[WikimediaIndia-l] Re: WikiConference India 2025 - City Selection Announcement

[Subhashish]

Many congratulations everyone at Wikimedians of Kerala User Group. This is
such an exciting news.

On Sun, 3 Nov, 2024, 3:33 am Ranjith S,  wrote:

> Dear Soni, City Selection Group,
>
> Thank you for the great work regarding the selection of Kochi, Kerala, as
> the host city for WikiConference India 2025. We appreciate the efforts of
> the City Selection Group and the valuable input from all participating
> cities and Wikimedians.
>
> We are excited about this amazing opportunity to collaborate with the
> WCI25 Core Organising Team and contribute to making this conference a great
> success. Kochi's vibrant culture and welcoming atmosphere will surely
> provide an excellent backdrop for our gathering.
>
> We are thrilled about the opportunity to welcome Wikimedia contributors
> and other FOSS communities to Kochi, Kerala. Thank you to the community
> members for the support and endorsement for the proposal.
>
> Looking forward to further discussions and planning.
> See you all at Kochi.
>
> Best regards,
>
> *Ranjith Siji*
> Wikimedians of Kerala User Group
> wikimediakerala.in
>
> https://t.me/ranjithsiji,
> https://app.element.io/#/user/@ranjithsiji:matrix.org
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 2, 2024 at 2:03 PM Soni  wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Thank you for your interest. After discussions and looking at all the
>> criteria, the City Selection Group for WikiConference India has decided
>> that *WCI 25 will be held in Kochi, Kerala*. Thank you to both the
>> cities and all Wikimedians who shared their opinions!
>>
>> You can read more about the process at the meta page on
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:WikiConference_India_2025/City_Selection
>>
>> The WCI25 Core Organising Team are excited to work with Wikimedians of
>> Kerala for hosting a successful WikiConference India.
>>
>> Thank you
>> Soni
>> On behalf of City Selection Group
>> WikiConference India 2025
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[WikimediaIndia-l] Re: Court Verdict on Wikipedia

[Subhashish]

Thank you, Tasleemah!

Jayantilal, please refrain from assuming that I have taken asylum in
Canada. Please stop attacking personally another Wikimedian and digging up
their personal lives. Stay on the subject, not people you don't agree with.
People ought to disagree on their stands on a subject. That neither makes
them enemies or requires personal attack.

Everything I'm writing here is in my personal capacity and is purely about
this issue, rather than any individual. Sudhanwa, Yohann and you are
members of this community, and I have nothing against you, though you and
Sudhanwa have sadly chosen to personally attack me rather than discussing
the issue at hand.

I'm sure you've read the Wikipedia article lede about OpIndia that says,
"OpIndia is an Indian right-wing news website known for frequently
publishing misinformation.". And yet you choose to call their post a
"report" and attack me personally.

Secondly, the ANI Wikipedia entry says:

'Long-form reports by The Caravan and The Ken, along with reports by other
media watchdogs have detailed how the agency has served as a propaganda
tool of the incumbent government."

What's very clear is that the Wikipedia entry merely cites prior reports
published and available publicly. Wikipedia does is *NOT* a primary source
of information. Anyone who has made any serious Wikipedia edits, would know
that already.

Mishi Choudhary, a renowned lawyer and free software advocate has written
about this in her recent tweet:

https://x.com/MishiChoudhary/status/1832527564541186071?t=rmQdJUUag5GK2NhYp3fwdA&s=19


Lastly, the Wikimedia community is not responsible for what's published in
the Ken and the Caravan reports. I haven't personally edited the ANI
article, but would assume good faith that the Wikipedians who have
contributed to the same have summarized news reports and cited those
reports. That to me is how Wikipedia articles are written. Since Wikimedia
Foundation manages the Wikipedia servers, the honourable court must have
summoned them. Jayantilal, you chose to ignore the Trust and Safety contact
I shared but it would valuable to reach out to them and inform about your
worries. They are good people and are trained to handle community safety
and security-related issues. In my last email I merely pointed out that WMF
staffers that are not a part of the T&S team wouldn't know the best
recourse. I don't know much what's happening with WCI but that's unrelated
and I wouldn't assume that any professional doing their job is oblivious to
a real issue and is focusing on an event.

 That said, the issue is real and need WMF's attention. Ad hominem is the
last way to solve it.

Subhashish
On Tue, 10 Sept, 2024, 2:35 am abdulkareem tesleemah, 
wrote:

> I have also reached out to the chair of the WMF BoT, I don't know if it
> that will help speed up the process from the legal end.
>
> Regards,
> Tesleemah.
>
> On Tue, 10 Sept 2024, 07:09 abdulkareem tesleemah, 
> wrote:
>
>> This article released by opindia is flawed in all angles. Continually
>> dragging editors is the highest of it and using the openness of the
>> community against it, or how many community can you access that much
>> information? This is a propaganda and a backlash on all Wikimedia editors,
>> not just the community in India.
>>
>> Looking forward to back up plans by the legal committee and the
>> administrators from india as I  am sure this issue will be addressed soon.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 10 Sept 2024, 03:26 Jayantilal Kothari, 
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> https://www.opindia.com/2024/09/opindia-wikipedia-full-research-paper-left-bias-financial-links-india-law/?s=08
>>>
>>>
>>>  Hello,
>>>
>>> Please check this report, while I don't really agree with what's said
>>> here in any way, I am worried because we volunteers don't know what steps
>>> are being taken if any. I won't be surprised if WMF is more interested in
>>> collecting funds from fundraising and ignoring high court and the backlash.
>>>
>>> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bkwkylx0KcfSGnyVkhEApeJfIkTwVdjf/view?usp=drive_link
>>>
>>>
>>> They are even writing on Google and Wikimedia Foundation and calling our
>>> editors anti-national. This needs to be stopped.
>>>
>>> Subhashish, while it may be easy for you to dismiss these issues while
>>> taking asylum in Canada, please see the emotional torture this takes on
>>> other sincere editors and volunteers in India. After years of passionate
>>> volunteering, they now find themselves unjustly shamed. This is absolutely
>>> ridiculous.
>>>
>>> I a

[WikimediaIndia-l] Re: Court Verdict on Wikipedia

[Subhashish]

Dear Jayantilal,

Let's call a spade a spade -- the court case is filed by a propaganda news
site that wants names of Wikimedians when it's a clear violation of their
privacy, a fundamental right guaranteed to every citizen by the
constitution.

Asking any staffer (there are over 700 of them) is never useful when WMF
has a dedicated Trust and Safety team (
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation/Legal/Community_Resilience_and_Sustainability/Trust_and_Safety).
*Have you written to them asking specific questions?*

I'm going to assume that WMF's counsels are looking into this seriously as
they constantly monitor such issues and this is discussed on many national
media in India. I really wonder how writing to WMF via a bunch ot community
mailing lists, that's completely managed by volunteer Wikimedians, would
help. At best, this is sensationalist. Also, can any WMF staffer who is not
directly a part of T&S or legal team know answers to legal and safety
questions?
Subhashish

On Fri, 6 Sept, 2024, 3:09 pm Jayantilal Kothari, 
wrote:

> Hi, I am sure most of you have already read Delhi Court comments on
> Wikipedia.
>
>
> https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/ani-wikipedia-defamation-case-if-you-dont-like-india-delhi-high-courts-tough-talk-for-wikipedia-6496462/amp/1
>
> As a long time editor most of us don't like such things. We do edits based
> on referencing and not personal interest. There are pages on other language
> Wikipedia which are biased but not English.
>
> Even if someone tries to do it some other editor gets it corrected. Now as
> a Wikipedian I want to know what steps are staff members taking.
> There are so many staff members in India never in history but no one is
> replying.
>
> I have personally tried asking two of them. One person said he does not
> look into it while others told me she is more interested in doing
> WikiConference India 2025. Someone from staff please reply to this present
> situation and inform the volunteers on what steps you are taking.
>
> Please don't treat Indian Courts lightly.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Jayantilal
>
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[WikimediaIndia-l] Re: CIS-A2K Scholarships for Indic Wikimedians

[Subhashish]

Many congratulations, Hoponbabu, Komal, Nayan and Nettime. Really happy and
excited for all of you.

Subhashish


On Wed, May 15, 2024 at 9:50 AM Satdeep Gill  wrote:

> Oh, this is such a lovely news! This is a worthy investment.
> Congratulations to the selected participants. I am sure it will be a great
> experience. Do make sure seek advice on submitting a good visa application.
> I am sure CIS is already thinking about that.
>
> I would recommend some orientation for first-time Wikimania attendees,
> similar to the one for Wikimedia Summit organised earlier this year. It
> would be valuable even if it’s an online conversation.
>
> Regards
> Satdeep Gill
>
> On 15 May 2024, at 6:54 PM, Neechal Karan  wrote:
>
> 
> Congratulations for the recipients. This initiative definitely helps to
> bridge the representation gap between many communities in yesteryears.
>
> Regards,
> Neechalkaran.
>
> On Wed, 15 May, 2024, 5:58 pm Pavan Santhosh,  wrote:
>
>> Dear Indic Wikimedians,
>>
>> I hope this email finds you well.
>>
>> I am pleased to announce that CIS-A2K is extending scholarships to four
>> Indian Wikimedians. These scholarships aim to provide an opportunity for
>> these individuals to represent their community and projects on the global
>> Wikimedia stage, connect with various Wikimedia communities and bring back
>> ideas and good energy to their home communities.
>>
>> The selected candidates have been chosen based on criteria and in
>> consultation with Wikimania Organising Committee 2024 such as their online
>> contributions and diversity, including both community and gender
>> representation.
>>
>> Here are the names of the scholarship recipients:
>>
>>- Nettime Sujata (Bangla Wikisource)
>>- Komal Sambhudas (Marathi Wikisource)
>>- Ramjit Tudu (Santali Wikipedia)
>>- Nayan JNath (Assamese Wikipedia)
>>
>> The major objective behind offering these scholarships is to provide an
>> avenue for Indian Wikimedians who have been actively contributing to the
>> community but have not yet had the opportunity to connect with the global
>> Wikimedia community. We believe that facilitating their participation in
>> global events can further enrich the diversity and collaboration within the
>> Wikimedia movement.
>>
>> We extend our heartfelt congratulations to the scholarship recipients and
>> thank them for their valuable contributions to the Wikimedia community.
>> Please join us in celebrating their achievements and supporting them in
>> this exciting journey.
>>
>> If you have any questions or would like further information, please feel
>> free to reach out to us.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Pavan Santhosh,
>> Program Manager,
>> On behalf of CIS-A2K.
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[WikimediaIndia-l] Re: WikimediaIndia-l Digest, Vol 2341, Issue 1

[Subhashish]

I'm baffled to see someone with a long contribution to the FOSS and
Wikimedia movement *not* assuming good faith and attacking publicly in the
first place. Lest we forget, the UCOC highlights:

"2.1 MUTUAL RESPECT — Respect all Wikimedians to show respect for others.
In communicating with people, whether in online or offline Wikimedia
environments, we will treat each other with mutual respect." (the
sub-clauses further detail about empathy and other required behavioural
attributes)

Also, long movement association does not and should not give impunity to
exhibit bad behaviour. It's in fact the opposite, meaning, those with
longer association are expected to go an extra mile to ensure the Wikimedia
movement becomes healthier and not hostile. I'm sure Mahatma Gandhi, who
Abhijit has quoted, would have wanted that.

Also, "post-colonial India" is equivalent to "Independent India" but only
more specific. (more on that evident from how Goa and erstwhile independent
states, such as the Gadajata states in Orissa, were annexed  after 1947)
"Post-colonial" is a more historically objective term here. So,
"post-colonial" is not a bad framing to highlight with specificity for
everything after the colonial British rule. It's laughable to think that
"post-colonial" glorifies the colonial rule when it does the exact opposite
in certain contexts.

I find it offensive to even think that it's okay to erase the labour of
hundreds and thousands of our peoples (emphasis of "peoples" as we are an
extremely diverse country with multiple ethnicities, religions, genders,
castes, and cultures) that resulted in the so-called colonial-era heritage.
For sure the colonial-era heritage was built with labour of people of this
country even the architectural style might reflect Victorian one. How could
we even wipe off the hard work of our own ancestors? I think, a
21st-century reimagination of cultural heritage would always place human
labour above architectural style, and that doesn't just apply to only
colonial-era heritage but all the heritage.

I have personally never met Medhavi and others at he Heritage Lab, but have
been reading about their work for the last few years. To say the very
least, the language on their site, above all, is very well written. For
someone who went to an Indian language-medium school (as a perk, English
classes are taught in Indian languages!), I don’t find the language to be
against the Wikimedia movmenent. I think it's a welcome step for a
non-Wikimedia affiliate to run a campaign that would eventually encourage
Wikimedians to contribute to Wikimedia movement. For the sake of argument,
one might say that it's better to run a similar campaign with their
preferred choice of vocabulary to compare the outcomes with another
campaign with vocabulary they don't agree with. It's certainly an area to
study if use of the term "post-independence" yields better result  than a
campaign that uses the term "post-colonial even though I'd caution against
burnout of volunteers.

I think it's an absolute waste of collective time at a rather distressing
time when thousands of lives are lost in the name of claiming thousands of
years of glorious past in an ongoing and "post-oppression" attack on
civilians.

But all that is outside of this campaign. I'll refrain from responding to
any post in this thread that derail the actual conversation.

Subhashish

On Wed, 8 Nov, 2023, 2:44 am Dr. Abhijeet Safai, 
wrote:

> (Reposting with minor corrections*)
> Dear All,
>
> It is very disturbing to see this kind of language for a past president of
> Wikimedia Foundation's India Chapter! I do not want to go into merits of
> stands each one are having (for the sake of argument, let's even believe
> that Sudhanwa sir is wrong here), but this kind of language is not our
> heritage is for sure!
>
> This could have been said in a better way too without accusations (please
> note once we start accusing, we cannot cry foul when another person accuses
> us in return). I strongly condemn all these baseless accusations. I know
> Sudhanwa sir in person and it will take many lives for us to understand his
> greatness and his contribution to Wikipedia and Open Source movement! (BTW
> he is pioneer of FOSS activities in Pune). He is so great that I also do
> not know his greatness in totality. I have understood it in bits and pieces
> these things indirectly, because he does not tell them by his own mouth.
>
> This kind of thinking (pacifying) is definitely not mine and I have
> learned it from Mahatma Gandhi from his book titled 'My Non Violence' which
> can be found on this
> <https://www.mkgandhi.org/mynonviolence/my_nonviolence.htm>link. It is
> freely available  in public domain. I strongly sugges

[Wikimediaindia-l] Re: Request for Transparency Regarding WMF Staff in India

[Subhashish]

I find this email better worded than the other one in this list a few days
back which was also about different issues.

Some of these issues, though I'm not personally aware of, certainly need to
be addressed by WMF.

Thank you for upholding the importance of the community by saying -- "I am
okay with WMF staff being paid, but it should not undermine unpaid
volunteers and the movement's ethos." Can't agree more.

While I see public listing of WMF staff and contractors both on-wiki [1]
and the Foundation's official site, WMF staff in India might mean staff and
contractors who are hired both for long-term and short-term and part-time
roles. It could also mean those who play global roles (say, engineering
staffers) but reside in India and don't necessarily interface only with the
India-based community. Their participation in a national level event could
be an one-off thing.

But those nuances apart, the volunteer and staff dynamics certainly is a
topic worth discussing.

A worse social phenomenon in India is a foreigner being treated with more
dignity than a local. The intersectionality of caste, gender, fluency in
English, intergenerational privilege and many other social factors play a
role. I still think this is not a standalone issue and should be discussed
(and investigated if needed) keeping in mind the intersectionality.

1. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimedia_Foundation_staff

Subha

On Wed, May 3, 2023, 11:09 PM Jayantilal Kothari 
wrote:

> Dear Maryana Iskander and Wikimedia Foundation,
>
> I hope this email finds you well. I am writing to request more
> transparency about the roles and responsibilities of WMF staff in India. I
> am assuming good faith and believe that any issues arising are
> unintentional; however, these occurrences seem to be negatively impacting
> the overall movement.
>
> It has come to my attention that WMF allocates a relatively small amount
> of funds to the Indian community. This implies that a significant portion
> of donor money is spent on staff, making it crucial to ensure that donors
> and the Wiki community are aware of how the funds are being utilized and
> the impact generated.
>
> Firstly, I have noticed that WMF hires non-community staff members who may
> be initially unfamiliar with the Wikimedia community and movement in
> general. This is not an issue as long as newly recruited staff members are
> willing to work collaboratively with the community, rather than competing
> with them. Unfortunately, there have been instances where this has not been
> the case, such as WMF India staff paying Instagram users without consulting
> the community, and the recent WikiConference India, where WMF staff
> overshadowed volunteer committees and took over volunteer roles during
> conference planning.
>
> Initially, I thought that privacy concerns might be the reason behind the
> lack of transparency. However, during the recent conference, I observed
> that such staff members were comfortable being on stage and being
> identified as WMF Staff amongst friends from the industry whom they invited
> to the conference. It appears that more people from the industry are aware
> of WMF India staff's existence than the community itself. Some staff
> members were keen to take credit for the entire movement and even
> conference planning in front of the volunteer community and friends from
> the industry. It might help and advance the careers of WMF India staff by
> showcasing WikiConference India on their resumes, but the main purpose of
> such community events is to give a chance to community leadership and to
> celebrate unpaid community members. I am okay with WMF staff being paid,
> but it should not undermine unpaid volunteers and the movement's ethos.
>
> The Wiki community looks up to WMF staff for support, but now there is a
> fear that WMF staff may hijack community programs and stages, with
> WikiConference India being a recent example.
>
> There seems to be a lot of mystery surrounding the roles and
> responsibilities of WMF India staff members and their interactions with
> volunteer communities. The Wiki community is dedicated to the mission and
> will continue to thrive even without WMF staff. I believe it is crucial for
> WMF to publicly share the roles, responsibilities, and outcomes of the WMF
> India staff over the last few years. This transparency will enable
> community members and donors to appreciate the efforts of WMF India staff,
> as currently, the impact of their work remains unknown.
>
> I kindly request that WMF provides a list of all WMF India staff members
> and their achievements, so we can celebrate their accomplishments and
> collaborate with them more effectively.
>
> Looking forward to your response.
>
> With Regards,
> Jayantilal
> --
> Regards,
>
> Jayantilal
>
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Re: Wikiconference India 2023 -what's happening?

[Subhashish]

I'm not bring able to attend or haven't been played any role in organising,
but petty accusation based on no real substance, that to from two members
of the community with long experience, reflects 0% assumptions of any good
faith. This  would hurt the community spirit. Why page not updated
considered secrecy? Why questions framed for fellow volunteers so
sensational. We all at some point found things missing and have added a
word in random pages. I don't know most of the people organising the event
but many new community members are able to bring together the larger Indian
community after long, especially when the risks of the pandemic are less.

Registration-based entry is not secrecy. Walk-in is not openness. Safe
spaces are always created by building a layer or controlled and vetted
entry. We all saw what kind of interesting events happened in Mumbai back
in 2011. Wikimedians and their physical safety are much more important that
an abstract, self-professed version of openness.

On Fri, Apr 28, 2023, 2:44 AM Sudhanwa Jogalekar 
wrote:

> WOW!!
>
> I completely agree with Pavanja !!
>
> Looks like this conference is some kind of secret mission!!
>
> There is hardly any activity about it on the mailing list or even on wiki.
>
> For no reason, secrecy is seen everywhere eg. Check the team page.
>
>
> Asaf says, ad hoc attendance is discouraged. But without any disclosure of
> the venue, such attendance is not going to happen at all !!
>
> Where is the openness and trust that exist on Wikipedia reflected in the
> conference??
>
> Or possibly that 90+ lakhs budget amount is to be spent secretly !!
>
> Ironically the theme of the conference is "Strengthening bonds" !! Looks
> like there are very secret bonds to be developed there !!
>
>
> Anyways, all the best wishes to the conference!!
>
> Well, I was thinking of sending some press release to the media. Nothing
> available about it on the conference website.
>
> Regards
> Sudhanwa
>
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 28, 2023, 12:29 AM Asaf Bartov  wrote:
>
>> Hi, Pavanaja.
>>
>> As the conference FAQ page[1] mentions, there will be no streaming, and
>> walk-in ad hoc attendance is discouraged.
>>
>> Folks who have registered have received all the information.
>>
>> As for documentation by participants, I'm sure that will begin to show up
>> once the conference proper begins (tomorrow morning).
>>
>>A.
>>
>> [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2023/FAQ
>>
>> On Thu, 27 Apr 2023, 20:33  wrote:
>>
>>> Namaste,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Wkiconference India 2023 starts tomorrow. The home page is here -
>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2023
>>>
>>> I have many questions –
>>>
>>>- Where the event is happening?
>>>- If someone just wants to walk-in, where he/she should go?
>>>- Sessions are listed. But no details. There could have been link to
>>>the submissions so that we can know what are the details
>>>- No mention of links to online streaming. No live streaming?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I just observed something peculiar about this event. Most details, for
>>> ex., venue, are kept as secret. What is the necessity to do so? When I
>>> travel to such events, I start posting in social media (FB, Insta, Twitter,
>>> Whatsapp status) about the event, start posting photos from airport itself
>>> till end of event. So far I did not see a single post about the event, the
>>> venue, the goodies, the sessions, etc. What’s going on? Whether the
>>> organisers have put a ban on such activities? If that is the case, then it
>>> is totally against the philosophy of free knowledge and open society.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I am just wondering. I am sure many more also will be wondering.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks and regards,
>>>
>>> Pavanaja
>>>
>>>
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Re: Women's Month Datahon on Commons: CIS-A2K & CPUG

[Subhashish]

Those are some bizarre allegations. CIS-A2K supports the work of the
Wikimedia community and is a Wikimedia affiliate. When there are existing
channels to communicate, namely Wikimedia India mailing list and several
Indian language/city-based mailing lists that are moderated by
representatives from the community, why should CIS create a new list? Isn't
that the opposite of being a catalyst programme?

I'd strongly suggest to even read about the Women's History Month on
Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women's_History_Month) before
asking who "decided". Wikimedia communities "decide" together. Also, what
exactly is the issue here?

Lastly, how could CIS staff censor your posts to a list that they don't
moderate? This list is moderated by volunteers who are Wikipedians like you
and me.

For full clarification, I am a Wikimedian and I was a part of CIS-A2K from
2012-2016 but don't a formal relation any more. Like many others, I am also
critical of their work as any Wikimedian should be.

Subhashish


On Thu, Mar 30, 2023 at 7:45 AM Shyamal Bagchi 
wrote:

> It seems the interest of CIS-A2K and that of other Wikimedians do
> not coincide.
> Surely this is a Wikimedia-India mailing list and not a CIS-A2K mailing
> list ?.
> For eg. who has decided that .. We already know that March month is known
> as Women’s month.
>
> I am especially upset that CIS people are censoring my postings to the
> mailing list
>
> Dr. Shymal Bagchi.
>
> On Wed, 22 Mar 2023 at 18:52, Nitesh Gill  wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> Women's Month Datathon on Commons has already been started on 21 March
>> (yesterday). There is an online session from 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm (after 1
>> hour). If you are interested to participate please find the meeting page
>> link and meeting link
>>
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/Women%27s_Month_Datathon_on_Commons/Online_Session
>>
>> Sessions info
>> *Women’s Month Datathon on Commons Online Session*
>> *Wednesday* 22 Mar · 8 – 9 PM
>> *Google Meet link*: https://meet.google.com/kbz-yaef-ufy
>>
>> Regards,
>> Nitesh
>> (CIS-A2K)
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 20, 2023 at 11:37 AM Nitesh Gill  wrote:
>>
>>> Good morning all,
>>>
>>> This is a gentle reminder about the activity we shared with you a few
>>> days ago. The Women's Month Datathon on Commons activity will be only
>>> restricted to Wikimedia Commons. We request to interested Wikimedians
>>> please first go through the rules carefully only when starting editing
>>> under this contest cum datathon.
>>>
>>> You can get more details of the event on the meta page and what tasks we
>>> will fulfil from 21st to 31st March.
>>>
>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/Women%27s_Month_Datathon_on_Commons
>>>
>>> There will be an online session on 22 March (Wednesday) from 8:00 pm to
>>> 9:00 pm. We are scheduling it just after the event's starting date (21
>>> March 2023). Suyash Divwedi will be there for the session to present the
>>> importance of categorisations, structure data and how it works, and why we
>>> are focusing on it and he will demonstrate as well. If you are willing to
>>> join please sign up here and you will find the meeting link on the page
>>> only.
>>>
>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/Women%27s_Month_Datathon_on_Commons/Online_Session
>>>
>>> If you have any questions or queries please do not hesitate to contact
>>> me or you can also write on the event talk page
>>>
>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:CIS-A2K/Events/Women%27s_Month_Datathon_on_Commons/Online_Session&action=edit&redlink=1
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Nitesh
>>> (CIS-A2K)
>>>
>>> On Sun, Mar 12, 2023 at 10:44 PM Nitesh Gill 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello all,
>>>>
>>>> Hope you are doing well. Glad to meet you again and appreciate your
>>>> involvement in the Wikimedia movement. We already know that March month is
>>>> known as Women’s month. A lot of campaigns or events are going on to
>>>> celebrate the month. For the same purpose, CIS-A2K and Commons
>>>> Photographers User Group (CPUG) have planned an online activity for March.
>>>> For the same purpose, CIS-A2K and Commons Photography User Group have
>>>> designed an online activity for March.
>>>>
>>>> The activity will focus on Wikimedia Commons and it will begin on 21
>>>> March and end

[Wikimediaindia-l] Re: Update about my role at CIS-A2K

[Subhashish]

Wishing you a quick recovery, Tito. Thank you for your contribution to the
Wikimedia movement both through programmatic and volunteer roles. As a
former coworker, I wish you all the best in your future endeavors. Glad
that you are going to continue as a Wikimedian.

On Sun, Jun 12, 2022, 3:01 AM Tito Dutta  wrote:

> Greetings/Namaskara,
> Hope this email finds you well. I want to give an update about my role at
> CIS-A2K. On 11 July 2022, I'll step down from my position at CIS-A2K.
> Because of health issues, and personal reasons, this was important for me
> to take a break from programmatic activities.
>
> This has been a very delightful and wonderful experience. I have learnt a
> lot from the communities and the community members. There have been many
> wonderful memories.
> I sincerely thank you for everything.
>
> Although I'll leave the program, this is not a retirement from the
> Wikimedia movement, I'll continue to edit and work on Wikimedia projects in
> my volunteer capacity.
>
> Programmatic updates or upcoming plans will be shared by CIS-A2K
> separately.
>
> Thanking you once again,
> Sincerely,
> Tito Dutta
> Member, Access to Knowledge
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia Wikimeet 2021 : Registration for participation open until 16 February 2021!

[Subhashish]

Thanks for sharing this, Jayanta. I see the sitenotice in my home wiki but
there is no option for translating the notice. Can any of the organisers
add that please? It's not a good idea to put up notices on different wikis
in English, especially when there is no prior discussion in the respective
village pump about one such notice going out.

Thanks! Regards
Subha

On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 6:00 AM Jayanta Nath  wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> We are excited to announce that registration for participation has been
> opened for Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021, the upcoming online wiki-event
> which is to be conducted from 19 – 21 February 2021 during the occasion of
> International Mother Language Day. The registration will remain open until
> 16 February 2021.
>
> You can register yourself here -
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Registration
>
> If you have any questions or comments please contact w...@cis-india.org 
> Otherwise,
> please continue to follow our program and developments on Wikimedia
> wikimeet 2021 on meta-wiki.
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021
>
> Please help us by forwarding this email to relevant lists!
>
> Jayanta Nath
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Gift Wikipedia a Citation on its 20th Birthday!

[Subhashish]

Dear Holalkere Rangarao Laxmivenkatesh,

Every Wikimedian's contribution is of great value and the movement should
respect their volunteer contribution perpetually. So is yours contribution.
But this mailing list is not a place to fix a IP address block. You should
discuss on Kannada Wikipedia Village Pump (
http://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:VP), and NOT here. If you have already
discussed and the issue is unsolved you can contact a steward instead. But
all that should happen in your home community -- the Kannada Wikipedia and
Kannada Wikimedia projects.

I have seen your messages several times in this list. If none has flagged
it already, it seems to me like hijacking another discussion. This
particular discussion is about a Wikipedia event, not solving an issue with
IP addresses. It would be very unfortunate if such a time-sensitive issue
is hijacked to solve a personal user account issue. There is a separate
forum to discuss and solve that. Please refrain from such repeated spams. I
will also request mods to moderate such posts while assuming good faith.

