧೫-೧೨:೦೦
>
> o   ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ ಪ್ರಾತ್ಯಕ್ಷಿಕೆ -  ಓಂಶಿವಪ್ರಕಾಶ
>
> o   ಕ್ರಿಯೇಟಿವ್ ಕಾಮನ್ಸ್ – ಕಿರಣ್ ರವಿಕುಮಾರ
>
> o   ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯನ್ನರುಗಳ ಮಾತು –
>
> · ೧೨:೦೦-೧೩:೦೦ – ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ ಸಂಪಾದನೋತ್ಸವ (edit-a-thon)
>
> o   ಲೇಖನಗಳನ್ನು ಸಿದ್ಧ ಮಾಡಿಕೊಂಡು ಬಂದು ಲೇಖನ ಸೇರಿಸುವುದು. ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು ಲ್ಯಾಪ್‌ಟಾಪ್,
> ಇಂಟರ್‌ನೆಟ್ ಡಾಂಗಲ್ ಮತ್ತು ಕನಿಷ್ಠ ಒಂದು ಲೇಖನ ಸಿದ್ಧಮಾಡಿಕೊಂಡು ಬಂದು ಲೇಖನ
> ಸೇರಿಸಬೇಕಾಗಿ ವಿನಂತಿ.
> ಸ್ಥಳ: ಡಾ. ಎಚ್. ನರಸಿಂಹಯ್ಯ ಸಭಾಂಗಣ, ನ್ಯಾಶನಲ್ ಕಾಲೇಜು, ಬಸವನಗುಡಿ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು -
> ೫೬೦೦೦೪ ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ ದಶಮಾನೋತ್ಸವ
>
> Regards,
>
> Kiran
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Looking for scanning contractors

[Rohini Lakshané]

I am looking for scanning contractors in Mumbai for a large-scale
digitisation project. Please contact me offlist if you are interested.

Regards,
Rohini
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Gendergap] Free access to the Royal Society resources - creating articles about Women in Science

[Rohini Lakshané]

Royal Society's online resources are available free for 24 hours.

-- Forwarded message --
From: "Daria Cybulska" 
Date: Oct 10, 2013 11:39 PM
Subject: [Gendergap] Free access to the Royal Society resources - creating
articles about Women in Science
To: "Increasing female participation in Wikimedia projects" <
gender...@lists.wikimedia.org>

HI all,

Wikimedia UK is running a Women in Science themed editing event on Friday
11 October 2013 in London to celebrate Ada Lovelace Day. Great news
is, Royal Society has opened its online resources for 11th October midnight
to midnight BST - no paywall. This will be available to everyone, from
anywhere in the world, at http://royalsocietypublishing.org/. You can also
search particular journals [http://royalsocietypublishing.org/journals].

If you would like to join us in editing while making use of the Royal
Society resource, please feel free! For an inspiration on what to edit
about, you could have a look at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_female_Fellows_of_the_Royal_Society
There are many more suggestions
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women%27s_History/Ada_Lovelace_Day_2012#Royal_Society

If you do join us, you are welcome to
sign up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women%27s_History/The_Royal_Society_2013#Online_participation
and add the articles you created.

For those in London or around, you are welcome to attend the evening talk
on the 11th about Women in Science -
http://rs-women-in-science.eventbrite.co.uk/

All the best,
Daria

-
Daria Cybulska - Programme Manager, Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 207 065 0994
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From: "Rohini Lakshané" 
Date: Oct 11, 2013 12:37 AM
Subject: Fwd: [Gendergap] Free access to the Royal Society resources -
creating articles about Women in Science
To: "Rohini Lakshané" 

Sent from my bright yellow Xperia go. Pardon the typos, if any.
-- Forwarded message --
From: "Daria Cybulska" 
Date: Oct 10, 2013 11:39 PM
Subject: [Gendergap] Free access to the Royal Society resources - creating
articles about Women in Science
To: "Increasing female participation in Wikimedia projects" <
gender...@lists.wikimedia.org>, "Tom Morris" , "Andrew
Gray" , "Анастасия Львова" ,
"Netha Hussain" , "Kounila Keo" <
kounila...@gmail.com>, "Lila Pagola" , "Charlene
Foster" 

HI all,

Wikimedia UK is running a Women in Science themed editing event on Friday
11 October 2013 in London to celebrate Ada Lovelace Day. Great news is, *Royal
Society has opened its online resources for 11th October midnight to
midnight BST* - no paywall. This will be available to everyone, from
anywhere in the world, at http://royalsocietypublishing.org/. You can also
search particular journals
[http://royalsocietypublishing.org/journals<http://royalsocietypublishing.org/journals>
] <http://royalsocietypublishing.org/journals>.

If you would like to join us in editing while making use of the Royal
Society resource, please feel free! For an inspiration on what to edit
about, you could have a look at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_female_Fellows_of_the_Royal_Society
There are many more suggestions
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women%27s_History/Ada_Lovelace_Day_2012#Royal_Society

If you do join us, you are welcome to
sign up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women%27s_History/The_Royal_Society_2013#Online_participation
and add the articles you created.

For those in London or around, you are welcome to attend the evening talk
on the 11th about Women in Science -
http://rs-women-in-science.eventbrite.co.uk/

All the best,
Daria

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-mum] WikiWomen's Collaborative India Facebook Group

[Rohini Lakshané]

Hi Sibi,

Gender-sensitive men who have previously contributed to Gender gap
activities or those who intend to do so, are welcome. I have updated the
Group's description to reflect this.

Regards,
Rohini

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On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 6:47 PM, sibi kanagaraj wrote:

> Is the group intended to have only female members ? Or even male members
> who intend to narrow down the gender gap can get involved ?
>
> -Sibi
>
>
>  On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 12:50 PM, Rohini Lakshané <
> rohini.laksh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>  The Closed Group is up at www.facebook.com/groups/gendergapindia
>>
>> Participants at workshops or newbie editors often ask for easy ways to
>> seek help on Wikipedia and off it. Please share the URL with such
>> participants. The Group could be used a discussion board and to publicise
>> Gender gap related events.
>>
>> - Rohini
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[Wikimediaindia-l] WikiWomen's Collaborative India Facebook Group

[Rohini Lakshané]

The Closed Group is up at www.facebook.com/groups/gendergapindia

Participants at workshops or newbie editors often ask for easy ways to seek
help on Wikipedia and off it. Please share the URL with such participants.
The Group could be used a discussion board and to publicise Gender gap
related events.

