Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [WikimediaMobile] Wikimedia Commons android app nightlies available
On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 1:11 PM, Niraj Suryawanshi < niraj.suryawan...@gmail.com> wrote: > sure :) i recently used one app available on the app store, but more or > less not up to the mark, since there is a huge lobby of people who use > blackberry in and outside India would be great if we have one to > make available Wikipedia handy & on the go! > > > Hello! I believe that a port of the Android PhoneGap based app is what is currently available in the Blackberry store. It is an old port as well - and no new features / work are planned on that codebase anymore by the Mobile Apps team. The source code, however, is available at https://github.com/wikimedia/WikipediaMobile and I'll be glad to help people who want to contribute to it :) -- Yuvi Panda T http://yuvi.in/blog ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Proposal for India's First MediaWiki Group Ahmedabad
Seems to have stalled? Any update on this from AffCom / Chapter? -- Yuvi Panda T http://yuvi.in/blog ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Proposal for India's First MediaWiki Group Ahmedabad
On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 8:21 PM, Theo10011 wrote: > Could you provide some URL to point to how this idea of groups came upon > for India. I only saw the staff leading the way for this instead of this > coming about organically. > This happened on IRC over a few hours, between me, quim and harsh. Most of the conversation was quim convincing me that a mediawiki-india list would be a much better Idea than a MediaWiki India User Group (which he succeeded in), and Harsh volunteering to start the Ahmedabad one. The logging bot has been wonky, so no logs. As for 'why User Groups, why not a SIG' - the User Group idea is neither unique nor novel - it is a very well understood concept. Linux User Groups, Python User Groups, Ruby User Groups, Java User Groups, etc abound on per-city levels. This is just another user group for a piece of open source software. MediaWiki does not run just Wikipedia, but is also (IIRC) the most popular software used for standalone wikis. Plenty of projects that use MediaWiki have nothing to do with the Wikimedia movement (An experiment with using Semantic MediaWiki for Public Transit routing a bunch of us tried a few years ago, the w3c wiki (w3.org/wiki), lots of internal company's documentation wikis, lots of open source software wikis, etc). And 'why formalize their affiliation'? IIRC you need to go through the process to obtain the right to use 'MediaWiki' in your group's title. That is all (from my perspective, at least). -- Yuvi Panda T http://yuvi.in/blog ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Announcing MediaWiki-India Mailing List
Forwarding Quim's email, since he's not subscribed. -- Forwarded message -- From: Quim Gil Date: Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 10:51 PM Subject: Re: Announcing MediaWiki-India Mailing List To: yuvipa...@gmail.com, "Discussion list on Indian language projects of Wikimedia." (((Please someone help getting this email to wikimediaindia-l and mediawiki-india. Thanks!))) Thank you Yuvi and others for your determination pushing this first MediaWiki regional list and other ongoing local initiatives in India. As technical contributor coordinator at the Wikimedia Foundation I have no doubt that tools like this will help increasing and diversifying the MediaWiki community and therefore the technical capacity of the Wikimedia movement! As you say this is our first experiment. Give us your feedback and Expect some fine tuning on the go. The definition of MediaWiki regional lists is documented at http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/**Groups#Local_vs_regional<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Groups#Local_vs_regional>and I'm still editing that section almost on a daily basis based on our early experiences with mediawiki-india. The nature of this regional lists is related to the MediaWiki Groups, a flavor of Wikimedia User Groups that the MediaWiki community is developing with the approval of the Wikimedia Affiliations Committee. At a MediaWiki community level we have agreed that those groups need to be really local, covering an area that a regular contributor could cover easily with public transport or a car to get involved in the activities organized. Under this perspective, a MediaWiki Group Gujarat would be more appropriate than a MediaWiki Group India, and a MediaWiki Group Ahmedabad would me more appropriate than a MediaWiki Group Gujarat. You get the point. :) We have no plans to change this principle: MediaWiki supporters in India always have the Wikimedia India chapter for more complex activities at a regional or national level in India. But this left a void to reach out potential technical contributors in places where no MediaWiki local group exists. Imagine an engineer in Bangalore, interested in contributing her skills in MediaWiki and Wikimedia technical projects but not really interested in following the day to day of Wikimedia India. mediawiki-india can fill now this gap, and could help that engineer in Bangalore to find other peers in the area and start working on a MediaWiki Group Bangalore. This is how we expect the MediaWiki community grow locally in India and elsewhere. Yuvi, just a couple of comments related to your announcement: On 12/29/2012 06:39 AM, Yuvi Panda wrote: > Hello everyone! > As part of growing a sustainable technical community around MediaWiki in > India, a new mailing list has been created. You can subscribe to it at > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-**india<https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-india> > > Looking forward to having more Mediawiki hackers from India! > > -- Forwarded message -- > From: *Yuvi Panda* mailto:yuvipa...@gmail.com>> > Date: Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 2:17 PM > Subject: Welcome to the MediaWiki India List! > To: mediawiki-india@lists.**wikimedia.org > <mailto:mediawiki-india@lists.**wikimedia.org > > > > > Hello everyone! > > Welcome to the mediawiki-india list! This list is simply a place for > like-minded folks from India working on MediaWiki/Wikimedia related code > to talk about whatever they're doing. A good level of event planning > would happen too, I think. > > Post random ideas you run into. Interesting tricks you've discovered. > How completely horrible some gadget in some wiki is. Or how you've > hacked mediawiki to be a storage engine for your public transport > crowdsourcing project. Or how you are just getting started and want > help. Ask for help in setting up a mediawiki instance for your company. > For porting a gadget from english wikipedia to your own language's > wikipedia. For anything, really. > Well, not anything. We need to be respectful with the existing mailing lists and avoid unnecessary fragmentation. Let's direct topics and people to the right lists, where the experts in each area are found. For instance, generic MediaWiki questions in English still make more sense in mediawiki-l. The topics should cover what lists like wikitech-l, mediawiki-l and other MediaWiki lists are missing e.g. regional coordination or support in languages other than English without an own mailing list. I'm sure you will find the balance. This is the first country-level technical mediawiki list, ever. We've no > idea how this is going to be used, so please do go wild :) > > Happy hacking, everyone! > ... and for exactly those reasons this announcement should be posted at wikitech-l an
[Wikimediaindia-l] Announcing MediaWiki-India Mailing List
Hello everyone! As part of growing a sustainable technical community around MediaWiki in India, a new mailing list has been created. You can subscribe to it at https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-india Looking forward to having more Mediawiki hackers from India! -- Forwarded message -- From: Yuvi Panda Date: Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 2:17 PM Subject: Welcome to the MediaWiki India List! To: mediawiki-in...@lists.wikimedia.org Hello everyone! Welcome to the mediawiki-india list! This list is simply a place for like-minded folks from India working on MediaWiki/Wikimedia related code to talk about whatever they're doing. A good level of event planning would happen too, I think. Post random ideas you run into. Interesting tricks you've discovered. How completely horrible some gadget in some wiki is. Or how you've hacked mediawiki to be a storage engine for your public transport crowdsourcing project. Or how you are just getting started and want help. Ask for help in setting up a mediawiki instance for your company. For porting a gadget from english wikipedia to your own language's wikipedia. For anything, really. This is the first country-level technical mediawiki list, ever. We've no idea how this is going to be used, so please do go wild :) Happy hacking, everyone! -- Yuvi Panda T http://yuvi.in/blog ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikitech-l] Welcome our six OPW interns!
2 people from India. Yay! -- Yuvi Panda T http://yuvi.in/blog ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] A Wikipedia Mini-hackathon in Delhi (CIS India)
I did something similar in Hyderabad too - cis-india.org/openness/blog/wikipedia-hackathon-hyderabad I'd be happy to do this anywhere. Invite me to the community meetups, and I'll happily do the same. Harsh has now ported HotCat to guwp, and is currently moving over the POPUPS code - makes me quite happy! :) ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Hackathon at BITS Hyderabad
Hello Everyone! There's a small Hackathon happening at the BITS Hyderabad Campus on Friday night. Userscripts, some bots and the API would be the focus. More info at http://bits-atmos.org/atmos/highlights/ Drop me an email if you are planning on attending! -- Yuvi Panda T http://yuvi.in/blog ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Volunteer for CIS's A2K programme director recruitment committee
On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 2:41 PM, Sunil Abraham wrote: > The volunteer must be experienced Wikipedian, based in India [ as we > cannot afford international travel for the interviews] and must have > sufficient managerial experience [including experience with conducting > interviews]. [snip] Simply out of curiosity, what would constitute 'sufficient' managerial experience? -- Yuvi Panda T http://yuvi.in/blog ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Blog]: Tag and assess drive 2012: the largest collaboration of WP:India on English Wikipedia!