Subhashish


On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 10:40 AM Holalkere Rangarao Laxmivenkatesh <
hrl.venkat...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Sir,
> I'm very happy to learn that *20 years of wikipedia (Eng)  service is
> going to be +,  **celebrated and lots of preparations are going on.* This
> is a worthy cause. I remember a decade of service of *Wikipedia *was
> Celebrated at *Sophia college, churchgate, South Mumbai on  31st October,
> 2010, *where I participated as Kannada language editor along with my
> friends, Shri. Hariprasad nadig, and Shrikant mishrikoti. I met *Mr.
> Jimmy Wales* after his presentation of his lecture.
> *Even in the year 2005 :*
> *It was way back in 2005,  Shri. Hari Prasad Nadig and  we started
> contributing to kannada wikipedia, which was in the embryonic state. (It
> has not made a beginning and very few articles were there in kannada
> language) Now wikipedia has grown in length and breadth, including,
> Konkani, Tulu languages by the efforts of various Administrators and other
> staff members.*
> *Battle cry :*
> I would like to call it a *battle cry *in my case. My IP has been blocked
> and not allowed me to contribute articles and edit the old ones. Of course
> I admit that I have violated some rules. That is purely because I'm an old
> timer (now I'm going to be 77 on 24th, January, 2021)  and not
> accustomed with the modern rules and regulations. Believe me  my intention
> was purely to  contribute as many number of articles as possible in
> kannada language.
> *In spite of contributing nearly a thousand articles, in kannada and half
> dozen articles in English, I'm sidelined and my pride is hurt, and now I
> face so much insult among my family members. This is a terrible  insult for
> me.*
> *I know very well that this is not a place to tell my egony, but there is
> no one to listen to me. Please pardon me. and allow me continue my work of
> editing and creating articles with pictures taken by my camera*.
>
> *I have decided,  and hardened  my mind not to brood over the past. I
> deserve this humiliation and insult. I will face it. All the best and let
> Wikipedia further grow to greater heights. **God bless Wikipedia !*
>
> *-Radhatanaya (H.R.Laxmivenkatesh)*
> *Mumbai-84*
> *M : 9004356819*
>
> Link  :  
> *https://ve1ka2te3sh4.wordpress.com/2016/06/13/wikipedia-celebrates-10th-anniversary-at-the-sophia-college-mumbai/
> <https://ve1ka2te3sh4.wordpress.com/2016/06/13/wikipedia-celebrates-10th-anniversary-at-the-sophia-college-mumbai/>*
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 7:40 AM Tito Dutta  wrote:
>
>> Namaskara,
>> This is an interesting thought " Gift Wikipedia a Citation on its 20th
>> Wikipedia". Perhaps some of you would like to try it/find the email
>> interesting.
>> Quick link: The tool mentioned at [1] in the email below is Citation
>> Hunt: https://citationhunt.toolforge.org/
>> I checked and it looks like we do not have this tool for a few Indian
>> languages. This page states how to add a new language support:
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Citation_Hunt#Adding_support_for_a_new_language
>> Thanks
>> User:Titodutta
>>
>>
>> -- Forwarded message -
>> প্রেরক: Felix Nartey 
>> Date: বৃহস্পতি, ১৪ জানু, ২০২১ তারিখে ৫:২২ AM টায়
>> Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Gift Wikipedia a Citation on its 20th Birthday!
>> To: , Wikimedia & Libraries <
>> librar...@lists.wikimedia.org>, #1Lib1Ref general list <
>> 1lib1...@lists.wikimedia.org>
>>
>>
>> To commemorate Wikipedia's birthday, we will once again be adding
>> citations to improve the reliability of the platform. This

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indic Wiki20 logo

[Subhashish]

I found some [1, 2, 3, 4] if not many but these sample graphics seem to be
commissioned by Wikimedia Foundation whereas there is certainly scope [5]
for creating more that are more relevant to South Asia/India. I personally
want to create some.

1. Henna/mehendi:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WP20Symbols_MEHNDI.svg
2. Bengali text Gyama:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WP20Symbols_GHYAMA.svg
3. Wikimedia Incubator including the Devanagari text Nepali:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WP20Symbols_WIKI_INCUBATOR.svg
4. Symbol Hamsa:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WP20Symbols_HAMSA.svg
5.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_20/Material#Making_your_own_birthday_symbol

Subhashish


On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 10:28 PM  wrote:

> Namaste,
>
>
>
> I hope everyone knows Wikipedia will complete 20 years on Jan 15, 2021.
> Heavy preparations are going on to celebrate it. There are many graphics &
> logos created for this purpose and are available at -
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_20/Material and
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_20_symbols. But I
> did not find any Indic/India specific logos/graphics. Anyone is working on
> this?
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Pavanaja
>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Mass uploading to commons

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

Have you tried Pattypan (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Pattypan)? 
That is perfect for bulk uploads. It also allows organizing metadata in a 
spreadsheet. The link above also has guides for using it for the first time.

Subhashish

> On 13-Nov-2020, at 11:04 AM,  
>  wrote:
> 
> Namaste,
>  
> I have created 476 files of animated GIFs of Kannada gunithaksharas. These 
> are extensions of the animations found in this page - 
> https://kn.wikipedia.org/s/ap. How do I do this other than manually uploading 
> them?
>  
> Thanks and regards,
> Pavanaja
>  
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] A2K: Programme Director update

[Subhashish]

Great news -- thanks for sharing this, Tito. Many congratulations Amber.
The Wikimedia movement couldn't have asked for a better leader so embedded
in India's tech policy and the larger legal discourse to lead the A2K team.

Subha


On Mon, Oct 19, 2020 at 11:59 AM Satdeep Gill  wrote:

> Thank you for the update Tito.
>
> I am looking forward to work with Amber in the near future.
> Congratulations to him on this new role.
>
> Best
> Satdeep
>
> On Mon, Oct 19, 2020, 10:44 AM Tito Dutta  wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> Hope this email finds you well and safe. Here is an update from the
>> Access to Knowledge (A2K) team. Currently Mr. Amber Sinha is the Programme
>> Director of the Access to Knowledge team for this programme year. He is
>> also the the current executive director (ED) of the Centre for Internet and
>> Internet and Society (CIS). Amber Sinha has been associated with CIS for a
>> few years now. He is a free-knowledge enthusiast and eager to serve the
>> Wikimedia movement in India. To know more about him please see:
>> https://cis-india.org/about/people/cis-team-members#Amber%20Sinha and
>> writings: https://cis-india.org/author/amber
>> We wanted to send this email earlier, but this update is a little delayed
>> for various reasons.
>>
>> Once on-ground Wiki-events resume he will be attending Wiki-events so
>> that the community can talk to him in person. He can be reached at:
>> am...@cis-india.org and on Meta-wiki with Wikimedia username: Amber
>> (CIS-A2K).
>> Regards,
>> Tito Dutta
>> Acceess to Knowledge
>> t...@cis-india.org
>>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of the Indic MediaWiki Developers User Group

[Subhashish]

Congratulations everyone from the Indic MediaWiki Developers User Group!

--
Subha

On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 12:28 AM Amir E. Aharoni <
amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il> wrote:

> Very cool! Congratulations!
>
> --
> Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי
> http://aharoni.wordpress.com
> ‪“We're living in pieces,
> I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore‬
>
>
> ‫בתאריך יום ד׳, 14 באוק׳ 2020 ב-19:39 מאת ‪Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight‬‏ <‪
> rosiestep.w...@gmail.com‬‏>:‬
>
>> Hi everyone!
>>
>> I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized
>> [1] Indic MediaWiki Developers User Group [2] as a Wikimedia User Group.
>> The group aims to provide technical support to Indic Wikimedia projects and
>> community members"; technical support is provided in the areas of
>> user-scripts, gadgets, tools, extensions, Lua modules, templates, MediaWiki
>> core etc. On-Wiki support is the predominant focus of the group, however,
>> outreach activities are also taken up from time to time, such as MediaWiki
>> training, mentoring Google Summer of Code students etc.
>>
>> Please join me in congratulating the members of this new user group!
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight
>>
>> Chair, Affiliations Committee
>>
>> [1]
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Indic_MediaWiki_Developers_User_Group
>> 
>> [2]
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Recognition_of_Indic_MediaWiki_Developers_User_Group
>> 
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Secret WMF Job of Krishna Chaitanya Velaga

[Subhashish]

Dear Arvind Menon,

It's not the question of your username/real identity but about protocols of
an organization that is staff-led and is run with some community oversight.
This list, on the other hand, is a volunteer-led forum. So, I'd concur with
Tito that jumping into conclusions too fast is not ideal. Now that Asaf has
suggested writing to the WMF HR, you might want to write to them directly
and share your concerns. If you still think that there is a need for
community intervention after they respond, that would be a good starting
point. Otherwise, it might result in tarnishing a volunteer for no credible
reason based on assumptions and suspicions. The second thing I'd strongly
suggest is the timing. We all are going through a terrible time thanks to
COVID-19. Having this hard two-day-deadline might not be productive. If you
really think that this is extremely time-sensitive and needs to be solved
as soon as possible, then getting in touch with WMF could be faster. I am
guessing it would be less scandalous and less sensational. Let's assume
good faith until proven wrong.

Subha
(Disclaimer: I have worked for WMF and for CIS-A2K (a WMF
grantee/affiliate) in the past, and I'm writing this with my volunteer
capacity.)

On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 9:07 AM Tito Dutta  wrote:

> Greetings, these days I often get 2 emails when someone sends an email to
> a list. One from the mailing list and another from the Wikimedia Space.
> Anyway, I am not worried about the Wiki-identity/username part here, nor I
> asked that. However, conclusions were made really fast. I am unsure if it
> can be called Whistleblowing.
> Thanks
> User:Titodutta
> (Wikipedia editor, post in personal capacity)
>
>
>
> On Fri, 19 Jun 2020 at 08:31, Arvind Menon  wrote:
>
>> First of all I am not spreading any lies. Please check what information I
>> received from WMF Community Program Director
>>
>> '''Hi Arvind, Krishna had been working on a contract with Community
>> Programs but that wrapped up a couple of months ago. '''
>>
>> Now Krishna has also accepted he was on contract and said there is
>> documentation and would provide details in likely 1-2 days. Now 3-4 days
>> have passed and wish the details can be shared.
>>
>> I could not find any User page with his name and in bracket WMF or
>> Contract and also any Meta page where it is written. This always happen
>> everytime with WMF Contractors.
>>
>> How was the selection process done? This is also not clear and no mention
>> in the reply. If it is a lateral entry and that too without announcement
>> and documentation this raises serious doubts on WMF.
>>
>> NOTE - This is not a fake profile. I will share my User Name when I feel
>> comfortable that no one will harass me. Learn to protect the identity of
>> Whistleblower.   I will definitely share my User Name and clear everyone do
>> not worry.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 18 Jun 2020 at 00:44, Asaf Bartov  wrote:
>>
>>> Hello.
>>>
>>> If you feel WMF was misled into hiring a non-competent Hindi speaker for
>>> liaising with the Hindi community, I encourage you to write to the
>>> Foundation's Human Resources department at h...@wikimedia.org, and it
>>> will be reviewed, and if necessary, whatever procedural flaw caused it will
>>> be rectified.
>>>
>>> This mailing list cannot address this issue.
>>>
>>>A.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jun 17, 2020, 21:48 Piyush Maurya  wrote:
>>>
 Thanks Sivaraam,

 But I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about part-time hired
 people serving for 6 months or so on specific projects serving for specific
 language communities. In India on account of Hindi's largest user base
 Foundation chooses it whenever a new project comes in for getting input.
 Mostly these positions are called 'liaison'.

 They get paid and mostly these job's information not get publicly
 available (like mailing list or village pump but maybe on the link you
 gave). Whenever a new initiative takes place in foundation, these newly
 made positions get filled up by people who doesn't have the confidence of
 the community and in severe cases can't even write Hindi!

 This is a important issue for our community. More information on this
 will be helpful.

 Many thanks,
 Piyush
 (User:हिंदुस्थान वासी)

 On Tue, 16 Jun 2020, 9:23 pm Piyush Maurya, 
 wrote:

> Hi Krishna and all,
>
> Thanks for very detailed clarification. I agree this was some kind of
> dubious statement without any credibility (which my comment showed).
>
> But to get some real outcome of this discussion if any. I want to know
> how the foundation chooses or appoints people for posts roll out for
> communities. I have been witness to several such cases in the past year or
> so where such posts got filled by someone without community consultation 
> or
> knowledge.
>
> I'm talking about Hindi Wikimedia community in th

[Wikimediaindia-l] Netha wins 2020 RedHat Women in Open Source Award!

[Subhashish]

Hope everyone is keeping safe and well in a difficult time like now. There
is a good news - Netha Hussain has won the 2020 RedHat Women in Open Source
Award. [1][2]

Congratulations Netha - this is such a proud moment for all of us!

Also, see WikiProject COVID-19, where Netha is a leader, for those who are
interested to contribute on coronavirus-related articles:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_COVID-19

1. https://www.redhat.com/en/about/women-in-open-source
2. https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/1255513602951430145

Subha
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia Brand

[Subhashish]

Hi Jayantilal,

I see some Meta-wiki updates including a pause because of COVID-19. [1] You
might want to follow the updates there, and participate in the discussion
in the appropriate discussion page. I also found this thread to be useful.
[2]

1.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_movement_brand_project
2. https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2020-April/094604.html

Subha

On Sat, Apr 11, 2020 at 11:12 AM Jayantilal Kothari 
wrote:

> Hello,
> There is news about Wikimedia Foundation moving to Wikipedia Foundation ?
> Can someone update what's the current status and what are the views of
> Indians ? I am personally interested in knowing more. I don't support this
> Brand change but I think I do not have all knowledge. What will happen to
> India and what do Indians feel about this ?
>
>
> Thanks
> --
> Regards,
>
> Jayantilal
>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] FW: Update about TTT selection

[Subhashish]

I'm not sure if this discussion should even happen in a public list like
this in the first place. The Jan. 20 version here [1] mentions the criteria
before the announcement went public. When it can be debated how the
criteria can be improved to be more inclusive (let's say, "someone who has
participated in any TTT in last three/four years will not be eligible to
apply", lack of transparency is not something it reflects).

Selection of candidates is a complex process and it leaves many unhappy as
everyone looks at it from a different perspective. It actually looks like a
happy situation and not depressing, to see three names against Kannada in
this list [2] while there are only two participants from Marathi when the
event is happening in Maharashtra. :-) It's important to note that just
eligibility does not guarantee selection, especially when the number of
applicants is more. The content in the application submitted by the
applicant plays a huge role too. When a jury looks at the selection
criteria to select the candidates, they might not share a detailed reason
why they rejected a candidate. Out of many reasons, one can be the simple
fact that sharing the reasons of rejection might just offend the applicant
and the latter may feel discouraged to apply again. Not everyone would take
rejection the same way.

I'd concur with Ravi about assuming good faith here too. Maybe the
discussion can be to improve TTT in other aspects and not necessarily
transparency in application selection.

1.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=CIS-A2K/Events/Train_the_Trainer_Program/2020&oldid=19730890#Eligibility_criteria
2.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/Train_the_Trainer_Program/2020#Participants

Subha


On Sun, Mar 1, 2020 at 12:37 AM Tito Dutta  wrote:

> Thanks for your messages, and thanks for assuming good faith. Yes, we
> tried ensuring region, gender, language, and other things. The candidates
> were selected after recommendations of jury members. 24 members were
> selected over-all. 1 person could not attend for some reason. So we have 23
> participants.
> Today it was the second day of TTT, and it has been a busy day. Someone of
> us will get back to you in a few days.
>
> Thanks
> Tito Dutta
> Note: If I don't reply to your email in 2 days, please feel free to remind
> me over email or phone call.
>
>
> On Sat, 29 Feb 2020 at 20:22, Ravishankar  wrote:
>
>> Please assume some good faith.
>>
>> Even if all 60 candidates who applied are eligible, they still need to
>> select 25 people.
>>
>> Even if only two people are selected from each community, it can easily
>> fill the 25 seats.
>>
>> The selection criteria listed by CIS-A2K is good.
>>
>> May be they can also display how they ensured diversity in terms of
>> gender, region, language, wiki project, and wiki age of the candidates.
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 12:44 PM Vishwanatha Badikana <
>> badikan...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Good luck.
>>>
>>> On Tue, Feb 25, 2020, 6:20 PM subodh kulkarni 
>>> wrote:
>>>
 Dear Wikimedians,

 We are thankful for the response to TTT this year. We received total 60
 applications, out of which 25 participants were selected.

 Two jury members from the community and A2K team selected the
 participants. The selection criterion were as follows -

- Wikimedian from India
- Minimum 800 edits on zero-namespace before 31 December 2019.
- Should not be previous TTT participant
- Should be active recently, for last one year preferably (Aware
about present active community and happenings)
- Who has the interest to conduct offline/real-life Wiki events and
to train others.
- Should not be too experienced (already leading the community or
user groups or any affiliate)
- Should not be involved in any vandalism, abuse etc.


 Thanks & regards,

 A2K team
 Centre for Internet & Society - Access to Knowledge Programme


 On Sun, Feb 23, 2020 at 10:07 AM  wrote:

> I think this email did not reach the India mailing list. Hence I am
> fwd-ing it.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Pavanaja
>
> *From:* Vishwanatha Badikana 
> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 19, 2020 3:26 PM
> *To:* kishoresheni69 ; Pavanaja U B <
> pavan...@gmail.com>; Bharathesha A B ; Dr.
> Manavpreet Kaur ; Kavitha Ganesh <
> gkav...@gmail.com>; Dhanalakshmi K. T. ;
> Rohini Lakshané ; Kannada Wikipedia
> Discussion List ; Wikimedia India
> Community list ;
> subodhki...@gmail.com; Vikas Hegde ; vinoda
> jaya prasad 
> *Subject:* Fwd: Update about TTT selection
>
>
>
> What is going on the TTT Selection.  I don't want future TTT
> selection.  The Kannada Community members depressed.  I think the 
> selection
> committee have lot of politics.  Who are the selection committee?
>
>
>
>
>
> --

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indic-TechCom Oct-Dec 2019 Report

[Subhashish]

This is a great update, thanks Jay for sharing this and kudos to all those
who are involved in the development of these tools.

It would be great if difference Indian language Wikimedia mods can
circulate in their respective language mailing lists.

Subha


On Sun, Jan 26, 2020 at 7:06 PM Asaf Bartov  wrote:

> Fantastic work, TechCom!
>
>   A.
>
> On Sat, Jan 25, 2020, 22:42 Jay prakash <0freerunn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello Everyone,
>>
>> Indic-TechCom's quarterly report has been ready. Details are the
>> following.
>>
>> == Tools ==
>> 1. *Wikifile-transfer
>>  
>> (New)*-
>> This tool helps the users to upload non-free images from one wiki to
>> another wiki. Work on this started from CIS MediaWiki training 2019.
>> * **   Releasement of the tool in October 2019 (phab:T225377
>> )
>>
>> 2. *BookReader
>>  (New)* -
>> This tool allows users to PDF/DjVu in book format. It is mainly created for
>> Wikisource to read the Index pages.
>>
>>- Creation of tool (phab:T240178
>>)
>>- Support for locally uploaded books (phab:T240683
>>)
>>- Give the option to the input file name instead of file URL (
>>phab:T240744 )
>>- Allow users to write file name without File Prefix (phab:T241489
>>)
>>- Autocompletion of File Name (phab:T241491
>>)
>>
>>
>> 3*. Indic Wikisource Stats
>>  
>> (Feature
>> Added)* -
>>
>>- Added monthly active users activity regarding
>>Proofreading/Validations (phab:T241430
>>)
>>- Added newly created Hindi Wikisource in the tool (phab:T241431
>>)
>>
>>
>> 4.* Indic Wikisource Contest
>> 
>>  (New)* -
>> This tool allows the Wikisource community to run the
>> proofreading/validation contest. This was very hard to implement as it
>> required most of the technologies like OAuth, MediaWiki API.
>>
>>- Creation of tool (phab:T241537
>>, 6 Patches)
>>
>>
>> == UserScripts ==
>> 1.* BookReader Script
>> * 
>> -
>> This script allows us to embed BookReader within wiki for Index pages.
>> Currently, it enabled for Punjabi Wikisource. Bangla Wikisource is in
>> progress of the deployment. If any Wikisource community wants this
>> UserScript as Gadget. then they can follow these steps
>> .
>>
>>- Creation of UserScript (phab:T241490
>>)
>>- Incorporate Bookreader tool on Punjabi Wikisource (phab:T240758
>>)
>>
>>
>> == Other ==
>>
>>- Scores is not getting Update (phab:T236953
>>)
>>- Create Portal namespace for sawikisource (phab:T235343
>>)
>>- Two logo created by User:KCVelaga.
>>
>>
>> For the update, You can keep eye on
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Indic-TechCom/Report/Oct-Dec_2019.
>>
>> Thanks to Rammanojpotla, KCVelaga,
>> Bodhisattwa, Wikilover90,  Jayantanth, and CIS-India to involving with us.
>>
>> Thanks :) Regard
>>
>> Jayprakash12345
>> Developer, Indic-TechCom
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Invitation - Online Meetup (1st December 2019) : Healthcare in South Asia

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

Was there a discussion about this on any wiki?

Subhashish

> On Nov 26, 2019, at 4:25 AM, Abhishek Suryawanshi 
>  wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>> Hi, 
>> 
>> Casual online-meetup is planned next weekend. 
>> Details
>> Date : Sunday, 1st December 20​19​.
>> Time : 08:30PM IST
>> Where : Zoom/Hangout (link to be shared soon)
>> Agenda
>> Introduction of participants
>> Preliminary discussions
>> Going through previous efforts related to healthcare outreach in South Asia
>> Possibility of doing healthcare outreach in South Asian Medical Colleges
>> Tools for metrics evaluation (WikiEdu Dashboard and localizing it)
>> In-person meeting (possibility - December/January?)
>> Feel free to add topics you would like to discuss
>> 
>> You can find more details here : 
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Project_Med/South_Asia_Outreach_Meetup
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Best Regards,
>> Abhishek Suryawanshi 
>> 
>> (Sent via handheld device, pardon the brevity) 
>> 
> 
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikikn-l (kannada wikipedia)] Newbie biting in Kannada and Tulu Wikipedias

[Subhashish]

Dear Dhanalakshmi,

Maybe you could translate a few things for us.

I see that the discussion is between two Wikipedians and the discussion is
happening on the talk page where such a discussion should happen widely on
the village pump (unless you have a local alternative). It seems like a
bilateral process and not a consensus-driven one. I might be wrong here,
but the recommended steps would involve a consensus among the community
members allowing multiple point of views to have a consensus. Based on that
consensus, the accused Wikipedian can be blocked temporarily or
permanently. Blocking arbitrarily is not a healthy practice.

I am sharing this as you shared about an incident that is super local in a
larger mailing list. To me, it is important to have the discussion locally
first to arrive at a consensus before sharing here. But it is all up to you
from the Kannada community.

Subha

On Thu, Oct 31, 2019 at 12:51 PM Dhanalakshmi K. T. 
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I don't know what happened to my email. I had sent the email to the list
> on Oct 14, 2019. But it reached the list only on Oct 28, 2019. As many have
> suggested as reply to the email, I have already written in Kannada and Tulu
> Wikipedia Village Pumps, after sending the email.
>
>
> Regards,
> Dhanalakshmi K T
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 29, 2019 at 8:00 PM pavan santhosh 
> wrote:
>
>> Hello Asaf,
>>
>> Nice to hear from you. Thanks for making things clear. Kudos to your point
>> on balancing between quality of content and welcoming new Wikipedians. I
>> don't think that they are contradicting tasks. In long run, developing an
>> environment where experienced editors will step in and help newbies
>> understand how to contribute quality content that sticks to the core
>> content policies is, ideally, something that we need to work on. Hope we
>> will find another platform/thread to discuss such steps.
>>
>> Bye for now.
>>
>> Thanks & Regards,
>> Pavan.
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 29, 2019 at 3:45 PM Asaf Bartov 
>> wrote:
>>
>> > More explicitly: Wikipedia communities are self-governing.  This means
>> > this mailing list has no particular ability to regulate behavior on the
>> > Kannada or Tulu Wikipedias.  It is to your fellow community members on
>> > those wikis that you should complain about the newbie-biter's behavior.
>> > Those communities should step up and stop the newbie-biting if they are
>> > interested in welcoming newcomers and seeing their community grow.
>> >
>> > (Remind people -- on-wiki -- that avoiding newbie-biting *does not*
>> equal
>> > compromising on quality; it's just a better attitude to showing
>> newcomers
>> > their mistakes or where (and how!) an article can be improved.)
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> >
>> >A.
>> >
>> > On Tue, Oct 29, 2019 at 4:31 AM pavan santhosh <
>> pavansanthos...@gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hey Dhanalakshmi KT,
>> >>
>> >> This is worth discussing in WP:Village pump as Ashwin sir suggested. I
>> >> believe discussions in Tulu and Kannada Wikipedia helps to resolve
>> issue
>> >> better.
>> >>
>> >> On Mon, Oct 28, 2019 at 5:45 PM Dhanalakshmi K. T. <
>> lakshmik...@gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Hi all,
>> >>>
>> >>> We are all aware of Newbie biting. One editor by User name Lokesha
>> >>> kunchadka
>> >>> <
>> https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%A6%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AF:Lokesha_kunchadka>
>> who
>> >>> is indulging in Newbie biting in Kannada and Tulu Wikipedias from
>> almost
>> >>> last 2-3 months. He was issued a warning by the admin in Kannada
>> Wikipedia,
>> >>> link is here
>> >>> <
>> https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%A6%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AF%E0%B2%B0_%E0%B2%9A%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%9A%E0%B3%86%E0%B2%AA%E0%B3%81%E0%B2%9F:Lokesha_kunchadka#Newbie_biting
>> >
>> >>> .
>> >>>
>> >>> I have been conducting Diversity Editathons from last 3 months. One of
>> >>> the major aims of these editathons is to bring more women editors.
>> Before
>> >>> the new editor completes the article this person jumps in and adds
>> >>> templates to imply the article is not of good quality. The new
>> editors,
>> >>> especially the women editors, are scared to continue editing because
>> of
>> >>> this newbie biting. Apart from this I had written an article on 13th
>> >>> October 2019 with the template Under constriction for which he
>> commented
>> >>> saying there is no such topic. I was planning to complete the article
>> with
>> >>> reference to the title today.
>> >>>
>> >>> I would like to hear suggestions from experienced people on how do
>> deal
>> >>> with this kind of situation.
>> >>>
>> >>> Regards,
>> >>> Dhanalakshmi K T
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>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Pavan Santhosh.
>> >> 

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Santhosh Thottingal wins the President's Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Samman for 2019

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

Congratulations Santhosh! Such a proud moment for the entire 
Wikipedia/Wikimedia and the free software/open source community.

Subhashish

> On Aug 15, 2019, at 10:22 PM, Paulo Santos Perneta  
> wrote:
> 
> Wonderful news, congratulations Santhosh!
> 
> Paulo
> 
> manoj k  escreveu no dia quinta, 15/08/2019 
> à(s) 17:57:
>> Santhosh Thottingal has won the Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Samman by the Hon. 
>> President of India. This is in recognition of his substantial contribution 
>> in the field of Malayalam language. The award, instituted in 2016, is given 
>> to the substantial contributions to languages such as Sanskrit, Persian, 
>> Arabi, Pali and Classical Oriya, Classical Kannada, Classical Telugu, and 
>> Classical Malayalam. This is given to young scholars in the age group of 30 
>> to 45 years. The Presidential award carries a certificate of honor, a 
>> memento and a one-time cash prize of Rs.1 lakh.
>> 
>> Santhosh is one of the most active contributors of Swathanthra Malayalam 
>> Computing and a principal engineer in Wikipedia's language computing 
>> department. He has designed and released several algorithms and tools that 
>> serve computing needs in many Indian languages including Malayalam. He heads 
>> the maintenance of a dozen or so of the popular Malayalam fonts. Santhosh 
>> (along Kavya) designed two of these fonts, Chilanka and Manjari. He has 
>> contributed tools that serve a broad range of language computing needs - 
>> input tools, layout tools, fonts, font rendering, text to speech, 
>> translation, localization are just a few of these areas. He has also 
>> contributed and presented papers at several international conferences.
>> 
>> Dr. Rajeev R. R from the e-governance and training department of ICFOSS has 
>> also been selected for this award along with Santhosh.
>> 
>> We hope this award inspires Santhosh and Rajeev to push the boundaries of 
>> Language computing.
>> 
>> https://blog.smc.org.in/santhosh-thottingal-wins-the-presidents-maharshi-badrayan-vyas-samman-for-2019/
>> 
>> 
>> --
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Hack : Web based face login for wikipedia

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

Santosh - how valuable it might be, I am unable to understand how this is
relevant to Wikimedia projects. Maybe you could elaborate on anything that
is not obvious. Also, face recognition leads to the questions related to
questions on privacy, personal data collection, and even surveillance. For
instance, there is a huge debate going on about the potential issues
related to the face recognition based security gates that have recently
been installed in several Indian airports. Face recognition for logging
into Wikimedia projects might just open a pandora's box as the anonymity of
contributors is core to Wikimedia projects. I am not sure if there is any
discussion that exists anywhere about even adding a test project but I'd
highly discourage biometric-based authentication. I think this community
and probably the foundation does not have the legal, technical and other
infrastructure that is required to manage a few hundred thousand personal
data including biometric data as the latter is extremely vulnerable. Any
data breach could cost lives. Many of our community members work in regions
with geopolitical conflicts and biometric data tied to one's Wikimedia
contribution could potentially lead to danger to their lives. Similarly,
there is not enough education about individual privacy and biometric data
collection which is why many online users, out of ignorance, end up sharing
their private details online. The more the personal data collection options
on a platform, the more the risk of that data being leaked and misutilised.
No offense to the hard work, but {{STRONGLY DISAGREE}} for any such
projects even on an experimental basis.

S


On Thu, Aug 8, 2019 at 4:37 PM Santosh Shingare 
wrote:

> Hello Wikimedian,
>
> 3D face recognition has become a trending research direction in both
> industry and academia. Using your face to authorize to unlock your phone is
> popular, but on the web it has not been seen a lot, maybe because it’s not
> trivial to implement. Is it possible to implement face verification using
> just HTML5, Javascript and some Go? Yes! I did it in an hour using
> Javascript, Nodejs, and OpenCV for wikipedia login.
>
> I Implemented face recognition and web login for wikipedia. Please check
> following video and screenshots. Very soon I will share code on Github.
>
>-
>
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Web_login_with_face_recognition.webm
>-
>
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Web_login_with_face_recognition_login.png
>-
>
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Web_login_with_face_recognition_and_detection.png
>-
>
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Web_login_with_face_recognition_and_detection_works.png
>
>
> Feel free to revert if you have any question.
>
>
> Thanks & Regards
>
> Santosh Shingare,
> Executive member, Wikimedia India Chapter
> +91 9890984632
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of the Wikipedians of Goa User Group

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

Congratulations all the friends from Wikipedians of Goa UG. I have
beautiful memories of knowing and working closely with some of you when I
was at CIS-A2K. Look forward to seeing you flourish and happy to
collaborate with you in a volunteer capacity. :)

Subhashish


-- Forwarded message -
From: Kirill Lokshin 
Date: Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 9:11 PM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of the Wikipedians of Goa User Group
To: Wikimedia Mailing List , Wikimedia
Movement Affiliates discussion list 


Hi everyone!