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[Wikimediaindia-l] Gender gap work plan

[Rohini Lakshané]

Hello everyone,

I have attempted to put together a work plan for Gender gap activities in
India: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gender_gap_India_work_plan

I request inputs, comments, and suggestions from everybody.

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Lilavati's Daughters Edit-a-thon

[Rohini Lakshané]

I've added a few more ideas and also proposed dates.

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On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 4:57 PM, Vishnu t  wrote:

> Completely second Srikanth on the idea. Let's take the initiative of
> involving them as many of the Indian language Wikimedians may not be on the
> list.
>
> Vishnu
>
>
> On 14 August 2013 13:41, Srikanth Ramakrishnan wrote:
>
>> Request all Indian language Wikipedians to have a look at this as it
>> might pave way for future multilingual collaborations.
>>
>> Sent from the touchscreen equivalent of a Nokia 1100, pardon the sender.
>> --
>> Srikanth Ramakrishnan,
>> Treasurer.
>> On Aug 11, 2013 11:23 PM, "Pradeep Mohandas"  wrote:
>>
>>> hi,
>>>
>>> If you're interested in participating, please do - discussions on the
>>> talk page.
>>>
>>> Link -
>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Lilavati%27s_Daughters_Edit-a-thon
>>>
>>> warm regards,
>>> Pradeep
>>>
>>> Pradeep Mohandas
>>> How Pradeep uses email? - http://goo.gl/6v1I9
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Proposed advanced level editing workshop for women in Mumbai

[Rohini Lakshané]

Hello everyone,

I am taking a straw poll to know if any women in Mumbai, who already edit
Wikipedia are interested in attending an advanced level editing workshop.
If you are, please get in touch with me offlist. You could have
participated in a previous, basic editing workshop or learnt the ropes by
yourself.

In case you know anyone who fits the bill, but isn't likely to be
subscribed to this mailing list, please share this email with her.

Regards,
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indian language Wikipedias as on June 30, 2013

[Rohini Lakshané]

@Pradeep: I can guess what you trying to say, but can you flesh out your
thoughts/response for everyone's benefit?

http://about.me/rohini


On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 2:50 PM, ansuman  wrote:

> Please read the Odi*y*a language as "Odia" language.
>
> On 15 August 2013 21:51, Pradeep Mohandas  wrote:
>
>> ?
>>
>> Sent from Yahoo! Mail for iPhone
>>
>> @Pradeep  iPhone doesn't support to view the table format?
>
>
> Ansuman
>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] New Programme Officer CIS-A2K (Announcement)

[Rohini Lakshané]

Congrats and best wishes, Muzammiluddin.

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On Aug 16, 2013 4:38 PM, "Arjuna Rao Chavala"  wrote:

>
>
>
> 2013/8/16 Vishnu t 
>
>> Dear All,
>>
>> I am happy to inform you about the selection of the new Programme
>> Officer, who has joined the CIS-A2K Team on August 15, 2013. Please join me
>> in welcoming Muzammiluddin Syed.
>>
>
> Congratulations Muzammiluddin Syed
> Best wishes
>
> Arjuna
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Digitization workshop for Indic WikiSource enthusiasts

[Rohini Lakshané]

Are similar workshops likely to be held in other parts of the country?

http://about.me/rohini


On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 9:15 PM, Subhashish Panigrahi <
subhash...@cis-india.org> wrote:

> Dear Wikimedians,
>
>
> Wikimedia India in collaboration with the Centre for Internet and
> Society is organizing a workshop on "Digitization of books for Indic
> language WikiSource" on 18th August 2013, Sunday at the Centre for
> Internet and Society, Bangalore at 2:30 pm. Malayalam Wikimedian
> Viswanathan Prabhakaran is going to conduct this workshop. Anyone
> interested in learning about the process of digitizing old
> manuscripts, books and creating text based documents could join this
> workshop. Please log in and register in the event page to take part in
> this event.[1]
>
> 1.
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Events/Bangalore/Digitization_workshop_18August2013#Interested_participants
>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Regarding the involvement of WMIN Chapter in Wikipedia Club Pune's Independence Day Workshop.

[Rohini Lakshané]

Maybe we should switch to Lojban, at least on the mailing list. ;-)
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lojban
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On Aug 12, 2013 6:47 AM, "Ashwin Baindur"  wrote:

> This is a bit like this link, to be on the lighter side :)..
>
> http://i.imgur.com/wshoK6Z.jpg
>
> Ashwin
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 9:21 PM, Pranav Curumsey wrote:
>
>> I think Srikanth covered it.
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 10:32 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <
>> srik.r...@wikimedia.in> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi, to clarify:
>>>
>>> *Niraj had originally stated: I'am very glad to inform you that we the
>>> members of WMIN & Wikipedia Club Pune are planning to conduct Workshops and
>>> Edit-a-thons in Pune on 14th & 15th of August '13.*
>>>
>>>
>>> Wikimedia India did not know anything about or is a part of this event.
>>> The chapter must be informed and formally communicate that it is a part of
>>> the event, which it did not.
>>>
>>> Pranav, and the Chapter have not stated that we have no intention of
>>> being part of an event, and I will let Pranav get back on this matter.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 6:36 PM, Yohann Thomas wrote:
>>>
  Hi Niraj

 Did Pranav tell you why WMIN has no intention in getting
 involved with Wikipedia Club Pune for the
 Independence Day Events (Edit-a-thons)?

 Yohann Thomas
 yohan...@gmail.com

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-mum] [WMIN-Members] Re: End of the GLAM pilot project at BNHS

[Rohini Lakshané]

Hi Ashwin,

Thank you for your appreciation and all your help and support during the
project and thereafter. I shall keep in mind these suggestions when
negotiating further with the BNHS.

