Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia tech fact-finding visit to India

2010-11-29 Thread CherianTinu Abraham
Welcome to India :) Regards Tinu Cherian On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 9:42 AM, Erik Moeller wrote: > Hi all, > > this is just to update you all on an upcoming visit to India by Danese > Cooper, Alolita Sharma, and myself. Danese is our Chief Technical > Officer, and Alolita program-manages the featu

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia tech fact-finding visit to India

2010-11-29 Thread Erik Moeller
Hi all, this is just to update you all on an upcoming visit to India by Danese Cooper, Alolita Sharma, and myself. Danese is our Chief Technical Officer, and Alolita program-manages the features development team. I'm the Deputy Director and also responsible for our product strategy. The purpose o

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] indiawikipedia ?

2010-11-29 Thread CherianTinu Abraham
What really made me "upset" is the display pic of the twitter username ( @indiawikipedia ) of this website. -TC On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 8:36 AM, theo10011 wrote: > The whois and TraceRoute lookup leads to a protected Domain service, with a > server located in LA with 49 other domains currently

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] indiawikipedia ?

2010-11-29 Thread theo10011
The whois and TraceRoute lookup leads to a protected Domain service, with a server located in LA with 49 other domains currently being hosted on it. http://whois.domaintools.com/indiawikipedia.com There is some relevant information included but I doubt there would be enough for a Cease and Desist

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] indiawikipedia ?

2010-11-29 Thread Gautam John
On 30 November 2010 08:03, CherianTinu Abraham wrote: > Please see this website http://www.indiawikipedia.com/ > Do you think the website violates Wikipedia / WMF copyrights ? What an odd website. Thanks for pointing this out Tinu. I think it does violate WMF IP - copyrights and trademarks, if a

[Wikimediaindia-l] indiawikipedia ?

2010-11-29 Thread CherianTinu Abraham
Please see this website http://www.indiawikipedia.com/ Do you think the website violates Wikipedia / WMF copyrights ? The site has nothing to do with Wikipedia or its cause too. Just bringing into the attention of all. Now that Mike is away, who is the next in charge for legal affairs ? Regards Ti

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-mum] Wikipedia 10th year celebrations

2010-11-29 Thread Mahitgar from Marathi Wikipedia
Hi, Best wishes for 10th year celebration. If at all you happen to visit schools or any other place if one needs to make presentation or just wants other Marathi friend to know more about Marathi Wikipedia , we do have one online (google) powerpoint presentation .Any one can access and update it

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Malayalam WIkipedia /Wikimedia Academy - Madurai , Tamil Nadu- 21 Sep 2010

2010-11-29 Thread Sudhanwa Jogalekar
Hi, I will be travelling to Madurai, Erode from 1-4 Dec. and would like to meet wikipedians there. I am expected to have some free time in the evenings in Madurai on 1st. and on the other days in Erode. If anyone is interested, please send me a mail offlist so that we can exchange our contacts a

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Wikimeetup @ Kolkata

2010-11-29 Thread CherianTinu Abraham
The first Wikimeetup @ Kolkata ( first one in eastern side of India) is planned for Dec 11, Saturday. We are still working out on the venue details, So kindly keep a watch on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Kolkata/Kolkata1 Regards Tinu Cherian On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 5:16 PM, Che

[Wikimediaindia-l] Press : Times of India: " If Wikipedia is to be believed .."

2010-11-29 Thread CherianTinu Abraham
Times of India : " If Wikipedia is to be believed .." http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/sunday-toi/book-mark/Cyber-galaxies-make-the-world-go-round/articleshow/7002642.cms Interesting thought... So how many of you think that Media houses believe Wikipedia ? We have seen lots of news articles

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-mum] Wikipedia 10th year celebrations

2010-11-29 Thread wheredevelsdare
Hi, A wonderful Idea. Just to add to Point No. 2 - why do we limit ourselves to Municipal schools. Why not also send volunteers to Private Schools and Colleges in Mumbai to encourage becoming a Wikipedia editor. These kids have all the facilities and are probably well versed with Wikipedia,

[Wikimediaindia-l] Press: Mid-Day : "Come, give Wikipedia a hand"

2010-11-29 Thread CherianTinu Abraham
Mid-Day : "Come, give Wikipedia a hand" http://www.mid-day.com/specials/2010/nov/281110-wikipedia-monthly-meeting.htm Nice photo, Kundan Amitabh :) Small correction: Wikipedia is available in 20 Indic languages and another 20 are in incubation . Thanks to Shiju Alex , who recently enlightened me

[Wikimediaindia-l] Bangalore 22nd Wikimeetup on Dec 18 , with Erik / Danese / Alolita

2010-11-29 Thread CherianTinu Abraham
Hi all, I am extremely pleased to announce the 22nd Wikipedia /Wikimedia Wikimeetup , Bangalore on *Dec 18, Satuday* with *Erik Möller *( Deputy Director , Wikimedia Foundation) , * Danese Cooper* ( Chief Technical Officer, Wikimedia Foundation) and* Alolita Sharma* (Engineering Programs M