I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized
[1] the Wikipedians of Goa User Group [2] as a Wikimedia User Group. The
group aims to build content related to Goa in all possible languages, to
conduct Wikipedia-related training in Goa, and to help build and sustain
the Konkani Wikipedia.

Please join me in congratulating the members of this new user group!

Regards,
Kirill Lokshin
Chair, Affiliations Committee

[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Recognition_of_Wikipedians_of_Goa_User_Group

[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedians_of_Goa_User_Group
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikidata Advisor position: Update

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

Congratulations Bodhi! So happy for you and I believe that the Wikidata
community will get more hands-on support and mentoring from you now.

Subhashish


On Sat, Jul 20, 2019 at 8:18 PM Bodhisattwa Mandal <
bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I would like to thank you all for your kind words.
>
> Coming from the volunteer community myself, I understand how important, it
> is to grow Wikidata community and projects in India and how challenging it
> can be.
>
> Like many others deeply involved in WikiProject India and related
> wikiprojects, I have witnessed huge level of data ingestion related to
> Wikidata in last few years, thanks to our incredible Wikidata volunteers
> and trainers.
>
> But still, this is just a start and a lot has to be done. Without active
> support from community members from all over India, it seems to be
> extremely difficult to overcome all the challenges.
>
> Let's build the project together in India.
>
> Regards,
> Bodhisattwa
>
>
>
> On Sat, 20 Jul 2019, 01:08 Arun Ganesh,  wrote:
>
>> Conngratulations!
>> Bodhi has been doing some amazing work with data pushes, very well
>> deserved and excited to see whats ahead.
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Support for our communities across India

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

I feel that there is a lot of negativity which comes from some genuine 
frustrations but also impulsive action. As the situation is fairly complex, it 
would be useful to stick to the facts only. A lot of new subscribers to this 
list who might not have context will simply be affected adversely if this 
continues. My note below is not to undermine the efforts or genuine interests 
of anyone but to share some clarity around compliance based on some similar 
experiences.

When Anirudh’s response gives a good sense of FCRA, I just wanted to reiterate 
the fact that receiving FCRA approval has a 50:50 chance and it is a three-year 
long process. Clean records, full-time staff and a long list high-impact 
activities can still lead to a decline if one doesn’t have the right kind of 
connections. However, an NGO can apply for a prior permission for a one time 
foreign funding for a standalone activity and the chances of receiving that 
funding is higher as compared to a regular FCRA approval. Coming from a donor’s 
perspective as I was dealing with the same issue of funding Indian affiliates 
for an organization that I worked for, I believe, FCRA should not be compliance 
criterion for any Indian NGO. Many NGOs that have a much longer history and 
have done a lot of paid work (and hence in large volumes) with bigger teams 
(and especially lawyers on the payroll) have failed to acquire FCRA just 
because of their activities and publications that might have openly criticized 
a government. 

Furthermore, a mission-aligned NGO with FCRA approval can always help another 
smaller NGO as a fiscal sponsor till the time the latter builds a portfolio 
with some local grants. This has to be done very carefully so that the funding 
doesn’t look like a circumvention of FCRA meaning that the entire activities 
will need to be organized/co-organized by the fiscal sponsor. In real terms, no 
matter who is involved in the activity, all the work, vendor payments, and even 
the branding must include the fiscal sponsor. It becomes the said fiscal 
sponsor’s activity funded by a foreign donor and supported by volunteers or 
paid contractors from other collectives/NGOs. Considering the hardship (or more 
of chances of a ballgame) this is probably a model a donor organization like 
WMF can explore so that individuals or collectives don’t have to pay taxes 
while receiving any funding. This arrangement might have a compliance cost 
factor and availability of staff as the fiscal sponsor has to pay its staff and 
should have the bandwidth to manage the additional work.

Another model that IEEE and many others have explored is allowing nonprofit 
(and even for-profit companies) to become the grantee. I’m not very sure of the 
tax exemption part but I believe that a for-profit company can only receive 
investments (and not grants) and must pay tax. That could be an extra expense 
but it’s much safer. The actual work must be reported as a work by this company 
just like the previous situation. IMHO foreign nonprofit donors should 
definitely have the flexibility (that the grantee profile can range from a 
not-for-profit society or trust or company to a for-profit company) for their 
Indian grantees because it’s risky to operate as an NGO in India since the last 
few years and manage to get FCRA approval at the same time while doing good 
work. When Wikipedia is all about open knowledge sharing in multiple languages, 
issues related map/border can work against a grantee and the law enforcement 
agencies can go behind them.

My request to WMF and AffCom would be to reconsider WMIN’s situation with the 
lens of FCRA-related compliance issues because FCRA as a compliance factor 
could jeopardize any smaller Indian NGO.

Subhashish

> On Jul 20, 2019, at 2:36 AM, Sudhanwa Jogalekar  
> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> I have replied on the thread on meta. Copying that content here for reference:
> Anirudh has already mentioned most of the points I also wanted to say. (Check 
> here: 
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2019-July/014215.html) 
> I will add a few more things here.
> WMF is very very keen on all kinds of legal compliance. The recent example is 
> the "Germany court order". Surprisingly, possibly for the first time in 
> Wikipedia history, all the relevent content was WIPED out from Wikipedia 
> within a day of the court order where only one person was affected by the 
> content. Compared to that, here in India, FCRA issue is affecting thousands 
> of organisations in a serious way and AFFCOM is still not able to understand 
> the FCRA compliance issue. (Maybe, compared to Indian languages, German 
> language is better understood by concerned people!!)
> By the way, What was the support given by WMF/AFFCOM to WMIN in the FCRA 
> matters? Have they provided any consultant or legal help to WMIN.  Or even 
> some high level contacts in the concerned Governme

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Open Letter to Affiliations Committee : Wikimedia India's Demand For A Fair And Transparent Hearing

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

Please read my earlier forwarded email dated Jul 8 [1] as "Forwarding esp.
for those Indian Wikimedians who are *not* on the Wikimedia-l list". I
missed it last time. Forwarding this mail for the same reason as this
matter is important for the Indian Wikimedians.

1.
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2019-July/014198.html

S

-- Forwarded message -
From: Kirill Lokshin 
Date: Mon, Jul 15, 2019 at 3:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Open Letter to Affiliations Committee :
Wikimedia India's Demand For A Fair And Transparent Hearing
To: Wikimedia Mailing List 
Cc: Affiliations Committee list 


Dear Wikimedia-l readers,


AffCom understands the complexity and sensitivity of the circumstances
surrounding the decision to de-recognize Wikimedia India as a chapter, and
we would like to share more information around it. This decision was not
taken lightly, and only came after consistent warnings, including
suspensions of the chapter, and continued attempts by AffCom to bring the
chapter’s activities in line with the requirements for chapter status. We
understand that volunteers would like more information about this decision
and past actions that influenced its outcome. We will attempt to provide an
overview of the factors and history that led to this decision.

Wikimedia India has been given ample time to address their lack of
compliance with minimum chapter expectations since their initial signs of
non-compliance in 2015 and concerns presented to them during their 2015
site visits, initial 2016 suspension, and most recent 2018 suspension last
November. The Wikimedia India Executive Committee (EC) has repeatedly
failed to respond in a timely and complete manner to call requests, annual
reporting timelines, and remediation deadlines for demonstrating
compliance.

It is worth noting that there may be issues related to incomplete
information regarding the current relationship between WMIN and AffCom.
Abhinav is a current WMIN representative, but he was recently appointed to
the EC on June 14, 2019 [1] following the EC’s receipt of the final
revocation notice sent on June 13, 2019. He was not informed of, nor did he
participate in, our communications regarding the current suspension process
before that time, so he has had to rely on second-hand knowledge of the
situation. The remaining four members of the EC appear to have fully
abdicated their responsibility for communications leadership and as such
further confirm the chapter’s lack of capacity at this time.

Suspension notices give explicit requirements for what and how to
communicate with respect to a chapter’s capacity and provide a timeline for
addressing gaps to meet requirements. We’re providing a table reflecting
the most recent suspension notice, the requirements included, and the date
they were to be delivered below for the community’s context:

According to the suspension notice, Wikimedia India was to:

Status

Submit an Action Plan. By January 15, 2019, the chapter was to submit an
updated Action Plan including a timeline with dates for completing the
tasks outlined.

Submitted past deadline.

Received on March 4, 2019.

Insufficient response; awaiting new action plan for potential
reorganization as outlined in April call.

Complete and submit the required overdue chapter activities and financial
reporting. The chapter was to submit the reporting by December 1, 2018.

Submitted past deadline.

Received Activities Report on December 3, 2018 and Financial Report on
December 22, 2018.

Develop a strategy and timeline for addressing the following potential gaps
in meeting the basic criteria for chapter status in terms of Legal
Structure, Open Governance, Active Contributor Involvement, and Capacity. By
January 15, 2019, the chapter was to submit a plan, via email or posted
online, demonstrating how the chapter meets the specific chapter
requirements outlined. If the chapter does not currently meet the
requirements, they were to provide a plan and timeline for how to address
these issues before June.

Submitted past deadline.

Received on March 4, 2019.

Insufficient response as detailed in April call.



Resolve concerns related to organizational best practices. By May 1, 2019,
the chapter should be able to demonstrate that it is following the
Wikimedia Foundation Board’s recommendations for organizational best
practices
<
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMF_Resolutions/Organizational_best_practices
>
.

Submitted past deadline.

Received on June 4, 2019.



More information on chapter requirements is also available on Meta:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters/Requirements

Although the Affiliations Committee has decided not to renew this chapter
agreement, this does not reduce the importance of the Republic of India to
the Wikimedia movement. We regret that this action has become necessary due
to the chapter’s failure to meet the requirements of continued recognition,
as outlined in the table above. We wou

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Open Letter to Affiliations Committee : Wikimedia India's Demand For A Fair And Transparent Hearing

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

Forwarding esp. for those Indian Wikimedians who are on the Wikimedia-l list

Subha

-- Forwarded message -
From: Abhinav srivastava 
Date: Sun, Jul 7, 2019 at 2:20 PM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Open Letter to Affiliations Committee : Wikimedia
India's Demand For A Fair And Transparent Hearing
To: Wikimedia Mailing List 


Dear Friends From Affcom,

I am posting an open public request for your notice of Suspension moved at
Wikimedia India (WMIN) which we continue to contest and to our ignored
demand of having a public hearing as shared with you all over mail and
shared again here under Annexure [A]. You have taken an official position
on suspension without even hearing us even once, unexplained accusations
have been provided and we continue to believe Affcom has been
insufficiently investigating facts before making judgements. We repeatedly
over and over again provided justifications over Mail but you never took
them to your notice and only over calls you heard us, provided your
rationale for expectation gaps but never took our oral commentary which
refutes your claims,in any action, anywhere. Now you say WMIN won’t remain
a Chapter after 14th September and be transformed into a User Group.

Republic of India happens to be one of the only few countries where besides
volunteer driven Chapter and User Groups has a full-time staff based WMF’s
Allied Organisation CIS-A2K [1]. Wikimedia India activities [2] may be less
due to no source of funds [3] however, Community Members from India put
their efforts, strive hard to take the movement ahead.  Whether it be the
previous financial year or the present, no Wikimedia Foundation Grants like
Rapid Grant, Project Grant etc have been applied by Wikimedia India members
to support any Chapter activity. They remain self-financed. We received
your notice last year when Wikimedia India was contesting a dispute with
CIS-A2K over attribution grabbing for our self-financed projects and
ignoring Chapter at important National level initiaves [4]. While working
with virtually no source of funds and struggles with WMF’s Allied
Organisation, your notice of suspension was the least bad we could have
had.

We continue to contest your suspension notice. It was Suo Moto (on its own)
decision making and as found and re-stated above and below in detail, there
were gaps and misunderstanding in your basis. We also continue to contest
there has been a Rush-to-decision making. No written responses via Mail to
Chapter’s clarification are being provided and invitation for calls are
initiated where brief responses are shared on a Cloud Document. It has been
subsequently found by both parties on there being gaps in communication.
However, even after clarity during call, Affcom has not taken any action
over them.

The basis of your suspension notice has been shared here for the wider
audience.


   1.

   Legal Structure : Affcom asked Wikimedia India to resolve and obtain its
   necessary license in order to obtain funds. At present, as per Government
   of India restrictions it is difficult to obtain foreign funding.
Wikimedia
   India informed the Affcom on roughly 13,000 Non-Government Organisations
   (NGO)s [5] are struggling with a similar crisis to which Affcom
   responded, “reconsider applying for a User Group.” and “no evidence that
   the current organization’s leadership will be able to drive this problem
   toward resolution”. Chapter efforts and commitment in resolving the said
   crisis cannot be dusted in few words. A Government restrictive policy
which
   has an impact on 13,000 NGOs and Affcom finding flaws in WMIN Board
Members
   capability. WMIN would leave it for public interpretation.


Why not a capability audit for hosting zero-budget activities? While most
of the time are being spent on resolving the said crisis, WMIN continues to
undertake activities as listed. Taking the Open Knowledge Movement forward
remains a commitment for the Chapter irrespective of whatsoever political
climate may remain. Affcom was asked two questions respectively in this
regard however no response has been attained. The questions are



   1.

   Would zero-budget activities, those self-financed not meet sufficiency ?
   Please elaborate for us to stand better and to improve upon.
   2.

   Would resolving Legal Structure and being able to receive WMF Grants be
   a necessary criteria for WMIN to meet sufficiency or continued activities
   not meet the fulfilment criteria?


(2) Open Governance : Affcom informed Chapter that a member needs to be in
physical presence at the Chapter Assembly to cast vote and raise voice and
asked The Chapter to change its bylaws. This information is anything but
false. This was communicated during the Call but Affcom did not bring
anything in action. Also, as per the Chapter Agreement between WMF and
WMIN, a copy of bylaws was provided in English Language to WMF. The bylaws
were approved by the then Chapter’s Council. No evidence has been brought
to

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Announcement] Community Relationship Specialist - India

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

What a good news for all of us to see a leader in a new avatar! :)
Congratulations Manavpreet, so happy for you and congratulations. Look
forward to working soon.

Subha


On Fri, Jun 21, 2019 at 11:18 AM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga <
kcvel...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Congratulations Manavpreet, I am happy for you. All the best for your new
> role.
>
> On Fri, Jun 21, 2019 at 10:54 AM Rajeeb Dutta 
> wrote:
>
>> Congrats Manav, all my best wishes.
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Rajeeb Dutta.
>> (U: Marajozkee)
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On 21-Jun-2019, at 10:18 AM, Santosh Shingare 
>> wrote:
>>
>> Congratulations Manav
>>
>> Thanks & Regards
>>
>> Santosh Shingare,
>> Executive member, Wikimedia India Chapter
>> +91 9890984632
>> Skype: cherishsantosh |  http://wiki.wikimedia.in
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 21, 2019 at 9:03 AM Parul  wrote:
>>
>>> What a great news!
>>> Congratulations, Manav! Very well deserved!
>>>
>>> On Fri, 21 Jun 2019 at 8:55 AM, Suswetha Kolluru 
>>> wrote:
>>>
 Congratulations Manav!

 On Fri, Jun 21, 2019, 7:44 AM Runa Bhattacharjee <
 rbhattachar...@wikimedia.org> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I’d like to take this opportunity to introduce Manavpreet Kaur as a
> Community Relationship Specialist with a particular focus towards India.
> Ms.Kaur is based in India, and will be working with the Wikimedia
> Foundation. She will be on a short-term contract, and during this period
> primarily act as a liaison to conduct timely interactions with community
> members for a few project rollouts. She will be available through on-wiki
> channels and also conduct off-wiki or in-person meetings to facilitate
> discussions for topics that may need a collaborative understanding of
> requirements and implementation.
>
> As part of ongoing Wikimedia Foundation product initiatives, we
> realized an immediate need to further strengthen the community 
> interactions
> within India. This arises as we gain momentum towards providing more
> structured support through our products, towards languages and communities
> who have faced severe challenges around availability and creation of
> content.
>
> Manavpreet will reach out very shortly with more details on these
> projects, and the plans around them. We hope these interactions will help
> us support the wider mission, with additional focus on local needs, to
> build a more inclusive and contemporary vision for our projects.
>
> --
> best regards,
> Runa Bhattacharjee (she/her)
> Senior Engineering Manager, Language
> Wikimedia Foundation
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Co-option of New Executive Committee member to Wikimedia India

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

Yes yes, good times indeed! :)

Thanks for clarifying - really appreciate it and also for your tireless
contribution to the chapter's growth by taking these extra miles.

Subha


On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 6:01 PM Abhinav srivastava 
wrote:

> Dear Subhashish,
>
> Thanks for the wishes. I recollect my previous iteration with WMIN when
> you were with CIS-A2K and we had worked together :)
>
> By perks and benefits I mean no qualification for* serving WMIN *but only
> a qualification *on  merits of a volunteer*. Take an example, CIS-A2K
> invited WMIN as a resource person for a regional workshop or conference and
> decides to arrange for flights, hotel, food, airport transfers etc. I will
> not be accepting such* perks* since I am a co-opted EC. If I wish to
> attend the event, I would apply like an ordinary community member and be
> subject to the decision of the jury on the scholarship award.
>
> Similarly, volunteers can always avail for Taxi, Food etc even when
> undergoing administrative work for their affiliates. Although at WMIN, we
> never get such benefits, even if a miracle happens (we should believe in
> miracle or THE BATMAN)  no reimbursements would be taken or any overdraft
> cheque created so that when WMIN gets funding, my claims can be cleared.
>
> If ever I am compelled to go against the said statement, I would first put
> up a public request (including this mailing list) and based on community
> endorsement, I would proceed.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Abhinav
>
>
> On Fri, 14 Jun 2019 at 16:09, Subhashish Panigrahi 
> wrote:
>
>> Congratulations Abinav - good to see you back again! :) All the best for
>> the upcoming elections.
>>
>> BTW I have a question about this - "I would also like to make a public
>> declaration, I will not take privilege of any perks or benefits while
>> serving the office of WMIN as a co-opted EC". Isn't it given that the
>> Chapter EC members are all volunteers?
>>
>> Subha
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 2:43 PM Yohann Thomas  wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Ashwin sir
>>>
>>> When EC members resign, the EC has an option to co-opt executive
>>> committee members to fill the vacancy..
>>>
>>> As per Chapter bye laws, Article VII, point A, sub point f,
>>>
>>> *Any vacancy caused in the membership of the Executive Committee shall
>>> be filled from within the membership of the Society, and the incumbent
>>> shall hold the post/position till the next General Body Meeting. Such
>>> members chosen to fill the said vacancy shall be decided by the Executive
>>> Committee.*
>>>
>>> In this case, we have two vacancies of Krishna Chaitanya & Suyash
>>> Dwivedi. For now.. We are filling only one of the vacancies..
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Yohann Thomas
>>> Wikimedia India
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, 14 Jun, 2019, 12:09 Ashwin Baindur, 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Shouldn't there be an election? Is co-opting permitted as per bye laws?
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jun 14, 2019, 10:56 AM Asaf Bartov 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> That's good to know, and thanks for the update. Best wishes to Abhinav!
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there any update on the state of the chapter, vis-a-vis its
>>>>> compliance difficulties? Or its activities? It would be good to keep the
>>>>> wider communities informed.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>
>>>>>A.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Jun 14, 2019, 07:11 Yohann Thomas  wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Dear Community members
>>>>>>
>>>>>> With a current board strength of only 5 members, Wikimedia India has
>>>>>> 2 vacant board member seats. I am pleased to inform you that Abhinav
>>>>>> Srivastava has been Co-opted to the board of Wikimedia India.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> He will be available on the email - abhinav.srivast...@wikimedia.in
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> Yohann Thomas
>>>>>> Wikimedia India
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Co-option of New Executive Committee member to Wikimedia India

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

Congratulations Abinav - good to see you back again! :) All the best for
the upcoming elections.

BTW I have a question about this - "I would also like to make a public
declaration, I will not take privilege of any perks or benefits while
serving the office of WMIN as a co-opted EC". Isn't it given that the
Chapter EC members are all volunteers?

Subha


On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 2:43 PM Yohann Thomas  wrote:

> Hi Ashwin sir
>
> When EC members resign, the EC has an option to co-opt executive committee
> members to fill the vacancy..
>
> As per Chapter bye laws, Article VII, point A, sub point f,
>
> *Any vacancy caused in the membership of the Executive Committee shall be
> filled from within the membership of the Society, and the incumbent shall
> hold the post/position till the next General Body Meeting. Such members
> chosen to fill the said vacancy shall be decided by the Executive
> Committee.*
>
> In this case, we have two vacancies of Krishna Chaitanya & Suyash Dwivedi.
> For now.. We are filling only one of the vacancies..
>
> Regards,
> Yohann Thomas
> Wikimedia India
>
>
>
> On Fri, 14 Jun, 2019, 12:09 Ashwin Baindur, 
> wrote:
>
>> Shouldn't there be an election? Is co-opting permitted as per bye laws?
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 14, 2019, 10:56 AM Asaf Bartov  wrote:
>>
>>> That's good to know, and thanks for the update. Best wishes to Abhinav!
>>>
>>> Is there any update on the state of the chapter, vis-a-vis its
>>> compliance difficulties? Or its activities? It would be good to keep the
>>> wider communities informed.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>>A.
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jun 14, 2019, 07:11 Yohann Thomas  wrote:
>>>
 Dear Community members

 With a current board strength of only 5 members, Wikimedia India has 2
 vacant board member seats. I am pleased to inform you that Abhinav
 Srivastava has been Co-opted to the board of Wikimedia India.

 He will be available on the email - abhinav.srivast...@wikimedia.in

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Launching Wiki Loves Wild Flowers

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

Thanks Satdeep for sharing this with us.

Varinder, congratulations for starting this project - sounds quite
interesting. Just wanted to pick your brain if you have considered using an
intermediary app like iNaturalist (https://www.inaturalist.org) which has a
community of its own and helps identify the species. For someone who is a
beginner might find it useful. The good thing is iNaturalist supports CC
licenses and the community is quite active so transferring pictures might
not be an issue. I got introduced to it in a National Geographic workshop
in Hong Kong and got hooked for sometime. Once again, thank you for
starting this project. Will try to explore some wild flowers around my
place and contribute too and of course, will spread the word. :-)

Subha


On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 11:25 PM manoj k 
wrote:

> Good Initiative
>
> On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 10:05 PM Satdeep Gill 
> wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I am excited to share with all of you that User:Varinder Naturaphile
>> previously known as User:ਵਰਿੰਦਰ ਸ਼ਰਮਾ has officially launched Wiki Loves
>> Wild Flowers today, 22 May 2019 which is the International Day for
>> Biological Diversity.[1]
>>
>> Varinder is a member of the Faridkot District Biodiversity Committee and
>> a Coordinator for documentation of flora and fauna. I am glad that his
>> expertise will help in including quality content on our platforms. This
>> will range from adding images to Commons to add local names in Wikidata and
>> possibly create new Wikipedia articles.
>>
>> Over the next few months, he will be working on the initial list of 124
>> different species of wild flowers found in the Punjab region as a pilot.
>>
>> Your feedback will be deeply appreciated.
>>
>> 1. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Wild_Flowers
>>
>> Regards
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-en] Request for photographs of cyclone shelters & of Cyclone Fani

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

I really don’t know Ashwin. I just reached out to the official handle and I was 
lucky as the message is out. And as you and Tito mentioned earlier, we need 
more contribution from our community. There are many who could contribute but 
probably don’t know how.

Subhashish

> On May 5, 2019, at 6:44 AM, Ashwin Baindur  wrote:
> 
> Thanks Subashish. 
> 
> Who runs that handle, Subashish, they are very unresponsive to my messages on 
> Twitter in the past.
> 
>> On Sun, May 5, 2019, 8:21 AM Subhashish Panigrahi  
>> wrote:
>> Thanks to WMF who just posted a tweet 
>> (https://twitter.com/wikipedia/status/1124860016786153472?s=21) encouraging 
>> Wikimedians to contribute after we requested from Odia Wikipedia. I think we 
>> need to encourage more on social media by clearly sharing how others can 
>> contribute pictures/videos and improve articles related to Fani in their own 
>> languages.
>> 
>> Subhashish
>> 
>>> On May 5, 2019, at 12:20 AM, Tito Dutta  wrote:
>>> 
>>> These two videos have been uploaded:
>>> 1) Aerial damage: 
>>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cyclone_Fani_-_Aerial_Survey_Shows_Extensive_Damage_-_Around_Odisha.webm
>>>  (video in Telugu)
>>> 2) High wind and cyclone effect: 
>>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Effect_of_Heavy_wind_during_Fani_Cyclone.webm
>>>  (uploaded by Sangram)
>>> Both videos waiting for review. I will wait for sometime before more 
>>> upload, once the review is done, or some important content is found that 
>>> helps the project, and are under CC license, we can work on those.
>>> 
>>> Thanks 
>>> Tito Dutta
>>> Note: If I don't reply to your email in 2 days, please feel free to remind 
>>> me over email or phone call.
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Sat, 4 May 2019 at 17:38, Ashwin Baindur  
>>>> wrote:
>>>> Thank you, Tito for a  good beginning.
>>>> 
>>>> Everybody is requested to please do help in preparing a  representative 
>>>> set of all facets pertaining to this issue. It will support our national 
>>>> endeavour to save lives by making things more prominent.
>>>> 
>>>> Cyclone shelters should be just as important as Mohalla clinics in the 
>>>> minds of our people.
>>>> 
>>>>> On Sat, May 4, 2019, 5:34 PM Tito Dutta  wrote:
>>>>> In addition to that at least some of the Odisha government content should 
>>>>> be under CC license, let's see if Sailesh  or someone of us can help to 
>>>>> find something.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks 
>>>>> Tito Dutta
>>>>> Note: If I don't reply to your email in 2 days, please feel free to 
>>>>> remind me over email or phone call.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Sat, 4 May 2019 at 17:26, Tito Dutta  wrote:
>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>> The following videos are licensed under Creative Commons and after 
>>>>>> checking the content some of those can be uploaded I feel.
>>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=cyclone+fani&sp=EgIwAQ%253D%253D
>>>>>> I can see ETV Andhra Pradesh has published several videos under CC 
>>>>>> license, that is great.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> To get clarification if YouTube videos can be uploaded, I asked on 
>>>>>> Commons help desk last October, the discussion is at here: 
>>>>>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Help_desk/Archive/2018/09#Video_YouTube
>>>>>> There they told me if the video is original, and does not violate 
>>>>>> copyright, it (or part of it) can be uploaded. ETV (Eenadu) is a reputed 
>>>>>> channel.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> For all readers, just as context, like Flickr YouTube also allows to 
>>>>>> publish videos under CC license.
>>>>>> Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed): 
>>>>>> https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2797468
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> About uploading, we/I can try uploading from there if needed, and we 
>>>>>> don't get other content
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks 
>>>>>> Tito Dutta
>>>>>> Note: If I don't reply to your email in 2 days, please feel free to 
>>>>>> remind me over email or phone call.
>>>>>> 

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Request for photographs of cyclone shelters & of Cyclone Fani

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

Thanks to WMF who just posted a tweet 
(https://twitter.com/wikipedia/status/1124860016786153472?s=21) encouraging 
Wikimedians to contribute after we requested from Odia Wikipedia. I think we 
need to encourage more on social media by clearly sharing how others can 
contribute pictures/videos and improve articles related to Fani in their own 
languages.

Subhashish

> On May 5, 2019, at 12:20 AM, Tito Dutta  wrote:
> 
> These two videos have been uploaded:
> 1) Aerial damage: 
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cyclone_Fani_-_Aerial_Survey_Shows_Extensive_Damage_-_Around_Odisha.webm
>  (video in Telugu)
> 2) High wind and cyclone effect: 
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Effect_of_Heavy_wind_during_Fani_Cyclone.webm
>  (uploaded by Sangram)
> Both videos waiting for review. I will wait for sometime before more upload, 
> once the review is done, or some important content is found that helps the 
> project, and are under CC license, we can work on those.
> 
> Thanks 
> Tito Dutta
> Note: If I don't reply to your email in 2 days, please feel free to remind me 
> over email or phone call.
> 
> 
>> On Sat, 4 May 2019 at 17:38, Ashwin Baindur  wrote:
>> Thank you, Tito for a  good beginning.
>> 
>> Everybody is requested to please do help in preparing a  representative set 
>> of all facets pertaining to this issue. It will support our national 
>> endeavour to save lives by making things more prominent.
>> 
>> Cyclone shelters should be just as important as Mohalla clinics in the minds 
>> of our people.
>> 
>>> On Sat, May 4, 2019, 5:34 PM Tito Dutta  wrote:
>>> In addition to that at least some of the Odisha government content should 
>>> be under CC license, let's see if Sailesh  or someone of us can help to 
>>> find something.
>>> 
>>> Thanks 
>>> Tito Dutta
>>> Note: If I don't reply to your email in 2 days, please feel free to remind 
>>> me over email or phone call.
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Sat, 4 May 2019 at 17:26, Tito Dutta  wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>> The following videos are licensed under Creative Commons and after 
>>>> checking the content some of those can be uploaded I feel.
>>>> https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=cyclone+fani&sp=EgIwAQ%253D%253D
>>>> I can see ETV Andhra Pradesh has published several videos under CC 
>>>> license, that is great.
>>>> 
>>>> To get clarification if YouTube videos can be uploaded, I asked on Commons 
>>>> help desk last October, the discussion is at here: 
>>>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Help_desk/Archive/2018/09#Video_YouTube
>>>> There they told me if the video is original, and does not violate 
>>>> copyright, it (or part of it) can be uploaded. ETV (Eenadu) is a reputed 
>>>> channel.
>>>> 
>>>> For all readers, just as context, like Flickr YouTube also allows to 
>>>> publish videos under CC license.
>>>> Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed): 
>>>> https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2797468
>>>> 
>>>> About uploading, we/I can try uploading from there if needed, and we don't 
>>>> get other content
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks 
>>>> Tito Dutta
>>>> Note: If I don't reply to your email in 2 days, please feel free to remind 
>>>> me over email or phone call.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On Sat, 4 May 2019 at 17:00, Ashwin Baindur  
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> Dear friends,
>>>>> 
>>>>> There is dearth of information on cyclone shelter, cyclone
>>>>> preparations and cyclone Fani images on Wikipedia/Commons. Please help
>>>>> us get images for this to base our articles on.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Does anyone have an audio file of the warning used by Odisha Govt so
>>>>> successfully to warn the people?
>>>>> -- 
>>>>> Warm regards,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Ashwin Baindur
>>>>> (User:AshLin)
>>>>> 
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimania-l] Announcing the Spaces and call for submissions for Wikimania 2019 Stockholm

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

FYI

Subha

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From: Liam Wyatt 
Date: Thu, May 2, 2019 at 5:58 AM
Subject: [Wikimania-l] Announcing the Spaces and call for submissions for
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Dear Wikimaniacs, Wikimedians, and friends of the Wikiverse!