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WMIN-Members] Re: [Wikimedia-in-mum] End of the GLAM pilot project at BNHS

[Rohini Lakshané]

Hi Srikanth,

While my work on the pilot project is over, the BNHS is still taking a look
at it. The BNHS is yet to convey its decision about forming a partnership
with the Wikimedia community. I shall soon write at length about
transferable lessons and experiences from the pilot project and I hope to
be able to address the points Ashwin and Vickram have raised above.

Regards,
Rohini


On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 11:31 AM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <
srik.r...@wikimedia.in> wrote:

> Hi Rohini, can you share some of your experiences, wrt to what Ashwin and
> Vickram have pointed out?
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 7:15 AM, Vickram Crishna  > wrote:
>
>> As Ashwin points out, from the point of view of a partnership, this was
>> less than a resounding success.
>>
>> However, Rohini does not call it a partnership, because it isn't one.
>> This was a pilot, intended to demonstrate to persons of influence at BNHS
>> what a partnership could achieve for the Society. The partnership lies
>> ahead.
>>
>> Pradeep does not call it a partnership either, he squarely labels it a
>> pilot, and suggests to Wikimedians everywhere that they initiate similar
>> efforts with similar physical archives in other parts of India.
>>
>> It would have been exceedingly unrealistic to imagine that the philosophy
>> of open knowledge be instantly understood and enthusiastically embraced.
>> None of us did at any stage of this pilot, which we well understand to be a
>> foot in the door. I was warned by other senior Wikimedians, recognised
>> naturalists in their own right, as well as naturalists who are not
>> Wikimedians, but know the Society well, that this would be an uphill task,
>> long before we even took the first steps. Dissing the organisation for its
>> traditional mindset is easy, but not fruitful.
>>
>> For all I know, it may be easier to do this elsewhere, with other
>> organisations. And the very best to others who take up that challenge.
>> Everyone should do what they can, when they can, wherever they can.
>>
>> This is a work in progress. And I wish Rohini the very best, every
>> encouragement, to continue her efforts to get that door opened wider now.
>>
>> --
>> Vickram
>> Fool On The Hill communicall.wordpress.com
>> " He's still watching me watching you watching ...
>> And the way he stares - feel like locking my door
>> and pulling my phone from the wall.
>> His eyes, like lights from a laser, burn
>> making my hair stand - making the goose-bumps crawl. "
>> Jethro Tull: Watching Me Watching You (1982)
>> On Aug 9, 2013 8:12 PM, "Ashwin Baindur" 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> From a point of view of GLAM partnership this was emphatically NOT a
>>> success. It was not a complete failure also, because brave Rohini persisted
>>> in the face of an unresponsive BNHS. In the end BNHS and Wikipedia got a
>>> better article on Humayun Abdulali and Rohini got some hard-won experience
>>> - that is all.
>>>
>>> But the potential for this project could have been so much greater. The
>>> experiences of Wikipedians-in-residence in the Smithsonian and the British
>>> Museum (and other initiatives) was so wonderful, so engaging to both sides
>>> and so fruitful that the lacklustre report in the link Pradeep mentions
>>> feels like ashes in one's mouth.
>>>
>>> BNHS has been for many years the iconic symbol of private wildlife
>>> research. It has a very long history, had some truly wonderful people in it
>>> including Salim Ali and Humayun Abdulali, has a very good library and a
>>> very good collection of skins, shells, eggs etc. It has a peer-reviewed
>>> scientific journal more than 100 years old which has high repute. It was
>>> the place where eminent scientists like Johnsingh, Ravi Sankaran and Bharat
>>> Bhushan, besides many others, began their careers or were encouraged.
>>> Whether it is mammals, birds, reptiles, marine life or insects; anywhere in
>>> India one can definitely say about BNHS - been there, done that!
>>>
>>> So one would expect BNHS to be open to the idea of helping Indians to
>>> learn more about wildlife, nature, environment and conservation? Wrong.
>>>
>>> Check the site of BNHS for stuff which educates or informs or which
>>> guides or helps and see the complete paucity of material. Its a nice enough
>>> looking website & tells you very much what the organisation, its goals and
>>> programmes, but there is zilch information about India's wildlife, from
>>> India's premier wildlife NGO.  If you compare that with a comparable
>>> organisation in the USA and UK say Audobon or RSPB, you will find they have
>>> useful articles, knowledge material aside from what they are involved in.
>>> Compare Audobon which gives Tips on how to get nature to the classroom or
>>> taking schoolchildren outdoors, or RSPB which provides a complete bird list
>>> with short writeup.
>>>
>>> BNHS does not have an altruistic outlook towards IP and the resources
>>> they hold. The reason for that is not difficult to understand. BNHS
>>> publishes a

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia editing session for journalism students at Sophia College, Mumbai

[Rohini Lakshané]

This is an unedited report of the lecture-cum-demo written by one of the
students who attended it.

*Wikipedia: Democratic Ritual of Knowledge Transfer *

What can I say about Wikipedia? Ok, let me ask, can you imagine a world
without Wikipedia? I always wonder who wrote, reviewed, edited, curated and
moderated 30 million articles in 286 languages. Answer is you and me and us!

Wikipedia, world’s largest and the most referenced work on Internet, has
been ranked at seventh position globally on Alexa as of June 2013. It has,
estimated, 365 million readers worldwide. Though numbers are impressive
enough to boggle one’s mind, what truly electrifies the spinal cord is the
way Wikipedia functions. Anyone from any corner of the world (Now, you can
ask if earth is round or square? Go to Wikipedia, you will get interlinked
references from Heliocentricism to Geocentrism, from Copernicus to Galileo,
from Copernican Revolution to Renaissance, and thus traverse the complete
circle of knowledge!) can write an article. Then some other volunteers keep
the wheel rolling by editing and validating the existing article and by
adding required citation, views and counterviews. This invisible
chain-reaction keeps flourishing Wikipedia just like an unnoticed food
chain of natural ecosystem.