Hey Stephen! I believe I replied on your talk page too :) The tool also lives on http://github.com/yuvipanda/Wikipedia-AssessmentBar - I like github :) I also think I modified it to work for WP Africa too, and left instructions at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:YuviPanda/AssessmentBar/WPAfrica. If anyone else wants to have this setup for their project, feel free to poke me! Will be glad to help! On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 11:45 AM, stephen wanjau wrote: > Hello! > > Congratulations to the members of Wikiproject india for the achievement. > > I would like to ask some questions about the tool that was used in the tag > and assess campaign. > > Can the tool it be used on other Wikiprojects? Either region based or any > other areas of interest as per the existing Wikiprojects. > If yes where can I find the tool? I believe it is under GPL ;) > > regards, > > Stephen. > > On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 1:37 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan > wrote: >> >> Noopur, >> If you want to propose a collaboration, you should bring it to the >> community noticeboard onwiki, a mailing list is of no use. >> -- >> Srikanth. >> >> On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 1:52 PM, Noopur Raval >> wrote: >>> >>> Dear all, >>> >>> I am delighted to give you a small summary of the Tag and assess drive >>> that was conducted by members of WP:India by means of a blog post. Here it >>> is. As you can read in it, organizers and participants alike, unequivocally >>> agree it is an unprecedented achievement for members of our community! >>> >>> Thanks to all of you for sparing precious time to give your inputs. >>> Personally, it was also inspiring getting to know editors outside the >>> mailing list. May I take this opportunity to propose a bigger project or a >>> new collaboration like this one? Just starting a conversation :) >>> >>> >>> Thank you, >>> Best, >>> Noopur >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Noopur Raval >>> >>> ___ >>> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >>> Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Srikanth Ramakrishnan. >> >> >> >> ___ >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >> > > > > -- > "Better Late Than Never, But Never Late is Better" > > "Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in > the sum of all knowledge." Help us make it a reality! > Donate to Wikimedia > > > > ___ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > -- Yuvi Panda T http://yuvi.in/blog ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
[Wikimediaindia-l] Wiki Loves Monuments in India
Hello everyone! Has there been any discussion about participating in Wiki Loves Monuments this year? I'm sitting in berlin working on some of the code behind it, and looking at the test data and seeing 'us', 'de', 'nl' but no 'in' makes me feel sad. Would the Indian community be participating this year? I'd gladly volunteer to do whatever I can! -- Yuvi Panda T http://yuvi.in/blog ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Ads Injected into Wikipedia?
Also mentions ads2srv.com, a quick googling of which shows that it is used quite extensively in malware. On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 6:05 PM, John Vandenberg wrote: > Lovely. > > The JS loads this > > https://d15gt9gwxw5wu0.cloudfront.net/ssa/175/?zoneid= > > Which happens to mention the server... > > http://www.rubiconproject.com/ > > which looks like > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubicon_Project > > On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 10:19 PM, Nischay Nahata wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I finally got hold of the source that caused this problem. There is an >> extension called "I Want This" in chrome which does this evil work. >> As per my investigation, this extension is not installed by the user. Maybe >> we should notify Google that extensions are been installed without >> permissions. >> >> I have attached the JS file that causes this ad injection and also the HTML >> code that is been injected. Also note that this extension not only shows ads >> from Inkfruit or Jabong but RedBus.in also. >> >> >> On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 11:33 PM, Philippe Beaudette >> wrote: >>> >>> I've been trying to get a copy of that source for months, so please send >>> it my way as well. :) >>> >>> ___ >>> Philippe Beaudette >>> Director, Community Advocacy >>> Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. >>> >>> 415-839-6885, x 6643 >>> >>> phili...@wikimedia.org >>> >> -- >> With Regards >> >> Nischay Nahata >> B.tech 3rd year >> Department of Information Technology >> NITK,Surathkal >> >> ___ >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >> > > > > -- > John Vandenberg > > ___ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l -- Yuvi Panda T http://yuvi.in/blog ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Ads Injected into Wikipedia?
Thanks Nischyan for locating the js file! I had a preliminary look, and it is not a 'general ad injector' - it injects ads only into Mediawiki rendered pages (looks for #mw-panel div), so I suppose this could be called a malware targeted at Wikipedia. I'm unsure of how we can proceed - perhaps contact amazon and see if we can take down the cloudfront setup used to serve the ads? But I think that's us entering into a cat and mouse game with malware authors... On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 5:49 PM, Nischay Nahata wrote: > Hi, > > I finally got hold of the source that caused this problem. There is an > extension called "I Want This" in chrome which does this evil work. > As per my investigation, this extension is not installed by the user. Maybe > we should notify Google that extensions are been installed without > permissions. > > I have attached the JS file that causes this ad injection and also the HTML > code that is been injected. Also note that this extension not only shows ads > from Inkfruit or Jabong but RedBus.in also. > > > On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 11:33 PM, Philippe Beaudette > wrote: >> >> I've been trying to get a copy of that source for months, so please send >> it my way as well. :) >> >> ___ >> Philippe Beaudette >> Director, Community Advocacy >> Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. >> >> 415-839-6885, x 6643 >> >> phili...@wikimedia.org >> > -- > With Regards > > Nischay Nahata > B.tech 3rd year > Department of Information Technology > NITK,Surathkal > > ___ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > -- Yuvi Panda T http://yuvi.in/blog ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [BCB] [X-post] Unofficial Bangalore Wikimedia Hackathon on May 19, 2012
Wh! On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 11:09 AM, Kiran Jonnalagadda wrote: > HasGeek will sponsor the internet connection for this event. If you have any > experience pulling data from Wikipedia, you know that the internet > connection makes all the difference. As someone who has experienced how awesomely fast the HasGeek connection is, this is incredibly good news :D Thanks Kiran! -- Yuvi Panda T http://yuvi.in/blog ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
[Wikimediaindia-l] Unofficial Bangalore Wikimedia Hackathon on May 19, 2012
Hello everyone! After the Unofficial Chennai Wikimedia Hackathon's success[1], me and Srikanth Lakshmanan are planning on having one in Bangalore. We've talked to CIS and they've graciously accepted to host us on the May 19th. Here's a draft page with details about the hackathon: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Bangalore_Hackathon_May_2012 It definitely needs more work, so feel free to edit away! Also if you people have ideas on what would help, please add to http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Bangalore_Hackathon_May_2012/Ideas. Thanks! [1]: http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2012-March/007766.html -- Yuvi Panda T http://yuvi.in/blog ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Chennai Unofficial Wikimedia Hackathon Report