On behalf of the Wikimania 2019 Stockholm organising team, I am pleased to
announce two things:

- The list of accepted "Spaces".

- That the Call for Submissions is now OPEN.

https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Submissions

Please join me in congratulating the Leaders of each of the accepted
Wikimania 2019 Spaces! As per the program design[1], Wikimania this year
has the format of "Spaces", each with its own group of "Leaders" - all of
who made a proposal to host a Space back in March. The core team has been
working with the Leaders since then to prepare an interesting, diverse, and
coherent conference. Each Space has its own topic area, and in their own
way they all of them help address the conference theme: "Stronger together:
Wikimedia, Free Knowledge and the Sustainable Development Goals".[2]

Each Space will have its own room for a period of time in the conference to
curate and coordinate as they see fit.[3] You can read about what each
Space is planning to achieve, and who is Leading it, at the link above. In
English-alphabetical order they are:

   -

   Accessibility (A11y): Components and Standards
   -

   Global Advocacy for Free Knowledge: Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities
   -

   Community Growth
   -

   Diversity
   -

   Education
   -

   Environmental sustainability
   -

   GLAM - cultural partnerships and Wikimedia
   -

   Growing Wikimedia’s readership worldwide
   -

   Health
   -

   Languages
   -

   Libraries belong in Wikimedia projects
   -

   Multimedia knowledge
   -

   Partnerships
   -

   Quality
   -

   Research
   -

   Thriving in Safety
   -

   Strategy for Wikimedia 2030 – The path towards our future
   -

   Transcription
   -

   Technology outreach & innovation

And of course the Poster session, which will be a plenary event.

For 2019, there is no 'central' program committee nor a single submission
form. To make a submission, visit the page of the Space which most relates
to your proposal, read its instructions for what kinds of submissions the
Leaders of that Space wish to receive. Then click the submission button.

Each Space is looking for different kinds of content or format. So it is
important that people wanting to propose a presentation/workshop/panel/etc
at Wikimania read the information that the Leaders of each Space have
provided.

Once again, the link to the list of all the accepted Spaces, each with its
own submission form, is here:
https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Submissions#Spaces

Please feel free to share/forward this email.

Sincerely,

- Liam Wyatt (Volunteer program chair), and Eric Luth (Conference Manager,
Wikimedia Sverige)


[1] https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Program_design

[2] https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Theme

[3] Note that the Spaces do NOT all have the same room capacity, or
duration. Thus the content of the Wikimania program is not intending to be
'evenly spread' across these topic areas.

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia Chapter (India) Activities 2018-19

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

First of all, congratulations to friends at WMIN for contributing the
reported activities for the benefit of the Wikimedia movement - running a
nonprofit without secured (and at times no) funding is really hard. That
said, I share the same doubt with Nivas and would like to suggest, if I
can, to add a few words to the future report. The activities can be put
into buckets like organized, co-organized, participated (spoke in a
talk/panel, informal meetings like BoF and meetups, and just as a
participant). The other bit it clarifying whether WMIN leadership/members
participated in an event as a representative of the Chapter or participated
in their volunteer capacity. What Krishna raised and Yohann actioned
quickly could probably be avoided by bringing some clarity in the reports.

Subha


On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 8:26 AM Nivas Ramisetty 
wrote:

> Hi Yohann,
>
> Some parts of the reports are confusing to a general reader. I am not sure
> if all the activities mentioned under the "Events" section are organised by
> Wikimedia India, for example, "Project Tiger Writing Contest" Apart from
> the equipment support, I would like to know WMIN's involvement in the
> writing contest itself. Also in July-September 2018 report, 11th World
> Hindi Conference 2018, Re-creation of CC-India chapter, India Independence
> Day 2018 - Label-a-thon, are mentioned. It is confusing whether these
> events are conducted by WMIN, or CIS-A2K, or other volunteers. It would be
> great if you can make these clear by explicitly mentioning who organised
> them
>
> Thanks
> 
>
>
>> Dear All,
>>
>> Wikimedia India is happy to report its annual activities undertaken in
>> the previous financial year 2018-19, beginning 1st April , 2018 until 31st
>> March 2019. All activities undertaken have been self-financed by different
>> Wikimedia India members either individually or collectively and not a
>> single penny of community funds have been spent on conducting any
>> programmatic activity.
>> No Wikimedia Foundation Grants like Rapid Grant, Project Grant etc have
>> been applied & by following with the real Wikimedia Culture,  all Wikimedia
>> India members in their individual capacity have taken to finance India
>> Chapter Activities for Capacity Developments, Awareness, Partnerships, etc.
>>
>> As you all are aware, Wikimedia India continues to undergo a financial
>> crisis because it cannot receive any funding [1] from its primary donor
>> Wikimedia Foundation(USA). However, Wikimedia India continues to do
>> whatever it can, with its current constraints, to take the Wikimedia
>> movement forward in India.
>>
>> Wikimedia India looks forward to the community review on its activities
>> hosted and more importantly on expectations from the larger community, and
>> suggestions on how they want Wikimedia India to perform this financial
>> year, holding that funding's may remain frozen.
>>
>> *Key Points*
>>
>>- Facilitated first-ever Library Partnership in India with Sameeksha
>>Trust Journal, Economic & Political Weekly under The Wikipedia Library.
>>- Partnered on several Wikimedia Global Programs in India such as
>>WikiGap, Wiki Asian Month etc.
>>-  Continued hosting several Wikimedia India programs such as
>>WikiAcademy, Wikimedia India Events, Featured Wikimedian of The Month.
>>- Continued working along with CIS-A2K on different projects and most
>>importantly on Project Tiger, a joint initiative between Wikimedia India
>>and CIS-A2K. [2]
>>
>> *Quarterly Reports*
>>
>>- April - June 2018
>>
>> 
>>-  July - September 2018
>>
>> 
>>- October-December 2018
>>
>> 
>>- January - March 2019
>>
>> 
>>
>>
>> *WikiAcademy*
>> 
>>
>>-  Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
>>
>> 

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India members

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

Shouldn't it be a list of usernames? I am just curious if those whose names
and physical locations are published provided consent for the same.

Subha


On Thu, Apr 4, 2019 at 8:49 PM Anirudh S. Bhati 
wrote:

> I wasn't aware that voters' list was posted online.  I generally don't
> think that's a good idea, given the privacy of the members.  What is the
> view of WMIN's compliance consultant on this?
>
> At the same time, may I ask why many of the founding members are not on
> that list?  I was told that we had lifetime membership without the
> obligation to pay dues.  I don't mind paying dues personally, but since I
> have been away for quite some time, it's not convenient to fill up a form,
> send it and also transfer the funds.
>
> On Thu, Apr 4, 2019 at 8:41 PM Dhaval S. Vyas  wrote:
>
>> This raises a question in my mind whether Wikimedia India Chapter is
>> still functional? There is a number of reasons to believe it is not,
>>
>> 1. we are still waiting a respinse from WMIN president on a separate
>> concern raised,
>> 2. Members list has not been updated for 2 years
>> 3. No one from the chapter seems to be caring to respond, etc...
>>
>> Am I the only one having this question in mind?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Dhaval Vyas
>>
>> On Thu, 4 Apr 2019, 16:49 Ashwin Baindur, 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I had applied for membership of the Chapter but am yet to receive
>>> confirmation. Requesting Sanket to tell me whether I am a member or not as
>>> yet.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Apr 4, 2019, 8:42 AM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga <
>>> kcvel...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
 Hello,

 I see that the last update on the list of members was in March 2017
 (for Elections 2016), published as the list of eligible voters for the
 election. The list is at
 http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Elections_2016/Eligible_Voters_List. But the
 list has not been updated after that. Many of these must have been expired
 by now (considering these from 2016).

 Also, an actual members' list is nowhere to be found on WMIN Wiki. As
 Bodhi said, I feel that there should be somewhere on the Wiki, and it needs
 to be updated regularly.

 Best,
 Krishna



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 bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am interested to know, who are the current members of Wikimedia
> India and since when are they members? If there is a list, please share.
>
> Regards
> Bodhisattwa
>
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of the Wikimedians of India Technical User Group

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

It must be our lucky day as this news came along with the recognition of
the Marathi Wikimedians UG. :) Congratulations everyone involved in setting
this up!

Subha


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Hi everyone!

I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized
[1] the Wikimedians of India Technical User Group [2] as a Wikimedia User
Group. The group aims to introduce new Wikipedia technologies to
volunteers, to recruit new technical contributors, and to work with Indic
communities to address their technology problems and requests.

Please join me in congratulating the members of this new user group!

Regards,
Kirill Lokshin
Chair, Affiliations Committee

[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Recognition_of_Wikimedians_of_India_technical_user_group
[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_of_India_technical_user_group
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of the Marathi Wikimedians User Group

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

Congratulations friends from Marathi Wikimedians UG! Really look forward to
collaborating with you all. :)

Subha


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Hi everyone!

I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized
[1] the Marathi Wikimedians User Group [2] as a Wikimedia User Group. The
group aims to increase awareness about Marathi Wikipedia and other
Wikipedia projects, and to develop programs which will improve editors'
work on the project and work towards addressing the gender gap on Marathi
Wikipedia.

Please join me in congratulating the members of this new user group!

Regards,
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Chair, Affiliations Committee

[1]
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[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Marathi_Wikimedians
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Create text animation video from wikipedia article (Text2Video)

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

I think most noobs including myself would need some context here:

- Is there a sample that we can check out? (I looked up for Text2Video and
found this <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHX8FSJWzrU> but I think I'd
rather not have any animation to save data if I was visually impaired
because I fail to see the purpose of the animation in the first place)
- How many Indian languages have a working TTS as that would be the basis
for a tool like this? (Open Source tools like NVDA <
https://www.nvaccess.org/files/nvda/documentation/userGuide.html?> which
uses machine synthesis which is by far the only available TTS for several
Indian languages)
- Which language Wikipedias have been tested on so far?
- I am yet to be convinced that VideoWiki is useful in any manner,
particularly from a digital accessibility standpoint (in simple words, why
one would use VideoWiki or what is the target audience for VideoWiki). It's
fun to play with a platform like this but I'm still waiting to see the
practical use (and I did have fun hearing to Wikipedia articles using
VideoWiki)
- For something to work for Indian languages, the TTS itself should be
decent enough and the application should not be data-heavy (thanks to
carriers like Jio and in general drop in data charges, but we still have a
long way to go). I'm sure this is something that might have occurred to
others as well.
- The other and the most important aspect, again speaking from a common
user's expectation, something that is intended for accessibility should be
mobile-focuses, meaning it has to start from an Android app as majority
(>470 mn[1] of India's Internet user population) Internet users access the
Internet from their smartphones whereas most of them wouldn't have access
to a computer
- Last but not the least, there is plenty of resources being spent for
languages like English and anything in English, IMO would be reinventing
the wheel whereas many Indian languages need support. Thankfully, Google is
adding more languages though they are not always Open Source and that
itself is a big issue for the Wikimedia community.

1. Estimated stats from June 2018.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/mobile-internet-users-in-india-seen-at-478-million-by-june-iamai/articleshow/63533860.cms

Subhashish


On Wed, Mar 13, 2019 at 12:05 PM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga <
kcvel...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Santosh,
>
> This looks nice a very nice idea. But it sounds a bit similar to VideoWiki
> (I am not sure though), which is currently under development. You may want
> to look at too at https://videowiki.wmflabs.org/, and Meta-Wiki page
> about the project at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Video.  It is
> currently under development, is being funded by WMF grants.
>
> I am *Ccing* in the developer/creator into this thread. Also, do you have
> any link to share...?
>
> Best,
> Krishna C V.
>
> On Wed, Mar 13, 2019 at 11:54 AM Santosh Shingare <
> cherishsant...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello All,
>>
>> The idea behind of this application is to create video (text animation
>> with audio). User can select article from wikipedia and app create video
>> (text animation with audio). Application works like editor it will helps
>> you to add text, text animation and audio. it will fetch text/media from
>> wikipedia using API, then click the "Create" button to generate video.
>>
>>
>> Please feel free to share your feedback.
>>
>> Thanks & Regards
>>
>> Santosh Shingare,
>> Executive member, Wikimedia India Chapter
>> +91 9890984632
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Hindi Wikisource

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

Finally! This was long pending. Thanks Abhinav for sharing this good news. 
Congratulations to all you friends who were involved. So glad to see many 
Wikimedians from other communities who rendered their support (the Odia 
Wikimedians UG is proud again for User:Pmsarangi). Really excited for this 
everyone, such a big win for all of us Indian-language Wikimedians. :)

Subha

> On Mar 12, 2019, at 10:17 PM, Rajeeb Dutta  wrote:
> 
> Congrats to the entire Hindi Wikimedians, thanks for making a part of it..
> All my best wishes.
> Thanks,
> Regards,
> Rajeeb Dutta.
> (Marajozkee)
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On 12-Mar-2019, at 9:00 PM, Abhinav srivastava  wrote:
>> 
>> Hi, 
>> 
>> Many Thanks to everyone. The Language committee has voted to approve the 
>> Hindi Wikisource Project. 
>> 
>> Hindi Wikimedians would like to acknowledge West Bengal Wikimedians 
>> (User:Jayantanath And All), Odia Wikimedians User Group (User:Pmsarangi And 
>> All) , English Wikisource Admins (User:Yann, User:Hrishikes)  and to all 
>> Indian community members. 
>> 
>> Consistent support from you all have helped Hindi Wikimedia in accomplishing 
>> this. 
>> 
>> https://wikisource.org/wiki/Talk:Main_Page/%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80#Approvable
>> 
>> 
>> User:Abhinav619
>> On Behalf of Hindi Wikimedians,
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Wed, 14 Nov 2018 at 21:11, Abhinav srivastava  
>> wrote:
>>> Hi, 
>>> 
>>> As an organiser of the January 2019 conference and in concurrence with 
>>> Satdeep YES Hindi Wikisource is on the agenda and a specific slot would be 
>>> allocated on the last day. In addition to that, we intend (at planning 
>>> stage not shared with wider community) to have online sessions on 
>>> Wikisource in December as a pre-conference workshops. They would largely 
>>> comprise basics of copyright, how to effectively proof-read, uploading file 
>>> from IA amongst others. 
>>> 
>>> I would request all editors from Indian Wikisource community to come 
>>> forward and assist us in this mission. Your direction is key. 
>>> 
>>> Abhinav
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
 On Wednesday, 14 November 2018, Satdeep Gill  wrote:
 Hi Yann,
 
 Interestingly, the Hindi community is going to meet in January 2019 for a 
 conference and Hindi Wikisource is on the agenda. I am hoping that we will 
 get more community members involved now.
 
 Best
 Satdeep
 
 
> On Wed, 14 Nov, 2018, 8:35 PM Yann Forget  Hi,
> 
> Help needed here
> 
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Language_committee#Hindi_Wikisource
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Yann Forget
> 
> 
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Celebrating Women's Day : Wikimedia India

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

Great to see many old and new faces - I guess many Wikimedians might not
know active contributors from other language communities. Congratulations
to all the friends who made it to the list. :) Thanks Yohann and other
friends at WMIN for the research and letting us know about these
Wikimedians who are leading the Wikimedia movement in India and helping
bridge the gender gap.

Subha


On Thu, Mar 7, 2019 at 11:23 PM Yohann Thomas  wrote:

> Greetings From Wikimedia India !
>
> Wikimedia India takes the opportunity in wishing all the Women
> Wikimedians, A Very Happy Women's Day. Let's join hands and salute all
> Women's who are building our open knowledge ecosystems.
>
> Wikimedia India wishes to celebrate the occasion in its own little way
> through its program, Featured Wikimedian Of The Month.
>
> Every Month, Wikimedia India celebrates editing by recognising and writing
> story for an editor working on Indian language projects. The process is
> same like featured article or featured picture.
>
> Today, Friday, 8th March, we wish to do something different. Wikimedia
> India is happy to recognise 16  different  Women Wikimedians  working on
> different language projects.
> Since it's 2019, so we have covered stories for 19 Women Wikimedians
> Please find the stories on these Super-Women from India <
> http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Featured_Wikimedian/Women_Month/2019>.
>
> Also, we have come up with a blog-post on how previously Featured Women
> Wikimedians are doing today. Please give it a read <
> http://blog.wikimedia.in/2019/03/07/growing-women-leadership-in-india-eyes-from-featured-wikimedian-of-the-month-program/>
>
>
> We wish to thank User:Netha Hussain and User: Manavpreet Kaur for being
> the special guest facilitators for this exercise.
>
> At last, Wishing All Women Wikimedians, A VERY HAPPY WOMEN'S DAY.
>
> Regards,
> Yohann Thomas
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: CC Summit 2019: Registration, Call for Proposals and Scholarships open

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

FYI

-- Forwarded message -
From: Claudio Ruiz 
Date: Tue, Nov 20, 2018 at 8:50 PM
Subject: CC Summit 2019: Registration, Call for Proposals and Scholarships
open
To: 


Hello friends,

I'm writing to let you know that today we're opening registration for the
2019 Creative Commons Global Summit
, and to invite you to
consider applying for a scholarship
.

The Creative Commons Global Summit will take place in Lisbon, Portugal,
9-11 May 2019. Join us for three days of dynamic programming at Museu do
Oriente, with keynotes held at the historic Cineteatro Capitolio.

*Apply for a CC Global Summit scholarship*
Nearly 25% of all Global Summit attendees receive support from Creative
Commons in the form of scholarships. Our scholarship program helps ensure
the global community remains central in the debates, collaborations,
connections, and strategies for action that make the Global Summit such an
exciting and important event.

Scholarship applications are now open.
 The application deadline
is December 10, 2018.

*Submit a proposal for the CC Global Summit program*
As always, the summit's programming is built out of ideas from you. If you
have an idea for a summit session, please submit a proposal
. We're accepting proposals
through December 10, 2018.

Finally, please be sure to read the event's Code of Conduct
.
All attendees, speakers, sponsors, and volunteers at our conference are
expected to cooperate to help ensure a safe environment for everyone.

Thank you for all that you do. We're excited to see you in Lisbon in May.
Claudio

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Copyright and Free licenses web session on 28 October 2018 at 7:00 pm

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

How about using meet.jitsi.si? It’s open source, encrypted and there can’t be 
really anything more straightforward and easy like it.

Subhashish

> On Oct 23, 2018, at 10:35 PM, Abhinav srivastava  wrote:
> 
> Hi Tito, 
> 
> Thanks for sharing the good news.
> 
> I have a small suggestion - BlueJeans has been a trouble during community 
> calls. Let's not use it. 
> 
> Abhinav
> 
> मंगल, 23 अक्तू॰ 2018 को 9:36 pm बजे को Tito Dutta  ने 
> लिखा:
>> Hello.
>> 
>> An online workshop on Copyright and free licenses will be conducted on 28 
>> October 2018, from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm on copyright and free licenses related 
>> to Wikimedia Commons (and partially Wikisource).
>> 
>> We just concluded the South India copyright workshop. During the workshop we 
>> felt the necessity of a web Q&A session. This is the first session, hope to 
>> have more sessions in future.
>> 
>> Yann (User:Yann) will be the primary trainer of the web session.
>> Please fill the form if you are interested to join:
>> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeR5uoA1dNd2rKlt6uhWypJCjQHGs1yWRJfIi_gM3ldq5WCQQ/viewform
>> 
>> The last date to show your interest is 28 October 2018, 6 am IST.
>> 
>> We'll use platform like Google Meet or Bluejeans, not decided yet. We'll 
>> send this details to the participants.
>> 
>> Please share this email.
>> 
>> Thanks 
>> Tito Dutta
>> Note: If I don't reply to your email in 2 days, please feel free to remind 
>> me over email or phone call.
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Women's World Boxing Championship 2018

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

Great going, Japleen. It would be amazing if you can organize this. There are 
two-three Odia Wikimedians (they are more active on Wikisource but I hope they 
would be interested to join you as well), and there are some Hindi and Punjabi 
Wikimedians that are based there. If al goes well, it would probably become a 
multilingual editathon.

Subhashish

> On Oct 13, 2018, at 12:45 PM, Japleen Pasricha  
> wrote:
> 
> Hello, 
> 
> I recently saw an email from Odia Wikimedia that they are organising month 
> long editathons for Men's Hockey World Cup. This is a great initiative! 
> 
> And also gave me the idea to do something similar in November. As many of you 
> may know Delhi will host the Women's World Boxing Championship from 15 - 24 
> November. 
> 
> Could we all hold online and offline events around this topic editing and 
> creating pages of women boxers etc across several Indic languages. 
> 
> I will definitely organise one Wikipedia editathon in Delhi in November on 
> this topic and would love if other people can join us and/or organise their 
> own in their language communities. 
> 
> Tito/CIS, can we get some help for this? 
> 
> Let me know your thoughts. 
> 
> Best,
> Japleen
> -- 
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> Feminist Activist
> Founder & Editor-in-chief of Feminism in India
> Personal Blog | Facebook | Twitter
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Introduction

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

Welcome to the Wikimedia community, Japleen. And thank you for your valuable 
contribution to the movement. There are a few other English, Hindi and Punjabi 
Wikimedians that live in Delhi. You might want to subscribe to the Delhi list 
here (https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-del). There is 
also a gender gap list which is quite relevant to the work you do
(https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap).

Subhashish

> On Oct 3, 2018, at 3:58 PM, Japleen Pasricha  
> wrote:
> 
> Hello everyone, 
> 
> I have been a member of this mailing list for some time now and I think it's 
> time I properly introduce myself :)
> 
> Hi, my name is Japleen and I'm a feminist activist and entrepreneur based in 
> New Delhi, India. I run an online feminist media platform called Feminism In 
> India. Apart from publishing an online feminist magazine, running campaigns 
> etc, we also organise monthly Wikipedia Editathons. 
> 
> One of our vision and mission is to increase the representation of Indian 
> women on the internet and we achieve that by writing on our website but also 
> editing Wikipedia. 
> 
> I started editing Wikipedia in 2014, but was not regular. In 2016, I attended 
> some editathons and initiated the FII Wiki Project. Now, since October 2016 
> we organise one Wikipedia editathon every month to write about women, trans 
> and non-binary people. 
> 
> FII Wiki Project has partnered with CIS A2K and Punjabi Wikimedians in the 
> past. We choose a topic every month and try to partner with a group/org who 
> has subject expertise in it. For example, in September we partnered with Asia 
> Safe Abortion Partnership and organised an editathon to edit abortion related 
> pages of India and Asia Pacific.  
> 
> I'm still new to the whole Wikimedia ecosystem and learning each day. 
> Currently, I personally contribute to the English Wikipedia, Commons and 
> Wikiquote. 
> 
> Although each of our editathon is documented on the FII website, I have 
> recently also started documenting on Meta and the P&E dashboard. This is the 
> meta page of FII Wiki Project. It is still incomplete so all suggestions are 
> welcome!
> 
> I'm specifically writing to connect with women Wikimedians in India and 
> Wikimedians who are based in Delhi-NCR. At FII, we are still trying to form a 
> community and even after organising editathons for 2 years, we don't see a 
> lot of repeat attendees. So, it will be nice to meet some Wikimedians in 
> Delhi-NCR. 
> 
> I'd also love to co-organise editathons with other language groups as long as 
> we can focus on gender. Please feel free to get in touch with me personally 
> at japl...@feminisminindia.com. 
> 
> I'd happy to answer questions anyone may have about what we do. 
> 
> Warmly,
> Japleen
> 
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [OT] Regarding license of a public talk

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

I think the question Shrini is asking is different. A public talk (not a 
musical or other such performance) is still copyrighted if the uploader has 
uploaded it as a copyrighted work. In general, the tak is always owned by the 
original author i.e. the speaker but the uploader only owns the particular 
recording in question. It might be a partial or full recording and might have 
background music added to the original talk. Contacting the uploader and 
requesting them would be an option but is a long shot. I’m only making a human 
judgement here as I’m not a lawyer myself. Those who are in this list can give 
a more accurate advice. :)

Subhashish

> On Sep 15, 2018, at 9:54 AM,  
>  wrote:
> 
> Photo of a public figure (person) clicked during a public function or at any 
> public place/event (like rally, speech,..) can be uploaded to commons under 
> CC licence. Can the same logic be applied here?
>  
> Regards,
> Pavanaja
>  
> From: Wikimediaindia-l  On 
> Behalf Of Shrinivasan T
> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2018 9:14 PM
> To: Discussion list on Indian language projects of Wikimedia. 
> 
> Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] [OT] Regarding license of a public talk
>  
> I have few queries on license of a recording of a public talk.
>  
> In YouTube, there are many videos of tamil public talks available. They are 
> on literature, history, politics and more.
>  
> Though the uploaded did not choose the license, who owns the copyright?
>  
> The speaker
> The Video recorder
> The event organizer
> The venue owner
> The public
>  
> I want to make podcasts using those talks. I attend few events and record the 
> same talk myself as audio.
>  
> Now there is no difference between my recording and the one on YouTube.
>  
> Now is it OK to upload my audio files to archive.org in a CC license?
>  
> If the license of a public event is any one of public license, shall I rip 
> the audio from YouTube talks of public events, and release in a CC license?
>  
> Share your thoughts.
>  
> Thanks.
>  
>  
>  
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimania tour of Rahul Desmukh

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

As Rahul is going through a huge personal crisis, it is humane to give him
time to recover. Rahul, sorry for your loss and deepest condolences to the
close ones.

That said, it is important to discuss a few things publicly that would help
clear some air and strengthen the transparency. Not everything needs to be
discussed privately though some should be. This discussion can be parked
for sometime until Rahul recovers from grief. But the impulsive reaction to
Satdeep's email is uncalled for. No need to discuss what his role is in
different organizations/groups that he works for in whatsoever capacity.
Such discussions could not just dilute the real matter of this thread but
also potentially create bad breath between members of the community. Rahul
is a president of a national-level chapter that represents the Indian
Wikimedia community. So, it is important that he responds in that capacity
when he is ready. There is nothing personal here (though many discussions
have been dragged that way).

Abhinav, as a fellow Wikipedian and a friend, my humble request to you
would be to treat other members in the list respectfully (and the same
request to all others). You are a Wikipedian and a former office bearer so
none knows about this better than you.

Subhashish

On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 11:14 PM, Abhinav srivastava 
wrote:

>
> Perhaps it would be advisable to hear from Mr Asaf Bartov and if we can
> throw some light.
>
> Whether best practices call for taking name publicly or should the
> concerned persons approach CIS and WMIN and get the details.
>
> Abhinav
>
> On Thursday, September 13, 2018, Abhinav srivastava 
> wrote:
>
>> It is necessary my friend. Name game business is no sign of maturity.
>> Rest, report has already been shared.
>>
>> Affcom member who is selected and not elected showing biases concerns me.
>> This chapter only made him a featured wikimedians and assisted him and his
>> friends. His friend has also acknowledged the help on this thread when EC
>> members paid from their pocket to support him. He still hasn't finished the
>> report but we don't do sensationalism.
>>
>>
>> http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Equipment_Lending_and_Community_
>> Support/Report/2016/Bodhisattwa
>>
>> Post Script : Just a general though based on today morning newspapers.
>> India has become a hub of online trolling where one asks the other to
>> respond. I am happy they are restricted to social media and not us here.
>>
>> I personally respect you for your work on en Wikipedia and also helping
>> the chapter. I will not reply if you feel so. Suggestion taken.
>>
>> Abhinav
>>
>>
>> On Thu 13 Sep, 2018, 10:34 PM Srikar Kashyap Pulipaka, <
>> srikar.kash...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> 
>>>
>>> Dear Abhinav,
>>>
>>> I feel you have been overly enthusiastic in responding to the mails in
>>> this thread. I clearly don't find *anything* personal and offensive in
>>> Satdeep's email. That was a totally uncalled for attack on him. It is
>>> indeed true that Rahul must answer a few questions raised in this thread
>>> *himself*. I strongly suggest that we let Rahul address all the concerns
>>> himself in this thread once and for all. I don't expect your reply to this
>>> mail and hope you don't too. It's not necessary.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Srikar
>>>
>>> On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 10:19 PM Abhinav srivastava <
>>> abhinav...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Comrade Satdeep,
>>>>
>>>> Respect one's personal privacy. You can approach CIS-A2K or Mr Deshmukh
>>>> and WMIN and know who invited. Rest, report and documentation has already
>>>> been shared. You can also write on the discussion page on Meta where report
>>>> has been shared and find out, if you really want an individual's name
>>>> public. I am not convinced why an international volunteers name need to be
>>>> called.
>>>>
>>>> You are not even an elected member at Affcom, if my memory serves me
>>>> correctly. You did not hold any work experience which was written as
>>>> mandatory for the office you are holding. I am not sure if you shared any
>>>> report for the Hindi contractual job. You want to discuss everything about
>>>> you on a personal mail.
>>>>
>>>> Why the difference?
>>>>
>>>> Abhinav
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu 13 Sep, 2018, 9:35 PM Satdeep Gill, 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimania tour of Rahul Desmukh

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

Just a technical clarification - Asaf copied Rahul in his first emai so he must 
have received the email. I have copied Rahul again. In worst case scenario (if 
he is not there in the mailing list), others from the chapter board would have 
informed him. It’s very hard to believe that the discussion has gone so far 
without Rahul not being aware Also, it’s important for movement partner reps to 
be on mailing lists of their own country. 