On Saturday, 13th July 2013, workshop on Wikipedia was organized by
volunteers of Wikimedia Foundation, in association with SCM, Sophia
Polytechnic, Mumbai. The workshop was conducted by Bishakha Datta and
Rohini Lakshane from Wikimedia Foundation, Mumbai. After giving the brief
on history of Wikipedia, how Wikipedia functions and how one can become a
part of this knowledge thriving community, instructors and volunteers
facilitated SCM students to create articles on Wikipedia. SCM students
successfully created two articles on Dina Vakil, the first woman resident
editor of The Times of India's
Bombay edition and Ritu Menon, the co-founder, writer and publisher of
India's first feminist publishing house, *Kali for
Women*.
The workshop truly helped students to realize that how the power of
technology, information and collaborative effort can drive people towards
the informed and knowledge-intensive society.

After attending the workshop I couldn’t stop myself and posted the
following note dedicated to my all friends:

· Do you think 30 million articles in 286 languages is too loud a
figure? If you are sceptical, then that’s great. Go and investigate
further. Provide the correct figure (if the given figure is erroneous) and
yeah provide the reference/citation as well.



Bingo! That’s how the whole Wikipedia has been erected, by sharing and
contributing knowledge. Contribute about your locality, personalities,
culture, tradition, etc.

· Believe in good faith. Knowledge is a path not the signboard. Be
in good faith, put information, views and counter-views with reference, and
don’t be judgmental. Neutrality is the nature of Wikipedia.

· Acknowledge the effort. Not only when you write a research paper
or contribute to Wikipedia, but also when you receive help, love and care
of someone, do acknowledge. Democracy cannot exist without thankfulness and
compassion. Wikipedia is truly democratic way of knowledge transfer - for
the people, of the people, by the people.

-   Parth Vyas (22nd July 2013, Mumbai)



On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 5:35 PM, Abhijeet Safai wrote:

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[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia editing session for journalism students at Sophia College, Mumbai

[Rohini Lakshané]

Bishakha Datta, Krutikaa Jawanjal, Nikita Belavate and I delivered a
lecture and demonstration on researching for and editing Wikipedia to
students of Sophia College, Mumbai, on July 13. Sunitha Chitrapu, the head
of the Social Communications Media department at Sophia College had
attended the Wiki Women's Workshop held in Mumbai in November 2012, and
invited us to conduct this activity. A report of the event has been
published on WikipeDNA
http://www.dnaindia.com/blogs/1863070/post-wikipedia-editing-session-for-journalism-students-at-sophia-college

and cross-posted on the Wikimedia India Chapter blog
http://blog.wikimedia.in/2013/07/19/wikipedia-editing-session-for-journalism-students-at-sophia-college-mumbai/

Photos are up on the Commons:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_workshop_at_Sophia_College
and Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.485361131545134.1073741829.141404175940833

Best,
Rohini Lakshané
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Vacancy for Programme Officer, Pilot Projects (Access to Knowledge)

[Rohini Lakshané]

@Theo: I believe, by the word "post", Srikanth is referring to the job
vacancy, not the email posting.

On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 11:07 PM, Theo10011  wrote:

> On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 5:31 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <
> srik.r...@wikimedia.in> wrote:
>
>> Hi Nitika,
>> I was just curious:
>> !> How come this post is in Bangalore and not Delhi?
>>
>
> What do you mean? It was on the Delhi list. (
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/private/wikimedia-in-del/2013-April/000172.html)
> You can also see the header has the lists mentioned.
>
>
>> 2> Also, you have not mentioned any last date for application.
>>
>
> Regards
> Theo
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WMIN-Members] Wikipedia Blog on DNA

[Rohini Lakshané]

Thank you so much, reindeer.

On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 11:55 PM, Rudolph the Rd Nosed Reindeer <
rednosedr...@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Way to go Rohini,
> keep up the awesomeness of your work.
>
>
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> Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:57:34 +0530
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>
>
> Thank you all for your wishes. Please consider contributing to the blog.
>
> On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 11:28 PM, ansuman  wrote:
>
> Great initiative. Thank you!
>
> *I live beside DNA office in Bangalore, let me know if that can help this
> anyway! just joking!*
>
> Best wishes
> ,
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> *
>
>
> On 14 March 2013 22:58, Arun Ramarathnam  wrote:
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> Congrats on this. Good see a blog on wikipedia on newspaper site.
>
> best wishes
> Arun
>
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 5:42 PM, Rohini Lakshané <
> rohini.laksh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> WikipeDNA, a community blog on topics pertaining to Wikipedia and other
> projects, is now live on DNA Blogs.
> http://www.dnaindia.com/blogs/wikipedna
>
> This is the first blog post:
> http://www.dnaindia.com/blogs/post_wikipedia-celebrates-women-s-history-month-with-edit-a-thons-and-workshops_1811125
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WMIN-Members] Wikipedia Blog on DNA

[Rohini Lakshané]

Thank you all for your wishes. Please consider contributing to the blog.

On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 11:28 PM, ansuman  wrote:

> Great initiative. Thank you!
>
> *I live beside DNA office in Bangalore, let me know if that can help this
> anyway! just joking!*
>
> Best wishes
> ,
> Ansuman <http://twitter.com/an5um>*
> *
>
>
> On 14 March 2013 22:58, Arun Ramarathnam  wrote:
>
>> Congrats on this. Good see a blog on wikipedia on newspaper site.
>>
>> best wishes
>> Arun
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 5:42 PM, Rohini Lakshané <
>> rohini.laksh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> WikipeDNA, a community blog on topics pertaining to Wikipedia and other
>>> projects, is now live on DNA Blogs.
>>> http://www.dnaindia.com/blogs/wikipedna
>>>
>>> This is the first blog post:
>>> http://www.dnaindia.com/blogs/post_wikipedia-celebrates-women-s-history-month-with-edit-a-thons-and-workshops_1811125
>>>
>>> I'll be putting up stuff related to events, how tos, etc. If you'd like
>>> to contribute to the blog, drop me a line.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Rohini
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Blog on DNA

[Rohini Lakshané]

WikipeDNA, a community blog on topics pertaining to Wikipedia and other
projects, is now live on DNA Blogs. http://www.dnaindia.com/blogs/wikipedna

This is the first blog post:
http://www.dnaindia.com/blogs/post_wikipedia-celebrates-women-s-history-month-with-edit-a-thons-and-workshops_1811125

I'll be putting up stuff related to events, how tos, etc. If you'd like to
contribute to the blog, drop me a line.