On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 12:10 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan < parakara.gh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yuvi, > Is it possible for the upload wizard to automatically 'detect' the > filetype based on the extension and offer to convert it into the required > filetype? > This would be great for audio and video. > It is technically possible and something that WMF is looking at (IIRC). However, the troubles are mostly legal in nature - MP3 and H264 (major audio and video formats) are patented and have a lot of restrictions involved in them. Navigating through those is quite a mess, and I'm not sure if they can even be navigated at all (considering the 'free everything' philosophy). What we *can* do is have a third party tool that converts audio/video from any source into a 'free' source that commons will accept. This also has legal issues, however. But they will be towards the third party providing the tool, rather than towards Wikipedia itself. This is primarily a legal problem, rather than a technical problem. I'm not particularly sure how to handle this. > > On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 5:20 AM, Yuvi Panda wrote: > >> Hey bala! >> >> On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 8:25 PM, Bala Jeyaraman wrote: >> >>> >> >> An online tool/gadget/extension for conversion of .wav/.mp3 to ,ogg files >>> is required. This could be made part of the commons upload wizard itself >>> (where people click an extra option while uploading a .mp3/.wav file and it >>> gets saved as a .ogg file). >>> >>> >> Building such a server (that does conversion) is a relatively simple >> technical process, and something I'm willing to start undertaking. What >> kind of UploadWizard integration are you looking for? >> >> >>> >>> - >>> Bala >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 8:01 PM, Konarak Ratnakar >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi guys, >>>> Congratulations on the success of the Chennai Unofficial Wikimedia >>>> Hackathon. >>>> I have two requests. >>>> >>>> 1. Can Shrinivasan (or anyone else) provide us with english subtitles >>>> or english audio of the video that you uploaded on Youtube? >>>> 2. Can Shrinivasan update the Readme file on >>>> voice-recorder-for-tawictionary / repo? >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Konarak Ratnakar | kondi >>>> >>>> PS: Yuvi Panda that mail I accidently sent you was supposed to be sent >>>> on this list. >>>> >>>> > From: yuvipa...@gmail.com >>>> > Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:47:29 +0530 >>>> > To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>>> > Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Chennai Unofficial Wikimedia Hackathon >>>> Report >>>> >>>> > >>>> > The Chennai Unofficial Wikimedia Hackathon Report >>>> > >>>> > Apologies for the delayed email. Work ate me. >>>> >>>> > >>>> > TL;DR: 13 completed hacks, including 2 core mediawiki patches, 3 >>>> > tawiki userscript updates and 2 new deployed tools. It was super >>>> > awesome and super productive! >>>> > >>>> > The 'Unofficial' Chennai Wikimedia >>>> > Hackathon(http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Chennai_Hackathon_March_2012) >>>> > happened on Saturday, March 17 2012 at the Thoughtworks office in >>>> > Chennai. It was a one day, 8 hour event focusing on getting people >>>> > together to hack on stuff related to all Wikimedia projects - not just >>>> > Mediawiki patches. >>>> > >>>> > The event started with us sailing past security reasonably easily, and >>>> > getting setup with internet without a glitch. People trickled in and >>>> > soon enough we had 21 people in there. Since this was a pure >>>> > hackathon, there were no explicit tutorials or presentations. As >>>> > people came in, we asked them what technologies/fields they are >>>> > familiar with, and picked out an idea for them to work on from the >>>> > Ideas List ( >>>> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Chennai_Hackathon_March_2012/Ideas). >>>> > This took care of the biggest problem with hackathons with new people >>>> > - half the day spent on figuring out what to work on, and when found, >>>> > it is completely outside the domain of expertise of the people hacking >>>> > o
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Chennai Unofficial Wikimedia Hackathon Report
Hey bala! On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 8:25 PM, Bala Jeyaraman wrote: > An online tool/gadget/extension for conversion of .wav/.mp3 to ,ogg files > is required. This could be made part of the commons upload wizard itself > (where people click an extra option while uploading a .mp3/.wav file and it > gets saved as a .ogg file). > > Building such a server (that does conversion) is a relatively simple technical process, and something I'm willing to start undertaking. What kind of UploadWizard integration are you looking for? > > - > Bala > > > > On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 8:01 PM, Konarak Ratnakar wrote: > >> Hi guys, >> Congratulations on the success of the Chennai Unofficial Wikimedia >> Hackathon. >> I have two requests. >> >> 1. Can Shrinivasan (or anyone else) provide us with english subtitles or >> english audio of the video that you uploaded on Youtube? >> 2. Can Shrinivasan update the Readme file on >> voice-recorder-for-tawictionary / repo? >> >> Regards, >> Konarak Ratnakar | kondi >> >> PS: Yuvi Panda that mail I accidently sent you was supposed to be sent >> on this list. >> >> > From: yuvipa...@gmail.com >> > Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:47:29 +0530 >> > To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> > Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Chennai Unofficial Wikimedia Hackathon >> Report >> >> > >> > The Chennai Unofficial Wikimedia Hackathon Report >> > >> > Apologies for the delayed email. Work ate me. >> >> > >> > TL;DR: 13 completed hacks, including 2 core mediawiki patches, 3 >> > tawiki userscript updates and 2 new deployed tools. It was super >> > awesome and super productive! >> > >> > The 'Unofficial' Chennai Wikimedia >> > Hackathon(http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Chennai_Hackathon_March_2012) >> > happened on Saturday, March 17 2012 at the Thoughtworks office in >> > Chennai. It was a one day, 8 hour event focusing on getting people >> > together to hack on stuff related to all Wikimedia projects - not just >> > Mediawiki patches. >> > >> > The event started with us sailing past security reasonably easily, and >> > getting setup with internet without a glitch. People trickled in and >> > soon enough we had 21 people in there. Since this was a pure >> > hackathon, there were no explicit tutorials or presentations. As >> > people came in, we asked them what technologies/fields they are >> > familiar with, and picked out an idea for them to work on from the >> > Ideas List ( >> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Chennai_Hackathon_March_2012/Ideas). >> > This took care of the biggest problem with hackathons with new people >> > - half the day spent on figuring out what to work on, and when found, >> > it is completely outside the domain of expertise of the people hacking >> > on the idea. Talking together with them fast to pick an idea within 5 >> > minutes that they can complete in the day fixed this problem and made >> > sure people can concentrate on coding for the rest of the day. >> > >> > People started hacking, and just before lunch we made people come up >> > and tell us what they were working on. We then broke for lunch and >> > usual socialization happened over McDonalds burgers and Saravana >> > Bhavan dosas. Hacking started soon after, and people were >> > concentrating on getting their hacks done before the demo time. And we >> > did have quite a few demos! >> > >> > Demos >> > = >> > >> > Here's a short description of each of the demos, written purely in the >> > order in which they were presented: >> >> > >> > 1. Wikiquotes via SMS >> > By: @MadhuVishy and @YesKarthik >> > >> > What it does: >> > Send a person name to a particular number, and you'll keep getting >> > back quotes from that person. Works in similar semi-automated fashion >> > as the DYKBot. Built on AppEngine + Python. >> >> > >> > Status: >> > Deployed live! Send SMS '@wikiquote Gandhi' to 9243342000 to test it >> > out! Has limited data right now, however. >> > >> > --- >> > >> > 2. API to Rotate Images (Mediawiki Core Patch) >> > By: Vivek >> > >> > What it does: >> > Adds an API method that can arbitrarily rotate images. Think of this >> > as first step towards being able to rotate any image in commons with a >> &g
[Wikimediaindia-l] Chennai Unofficial Wikimedia Hackathon Report
cess too!) Most of all, this event was a success because of the quality and dedication of the people who turned up, giving up their Saturdays. Hope everyone who turned up had a nice time :) I am personally in touch with most of them, and I also have their email address, phone number *and* permission to contact them again. If anyone here thinks that they liked one of the hacks and want to take it further, please contact me (User:Yuvipanda on Mediawiki.org or yuvipa...@gmail.com) and I'll get you people in touch. If there is a more accepted, standard way of handling this type of private information, please let me know as well! Thanks! - Yuvi Panda T http://yuvi.in ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
[Wikimediaindia-l] Chennai Unofficial Wikimedia Projects Hackathon on 17th March
Hello everyone! Me and SrikanthLogic are conducting a small Unofficial Wikimedia Projects hackathon in Chennai on 17th March. You can find more details and register for it here: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Chennai_Hackathon_March_2012 Also, I'd request the community to add ideas here: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Chennai_Hackathon_March_2012/Ideas. Note that this hackathon is *not* a purely MediaWiki hackathon, and the aim is to build hacks/tools/gadgets around the API/Content than mediawiki extensions itself (Extensions/Patches to MW are welcome too, but not the goal). So tools that make your life as an editor easier, tools that make content discovery in multiple languages easier, tools that help Wiki* spread, anything at all your mind can think of - please post on the Ideas page. Thanks! -- Yuvi Panda T http://yuvi.in/blog ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] An Innovative Outreach effort