Sorry, I don’t find the argument — that Rahul hasn’t replied back because he 
isn’t there in the mailing list — a strong one.

S

> On Sep 9, 2018, at 3:01 PM, Sudhanwa Jogalekar  wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> In spite of so many mails, if he(Rahul) is not responding, It is obvious that 
> he is not on this mailing list. 
> 
> I found Bodhisattwa's initial query was in the right spirit but later on 
> tones got changed on the thread and it has almost become 
> scrutiny/interrogation !! 
> I completely understand/respect/agree that we are all volunteers and we do 
> have concerns about the activities happening around. But in this case, things 
> are probably not taken "In good faith" which is a base of a Wikipedian. 
> Any volunteer is always free to apply/ask for scholarship for any reason 
> towards the cause of Wikipedia and no one can deny that freedom. In this 
> case, it happens to be a office bearer of the organisation. (I am not taking 
> any names here and making it generic) If a volunteer feels that the reason 
> for asking for scholarship is valid, he/she should ask for it. 
> 
> It is the duty of the person/organisation sanctioning such 
> scholarships/funding to judge if the justification for the same is valid or 
> not. If the justification is not right, sponsorship can be easily rejected. 
> Nothing wrong in it. In this case, CIS-A2K has already replied to the query. 
> Somehow, people are still asking the sponsored volunteer for justification 
> and not the sponsoring authorities. It should be the other way round as the 
> sponsors have the authority to accept or reject any proposal. I believe, in 
> the past WMF has also spend money on similar sponsorships without even 
> informing the community. Lot of money has been spent in various projects 
> without much visibility and actual numbers in achieving the target. But then 
> very few people are raising alerts about it. 
> 
> So, if at all people want to raise their concern, find the right target to 
> ask questions/get answers and not just another volunteer !! 
> Hope people will take up things in the right spirit.
> 
> Disclaimer: I have not met/talked to anyone from WMIN/WMF after this thread 
> has started. Just had a 1-2 minute casual discussion with Tito about the mail 
> thread itself.
> 
> Regards
> -Sudhanwa
> 
> 
> 
>> On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 11:15 AM Karthik Nadar  wrote:
>> Dear WMIN EC/Rahul,
>> 
>> I think the community is still waiting for an answer.
>> 
>> My further points:
>> 
>> 1. I appreciate Abhinav for defending the Chapter. Having been in the seat, 
>> I would personally incline to defend too, however it really has to make 
>> sense. 
>> 
>> 2. CIS has done it's role of helping WMIN as always. Perhaps request of 
>> support upto this scale should be available to public even before it is 
>> accepted. I think CIS should also have analysed that there were two members 
>> from WMIN EC were attending Wikimania.
>> 
>> Would not like to deviate more. In complete sync with Asaf. WMIN is 
>> answerable to the community and to its members. No doubt here and it's been 
>> just too long, way too long.
>> 
>> Dear WMIN, the only way to gain community confidence is to engage with them. 
>> Really surprised with activities like Wiki Loves Monuments which was always 
>> a Chapter supported activity is not supported by Chapter this year or 
>> correct me if I'm wrong. 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Karthik Nadar
>> Ignore types, sent using my OnePlus
>> 
>>> On Fri 24 Aug, 2018, 1:22 AM Asaf Bartov,  wrote:
>>> Dear Rahul,
>>> 
>>> It's been 10 days since I've explicitly invited you to respond yourself and 
>>> to take responsibility for this -- whether a mistake or a misunderstanding. 
>>>  It would be good if you could make time to do so.  If you are unable to 
>>> put in the time, please at least drop a line acknowledging you intend to, 
>>> and suggest a date by which you'd be able to respond.
>>> 
>>> It seems to me people have been trying to assume good faith despite 
>>> concerns about the way this was handled, but this assumption of good faith 
>>> should not be abused indefinitely.  WMIN's EC and its president should be 
>>> accountable to the membership and the broader communities it exists to 
>>> support.  You agreed with this statement when I made it in our meeting in 
>>> Mumbai last year.  Do please show you meant it.
>>> 
>>> Thank you,
>>> 
>>> A.
>>> 
 On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 11:04 PM Asaf Bartov  wrote:
 Perhaps also helpful would be to hear some response from Mr. Deshmukh 
 h

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Regarding Uploading 700 photos of a single temple to commons

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

700 pictures! Wow. You deserve a million barnstars, Shrini. I'd say go for
it as long as the pictures are not repetitive. Sometimes it is important to
have multiple angles of the same object though. Just curious if you're
planning to geo-code some of the as well. But, otherwise, I think so many
pictures of a single shrine is still valuable.

Subhashish

On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 2:13 PM, Shrinivasan T 
wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I have captured around 700 photos of Kailasanathar temple, Kanchipuram
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanchi_Kailasanathar_Temple
>
> Captured all the small statues and designs.
>
> Is it okey to to upload them all to commons?
> if accepted, will upload  as a part of WLM india.
>
> Share your thoughts.
>
>
> Thanks.
>
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>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WikiCamp Nepal 2018

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

Great news Tulsi. Congratulations for this!

So glad to see that you're including two marginalized languages in this
activity.

Curious if you're planning to invite some of the Santali Wikipedians as
well. Copying two Wikimedians from India who might be able to connect with
Santali Wikimedians there.

Subhashish


On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 9:45 PM Asaf Bartov  wrote:

> Excellent news!  Congratulations to the communities in Nepal!
>
>A.
>
> On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 8:51 AM Tulsi Bhagat 
> wrote:
>
>> *Namaste !*
>>
>> I'm here to let you know about the most awaited & first event of it's
>> kind being held in Nepal is *Wikicamp Nepal 2018 (#WCN2018) is a three
>> day event for experienced and new Wikipedians of Nepal.* The main
>> objective of the event is to increase the Wikimedia offline activities in
>> Nepal, develop skill of the new Wikipedians and bring together experienced
>> and newbies Wikipedians. This brought together Wikipedians from Nepali,
>> Maithili, Doteli, Newari (Nepal Bhasha), Bhojpuri and Sanskrit Community as
>> well as 2 emerging Incubator community- Awadhi and Marwari.
>> This is first event which intended to become an annual national flagship
>> event for Wikipedia/Wikimedia in the country.
>>
>> For more info: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WCN2018
>>
>> *Regards,*
>> *Tulsi*
>> *(User:Tulsi Bhagat)*
>> Organizing Team Member | WCN2018;
>> Maithili/Nepali Wikimedians User Group
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Jayantanath as Wikisource Project Advisor

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

What a great news! So happy to see Jayanta with the new hat. 🙏

Subhashish

> On Aug 22, 2018, at 4:34 PM, Satdeep Gill  wrote:
> 
> This is a great news! Indic Wikisource communities need special support to 
> grow and there is a big potential for Wikisource in India. Jayanta da is a 
> Wikisource expert and hence a perfect choice for this role. 
> 
> I am hoping this would be immensely significant for the Indic Wikisource 
> communities.
> 
> Best
> Satdeep
> 
>> On Wed, Aug 22, 2018, 4:26 PM Tito Dutta  wrote:
>> Hello,
>> I want to inform Indian Wikimedia community that Jayantanath, an experienced 
>> Indian Wikisource admin is collaborating with CIS-A2K in order to support 
>> and strengthen Indian Wikisource communities. Wikisource is an important 
>> project, and several Indian Wikiosurce communities are working hard on it. 
>> Jayantanath will serve as a Wikisource Project Advisor, India. 
>> 
>> (Jayanta Nath is cc-ed in the email)
>> 
>> Thanks 
>> Tito Dutta
>> Note: If I don't reply to your email in 2 days, please feel free to remind 
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] CIS-A2K : Transparency and Other Issues

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

Abhinav, I think it's a valid expectation for a public report from any
volunteer in the movement when the donation money is spent. So, please
don't apologize to me. But there are many factors — priorities in life,
time commitment, need for something, and many more that stops one from
being available for post-event documentation.

Maybe the following would help explain. Our user group tries to document a
lot. To put things into a perspective, our recent-most event, the 16th
anniversary of Odia Wikipedia, has a long and detailed documentation in
Odia (https://or.wikipedia.org/s/1bia) - thanks to contributors like
Sangram Keshari Senapati, Bikash Ojha and many others who managed to
document a lot of valuable portions from the discussions. We have recorded
about 50 Gb of interviews and sessions just during this event that we now
have no bandwidth to edit and upload. It will take a few more months for us
to do that. :)

As a new user group, we have also supported neighboring communities like
Santali where we interviewed many of the active and new Wikimedians (almost
50 Gbs of media again) during a workshop that we helped organize with
support from A2K.

These are just a couple of examples of what we intend to do and how things
turn up differently in reality. Trust me, we really want to document
publicly as much as we can and there are genuine factors that slow many of
us down. But point noted - there is always a room for improvement. I
personally assumed that as there is a Etherpad note that Tito and others at
A2K had created during the two-day meeting, sharing that with the community
was enough. We indeed had a discussion and Sailesh who works at A2K and
other colleagues at our user group can share more about the same.

Subhashish


On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 5:20 PM Abhinav srivastava 
wrote:

> Hello Netha,
>
> I had no idea about you neither I am directing at you. This is for other
> Wikimedias residing in India.
>
> Sorry for the inconveniences.
>
> Abhinav
>
> On Fri 10 Aug, 2018, 5:18 PM Netha Hussain, 
> wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> My response to Abhinav's question, just to clarify about my attendance at
>> WMCON 18 :
>>
>> 2.)I am not sure if all those selected by WMF to participate in the
>> Wikimedia Conference 2018 were invited. Are you sure every one of them was
>> invited? I wish to hear.
>>
>>  I am an Indian Wikimedian and I was selected by the WMF to participate
>> in Wikimedia Conference 2018. I attended in my capacity as a volunteer and
>> delivered the Diversity statement and led the diversity discussion
>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2018/Documentation/Movement_Strategy_track/Day_2>
>> there. I was not informed about this Bangalore conference conducted by the
>> CIS, and I do not expect to be invited because I live in a different
>> country, and flying me to India would have been very expensive.
>> Additionally, my role in WMCON 2018 was to talk specifically about
>> Diversity, which is not exclusively an India-related topic. I did not
>> represent any affiliate from India, either.
>>
>> The complete list of participants who attended WMCON 18 can be found here
>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2018/Participants%27_List>
>> .
>>
>> Regards
>> Netha
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 10 Aug 2018 at 13:28, Abhinav srivastava 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Tanveer and Subhashish,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thank You, Tanveer for acknowledging, responding, apologizing and most
>>> importantly assuring on transparency.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I still have a few concerns and I wish to write back. I would appreciate
>>> if I can hear back.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 1.)Your proposal also mentions on inviting Experienced Indian
>>> Wikimedians. While, as per your response I do not find any Wikimedian
>>> attending in this category. I would like to record a suggestion. Bengaluru
>>> is one of the highly populated cities and also comprising a high number of
>>> migrant populations. In the upcoming events, you can invite Experience
>>> Wikimedians from other languages groups which still do not have a User
>>> Group and are based in Bengaluru. They may not be attending the Wikimedia
>>> Conference in Berlin, they may not be even from your focused languages. The
>>> idea is very similar to the statement put forward by your organization and
>>> Wikimedia India during the Wiki Conference India, “While some communities
>>> have dynamic leaders and enough community level activity…….this cannot be
>>> said for all communitie

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] CIS-A2K : Transparency and Other Issues

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

Thanks Tanveer for this frank clarification.

@Abhinav srivastava , I didn't check earlier that
there is a point concerning me. So just a small clarification - my point
was not to show how A2K organized the event in a non-transparent way but to
share the fact that I was a participant and did not know very well what
went behind organizing the event. Also, I participated in my capacity of a
rep of Odia Wikimedians User Group who happened to live in Bangalore (so it
was logistically cheaper even though we didn't go to WMCON this year). For
the record, Tanveer did share with me about this factor and the second
factor — that our UG will be eligible next year to send a rep — for
inviting me. My participation was not in the capacity of a former employee
of CIS. :)

Subhashish


On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 2:59 PM Tanveer Hasan 
wrote:

> Dear Abhinav,
>
> Please find our responses below:
>
> ==Conference==
>
> Hello,
>
> (a)Did CIS-A2K organize a conference/meetup in Bengaluru this
> summer?:
>
> Yes, we organised a WMCON India 2018 as per our proposal [1] that was
> submitted to the FDC in March 2017.
>
>
>
> (b)   How were the delegates selected and which communities were invited?
>
> The delegates were not selected by CIS. Participants invited/selected by
> WMF to participate in WMCON 2018 [2] in Berlin were invited to this
> meeting. User Group representatives who will be participating in WMCON 2019
> (residing in Bangalore) were invited to participate as well.
>
>
>
> (c)For all those communities who were invited (based on your response
> to part b) was an official notification sent via village pump, mailing
> list, reaching out to User Group representatives?
>
> As the participants were already selected by another affiliate of WMF, we
> did not want to reinvent the process and hence sent them personal emails as
> invite to this conference. We apologise for not sending out the event
> agenda and details about the event on mailing list and village pump of all
> the Indic communities.
>
>
>
> (d)   Is there a legitimate reason to be non-transparent in the process?
>
>
>
> Our intention was not to be ‘non transparent’, the participant list was
> put up by WMDE Conference organising team  and we invited only those people
> whose name featured in the official participant list. Sunil Abraham,
> Executive Director, CIS and Ananth Subray, Program Associate, A2K,
> Subhashish Panigrahi, representing Odia User group and Dr. U.B. Pavanaja,
> representing Karavali Wikimedians User Group were the only participants who
> were present whose name was not on the Participants list.
>
>
>
> (e)When a former CIS-A2K staff informed you about not maintaining
> transparency why was still no heed paid to it (if part d of the question is
> NO)?
>
> I would like to reiterate that our intention was not to be
> ‘non-transparent’. A2K team apologises for not sending out adequate
> information to communities and requisite channels of communication. We will
> strive to improve our communication with the community for all of our
> events.
>
>
>
> (f) Can reports, learning patterns etc be shared with the community?
>
> There is a meta page that had been created but has not been completed. We
> will priorotise the reporting of this event and revert with relevant
> updates.
>
>
>
> (g)How much funds were involved?
>
> We used an approximate amount of INR.2 lakh for this event. Major expenses
> were incurred in arranging transport and hospitality.
>
>
>
> (h)   What were the responsibilities of different CIS-A2K staff during
> the workshop?
>
> Four members of the CIS-A2K team participated in the meeting.
>
> Mr. Sunil Abraham, Executive Director was the chief facilitator on Day 1.
>
> Tanveer Hasan and Tito Dutta were organisers and co-facilitators for the
> conversations for both days.
>
> Ananth Subray attended the event to coordinate logistics and
> reimbursements.
>
> ==Reports==
>
> (a)What has been stopping CIS-A2K to share their monthly reports on
> the mailing list and their Report Section of Wikimedia Meta?
>
> We have defaulted on our newsletter because of the exit of our
> communications officer.  All the reports are updated here [3]. We will also
> update reports here [4] at the earliest.
>
>
>
> (b)   Can we hear about the reports, shortly?
>
> We will do our best to update reports by the end of this month.
>
> [1].
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Work_plan_July_2017_-_June_2018/Skill_Building_Initiatives#Wikimedia_India_conference_2018
>
> [2].
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2018/Participants%27_List
>
> [3]. https://meta.w

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimania tour of Rahul Desmukh

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

Subhashish

> On Aug 5, 2018, at 8:40 PM, Abhinav srivastava  wrote:
> 
> Hello Bodhisattwa, 
> 
> I won't be available from tomorrow onwards as stated in my previous mail. I 
> would like to reply to Subhashish, this evening. 
> 
> I am a bit surprised because of I when I wrote a clarification you simply 
> discarded and wrote, "Let WMIN reply". As advised to you on Wikimania mailing 
> list, it would have been better if you had raised these directly with the EC. 
> Since it is on a public mailing list, I am free to voice my opinion. 
> 
> Responses to Subhashish in line. 
> 
> 
> 
>> On Sun, Aug 5, 2018 at 8:13 PM Bodhisattwa Mandal 
>>  wrote:
>> Hi Abhinav,
>> 
>> Please stop diverting the topic. If those other discussions are important 
>> for you, please start separate new threads. My questions were directed to 
>> WMIN, please let them respond.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Bodhisattwa
>> 
>>> On Sun, 5 Aug 2018, 19:55 Subhashish Panigrahi,  
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Subhashish
>>> 
>>>> On Aug 5, 2018, at 7:06 PM, Abhinav srivastava  
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hello Subhashish, 
>>>> 
>>>> I would put a few of my reflections. Responses in line. 
>>>> 
>>>>> On Sun, Aug 5, 2018 at 6:15 PM Subhashish Panigrahi 
>>>>>  wrote:
>>>>> Just to clarify, my responses below are not about Rahul at all but in 
>>>>> general -
>>>> Yes ! The issue is much larger.  
>>>>> 
>>>>> What Bodhi wrote earlier makes sense, “participation for chairpersons 
>>>>> meetup is not eligibility criteria to gain a scholarship as it is an 
>>>>> informal meetup”. A Wikimania participant gets to attend many such 
>>>>> informal meetups, and I’d like to believe that they certainly add value 
>>>>> to the movement. But participation in such small little occasion (not 
>>>>> small as less worthy but small as compared to a large formal event) does 
>>>>> not really justify a 3-4 day-long travel which affects one’s 
>>>>> personal/work life (as you rightly put it).
>>>> I believe judgements should only be made based on objectivity.  I am not 
>>>> too sure if being a speaker on a global platform can be called upon as a 
>>>> 'such small little occassion'. Then, how do we make judgements ?
>>> No judgements. Still stand by my words. Speaking slot in an ‘informal 
>>> meetup’ that is attended by a small set of people is smaller than a formal 
>>> talk in a formal event. But then, many Wikimedians whose talks and 
>>> workshops get selected at Wikimania don’t get a chance to attend Wikimania 
>>> in the first place for various reasons.
> I would like to hear and learn more about what calls this an informal meetup.
Something that is not in the main Wikimania schedule as an open event for all 
during the three days during the scheduled sessions. Being in a physical space 
gives communities an opportunity to get together and discuss. It’s no less 
valuable though. But arguing that someone’s travel is valid for participation 
in one such meeting is a bit too much.

Just because it is an Affiliate Meetup, it begins to hold little relevance. I 
am not of this opinion. 
> 
> This is the first time  Wikimedia India person was called to speak and so 
> much controversy over it. While the International Mailing List largely calls 
> this issue 'not-required', our very own Indians have an issue with it. 
> 
> I would like to place on record, when Wikimedia India had funds, the Chapter 
> annual plans endorsed by community stated one individual from the community 
> and one executive commitee member. But the Chapter stayed firm in recognising 
> the importance of the community and used to sponser both spots to its 
> community members. 
>  
> On an invitation, executive commitee member visited and so much issues. 
> 
>>>> Through reports, learning patterns, minutes of the meeting etc. In fact, 
>>>> we all such contemplate on the reports and learning patterns as found on 
>>>> the Meta Page. It clearly states how this agenda would be further worked 
>>>> upon and then taken up in the next meeting. We all should give 
>>>> suggestions. Thank You, Subhashish for bringing up the issue of reporting. 
>>>> 
>>>> Also, Subhashish, now that you have appropriate bandwidth, I believe 
>>>> refelctions on the Bengaluru meetup can be done.
>>> I never said I have

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimania tour of Rahul Desmukh

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

Subhashish

> On Aug 5, 2018, at 7:06 PM, Abhinav srivastava  wrote:
> 
> Hello Subhashish, 
> 
> I would put a few of my reflections. Responses in line. 
> 
>> On Sun, Aug 5, 2018 at 6:15 PM Subhashish Panigrahi  
>> wrote:
>> Just to clarify, my responses below are not about Rahul at all but in 
>> general -
> Yes ! The issue is much larger.  
>> 
>> What Bodhi wrote earlier makes sense, “participation for chairpersons meetup 
>> is not eligibility criteria to gain a scholarship as it is an informal 
>> meetup”. A Wikimania participant gets to attend many such informal meetups, 
>> and I’d like to believe that they certainly add value to the movement. But 
>> participation in such small little occasion (not small as less worthy but 
>> small as compared to a large formal event) does not really justify a 3-4 
>> day-long travel which affects one’s personal/work life (as you rightly put 
>> it).
> I believe judgements should only be made based on objectivity.  I am not too 
> sure if being a speaker on a global platform can be called upon as a 'such 
> small little occassion'. Then, how do we make judgements ?
No judgements. Still stand by my words. Speaking slot in an ‘informal meetup’ 
that is attended by a small set of people is smaller than a formal talk in a 
formal event. But then, many Wikimedians whose talks and workshops get selected 
at Wikimania don’t get a chance to attend Wikimania in the first place for 
various reasons.
> Through reports, learning patterns, minutes of the meeting etc. In fact, we 
> all such contemplate on the reports and learning patterns as found on the 
> Meta Page. It clearly states how this agenda would be further worked upon and 
> then taken up in the next meeting. We all should give suggestions. Thank You, 
> Subhashish for bringing up the issue of reporting. 
> 
> Also, Subhashish, now that you have appropriate bandwidth, I believe 
> refelctions on the Bengaluru meetup can be done.
I never said I have the appropriate bandwidth now. :) In fact, I’m trying to 
reflect on something that is recent - Wikimania - with the community. The 
Bangalore meeting is no longer a priority for me at the moment. I shared the 
notes with the community right after the meeting.

I thought I shared the fact that I had shared the discussions with my own 
community.
> It would be a great learning experience for delegrates attending next year 
> Wikimedia Conference. :) .   Please Note : No Attempts to deviate from the 
> topic. 
It’s clearly deviating from the main topic. Better to start a new thread 
instead.
>> 
>> Also, I personally think that if a question is directed towards an 
>> organization, it’s better to wait for sometime until they get back. We, as a 
>> community, have quite some time now until next Wikimania to set a better 
>> standard and fix if something is broken. :)
> Of Course  ! Both Wikimedia India and CIS-A2K are responsive and this is a 
> welcome step. I would like to bring to attention, once the Wikimedia India 
> Program Director had initiated an idea that particular volunteer to attend 
> only two Wikimania and in turn leave space for other volunteers. 
It was a suggestion from Ravi and not something set in stone.
> 
> Some of our community members have been visiting Wikimania like from Hong 
> Kong Wikimania in 2013, United Kingdom Wikimania in 2014, Mexico Wikimania in 
> 2015, Italy Wikimania in 2016, Canadan Wikimania in 2017 and now South 
> Afrcia. 
What’s the point here? Wikimedians from India are a subset of a much larger 
community and there are Wikimedians who have attended all the Wikimanias. Where 
you’re going with this statement?
> 
> This is just a suggestion floated since the idea of next year Wikimania is 
> discussed.  Wikimedia Projects are about the art of giving and making space 
> for other volunteers could just be one step. 
Still not sure. I don’t remember very well but I probably will check again from 
the archives - Phoebe shared a long note earlier. If one Wikimedian from India 
does not apply for a scholarship it doesn’t mean that another Wikimedian from 
India would receive it. Not sure if it works that way.
>> 
>> A2K providing support to the community (Wikimedia India included) in general 
>> is a good practice. Maybe this is the right time for the community to come 
>> forward to share what they feel should be the right way (or ways) A2K could 
>> follow while supporting someone from Wikimedia India. The way they support 
>> the individual Wikimedians (from the scholarship waitlist) seems fairly 
>> simple and straightforward. Supporting WMIN lies in a grey area because one 
>> individual from 7 people gets selected. The consensus process involved in 
>>

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimania tour of Rahul Desmukh

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

Just to clarify, my responses below are not about Rahul at all but in general -

What Bodhi wrote earlier makes sense, “participation for chairpersons meetup is 
not eligibility criteria to gain a scholarship as it is an informal meetup”. A 
Wikimania participant gets to attend many such informal meetups, and I’d like 
to believe that they certainly add value to the movement. But participation in 
such small little occasion (not small as less worthy but small as compared to a 
large formal event) does not really justify a 3-4 day-long travel which affects 
one’s personal/work life (as you rightly put it).

Also, I personally think that if a question is directed towards an 
organization, it’s better to wait for sometime until they get back. We, as a 
community, have quite some time now until next Wikimania to set a better 
standard and fix if something is broken. :)

A2K providing support to the community (Wikimedia India included) in general is 
a good practice. Maybe this is the right time for the community to come forward 
to share what they feel should be the right way (or ways) A2K could follow 
while supporting someone from Wikimedia India. The way they support the 
individual Wikimedians (from the scholarship waitlist) seems fairly simple and 
straightforward. Supporting WMIN lies in a grey area because one individual 
from 7 people gets selected. The consensus process involved in that process 
need to be more transparent.

Subhashish

> On Aug 5, 2018, at 2:27 PM, Bodhisattwa Mandal  
> wrote:
> 
> I was expecting a reply from WMIN.
> 
> Thanks,
> Bodhisattwa
> 
>> On Sun, 5 Aug 2018, 14:25 Abhinav srivastava,  wrote:
>> Hello Bodhisattva, 
>> 
>> Please allow me to respond to your confusions. Responses in line. 
>> 
>> Again, as stated in my first mail on the thread, you are making too many 
>> value-judgments with un-friendly tone. 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Sun, Aug 5, 2018 at 12:27 PM Bodhisattwa Mandal 
>>>  wrote:
>>> Hi Yohann,
>>> 
>>> Thanks for your reply, much appreciated.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I have read your previous e-mail very carefully, without missing a single 
>>> word.
>>> 
>>> My question still stands. Many apologies, if I have not been able to make 
>>> it clear in my previous mails, so I am adding some more perspective.
>>> 
>>> 1) Chairpersons meeting in Wikimania is informal. It's not related to the 
>>> main program of Wikimania. For example, like many other informal meetups, 
>>> there happens to be a steward meetup every year in Wikimania. Now, if one 
>>> steward, who have not received scholarship, is invited in the meetup, then 
>>> he/she will have to spend his own money to attend the meeting. Same 
>>> principle lies here, participation for chairpersons meetup is not 
>>> eligibility criteria to gain a scholarship as it is an informal meetup. Can 
>>> you please provide some documentation, where it is written that scholarship 
>>> would be provided to attend informal meetups? Because if that is true, 
>>> everyone will find someone to invite themselves to attend informal meetups 
>>> in Wikimania and ask for scholarship from WMIN from next year.
>>  
>> If you check the agenda section, WMIN President gave a talk on Conflict 
>> Resolution, this is followed my summary in the notes.  When there are so 
>> many conflicts in Wikimedia communities across the globle, someone from 
>> India is invited to put this theories towards resolution. This is a welcome 
>> step. From Notes to his Summary Talk to how this will be carried forward for 
>> future course, every thing is documented. 
>> 
>> He did not simply attend the meeting as a participant or representing 
>> Wikimedia India, he was a lead on the 3rd point of the Agenda which is 
>> Conflcit Resolution. Everything on it is documented. 
>> 
>>> 
>>> 2) I have checked and rechecked the minute[1] and event page[2] of 
>>> chairpersons meeting of Wikimedia Conference, Berlin. Nowhere there is a 
>>> proof that he has attended that meeting. So, I have doubt that he was 
>>> invited at all because there is no point to invite someone who didn't 
>>> attend the meeting previously even he was present there. Can you provide 
>>> the documentation of his invitation?
>>> 
>>> [1] https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/chairpersons_meeting_April_20%2C_2018
>>> [2] 
>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate_Chairpersons_meeting_April_20_2018
>>> 
>> I am sure when Wikimedia India President is invited to give a talk on a 
>> defined 

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimania tour of Rahul Desmukh

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

(@Amritasya: please note, your's an off-topic discussion here)
It does, and those who are subscribers to the list can see your mail. You
can always check the archive (
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/) to check if your
mail has made it to the discussion or not.

You can write to the mailing list moderators (
wikimediaindia-l-ow...@lists.wikimedia.org) if you sent something to the
list and it never made it to a discussion on time.