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WMIN-Members] Appointment of new SIG chair

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Also, thanks for the contest, Pavithra.

On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 12:40 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <
srik.r...@wikimedia.in> wrote:

> Heya, this is inform you that Rohini Lakshane has been appointed as
> the chair of the Gender-gap SIG. This was the first nomination for an
> SIG chair where there were other candidates, in this case Pavithra H.
> Rohini was nominated and seconded by Krutikaa Jawanjal and Netha
> Hussain, and got 20 votes in her favour, the highest in any Wikimedia
> India voting process, beating Karthik's record of 19 votes in
> September 2012. Rohini can be contacted on roh...@wikimedia.in
>
> --
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> Treasurer,
> Wikimedia Chapter [India]
>
> Donate to the Wikimedia India Chapter today<
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WMIN-Members] Appointment of new SIG chair

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Thank you everyone for giving me this opportunity -- those who voted for
me, Krutikaa and Netha who nominated me, and the members of the EC who
conducted the election process.

On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 12:40 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <
srik.r...@wikimedia.in> wrote:

> Heya, this is inform you that Rohini Lakshane has been appointed as
> the chair of the Gender-gap SIG. This was the first nomination for an
> SIG chair where there were other candidates, in this case Pavithra H.
> Rohini was nominated and seconded by Krutikaa Jawanjal and Netha
> Hussain, and got 20 votes in her favour, the highest in any Wikimedia
> India voting process, beating Karthik's record of 19 votes in
> September 2012. Rohini can be contacted on roh...@wikimedia.in
>
> --
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> Treasurer,
> Wikimedia Chapter [India]
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Women's Day events in India, March 8

[Rohini Lakshané]

A few online and offline events are being conducted in on the occasion of
International Women's Day on March 8. The events continue thereafter too as
March has been declared as Women's History Month.

There is a Wikipedia editing workshop in Goa on March 8 at Nirmala
Institute of Education from 3 pm to 5 pm. It is followed by an offline and
online editathon.
The online editathon is a month-long affair, which will be held every
weekend starting with the weekend after March 8.  Details here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/International_Women%27s_Day,_India

The goal of the month-long event is to encourage more women to contribute
to Wikipedia and increase representation of articles related to women in
Wikipedia. The event aims at creating new articles, expanding the existing
stubs and translating English articles to various Indian languages.

Members are requested to start edithons in regional language Wikipedias.

Regards,
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WMIN-Members] Appointment of new office bearer

[Rohini Lakshané]

Congratulations, Srikanth. All the best for your new role.

On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 8:46 PM, Karthik Nadar wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> at the F2F meeting held previous week, your Executive Committee has
> appointed a new Treasurer to fill in the position previously help by
> Anirudh Singh Bhati. Srikanth Ramakrishnan would be the new treasurer as
> appointed unanimously by the EC.
>
> Srikanth was nominated by Karthik (me) and his candidate was seconded by
> Viswa Prabha. Since there was no other nominations, he was been appointed
> unanimously. Please join me in welcoming him for this new office bearing
> role.
>
>
>
>
>
> Regards,
> Karthik Nadar,
> Secretary, Wikimedia India Chapter.
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WMIN-Members] Creative Commons Event - Mumbai

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Hello ,

Photos from the workshop can be found at
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Creative_Commons_Workshop,_Mumbai_2013

Regards,
Rohini

On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 7:14 PM, Pradeep Mohandas wrote:

> hi,
>
> Today, we had the Mumbai event of Creative Commons. They are in India in
> February visiting Pune, Mumbai, New Delhi and Bangalore.
> We had a turnout of about 30-40 people today in Mumbai. We met at the
> Victor Menzes Conference Center at IIT-Bombay.
>
> We began with a brief on Creative Commons in India, a brief idea on the
> various Creative Commons license and why to use it.
>
> We covered extensive ground especially on areas that the Creative Commons
> is now being applied in - Culture, Education, Government and Science.
>
> All in all, a good day with many Wikipedians in Mumbai turning up. Thank
> you for coming.
>
> Our thanks to Prof. Shishir Jha of IIT-Bombay for help with getting the
> venue. We'd like to thank Jessica Coates and Jane Hornibrook of Creative
> Commons for spending time talking to us. They also expressed hope that they
> would be able to revive CC-India and an associated mailing list.
>
> warm regards,
> Pradeep Mohandas
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] why to donate

[Rohini Lakshané]

Abhishek,

I have been on-board several Wiki mailing lists and closed emailing groups
for a few years now, but this is the first time I have been piqued to
respond to such a 'discussion'. Your efforts to prove what you are trying
to prove are outstanding. I won't be surprised if Doctor Hakim (I
appreciate the wordplay) is a troll or a sock puppet who has planted this
thread to get the discussion where it is.

Almost every community member I have interacted with or met in person over
the years has gone out of pocket for volunteer activities. I have known of
community members refusing grants while going out of pocket, and I respect
them all the more for that. Some of us have spent astounding amounts of
money this way. As I see it, the Chapter has committed to transparency and
accountability; nothing is wrong with it having some money of its own. When
you become a member of the Chapter again, maybe you can help bring about as
much transparency as you'd like.