Something similar happened to me and PlaneMad (Arun Ganesh) in Mumbai. I was wearing Pune T shirt and him Mumbai T Shirt, and the person serving us food from the canteen was having fun reading the word 'Wikipedia' in the languages he could read (Kannada and Hindi, I believe?) - he could not read the english. Arun spent a while explaining Wikipedia to him, a conversation I was not able to take part in because of my lack of Hindi knowledge (sigh). -- Yuvi Panda T http://yuvi.in/blog ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
[Wikimediaindia-l] Indic Languages on Wikipedia Android application
Blog post by GerardM on how to tweak your android device to support Indic languages: http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.com/2012/02/trick-android-to-use-your-language.html Would be awesome if people here could test it on their device + language combination :) -- Yuvi Panda T http://yuvi.in/blog ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [OT][Press] : Skip the numbers game
Just to clarify that I'm not a drop out :) (http://yuvi.in/blog/college-drop/) On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 2:59 PM, Amir E. Aharoni wrote: > Excellent! > > > > 2012/2/23 Srikanth Lakshmanan : >> http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/nxg/article2919794.ece >> >> Curriculum is always a few years, if not decades, out of date. Only by >> getting out can you get knowledge and skills that are current and useful. >> For example, I did the Google Summer of Code (internship) with mediawiki >> last year, and am an employee of the Wikimedia Foundation, where I help run >> Wikipedia, an amazing job with a huge impact. Would've never happened if I >> stuck to my “curriculum”. - YUVARAJ PANDIAN >> >> Go Panda! >> >> -- >> Regards >> Srikanth.L >> >> ___ >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >> > > ___ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l -- Yuvi Panda T http://yuvi.in/blog ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Outreach opportunities: Wikipedia workshops at tech fests
*Technical* outreach at these kind of places are also good - I did a 3 night workshop at IIT Madras' Tech Fest in October and the response was great! (We got atleast one new contributor, so yay!). It was very MediaWiki focused (rather than Wikipedia focused), which I think was a mistake. Doing technical outreach that's Wikipedia focused would be much better off in terms of returns. -- Yuvi Panda T http://yuvi.in/blog ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
[Wikimediaindia-l] The Chennai Wikipedia Hackathon
Hello everyone! There's a Wikipedia Hackathon being planned in Chennai on March 17th, 2012. It's a 'Wikipedia'/WikiProjects hackathon, rather than a MediaWiki hackathon - hacks of various types utilizing the Wikipedia API/Data are what we are looking at. You can find more details here: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Chennai_Hackathon_March_2012 Suggestions for hacks that the community would find useful are welcome. Registrations are open, so please do sign up if you are interested! Note: This is *not* an official WMF sponsored workshop, just something the a few of us are putting up (me, Srikanth Lakshmanan and the members of the Chennai Geeks community). -- Yuvi Panda T http://yuvi.in/blog ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WMIN-Members] Wikipedia 11 celebrations
+1 on stickers. People love them :) -- Yuvi Panda T http://yuvi.in/blog ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia Traffic Analysis Reports
Hopefully not starting a flame war here but... On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 8:25 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan wrote: > [...] > The figures might be misleading but they support my earlier theory > that wrt English, Indian students still prefer textbooks over Wiki ... If I had a rupee for every time I saw a 'paper' or 'presentation' from a student who had 'forgotten' to remove the [citation needed] and numbered inline references when they copy pasted from Wikipedia, WMF wouldn't be running a fund raiser :) -- Yuvi Panda T http://yuvi.in/blog ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
[Wikimediaindia-l] Thoughts from a new technical contributor Fwd: Donation to Wikimedia Foundation
Awesome person I met at the Kovai Geeks Mediawiki workshop a while ago. Her reason for donating :) Thought I could share. -- Forwarded message -- From: ichu ramesh Date: Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 10:56 AM Subject: Donation to Wikimedia Foundation To: kgisl-ge...@googlegroups.com For the past one and a half months, I am with the MediaWiki. I try solving bugs, I used to learn, collect information, talk to people in Wikimedia and I be with Mediawiki for about 10 hours everyday.I used to read the appeals form Wikipedia authors about the donation. Everyday i used to read and close it. I did not contribute anything from my part. Few minutes back while working, something made me to think why I still haven't done anything to Wikimedia Foundation even though I am so much interested in this. Next minute I clicked the donation amount of Rs. 500 and contributed to Wikimedia Foundation. We spend so much each and everyday, why don't we contribute something to Wikimedia when we gain something useful from it. Think about it and do your part :-) Regards, Iswariya Ramesh. -- Yuvi Panda T http://yuvi.in/blog ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Commons being blocked in most places.
Nice trick, but do note that the secure.* service will be going away at some point in the future. There is native https for every project now. On Sun, Dec 25, 2011 at 12:18 PM, Tanvir Rahman wrote: > Just a trick that might be useful, use Wikimedia's secure server. > Like https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/wiki/Main_Page > > Regards, > Tanvir Rahman > Wikitanvir on Wikimedia > > ___ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > -- Yuvi Panda T http://yuvi.in/blog ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Android ICS support for Tamil and Indic languages
+1. A lot of my classmates use Android, and they're definitely not 'elite' On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 5:38 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan wrote: > Srikanth, Android is not like Windows, where you get the latest > version and install. You can upgrade only if your device manufacturer > offers one. My dads Dell runs on 2.1 which cannot be upgraded. My > sister uses an Optimus which runs on 2.2 and can be upgraded to 2.3. > Also, Android is no longer ELITE. Android devices are available for as > low as 6k. The Dell, I mentioned earlier now retails for less than 6K. > > On 12/22/11, Srikanth Lakshmanan wrote: >> On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 16:23, Srikanth Ramakrishnan < >> parakara.gh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Majority of India that uses Android uses v2.x >> >> >> That "Majority" is elite enough to upgrade sooner IMHO. >> >> -- >> Regards >> Srikanth.L >> > > > -- > Regards, > Srikanth Ramakrishnan. > Wikipedia Coimbatore Meetup on December 10th. > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Coimbatore > > ___ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l -- Yuvi Panda T http://yuvi.in/blog ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] ONE simple step to double or triple visits to Indic Wikipedias
On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 5:41 PM, CherianTinu Abraham wrote: > On a slightly related note > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Universal_Language_Selector Arun Ganesh was doing this at the Hackathon, and if implemented *properly* I think this should help with the discovery issue a lot. > > -TC > > On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 5:24 PM, Ravishankar wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Today, I went to download WordPress and it told me it is also available in >> Tamil. Very neatly done as it somehow detected that I am from Tamilnadu. >> >> See the screenshot at: http://ravidreams.com/ta-wordpress.png >> >> A similar announcement in English Wiki projects is sure to double or >> triple traffic to Indic Wiki projects. >> >> We have been requesting this feature for years. >> >> Curious when it will be implemented. >> >> Ravi >> >> ___ >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >> > > > ___ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > -- Yuvi Panda T http://yuvi.in/blog ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] OT FOSS assist WAS Re: Webfonts deployment on Indic Wikiprojects
Whenever Open Source activism and Indian colleges come up, I can't help but point people to http://www.shakthimaan.com/downloads.html#shakthimaan-indian-challenge-of-floss-advocacy. Is a good read, and is still relevant today. -- Yuvi Panda T http://yuvi.in/blog ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Report on WikiKovai meet 1.