Subhashish


On Fri, Aug 3, 2018 at 3:42 PM Amritasya Putra 
wrote:

> Why doesn’t my email reach this list? I have been a member for, like three
> years.
>
> On Fri, 3 Aug 2018 at 10:00 AM, Asaf Bartov  wrote:
>
>> Certainly, we can wait. But please understand I did not assert WMIN (or
>> anyone) needs to apologize. Please reread and you'll find I posed it in a
>> conditional, as *one* possible outcome of resolving Bodhisattwa's concern.
>> I also described another possible scenario.
>>
>> A.
>>
>> On Aug 3, 2018 06:21, "Abhinav srivastava"  wrote:
>>
>> Hello Asaf,
>>
>> In consent with my last mail on the thread, please be assured, no
>> discussion whatsoever will take place until WMIN replies to the concerns,
>> the community takes its time to question, inspect and interrogate the
>> matter. Yes, all other issues will be raised on a separate thread and in
>> good spirit only after this matter is resolved. As Subhashish pointed out,
>> the issue is not about one person or an institution but bettering the
>> process. That is essentially the reason they had been brought up.
>>
>> Asaf, It is always nice to hear from you. You have always followed the
>> Indian community closely and helped it in whatever way. We all appreciate
>> that.  I would look forward to hearing about the better methodological
>> processes of debates and discussions on resolving community matter. This
>> would also help us in the future course. The Indian community is
>> progressing in resolving its disputes in a peaceful and coherent manner and
>> we wish to learn more of this.
>>
>> In continuity with my second paragraph, it would be great if you guide us
>> on this. This would make the community inclusive and self-sustaining. I am
>> not very happy that when the matter is sub-judice in the people's court,
>> you holding WMF office, is talking about on ways WMIN can apologize. To
>> re-iterate, provide us with methodological solutions and leave the
>> community to decide.
>>
>> Also, I am not sure since you holding WMF office should advise about
>> distractions.concerning the second point clearly deals with conflicts in
>> Wikimedia Foundation policy. Of course, the platform could be a reason and
>> for that, we will make sure we do not jump across topics. In fact, when we
>> move ahead on those issues (only after resolving the principal problem) I
>> would encourage you to be a participant (representing WMF). There are few
>> essentially questions concerning few community members regarding WMF
>> policies which I may share with you personally, whatever you find
>> appropriate can be further asked on the community mailing list.
>>
>> At last, I have spoken to different EC members. Two EC members have also
>> written to me stating that they will reply about WMIN stand. They have
>> assured me that they will reply as soon as possible. As a past EC member, I
>> would like to tell, finalizing a WMIN stand takes some time since EC
>> members need to discuss, deliberate and then provide to their consent. As
>> you all are aware unlike CIS-A2K or WMF, Wikimedia India is a voluntary
>> organization, EC has his/her own personal life (own office work etc), hence
>> at times, it takes some time. However, a reply will follow-up very shortly.
>>
>> To sum up, no more discussions please, let's stick on the principal
>> query, please.
>>
>> Abhinav
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 3, 2018 at 2:33 AM Asaf Bartov  wrote:
>>
>>> Folks,
>>>
>>> As an outside observer, may I encourage everyone to try to keep this one
>>> thread about its one, original topic?  Abhinav, I found your responses
>>> defensive and distracting -- listing other issues and other groups about
>>> which concerns can be raised is a very poor response to *this* concern
>>> raised on this thread.  By all means, raise those concerns if you want to
>>> pursue them (rather than merely use them as distraction on this thread),
>>> *in a separate thread*.
>>>
>>> I encourage the WMIN EC, which is the body accountable to

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimania tour of Rahul Desmukh

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

Thanks Abhinav for all of this.

About #3: I indeed reached out to A2K staff and asked about the same questions 
that you asked me. I cannot day for them and I’d like to assume good faith, but 
I myself received the venue details late. I personally wanted everything to be 
done publicly, and discussed widely. But I was a participant rather than an 
organizer. The way and means of a meeting are not in my hands.

Secondly, I prefer in an approach of reflecting on the past and focus only on 
the learning. For me as a Wikimedian, sharing something useful with the 
community is important, and I believe I did that with my home community. Could 
I have done better? For sure, yes. I just didn’t have the bandwidth to write a 
blog post, or create a learning pattern at that point of time. I had my own 
disagreements as well. But I think there were valuable takeaways and I want to 
congratulate A2K for bringing those people for two days. I’d personally try 
(and have tried to do some in the last couple of engagements with the 
community) to fill the gaps that I experienced there.

Similarly, the points that I shared earlier were not to blame A2K or Rahul or 
WMIN, but to see the possibility of bettering the process. Maybe we all messed 
up small or big, and there is a way to better in our future work.

I’m committing to engage more openly and transparently as a long time 
Wikimedian, and a representative of the Odia Wikimedians User Group.

Cheers!
Subhashish

> On Aug 2, 2018, at 12:06 PM, Amritasya Putra  
> wrote:
> 
> My opinion: The sermonising-in-public-tone is also unfriendly.
> 
> Regards.
> 
>> On Thu, 2 Aug 2018 at 11:13 AM, Abhinav srivastava  
>> wrote:
>> Hello Satdeep, Bodhisattwa and All,
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> I believe the response to the first statement put by Satdeep, on having 
>> expected more discussions, stands firm, Indian community has advanced from 
>> the notion of “Constantly enduring in fights amongst themselves”. The 
>> mailing list have largely remained positive and most importantly friendly in 
>> nature for some time now. Indian community needs this kind of a behaviour.
>> 
>> While Bodhisattwa was absolutely democratic and correct in inquiring, 
>> debating or in fact questioning this issue, his tone could have been better. 
>> When the issue requires clarity of information, putting value judgements 
>> along with taking names, I believe this could have been put in a better 
>> manner. Otherwise, we haven’t progressed at all.
>> 
>> As far as Wikimania mailing list is concerned, I too subsequently inquired 
>> and I find response has been provided for the same, two days back. 
>> Bodhisattwa has been subsequently replying. Also, the respective mailing 
>> list advises that the issue is a different matter and not relevant for the 
>> mailing list. Satdeep, you did not inform about this information in your 
>> mail.
>> 
>> Bodhisattwa, as a past executive committee member of the Wikimedia India, I 
>> would like to say Wikimedia India always believes in the will of the 
>> community being the will of the executive committee. I can personally say, 
>> Chapter having no money, the Executive committee members have paid from 
>> their pockets to provide all the necessary support. You were also one of its 
>> recipients for Internet scholarship until some telecom companies started 
>> providing very pocket friendly price internet services and we requested you 
>> to shift (Reliance Jio). The several executive committee members did not 
>> earn still they paid from their pocket to support you and others. We did it 
>> because we always believed in you, your work has been fantastic even 
>> community members used to express their happiness to us for on having 
>> supported Bodhisattwa.
>> 
>> Like the allegation today, even two years back on Wikimania there happened 
>> to be an allegation on an Indian language village pump, concerning you and 
>> your travel. The Chapter paid no heed and remained firm in supporting you. 
>> Unnamed and unmentioned, I would say the editor who questioned then is also 
>> a very senior member and having been associated as a staff in few of the 
>> institutions which concerns us. Today, you seem to be in a very similar 
>> position, an experienced community who is questioning with no so proper tone 
>> and taking names. Bodhisattwa, you should lead the community members in 
>> promoting friendly space not doing the opposites.
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Now, coming to responses made by Satdeep and Subhashish on the other thread. 
>> This issue requires much more gravity.  A lot of things have been happening 
>> without community being informed 

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimania tour of Rahul Desmukh

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

Totally agree, Abhinav. Much appreciate for highlighting the friendly space
aspect as that is very important (and is a very difficult balancing act).

For some context, esp. those who are not in the Wikimania list, sharing
below what I wrote there earlier.


Though I’m not sure if it’d be right to take names here, but this is
probably an opportunity to discuss about:

- if there is a need for consensus when a Wikimedia affiliate provides
support to one person from another affiliate
- if an affiliate provides support if they share it on wiki for
transparency or not
- Wikimania scholarship recipients generally create Learning Patterns and
write reports. These are good practices in general but making it mandatory
for the scholarship recipients brings out a really valuable pool of
knowledge which otherwise might not be the case because of the post-
Wikimania fatigue. There is a need for more clarity if non-Wikimania
participants (individual/affiliate reps) who travel because of support from
another affiliate should also produce the same
- If an affiliate decides to provide support, should they announce publicly
(on regional mailman lists and meta/village pumps) if there is any
conflict. If there was a rationale that the former used to identify certain
individuals, should they share that as well?

I think discussing these above would be useful in general.



I'd reiterate that it is important to discuss about issues because the
larger problem is about organizational processes (and open and transparent
nature of the same) rather than an individual. So IMO the subject of
discussion is is not Rahul but how organizational supports are provided.

I generally agree with Abhinav's points. Also, much appreciate Wikimedia
India leadership for their contribution to the movement in difficult times.

That said, there is a need to discuss about the issues that concern the
larger Indian community, and both Wikimedia India and CIS-A2K are two major
stakeholders. It would be great to hear from each side how they see this.

About the Bangalore meeting prior to WMCON, I joined as an Odia Wikimedians
UG rep, and shared the outcomes of the same with my community in serveral
occasions. I didn't create an LP and I still hold myself accountable for
the same.

On the last bit about CIS-A2K's reporting, I personally don't think a team
that is paid can be compared to an organization that is run by volunteers.
Maybe an intern can do it, but the community might be interested to
volunteer to write CIS-A2K's reports. Again, my personal view.

Subhashish

On Thu, Aug 2, 2018 at 11:13 AM, Abhinav srivastava 
wrote:

> Hello Satdeep, Bodhisattwa and All,
>
>
>
> I believe the response to the first statement put by Satdeep, on having
> expected more discussions, stands firm, Indian community has advanced from
> the notion of “Constantly enduring in fights amongst themselves”. The
> mailing list have largely remained positive and most importantly friendly
> in nature for some time now. Indian community needs this kind of a
> behaviour.
>
> While Bodhisattwa was absolutely democratic and correct in inquiring,
> debating or in fact questioning this issue, his tone could have been
> better. When the issue requires clarity of information, putting value
> judgements along with taking names, I believe this could have been put in a
> better manner. Otherwise, we haven’t progressed at all.
>
> As far as Wikimania mailing list is concerned, I too subsequently inquired
> and I find response has been provided for the same, two days back.
> Bodhisattwa has been subsequently replying. Also, the respective mailing
> list advises that the issue is a different matter and not relevant for the
> mailing list. Satdeep, you did not inform about this information in your
> mail.
>
> Bodhisattwa, as a past executive committee member of the Wikimedia India,
> I would like to say Wikimedia India always believes in the will of the
> community being the will of the executive committee. I can personally say,
> Chapter having no money, the Executive committee members have paid from
> their pockets to provide all the necessary support. You were also one of
> its recipients for Internet scholarship until some telecom companies
> started providing very pocket friendly price internet services and we
> requested you to shift (Reliance Jio). The several executive committee
> members did not earn still they paid from their pocket to support you and
> others. We did it because we always believed in you, your work has been
> fantastic even community members used to express their happiness to us for
> on having supported Bodhisattwa.
>
> Like the allegation today, even two years back on Wikimania there happened
> to be an allegation on an Indian language village pump, concerning you and
> your travel. The Chapter paid no heed and

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India community mailing list admins

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

A discussion on Meta would be better. We all have to be a bit careful with the 
wording as some might feel bad if their names are called publicly for their 
inactivity.

Those who are interested to take the moderator role should ideally 
self-nominate and others can up/downvote and share views just like the same way 
admins are selected.

Many of the Indian-language Wikimedians might not participate as they would 
otherwise be discussing internally. So, including the India list, local 
city-based lists would probably be a good idea.

Subhashish

> On Jul 30, 2018, at 7:22 PM, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga  
> wrote:
> 
> I agree with Yohann and Dhaval's suggestion, and also the nominations.
> 
> Yes, as Abhinav mentioned, this problem of inactive list admins/moderators 
> exists on many of Indian regional mailing lists as well. I've faced issues in 
> the past while posting to some Indic-language mailing lists. So we can 
> actually start a common conversation (may be on Meta-Wiki), listing all the 
> Indic-communities' mailing lists along with the admins/moderators 
> (active/inactive). Following that interested (& active) users can volunteer 
> themselves to be admins.
> 
> Best,
> Krishna
> 
> 
> 
>> On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 7:07 PM, Subhashish Panigrahi 
>>  wrote:
>> I so want to step down from the Delhi list if we are discussing about that 
>> as well. :)
>> 
>> It’s been 5 years since I left Delhi and it makes sense for someone local to 
>> take over. For the record, I also lost the password and probably Theo needs 
>> to add the new moderator.
>> 
>> Happy to add anyone interested for Bangalore.
>> 
>> Subhashish
>> 
>>> On Jul 30, 2018, at 6:55 PM, Dhaval S. Vyas  wrote:
>>> 
>>> I agree Krishna,
>>> 
>>> At the same time, let us review the non-active admins as well, or any admin 
>>> who wants to step down.
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> Dhaval Vyas
>>> 
>>>> On Mon, 30 Jul 2018, 13:28 Krishna Chaitanya Velaga, 
>>>>  wrote:
>>>> Dear all,
>>>> 
>>>> The Indian community mailing list is arguably the most used mailing list 
>>>> by the Indian Wikimedia community. However, recently some users have 
>>>> reported problems with subscription and sending messages as 
>>>> non-subscribers. All these issues are need to be dealt by the list admins 
>>>> at the earliest possible. However, the issues remain unsolved.
>>>> 
>>>> So I think more active community members must be added as mailing list 
>>>> admins so that these issues can be addressed in a timely manner.
>>>> 
>>>> List info at: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/Wikimediaindia-l
>>>> 
>>>> Looking forward for comments from other members.
>>>> 
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Krishna Chaitanya V.
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India community mailing list admins

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

I so want to step down from the Delhi list if we are discussing about that as 
well. :)

It’s been 5 years since I left Delhi and it makes sense for someone local to 
take over. For the record, I also lost the password and probably Theo needs to 
add the new moderator.

Happy to add anyone interested for Bangalore.

Subhashish

> On Jul 30, 2018, at 6:55 PM, Dhaval S. Vyas  wrote:
> 
> I agree Krishna,
> 
> At the same time, let us review the non-active admins as well, or any admin 
> who wants to step down.
> 
> Regards,
> Dhaval Vyas
> 
>> On Mon, 30 Jul 2018, 13:28 Krishna Chaitanya Velaga,  
>> wrote:
>> Dear all,
>> 
>> The Indian community mailing list is arguably the most used mailing list by 
>> the Indian Wikimedia community. However, recently some users have reported 
>> problems with subscription and sending messages as non-subscribers. All 
>> these issues are need to be dealt by the list admins at the earliest 
>> possible. However, the issues remain unsolved.
>> 
>> So I think more active community members must be added as mailing list 
>> admins so that these issues can be addressed in a timely manner.
>> 
>> List info at: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/Wikimediaindia-l
>> 
>> Looking forward for comments from other members.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Krishna Chaitanya V.
>> User:KCVelaga
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Leaving the Wikimedia Foundation

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

Ravi, I'm sure many from the Asian communities will agree that Project
Tiger and many other projects that you led created a great impact. Thank
you much for everything you did.

See you on wiki! :)

Subhashish

On Tue, Jul 3, 2018 at 2:18 PM, Parul  wrote:

> Thank you for your contributions Ravi!
> Having met you and known you, I’m sure you will succeed in all your future
> endeavors.
>
> On Tue, 3 Jul 2018 at 11:53 AM, Shrinivasan T 
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for being a great inspiration, always.
>>
>> Wishes for all your new adventures.
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>>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia Maps for all Indic languages Wikimedia projects.

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

And all such changes should be compliant of US law as the server is located
there, and should only work for Indian IP addresses only?

Subhashish

On Thu, May 3, 2018 at 7:41 AM, Arun Ganesh  wrote:

>
>> I've seen the response of developer team and that's fair enough (to show
>> the areas as disputed).
>>
>>>
>>> We are in the middle of working through a task to clearly mark all areas
>>> where borders are in dispute between countries: https://phabricator
>>> .wikimedia.org/T113008
>>>
>>> I am not familiar with the areas you mention specifically, but suspect
>>> they are well known to pnroman, who is handling this issue. In any case, I
>>> added your note to the task, so that you can be sure hie is aware.
>>>
>>
>
> To match the Govt reference map of correct boundaries, one would need to
> hide disputed borders, and show extra claimed areas as a part of India.
> This is not easy to do on the tiles and the problem has been explained in
> detail on the task: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T113008#4177170
>
> Arun, I think the output of your your effort meets the requirement. What
>> matters is that the Indic language wikis satisfy government regulations.
>> The details of who claims what can be provided in an article.  How to
>> deploy this solution of yours or how to generate a vector file stored
>> locally in the Wikipedia rather than in Commons, i.e. what form will be the
>> final solution ia an issue that needs to be given thought by people who
>> know more than me.
>
>
>  To have this customization built into the mapframe map would need the
> help of the WMF engineers on the best way to implement. Have shared my demo
> on phabricator, so will just have to wait.
>
>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia Maps for all Indic languages Wikimedia projects.

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

My two cents - like Wikipedia, OSM is a project that is edited by a global
community. A project like this might not always follow all the guidelines
of all the countries, and recognize some international borders as disputed.
These maps merely use the existing map data from OSM, and I don't think it
is that easy to make such changes to the latter. I am no expert in OSM.
Someone like Arun (Ganesh) might be able to shed more light on this.
However, this is indeed a very important issue.

Subhashish

On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 5:54 PM, Dhaval S. Vyas  wrote:

> Good Sighting Ashwin,
>
> We must show correct borders as per GoI's recognition.
>
> Regards,
> Dhaval Sudhanva Vyas
>
> On Fri, 27 Apr 2018, 12:30 Ashwin Baindur, 
> wrote:
>
>> Can we have maps which are reflective of the GOI's position of the border
>> of our nation, rather than showing parts of J & K as part of Pakistan? Just
>> saying... is it possible?
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 4:40 PM, Subhashish Panigrahi <
>> psubhash...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 4:14 PM, Arun Ganesh 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 2:38 PM, Subhashish Panigrahi <
>>>> psubhash...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> For some reason, it is showing names with different spellings instead
>>>>> of the current spelling on OSM. Any idea why?
>>>>>
>>>>>> <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>> Links to examples? Could be the tile is using slightly older data or
>>>> could be rendering issues.
>>>>
>>> I meant the place names. It is not older names but
>>> incorrect/non-standard spellings. Could be older data as you have mentioned.
>>>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia Maps for all Indic languages Wikimedia projects.

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 4:14 PM, Arun Ganesh 
wrote:

>
>
> On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 2:38 PM, Subhashish Panigrahi <
> psubhash...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> For some reason, it is showing names with different spellings instead of
>> the current spelling on OSM. Any idea why?
>>
>>> <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l>
>>>
>>>
> Links to examples? Could be the tile is using slightly older data or could
> be rendering issues.
>
I meant the place names. It is not older names but incorrect/non-standard
spellings. Could be older data as you have mentioned.

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia Maps for all Indic languages Wikimedia projects.

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

For some reason, it is showing names with different spellings instead of
the current spelling on OSM. Any idea why?

Subhashish

On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 12:48 PM, Naveen Francis 
wrote:

> HI Arun,
>
> I am not aware of the re-usage policy.
> Someone from WMF team should clarify on re-usage policy.
>
> Thanks,
> Naveen Francis
> <http://wikibooks.in>
>
> On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 12:13 PM, Arun Ganesh 
> wrote:
>
>> AMAZING! After a decade this has become a reality to have fully localized
>> world maps!
>>
>> Naveen what is the policy on using these tiles, can we include it in
>> openstreetmap.in ?
>>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Project Tiger: List of Laptop Recipients

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

Thanks for the update, Dhaval, Manavpreet and Yohann.

Congratulations to all the friends in many communities. Hope this support help 
better your contribution to the community.

Much thanks to WMF and CIS-A2K for bringing this to the Indian Wikimedia 
community.

Subhashish

> On Mar 13, 2018, at 12:30 PM, Arun Ramarathnam  wrote:
> 
> Kudos to everyone behind the initiative. Special thanks to Wikimedia staff 
> Chavali, Manavpreet and Yohann for volunteering for this program.
> 
> I am sure this infrastructure will support and encourage the Wikimedians to 
> contribute actively. 
> 
> Regards 
> Arun 
> 
> On 12 Mar 2018 8:05 pm, "Dhaval S. Vyas"  wrote:
> Hi, 
>  
> As part of the Project Tiger Community Review Team, we are glad to announce 
> the list of laptop recipients. 
>  
> * 50 Wikimedians will receive laptops. 45 among them have 1000+ edits. 
> * They belong to 16 different Indian language Wikipedia communities.
> * 11 among them are females (22% of recipients).
> 
> All applicants with 100+ global edits and at least one endorsement were 
> considered eligible to be reviewed. The selection principle was to look at 
> Activity (edits) followed by Trust (endorsements) and decide based on one's 
> Need for the support. This meant that people who had no (contributing from a 
> mobile) or only limited access (contributing from office) to a system were 
> given priority over others who needed an additional/better laptop for various 
> needs. 
> 
> A basic model Chromebook will be given as one-time support. The recipients 
> can keep them forever without returning it to CIS-A2K or fellow community 
> members. This support is offered assuming good faith in order to empower each 
> recipient's contribution to the best of their ability. We encourage fellow 
> community members to welcome them as usual.
> 
> Each recipient will be contacted through their talk pages and contact email 
> address given on the application form. We plan to disperse the laptops before 
> the end of March 2018. Please contact tito at cis-india.org or tanveer at 
> cis-india.org if you need clarification or leave a message in the talk page.
> 
> More details and full list of recipients are available at 
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Supporting_Indian_Language_Wikipedias_Program/Support/Laptops
> 
> Thanks, 
> 
> Dhaval S. Vyas
> Manavpreet Kaur
> Yohann Thomas
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Satdeep Gill joining WMF New Reader's program

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

Congratulations Satdeep. Happy to see you in such an important role which is 
going to contribute to the 2030 strategy.

Subhashish

> On Nov 14, 2017, at 1:45 PM, Jayanta Nath  wrote:
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> Congrats Satdeep!!
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimediaindia-l Digest, Vol 1323, Issue 1

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

+1 Ashwin and WS (please note that I'm being a little selfish here supporting a 
community member from my own community.)

Subhashish

> On Sep 20, 2017, at 4:57 PM, Ashwin Baindur  wrote:
> 
> Mrutyunjay Kar, strongly recommended for two projects- od:WP and WD
> 
> 
>> On 20 Sep 2017 at 1:55 pm,  wrote: 
>> 
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>> Otherwise, most of Wiki links get cut and do not work properly anymore. 
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>> Regards,
>> Soni
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WMIN-Members] New Wikimedia India Executive Committee is Inducted

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

Thanks for sharing such a great news. Wish you all the best. Looking
forward to many more collaborations with WMIN.

Subhashish
On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 6:56 PM, Abhijeet Safai 
wrote:

> Congratulations!
>
> On Jul 10, 2017 12:47 PM, "Sudhanwa Jogalekar" 
> wrote:
>
>> Congratulations !!
>>
>> That is a nice mix of new and old members !!
>>
>> All the best wishes to the team !!!
>>
>> Regrds
>> -Sudhanwa
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 10:42 AM, Yohann Thomas 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear One & all
>>>
>>> As you are aware, Wikimedia India (WMIN) recently in April had its
>>> election for all its 7 Executive Committee (EC) positions
>>> <http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Elections_2016/Results>
>>>
>>> At IIT Bombay, WMIN recently had an Induction meeting with the
>>> newly elected Executive committee members. This session was conducted from
>>> 30th June - 1st July 2017 in the IIT Bombay campus
>>>
>>> Since the new EC has a good mix of members from Past EC & new faces too,
>>> the Induction process was conducted in a very smooth & planned manner.
>>> Mr Ashwin Baindur also gave a session on the working of Community
>>> dynamics along with the expectations by the community from the new EC.
>>>
>>> On the last day of the Induction meeting, the EC members elected office
>>> bearers amongst themselves. Following are the new Office bearers
>>>
>>>- Mr Rahul Deshmukh : President
>>>- Mr Yohann Thomas : Secretary
>>>- Mr Sanket Oswal : Treasurer
>>>- Mr Viswa Prabha : Member
>>>- Mr Suyash Dwivedi : Member
>>>- Mr Santosh Shingare : Member
>>>- Mr Krishan Chaitanya Velaga : Member
>>>
>>> You can find the newly updated Board members page with their
>>> profiles here
>>> http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Executive_Committee_Members
>>>
>>> I would like to thank the community for their wholehearted support they
>>> have given to the chapter & hope to meet their expectations
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Yohann Thomas
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of the Odia Wikimedians User Group

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

Thanks Kirill and Yohann. I would personally like to thank Kirill and all
the friends at AffCom, and Edward for your kind support in the entire
process. Really looking forward to working with you all, and also back
home, closely with Yohann and all other friends at WMIN.

Subhashish

On Fri, Jul 7, 2017 at 9:46 PM, Yohann Thomas  wrote:

> Dear Odia community
>
> My heartfelt congratulations to the Odia community on the recognition of
> their user group
>
> Regards
> Yohann Thomas
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> Date: 07-Jul-2017 8:03 PM
> Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of the Odia Wikimedians User Group
> To: "Wikimedia Mailing List" ,
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> Cc:
>
> Hi everyone!
>>
>> I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized
>> the Odia Wikimedians User Group [1] as a Wikimedia User Group. The group
>> aims to bring together contributors to Odia-language Wikimedia projects,
>> as
>> well as individuals who contribute to other Wikimedia projects on topics
>> related to the Odia language, the Odia people, and the Indian state of
>> Odisha.
>>
>> Please join me in congratulating the members of this new user group!
>>
>> Regards,
>> Kirill Lokshin
>> Chair, Affiliations Committee
>>
>> [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Odia_Wikimedians_User_Group
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Tamil Wikipedian T. Shrinivasan wins Tamil Computing award

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

Whoa! Great news. Congratulations Shrini, and thanks Ravi for sharing this
widely.

Subhashish

On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 5:50 PM, Srikar Kashyap 
wrote:

> Congrats Shrini! Hope you achieve many more laurels in the future!
>
>
>
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> On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 5:46 PM, Ravishankar  wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> T. Shrinivasan <https://ta.wikipedia.org/s/5www>, a Tamil Wikipedian,
>> wins 2016 Sundara Ramaswamy award for Tamil Computing for his contributions
>> to Free Tamil Ebooks and Indian language Wikisource projects.
>>
>> This is the fourth year in a row that people supporting Tamil Wikimedia
>> projects are winning this honor. This award includes a cash price of 1000
>> Canadian dollars and is being presented by the diaspora Tamils organization
>> called Tamil Literary Garden based in Canada.
>>
>> He is a passionate advocate and an exemplary contributor to Tamil
>> computing related FOSS (Free and Open Source) software. He has been
>> promoting Free Culture movements in Tamil for over ten years. He has
>> developed tools related to OCR, which enabled transcribing thousands of
>> Tamil books, adding more than 500,000 pages to Tamil Wikisource and
>> Noolaham Digital Library. His tools also support the growth of other Indian
>> languages. He is the former coordinator for the Indian Linux Users Group
>> Chennai and the founder of non-profit community project FreeTamilEbooks,
>> which publishes DRM-free ebooks in Tamil under Creative Commons licenses.
>> Till date, it counts more than 4.7 million ebook downloads.
>>
>> He started an online magazine run by volunteers for Free Software in
>> Tamil, Kaniyam. Kaniyam has published several technical Tamil books such as
>> “எளிய தமிழில் GNU/Linux”, “எளிய இனிய கணினி மொழி – ரூபி” and “எளிய தமிழில்
>> MySQL”. He has written numerous technical articles in Tamil, covering
>> emerging programming languages, tools, and technologies. He has trained and
>> mentored numerous individuals such as Thagaval Uzhavan who in turn
>> contribute back to community projects.
>>
>> He is a technical contributor to Noolaham Foundation. His contribution
>> includes helping to build the multimedia platform, extracting templated
>> metadata from MediaWiki, and research into next-generation digital
>> preservation infrastructure.
>>
>> Shrinivasan serves as the coordinator for INFITT’s India Chapter. He is
>> currently working as a Systems Architect in a private software services
>> firm at Chennai. You can follow him on Twitter at @tshrinivasan or contact
>> him at tshriniva...@gmail.com.
>>
>> About FreeTamilEbooks
>>
>> Free Tamil Ebooks is a non-profit initiative providing hundreds of free
>> ebooks to readers in the Tamil language. This is a unique project in the
>> South Asian languages. Volunteers compile Creative Commons-licensed
>> writings by popular bloggers and authors into ebook format. Started in
>> 2013, they have released 280 ebooks till date counting 3.9 million
>> downloads. Each book gets downloaded at least 500 times, but a few books
>> have crossed the 1,00,000-download threshold. True to his FOSS ethos, Free
>> Tamil Ebooks source code is freely availble at:
>> https://github.com/kishorek/Free-Tamil-Ebooks Learn more from the
>> Interview in Pressbooks
>>
>> About OCR tool for Wikisource projects
>>
>> OCR for Wikisource is a game-changing tool that converts Pdf or Djvu
>> files to text using Google OCR and uploads the content automatically to
>> Wikisource. Since December 2015, this tool is under active development with
>> intense collaboration from various Indian language Wikimedia communities.
>> By September 2016, the tool has added more than 900,000 pages to Bengali
>> and Tamil Wikisource projects. Addition of 2000 nationalized books to Tamil
>> Wikisource is a significant milestone. This also catapulted Tamil in to the
>> list of Top 10 Wikisources in the word by page count. The same tool is used
>> by Noolaham project to OCR Tamil works from Sri Lanka and make it
>> searchable online.
>>
>> Let us join in wishing him to serve more :)
>>
>> Ravi
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Notes on Mediawiki Hackathon 2017, Vienna, Austria

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

This is awesome, Shrini! I'm going to test it myself locally. I have been
trying to use the web version and it did not work well.

Subhashish

On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 7:03 AM, Shrinivasan T 
wrote:

> Hi friends,
>
> Got an opportunity to attend the mediawiki hackathon 2017 at vienna,
> austria on May 19,21 and 22.
>
> Here are my notes on the event.
>
> Day 1 - https://goinggnu.wordpress.com/2017/05/20/notes-
> mediawiki-hackathon-2017-vienna-austria-day-1/
>
> Day 2 - https://goinggnu.wordpress.com/2017/05/21/notes-
> mediawiki-hackathon-2017-day-2/
>
> Day 3 - https://goinggnu.wordpress.com/2017/05/22/notes-
> mediawiki-hackathon-2017-day-3/
>
>
> Our team created a connector for Lingue-Libre, a web based audio
> recording tool. Now we can open browser, read a word loudly. It will
> be recorded, uploaded to commons, linked to relevant wiktionary page.
>
> Here is the code - https://github.com/wiese/Lingua-Libre/tree/python-
> backend
>
> Here is a video demo in English -
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8pwCC9MqGA&feature=youtu.be
>
> Will fix few issues and host it on a server soon. Till then try
> installing in your local computers and try it out.
>
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> T.Shrinivasan
>
>
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Odia→International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) and Roman/Latin converter (beta) ready for testing

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

A converter to convert Odia to the International Phonetic Alphabet and
Roman alphabet is finally live here: https://or.wikipedia.org/s/14jk

The converter can be used for any purpose—transliterating a piece of text
for no-native speakers or some other publication, linguistic research, and
beyond.