Regards,
Rohini

On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 1:08 AM, Abhishek Suryawanshi <
i.abhishek.suryawan...@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Dear Sunil,
>
> Could you please share information about CIS supporting Chapter Travel
> expenses?
>
> And Its nice and positive move, Great to see CIS continues to support
> movement in India.
> Volunteers can devote their time in doing activities and CIS can support
> as per request.
>
> As Chapter is shy/silent about acknowledging funding from CIS - Hope so
> your reply will clarify that CIS is there to support Chapter activities
> irrespective of criticism.
>
>
> Keep Supporting, Keep Inspiring! :)
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Abhishek Suryawanshi,
> On Behalf of Wikipedia Club Pune
>
>
>
>
>
>>>
>>>
>>>   --
>>> *From:* Srikanth Ramakrishnan 
>>>
>>> *To:* Wikimedia India Community list <
>>> wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org>
>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, 12 February 2013 11:31 PM
>>>
>>> *Subject:* Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] why to donate
>>>
>>> Membership under processing is differnt from memvership alreadt
>>> processed. INDI-31 is non existant and will remain so.
>>>
>>> As for CIS funding, you still havwn't said where you have got the
>>> "information" from.
>>> The Chapter has alwaya made things public and will xontinue to do so. If
>>> the CIS funds us, it will be madw public.
>>>
>>> n Tuesday, February 12, 2013, Abhishek Suryawanshi <
>>> i.abhishek.suryawan...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Dear Srikanth,
>>> > I appreciate you keep a check of the Chapter Membership List. But at
>>> the same time I guess you will also respect the Chapter President's word. I
>>> have had a talk with Sudhanwa (President,Wikimedia India Chapter) and just
>>> two days back he informed me that my Chapter-membership is being proceed. I
>>> would like you to have or increase your communications with other EC
>>> members (or at-least with President) before claiming me or anybody else
>>> with allegations such as a 'Cheat' :)
>>> >
>>> > P.S : How does it affects my query about CIS funding chapter's travel
>>> for Board meeting or not ?
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Regards,
>>> > Abhishek Suryawanshi,
>>> > On Behalf of Wikipedia Club Pune
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 10:50 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <
>>> srik.r...@wikimedia.in> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Just to  inform you that Abhishek Suryawanshi, who claims to be a
>>> > Chapter Member with membership number INDI-31 is NOT a member. The
>>> > entry currently doesn't exist in our membership list. Mr. Suryawanshi
>>> > was a member of the Chapter during the earlier Financial Year and did
>>> > NOT renew his membership. I hope the community is now aware of what
>>> > kind of people it is dealing with.
>>> >
>>> > On 2/12/13, Abhishek Suryawanshi 
>>> wrote:
>>> >> *@Karthik - *
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> *If you have a question, you can ask it in the form of a question *
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> Why Chapter is denying/ignoring fact flight tickets for members are
>>> covered
>>> >> by third party?
>>> >>
>>> >>  *instead **of making unsubstantiated claims on a public mailing
>>> list,*
>>> >>>
>>> >>
>>> >> Do you mean to say 'CIS is supporting' part is unsubstantiated? Then
>>> please
>>> >> state who is covering travel expenses?
>>> >>
>>> >> *which is frankly unproductive since it requires us to spend time to
>>> send
>>> >>> out clarifications.  *
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> Could you please elaborate 'unproductive' term and 'sending out
>>> >> clarification' part? What clarification is given? On contrary You are
>>> >> putting up efforts to blur whole situation.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> *@Sudhanwa - *
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> *> 2)Major Chapter Expenses such as Flight Tickets for AGM are
>>> covered by
>>> >>> CIS.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Absolutely wrong information you have go*t.
>>> >>>
>>> >>
>>> >> AGM word is wrong and Board Meeting is correct, right? Please correct
>>> if
>>> >> wrong.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> *> I am waiting for someone to answer simple query - How much money is
>>> >>> requi

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Samskrit Wikiquote ( Wiki SuktayaH)

[Rohini Lakshané]

Suvaartaa asti.  Great news.

On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 11:53 AM, Abhiram C  wrote:

> Hello Wikipedians,
>
> A new way to contribute to Samskrit is here The Samskrit Wikiquote is
> officially open for contributions. Thanks to all the people who  have
> striven hard to make it count.
>
> The webpage can be found at *sa.wikiquote.org* 
>
> -- Forwarded message --
> From: Sumana 
>
> Namaste,
>
> It is with immense pleasure, I wish to announce that Samskrit Wikiquote
> project  ( *विकिसूक्तिः*) is out of Incubator and is available as an open
> source project like Wikipedia now. It was in a dormant stage with very
> limited editing options and visibility since its inception.
>
> We had started our efforts towards this in August 2012, persuading
> Wikipedia Language Committee. Over 7000 system messages were translated to
> samskrit, some 800 articles of useful content related to this project were
> created and uploaded, which were some of the requirements to approve new
> projects.Thanks to dedicated Wikipedians like Shiju Alex, that today we
> have the project out of incubator, which means, this project would be
> readily available for everyone to edit and use now on.
>
> The project is a store house of Subhashitas extracted from different
> scriptures like Veda, Upanishat Puraana, RamayaNa, Mahabharatam etc,
> categorised based on the topics with explanations. Also, it contains the
> idioms and phrases, witty puzzles, sayings of great people, Chitrakaavyam
> etc, everything in Samskrit. It is to be noted that all these, in a single
> webpage is not available anywhere else in such an easily available form. We
> have about 1260 pages under various categories, for a ready review at *sa.
> wikiquote.org*
>
> I request everyone to visit once for guidance, comments or contributions...
>
> Once again, Congratulations to one and all who have been instrumental in
> crossing this milestone...
>
> Thanks and Warm Regards,
>
> Dr Sumana
> Wikipedia Wing, Samskrita Bharati
> 98807 93423
>
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[Wikimediaindia-l] 20th Wikipedia Meet-up Mumbai

[Rohini Lakshané]

Hello everyone,

Wikipedia turns 12 on January 15. As a part of Wikipedia Day celebrations
worldwide, the Mumbai community is meeting on Sunday, Jan 13.

January 15 is a weekday and we believe Sunday would be convenient for
everyone to attend the celebrations.

Apologies for the short notice.