Am doing something similar at the same place tomorrow, but technical (mediawiki hacking). Let's see how that goes ;) ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] A gentle reminder for 40th Bangalore Wikipedia Meetup
I live literally next door, will drop in :) -- Yuvi Panda T http://yuvi.in/blog ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [OT] Government will now prefer ‘hinglish’ words over Hindi translation
+1. I believe me, @planemad and GerardM talked about something very similar over Lunch around WCI. On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 6:06 PM, sankarshan wrote: > I realize this is a bit off-topic for the list. The intent is to put > forth the always present tussle between classical usage and colloquial > one. I haven't managed to dig out the circular though. > /sankarshan > <http://www.firstpost.com/india/government-will-now-prefer-hinglish-words-over-hindi-translation-148557.html> > In a bid to overcome problems posed by difficult Hindi words, > Governmenthas asked section officers to use their ” hinglish” > replacements foreasy understanding and better promotion of the > language. > The order issued by the Rajbhasha unit of Ministry of Home Affairs > wasrecently re-circulated in various offices after it was > officiallymentioned that such puritan use of Hindi generates > disinterest among masses. > The circular recommended that difficult Hindi words can be replaced > withEnglish alternatives in Devanagari script for official work. > Citing examples, Department of Official Language at Home Ministry > said‘misil’ can be replaced with file, ‘pratyabhuti’ with > guarantee,‘kunjipatal’ with keyboard and ‘sanganak’ with omnipresent > ‘computer’. > It also advocated use of popular Hindi words and English alternatives > tomake the language more attractive and popular in offices and masses. > “Whenever, during the official work, Hindi is used as > translatinglanguage, it becomes difficult and complex. There is an > urgent need tomake changes in the process of English to Hindi > translations.Translations should carry expression of the original text > rather thanword-by-word Hindi substitute,” the circular said. > It said use of popular words of Urdu, English, and other > regionallanguages should be promoted in official correspondence. Pure > Hindishould be for literary purposes while practical ‘mixed’ version > for workpurposes. > It said it is better to use English terms in Devnagri script than > totranslate them in pure Hindi. > -- > sankarshan mukhopadhyay > <http://sankarshan.randomink.org/blog> > > ___ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l -- Yuvi Panda T http://yuvi.in/blog ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia XI 2012
Source available here (https://github.com/michiel1972/shareWithCommons) + I've already contributed some patches to it during the hackathon. I think plan is to eventually make the official wikipedia app do uploads, but I think a standalone app will always be necessary. P.S. You can file issues with this, I'll see if I can help On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 12:52 AM, Béria Lima wrote: > https://market.android.com/details?id=nl.michiel1972.main (still beta, but > works fine) > _ > Béria Lima > (351) 925 171 484 > > Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter livre > acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. Ajude-nos a construir > esse sonho. > > > > On 4 December 2011 19:10, Abhilash wrote: >> >> Is there an APK or App in the Android Market, which I can use to upload >> pictures directly to creative commons from my Android Phone? >> >> Sorry for this naive question, what is uploadwizard, is that a desktop >> application alone, do we have a similar Android App, or Can I customize or >> is there available any of the photo uploaders which I can use? >> >> Abhi >> >> >> On 04-Dec-2011 10:10 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan wrote: >> >> Bala, >> I was wondering, if we could organise a scanvenger hunt in Kovai on the >> 15th of Jan ??? >> -- >> >> On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 11:22 AM, Srikanth Lakshmanan >> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 11:17, wrote: >>>> >>>> I thought this is similar to a photowalk, where people instead of >>>> meeting in a room go around and take pics. I stand corrected. >>> >>> >>> Even for a photowalk, customizing the uploadwizard will be good. >>> Generally people upload elsewhere, never upload since people dont return to >>> a room and sit / upload (unless there is a conscious meetup >>> happening). There was a Chennai photowalk which failed on this part, and >>> people met, clicked pics, but many never came online(30 pics came from 15 >>> people for a whole day of hunt). HPN did some photowalks in Bangalore / >>> Mysore, he had a better upload rate, though am not sure if everyone had >>> uploaded every pic they clicked. >>> >>> -- >>> Regards >>> Srikanth.L >>> >>> ___ >>> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >>> Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Srikanth Ramakrishnan. >> Wikipedia Coimbatore Meetup on December 10th. >> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Coimbatore >> >> >> >> ___ >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >> >> >> ___ >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >> > > > ___ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > -- Yuvi Panda T http://yuvi.in/blog ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] An Offline Wikipedia for the Aakaash Tablet?
If only Ace supports it, I'm assuming they would have to release the code for that. https://opensource.samsung.com/index.jsp;jsessionid=8C92D0B55573A09D0D7EFC4EB7976034 is where all the source drops are, and I see that the code for the Ace has been made available. Can someone who understands enough about Android to check the diffs check? ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia's participation in Google Summer of Code
On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 12:04 AM, Jessie Wild wrote: > Thanks for sharing this link, Yuvi! As someone completely unfamiliar with > the topic, I am wondering if you all consider the issues discussed in that > paper still an accurate depiction of the state in education in 2011. > Pretty much the same. The specifics differ (Facebook has 'replaced' hanging out at the beach/local-place-of-choice), but the overall picture is still scarily accurate. Nobody really cares much. -- Yuvi Panda T http://yuvi.in/blog ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Karthik Nadar is in the banners!
On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 11:04 AM, Swaroop Rao wrote: > BTW, I forgot to update; Patricia (from the fundraising team I suppose) just > told me that they're working on Debit card and other means of payment for > INR this year. Good to hear :) A lot of my collegemates who wanted to donate couldn't because all they had was a debit card. Am sure that's true for a *lot* of people. -- Yuvi Panda T http://yuvi.in/blog ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia's participation in Google Summer of Code
Not specific to MediaWiki or GSoC, but this document[1] by Shakti Kannan explains a lot about the common issues you'll face if you're doing Open Source advocacy in Indian colleges. [1]: http://www.shakthimaan.com/downloads.html#shakthimaan-indian-challenge-of-floss-advocacy -- Yuvi Panda T http://yuvi.in/blog ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indic Language Wiki Results in Google (With a Chrome Extension)
The chrome extension has been updated to support Google Instant :) Please test and report bugs! On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 11:16 PM, Yuvi Panda wrote: > Tecoholic (aka ArunMozhi http://www.arunmozhi.in/) has ported the > extension to firefox! > > https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/yenwikipedia/ > > :) > > > On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 7:51 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan < > rsrikant...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Yuvi, >> Personally yes. I would like to have links to Hindi, Marathi and Tamil >> simultaneously. >> I am crazy. :) >> Regards, >> Srikanth R. >> P.S: Srikanth L and I are the original Srikanth's >.. : P >> >> On 14 April 2011 19:41, Yuvi Panda wrote: >> >>> Hi Srikanth (too many Srikanths!). Right now, you can use only one >>> language at a time. Would links to multiple language wikis be useful? >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 12:27 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan < >>> rsrikant...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Yuvi, >>>> Is this for one laguage at a time only, or any language, any time? >>>> --Regards, >>>> Srikanth R. >>>> >>>> On 14 April 2011 11:18, Vickram Crishna wrote: >>>> >>>>> I'm forwarding this to an acquaintance in Google, with a request to >>>>> include multilingual results as a link in regular searches. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 11:08 AM, Srikanth Lakshmanan < >>>>> srik@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Great!! What more, this comes on Tamil New year !! >>>>>> >>>>>> Agree with Sundar that Google must push this from server side. Instead >>>>>> of spending huge money on translations etc, these efforts actually help >>>>>> Indic / regional language Wikipedia's >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards >>>>>> Srikanth.L >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 10:58, BalaSundaraRaman < >>>>>> sundarbe...@yahoo.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Great, Yuvi. Let's all use this feature ourselves and hopefully >>>>>>> Google will take not of it and promote the other language wiki pages in >>>>>>> their search results themselves. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> - Sundar >>>>>>> >>>>>>> "That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a >>>>>>> medium for the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted." >>>>>>> - George Boole, quoted in Iverson's Turing Award Lecture >>>>>>> >>>>>>> --- On *Thu, 4/14/11, Yuvi Panda * wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> From: Yuvi Panda >>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indic Language Wiki Results in Google >>>>>>> (With a Chrome Extension) >>>>>>> To: "Discussion list on Indian language projects of Wikimedia." < >>>>>>> wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> >>>>>>> Date: Thursday, April 14, 2011, 12:31 AM >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Update: I've now added ability to change language. Just go to >>>>>>> 'Options' (from the extensions page) and enter your language code (hi >>>>>>> for hindi, etc). Needs a big UX liftup though. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 11:21 PM, Yuvi Panda >>>>>>> http://mc/compose?to=yuvipa...@gmail.com>> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> > I've been working for a few hours on a Chrome extension to add >>>>>>> links >>>>>>> > to Indic Language Wiki pages when searching in Google. It hooks >>>>>>> into >>>>>>> > Google's search results, and if it finds an enwiki article (to >>>>>>> which a >>>>>>> > tawiki interwiki link also exists), it'll display it side by side. >>>>>>> > Screenshot here: http://min.us/mbmIeeUOb8y00p#1 >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > You can test the extension by installing it from here: >>>>>>>
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] MediaWiki selects eight students for Google Summer of Code 2011
I'm usually there as well, and am offline for a week 'coz of exams. Do request all other members to join up on IRC too. On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 11:49 PM, Srikanth Lakshmanan wrote: > On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 23:25, Akshay Agarwal > wrote: >> >> I was wondering if we could organize a meetup for us, four GSoC students & >> Wikimedia India community so that we get a real sense of bonding & we >> newbies can learn a lot of things from the community! >> > > Why dont you guys hang out at #wikimedia-in on freenode whenever online. As > of now its kind of dead with only yannf and bernard_x logging in. If you 4 > guys join in, many more might also hang out. This is also a request to > community members to join in IRC when they are free and IRC is not just for > monthly open office with programs! > >> >> -Akshay Agarwal >> On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 11:17 PM, Yuvi Panda wrote: >>> >>> Thanks everyone :) >>> >>> Special Thanks to Srikanth Lakshmanan and Arun Ganesh for pulling me >>> into Wikipedia related stuff :) > > Thanks for coming in, community needs lot many enthusiast folks like you. > Regards > Srikanth.L > http://srik.me > ___ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > > -- Yuvi Panda T http://yuvi.in/blog ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] MediaWiki selects eight students for Google Summer of Code 2011
+1 re 'Wikimania India' of sorts? :) On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 11:25 PM, Akshay Agarwal wrote: > > ThankYou So Much for your appreciation & encouragement! > > I was wondering if we could organize a meetup for us, four GSoC students & > Wikimedia India community so that we get a real sense of bonding & we > newbies can learn a lot of things from the community! > > Looking forward to an exciting & fulfilling journey ahead > > -Akshay Agarwal > > Looking Forward to bonding with the community > On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 11:17 PM, Yuvi Panda wrote: >> >> Thanks everyone :) >> >> Special Thanks to Srikanth Lakshmanan and Arun Ganesh for pulling me >> into Wikipedia related stuff :) >> >> @Subhashish: Send me an email offlist? :) >> >> On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 7:34 AM, Arun Ramarathnam >> wrote: >> > This is great news. Congratulations to everyone who got selected! >> > regards >> > Arun >> > >> > On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 8:21 AM, Santhosh Thottingal >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> http://techblog.wikimedia.org/2011/04/mediawiki-selects-8-students-gsoc-2011/ >> >> >> >> * Akshay Agarwal‘s “Account Creation, Login Screens and AJAX-ification >> >> of >> >> everything” (mentor: Brandon Harris) >> >> * Kevin Brown’s “Working Archival for Web References/Citations,” “to >> >> facilitate the archival of external links used as references in the >> >> English Wikipedia” (mentor: Neil Kandalgaonkar) >> >> * Devayon Das‘s “Improving Semantic Search/Semantic Query usability >> >> issues >> >> in SMW” (mentor: Markus Krötzsch) >> >> * Ankit Garg‘s “Semantic Schemas extension” (mentor: Yaron Koren) >> >> Salvatore Ingala‘s “AMICUS: Awesome Monolithic Infrastructure for >> >> Customization of User Scripts” (mentors: Brion Vibber and Max Semenik) >> >> * Aigerim Karabekova‘s “Extension Release Management” (mentors: Sam >> >> Reed, >> >> Priyanka Dhanda, and Chad Horohoe) >> >> * Yuvi Panda‘s “Making Offline Wikipedia Article Selection Easier with >> >> Mediawiki Extensions” (mentor: Arthur Richards) >> >> * Zhenya Vlasyenko‘s “MediaWiki Extension: SocialProfile – UserStatus >> >> feature” (mentor: Jack Phoenix) >> >> >> >> Out of 8, 4 students are from India!. Congrats and best wishes to >> >> Akshay >> >> Agarwal , Yuvi Panda, Devayon Das and Ankit Garg. >> >> >> >> Thanks >> >> Santhosh >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ___ >> >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> >> Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >> > >> > >> > ___ >> > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >> > >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Yuvi Panda T >> http://yuvi.in/blog >> >> ___ >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > > > > -- > -Akshay Agarwal > > ___ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > > -- Yuvi Panda T http://yuvi.in/blog ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] MediaWiki selects eight students for Google Summer of Code 2011
Thanks everyone :) Special Thanks to Srikanth Lakshmanan and Arun Ganesh for pulling me into Wikipedia related stuff :) @Subhashish: Send me an email offlist? :) On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 7:34 AM, Arun Ramarathnam wrote: > This is great news. Congratulations to everyone who got selected! > regards > Arun > > On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 8:21 AM, Santhosh Thottingal > wrote: >> >> >> http://techblog.wikimedia.org/2011/04/mediawiki-selects-8-students-gsoc-2011/ >> >> * Akshay Agarwal‘s “Account Creation, Login Screens and AJAX-ification of >> everything” (mentor: Brandon Harris) >> * Kevin Brown’s “Working Archival for Web References/Citations,” “to >> facilitate the archival of external links used as references in the >> English Wikipedia” (mentor: Neil Kandalgaonkar) >> * Devayon Das‘s “Improving Semantic Search/Semantic Query usability issues >> in SMW” (mentor: Markus Krötzsch) >> * Ankit Garg‘s “Semantic Schemas extension” (mentor: Yaron Koren) >> Salvatore Ingala‘s “AMICUS: Awesome Monolithic Infrastructure for >> Customization of User Scripts” (mentors: Brion Vibber and Max Semenik) >> * Aigerim Karabekova‘s “Extension Release Management” (mentors: Sam Reed, >> Priyanka Dhanda, and Chad Horohoe) >> * Yuvi Panda‘s “Making Offline Wikipedia Article Selection Easier with >> Mediawiki Extensions” (mentor: Arthur Richards) >> * Zhenya Vlasyenko‘s “MediaWiki Extension: SocialProfile – UserStatus >> feature” (mentor: Jack Phoenix) >> >> Out of 8, 4 students are from India!. Congrats and best wishes to Akshay >> Agarwal , Yuvi Panda, Devayon Das and Ankit Garg. >> >> Thanks >> Santhosh >> >> >> >> ___ >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > > > ___ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > > -- Yuvi Panda T http://yuvi.in/blog ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indic Language Wiki Results in Google (With a Chrome Extension)
Tecoholic (aka ArunMozhi http://www.arunmozhi.in/) has ported the extension to firefox! https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/yenwikipedia/ :) On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 7:51 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan < rsrikant...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yuvi, > Personally yes. I would like to have links to Hindi, Marathi and Tamil > simultaneously. > I am crazy. :) > Regards, > Srikanth R. > P.S: Srikanth L and I are the original Srikanth's >.. : P > > On 14 April 2011 19:41, Yuvi Panda wrote: > >> Hi Srikanth (too many Srikanths!). Right now, you can use only one >> language at a time. Would links to multiple language wikis be useful? >> >> >> On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 12:27 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan < >> rsrikant...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Yuvi, >>> Is this for one laguage at a time only, or any language, any time? >>> --Regards, >>> Srikanth R. >>> >>> On 14 April 2011 11:18, Vickram Crishna wrote: >>> >>>> I'm forwarding this to an acquaintance in Google, with a request to >>>> include multilingual results as a link in regular searches. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 11:08 AM, Srikanth Lakshmanan < >>>> srik@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Great!! What more, this comes on Tamil New year !! >>>>> >>>>> Agree with Sundar that Google must push this from server side. Instead >>>>> of spending huge money on translations etc, these efforts actually help >>>>> Indic / regional language Wikipedia's >>>>> >>>>> Regards >>>>> Srikanth.L >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 10:58, BalaSundaraRaman >>>> > wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Great, Yuvi. Let's all use this feature ourselves and hopefully Google >>>>>> will take not of it and promote the other language wiki pages in their >>>>>> search results themselves. >>>>>> >>>>>> - Sundar >>>>>> >>>>>> "That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a >>>>>> medium for the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted." >>>>>> - George Boole, quoted in Iverson's Turing Award Lecture >>>>>> >>>>>> --- On *Thu, 4/14/11, Yuvi Panda * wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> From: Yuvi Panda >>>>>> Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indic Language Wiki Results in Google >>>>>> (With a Chrome Extension) >>>>>> To: "Discussion list on Indian language projects of Wikimedia." < >>>>>> wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> >>>>>> Date: Thursday, April 14, 2011, 12:31 AM >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Update: I've now added ability to change language. Just go to >>>>>> 'Options' (from the extensions page) and enter your language code (hi >>>>>> for hindi, etc). Needs a big UX liftup though. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 11:21 PM, Yuvi Panda >>>>>> http://mc/compose?to=yuvipa...@gmail.com>> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> > I've been working for a few hours on a Chrome extension to add links >>>>>> > to Indic Language Wiki pages when searching in Google. It hooks into >>>>>> > Google's search results, and if it finds an enwiki article (to which >>>>>> a >>>>>> > tawiki interwiki link also exists), it'll display it side by side. >>>>>> > Screenshot here: http://min.us/mbmIeeUOb8y00p#1 >>>>>> > >>>>>> > You can test the extension by installing it from here: >>>>>> > >>>>>> https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/gpoogepkjnjfmpijnpaocncdjbedaeeo/ >>>>>> > >>>>>> > It is open source, and the code is available here: >>>>>> > https://github.com/yuvipanda/yenWikipedia/. You can file issues >>>>>> here >>>>>> > https://github.com/yuvipanda/yenWikipedia/issues/. >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Known issues: >>>>>> > 1. Doesn't work when Google Insta
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indic Language Wiki Results in Google (With a Chrome Extension)
Hi Shiju. Will work on a Firefox addon soon. Is support only for Firefox 4.0+ fine? On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 12:14 AM, Shiju Alex wrote: > Yuvi, > It would be great if you develop a firefox extension also for this. > > Unfortunately google Chrome's performance is bad with Indic scripts. There > are couple of issues with wiki editing also. Due to this many of us prefer > firefox over chrome. > > Shiju > > On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 12:10 AM, Yuvi Panda wrote: > >> I've fixed the UI in the Options, and made a newer release ( >> https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/gpoogepkjnjfmpijnpaocncdjbedaeeo/ >> ). >> >> Feedback? In particular, I've listed 20 Indic languages as buttons on the >> options page, and I don't have enough knowledge to check if they are all >> correct! So if someone could check, I'd be grateful :) >> >> Suggestions? What should I prioritize next? I'll monitor this thread, or >> you can file issues (https://github.com/yuvipanda/yenWikipedia/issues). >> >> >> >> On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 7:41 PM, Yuvi Panda wrote: >> >>> Hi Srikanth (too many Srikanths!). Right now, you can use only one >>> language at a time. Would links to multiple language wikis be useful? >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 12:27 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan < >>> rsrikant...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Yuvi, >>>> Is this for one laguage at a time only, or any language, any time? >>>> --Regards, >>>> Srikanth R. >>>> >>>> On 14 April 2011 11:18, Vickram Crishna wrote: >>>> >>>>> I'm forwarding this to an acquaintance in Google, with a request to >>>>> include multilingual results as a link in regular searches. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 11:08 AM, Srikanth Lakshmanan < >>>>> srik@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Great!! What more, this comes on Tamil New year !! >>>>>> >>>>>> Agree with Sundar that Google must push this from server side. Instead >>>>>> of spending huge money on translations etc, these efforts actually help >>>>>> Indic / regional language Wikipedia's >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards >>>>>> Srikanth.L >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 10:58, BalaSundaraRaman < >>>>>> sundarbe...@yahoo.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Great, Yuvi. Let's all use this feature ourselves and hopefully >>>>>>> Google will take not of it and promote the other language wiki pages in >>>>>>> their search results themselves. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> - Sundar >>>>>>> >>>>>>> "That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a >>>>>>> medium for the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted." >>>>>>> - George Boole, quoted in Iverson's Turing Award Lecture >>>>>>> >>>>>>> --- On *Thu, 4/14/11, Yuvi Panda * wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> From: Yuvi Panda >>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indic Language Wiki Results in Google >>>>>>> (With a Chrome Extension) >>>>>>> To: "Discussion list on Indian language projects of Wikimedia." < >>>>>>> wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> >>>>>>> Date: Thursday, April 14, 2011, 12:31 AM >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Update: I've now added ability to change language. Just go to >>>>>>> 'Options' (from the extensions page) and enter your language code (hi >>>>>>> for hindi, etc). Needs a big UX liftup though. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 11:21 PM, Yuvi Panda >>>>>>> http://mc/compose?to=yuvipa...@gmail.com>> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> > I've been working for a few hours on a Chrome extension to add >>>>>>> links >>>>>>> > to Indic Language Wiki pages when searching in Google. It hooks >>>>>>> into >>>>>>> > Google's search
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indic Language Wiki Results in Google (With a Chrome Extension)
I've fixed the UI in the Options, and made a newer release ( https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/gpoogepkjnjfmpijnpaocncdjbedaeeo/ ). Feedback? In particular, I've listed 20 Indic languages as buttons on the options page, and I don't have enough knowledge to check if they are all correct! So if someone could check, I'd be grateful :) Suggestions? What should I prioritize next? I'll monitor this thread, or you can file issues (https://github.com/yuvipanda/yenWikipedia/issues). On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 7:41 PM, Yuvi Panda wrote: > Hi Srikanth (too many Srikanths!). Right now, you can use only one language > at a time. Would links to multiple language wikis be useful? > > > On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 12:27 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan < > rsrikant...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Yuvi, >> Is this for one laguage at a time only, or any language, any time? >> --Regards, >> Srikanth R. >> >> On 14 April 2011 11:18, Vickram Crishna wrote: >> >>> I'm forwarding this to an acquaintance in Google, with a request to >>> include multilingual results as a link in regular searches. >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 11:08 AM, Srikanth Lakshmanan < >>> srik@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Great!! What more, this comes on Tamil New year !! >>>> >>>> Agree with Sundar that Google must push this from server side. Instead >>>> of spending huge money on translations etc, these efforts actually help >>>> Indic / regional language Wikipedia's >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> Srikanth.L >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 10:58, BalaSundaraRaman >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Great, Yuvi. Let's all use this feature ourselves and hopefully Google >>>>> will take not of it and promote the other language wiki pages in their >>>>> search results themselves. >>>>> >>>>> - Sundar >>>>> >>>>> "That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a >>>>> medium for the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted." >>>>> - George Boole, quoted in Iverson's Turing Award Lecture >>>>> >>>>> --- On *Thu, 4/14/11, Yuvi Panda * wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> From: Yuvi Panda >>>>> Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indic Language Wiki Results in Google >>>>> (With a Chrome Extension) >>>>> To: "Discussion list on Indian language projects of Wikimedia." < >>>>> wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> >>>>> Date: Thursday, April 14, 2011, 12:31 AM >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Update: I've now added ability to change language. Just go to >>>>> 'Options' (from the extensions page) and enter your language code (hi >>>>> for hindi, etc). Needs a big UX liftup though. >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 11:21 PM, Yuvi Panda >>>>> http://mc/compose?to=yuvipa...@gmail.com>> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> > I've been working for a few hours on a Chrome extension to add links >>>>> > to Indic Language Wiki pages when searching in Google. It hooks into >>>>> > Google's search results, and if it finds an enwiki article (to which >>>>> a >>>>> > tawiki interwiki link also exists), it'll display it side by side. >>>>> > Screenshot here: http://min.us/mbmIeeUOb8y00p#1 >>>>> > >>>>> > You can test the extension by installing it from here: >>>>> > >>>>> https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/gpoogepkjnjfmpijnpaocncdjbedaeeo/ >>>>> > >>>>> > It is open source, and the code is available here: >>>>> > https://github.com/yuvipanda/yenWikipedia/. You can file issues here >>>>> > https://github.com/yuvipanda/yenWikipedia/issues/. >>>>> > >>>>> > Known issues: >>>>> > 1. Doesn't work when Google Instant is turned on (turn it off) >>>>> > 2. Doesn't work for some country specific subdomains (which don't >>>>> have >>>>> > /search url part. Current solution: use google.com :P) >>>>> > 3. Currently hardcoded to display links to tawiki only (Will have to >>>>> > build