Fellow Wikimedian Prateek Pattanaik and I have been working on building
this since last few weeks. We used an existing code that another Wikimedian
Jnanaranjan Sahu wrote to combine multiple converters that he himself,
Shitikantha Dash, Manoj Sahukar and I built together.

The source code can be found at: https://goo.gl/JU5Puu, available under a
GNU GPL v 3.0 license. More details at https://goo.gl/P2E3EB

A tutorial how to use the converter is embedded in the converter page:
https://or.wikipedia.org/s/14jj

This one has been added to the family of converters in the Odia Wikimedia
GitHub repo  (https://github.com/OdiaWikimedia/Converter).

P.S.: Ping us for any bugs you notice/create an issue on the repo.

Thanks,
Subha

Subhashish Panigrahi
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wiki Conference India 2016 (Chandigarh hackathon)

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

Shirish,

It's slightly tricky. Shrinivasan being a FOSS contributor himself has
kindly released his software under a free license. But that software uses
the API of Google's OCR and Google's OCR that is integrated into Google
Drive is certainly proprietary. I'm not sure Shrini's tool can work for any
FOSS OCR like Tesseract.

Subhashish

On Sun, Jan 22, 2017 at 3:15 AM, shirish शिरीष 
wrote:

> @Subhashish,
>
> Thank you for the link. I would take a look at it. If it's compilable
> under GNU/Linux it might be a good tool for unicode OCR usage in
> general use too. There aren't any or many effective tools who do good
> open-source OCR for unicode. Will try it out. Thank you again.
>
>
> On 21/01/2017, Subhashish Panigrahi  wrote:
> > Not sure of the OCR the participants worked on but Srinivasan's project
> git
> > is here[1] and the license[2] (which is in GNU GPL v.2—and it is an
> amazing
> > solution for many Wikisourcers. :)).
> >
> > 1. https://github.com/tshrinivasan/OCR4wikisource
> > 2. https://github.com/tshrinivasan/OCR4wikisource/blob/master/LICENSE
> >
> > Subhashish
> > On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 6:06 AM, shirish शिरीष 
> > wrote:
> >
> >> On 23/11/2016, Shrinivasan T  wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> Please check following link.
> >> >>
> >> >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_
> >> 2016/Chandigarh_Hackathon
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Thanks santhosh and the contributors.
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Regards,
> >> > T.Shrinivasan
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > My Life with GNU/Linux : http://goinggnu.wordpress.com
> >> > Free E-Magazine on Free Open Source Software in Tamil :
> >> http://kaniyam.com
> >> >
> >> > Get Free Tamil Ebooks for Android, iOS, Kindle, Computer :
> >> > http://FreeTamilEbooks.com
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> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> Sorry for digging up an old thread, but saw there was an OCR
> >> application but it seems it wasn't open-source. There is/was no link
> >> given at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_
> >> 2016/Chandigarh_Hackathon
> >>
> >> Can somebody share more ?
> >>
> >> --
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> >>   Shirish Agarwal  शिरीष अग्रवाल
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wiki Conference India 2016 (Chandigarh hackathon)

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

Not sure of the OCR the participants worked on but Srinivasan's project git
is here[1] and the license[2] (which is in GNU GPL v.2—and it is an amazing
solution for many Wikisourcers. :)).

1. https://github.com/tshrinivasan/OCR4wikisource
2. https://github.com/tshrinivasan/OCR4wikisource/blob/master/LICENSE

Subhashish
On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 6:06 AM, shirish शिरीष 
wrote:

> On 23/11/2016, Shrinivasan T  wrote:
> >>
> >> Please check following link.
> >>
> >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_
> 2016/Chandigarh_Hackathon
> >>
> >
> >
> > Thanks santhosh and the contributors.
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> > T.Shrinivasan
> >
> >
> > My Life with GNU/Linux : http://goinggnu.wordpress.com
> > Free E-Magazine on Free Open Source Software in Tamil :
> http://kaniyam.com
> >
> > Get Free Tamil Ebooks for Android, iOS, Kindle, Computer :
> > http://FreeTamilEbooks.com
> >
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>
> Hi all,
>
> Sorry for digging up an old thread, but saw there was an OCR
> application but it seems it wasn't open-source. There is/was no link
> given at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_
> 2016/Chandigarh_Hackathon
>
> Can somebody share more ?
>
> --
>   Regards,
>   Shirish Agarwal  शिरीष अग्रवाल
>   My quotes in this email licensed under CC 3.0
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Announcing Ravishankar Ayyakkannu as Manager, Strategic Partnerships - Asia

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

Congratulations once again, Ravi. This is such a value addition to the
movement in Asia. :)

Subhashish
On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 1:30 PM, N C Hasive 
wrote:

> Congratulations Ravi.
>
> -Hasive
>
> On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 1:20 PM, Ashwin Baindur 
> wrote:
>
>> Heartiest congrats Ravi, wish you the very best in taking our movement
>> forward. :)
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 11:44 AM, Manoj Khurana 
>> wrote:
>>
>> Congratulations, Ravi.
>> What a good and timely news.
>>
>> We've got a job in hand waiting for you.
>> I mean to say, we need your help, please.
>>
>> As all of us know, Hindi wiki has not seen any offline activity in recent
>> past, despite huge expectations keeping in view the speaker base.
>>
>> Our friend, Suyash is in Bhopal, who is in talks with Atal Bihari
>> Vajpeyee Hindi University. During the initial discussion itself, they have
>> shown so much interest that they invited us for National Science Conference
>> organised at the university by Hindi cell of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre.
>>
>> We participated in that with whatever knowledge/resources we had. You
>> will be glad to know that in the conference, VC announced in his address
>> that the university is soon going for a collaboration with Wikipedia.
>>
>> Now, we all at Hindi Wikipedia do not have any past experience and we are
>> desparately in need of guidance. I do believe this announcement couldn't
>> have come at a better time for us.
>>
>> Suyash has just filed for a rapid grant to arrange a education programme
>> cum wikipedians conference at Bhopal.
>>
>> This is a first for Hindi Wiki and will play a big role to decide the
>> future direction.
>>
>> I once again congratulate you on behalf of all Hindi Wikipedians, and do
>> hope you'll help us in achieving success in our first effort.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Manoj.
>> (u:Anamdas)
>>
>> On 22 Dec 2016 10:44 a.m., "Adele Vrana"  wrote:
>>
>> Dear Wikimedia India community,
>>
>> I am thrilled to announce that Ravishankar Ayyakkannu is joining the
>> Global Reach team as a Partnerships Manager Contractor for Asia for the
>> Wikimedia Foundation.
>>
>> As many of you may already know, earlier Ravi served as the Program
>> Director for the Wikimedia India Chapter. He played a significant role in
>> two recent developments from the Indian region, namely, the WikiConference
>> India 2016 and the Government of Tamil Nadu issuing an order releasing all
>> its content in CC-BY-SA license. Ravi is also a proud Wikimedian
>> contributing to many Tamil Wikimedia projects since 2005 and has a specific
>> interest in community building.
>>
>> The Global Reach team will focus on growing Wikimedia projects along the
>> themes of awareness, affordability and offline solutions in the Indian
>> region. Working closely with Smriti Gupta who leads our work in the region,
>> Ravi will strive to build strategic partnerships with government,
>> non-profit, educational and private institutions to achieve this goal. He
>> is very keen to evolve partnership models that ensure the active
>> participation of Wikimedia communities and will appreciate your support on
>> doing so.
>>
>> Please join me in congratulating Ravi!
>>
>> Warm regards,
>> Adele
>>
>> --
>> *Adele Vrana*
>> *Strategic Partnerships - Global Reach*
>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Jimmy in New Delhi

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

I think it is safe to say that the Wikipedian is Shreekant Kedia because
when he asked me I said your, Abhinav (Srivastava), Pankajmala Sarangi and
a couple of other Wikimedians' names. :)

S

On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 9:04 PM, Satdeep Gill  wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> He is coming to New Delhi and i was told by a wikimedian that he wanted to
> meet the local community. I contacted his PA to confirm the same. Hence, it
> is a small informal meeting according to me. It is happening at the Taj
> Mahal Hotel, New Delhi.
>
> Regards
> Satdeep Gill
>
> > On 15-Dec-2016, at 5:30 PM, wikimediaindia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org
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> >
> >
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> >
> >
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Asian Month, and more in CIS-A2K's October newsletter

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

Dear friends,

We are happy to share the consolidated newsletter for October 2016.

Wikipedia Asian Month — 2016 iteration starts on 1 November

The second iteration of Wikipedia Asian Month (WAM), a month-long
edit-a-thon to create and improve Asia-related articles on Wikipedia, is
going to start on November 1. In this blog post CIS-A2K's Tito Dutta has
revisited the statistics of the 2015 iteration of the event. We also spoke
to Addis Wang, an organizer of WAM, to know more about their progress and
preparation of the event.

. . . Read more on Blog (
http://cis-india.org/a2k/wikipedia-asian-month-2014-2016-iteration-starts-on-1-november
<https://psubhashish-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/Redirect?ukey=1PJvbCaYjAlErRnMutCs-chTc78AMIT_Y9u3cTkxuznk-0&key=YAMMID-41660364&link=http%3A%2F%2Fcis-india.org%2Fa2k%2Fwikipedia-asian-month-2014-2016-iteration-starts-on-1-november>
)

== Program reports ==
Outreach, education programme and community engagement programme reports:
Impact Report form for the Annual Program Grant (
http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/grants-apg-proposals-2014-2015-round2-the-centre-for-internet-and-society-impact-report-form
<https://psubhashish-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/Redirect?ukey=1PJvbCaYjAlErRnMutCs-chTc78AMIT_Y9u3cTkxuznk-0&key=YAMMID-41660364&link=http%3A%2F%2Fcis-india.org%2Fa2k%2Fblogs%2Fgrants-apg-proposals-2014-2015-round2-the-centre-for-internet-and-society-impact-report-form>
)

* CIS-A2K published the impact report form for receiving the Annual Plan
Grant from Wikimedia Foundation. The time period of this report is the
first six months of each grant (e.g. 1 January - 30 June of the current
year)

* Subray, Ananth. "Kannada Wikipedia Education Program at Christ
university: Work so far" (
http://cis-india.org/openness/kannada-wikipedia-education-program-at-christ-university-work-so-far
<https://psubhashish-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/Redirect?ukey=1PJvbCaYjAlErRnMutCs-chTc78AMIT_Y9u3cTkxuznk-0&key=YAMMID-41660364&link=http%3A%2F%2Fcis-india.org%2Fopenness%2Fkannada-wikipedia-education-program-at-christ-university-work-so-far>,
30 October 2016)
As you know we are working closely with Christ university in Bengaluru for
the Education Programs in Kannada Wikipedia and Kannada Wikisource, we
worked on redesigning the programme for this academic year 2016-17 based on
the lessons learned from the earlier intervention.

== Articles/blogs ==
Articles, opinion pieces, analysis pieces:

* Panigrahi, Subhashish. "What Indian Language Wikipedias can do for
Greater Open Access in India". Your Story (
http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/your-story-subhashish-panigrahi-october-20-2016-what-indian-language-wikipedias-can-do-for-greater-open-access-in-india
<https://psubhashish-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/Redirect?ukey=1PJvbCaYjAlErRnMutCs-chTc78AMIT_Y9u3cTkxuznk-0&key=YAMMID-41660364&link=http%3A%2F%2Fcis-india.org%2Fa2k%2Fblogs%2Fyour-story-subhashish-panigrahi-october-20-2016-what-indian-language-wikipedias-can-do-for-greater-open-access-in-india>,
October 20, 2016)
It’s been almost a decade since most largely spoken Indian languages
started having a Wikipedia project of their own. With the Open Access
Week—a week dedicated for promoting Open Access globally—around the corner
with “Open in Action” as the theme of the year, there is no better time for
anyone who can read and write in their native Indian language..

* Panigrahi, Subhashish. "Open Access Content helps Fuel Growth in
Indian-language Wikipedias". Opensource.com (
http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/opensource.com-subhashish-panigrahi-october-24-2016-open-access-growth-indian-language-wikipediasHow
<https://psubhashish-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/Redirect?ukey=1PJvbCaYjAlErRnMutCs-chTc78AMIT_Y9u3cTkxuznk-0&key=YAMMID-41660364&link=http%3A%2F%2Fcis-india.org%2Fa2k%2Fblogs%2Fopensource.com-subhashish-panigrahi-october-24-2016-open-access-growth-indian-language-wikipediasHow>,
October 24, 2016)
Mobile Internet connectivity is growing rapidly in rural India, and because
most Internet users are more comfortable in their native languages,
websites producing content in Indian languages are going to drive this
growth. In a country like India in which only a handful of journals are
available in Indian languages, open access to research and educational
resources is hugely important for populating content for the various Indian
language Wikipedias.

* Pavanaja, U.B. "UTF-8, Indic and Stub Length Article in Wikipedia" (
http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/utf-8-indic-and-stub-length-article-in-wikipedia
<https://psubhashish-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/Redirect?ukey=1PJvbCaYjAlErRnMutCs-chTc78AMIT_Y9u3cTkxuznk-0&key=YAMMID-41660364&link=http%3A%2F%2Fcis-india.org%2Fa2k%2Fblogs%2Futf-8-indic-and-stub-length-article-in-wikipedia>,
October 20, 2016)

* Pavanaja, U.B. "Querying Wikipedia Data" (
http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/quer

[Wikimediaindia-l] Signing out with my official hat!

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

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[Wikimediaindia-l] CIS-A2K Newsletter - September 2016

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

Dear friends,

We are happy to share the consolidated newsletter for September 2016.

Another 5 Years: What Have We Learned about the Wikipedia Gender Gap and
What Has Been Done?

—Ting-Yi Chang (September 18, 2016)
Five years after Wikimedia Foundation's 2011 editor survey (
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Editor_Survey_Report_-_April_2011.pdf)
was conducted and revealed the gender gap issue, scholars, practitioners,
and communities around the globe have come a long way to address the gender
imbalance of the online encyclopedia. This blog post series (of three
parts) serve as a summary of movements and discoveries about Wikipedia
gender gap on both local (India) and global scales.

"Our editing community continues to suffer from a lack of women editors.
only 8.5% of editors are women."

Probably the most cited statement for Wikipedia gender gap studies, the
editor survey conducted by Wikimedia Foundation in April 2011 revealed the
alarming imbalance within the online encyclopedia community(s). In the same
survey, the percentage of female Wikipedians in India is reported as only
3%. When we have repeatedly emphasized on the development and changes the
internet can bring to our societies, how do we ensure that behind our
computer screen it is not just another mirror reflecting what has been
silenced and forgotten?

. . . Read more on Blogs (
http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/wikiwomen2019s-meetup-at-st-agnes-college-explores-potentials-and-plans-of-women-editors-in-mangalore-karnataka)
(Part 1 (
http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/another-5-years-what-have-we-learned-about-the-wikipedia-gender-gap-and-what-has-been-done-part-1)
, Part 2 (
http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/another-5-years-what-have-we-learned-about-the-wikipedia-gender-gap-and-what-has-been-done-part-2)
and Part 3 (
http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/another-5-years-what-have-we-learned-about-the-wikipedia-gender-gap-and-what-has-been-done-part-3)
)

== Program reports =
Outreach, education programme and community engagement programme reports:

* Wikiwomen's Meetup at St. Agnes College Explores Potentials and Plans of
Women Editors in Mangalore, Karnataka (
http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/wikiwomen2019s-meetup-at-st-agnes-college-explores-potentials-and-plans-of-women-editors-in-mangalore-karnataka)
(Ting-Yi Chang; September 1, 2016)

Karnataka is known for its diverse linguistic cultures. Aside from Kannada,
many are native speakers of Konkani, Tulu, and other languages. A small
Wikiwomen's meetup was held on Saturday, August 27th at St. Agnes College,
Mangalore, to invite female Wikipedians from the region. Many of them were
new to the online encyclopedia but demonstrated strong interest in learning
and contributing more Indic language content online.

* A workshop to improve Telugu Wikipedia articles on Nobel laureates (
http://cis-india.org/openness/a-workshop-to-improve-telugu-wikipedia-articles-on-nobel-laureates)
(Pavan Santhosh; September 12, 2016)

Many articles about Nobel laureates are missing in the Telugu Wikipedia.
Recently undergraduate students from four different disciplines of the
Andhra Loyola College (ALC), Vijayawada gathered to create and improve
articles related to Nobel laureates.

* Campaign for relicensing copyrighted books under Creative Commons
licenses (
http://cis-india.org/openness/campaign-for-relicensing-copyrighted-books-under-creative-commons-licenses)
(Pavan Santhosh S. & Subhashish Panigrahi; September 20, 2016).

A campaign has been started to relicense Telugu-language books of several
noted authors from "all rights reserved" to Creative Commons Share-Alike
(CC-BY-SA) license..

== Articles/blogs =
Articles, opinion pieces, analysis pieces:

* ସଫ୍ଟଓଏର ସ୍ୱାଧୀନତା ଦିବସ: ଆମ ହାତେ ଆମ କୋଡ଼ ଲେଖିବା¸ (
http://cis-india.org/openness/software-freedom-day) : (Subhashish
Panigrahi; September 18, 2016). The blog post was mirrored in Your Story (
https://odia.yourstory.com/read/b3b56fd08a/-?c=16) , Odisha Story (
http://www.odishastory.com/odia/2016/09/software-freedom/) and Aajira
Odisha (http://aajiraodisha.org/software-freedom/) on September 17, 2016.
The originally published piece can be accessed here (
http://psubhashish.com/post/150524560200/sfd) .

Software Freedom Day (SFD), which celebrates the use of free and open
software, was celebrated in many cities today. The piece sheds light on the
philosophy of software freedom, and how free and open source software is
making a significant social change. I have also shared how anyone can
contribute to the FOSS movement in different ways and celebrate SFD. .

== Team updates =
Dr. Tejaswini Niranjana (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Tniranjana) ,
our Programme Advisor, and Abhinav Garule (
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Abhinavgarule) , Programme Associate
for Marathi have left the team recently to continue with their other
personal/professional commitments. We thank both of them for their
association and support both to

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Vacancy for a Programme Officer for the Access to Knowledge programme (CIS-A2K)

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

Dear Manoj, 

Thanks for asking about the chances of our work in northern India. However I am 
afraid this is the wrong thread. 

But to answer your question, you can always check our work plan 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Work_plan_July_2016_-_June_2017> to 
check the focus for the current year (July 2016-June 2017). So considering the 
fact that we have already set the plans for the current year and there is some 
progress in the work plan, we might not be able to actively work on anything 
beyond that. And most of our activities are primarily language based and not 
necessarily region based. So it would be good if you can specify if you meant 
any particular language. If that language is one among the languages listed in 
the work plan (they are Kannada, Konkani, Marathi, Odia and Telugu, more 
details in the link shared above), then we can surely think of some kind of 
work in Northern India. Otherwise, we can always support any of the community 
activities that you and other friends in the community would like to organise. 
If you and your community are planning any kind of community 
building/outreach/any other Wikimedia-related activity please feel free to put 
up a request on our request page here 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:CIS-A2K/Requests>. We can then take it 
forward and discuss with you about supporting your effort. 

Hope I answered your question fully. Please feel free to ask if there is 
anything I need to clarify. 

Best, 
Subhashish 

Best! 
Subhashish Panigrahi 
Programme Officer, Access To Knowledge 
Centre for Internet and Society 
@subhapa / https://cis-india.org 


From: "Manoj Khurana"  
To: "Wikimedia India Community list"  
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2016 1:33:49 PM 
Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Vacancy for a Programme Officer for the Access 
to Knowledge programme (CIS-A2K) 



Hi Subhashish, 
Any plans for expanding activities in Northern India? 

Regards, 
Manoj 
Chandigarh. 

On Sep 26, 2016 5:05 PM, "Subhashish Panigrahi" < subhash...@cis-india.org > 
wrote: 


Dear friends, 

First of all, apologies if this mail is not in your native language. 

This to share with you all that we have published on the jobs section of the 
CIS website [0] for the position of Programme Officer of the Access to 
Knowledge (CIS-A2K) programme. We would really appreciate if you can share with 
interested friends, colleagues and communities. 

Please let us know if there is any kind of changes needed. We will love to 
address any concerns or inputs. 

Best, 
Subhashish 

-- 

The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) is seeking applications from 
prospective candidates who identify themselves as female, for the position of 
Programme Officer (Communications) , to support its Access to Knowledge 
(CIS-A2K) Programme. 

The job application is open to women only because we feel that a woman 
communications person will contribute more towards bridging the gender gap in 
the Wikimedia movement by emphasising on gender-sensitive communication apart 
from contributing internally for bringing a gender balance in the team. The 
position is full time and will be based in CIS’ Bengaluru office. Programme 
Officer will work closely with CIS-A2K Team (hereinafter Team) and would report 
to the Executive Director/any supervisor in Team. 


Position Summary: 

As a Programme Officer, your job will be to support the Team’s larger goals — 
growth of Indian-language Wikipedias and other Wikimedia projects (hereinafter 
Wikimedia projects), and the contributor communities (hereinafter Community). 
Your primary responsibility will be to support the Programme Associates — that 
spearhead our on-ground programmatic activities -- with regular communications 
with the community and the world outside. 

Characteristics of the Programme Officer: 

* High level of commitment: The Programme Officer should believe in the values 
of CIS and Wikimedia projects, exude enthusiasm for the mission and can 
powerfully embody and communicate the mission. 
* Intellectual curiosity and flexibility: Must enjoy tackling difficult, 
ambiguous problems and able to incorporate new knowledge into how one 
approaches situations and generates solutions, loves learning from others while 
expanding intellectual horizons. 
* Open and transparent: Have a high level of integrity and be comfortable 
working in a highly transparent fashion, open to input and feedback, a 
proactive and candid communicator who wants people to know what s/he is doing 
and isn't afraid to bring others in when things are off-track or when you need 
help and should able to handle criticism in a mature fashion. 
* Community builder: It is essential that the Programme Officer sees 
herself/himself as a partner to and supporter of the Wikimedians who have and 
will continue to be the leaders in building the Wikimedia projects. The 
Programme Officer must be willing and able to work wi

[Wikimediaindia-l] Vacancy for a Programme Officer for the Access to Knowledge programme (CIS-A2K)

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

Dear friends, 

First of all, apologies if this mail is not in your native language. 

This to share with you all that we have published on the jobs section of the 
CIS website [0] for the position of Programme Officer of the Access to 
Knowledge (CIS-A2K) programme. We would really appreciate if you can share with 
interested friends, colleagues and communities. 

Please let us know if there is any kind of changes needed. We will love to 
address any concerns or inputs. 

Best, 
Subhashish 

-- 

The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) is seeking applications from 
prospective candidates who identify themselves as female, for the position of 
Programme Officer (Communications) , to support its Access to Knowledge 
(CIS-A2K) Programme. 

The job application is open to women only because we feel that a woman 
communications person will contribute more towards bridging the gender gap in 
the Wikimedia movement by emphasising on gender-sensitive communication apart 
from contributing internally for bringing a gender balance in the team. The 
position is full time and will be based in CIS’ Bengaluru office. Programme 
Officer will work closely with CIS-A2K Team (hereinafter Team) and would report 
to the Executive Director/any supervisor in Team. 


Position Summary: 

As a Programme Officer, your job will be to support the Team’s larger goals — 
growth of Indian-language Wikipedias and other Wikimedia projects (hereinafter 
Wikimedia projects), and the contributor communities (hereinafter Community). 
Your primary responsibility will be to support the Programme Associates — that 
spearhead our on-ground programmatic activities -- with regular communications 
with the community and the world outside. 

Characteristics of the Programme Officer: 

* High level of commitment: The Programme Officer should believe in the values 
of CIS and Wikimedia projects, exude enthusiasm for the mission and can 
powerfully embody and communicate the mission. 
* Intellectual curiosity and flexibility: Must enjoy tackling difficult, 
ambiguous problems and able to incorporate new knowledge into how one 
approaches situations and generates solutions, loves learning from others while 
expanding intellectual horizons. 
* Open and transparent: Have a high level of integrity and be comfortable 
working in a highly transparent fashion, open to input and feedback, a 
proactive and candid communicator who wants people to know what s/he is doing 
and isn't afraid to bring others in when things are off-track or when you need 
help and should able to handle criticism in a mature fashion. 
* Community builder: It is essential that the Programme Officer sees 
herself/himself as a partner to and supporter of the Wikimedians who have and 
will continue to be the leaders in building the Wikimedia projects. The 
Programme Officer must be willing and able to work with a diverse array of 
people, many of whom come from non-traditional backgrounds and have a fervent 
commitment to Wikimedia movement’s community-led nature. 
* Strong cultural competency: Able to navigate in a global movement and on a 
global team in addition to navigating the complexity of India. 
* Partnership developer: Able to initiate, negotiate and operate partnerships 
that advance the Wikimedia mission in Indic languages and English (as relevant 
to India) with a wide range of institutions across the public, NGO, 
universities, philanthropic and private sector. 
* Willing to travel: The Programme Officer must regularly travel within India 
to engage with Wikimedia communities and partner with institutions. 

Responsibilities: 

* You will be responsible for the overall communications of Team that include 
storytelling in the form of interviews, blogs, opinion pieces in 
newspaper/other platforms, regular coverage in both Indian language and English 
media, and anything beyond. 
* You will be exploring widely from conventional to new media to spread the 
stories of the hundreds and thousands of volunteers that make the 
Indian-language Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects such great knowledge 
repositories. 
* Creating original stories of challenges and learning, and successes of 
Wikimedia community in general and the ones that we closely work with in 
particular. 
* Function as an interface between A2K team and the community, and help the 
team better work collaboratively with the community. 
* Sharing the work of the community and A2k team in a regular basis in the 
monthly newsletters and other places. 
* Providing training on effective communications to the communities in a need 
basis, and supporting them to independently tell their own stories in their own 
languages. 
* Announcement of programmatic activities in the form of announcements, blogs 
and reports, and microblogging (social media, etc.). 
* Interviewing Wikimedians under the ambit of the WikipediansSpeak [*] project 
and beyond, and share the story of the Wikimedia community widely in 

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Vacancy for a Programme Officer for the Access to Knowledge programme (CIS-A2K)

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

Dear friends, 

First of all, apologies if this mail is not in your native language. 

This to share with you all that we have published on the jobs section of the 
CIS website [0] for the position of Programme Officer of the Access to 
Knowledge (CIS-A2K) programme. We would really appreciate if you can share with 
interested friends, colleagues and communities. 

Please let us know if there is any kind of changes needed. We will love to 
address any concerns or inputs. 

Best, 
Subhashish 

-- 

The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) is seeking applications from 
prospective candidates who identify themselves as female, for the position of 
Programme Officer (Communications) , to support its Access to Knowledge 
(CIS-A2K) Programme. 

The job application is open to women only because we feel that a woman 
communications person will contribute more towards bridging the gender gap in 
the Wikimedia movement by emphasising on gender-sensitive communication apart 
from contributing internally for bringing a gender balance in the team. The 
position is full time and will be based in CIS’ Bengaluru office. Programme 
Officer will work closely with CIS-A2K Team (hereinafter Team) and would report 
to the Executive Director/any supervisor in Team. 


Position Summary: 

As a Programme Officer, your job will be to support the Team’s larger goals — 
growth of Indian-language Wikipedias and other Wikimedia projects (hereinafter 
Wikimedia projects), and the contributor communities (hereinafter Community). 
Your primary responsibility will be to support the Programme Associates — that 
spearhead our on-ground programmatic activities -- with regular communications 
with the community and the world outside. 

Characteristics of the Programme Officer: 

* High level of commitment: The Programme Officer should believe in the values 
of CIS and Wikimedia projects, exude enthusiasm for the mission and can 
powerfully embody and communicate the mission. 
* Intellectual curiosity and flexibility: Must enjoy tackling difficult, 
ambiguous problems and able to incorporate new knowledge into how one 
approaches situations and generates solutions, loves learning from others while 
expanding intellectual horizons. 
* Open and transparent: Have a high level of integrity and be comfortable 
working in a highly transparent fashion, open to input and feedback, a 
proactive and candid communicator who wants people to know what s/he is doing 
and isn't afraid to bring others in when things are off-track or when you need 
help and should able to handle criticism in a mature fashion. 
* Community builder: It is essential that the Programme Officer sees 
herself/himself as a partner to and supporter of the Wikimedians who have and 
will continue to be the leaders in building the Wikimedia projects. The 
Programme Officer must be willing and able to work with a diverse array of 
people, many of whom come from non-traditional backgrounds and have a fervent 
commitment to Wikimedia movement’s community-led nature. 
* Strong cultural competency: Able to navigate in a global movement and on a 
global team in addition to navigating the complexity of India. 
* Partnership developer: Able to initiate, negotiate and operate partnerships 
that advance the Wikimedia mission in Indic languages and English (as relevant 
to India) with a wide range of institutions across the public, NGO, 
universities, philanthropic and private sector. 
* Willing to travel: The Programme Officer must regularly travel within India 
to engage with Wikimedia communities and partner with institutions. 

Responsibilities: 

* You will be responsible for the overall communications of Team that include 
storytelling in the form of interviews, blogs, opinion pieces in 
newspaper/other platforms, regular coverage in both Indian language and English 
media, and anything beyond. 
* You will be exploring widely from conventional to new media to spread the 
stories of the hundreds and thousands of volunteers that make the 
Indian-language Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects such great knowledge 
repositories. 
* Creating original stories of challenges and learning, and successes of 
Wikimedia community in general and the ones that we closely work with in 
particular. 
* Function as an interface between A2K team and the community, and help the 
team better work collaboratively with the community. 
* Sharing the work of the community and A2k team in a regular basis in the 
monthly newsletters and other places. 
* Providing training on effective communications to the communities in a need 
basis, and supporting them to independently tell their own stories in their own 
languages. 
* Announcement of programmatic activities in the form of announcements, blogs 
and reports, and microblogging (social media, etc.). 
* Interviewing Wikimedians under the ambit of the WikipediansSpeak [*] project 
and beyond, and share the story of the Wikimedia community widely in 

[Wikimediaindia-l] Tulu Wikipedia goes live after 8 years in Incubator; and more in CIS-A2K's August newsletter

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

Dear friends, 

We are happy to share the consolidated newsletter for August. 