*Date and Time*: 13 January 2013, 4 pm
*Venue*: Pinstorm, Swati Building, North Avenue, Santacruz West, Mumbai
*Landmarks*: Swati building is behind Kotak Mahindra Bank, Linking Road,
and across the street from Arya Samaj Mandir.
*Wikipedia event
page*:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Mumbai/Mumbai20
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia COO was convicted felon

[Rohini Lakshané]

I spotted it in conjunction with an article published recently (Wikipedia
doesn't need your money - so why does it keep pestering
you?<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/12/20/cash_rich_wikipedia_chugging>)
and ended up assuming both belonged to the same time frame.  This one
suggests that WMF fundraisers put out incomplete and misleading
information. I was just wondering what the community's thoughts about these
matters were.

Also, found a recent discussion on the same topic on Quora: Is Wikipedia
collecting more money than required?
www.quora.com/Wikipedia/Is-Wikipedia-collecting-more-money-than-required

On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 2:18 PM, Gautam John wrote:

> On 25 December 2012 09:17, Rohini Lakshané 
> wrote:
>
> > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/13/wikimedia_coo_convicted_felon
>
> It's more than a few years old, what?
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia COO was convicted felon

[Rohini Lakshané]

Something I stumbled upon

Wikipedia COO was convicted felon:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/13/wikimedia_coo_convicted_felon

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikidata: Summing the sum of human knowledge

[Rohini Lakshané]

Hello Amir,

Thank you for your feedback. Yes, I am aware of parts of the roadmap for
Wikidata and some of its challenges. I might follow up on my work, based on
some of the future developments you have mentioned.

Cheers,
Rohini

On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 7:12 PM, Amir E. Aharoni <
amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il> wrote:

> Thank you very much for this article!
>
> It is coming at the right right time. It's starting up, and it needs
> localization. I wrote why its localization is especially important here:
> https://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/11/10/translate-wikidata-user-interface/
>
> That post also has relevant links.
>
> It's localization is EASY, because there aren't so many strings to
> translate, but its influence is going to be very large. If all goes
> according to the plan, in a few months Wikidata will become a repository of
> useful statistical data about many subjects - countries, populations, dates
> of birth and death, etc. So, while the data is pretty much the same for
> everybody, the names of the data properties, such as "population", must be
> translated to all languages. Property names cannot be translated yet, but a
> crucial first step towards making this possible is to translate the
> Wikibase extension, which is the technical framework of Wikidata.
>
> Before you approach this, I also strongly suggest to at least read the
> following doc:
> https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Glossary
>
> ... and, it would be great to translate it, too - it will help you to
> translate the software.
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
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> I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore‬
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>
>
> 2012/12/8 Srikanth Ramakrishnan 
>
>>  *Wikidata: Summing the sum of human knowledge*
>> *By Rohini Lakshané*
>>
>> Have you ever wished you could query Wikipedia with a question? Have you
>> ever wanted to run a search on Wikipedia to extract data rather than trawl
>> through reams of Wikipedia pages and interlinks? Have you ever imagined a
>> world where everyone could freely pool knowledge even without sharing a
>> common language? Wikidata is set to do all this, and more.
>>
>>
>>
>> Wikidata, deployed in October this year, is the newest project by the
>> Wikimedia Foundation, the organisation that runs Wikipedia and its sister
>> projects. It is a semantic, multilingual, structured database that anyone
>> can read and edit. It is machine readable, which makes searching, sorting
>> and handling of data efficient and fast. Like with its siblings, Wikidata’s
>> content and software are published under a free license.
>>
>>
>>
>> *Central repository of links*
>>
>> Wikidata aims to streamline Wikipedia’s rich but chaotic linking
>> structure. Every Wikipedia page has ‘interwiki links’ that link it to other
>> Wikipedia pages. ‘Interlanguage links’ connect pages to other pages on the
>> same topic published on Wikipedias in different languages, creating a mesh
>> of links. With around 23 million articles in 285 languages, the linking
>> structure leads to immense duplication. Wikidata will act as a central
>> repository for all language links on all Wikipedias, with the ultimate
>> objective of levelling off the raw data in the language versions. Under the
>> *first 
>> phase<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Development/Sprint_archive>
>> * of Wikidata deployment, which is now 
>> live<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Development/Sprint_archive>,
>> editors can add interlanguage links (sitelinks) on Wikidata pages.
>>
>>
>> *Ask Wikipedia a question*
>>
>> The *future 
>> phases<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Technical_proposal>
>> * of Wikidata deployment involve converging the data found 
>> in*Infoboxes<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Infobox>
>> * (December 2012 or January 2013), and the enabling of the creation of
>> lists on Wikipedia (April or March 2013).
>>
>>
>>
>> Infoboxes -- tables with the summary of the most important information on
>> the pages -- across Wikipedias are not uniform. Internationalised export
>> and import of data present in Wikipedia templates such as the Infobox would
>> greatly enrich its encyclopaedic value. All information present in all
>> Infoboxes will then come to one central repository from where it could be
>> updated everywhere else at the same time.
>>
>>
>>
>> Wikipedia houses lists on assorted topics created by users -- episodes of
>> the most 

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikidata: Summing the sum of human knowledge

[Rohini Lakshané]

Thanks for sharing this, Sri!