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indic Language Wiki Results in Google (With a Chrome Extension)
Hi Srikanth (too many Srikanths!). Right now, you can use only one language at a time. Would links to multiple language wikis be useful? On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 12:27 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan < rsrikant...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yuvi, > Is this for one laguage at a time only, or any language, any time? > --Regards, > Srikanth R. > > On 14 April 2011 11:18, Vickram Crishna wrote: > >> I'm forwarding this to an acquaintance in Google, with a request to >> include multilingual results as a link in regular searches. >> >> >> On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 11:08 AM, Srikanth Lakshmanan > > wrote: >> >>> Great!! What more, this comes on Tamil New year !! >>> >>> Agree with Sundar that Google must push this from server side. Instead of >>> spending huge money on translations etc, these efforts actually help Indic / >>> regional language Wikipedia's >>> >>> Regards >>> Srikanth.L >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 10:58, BalaSundaraRaman >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Great, Yuvi. Let's all use this feature ourselves and hopefully Google >>>> will take not of it and promote the other language wiki pages in their >>>> search results themselves. >>>> >>>> - Sundar >>>> >>>> "That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium >>>> for the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted." >>>> - George Boole, quoted in Iverson's Turing Award Lecture >>>> >>>> --- On *Thu, 4/14/11, Yuvi Panda * wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> From: Yuvi Panda >>>> Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indic Language Wiki Results in Google >>>> (With a Chrome Extension) >>>> To: "Discussion list on Indian language projects of Wikimedia." < >>>> wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> >>>> Date: Thursday, April 14, 2011, 12:31 AM >>>> >>>> >>>> Update: I've now added ability to change language. Just go to >>>> 'Options' (from the extensions page) and enter your language code (hi >>>> for hindi, etc). Needs a big UX liftup though. >>>> >>>> On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 11:21 PM, Yuvi Panda >>>> http://mc/compose?to=yuvipa...@gmail.com>> >>>> wrote: >>>> > I've been working for a few hours on a Chrome extension to add links >>>> > to Indic Language Wiki pages when searching in Google. It hooks into >>>> > Google's search results, and if it finds an enwiki article (to which a >>>> > tawiki interwiki link also exists), it'll display it side by side. >>>> > Screenshot here: http://min.us/mbmIeeUOb8y00p#1 >>>> > >>>> > You can test the extension by installing it from here: >>>> > >>>> https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/gpoogepkjnjfmpijnpaocncdjbedaeeo/ >>>> > >>>> > It is open source, and the code is available here: >>>> > https://github.com/yuvipanda/yenWikipedia/. You can file issues here >>>> > https://github.com/yuvipanda/yenWikipedia/issues/. >>>> > >>>> > Known issues: >>>> > 1. Doesn't work when Google Instant is turned on (turn it off) >>>> > 2. Doesn't work for some country specific subdomains (which don't have >>>> > /search url part. Current solution: use google.com :P) >>>> > 3. Currently hardcoded to display links to tawiki only (Will have to >>>> > build an options dialog to support other languages) >>>> > 4. Needs a better logo (Help in this department would be highly >>>> appreciated :) ) >>>> > >>>> > I think this is one step forward in fixing the search issue - >>>> > discovering content in Indic Language wikis is now easier. >>>> > >>>> > Thanks to Srikanth Lakshmanan for alpha testing. >>>> > >>>> > Feedback welcome :) >>>> > >>>> > P.S. I'm also working on a Firefox version of this addon. Stay tuned >>>> :) >>>> > >>>> > -- >>>> > Yuvi Panda T >>>> > http://yuvi.in/blog >>>> > >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Yuvi Panda T >>>> http://yuvi.in/blog >>>> >>>>
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indic Language Wiki Results in Google (With a Chrome Extension)
Update: I've now added ability to change language. Just go to 'Options' (from the extensions page) and enter your language code (hi for hindi, etc). Needs a big UX liftup though. On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 11:21 PM, Yuvi Panda wrote: > I've been working for a few hours on a Chrome extension to add links > to Indic Language Wiki pages when searching in Google. It hooks into > Google's search results, and if it finds an enwiki article (to which a > tawiki interwiki link also exists), it'll display it side by side. > Screenshot here: http://min.us/mbmIeeUOb8y00p#1 > > You can test the extension by installing it from here: > https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/gpoogepkjnjfmpijnpaocncdjbedaeeo/ > > It is open source, and the code is available here: > https://github.com/yuvipanda/yenWikipedia/. You can file issues here > https://github.com/yuvipanda/yenWikipedia/issues/. > > Known issues: > 1. Doesn't work when Google Instant is turned on (turn it off) > 2. Doesn't work for some country specific subdomains (which don't have > /search url part. Current solution: use google.com :P) > 3. Currently hardcoded to display links to tawiki only (Will have to > build an options dialog to support other languages) > 4. Needs a better logo (Help in this department would be highly appreciated > :) ) > > I think this is one step forward in fixing the search issue - > discovering content in Indic Language wikis is now easier. > > Thanks to Srikanth Lakshmanan for alpha testing. > > Feedback welcome :) > > P.S. I'm also working on a Firefox version of this addon. Stay tuned :) > > -- > Yuvi Panda T > http://yuvi.in/blog > -- Yuvi Panda T http://yuvi.in/blog ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
[Wikimediaindia-l] Indic Language Wiki Results in Google (With a Chrome Extension)
I've been working for a few hours on a Chrome extension to add links to Indic Language Wiki pages when searching in Google. It hooks into Google's search results, and if it finds an enwiki article (to which a tawiki interwiki link also exists), it'll display it side by side. Screenshot here: http://min.us/mbmIeeUOb8y00p#1 You can test the extension by installing it from here: https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/gpoogepkjnjfmpijnpaocncdjbedaeeo/ It is open source, and the code is available here: https://github.com/yuvipanda/yenWikipedia/. You can file issues here https://github.com/yuvipanda/yenWikipedia/issues/. Known issues: 1. Doesn't work when Google Instant is turned on (turn it off) 2. Doesn't work for some country specific subdomains (which don't have /search url part. Current solution: use google.com :P) 3. Currently hardcoded to display links to tawiki only (Will have to build an options dialog to support other languages) 4. Needs a better logo (Help in this department would be highly appreciated :) ) I think this is one step forward in fixing the search issue - discovering content in Indic Language wikis is now easier. Thanks to Srikanth Lakshmanan for alpha testing. Feedback welcome :) P.S. I'm also working on a Firefox version of this addon. Stay tuned :) -- Yuvi Panda T http://yuvi.in/blog ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] URL Shortener in Tamil Wikipedia + URLs for Indic Wikipedia
Short Update. As requested by Srikanth, I've implemented the user configurable "URL Prefix" so any domain with proper forwarding can be used. I've also added a link by default to Toolbox. Will add base64 encoding soon. The Extension is live at http://wiki.busroutes.in. Example 'short' url is http://wiki.busroutes.in/wiki/Special:ShortUrl/18q. We could implement mod_rewrite rule and get it much shorter. Is there interest in getting this out to tawiki? We could have URLs like, http://ta.wikipedia.org/r/1d2 or similiar. -- Yuvi Panda T http://yuvi.in/blog ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] URL Shortener in Tamil Wikipedia + URLs for Indic Wikipedia
After talking with Srikanth for a bit more, I was able to quickly hackup this mediawiki extension[1] that does exactly the same thing tawp.in does now, but in the same domain. So you'll have URLs like http://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:ShortUrl/262. While definitely longer than http://tawp.in/r/262, it can be made much shorter via a simple apache mod_rewrite so http://ta.wikipedia.org/r/262 also works. The advantage of having it as an extension is, ofcourse, that the wikipedia is no longer dependent on code run on a 3rd party server (in this case, tawp.in). [1]: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ShortUrl Feedback welcome :) P.S. My first ever mediawiki extension. I've verified it works, but testing would be welcome too :) -- Yuvi Panda T http://yuvi.in/blog ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