Community digest: Tulu Wikipedia goes live after eight years in Incubator; news 
in brief: 

Eight years after being created in the Wikimedia Incubator, the Tulu-language 
Wikipedia is now live as the 23rd Indic language. Available at 
https://tcy.wikipedia.org, the project has a total of 1285 articles contributed 
by 198 editors. 

Other news in brief: 
* Ongoing India At Rio Olympics 2016 Edit-a-thon 
(https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMIN/events/India_At_Rio_Olympics_2016_Edit-a-thon)
 promises to plant one tree for every 20 new articles created 
* Wiki Loves Monuments 
(https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2016_in_India) 
returns to India after three years 
* WikiConference India 2016 
(https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2016) , the largest 
Wikimedia community gathering of the year in South Asia comes to an end 
* Ashutosh Sarangi (https://or.wikisource.org/wiki/User:Ashusarangi) , the 
youngest Wikimedian from the oldest Indian-language Wikipedia community 

. . . Read more on Blog 
(https://https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/08/24/digest-tulu-wikipedia/) 

Community digest: Konkani language speakers are separated by scripts but unite 
by Wikipedia; news in brief: 

This post shares learning from a Goan Konkani Wikipedian User:The Discoverer. 
The discussion spans around the topics of how [Goan Konkani] Wikipedia is 
playing the role of a binding factor for native speakers that are currently 
dispersed in many states, speak in different variations of the same language, 
and write in different scripts. 

Other news in brief: 
* WikiConference India 2016 to be held at Chandigarh during August 5–7 
* Punjab edit-a-thon 
* Campaign for relicensing copyrighted books under Creative Commons licenses 
* Train-the-trainer and Mediawiki training program for capacity building of 
community leaders from Indian subcontinent 
* Indian women in Science edit-a-thon 
* Indigenous South-Asian language Santali gets a new open Unicode font 

. . . Read more on Blog 
(https://https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/08/24/digest-tulu-wikipedia/) 
Programme reports 


== Outreach, education programme and community engagement programme reports == 
* A workshop to improve Telugu Wikipedia articles on Nobel laureates 
(http://cis-india.org/openness/a-workshop-to-improve-telugu-wikipedia-articles-on-nobel-laureates)
 (Pavan Santhosh S; August 31, 2016) 

Many articles about Nobel laureates are missing in the Telugu Wikipedia. 
Recently undergraduate students from four different disciplines of the Andhra 
Loyola College (ALC), Vijayawada gathered to create and improve articles 
related to Nobel laureates. 

* Campaign for relicensing copyrighted books under Creative Commons licenses 
(http://cis-india.org/openness/campaign-for-relicensing-copyrighted-books-under-creative-commons-licenses)
 . (Pavan Santhosh S and Subhashish Panigrahi; August 30) 

A campaign has been started to relicense Telugu-language books of several noted 
authors from "all rights reserved" to Creative Commons Share-Alike (CC-BY-SA) 
license. This campaign was started on June 19 and copyright migration process 
is complete for 17 books so far. Once the copyright migration is over the 
books—ranging from historical figures and popular personalities to regional 
history—are going to be digitised on Wikisource. 

* Wikiwomen’s Meetup at St. Agnes College Explores Potentials and Plans of 
Women Editors in Mangalore, Karnataka 
(http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/wikiwomen2019s-meetup-at-st-agnes-college-explores-potentials-and-plans-of-women-editors-in-mangalore-karnataka)
 (Ting-Yi Chang, August 27, 2016) 

Karnataka is known for its diverse linguistic cultures. Aside from Kannada, 
many are native speakers of Konkani, Tulu, and other languages. A small 
Wikiwomen's meetup was held on Saturday, August 27th at St. Agnes College, 
Mangalore, to invite female Wikipedians from the region. Many of them were new 
to the online encyclopedia but demonstrated strong interest in learning and 
contributing more Indic language content online. 


== Participation in events and the ongoing events == 

* Focus on India—WikiConference produces new apps; state government adopts free 
licenses 
(http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/the-signpost-august-18-2016-pete-forsyth-and-tony-focus-on-india)
 (Organized by by the Community of Wikimedians in India, supported by Wikimedia 
India and CIS; August 5 - 7, 2016; Chandigarh; CIS-A2K team participated, and 
some of the members were part of organising the event and some presented talks 
and conducted workshops) 


== Articles, opinion/analysis pieces and event talk submissions == 
* 3 Copyright Tips for Students and Educators 
(http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/3-copyright-tips-for-students-and-educators) 
(Subhashish Panigrahi; Opensource.com; August 16, 2016). 
* ଓଡ଼ିଆ ପାଇଁ ଓସିଆର: ଛପା ଲେଖାର ଛବିରୁ ଡିଇଟାଲ ଲେଖା 
(http:

[Wikimediaindia-l] CIS-A2K July Newsletter: Advanced Wikipedia editing trainings for Marathi and Telugu communities, and more

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

Dear friends, 



We are happy to share the newsletter for July. This includes updates from the 
work we are associated with, and updates about the Rio Olympics edit-a-thon 
that is being organised by our friends from Wikimedia India. 




Open source effort gives indigenous language an official typeface 



Santali, an aboriginal South Asian language, has a brand new freely licensed 
font and set of cross-platform open source input tools on the way. The typeface 
family was designed by type designer Pooja Saxena 
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Anexasajoop) and went through several 
rounds of review by language experts. However, the typeface 
(https://github.com/anexasajoop/olchiki-fontfamily) is still one step away from 
reality. Because of this, two input methods 
(https://github.com/GuruGomke/ol-chiki) will be made available along with the 
typeface; Sarjom Baha 
(https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector/Input_methods/sat-Sarjom_baha)
 , a phonetic input method so that every common user can easily type the they 
pronounce the words, and InScript 
(https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ol_Chiki_InScript_keyboard_layout.svg) 
, a keyboard layout standard for Indian scripts. Even though the original plan 
was to create a editor community to contribute to 

the Santali Wikipedia (https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/sat/Main_Page) 
and bring it live from Incubator, outputs will just be distributed for the 
users to use them. 



Update: The input methods 
(https://github.com/wikimedia/jquery.ime/tree/master/rules/sat) are now up on 
all the Wikimedia projects as part of the Universal Language Selector 
(https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Universal_Language_Selector) . 



. . . Check the blog 
(http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/opensource.com-subhashish-panigrahi-july-8-2016-open-source-effort-gives-indigenous-language-an-official-typeface)
 and the project page for more details of the Ol chiki project. 



== Event announcements == 

Event announcements and press releases: 

* Tools orientation session for Telugu Wikimedians of Hyderabad 
(http://cis-india.org/openness/events/tools-orientation-session-for-telugu-wikimedians-of-hyderabad)
 (10 July 2016) 



A tools orientation session is being organised on July 10 at Hyderabad during 
the regular monthly meetup. Telugu Wikimedians who would be interested to learn 
about advanced editing tools like citation templates and Twinkle are welcome to 
join. 



== Ongoing events == 

* India At Rio Olympics 2016 edit-a-thon 
(https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMIN/Events/India_At_Rio_Olympics_2016_Edit-a-thon)
 (July 29 - September 18). Organised by Wikimedia India and participated by 
Indic language Wikimedia communities. 



18 language Wikipedia communities, including English, are expected to take part 
and 12 of these have coordinators to help their community to participate in the 
edit-a-thon. 



== Programme reports == 

Outreach, education programme and community engagement programme reports: 

* Subray, Ananth. "Edit-a-thon to improve Kannada-language science-related 
Wikipedia articles 
(http://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/edit-a-thon-to-improve-kannada-language-science-related-wikipedia-articles-1)
 (14 July 2016) 



We have been working with the Department of State Educational Research and 
Training of Karnataka (DSERT), a Government of Karnataka-run research and 
training institution headquartered in Bengaluru. With the hope of expanding the 
reach of Science-related content in Kannada Wikipedia, we organised an 
edit-a-thon spanning over three days from the 11th January through the 13th. 



* Garule, Abhinav. "Training-the-trainer programme and Mediawiki training at 
Pune 
(http://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/training-the-trainer-programme-and-mediawiki-training-at-pune)
 (17 August 2016) 



A two-day long train-the-trainer and Mediawiki training programme was organised 
during May 28-29 in Pune to better capacity of Wikimedians both technically, 
and outreach and community building. In this report, learn more about the 
experience of Santoshi Tiwari, a Wikimedian who travelled from the city of 
Nashik to participate in this event. 



* Santhosh S., Pavan. Tools orientation for Telugu Wikimedians at Hyderabad 
(http://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/tools-orientation-for-telugu-wikimedians-at-hyderabad)
 (31 July 2016) 



To help Wikimedians learn about essential tools that are used across Wikimedia 
projects, a tools orientation session was organised on July 10 during the 
monthly meetup at Hyderabad. We have attempted to capture the experience and 
inputs of long time Telugu Wikimedians Rajashekhar and Murali Mohan in this 
report. 



== Articles/blogs == 

Articles, opinion pieces, analysis pieces: 

* K.T., Dhanalakshmi. "ತರಬೇತಿ ಮಾಡಲು ತರಬೇತಿಗೊಂಡಾಗ CIS-A2K TTT 2016 
(http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/ca4cb0cacca4cbf-caecbeca1cb2cc1-ca4cb0cacca4cbfc97c82ca1cbec97-cis-a2k-ttt-2016)
 

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WikiConference India 2016: media coverage, blogs and reports

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

South Asia's Largest Wikimedia Conference Kicks Off in India 
<https://globalvoices.org/2016/08/05/south-asias-largest-wikimedia-conference-kicks-off-in-india/>
 

Best! 
Subhashish 


From: "Subhashish Panigrahi"  
To: "Wikimedia India Community list"  
Sent: Friday, August 5, 2016 11:28:50 PM 
Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] WikiConference India 2016: media coverage, blogs 
and reports 

Creating this thread to share the media coverage, blogs and reports, etc, 
related to WikiConference India. Please keep sharing more here. Also, if you 
are a blogger or author, do write about this huge gathering. 

Below are my two cents: 

Community digest: Konkani language speakers are separated by scripts but unite 
by Wikipedia; news in brief, Wikimedia Blog (there are two short updates; one 
about WCI and the other one about the Punjab edit-a-thon> < 
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/08/04/digest-konkani-unite/ > 

The largest Wikipedia gathering in South Asia kicks off < 
https://opensource.com/life/16/8/wikipedia-conference-india-2016 > 

Best! 
Subhashish Panigrahi 
Programme Officer, Access To Knowledge 
Centre for Internet and Society 
@subhapa / https://cis-india.org 

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[Wikimediaindia-l] WikiConference India 2016: media coverage, blogs and reports

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

Creating this thread to share the media coverage, blogs and reports, etc,
related to WikiConference India. Please keep sharing more here. Also, if
you are a blogger or author, do write about this huge gathering.

Below are my two cents:

Community digest: Konkani language speakers are separated by scripts but
unite by Wikipedia; news in brief, Wikimedia Blog (there are two short
updates; one about WCI and the other one about the Punjab edit-a-thon> <
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/08/04/digest-konkani-unite/>

The largest Wikipedia gathering in South Asia kicks off <
https://opensource.com/life/16/8/wikipedia-conference-india-2016>

Best!
Subhashish Panigrahi
Programme Officer, Access To Knowledge
Centre for Internet and Society
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wiki conference india 2016

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

I completely agree with Karthik. Everyone has taken a lot of pain yesterday and 
it was a difficult time for all. But the patience everyone had showed is 
incredible. I was probably the last person to be on the lobby last (mid)night 
to find Ravi and other friends who were going there room to sleep. He didn't 
say "good night" to me in the first place but said if you have any problem, 
come down to our room. They have taken a lot of pain in getting such a huge 
event arranged. What they have done needs a lot of applause. Let's hope the 
coming days are going to be good. Here's a small shoutout by yours truly as 
part of the communist spotlight (all thanks to Ed Erhart of WMF):
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/08/04/digest-konkani-unite/

Best!
Subhashish Panigrahi
Programme Officer, Access To Knowledge
Centre for Internet and Society | @subhapa

> On 05-Aug-2016, at 2:19 AM, Ravishankar Ayyakkannu  
> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> We faced unexpected issues with our accommodation, food and pickup 
> arrangement today. On behalf of the organizing team, we sincerely apologize 
> for the inconvenience. 
> 
> The host institution has owned responisbility for this shortcoming and has 
> agreed to lodge us at  
> http://www.royalorchidhotels.com/regenta-almeida-zirakpur-chandigarh/overview 
> , a 4 star accommodation for all scholarship recipients. 
> 
> Women who stay at CGC campus will continue to stay there. We thank everyone 
> for being patient, understanding and supportive for us during this crucial 
> moment. Let us resolve to make full use of ‪#‎WCI2016‬.
> 
> Ravi
> 
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Supporting four community members for their participation at WikiConference India 2016

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

Dear friends, 

WikiConference India 2016 is just around the corner and all of you who are 
participating will already be getting ready to come to Landran. 

Four community members (Vishwanath Badikana from Kannada and Tulu Wikipedia, 
Gopala Krishna from Kannada Wikipedia, Pankajmala Sarangi from Odia Wikisource 
and Muralimohan Kodihalli from Telugu Wikipedia) had reached out to us 
requesting to support them for their travel and stay for WCI '16. These 
applicants are from our focus language areas. We discussed about this 
internally and decided to support them based on their contribution to their 
respective language Wikimedia projects and the communities. This is not the 
wiki way of doing things and we apologise for taking this decision. But these 
requests came late and we did not have a clear plan well in advance to support 
community members to travel and participate in WCI. Two of the community 
members, Pankajmala and Muralimohan, have managed to have discussion in their 
respective language Wikipedias and have got support from their fellow community 
members, we appreciate. We wish we can support more Wikimedians from all the 
other language communities. But because of the time and budget constraint, we 
are being able to support only these four Wikimedians. If any of you have any 
issue with this please do let us know. We apologise for not being able announce 
the possibility of we supporting the community well in advance. 

Best! 
Subhashish Panigrahi 
Programme Officer, Access To Knowledge 
Centre for Internet and Society 
@subhapa / https://cis-india.org 
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[Wikimediaindia-l] CIS-A2K Newsletter - May-June 2016

[subhashish]

Dear friends, 



We are happy to share the consolidated newsletter for May and June. Apologies 
for missing out the former and for this long newsletter. 



Train-the-trainer and Mediawiki training for Indian language Wikimedians 



After two iterations of the Train the Trainer in 2013 
(https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/Train_the_Trainer_Program/2013) 
and 2015 
(https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/Train_the_Trainer_Program/2015) 
, CIS-A2K organised the third programme during June 15-17 at Bengaluru. The 
Mediawiki training was designed to help groom technical leadership skills of 
the technical contributors of the communities. A total of 45 participants, that 
were selected by a collaborative consultation with the community, took part in 
these events. The trainers for both the events consisted of subject experts 
from the Wikimedia community, the free knowledge movement, the free and open 
source software community and CIS-A2K programme staff. 



Check the event page for more details of Train-the-trainer 
(https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/Train_the_Trainer_Program/2016) 
and Mediawiki training 
(https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/MediaWiki_Training). 




Community celebrates birthday of Odia Wikipedia and Odia Wiktionary (by 
Chinmayee Mishra Community member; Subhashish Panigrahi, CIS-A2K; and Sailesh 
Patnaik, CIS-A2K) 



With the Odia Wikipedia and its sister projects, a handful of dedicated 
volunteer editors are taking the Odia language to the world outside. The editor 
community that has recently celebrated Odia Wikipedia’s 14th anniversary in 
Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India is collectively growing two more projects; Odia 
Wikisource, an online library that already has over 300 volumes of text, and 
Odia Wiktionary, an online dictionary that has over 100,000 entries. With these 
live projects and more projects in the pipeline, this community is bringing a 
digital revolution in Odia by sharing valuable content online and creating many 
language tools inside and outside the Wikimedia projects. 



Read more 
(https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/06/23/odia-wikipedia-wiktionary-birthdays). 



== Event announcements (event announcements and press releases) == 

* Mini Train-the-trainer and Mediawiki Training for Marathi Wikimedians in Pune 
(http://cis-india.org/openness/events/mini-train-the-trainer-and-mediawiki-training-for-wikimedians-in-pune)
 (28-29 May 2016) 

* Advanced training for Kannada-language Wikimedians in Bangalore 
(http://cis-india.org/openness/events/advanced-training-for-kannada-language-wikimedians-in-bangalore)
 (28-29 May 2016) 

* Garule, Abhinav. "Mini Wikipedia edit-a-thon at TEDSummit 2016, Banff, Canada 
(http://cis-india.org/openness/events/wikipedia-edit-a-thon-at-tedsummit-2016-banff-canada)
 " (29 June 2016), Banff, Canada 



== Project celebrations == 

* Odia Wikipedia completed 14 years (https://or.wikipedia.org/s/xzj) on June 3, 
congratulations! 

* Odia Wiktionary (https://or.wiktionary.org/s/o4n) is completing 11 years on 
June 16, congratulations! 

* Punjabi Wikipedia (https://pa.wikipedia.org) completed 14 years on June 3, 
congratulations! 



== Upcoming events == 

* Wiki Conference India 
(https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2016) (August 5-7, call 
for participation open until July 20). More here ( 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2016/Call_for_Participation
 ). 



== Programme reports (outreach, education programme and community engagement 
programme reports) == 

* Panigrahi, Subhashish. Santhosh, Pavan. "Online edit-a-thon on incidents in 
Telugu 
(http://cis-india.org/openness/online-edit-a-thon-on-incidents-in-telugu) " (11 
July 2016) 
* A week-long online edit-a-thon was organised by the Telugu Wikipedia 
community to cover popular social, political and other events on the Telugu 
Wikipedia. 

* Harshey, Sohnee. "Developing Open Educational Resources in Indian Languages 
(http://cis-india.org/openness/developing-open-educational-resources-in-indian-languages)
 " (28 May 2016) 

The Centre for Indian Languages in Higher Education (CILHE), Tata Institute of 
Social Sciences (TISS), in collaboration with the Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) 
programme at The Centre for Internet and Society, has been involved in 
organising workshops on developing open educational resources (OER) in Indian 
languages with undergraduate and masters students across various institution to 
introduce students to tools of collaborative knowledge production on the 
Internet and methods for generating new online content in Indian languages. 

* Panigrahi, Subhashish. "Celebrating 13 Years of the Kannada-language 
Wikipedia 
(http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/dna-may-22-2016-subhashish-panigrahi-celebrating-13-years-of-kannada-language-wikipedia)
 ". DNA (22 May 2016) 

The Kannada-language Wikipedia celebrated its 13th anniversary on February 14 
i

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Gujarati Wikisource completed - "Saraswatichandra".

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

This is amazing! Congratulations all of you for this.

best,
subha


On 6/1/2016 6:50 PM, Tito Dutta wrote:
> Congratulations :)
>
> On 1 June 2016 at 18:37, Jayanta Nath  <mailto:jayanta...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Congratulation to full team 
>
> Jayanta
>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Meetup with WMF's Langauge Engineering team in Bangalore

[subhashish]

Thanks Ravi for starting this discussion and scheduling this. I will be away 
during April 16-27 and will have to give it a miss, unfortunately. Hope you all 
have a great discussion. It would be great if there could be an etherpad for 
people like me to take a look later. Thanks to the friend who is going to do 
that. :) 

Best! 
Subhashish Panigrahi 
Programme Officer, Access To Knowledge 
Centre for Internet and Society 
@subhapa / https://cis-india.org 


From: "Ravishankar"  
To: "wikimediaindia-l"  
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2016 12:09:03 AM 
Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Meetup with WMF's Langauge Engineering team in 
Bangalore 

Hi, 

Please join us for the next Bangalore meetup on 20th April 2016 6 PM. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Bangalore/Bangalore62 

WMF's Langauge Engineering team is in Bangalore, and they are very keen to meet 
the community and receive our feedback. 

If you are not able to attend, you can join us virtually for a translathon 
during the same day :) 

Please also feel free to leave questions and comments for the team at 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Bangalore/Bangalore62#Questions.2FComments_from_pan-Indian_community
 

Phabricator bugs that need priority, Community wishlist items related to Indian 
languages are good points to raise. 

Ravi 

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [PRESS] Why It's Essential To Grow Indian-Language Wikipedias

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

Thanks Kartik for pointing out the mistake. I have requested for the change.

Best,
Subha

On 1/25/2016 8:55 PM, Kartik Mistry wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 8:51 PM, Kartik Mistry  
> wrote:
>> On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 7:57 PM, Subhashish Panigrahi
>>  wrote:
>>> the Hindi Wikipedia has crossed 10 million articles already.
>> 1 Million[1] :)
>>
>> [1] 
>> https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B7:Statistics
> I'm still wrong. It should be 0.1 Million[2]
>
> [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_numbering_system
>

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[Wikimediaindia-l] [PRESS] Why It's Essential To Grow Indian-Language Wikipedias

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

/2009/en/pdf/EN_SOWP09_ICPD.pdf> as
compared to 82.14% for men. This disparity is evident in many other sectors
as well as in politics.

But gender bias is not just a problem in India. The global free and open
source software (FOSS) community has always been worried about the low
presence of women
<https://books.google.co.in/books?id=AJpACwAAQBAJ&pg=PT49&lpg=PT49&dq=gender+bias+in+foss+community&source=bl&ots=HqLdhzKwcD&sig=bewvZdJG3wGtbqWXxSIS9qLIxSM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjkwfznvqTKAhVKH44KHZFVBMQQ6AEIJzAB#v=onepage&q=gender%20bias%20in%20foss%20community&f=false>
contributors -- in the range of 2-5% range.
<https://people.cs.umass.edu/%7Ewallach/talks/2011-04-05_JHU.pdf> Wikimedia
Foundation's former executive director admitted that Wikipedia, like many
other collaborative and open projects, does not have a conducive
environment for women. But the Wikimedia community and Wikimedia Foundation
are both working on improving this state of affairs. Indian-language
Wikipedia projects are directly impacted by this global drive, be it the
Women's History Month edit-a-thon where Wikipedia content largely related
to women are improved every year or the Lilavati's Daughters project
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Lilavati%27s_Daughters_Edit-a-thon>where
biographies of Indian women scientists were created and enriched in
Wikipedia projects.

*Complementing Digital India*

With a population of over 354 million
<http://dazeinfo.com/2015/09/05/internet-users-in-india-number-mobile-iamai/>
netizens India still has a long way to go in increasing Indian language
content on the web
<http://tdil.mit.gov.in/wsi/papers/Issues_&_Challenges_for_Enabling_Mobile_web_in_Indian_Languages.pdf>.
The Government of India's new campaign Digital India
<http://www.digitalindia.gov.in/content/vision-and-vision-areas> aims
at digital
literacy and availability of digital resources/services in Indian languages
<http://www.cmai.asia/digitalindia/>. This is closely aligned with the
Wikimedia movement's goal to provide free access to the sum of all human
knowledge. In addition to Wikipedia, many other open educational resources
and free knowledge projects that are not already a part of the Digital
India campaign signal the need for the federal-run campaign to be more
collaborative and open. Community-government collaborations like the NROER
project
<https://blog.creativecommons.org/2013/08/14/india-launches-national-repository-of-open-educational-resources/>
to make NCERT books under Creative Commons licenses and IT@School project
<https://www.itschool.gov.in/glance.php> in the state of Kerala to provide
education using free and open tools have gained massive traction and helped
more Indian language content come online.

by Subhashish Panigrahi (original text under CC-BY-SA 4.0 by author and
editions copyrighted by the editor of the Huffington Post India, available
online at
http://www.huffingtonpost.in/subhashish-panigrahi-/when-wikipedia-is-turning_b_9025690.html
)

Best!
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Programme Officer, Access To Knowledge
Centre for Internet and Society
@subhapa / https://cis-india.org
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WMIN, on behalf of Global Tamil Wikimedia Community, signs an MoU with Tamil Virtual Academy

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

This is a great news!

Just tweeted about this great policy change by the TN govt. :)

best,
subha

On 1/13/2016 4:27 PM, Ravishankar Ayyakkannu wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 09th January 2016, WMIN, on behalf of Global Tamil Wikimedia
> Community, signed an MoU with Tamil Virtual Academy, Chennai.
>
> We will collaborate with or seek support from Tamil Virtual Academy
> under various domains including and starting with the following:
>
>   * Policy initiatives for adoption of free content licenses in public
> institutions
>   * Infrastructure support
>   * Capacity building programs
>   * Digitization of Galleries, Archives, Museums, Libraries in Tamil Nadu
>   * Access to information for writing Wikipedia articles
>   * Wikipedia content improvement
>   * Outreach
>   * Wikipedia in Education
>
> Global Tamil Wikimedia Community approved this collaboration with
> unananimous support. Full text of this MoU
> <https://ta.wikipedia.org/s/4o7x> can be seen here.
>
> *Tamil Virtual Academy* (TVA) is a high-profile
> <http://tamilvu.org/tvateam/html/board_membersen.htm> autonomous
> institution established by the Government of Tamil Nadu under its
> Information Technology Department. TVA aims at providing
> Internet-based resources and opportunities for the Tamil communities
> living in different parts of the globe as well as others interested in
> learning Tamil, Science, Technology, Tamil Computing software and
> acquiring knowledge of the history, art, literature and culture of the
> Tamils and to identify, establish, maintain and promote the solutions
> for the Tamil computing requirements of Tamil Diaspora, Government,
> Educational, Media and Business institution.
>
> We believe that collaborations like these will help us set the
> precedent to engage in free content advocacy works in other parts of
> the country.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ravi
>
>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Updates from the Global Tamil Wikimedia Community

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

ne focused in creating training
> resources for outreach while the other focused in encouraging writers
> and media professionals to contribute to Wikipedia. User:Rsmn and
> User:Selvasivagurunathan m helped coordinate these efforts.
>
> A MoU <https://ta.wikipedia.org/s/4o7x> regarding this has been
> written and approved by the community on wiki
> <https://ta.wikipedia.org/s/4ros>. From the genesis of this
> partnership, all discussions <https://ta.wikipedia.org/s/4ka9> (see
> also the archive <https://ta.wikipedia.org/s/4s3m>) and activities
> have been done on wiki. We recommend this as *a best practice*
> whenever a MoU is signed as this reiterates that the local Wikimedia
> community is the primary stakeholder of Wikimedia projects and ensures
> full trust and cooperation from them.
>
> User:Thamizhpparithi Maari, User:Mayooranathan, User:Natkeeran,
> User:Sundar, User:சஞ்சீவி சிவகுமார், User:Rsmn, User:Shanmugamp7,
> User:Neechalkaran, User:Commons sibi, User:zsenthil, User:Kanags,
> User:AntanO and numerous other contributors helped to forge this
> partnership and conduct the activities.
> *
> *
> *Press coverage:*
>
> * On Tamil Wikipedia stall in Madurai book fair.
>
>
> ** The Hindu  - Into the world of books
> <http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/events/madurai-book-fair-a-platform-for-budding-writers/article7607862.ece>
>
> ** Dinamalar - புத்தக கண்காட்சியில் 'தமிழ் விக்கிபீடியா'
> <http://www.dinamalar.com/district_detail.asp?id=1335688>
>
> ** Dinamani - தினமணியில் செய்தி
> <http://epaper.dinamani.com/581552/Dinamani-Chennai/06-09-2015#page/8/2> 
>
> ** The Hindu - Tamil Wikipedia invites articles
> <http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/tamil-wikipedia-invites-articles/article7627180.ece>
>
>
> * On Tamil Computing Clubs
>
>
> ** Times of India - 1 lakh Tamil articles to come up on Wikipedia
> <http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/1-lakh-Tamil-articles-to-come-up-on-Wikipedia/articleshow/48842690.cms>
>
>
> General:
>
>
> * Wikipedia on massive drive to increase Tamil content
> <http://www.dnaindia.com/scitech/report-wikipedia-on-massive-drive-to-increase-tamil-content-2123004>
>
>
> * The Hindu - தமிழுக்குள் விக்கிப்பீடியாவை நுழையுங்கள்!
> <http://tamil.thehindu.com/general/education/%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B4%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B3%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%88-%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B4%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%AF%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B3%E0%AF%8D/article7654967.ece>
>
>
> * Nakkeeran - வல்லுநர்கள் பங்களிப்பு அதிகரிக்க வேண்டும் - விக்கிப்பீடியர்கள்
> வேண்டுகோள் <http://nakkheeran.in/Users/frmNews.aspx?N=149980>
>
>
> We thank Tamil Virtual Academy, Wikimedia India and the Wikimedia
> Foundation who offered extensive support and guidance throughout these
> activities.
>
> We are excited to share these updates with the larger community. Stay
> tuned for more updates and details from us.
>
> Ravi
>
>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

Dear all,

There was a typo (it was supposed to be "was" instead of "has" in the
first sentence) in the last email and one of the links was broken.
Please go to
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/2015/Global_Congress_on_Intellectual_Property_and_the_Public_Interest
to self-nominate/nominate fellow Wikimedians. You can read the details
of the event in the link given above.

On 10/18/2015 10:28 AM, Subhashish Panigrahi wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
> Though we added this announcement in our September newsletter, it has
> not delivered in most mailing lists. So, I am sharing this again.
>
> CIS-A2K invites applications from Indian and Indic Wikimedians for the
> upcoming Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public
> Interest.[1] The event, happening during December 15-17 in New Delhi,
> is the most significant event on the calendar for scholars and policy
> advocates working on intellectual property from a public interest
> perspective.
>
> The last date of application is 27 October. Indian and Indic
> Wikipedians are welcome to apply in the /event page[2]/ to apply.
>
> /1. https://goo.gl/1uOJ3E/
> 2. https://goo.gl/kAVkrM
>
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> Best!
> Subhashish Panigrahi
> Programme Officer, Access To Knowledge
> Centre for Internet and Society
> @subhapa / https://cis-india.org
>
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