Regards,
Rohini

On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 6:37 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <
parakara.gh...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Sorry guys, I forgot to share the link with you all:
>
> http://tech2.in.com/features/science-and-technology/wikidata-summing-the-sum-of-human-knowledge/630882
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 6:33 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <
> rsrikant...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> *Wikidata: Summing the sum of human knowledge*
>> *By Rohini Lakshané*
>>
>> Have you ever wished you could query Wikipedia with a question? Have you
>> ever wanted to run a search on Wikipedia to extract data rather than trawl
>> through reams of Wikipedia pages and interlinks? Have you ever imagined a
>> world where everyone could freely pool knowledge even without sharing a
>> common language? Wikidata is set to do all this, and more.
>>
>>
>>
>> Wikidata, deployed in October this year, is the newest project by the
>> Wikimedia Foundation, the organisation that runs Wikipedia and its sister
>> projects. It is a semantic, multilingual, structured database that anyone
>> can read and edit. It is machine readable, which makes searching, sorting
>> and handling of data efficient and fast. Like with its siblings, Wikidata’s
>> content and software are published under a free license.
>>
>>
>>
>> *Central repository of links*
>>
>> Wikidata aims to streamline Wikipedia’s rich but chaotic linking
>> structure. Every Wikipedia page has ‘interwiki links’ that link it to other
>> Wikipedia pages. ‘Interlanguage links’ connect pages to other pages on the
>> same topic published on Wikipedias in different languages, creating a mesh
>> of links. With around 23 million articles in 285 languages, the linking
>> structure leads to immense duplication. Wikidata will act as a central
>> repository for all language links on all Wikipedias, with the ultimate
>> objective of levelling off the raw data in the language versions. Under the
>> *first 
>> phase<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Development/Sprint_archive>
>> * of Wikidata deployment, which is now 
>> live<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Development/Sprint_archive>,
>> editors can add interlanguage links (sitelinks) on Wikidata pages.
>>
>>
>> *Ask Wikipedia a question*
>>
>> The *future 
>> phases<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Technical_proposal>
>> * of Wikidata deployment involve converging the data found 
>> in*Infoboxes<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Infobox>
>> * (December 2012 or January 2013), and the enabling of the creation of
>> lists on Wikipedia (April or March 2013).
>>
>>
>>
>> Infoboxes -- tables with the summary of the most important information on
>> the pages -- across Wikipedias are not uniform. Internationalised export
>> and import of data present in Wikipedia templates such as the Infobox would
>> greatly enrich its encyclopaedic value. All information present in all
>> Infoboxes will then come to one central repository from where it could be
>> updated everywhere else at the same time.
>>
>>
>>
>> Wikipedia houses lists on assorted topics created by users -- episodes of
>> the most popular TV shows, heads of state, and even inventors killed by
>> their own inventions. However, it is currently not possible to query these
>> lists and cull out specific information. For example, searching the string
>> “countries with highest GDP” leads to a search results page with the
>> entries ‘List of countries with the highest GDP per capita’ and ‘Historical
>> list of ten largest countries by GDP’. But if you were to search for ‘ten
>> countries with highest GDP in Asia’ you wouldn’t quickly reach the relevant
>> information even though it exists in these lists. Wikidata will
>> automatically create a user-queried list to answer semantic queries such
>> as, “What were the ten countries with highest GDP in Asia last year?”
>>
>>
>>
>> Konarak Ratnakar, who has registered over 8,000 edits on Wikidata, says,
>> *“I found that Wikidata had very few India-related entries. So I started
>> adding information on Indian cities and the capitals of small countries. I
>> like Infoboxes very much, and that fact that this project would make
>> Infoboxes grow motivated me to contribute.” *
>>
>>
>>
>> *Supporting smaller Wikipedias*
>>
>> Of the 285 Wikipedias, only four have more than a million articles. 40
>> Wikipedias have over a 100,000 articles. Big Wikipedias have legions of
>> editors

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-mum] [WCI11] Best wishes and a request.

[Rohini Lakshané]

That's great. Please share the link to the channel here. :)

On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 4:52 PM,  wrote:

>  Srikanth, Ansuman & all others unable to make it for the conference,
>
> We have partnered with Youtube who will be lve streaming the event from
> the Convocation Hall, University of Mumbai - so you can catch the action as
> it unfolds!
>
> Kind Regards,
>
>
> > Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2011 13:59:43 +0530
> > From: rsrikant...@gmail.com
> > To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> > Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WCI11] Best wishes and a request.
>
> >
> > Please record videos and upload to the Commons or YouTube so that we
> > can see it later. All the very best guys. Google mail is acting
> > strange now, so forgive the second mail. All the best.
> >
> > On 07/11/2011, Srikanth Ramakrishnan  wrote:
> > > Heya guys, with the India conference and hackathon barely two weeks
> > > away from now, I just wanted to wish you All the very best for the
> > > event. Hopefully we shall, at the other end of the event. know better
> > > methods me sharing knowledge.
> > > As a non attendee, I put forth a request. Please keep us updated on
> > > the events as they progress, both in real time, and post. Tweet about
> > > it, blog about it, post on Facebook. Please don't tweet about what you
> > > eat though, that is for our meetups. Use the conference twitter ha
> > >
> http://www.google.com/gwt/x?wsc=hg&wsi=b27749e54f1fa0ec&source=m&u=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noyyal_River&ei=TdK2Tr7dCdCQiAeVl52HAg
> > >
> > > --
> > > Regards,
> > > Srikanth Ramakrishnan,
> > > Sathyamangalam-Gobichettipalayam Star Gazers Gang, Ukkadam, Coimbatore.
> > > My Commons uploads, now exceeding 75.
> > > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles/Rsrikanth05
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> > Srikanth Ramakrishnan,
> > Sathyamangalam-Gobichettipalayam Star Gazers Gang, Ukkadam, Coimbatore.
> > My Commons uploads, now exceeding 75.
> > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles/Rsrikanth05
> >
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] The copyright question: What would Gandhi do?

[Rohini Lakshané]

Amazing! Gandhi would have supported Wiki too.

On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 9:05 PM, Achal Prabhala  wrote:

> A friend of mine in South Africa, Isabel Hofmeyr, passed on this image
> of the first page of the first edition of the English translation of
> Gandhi's "Hind Swaraj" - or "Indian Home Rule" in translation. The book
> was published in South Africa in 1909, and is rarely available. Isabel
> was able to see it courtesy Uma Dhupelia-Mesthrie, who owns a copy.
>
> And the copyright legend on this front page? It reads:
>
> "No rights reserved"
>
> Isabel and Uma kindly offered to donate the image to Commons, and you
> can see it here:
>
>
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gandhi-Home-Rule-First-Edition-1909.jpg
>
> Finally, an answer to the great copyright question that has never been
> asked: "What would Gandhi do?" :)
>
> Cheers,
> Achal
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